: brad ibrad pitt, l% pitit - ' likes of brad pitt, quentin tarantino and sirsam likes of brad pitt, quentin tarantino and sir sam mendes. and we will see the pictures tonight, more will see the pictures tonight, more will be in the newspapers. one last point, gwent. between us, what is your big dud of the year? it has to be one with whiskers. i did not even watch that because it was supposed to be terrible. for me it would be joker. it did not do anything for me. thank you both are being with us. me. thank you both are being with us. a real pleasure to have you. let's see what they will be up to later with the oscars. we will have them along there tonight. let's go to the weather. over the next few hours, storm ciara will leave the shores of the uk, but the rest of the week stays u nsettled, the rest of the week stays unsettled, when you fall. a frequent rash of showers, some returning increasingly wintry to higher ground of northern hills because there is

turning colder. we can see the first size through the night tonight, snow showers in scotland, temperatures dipping close to freezing. icy stretches first thing. showers further south, windy for all to start. those strong winds will continue, they will dry plenty of showers in from the atlantic along swiss facing coast and push further inland. noticeably colder as well. the blue toes descend. certainly looks as though mindy will be a windy, showery story, showers of snow to scotland, northern ireland and northern england, showers further south heavy with some hail and thunder. noticeably colder for all with temperatures ranging between four and eight celsius.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... storm ciara hits the uk with winds of more than 90 miles an hour — causing severe travel disruption across the country. there is widespread flooding and two severe warnings, meaning a danger to life, are in place in north wales. a person's being treated at the royal free hospital in london after testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the total in the uk to four.

counting is underway in the irish general election as an exit poll puts the three main political parties level pegging. and coming up after the sport, the travel show is in the maldives, meeting the people working to protect a unique underwater environment. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm katie shanahan. coming up on this programme... england's cricketers beat south africa by two wickets to level the series i—all in johannesburg. .. sheffield united's remarkable season continues — they beat bournemouth 2—1 and are nowjust two points of the premier league's top four. france turn on the style against italy to make it two wins from two in the six nations.

also coming up in the programme... an olympic place is now out of reach for great britain's basketballers after defeat to spain ends their hopes of a trip to tokyo. some people look adult i think we should be here, we are here, we made a statement, i am very proud of my team. hello and welcome along to sportsday. we'll start with the cricket, as england have drawn the one day series against south africa, after winning the final odi by two wickets in johannesburg. england should have wrapped it more comfortably, with captain eoin morgan admitting that it was disappointing to just limp over the line. with all the details,

here's adam wild. in south africa today is pink day, raising money for charity and having a party. even the players got to dress up. this was south african captain quinton de kock getting proceedings under way. few parties pass without someone falling out. here it began with van der dussen getting out. lbw, said the umpire. van der dussen was given another chance, video replays haven't been working properly. south africa, a reprieve, moeen ali moments later had a last word. a final flourish took south africa to 256, despite the celebrations it didn't look enough. especially once jonny bairstow got started. brilliant, at times brutal. once others started chipping in, the che should have been straightforward. —— chase. but as late wickets fell, england but getting just a little nervous. victory more tense than it

should have been, a special day in johannesburg but ultimately england's day. england's women are out of the t20 tri—nation series in australia, after losing by 16 runs to the home side. england bowled well — restricting australia to 132—7 from their 20 overs. but they couldn't produce a good performance with the bat, finishing on 116—7. it's not the best preparation for the t20 world cup for england. they only have three more games before their first match on 23rd march. sheffield united impressed once again after coming from behind to beat bournemouth 2—1 at bramall lane. it was the only premier league game of the day, after manchester city and west ham was postponed due to the bad weather. united are back to fifth in the table and two points off the champions league places as michael redford reports. it will take more than storm ciara to keep home fans away from bramall

lane. sheffield united are having a campaign to remember with their sights set on qualifying for european football. bournemouth have had a different season, relegation battle looming. back—to—back wins have given them hope that is only increased when callum wilson gave the away side and early lead. it was an advantage that was almost immediately wiped out by billy sharp, inches away from equalising. sharp would have to wait until first half stoppage time for his next chance, no mistake this time. his first goal since the opening day of the season. back to september for the last time ryan fraser scored, a superb save from dean henderson meant his drought would continue. a third goal came for the home side, led from snatching victory with five—minute to go. we have just rolled on to their next game, we go again, it bit of a break now, go again and it has to be that way. we want to achieve something this season. we don't want to just take the foot

off the gas, i do but not allow that other players understand that. —— will not allow. defeat leaves bournemouth in trouble, but sheffield united are two points off the top four, warmer conditions might be calling, european storm is definitely brewing. let's dip into the championship, as west brom are now four points clear at the top of the table after a 2—nil win at millwall. in what was really tough conditions, they took the lead through a great finish from filip krovinovich. west brom sealed victory late on — dara o'shay with his first goal of the season. west brom are five points off the play—off places. the defeat leaves millwall in tenth. in the two scottish cup matches today, holders celtic and hibernian both eased through to the quarterfinals against lower league opposition. lydia campbell was watching for us. the last time celtic travelled to clyde they were dumped out of the scottish cup in 2006. they would have to avoid

another shock if they were to avoid —— win the competition for the fourth time in a row. olivier‘s birthday today, celebrating with the opening goal to make thoughts of a shock disappear. ryan christie came close to doubling the lead with this long—range effort, but they didn't have to wait for number two. captain scott brown with a close range finish. celtic puffed in the second half but it took until the 90th minute before they got their third and final goal. top of the premiership and now a cup quarterfinal to look forward to, it is still a good time to be celtic. burning back in 2016. mark mcnulty made sure they got off a flyer against bse glasgow. —— hibs. he then added his second before the half mark but

they another fine finish. but the hosts were up for a fight in the cup and ross smith herded them back into the tie before half—time. and they could have had the equaliser, but thomas collins dragged the shot wide. and then the sucker punch. before turning into a goal—scorer himself to put the game to bed. and to said head safely through. —— send hibs. the draw for the quarterfinals has been made with holders celtic drawn away at st johnstone. rangers are away at hearts, who beat steven gerrard's side in their most recent meeting at tynecastle last month. meanwhile, championship side inverness will play hibernian. plenty to be decided in the other tie, with the winner of the replay between st mirren and motherwell taking on either aberdeen or kilmarnock. let's take a look at some of the other stories grabbing the headlines.

there was more success for both of great britain's hockey teams in the pro league. the men clinched their first win of the campaign after they beat new zealand 3—0. the women meanwhile drew 2—2 in their second tie in auckland, before winning a dramatic shootout 5—4. neil robertson leads graeme dott 5—3 after the opening session of the world grand prix final in cheltenham. they will play to a finish tonight. and 16—year—old naseem shah has become the youngest bowler to take a hat—trick in test cricket. the pakistan quick achieved the feat against bangladesh in rawalpindi. france made it two wins from two so far in the six nations with a 35—22 bonus point win over italy today in paris. three first—half tries for the home side, including this from gregory alldritt, helped them to a is—point lead at half—time. france further extended that lead in the second half with two more tries.

baptiste seran with a fantastic individual effort. italy did score three tries of the own, but not enough to stop a 24th consecutive six nations defeat. the women's six nations match between scotland and england was postponed because of storm ciara, but keira griffin led ireland to victory in their game against wales in dublin. they won by 31 points to 12 with some pretty blustery conditions. ireland with four different try scorers and a penlty try, as they battled though the worst of the weather in the second half. that now moves ireland to the top of the table with two wins out of two and smiles all around. great britain women's basketballers will not be at the tokyo olympic games this summer after the 79—69 defeat to spain today. a win against the european champions would have seen them qualify outright for an olympics, for the first time.

but they suffered a third successive loss at the qualification event in serbia. our olympics sports reporter, nick hope is out in belgrade for us. britain have only had one olympic basketball team in 2012 when they were gifted the place of the host nation. the following eight years have been incredibly telford barely any support or financial investment. a probing of that success in serbia would help transform their fortunes. but it wasn't to be. despite defeat to china and south korea early in the week, the british women went into the final qualifying fixture knowing that victory by any margin would give them a place in tokyo. great performers against spain, however britain ultimately has no answer to the spanish accuracy or the intensity and it was the european champions who took the win at olympic place, 79—69. a missed opportunity, super disappointed, frustrated. ifeel like i literally gave everything i had, lam exhausted.

spain are champions, one of the top teams in the world, but i am very proud of my team, we came home and we fought until the end, we didn't get a ticket, i am sorry. —— we came out. but i am proud be fought every game. given the lack of support and investment, it was impressive the british women got to the state of olympic qualification but they know that a victory would have been enough to potentially boost the sport that little bit further forward. they do have important qualifiers later in the year for the euro basket by the may have to take those on with out some of the best senior players, some considering their future in the sport. that's all from sportsday. have a lovely evening, bye for now.

coming up on this week's travel show: i'm in the maldives, meeting the people working to protect a unique underwater environment. and go swimming with sharks but live to tell the tale. even though you know they're not dangerous, every time you get touched by a fin you sort of bounce a little bit. squeals. for many of us, the maldives are a dream destination. with their pristine, white sandy beaches,