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now it's time for a look at the weather. hello there. a cloudier day today across scotland and northern ireland, cooler as well. the really cold air is just north of scotland, proper arctic air, sweeping its way down across the whole of country during monday with the risk of wintry showers. today, with the winds not coming in off the north sea, it's been a much warmer for eastern parts of england in the sunshine, ending the day with sunshine as well. the cloud and patchy rain further the north sweeps south overnight. the winds pick up, the air gets colder and the showers turn more wintry, even to lower levels in northern scotland. frost and ice in scotland, frost in the far north of england, not so cold elsewhere, though still cloud by the end of the night. some rain and wintriness and then it pushes through with sunshine and wintry showers on monday. most of the snow falling in northern scotland,
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some wintry showers down the east coast into east anglia, some in northern ireland and some over the irish sea. in some inland areas, quite sunny in the afternoon, all areas windy, strong to gale force winds, up to 70mph in the north of scotland. temperatures will be lower, three degrees the low, but when you add the strength of the wind, probably feeling more like the middle of winter, despite the sunshine. with clearer skies overnight, a widespread frost early on tuesday, icy patches in the wintry showers, most of the snow sitting across the north of scotland still. a few more wintry showers around northern and western coasts but some wintry showers heading inland into scotland and northern england, later wales and the midlands too. temperatures on a par with monday, still windy and still feeling cold. it is april after all, so worth pointing out that any
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impact from snow is more likely to be felt across northern scotland, where we're more likely to have snow lying and blizzards because of the strength of the wind. those really cold arctic winds get swept away on wednesday out into the north sea, and this is where our weather starts to come from on wednesday and thursday, more from the atlantic source. so not a cold but still not very warm. not as windy at all, many places dry on wednesday, patchy rain in the north on thursday. of hello, this is bbc news with tim willcox. the headlines... england is to trial covid passports, in a bid to allow the safe return of mass events. the fa cup final will
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be among the pilots. royal crisis injordan — a former crown prince says he's under house arrest. prince hamza is accused of being involved in a plot to destabilise the country. a scaled back easter sunday, although the choir was able to perform at canterbury cathedral. at the vatican, the pope called for vaccines to be shared with the world's poorest countries. �*cambridge have the victory�* and it's a double win for cambridge in both the men's and the women's boat race. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. a vital point for newcastle — their late equaliser against spurs provides a boost to their survival hopes. it's a double for cambridge — success in a new look boat race for both the men's and women's
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teams over oxford. and the premiership leaders are sent crashing out of europe — bristol are beaten by bordeaux, and miss out on the last 8. hello and welcome to sportsday. we'll start with a day of drama and plenty of goals in the premier league. newcastle left it late to secure a vital point against tottenham — who themselves were vying for a place in the top four. a welcome result for steve bruce and his under pressure side. nesta mcgregor was watching. easter sunday and while some of us spend it searching for sugary treats, newcastle and tottenham were on a different hunt, for three points. the spurs defence cracked
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first, joelinton tapping home only his second league goal of the season. i—o his second league goal of the season. 1—0 up magpies manager steve bruce looked excited. in football, it's often said your most vulnerable after scoring. just 90 seconds later, harry kane proved that to be right. be it a bit fortunate. the forward's second goal was anything but lucky. a great first touch, then a fierce low shot into the corner of the net. the second half saw newcastle pushing for the equaliser and spaces began to open up via this breakaway, harry kane was inches away from his hat—trick. that miss would cost that might prove costly as, with the next attack, newcastle drew level, the goal scored byjoe billick on loan from arsenal. the game would finish 2—2, leaving steve bruce's newcastle still nervously in the relegation battle. ——joe willock. the relegation battle. -- joe willock. ~ ., ., willock. we needed that. the one thin we willock. we needed that. the one thing we all _ willock. we needed that. the one thing we all need _
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willock. we needed that. the one thing we all need is _ willock. we needed that. the one thing we all need is to _ willock. we needed that. the one thing we all need is to show- willock. we needed that. the one thing we all need is to show what| willock. we needed that. the one i thing we all need is to show what we are about, come out and put out a performance like we did. the points and a hu: performance like we did. the points and a hug shared _ performance like we did. the points and a hug shared but _ performance like we did. the points and a hug shared but neither - performance like we did. the points i and a hug shared but neither manager 100% happy —— neither manager a 100% happy bunny. yes, newcastle could have still fallen into the relegation zone today fulham beat aston villa. they failed to do that despite taking the lead in the second half. better of it capitalising on a defensive mix—up. —— mitrovic capitalising. that was for 30 minutes to go there until dean smith's side turned it around and fast. tres gay with two goals inside three minutes. —— trezeguet with two goals inside three minutes before 0llie watkins scored the winner. the day's early match saw southampton fightback, for a much needed win at st marys. they got the better of burnley — who went two goals up — matej vydra with their second. but an action packed first half saw
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saints level by the break. danny ings making it 2—2 and nathan redmond's stunner won it for ralph hassenhuttl�*s side. 3—2 the final score. they're now 10 points clear of the bottom three. the three points are important for the relegation battle and we think we are in a good position now and we haven't won so many games in the second half of the season, so we have had massive problems with injuries and everything, and now coming back to a team. it's also been a busy day of action in the women's super league chelsea thrashed birmingham 6—0 to remain at the top of the table. leading scorer sam kerr scoring a first half hat trick for emma hayes side. chelsea are two points clear of second placed manchester city, who won 3—0 at tottenham. that's now 12 successive league wins for city. meanwhile, manchester united's hopes of qualifying for next season's champions league have suffered a blow
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after they lost 1—0 at brighton. inessa kaagman�*s penalty the difference between the two sides. everton and arsenal also won. the league cup final later this month at wembley has been approved as an official crowd test event. it's been confirmed that the clash between tottenham hotspur and manchester city will be played in front of 8,000 spectators. a number of tickets will be allocated to fans from both clubs for the tie in three weeks time. there will also be tickets made available to local residents and nhs staff as a thank you for their service during the covid—i9 pandemic. this year's french open tennis could be postponed, in light of the spike in coronavirus cases in the country — according to france's sport minister. the tournament at roland garros is due to take place from the 23rd of may to the 6th ofjune. with qualifying the week before. but after the country entered a third national lockdown on saturday — there are discussions over whether the dates should change. it's been a day to celebrate for cambridge — both the men's and women's team won their respective boat races this afternoon. it all took place on the river great
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0use, in cambridgeshire — the first time since the second world war it's taken place away from the thames. katie gornall reports. it's one of sport's most traditional showdowns but this you're nothing about it looks familiar.— about it looks familiar. known as the river tames _ about it looks familiar. known as the river tames lined _ about it looks familiar. known as the river tames lined with - about it looks familiar. known as i the river tames lined with hundreds of thousands of fans. in its place, a landscape devoid of all the usual landmarks. —— gone as the river thames lined with thousands of fans. they would have to make their own atmosphere. the pandemic and closure of hammersmith bridge has forced a change of scenery giving cambridge a home advantage and yet the women's race was nervously close. sudden movement and clashing, and this can cause all sorts of problems. on a straight course, 0xfordshire on the right almost viewed into cambridge's but the light blues fought back and found their rhythm. living up to
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their billing as favourites to win for the fourth successive time. history had been made for the men's race even started with the first e—mail umpire. under her watch, race even started with the first e—mail umpire. under herwatch, both teams get their distance. without the twists and turns of the terms, this felt like a sprint to the finish with cambridge edging in front and while 0xford push them, they failed to reel them in. a double victory then for cambridge in a year unlike any other. time to toast a new chapter. so strange seeing it away from it river thames. the familiar feeling of victory for cambridge again — this year on familiar grounds of the 0use in a year where training has been disrupted for both teams. the winning sides felt their
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opponents put up a valiant stand. really proud of this team. the last two years and a lot of training have gone into this moment. i don't know what you would say. it is two years worth of training and hard work, and arejust mean so much. i don't think of anything you can quite compare it to. english premiership leaders bristol have been knocked out of the european champions cup last sixteen by bordeaux. bristol had opened the scoring in france and lead until the final minute of the first half. but bordeaux came back and completed their 36 points to 17 win in the final minute of the match.
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racing 92 await bordeaux in the quarterfinals. the french team inflicted edinburgh's heaviest defeat of the season, running in seven tries as they thrashed the scots 56 points to 3 in paris. teddy thoma with the pick of the tries. let's take a look at the some of the day's other sports news now. charley hull's hopes of victory at the ana inspiration tournament in california are slipping away. she's tied for fifth heading into tonight's final round but the englishwoman is now seven shots behind leader patty tava—tanakit, from thailand. the team led by 2016 formula one world champion nico rosberg, rxr, has won the inaugural extreme e event in saudi arabia. australian molly taylor was first over the finish line. the new event highlights climate change and promotes sustainability. after six hours of racing over 158 miles denmark's kasper asgreen beat defending champion matt—you van der pol to win the prestigious tour of flanders one day race.
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britain's beth potter ran the fastest five kilometre road race by a woman in lancashire last night. the triathlete from glasgow, seen wearing a blue top, crossed the finish line in a time of 14 minutes and 41 seconds. that beat the world record by a couple of seconds and sliced 10 seconds off paula radcliffe's british record. however, it's thought the race in barrowford didn't meet the stringent criteria needed to make potter's record official. it only really started to sink in when i had about a kilometre to go and i saw the clock, and it said 11 something. i was trying to do the maths in my head. that's about 14 something. i was convinced the clock was wrong. i couldn't believe it. still a great time, though, isn't it? latest from the scottish cup
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because that's it from us. the latest from rangers and cove rangers on the bbc website. it is currently 0-0 on the bbc website. it is currently 0—0 and if rangers win, they face celtic in the next round. could be exciting. that's all from sportsday. now on the bbc news channel, it's time for the film review. hello, welcome to film review with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best new releases for viewing in the home while we look forward to cinemas reopening in may. the brilliant french algerian actor, tahar rahim, star of the tv hit, the serpent, got his big break in the 2009 prison drama a prophet for which he won a best actor cesar. now he's up for a bafta for his lead role in the mauritanian, another tale of captivity, this time in the us�*s notorious detention centre at guantanamo bay.
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they made me. they made you as in they coerced you? what do you think? i don't know, you tell me, did they coerce you? shh! you've gotta tell me what happened, mohamedou. you're asking me to set fire to this place but i'm still sitting here! rahim stars as mohamedou salahi, upon who's real life prison diaries the fillm is based. having been subjected to extraordinary rendition injordan and afghanistan, salahi was held without charge in the american military prison in cuba for 14 years. what if you're wrong? we're not. what if you are?
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elsewhere in the star—studded cast — jodie foster is nancy hollander,

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