andy swiss reports. success has rarely tasted sweeter. ollie hill savouring the moment after sealing his place in paralympic history. the 32—year—old used to race motorbikes but after having his right leg amputated following a car accident, he switched to snowboarding, and on his first run in the slalom his speed was plain to see. commentator: 0.47, second place! although he eventually slipped back to third, by the time he began his final run he could already start celebrating. commentator: ollie hill, all smiles. he knows he's got a medal. the only question was could he improve on bronze? well, despite his best efforts, not quite, but nothing could stop him racing into the record books — written�*s first—ever snowboarder to win a paralympic medal. —— britain to 's first—ever snowboarder.

commentator: bronze medal confirmed! remarkably, hill only started racing just over a year ago, so even he, it seemed, could barely believe it. anything is possible, man. you know? you've just got to make sure you put in the work and you've just got to keep trying to progress and carry on forward, and sometimes you'll do it, you know, sometimes you won't, but i managed to pull it out of the bag today so, yeah, it's great. for britain's snowboarder turned trailblazer, then, a day never to be forgotten. whoo! time for a look at the weather. here's sarah keith—lucas. high, ithought high, i thought i would rewind the weather a few others because it was better looking this morning than for the rest of the day. this was the picture earlier in east lothian, we started with a fair amount of blue sky and sunshine but that sunshine in short supply this afternoon because we have a weather front piling north and east across all parts of the uk, bringing clarity, damp and breezy weather for the rest

of the day. —— clarity, damp and breezy. that is from kent towards dumfries and galloway, still some brightness across parts of north—east england and north—east scotland. things are turning cooler behind the weather front with a mix of sunny spells and heavy, blustery showers moving in for the south—west of england and wales particularly, there could be hail and maybe even some thunder. showers drift further north, it will be a breezy, cloudy night, frost free to start the weekend, just a bit cooler across northern ireland where we could see misty patches. tomorrow we start with lots of cloud and drizzly outbreaks but it will brighten up fast, sunny spells for much of england, wales and northern ireland, showers lingering across scotland before the next batch of wet and windy weather moves in. not feeling too bad in the sunshine, eight to 13 degrees. it will be the south—west of england and south wales that see

things turning wet and windy later, gusts of 50 or 60 mph, really windy conditions down towards the isles of scilly, and as we go through saturday evening and overnight that area of wet and windy weather drifts northwards and eastwards, we will all see this area of low pressure dominating the weather into sunday. it will not be a complete wash—out because there will be sunny spells between the showers, but there will between the showers, but there will be frequent showers and blown in on the blustery winter. a windy day through the irish sea coasts, sunny spells for parts of eastern england and perhaps northern ireland eastern scotland the temperature is cooler than recently, highs of eight to 12 on sunday. these are the gusts of wind, 30 to a0 mph widely that we could see 50 or 60 through some irish sea coast. they had that things will turn drier and brighter as we start next week, a couple of weather fronts lingering from the first part of the week, pressure will be rising, perhaps rain at

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close ties with russian president vladimir putin, whose regime has committed "barbaric acts" in ukraine. matches are continuing under a special licence and both men's and women's teams played last night. as long as we have enough shirts and as long as the bus is full of fuel, we will arrive and will be competitive and this is what everybody can be sure of, and this is what we demand of ourselves and, you know, when it's a big storm, you dig in, you hold together and then you stay strong and go through it. we said it to the end, it's important that we control what we can, and that's a moment in time for us, and that putting points on the board, i think it is relaxed, really calm before the game, appreciate the performance, because _

i thought it was outstanding, especially the first half. interest in buying chelsea appears to have not been dented, with property tycoon nick candy one of those potential investors still on board. we understand up to 20 parties remain interested despite the sanctions preventing chelsea from making any money from new ticket or merchandise sales and shirt sponsor 3 suspending its deal with the club. 0llie hill has won britain's first—ever medal in para snowboarding. claiming a bronze in the snowboard banked slalom at the winter paralympics in beijing. hill has been boarding since he was eight but lost his leg in car accident. he took took up para snowbaording and in doing so has won paralympics gb its sixth medal of the games. it has gone for cycle. ijust enjoyed all this as a hobby and not as a professional snowboarder. the first sports i got into myself were skateboarding and snowboarding and to come full circle now and have some accident which caused me to be

here in the first place, just over the moon, surged though it might words can't describe it. sorry if my words can't describe it. sorry if my words don't come out properly today. maro itoje is a doubt for england's six nations match against ireland after becoming unwell overnight. he's not been part of the captain's run training session at twickenham today. but england say they're cautiously optimistic he'll recover in time for the match and haven't called up any cover. a century from nkrumah bonner has helped put west indies on top of the first test agianst england. they ended day three on 373—9, a lead of 62. and day four starts in under half an hour's time in antigua from wherejoe wilson reports. the feminist recreation ground in antigua, it stands as memory. —— famous. so many reports were sent back of great west indies moments from this very spot. what about the heroes of today? at the current

test, jason holder failed and when england took his wicket in the opening minutes it felt significant. bonner stepped up. age 33 he still trying to establish himself in test cricket. tough work for a fast bowler and mark wood was soon off the field. west indies took the lead in the match and persistently bonner got to his century as the england bowlers began to look powerless. this is a man who persisted with a cricket career when he could have given up and england's resilience is under scrutiny here. i'll have more for you in the next hour.

president zelensky has accused russia of attacking the carragher set up around media poll. 16 days. i realise that game for people, that is life and when we experience these losses we expect the fight that will be over soon and invaders will be defeated soon but this is life, this is war, this struggle and time is needed and patience is needed and our wisdom

and energy and the ability to do yourjob to a maximum for us and to encounter a victory, it is not possible to say how many more days it will take to liberate a ukrainian land but it is possible to say we will do that because we have achieved already the timing points strategically and are on our way to our victory. this is a patriotic war, a waragainst our victory. this is a patriotic war, a war against a strong and obstinate enemy which doesn't pay attention to thousands of their own people dead, their soldiers dead, they gather reservists and conscripts all over russia to send them to this war. they decided to bring mercenaries to kill our people from a country that was destroyed the same way the invaders are destroying hours, our

mario paul —— mariupol and other tones and this is the way the invader treats the donbas. this is how they treat us and syrian missionaries who do not differentiate between the languages here and which church and they are mercenaries and they simply go to kill in a land that is alien to them. half the population of kirov has fled and other ukrainians are

arriving to help defend the country. this man is now in here. the situation _ this man is now in here. the situation is _ this man is now in here. the situation is no _ this man is now in here. the situation is no calm - this man is now in here. the situation is no calm but - this man is now in here. tie: situation is no calm but there are fighting is around the city and there is an awful military situation and catastrophe to the north and the west of the city. people there are trapped by russians and there is fighting there, it is 1020 kilometres from there, it is 1020 kilometres from the border of the city. the last several days as a member of the civilian militia i alsojoined it and i can tell you it is absolutely awful. i wanted to stay with our people shoulder to shoulder and i received weapons and i do not have military experience but like

thousands of my compatriots i am ready to fight. that is unfortunately, the situation is calm and the enemy is quite far from the city sort is more dangerous here in kyiv and that is why i'm here and trying to do my best. what i'm worried about is barbaric share links and attacks from the air by aircraft and missiles. this morning ukrainian cities were attacked by missiles and that is for and we are desperate for people to help us with your defence and aircraft and we cannot receive the polish aircraft or soviet aircraft we can use immediately and they really don't need them and the polish government said they cannot deliver them and i do not know why the united states are

acting very slowly. i do not accept the ones they do not want to escalate. there is a full—scale war and the only way to escalate is to help us to stop it. if we do not stop vladimir putin here he will go further into lithuania and latvia and estonia and georgia. that further into lithuania and latvia and estonia and georgia. that was a member of the _ and estonia and georgia. that was a member of the ukrainian _ and estonia and georgia. that was a | member of the ukrainian parliament from the southern city of edessa but now the capital. the city of deep roar has been hit by three russian air strikes damaging roar has been hit by three russian airstrikes damaging an roar has been hit by three russian air strikes damaging an apartment block and a kindergarten. sarah rents. raynsford has given us the latest from there.

this was an air strike, or three air strikes, in fact, that happened in the early hours of this morning. the air raid sirens went off at about a:30am this morning here in dnipro. they rang out for more than three hours, which is extremely unusual. we have been hearing sirens every single day since this war began and people have got used to scrambling to their basements and to their bunkers, if they have them. but until now, there hasn't been any actual danger to the city because we understand that has been missiles and things flying over and the air raid sirens just detecting that, but this time, there was a direct strike. what we understand from the authorities is that what was actually hit was primarily a small shoe factory, around about six kilometres from where we are staying. it is pretty central to the city, it is a sprawling city, running along both sides of the river, a vast, vast river. it cuts through the city. the shoe factory was hit, it went up in flames, it has been very badly damaged, there was also damage to a kindergarten, and to a nearby apartment block. certainly one person has been killed in those air strikes. i think it has really changed the calculus a little bit for people in dnipro itself, because this

is a very important industrial city in ukraine, it is full of factories. it includes a missile factory, it is a place that is heavily fortified already, it has been heavily fortified since the beginning of the war, but it has been considered as something of a safe haven. we have seen many people fleeing to it from other cities in the south and in the east and north of here. in this part of ukraine, those that have come under dnipro was seen as safe, people felt they could be safe here, at least for a while, before they started a very long journey to the west of the country. but i think for quite a few people this might have changed with this direct hit on dnipro. people might be considering getting out, certainly in recent days, we have seen quite a lot of activity at the train station, lots of massive crowds heading for evacuation trains, and also the roads heavily congested on the way out of here, but nothing compared to what we have seen in comparison to other cities or we have seen tens of thousands of people trying to get to safety, so in dnipro, people are pretty shaken by what happened overnight.

britain and america have accused russia of spreading false claims, as a way ofjustifying the possible use of chemical weapons in ukraine by russia. moscow has requested a meeting of the un security council and says — without evidence — that the us has been developing biological weapons in ukraine. america dismissed the russian claims as "laughable." hamish de bretton—gordon, a chemical weapons expert, in this war. having seen how effective chemical weapons have been in syria and the siege of aleppo was sparked by the russians and syrians and they got nowhere and 13 of dropping chlorine bombs broke that siege so if you to get the siege done quickly those morbidly brilliant weapons are very

effective and we are hearing the battle for key is about to start and i think we will see massive casualties on both sides and i think we will see the russians getting bogged down and they may think that using chemical weapons is the way to go and 0bama the red line on chemical weapons disappeared and every despot and it it out thought they had a green light to use them and vladimir putin doesn't think they will act even if he does use them. let's get more now on northern ireland's state apology to survivors of child abuse. it's the first apology of its kind in northern irish history and was recommended by a public inquiry, which concluded five years ago. a number of victims are in the stormont assembly chamber to hear the statements

from politicians and religious leaders. dup education minister michelle mcilveen was one of the first to stand up and deliver an apology. the state failed to protect children and it's clear from abuse that could or should have been prevented or detected. the state did not take the necessary steps to ensure all children under its care were cared for in the weather should have been. the state did not always carry out its statutory responsibilities to inspect the homes to ensure facilities are adequate in terms of staffing and numbers of children and facilities and care and welfare. not that the state regularly these homes to meet children to satisfy itself

that their welfare and education needs were being met. today we acknowledge the impact on you, the impact on your physical and mental health and well—being, on your identity and where you came from, on your educational experience which was inadequate, on your life opportunities, and on the impact on yourfamilies. there remains no excuse our defence for any defence that abuse, action or inaction that resulted in the harm caused to you. it was wrong. today we as rappers and tabs —— we as representatives of the state say we are sorry that the state systems failed to protect you from abuse, we are sorry that the state did not protect you from those who abuse their power. when we asked what she needed to hear in the

state, some of you told us it is about being believed when you told us what you needed us children. we are sorry that you are not believed. the state has listened to you and the state believes you, we are truly sorry. a potentially deadlier and more contagious disease outbreak is around the corner — and the world remains unprepared to deal with it. that's the assessment of leading scientists and health officials from around the world. two years to the day since the who declared covid a global pandemic, the un agency says the crisis is subsiding in some parts of the world. but rages on in others — with more than 80% of people

in africa yet to receive a single vaccine dose. our global health correspondant tulip mazumdar reports from a global pandemic prepardness summit at london's science museum. we're deeply concerned, both by the alarming levels of spread and severity. it's two years ago to the day that the relatively new director general of the world health organization made this announcement that covid—19 can be characterized as a pandemic. it was bewildering, it was anxiety provoking, it was like many sleepless nights. it was a huge amount of responsibility. dr soumya swaminathan is chief scientist at the who. she's been reflecting on lessons from this pandemic for next time. i think there was very little attention paid before this pandemic to what are called non—pharmaceutical interventions. wearing a mask, maintaining

distance, washing your hands. i also think that low income countries, the lockdowns were sort of almost a death knell for people who had to go to work on a day to day basis. i think now we realised a one size fits all policy doesn't work. as some parts of the world see life returning to some semblance of normality, others are still in the grip of the pandemic. more than a50 million people globally have been infected. at least six million people have died, though the true figure is estimated to be more than three times higher amongst all the pain and suffering that so many of us have endured over the last two years. there has been one big success story the record time it's taken to develop vaccines and what that means for future outbreaks. richard hatchett is one of the leaders on a global mission to come up with a new vaccine for the next as yet unknown virus

to hit humanity injust 100 days from it being identified. covid is far from the worst case — that hundred day mission if we can deliver vaccines that quickly or other countermeasures that quickly. and we can couple that with earlier detection, earlierwarning, earliersharing of information, i think there's a prospect of eliminating a incipient pandemic before it spreads globally. and that's the ultimate aim and why health leaders from around the world have been meeting in london this week to try and end smaller outbreaks ever becoming pandemics again. tulip mazumdar, bbc news, thr science museum in london. the plight of ukraine's refugees has inspired many people across the uk to send food,

clothes and toys to those forced to flee their country. alison freeman has been following the story of one shipment of aid from the north of england, which included a very special item donated by an eight year old boy. i found a teddy and then, i said, "i'll give this to one of the children in ukraine, so they're not frightened". will's teddy was one of many donations of aid that travelled hundreds of miles from ferryhill in county durham to poland to help those fleeing the war in ukraine. so we have all these nappies. yeah. endless amounts. we've got... steven holmes, who runs a cleaning firm, was one of a team who drove there at the weekend after he put out an appeal for donations. so, the van is full to the brim with as much stuff as we could get in. as a parent, he was moved when he saw the reality of war — unaccompanied children being driven from the ukraine

border to safety in a small town in south—west poland. so, what was it like when you saw the children? how did you feel? very emotional, it was. as soon as i got there, i was getting choked up. buses havejust been pulling up with the children on it. most of them haven't even rocked up with a rare — with a bag. it's the clothes on their back and maybe a name on the — written on the hand. the parents aren't going because the more parents, the less children. so, how do you feel about your teddy being right out there now? erm, good. steven gave will's teddy to a little girl who arrived on a coach with more than 100 other children. when i give her the teddy, she had the biggest smile on herface. this little girl came and basicallyjust sat on my knee and oh, my heart sunk. and none of them said anything, it was smiles because they couldn't understand us, we couldn't understand them, so there wasn't a word said. it was just smiles and then, we were putting stickers on each other. and the girl who sat on my knee, it was just — i want to give it to her. it was seeing his own mum getting donations ready to give to steven that gave will the idea to pass on his teddy.

i saw her packaging up and i asked her why and she said, "there's a war going on in ukraine". why did you want to give your teddy to somebody who'd had to leave their home in ukraine? it was just a kind thing to do. you would not want that to happen to you and you'd just be left with nothing. good afternoon. whilst many of us started off the day with a bit of blue sky and sunshine, it's not looking that way as we head through the remainder of the day, this was the picture during this morning in east lothian, but we've had that cloud that's been moving its way in from the south and the west, all courtesy of this weather front,

which is delivering some fairly wet and windy weather really across all parts of the uk at times today. it's pushing its way northwards, so bringing this band of rain across parts of eastern england through this afternoon up towards southern and eastern scotland as we head on into the evening hours and it's followed by showers from the southwest. so parts of southwest england and wales in particular, seeing some heavy showers, could be some thunderstorms as we head on through the afternoon. temperatures still in double figures at around six o'clock this afternoon. but as we head through the evening and overnight, then we're going to be seeing that rash of showers still pushing further northwards across much of the uk. so a blustery sort of night, lots of showers around. so it won't be particularly cold. most of us between around about six to seven degrees, first thing tomorrow, a little bit cooler across northern ireland with those clearer skies, could be a few misty patches here saturday morning. we start saturday then with plenty of showers for the midlands up towards northern england, scotland as well. things will brighten up from the south through the day. so some sunshine for central england, north wales, northern ireland to before the next area of wet and windy weather works in from the southwest and we will keep the showers across the north of scotland too, with temperatures generally in mid—teens.

but if we concentrate on the south west of england and wales because it's here that we're going to see the strongest of those wind gusts, potentially 50 to 60 mile per hour gusts of wind for parts of wales and the southwest into saturday afternoon and evening. 0vernight, those blustery winds move further across the uk as this area of low pressure pushes its way gradually northwards and eastwards. so that's going to be dominating the weather as we head on into sunday morning. a breezy day across the board, i think on sunday, particularly windy through these irish sea coasts where we could see gusts of 60 miles per hour or more, particularly close to coasts and hills as well. so plenty of showers wrapping around that area of low pressure. temperatures are much cooler than recent days, but still around about nine to 12 degrees, feeling cooler than that where you are exposed to these gusty winds so breezy coasts, where they could reach 60 miles per hour again, so that as we head into the new working week, the weather quietened down a little bit. still, some rain in the north and west at times, but temperatures in the south could reach 18 by wednesday.

this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm yalda hakim. our top stories... russia expands its attacks in ukraine as three more cities are targeted. in dnipro, officials say a shoe factory and kindergarten were struck. russia says it hit military airfields, including in the northwest the city of lutsk. ukraine say the attack killed two. life on the front line for ukrainian forces, fighting to defend the country's second largest city kharkiv. and if these tactics are unfamiliar to you, then you have not been

paying attention. because this is