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fleet. all four teaching unions in england say they will coordinate strikes if members vote for industrial action. this is bbc news. now on bbc news, it is time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm olly foster. grand slam champions again. england's red roses seal the six nations title in front of a record crowd. seven goals at selhurst park, crystal palace should be safe but defeat for west ham

means they still looking over their shoulders. it got feisty at formula one's first sprint race of the season in azerbaijan as world champion max verstappen clashed with britain's george russell. also coming up on sportsday... the blitz on the baize from the belgian bullet — the biggest comeback in crucible history. luca brecel is through to his first world championship final. good evening. it was a really busy saturday, let's start with the rugby. england's women are six nations grand slam champions once again, lifting the trophy in front of a world record crowd at twickenham. the red roses had a huge half—time lead but were hanging on at the end before sealing the victory 38 points to 33. it's the 5th time in a row that they have won the title. our reporterjo currie

was at the match. there haven't been many twists and turns in this six nations. england and france have been faultless, a hair's breadth between them, meaning a grand slam title awaited the winner of this clash. they were greeted by a women's world record crowd, fans old — and new — turning out in the sunshine. after a slow start, england needed a spark, and it came in the form of abby dow. commentator: one chance, one shot - they score. - if that one was all pace, then england's next try was all power. packer bulldozing her way to the line. she cannot be stopped! and neither could england. a five—try haul at the break left france broken and the game almost out of sight. the half—time entertainment act, sugababes, only adding to the festival feel. after the restart, france pushed the button and rallied — in a big way, finally showing up on the big stage.

and they almost pulled off an incredible comeback... france will have the final say in this match. ..but this was england's party. the 2023 six nations grand slam champions! some questioned whether england's women were ready to have a stand—alone game at this iconic ground. but this crowd, this atmosphere, proves this is where they belong. jo currie, bbc news, twickenham. england thankful that there wasn't anymore time on the clock after the france comeback. we'll hear from some of the players in a moment, but first here's the head coach simon middleton. after eight years in charge, that was his last match. almost indescribable, i think. you know, and on such an occasion. what a day with the crowd and everything. yeah, i mean, wejust had to work so hard for it, didn't we? france were a brilliant side.

we said don't knock off, we knocked off. we got there in the end. you've got mixed emotions about everything, i am so proud of how they have performed and thrilled about winning. now i'm thinking, well, maybe i should not have left. it's been an absolutely amazing tournament, and today to bring it all together and we got the result. an amazing crowd here and an amazing day at twickenham, amazing. to say that we sold, l i think it was 58,000, it's been absolutely incredible. the crowd was with us every step i of the way and it has been amazing. | i hope you all want to come back| and watch us because we are only growing as a squad in 2025, - the world cup is here at twickenham. we want to sell it out. we want to be world champions in 2025. i five wins out of five is, the champions once again england. england's six nations champions once more but they did not have it all their own way, never has the tale of two halves

probably been more true. kat merchant, former england winger, joins us now. kat, england 33—0 up at the break, what on earth happened in that game? when they are 33—0 up, i thought this was going to be 50, 60 points and that is not the france we know. i really believe france thought they had lost it when england scored that try. france had been attacking for ten solid minutes, really close, got turned over, got really close, turned over. england made a breakaway try and they were all heads down. they did not manage to come back until half—time. they have had a word with themselves and said this is not us. absolutely put on an amazing display, which england really struggled with and they nearly came back to win it. it was a wonderful comeback, wasn't it? england held on, five straight titles in a row, four of them have been grand slams, including today. put that into context for me. the consistency you have to have and the performance is huge. you just have one slip—up and you lose, and you suddenly don't get it. for them to consistently turn up

and get the wins, it is incredible. i hate to bring it up, off the back of the world cup disappointment, they could've choked here. 58,000 people, france on form, generally, they absorbed so much pressure, they turned it around. incredible performance from them. i got quite emotional because i thought i've been there when we hadn't been at stadiums and we had 1,000 people watching, stood around at sports parks and stuff. and then you're here, i'm doing commentary and these women are finally getting recognised for what they do and the work that they put in because i saw ellie kildunne's face before kick—off, the amazement, i loved it. you saw packer loving it, it is someone's dream to come and play and do this and this is their life, it is fantastic. i loved it. you were emotion, we saw emotion scenes from simon middleton. his final game as england head coach, he walks away from the post,

what is his legacy? the legacy is this, 58,000 people want to come and watch the red roses because of how well they did. he will be most known for his winning streak — 30 games in a row. i don't think it will be beaten by a team. i think he will be very emotional, he will be gutted about the world cup because those are the ones that we want. i've lost one and won one, it feels so much better winning it. there will be some people playing that are chasing that for 2025. kat, thank you forjoining us. simon williamson signs off with one big piece of silverware, now the rfu have the big decision on who replaces him. jo currie with kat merchant. wales have finished third in the six nations table. they beat italy 36—10 in parma. the welsh won three of their five matches in this year's championship.

the try from alex callendar. they secured the bonus point shortly before the full—time arc. the final match in this year's six nations is in edinburgh. scotland taking on ireland. the scots have only one win and can finish no higher than fourth. they should sign off with a win against the irish, they have lost all four of their matches, scoring just 15 points in total. make that 18 points, because the irish have scored an early penalty in edinburgh. these are live pictures, can follow that on the bbc sport website. there were just three games in the premier league today but no shortage of goals, there were seven at selhurst park. crystal palace should be safe now after beating west ham 4—3. but the hammers are still in trouble just five points above the relegation zone. ben croucher reports. when you support a team in the bottom half of the premier league, you need patience. a ticket problem meant thousands of crystal palace fans couldn't get in on time against west ham. after kick off was delayed,

many may have wished they'd stayed outside. nine minutes for thomas soucek to put west ham ahead. fewer than five for the reply. jordan ayew spotting the gap. wilfried zaha found a bigger one at the back post to put roy hodgson�*s side ahead. west ham were caught on their heels asjeffrey schlupp made it three and we hadn't even played half an hour. we hadn't seen the end of the scoring. michael antonio. first half done. time for a breather. put the feet up. maybe keep the hands down though. eberechi eze felt the contact. west ham felt the full effects. not for long. another west ham corner though. another goal. nayef aguerd atoning for his error at the other end. but a game that had nearly everything — an equaliser proved elusive. after a season of nervousness — the win takes palace 11 clear of the relegation zone. but hey — good things come to those who wait — for the neutrals and the home team at least. ben croucher, bbc news.

so palace have reached the magic a0 point mark that roy hodgson had been targeting, it's four wins out of six since he returned to the club to hold the reins. from our point of view, a wonderfulfirst half, i thought we really did play well. the second goal from the set play dampened it a little bit but at 3—1, i think we played well and did all the things we hoped we could do. 0ur quality players were showing all of their quality and all of their attacking flair. of course, credit to west ham to keep coming back into the game with two goal margins was a really fine performance from their point of view given the programme they have had. nottingham forest were less than ten minutes away from a precious three points at brentford. but they lost 2—1. josh da silva scored brentford's winner in the 94th minute, that's after ivan toney had equalised in the 82nd. forest had taken the lead on the stroke of half—time through danilo.

and off the back of their midweek win over brighton, they were looking to pull further clear of the bottom three, but they remain one point above the relegation zone and all the sides below them have played a game less. brighton responded well to that defeat on wednesday with a 6—0 thrashing of wolves, they were four up inside half an hour withjulen lopetegui's side all at sea. pascal gross, danny welbeck and deniz undav all scoring twice for the seagulls, that win puts them just two points behind tottenham in fifth with two games in hand, wolves are thirteenth. they should be safe though. wigan have been relegated from the championship after conceding a 93rd minute equaliser at reading. that keeps reading alive for now, but they are odds—on to go down with wigan and blackpool. that reading point means that cardiff stay up

they weren't even playing today, queen park rangers also stay up after a good win at stoke coventry beat birmingham and now need just a point from theirfinal game to secure a play—off place. lots of issues live in the championship, with a couple more games to go. championship side inverness caledonian thistle are through to the scottish cup final after beating falkirk 3—0 at hampden park. this was a repeat of the 2015 final which inverness also won and they were rarely threatened by the league one side. billy mackay scored in each half and man of the match dan mackay added the other goal at hampden park. they will will play either rangers or celtic who play their semifinal tomorrow. you go one up, then two up, then go up and win three, four, five — important one at half time, don't lose it, go and win three, four, five —

don't lose that next goal, the boys was solid. it did not play out the way i thought it would be. i didn't feel comfortable until about 20 minutes to go. couple of womens�* super league matches with big implications for the relegation scrap. a huge result for leicester, they beat liverpool, 4—0 to move off the bottom of table, two points above reading. tottenham take on brighton with both sides bidding to stay out of trouble as well. that one finished 2—2. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. adam yates became the third british rider in four days to win a stage at the tour de romandie in switzerland. his solo victory saw him take the overall lead with an advantage of 19 seconds heading into tomorrow's final run to geneva.

british number two dan evans is out of the madrid 0pen after losing to spain's bernabe zapata miralles. brad binder won a sprint race for the second time in this motogp season. the south african stunned his ktm team mate jack miller with an audacious overtake on the penultimate lap to take victory at the spanish grand prix. red bull's sergio perez has won the first sprint race of the formula one season. it won't put the mexican on pole for tomorrow's azerbaijan grand prix, charles leclerc secured that in qualifying yesterday, but perez has cut the gap to championship leader max verstappen, who got quite hot under the collar in baku, as nick parrott reports. formula one changed the sprint race to make drivers aggressive and take more risks. it certainly worked in baku. george russell was determined to snatch third place from max verstappen on the opening lap, much to the dutchman's

disgust at his tactics. i don't know understand why you need to take so much risk on lap one, understeering to my side, create a hole. we all have cold tyres, it is easy to lock up, and his beautiful way of explaining, "aw, mate, it locked up, look at the on board." well, it doesn't make sense. i was quite surprised, i thought he was coming over to say good battle, to be honest. from my side, i was on the inside, the position was already lost from him and i was really quite surprised he was trying to hold it on the outside. ever since we were eight years old and go—karting, if you're on the inside at the apex of a corner, it's your corner and if you try and hold it on the outside, you're taking the risks. so, i'm here to fight, i'm here to win, i'm notjust going to wave him by because he's max verstappen in a red bull. the situation was calmed a bit when the safety car came out for several laps after yuki tsunoda crashed. 0n the restart, verstappen was quick to retake his position. he couldn't improve upon it though. ahead of him, his red bull team—mate sergio perez got the better of charles leclerc to

take the chequered flag and claim eight points. there will be little chance of another flare—up between verstappen and russell tomorrow though during the grand prix though with the briton starting from 11th and the world champion from second. that should be an interesting race tomorrow, looking at the standings. perez is 13 points behind his team—mate, max. rugby league england's men and women have been playing a double header against france in warrington and they are both celebrating identical wins. both matches ended 64 — zero. it is very much the start of england's post—world

cup era, that's the context for this match. this double header this afternoon, very much a sense of a fresh start moving forward after those terribly disappointing semifinal defeats at the men and women. certainly reflected in the selection, just four of his starting 17 have actually played a test match for england before, that shows the lack of experience in this side. still, even with that, the lack of experience and that youth, they were far too much for the french side this afternoon. running in six tries in the first half, one of those going to the new skipper, george williams. very popular indeed. not only because he is the new captain but of course he is a warrington player as well. he played magnificently. in the second half he went on to complete his hat—trick, as did ash handley. it was a comprehensive performance from the men.

an identical scoreline for the women, they went first, is it similar story in them as well, where they are at as well going forward? yeah, look, it's a really exciting time for women's rugby league, they had the hurt of losing in the semifinal of their own world cup. they took on the french as well this afternoon, a little earlier, leah burke was the standout performer for the english side. there was a try as well in the second half for holly, she really is one of the big superstars of the women's game, you will have seen her on sportsday on thursday night speaking to us. she has become one of the first english players to head over to australia to play in their new professional league. she scored a magnificent try in the second half. really comprehensive for england. basically coaches will have had a look at the new players, but france

are the metric by which the english sides will measure themselves, —— they are not the metric. they will measure themselves that against the southern hemisphere sides, the man will take on that challenge a little later in the autumn when they take on tonga in a three match series. 64-0, both 64—0, both of those results. luca brecel won 11 frames in a row to reach his first world snooker championship final. the belgian reeled in the chinese debutant si jiahui to win his semifinal 17—15, the biggest comeback in the history of the tournement. he'll face either mark selby or mark allen who play to a finish in their semi tonight. from the crucible, here's rishi persad. delighted to be joined by two world champions, to talk about the semifinals. we've seen a classic between luca brecel and sijiahui.

what do you make of the performance? incredible, 14—5 down, no one gave him a chance. came back to get 14—10, played fantastically well today and for him to win17—15 from being behind, one of the best performances ever. i think we have witnessed one of the best semifinals. we are probably blessed here to have such a bull's—eye view of it because it is one match that i certainly will never forget in my lifetime. it was fabulous. sijiahui, a star born on the scene, luca brecel is through to the final. in terms of the establishment of a new star from china, what does si jiahui represent? he is an amazing talent, i'd not seen him play before this championship, i have now and you will be seeing him a lot more in the future. he's got the lot. he should be very proud. he will be so disappointed from losing from such an unassailable position, but he should be so proud of the way he's played in this championship. he's earned a lot of fans, not only for himself

but for snooker around the world. purcell will face either mark selby or mark alleyne —— luca brecel will face either mark selby or mark allen. it is another tight one. he is at the table at the moment, looks like he has got chances that you stretched that lead, first to 17. selby going for a third title, mark allen looking to become the first northern irishman into a final since dennis taylor back in 1985. you can follow that one on bbc two. before we move on... let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. leinster have reached rugby union's european champions cup final, beating toulouse 41—22 in dublin. jack conan went over twice. they'll play exeter or holders la rochelle back at the aviva stadium next month. scotland's robert macintyre

has the clubhouse lead in the korea championship. he went round in 69 and is on eight under. another scot, scott jamieson is a shot further back. and on the final day of the jump racing season, there was an extraordinary double for kitty's light who won the day's big handicap chase at sandown — only a week after winning the scottish national. this year's jump trainer's title goes to paul nicholls and the top jockey is brian hughes. over the coming six days, nottingham will host the world championship for ice hockey for six teams in division one — it's the biggest tournament staged in the uk for generations. home ice might give great britain the edge. the stage is set for the biggest clashes on ice to be witnessed in the uk in a generation. bone—crunching smashes, a lightning—fast blur of bodies, sticks and pucks. six nations battle for promotion to the top division and a chance to rejoin the world's elite teams.

and for great britain, it's a road to redemption. they ended decades in the wilderness in 2018 and spent three seasons in the top flight before relegation last year. but now, in front of their home fans here on the ice in nottingham this week, they have this chance to bounce straight back. once again they are stretching every muscle in the face of adversity. there's a fire and hunger in us all to get back up there and keep proving that uk hockey is a good place to be. archive: and great britain strike first. l lwe're not known as a hockey—playing| country, but we know we can compete against these teams if we're playing i at a top level — that we can come i back and compete with the big boys. a slight chance for gb — they score! if we do it on our home ice and have the chance to come back and play canada, usa, finland, that is huge. ice hockey, the fastest game in the

world _ one of the most thrilling games in the world. - not only steel—shod, but well—padded. - great britain can draw on a golden history — 0lympic ice hockey champions in 1936, when the sport was thrust into the national spotlight. sometimes this happens. where is the goal—minder? nowadays, gb find themselves 18th in the world. but with a chance to rise again. when you're so close to the action and hear the crack of the pucks, you realise how adrenaline—filled and exciting this sport can be. the big problem the sport has, though, is getting enough time on the limited number of ice ranks in the country to get enough new youngsters coming along to give the sport a go, especially with all the other activities on offer to them now. but this world championship is a real opportunity to leave a legacy. now back in the limelight, clubs up and down the country have been running initiatives to get newcomers into the sport, nottingham school pupils here joining the gb team for a first taste on the ice. greatjob, connie!

it's really cool, and watching the hockey team play- was really exciting. it's my first time, and it's lots of fun actually. how many times have you fell over? 26 now. you come one time just to give it a go and you get hooked. - it's so fast—paced, _ and everything is happening, obviously with the contact and the speed of it, - and it's such a family—friendly environment to be in as well. | people just get hooked, and they love it. - looking to the future, then, but also celebrating the past. for britain's most capped player and captain, jonathan phillips, it's a fitting way to call time on his career, and his greatest gift would be promotion in his final match this week. that's the kind of fairy tale ending, is going for promotion here. having been involved for such a long time, it will be emotional. there's something that — what a great chance and opportunity. this is a golden chance

for a new generation, which could be a springboard for british ice hockey for generations to come. we have given them a big build—up. they are one go up against south korea in nottingham. very early stages of that world championship. from me and the sports team, goodbye. hello. for many parts of the uk, spring warmth arrived just in time for the bank holiday weekend, but that wasn't the case everywhere. there were parts of north east england and scotland that got stuck with a lot of clouds, some spots of rain and a rather chilly feel. and even where the sun did shine, some big shower clouds developed. and through the rest of the weekend, we will continue to see some of those heavy showers, but also some spells of warm sunshine. this is the satellite picture from earlier on.

you can see that shield of cloud that's sat across parts of north—east england and scotland and then more cloud gathering out in the atlantic and as that feeds its way eastwards, as we head through the nights, it will bring a band of showers across many parts of the uk. ahead of that, there could well be some areas of mist and fog. a little bit chilly across parts of east anglia, maybe down to three or four degrees. also quite cold in shetland too for lerwick, but out west, ten for belfast, so a mild start to sunday. so through the day tomorrow we will see this band of cloud and showery rain pushing its way eastwards. some more persistent rain is likely to develop for a time across the northern isles, and then through the afternoon the skies will brighten in northern ireland, we'll see some spells of sunshine, but also a scattering of heavy and probably thundery showers. staying mostly dry across east anglia and the south—eastern here, the highest temperatures up to 18 or 19 degrees, but a bit less chilly than it was today in parts of north—east england and scotland.

now, as we head on into bank holiday monday, we will see a couple of different weather systems. this one bringing some showers early on into eastern parts of england. there's also a weak cold front up towards the north of scotland, that will sink southwards, bringing a bit of patchy rain to south—east scotland and north—east england and a northerly wind following behind, so a slightly chillier feel. temperatures for stornoway, for example, around eight degrees, 11 for aberdeen, further south, 17 to 19 for south wales and southern england. now as we head into tuesday, high pressure builds so that will give dry weather for most of us for tuesday and wednesday. but then we see frontal systems approaching from the south—west, threatening to turn things a bit more unsettled as we head into next weekend, which is, of course, another bank holiday weekend. so actually a fair amount of dry weather through the first part of the coming week. but the increasing chance that we will see some outbreaks of rain and also a brisk wind.

live from london, this is bbc news. fighting continues in sudan with fresh artillery and air strikes, thousands more people try to leave the country. at least five people, including an eight—year—old child have been killed after a mass shooting in texas. this neighbourhood, they're always shooting. they're always calling the cops and there's nothing done for that. yeah, just, i mean, especially on holidays — fridays, saturdays — there always shootings. england has backed women rugby players wrap up a six nations grand slam with victory over france in front of a world record crowd at twickenham. and how liverpool is preparing to welcome the lgbt+ community and head