hello from the bbc sport centre. we'll start with the battle to stay in the premier league. just four games remain and, after leicester and everton drew, the competition is even tougher as just a point separate four sides, with southampton further adrift. leicester had the lead on two occasions and missed a penalty, as well. jordan pickford saving from england teammate james maddison, which could have put leicester 3—1 up at the time. alex iwobi scored everton�*s equaliser in the second half, afterjamie vardy had the home side 2—1 ahead at half—time. the result leaving everton second from bottom with time running out. well, it's another point. it's a positive point for many

reasons but obviously you don't get anything forjust having a positive point. we're going to take on the next four — mixed games, tough games — they're all tough games. but that's the performance level we've got to keep working on and keep working to, and then add the details and eradicate some of the negative details, but keep adding the quality details. so, you know, finding that balance. but i was pleased with tonight, other than the fact we didn't get the three points. staying with the relegation battle, leeds are set to sack managerjavi gracia and they're hoping to replace him with former england boss sam allardyce, who will have four games to steer them clear of relegation. director of football victor orta has also left the club. leeds are currently 17th in the premier league, above the relegation zone only on goal difference. three games in la liga on tuesday too with barcelona and real madrid in action. barca face osasuna — looking to extend their lead at the top — they're already 11 points clear of real, who take on real sociedad in the evening game. fifa president gianni infantino

has urged broadcasters to "put their action behind their words" or they won't show the women's world cup in the so—called big five european countries. infantino says fifa want to have equal prize money for the men's and women's tournaments, the latter of which starts injuly, and he says fifa won't sell the rights for it unless the offers improve. broadcasters, especially public broadcasters funded by taxpayers money should put their action behind their words because they rightfully criticise football organisations or other sports organisations for not paying equally women and men, or not having the same prize money. well, we need to generate these revenues and they should help us or otherwise we will simply not sell these rights at these undervalued prices to them. for just the fourth time there's been a non—british winner at the crucible. belgian luca brecel is the new world snooker champion. brecel held off a mark selby

comeback to win18—15. he first played in this tournament as a 17—year—old in 2012 and hadn't gone past the first round until this year. the new champion hopes that his win will do wonders for snooker in europe and around the world. it is going to explode. i'm also nervous because ijust wanted this to happen for belgium and for europe. i can't wait to see what it brings to the world. yet, i'm just so happy. i don't know why did it, but i am just so happy. i don't know why did it, but i am just so happy. tennis now and novak djokovic will be able to play in this year's us open. the white house has announced that on 11th may 11th the us government will end its covid—i9 vaccination requirements for international travellers. djokovic, one of the most high—profile athletes unvaccinated against covid—i9, missed last year's us open, plus the masters events in indian wells and miami for each of the last two years. the serbian has previously won the tournament three times. the madrid open is currently ongoing and iga swiatek

is through to the quarterfinals for the first time, but ekaterina alexandrova didn't make it easy for her. the world number one needed neary 2.5 hours to finally oust the russian, in a match that finished after 1.00am local time. 6—4, 6—7, 6—3 was the scoreline. next up for the pole is 27th seed petra martic. philadelphia took the first game of their second—round nba playoff series against the boston celtics 119—115, despite the 76ers being without star manjoel embiid. stepping up in embiid's absence was james harden. he poured in 45 points, matching his playoff career high. he had seven three—pointers in total, with this one basicallly sealing the win to extend their lead to four points. harden says philly will win without embiid if they have to. we didn't come into the game expecting to lose. we are here to win. even after this game, i said to

the guys, don't be too happy. that is the mindset we have as a unit and whetherjoe comes back or not, we will be ready to go. obviously he is everything to this team, but whoever is on the floor, we've got to go and win the game, and that is what we did tonight. and that is what we did tonight. nhl next and the newjersey devils have won their first playoff series in 11 years. they are into the second round after a 4—0 win over the new york rangers. at 3—0 down, it was desperate times for the rangers. they went with an empty net in hope of staying alive in game seven, butjesper bratt added a fourth for the home side. newjersey�*s goalie akira schmid made 31 saves to shutout the rangers. up next for the devils are the carolina hurricanes. finally, today wrexham and their hollywood owners will celebrate their promotion to the english football league. they clinched promotion last month by beating borehamwood and they'll be partying all over again. owners ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney, who bought the club two years ago, will be there.

their long—term plan, though, is to reach the premier league. this is seen as just the first step for the club under this ownership. that's all the sport for now. here in the uk, a nurse accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill ten others has told jurors at manchester crown court she could not believe she was blamed for their deaths. taking the stand for the first time, lucy letby said her "whole world was stopped" when herjob was taken from her. she denies attacking the new—borns in the neo—natal unit at the countess of chester hospital between 2015 and 2016. live now to manchester crown court and the bbc�*s rowan bridge. this refers to a period betweenjune

2015 and june 2016 at the hospital in chester were lucy letby was working as a nurse. she is accused over that period of attacking 17 babies, murdering seven of them and attempting to murder ten of them during that 12 month period. tell us what has happened _ during that 12 month period. tell us what has happened in _ during that 12 month period. tell us what has happened in court - during that 12 month period. tell us what has happened in court today. | what has happened in court today. this is the first time that lucy letby has given evidence in this trial, so it is the first time we have heard from the person at the centre of the trial itself. she was questioned by at kc this morning and she was asked about her background, her upbringing, hertraining she was asked about her background, her upbringing, her training to be a nurse, then she moved on to the period between 2015 and 2016 when the incidents are alleged to have happened. he asked how many baby she cared for in that period, she said probably hundreds. he asked her directly if she ever wanted to hurt

a child. she said, though that is completely against what being a nurses, i only wanted to help care for them. she went on to talk about how she had been removed from clinical duties and she was moved to a nonclinical role. she had not had a nonclinical role. she had not had a devastating impact on her and she talked about how she needed antidepressants and was not able to sleep at night without medication. tell us about your note that was read out in court that i think we can —— show our viewers. this read out in court that i think we can -- show our viewers. this was a ke bit can -- show our viewers. this was a key bit of — can -- show our viewers. this was a key bit of evidence _ can -- show our viewers. this was a key bit of evidence presented - can -- show our viewers. this was a key bit of evidence presented by - can -- show our viewers. this was a | key bit of evidence presented by the prosecution at the start of the case. on it you can see tightly scrawled handwriting by lucy letby and many messages on there have been highlighted by the prosecution. her defence counsel asked her directly about one of the quotes, which sets i killed them on purpose because i'm not good enough. she asked —— she was asked did that mean you did

something intentionally to kill them? no, it meant i didn't feel i have been good enough and had failed in my duties. she said she felt she must be responsible in some way for what happened. she said this was a way of expressing what you can say to anybody else. lucy letby will continue to give evidence. she denies all 22 charges she faces relating to all 17 children. can you describe the _ relating to all 17 children. can you describe the atmosphere - relating to all 17 children. can you describe the atmosphere in - relating to all 17 children. can you| describe the atmosphere in court, relating to all 17 children. can you i describe the atmosphere in court, i understand her parents are there? i understand her parents are there? i am watching this from an annex. it is a small court and there is a lot of media interest. we saw her demeanour. she was wearing a black blouse. as she was giving evidence and being questioned she became

visibly upset and started crying. clearly, quite distraught about having to give evidence in court and something she has found particularly difficult. she was allowed into courts morning before everybody else to compose herself because she said she felt sensitive about what is happening in court today. she will give evidence through the rest of this week. , ., ., , give evidence through the rest of this week. , . ., , , ., this week. this trial has been going on for seven _ this week. this trial has been going on for seven months _ this week. this trial has been going on for seven months and _ this week. this trial has been going on for seven months and you - this week. this trial has been going on for seven months and you have l on for seven months and you have been covering most of it for the bbc. take us through some of the key points that you would look to in this trial. it points that you would look to in this trial. , ' ~ points that you would look to in this trial. , , . ., , this trial. it is difficult to pull out any single _ this trial. it is difficult to pull out any single points - this trial. it is difficult to pull out any single points in - this trial. it is difficult to pull out any single points in this i this trial. it is difficult to pull - out any single points in this case. i think there have been a few key moments in it were key members of staff have given evidence in the case, talking about their experiences with lucy letby and i couldn't —— add to concerns that they had during her time on the ward. now we are getting to the point were lucy letby was giving evidence herself, where we will hear

from the person directly, having had six months of other people talking about the case.— about the case. thank you for brinuain about the case. thank you for bringing us — about the case. thank you for bringing us up _ about the case. thank you for bringing us up to _ about the case. thank you for bringing us up to date. - a pay deal for hundreds of thousands of nhs staff in england is expected to be agreed later. ministers will meet health service managers and negotiators from 1a unions representing all nhs staff, apart from doctors and dentists. however, some workers, including nurses, are still opposed to the offer and there may be more strikes ahead. here's our health reporterjim reed. chanting. it's a bitter dispute over pay and conditions that's lasted for months. this latest strike action by nurses finished at midnight across half of england's hospitals, mental health trusts and community services. michelle dilger�*s family say she has had two cancer operations cancelled because of industrial action. i can't really overstate the emotional impact

that the cancellations for my mum's operation have had on my wider family, but primarily my mum, who's already fighting so hard for her life. her health is declining in the time it's taken to have these operations scheduled and then cancelled. she shouldn't have to deal with the emotional turmoil that she's been given. today could be an important moment in this dispute. at a lunchtime meeting, 1a health unions are expected to reveal that overall, a majority of their members have now voted to accept the government's latest pay offer. that paves the way for ministers to implement the deal, hello. our spell of fairly settled spring weather is set to continue for another few days before things turn rather more unsettled towards the all—important coronation weekend, but for the here and now, today looking largely dry for most places, some sunshine. the warmest of the weather today towards the west. it's s turning a bit cooler in the north and the east as these

northerly winds move around this area of high pressure. so there's the mild air that's in place across much of the uk, but you can see the blue colours, there was a frost this morning across the north of scotland, and just pushing down that east coast of england too. but for the remainder of the day, the cloud that we've had is thinning and breaking. probably the best of the sunshine will be across parts of the south—west of england, sunny spells for wales, northern ireland too. it's here in the west that we see the highest temperatures at 17, possibly 18 degrees, but typically about ten to 13 for the north of scotland and down the east coast of england. and if you're a hay fever sufferer, you probably don't need me to tell you that pollen levels are high for most today. now through this evening, then a bit of late sunshine if you're a hay fever sufferer, you probably don't need me to tell cloud further north. through this evening, a bit of late sunshine for southern parts in for northern ireland, the western isles, parts through the night we'll see a few splashes of rain just rolling but colder conditions towards the east, just two degrees for norwich. but colder conditions

towards the east — just two thing across east anglia, for instance. through the day tomorrow, similar to today, so largely dry. more sunshine, though, for much of central and southern england, wales and northern ireland too. a little bit cloudier further north. a few light showers in the far north—west of scotland. temperatures again around that east coast about 11 to 15 degrees, but we could see 17 or 18 towards the west again. heading into thursday, that's when things start to change as some fairly heavy showers drift in on an area of low pressure initially for the south—west, edging their way northwards and eastwards. mostly dry for many northern and eastern areas, but a brisk easterly wind developing. so a blustery feeling day, with those scattered showers. mild in the south, 18 degrees there for london on thursday, but still holding onto slightly cold conditions, just nine for aberdeen in that easterly breeze. into friday then and some heavy showers, perhaps some thunderstorms for a time. a little bit quieter, but then into saturday the next area of low pressure approaches from the south—west. we're going to firm up on the detail of the timing and also the exact areas, but we're likely to see a mix

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