fellow christian israel folau has seen the englishman formally warned by saracens and the rugby football unionssed his regret at the offence caused, with both the rfu and saracens stressing that his viewpoint is at odds with rugby union's values of inclusivity. the saracens boss hopes the matter has now been dealt with, as his side prepare for a huge champions cup semifinal against munster on saturday, with billy vunipola said to be involved. this group of players and staff have been together for a long period of time and we ca re for a long period of time and we care about each other and we want to look out for each other through the good times and the bad times as well. and i have no doubt when it comes to saturday, he will be giving it all for his team—mates and likewise hails team—mates will be pulling for him as well. coaches and players at saracens came to move on and focus on the rugby but the fact that believe own apollo has not taken down his controversial post, shows he is standing by his beliefs, evenif shows he is standing by his beliefs, even if he regrets sharing them on social m

the rugby football union has had its say on billy vunipola's online conduct.alian player israel folau, who said ‘hell awaits' gay people. folau has subsequently been sacked by australia. today, vunipola received a formal warning. 0ur rugby union correspondent chrisjones has more on this story. it's been an unusual a few days for eve ryo ne it's been an unusual a few days for everyone here, with the cloud, caught up in the centre of the storm caused by day number eight, billy. his defence of the anti—lgbt star, and fellow christian israel has seen the englishman formally warned by both clubs. he has expressed a great gripe at the defence called with both the clubs stressing his viewpoints are at odds of that rugby union values as inclusivity. they have the matter has now been dealt with, and they prepare for huge cup semifinal on saturday with him being involved in. these group of players and staff have been together for a very long period of time and we care about each other and we want to look out for each other, through the good times and to the bad times as

they'll also handle it internally, they say, but here in twickenham the rugby football union says rugbyon't support these views and will be meeting with billy to discuss his social media posts. the question will be off course how far the rugby authorities are prepared to push this and tonight, clive, those posts by both players are still on instagram. richard lister there at twickenham, thank you. there have been clashes between police and protestors in algeria, after tens of thousands of people again took to the streets calling for a new generation of political leaders. police fired tear gas and water cannon at the demonstrators, many of them young, and who were marching for the eighth friday in a row. they're angry at the appointment of abdelkader bensalah as interim leader, saying he's too close to the former president, who was forced out of office ten days ago after years of repressive rule. mr bensalah has promised free elections, but opponents say it's a ploy by the ruling elite to cling onto power. well, our correspondent 0rla guerin is live in the capital algiers for us tonight.

the rugby football union have had their say on billy vuniploa's online conduct.ter the england and saracens forward posted support for israel folau's controversial anti—gay views on social media. folau has subsequently been sacked by australia. vunipola has received an official warning. our correspondent chris jones has more. the rfu say that billy vunipola expressed regrets and he understood the hurt and offence he had caused by the defence of isreal folau and adding in his own instagram post, that man was made for women to procreates. billy vunipola has also been reminded of his responsibilities as an ambassador for the game and for a sport that values inclusivity, although he has not yet deleted the post which suggests he does stand by his views, which come from his interpretation of his christian religion, although he does regret expressing these views. manchester united travel to barcelona needing to overturn a 1—0 deficit if they're to win their champions league quarterfinal. it will be the first time united manager ole gunnar solskjaer has played or manage

the rugby football union has said it intends to hold a meeting with vunipola this week. points to 21. there was an extraordinary finish in super league where hull fc beat catalan 31—30 with a golden point in overtime. hull were two points behind when they had this penalty from the half way line in the last minute. that was brilliantly converted by marc sneed, and with no draws in this competition that meant the next score would be the winner. up popped sneed again to finish that drop goal to the joy of those hull fc fans in perpignan. american boxer claressa shields has declared herself "the greatest woman of all time" after unifying the middleweight division. the unbeaten shields outclassed christina hammer with a unanimous decision win to add the wbo title to her wba, wba and ibf belts. afterward she called out both the undisputed welterweight champion cecilia brakhus and unbeaten british super middleweight savannah marshall. max whitlock has won pommel gold at the european gymnastic championships in poland. after a year of silver medals in 2018, the olympic champion o

he got a formal warning from the rugby football union yesterday, but his club saracens say they'll standit would be a controversial selection because he was born in barbados, but now qualifies to play for england, and some players aren't happy. a reminder you can get all the latest sport news on sportsday at half past six tonight on the bbc news channel. more at 11:15am. the bbc has announced the line—up for the 2019 proms — the world's biggest classical music festival. there will be special events featuring music ranging from jazz to hip hop and performances celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landings. here is a quick look at the line—up. classical music plays. applause i'm joined now by david pickard, director of bbc proms, and the violinist and conductor stephanie chilldress. thank you for coming in. hip—hop, break dancing and a nina simone from, are you programming glass memory rather than the proms?! certainly not! the promise always has had a place for popular as well as classical music we are still abutting the 150th anniversary of its founder, henry wood, who mixed the

the rugby football union has said it intends to hold a meeting with vunipola this week.—0. kieran hardy with their penultimate try — a stunning run from inside his own half. wins too for connacht and leinster. max whitlock has won pommel gold at the european gymnastic championships in poland. it was a brilliant performance by the 26—year—old, who wins his first major title in almost two years — that after an 18—month winning streak on the pommel starting with olympic gold at the 2016 rio games. there was a bronze too for ellie downie in the vault. it's her second medal of the championships after silver in the all—around. it's the 19—year—old's 10th career medal at european level. a lot more gymnastics to come and a lot more sport to come. it is the women's fa cup semifinals and the gymnast —— apparatus semifinals. how many times have you gone to work when you're not really up to it? it goes without saying that we're less productive when we're not at our best. a new study has found more than 40% of employees said their work was being affected by health problems — a figure

he got a formal warning from the rugby football union yesterday, but his club saracens say they'll standrea for this summer's world championships by comfortably winning the 100 metres breast stroke at the british championships in sheffield last night. he's back to number one in the world, and he say‘s that's "job done". there's some doubt over anthonyjoshua's next big fight. he's scheduled to fight jarrell miller in new york onjune1st, but promoter eddie hearn has confirmed that miller has provided an adverse sample to anti—doping authorites. we'll have to wait to see what that means for that fight. ireland's katie taylor could become an undisputed world champion later this summer. she'll fight belgium's delfine persoon injune who holds the one belt that taylor's yet to win. and finally we've got some racket smashing for you. this is novak djokovic in monte carlo as he prepares for the french open continue, but the world number one totally lost it when he gave away a service game. he did go onto beat philipp kohlschreiber. did he get punished for it?|j did he get punished for it? i do no

billy vunipola has been given a "formal warning" by the rugby football union after the england numberl media post claiming "hell awaits" gay people. let's get more on this now from our rugby union correspondent chrisjones. what has the rfu said? well, the rfu have had a meeting with billy vunipola. the rfu officials at the meeting with the interim chief executive and their head of discipline, david barnes. he has been issued with a formal warning and this warning will stay on his record forfive warning and this warning will stay on his record for five years, warning and this warning will stay on his record forfive years, so warning and this warning will stay on his record for five years, so any disciplinary hearings that come up in that time could come up against billy vunipola if he does have issues in the next five years. the rfu say that he expresses regret that he understood the hurt and offence he has caused by his defence offence he has caused by his defence of isreal folau, and he added that man was made for women to prove —— to procreate, in his own post. he has been reminded

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the rugby football union have had their say on billy vuniploa's online conduct.olau's controversial anti—gay views. folau has subsequently been sacked by australia. our correspondent, chrisjones, has the latest. the rfu say that vunipola expressed regrets and he understood the hurt and offence he had caused by his defence of isreal folau and adding, in his own instagram post, that man was made for woman to procreates. vunipola has also been reminded of his responsibilities as an ambassador for the game and for a sport that values inclusivity, although he has not yet deleted the post which suggests he does stand by his views, which come from his interpretation of his christian religion, although he does regret expressing these views. that's all the sport for now. historic buildings such as notre dame are notoriously vulnerable to fire. york minster suffered a similar blaze in 1984 but has since been fully restored. david silitto went to york minster to talk to the master mason of the minster, who was there on the night it happened, 35 years ago. it was one of the

he's represented his country in rugby union and rugby league, he's played professional australian rules footballecent instagram post urges repentance for various behaviour that he deems sinful or else "hell awaits". australia's rugby authorities have said they have tried in vain to contact him, but folau has been warned before about social media posts. now his career seems to be over.

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football next season. raheem sterling says walking off the pitch will let racists win. the manchester city player thinks it isn't down to just the players to defeat racism. former england rugby unionrican football in the nfl, afterjoining the buffalo bills. more sport in half an hour. the troubled department store chain, debenhams, has requested that its shares are suspended with immediate effect. the firm has rejected an increased rescue offer from the owner of sports direct, mike ashley. joining us now to discuss this in more detail is the bbc business presenter, dominic o'connell. we just learned that the shares have been suspended, ahead of trading starting. what is going on. mike ashley has been trying to take over debenhams for a while and pursue an alternative plan, made an offer to underwrite a £200 million cash injection at about two o'clock this morning. that was an increased offer. it was 150, before he increased it to 200 million. the company rejected ashley's offer and said it was still in talks about a restructuring that probably means it goes into administration today. and it has suspended its shares. it boils down to that debenhams will live on, but it will go into

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former england rugby union player christian wade is a step closer to playing american football in thelo bills. wade quit premiership club wasps in october to join the nfl's international pathway programme. we've even gone a bit american with oui’ we've even gone a bit american with our writing. "wait quit rugby". why don't you write it yourself, hey? 0uch! i'll remind you of that comment. i rewrote it in my head on there. don't worry, i will remind dan of that. nice frosty start to the programme. . . that. nice frosty start to the programme... no frost in my programme! this is what it was like in norfolk yesterday in norwich. the top temperature was 19.6 celsius, we've rounded it up to 20 which was in sandton down and, just in suffolk, so sandton down and, just in suffolk, so that was a pretty healthy temperature, nothing like that today. you can see for the next few days the blue hues return to the map indicating it's going to turn colder. why? because there's high pressure anchored over scandinavia, and coming around it is a cold, easterly wind which sets us up for the next few days

football. they have chosen the right day to film. moving on. life after playing elite sport can take athletes in many directions. often they stay in sport either as coaches or pundits. former france rugby uniongo with 62 caps. his popularity sawjournalists write about cha bal mania. but we're not quite sure what they, or his fans, will make of this performance before the hong kong sevens. music: i'm gonna be (500 miles) by the proclaimers iam going i am going to be seen that all evening! let's go to the football before we end the programme. you can see the score is still 1—0 to manchester city against brighton. we will have the results of that match and the rest of the sport, including that tiger roll is the first horse to win back to back red nationals since the 1970s. —— grand nationals. good evening. we have had a real mixed bag of weather. not everywhere. there have been some spells of sunshine. 0r across western and southwestern parts of the uk stop you can see the cloud is broken there. we had a few spells of blue sky and sunshine around. and where we did see the sunshine during the day, clear skies do this evening and overnight. northern ireland, down towards the southwest, clear skie

rugby union. watch the game live on bbc fourfrom 7pm. the england and spurs defender, danny rose, says he can't wait to end his career as a footballer because monkey chants directed at him at the euro 2020 qualifier in montenegro. silber said they would remind him of his duties and obligations. it is ladies day at the grand national festival and to the's feature... but reversing that result this afternoon, coming home 20 lengths clear under ruby walsh. he was the 2-1 clear under ruby walsh. he was the 2—1 favourite. tomorrow it is at the big one, the grand national. it could be the historic day. tiger roll is going for a second in a row. if he wins it could mean he is an elite company. winning the grand national, two years running is almost unheard of. the great red rum was the last to get back in 1974, but note that last years champion has it in his sights. trained in ireland, tiger roll won his most recent ireland, tiger roll won his most rece nt ra ce ireland, tiger roll won his most recent race by a staggering 22 lengths. 0nce recent race by a staggering 22 lengths. once again he is the one to beat. like he can be going to the grand nat

rugby union career. england‘s billy vunipola has defended israel folau‘s social media post — something the rugby footballrugby players come out in support of the likes of vunipola and some fiercely opposed. wigan warriors have confirmed that shaun edwards will not become their new head coach, as planned, at the end of the season. the wales rugby union defence coach intially agreed to the role in august last year. but, after a successful six nations campaign, as part of warren gatland‘s wales coaching team, edwards is expected to remain as part of the staff. that‘s all the sport for now. olly foster will be here with more in the next hour. now on afternoon live — let‘s go nationwide and see what‘s happening around the country — in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. let‘s go to rogerjohnson in liverpool where the city fell silent earlier this afternoon to remember the 96 fans who died in the hillsborough disaster 30 years ago. that is the scene at anfield, we will be with you in just a that is the scene at anfield, we will be with you injust a moment. nikki mitchell is in southampton to te

the rugby football union has said it intends to hold a meeting with vunipola this week.e also wins for northampton and worcester. in the pro 14, scarlets have kept their hopes alive of reaching the play offs. they scored six tries — including 3 in the last 7 minutes to beat zebre 42—0. kieran hardy with their penultimate try — a stunning run from inside his own half. wins too for connacht and leinster. max whitlock has won pommel gold at the european gymnastic championships in poland. after a year of silver medals in 2018, the olympic champion once again took to the top spot on the podium with this outstanding routine to claim his second european pommel gold medal. there was a bronze too for elilie downie in the vault. it's her second medal of the championships after silver in the all—around and her 10th career medal at european level. it's the final day of the competition in poland today which will be on bbc one this afternoon. loads of sport to look forward to. and luckily the masters isn't finishing too late tonight. just need to try and stay awake to watch your way t

the rugby football union has said it intends to hold a meeting with vunipola this week.st seven minutes to beat zebre 42—0. kieran hardy with their penultimate try — a stunning run from inside his own half. wins too for connacht and glasgow. max whitlock has won pommel gold at the european gymnastic championships in poland. after a year of silver medals in 2018, the olympic champion once again took to the top spot on the podium with this outstanding routine to claim his second european pommel gold medal. there was a bronze too for elilie downie in the vault. it's her second medal of the championships after silver in the all—around and her 10th career medal at european level. great to see her doing so well, she has been struggling recently with injuries. it is good to see her back winning medals. a winnerfor the winning medals. a winner for the masters? hard to predict? i would love molinari. i know a lot of people excited about tiger woods, but i think he really deserves it. it will be on five live? it will be on bbc one, coverage a bit earlier due to the weather. covera