and singapore marks the 200th anniversary of the arrival of stamford raffles, but many wonder why thery is celebrating colonisation. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. glad you could join us. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london, and 5.30am in sri lanka, where the government has acknowledged major lapses over the series of suicide bombings on sunday that killed at least 359 people, and wounded another 500. president maithripala sirisena has asked his defence secretary and police chief to resign over the failure to pass on intelligence about the bombings. eight of the nine attackers have been identified as sri lankan citizens. clive myrie has the latest. mourning for the majority christians who died isn't confined to the catholic church. in the city of negombo, at the grand mosque, prayers have for days included thoughts for the hundreds killed in the local church, murdered in the name of a perversion of islam. the rituals remain the same, but something's changed here now. there's an undercurrent of fear that there might be christian re

conor mcnamara is at stamford bridge. big evening for chelsea who have certainly steadied the ship since the international break. it was at cardiff when they benefited from a hugely controversial goal to beat deeside 2—1. they have added to that with a win over brighton last wednesday and should things go the reseal salary‘s weight this evening chelsea will move above arsenal and totte n ha m. chelsea will move above arsenal and tottenham. it is quite a turnaround who at times has pad boos when his own supporters. sarri can point to last season when at this stage chelsea's old boss had six points fewer on this board on the stage of the campaign band sarri has now. he needs to back it up and getting into the champions league would be a bare minimum requirement for chelsea this season. minimum requirement for chelsea this season. they are involved in the latter stages of the europa league but their culture is famously never won a trophy really does need to deliver —— their coach. tonight against a west ham team who if they

yale, ucla, stamford.— stu d e nts scandal broke last month, —— students last month went impressed. it is outrageous,. unsettling to hear that some people had parents who were willing to basically pay their way who were willing to basically pay theirway in. who were willing to basically pay their way in. another high-profile hollywood actress molly —— lori loughlin has also been implicated in the scandal. her and her husband wa nted the scandal. her and her husband wanted to get their children into the university in california. they we re the university in california. they were helped get in on roaming scholarships — make rowing scholarships — make rowing scholarships even though their children didn't participate in the sport. since the scandal broke, stu d e nts sport. since the scandal broke, students at yale and stamford have been expelled as a result. rwanda's first ladyjeannette kagame has inaugurated a memorial park, part of ceremonies to honour victims of genocide 25 years ago. the country is markin

names like yale, georgetown, stamford, ucla.en't impressed. it's outrageous because college application process should be at baseline equality. kind of unsettling to hear that some people had parents who were willing to basically pay their way in. another high—profile hollywood actress lori loughlin has also been caught up in the scandal. she is accused, along with her husband, of paying nearly half a million dollars in bribes to get their two daughters admitted to the university of southern california. they're not among those who have agreed to plead guilty. investigators say they helped them get in on rowing scholarships — even though neither student actually participated in the sport. there's been no suggestion that the universities involved knew about the alleged scams, but since the scandal broke, students at yale and stamford have been expelled as a result. art comes in all shapes and form and can be crafted from anything. and that's what nigerian nkwocha ernest is doing, sculpting artwork from old tyres he finds scattered

program is part of a 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad symposium posted by the stamford historical society. >> good morning, everyone. 150 years ago, tracks from the pacific railroad from the west and the union railroad from the east -- it was here on may 10, 1869 that spy,d stanford trophoblast also known as the gold spike, joining the rails of the transcontinental railroad and forever linking stanford university to this transformational event and the changes it drop to california and the nation. the completion of the transcontinental railroad connected the vast expanse of the united states with safe and convenient transport, reducing coast-to-coast travel from six months to one week. the railroad through social change -- to thering a despot o indians. among them, california senator leland stanford. this portion and the land leland stanford pushed -- leland stanford purchased with it later became stanford university, where we gather here today. partnership with the stanford continuing studies program, the stamford historical society is 'seased to bring you today symposi

chelsea shared an eventful match with slavia prague at stamford bridge — winning 4—3 on the night.ng to be chelsea's strongest side, he would've been pleased to see him make his second start in this season's competition. at the belgians presence might have been a distraction, because it was a spaniard who was the most dangerous man. pedro opening the scoring in just the fifth minute. then unwittingly forcing a second off the face of simon deli just four minutes later. the checks still seem dazed when pedro turned providerfor 0livia jerusha. chelsea's success bred complacency though. tourney five units on the car, and sloppy hits back. that shook the home site awakened, into 63 seconds later, pedro had his second. that wasn't the end of the drama. the visitors we re the end of the drama. the visitors were dreaming of an upset of totte n ha m were dreaming of an upset of tottenham proportions when he struck two almost identical goals early in the second half. unlike manchester city, chelsea held on to reach the semi finals. nick parrott, bbc news. arsenal made it back to back clean s

reaction from stamford bridge chief amongst those stories but that's it for now.the temperatures. it was a warm afternoon across east anglia in particular where tempers hit 20 degrees. more sunshine over the next few days but our air is getting colder. coming from scandinavia, and easterly breeze would drag the air over the cold north sea so we will find temperatures dropping away. we still have rain around at the moment and for the rush hour, mainly affecting more southern parts of england and south wales. furthermore much quieter weather with a chilly start perhaps for some one or to mist and fog passions over the cloud should be pushed away by those easterly breezes away from the northeast of england and those places will have a sunny start. still some rain around through today across more southern still some rain around through today across more southern parts of england and wales. and wales. and we could see some thunderstorms into the afternoon especially as that of england and wales. and we could see some thunderstorms into the afternoon especially as that

eden hazard lights up the night at stamford bridge. choose to lead his team off the field in the face of racist abuse. if we walk off the pitch as a group, that means they wind. —— they win. and a step closer to his nfl dream, but now the fight to make the team — former england rugby star cristian wade signs for the buffalo bills. hello and welcome to sportsday. chelsea have moved up to third in the preemier league after eden hazard saw off west ham with both goals in a 2—0 win. it was a game the belgian might not have started because of rumours real madrid want to sign him. ben croucher reports. just where will they be playing next season? will chelsea be in the champions league? will eden hazard and callum hudson be at chelsea

just one other fixture tonight in the premier league sees chelsea take on brighton at stamford bridgeelsea could see them move into the top four if spurs slip up. you can also keep up to date with all the goals with 5 live final score on iplayer, the bbc sport app or the red button from 7. there's a full round of fixtures in the scottish premiership tonight — leaders celtic will look to stretch their i3—point lead at the top away to st mirren. second placed rangers welcome hearts to ibrox just three days after their old firm defeat to celtic. there's been another high profile incident of racism in football. . .this happened in italy's serie a' last night as the reigning championsjuventus won 2—nil at cagliari to go 18 points clear in the table. the 19 year old mo—zer ken is tipped for great things, he scored twice in the international break for italy. the teenage striker scored the second juve goal late on and stood in front of the home fans who had directed monkey chants towards him for much of the game. more abuse was hurled his way. play was halted and a warning was was broadcast t

suffering a concussion former 4 steve young joined a sports concussion summit at stamford to ta about it. kristy smith has that story. >> repte quarterb as kind of worried about concussions. and so i was at the forefront of it. >> reporter: the quarterback kept track of advances in new technology. he wants families to know the risks and to be informed. organizers say today's event is a big step forward. >> as a first-ever summit unifying the researchers and clinicians that are advancing the field of concussions here at stanford. >> for many there is a focus on staying in the game. >> nobody's going to say, oh, i better get out. nobody. so as long as -- that's why information, cross fertilizing expertise and then talking about something may be helping a sea change in the development of how much we deal with concussions is objective testing. >> the summit featured education and demonstration. >> our platform is beiler is sync. >> the importance is using functional impairment to characterize how a player or somebody who has been affected by an injury has an impairment. >> as a guy that l

eden hazard scored twice as chelsea beat west ham 2—0 at stamford bridge last night.ns league football next season. rumour‘s are that hazard will move to real madrid in the summer and his man of the match performance will only heighten the interest for his services from abroad. there are strong links with him to real madrid. do you know anything? not at all. it's not true. i think that every coach wants to keep him. eden hazard dominates many of this morning's back pages. the telegraph — leads with "hazard lights up the bridge". they also have the quotes from rehaem sterling — who told the press yesterday he wouldn't walk off the pitch in protest of racist abuse. mirror looks ahead to tonight's champions league match tottenham against manchester city — spurs manager mauricio pochettino saying it's the ‘biggest game of my life'. and it also focuses on the sterling quotes. the england and manchester city star saying you would let the racists win if you walk off the pitch — he believes players should ‘stay and fight‘ tackling racism let's have a little listen to what ste

over at stamford bridge, callum had sturdily capped an excellent performance in the chelsea opening against beautifulfinish for a beautiful finish for the third. this will delight gareth southgate, who was actually at buckingham palace today to collect his obe from prince charles, awarded to him for services for football awarded him after last summer and this is the day when england climbed up to fourth in the fifa world rankings. it is lovely that you can plot that progress, so we've talked about trying to become the number one team in the world and that has to be our aim so going from 15th to fourth might have been easier than the next step, and there are some teams behind us that will be working extra ha rd to behind us that will be working extra hard to bridge that gap as well so we are improving and we are enjoying that journey and have we are improving and we are enjoying thatjourney and have to keep doing it. a great day for him. now wales defender loren dykes will become just the second player in welsh football history this evening to be capped 100 times. she'll reach the century in

back into the top four in the premier league as they're held to a two all draw against burnley at stamforde. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. mass funerals have begun in sri lanka for victims of the suicide bomb attacks on easter day. more than 300 people are now known to have died, and a silence has been observed across the country. eight british nationals are among those killed in a series of coordinated attacks on churches and hotels. my colleague sharanjit leyl is in colombo. sri lanka is holding a national day of mourning today after the easter sunday blasts across the country killed more than 300 people and injured over 500. mass funerals have already taken place today, some 30 coffins were buried in negombo at the st sebastian church, one of the targets of the attack. the area is north of colombo, where i am right now. we expect more itibss colombo, where i am right now. we expect more mass funerals later this afternoon, a few others from now. there has been lots of speculation about what the government knew and when. lots of reports about how they we re when. lots

place and had heard that these extreme punishments wouldn't be implemented so they've been living in stamford yeah but also some hope and not the messages that we're getting out of there not real panic that this law is not being fully implemented and individuals are now faced with the prospect of data by stoning now even if this law is never implemented simply by having that on the books is you know instills extreme terror in people and that's the point of but it's really you know fates many people aside from gay people anyone who's convicted adultery for its own well please we will be following this story and you know maybe as you say vilma will not be enforced and acted as it looks like it will be tonight creamery director of human rights watch is g b t program for your insights tonight thank you . well the day is almost over the conversation continues online and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then everybody. does. appreciate music. a swiss cheese maker is trying it out. his one time receives plenty of loving attention. and he plays musi

damian: okay, and loren, you have a great program going on with stamford university, i'm just learning. loren: well, yes, but not only that, our binational education week is going to start on tuesday, april 30, and we're going to have different webinars, courses, information tables, happening at the consulate of mexico in san jose from 9 in the morning until noon so we welcome all of our community to come from april 30 and until the 5th de mayo to come and celebrate this great program because education breaks walls and we educate to transform our community and to empower our community. so this--i just want to tell you some of the activities that we are going to organize. for example, on tuesday, april 30, we're going to have our new consul friday so we're going to, you know, we, every year-- damian: so you will have a boss that day. juan: right. these days we're going to be very, very busy. please, please. damian: go ahead. sorry. loren: yes, then we will have a webinar for undocumented students and for dacas as well on how to get scholarships, how to keep studying as well here, especi

we start in the english premier league where sean dyche's burnley were the party poopers at stamfordthe hosts held to a 2—2 draw. it does mean chelsea are up to ath but missed the chance to go 3rd ahead of tottenham hotspur who have a game in hand now. we wa nted we wanted to win, obviously and obviously they did not want to lose. what we are unhappy is that we believe there was too much time wasting in the second half and there wasting in the second half and there was not enough to compensate for that in our opinion. over in italy, what has happened to napoli? carlo ancelotti's side on an absolutely dreadful run of form. they lost 2—1 at home to atalanta. so it means they've now gotjust the one win in 7 matches in all competitions. but for atalanta they've really surged into contention for a top four finish. napoli remain second, six points ahead of inter milan while atalanta move level on points with ath placed ac milan. tottenham hotspur have the chance to consolidate their third place in the table when they face brighton later on tuesday. with manager mauricio pochetttino saying

let's start at stamford bridge, where there've been plenty of goals between chelsea and burnley.ea were hoping to climb to third with a win. austin halewood has been across the action for us. talk us through the match and what happened. a mixed night for chelsea, started pretty badly for them, but they are fourth in the league however they have missed the opportunity to go third. it will be seen as a disappointing result to be held to 2- disappointing result to be held to 2— to draw to burnley. it got off to the worst start for chelsea. look at this. seven minutes in, what a strike from jeff hendrick to give burnley a 1—0 lead inside the opening ten minutes. who did chelsea look to? eden hazard of course. then in goal in it looked like they would go on to win it but a few minutes later, a crazy first 2a minutes of the game, ashley barnes was given too much space and chelsea's defending let them down. it finished 2—2. a dramatic first 2a minutes from the rest of the match didn't live up to it. disappointing for chelsea, missing the opportunity to go third. where does that leave ch

west ham haven't won a league match at stamford bridge since 2002 but chelsea manager maurizio isn'tting an easy game. they are really a very dangerous tea m they are really a very dangerous team because in the season they were not able to have consistency. but they are a team with high quality, and so in the single match, they can be very dangerous. it's a difficult match. england skipper steph horeton will miss tuesday's world cup warm—up match against spain because of a groin injury. horeton will be one of several changes for head coach phil neville, after england's1—0 defeat to canada on friday. england play further friendlies aginst denmark and new zealand, before their first world cup group game against scotland on the 9th ofjune. barry middleton has announced his retirement from international hockey. middleton is great britain and england hockey's most capped player, having played 432 times and scored 119 goals. he played in four olympic games, four world cups, eight european championships and four commonwealth games. it's been amazing for me to play hockey in so many places,

if they can account for west ham in a london derby at sta mford for west ham in a london derby at stamford in the table. they are really very dangerous team because in the season, they were not able to have consistency, but they area team able to have consistency, but they are a team with high quality, and so ina single are a team with high quality, and so in a single match, they can be very dangerous. in the nba, the philadelphia 76ers head to the miami heat later, with a third placed finish all but guaranteed in the eastern conference. for the heat, they need to stop the sixers and win their last two matches, including this one, if they're to have any hope of sneaking through to the post season. 0n on sunday, double 0lympic on sunday, double olympic champion james cracknell helped cambridge make it consecutive boat wins over 0xford. the 46—year—old said he's missed the sport, while the women's team also won and afterwards, the tradition of the coxes being thrown into the river thames continued. you can get all the latest sports news on our website. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the re

i'm martin stamford. the latest headlines.lled more than 200 people — and injured hundreds more. a government minister tells us sri lankan police were briefed about the threat of an attack 10 days ago — but the prime minister wasn't told. ukrainian comedian and tv star, volodymyr zelensky, looks set to win the country's presidential run—off election by a landslide. early indications show he received more than 70% of the vote. the incumbent, petro poroshenko, has conceded defeat but told supporters gathered in kiev that he will not leave politics. a jubilant mr zelensky thanked his supporters. we have done this together. to all ukrainians, who supported me and who made a different choice, i want to thank all ukrainians, wherever they are. i promise i will never let you down. before i officially become president, i can say to all post—soviet countries, look at others. everything is possible. i spoke to the bbc‘sjonah fisher who is at zelensky‘s headquarters in kiev. there is no way there will be any way back from that. the camp

chelsea shared an eventful match with slavia prague at stamford bridge with pedro the star man netting they conceded two almost identical goals early in the second half, but held on to win 4—3 to go through 5—3 on aggregate. and arsenal beat napoli to progress — alexandre lacazette's stunning freekick was the only goal of the game. they now play valencia in the semi finals. it wasn't all good news though. could this the last time we see aaron ramsey in an arsenal shirt? he limped off with a hamstring injury before the goal. he leaves forjuventus in the summer. natalie also with that supporter, they show us they wanted to do something important here —— napoli. if we win today it is because we work very well and we took a big performance. scotland are looking for a new manager, after alex mcleish‘s second spell in charge was ended afterjust 14 months. he was in charge for only 12 games, of which he won five and lost seven. he came under increasing pressure after a poor start to the euro 2020 qualifiers, most notably a 3—0 defeat to kazakhstan. kilmarnock‘s steve clarke and david moyes ar

you can see they've beaten them all, including that win at stamford bridge on the first day of last seasonchester united in their first season back in the top flight. those liverpool fans might also be interested to know that sean dyche is on their side. he said earlier in the year that he grew up as a distant liverpool fan in kettering, so he might want more of a say in this title race than you might expect. however, burnley have played city twice already this season and were hammered 5—0 on both occasions. both of those games at the etihad, including this in the fa cup fourth round. burnley have more or less secured premier league safety for next season now, and that's thanks to an upturn of results this calendar year, so the city boss won't underestimate them. we are preparing because this is the end of the season, last games, and everybody feels the pressure to win the games. but today, they are going to rest and tomorrow they're going to rest and tomorrow they're going to prepare what you have to do to ta ke to prepare what you have to do to take the next try to control early and ta k

they're about 15 minutes or so into the action at stamford bridge. hendrick but they have now taken the lead thanks to an equaliser from kante with 15 minutes gonein equaliser from kante with 15 minutes gone in that match. norwich city will have to postpone their premier league promotion party. they could only manage a 2—all draw at stoke this afternoon. the canaries needed a win to guarantee top flight next season, and had to hope that other results went their way. sheffield united are nowjust three points behind norwich, after a 3—0 win at hull. meanwhile, leeds united's hopes of automatic promotion have taken a blow this evening, after they lost 2—nil away at brentford. neal maupay scored the opener in the first half, before sergi canos bundled their second home. leeds stay in third, three points behind second—placed sheffield united. elsewhere, play—off—chasing middlesbrough and bristol city both lost away from home. it means derby are now into the play—off places, after two very late goals against qpr. towards the bottom, rotherham and millwall

austin halewood watched the action at stamford bridge.he door was ajar for chelsea to break into the top four. but despite the heat of a scorching easter weekend, the blues came out cold. burnley‘s jeff hendrick with a screamer inside the first ten minutes. so chelsea needed a response and after passing a late fitness test, there was only one man to turn to. eden hazard with a trademark weaving run. n'golo kante on hand to finish. desperate not to miss out on champions league football for a second year, now chelsea were in the mood. a rocket from gonzalo higuain blasting them into the lead. but it wouldn't last long. for all of chelsea's attacking promise, their defence was letting them down. ashley barnes was left too open and the finish all too easy. a frantic 24 minutes, in the end, was as good as it got. cesar azpilicueta, the man to go closest in a quiet second half. a point enough to take burnley to the brink of premier league survival. but despite going fourth, for chelsea, an opportunity missed. austin halewood, bbc news. research

stamford wide receiver jj hopes to hear his name called before the draft weekend is over.0 yards receiving and 14 touchdowns in his senior year. he is good. his final season at stanford has projected him to go in the second or third round in many mock drafts. >> people see my film and say jump all physical receiver. i could run. i could run deep. i kid get out there for the catch. >> he has a lot of attributes we love. it will translate well. there's a lot of love for jj. >> the first round of the nfl draft thursday night in nashville tennessee. the second and third round friday night. we will have complete coverage of the 49ers and raiders pics right here on ktvu fox along with the top prospects. >>> in sri lanka this morning hundreds of people have been killed in explosions including some americans. there was another blast today. what the country is doing to ensure everyone stays safe. >>> talking about illegal dumping around oakland and what they're doing today before announcing a new citywide program. ram. >>> happy monday. >>> we are talking about the weather. are you

crocker and stamford milking california drive. california is the cow. these are the railroads, as the caption says, "sucking her dry." this one. my interest is in this part of it, how these railroads work, how they made their money, and this part, which you will hear about later, because most of the -- the accounts and with the golden spike. i'm less interested in the building of it to then how it operates, how it worked in california in the 19th century. announcer: learn more about the transcontinental railroad, sunday at 1:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, only on c-span3. announcer: david brooks on his book "the second mountain: the quest for a moral life." >> i've met some of the most amazing people, not motivated by money or status. their motive divided -- motivated by a desire to live with each other and be good. they take on a lot of heavy burdens, don't have a lot of money, but they lead very inspiring lives. announcer: that's tonight at 8:00 eastern. announcer: next, on american history tv, author and historian gary gallagher analyzes the

hit me and probably a lot of people who send their kids to college your daughter is accepted in stamford in the year later after chelsea clinton, coincidentally, went to stanford andhe she get there and is receiving what the marshall service considered to be credible death threats and has 24 hour protection. how do you deal with something like that spirit what a great freshman year. [laughter] happily, the deputy -- i can't say enough in praise of the united states marshals service completely professional just absolutely superb but they had to do the job because there was appointed by the court and they said why are you protected by the fbi and secret service or what have you but because was appointed by the court under the statute that exists that i was tweeted as if i were a judge and i was not paid as well as judges were paid but the protection then came to the us marshals and a wonderful job it was a toll. adwe had around-the-clock secury at the house so a command post outside our houseid will be cald r brady bunch house in mclean which the press already knew and so we had the press

monday, she died at stamford hospital. her family says after a battle with pneumonia since january. >> he said, you have a very, very big tumor in your esophagus. >> it marks the last health bottle for the alamo resident. two years ago, the former u.s. representative spoke about her successful fight against stage iii is off of the esophageal cancer while negotiating a treaty with russia . >> i just have to outlive my cancer. >> after eight rounds of chemo, she did only for cancer but continued to have complications. in a statement, her family said, "public service was appalling and there was no jobs she loved more than representing the people of contra costa, alameda and solano counties 47 terms in congress." >> i will remember her as being fierce. she was fierce and the way she conducted herself in congress. she then went on to the administration and served there and was right next to secretary of state, hillary clinton in terms of negotiating nonproliferation agreements around the world. and she never left public service

chelsea shared an eventful match with slavia prague at stamford bridge with pedro the star man nettingto win 4—3 to go through 5—3 on aggregate. and arsenal beat napoli to progress — alexandre lacazette's stunning freekick was the only goal of the game. they now play valencia in the semi finals. it wasn't all good news though — could this the last time we see aaron ramsey in an arsenal shirt? he limped off with a hamstring injury before the goal. he leaves forjuventus in the summer. scotland are looking for a new manager, after alex mcleish's second spell in charge was ended afterjust 14 months. he was in charge for only 12 games, of which he won five and lost seven. he came under increasing pressure after a poor start to the euro 2020 qualifiers, most notably a 3—nil defeat to kazakhstan. norwich city could be promoted to the premier league later today. the championship leaders need third placed sheffield united to slip up at nottingham forest this lunchtime and then win themselves later in the day against sheffield wednesday to return to the top flight after a three year absence. foo

and go ahead going then scored in quick succession to give the blues the advantage at stamford bridge only for ashley barnes to equalize all this in only twenty four minutes there were no goals in the remaining sixty six to two the final score over in italy it was a great night for atalanta as they defeated napoli two one on monday in syria up they even started well enough for a not believe when dreams fortunes opened the scoring now for we are twenty points behind eventis who've already wrapped up the title they need to keep winning though to be sure of second place and conceding goals like this one to do the potter will not help their cause mario passage then popped up with the winner as a line to go fish and ac milan only on goal difference in the race for a champions league place next season. barcelona will look to move one step closer toward securing a second successive league title in spain on tuesday they'll be away add to this when will move them twelve points clear of athletico madrid who would have a game in hand but it would mean athletico have to win all their remaining ga

west ham haven‘t won at stamford bridge in the league for 17 years.as beenjailed for 100 days for confronting rangers captain james tavernier at the side of the pitch at hibs‘ easter road stadium. cameron mack pleaded guilty to breach of the peace for the incident last month at edinburgh sheriff court. the 22—year—old has also been banned from attending any matches in scotland for 10 years. barry middleton has retired from international hockey 16 years after making his debut for england. he‘s great britain and englands hockey‘s most capped player, with 432 appearances and 119 goals. he played in four olympic games, four world cups, eight european championships and four commonwealth games. he was in the team thatjust missed out on olympic bronze in 2012 but did claim commonwelath bronze last year. that is it for now, i will have more for you in that is it for now, i will have more foryou ina that is it for now, i will have more for you in a sports day at half past six. a quick update on the brexit story, because i told you earlier the senior conservati

chelsea returned to stamford bridge with a 1—0 lead over slavia prague. has given chelsea a 3—0 aggregate lead and put one foot in the semi finals. alex mcleish‘s second spell, as scotland head coach has lasted just 1a months. he's been left the role after a poor start to the euro 2020 qualifiers. our sports news correspondent, chris mclaughlin, was outside hampden park earlier today. meeting here at the scottish airfield board meeting after that statement came out, we are expecting the statement, but we are sad to see them go. as a tough decision but they highlighted performances, they results and in particular, that game against kazakhstan given what happened in kazakhstan, it cannot quite see the progress that they wa nted quite see the progress that they wanted to see given that scotland and glasgow will be hosting games for 2020. absolutely desperate for qualification, we know we have not been to a major final since 1998, but there is extra significance on euro 2020, but the success starts 110w. footballers across england and wales will go on a 24—ho

chelsea kick off at stamford bridge at apm.more crowd unrest in scotland as rangers beat motherwell 3—0. the captain had a cigarette lighter and other objects thrown at him stop as for the match itself the hat—trick cemented rangers second place. in the table. just this morning barry middleton has announced his retirement from international hockey. he is great britain and england hockey ‘s most capped player having played 432 times and scored 119 goals. he played in four olympic games, four world cups, eight european championships and four commonwealth games. now we've seen some terrible misses at the toe down the years but this might be the best is the worst? former stoke forward, somehow managing to stop a shot going in. all he needed to do was literally not touch the ball at all. and they would have been fine. it was like he was dry to save it. terrible. now they say cricket these days as a batsman ‘s game, hard enough for the bowlers at the best of times but this is quite something. the builder in the indian premier league.

keep up—to—date with all the football at stamford bridge and in murcia as well.as opened into why a police helicopter crashed into a busy pub in glasgow in november 2013, killing ten people. the helicopter came down onto the roof of the clutha bar. the pilot, two crew members and seven people in the pub died. 0ur scotland editor, sarah smith, reports from glasgow. this was a shocking event that stunned a city — when a police helicopterfell out of a friday night sky onto the roof of a packed pub, killing everyone on board and some of those who were inside. the bar has reopened, and ian 0'prey comes back to the place his son mark died with questions about what happened to him after the crash. he wouldn't have survived, anyway, but he lay there for at least two and a half hours. i mean, perhaps he could have been removed, they were obviously walking over him to get to the other victims, because he was at the door. it took until sunday morning to get him out eventually. all rise. today, an inquiry into the circumstances of the accident began with a tribute to the vic

and, just a week ago, i was in my alma mater in stamford, and i visited, i took the time when i went out there, to give a speech, afterward, to visit with workers, who are part of the grounds crew, cafeteria workers. technicians, that belong to sci you, and are about to enter the contract negotiations in may, and i was there to support them, and say that the university should treat them fairly, and negotiating good taste. i believe in raising the minimum wage, to $15 an hour. and -- and, i'm not just talking the talk, i'm also walking the walk. we are paying, even our interns on this campaign, a minimum wage of $15 an hour. because, if we are going to say that other people should do it, then we need to do it too, right? we are supporting the unionization of our campaign staff, if they want to unionize, you know, i was happy to see, senator sanders, when they made the same commitment, back in january about that. because, support the right of workers to organize. i would also assure that we make again, we make all of those investments, that connect these dots of opportunity and prosper

and go in salo and then scored in quick succession to give the blues the advantage at stamford bridge only for ashley barnes to equalize all this in only twenty four minutes there were no goals in the remaining sixty six to two the final score over in italy it was a great night for atalanta as they defeated napoli two one on monday in syria up they even started well enough for a nap of the wind dreams more tunes opened the scoring not only are twenty points behind eventis who've already wrapped up the title they need to keep winning though to be sure of second place and conceding goals like this one to do the potter will not help their cause mario passage than popped up with the winner as a line to go fish and ac milan only on goal difference in the race for a champions league place next season. barcelona will look to move one step closer towards securing a second successive league title in spain on tuesday they'll be away add to this when will move them twelve points clear of athletico madrid who would have a game in hand but it would mean athletico have to win all their remaining ga

chelsea take on brighton at stamford bridge — a win for chelsea would see them move into the top fournd there's a full programme of fixtures in the scottish premiership tonight, leaders celtic will look to stretch their 13—point lead at the top. they're already 1—0 up at st mirren. second place rangers are 2—0 up at home to hearts. big game for dundee, they could move off the bottom of the table if they win at st johnstone. they're losing 1—0 though at the moment. the teenager scored late on in their win at cagliari and celebrated in front of the home fans who'd directed monkey chants suggesting is to blame. the teenager scored late on in their win at cagliari and celebrated in front of the home fans who'd directed monkey chants at him for most of the game. play was stopped by the referee and the crowd warned to stop the abuse. bonucci told reporters, he thought the blame was 50—50, because he shouldn't have celebrated like that and the fans should not have reacted that way. we are professionals, we have to set the example and not provoke anyone." well, sterling, who has taken a stand

avoid defeat at home to west ham tonight to move back into the top four, the hammers haven‘t won at stamforderal changes for head coach phil neville, after england‘s 1—0 defeat to canada on friday. england play further friendlies aginst denmark and new zealand, before their first world cup group game against scotland on the 9th ofjune. 16 years after he made his england debut, barry middleton has retrired from international hockey. he‘s great britain and englands hockey‘s most capped player, having played 432 times and scored 119 goals. he played in four olympic games, four world cups, eight european championships and four commonwealth games. he was in the team thatjust missed out on olympic bronze in 2012 but did claim commonwelath bronze last year. it's it‘s been amazing for me to play hockeyin it‘s been amazing for me to play hockey in so many places and makes many friends. if your going to have two pick a couple out, it‘s obviously winning something was massive for us as a country in that group did that in 2009. a special feeling and then for me, london and the hague world cup that we ha

they weren't at their best but marcos alonso's late header means they take a 1—0 lead back to stamfordarly on — showing the italian side what to prepare for when he's atjuventus next season. lucas torreira's shot deflected in for the second, the only sour note — the club say they'll investigate a case of alleged racist abuse aiumed at napoli's kalidou koulibaly. valtteri bottas egded out ferrari's sebastian vettel in second practice at the chinese grand prix. the mercedes driver managed to recover from an early spin to stay out in front. his team—mate lewis hamilton also spun early but could only finish fourth. max verstappen's red bull was third fastest. there was a great return to competition for great britain's claudia fragapane at the european gymnastics championships. she's had a tough year after snapping her achilles just before the commonwealth games. but she looked somewhere near her best in poland as she posted the leading score on her way to the floor final. oh my gosh, i am so excited to be here and i was so nervous going up there, but i feel a bit emotional seeing everythin