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our correspondent laura scott is at aintree.ally was, to quote sam waley—cohen, the winning jockey, he said, that's beyond words, if they're town fantasy. —— afairy —— a fairy tale and a fantasy for the top of this is reality. he was 50-1 the top of this is reality. he was 50—1 shot in the race. the only amateur among the a0 jockeys in the race. few would have backed him because he was a 50—1 chance but judging by the reception he got here at aintree among the 70,000 strong crowd, no one was progressing him his fairy tale finish to his career. it was a really thrilling finish to the race. he beat any second now, who finished second. delta work was third, santini forss and fiddler 0n third, santini forss and fiddler on the roof fifth. but of course the story everyone will go home today with aintree is willing right for sam waley—cohen, his final ever right. he only announced on thursday that he was going to retire from racing. his horse noble yeats was bought for him by his father robert only two months ago to give him this final

good morning from aintree.ot enough focus on energy efficiency, while opposition parties say more needs to be done now, to help families who are struggling with rising energy bills. 0ur political correspondent ione wells looks at the main details. where will we get our energy from in future? nuclear power stations like this? the government want 25% of our electricity to come from them by 2050. from the wind out at sea, ministers want turbines like this, by 2030, to make enough power for every home in the uk. their onshore counterparts, though, have divided government ministers. planning rules in england were made tougher in 2015, making it hard for these to get approval. some ministers want those rules relaxed, but others, and some tory activists, have criticised their impact on the landscape. step by step, with some pushing and pulling behind the scenes, they've now come up with a compromise. they say they'll consult local communities around england and find places where people want to host new onshore wind tu

it wouldn't be aintree if it wasn't for the crowds.o say you can really feel a sense of celebration among the racegoers hear that they are back at aintree for the first time since 2019. a total of around 150,000 of them are expected over the course of the three days for the new mention today is ladies day. the last race of the day has been run but as you can probably hear, there are still some parties in full flow and tomorrow there is due to be a sell—out crowd of 70,000 people for grand national day. let's talk about the big race tomorrow, because there's a high quality field and some really nice stories as well. absolutely. a couple of horses who have run in the cheltenham gold cup before which just goes to show that quality in the race. we have dealt a work who beat two—time grand national winner tiger role at the cheltenham festival in a cross—country chase a few weeks ago. he has become one of the favourites of the race but as you say, a lot of lovely stories in the race. many people watching the grand national choose their horse

she gold cup, she smashed through their at aintree last year.— at aintree last year.s the story of— some ways, this grand national is the story of two women, you have rachael— the story of two women, you have rachael blackmore, then you also have snow — rachael blackmore, then you also have snow lepidus, seeking to become the first— have snow lepidus, seeking to become the first equine mother to win the grand _ the first equine mother to win the grand national. she had a child and brought— grand national. she had a child and brought the child up with no help from _ brought the child up with no help from the — brought the child up with no help from the father, now she has gone out to— from the father, now she has gone out to work— from the father, now she has gone out to work and is a major contender today~ _ out to work and is a major contender today the _ out to work and is a major contender today. the last time was 1951. there are a _ today. the last time was 1951. there are a few— today. the last time was 1951. there are a few in — today. the last time was 1951. th

our sports correspondent laura scott is at aintree for us.row at aintree, all eyes are on the world's most famousjump race, the grand national. there is due to be a sell—out cloud of 70,000 people meaning it will be an entirely different experience for the jockeys to this time last year. —— sell—out crowd. rachael blackmore says she's lost count of the times she's watched back last year's grand national when she became the first woman to win the prestigious race. commentator: rachael blackmore raises the bar still higher! _ this year the atmosphere will be bigger, the task even tougher, but she is confident she can repeat the feat. incredible memories from last year and so we will try our best to get some more this year. he really enjoyed it around here last year, he jumped from fence to fence, and he has more weight on his back this year but i _ just hope he jumps around well. you never know what will happen next. horses trained in ireland have dominated the race in recent years, with ten of the first 11 home last year. britain's main hopes

on day two of the grand national meeting at aintree, ahoy senor put in a superb performance to win thetory forjockey derek fox and scottish trainer lucinda russell, who won the 2017 grand national with one for arthur and will combine with mighty thunder in saturday's big race. gb's most successful olympic canoeist liam heath has announced his retirement from competition, saying it was "time to move on". after winning bronze along withjon schofield at london 2012, the pair took silverfour years later in brazil, where heath enjoyed the highlight of his career — solo gold in the k1 200m. he won countless world and european titles, and another olympic bronze in 2020. it's day two of the masters at augusta, and all eyes have been on this man. but it didn't start off well for tiger woods, dropping four shots in five holes on his front nine. however, it's been a better day for south african charl schwartzel, who's in contention after a great round. the wind picked up, favouring those who went out in the morning, including schwartzel. he's missed the cut in six previous tournaments. but the 20

ahead of the biggest race of the year, we speak to history maker rachael blackmore as she returns to aintreend her grand national title. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. most of the talk heading into the start of golf�*s first men's major of the year has centred on one man — tiger woods — returning little over a year after suffering life—threatening injuries when he crashed his car. he's not the only story on day one of the masters at augusta, but it's obviously where we start tonight. our correspondent andy swiss has been following the day's play so far. been watching tiger woods, how is he getting on? 50 been watching tiger woods, how is he caettin on? ., been watching tiger woods, how is he caettin on? . , , getting on? so far, pretty well. it seemed almost _ getting on? so far, pretty well. it seemed almost unthinkable thatl seemed almost unthinkable that you would be here a few months ago, and yet here he is. you can imagine the expectation and anticipation as he prepared for his opening tee shot. it wasn't the greatest he's ever produced. but the excitement was incredible. here

. _ sport, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre here's mike bushell, who's in aintree.g along but a perfect day for racing because of a special day, because the day crowds return to aintree for the first day of the grand national meeting. some a0,000 coming along. remember, two years ago the race itself was cancelled for the first time since the second world war and last year it was run behind closed doors. this is the first time the fans can cheer on the runners and riders since 2019. amongst those fans, around a0,000 we think will be here today. some 10,000 given free tickets and they are all nhs staff. this has been renamed, this day, liverpool nhs day in tribute to all the work of the nhs during the pandemic, which is why we haven't been here in three years with crowds. a special day on one of the star shows will be rachael blackmore, riding the first race of the day. for organisers, the whole meeting being back with crowds will be a significant moment in the history of this course because the grand national itself is seen as the people's race. we all know from over

studio: horses at aintree, who would have thought it?happy it's over. i'm happy we can move on and get back to writing songs. yeah, all of it makes me sad. in the last year, it got really heavy and it was consuming. and the cost to our mental health and creativity was really tangible. i think lawsuits are, like, not fun for anyone involved. yeah, i think across all sides. like it was not a nice experience. i don't think anyone would contest that. it wasn't pleasant. shape of you became the focus of a high court trial after the grime artist sami chokri accused the song writers of copying one of his tracks. ed sheeran and his team denied this and decided to fight for the song which the trial heard earned them around £5 million a year. but they say this was about so much more. the conversation around all of this is always about money. it is not about money. this is about honesty. integrity. yeah. it's not about... win or lose, we had to go to court. we had to stand up for what we thought was right. this isn't the first time ed sheeran has b

no fairy tale in the end for tiger woods but there was at aintree! says his grand national win feels like a dream that will take weeks to sink in — after he won the grand national at aintree on 50 to i outsider noble yeats in his final ride. waley—cohen, who was later punished for overuse of the whip, held off the challenge of favourite any second now, with delta work third and santini fourth. it's a dream, it is an overstated word but i couldn't, i couldn't have imagined it and just incredibly grateful and thankful to have had a great career and a great ride. and enjoyed so much good spirit today. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, here's joanna gosling with the papers. hello and welcome to our look at what the papers are saying today. with me are james rampton, features writer at the independent and the financial times' political and diplomatic correspondent, laura hughes. good morning to you both. with you in a moment but first a look at the front pages. the sunday telegraph has a picture from borisjohnson�*s trip to kyiv, where he met

on day two of the grand national meeting at aintree, ahoy senor put in a superb performance to win thesful olympic canoeist liam heath has announced his retirement from competition, saying it was "time to move on". after winning bronze along withjon schofield at london 2012, the pair took silverfour years later in brazil, where heath enjoyed the highlight of his career — solo gold in the k1200m. he won countless world and european titles, and another olympic bronze in 2020. it's day two of the masters at augusta, and all eyes have been on this man. but it didn't start off well for tiger woods, dropping four shots in five holes on his front nine. however, it's been a better day for south african charl schwartzel, who's in contention after a great round. the wind picked up, favouring those who went out in the morning, including schwartzel. he's missed the cut in six previous tournaments. but the 2011 winner was an early clubhouse leader on three under par. rory mcilroy hasn't performed as well as he would have liked. the northern irishman will have to come up with something special if he

day two of the grand national meeting at aintree is ladies day.is rivals to beat "fury road" by five lengths and could now target next year's cheltenham gold cup. it's another aintree victory forjockey derek fox and scottish trainer lucinda russell, who won the 2017 grand national with "one for arthur" and will combine with "mighty thunder" in saturday's big race. day two of the masters is under way at augusta national with overnight leader sungjae im out on the course early in his round. the south korean started on 5 under par after an opening round of 67. he dropped a shot but is back to where he started after a birdie at 3. dustinjohnson was doing well a birdie at the fourth taking him to four under through seven. in the last few minutes, south african louis oosthazen has withdrawn from the tournament due to injuries. the man we've all been very keen to watch tiger woods tees off later. he finished on 1 under yesterday. the four shortlisted bidders who want to buy chelsea have been given three extra days to submit final offers, with thursday, a

grand national festival with two to one second favourite epatante running out an easy winner in the aintree well beaten by fourteen lengths, twenty eight to one shot mcfabulous came in third. and clan des obeaux made it back to back wins in the bowl chase. the 13—2 shot — part—owned by sir alex ferguson — ridden by harry cobden, finished ahead of conflated. in the european women's world cup qualifiers, it was a stunning performance for ada hegerberg, who scored a hat—trick on her return to the national team for the first time in five years as norway thrashed kosovo 5—1. hegerberg was given a warm welcome as she returned to the pitch. the 26—year—old walked away in 2017, saying there was a lack of respect for women players in her country. norway top their world cup qualifying group with 19 points from seven games, three ahead of belgium. former heavyweight world champion wladimir klitschko says ukraine is grateful for the support they've recieved during the war with russia, but more has to be done to help. wladimir, along with his brother vitali, who's now the mayor of kiev, have both been f

eitherat aintree creams before he went to bed. few champion. either at aintree at the weekend? you should say that. it is brilliant to talk to _ that. it is brilliant to talk to you, thank you for coming in. i am you, thank you for coming in. 1am sure you, thank you for coming in. i am sure we will talk again. it was a huge weekend for sport — some incredible golf, football and f1 — but the real fairy—tale moment came from aintree, when sam waley—cohen finished his racing career by winning the national, on a 50—1 shot, owned by his dad. he already said it was going to be his last race, what a way to round off your career. sam joins us now from banbury. thanks very much, you probably want to lie on, but also talk about it. how was your weekend?- how was your weekend? pretty surreal, saturday _ how was your weekend? pretty surreal, saturday was - how was your weekend? pretty surreal, saturday was massive | how was your weekend? pretty - surreal, saturday was massive even before the race, huge emotion being my last race. so much goodwill and people saying, enjoy it and things like

fans had waited three years to be back at aintree and 70,000 of them arrived full of anticipation.29 fences the favourite took the lead, but in orange, sam whaley—cohen, the only amateurjockey in the race, had other ideas on the 50—1 shot, coming out on top following a thrilling battle to the line. you just can't make it up, you try and give everybodyjoy and happiness and something to celebrate, and mostly everyone goes home thinking about what a waste of time, and so for it to come off and to make it all happen like that, just surreal. 15 of the a0 horses finished the race with one fatality, put down after an injury, and it later emerged that sam waley—cohen had been handed a penalty for breaching the whip rules during his winning ride. a sting in the tail to what had otherwise been a memorable day, the grand national so often provides memorable moments and it delivered once again. cristiano ronaldo has apologised after video emerged appearing to show him breaking a fan's phone after he left the pitch in frustration following manchester united's1—0 defeat at everton. it was a huge

the grand national tomorrow, of course, at aintree, looking mainly fine.ldn't completely rule out a shower but, on balance, it should stay dry. and staying dry on saturday night under this ridge of high pressure that allows it to get cold. out west, a big area of low pressure throw some cloud into western areas so not such a cold start for belfast or plymouth. elsewhere, another frost on sunday morning. not a elsewhere, another frost on sunday morning. nota bad elsewhere, another frost on sunday morning. not a bad —looking day on sunday, most places will be dry, but things clouding over from the west is that big area of low pressure starts to approach. a little bit of rain in western areas, but winds coming up from the south side temperatures beginning to nudge upwards. and that is the story into next week. temperatures will continue to climb. when we get some sunshine at times, highs of 18, i9 sunshine at times, highs of18, 19 and i sunshine at times, highs of 18, 19 and i wouldn't be surprised if someone saw 20 degrees next week. however, that is not the

it's day two of the aintree festival in horse—racing — you can stay all the sports news on the bbc sportent. president biden has described evidence of russian troops killing, torturing and raping ukrainian civilians as an "outrage to humanity." ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has said the destruction in the town of borodianka, close to kyiv, is "more horrific" than what was uncovered in nearby bucha, where bodies were found in the streets. meanwhile, moscow has dismissed allegations of war crimes as a "monstrous forgery." for now, moscow seems to be focusing its attention on eastern ukraine, specifically the donbas region. the bbc has witnessed hundreds of thousands of civilians fleeing that area, where separatists have been fighting for eight years. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports now from lysycha nsk. 21st—century combat on ukraine's eastern front can look and sound more like something from the first world war. but they've been fighting russian—backed separatists this way for the past eight years. western officials say this is where ukraine has some of its bes

we're only a few hours away from the 174th grand national at aintree, where trailblazer rachel blackmorean 70,000 are expected. commodore, school boy hours and romain de senam took the final spots in the race after three late withdrawals on friday. while blackmore is the only woman riding, emma lavelle has two chances of being the fourth woman to train the winner since 2009 with eclair surf and de rasher counter. to champions cup rugby union now, the first legs of the round of 16 ties are taking place. and it's a very slight advantage to bristol, they beat sale sharks by 10 points to 9 in their all—english encounter in a game that never really burst into life, it was a moment of magic from substitue semi radradra that sealed the win. that the only try of the game to give the bears a one point lead ahead of the second leg in bristol on friday. catalans dragons and st helens are in action in the challenge cup quarter—finals. it's live on bbc one right now if you want to watch it — st helens are dominating this one so far — three tries already — mark percival with this one. it's a rematch o

the three—day grand national festival gets underway at aintree today. her title, riding the same horse — minella times. sally nugent has been to ireland to meet her. rachael blackmore, the first woman to ride to victory at the grand national. and then, just a couple of weeks ago, she became the first woman to win the prestigious cheltenham gold cup. growing up in a farm in ireland, she always knew she wanted to work with horses. we had sheep and cows there, so my whole childhood was surrounded by animals, i suppose, and i always knew growing up that i wanted to be a jockey but i never envisaged that i would be able to make a career out of it. i'm going to remind you of that amazing quote from last year. "i don't feel male, i don't feel female, "i barely feel human." is that right? yes, something like that. the grand national is just so massive, and you never think you're actually going to get to win it, you know what i mean? getting around in the grand national is a bit of an achievement in itself, for sure, so to actually get to win it, like, it was ju

in saturday's race at aintree.r using his whip above the permitted level and in the incorrect place in the finish, and also banned for nine days. although that won't count for much, given waley—cohen retired after the race. i have first priority is to look after the horses and, you know, my responsibilities to make sure i look after the horse so come on a personal level, i would after the horse so come on a personal level, iwould much after the horse so come on a personal level, i would much rather have not gone over the counter but, you know, in retrospect, i would have done things differently on that front but, you know, it is very key to look after the horses and, glad, glad to have done that. and a new marathon has been launched, to honour rugby league legend rob burrow — and raise money to fight motor neurone disease. burrow was diagnosed with the condition in 2019 and together with his great friend kevin sinfield, he's raised millions of pounds for charity. the pair played together at leeds, and the race will

regrets over how much he used the whip in his victory aboard "noble yeats" in saturday's race at aintreeine days, although this won't count for much as waley—cohen retired after the race. my my first priority is to look after the horses, and my responsibility is to make sure i look after noble yeats so in retrospect i would have done things differently on that front. let's ta ke let's take you back to america now. the nba play—in tournament games are now locked in and the playoff seedings are too after a frantic final night in the nba regular season. our sports news correspondent nesta mcgregor has followed the developments and earlier i asked him to talk us through the dramatic final day. as you know, the 30 team nba split into two conferences, the west and the east. basically up until last night, where those teams would finish in the rankings were still up for grabs. if you look at the headlines, in the east, the miami heat, no one thought they would win that division but they have done so and last night they lost to orlando magic, probably because they rested a lot of their starters.

the three—day grand national festival gets underway at aintree today.ckmore, the first woman to ride to victory in the grand national and a couple of weeks ago the first wind the prestigious job cop. growing up on a farm in ireland, she always knew she wanted to work with horses. haste ireland, she always knew she wanted to work with horses.— to work with horses. we had sheep and cows there _ to work with horses. we had sheep and cows there so _ to work with horses. we had sheep and cows there so my _ to work with horses. we had sheep and cows there so my whole - to work with horses. we had sheep i and cows there so my whole childhood was surrounded by animal, i suppose, and i always knew growing up that i wanted to be a jockey but i never envisaged that i could make a career out of it. i envisaged that i could make a career out of it. , ., ., ., out of it. i will remind you of that amazin: out of it. i will remind you of that amazing quote — out of it. i will remind you of that amazing quote from _ out of it. i will remind you of that amazing quote fro

grand national festival, with two—to—one second favourite epatante running out an easy winner in the aintreeidden by harry cobden, finished ahead of conflated. in the european women's world cup qualifiers, it was a stunning performance for ada hegerberg, who scored a hat—trick on her return to the national team for the first time in five years as norway thrashed kosovo 5—1. hegerberg was given a warm welcome as she returned to the pitch. the 26—year—old walked away in 2017, saying there was a lack of respect for women players in her country. norway top their world cup qualifying group with 19 points from seven games, three ahead of belgium. former heavyweight world champion wladimir klitschko says ukraine is grateful for the support they've received during the war with russia, but more has to be done to help. wladimir, along with his brother vitali, who's now the mayor of kyiv, have both been fighting russian forces since the war began. after being in bucha recently, wladimir says he's seen some awful things. norway top their world cup—qualifying group with 19 a warning, this interview does

it does mean for a cool feel, notjust today but into saturday if you're heading off to aintree and thethis evening and overnight to take us into saturday, most of the showers inland will fade away. a few continue through wales, liverpool bay area, down towards north west midlands, northern ireland and parts of northern scotland east. risk here into saturday morning, but with clear skies elsewhere, light winds, it's going to be a case of temperatures at or below freezing for many a widespread frost, but a crisp and sunny start to your weekend saturday looking fine. in fact, for many, there will be a few showers in those areas that saw them through the night and they'll continue fairly frequent the north west of scotland. but northern ireland, england and wales wants to shower. while shower clouds will bubble up for some, more of you will avoid them more of you'll spend the bulk, if not all of the day, dry with a bit more sunshine, lighter winds still. so again, maybe feeling a little less cold. but the frost will return through saturday night into sunday, under this ridge of high pressu

grand national festival, with two to one second favourite epatante running out an easy winner in the aintreeen by 1a lengths. 28—1 shot mcfabulous came in third. it's one of the biggest nights in west ham history. the 13 shot pardoned by sir alex ferguson, finished ahead of completed. it's one of the biggest nights in west ham history. they've not played a european quarterfinal since 1981. if they can get past the two games against lyon, they could face barcelona in the semifinals. in the other games, portuguese side braga host scottish champions rangers and rb leipzig play atalanta. here's the west ham manager, david moyes. not thinking beyond lyon at the moment, and we take every competition really seriously. but this one is obviously a little bit more special because to be in amongst all the european teams, it's really important for us. but we can't think any further. we are playing against a team who were in the champions league two years ago, so we would be crazy to think any further than this. everton defender gabby george has been called up to the england squad for their women's world

keep up with the latest developments at the masters and aintree on the bbc sport website.he war in ukraine. the display in the skies over romania included some of the raf typhoons that have been sent to romania to help tackle russian aggression. duncan kennedy reports from the black sea coast. this was a display of fire power, but also a message. the jets flew over a base in eastern romania, but nato wants their lethal force to be registered in moscow. raf typhoons were part of the formation that's flying near and over the black sea. britain has sent four of them to romania, with two more to follow. officials from the united states, italy, romania and britain were here today. a defensive show of unify for the west, a keep out sign for russia. how do you provoke a man who's already invented excuse after excuse to invade a sovereign country and kill innocent civilians? you can't provoke him any more. he is determined, at the cost of, you know, thousand of russian lives, to prosecute invasion of a country that he has no right to do so. nato now has 130 jets in the air at any

have regrets over how much he used the whip in his victory aboard noble yeats in saturday's race at aintreeel i would much rather have not gone over the count but, you know, in retrospect, i would have done things differently on that front but, you know, it is with the key look after the horses and glad to have done that. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. elon musk has decided not to join the board of twitter, according to the company's chief executive. mr musk�*s appointment was due to become effective on saturday after revealing last week that he had bought a 9.2% stake in the social media platform for 3 point 2 billion dollars. musk is a frequent tweeter, with more than 80 million followers. just over an hour after the announcement, mr musk cryptically tweeted a single emoji of a face with a hand over the mouth. let's speak to our technology correspondent mark cieslak. why doesn't he want to be on the board? element there as been a lot of speculation about this but the reality is, we just don't know for sure. after he bought that share, that 9.2% shar