and he was linked to leicester and aston villa? he was a part-time scout for both.ars ago now, we spoke to a man called tony brian who was a former professional who went on to play for leicester and other clubs and he told us how he was abused as a 12—year—old. other clubs and he told us how he was abused as a 12-year-old. said the recently needed a spurn sample was so the recently needed a spurn sample was so that the leicester city could examine it to see if i had a gene inside of me that would make me become a footballer. a footballer's gene? yes. and being so young, you believe anything. after that interview people started coming forward and we can report that both clu bs forward and we can report that both clubs have now paid damages to a total of five victims that scout. the financial terms of the arrangement have not been formally disclosed. were not talking about life changing amounts of money, are we? definitely not. also important to point out that this was settled quite late in the day, just a couple of weeks before we expected the case to go to the high

he was the assistant manager at the time at aston villa.entioned it to graham taylor, who obviously died suddenly in 2017. dave richardson has said he doesn't recall the conversation with you. but he did sack ted langford as a scout after being told about inappropriate behaviour by other parents. what message would you want to send to mr richardson? come and meet me. really? why? because i know i have told the truth. in a way i'm sorry because i haven't seen him for years and he was like a god to me. i remember when i got picked for ireland forjack charlton's first squad, dave richardson broke the news to me and gave me a hug. dave richardson was like a god to me but when i needed him, when i looked up to adults, i was let down. you mentioned a couple of other players involved in the most recent court case would have been abused after you said you first came forward to warn aston villa. had things been different, do you think the abuse of those other players could have been prevented? most definitely. if they had acted promptly. like i say,

this is how aston villa responded.mpathies as they put it with all of those who have suffered abuse and the safeguarding standards are paramount importance and any reports will be investigated vigorously and as per leicester city they have said... thank you,jim. and our actionline website is bbc.co.uk/actionline — if you need help there are loads of organisations listed there who you can contact. coming up later in the programme. there are calls for the boss of save the children to resign after a report said the charity had made ‘serious failures' in its handling of allegations of inappropriate behaviour against staff. a leading scientist tells this programme that the government's response to testing people suspected of having coronavirus isn't fast enough and that it's not using all the resources available. flybe is no more. it's gone bust, all of its planes are grounded, passengers are stranded and 2,000 jobs are at risk. the airline narrowly avoided collapsing in january and said a drop in bookings because of corona

villa, and it was a contentious issue, because dean smith from aston villa's manager believe the ballor a goal kick, replay show that he was probably right, but va are, even though we have that here, doesn't check that kind of thing, so they we re check that kind of thing, so they were 2—0 up. just before half—time, they pulled himself back in with excellent diving headers, and almost equalised at the death, and it was claudia bravo with a fantastic save, just a tip onto the post from bjorn so just a tip onto the post from bjorn so they could of equalised incentive to extra time, but in truth, city looked the better side in the second half. a little testy, but i think they were good for the win in the end. but you know, villa fans here can leave with their heads held high, they really did take the game to manchester city. in the premier league, everton's manager carlo ancelotti was sent off as his side drew 1—1 with manchester united at goodison park. he wasn't happy after var disallowed a 91st minute harry maguire own goal, which would have won the match for everton. ancelotti confro

lucy mature pedal, once again aguero was the nemesis for aston villa.ir pain. headedin corner kick doubled their pain. headed in by rodri. dean smith was furious that it should have been a goal kick. entreaties team's defending was the bigger issue. just when a sense of inevitability kept thenit when a sense of inevitability kept then it was city's turn to slip up. john stones with the sum —— with the stumble, samatta with the strike. came on. aston villa were hanging in there and with time ticking away bjorn engels came within millimetres of achieving legendary status. the final whistle brought heartbreak for plucky villa, business as usual for guardiola. city might as well set up camp in the home dressing room such as their dominance at wembley, their ninth victory in a row but aston villa can live with their heads held high, premier league survival a more pressing matter. two games in the premier league today and a contraversial draw at goodison park between everton and manchester united. it had been an entertaining game from the off after a david de

manchester city beat aston villa to win their first straight league cup.ll be live at wembley. everton boss carlo ancelotti sees red as his side are denied a late winner against manchester united in the premier league. elinor barker claims great britain's first gold medal at the track cycling world championships in berlin. also coming up in the programme: we bring you all the reaction from melbourne as england's women thrashed west indies to seal their place in the semi finals of the t20 world cup. hello and welcome to the programme — on another busy day — but we start at wembley where manchester city have got their hands on yet another bit of silverware. they beat aston villa in the final of the league cup — to win it for the third year in a row. natalie pirks is there for us this evening. there was a lot of talk about the fa ct there was a lot of talk about the fact that this was very much manchester city's for the taking, but villa did put up a fight, didn't they? they really did, and there is a sense from the fans who are streaming away towards the tub

they beat aston villa in the final of the league cup — to win it for the third year in a row.there. there is a sense from the fans who are streaming away towards the tube that they were in this game for the first 19 minutes, they really took the game to city, and they have almost set up a permanent home here, their 16th visit in ten seasons, going for the hat—trick of consecutive wins in this trophy, but villa really were in the game, and a diving header in the second minute from our ghazi almost gave them a perfect start. but it was sergio aguero, a defence splitting pass landed to phil foden, knocked down to aguero, and he really is aston villa's nemesis. his tenth goal against them in six starts. and then just ten minutes later, it was really quite poor, soft defending, really, from a corner that meant rodrigo got ahead. but really it was villa's defending that was a problem for that corner. just before half—time when that sense of inevitability was creeping in, it was city's turn to stumble, stones with the slip. that brilliant diving header to make it 2—1, and the second

aston villa have a game in hand because they are at wembley today. city in the league cup final. city chasing a third successive trophy, but having played real madrid in the champions league midweek, pep guardiola is wary of a more rested aston villa. the game against madrid was mentally tough. we will suffer from that for the next few days because it's normal. it is notjust the game, it is the days and weeks before, preparing for this difficult game. a drop of adrenaline or something, in your mind on your body. it's an opportunity because nine years ago i was becoming the manager at warsaw in league 1, looking to keep them up. if anyone told me i would be sat here as a premier league manager with aston villa leading them into a domestic trophy, i would villa leading them into a domestic trophy, iwould have villa leading them into a domestic trophy, i would have said that they we re trophy, i would have said that they were crackers. i trophy, i would have said that they were crackers. i see trophy, i would have said that they were crackers. i see it

absolutely in the aston burry is so on.y in the aston burry is so much a part of our lives and the product of the great 605 music revolution, not to have that on and that shows that, ok, we have been told that the virus may peak in may orjune, but the effect of this will ride on for a very long time and so we are really looking well into the autumn before we see anything like a normal life and a5 autumn before we see anything like a normal life and as you said, glastonbury could provide some solace and comfort in these times and it will not be there, will have to do that later. it will be a long time before the end of the summer but the venues in the events have to make a decision because they later they leave it to cancel, the longer, they leave it to cancel, the longer, the more expensive it will be to cancel. we still have tickets to glastonbury and we were looking so much to going and suddenly cancelled, they wanted to do this for yea rs cancelled, they wanted to do this for years and suddenly, it is not available. but

he started his career at aston villa, he started his career at aston villa and played for england underrand prix has been cancelled. as the effect of the coronavirus outbreak reaches deeper into the formula one season. it's the first time since 1954 the principality won't host its marquee race. the dutch and spanish grands prix were postponed today, so the season can't start until june seventh in azerbaijan at the earliest. all significant rule changes have also delayed until 2022. but moving the races could really hurt the business of the sport. they are really going there to look at itself and give most of its revenue through different places but a lot through media and tv rights and a lot to the circuits. so they do not pay that formula 1 where china for example pays £30 million. so it is going up to look at itself, it's going to have to look out what it's going to have to look out what it can do, but most of all, it's been deaf to look at the situation and respond quickly, efficiently and effectively to get racing back on as $0011 effectively to get racing back on as 50011 as effect

jamie vardy returns to get leicester back to winning ways, as they beat aston villa to strengthen theirrd place in the premier league. wolves europa league game in greece against olympiakos will be played behind closed doors because of the coronavirus, but the government says in britain it's business as usual for now. that as the italian prime minister confirms tonight that all sport in italy is suspended until april, but it doesn't include international competitions like the champions league. and the egyptian footballer looking to break records at the age of 75. the latest on how coronavirus is affecting sport in a moment. but we begin with the monday night match from the premier league where after two weeks out with injury. jamie vardy ended his nine game goal drought as leicester thrashed aston villa 4—0 to consolidate third place in the premier league. they went head after half an hour when villa keeper pepe reina ran out of his area, allowing harvey barnes a virtually free shot on goal. jamie vardy came on and soon made his presence felt. he scored a penalty to make it 2—0, and the

manchester city secure their third league cup win in succession with a 2—1victory over aston villa atbley. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. the prime minister will chair a meeting of the government's emergency cobra committee later this morning to discuss possible responses to the coronavirus outbreak. the official government plan will be finalised and signed off at the meeting. 36 people are now confirmed to have the disease in the uk. 13 of those were diagnosed yesterday — the biggestjump in a single day. one of the new cases is a health worker. another of the new cases is the first in scotland, meaning the virus has now reached all four parts of the uk. looking at the global picture, there have now been more than 3,000 deaths worldwide. more than 90% of those are in hubei province in china, but there have been deaths in 10 other countries. andy moore has the latest. we know the...the genome...? ahead of chairing a cobra emergency meeting, borisjohnson went to visit the health professionals in the front line of the fight against coronavirus. at the laboratories of publ

they beat aston villa 2—1, in an entertaining clash at wembley.hester city's second home these days. in the winter sun, villa fans both, older, younger and royal were hoping their side wouldn't freeze. but it had been 2a years since they last won this trophy and city were going for the hat trick of consecutive wins. a defence—splitting cross was about to send them on their way. foden with the knock down to... who else? aguero! lose him at your peril! sergio aguero once again villa's nemesis. it was about to get worse. soft defending from a corner doubled their pain. put in by rodri. dean smith was furious that it should have been a goal kick. in truth, his team's defending was the bigger issue. but, just when a sense of inevitability crept in, it was city's turn to slip. stones with the stumble, samatta with the strength. samatta! game on! villa were hanging on in there and with time trickling away, bjorn engels came millimetres from achieving a legendary status. so, the final whistle brought heartbreak for plucky villa. business as usual for guar

aston villa score in the carabao cup final, but they still trail manchester city 2—1 at wembley, we'lltest in sportsday in half an hour. good evening. the prime minister has said the coronavirus is likely to spread more throughout the uk, mrjohnson comments come following a significant increase in the number of people who tested positive for the virus, with 12 new cases in england. the health secretary has said the government could take emergency powers to close schools and cancel large public events if the spread of the disease can't be contained. the total number of cases in the uk is now 35. in the past hour, health officials in italy say the number of people infected hasjumped toi,700. the virus — a respiratory disease, which causes pneumonia—like symptoms — has infected 87,161 people in 60 countries. our health editor hugh pym has the latest. one of two schools which will be closed tomorrow because members of staff have tested positive for the coronavirus. at this infant school in berkshire, parents have been told it won't open until health officials are certain it's safe. the tas

aston villa stay second from bottom, and in the relegation zone.sition, and we can only concentrate on ourselves, you know? it doesn't really matter what the teams do. we've got great spirit here, great honesty, and obviously the players have got real quality. the european champions league continues on tuesday. jose mourinho's tottenham travel to leipzig, hoping to overturn a 1—0 deficit from the first leg of their last—16 tie. star striker timo werner should be fit to start after he was injured in saturday's 0—0 draw with wolfsburg. spurs are without a win in their last six matches in all competitions. we do not think about the last games of tottenham in the legal the fa cup. we only think about the fa cup. we only think about the result of the first leg, so we know that we won the first half and we will try to win the second half as well. and the third stage of the first major stage race of the cycling season will continue on tuesday. max schachmann will wear the race leader's yellow jersey. it could be another good day for the sprinters on tuesd

let me tell you, the aston villa fans are in very good voice.fferent circumstances. there are in a relegation battle, they have lost their last three premier league matches on the spend. city coming ahead of a fantastic win in the champions league against real madrid. they have won this trophy for micro times in the last six seasons and this is their 16th visit to wembley in the last few seasons. —— this trophy for macro times. liverpool are running away with the league. they are going to take city's crown, they are 22 points ahead of them. now it is a matter of when and not if. city had just been charged by uefa for alleged breaches of financialfair charged by uefa for alleged breaches of financial fair play. they have been banned from the champions league for the next two seasons. they have launched an appeal for the court of arbitration for sport. they are very hungry to win this. they absolutely are very hungry to win this. they a bsolutely love are very hungry to win this. they absolutely love this trophy. he has absolutely love this trophy

if anyone had told me in nine years, i would be sat here as a premier league manager with aston villayou're crackers. i see it as a massive opportunity. the lads have done ever so well to get to the final. we've always expressed, you know, the tradition of the cup for this football club. now we've got an opportunity against one of the world's best teams. two premier league games under way in the next half an hour. manchester united can go to within a point of fourth by winning at everton. tottenham and wolves aren't too far behind either. holders celtic are at stjohnstone in the last eight of the scottish cup. for the first time since the summer of 2016, heather watson will be a top 50 player when the tennis rankings are confirmed tomorrow. it's after her three—set victory in the final of the mexican 0pen against ca nada's leylah annie fernandez. it's her fourth career title. it's the final day of the track cycling world championships and great britain are still hunting for a first gold medal. elinor barker is going in the points race right now. she was the world champion in this disc

aston villa have a game in hand because they're at wembley today — up against manchester city in thecompetition, but having played real madrid in the champions league in midweek, manager pep guardiola is wary of a more—rested villa. they had all week to prepare in that game. our mental and tough... game was the game against madrid. i know we will suffer from that over the next days because it's normal. it is notjust the game, it is the days and weeks before, preparing for this difficult game. how difficult and demanding it is. a drop of adrenaline or something, in your mind and your body. it's an opportunity because nine years ago, the manager at walsall in league 1, looking to keep them up. if anyone told me in nine years, i would be sat here as a premier league manager with aston villa leading them into a domestic trophy, i would have said that you were crackers. i see it as a massive opportunity. the lads have done ever so well to get to the final. we have always expressed, you know, the tradition of the cup for this football club. now we have an opportunity against one of the wor

deportivo, aunque arrancamos con lo mejor de la informaciÓn, jornada 29 y el lester derrota 4 0 al aston raÚl jimÉnez delantero mexicano subiÓ un 20% su valor, pasÓ de costar 40,000,000, ahora cuesta 50, hoy ya vale una millonada, sube como la espuma. y alan pulido con segundo gol y segunda jornada, ahÍ estÁ en la goleada otro por cero en el houston dynamo. y golazo frente al philadelphia y uniÓn. y goles del cabecita rodrÍguez, ocho goles en la actual temporada. y en la apertura de 2018 de momento es el lÍder de goleo de la liga mx. ni el valencia frente al atalanta, el camino hacia estambul es la champions league. y luego de la confirmaciÓn de un caso de coronavirus en la ciudad no se iba a realizar el torneo, se confirman la cancelaciÓn del certamen debido a la preocupaciÓn evidente por el tema de la seguridad de los asistentes y tenistas. muchas veces pero de los acompaÑado, hasta la prÓxima con mÁs de contacto deportivo. >> y maÑana en sÓlo las 11 tendremos todos los detalles desde condado de santa clara, a la espera de que las autoridades hablen sÓlo la primera muerte por coronavir

if anyone had told me in nine years, i would be sat here as a premier league manager with aston villaaid that you were crackers. i see it as a massive opportunity. the lads have done ever so well to get to the final. we have always expressed, you know, the tradition of the cup for this football club. now we have an opportunity against one of the world's best teams. after 44 games and 422 days, liverpool's unbeaten premier league run is over. they fell just short of winning 19 straight games, too. that would have been a league record. it's after they were beaten 3—0 at watford yesterday evening. managerjurgen klopp is trying not to be too disheartened. i see it rather positive. because the closer you come to these records... i'm not bothered but i'm not sure how other people think about that. so, from now on, we can play free football again, we don't have to defend or try to get a record, we just cant try to win football games again and that is what we will try to do. —— we can just try. two games in the premier league this afternoon — manchester united travel to everton looking to clo

if anybody had told me in nine years i would be sat here, as a premier league manager with aston villac cup trophy, trophy, i would have said, "you are crackers. " so, you know, i see it as a massive opportunity. the lads have done ever so well to get to the final and we have always expressed, you know, the tradition of the cup for this football club. and now we have got an opportunity against one of the world's best teams. david beckham's new major league soccer side, inter miami, will finally play their first match today. beckham had a huge impact on the mls when hejoined la galaxy as a player back in 2007, and was the catalyst for other big name european players to move to america. he now co—owns inter miami and they face los angeles fc later — six years after the former england captain bought into the franchise. britain's heather watson has won her fourth tour tennis title and her first since 2016, after victory at the mexico open. she wasted nine match points, but eventually came through in three sets against canada's leylah annie fernandez. she'll move into the world's top 50 aga

leicester move to within touching distance of second in the english premier league after thrashing aston to the programme. it's been announced that all sport in italy has been suspended as quarantine measures to combat the coronavirus are extended to the whole country. in the final serie a game before the address from the italian prime minister, sassuolo beat brescia 3—0 in monday's game. sassuolo forward francesco caputo celebrated after scoring from close range just before half time in the match which was held behind closed doors. caputo then ran to the camera, and held up a piece of paper with the message — everything will be all right, stay at home. caputo then added a second just after the hour and thenjeremie boga completed the scoring after 75 minutes in the sixth serie a match to be played in an empty stadium. also cancelled is the tennis tournament at indian wells, sometimes known as the sport's fifth grand slam. it was a last—minute decision by the organisers, with some players saying they only found out on social media. it's the first major sporting event in the us to go becau

manchester city have won the league cup for the third year in a row after beating aston villa 2—1 at for pep guardiola's side. natalie pirks has this report. league cup final day or groundhog day? these are scenes of glory now oh so familiar for manchester city fans. it had been 24 years since opponents aston villa had won this trophy, but despite a strong start, their nemesis was about to send city on their way. aguero! and then it would get worse. soft defending from a corner doubled their pain. headed in cheaply by rodri. dean smith was furious that it should have been a goal kick. in truth his team's defending was the biggest issue. just as a sense of inevitability crept in, it was city's turn to slip. stones. stones with the stumble, samatta with the strength. samatta! game on. villa were hanging in there and with time trickling away, bjorn engels came mere millimetres from achieving legendary status. so the final whistle brought heartbreak for plucky villa, business as usual for guardiola. such is city's dominance at wembley, they might has well set up camp in the home dressing

aston villa footballer jack grealish says he is deeply embarrassed and has apologised on social mediaat the weekend, breaking government guidance on staying at home. pictures emerged online on sunday that appeared to show the villa skipper following an incident in which a range rover crashed into parked cars. he has since been fined by the club. hi, everybody. i just hi, everybody. ijust want to do a quick video message to talk about how embarrassed i am over what happened this weekend. i know it is a tough time for everyone at the moment, being locked into us for so long and i just moment, being locked into us for so long and ijust got a call from a friend and i agreed to do something. ido friend and i agreed to do something. i do not want anyone to make the same mistake i made it so i want eve ryo ne same mistake i made it so i want everyone to stay at home and follow the rules and the guidelines of what we have been asked to do and i know for fact that i will be doing that in the future now and like i said, i wa nt in the future now and like i said, i want everyone to do the same.

manchester city win their third english league cup in a row after beating aston villa at wembley.ls of the t20 world cup — along with south africa, who see off pakistan. welcome to the programme. thanks forjoining us. real madrid are a point clear at the top of la liga after a 2—0 win over barcelona at the bernabeu on sunday. vinicius junior got the opener 20 minutes from the end, becoming the youngst el clasico goalscorer this century at 19. mariano then got the second in stoppage time with his first touch of the season in la liga. this was the first time barcelona failed to score away at real in the league since october 2006. sevilla threw away a 2—0 lead against ten—man 0sasuna before scoring a stoppage time winner that takes them third in la liga. atletico madrid remain two points behind in fifth

he started his career at aston villa, and played for the england under 21s.cancelled, as the effect of the coronavirus outbreak reaches deeper into the formula one season. it's the first time since 1954 the principality won't host its marquee race. the dutch and spanish grands prix have also been postponed today. so the season can't start until june seventh in azerbaijan at the earliest. the sport has also delayed all its significant rule changes, due to come into effect next year, until 2022. the british olympic association says it will not "endanger the health" of athletes by encouraging them to prepare for tokyo 2020 if it's not safe to do so. criticism is growing of the organisers' determination not to postpone the event, due to start injuly. the traditional handing over of the olympic flame to representatives of the host city has taken place in athens today. although, normally, a crowd would be present for the ceremony. many athletes are in limbo, as they're unable to train or qualify for the games while restrictions remain because of the coronavirus out

pep guardiola's men see off aston villa to win the league cup for the third successive year. after the wettest february on record, march is a starting off on a quieter note. still showers around but not the relentless heavy rains and strong winds we have seen recently. i will keep you up—to—date. it's monday, march 2nd. our top story. the prime minister will chair his first meeting of the government's emergency cobra committee this morning, as the number of cases of coronavirus in the uk rises to 36. 13 of those were diagnosed yesterday — the biggestjump in a single day. 0vernight, the united states reported its second death. more than 3,000 people are now known to have died worldwide. andy moore has the latest. ahead of chairing a cobra emergency meeting, borisjohnson went to visit the health professionals in the front line of the fight against coronavirus. at the laboratories of public health england in london, he expressed every confidence in the people around him. coronavirus is a concern. it is a novel illness, but it's something that this country really amply has the re

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reason to be as mine it is meeting with his colleagues from the institute for automotive engineering at aston university there at the forefront of research into autonomy driving the researchers are testing the concept in one of the most modern simulators in the world. here they're looking into how the movements of a driverless bus impact the senses of its passengers. this prototype can't speed he has already passed through the simulation process kitted out with the latest technology it aims to provide a driving experience for the future. it's just a team will be. using . what it's about improving mobility not restricting it and making it environmentally friendly my job is not only to make that happen but to try it out and to test it with my young team so that they are excited about this journey and then want to pursue with their whole lives. i want you know how many people i've helped pass through here over 350 students have completed their doctorate with me who now carry this d.n.a. around with them in your view how they say we have the skills and ability to really save the world it won't be

a trailblazer success is inspiring his colleagues at aston university to realize their own ambitions for them he's a pioneer that opens doors for others to go through. they would always say you researchers are academics you will sit in ivory towers he broke the stereotype he showed that universities can also bring new products to market successfully bring new products to market and we profit from that of course. for years ago it's showing the way for all of the issues surrounding mobility. we are very happy that he is here in arkansas and that he is helping even if just subconsciously take us all to another level in my opinion without going to shoe and ego we would not have secured the funding for this project any photo over. to be as minor has an innovative project with its roots in outer space in order to connect the cabin of an electric bass to an overhead cable a highly complex clamping device was developed from satellite technology by passing traffic jams from above that's the vision under the direction of professor. they have come up with a new. concept that has really taken of

peak whole feel that maybe the european and the aston maybe it's a fear of tea off the problem and. people here around the region in asia they still have fresh memory about why how things can worsen in a shop here of time so fast like in china just 2 months ago so there understandable i too was the unprecedented measures taken by the european countries and in this sense they feel like maybe taiwan and some other asian countries can be a model to the west right a word of warning there from taiwan phoebe kong thank you so much. the united states has confirmed almost $10000.00 cases of the corona virus infection and more than $150.00 deaths on wednesday president trump signed a $100000000000.00 relief package aimed at cushioning the blow from the pandemic is also invoked wartime legislation to speed the production of critical medical equipment but many americans say their government's response to the crisis has been adequate to. mete with one of them a mother under quarantine in washington d.c. . hits home it's an experience was burns and her family could have never imagined but since

aston martin and lotus unfold which also have some factories open. u. s. carmakers all being hitit asas well. generalal m motors ft chrysler andnd ford motors have temporarily closed all of the factorieies across the u. s. and this of course. could have a huge impact on the i industry globobally where we saw in china that call sales plulueted 80% last month bececause the viriru. of course the indusustry typing to avoid in the region across the world. nine can for we catch you do you think it's closose how. did it end the week and- it badly. up a very lowest week badly at. the attempt a rally earlier and actually opened. for trading in positive territory. but stocks have since dropped. ending what has been one of the worst weeks in the financial markets since the recession in two thousand and eight we saw the dow jones closing down a full and a half percent off to rallying more than four hundred points earlier in the day. the s. and p. five hundred has also had quite a steep slide heading down by over 4% and the nasdaq bank which was doing well of its te

leicester city take on aston villa as they look to consolidate third place in the premier league.ening. within the past couple of hours the italian prime minister has announced restrictions on movement across the entire country in the most drastic response yet to the spread of coronavirus. the measures include a ban on all public gatherings and all schools and universities will be closed. giuseppe conte said the measures were necessary to defend the most fragile members of the community and declared that the best thing for italians to do was to stay at home. in italy, the death toll has risen by nearly 100 in the past 2a hours. there are more than 9,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus. 0ur correspondent mark lowen has the latest from bologna. tonight, italy, a founding member of the eu and one of the world's most visited countries is facing the most dramatic restrictions it has faced in peacetime. two days since much of the north was quarantined, coronavirus cases continue to soar and now the restrictions have been extended to cover the whole of the country, covering cities like he

latest reaction to manchester city winning the carabao cup for the third consecutive season — they beat astonwembley. good evening. the prime minister has said the coronavirus is likely to spread more throughout the uk, mrjohnson comments come following a significant increase in the number of people who tested positive for the virus, with 12 new cases in england. the health secretary has said the government could take emergency powers to close schools and cancel large public events if the spread of the disease can't be contained. the total number of cases in the uk is now 35. in the past hour, health officials in italy say the number of people infected hasjumped toi,700. the virus, a respiratory disease, which causes pneumonia—like symptoms has infected 87,161 people in 60 countries. on a visit to public health england, the prime minister said that the virus is likely to spread here in the uk, and spoke about the government's preparations. it is vital that people understand that we do have a great plan, a plan to tackle the spread of coronavirus. iam very to tackle the spread of coronavirus.

lawmakers in the country nicholas fest from the alternative for germany party had his car destroyed by aston in berlin peter all of a look at the worrying trend. this street is the scene of what is potentially the latest in a growing number of politically motivated crimes in germany this time it's all the car the politician nicholas faced go up in flames last night a car caught fire in charlotte and bork the firefighters extinguished the blaze but could not save the car because of the suspicion of a possible political motivation we were handing the investigation over to a specialist unit yesterday morning the police called told me that my car had been . set on fire 2 in the morning and that was really damaged faced as a member of the european parliament for the anti immigration alternative that germany party he's pretty adamant that who he thinks is behind this i'm not the 1st victim of this kind of arson attacks this is really the signature. of the anti far and therefore it's pretty clear although they haven't really up to no they haven't claimed this arson attack yet but it's clear that th

he started his career at aston villa and played for england under 21s.f the coronavirus outbreak reaches deeper into the formula one season. it's the first time since 1954 the principality won't host its marquee race. the dutch and spanish grands prix were postponed today so the season can't start untiljune 7th in azerbaijan at the earliest. the sport has also delayed all its significant rule changes, due to come into effect next year until 2022. the british olympic association says it will not endanger the health of athletes by encouraging them to prepare for tokyo 2020 if it's not safe to do so. criticism is growing of the organisers' determination not to postpone the event due to start injuly. the traditional handing over of the olympic flame to representatives of the host city has taken place in athens today although normally a crowd would be present for the ceremony. many athletes are in limbo as they're unable to train or qualify for the games while restrictions remain because of the coronavirus outbreak. in the current climate, with the olympics i

and finally — plenty of celebratory reaction on social media to manchester city's 2—1 win over astonmanchester city defender benjamin mendy decided to celebrate with one of city's most famous fans — noel gallagher from oasis. the rest of the city players were able to provide great backing vocals as a rendition of the song wonderwall broke out. noel no match for mendy‘s dance moves. managed to escape to the back in the end! you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me chetan pathak and the rest of the sport team, that's your monday sport briefing. a rare piano that's been described as ‘immortal‘ goes up that is a great song at karaoke, people always seem to know the words. a rare piano that's been described as ‘immortal‘ goes up for auction in israel next week. the piano of sienna — which is more than 220 years old — has spent its life at a world's fair, in a second world war battlefield, has travelled the world — and is expected to fetch more than a million dollars. stay tuned for this story, from gail maclellan. with an unusually ornate d

after two weeks out with injury, jamie vardy ended his nine game goal drought as leicester thrashed astonhen villa keeper pepe reina ran out of his area, allowing harvey barnes a virtually free shot on goal. jamie vardy came on and soon made his presence felt. he scored a penalty to make it 2—0, and then struck again with just over ten minutes to go. leicester weren't done though, barnes scored his second to make it 4—0. leicester are five points clear of chelsea, and eight ahead of manchester united. the continuing impact of the coronavirus outbreak is being felt across sport. tonight italy's prime minister giuseppe conte has confirmed all sporting events in the country have been suspended until at least the third of april. it doesn't include teams playing in international competitions like the champions league. here though, the department of culture, media and sport says there is no rationale to postponing events in britain at the moment. alex gulrajani reports. for now, the only changed to life in the premier league is the lack of handshake. the crowds packed in in manchester and londo

manchester city has won the league cup for a third straight season, beating aston villa 2—1 at wembleyix starts against villa. rodri doubled city's lead from a corner. villa's tanzanian striker mbwana samatta got a goal back on the stroke of half—time, but an equalizer proved elusive. the opening race of the motogp season in qatar has been cancelled because of travel restrictions imposed on passengers from italy due to the coronavirus. moto gp issued a statement this evening referring to italy's crucial role in the competition, both on track and off. the moto2 and moto3 categories will still race due to those teams and riders already being in qatar for testing there last week. despite being kept in isolation for 3h hours as a precaution over coronavirus, denmark's michael morkov has won world championship madison gold in berlin. morkov and his partner, lasse norman hansen, gained a lap on the rest of the field to claim the title. he was only cleared to complete by cycling's governing body on saturday after taking part in the first four days of the uae tour before it was cancelled becau

brendan rodgers' side are home to second bottom aston villa on monday, and could have jamie vardy back villa losing all of them. olympiakos and wolves will hold talks on monday with the prospect of their europa league round of 16 first leg match being played behind closed doors in greece. it's set to take place on thursday at the karaiskakis stadium. the greek government announced all professional sports events for the next two weeks will take place without supporters due to the coronavirus. there are 73 cases of the coronavirus in greece. and we'll finish where were started, with the coronvirus and its effect on the sporting world, but good news this time as several members of the groupama fdj team have been holed up in a hotel in abu dhabi for 10 days after the uae tour was abandoned, this is the moment arnaud demare discovered that he and his teammate roman sinkledam were released from their quarantine on the fourth floor of the w abu dhabi hotel where they've been since 27 february. cue the celebrations. pop music plays. that is one way to celebrate isn't it. all the business stori

i'm the sporting director of aston villa women football club i used to be a striker at one time well the shots. and i'm also a media commentator. i have worked in human rights and development i've worked as a barrister a journalist an academic and a writer if always hard is the diagnoses raif of them impolite for britain because we covered it my name is a for her. i grew up in london but my mother's family is originally from ghana i was born in nigeria but came to the u.k. as a baby and grew up in birmingham i've read any memoir about her passion for football since she was a young girl. she was at the top of her career as a successful striker when she was dropped from the england national team after speaking out against racism. into a male player we don't 102 comes from their country after 11 years of playing i don't think you know it takes a lot of courage and determination to do that i know that africa has struggled with has your life density because she's of mixed heritage i spent my whole life wondering if this was really my country she's even moved to africa twice. to connect wi

aston villa's jack grealish says he is deeply embarrassed and has apologised for going to a friend'suse at the weekend, breaking government guidance on staying at home. les mis for the lockdown generation — the family song that sums up the experiences of millions up and down the country. good morning. it is a fairly cloudy day once again today. there will be a future was around. best of the sunshine in the south and south—east of england, and it is going to be less windy than yesterday, so not feeling as cold. i will have all the details and about 25 minutes. it's tuesday, the 31st of march. our top story. police forces in the uk have been told to be "consistent" in their use of emergency lockdown powers, after concerns some are being too heavy—handed. guidance to officers calls for a "co—ordinated" effort and emphasises the importance of professionalism. keith doyle has more. you shouldn't be driving... in weston—super—mare, police are reminding people of the rules about only undertaking essential travel. just come out walking the dog? right, 0k. the only thing we'll say is please r

manchester city will kick off against aston villa in around a quarter of an hour, bidding for the firstp final. city are the huge favourites to win at wembley, aiming for a third successive win against a side struggling in the relegation zone. they had all week to prepare in that game. 0ur mental and tough... ..game was the game against madrid. i know we are going to suffer from that over the next days because it's normal. it is notjust the game, it's the days and weeks before, preparing mentally for this difficult game. how difficult and demanding it is. a drop of adrenaline or something, in your mind and your body. two games in the premier league today and a controversial draw at goodison park between everton and manchester united. it had been an entertaining game from the off after a david de gea blunder had gifted everton an early lead. united equalised but everton thought they'd won it in injury time, only to have it ruled off for offside by var, a decision not appreciated by the everton manager, carlo ancelotti, who was sent off for remonstrating with the referee. rauljimenez stru

finally forced the world's most lucrative league to take action just hours after was announced that aston boss mikel arteta had contracted coronavirus an emergency meeting was held in london it's a very good decision we've got great league management they made the right decision on the d.v.d. . when you got it in you put it in the premier league season after they pitiful none of us know will see our tete a wasn't the only case chelsea star callum hudson adored was the 2nd e.p.l. star to announce he tested positive and like carter to the teenager is currently in isolation as you may be away 'd for the last which i've recovered from. everybody for a week. and a picture recent the move to suspend football could cost the league millions but the decision is receiving support from those within the game what happens if. a contract this problem and unfortunately in the last 24. i can't see any alternative than to suspend him and and see where we are in a few weeks the list of suspended competitions which already included the top divisions of spain and italy got even longer on friday with the anno