a big weekend of premiership rugby gets under way this evening, with bristol bears hosting sale sharksble, as bristol are second only on points difference to local rivals bath, who play saracens tomorrow. 0ur rugby correspondent chrisjones is there. and after the huge win away to leicester tigers before christmas, bristol must be feeling confident they can get another result at home tonight. 0ne one of the form teams, bristol bears, still as far away from ashton gate. they've won places like bath, harlequins, and if they could take the form on the road to hear ashton gate, they will be world beaters. maybe to a few people's surprise, but playing with the confidence that saw them be at topside three or four season ago. sale are kind of the opposite story. they can't win away from home. what unbeatable at home. if they can start picking up some wins on the road, they will be in the mix as well. i like the look of the mix as well. i like the look of the line. the other man trying to get back in. you can hear the whole game live on five live as well. we will be listening. a late flurry of

the american rugby player and social media superstar ilona maher is heading to england — why the bristol bearsind bigger stadiums. and coming up on bbc news... george russell sees red — the mercedes driver calls the formula one champion a bully and alleges that max verstapen threatened to intentionally crash into him in qatar. good evening and welcome to the news at six. police in new york have released new images of a man they are searching for after the head of the biggest health insurance company in the us was shot and killed in the street yesterday morning. police have called it a �*targeted attack�*. let's go straight to new york — nada tawfik is at the scene. sophie, the last time the suspect was seen here in new york was yesterday morning as he was riding an electric bike through and out of central park several blocks from here. in the meantime police have been searching other locations here in the city and have a wealth of clues to try to piece together a motive and who the suspect is. the fevered hunt continues for brian thompson's killer. investigators have been interviewing witnesse

american olympic bronze medallist ilona maher has signed for bristol bears for the rest of the premiershipn in england. maher is the most followed rugby union player in the world on social media, with 4.5 million instagram followers and 3.2 million on tiktok. the utility back, who can play at centre or on the wing, has signed a three—month deal, starting injanuary. next to tributes for the former world snooker champion terry griffiths, who's died at the age of 77 in his hometown in south wales after being diagnosed with dementia. he won the 1979 world championship as a qualifier, the masters in 1980 and the uk championship two years after that to complete the triple crown. tomos daffyd looks back at his extraordinary life. terry griffiths. player, commentator, coach. terry griffiths�*s association with snooker spanned more than 50 years. back in the �*70s he was a postman, then an insurance salesman with no idea he can make a living from his hobby. he turned professional and within months qualified for the world championships in 1979. not many took any notice but that changed when he start

she's an american 0lympic bronze medalist and she's just signed for bristol bears.aid it's a huge coup for the club. 0ur rugby union reporter sara 0rchard sat down with her. people are posing the biggest star in rugby has come, and all these men are like she is not these men are like she is not the biggest star! this poses the biggest star! this poses the biggest star! i think they are getting it wrong. i am not the best player in rugby, you have the best players elsewhere, even on this team, i have had to do it in a different way for rugby. it is my thing but i've had to correct this whole other thing around me and all these guys who comment she is of the biggest star but if you asked some of the biggest men's stars in the game they would say the biggest star is someone else because they see the value. i have had many messages saying we love what you do for the game, even translating into the men's game as well, regular people out, so they underestimate the work of the pitch. be on the pitch is amazing but as a female athlete, as a female rugby player, i have to do

american olympic bronze medallist ilona maher has signed for bristol bears for the rest of the premiership rugby season in england. maher is the most followed rugby union player in the world on social media, and has signed a three—month deal, starting injanuary. and in cricket, west indies and bangladesh head into day 4 of the men's international test match series. bangladesh start the day at 193—5 at stumps with a 2ii—run lead. and pakistan havejust beaten zimbabwe by 10 wickets in the second t20 in bulawayo. zimbabwe were all out for 57 afterjust12.4 overs. pakistan reached their target of 61 without loss inside five and a half overs. and that's all the sport for now. back to you, lucy. the queen says she has had a form of pneumonia. she disclosed the details of her illness while chatting to guests at buckingham palace during the state visit of the emir of qatar. palace sources say the queen chose to clarify with guests that the type of viral chest infection she has been suffering from was a form of pneumonia. sources says she has recovered well but still experiences periods of post vira

american olympic bronze medallist ilona maher has signed for bristol bears for the rest of the premiership. maher is the most followed rugby union player in the world on social media, with 4.5 million instagram followers and 3.2 million on tiktok. and that's all the sport for now. your live with bbc news. today, the emir of qatar will officially begin a two—day state visit to the uk, hosted by the king. we can show you these live pictures from horse guards parade. we are expecting the ceremony to get under way. he will be welcomed by king charles, also present will be the prince and princess of wales. queen camilla will unfortunately miss this event as she is still recovering from as she is still recovering from a lingering chest infection. she will take part in other events later on today at buckingham palace. we can see they are in the middle of the shot, that is the prime minister sir keir starmer, arriving. next to him is the foreign secretary, david lammy. we can cross straight to buckingham palace and speak to my colleague, kasia madera. you join us at buckingham palace wherejust you

now let's turn to rugby union and bristol bears turned on the style in a breathless encounter with leicesterlford road, with the bears running out 54—24 winners. craig templeton watched this one. the away dressing room has felt a lot like home for bristol recently and one went on their travels will give them ten in a row a premiership record. it was in full voice and leicester tigers roared early through the area but were silenced in dramatic fashion. first by gabriel who scored twice to put them in a dominant position and then putting bristol into complete control. by the time gabrielle went over, they at six for staff tries and for the first half points. leicester then showed some chris in spirit by giving bristol another and then the recipients. and then finishing things off in style in the distance between them and the tigers defence during the distance between the two sides. 54 distance between the two sides. 5a points for a leicester but then, a premiership record ten away wins for bristol and the premiership records. a remarkable game. bristol's stay at the top was short lived, with w

she's an american olympic bronze medalist and hasjust signed for bristol bears.dal at the paris olympics last summer. i am here at the olympics are going to test out its during various activities she's best known for her social media followers with full points instagram and 3.3 tiktok. as a player, i have to do ten times more on the fluid—filled, i'm not even going to make six figures paying rugby, that is the sad truth was back in and put all my focus here. i have to put on everything else and somehow, that has to related to the biggest on rugby. extensive cv also goes to be a sports illustrated model and also finished as a runner—up as scratch on the us version on strictly. just basically change the face of this board _ basically change the face of this board and people are already intrigued about wanting to watch so how do— intrigued about wanting to watch so how do i_ intrigued about wanting to watch so how do i get the right broadcasting channel_ how do i get the right broadcasting channel to— how do i get the right broadcasting channel to make sure that i c

. >> i'm so excited to join the bristol bears and play with and against some of the best rugby playerst going to be this cold the whole time? little chilly. it is. okay. all right. >> lara: ilona sharing the news on instagram with the caption saying the eagle has landed. she went on to say she's very excited to try a proper english sunday roast while she lives and plays over there. we wish her the best. >> robin: she gave you a heads up that she was here. >> lara: we're so happy for her. >> robin: coming up we are celebrating those who give back on this giving tuesday. stay with us. h us. as a co rough, or tired? musical ♪ miebo ♪ ♪ ohh yeah ♪ miebo is the only prescription dry eye drop that forms a protective layer for the number one cause of dry eye: too much tear evaporation. for relief that's ♪ miebo ♪ ♪ ohh yeah ♪ remove contact lenses before using miebo. wait at least 30 minutes before putting them back in. eye redness and blurred vision may occur. ♪ miebo ♪ ♪ ohh yeah ♪ ask your eye doctor about prescription miebo. (taylor) the subaru share the love event means the world to me.

bristol channel, they are not operating at the moment either. it's a very weird feeling for a saturday morning. 0li constable is in bangor in north wales which is bearingorm darragh and sent this update. well, this is bangor in north wales where we've seen some of those incredible wind speeds of more than 90 mph. to give you an idea, that's anglesey just over there, and this is one of those areas within that red weather warning for wind which was issued by the met office. it came into force at about three o'clock this morning and will last until 11 o'clock. we've seen those really high winds that have been affecting places like this across that west coast of wales and down into south—west england as well. at times, it's felt like the rain has been horizontal against your face, it's incredibly painful to be here because of how strong that wind has been. we had it yesterday where the government alert system told us that people should stay inside, it's not safe to drive because of that red weather warning that came into place. more than three million received those messages on their mobile phones in those affected areas. we can see the pier behind us, it'

bristol bears sign usa's ilona maher, who has almost eight million followers on social media.se men are alike, she is not the biggest star in rugby, this poses the biggest and i think that they are getting it wrong. welcome to the programme. they are explosive allegations and british racing driver george russell has not held back. he's called the formula one champion max verstappen a bully and then — to some selected media — claimed the red bull driver threatened to crash into him on purpose — saying verstappen told him he would "put him on his head in the wall." this was during the last grand prix in qatar when the red bull driver was penalised for slowing down too much in qualifying — blocking russell. let's listen to what he's said today. i haven't got him disqualified. it almost feels like he expects a double standard, you know, and if it's not going his way then there's no way — and that's not how the sport works. so, i was...as i said, i've known max for 12 years, i've respected him all of this time, but now i've lost respect for him, because we are all fighting on track

first by gabriel who scored twice by bears and a dominant position and then by bristol in complete control, they had six first tries and 14 the first half points. leicester then showed some christmas spirit by gifting bristol another and the recipient and then finishing things off in style in the distance between him and the tigers defence during the distance between the two sides. 54 points conceded for leicester and for them, a championship record, ten away wins for bristol and in all premiership record. a remarkable game. two late kick—offs above bristol with the wind at the second bottom of newcastle and they're on course to do so as things stand in the falcons 21 at half—time thanks in part to this and three tries in the first and no further points scored. winless exeter and an eighth match for this one and including this from joe, the second season also into the second at the bell leading 14 — three. keeping it local in the united rugby championships today, all five matches seeing sites in the same country playing in swansea and the second bottom of osprey and in the western wales de