a rapturous reception for bryony frost after racing into the record books.female jockey had ever won one of the big grade 1 jump races at the festival, but in the ryanair chase, frost and her horse, frodon, blazed an unstoppable trail. bryony frost, gradei winner at the festival! for frost, triumph and tears ofjoy. atjust 23 she'd made history without even realising it. i didn't even know, until i came back in and they said, "b, you know that was a grade i?" i said, "oh, god, yeah, it was!" i was still wrapped up in me and frodon, ithought, "we've had a great time." honestly, it wasjust bonkers. i said, "oh, my god, yeah", and then they said, "well, that's the first time it's ever been done. " you think, "hey, you know, that's a cool thing, isn't it?" and the next race brought another poignant moment. victory for paisley park. his owner andrew gemmell has been blind since birth, but listening to the commentary on the tannoy and the roars of the crowd, he shared the celebrations. it was, he later said, a dream come true. well, cheltenham is no stranger to raw

and history at cheltenham, as bryony frost becomes the first female jockey to ever ride a grade one winner at the festival. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the news that five—time champions sevilla have been knocked out of the europa league, losing in extra time to a late slavia prague goal in the czech republic. colm harrison looks back on a night of late drama. all square at 2—2 from the first leg, slavia prague struck first in the return sue a cameroonian defender. the two players then traded penalties either side of half—time, with wissam ben yedder equalising for sevilla, only for slavia prague to head back in front in the second half. the spaniards we re in the second half. the spaniards were heading out until munir el haddadi claimed second equaliserfor sevilla. with the two sides equal on the night and on aggregate and away goals, that meant extra time. franco vazquez scored early in the first half and sevilla were back for the first time since the first half of the first leg. that left slavia prague needing to score twice, even when mick van buren made it 3

the thing about bryony is she is notjust a superb jockey.conversation, if you like, that takes place between rider and racehorse during the race. she is probably the best thing to happen to racing in a long time. it is one of the most significant moments at this course in modern history. another amazing moment came when paisley park won, and if you have been following it, andrew has been blind since birth. and they are just good people, ithink blind since birth. and they are just good people, i think for yourjob and myjob, good people, i think for yourjob and my job, conveying good people, i think for yourjob and myjob, conveying these stories, watching these stories play out, when you know the people involved have this river of decency running through them, you celebrate their success. and there was such a wonderful sense of goodwill here yesterday. it was a joy to be part of it. and you want those characters in sport. and in the gold cup, one of the horses that really fascinates me, clan des 0beaux, written by the number onejockey, me, cla

bryony were reporting that in 11 o'clock news.. bryony frost has become the first woman to win a grade one race at the cheltenham festival, well done to her. yeah, it is fantastic news. and a lovely picture. a lovely picture, she was clearly overwrought with the motion after winning this race in taking this fantastic record for women. great bass, started out in the lead, two miles and five furloughs, started out in the lead on her horse frodon, with whom she has built a great relationship over two seasons. i was interested to read that she learnt to ride on a donkey named nosey, at the age of two. you a fan? i am not, but it is interesting, isn't it? because horseracing is often criticised for being sort of fusty male dominated, and then yesterday we had been blind from birth, his horse triumphed in a base, and then we have a woman jockey winning a race. to see this and said on the front page of the newspaper is really, really good for sport in general, i think. newspaper is really, really good for sport in general, ithink. lovely

a rapturous reception for bryony frost after racing into the record books.of the big grade 1 jump races at the festival, but in the ryanair chase, frost and her horse, frodon, blazed an unstoppable trail. bryony frost, grade1 winner at the festival! for frost, triumph and tears ofjoy. atjust 23, she'd made history, without even realising it. i didn't even know, until i came back in and they said, "b, you know that was a grade 1er?" isaid, "oh, god, yeah, it was!" i was still wrapped up in me and frodon, ithought, "we've had a great time." honestly, it was just bonkers. i was like, "oh, my god, yeah", and then they said, "well, that's the first time it's ever been done." you think, "hey, you know, that's a cool thing, isn't it?" and the next race brought another poignant moment. victory for paisley park. his owner andrew gemmell has been blind since birth, but listening to the commentary on the tannoy and the roars of the crowd, he shared the celebrations. it was, he later said, a dream come true. well, cheltenham is no stranger to raw emotion, but this was s

real fairy tale, bryony frost winning the ryanair chase.re bryony frost winning the ryanair chase. real fairy tale, we're used to seeing female jockeys win big races, but not win great one jump races, but not win great one jump races at the festival. she made history. other great stories yesterday, paisley park, a horse that nearly died, winning for his owner. we had a wonderful day yesterday, wonderful stories, hoping for the same today. the sport needed it, because it was a less than ideal build—up with the equine flu and other issues. the big race, the gold cup, is the excitement building? people still coming in, actually. it's not longer due to get off, but people still arriving. record crowds all week. it is raining, this could make the gold cup is interesting. it was already wide open, and the three of note are among last year's winner native river aire. the course is a bit tacky on top, he loves the rain. then presenting per se, the irish enigma, he hadn't been seen in public and his trainer persuaded galway to turn the fences around

we have a new generation of female jockeys. 23—year—old bryony frost has certainly made her mark in thee at the cheltenham festival — and described her win as a dream come true. andy swiss was there to watch history being made. well, what a memorable day we have had here at cheltenham and a little bit of history from one of the big races of the day, which was won by bryony frost on her horse, frodon. frost, in the process, became the first female jockey to grade one race over thejumps in the history of the festival. it was some ride by her and she got a wonderful reception when she came back here afterwards. honestly, it was just bonkers. i said, "oh, my god, yeah", and then they said, "well, that's the first time it's ever been done." they say fairytales only come true in very, very rare occasions. well, i guess i have flipped the coin and landed on a rare occasion today. another victory for paisley park. his owner andrew gemmell has been blind since birth. he follows the racing via the on course commentary, via the radio, and was able to share all of the celebrations. he later said it

and making her mark in horse racing — how 23—year—old bryony frost made history at the cheltenham festivalcoming up on sportsday on bbc news... arsenal stage a fightback over rennes in the europa league, but was it enough to join chelsea in the quarter finals? good evening from westminster where the house of commons has voted in favour of delaying brexit with just 15 days to go to the set date of the uk's departure from the european union. the prime minister will now have to ask her fellow eu leaders to approve the delay. the parliamentary motion says that if a brexit plan is agreed by mps by next wednesday then the extension to the process would be relatively brief. if there's no deal agreed, the extension would be longer and the uk might then have to take part in the european elections. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports on the series of votes taken in parliament today and why they're likely to lead to a brexit delay. speeding back to number ten with brexit going slow. the prime minister's voice that we could leave this month isolated for weeks, now drowned out. the eyes to th

bryony frost is going to miss next month's grand national meeting at aintree. fall at southwell. she became the first female jockey to win a grade onejumps race at the cheltenham festival last week. gymnast simone biles has confirmed that next year's tokyo olympics will be her last. the 22—year—old won four gold medals in rio and says the wear and tear from her gymnastics career has taken its toll on her body. she says feels as though it is falling apart". england's women's cricketers have completed a 3—0 whitewash over sri lanka in their one day series. the hosts could only manage 174 all out after winning the toss. england knocked off the runs with eight wickets and over 23 overs to spare. amyjones and tammy beaumont both made half centuries. now the inclusion of transgender athletes is under consideration at the international olympic committee amid concerns over fair play. the debate has been loudest when it comes to trans women lining up in the female category. critics argue they have an unfair advantage, but denying them the right to compete in the gender

and history at cheltenham, as bryony frost becomes the first female jockey to ever ride a grade one winnergramme, where we start with the news that five—time champions sevilla have been knocked out of the europa league, losing in extra time to a late slavia prague goal in the czech republic. colm harrison looks back on a night of late drama. all square at 2—2 from the first leg, slavia prague struck first in the return sue a cameroonian defender. the two players then traded penalties either side of half—time, with wissam ben yedder equalising for sevilla, only for slavia prague to head back in front in the second half.

it is a great story, bryony frost, a 23—year—old, is the first female jockey to win a great one racedent to see her grinning and brushing off tears, and i love the fact that apparently she learned to ride h2 on a donkey and set up a horse. that's how she began her horse. that's how she began her horse as a stellar writer —— age to stop by on a donkey, 0k. what you make of this? it always struck me that horse racing, a sport which i know nothing about, is a sport where women are very prominent. this has to bea women are very prominent. this has to be a good thing, for the first time a woman winning a grade one. are you a horse racing fan?|j time a woman winning a grade one. are you a horse racing fan? i like to have a floss or occasionally. i can't say i'm an expert. there we are, lovely. her smiling can't say i'm an expert. there we are, lovely. hersmiling face can't say i'm an expert. there we are, lovely. her smiling face of the page of the paper. thank you both for being with us. we will see you again at 11:30pm. that's it for the papers for now. thank you lucy fisher, defence corr

bryony frost is going to miss next month's grand national meeting at aintree. southwell. she became the first female jockey to win a grade i jumps race at the cheltenham festival last week. she also came fifth in the national last year, although she hadn't yet secured a ride in the big race. a second—string wales side laboured to a 1—0 win against trinidad and tobago in a friendly last night. ryan giggs rested his senior players, including gareth bale, ahead of their opening euro qualifier against slovakia on sunday. that diappointed a lot of the crowd at wrexham's racecourse ground, which was hosting the national side for the time in 11 years. liverpool teenager ben woodburn scored the winner in injury time i wanted to keep a lot of the lads fresh. yeah, everyone is available for the weekend, so that's good. we gave players minutes you needed minutes and gave rest to a few who needed a rest, so overall, we are in good shape and everyone will be available for sunday. northern ireland host estonia tonight and scotland are in kazakhstan, as both start their quali

and in the sport on bbc news, the toast of cheltenham, bryony frost, is going to miss next month's grandne after a fall earlier this week. new zealand is to ban all military style semi—automatic weapons and assault rifles after last week's gun attacks in christchurch, which left 50 people dead. the prime minister, jacinda ardern, said new zealand's history has changed forever, and now its laws would too. naomi grimley reports. another day of mass funerals at a cemetery in christchurch. these graves are a physical and poignant reminder of the toll of last week's attack. but as the grieving continues, the political spotlight has shifted starkly to the country's gun control laws. new zealand's prime minister has lost no time in announcing decisive reforms. new zealand will ban all military style semi—automatic weapons. we will also ban all assault rifles. we will ban all high—capacity magazines. it's a sign of the times that opposition to this ban is scarce. new zealand has tried and failed to reform its gun laws several times in the past. this time though the political class seems to accep

bryony frost is going to miss next month's grand national meeting at aintree.ast week. she also came fifth in the national last year hasn't although she hadn't yet secured a ride in the big race. gymnast simone biles has confirmed that next year's tokyo olympics will be her last. the 22—year—old, who won 4 gold medals at the rio games in 2016, says the wear and tear from her gymnastics career has taken its toll on her body, which she says feels like it is "falling apart". that's all the sport for now. goodnight. there is the latest live update from bbc weather of the day that sort 18 celsius in east yorkshire in the sunshine but many other places were mild but cloudy. it it's all about to change as this weather front moves south friday and early saturday, clearer conditions following on behind. more places will see the sunshine that it will be cooler. the cloud is still with us. rain across shetland, dampened drizzly across western parts of the uk, christian mackey in some spots. a lot of cloud as friday begins. here is the rain from that weather front. wet and

ahead to the cheltenham festival and the guardian and the return of one of the best female jockeys, bryonyh the second round at indian wells. looking back to her best. playing just her seventh match of the year, williams took just under two hours, to advance in three sets. williams‘ sister, serena, received a first—round bye, and will play victoria azarenka overnight and britain‘s dan evans and johanna konta both play later today. it‘s international women‘s day and the children‘s sports charity chance to shine is marking a major milestone. nine—year—old keira mcdermott from staffordshire has become the two millionth girl to pick up a cricket bat and ball, through the chance to shine programme, that has been going since 2005. the former england captain charlotte edwards awarded keira, with a certificate to celebrate the achievement at a special school assembly, and charlottejoins us from our london studio. what a moment that must have been. why is the milestone so important? it was such a special moment, going to keira‘s school. a huge thanks to the england and wales cricket board for their

the ryanair chase saw history being made in the last half an hour with bryony frost becoming the firststages of the stayers hurdle. i will bring you the result in a few minutes. that's on 5 live and the rest of the days races on 5 live sports extra. the final weekend of the six nations championship is coming up, three teams can still win it. scotland can't but have made six changes for the trip to twickenham. england have made fourfor what might be a must—win match for them. they have surprisingly left joe cokanasiga out altogether. the winger was man of the match against italy last weekend but he's replaced in the starting 15 and doesn't make the bench either. jack nowell is back in the side after recovering from injury. centre henry slade also returns with two further changes in the pack. eddiejones says cokanasiga is still very much part of his plans. he's a good young player and we will bring him through. for all young players you have to make sure you look after them. sometimes they need to be exposed and sometimes pulled back. it's important, particularly in england, because i've

bryony frost is going to miss next month's grand national meeting at aintree.ers have completed a 3—0 whitewash over sri lanka in their one day series. the hosts could only manage 174 all out after winning the toss in katunayake. england knocked off the runs with 8 wickets and over 23 overs to spare. amyjones and tammy beaumont both made half centuries the way we started the leg of this tour, when we got the opportunity to beat a team comprehensively, we want to ta ke beat a team comprehensively, we want to take it and do it ruthlessly and a tan that is my chance for the better to get around, so really pleased with today. points at stake as well, so it was not a dead game in any sense of the term. i think we are up to second in the table, so a nice position to be in and leads nicely into the t20 leg of the tour. the ibf world featherweight champion josh warrington says boxers caught doping should receive life bans from the sport. warrington will defend his title against his fellow yorkshireman kid galahad later this year in leeds. galahad was given a backdated

bryony frost made history in the ryanair chase on day three of jump racing's cheltenham festival.—level grade one winner over jumps at the festival. victory came on the 9—2 chance, trained by paul nicholls. idid not i did not even know until i came backin i did not even know until i came back in and said you know that was a great winner. i was still wrapped up and being followed, we had a great time. i was like oh my god. this is the first time it has either been done, i say that physical thing. they say fairy tales do not come true but only on rare occasions, but i guess i flip a coin and i landed ona i guess i flip a coin and i landed on a rare occasion today. paisley park, priced at 11—8, won the day's feature race, the stayers' hurdle. victory never really looked in doubt, despite a slight mistake at the last flight. aiden coleman brought him home a couple of lengths clear of the outsdier sam spinner. his owner is andrew gemmell, who has been blind since birth but that hasn't hampered his participation in the sport, so this was a hugely popular win. tommy fletwood is the clubh