it's freezing here in cardiff!d france. let's have a wizard between wales and france. let's have a wiza rd through between wales and france. let's have a wizard through some of the day's other headlines. the liverpool captain jordan henderson is out for up to three weeks with a hamstring injury sustained during their champions league defeat to atletico madrid this week. he could now miss three league games and the fa cup tie against chelsea mercedes‘ new steering system that can change the angle of the front wheels will be banned under new f1 regulations next season, but they can use it this year. an athlete wearing nike's controversial vaporfly shoe has smashed the women's world record for the half marathon. ethiopia's ababel yeshaneh took 20 seconds off the previous record at a race in the united arab emirates. yesterday we told you about alex danson bennett being forced to retire, failing to recover from a freak injury that left her with severe concussion. she's never been able to get back to 100%. her hopes of

let's go straight to the principality in cardiff, austin halewood is pitchside for us.olders but with a new head coach it may not a straightforward campaign for them? welcome to cardiff when the start of the 2020 six nations as a couple of hours away and very much a feeling ofa hours away and very much a feeling of a changing of the guard here at the principality stadium, warren gatlin was the wales head coach for 12 successful yea rs, gatlin was the wales head coach for 12 successful years, he has left and a new man has come in, another new zealander with large shoes to fill, wayne pivac has never been an international coach before. he has only tinkered with the team, hoping for a result against italy whom they have only watched two twice in the six nations. ireland have a new coach too, they host scotland later who've had some disciplinary issues? that is the other big game in dublin, ireland very much a different feel about irish rugby from wales, the high day really poor 2019, a disappointing six nations, lefty one cup than they had hoped for so former coachjoe left

olly foster's in cardiff.lding already? the sun is out, that's a in south wales for the last couple of weeks. hundreds and hundreds of french fan site seeing, really looking forward to this, you might be able to see a group of gentlemen from overseas, already or not the fizzy drinks, i'm not sure how many cents they will be speaking by the time of kick off at quarter to five on bbc one. the roof will be shut, there is a storm brewing, the weather is meant to be off all but the ref will be closed at the stadium. loads of subplots, the return of shaun edwards, all those titles, the grand slam last year. now he is doing the samejob for the french. we will be speaking toa for the french. we will be speaking to a couple of french journalists are saying that he probably will not make much of the difference of how he plays, but it is his voice that will be so important and that french team. vastly inexperienced compared to the welsh, over 850 caps in the welsh 15 that is being fielded, a six nations record, over 600

in nantgarwjust north of cardiff, many in nantgarw just north of cardiff, many of the residents herehave witnessed anything quite like their road has been turned into a river, cars submerged, storm dennis. over 100 homes have been ruined by the flooding. carolyn has lived here for years, she was rescued alongside her 96—year—old father whose birthday it is today. the only thing i've managed to save is his medals from the war. ruined, everything. i've lost everything. i've got a photo here now. at the time, ijust grabbed every towel and blanket i could find and pushed up against the front door, just thinking it was going to come in through the front door because we had already got sandbags, because sometimes the floods are small with the drains. but as we were trying to block the front door, it was all pouring into the back door as well and there was nothing we could do. here in nantgarwjust north of cardiff, over 100 homes have been ruined by the rain. rescue services have been here since 5am taking residence from their home to safety, after storm dennis wreaks havoc across south wal

here in nantgarw, just north of cardiff, over 100 homes have been ruined by the rain.e been here since 5am, taking residents from their home to safety after storm dennis wreaked havoc across south wales. several other communities in wales, like crickhowell near brecon, have also needed emergency services to help them to safety. a0 residents in aberdulais near neath were evacuated in the early hours. this exact same street was hit in 2018 after storm callum. it was clear after the met office issued its highest red warning for rain this morning that the welsh valleys would be suffering. around lunchtime, a major incident was declared across south wales. since midnight last night, we at the south wales fire and rescue service have experienced over 1,300 calls, which is unprecedented. in that time, we've carried out 76 live rescues and we've had a large number of life—related calls as well. around a third of the flood alerts across the uk are in wales, as further warnings for rain and wind remain in place until this evening. last week, it was storm ciara. this weekend, it'

this is the first french win in cardiff for ten years. 20 time —— 2010 with the last time they won thend slam as well, now is the dream is still very much alive. this was the match of the six nations so far this season, of the six nations so far this season, we of the six nations so far this season, we are that the halfway point. that show you some of the charge from this incredible match. wells went on at the back foot very early on in the game, li halfpenny stood up and under, the french full—back raced over. france had an eight—point lead at half—time. wells at the right themselves back into the game when dylan lewis went over for the first world score, but france pulled clear. another blender, nick tomkins give it away, the man of the match went over for the man of the match went over for the another late try. a late try set up the another late try. a late try set upa realgrand the another late try. a late try set up a real grand slam finish, but they ran out of time, 27—23 to the french. all those frustrations, especially from the welsh, they bawled over at the end of the match, i

let's go straight to the principality in cardiff, austin halewood is pitchside for us.ith a new head coach it may not a straightforward campaign for them? that is right. good morning and welcome to cardiff where the 2026 the winger 2026 nations is about to kick off. they have just made the last preparations to the pitch behind me. there is a feel of the new dawn about welsh rugby. rohan gatlin was here for 12 very successful yea rs as gatlin was here for 12 very successful years as coach, but another new zealander has to take over and fill those very sizeable shoes that were left by warren gatland. he has made his changes. he has stuck with a tried and tested tea m has stuck with a tried and tested team and will want to get through this game with a win. it is against italy who they have only lost two twice in the 20 years of the six nations. ireland have a new coach too, they host scotland later, who've had some disciplinary issues. a new dawn for ireland but there is a different feel about irish rugby at the moment. they had a disappointing 2019, a really poor six nati

scotland win in rome but can wales weather the french storm in cardiff in their six nations showdown?o tyson fury‘s world heavyweight rematch with deontay wilder — we'll be live in las vegas ahead of tonight's fight. hello, and thanks forjoining us here on sportsday. we begin in the premier league — where chelsea struck a significant blow in the fight for the top four places with a deserved victory over tottenham at stamford bridge. in a confrontation billed as a battle between frank lampard and his old mentor, jose mourinho — spurs were simply outplayed, and are now adrift by four points. michael redford reports. it might only be a short hop across the capital, but forjose mourinho, they return to chelsea has been quite a journey. now he arrives as spurs special one, reinvented and reacquainted. with so much at stake, this was perhaps the welcome he had feared. it took his old side of the attempts, but finally, leave your sure you found chelsea a way through. the only goal in a first handful of chances, the second brought more, marcus alonso on his left foot, there aren't many more d

and france remain on course for the six nations grand slam after their first win in cardiff for a decadello, a very good evening. the british tourists evacuated from a cruise ship injapan hit by the coronavirus have arrived back in the uk. the 30 british and two irish citizens arrived at arrowe park hospital on the wirral this evening. they'll spend the next two weeks there in quarantine. they left the diamond princess cruise liner yesterday after all testing negative for the virus. they have already spent more than two weeks of course in isolation on the ship. this report from fiona trott contains flash photography. arriving under police escort and at a hospital in the north west of england. this wasn't the return they once imagined. no relatives to greet them here. instead, a team of nhs staff who took them to their room. this is where they'll spend the next two weeks, a nursing accommodation block at arrowe park hospital. staff here have already looked after travellers from china and know what to expect. the group of people is slightly different. obviously they've come from a cruise s

we have electrified the line to cardiff, andi have electrified the line to cardiff, and i are trim tourge him to get onto his friends in the welsh labour government and tell them to stop squandering money.” government and tell them to stop squandering money. i welcome what my right honourable friend has said today, but can he confirm that he will use this as an opportunity to embed the skills we need to deliver that infrastructure? yes, indeed, mr speaker. i remember working with my right honourable friend on that project and many others, and this will drive jobs project and many others, and this will drivejobs and project and many others, and this will drive jobs and apprenticeships for young people for a generation to come. i welcome his investment in the skeleton of the uk economy, the thighbone, the knee bone and the ankle bone, but he has forgotten about the red hand of ulster which has been detached from his plan. could he outline what procurement and project opportunities there will be for northern ireland, including a commitment to a bridge between northern ireland and the uk

just north of cardiff over a hundred homes have been ruined by the rain.been here since 5am to a residence from their home to safety after storm dennis wreaks havoc across south wales. several other communities in wales. several other communities in wales have also needed emergency services to help to safety. 40 residents here were evacuated in the early hours, this exact same street was hit in 2018 after another storm. it was clear after the met office issued its highest red warning for rain this morning that the welsh valleys would be suffering, and around lunch time a major incident was declared across south wales. around a third of the flood alerts across the uk are in wales as for the warnings for the rain and wind many in place until this evening. last week it was keira, this week its te na nts last week it was keira, this week its tenants and the effects of undoubtedly been worse here in south wales. it's also been very windy across the uk. have a look at these pictures of an airbus 380 plane landing at heathrow airport. the pilot does a sideways ma

welcome to cardiff where the 2026 nations are about to begin.hour until kick—off between the defending champions wales and italy on the principality staging right behind me here. there is a changing of the guard in welsh rugby at the moment. warren gatland, who was here head coach for 12 years, 12 very successful yea rs as coach for 12 years, 12 very successful years as well, he has now left and some big shoes to fill as well. their new head coach, this is his first game today in charge so it'll be interesting to see how he gets on but then the second game of the day takes place in ireland, they have a new head coach of their own in andy farrell and they are taking on scotland in dublin but very much all eyes on cadre for the opening game in an hour's time. —— all eyes are on cardiff for the opening game in an hour's time. britain's jamie murray has lost in the mixed doubles final at the australian open. murray, along with his partner, bethanie mattek—sands, was going for an eighth grand slam title. meanwhile, the american sofia kenin has won th

in the early kick off scotland face italy in rome, and then all eyes on cardiff as wales face france,defeated teams. olly foster is there, olly. few hours to go until kick off, but the atmosphere must be building already? there is a huge french presence in cardiff, they have been sightseeing and enjoying fairly decent weather. they are very excited about their young team because they are unbeaten. they have not been in cardiff for ten years and that was the last time that they took the title at a grand slam. but the welsh are defending their grand slam title under a vastly more experienced team. over 850 caps, under a vastly more experienced team. over850 caps, a under a vastly more experienced team. over 850 caps, a record in the six nations. over 600 more caps than this french side and you just feel that could be the difference between the two. there is a huge amount riding on the first match this afternoon. that is when scotland face italy. and scotland you would think would win but there is pressure on their head coach gregor townsend, they will want to win well in rome this after

nottingham forest are up to third after beating cardiff i—o — tiago silva with the only goal. after the match for cardiff as callum paterson and leandro bacuna clashed at full time. elsewhere there were wins for queens park rangers, huddersfield and bottom of the table luton. and st mirren moved four points clear of the relegation play off spot in the scottish premiership with a 2—1 win at third place motherwell. ilkay durums got the winner three minutes from time. now, the spread of the coronavirus has affected many sporting events around the world and it's set to impact on many more. developing news on both the olympics and football still to come, but in rugby ireland's health minister has recommended the country's six nations match against italy does not go ahead. the irish rugby union however are not happy about that. italy's men and women's teams are scheduled to travel to ireland in a fortnight, but with the virus spreading to northern italy, simon harris said it would be of significant risk to the public if the match were to take place. italy are also due to host englan

two former world champions are on the table in cardiff right now.k selby. o'sullivan won the first four frames — including a 1—4—2 break in the second. currently 37 points all in that frame. bbc two wales, red button and online if you want to follow this one. you're up to date. reminder, the premier league is back tonight, too, with wolves against leicester. build up to that and all the weekend's football on the website and app. holly hamilton will have more after 2 o'clock. united nations officials are saying tens of thousands of people have fled northern syria just in the past 48 hours as fighting intensified in the provinces of idlib and aleppo. 60% of those fleeing are said to be children. it's thought 800,000 people have left the area since december. russell trott has this report. it is freezing in northern syria. this camp has been overwhelmed with families trying to find somewhere to live and something to eat. translation: the situation here is very difficult. it is snowing, the temperature is below zero. we are staying in a tent because rent

this is what residents in a village near cardiff woke to this morning.ver, the sheer volume of water left cars submerged. emergency services had to rescue people as the water levels rose, including this elderly lady. and this is a high street in pontypridd in south wales. not everyone heeded the don't drive through flood water advice. i workjust down on the corner, and i had to leave at eight o'clock last night because of the floods, so to come down this morning and see it like this is a shock. others have been left stranded. that is what one family woke up to in crickhowell while on holiday. i can see coming down the street now one of those inflatable boats, so i'm hoping we won't be here too much longer. so far in the calder valley in west yorkshire, it has not been as bad as people feared. it has not really gone up overnight. it's all right at the moment. no panic as of yet, but keep an eye on it. in glasgow, the river clyde was battered by torrential rain. scotland has borne the brunt of the storm. three severe flood warnings remain in place for the

while he was studying in cardiff. medical student mr nurse from the welsh valleys. some time later believe me karma took him home to this modest house in point to preach to me to parents. knew one could suggest that one to breed was. this has always been a small closed minded. 6 it could possibly still be unusual today so for then it must be an amazing thing how she comes home and introduces them because again it would have been very unusual for any footing of any color to be in the south wales found at the time there's possibly a very unusual for tomorrow that would be even more amazing each. please father charles was a coal miner and like so many british working people of that time was none too keen on his daughters relationship with a foreign. feel free. to hear. that because he looked at $934.00 to be married to. the only member of the bride's family what tended that day was. i think it wouldn't be. quite scandalous i think they would have been quite a few raised eyebrows. doing in this funk don't know and it's already the same foods as to what they would have b

they thrashed italy 42—0 in cardiff a bonus point win and wingerjosh adams was the star man with a hatreports. an entrance fit for champions. passion as wales began their title defence. the emotion etched on their captain. but if the build up was rousing, so was what followed as italy were soon chasing shadows. two tries forjosh adams, the second courtesy of an outrageous piece of skill. how often do you see this? through the legs by biggar and wales we re through the legs by biggar and wales were out of sight by the break. there was no way back for italy. especially after this, tompkins with a try on his debut. not a bad start for him orfor wales‘ new coach wayne pivac and after north rumbled over, adams rounded things off in style. a hat trick for him and for wales a comprehensive victory. style. a hat trick for him and for wales a comprehensive victorym was a great team performance. it is noo is to nice to start with a bonus win and not concede any points is a great start. tougher tests lie in wait. but they‘re off to a winning start. it was the perfect start for wayne pivac. he wil

nottingham forest are up to third after beating cardiff 1—0, tiago silva with the only goal.for cardiff as callum paterson and leandro bacuna clashed. elsewhere there were wins for queens park rangers, huddersfield and bottom of the table luton. and st mirren moved four points clear of the relegation playoff spot in the scottish premiership with a 2—1win at third—place motherwell. ilkay durmus got the winner three minutes from time. the coronavirus has been affecting many sporting events around the world. now, ireland's health minister has recommended the country's six nations match against italy does not go ahead. the irish rugby union, however, are not happy, saying they are seeking an urgent meeting with simon harris. italy's men's and women's teams are scheduled to travel to ireland in a fortnight, but with the virus spreading to northern italy, harris said it would be of significant risk to the public if the match were to take place. italy are also due to host england in the final round of the tournament. the very clear view of the public health emergency team was that t

wales are playing italy and they are well and heads, 21—0 in cardiff.awer as leicester and chelsea still is 2—2. this player comes of age in a grand slam in the australian open finals. i will have more stories for you in an hour. the united kingdom is today beginning a new era outside the european union. at 11 o'clock last night, the legal ties which have bound britain to its european neighbours for almost 5 decades were cut. in a message released by downing street, borisjohnson said he wanted to unite the country, and expressed the hope that brexit would mark a moment of national renewal. our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. there is no turning the clock back now. the uk became an ex—member of the european union at this moment. big ben chimes. cheers. in the shadow of the real big ben, some celebrated a long—held dream. we should celebrate the fact that, freed from the constraints of the european union, we once again will be able to find our place in the world. at holyrood, others sang to mark a moment they had hoped would to mark a moment

around 40mm of rain fell in around 12 hours in cardiff. meanwhile, across scotland, further snow. and all eyes this weekend are on this area of low pressure. this is storm jorge, which was named by the spanish met service. through the early hours of saturday morning we will see squally rain pushing east. cold air coming in behind, we could see icy conditions across parts of northern ireland first thing on saturday. but the main focus this weekend is the strength of the wind. gales, if not severe gales, across a large swathe of the uk, gradually easing down through sunday. wet and windy first thing across the eastern side of england. sunshine following. showers pushing in from the west, likely to be wintry. wet and windy across the northern isles through the afternoon. more persistent rain and maybe hill snow across northern england and into southern scotland. a cold day, particularly when you factor in the strength of the wind. temperatures not much higher than 6—7 celsius in places, and some gusty winds, quite widely 40—50 miles an hour, but through the afternoon, some really str

welsh 0pen, ronnie 0'sullivan is facing kieran wilson, he has a 3— to lead, it is the best of 11 in cardiff personal best time. you can watch that on bbc one and i will be back in the next hour for you. premier league champions manchester city have been banned from european competition for two seasons and fined £25 million. european football's governing body uefa found the club had carried out ‘serious breaches' of its regulations. the club said it was ‘disappointed but not surprised' by the decision and said it would appeal. christoph winterbach is a sportjournalist at the german magazine der spiegel. he told my colleague shaun ley how his investigation led to manchester city's ban. it was part of our football league's revelations. we went through a lot of material, millions of documents and we had a team at der spiegel and with our partners at european news media. we looked into the books and the e—mails of manchester city as well as uefa and we found out that there was a clear case, at least from what we have seen, regarding the sponsorship income that manchester city declared towards ue

relegation threatened wigan drew 2—2 with cardiff city.the bad weather has caused a couple of postponements in the scottish premierhsip — motherwell — st mirren off due to a waterlogged pitch. and rangers against livingston has been moved to tomorrow. elsewhere bottom place hearts produced a two—goal comeback against 10—man hamilton to salvage 2—2 draw. hearts are still a point behind second from bottom hamilton. in the days‘s other match ross county scored a late equaliser at home to stjohnstone. so rangers and celtic are both due to play tomorrow. celtic currently 10 points ahead of rangers but they have played a game more. now many british athletes have been stepping up their winter preparations this weekend at the glasgow grand prix. this event saw two of scotland's big middle distance medal hopes for the summer's 0lympics competing in separate events. both laura muir and jemma reekie won their respective races, but the day belonged to what could be one of athletics‘ newest stars, as young armand duplantis set a new pole vault world re

away from london, there will be a service of remembrance and parade in cardiff.t in edinburgh and hundreds of street parties in towns and villages across the country. it'll certainly have a party atmosphere. not only has the bank holiday been moved to coincide with the 75th anniversary, pubs will be staying open until 1am over the weekend, all helping to recreate that moment 75 years ago when the nation stopped to celebrate victory in europe. victory in europe. catherine da costa, bbc news. tomasz schafernaker. the weather certainly looking mixed in the week ahead but, today, actually not bad for many of us. quite a wet night, quite windy in the south too but the weather will be improving in the coming hours and some sunshine on the way. also focusing on the snow, that is happening tonight and tomorrow morning across northern parts of the uk. a lot of cloud stretching out across the atlantic, almost from the bahamas all the way across the ocean to us here, low pressure developing along this area of cloud, kano and between weather systems, pushing away, here we ha

the six nations returns today, scotland and italy play in the early kick off. the big match is in cardiff, wales hoping to end the unbeaten run of the french in what could be a defining weekend in the championship. olly foster's in cardiff, where the atmosphere is already building ahead of kick off which is at a quarter to five this evening. the sun is out, that is a rarity in south wales for the last couple of weeks. hundreds and hundreds of french fans are sightseeing, really looking forward to those. you might be able to see a group of gentlemen from overseas, they are already on the fizzy drinks. the kick—off is at a quarter to five. the roof will be shut, there is a storm brewing, the weather is meant to be absolutely awful but the reef will be closed on the principality stadium. the return of shaun edwards, a decade here is the defence coach. now he is doing the defence coach. now he is doing the samejob the defence coach. now he is doing the same job for the french. we will be speaking to a couple of french journalists, they said it properly won't make much of a difference to how t

yes, the start of a new era for wales, as we welcome you to cardiff ona wales, as we welcome you to cardiff not made many changes, keeping things as is. a lot of those big players to call on. it will be interesting to see how the defending champions, who won the grand slam last year, how they will kick off their campaign against italy later. the second match in scotla nd italy later. the second match in scotland and ireland, ireland also have a new head coach but there are some disciplinary issues in the scotla nd some disciplinary issues in the scotland camp. yes, it is really interesting because after the world cup we have so many new starts for a lot of these teams, with ireland they had such a disappointing 2019 after great 2018. the world cup was... in terms of scotland, they had a disappointing world cup, they have gregor townsend still in charge, but they have a new captain, stuart hogg. the build—up to the six nations has been dominated about these headlines around fen russell, he isa these headlines around fen russell, he is a wonderfully creative fly— half he is a wonderfully crea

our correspondent tomos morgan is in nantgarw near cardiff. well, this is one of the few communities in south wales that has had to be evacuated due to storm dennis. around 100 homes here have been flooded. as you can see behind here, the emergency services are doing an incredible job trying to get people out of their homes, homes that have been ruined by water gushing through, destroying all their possessions, but it is a slow process in treacherous conditions as the rain continues to fall here, causing issues. there are severe flood warnings still in place in wales, that red alert has now come to an end but there are still alerts out there for rain and wind across the day, across wales and all of the uk. the issue has been here that we knew the weather was coming but we didn't know how quickly and how severe it would be. one of the people that was rescued here earlier told me that itjust happened in a matter of minutes, her downstairs living room had been completely decimated. the hope is by the evening the rain will subside and then the res

let‘s crosss to olly foster who is in cardiff.tement about this very young and inexperienced french team. only 250 caps in their ranks, so this will be an interesting one. yes, indeed. give us some context as to how this will play out. we know that scotland are desperate for a win. they play italy a bit later on. but england and ireland tomorrow, a match which needs no introduction. yes, let's just touch on that game in rome. you would have thought huge jeopardy this one for the scots. the italians are rock bottom with no points and the scots have got a couple of losing bonus points from their matches so far. but the head coach is under huge pressure with just how the scots have been playing. i think they are going to have to notjust to beat italy, but beat italy well. that match tomorrow at twickenham. ireland are unbeaten, but if england beat them, and if wales beat the french here, that blows the championship wide open. we are at the halfway point, and we will know much better where we stand come tomorrow evening. thank you, ol

the six nations returns today, scotland and italy play in the early kick off. the big match is in cardiffonship. olly foster's in cardiff, where the atmosphere is already building ahead of kick off which is at a quarter to five this evening. the sun is out, that is a rarity in south wales for the last couple of weeks. hundreds and hundreds of french fans are sightseeing, really looking forward to those. you might be able to see a group of gentlemen from overseas, they are already on the fizzy

the last time they were winners here in cardiff they were winners here in cardiff they took the grandh and that mightjust give them the edge. you mention the scots in rome, then scored two tries and they kindly leave the italians by ten mil but would like to get another two tries. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we're back with the late news at ten o'clock. hello. this is bbc news. the duke and duchess of sussex will no longer use the word "royal", when they begin their new life outside of the monarchy. the couple had been in discussions with aides and senior royals about using the brand "sussex royal". applications to trademark that name have been withdrawn. my colleague shaun ley has been speaking to royal commentator victoria murphy about the couple's announcement. when they announced they were stepping back as senior royals as a result of those negotiations with the rest of the royal family they said they were not going to be using his and her royal highness titles to promote themselves. however when the question was asked, what about sussex royal? the

in nantgarw near cardiff, the river taff burst its banks.bmerged, more than 100 homes flooded. the fire service made journey after journey, bringing out families with young children, and the more elderly on stretchers. make some space! my dad, who's 96 — it's his 96th birthday today — the only thing i've managed to save is his medals from the war. within minutes, two or three minutes, itjust filled the house. and what is the state of the house currently downstairs? totally, absolutely wrecked, ruined. everything, i've lost everything. it'sjust full of mud. in pontypridd, claire showed us the inside of her home. she had three feet of water in her front room. claire does have flood defences, but more than a months worth of rain has fallen in south wales injust 48 hours. it did stop the water, but the water's just coming over the top. but the levels of water were up towards the gate, so the gate did stop it, but then itjust came over the top of the gate and over the top of the wall. storm dennis battered the whole country all weekend. this is g

we are at cardiff's principality stadium. i have another six nation weekend. there is a slightly slightly shaky title so far. we will have the latest from the england and ireland camps. they play on sunday also. goblins are in italy and we'll be going live. —— scotla nd italy and we'll be going live. —— scotland is in italy. 15 months on from the drawer in los angeles, wilder and furey have been going each other. they will be kept apart until the fight itself. it's opening day of the women's 2020 world cup in australia. they lost, but that's coming up at six. it's time for the film review. hello and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week is mark kermode. we have greed, the devil is in the retail. little joe, we have greed, the devil is in the retail. littlejoe, a sci—fi thriller, or is it? is it all in the mind? and like a boss, a comedy. the devil is in the retail. steve coogan stars as richard greedy mccready which is kind of a load some reddish retail mobile who has recently been holed up in front of a bunch of mps

earlier in the day france absolutely thumped wales by 50 points to nil in cardiff.t italy was postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak there. premiership leaders exeter chiefs thrashed northampton saints by 57 points to 7, sam simmonds with the final of their eight tries. exeter are now eight points clear at the top of the league. elsewhere bristol beat worcester. and race walker tom bosworth broke his own british record in the 5000m walk at the national indoor championships in glasgow. he did it injust under 18 minutes and 21 seconds — that's eight seconds faster than his previous best. loads of goals in the premier league today — you can watch them all on match of the day two on bbc one at 10:30 tonight. we're going to take you to the emirates, where pierre emerick aubameyang was the difference in a five goal thriller against everton. arsenal were going in with three consecutive clean sheets but everton were looking for their first win at arsenal since 1996 and weren't going to let them continue that fall. ——that form. within the first minute, calvert—lewin s

away from london there will be a service of remembrance and parade in cardiff.ng to recreate that moment 75 years ago when the nation stopped to celebrate victory in europe. catherine da costa, bbc news. lewis barnham was called up at 19, just two weeks after marrying his wife bessie. 0ur reporter luxmy gopal is with lewis this morning. good morning tear! that's right, i am here with one to whom we owe so much, lewis, who is 90 years young. so lewis, you are 19 when you served. how scary was it at the time, the prospect of going to war? with my wife it was... yes, because you had only been married 80 weeks. how did that feel? rotten. i can imagine. was the idea of having to serve scary at the time, as a teenager? like i say, untilwe got to france i was ok, but then it was a bit scary. but you got resigned to it. you had to be. you were a dispatcher and had to deliver m essa g es to dispatcher and had to deliver messages to the front line. how dangerous was that role? sometimes it could be very dangerous. 0ther times it was a piece of cake. what was one of the mo

around 40mm of rain fell in around 12 hours in cardiff.cotland, there's been further snow. and through the weekend, parts of the highlands could see another 20—30cm of snow, and all eyes this weekend are on this area of low pressure. this is storm jorge, which was named by the spanish met service. through the early hours of saturday morning, we will see further heavy, squally rain pushing east, cold air tucking in behind. we could see icy conditions across parts of northern ireland first thing on saturday. but the main focus this weekend is the strength of the wind. gales, if not severe gales, across a large swathe of the uk, gradually easing down through sunday. very wet and windy first thing across the eastern side of england. sunshine following. lots of showers pushing in from the west, likely to be wintry. it's very wet and windy across the northern isles through the afternoon. some more persistent rain and maybe some hill snow across northern england and into southern scotland. it's a cold day, particularly when you factor in the stre

the four—time champion beat anthony hamilton by four frames to two in cardiff.ports events affected by the coronavirus this week, rugby sevens the latest to be forced to make changes to the calendar, austin halewood has the latest. keeping across all the developments. yes. first it was sporting events in china... we saw the chinese grand prix postponed yesterday. but now events in other countries are starting to be affected. today, it's been the singapore and the hong kong sevens tournaments that have been rescheduled. there've now been more than a0 thousand cases of this coronavirus strain worldwide — with it being declared a global health emergency. it started in wuhan in china, but continues to affect sporting events across asia. now the sevens tournaments in hong kong and singapore were both due to take place in april, but they've now been rescheduled for october. in a statement, world rugby chairman bill beaumont said, "the wellbeing of the rugby family and wider public is our priority & the decision to reschedule has been made in full consultation with the

temperatures 10 degrees orso in cardiff.nd the midlands, bumping into the cold air. it's turned into snow across the high ground of northern england, and across the hills of scotland as well. we could see the snow come down to lower elevations for a time, just in time for monday morning rush hour. so there is the potential for some disruption, and i suspect over the high ground, we could be looking at something like 5—10 cm. that's not our only problem, mind you. this band of rain sweeps its way southwards and eastwards, as it does so, could bring about 40—50 mm of rain across the high ground of wales, and that sets the scene for further flooding problems later on in the week, even as the rain clears through. blustery showers follow, a windy day everywhere, and the winds will make you feel really particular cold in scotland. a bitter feel to the weather here. now, heading into tuesday and wednesday, high pressure is to the south—west of the uk, low pressure to the north—west, north—east, and that maintains north—westerly win

he beat billyjoe castle by four frames to nil cardiff.g is open for the bbc women's footballer of the year award. five nominees who have all shone over the past 12 months that included the world cup in france, who get‘s your vote? the champions league final, i think, that one was really special. i was a lot happier with how i performed, how the team performed, it was the marquee game of the year in woman's football. i feel like the lyons team really put on a good show and a good show for more than's football. —— one in's football. the world cup, i think that was an amazing moment for me. i wasjust waiting for us to score the whole time ijust remembered thinking that we were in this, we got this, i truly soaked in every second, every moment that you can imagine any tournament. plays to the middle and it is headed for the net! it's in! chicago takes the lead thanks to julie ertz! i think when you represent your country any world cup, it is an amazing honour. it was unbelievable to see the crowds, the social media reactions, that was the mos

wales led by five points at half—time at cardiff arms park, but italy's women scored two tries aftere really tight matches there. tottenham have moved up to fifth in the premier league, just four points off the champions league places after beating manchester city 2—0 at home. city dominated the match, but saw a penalty saved and then had a man sent off, and spurs made them pay. joe lysnkey reports. pep guardiola's made his own mark on british football. both he and jose mourinho have been planar coaches. but this year, the premier league has had its greatest change — var. it brought an incident in this match hardly seen before. here, city's sergio aguero went down in the box. the referee said no penalty, but the game drifted certainly for two minutes before this. the video assistance had watched the replays and said foul. but perhaps the weight and the novelty got to build a condo in. his penalty was saved, but the challenge on the rebound brought another check. this time, no foul. that was the peak of the first half aware city should have scored. soon they would have even more regre

he beat stuart carrington by four frames to two in cardiff to set up a meeting with anthony hamilton. waiting for her first win of 2020. the british number one was the fourth seed in st petersburg but lost in straight sets to qualifier oh—see—ann dodin, who's ranked 159 in the world. voting is open for the bbc women's footballer of the year award. there are five nominees who've all shone over the past 12 months, in a year that's included the world cup in france. so who get‘s your vote? with the final i think that one was really special. this shows a lot happier how i performed, the team performed. if you like as the attainability part and that shell cannot reveal that shell for women said no. we are the well, i think that was in the navy moment for me. i wasjust waiting for us to score. the whole time andl waiting for us to score. the whole time and i was saying being that is. i truly set up and have a second, every now and i think you can imagine any tenant. it's headed towards the! should not take single event and then you represent your company is a world that amazing. it is unbeli

in nantgarw near cardiff, the river taff burst its banks. it left cars submerged, more than 100 homes were flooded. the fire service made journey after journey, bringing out families with young children, and the more elderly on stretchers. make some space! my dad, who's 96 — it's his 96th birthday today — the only thing i've managed to save his medals from the war. within minutes, two or three minutes, itjust filled the house. and what is the state of the house currently downstairs? totally. . absolutely wrecked, ruined. everything, i've lost everything. it'sjust full of mud. in pontypridd, claire showed us the inside of her home. she had three feet of water in her front room. claire does have flood defences, but more than a months worth of rain has fallen in south wales injust 48 hours. it did — it did stop the water, but the water's just coming over the top. but the levels of water were up towards the gate, so the gate did stop it, but then itjust came over the top of the gate and over the top of the wall. storm dennis battered the whole c

cardiff face reading in the all—championship tie.with the winners facing manchester united in the fifth round. oxford united against newcastle is live on bbc one at 8 o'clock with build up on the iplayer and red button from 7:30pm with reaction and highlights from the other ties at full time too. remember the euphoria at lord's last summer when england won the cricket world cup? that dramatic super over. well believe it or not, they've not actually played a one day international since then. well in their first match as world champions, they've been soundly beaten by south africa. captain quinton de kock led by example in cape town, striking 107 in their 7—wicket win. patrick gearey reports. when you are stood at the top of the world where'd you go next? the pessimist‘s answer, the only way is down. a miscalculation byjason roy that started a chain reaction. a series of england batsmen got their sums wrong. south africa had them 136-1. sums wrong. south africa had them 136—1. they were reliant on a man who missed last year's party. jo

ronnie o'sullivan took little over an hour to book his place in the second round in cardiff.us breaks in a comfortable win over, zhang, shan, kang. over, zhang shan kang. mark allen and ricky walden also won today. sport climbing is one of the newest sports that we'll be watching at the olympics in tokyo this summer, and it's also one where team gb have a realistic medal chance of winning a medal. hauna coxsey has today been confirmed as their first olympic athlete in the sport, and she'll head out to tokyo to fulfil a dream that she never knew could actually become a reality. stuart pollitt reports. she spent years taking her sport to new heights. today shauna coxsey meets the pinnacle. it is such an incredible privilege to be this first gb climber to go to the olympics, it's so strange to say that out loud and amazing! growing up the olympics were always out of reach for shawna. i started climbing when i was full so i would watch the olympic games. —— four. it was so inspiring but i also felt disconnected because my sport was not part of that, so to be here talking about th

sullivan has breezed through to the quarter finals of the welsh open after beating sohail vahedi 4—0 in cardiffking its olympic debut in tokyo and britain‘s best medal hope in the event is charlotte worthington. a few years ago, she was riding her bike forfun whilst working as a chef in a mexican restaurant in manchester. stuart pollitt‘s caught up with her. from the kitchen to the heat of olympic competition, she is writing herself into contention for a metal and tokyo. charlotte‘s sporting career started as a hobby. real basic equipment and local skate park and just go out and take some risks and enjoy yourself. i personally started writing skaters for many years and it was up until three years ago that i actually made a pledge to ride bmx. —— riding scooters. she was working as a chef around manchester and riding here on her days off until two years ago when the sport‘s inclusion in tokyo meant she could quit and train full—time. the best in the world get up at 6am and hit the gym hard, and trained all day. pressure is on for great britain. this is notjust a chance to be in tokyo, it is an o

temperatures ten degrees orso in cardiff. windy, and this band of heavy rain is moving across wales and the midlands, bumping into the cold air. it's turning to snow across the high ground of northern england, and across the hills of scotland as well. we could see the snow come down to lower elevations for a time, just in time for monday morning rush hour. so there is the potential for some disruption, and i suspect over the high ground, we could be looking at something like 5—10 cm. and that's not our only problem, mind you. this band of rain sweeps its way southwards and eastwards. as it does so, it could bring about 40—50 mm of rain across the high ground of wales, and that sets the scene for further flooding problems later on in the week, even as the rain clears through. blustery showers follow, a windy day everywhere, and the winds will make it feel really particularly cold in scotland, a bitterfeel to the weather here. now, heading into tuesday and wednesday, high pressure is to the south—west of the uk, low pressure to