there are now concerns for next month's world famous cheltenham festival.ur sports correspondent andy swiss reports. it was supposed to be raced a hero doncaster but not a horse, not a punter in sight. all fixtures off after it emerged three runners yesterday at care and ludlow had tested positive for highly contagious equine flu. all of them from the yard of dominic kane had been vaccinated, leaving a worried sport searching for answers. in all previous form if you like and where infectious diseases have broken out in horse racing either he or any other countries around the world we learn from it each time and the key thing to do is to inform people, stop the movement of horses because then you stop the cross contamination and you can isolate theissues contamination and you can isolate the issues much more quickly. today's cancellations are just the start. the authorities say there will be no racing until it least wednesday next week with one of britain's bigger sports forced into shutdown. and next month, remember, is its showpiece, the cheltenham festiva

we'll find out more about equine flu and what it could mean for cheltenham festival and the sport infter an outbreak of equine flu. three vaccinated racehorses at a training yard in cheshire have tested positive for the disease. there are fears the highly contagious virus — which is not life threatening — may have spread after some of the horses raced yesterday. now there are concerns about the impact it could have on next month's cheltenham festival as our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. it was supposed to be race day here at doncaster, but not a horse, not a punter onside. all fixtures off after it emerged that three runners yesterday at ayr and ludlow had tested positive for the equine flu. leaving a worried sport searching for a nswe i’s. a worried sport searching for answers. we have it as an absolute priority to ensure we are focusing on the long—term consequences of any outbreak, and that is why we have acted so swiftly today to mitigate the risk of this having knock—on effects over the coming days, weeks and so on. today's cancellations, though, arejust and so on. to

that long—term gain, it is the most lucrative and cheltenham festival is an 32 days' time.ferry us, the bookmakers, and the ponchos, eve ryo ne the bookmakers, and the ponchos, everyone who wants to enjoy, they are all missing out and that is a huge industry that is effectively on hold until this issue is resolved. every player in this weekend's premier league and football league fixtures will wear a black armband as a mark of respect for emiliano sala. the body of the argentine footballer was identified yesterday after being found in the wreckage of the plane he was travelling—in after signing for cardiff city. there will also be a minute's silence at cardiff's game at southampton tomorrow. he was a scruffy, a scruffy type of player that would, for me, score 10, 15 goals a year. he was top level. notjust that, but part as a team player, just fits the criteria really of what i look for in a player... somebody who can do something special but, at the same time, is a very good lad, really nice lad. that would be my memory of him. the president of the brazilian football club f

and with the cheltenham festival and with the cheltenham festival scheduled to take place nextutbreak is brought under control. andy swiss there. councillors in edinburgh have voted in favour of introducing a tourist tax which would be the first of its kind in the uk. the plan is to charge an extra £2 per room per night in hotels, b and bs and hostels. james shaw has more. arriving in edinburgh, the scottish capital, and one of the hottest tourist destinations in the uk. it seems to get more popular every year. but what difference would a tourist tax make to the city's appeal. i don't see how it's going to encourage more tourists coming into the country because obviously scotland, or the uk, is a beautiful country. but if there is more tax and if the accommodation is going to be more expensive, then i think it will definitely discourage more people from visiting the country, which is a shame there are strong arguments for and against. visitors and residents acknowledge that something needs to be done. but is this the right way to do it? well, iwould hope that the council would

there are fears that next month's jump racing showpiece, the cheltenham festival, could be under threat of equine flu. racing was cancelled today and has been called off for the next five days after three vaccinated horses tested positive for the disease. the horses are from a cheshire racing yard owned by donald mccain. we'll talk to our reporter lizzie greenwood hughes about the impact on racing in a moment but first louise hubble explains how the flu was diagnosed. all racehorses are vaccinated against it but when equine theories suspected, it is this small research centre in newmarket that the world turns to. we are stood in the laboratory but what has been discovered here has led to the shutdown everything in britain today. we were there laboratory that unfortunately confirmed the infection in the resources, some of which were already out racing at racehorse —— which were already out racing at racehorse ‘ ‘ racecourses which were already out racing at racehorse —— racecourses in the uk so racehorse —— racecourses in the uk so unfortunately we were the people who deliver the bad new

it may be quiet now but in four weeks' time, the cheltenham festival will be under way and the chairsg and organizers are confident it will go ahead, despite this outbreak of equine flu. but this port, it is about more than just the glory. construction of the huge hospitality stands and bars at cheltenham continues at pace, a potent symbol of the millions of pounds racing brings to local and rural economies. we will have several thousand people employed here for the four days of the festival, with catering and security, on car parks. it is a huge event, which does bring employment to a lot of people. for now all bets are off as a sport and the wider industry of racing waits to see if the threat of equine flu has been contained enough to let them gallop again. women dominated the grammy‘s in los angeles for the first time last night — making history as they won five of the top album awards. a year ago women were almost ignored in the major categories — this time there were some big winners — among them lady gaga, dolly parton and british singer dua lipa. there was also an appearance fr

the cheltenham festival is just over a month away, an event that transcends jump racing.the yard of henrietta knight who knows all about winning and training gold cup winners. we will hear what she has to say on this issue in a minute in my report because this issue has divided opinion in racing circles. some feel perhaps the british horseracing authority has overreacted but others think that they have taken swift and effective action to contain the virus. whatever your opinion, there is an important decision to make and injust over an is an important decision to make and in just over an hour we will know if they will give the go—ahead for racing to resume on wednesday. another day of no starter‘s orders, and with four new positive tests of equine flu discovered at the newmarket yard of trainer simon crisford, a total of 174 stables remain in lockdown. the british horseracing authority are continuing to analyse test results to see how prevalent the virus is amongst racing's thoroughbreds. as a result there's been no racing since last wednesday, a decision praised by some

on the horizon the cheltenham festival seems ok?tion sooner will mean that racing can resumption sooner rather than later these measures are put in place. let's speak to dr rob van pelt, the director of the sussex equine hospital. we seem to be looking at the start ofan we seem to be looking at the start of an outbreak which would suggest that racing are not going to happen any time soon? they have invested money long into an equine influenza programme held by the animal health trust. the animal health trust has been plotting where this virus is and trying to establish when it came from. certainly donald mccain's courses have been followed into every other yard and those trainers have been on lockdown. now they have related samples which the animal health trust are now processing. networking is really hard to try and get racing resumed. we certainly could have done without these four foot positive tests that came up yesterday. they seem to be unrelated to the original six horses that tested positive and people will be working very h

it could affect the cheltenham festival which is just over a month away. 18 years ago around this timenot happen this time around. let's go on to rugby. some team announcements ahead of the second weekend. we all enjoyed watching the results come in at the weekend. a raft of changes. wales have made 10 changes to their team for the six nations match against italy on saturday. centrejonathan davies will captain the team for the frist time as normal skipper alun wyn jones is on the bench. four players will make their six nations debut as coach meanwhile, scotland have made four changes for their match against ireland on saturday, with wing blair kinghorn being dropped to the bench despite scoring a hattrick in the win over italy. that's becuase sean maitland is back from injury. he is very much a first choice for scotland. rob kearney‘s return at full back is one of five changes made by ireland coachjoe schmidt for the game against scotland. keaney replaces robbie henshaw, who picked up a knock in training while chris farrell is in for injured centre garry ringrose. tottenham's wait to m

the uk until at least wednesday — because of an outbreak of equine flu in the lead up to the cheltenham festival

flu led to a shut—down that lasted 6 days, and there were concerns it may have affected the cheltenham festivalsfied that the risk is now contained. 0ur sports news correspondent richard conway has spent the day at plumpton, where runners were back on the course — a huge relief for racing — back in business. it was a good day's racing at plumpton, a successful event with a good crowd. this is the beating heart beat of british racing. it is tracks like this where owners and trainers and jockeys make their living week in and week out. the six—day suspension of racing was a cce pta ble six—day suspension of racing was acceptable in some cases. at this time of year you sometimes lose fixtures to bad weather. there was anxiety which will go on past six days. at that point it will cause serious issues economically for eve ryo ne serious issues economically for everyone who relies on racing for a living. i have been round and about today talking to various people who have been at the course. first from chris gibson, who talks about the need to protect animal welfare and wyatt was right or his decision

monday, in the meantime trainers are doing their bit with extra bio security and hoping that the cheltenham festival the richest and most prestigious event in the sporting calander — will go ahead in 5 week's time. when the e—mail came through through that bha there would be no racing today and sent shock waves through the industry, all the trainers that had runners at any of the meetings yesterday and there are over a hundred of them had every chorus and there yard had a nasal swab done today so they are acting very quickly to try to get this sorted as quickly to try to get this sorted as quickly as possible which all goes well for cheltenham happening in just under five weeks' time. o nto football onto football now. it's been revealed tonight that the potential uk and irish world cup bid for 2030 is still in the pipeline with a meeting in rome between the five national associations scheduled to take place tomorrow. the talks are expected to include potential venues to put forward if the bid proceeds. our sports news correspondent richard conway has more. england, scotland, wales, northern ireland

there were concerns that next month's cheltenham festival might be affected, but racing authorities are 0ur sports news correspondent richard conway reports from plumpton in east sussex on the south coast of england. racing has finally found its remedy for the flu and thoroughbreds are once more permitted to run. stringent procedures on vaccinations and documents are now in place, with officials on watch at plumpton today to ensure they new rules are enforced. their simple measures we are putting in place to ensure that when the horses arrive on the racecourse there is not the risk of a horse that maybe symptomatic entering and mingling with other horses. not every train is permitted to race just yet, horses. not every train is permitted to racejust yet, given horses. not every train is permitted to race just yet, given a horses. not every train is permitted to racejust yet, given a backlog of flu tests in need of analysis. something some feel is an overreaction. but anxiety over a long—term stoppage has now receded. we only get paid to ride out there, competitively. so we would not own

there are now concerns for next month's world famous cheltenham festival.

national hunt's showpiece meeting the cheltenham festival is only a month away.son. i've got quite a few i would like to run again and it would do so this weekend. after this week, really, you are getting too close. to think about running them. it's now or never. i think as far as it's concerned they are not going to threaten them but we would like to have a lot that will run in the meantime. expecting an announcement later on tonight. joe astronomy in the eight straight wins for club side arsenal, playing some of the best football of her career, jordan nobbs was a shoe in for the world cup with england this summer. it all came crashing down for her and left her world cup dreams in tatters. you've been speaking to her and still she is really struggling to come to terms with that. ruptured her acl. a big blow for england but also a devastating blow forjordan herself. she the england vice captain and now the most experienced players and in the form of her career suffered a freak injury. she said she heard the awful noise and knew right away that that was her world

flu led to a shut—down that lasted 6 days, and there were concerns it may have affected the cheltenham festivalauthorities are satisfied that the risk is now contained. 0ur sports news correspondent richard conway has spent the day at plumpton, where runners were back on the course: backin back in business. that's right. everyone has packed up and gone home here. the horses are hitting the hay back at their stables but it was a good day. a successful event, a good crowd here in total. this is the beating heart beat of british racing, tracks like this where owners and trainers and jockeys make their living, week in and week out. a six—day suspension was acceptable to them in some cases, because at this time of year, you lose fixtures to bad weather. but there was anxiety, perhaps it would go on past six days and at that point, it would have started to cause serious issues economically for everyone who relies on racing for a living. i have been out and about today talking to people who have been here at the court and you are going to hit first from the need to protect animal welfare, why in this

jump racing's showpiece festival starts at cheltenham injust over a month.e tests for equine influenza were confirmed for horses that have been vaccinated against it worryingly. they were from stables that sent out runners at ayr and ludlow yesterday and this affects four fixtures today, the shutdown was announced in a pretty dramatic late—night statement from the british horse racing authority last night. this flu isn't life threatening. it is described similar as that is a nasty case of flu in a human but it is contagious and the authority is supervising swabs of horses from the impacted stables that have raced over recent days to decide what to do next. wales have made ten changes to their team for the six nations match against italy on saturday. centrejonathan davies will captain the team for the frist time as normal skipper alun wyn jones is on the bench. four players will make their six nations debut as coach warren gatland rests several of those who helped them to a winning start in france last weekend. meanwhile scotland have made four changes for th

jump racing's biggest event, the cheltenham festival, is just five weeks away.t week, and if you were to ask me again about cheltenham, i hope to be com pletely again about cheltenham, i hope to be completely dependent event. i don't wa nt to completely dependent event. i don't want to tempt fate by saying there could be some risk. that actions we are taking, in cooperation with the whole industry, will ensure that cheltenham will be on. there'll be a repeat of last year's final in the women's league cup, with arsenal still on course to retain their title after vivianne miedema scored twice to give them a 2—1win over manchester united. they'll play manchester united in the final on 23rd february, at sheffield united's bramall lane. for us it is important that every tournament that we play in and every cup that we play in is of the highest level and we just love winning tournaments, winning cups, and for us to create those standards and for us to create those standards and keep those standards is important that we are always there and always winning. a potential

four venues to lose out yesterday — and there are fears thatjump racing's biggest event, the cheltenham festivalnd what could be the longer term effects. it's an infection endemic to the uk, it's always there but particularly serious in unvaccinated horses, they can show really severe signs of disease. the nature of influenza as a virus, it's always changing, the same with what we have is flu anyway. the vaccination lessens the signs that we see, they spread the virus, for not as long as they are vaccinated, these unvaccinated animals are the ones we need to be... but these horses are all vaccinated, in terms of recovery it can take a long time. definitely. they can show signs for a couple of days or so but in terms of what happens after it can be several weeks to months, it might affect them athletically. especially for a race for us. incredibly contagious through respiratory droplets, a bit like us when we have a cough, it can be spread by a contact and equipment, horses in a similar airspace, a similar group of horses together particularly at race meetings, a lot of horses coming from all are

hundred british stables are in lockdown while horses are assessed the country's prestigious cheltenham festival gets underway and just start from a month's time. well as trade deadline day in the n.b.a. the future of pelicans start forward anthony davis yet speed aside it's reported that le bron james is l.a. lakers are prepared to traded off their roster for the twenty five year old a time of huge uncertainty for many players and seems. defending champions the golden state warriors blew away the spurs in california worries steph curry had nineteen point seven assists and five rebounds kevin durant's had twenty three points to lead a golden state's well one forty one so i want to see a victory around saying afterwards he didn't trust anyone in the media this after he was set to leave that same as a free agent. now a few months ago the future of the winter olympics seem to be going downhill fast as calgary became the latest city to abandon a bitsa house them that see remaining bits also look close to pulling outs but a new approach may save taxpayers money on the games themselves reports from sw

cheltenham? it is only next month until racing's showpiece festival. will that be able to go ahead?k of equine flu. the bha are due to make another announcement on monday as to whether racing can continue beyond wednesday. here's their chief executive. the danger would be to take a chance and allow forces to move, so we have effectively lock it down and we will be in effectively lock it down and we will beina effectively lock it down and we will be in a very clear position next week and if you were to ask me again about cheltenham i hope to be com pletely about cheltenham i hope to be completely definitive them, but i don't want to tempt fate frankly by saying that they could not be some risk but i am very confident that the action we are taking incorporation with the whole industry will ensure that cheltenham champion. —— can be on. it's been revealed tonight that the potential uk and irish world cup bid for 2030 is still in the pipeline with a meeting in rome between the five national associations scheduled to take place tomorrow. the talks are expected to include potential venues

still cancelled until atleast wednesday prompting concern overjump racing's biggest event — the cheltenham festivall of six at donald mccain's sta ble total of six at donald mccain's stable in cheshire. there is one suspected case at a separate yard. in total, it means 174 training out across the country are now in lock down and the reason for this is because the bha want to try and contain this equine flu as much as possible. there will be no racing until wednesday at the earliest. we will get an update on monday from the bha about that, about whether racing can go ahead. sheffield united just missed out on giong top of the championship after an extraordinary game at aston villa tonight. united were winning 3 nil with less than ten minutes to go after a billy sharp hat trick but then incredibly they fell apart letting villa come back into the game and after two goals before injury time, andre green scored a dramatic equaliser in the 94th minute to make it 3—3. villa are up to 8th, sheffield united stay third. great britain's fed cup tennis team have qualified in style for tomorrow's final of their

crippling to british racing and also coming up in a month's time the famous and prestigious cheltenham festival so right now i just want to absolutely make sure i get this decision right from so a back to back ski gold medalists for the men in the world championships in all of sweden alexis clinched the men's combined gold in a little combined time of one minute forty seven point six one seconds he started off in twenty fourth place after a window laid the downhill even stefan had fought hard to come in second with its knees domany paris that. sometimes these races a hard to watch though chilean. appen never finished the race off the question in the downhill portion of the alpine combine in started screaming twenty four year old skidded on an icy section about a third of the way down the course and landed on his left side on top of the skis before sliding down into the safety net but he's ok he's brother said doctors did not think he has any broken bones. the l.a. lakers have suffered another loss this time at the hands of the new look philadelphia seventy six is the lakers looked like they got

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it is just five weeks until the cheltenham festival is due to get underway, so it is a tense time this training time ahead of the festival. the british horseracing authority are due to make a statement on monday. lizzie powell, for bbc points west, at cheltenham racecourse. 50 years ago today, the boeing 7117 took to the skies for the very first time, heralding the start of what was dubbed the golden age of travel. the jumbo jet offered more space, more seats and greater luxury than ever before. it transformed aviation, making far—flung destinations within easy reach, as adam woods explains. archive: the jumbos are coming. 1969, and the jumbo jet is unveiled to the world. archive: one observer commented that it seemed as though the qe2 had taken to the sky. bigger than anything else at the time, it transformed air travel for millions of people. archive: the jumbo jet has brought a new dimension to air travel — space, more room for more passengers. more seats meant cheaper tickets. it shrank the world, america, africa, australia now all within reach of the masses. the 7117 was a massive

the national hunt showpiece meeting, the cheltenham festival, is a month away.r nicky henderson. the next step is the crucial one. we we re the next step is the crucial one. we were in contact with horses that had beenin were in contact with horses that had been in contact with a horse that was infected. so there was a very tenuous line to it. but, ok, but by not raising over the weekend it is a good enough decision to buy time to decide what to do. i think we need to get on, personally. i think eve ryo ne to get on, personally. i think everyone hopes that we can, purely because if you can't start now, when can you? because if you can't start now, when can you 7 the because if you can't start now, when can you? the same thing is going to be stopping it in a week's time. so ido be stopping it in a week's time. so i do not see what else can change. arsenal and england midfielderjordan nobbs ruptured a knee ligament in december ending her dream of playing in this summer's world cup. injury also limited her involvement at the last tournament. she says that telling h

with the cheltenham festival a month away, containing this disease isa month away, containing this disease against time but with 17a stables now in lockdown, the crisis is escalating. detectives investigating the disappearance of a 21—year—old girl have been granted 36 extra hours to question a man. libby squire went missing after a night out in hull about a week ago. she was last seen outside her home, less than a mile from the suspect‘s house. the woman's body was believed to have been found in her room on wednesday. the woman's body was believed to have been found in her room at the sandhurst base in berkshire, on wednesday. thames valley police said it was treating the death as unexplained but non—suspicious. a convicted killer who murdered a vulnerable woman and dismembered her body has been jailed for life. julie reilly was killed at her flat in glasgow a year ago. parts of her leg were found in the city but not the rest of her body. a2—year—old andrew wallace was ordered to serve at least 28 years in prison. trucks in supermarket car parks will offer lung cancer checks under a new s

this is just before the cheltenham festival. cornelius lycett has the latest. is similartoa bad highly contagious illness. it is similar to a bad case of flu for you oi’ similar to a bad case of flu for you or me, forany similar to a bad case of flu for you or me, for any of us. however, you are talking about 14,000 racehorses in training in the uk. clearly not able to communicate how they are feeling. and the fact is if you have got huge sums of horses under the weather, as it were, and a certain amount of uncertainty about whether some horses are under the weather or some horses are under the weather or somejust some horses are under the weather or some just have different symptoms, the most sensible way to proceed is to have no racing at all. the science behind this is their own more positive tests for equine influenza. however, symptoms can ta ke influenza. however, symptoms can take up to three days to actually show themselves. then a further three days is required to carry that process through a bit further. that is the science before it. no horseracing,

the cheltenham festival, of course, is worth millions to the industry, and it's next month, so containingkes it very infectious, so it's going to spread rapidly between horses. so we're looking for that combination of signs, high temperature, coughing, runny noses. much like the human flu vaccine, it's helpful but it's not 100% effective, unfortunately. for now, then, this most unpredictable of sports is facing its own uncertain future. andy swiss, bbc news, doncaster. police investigating the disappearance of the hull university student libby squire have arrested a 2a—year—old man on suspicion of abduction. libby, who's 21, was reported missing in the early hours of last friday after a night out. officers have been examining the banks of the river hull and specialist teams have been trawling a nearby pond. millions of households will see a 10% rise in energy bills from april, after the energy regulator 0fgem raised the cap on what suppliers are allowed to charge customers on their standard variable tariffs. the increase comes only a month after the cap on their most expensive rates was b

comesjust over a month before one of the biggest events in the uk horse racing calendar — the cheltenham festivalas the latest. this is a highly contagious illness, but it is similar to a bad case of flu for you or me orfor any but it is similar to a bad case of flu for you or me or for any of us, however, you are talking about 14,000 racehorses in training in the uk clearly not able to communicate how they are feeling. and the fact is, if you have got huge numbers of horses were under the weather, as it were, and also a certain amount of uncertainty about whether some horses under the weather or some just have different symptoms, the most sensible way to proceed is to have no racing at all. and the science behind this is the no more positive test for equine flu, however the symptoms can take up to three days to actually show themselves and then a further three daysis themselves and then a further three days is required to carry that process through a bit further, so thatis process through a bit further, so that is the science before it. no racing, no point point racing in the uk, and that news a

causing huge financial loss and concern aboutjump racing's biggest and most lucrative event, the cheltenham festivalst, the media rates from bookmakers and tv stations broadcasting the action and ata stations broadcasting the action and at a much lower level you have got small businesses, trainers, farriers, self—employed jockeys, who are all without a livelihood now. cricket now. england have dropped wicketkeeper ben foakes for the final test match against the west indies tomorrow, withjonny bairstow to keep wicket. ben stokes has been named in the 12 man squad along with mark wood and keaton jennings, who was dropped for the second test. stokes had been a doubt after suffering a bruised heel earlier in the week. the premier league and the football league have confirmed that all teams will wear black armbands as a mark of respect to cardiff striker emiliano sala following the recovery of his body from a plane in the english channel. the cardiff city owner vincent tan has issued a statement this afternoon expressing his condolences. there will also be a minute's silence at st mary's ahead of cardiff

causing huge financial loss and concern aboutjump racing's biggest and most lucrative event — the cheltenham festivalbly serious. in the economic health consequences of an uncontrolled spread of an infectious disease, you know, can be incredibly severe. so we can to, first of all, control and limitany we can to, first of all, control and limit any further spread put in place of surveillance measures, and it then plan around what we now and how we manage the situation. england have dropped wicketkeeper ben foakes for the final test match against the west indies tomorrow, withjonny bairstow to keep wicket. ben stokes has been named in the 12 man squad along with mark wood and keaton jennings, who was dropped for the second test. stokes had been a doubt after suffering a bruised heel earlier in the week. had great success entry like that. did some really good things over there. it has not quite materialised for us here. whether that be down to selection or whether that be dancing how poorly we have played, you have to see it for what it is. as a player and as a selector, how can you then move that forwa

worrying times for the sport, in particular with the cheltenham festival looming over the horizon. broadcasting the action and of course at the lower level you have a small businesses such as trainers, farriers, self—employed jockeys all without a livelihood right now. however, a separate suspicious case, which has not yet been confirmed as a positive sample, has been identified at another yard. no links have been identified between this yard and the original yard. this yard had runners at the fixtures at newcastle on five february and wolverhampton on six february, and as such the bha has taken the further precautionary steps of placing all 54 yards of trainers who also had runners at these fixtures on hold and initiating testing of horses from these yards. the premier league preparing to pay their respects. the premier league and the football league have confirmed that all teams will wear black armbands as a mark of respect to sala. there will also be a minute's silence at st mary's for cardiff's game at southampton tomorrow. teams in france will hold a minute's applause. cardiff

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jump racing‘s biggest and most lucrative event — the cheltenham festival is just 5 weeks away.tentially significant. that is why we have acted swiftly, light last night and making the decision we have made today to cancel the racing today because we understand the importance of acting in such a way, in an appropriate way to protect the industry. all 20 premier league clubs have been meeting today to discuss various issues including voting to renew the cap on away tickets at £30. but the biggest talking point has been racism and how the premier league can combat the problem in football and there was agreement top clubs need to do more. newly elected fifa vice president and fa chairman greg clarke says it‘s a problem with global society. i think there is a problem in society globally with people feeling empowered to say thanks to when or black people are gay people or lgbt community at large and that has come out of being empowered on the internet to see anything you like with impunity. that is spilling into society. that is one in 10,000 people, that is not majority of fans are

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cheltenham. i think racing goes on every single day and there are lesser horses that may not be attending that festivala nt looking at as well. naturally we want cheltenham, it is the pinnacle ofjump want cheltenham, it is the pinnacle of jump racing want cheltenham, it is the pinnacle ofjump racing and simply moving forward. you don't want this still going on into springtime and april. hopefully tonight, there are a lot of bodies tonight working together and fingers crossed that they can. harry, thank you very much i hope he will be able to bring you good news on that later at about 1030 pm. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news this evening. human activity could drive the earth's entire insect population to extinction within a century. insects have played a pivotal role in the development of the earth's ecosystems for hundreds of millions of years but a major new scientific study has warned that 40 % of insect species could be gone within just a few decades. insects are vital pollinators so any decline threatens food production. pesticides, agriculture and climate change are being blamed. her

one of racing's biggest events — the cheltenham festival — is around a month away.most—attended sporting event in britain. with that in mind... we're joined by the champion horse trainer kim bailey at cheltenham racecourse. it is good to have you with us, tell us it is good to have you with us, tell usa it is good to have you with us, tell us a little bit about your concerns for the state of the sport right now and let your hopes are for this decision? we are obviously in a transitional situation at the moment and we are locked down and in many respects the whole of racing has ground to a halt and i am pretty confident that they will probably release the hold and racing will ta ke release the hold and racing will take place wednesday weekend. there has been a slight improvement in situations in the fact that island are letting english courses go there so are letting english courses go there so they must feel in control of what is happening so long time i did not think it will have a huge amount of perfect. but it has been difficult for the past five or six days. the

in the last six months will not be able to race this is good news for horse racing with the cheltenham festival just a month away ok that's all the sport for now back to laurin in london thanks very much indeed denigrated mind you can always catch up with all the news and sport on our website address that is al jazeera dot com and you can also watch us live by clicking on the live icon as information or and tell if there's news are back in a minute with another full run of the day's news thanks for watching. recruited to win a war exploited to on the battlefield the cole the new regime faced a different value an effort from where you have been repaired and then abandoned for a lifetime and we should be ashamed. for this three four for all country all division over three people in power investigates the plight of imperial britons african troops they gave in the forgotten heroes of empire. era right out of a hamas script examining the headline within with the fractious issue of palestine and israel and the us news of the setting the discussions what makes them different as far as you're concerned

important fixture due to take place at newbury on saturday and we are only five weeks away from the cheltenham festivalack to normal but here we have horses which travel around the country, thousands of them, connections between horses in different stables which gets connections to a third stable, so it's a far bigger thing, runners yesterday from ireland as well as the uk. at the moment they are hoping that with the swabs coming back from the concerned yard today that the best case scenario is they will not be too many serious repercussions and it will not be right the way through the yard otherwise they will have to work out what to do in all the other yards which could effectively be affected. thank you, cornelius. the premier league has new leaders but it's a familiar name. manchester city have gone top for the first time this year. they scored an injury time goal in either half to win 2—0 at everton last night. aymeric laporte opened the scoring with this header on the stroke of half time. they had to wait until the 97th minute for the second with gabrieljesus sealing victory. city have played a g

the cheltenham festival medieval delay or even be affected.e current advice on her to keep horses free from flu. horse trailer should be looking out for any respiratory signs, good hygiene, washing hands, keeping equipment separate for each horse. and also isolating any horses that they do faint signs of them in. that is often no. speaking to the south american football correspondence. this is tragic news. what more can you tell is about the blaze? the fire happened about five o'clock local time, very fierce flames. it is clearly too early to have precise details on vehicles but hypotheses include this is an area of the training complex which was about to be deactivated. perhaps maintenance was not up to scratch. real was also castigated by torrential rains on wednesday night and a state of calamity was declared. this area of the city were still without electricity. 0ne the city were still without electricity. one idea is that maybe this disaster was caused by a following candle or something of that nature. ten people have lost their lives. we

it having an impact as far as employment is concerned and hopefully we will not miss the cheltenham festival that it happened last back in two thousand and one when we had a foot in modest outbreak in this country which had a huge impact on the agricultural industry and the racing industry for a period and the anyone's damaging that they missed the cheltenham festival so hopefully though it has come early and they know what's going on and they can deal with it but i have to say if it goes on for another two weeks then obviously chapman festival is by then in. so the world state championships in sweden where lindsey vonn is getting ready for her final ever race in the women's downhill on sunday a chronic knee injury is forcing her to retire after the championship she is eighty two world cup wins just short of the all time men's record held by in a marston mark fellow american and to time a limb pick champion ted ligety says it's heartbreaking right now i feel sad for everything you know and like i can't imagine being that close to breaking an all time record in there and having to give it awa

racing returns, and the sport can look to the cheltenham festival once more, which begins in exactly we can, based on the level of risk we have assessed through the data collection, and we have worked tirelessly, not only our staff at the bha, but also staff at the animal health trust, tirelessly over the last six days to get us back to this position where we can resume racing in the safest possible way we believe we can. thousands of tests taken from swabbed horses have taken place in recent days at this laboratory in newmarket. given the volume, not all of the testing has been concluded, but there is cautious optimism about the level of risk equine flu now poses. the suspension of racing divided opinion, but with millions lost in revenues, and jump racing‘s biggest fixtures on the horizon, there is relief that it can return and that a bigger crisis has potentially been averted. richard conway, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. remarkable photograph. these pictures came from the usa, from michigan, what does it look like? apple made of glass? a frozen apple. that is exactly

crippling to british racing and also coming up in a month's time the famous and prestigious cheltenham festival so right now i just want to absolutely make sure i get this decision right. for back to back ski gold medalists for the main in the world championships in order sweden alexis atkinson clinched the men's combine the gold in a record combine time of one minute forty seven point six one seconds he started off in twenty fourth place off the wind and laid the downhill event slovenia's stefan had four thoughts of coming second with eight in these dominic paris. sometimes these races are hard to watch chillin skier henrik vaughan oppen never finished the race after crashing in the downhill portion of the alpine combined he then started screaming at twenty four year old skidded on an icy section about a third of the way down the course and landed on his left side on top of the skis before sliding down into the safety nets but he's ok he's brother said doctors do not think he has any broken bones phil mickelson has won the pebble beach program title for a fifth time with victory on monday in c

festival. will it happen? it is impossible to say now. the more positive tests that are received, the more chances there are of this having an implication on cheltenhamading up all the races we are losing leading up to this and it is notjust about chapman. it all revolves around cheltenham. these horses are missing out on their preparation runs. we need these positive tests to cease and then there is a good chance of cheltenham going on. but the mother that we get, the more chance there is of it being affected. thank you very much for your insight. russian para—athletes will be allowed to compete at the 2020 olympics under the russian flag if they meet specific requirements. earlier, the international pa ralympic committee announced the 29—month suspension enforced in 2016 will be lifted by march 15th. ade adedoyin has more. ata at a news conference here in germany, andrew parsons the ipc president said all but one of the criteria set out by his task force had been implemented. the mclaren report uncovered evidence of systematic doping in russia. they we re systematic doping in russia. they were faced with two options. continue with the indefinite ba

we have cheltenham in a couple of weeks, the aintree festival after that, coming into the breeding seasonof our veterinary committee, and the scientific evidence, rather than being pressured into it for the wrong reasons. but we are acutely conscious, obviously, of the need to ensure that we have racing in a clear space so that the flagship meetings can go ahead. we think that the last few days in the action we took has helped to do that. thank you very much for explaining that to us you very much for explaining that to us this morning. i think i need to apologise for a very poorly timed sneeze during the interview. did that go out on air? i think it did, a few viewers have talked about it on social media. one viewer asked whether they sought a horse sneeze, that was me sneezing! my microphone was up, that was me sneezing! my microphone was up, so that was me sneezing! my microphone was up, so it looked like this horse was up, so it looked like this horse was sneezing. it wasn't the horse having a sneeze, i can confirm it was banned. —— dan. having a sneeze, i can confirm it was banned. -