and in sport a stellar performance to win the cheltenham gold - my to win the cheltenham gold cup, myhome to win the cheltenham gold cup, my local river followed him home with the favourite for. the last british side in the champions league, leicester city, will face atletico in the quarterfinals, whilst madrid in the guarterfinalsr. whilst! madrid in the quarterfinals. whilst! madrid have a clash with bayern real madrid have a clash with bayern munich. manchester united face belden league leaders anderlecht in the last eight of the europa league. the lest eight of the europe leege‘e: the lest eight of the europe leegfie: will the lest eight of the europe leego‘e: will be back with more sports i will be back with more sports stories just after half past five. the nobel prize winning poet and playwright sir derek walcott has died at his home in st lucia at the age of 87. sir derek first gained international attention in the 1960s, with poems that explored the history e and culture of the caribbean. he was considered one of the key voices of west indian literature heritage of st lucia. l

a fantastic race l the a fantastic race in the cheltenham gold cup as the 7—1 sizing john came in firstughout the race. lizzie kelly made headlines beforehand, because she was the first female jockey to run in the race for 30 years, but she fell at the second fence. cue card did the same. it was sizing john who came through. under robbie power, to win forjesse —— jessica harrington. through. under robbie power, to win forjesse -- jessica harrington. 0k, frank. thanks for joining forjesse -- jessica harrington. 0k, frank. thanks forjoining us. that's all for now. you can catch up with all for now. you can catch up with all the reaction from cheltenham at bbc sport website. i'll be back the bbc sport website. i'll be back in the next hour. more now on the former chancellor george osborne who has been appointed editor of the london evening standard newspaper. he is due to edit the paperfour days a week from the month of may, and he said he also intends to continue as the mp for tatton in cheshire. his intention to stay on cheshire, his intentien te staff”1 , ~ , ~ ~ cheshire, his intentien

minella rocco was runner—up to sizing john in the cheltenham gold cup last week trainerjonjo 0'neil saidis likely to feature again in the gold cup next year. jordan spieth believes match play would prove exciting for golf fans. the ryder cup is one of a handful of professional tournaments that uses match play instead of stroke play. i think we'd love it. if you went around and asked everybody they would thoroughly enjoy more match play. it would be a lot of fun if a major championship took on match play. i don't know how exactly, do the format, but the rider obviously, the format, but the rider obviolaslw you the format, but the rider obviodslw you playing for your country are you playing for your country with a team—mate, so it's a bit different. but that match play is certainly a lot i fun. different. but that match play is certainly a lot. fun. the different. but that match play is certainly a lot i fun. the fact certainly a lot of fun. the fact that it's kind of a change of pace and you get an opportunity to take chances, play aggressive on a cool chances. glav aggressive en arcoel =

but we have the cheltenham gold cup on friday and it will be cloudy in the itii'ri “iii 55i.v'i.i ifth—east and you can see it is mild and a grey start to breezy and mild and a grey start to the day on saturday. with some rain. continuing across the north and west of the uk. the further east you are, it is drier. but some rain in the higher ground at times. as you go through saturday into sunday, many of us will see this warm sector, but it will be windy. but mild to start the day on sunday with some cloud and rain in the west. and the further east l and rain in the west. and the further east you ~ — and rain in the west. and the ;% east you are l and rain in the west. and the ;% east you are the better further east you are the better chance of staying dry for much of the day. welcome back to 100 days. it story. —— a reminder of our main story. president trump's second travel ban is blocked by the us courts, but he vows that he will make it happen. the two us congressmen who forged an unlikely partnership as they drove across the states to get to washington for a vote. centre ground

it's gold cup day at cheltenham.r sports correspondent, andy swiss, is at cheltenham racecourse. it isa it is a chilli day in cheltenham. the atmosphere is warming up nicely. just a couple of hours to go until the§ race. . just a couple of hours to go until the§ race. last just a couple of hours to go until the; race. last it just a couple of hours to go until the§ race. last- it was won the big race. last week it was won by don cossack, who has since retired. 0ne by don cossack, who has since retired. one thing is certain, we will have a new name on the gold cup. history is carved into cheltenham. for the fans, this is the day when riders and horses can become legends. who will be next to join the golden greats? among the early arrivals today, the sentimental favourite, cue card, at the grand old age of 11, trying to become the old est old age of 11, trying to become the oldest winner since 1969. trained in dorset by former dairy farmer colin tizzard, the horse fell last year but has picked itself the band is ready

gold cup. let‘s go live to cheltenham and now, speak to our correspondence. never won the gold cup. he dominated the festival in recent yea rs, never won he dominated the festival in recent years, never won the gold cup. could this finally be their year? plenty of other horses to look out for as well. the sentimental favourite of other horses to look out for as well. the sentimentalfavourite is tied to card, a horse trained by mullins. —— bya tied to card, a horse trained by mullins. —— by a former dairy it would be an extraordinary farmer. it would be an extraordinary story is cue card good do that. a lot of fans here keeping their fingers crossed for cue card. keep an eye out by lizzie kelly, the first female jockey . ride in the first female jockey to ride in the gold cup since the 1980s. she is on board 342. and outside as far as the bookies concerned. what it win it would be on st patrick‘s day. many thanks. it‘s the final weekend of rugby union‘s six nations championship england are in dublin looking to win back to back grandslams..that‘s never been done

we have the gold cup at cheltenham on friday afternoon there will be a fair amount of cloud in the skythe south—east but most of it will be in the north and west. a fair bit of cloud around with raven on saturday. most of that road will be in the west and north and parts of england and northern wales will be in the west and north and parts of wet and and northern wales will be in the west and north and parts of wet beforei northern wales will be in the west and north and parts of wet before the rthern wales will be in the west and north and parts of wet before the weekend. es will be in the west and north and parts of wet before the weekend. things be wet before the weekend. things will turn milder on saturday night into sunday in the - warm into sunday in the broad, warm sector with isobars on the charter and it will be windy and that will bea and it will be windy and that will be a feature of the weekend, a blustery weekend. the rain will be in the north and west with not too much getting across to the east. by the afternoon temperatures in double figures quite rightly. 10 degrees in

everyone was saying, djakadam will win the gold cup, ireland will beat england in the six nations on saturday. 30% of the tickets sold for today at cheltenhamrks with his head on his chest, he gets to the top, he is a happy ho£ he to the top, he is a happy horse. he is not ready for anything else yet, he isa is not ready for anything else yet, he is a racehorse, and t—levels it. he is a racehorse and plexiglgiyg e really believe he has got a good i really believe he has got a good chance as he will ever have. —— and he loves it. the foster flutter is usually based on a horse 's name or whatever coloured silks the jockey is wearing, i know some punters go is wearing, i know some puntersge ‘when is wearing, i know some punterarge ‘ when they look at the form, deeper when they look at the form, the all important going on the course behind you. yes, somewhere at there the clerk of the cause is walking the course, i do not a there the clerk of the cause is walking the course, i do not if“ if”. if walking the course, i do not know if he's going 55; walking the course, i do not know if he's going i the fences, but he he's going over the fences, bu

the final day's racing is underway at the cheltenham festival. st patrick's day, gold cup day.first race of the result of the first race of the day just after 2pm. lets return now to the row over whether — and when — there might be another vote on scottish independence. this morning the snp said that an independence vote "will take place," despite theresa may's view that "now is not the time." speaking to my colleague earlier the snp deputy leader angus robertson gave his response to theresa may's speech at the conservative spring conference which he accused the snp of device of nationalism and tunnel vision. the only thing going on at the moment involving tunnel vision is the approach of the uk government as they hurtle us all towards the ha rd est pa rt they hurtle us all towards the hardest part tory brexit and that is the thing that will be damaging throughout the uk. given the circumstances and that scotland's government was elected on a we should have a manifesto we should have a eéiiiififlinfi manifesto we should have a ..x....;;. if we manifesto we should have a £31" j if:

it's the final day at the cheltenham festival. st patrick's day, gold cup day. trainer colin tizzard has a couple of fancied runners including cue card who has arrived at the course this morning. and has also won at ascot last month. he worked so hard with his head in his chest and rips up over, he jogs back. he is a happy horse. he is not ready for anything else yet, he is a racehorse and he loves it. i really believe he has got a good a chance as he has ever had. the going will be all in the betting markets. here's the clerk of the course with his thoughts on the race. ruby and willie mullins on fire yesterday and they sort them a couple of weeks ago in ireland and cougle of weeks agmin ireland—and = looked in tremendous form. i was he looked in tremendous form. i was talking to somebody about native river and if the ground might be too quick for him it was he won at newbury on soft ground and the a nswer newbury on soft ground and the answer is to not be surprised because he has a real turn off i do because he has a real turn off = .- i do not think the becau

i'm at cheltenham, where it is gold cup day. i will have all the sport from here shortly.lsewhere, manchester united are through to the quarter—finals of the europa league after a 1—0 win against fc rostov at old trafford. and we join the cast of the rom com love actually, as they film a remake for comic relief. and matt has the weather. good morning. it is a little bit chilly out that if you are about to head up the door but while southern and areas will see head up the door but while southern and - areas will see dry and and eastern areas will see dry and bright weather throughout the day, north and west can expect cloud and outbreaks of rain. details on that and a full forecast coming up. good morning. first, our main story: the snp will today accuse the government of being too scared to allow a second independence referendum. deputy leader angus robertson will open his party's spring conference by saying the conservatives have a desperate desire to prevent anyone rejecting brexit. but theresa may will tell her own 777mm; riflff if that she will fight to keep what she ca

it's gold cup day at cheltenham. the big race begins in 15 minutes.nce in aberdeen, angus robertson said the prime minister was "panicking" when she tried to draw a line under the snp's proposed timetable for another referendum. theresa may spoke in the last hour at the conservative spring conference in cardiff — and reiterated that independence would be "bad for scotland, bad for the uk and bad for us all". our political correspondent iain watson has the latest. at the snp conference it is hardly surprising that the focus is on a second referendum on scottish independence. we don't know when it will take place. legally it is westminster, not scotland's first minister, that takes the decision. but here it feels like the campaign is already under way. the members are delighted at the call for another vote within two years but pro—union campaigners do not want it to happen at all. the snp's deputy leader had a message for them and the prime minister. people of this country will have their choice. they will not be denied their say. the stirrings of a sta