connacht were 20—12 ahead, but the tigers fought back...and a penalty from bryce hegart. but connacht didn't leave empty handed — jack carty�*s last minute drop goal gave them a losing bonus point, as leicester won 29—23. and in the women's premier 155, world player of the year zoe aldcroft scored two tries as gloucester—hartpury claimed a bonus—point win at worcester. the away side scored six tries in all, winning 36—10 and have moved up to sixth in the table. and some more rugby news... as ospreys hooker ifan phillips has revealed he has had to have a leg amputated following a road traffic accident, earlier this month. the 25—year—old son of former wales hooker kevin phillips made the anouncement on social media, this afternoon. ospreys have said they will do all they can for the player, who added he is determined to remain active. the rosberg x racing team of molly taylor and johan kristofferson are the first extreme e champions — the series designed to highlight climate change, as electric suvs are raced off—road. cristina gutierrez and

connacht did get a losing bonus point, though.as won his 38th ranking snooker tournament, at the age of a6, after losing the last five finals he's played in. the rocket came back from 7—5 down to beat neil robertson by 10 frames to 8 in the world grand prix in coventry. he says the key for him has been concentrating on enjoying his snooker, and enjoying playing in front of fans again this year. fallon sherrock is out of the world darts championship after a first round defeat to steve beaton. but what a match it was! it went back and forth, going to a deciding set. sherrock missed a chance to tie the match at two legs all in the fifth leaving the bronze adonis with the chance to wrap up the match, which he did to the disappointment of the crowd. so much support for her wherever she plays at the moment. that's all the sport for now. don't forget you can watch sports personality of the year on the bbc iplayer. us open champion emma raducanu taking the main award in salford last night. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the gover

in the day's other match, connacht beat stade francais.n against saracens. a frantic final try from player of the match jade konkel secured the 36—17 win, to end saracens' unbeaten home run. much more on the developing story in abu dhabi throughout the evening but for now, that's it. we will see you soon. goodbye. we're counting down to an announcement from no.10 from the prime minister, outlining proposals for the covid booster programme. this in the light of the dramatic rise in infections, due to the omicron variant. our health correspondent, jim reed is with me. we are not expecting an announcement of any new restrictions in england but we expect an update to the booster programme and in england and scotland from tomorrow that was being widened anyway to include anyone in their �*30s who has had a job or a second job at least three months ago before that moment it was people in their �*aos and over, but the question is could the government in england go further and expand the booster out further to more adults as it tries to increase —

middletown 39 connacht at 34 languages in there can would. sebastopol cloverdale. still only in the thirties. so any another system coming in tonight and tomorrow could easily produce some more snow. that's what we're looking for. is one more in the old pipeline. that will be it right there. then we'll get a break starting thursday night friday, saturday and sunday. but watch what happens on monday. take a look what? yeah there could be a really wet system on tuesday, wednesday and thursday of next week. in fact, there's some hints it could be a really strong with heavy rain and more mountain snow, but we will get a break starting thursday friday, saturday could be a little flurries in the mountains. but for us it will be dragged. not very warm forties on the highs today for most about the same tomorrow alley, then we'll get a break thursday, friday saturday, but again big concern. i think for a pretty big system maybe early next week. all right, more rain on the way we'll still to come at noon. new information on the deadly shooting at an apartment store in southe

elsewhere leinster beat connacht 47—19 and sharks were also victorious against bulls.t from me and the team goodnight. hello. it's a rather cold and windy weekend on the way. the wettest weather will be during saturday. early rain clearing away from the eastern side of england, sunny spells following on behind. an area of rain and hill snow moving south through scotland, plenty of showers running into northern ireland, wintry on hills. rain and hills pushing in through parts of england, north wales later across more of the midlands as well. northwest scotland brightening up, south wales in southern england dry for a lot of the day. and temperatures will feel colder than this in the brisk wind, the risk of gales around western coast. overnight and into sunday central and eastern parts of england with further outbreaks of rain here. many other places with clear spells, a chance of catching a shower in the west was up and where you have the clear spells it will be a colder night with a greater chance of frost in the morning. eastern areas of england with outbreaks of rain

in the day�*s other match, connacht beat stade francais. konkel secured the 36—17 win, to end saracens�* unbeaten home run. the victory puts quins up to third, whilst saracenes stay second, two points behind leaders bristol bears. john higgins has it all to do if he�*s to win the scottish open. he�*s about to start the final evening session trailing luca brecel 6—2. the belgian, who�*s ranked 18th in the world, ended the first session with a century break in llandudno, which is hosting the final. higgins has won the tournament twice before, but not for 25 years. that evening session gets under way in the next ten minutes or so. we would encourage you to keep an eye on the website for any results come through late in the abu dhabi evening and early evening here. but for now, that is all the time we have. we�*ll have more throughout the evening. we will see you in just over an hour. hello and a very warm welcome as ever to the film review on bbc news. taking us through this week�*s cinema releases, mark kermode is back. hello, what have you b

in the european champions cup, leicester against connacht with steve borthwick�*s side on a 12—game winninghe sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. thank you and see you later. the winner of this year's strictly come dancing final was crowned last night. rose and giovanni! the eastenders star rose ayling—ellis has become the first deaf contestant to take home the glitterball trophy. rose and her partner giovanni pernice beat tv chef john whaite and johannes radebe in the final. tv presenter aj odudu was forced to drop out due to an injury. earlier, i spoke to former strictly professional dancer robin windsor who danced on the show with lisa riley and deborah meaden. he gave me his reaction to last night's show. we'd be hard pressed to find anybody that will say that this wasn't only the best final in strictly history, but the best series that strictly have ever put on. i think we finally got to a point where i didn't mind who won last night because for me, representation won, we obviously had same—sex male couple for the first time and the first ever deaf contestant. and i think h

in pool b, connacht beat stade francais. john higgins has it all to do if he's to win the scottish openthe world, ended the first session with a century break in llandudno which is hosting the final. higgins has won the tournament twice before, but not for 25 years. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. jimmy greaves thank you very much. it is edging up to whether time. let's get the latest details. that is tied in with a area of low pressure that will get very close to the north—west of the uk overnight tonight. a very mild evening, increasingly breezy. very windy overnight for the western and northern isles of scotland. further showers for western scotland with clear skies to the south of that. a lot of cloud and some rain for wales and the south—west. temperatures in double figures here. overnight lows, further north — 78 degrees. through monday, quite cloudy. best of any sunshine for scotland, northern ireland and northern england. a little cooler here than it will be on sunday. temperatures still looking pretty mild further south. hello this is bbc

elsewhere leinster beat connacht 47—19 and sharks were also victorious against bulls.ger accused of a massacre at a school, saying they share responsibility. i will be reiterating today the gun ownership is a right, and with that right comes great responsibility. the first data on the omicron variant of covid suggests vaccines are less effective at stopping it spreading, but they do make the symptoms less serious. it's possible that the omicron variant is able to overcome and cause infections, even in previously vaccinated people. however, if they develop only mild illness, that means that the vaccines are still providing protection. scientists say they can now use gene—editing technology to determine the sex of mice, creating female

elsewhere leinster beat connacht 47—19 and sharks were also victorious against bulls.a session and it creates such a great environment for people that want to do better, and when i feel like fighters go on and to well, they always give back to the local communities and stuff like that. grassroots boxing, amateur championships are so important. so if the government are ever looking to dish out any cash, these put some into boxing because the sport i love is the sport people love to see. and you can catch live coverage of the national boxing championships on bbc iplayer and the bbc sport website and app from 1:00pm today. rallying is seen as one of the most extreme forms of motorsport, driving across some of the planet's most hostile terrains. it's been 20 years since british drivers have been able to make a big impact on the world stage. but a couple of weeks ago elvyn evans from wales finished runner—up in the world championship for the second year running. i went to meet him. back home in west wales, where it all started for elvyn evans after taking on the rest of the