captains for the england eddiejones tells wine gatland. tour eddiejones tells wine gatland. how the selection process of power athletes could be abused in the pursuit of medals. hello and welcome. the england manager gareth southgate jamie vardy to be in the right frame of mind to feature for his country tomorrow, despite the rel—avg —— — . admitting to receiving death threats following the sackking of claudio ranierei. players which led to the italian‘s departure. but claimed yesterday that he and his family have been ear—5292.4 l... um: 4355 l- laggreifirrrr . .. southgate takes charge of his first match as manager since receiving in a friendly in dortmund tomorrow. he says he is now building for the future. he cannot focus from game to game. we need to think longer term. if we are to have success, that is the reason i have been appointed. there is continuity for the under 21. itjoins the system up. we have to make decisions that reflect that. today after picking up an injury in training this morning. he was a notable absentee on the flight that left and will also miss sund

eddiejones looks further than that, he says this is the beginning. the beginning.f a project that him and england, a project that will end in japan in 2019 world cup. he has been trying to win but he has also been experimenting to a certain extent and that is whyjonathanjosef did not play and then came back and played so well here. eddiejones is masterful at keeping everyday, even someone as masterful at keeping everyday, even someone as good masterful at keeping everyday, even someone as good as masterful at keeping everyday, even someone as good asjonathanjosef on his toes. thank you very much. joe was talking about the coach eddiejones and what he has been saying, particularly about this project that england are on. let's hear from about this project that england are on. let's hearfrom him now. about this project that england are on. let's hear from him now. our focus is on the island. we want to win the grand slam, it is a chance to make history. no one has ever won a back—to—back grand slam in the six nations history. i think there is only four in the history

how a run in with eddiejones's dog has supposedly put owen farrell at risk of missing the six nations on saturday. opener alex hales returns from injury to hit a century for england as they aim for a whitewash in the one—day series with west indies. we'll have the latest from barbados. good evening. all of that and more in store, but we begin with the ongoing dilemma at arsenal. boss arsene wenger says he will take the opinion of the club's fans into account when deciding his future. the frenchman's contract expires in the summer, and recent poor results have led to some disquiet amongst fans. david ornstein has the latest on the situation. well, for arsenal this season is starting to resemble so many that have gone before. and once again, there's enormous speculation over the future of arsene wenger. that intensified with tuesday's champions league elimination, losing 10—2 on aggregate to bayern munich, with a group of fans staging a pre—match protest march calling for wenger to bring his 21—year reign to an end when his contract expires this summer. meanwhile, there are suggestions

i have just come of a rather bizarre eddiejones press conference.ers left with the leg injury. jones joked their players left with the leg injury. jonesjoked that their players left with the leg injury. jones joked that owen farrell had tripped over eddie jones' dog. i think we can be confident that owen farrell will be okayed to start at inside centre. a key player for england who will need to be at their best for a resurgent scotla nd to be at their best for a resurgent scotland on saturday. one change for scotla nd scotland on saturday. one change for scotland and three for england. billy vunipola is on the bench. i think if he tripped over a dog it would be dead. he is from an incredibly powerful replacements bench which includes anthony watson and ben te'o as well. he will start on the bench. three changes for england. ben youngs turns at scrum—half, jonathan joseph in the centre and jack nowell on the wing as well. scotland have made one change and that is hamish watson starting on the open side flanker. watson was outstanding in the victory o

eddiejones admits he could bea match.of the incident, saying farrell ran into his dog. arsene wenger says the opinion of arsenal fa ns wenger says the opinion of arsenal fans will influence his decision over whether to remain in charge next season but he hasn't yet made his mind at all told the players his plan. england cricketers are batting first in barbados as they go into a 3-0 first in barbados as they go into a 3—0 series whitewash against the west indies. england currently 45—1 in the 11th over. john lewis has cut its staff bonus to 6% this year, the lowest level since the 1950s. despite rising profits, the partnership — which also owns waitrose — is warning of an "increasingly uncertain market". it comes afterjohn lewis announced it was cutting hundreds ofjobs injanuary. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. three, two, one... these were the good old days, a stonking double—digit reward. john lewis is owned by its staff, and they cherish their annual bonus. this year, a different story — just 6%, the lo

eddiejones and england are looking to the future, and not just to dublin next weekend.ur tries against italy to seal a bonus point victory by 40 points to 18 in rome. italy had gone in front through sergio parisse‘s try early on, but they now look destined once again for the wooden spoon. england‘s women have set up a grand slam decider with ireland next week after thrashing scotland 64 points to nil. winger kay wilson set a new six nations record with seven tries during the game as england maintained their 100 per cent record during this year‘s competition. ireland also maintained their perfect run of results beating wales by 12 points to 7 at cardiff arms park thanks to hannah tyrrell‘s winning try. leicester are through to the final of the anglo—welsh cup after beating saracens by 32 points to 10. the tigers ran in four tries at allianz park, the pick of which was this effort from freddie burns twelve minutes from the end. leicester will face exeter or harlequins who play the other semi—final this afternoon. the final takes place at the stoop on saturday. ulster ran

centre good morning, "we're not perfect" — that, the simple assessment from england head coach eddiejonesck grand slams. they did still pick up the overall title — dan roan reports from dublin. they're arrived here as champions, now england aimed to be record—brea kers. this team chasing history, rather than a trophy. ireland, however, had other ideas. the mood in dublin one of defiance. at the end of a disappointing campaign, the hosts had a point to prove, especially here, in a city still celebrating st patrick's day. in a game of shuddering intensity, the tone was set early on. english hopes of grand slams have been dashed here before, and sustained irish pressure ended with ian henderson stretching over. england 10—3 down at half—time, and lucky not to be further behind. all of england's points came from the boot of owen farrell. the deficit was cut to just four soon after the restart. but it was the irish who continued to pose the greater that. jared payne broke through, and thenjohnny sexton capped an amazing performance fifth éhis sziusiai iii-el: england, as so often in this campai

before we look ahead, let's— rem md-ourseivepoihcw-e eddiejones's side secured the title — helped, ofht. commentator: he is back with a vengeance! masterminding the irish comeback. jimmy robertson the line! wales have just one! comeback. jimmy robertson the line! wales havejust one! it's comeback. jimmy robertson the line! wales have just one! it's the french who have it now. still going for the french, the tribe will be scored as she touches down! flying to the line, scotland closing what a way to - the six nations. england celebrate at home. to reflect on those results against the action this weekend, i am delighted to say i'm joined by former world cup winnerjames tindall and former hookerfor ireland. cup winnerjames tindall and former hooker for ireland. how impressed have you been with - incredible for england? it is incredible. run for england? it is incredible. not like a very special cause in memory of the court she died last year, a fantastic charity fundraiser. it has been a fantastic fundraiser. it has been a fantastic fundraiser. shane has done an incredible job putting fu

eddiejones match against scotland in the six nations.eddiejones has said he could be a doubt, but made light of it saying he ran into his dog. arsene wenger is going to ask the players if he should stay as boss. he hasn't made up his mind. alex hales has returned from injury to underline his england credentials with a century. they are currently 237-3 with a century. they are currently 237—3 after 38 of their 50 overs. i will be back with more on those stories just after half past. the queen has unveiled a memorial in london in honour of all those from the uk who served in iraq and afghanistan between 1990 and 2015. the monument, on the banks of the thames, is dedicated to civilians as well as servicemen and women. before the unveiling, a special service took place in horse guards parade, as robert hall reports. here is the memorial behind me. one is representing iraq and the other won afghanistan. between them, the bronze disc. on the side you can see troops in afghanistan and represented on the other side of the disc, are civilians, ai

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and although head coach eddiejones admits farrell could be a doubt for the game, he made light of theish training. how did it happen in training? i think he ran into my dog, mate. my dog was running around. he will be all

and although head coach eddiejones admits farrell could be a doubt for the game, he made light of thebad leg so he could not finish training. (inaudible). he ran into my dog. my dog was running around and he ran into it. he will be all right. he will be all right. did you say he was a doubt? yes at i think you will be all right. is that 0k. he is an exceptional player and we have 12 exceptional players so we will be all right. as for scotland, edinburgh flanker hamish watson will start in place of the injured john hardie. it's the only change to the starting 15 and means their backline stays the same for the trip to twickenham, a venue where scotland haven't won since 1983. our players know we have to be on oui’ our players know we have to be on our best performance on that day, during that 80 minutes we will have the string together a number of excellent place, take the defence on, think clearly to get them to start adapting to our play. they are a very good team. german powerhouse, andre greipel sprinted his way to victory on stage five of the paris—nice cycle race. the lotto—soudal

eddiejones trained in the sunshine earlier.t but made light of the incident saying he ran into his dog. he will be unleashed from an incredibly powerful looking replacement on the bench including mako vunipola. eddie jones replacement on the bench including mako vunipola. eddiejones saying that he's not looking ready to start the game so will start on the bench. three changes for england all in the backline. ben young is returned at scrum—half, jonathan joseph and jack nowell as well. scotland made one change to their site that so impressively beat wales, hamish watson starting on the open side flanker. he was outstanding in that victory at murrayfield and has been awarded with a start. england's cricketers are batting first in barbados as they go for a 3—0 series whitewash against the west indies. the only wicket to fall so far saw alzarri joseph get jason roy caught by jason holder at mid—wicket. joe root has been lucky, he was dropped on one, and was given not out on appeal for lbw, but he's still at the crease. this is the

he's included in the 24—man training squad and eddiejones is expected to hand the number eight an immediate have time for. from me and all the sport today team. goodbye. hello there. good morning. tuesday was a decent day for the eastern side of the uk. we've seen more cloud, though, coming in from the west, and all our weather is coming in from off the atlantic at the moment, all this cloud spilling across the uk. it's driven by an area of low pressure that's running between iceland and scotland, with these weather fronts too. the rain across the northern half of the uk is running across fairly quickly, but to the south, things grind to a halt towards the end of the night. so after the rain across the northern half of the uk we get some showers rattling into the north—west of scotland early on in the morning, and again, there could be a bit of snow across the mountains. there'll be a strong wind, gales probably for northern scotland. by the morning, sunshine is out across northern ireland, and the cloud continuing to break up across northern england, brightening up quite nicely as that rai

head coach eddiejones has said england are in a much better position than they were just six months agotions grand slam eluded them althought they did still win the overall championship. a reporter. more. 48 hours after that ireland performance dashed england's hopes of back—to—back grand slams and a world record, straight victory. the boss eddie jones said he was in fighting mood at twickenham today, suggesting plans were very much in place ahead of the rugby world cup in 2019, despite that first defeat on his watch. straight after the game he took full responsibility for the loss, saying he had not prepared his tea m loss, saying he had not prepared his team well enough, so i asked him to judi s team well enough, so i asked him to exaand on team well enough, so i asked him to % on what| team well enough, so i asked him to g on what went team well enough, so i asked him to sgéggng on what went wrong. team well enough, so i asked him to sgép ande on what went wronglj team well enough, so i asked him to g on what went wrong. i don't expand on what went wrong. i don't think the team were

engtand'srf' f engtand's rugby union head coach has made changes to the eddiejones has made changes toepare to face ireland in the six nations on saturday. anthony watson comes in forjack noel on the wing. elliott daley is theatre stalwart tom wood said the finn —— win his 50th cap for england. wouldn't abolish things off tomorrow. —— we are going to polish things off eal’iij;f’§ ”” t ’ ’ ’ ’ t eal’iij;f’§ tt t ’ t ’ ’ t we know ealfiij;f§ tttt t t t t t t we know ireland a@ going tomorrow. we know ireland are going tomorrow. we know ireland are going to come out and have all their guns blazing. they have nothing to worry about and have no fear of failure. they are favourites for the competition, but now they are out of eight, so we are anticipating a tough encounter. eddie jones's counterpart has been forced into changes himself. conor murray has not fully recovered from injuries sustained in this tie: george north. connor trained 0k sustained in this tie: george north. connor trained ok on tuesday without contact and we assisted into doubt felt he was not going to be quite 100%. not t

it has to be that man, the coach, eddiejones, about to win the six nations again with england.ws on bbc one a labour mp is calling for abortion legislation to be updated. the rules that say a woman must have the consent of two doctors to end her pregnancy have been unchanged for fifty years. critics say a change in the law could pave the way for sex selective abortions and terminations on demand. jayne mccubbin reports. my first reaction was, i don't want to have a baby. straightaway, how am i going to care for this being when i can't even care for myself? emily tells me why she had an abortion. she was broke, she had depression, she couldn't cope. she had to wait one month for a termination. that was the worst month of my life. i was googling ways to induce miscarriage and i think that in itself proves it's too long. you're risking women's lives because i could have really hurt myself during that time. you could have faced a jail sentence. i don't have any words for that. to punish a woman who is already in such an unstable and vulnerable position, what do you think you're doi

and although head coach eddiejones admits farrell could be a doubt for the game, he made light of the incident. he has got a bad leg so he couldn't finish training. how did it happen in training? i think he ran into my dog, mate. my dog was running around. he will be all right. you are confident? yellow makar he will be all right, yeah. i think you will be all right, yeah. i think you will be all right, is that 0k? be all right, yeah. i think you will be all right, is that ok? we have got plenty of back—ups. we have exceptional players so there is no risk for us. as for scotland, edinburgh flanker hamish watson will start in place of the injured john hardie. it's the only change to the starting 15 and means their backline stays the same for the trip to twickenham, a venue where scotland haven't won since 1983. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. thanks forjoining us. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kate devlin, political correspondent at the herald and peter spiegel, news editor at the fina

the victory for eddiejones‘ side also means they have equaleed new zealand's world record for consecutiveom twickenham. twickenham just after two. any view will do. england arrived at this match unbeaten as all these spectators well knew. but they have won their games in the six nations by being good enough. the team which has really excelled and found a new level in the tournament, that was scotland. so much can change once the anthems have been sung. a minute into the game, bottom of the screen, a dangerous tackle on elliot daly by fraser brown. the sin bin for him and daly‘s game was soon over. if there was a glimmer of space in the scotland defence, england had a man to exploit it, jonathan joseph, gone. scotland were stretched, worse when they lost players to injury, even worse whenjonathanjoseph got the ball again. now, finally, says the coach, this is what i told you we could do. gordon reid burrowed and scored. scotland battled, but the game was gone before half—time. in the second half, joseph through, almost at a stroll. 61 points was the final measure of england's control. the

he is clever at mind games, eddiejones. a problem for you! he is clever at mind games, eddie jones.id, i think farrell‘s going to be fine. he‘s going through a tough spot in some ways because england haven‘t sort of continued their level they were at in the autumn, they are still winning, but there are question marks. having the vunipolas back is massive, i think they‘re vital to the team in terms of going forward and how they want to play rugby. that‘s where i think this game will be won, in terms of — eddie likes to call them the finishers, so they‘re probably going to do thejob finishers, so they‘re probably going to do the job and get england over the line. it's sally, mike. i always thought they were substitutes, the finishers, he has a different way of approaching it. it's a unique way. one of the biggest criticisms of stuart lancaster was the fact he would change everyone, always use the bench and they were substitutes when stuart lancaster talked about them. now they‘re finishers, they have apparently a completely different role. but i think that‘s one of the things eddiejon

head coach eddiejones admits farrell could be a doubt, but made light of today's incident.ing around and he ran into it. he'll be all right. you just said he was a doubt? yet, but i think he'll be all right. is that 0k? there's no risk for us. chairman sir chips keswick has seen fit to comment on the current turmoil at arsenal. he says the board "respect that fans are entitled to their different individual opinions", but it will always run the club with its "best long—term interests at heart". manager arsene wenger, meanwhile, says he will consider those fan opinions when he decides whether to extend his contract, although it's "not the most important factor". a poor run in the premier league and that 10—2 aggregate defeat by bayern munich in the champions league have seen an increase in supporter unrest. i work very hard for 20 years to make ourfans happy. when you lose a game, i understand they aren't. and i don't want to judge that. i'm not capable to, i live in my daily work with my complete commitment after that. i said many times, you have to accept different opinions

the new zealand head coach steve hansen has told the bbc eddiejones has instilled a fresh work ethic taken a blow in the spanish league. they lost 2—1 two double tivo. they missed the services of their style striker neymar. real madrid are currently level with real betis, if they win, they will go top of the league. joina they will go top of the league. join a has been knocked out of the indian wells tennis by caroline garcia. the match went the distance, the british player losing on a tie—break in the third set. the frenchwoman is 25th in the world. novak djokovic plays later. the first test match between new zealand and south africa in an attempt was abandoned as a draw on sunday when rain washed out the final day's play. the second test match starts in wellington on thursday. that's all sport for now. tributes have been played tojoni sledge, from the band sister sledge. she was 60. such a familiar sound, the band, made up of four sisters, achieved fame in 1979 with their signature june. 0ther hits achieved fame in 1979 with their signaturejune. 0ther hits included the greatest dan

england's attempts to arrange a fixture against new zealand later this year came from head coach eddiejonesmercial reasons. the rfu's chief executive insists the opportunity to play the world champions was something he had to look into. the all blacks declined the offer to play at twickenham in november. i think every rugby supporters around the country would want to see england playing the all blacks in 2017, so i felt absolutely on a bound to see if we could achieve that. although it wasn't easy and there were potentially difficult is about trying to do it, but it was worth having a go to see if we could get will be a great game. the all blacks were very straightforward and decent about it and after some discussions and deliberations, they decided they would prefer to play the barbarians, rather than england. that is absolutely their call and i can understand that. that's all the sport for now. let's cross to king's college hospital, in central london, where prince charles has been visiting victims of wednesday's terror attack. 50 people were injured, and you can see prince charles at kin

it means eddiejones‘ side are unbeaten in their last 18 matches — equalling the top tier record of newis game we were expecting a tight match, even be possibility of scotland winning. they have risen to number five in the world rankings through some determined and skilful players. by half—time in this match, we knew the game was up. half—time in this match, we knew the game was up. scotland suffered from a lack of discipline, a man in the sin bin in the second minute of the game. they also struggled with injury. above all that, there was jonathanjoseph injury. above all that, there was jonathan joseph for england, exploiting gaps with his skilful and powerful running. it is a site to match any that has been seen here at twickenham. from that point on, scotla nd twickenham. from that point on, scotland never gave up. they came back with tries in the second half but the margin of victory made it a record in this fixture and it is a fixture that stretches back to the 1870s. england has another game to 90, 1870s. england has another game to go, another win against ireland and if they do, t

in ireland in a final game of the six nations sets a record for consecutive test wins, but coach eddiejonestowards the world cup in 2019. we are onlyjust beginning, is what he said at the conclusion of this game. the boys, today, fantastic, did it in style, clinical, ruthless performance. we asked the team to make a decision, and as a team we took a step forward today, but all eyes a re next took a step forward today, but all eyes are next week now, i suppose. earlier, france ended their dismal six nations away form with a bonus—point 40—18 win against italy in rome. france will host wales in paris next saturday, and they must concentrate on finishing in the top three for the first time since 2011. lincoln city's fairy—tale fa cup run has come to an end at the quarterfinal stage. they were the first non—league side to reach the last eight of the competition since 1914. but their brave efforts weren't enough against premier league arsenal at the emirates. they held off their illustrious opponents until almost half—time. theo walcott opened the scoring, and the gunners scored four more after

england head coach eddiejones says his team have the chance to "achieve greatness", after their 61 pointstory against scotland at twickenham. it was a result that clinched the six nations title and equalled new zealand's record of 18 consecutive victories. a win in their last match against ireland would see them become the only team to clinch back—to—back grand slams since the competition began. joe wilson reports. jj — two letters, two legs, too much for scotland. jonathanjoseph started the game, and he was england's finisher. jonathanjoseph, flying to the line. pace and angle, attacking, running. it's been the essence of rugby ever since somebody picked up a ball. england now have a team to match any in its history, at least statistically. a hat—trick forjonathan joseph. by the timejoseph completed his hat—trick early in the second half, the game was settled. scotland persevered, hampered by early indiscipline and injuries, but as they made clear, they were not here to be plucky losers. their recent performances have merited more than that. on this day, everything clicked for england. f

england's attempts to arrange a fixture against new zealand later this year came from head coach eddiejonesrld champions was something he had to look into. the all blacks declined the offer to play at twickenham in november. i think every rugby supporter around the country would want to see england playing the all blacks in 2017 and so i felt honour bound to see if we could achieve that. it wasn't easy and potentially there we re wasn't easy and potentially there were difficulties about trying to do it but it was worth having a go to see if we could get what would be a great game. i had discussions with new zealand and they were very straightforward and very decent about it, and after some discussions and deliberations they decided they would prefer to play the barbarians rather than england and that is their call. i can understand that. there's been a blow for warren gatland's plans ahead of the british and irish lions tour to new zealand this summer. ireland's jamie heaslip and rob kearney are now doubts after undergoing minor surgery. both missed the six nations win over england last wee

with eddiejones in charge, they can lose, but so far they never have.r dismal six nations away form, with a bonus—point a0 to 18 points win against italy in rome. france had lost their previous five away matches in a row. the women's six nations will go down to the final weekend, with both ireland and england winning their penultimate matches to remain unbeaten in the tournament. ireland edged past wales, while england's kay wilson ran in a record seven tries against scotland. england ran out winner by 64 points to nil. lincoln city's fairytale fa cup run has come to an end at the quarterfinal stage. they were the first non league side to reach the last eight of the competition since 1914 but their efforts weren't enough against premier league arsenal at the emirates. theo walcott opened the scoring just before half time. the gunners scored four more after the break, including this one from alexi sanchez, to secure their place in the semifinals. earlier, manchester city cruised passed middlesbrough at the riverside stadium. dafid silva scored after thre

eddiejones is not the kind of coach who will ever be satisfied with the performance, he has a long—termal with this england team but we do reflect on the fact that still with england he has not lost on international test match. we will get some reaction from some of the participants in today's calcutta cup match. we will start with eddie jones. the focus is on the island. we want to win the grand slam. it is a chance to make history, no one has woi'i a chance to make history, no one has won back—to—back grand slams in the six nations history. i think there is only four in the history of the five nations and six nations. this isa want five nations and six nations. this is a want of a life opportunity and we are pleased to be six nations championship at the grand slam is something we are really looking forward to. it was more what we built up in the week. we focused on starting each session very well and we did that and we saw that are bad today, set piece was unbelievable. what we could do off the back of that, we are very proud, we are happy and we look forward to next week. are very pr

and coming up in the sport on bbc news: how a run in with eddiejones‘ dog has apparently put owen farrellrisk of missing the six nations clash with scotland on saturday! good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at 6. the chancellor has been forced to defend his budget and the controversial changes to increase national insurance for self employed workers. that's despite a tory manifesto pledge not to raise national insurance. it's angered a number of conservative backbenchers and been roundly criticised by labour. there has been partial backing for the increase from the influential think tank the institute for fiscal studies, but overall it described the chancellor's plans as a sticking plaster rather than a fundamental review. our chief political correspondent vicki young has been following the day's events. he says he's backing business, but visiting the west midlands today the chancellor had to fend off accusations that he's bashing the workers who keep the wheels of the economy turning. putting up taxes is never popular, and this is going to be a hard sell to conservative mps. we have

chastened, england were, at least, champions, but they must now reflect on a first defeat in the eddiejoneso you come away with the silver medal. and it doesn't taste good. it makes you want to get the gold medal. it was more about courage than class. there wasn't too much that we could put together, especially when the weather closed in a bit, but i thought in the first 20 minutes, that is where we built confidence in the game. a night of mixed emotions, then — for england, this will hurt, but could be the making of them. dan roan, bbc news, dublin. wales head coach rob howley questioned the integrity of france's victory in an extraordinary encounter that saw an incredible 20 minutes of stoppage time. trailing by five points, france drove over from close range howley insists the french were wrongly able to bring back on a ‘specialist scrummager‘ by claiming he was earlier removed for a "head injury assessment", as wales finished fifth in the table... it's about the process and how slimani came back on. i think if you look at the footage and how that happened, i think there is good enough e

on saturday — but he left training early yesterday after injuring his leg — initially head coach eddiejonese papers we will be speculating whether that is a shaggy dog story! do we have a picture? we have. first the weather. we need the weekend weather but we will start with the picture for the day and i am afraid it is not as sunny day and i am afraid it is not as sunny 01’ day and i am afraid it is not as sunny or blue as it yesterday. plenty of cloud around. even a bit of rain around. the first part of the morning, substantial rain across northern scotland. elsewhere in the west damp and drizzly. misty in the hills. and throughout the lower coasts of southern england. chilly inafew coasts of southern england. chilly in a few spots and there will be some early brightness and down the eastern side of the uk but it probably will not last long. this is the more substantial area of rain pushing through northern scotland and on towards the northern isles. through the day, any worry the west could see some rain and drizzle and again plenty of cloud of with a few brea ks again plenty of cloud of

a win in dublin would see eddiejones' side become the only team to win back—to—back grand slams since two legs, too much for scotland. jonathanjoseph started the game, and he was england's finisher. pace and angle, attacking, running. it's been the essence of rugby ever since somebody picked up a ball. england now have a team to match any in its history, at least statistically. by the timejoseph completed his hat—trick early in the second half, the game was settled. scotland persevered, hampered by early indiscipline and injuries, but as they made clear, they were not here to be plucky losers. their recent performances have merited more than that. on this day, everything clicked for england. four tries gets you a bonus point. 7 makes a serious impression. so the six nations is won, and eddie jones' england is still unbeaten. we have got good players. they now have a mindset of wanting to be the best in the world. they want to keep improving. and if we keep with that mindset, keep working hard, we will be the best in the world. the memory of this match will linger long after the sponso

a fixture against rugby union world champions new zealand later this year came from head coach eddiejonesas something he had to look into. the all blacks declined the offer to play at twickenham in november. i think every rugby supporter around the country would want to see england playing the all blacks in 2017. i felt absolutely honour bound to see if we could achieve that. although it wasn't easy and there were potentially difficulties about trying to do it, but it was worth having a go to see if we could get a great game. i had discussions with the all blacks. they were very straightforward and decent about it, and after some discussions and deliberations, they decided they would prefer to play the barbarians instead of england. that's absolutely their call and i can understand it. england wicketkeeper sarah taylor still hopes to play in this summer's cricket world cup despite not being selected for a training camp in the uae next month. taylor's taken a break from the sport because of anxiety problems. but is back in training and according to coach mark robinson is undertaking a grad

and although head coach eddiejones admits farrell could be a doubt for the game, he made light of theraining. how did it happen in training?|j not finish training. how did it happen in training? i think he ran into my dog, mate. my doc was running around and he ran into him. he will be all right. you just said he was a doubt. yes, but he will be all right, is that 0k? he was a doubt. yes, but he will be all right, is that ok? we have got plenty of back—ups. billy can play at 12, he is an exceptional player, he is no risk for us. as for scotland, edinburgh flanker hamish watson will start in place of the injured john hardie. it's the only change to the starting 15 and means their backline stays the same for the trip to twickenham, a venue where scotland haven't won since 1983. 0ur players know we will have to be on our best performance on that day, during that 80 minutes. we will have to string together a number of excellent plays in attack and defence and think clearly to get them to start adapting to our play. they are a very good team. andy murray has been handed a favourable draw f

what will be scotland team, what will be camp the making of eddiejones‘ statements this week about whetherrs, certainly i know his dog has been off the leash quite a lot this week. —— he maybe is. but he didn't train yesterday. at tells a bit of a story. he may be fit today, but from scotland's point of view, you just have to prepare and forget about 0wen farrell and assume he is going to play and just get on with it and not worry about the sideshow that 0wen farrell is going to play or not. kenny, it is charlie here in the studio. reminisce for us. you mentioned the special nature of the england and scotland games. when you are in the tunnel and the england team are lining up next to you, how did you play that thing? do you eyeball your opponent, your direct opposite number? how do you think scotland will play at this time around in relation to those mind games? —— plate it. around in relation to those mind games? -- plate it. ithink scotland have to do what they have been doing the last few weeks. scotland a number five in the world. you the last few weeks. scotland a numberfive in the w

he's included in the 24—man training squad, and eddiejones is expected to hand the number eight an immediatethe expense of nathan hughes — this after england's training plans were captured by a photographer and showed vunipola would start. england will confirm their starting 15 on thursday. a quick update from the emirates, still 1—0 to the arsenal but they need three more goals at least. i will be back for an update in the next hour. president trump's administration have set about on the first steps to repeal and replace the us affordable care act, better known as obamacare. the policy has brought affordable health insurance to millions of americans but many have seen their premiums rise significantly. speaking at today's white house press briefing, the new us health secretary, dr tom price, explained how the new health care bill would work. what's happening right now is that the american people are having to sacrifice in order to purchase coverage and as i mentioned many individuals cannot afford the kind of coverage that they have right now. so they've got that insurance card but they don

england head coach eddiejones insists rugby union is leading the way when it comes to dealing with headead — only to then go off soon afterwards — because he hadn't fully recovered. i think it is a great credit to our medical staff that they took him off so quickly. rugby, i think, medical staff that they took him off so quickly. rugby, ithink, has been very good in that area and i think the sport itself should be congratulated over the way it handles head injuries. so you think the system at the moment is fit for purpose? i think it is outstanding and it sets the standard for those sort of injuries in sport. will women be admitted to muirfield golf club? we'll find out the result of a second ballot today — and it's likely to be a "yes". the first vote narrowly failed to acheive the two—thirds majority needed and the r&a immediately announced that murifield would no longer be able to host the open championship — and they will overturn that if there's a positive vote today, and women are admitted. now some of you harry potter fans out there will know all about quidditch. the mythical spo

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