it's unfortunate, because eddiejones is video.fortunate, because eddie jones is amenable, video. it's unfortunate, because eddiejones is amenable, giving time to fans, posing for pictures and autographs, having a chat, but now he's going to reassess how he goes about things. he won't use public transport in the future and the rfu are going to take measures to improve security around him. what about the repercussions west to mark what have the scottish rugby union had to say? scottish rugby union haveissued had to say? scottish rugby union have issued a statement saying there are appalled and disgusted by what's gone on but, in reality, this isn't a scottish rugby thing. it's a minority people who don't represent scotland, scottish rugby, scottish football, it's just a scotland, scottish rugby, scottish football, it'sjust a minority scotland, scottish rugby, scottish football, it's just a minority who have decided to become abusive. eddiejones also said that comments in the media by former and current scottish players may have cont

the big message from eddiejones to be proportionate.message from eddiejones is one of positivity. he said that any good teams, to hard times and england will be the better for the two losses. disappointing in terms of results, there is no doubt about in of learning to over % £55.93: j’j’ : ::-:5’;*55f " iii; 'and fit: £55.93: j’j’ : ::-:5’;*55f " iii; 'and a fit: ‘on 7? 7 sledgehammer on it to get real g sledgehammer on it to get real change.and.. ll ,-.- sledgehammer on it to get real changefand.. this - 7 been sledgehammer on it to get real % ar it's m been been the results have - and exeter the results have been. and exeter player has been brought into the english camp. back row players who are injured will take no further pa rt are injured will take no further part in the england campaign. he was described at burlington coat is a good, solid player and benny will be delighted with his inclusion, wanting and add to the single cap he won on the tour for argentina last summer. eddie jones is won on the tour for argentina last summer. e

eddiejones was eddie jones was feeling the eddiejones was feeling the heat even before the events ofe the events of the last 2a hours, the feat against scotland and france have left england in a hole and jones has wielded the axe. joe launchbury drop, george ford dropped from 0wen farrell steering the ship from number 10. a bold selection but one thatjones feels is necessary. we need to play a certain way against ireland, they have had a great run and we feel we need to bring a team on the field that can play a certain look way and that can play a certain look way and thatis that can play a certain look way and that is why we have selected. four ireland, just a third grand slam in their history, that is what is at sta ke for their history, that is what is at stake for them but a massive game for england as well. you feel they just have to win to salvage this six nations championship. not much change for ireland, though — just one in fact, with iain henderson being brought back into their squad. the ulster lock replaces devin toner while peter 0'mahony, rob kearney and cian healy have

plenty for eddiejones to ponder. after that defeat to france.l match tournament against ireland next weekend. if england's six nations hopes would go up in hopes, they needed to keep their cool in the star to france. despite a side boasting more caps, eddie jones said this would be a test of their manhood. it was also a test for in new captain, owen farrell taking over from the for in new captain, owen farrell taking overfrom the injured dylan hartley. but the early lead was not followed by the tries england needed as they struggled to break through. with so much at stake for both teams, it seemed a case of victory at any cost with nothing to separate the sides at the interval. england's desperation ruined the second half, not to score a try but to stop one. anthony watson's tackle saw him sent to the sin bin and france awarded a penalty try. things got worse with the host's lead extended. england have the score twice. england eventually found some momentum. jonny may's score for england! by now the six nations title was lost but the match wasn'

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coming up on afternoon live all the sport — 0lly eddiejones had eddie jones had a eddiejones had a verythe weather. we haven't had a severe weather warning for snow issued since 2013 and now we've had two in consecutive days, today it is the south wales and south—west england. i'll tell you about the blizzards and what it entails shortly. thanks louise. also coming up — we'll introduce you to mussa — a baby chimpanzee who has been rescued from poachers in the democratic republic of congo. as you can see, he clearly enjoyed the flight to freedom. he got on rather well with his pilot. hello everyone — this is afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. a red weather warning has just come into force in the south—west of england and south wales , meaning there is a risk to life. the warning runs from the south west of the uk , up toward the welsh capital cardiff. devon and cornwall police have declared a major incident with storm emma approaching. it's the second red weather warning in as many days. storm emma will meet the beast from the east , with many parts of the uk still covered by amber , be p

eddiejones, the head coach for england rugby and he has done amazing things.usly make a couple of remarks to the scummy irish and very unsavoury commentary about wales. they have been eked out and he has been put over the coles street. fair? i think so. this would be bad evenif fair? i think so. this would be bad even if he were still winning. now that the wheels appeared to be coming off the chariot. the problem is, he is saying unpleasant things, the kind of things that would have been swept aside years ago as part of rugby banter, but you cannot say things like that about people on national or ethnic grounds, it, especially when you are leading national football. it might have been at a private event, but these days no comment like that is safe. especially when you have things recorded. a private corporate event eight or nine months ago. people hold these things and wait until you are vulnerable. two successive defeats by scotland and france. move on, let's say again, hyperbola city... —— hyper velocity. a way of dealing with asterix. picking on a worrying

england and eddiejones know that was two weeks ago. and eddie jones know another defeat that was two weeks ago. england and eddiejones know another defeat in this tournament could leave their hopes of a third successive six nations title hanging by a thread. let's remind ourselves of those big talking point from the third round. he's done ed! —— done it! he's done ed! -- done it! still going, with the ball, it over! is it going, with the ball, it over! is it going to be an interception? taken by jason stockdale. it going to be an interception? taken byjason stockdale. it will be a celebration in dublin. jones! out wide, it comes to maitland for the try. george, what a score! for the first time in ten years, scotland will drink from the calcutta cup. thrilling stuff, wasn't it? this is the lie of the land heading into the fourth round of fixtures this weekend. we know ireland will be crowned 6—nation champions if they can beat scotland here tomorrow and then england lose to france in paris. this is how the table looks. ireland in front

eddiejones has never lost with england at twickenham, and that's part of the fascination tomorrow.ar bear cub born in the scottish highlands, just before christmas. staff at the wildlife park where the youngster was born, are yet to find out whether the bear is a boy or a girl — but the youngster is proving to be a confident and curious little character, as our scotland correspondent lorna gordon has been finding out. the first tentative steps outside for britain's polar bear cub in 25 yea rs. for britain's polar bear cub in 25 years. emerging from its den in the highlands, its mum close by. this is how i knew we had a polar bear cub, you can hear the sound. keeper vicky larkin was the first to find out that a cub had arrived. larkin was the first to find out that a cub had arrivedlj larkin was the first to find out that a cub had arrived. i am super excited. it is probably the most exciting thing to happen in my whole superior. i am exciting thing to happen in my whole superior. iam really exciting thing to happen in my whole superior. i am really excited seeing how the cub grows,

this eddiejones tea m different beast.ve not lost at twickenham —— at twickenham they are a different beast. they have an incredible record. the crowd will get behind them. it is a must win game for this group of players. it seems crazy to think that the pressure is on them the way it is, we've talked about their win record. 0nly today, looking at sky sports news in the tea m looking at sky sports news in the team rumour that, you know, eddie jones's wrote saying he feels under pressure. “— jones's wrote saying he feels under pressure. —— in the team room. i'm confident in the home crowd, it's a must win game for us. stay with us. all bbc channels are available, it is across the bbc and the bbc sport website. mark was talking about the pressure. eddiejones says they thrive on it. they've crumbled on it over the past couple of matches. let's year from the island camp about how they are getting ready for about how they are getting ready for a possible grand slam. we have to treat it like just another game —— the ireland camp

eddiejones said he will not take public transport again.ls. andy murray could be backin quarterfinals. andy murray could be back in the practice court that the end of this month. as since is time olympic champion jason kenny end of this month. as since is time olympic championjason kenny won silver in the team sprint at the track cycling world championships in the netherlands. his wife laura will be bidding for a medal in the team pursuit later today. i will be back after ten o'clock. thank you. hundreds of drivers have spent the night stranded in snow on the m80 and adjoining motorways in central scotland. some have been stuck for more than 15 hours. others have been stranded overnight near skegness in lincolnshire and forecasters are warning of more snow to come across many parts of the uk. yesterday, we invited bryan, a homeless man living on the streets of central london for 18 years, into our studio. this was him yesterday afternoon as snow continued to fall in the capital. he told us he'd worken up yesterday morning with one inch of s

certainly eddiejones‘ complete the clean sweep? row? if they do, then ireland will secure only their third grand slam. last time they did it was in 2009. all of the pressure is on these teams. that hear from all of the pressure is on these teams. that hearfrom both all of the pressure is on these teams. that hear from both camps. everybody is aware of the significance that it has for irish rugby and this group of players, but it is also very, very exciting. you wa nt it is also very, very exciting. you want to put yourself against the best teams. nothing is perfect in the world. rugby is an imperfect game. every team has a certain area of weaknesses, and we will be good enough to exploit those areas and weaknesses. well, eddie jones has made so many changes to his england team. just the one island change. we will get started in rome, this afternoon. that is where scotland's art against italy. italy have already won the wooden spoon. and then at five o'clock in cardiff. that will be the match to decide who finishes second. we have g

whilst that is the main focus of training, much of the talk is still about what happened to eddiejonesster on the train, where he was physically and verbally abused. he did speak to the media about it today, saying it was an unfortunate point of his job. ijust got on with it, it was an incident that happened, it was done and dusted, i have had once before, it is not uncommon as a coach have had once before, it is not uncommon 3s a coach to have had once before, it is not uncommon as a coach to get abused. you either get abused or get advice oi’ you either get abused or get advice or you get slaps on the back. so you are expecting one of the three. so it is just part of your life. are expecting one of the three. so it isjust part of your life. it wouldn't stop you doing anything similar in the future, you have said he would take public transport.|j would probably have to be careful when i travel on public transport, yeah. he was more keen to talk about by yeah. he was more keen to talk about rugby head of the weekend, saying the focus of training has been particularly around the breakdo

as for england, head coach eddiejones has made drastic changes to his side after defeats to scotland ireland, you know, they have had a great run the. they have each de marchi one ten, 11 games on the run, no one has been able to beat them. we feel we need to bring the field on the team on saturday that can play the way they can be beat and that is what we have selected. eddiejones was feeling the heat even before the events —— arsenal are through to the quarter—finals of the europa league after a comfortable victory over italian giants ac milan. arsenal led 2—0 from the first leg — but milan scored first at the emirates stadium, with hakan shal—khanolu reducing the deficit after 35 minutes. but then a controversial penalty from danny welbeck and a goal from granit xhaka — either side of the break — put arsenal in front. before wellbeck scored again to see his side win 3—1 on the night and 5—1 on aggregate. you can find all of the nights results on the bbc sport wesbite. afghanistan have kept their slim hopes of qualifying for the 2019 cricket world cup alive. they beat the west indi

eddiejones could see his first defeat with england coming.alf but never got close to winning. ireland's grand slam, a perfect six nations completed here, never better. it is a special day for everyone involved with irish rugby and to be here and celebrate that and to top it off with winning somewhere like this. this is a fortress, a really tough place to go and it is a sign of a champion team to come here and do that. irish rugby union is now the envy of europe and not just because of these scenes of celebration at twickenham. the challenge for these players is to be world champions next autumn. standing here right now, that seems very possible. wales finish the six nations in second place behind champions, ireland, afterjust beating france by one point. liam williams scored the only wales try of the game but their third home win earned wales a hard —fought 14 points to 13 victory. scotland won their final game of this campaign but it took a 79th minute greg laidlaw penalty to give them a 29—27 victory over italy. it was scotland's first away

the scottish rugby union says it is appalled by the abuse suffered by england had coach eddiejones asedinburgh by train over the weekend. he revealed he was physically and verbally abused on the journey. this is physically and verbally abused on thejourney. this is footage physically and verbally abused on the journey. this is footage taken of him in manchester, when he was also sworn at by a group of men. jones then went to a manchester united match as a guest of sir alex ferguson. when he continued his journey to london by train he was abused again. here is our rugby union reporter. he also spoke about and interview that gavin hastings gave, saying that gavin hastings gave, saying that scotland would love to wind to rub eddie jones's nose that scotland would love to wind to rub eddiejones's nose in the debt. some would say that is kind of typical sparring butjones says it perhaps created this atmosphere of animosity after the game. he was travelling south from edinburgh to the game between man united and chelsea. we have footage of him being accosted at manchester and then british t

and coming up on sportsday on bbc news: scottish rugby say they're appalled to hear that eddiejones sufferedrbal abuse after their six nations win over england. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a red alert — meaning there's a risk to life — is in force tonight in parts of south west england and south wales as heavy snow and blizzard conditions sweep in. it comes after hundreds of drivers were stranded overnight on the m80 motorway near glasgow. in lincolnshire today, where many roads have been impassable, the raf has been drafted in to help the emergency services and police have asked farmers with tractors to help clear the snow. thousands of schools remain closed and many flights and trains have been cancelled. the met office has issued weather warnings for almost the entire uk tonight, with amber alerts, the second—highest level, in place of a large parts. it is this area in red from exeter to cardiff and beyond thatis from exeter to cardiff and beyond that is most at risk tonight. we'll be reporting from across the uk — from devon, south wales and stirlingshire but we star

the verbal abuse suffered by eddiejones. does not represent the values of our sport or its fans. the dignity eddie and the england team showed on saturday is in contrast to the ugly incident. and the british transport police are continuing their enquiries over the incident. tottenham's head coach says that the use of the aiyar against rochdale was embarrassing. the referee used the system that is being trialled in the system that is being trialled in the cup competitions this season on three occasions to disallow a goal or award a penalty and then subsequently disallow the penalty. five minutes of extra time was added at the end of the first half to allow for stoppages as the spurs boss feels as though the technology is negatively affecting the game. i think we have the better referees in europe or the world and our referees are so, in europe or the world and our referees are so, so in europe or the world and our referees are so, so good but i don't know if is going to help them or create more confusion. if you watched today

eddiejones starkly exposed in two consecutive defeats., grandslam seats a grand each. england's women ended their six nations with victory over ireland — but they finished runners up to france. it finished 33—11 to england at the ricoh arena — danielle waterman becoming the nation's leading try—scorer with 47 — she's nowjust two tries short of rory underwood's overall england record. france took the title with victory over wales. medals have proved elusive for great britain on the penultimate day of competition at the winter paralympics. let's go over to pyeongchang now, and our reporter kate grey — bring us up to date, kate. it has been a quiet day for great britain on the eighth day of action here in pyeongchang, just to make this athlete in action. james whitley went in the standing slalom in the alpine skiing, he finished 10th in the end in what was a very tough course and a very competitive category with lots of mistakes made by athletes higher up than him, but he could not quite improved on his performance, finishing 10th, but it is

eddiejones seen them drawn in france at the moment.at the moment. eddiejones is gone for an attacking side, one that can produce sides. —— tries. plenty of pace and that backline, but they have not been able to provide any impetus in that first half, so england struggling at the moment and, as things stand, they would surrender that six nations title the island today, if the school remains the same. eddie jones when today, if the school remains the same. eddiejones when asked in the lead up to this match if he was worried about securing that bonus point, the opponents permutation, has said his side me to play well, but they are not doing that at the moment, and as things stand we will not be heading to the final weekend for a potential title showdown. it will be ireland who will battle the six nations title today. england with it all to do. to the day's football action, then, starting with the big game of the day in the premier league, where two goals from marcus rashford helped manchester united beat north west rivals liverpool. the r

and in the guardian, england rugby head coach eddiejones may have compromised his british lions future according to an opinion writer. and finally on australia's channel 9 website, nasa has drawn up plans for a huge nuclear spacecraft capable of shunting or blowing up an asteroid if it was on course to wipe out life on earth. the us space agency published details of its hypervelocity asteroid mitigation mission for emergency response — also known as the "hammer" which will be

rugby and head coach eddiejones has rung the changes for england's six nations meeting with already crownedland who are bidding for their third grand slam. fly half george ford has been dropped, with owen farrell moving to 10 instead. dylan hartley returns to captain the side. while scrum half danny care and forwardsjoe launchbury and dan cole all drop out of the starting 15 as england look to avoid a third straight defeat. we feel we need the pace to beat ireland. they have won ten or ii games on the trot and nobody has been able to beat them. we feel we need to bring a team on the field that can play a certain way to beat them. that is what we have selected. not much change for the ireland squad, peter o'mahony, rob kearney and cian healy have all shaken off injuries to take their places in the squad. so there's just one new man in ulster‘s iain henderson comes in to replace devin toner. and warren gatland has brought dan biggar back at fly half for wales as they aim for a second place finish in this year's championship. he takes over from gareth anscombe, who drops to the bench. record s

on france on saturday, after losing against scotland, only their second defeat under head coach eddiejonesand verbally abused after travelling on public transport after the match in edinburgh.” travelling on public transport after the match in edinburgh. ijust got on with it, there was an incident that happened, it was done and dusted, i have had once before, it is not uncommon dusted, i have had once before, it is not uncommon as a dusted, i have had once before, it is not uncommon as a coach to get abused. you either get abused or you get advice, or you get slaps on the back. you are always expecting one of the three dustup mexican boxer saul camillo alvarez has tested positive for the banned substance clenbuterol. he was due to face gennady golovkin in the much anticipated world middleweight les bleus rematch on the 5th of may. his promoters claim it is consistent with meat contamination, with alvarez themselves saying he is both surprised and bothered by this news. the fight is still on. he will move his training camp from mexico to the united states as planned and will submit toa unit

into the match day squad, but with england needing to win to resurrect their six nations hopes, eddiejonesgland cricketers can wrap up their series against new zealand this evening by winning the fourth 0ne—dayer in dunedin. new zealand won the toss and have put england into bat. england starting nicely, jason roy and jonny bairstow looking indecent form. roy has escaped a review. england 59 without loss, with eight overs. you can listen to that much now. that is all. coming up in a moment for you, the papers. hello, welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me, the political editor of the sunday express and an economics editor. we will talk russians and chemicals and all sorts. a lot of fun to be had by all. the metro reports chemical experts at porton down waking to find out if the former russian spy sergei skripal was poisoned. this is a picture of his daughter yulia who is also critically ill. it says dignitaries including prince william may not travel to russia for the summer's football world cup. the same angle on the story in the male, and could

a lot of currency in theirgame plan there seem to be a lot of currency in their game plan maybe eddiejonesin that as england go forward. is it a personnel or coaching thing? maybe, mission of the two. england need to go and win, otherwise with a year to go until the world cup they could find themselves in a fix so the next few months could be crucial in the context of the world cup. you spoke about the world cup, spain against belgium ina about the world cup, spain against belgium in a world cup qualifier at the weekend, spain lost which meant romania qualified for the world cup. a romanian referee. the spanish players very unhappy with some of the decisions, what can you say about this match? why should a romanian be refereeing a match of such importance for his country's rugby? it's not often we will be talking about belgium versus spain world cup qualifier but it's taken on significance because of the fact romania benefited from belgium winning and it was a romanian set of officials, and spain feel highly aggrieved. the governing body say they will investigate, and regardless of whether

crowned champions ireland in the six nations this weekend. 0wen farrell moves back to fly half as eddiejones tournament. i'll be back with more on all those stories at 5:30pm. a government inspector has recommended that northamptonshire county council, which has faced serious financial problems, be abolished and replaced with two new local authorities. a report said commissioners should take over almost all of the council's services in the meantime. 0ur correspondentjo black is at the council's headquarters. is this to do with financial problems or management problems, what is it? think it's fair to say it's a bit of both. this council has been struggling financially for a very, very long time and heather smith, the lady who stepped down as leader earlier on today, said that she'd been warning government for some time about the spiralling costs of social care. this council here has been dubbed the worst run authority in the country by one of the local mps. it's faced unprecedented financial pressures and problems. earlier this year it but spending controls on its own money because it thought

they'll have to do it at twickenham, where england haven't lost a match under eddiejones., who's there for us. who's the smart money on, olly? it is so tactical. this is where it all starts for ireland. a fantastic afternoon of rugby head. the final round of matches. a triple bill. sandwiched in the middle is this match at twickenham. i'm outside the island dressing room. they can't miss it, can they? the england team will be in here. the england dressing room is much bigger. can't get in. it is locked. the two sets of players will be coming down here. england— eddie jones has of players will be coming down here. england— eddiejones has made all of the changes. seven personal changes, ten changes in all. ireland just the one change. ireland have been getting stronger and stronger, and england have seemed to have gone backwards. they lost that incredible match against scotland, they lost against the french. imagine they roar when they come out of year. 80,000. could not get a ticket for love nor money. but very, very expensive to get a ticket. and there it is. that is what

not great for eddiejones. england head coach. abused by scotla nd him being verbally abused by scotland rugby fans and the sport was left disgusted, but once again braced against words from jones himself at a port last summer, he described the irish as... and wales as not very nice place, shall we say. he has apologised unreservedly, saying he was very sorry for any offence, no ski since, he said he should not have said what he did, but added motivation for the ireland tea m but added motivation for the ireland team —— no excuses. but added motivation for the ireland team -- no excuses. and no ruby walsh for the rest of the cheltenham festival. awful fall for the top jockey rest tony mcrae yesterday. -- awful fall jockey rest tony mcrae yesterday. -- awfulfall for jockey rest tony mcrae yesterday. -- awful fall for the jockey rest tony mcrae yesterday. -- awfulfall for the top jockey rest tony mcrae yesterday. -- awful fall for the top jockey yesterday. the serious injury yesterday, he went to hospital with a suspected broken leg

eddiejones had seen his first twickenham defeat with england comment.erfect six nations completed here, never better. let's get some reflection on this match. you can always dream about it. my friends and everyone i've met over the last eight weeks talked about this day, to get us to have st patrick's day and a grand slam on the line. we knew we had a good enough team to do it but we are also experienced players and we know how hard you to work and prepare for each game and take it week by week. it was in the back of my mind, i can admit it now. i'm sure i won't get into trouble for that. it's an amazing feeling. the problems we have had over the past period of time surfaced again. i don't know if it's team or individual discipline letting us down at times which allowed i want to get in the fatal position 3:57 fiéi'fil {few egafi'fij tfififiiififgfifii = 77 <7 earlier, only a late scottish penalty denied italy first six nations victory since 2015. 29—27, scotland finish with three wins out of five. while conor 0'shea's italy collect the wooden spoon for the thir

this is the first time that england have lost at twickenham under coach eddiejones.wickenham under coach eddie jones. also remember that england aspire to be the best team in the world. suddenly, they seem like a long way from that goal. earlier, a late scottish penalty denied italy first six nations victory since 2015. the final score in rome was 29—27 which means scoland finish with threee wins out of five. while conor o'shea's italy collect the wooden spoon for the third year in a row, asjoe lynskey reports. sport's hardest words are what might have been. and scotland booked the trip to rome, they had hoped to see a title march but fumbles in dublin sold their stale strut away and dreams of the championship wait another year. italy have a six nations point to prove. they have not won in 16 matches. they have a fly—half with a special interests, rome was sensing a six nations breakthrough but the final ten minutes with see dreams made and broken again. first, slender reed for scotland but when italy got a penalty, there was only one man to take it. he kicked his wa

and england head coach eddiejones retains the unwavering support of the rfu -- retains the unwavering support of the rfu -- the rfu. retains the unwavering support of the rfu —— the rfu. after three defeats in a row. england should champions manchester united and chelsea aim for history in the women‘s champions league quarterfinals. city are at home. more on those stories just after half past five. the diplomatic stalemate between the uk and russia following the chemical attack in salisbury shows no sign of being resolved. this morning the british ambassador to moscow did not attend a briefing held by the russian foreign ministry about the attack on sergei skripal and his daughter. a british diplomat who did attend accused the russians of conducting a ‘disinformation campaign‘. in london, the foreign secretary borisjohnson has been giving evidence to the foreign affairs select committee. when it comes to the use of a novichok type nerve agent in salisbury, to attempt to assassinate someone who had been identified by the russian state of the target for liquidation, not long after presi

looking to complete the grand slam with victory over england, who've yet to lose at twickenham under eddiejoneste answer to a question at his press conference ahead of manchester united's fa cup quarter final against brighton this evening. he spoke with passion following united's defeat to sevilla in the champions league in midweek. we are having a few technical problems, so i will bring you the rest of the sports news now. tennis — and world number one simona halep said she just lost her concentration after being knocked out of the indian wells event in startling fashion. she won just three games against naomi osaka ofjapan, losing the second set 2—0. osaka is unseeded, ranked 44th in the world and had never beaten halep before. and it'll be a battle of the 20—year—olds in the final, because russia's daria kasatkina beat venus williams — in fact, kasatkina has beaten four grand slam champions at indian wells, with sloane stephens, caroline wosniacki, angelique kerber and williams all brushed aside. she said it was one of the best nights of her life. let's look at the weather. after the mild we

eddiejones would see his first twickenham defeat of england coming.to winning. ilan‘s grand slam, the perfect six nations completed here, never better. is a special day for eve ryo ne never better. is a special day for everyone involved in irish rugby. the perfect six nations completed here, never better. it's a special day for everyone involved in irish by. day for everyone involved in irish rugby. to be here and to celebrate and to cap at all, winning somewhere like here. this is a fortress, very tough place to go. and it is a sign ofa tough place to go. and it is a sign of a champion team to come here and do that. right now irish rugby union is the envy of europe, and notjust because of these celebrations at twickenham. the challenge for these players is to be world champions next autumn. standing here right now, that seems very possible. wales secured second place in the six nations with victory over france. a liam williams try and three leigh halfpenny penalties gave wales a narrow 14—13 win in cardiff to earn runners—up spot behind ireland. it w

eddiejones could see his first token in defeat with england coming.ries in the second half, but never got close to winning. ireland's grand slam, a perfect six nations completed here. never better. it's a special day for everyone involved in irish rugby. to be and to come to top it off with winning. this is a fortress, a very tough place to go and it is a sign of a tentative team to come her do that. by now the irish rugby team is the envy of europe. that's because of the scenes. the challenge for these players is to be world champions next autumn. standing here right now, that seems very possible. that's it. time for the news where you are. bye for now. hello. this is bbc news. back now to those amber weather warnings for snow and ice this evening. drivers are being urged to be prepared before setting out on journeys. 0ur correspondent frankie mccamley is in lofthouse near wakefield in west yorkshire. there have been sporadic snow showers are throughout the day and the snow does seem to be staying care, especially going into the evening. you can't se

rugby and head coach eddiejones has rung the changes for england's six nations meeting with already crownedird grand slam. fly—half george ford has been dropped with owen farrell moving to ten instead. dylan hartley returns to captain the side. while scrum—half danny care and forwardsjoe launchbury and dan cole all drop out of the starting 15 as england look to avoid a third straight defeat. not much change for the ireland squad — just one in fact as ulster‘s iain henderson comes in to replace devin toner. peter o'mahony, rob kearney and cian healy have all shaken off injuries to take their places in the squad. and warren gatland has brought dan biggar back at fly—half for wales as they aim for a second—place finish in this year's championship. he takes over from gareth anscombe, who drops to the bench. it was a good day for the irish trainers at cheltenham, winning six of the seven races. penhill — ridden by paul townend — won the big race of the day, the stayers hurdle. the 12—to—1 shot saw off the challenge of supasundae to become the sixth win at this year's festival for trainer willie

this may be the most intriguing selection yet eddiejones's time in charge of england.s a new captain, regular skipper dylan hartley —— dylan hartley is a calf injury, so owen farrell leads the side and jamie george starts at hooker, perhaps a glimpse into the future. anotherjones store what, mike brown, has been dropped to the bench. anthony watson is that full—back elliot daly comes into the back three on the wing. one more change in the backline, withjones opting for power in midfield, with ben te'o replacing jonathan joseph. jones has called for a response from his players after that humbling at murrayfield last time entrants have to win in paris to keep alive their hopes of a third straight six nations title. juventus defender giorgio chiellin told the media that he and his teammates "knew spurs were weak in defence and fragile mentally" after knocking them out of the champions league 11—3 on aggregate. things had started so well for spurs too, they were well on top in the first half and deservedly led through son heung min. but then experience told, in the view of

england head coach eddiejones has named his team for the important six nations meeting with france thisth captain dylan hartley missing out through injury, owen farrell skippers the side in his place. our rugby union reporter chris jones has more. this may be the most intriguing selection yet in eddiejones‘s time in charge of england. there is a new captain — regular skipper dylan hartley has a calf injury, so owen farrell leads the side — and jamie george starts at hooker, perhaps a glimpse into the future. anotherjones stalwart, mike brown, has been dropped to the bench. anthony watson is at full—back and elliot daly comes into the back three on the wing. one more change in the backline, withjones opting for power in midfield, with ben te‘o replacing jonathanjoseph. jones has called for a response from his players after that humbling defeat at murrayfield last time. england have to win in paris to keep alive their hopes of a third straight six nations title. snowboarder owen pick has been selected as great britain's flagbearer at the winter paralympics opening ceremony in south korea

all being played out against the backdrop of the rugby world cup to come next year, that is what eddiejonesengland go on and win that title. it does raise questions over the performance, the failure to solve those problems and difficulties when they present themselves out on the pitch as they did so against scotla nd pitch as they did so against scotland and failed to do so against france. perhaps the need for a genuine open side flanker to contest the breakdown, an area where they struggled against scotland, and why they only managed to score one try today when they had a very attacking side out on the field with the likes of anthony watson starting in full—back and jonny may and daily on the wing. they failed to score the four tries they needed, it sees england surrender the six nations title, and ireland potentially could go on and wrap up the grand slam if they can beat england at twickenham next weekend. one thing is not in doubt though, ireland had been the standout performers in this tournament so far, and they are well worthy of another six nations title. thank you very much for the

eddiejones makes three changes for england's six nations clash with france this weekend. dylan hartley misses out through injury. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the home secretary has described the attempted murder of a former russian spy and his daughter as an outrageous crime. speaking in the house of commons, amber rudd said the use of a nerve agent on uk soil was a brazen and wreckless act. she also said it was highly likely that the police officer taken ill at the scene in salisbury was exposed to the same nerve agent as sergei and yulia skripal. counter terrorism officers are trying to identify the source of the toxin. richard galpin reports. much of the investigation now is focusing on who carried out the attempted murder here in salisbury last sunday. in which the russian double agent sergei skripal and his daughter yulia ingested deadly nerve agent. but at the local hospital, it is now clear the policeman who was also contaminated after rushing to help them when they collapsed is recovering. the police are working closely... in parliament this

m you look at what eddiejones would you rate their confidence ?as donein you look at what eddie jones has done in the build—up to this game, making big changes in the team, you would suggest there is a sudden lack of confidence in at him. interestingly, the players he hasn't changed, especially in the back row and forwards, people some wanted changing. 0wen farrell the captain with the injury to dylan hartley. it'll be interesting to see how he goes about that, especially how he reacts to the referee. 0wen farrell likes to play on the edge. eddie jones has said he wants leadership in every kind of position, to change the style of play if the referees officiating in a certain way and if the game is not going to plan. fascinating to see how england get on in paris today. it wouldn't surprise me to be speaking here at around 7pm this evening reflecting on ireland being six nations champions. and there would be some party there, i'm sure if that were the case. jonny bairstow hit a century as england beat new zealand by seven wickets in christchurch, t

few weeks ago, england were talking about eddie jones a few weeks ago, england were talking about eddiejonesntract, building towards the world cup. the future for them is just trying to get through this game. england suddenly need the oxygen game. england suddenly need the oxyg e n of game. england suddenly need the oxygen of victory. before the game starts, let's hear from oxygen of victory. before the game starts, let's hearfrom both sides. everyone is aware of the significance it has for irish rugby and this group of players. there is nervous energy, but it's also very exciting. you want to pitch yourself against the best teams. nothing is perfect in the world. rugby is an imperfect game, so every team has certain weaknesses, and we have to be good enough to exploit those areas. the first game of the day is already under way. how scotland getting against italy? well, knowing the way scotland have played through the six nations, which is fast and loose, we shouldn't be surprised that there have been tries galore already. it 17-12 a fixer moments ao. that was 17—12 a few moments ago. that g

news — the scottish rugby union says its appalled by the behviour of these fans, as england coach eddiejonessically and verbally abused on a train journey to london. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. more than 300 drivers have endured freezing conditions stranded in the snow on the m80 in central scotland. some spent as long as 18 hours stuck in their vehicles, after lorries reportedly slid into each other while trying to go uphill. the extreme weather also left drivers stuck for hours on roads in lincolnshire, where many main roads are blocked, and the military has been called in to help. throughout the uk, there is severe disruption to transport and travel. a second red alert — the most severe weather warning, meaning there's a risk to life — has been issued for southwest england and south wales from three o'clock this afternoon. the icy blast is expected to last at least another 48 hours. let's get the latest from ben brown who's in the north east of england. we are at the angel of the northern gateshead. it's pretty brutal here at the moment. we have had lizard condition

head coach eddiejones has named his team for the game with france.s chris froome and geraint thomas remain in the top ten after stage two of the tireno adriatico race in italy. they were fortunate to avoid this crash four and a half miles from the finish in follonica in tuscany. they and their team sky colleagues occupy 5th to 10th place in the standings, all of them just nine seconds off the top rider. germany's marcel kittel won the stage, while new zealand's patrick bevin has the overall lead. this time next week, i will be wearing tweed and smelling of horse down at cheltenham races. i'll be at cheltenham, rather than at home. there will be no sizing upjohn's chances. he is out with an injured pelvis. what is happening? am i that painful? what are you going to be doing at cheltenham? it's a moving story. i am focusing on the young jockeys who ride alongside the course but it is part of the riding for the disabled. it helps them with learning difficulties. in the power of the horse is amazing. it's really recognised as a form of therapy. but you a

england rugby union head coach eddiejones has named his team for saturday's six nations meeting withep alive their hopes of a third straight title. captain dylan hartley misses out through injury so 0wen farrell skippers the side. all these things are set to text you and asi all these things are set to text you and as i said off—camera, these weeks where you come back off a loss of the weeks you live for, it tests your metal, test the mettle of the coaches, the players, they must keep focused and generate that energy and zest and brutality that you need for the next game. it's ireland who are currently top of the six nations table, joe schmidt has named tadhg furlong and garry ringrose in the team for saturday's clash against scotland. schmidt admits that even though ringrose is short of match practice, it's a ‘needs must‘ selection. it's a needs must situation. but it's a situation where we have a lot of trust and faith in gary. we are hopeful that the wingers help him a bit because they link well with him. and bundy will work hard to make sure that happens as well. he has been the

england rugby union head coach eddiejones says his side can take positives from their back—to—back sixn next saturday by stopping new champions ireland from winning the grandson as well. but speaking to radio five live's rugby union podcastjones says they won't be panicking too much despite those bosses to scotland and france. disappointing in terms of results, no doubt of it but in terms of learning what we need to do to be a better tea m learning what we need to do to be a better team and has been massively important. because sometimes the lure of success covers the cracks within your team and i think that has been the case to some extent. so this hasn't been damaging, it's been absolutely beneficial, as painful as the result has been. no medals for britain on the third day of the winter olympics in south korea, there were high hopes in the snowboard cross but all three britons finished outside the medals is the event was beset by technical issues. kate grey is in pyeongchang. all sorts of problems at the snowboard. first the event was moved forward due to increasing temperatures, it

and owen farrell returns to fly half for england as eddiejones names a much changed side for their final there was no evidence it's a systemic issue, and the risk to public safety is low. 71 people died and dozens were injured in the fire in london lastjune. lucinda adam reports. a little earlier our home affairs correspondent tom symonds explained how the tests had been carried out. this was a sample of a door taken from grenfell tower, one which was not damaged in the fire, and it was submitted to a test which sees how well it resists fire, there is heat behind the door, to see how how well it stands up. they should have lasted 30 minutes but it lasted 15 minutes. so the police have said that raised concerns for them and they needed to tell the government. the government has put out its own statement which is to the effect that there are no wider safety concerns but this will be of great interest to the investigation into the fire because the police are investigating any potential criminal offences that might have led to what happened here. and clearly they need to know more about the

eddiejones‘ unbeaten run at twickenham was over. ireland's day, ireland's year.ir greatest ever players in recent years. no problem. a special day for everyone involved. to come to top it off, it is a tough place to go. many of these irish grand slam players will be there in yea rs grand slam players will be there in years to come. there were also final day wins for scotland over italy and and wales over france. so this is how the final table looks. ireland are champions, wales finish second. england supporters may want to look away — they sit only above italy in fifth. manchester united have made it through to the semi—finals of the fa cup, beating brighton 2—0 at old trafford. romelu lukaku struck the first, and nemanja matic hit the second — in what has been a difficult week forjose mourinho, who didn't hold back in criticising his players...even though they‘ re through to the last four.. when the sun is shining, it is easy to play football. do you know what i mean? when you win matches and everything goes in your direction, even myself, i can play when the su

eddiejones's unbeaten run at twickenham was over.xcept to polish the day for the ireland's core and year. with these players celebrating behind me from ireland, some of them experienced, some of less subtle. is easy to forget that ireland have lost some of their greatest ever player for a lost some of their greatest ever playerfor a time in recent years. no problem. it's a special day for eve ryo ne no problem. it's a special day for everyone involved in irish rugby and to be here and celebrate that, as opposed to top it off with winning somewhere like here, it's a fortress, tough place to go, and for a team to come here and do that is great. many of his irish players willaim to be great. many of his irish players will aim to be world cup winners next autumn. england need men to start again. joe wilson, bbc news at twickenham. there were also final day wins for scotland over italy and wales over france. so this is how the final table looks. ireland are champions. wales finish second. england supporters may want to look away. they sit

there was so much fanfare when eddiejones, table.h fanfare when eddiejones, the head coach, took the mantle and they went on an amazing run of winning games, but it has all fallen apart and there are major questions to be as ofjones and the england players. we don't normally feature football from chile, something we need to rectify immediately. show as this outstanding acting acclamation this is the chilean top—flight. definitely a contender for worst dive of the year, possibly ever. you only really get to see it in the slow replay. the defender in white falls down, the attacker thinks no, i will not kick it, i will throw myself to the floor. look how his neck cocks back, he rides around on the floor a little bit and amazingly, because of acting, he won amazingly, because of acting, he won a penalty. no! you reap what you sow, that will come back to haunt him. thank you very much, jessica. welcome to the programme. tackling those who unfairly target the most vulnerable in society — the british actor, michael sheen, who's starred in f