england were flummoxed by italy's tactics.came a debate about the laws. in the first half, italy missed three penalties but failed kick with the right bounce and a bright mind turns into a try. half—time and italy, no hope italy, led 10—5. england needed to escape again. watch out. danny care saw a glimpse of the line head down, dash, made it. the start of the six nations has been elliott daly. the coach kept him on the winklerjust for this kind of opportunity. —— on the wing. so, england ahead and italy were not done. shrugging off any england player, still going, still going. italyjust two points behind. that is all. england needed four tries to get a bonus point. this made sure of that. england finally broke free in the final minutes. italy have competed and that was their point. they made the england coach work very hard for that smile. let's try and explain what caused eddiejones, the let's try and explain what caused eddie jones, the england let's try and explain what caused eddiejones, the england coach, a lot of frustr

he was forced to flee england. you have the house of orange operating in cooperation and closely tied through marriage to the stewarts. this is important. in the meantime, in england, even as the dutch are helping charles and harboring the future charles the second, england undergoes a major transformation. the king being executed, the country is transformed into a commonwealth. want actorious, they parliament, the last parliament called by charles the first stripped of anybody who was persistent in terms of bringing charges and executing the king. a rough parliament. england into a commonwealth by abolishing the house of lords. the leaders at that juncture, on the left, you see john pam, the leader of a certain faction. on the right, oliver st. john, another important leader of that period. one of these guys, both of them hold that vision. if you think back to that article that we read on the ecological -- origins of the english empire, that sense of apocalyptic thinking that informed elizabethans had been so impo

england had been 16—14 down, but try from elliot daley just england had been 16—14 down, but try fromear from the captain dylan hartley. we showed good examples of what we can do today, and i prefer that we would have won earlier than that, but it sure good character from the team. great composure, and parts of our game we will have to look at and get rid of, it was self enforced pressure, wales put asunder unbelievable pressure in our own half. some stuff we will have to learn from, but we will take that one. that is the england reaction, we will try to get the wales reaction before the end of the programme. an impressive performance from england underan impressive performance from england under an awful lot of pressure from wales. back to the football, and into the championship. in the championship‘s late kick—off, newcastle are leading wolves 1—0 at molineux. before the game, there was a minute‘s applause for former england women‘s cricket captain and wolves vice—president, rachael heyhoe flint who died last month after a short illness. herfuneral took place earlier this week. the

pietersen suggested today on twitter he is now ready for an england comeback.land will still look to cook, freed from the responsibility of captaincy to make more centuries. alistair cook took over the captaincy from andrew strauss, and today he said that being captain of england had worn him down. my conversation with him injanuary, it became clear that he felt a huge amount of energy and drive and determination was needed to take the england test team forward over the next 12 months or so heading to the ashes and deep down he was getting drained by the, i suppose, the relentlessness of being england captain. you are the only person who knows how much gas you have left in the tank. all the demands of being england captain, how much that is taking from you and alastair cook was honest about that and feels it is time for some new blood and fresh thinking. he had some difficulties to ove rco m e thinking. he had some difficulties to overcome both personally and collectively over the five years. he has dealt with that unbelievably well and at times a lesser man wo

offering a choice of hospital is a policy of nhs england.nglish residents that choice. the welsh government says its priorities to make sure that patients get the right care at the right time. devolution, it says, involves different choices being made. sian lloyd, bbc news, on the welsh border. the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, is at the white house for his first face—to—face meeting with president trump. the pair, who differ on a range of policies, are expected to avoid contentious issues like immigration and focus instead on cross—border trade and women in the workplace. bell—ringing — it's not the kind of weekend activity you'd think of as being particularly dangerous. but one enthusiast found himself in all kinds of trouble at worcester cathedral on saturday after his foot got caught in the rope and he was flipped upside down. 0ur midlands correspondent sima kotecha has the story. 51—year—old ian bowman was was visiting worcester cathedral with some fellow bell—ringers but his trip on saturday was ruined by an accident. mr bow

but how did he end up in england?bour tells us that roger couldn't have got there alone. could you imagine that he got on a jet plane and travelled to england of his own accord? well, last time i saw him, he was in no condition to travel anywhere. he was, he was sick. ithink he... they said alzheimer's, or something along those lines. and it was last summer. and he didn't look like he could be travelling anywhere. everybody we talk to around here, speaks fondly of roger. i'd see him come and go from work. he would wear white scrubs. so, i knew he was a nurse. he just seemed like a very wonderful, kind family man. and ijust had a very good feeling around him. but the more we learn, the darker this story becomes. trouble and illness have haunted roger's family. while he has dementia, his wife, maryjo, is also unwell. their son, kevin, acted as their carer in recent years. but not so long ago, he wasn't welcome at the family home. their relationship has always been kind of... ..volatile, if you want to call it. kevin...

there has also been on field failure, with england, the sam alla rdyce failure, with england, the samdyce fiasco, off field scandals, for example the child sex abuse scandal in football. concerns about inequality in the game. the fa say its proud of its record. it's trying and is going to reform, and the chairman greg clark says he step down if he doesn't get his way. the sta kes down if he doesn't get his way. the stakes have been raised another notch by today's debate. the scottish fa are appealing against the fine they received for wearing poppies on their shirts against england last november. both teams wore the symbol to commemorate remembrance day during the england vs scotland world cup qualifier, on november 11th. the sfa say they have received the written reasons from fifa, and have told world football's governing body they intend to appeal against the £15,000 fine imposed. it's been confirmed that the roof will be open for the big six nations match between england and wales on saturday. that suits england, who asked for that to be the case. our sports correspondent joe wilso

wales/england here in cardiff.ance versus scotland live from paris so another busy weekend in store. tell me, what is it about this rivalry, what does it feel like when you walk onto the pitch at your home ground against england? you always ask when you retire, do you miss the game? these are the moment you miss. this place will be bouncing. every man and his dog, it is all they have been talking about all week. particularly if england come in, the big brother, if you like, from across the bridge. it is always nice if you can get one over on the old enemy. it is a special place. butterflies are starting already, 2a was out, i cannot wait. we are hoping tomorrow will be a classic. we are calling them the solar lights, the grass growing lights, get that bit is there because it has been trained on. that's it for us, we will leave you with a classic. it was in 2013, wales against england, england came here on the last eight of the six nations hoping for a grand slam. wales had other ideas. good night. wales are stormin

to have the england job as well.wo roles, we depend on him in sony maze?” he will adjust to the two roles, we depend on him in sony maze? i don't think you'll have a problem. he scored 100 as captain of the lions andi scored 100 as captain of the lions and i don't think it will affect him at all, to be honest. i think it's just speculation. and what about the people who say he does not have the experience? i say let's wait and see. of course he has not captained before, he has to go out and do it. i think he has the support of the players which is very important, and i think he has a very good exciting tea m i think he has a very good exciting team behind him. ithink it i think he has a very good exciting team behind him. i think it is an exciting time. thank you for talking to us. the father of the england cricket captain joe to us. the father of the england cricket captainjoe root. kimberley taylor, from blackburn, is the first known british woman to travel to syria to fight the islamic state. the 27—year—old, who

that's gareth southgate at england training this week, as in the england football manager.lf george ford. he took a break from training this week to tell me he doesn't fear wales. i think, as a player, if you learn to embrace it, and learn to be excited about it, i think that's the best way to approach it. you look back on it in a few years or whenever, if you look back and feel you didn't enjoy it, you'll probably regret that. yes, look to the future. after their scintillating victory over ireland last weekend, scotland suddenly look like the team to beat in the six nations. france away for them on sunday. daunting? paris is just another city. joe wilson, bbc news. after that defeat in it before ireland, they are under pressure to win tomorrow against italy. you wouldn't expect them to lose again, but if it were predictable, it wouldn't be the six nations. russian ahtlete mariya savinova, who won the olympic 800 metres title at london 2012, has been found guilty of doping by the court of arbitration for sport. savinova will now be stripped of all her titles won between 201

day at england's base.ing session for england as they look to stretch this winning run in cardiff over the weekend. another change in the starting line—up. jack clifford comes in to start in the back row in that area of the forward packis back row in that area of the forward pack is where england are so inexperienced in comparison to wales. 0ut inexperienced in comparison to wales. out on the wing, jack noble start this match. a key element of the preparation do is that england should not be daunted by that special cardiff atmosphere. england must indeed expect the unexpected. we are prepared to win, we are prepared for any shenanigans that might go on, and we are looking forward to it. it is a great opportunity. we were disappointed with how we played against france last week and is a great opportunity to play in one of the best stadiums in the world. what shenanigans are you prepared for? i don't know but the welsh are cunning lot, they have got goats and daffodils and everything, so who knows? cunning, w

as well, so on the hills of england as well, so on the trans—pennine the hills of england as well, so. it will to dry in eastern areas —— western areas later on. possibly a touch of frost. tomorrow, this rain band in eastern areas. natwest, brighter weather and sunshine. —— out west. some showers heavy with her and thunder in wales but all the while, the cloud and rain will linger in eastern areas and will not clear through the day. through wednesday, the cloud and patchy rain at this stage, it will have weakened, drifts further westwards again, so another largely cloudy day in eastern areas, the best of the brightness out west. temperature is beginning to drop away in eastern parts. in the end of the week, we begin to develop easterly wind. that will bring cold airforall easterly wind. that will bring cold airfor all of easterly wind. that will bring cold airforall of us and easterly wind. that will bring cold air for all of us and with that it will be rather cloudy. the best of any brightness in the west. some snow flurries, especially over hills but perhaps later it at lower levels

once again, england the favourites.g streak. they take on france at twickenham this afternoon. this tournament will be one of transition with referees given greater powers to clamp down on head—high tackles. as players, we need to adapt. as players, there's been a lot of cards being shown at the moment. i'm sure we will get there. so the favourites are ready, but first it's scotland hosting ireland at murrayfield to kicks off this year's tournament. they will be eyeing an early shock. it is an exciting start, ireland at home. ireland have just recently beaten the all blacks, they've beaten australia and south africa. they are not one off—games these guys are winning, they are consistently a very good team so we get a chance to measure ourselves against them and then we go to a different opposition the week after. this one, i can feel nervousness within the group. they know it is a big game and they are ready to roll their sleeves up and have a go at it. the women's six nations is already up and running. scotland came se

i think the church of england has lessened.ocess and there was a lot of painful sharing for people like me and jane are also lots of listening. just because the church hasn't changed its mind doesn't mean they haven't listened. you can be part of a conversation we listen but you don't necessarily change your mind andl don't necessarily change your mind and i think the church of england has listened, but it has also come to the view that the second view, what christians have always believed down the centuries, is right and good for people like myself and jane and that is that there can be great ivy and that is that there can be great joy in that single life, living for christ, without a sexual relationship. i think the church of england has listened and listened well and come to a good conclusion in this report. you said earlier that it in this report. you said earlier thatitis in this report. you said earlier that it is important that we self identify and identify yourself in the type of life you want to lead the type of life y

that is steve borthwick, england forwards coach.ers tonight at 8pm, confirming their squad and replacements for friday morning. former england bowler ryan sidebottom has announced he's retiring from cricket at the end of the upcoming season. the 39—year—old left—armer played 22 tests for england and won the world twenty20 title with them in 2010. sidebottom says sidebottom sastoe root is the right man for the job. joe root‘s a great player, he has achieved so much in a short space of time. this england team are very exciting, they're still very youthful and learning every day and getting strong as a team and as a unit. i thinkjoe's inherited a good side. underjoe, he will bring even more of an exciting brand of cricket and the way he plays, he is very mature, knows the game inside out and i'm looking forward to his time as captain. and what a career ryan sidebottom has had as he announces his career. —— he announces his retirement at the end of the season. force india are the latest f1 team to reveal their car for the new season and

england's remarkable winning run continues.ireland dared not lose again. rome, the perfect place for a break. a hat—trick against italy, including this fourth try before half—time. a bonus point craig gilroy got three tries in 11 minutes, 63— ten. never mind these victories. the ireland coach would love one. bbc news. scotland play france this afternoon looking to make it two wins from two after their impressive display against ireland last weekend. they haven't won in paris though since 1999 and know that the side they face this year will be desperate for a win after their defeat to england in their opening match. it will be hurting from the weekend. we know how tough it is going to be. having all those boys coming at me, it is part of the support. we know whatjob we are going to have to do. we are ready for the game, i think, though we don't know what the result will be. england made it two wins from two in the women's six nations. they scored 11 tries as they thrashed wales 63—0 at cardiff arms park. england secured a bonus

through england and south—west england and wales, outbreaks of rain.k up their way northwards but colder and calmer conditions coming into england and wales behind the weather system. here, a few icy pictures, perhaps, as saturday begins. 0nto the weekend, saturday has some hill snow and strong winds. a bit of hill snow out towards the south—east of england. elsewhere, sunny spells. a few showers, elsewhere,. there is a fairamount offine few showers, elsewhere,. there is a fair amount of fine weather around and they will be again on monday. a frosty start on sunday, a few fog patches. the potentialfor seeing clouds and outbreaks of rain, the closer you are to north sea coasts. maybe a few showers for western coasts. but a lot of drought —— drive, occasionally —— drive, occasionally sunny feel. into next week, it looks like the weather will turn a bit more quiet. that is next week. for today, it turn a bit more quiet. that is next week. fortoday, it is turn a bit more quiet. that is next week. for today, it is windy and wait for some of us. particularly

still somewhere in across eastern counties of england and some showers across the south—west of england wales. the mild arab continues to push a little further north. still quite cold across the north and scotland and eastern scotland and england. overnight tonight we have some more patches a brain working north and east and later in the night more active systems bringing rain across northern ireland and much of england and wales. a mild night foremost with some frost perhaps that was sheltered glands in the north of scotland. tomorrow is a day with gales around the southern coasts and hills. more rain to end the day working into wales and south west england. it will be milder in north—east scotland in particular. similarto north—east scotland in particular. similar to the temperatures today. yesterday we spoke about a potential big storm on friday, still some uncertainty about its tracks, most likely ringing the west of the severe gales and disruption in two parts of north—west france. but a small change in the jet stream could send fierce winds careering into the south of england. thi

root isjust 26 and is england's best batsmen.ational level. but he believes he has what it takes to succeed. he is known as thejoker in the dressing room, but he denies that he has to change. i think it is important that we keep the humour and enjoyment there, because there's plenty of times in international sport where it isn't funny, and it is quite tough. i like to think that the guys enjoy it, and people at home as well. i want them to enjoy the cricket we are playing. root's work does not begin untiljuly when england face south africa. they then welcome the west indies, but then the big one, a trip down under, to face australia in the ashes. london will host the 2017 women's tour final stage. the five—stage event is part of the uci women's world tour and will conclude in the capital on sunday the 11th ofjune. it will be the fourth edition of the event, which britain's lizzie deignan won last year. the race will also include stages in northamptonshire, warwickshire, stoke—on—trent, staffordshire and derbyshire. the women's to

well, never mind warm weather training in portugal, england are backin training in portugal, englandin surrey on the grey and windy day. some rain in the air. his flexibility is important to england. on the wing, evan daly. on the front row, joel harlech is fit again. his recovery down to the sea air of the south coast of england, according to eddiejones. some traditional sniping in certain areas of the media and the build—up to this game. scotla nd media and the build—up to this game. scotland legend jim telfer accusing english rugby of a certain arrogance in the build—up to this tournament. here is the response from eddie jones. he doesn't like england. we don't behave arrogantly. i think we are very respectful. if you look at oui’ are very respectful. if you look at our record on the field and our interaction with other teams, entirely disrespectful. to have a go at the crowd, i think he is a bit out of order. jim, don't come to twickenham. he expect france to bring some french flair to this match at twickenham. i wonder if those kinds of comments will put the pressure back under

a few spots in south—east england.t and patchy. any rain to the north of that am a clear skies for north—east england, for parts of scotland, maybe a touch of frost developing in southern scotland. maybe in south—east england. as the mcgirt on. tomorrow morning, some of in scotland may be slow to clear a particularly in the south. a chilly start compared with this morning. still got thicker cloud. there will be light and patchy rain in north west england. spots in the midlands and south—east england. maybe also clipping the north of wales the rest of wales in south west england going off to a dry stop. fog patches. eastern scotla nd dry stop. fog patches. eastern scotland as well, elsewhere, sunshine will be very limited. a zone of thicker cloud although not much rain falling from it from south east england. and into western scotland. then western counties of wales. into one will begin to see a threat of rain coming back in later in the day. lighter winds on friday, the temperature is not quite as high as it has been t

one of england's biggestjails. the justice minister liz truss says there should be no dangerous quick fixes to cut prison numbers. she said overcrowding was down to the justice system being better at catching sex offenders and violent criminals. this will not be fixed in weeks or months. but if we are resloute we will see our society safer and we will see our prison population reduce. in the french alps, an avalanche has claimed the lives of four members of a party, skiing off—piste near the resort of tignes. the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, is at the white house for his first face—to—face meeting with donald trump. trade is expected to be top of the agenda. the bank of england has welcomed the decision by investors to put the co—op bank up for sale. managers say it doesn't have enough capital reserves. tesco has promised urgent action, after a bbc investigation found many promotions were advertised after they had expired. ina in a moment it will be time for sports day. but first let's have a look at wh

of england and south—western scotland.es not too bad. nine or 10 degrees across western parts but, in the east, around six degrees. as far ahead as wednesday, that weather front is still lurking. it is heading back towards the west, wouldn't you just know it, not the same intensity i suspect than we've seen of late and that and that is going to open the door eventually to some cold air which, as we get on through thursday and into friday, absolutely wins out such that cold air comes to sit across the british isles in the latter part of the week with the mild air lurking out in the atlantic. and this is the difference it makes to the temperatures. no longer eight, nine and ten. it's three, four, five and six for many of us with only the western fringes pushing towards seven or eight degrees. a lot of cloud around. i'm afriad it is going to be fairly leaden skies and that cooling process continues apace on into thursday, two, three, four, five or six degrees so that by the end of the week there will be cold easterly wind wit

nhs england say... cancellations remains low at just i% of the millions of operations performed in the nhs each year." the speaker of the house of commons, john bercow, has insisted that his impartiality has not been compromised after a video emerged showing him commenting on political issues. the uk parliament website states that "spea kers must be politically impartial." mr bercow is already facing calls to stand down after saying last week that he would veto a parliamentary address by president donald trump. the latest comments, published in the sunday telegraph, were made at an address to students at reading university three days earlier. this may not be popular with some people in this audience, personally, i voted to remain. i thought it was better to stay in the european union than not, partly for economic reasons, part of being within a trading bloc, and partly because we are in a big power bloc world and because it is better to be part of a bigger power bloc in the world. let's get the latest n

public health england now wants trusts to ban smoking in and outside all nhs buildings in england andiptions for nicotine replacements, or a referral to a stop smoking support service, but it also wants a senior clinician employed at every hospital to make sure it happens. if you get referred, your chances of successfully quitting are four times what they would be, compared to if you tried a self—attempt quit. so it goes from 5% to about 20%, which may sound modest, if you repeat this and people try again to quit, after several attempts there's a much greater chance of success. smoking is already banned by law across hospitals in northern ireland and in scotland and wales they are preparing to bring in legislation later this year. the department of health in england says it has no plans to make it illegal at the moment. a £17 million investment for britain's artificial intelligence and robotics industries has been announced by the government. it's estimated the sector could add billions of pounds to the uk economy by 2035, as our business correspondent joe lynam reports. there may wel

pietersen suggested today on twitter he's now ready for an england comeback, far more likely englandh africa captain and rugby world cup winner joost van der westhuizen has died at the age of 45. he'd faced a long battle with motor neuron disease. the bbc‘s rugby union reporter chrisjonesjoins me. chris, just outline the impact he had on the game. i think when we talk about the impactjoost van der westhuizen made, we need to look at it on two fronts. firstly, as a quite magnificent scrum—half, one of the all—time greats. 89 caps for south africa, 38 tries, he was part of the famous springbok team that won the world cup in 1995. he was the man who stopped jonah low move dead in his tracks in that world cup. the man who couldn't be stopped, joost van der westhuizen, did it. a fellow springbok ijust van der westhuizen, did it. a fellow springbok i just spoke to said van der westhuizen, did it. a fellow springbok ijust spoke to said that westhuizen was the epitome of a south african rugby player. a great player, and a great inspiration as a man who gamely and bravely fought the debilitat

so it is 28- against the new england patriots.nta freeman and robert alford. it's all going wrong for the patriots and they are looking for victory under tom brady, his fifth, but it doesn't look at the moment like it's going to happen, 28— three to the falklands. everything else on the website. goodbye. hello there. it has been a bit of a mixed weekend, weatherwise. temperatures have been slowly dipping down by a few degrees. this is how we ended the day in studland, dorset. you can see the sunset over poole harbour there, a very serene scene, with the murmuration too. by monday morning, many of us are likely to see some frost and some fog, so a bit of a wintry flavour to the weather to start off your new working week. so let's look at first thing monday morning. temperatures, even in our towns and cities, really a degree or so either side of freezing. it could be quite a bit colder than that in the countryside first thing. so a sharp frost, and then later in the day we see low pressure approaching from the atlantic, bringing rai

in england, patients wait several months.been just a few weeks since the decision was made. the doctor said to me, i have to decide when i want to take the operation. normally, it takes three or four weeks to get a date for an operation. all of this paid for by health insurance, 14% of george's salary, split between him and his employer. germany's health system is convenient but expensive. and that worries doctors, so in order to save money in the long term, they are putting more effort now and more time with patients into convincing them to stay healthy. it's a lot of time to convince him, to try another way, but it would be better to lose ten kilograms of weight to solve the problem with his diabetes and hypothalamus instead of taking pills. you have the time now under this system? yeah. doctors here in the black forest have been given a financial incentive to make patients healthier overall byjoining up care. many parts of the nhs are trying to do the same. here, there are cheaper gym sessions, cooking lessons, a music gro

they face england next saturday. league — chelsea are still nine points clear after beating arsenal 3—1. at the bottom of the table there were impressive wins for both hull city and sunderland. ben croucher reports. the premier league plaudits reserved from one team in west london. chelsea continue to cry "catch us if you can." after defeat against arsenal earlier in the season, chelsea were keen to prove they're the dominant force in english football. the force of marcos alonso angered arsenal's manager. their defending thereafter won't have pleased him either. 3—1 it finished, another home win, a familiar feeling for chelsea fans. arsenal's season, from one fan's reaction, feels familiar too. chelsea went 12 points clear. that is until tottenham hosted middlesborough. a harry kane penalty was enough to close the gap to nine. handsha kes all round. heads scratch for liverpool. still winless in the league this year after a 2—0 defeat at struggling hull city. it can be a fun game when you win, but lonely when you lose

in terms of the volu nta ry england and wales.ated overseas by the fairbridge society, the church of england children's society, cornwall society, the church of england child ren's society, cornwall county council, the sisters of nazareth, southwark catholic rescue society, the royal overseas league, the national children's home, father hudson society. it has not been possible to identify or call a witness who was migrated by every institution involved in the scheme, but he will hear you will hear from the experts. we anticipate chair that the experts will apine that child migration schemes were never accepted practise of the day, but attracted criticism of their working methods as well as support. that there was increasing concern about there was increasing concern about the schemes from some parts of the uk government, in the light of the childcare standards set out in the curtis report of 1946 and that these concerns formed part of the reasons why child migration schemes ended. turning now briefly to the role of other inquiries

they host england in cardiff on saturday. some injury news coming out of the england camp.tions. he needs surgery on a knee ligament injury, and will be out for up to three months. better news for mako vunipola. the prop willjoin up with the squad this week, as he recovers from his own knee problem. gabrieljesus scored twice on his full home debut for manchester city, as they beat swansea city to move up to third in the table. they won 2—1, but their winner came deep into injury—time at the etihad stadium, after gylfi sigurdsson had equalised for the swans. that is three goals in two games for the brazilian teenager. manchester united are still sixth in the table, but are nowjust a point behind liverpool, after they beat leicester city at the king power stadium. henrik mikataryan and zlatan ibrahimovic scored in the space of 90 second in the first half. juan mata added a third not long after the break. the champions, leicester, haven't scored in the league since new year's eve and find themselves one point above the relegation zone. celtic are now 27 points clear at the top

i love captaining england. iam armband or not. i love captaining england.ng my rugby at the moment as well. a big pair of boots to fill. i'm sure he will be fine. he plays regularly for the club was the pianist played a lot of six as well. new high tackled directives. will that change the game very much question our players will be a little more cautious? whenever the new laws come in, they referee them strictly initially. they are still adjusting to it. as time goes on the common sense prevails. as we are starting to see, if you are unlucky, you get hit in the face or make contact with the head, then it is tough. we have to use common sense as well. bonus points being introduced in the six nations. a couple more six nations titles to your name, back could have happened? i think it is a positive move. the tea m i think it is a positive move. the team will back themselves in the grand slam. that will be the most important thing. it is exciting. in the lions year, does that give it a bit ofan the lions year, does that give it a bit of an extra edge?” the lion

it caused chaos for england's players...nd it in the second half, for a 36—15 victory. joe wilson was watching. in theory, italy came here to try and win the game although the realistic ambition was to frustrate england and they certainly achieved that. at one point, the england captain and one of the senior players were talking to the referee trying to work out what is going on. italy had interpreted one of the rules surrounding the ruck and offside positions to such an extent that england were not sure what was going on and eddiejones, the coach, was furious at the end of the match. half—time, italy were ahead. it wasn't until the final ten minutes of the match when england finally broke free and overwhelmed italy to get the bonus which tried to go past 30 points. that would have been a minimum of their expectations. eddiejones told his players he wanted to take italy to the cleaners. they didn't do that, england got the bonus point but italy, with so much talk about whether they deserve a place in the six nations, left tw

we might start with some cloud in the south—west of england from the same low the south—west of englandlow pressure that is heading into france. sunshine across other parts of england and wales. as we had northwards, more showers and they may well have cleared up for northern ireland. a poor day to come for the central belt of scotland. close to the low pressure. we will find rain and hill snow and close to the low pressure. we will find rain and hillsnow and it close to the low pressure. we will find rain and hill snow and it will feel cold. 0ne find rain and hill snow and it will feel cold. one or two showers developing to the south of that but developing to the south of that but developing in other parts of scotland. for most of england and wales, at dry and sunny day but a cold. seven or eight degrees. later, some showers in the south—west that organises into a rant of rain that organises into a rant of rain that organises into a rant of rain that organises into tomorrow night. maybe some snow. a touch of frost, icy patches and maybe some freezing fog. that is mainly across southern

in north—west england, the cloud will build, north—east england is dry and brighter.m hampshire, the isle of wight, the south midlands, into cornwall, we have thick cloud and rain and a further west you are the stronger the wind will be. in wales it will be wet around the coast, very windy, and in northern ireland there will be heavy rain and strong winds, gusting to severe. so nasty conditions for travelling into the afternoon. later into the afternoon, into the evening, we could see winds of 100 knots, so atrocious conditions. 0vernight, the rain moves to the east. behind it under clear skies the temperature will drop with the risk of ice in western parts. tomorrow we start off with rain in the east. it will try to move to the north sea. we will have re m na nts of move to the north sea. we will have remnants of it. a lot of cloud, drizzle, murky conditions, hill fog, whereas to the west it is something bright with showers, especially in the south—west. temperatures are nothing to write home about. into wednesday, dry conditions, but a lot of cloud around central an

england. it's a hugely important day for them and theirfamilies. as england. ourselves to bear it and listen to it. you say to bear it, actually, anyone who follows this evidence in the days and weeks to come, it's going to be extraordinarily difficult to anyone to listen to, i think. it'll be hard for all of us, but must take heart from their courage and take courage and face it ourselves. this is an opportunity for us is a country to do that. there are certain additions or would you can say to me at this stage, because you yourself are going to be giving evidence to this enquiry, but for people who are listening to this today and think, my goodness, i didn't begin to know the scale of this, i didn't realise we were sending children in such numbers two, particular, australia, some other countries, and what they went through. can you give others a little sense of what we're talking about here? the physical abuse as well as sexual abuse that some children endured? of course, one of the other things they endured was loss of family, loss of identity, loss of coun

a glancing blow in south—east england. some of us blow in south—east england.. here is how it looks at nine a.m.. becoming confined to northern scotland this afternoon. gales in the far north and northern isles. southern scotland will brighten up a little bit. clad in northern ireland. some showers in the west. showers in north—west england, wales, some into the south—west, which will fade for a time and we will get sunshine. all the while we've got dull weather in the while we've got dull weather in the south—east england and east anglia as the glancing blow from the low pressure system takes place. in the —— this afternoon it will edge eastwards and some of us will get the sunshine back before sunset. still the rain and hill snow in northern scotland. a lot of fine weather elsewhere. some sunshine around. temperatures about 5— nine celsius. for the six nations rugby kicking off again, we've got drying up kicking off again, we've got drying up in edinburgh after some early rain. it will turn chilly this evening at twickenham under starry skies and there will b

thunder and lightning in south—west england and lightning in south—west england and that continues as east england but winter showers in northern scotland and that will continue tonight into tomorrow. largely fine in north—east england with sunny spells. showers easing in northern ireland. south wales in south—west england have the odd shower but strong winds. these are the showers in east anglia at lipm. some heady ones. plenty of showers going into the evening but they will fade overnight. more showers in northern scotland, falling as snow in places and turning things quite icy. elsewhere frost and some icy patch as possible. a quietly elsewhere tomorrow away from the showers. 0ne or two tomorrow away from the showers. 0ne ortwo in tomorrow away from the showers. 0ne or two in northern ireland and north—west england and this room feeding into southern england as the day goes on. —— these showers feeding. still a chilly feel but some sunny spells between showers. tomorrow evening, uncertainty but this weather feeds further north and there could be some sleet and snow and turning wind

england's longest serving captain, cook led the team in a record 59 tests.lmost 5000 runs as skipper. he wonjust over 40% of the matches he captained — not the best record, but better than most of his predecessors. he's worked feverishly hard on his technique throughout the years to improve that technique. and we see, you know, a fantastic test cricketer, the rock of the england batting for the last decade. like his batting, cook was cautious as a captain, sometimes appearing a reluctant leader. a chastening ashes defeat in 2015 led to a very public fallout with kevin pietersen. cook, as ever, battled on. but since then, england have become inconsistent and now need a fresh start. alastair cook standing down as captain has left england with a big decision to make. the team's next home test series is here at lord's injuly, and then later this year there's the ashes away in australia. so the ecb now have to decide who is the right man to lead england into a new era. the heir apparent has always beenjoe root. but whoever steps into the role, he'll be well suppo

pietersen suggested today on twitter he's now ready for an england comeback, far more likely englandtaincy, to make more centuries. joe wilson, bbc news. our top story this lunchtime... the nhs under pressure — the number of patients on most hospital wards in england has been at levels deemed unsafe this winter. and still to come .. from student artist to one of the country's greatest artists, we're at a new exhibition tracing the life and works of david hockney. coming up in sport at 1:30pm: the painful end to canada's davis cup tie, as they're disqualified in their final singles match for hitting a ball at an umpire allowing great britain to reach the quarterfinals. three months after the calais migrant camp known as thejungle was demolished, the bbc has learned that hundreds of migrants are still trying to reach the uk through the channel port. despite a police crackdown, scores of migrants are still trying to hide on lorries and enter britain through kent, as our correspondent peter whittlesea now reports. it's the last bus to calais from a small fishing village near dunkirk. the

england needed to escape again.ad down, dashed, made it. a star of the six nations for england, elliot daly, the coach kept him on the wing for this kind of opportunity. england ahead but italy were not done, shrugging off any england player who tried to deny him here. still going and still going. italyjust two points behind, that's all. england needed four tries to get the bonus point and this one made sure of that. england finally broke free in the final minutes. italy had competed, that was their point. they had made england's coach work very hard for that smile. well, it wasn't rugby, let's face the facts. you know, you've to have an offside line to play the game. italy were smart, and congratulations to their coaching staff and players, executing the plan, but it wasn't rugby. if i was the bbc, i'd be asking the rfc for their money back. we need some proper rugby. that's all the sport for now. it is that time of the year. the oscars are upon us. amid the glamour, there is also plenty of grit in this year's film

but first, alastair cook had become "drained" as england's test captain — that's according to england'sr of cricket andrew strauss. cook stepped down today after leading his country in a record 59 matches. a warning — there's some flash photography coming up injoe wilson's report. 2012 and england's new cricket captain alastair cook posed for cameras like a visit to the dentist — he would rather not, but he knew he had to, so smile. alastair cook captained his way, old —fashioned, reasonable, and yes, even inspirational. on foreign soil or at home, he withstood more test matches than any other england captain. but it takes its toll. the demands get to every skipper eventually. wi but i know it's the correct decision for me, and the right time for the team." alastair cook's record makes him one of britain's outstanding sportsman in an era where live cricket was only available on pay tv in the uk. england won just over 40% of the test matches he captained, not the best record, but better than most of his predecessors. as a batsman, no—one in britain has played more test matches oi’ made a

winning the ashes series 2015, england!re were historic highs, leading england to two ashes triumphs, but also plenty of lows, the most recent also plenty of lows, the most recent a humbling defeat in india, proving the final straw. in a statement today, cook said... the man he replaced as captain and then reported to told me that cook had simply had enough. deep down, he was getting drained by the, i suppose, the relentlessness of being england captain. you are the only one who knows how much all of the many demands of being england captain, how much that is taking out of you, and, you know, alastair cook was honest about that and he feels it is time for some new blood, some new impetus. england's longest serving captain, cook led the team ina serving captain, cook led the team in a record 59 tests. despite the burden of opening, who scored almost 5,000 runs as skipper. he won almost 40% of games he captained, not the best record but better than most of his predecessors. he has worked feverishly hard on his technique throu

england take on wales later and if england win, they will be just three games away from breaking theo a lot of people. we are able to share that, hopefully we can share it in a positive manner. i think we're very fortunate to have a stadium that is suitable or apt for the occasion. we've experienced lights, fire, music. england'sjones, eddie, now expects what he calls shenanigans. what are the shenanigans you're prepared for? oh, i don't know, but, you know, they're a cunning lot, the welsh, aren't they? you know, they always have the... you know, they've got goats, they've got daffodils, they've got everything. so who knows, who knows? well, mischievous friendly rivalry, that's what the 6 nations should be about. it is an outlet for passion and that's exactly why england have decided that here in cardiff the roof should be open for the game, allowing all that welsh noise to escape into the sky. well, everyone in professional sport is trying to find an edge. gareth southgate — yes, the england football manager — was at rugby training this week, seeking a different perspective. was th

what i like about the england setup, they are developing the young lads.onal team and playing to their strengths.“ developing an international team and playing to their strengths. if you playing to their strengths. if you play it on g there is g— to "1 back. as ; 77,777 to co " back. as ; 77,777 to co " be throttle 777777 to co " be throttle at 777777 to co " be throttle at his 77777 prepares to go full throttle at his neck shot for the record against harlequins, he has fired the l has signed a new contract with bristol. this career is set to keep on running. we do have more rugby to come. now it's time for inside six nations with lizzie greenwood—hughes in cardiff. what an opening week we had two this yea r‘s what an opening week we had two this year's six nations tournament. scotla nd year's six nations tournament. scotland stunned ireland, england's unbeaten run continues, although they looked more sluggish against france and wales turned it on in rome to beat italy and top the table. where else to be than cardiff for this week's inside six nations. loo

england ahead but italy were not done, shrugging off any england player who tried to deny him here.points behind, that‘s all. england needed four tries to get the bonus point and this one made sure of that. england finally broke free in the final minutes. italy had competed, that was their point, making england‘s coach work very ha rd making england‘s coach work very hard for that smile. that is all this board for now. —— the sport. the glamour of hollywood will turn out in the next few hours for the 89th academy awards. the film la la land is the hot favourite for oscar glory, with 14 nominations. british hopefuls include andrew garfield and naomie harris. 0ur arts editor will gompertz reports. there is more than one side to the oscars. yes, there is the frivolous showbizzy side of the things, the over—the—top—ness of the red carpet and the million—dollar after—party with its lavish spread of food. what is the most extraordinary request you have ever had at this party for food? well, one of our guests, he loved the baked potato with caviar so much, he came into the kitchen and said

and northern england.is quite windy into southern england and south wales with the showers, drier, brighter moments in between, but hey, thunder and lightning for some of these as well and if you get wid of these as well and if you get wid ofa of these as well and if you get wid of a shower it may not be long before another comes along and the risk of longer spells of brain for southern scotland and northern england. one or two showers into northern ireland but also sunshine and elsewhere in scotland lighter winds, sunshine and it doesn't feel too bad for some. this evening any rain, sleet and snow in southern scotla nd any rain, sleet and snow in southern scotland and northern england should push into the north sea but the showers continue elsewhere in england and wales, wetter weather coming back into western scotland and northern ireland later in the night, and that means that as temperatures dipped it is a recipe for prost temperatures dipped it is a recipe for frost and widespread ice into tomorrow mo

nhs england says only 1% of operations are cancelled.trated how a shortage of beds contributes to the pressure on the health service. this can lead to long waits for those needing to be admitted from accident and emergency departments, but also for those needing planned surgery. i sometimes feel that i spend as much energy on trying to organise and manage beds and the movement, the flow, of patients within the hospital to allow us to do what we want to get on with, which is to operate. the programme showed how, if beds are not available for patients to recover in safely, operations simply cannot go ahead. now, the royal college of surgeons and nhs providers, the body that represents nhs trusts says this is damaging efforts to improve productivity with surgeons left kicking their heels while they wait for beds to be made free. we are waiting for someone to tell us we're allowed to work. it is not good for the staff and it is not good for the patients and it is not good for the efficiency of the nhs. the latest figures from nhs england rev