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a head—scratcher for the title—chasing ipswich.inner against birmingham city, who have dropped into the relegation zone. hull have kept themselves in touch of the play—offs, winning at cardiff. so too coventry, with their win at home to leeds, who could have gone top with a win but they slip to third. huge win for sheffield wednesday, stopping the qpr revival, and they are only a point off safety. huddersfield are out of the bottom three. they beat millwall. we've had another relegation in the football league. bottom side carlisle lost 2—0 at northampton in league one, they are 13 points off safety with only 4 games left to play, so it's back to league 2 afterjust one season in the third tier. they cannot survive. it's the last round of fixtures before the scottish premiership splits for the final five games. the top two, rangers and celtic, meet at ibrox tomorrow. celtic a point ahead having played a game more. motherwell came from two down to win at dundee. stjohnstone won at hibs. kilmarnock beat ross county 1—0. livingston and

now then ipswich played. now ipswich. do think. when ipswich. when do you think. when was time.hink ipswich premier ipswich were in the premier league. years ago. league. how many years ago. >> premier league. >> the premier league. >> the premier league. >> how many years ago >> yeah. how many years ago bobby have been in bobby robson would have been in charge little charge probably a little bit soonen charge probably a little bit sooner. was a long sooner. that was quite a long time ago. sooner. that was quite a long timwe're looking after after >> we're looking after after bobby, after so who would bobby, after bobby. so who would have in charge of ipswich have been in charge of ipswich after robson ? after robson? >> blimey, we're gonna have to go through the whole lot. mccarthy. well, it's 22, 22 years because they've had a torrid time. ipswich so it's been a long time since they've been a long time since they've beenin been a long time since they've been in the premier league. >> i'm surprised it's only 22. >> i'm surprised it's only 22. >> you it was even >> oh you though

it's been 22 years since ipswich were last in the premier league, it's been 22 years since ipswich weret in the premier league, defeat to norwich has dented their promotion hopes. the chiefs are into the european champions cup quarterfinals, fighting back against bath. also coming up on sportsday... the king of qualifying, max verstappen — it's another pole for the world champion. good evening. what an afternoon we have had of football. who's going to blink first in the premier league title race? not manchester city. they were first up today at selhurst park in the lunchtime kick—off, and though they went behind to crystal palace, the return of kevin de bruyne and erling haaland to the side was key as they won 4—2 to move level on points with leaders liverpool. ben croucher reports. this is the face of a man whose team haven't lost since december. pep guardiola and manchester city, though, know the title race can be fraught with danger, as crystal palace soon demonstrated. guardiola left the in—form phil foden out. they still had kevin de bruyne. oh, that's outstanding! goal number 99 f

it's ipswich is either going to be leeds or ipswich . ipswich have got a game ipswich. a game in hand. they play tonight against coventry, the tractor boys, the tractor boys and it will be the return for them and it's been a long time since they've been in the premier league, so it'd be a great story to see ipswich, so then it will go to the play offs. so it's all really is down to the wire is it always is. yeah. by the way did you say that i was not here because of the spurs. he did i did he really sperm that. what. when was this. because i heard rumours that were coming through. did you say that i didn't come in because spurs lost to arsenal. no, no. >> are you sure mr expressed concern for your mental health. okay fine. >> that's all it was in that case i appreciate that. >> what did you make of that match on sunday? >> you know what? this is true. my >> you know what? this is true. my voice you can hear is gravelly. in fact, some would say sexy. yes some would say. some would say some intimidating. but it was when spurs scored the equaliser, which was disallowed. i

after leicester confirmed their promotion to the premier league as champions last night, ipswich coulde top flight. they'll go second with a point at coventry tonight — and if they win, they'll only need another point on the final day of the season on saturday to complete back—to—back promotions. jonathan park is there. the situation is very simple for ipswich town — four points for the next two games, and they are promoted to the premier league come alongside leicester city fc, who have been crowned champions. it's been a remarkable story for ipswich town — they'll be the first team to achieve back—to—back promotions, including to the top flight, since southampton a decade ago. now coventry city, this will be their fourth game in ten days, they are a bit emotionally burnt out possibly after that dramatic fa cup semifinal defeat to manchester united. they can't reach the playoffs, ipswich town will never have a better chance to get into the premier league, and they'll be hoping, alongside lester said, they can pull off that feat. they've not been there for 22 years, they'll have 2500 f

doctor poulter, who represents central suffolk and north ipswich , will suffolk and north ipswich, willake the labour whip until the next election . the prime next election. the prime minister says a recent influx of migrants into ireland shows the deterrent effect of his rwanda plan is working. the comment comes after deputy irish premier micheal martin said the uk's asylum policy is driving migrants from northern ireland into the republic. the government wants to send asylum seekers on a one way flight to the east african nation. rishi sunak says the scheme is having an impact. quote, because people are worried about coming here. well, two men have been arrested at a pro—palestine protest in london. police say one was holding a placard with a swastika and the other made a racist remark towards counter—protesters. the event, which was organised by the palestine solidarity campaign, was calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. part of that march route took it past a fixed pro—israeli demonstration on pall mall . earlier, a counter pall mall. earlier, a counter demo organised by the c

ipswich could go second later, if they can beat hull in the late kick off.layoffs. they take advantage of west brom's slip up against sheffield wednesday the home side winning 3—0, a massive boost for their chances of staying in the division. birmingham drew 1—1 with huddersfield. and a blow for plymouth too — losing to millwall. also wins for bristol city, middlesbrough, stoke and watford. so at the top of the championship. leicester were promoted last night — after leeds were beaten, as mentioned ipswich can go second later — their opponents hull have eyes on the playoffs though. southampton will finish fourth. norwich and west brom at the moment make up the top six. at the bottom — birmingham and huddersfield remain in the bottom three following their draw. blackburn, sheffield wednesday and plymouth are also in a fight to stay up too. tensions at the bottom of the championship then — derby county will be back in the second tier next season, after sealing their promotion from league one today, on the final day of the season. they only needed only a draw a

dan poulter has been the mp for central suffolk and north ipswich since the 2010 election.e combines his political career with practising medicine as an nhs hospital doctor on a part—time basis. he confirmed he was defecting to labour in an interview with laura kuenssberg — take a listen. i found it increasingly difficult to look my nhs colleagues in the eye, my patients in the eye, and my constituents in the eye with good conscience. and ifeel that the nhs deserves better than it has at the moment in terms of how it is run and governed. the party i was elected into valued public services. it valued...it had a compassionate view about supporting the more disadvantaged in society. i think the conservative party today is in very different place. its focus is not on delivering or supporting high quality public services. our political correspondent ben wright told me more about dr poulter. he has been an mp since 2010. he represents central suffolk and north ipswich. hejoined the party under david cameron. he is very much a cameroonian conservative. he is in the centre of the p

ipswich go two points clear of leicester, who also won today, but have a game in hand.ishing ropes, off the cornish coast. bloody hell, did you see the tale? the large adult whale, known locally as ivy, got entangled yesterday, but was successfully cut free by crews from penlee lifeboat. rescuers say ivy was "lucky" because she was able to surface and breathe, otherwise there could have been a "very different outcome." time for a look at the weather. here's louise. spring has sprung, one hopes. it has an at this time a year, there is quite a lot of strength in the sunshine so you get some light winds and sunshine, you're going to get some warmth. that is what we saw today much of central and eastern england. 16 degrees in cambridge at this afternoon. some more warmth arriving a little later on this week. so bear that in mind. actually, for tomorrow, we are between weather systems which means a lot of quiet weather. mist and fog first in england and wales and some scattered showers but on the whole, not looking too bad. this weather front in scotland a bit of a nuisance,

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he represents central suffolk and north ipswich. hejoined the party under david cameron.oonian conservative. he is in the centre of the party,a one—nation tory. he is a working doctor in the nhs, working in mental health, and he has continued to do that alongside his time in parliament. he was briefly a minister but has been a backbencher for the last few years. this has come out of the blue. there has been speculation for a long time that the despondency and anger simmering on the tory backbenches could burst into a defection at some point. today we have it. i think it is a big blow for rishi sunak. we are going to have big local elections in a few days which the tory party is braced for being bad. the clock is ticking down quite fast to a general election. the prime minister doesn't have long to try to gee up his troops and prove he has a plan for pulling this back. here you have a stinging intervention, actually. what he says about public services, where he thought the tory party used to be compassionate — in his view they no longer are. he feels that the conservativis

dan poulter has been the mp for central suffolk and north ipswich since the 2010 election.e combines his political career with practising medicine as an nhs hospital doctor on a part—time basis. he confirmed he was defecting to labour in an interview with laura kuenssberg — take a listen. and it increasingly difficult to look my patients, nhs colleagues and constituents in the eye. i feel the ifeel the nhs i feel the nhs deserves ifeel the nhs deserves better i feel the nhs deserves better in the terms of how it is governed. the conservatives had a compassionate view about supporting the more disadvantaged in society. i think the conservative party today is in a very different place. its focus is not on delivering or supporting high quality public services. with me is our political correspondent ben wright. tell is about who dan poulter is on the significance of his defection. he represents central suffolk and north ipswich. hejoined the party under david cameron. he is very much of cameron conservative, he is at the centre of the party, one nation tory. he is in nm dilemma

a win for ipswich would put them on the verge of promotion to the premier league.w spaniard carlos alcaraz through to the last eight. push all rafa nadal�*s on court now, at the madrid open, in the late match. he's taking onjiri lehecka for a place in the quarterfinals. fellow spaniard, carlos alcaraz is through to the last eight. but he was pushed all the way by jan lennard stuff. the defending champion won in three sets, taking the decider on a tie break, in what was a rematch of last year's final. alcaraz has now extended his winning streak in the tournament to a record equalling ia matches. earlier, world numberfour daniil medvedev made it through to the last eight, after beating alexander bublik in three sets. and a landmark for him he's reached at least the quarter final stage, at all nine atp masters 1000 events. the russian will play nadal or lehecka next. in the women's side of the draw world number one iga swiatek dropped her first set of this year's tournament. swiatek a finalist last year came from a set down to beat beatriz haddad maia. and she'll play

ipswich town, in the championship, are so close now to back to back promotions in the english footballeating coventry city on tuesday night, a result which puts them on the verge of automatic promotion to the premier league. they beat the english fa cup semi—finallists 2—1, with cameron burgess scoring their winner in the second half. the victory puts them three points clear of leeds united, ahead of the final fixtures of the season this weekend. a point will see them up. a remarkable achievement, given they were in the third tier, this time last year. disappointment for rafael nadal, who was beaten in straight sets byjiri lehecka, at the madrid open. the world number 31 is the lowest—ranked player to ever defeat nadal in a clay—court contest. carlos alcaraz is through to the last eight. but he was pushed all the way by jan lennard stuff. the defending champion won in three sets, taking the decider on a tie break, in what was a rematch of last year's final. alcaraz has now extended his winning streak in the tournament to a record—equalling 1a matches. earlier, world number four daniil

well, joining me now to ipswich.ell, joining me now to discuss this story is gb news very own political correspondent, olivia utley . correspondent, olivia utley. olivia, thank you very much for your company. this olivia, thank you very much for your company . this rhetoric, your company. this rhetoric, a lot of viewers are saying, well, hang on a minute. you know, the tories are spending all of this extra cash, our taxpayer cash on the nhs. you know what more is actually needed ? is it actually actually needed? is it actually an issue of cash or is it an issue of reform . and if it is, issue of reform. and if it is, then this all just looks like a pretty convenient way to go to a party pretty convenient way to go to a party that's 20 points up in the polls, is it not? >> well, lots of conservative mps have been murmuring that perhaps dan poulter just knows what side his bread is buttered and wants to defect to labour as quickly as possible to avoid going down with the ship. >> that said, poulter has a huge majority

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it seems of suffolk and ipswich? it seems to me you can only serve one master.now, though, it's time for this. it's tonight's main event. ding ding! labour say they will renationalise the railways within five years, which is about how long it takes. most trains to actually arrive. but is this a welcome plan or is this communism run amok? are we back to the 1970s? benjamin butterworth can't wait for the return of british rail. but charlie rowley says times have changed. time to move on. we'll let them duke it out and see who we think prevailed. seconds out. round one. benjamin, you kick things off. >> well, i think that labour's plan this week makes a lot of sense. and the polling shows, if i dare mention polls in the presence of ben leo, that most people agree the fact is that since train services were privatised in the 1990s, we have seen the costs of travelling by train go up enormously. and yet we haven't seen a massive fall in the cost to the state. so we still, as taxpayers, subsidise the rail industry to the tune of about £5 billion a year. meanwhile the p

but ipswich hit back after half—time with this equaliser from nathan broadhead.afterjust nine minutes. fabio carvalio then equalised for hull before half—time. but in the last few moments, leeds have gone 2—1 up thanks to a penalty from crysensio summerville. they will move up to second if they hold on for the win. earlier, leicester were top for a few hours after their 3—1win over norwich. leicester had been on a dreadful run, with just one league win in six before today. and it looked as though that would continue, norwich leading through gabriel sara inside 20 minutes. but kiernan dewsbury—hall equalised before half—time and leicester turned it around after the break. stephy mavididi put them ahead. and thenjamie vardy sealed the win with his 14th league goal of the season. let's take a look at some of the other scores in the championship. despite winning 2—1 against millwall, rotherham are on the brink of relegation. had they lost, that would have sealed their fate. with just 23 points and four wins this season, they may have just delayed the inevitable. meaw

doctor poulter, who represents central suffolk and north ipswich , will suffolk and north ipswich, willme next election. the prime minister says a recent influx of migrants into ireland shows the deterrent effect of his rwanda plan is working. the comment comes after deputy irish premier micheal martin said the uk's asylum policy is driving migrants from northern ireland into the republic. the government wants to send asylum seekers on a one way flight to the east african nation. rishi sunak says the scheme is having an impact. quote, because people are worried about coming here. well, two men have been arrested at a pro—palestine protest in london. police say one was holding a placard with a swastika and the other made a racist remark towards counter—protesters. the event, which was organised by the palestine solidarity campaign, was calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. part of that march route took it past a fixed pro—israeli demonstration on pall mall . earlier, a counter pall mall. earlier, a counter demo organised by the campaign against anti semitism was cancelled, with org

it's still in ipswich's hands, they need found points from their last two games to secure a return tor of celtic to reach the final. two late goals were needed at hampden park — revenge for rangers who lost to their glasgow rivals in last season's final. hearts play spartans in the other semi today. harlequins scored six tries on their way to a a1—32 victory over premiership leaders northampton. will porter helping the home side get over the line with two late tries at twickenham. this win boosts their hopes of achieving a play—off place, they are level on points with fourth place bristol. bristol themselves saw a remarkable end to their match against leicester. the home side were 19—0 to the good until bristol hit 21 points in the last 12 minutes to win the match. magnus bradbury�*s converted try securing victory. in super league, warrington wolves missed the chance to go level on points with the leaders st helens and catalans dragons. the wolves slumping to their third defeat of the season losing 17—12 at salford red devils. joe mellor was amongst the try scorers for salford as they

ipswich can move above leeds into the automatic promotion spots, with a win tomorrow.f he is the solution, i am more than happy, it is not up to me. it sounds all really good. premier league chief executive richard masters has admitted var needs to improve for the sake of the fans. masters was speaking at the european leagues general assembly, held today in london and said they want to improve the situation for supporters — but gave his backing to the officials in england's top flight. i would say the words in support of the referees, i think you do a really good job and the system needs to improve and part of that is getting the rules to be upgraded so there's more space to communicate with the fans and all that is good and i want to improve the situation. in rugby league, catalans dragons have missed the chance to go back to the top of the super league. they were beaten away at leigh leopards. umyla hanley amongst the scorers, with his sixth league try of the season here. so st helens, who beat huddersfield giants last night, remain top on points difference. the wome

top of the table ipswich have a tough game against fourth placed southampton.onas eidevall, said it was irresponsible of chelsea counterpart emma hayes to refer to male aggression when asked about an altercation between the two managers during the women's league cup final. the clear animosity between the two at the end of the match somewhat overshadowed arsenal's 1—0, extra time win. somewhat overshadowed arsenal's1—0 extra time win. the chelsea manager, emma hayes, accused eidevall of male aggression on the sidelines towards her player, erin cuthbertson, while eidevall said chelsea were moving the goalposts to suit themselves. we had a discussion before the game where both clubs had to agree if we're going to play with multiple system or not. and chelsea said they only wanted to play with one ball and we said we wanted to play with multiple. and then when it suits them in the last minute of the game, when they want to take another ball to take a quick throw—in, then all of a sudden they want to use that. and i only said that you guys wanted to play with one ba

in the championship, to the delight of ed sheeran and the home fans at portman road, ipswich town areop of the table thanks to a late late winner. good morning. the weatherfor the rest of this week remains unsettled. it is going to be wet and windy at times, there will be sunny spells, and it is turning much milderfor us all, especially on saturday. # well... and as lulu prepares for her farewell tour after a 60 year career, she shares a little secret of her success... all that, starve, watch my diet, exercise, and i don't speak before 12 noon when i'm on tour. whoa. not at all? it's not a big deal, you know? good morning. it's monday, the 2nd of april. a british national is reported to be among at least six aid workers who have been killed in an israeli air strike in gaza. the charity, world central kitchen, which distributes food in the territory, confirmed some of its staff had been killed and called the deaths a tragedy. the israeli military says it's conducting a review. our reporter, graham satchell, has the latest. the bodies of six aid workers being brought to a hospital in ce

dan poulter has been the mp for central suffolk and north ipswich since the 2010 election.dicine as an nhs hospital doctor on a part—time basis. in an interview with laura kuenssberg, he confirmed he was defecting to labour. the prime minister under pressure. the doctor departing the tory tribe. dan poulter has been a doctor and a conservative mp for 1h years, but in that rare move, a political defection, he's quit and is joining labour too. i found it increasingly difficult to look my nhs colleagues in the eye, my patients in the eye, and my constituents in the eye with good conscience. and ifeel that the nhs deserves better than it has at the moment in terms of how its run and governed. since 2010, though, constituents in your suffolk home have chosen you, sent you to westminster as a conservative. some of them might be angry that you have left the party that they chose. what do you say to them? i thought about it and i thought, "well, what's the best thing or the right thing to do"? and on balance, i thought because there will be an election very, very soon. it makes sen

and it's ipswich who are top of the championship tonight, but only by a point.on, in fourth, scored a 99th—minute winner to beat watford. west brom beaten by sunderland. norwich, in sixth, i—0 winners at preston. a big win for birmingham, a point clear of the bottom three, after a 3—0 victory over coventry. nothing settled in the championship today, nor in league one — the champagne remains on ice for the leaders, portsmouth, who drew i—all with bolton. but playing in league one next season will be stockport county, who've beaten morecambe 2—0 to win promotion from league two at edgeley park. and ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney have delivered the sequel — having jumped from the national league last season, wrexham are now promoted to league one, after a 6—0 win over forest green rovers. much more reaction to that, and the rest of the day's football, on the bbc sport website. time now for some of the day's other sport stories. england bowler liam livingstone took one wicket, and all—rounder sam curran two for punjab kings, but their contributions weren't enough

the first non—league club post—war to reach the quarterfinals and there are fantastic events like ipswichwinner created the win and the legacy and journey of that is our training ground and not long after that, is our training ground and not long afterthat, it is our training ground and not long after that, it was a league fixture in league1 after that, it was a league fixture in league 1 which shows you the impact this can have but we have to look at it directly and indirectly so you look at the wider economic impact these games have to the clubs and it is a proud town centre football club and the impact on our match days do notjust impact lincoln city but the wider impact on economic climax which is the same elsewhere and it is up and down the country we have to recognise the impact of this decision. £15 country we have to recognise the impact of this decision. 45 seconds left, is impact of this decision. 45 seconds left. is there _ impact of this decision. 45 seconds left, is there any _ impact of this decision. 45 seconds left, is there any hope _ impact of this decision. 45 seconds l

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he has a majority of something like 23,000 in ipswich and suffolk .that , not want to be losing mps like that, particularly one not want to be losing mps like that , particularly one with not want to be losing mps like that, particularly one with dan porter's history as a doctor and still currently as a mental health doctor. poulter has also made this more difficult for rishi sunak by writing a huge op ed in the guardian today, saying that the conservative party can't be trusted with the nhs and only labour can be trusted. and of course, apart from the blow of losing this experienced mp, he became an mp in 2010. it is also got all of the plotters talking in the telegraph today. there's this huge piece about a group of plotters who are now saying that they have 100 days to save the country, and the conservative party and what they're doing at the moment is trying to round up backbenchers to row behind penny mordaunt, who they would like to see installed as prime minister before the next election. but it's interesting. >> i mean, i don't know if you had

in the championship, to the delight of ed sheeran and the home fans at portman road, ipswich town areit is going to be wet and windy at times, there will be sunny spells, and it is turning much milderfor us all, especially on

nhs, and the announcement would be disappointing for the constituents of central suffolk and north ipswich he's quit and isjoining labour too. i found it increasingly difficult to look my nhs colleagues in the eye, my patients in the eye, and my constituents in the eye with good conscience. and i feel that the nhs deserves better than it has at the moment in terms of how its run and governed. since 2010, though, constituents in your suffolk home have chosen you, sent you to westminster as a conservative. some of them might be angry that you have left the party that they chose. what do you say to them? i thought about it and i thought, "well, what's the best thing or the right thing to do"? and on balance, i thought because there will be an election very, very soon. it makes sense to have a by—election. i thought, on balance, it was better to continue to work diligently for my constituents through until the end of this parliament. a conservative spokesperson said, "what dan says is wrong. sir keir starmer has no plan for our nhs under the conservatives. we are raising nhs funding to a recor

but all that separates them from ipswich in third now is two points, with leeds sandwiched in the middle three games remaining, leicester know if they win them all, they'll be champions and back in the big time. but southampton, their opponents tonight, haven't given up hope of automatic promotion themselves though, even if it is an outside chance. you can keep across what happens tonight on the bbc sport website. it's three years ago that leicester were winning the fa cup. this year, it will be either manchester city lifting the trophy again or manchester united. today, it's been confirmed the final will kick off at 3pm, brought forward from the planned start of 5.30pm. united reached the final after that penalty shoot—out win against coventry on sunday, despite leading the game 3—0 in the second half. coventry fought all the way back to spot kicks. manager erik ten hag has faced further scrutiny for his side's near capitulation, but today hit back at the scathing criticism of his team's performance in the semifinal. is it embarrassing? no. the reaction from you was embarrassing. talk t

ipswich could also move above them if they win tomorrow.cored a penalty for the defending champions. they are second in their group behind france, who beat sweden i—0. scotland beat slovakia i—0 at hampden. sophie howard with the second—half winner. it ends a run of eight competitive games without a victory for the scots. they drew 0—0 with serbia in their opening qualifier last week. it was a clean sweep of wins for the home nations today, wales winning 6—0 away in kosovo and northern ireland were 3—1 winners in bosnia and herzegovina. joe lynskey reports. kosovo away on the tuesday lunch time, even this trip will not stop whales. it's a far way from home, just being led out from 150, a record for whales and 37, still integral. —— wales. in her long career, which he wants most is a tournament. to get to the european and tournament, macro must win tournaments like this top three in their group and go through to the playoffs. and there still on track. grow through at the reflection and wales was still just grow through at the reflection and

it's been reported that the mp for central suffolk and north ipswich doctor dan poulter, has defectedoctor poulter has served as a conservative mp since 2010, serving as parliamentary under—secretary of state for health services under david cameron . the guardian david cameron. the guardian newspaper quotes him as saying that the conservatives have become a nationalist party of the right. they also put in their headline top conservative mp really that a band that has abandoned compassion and no longer prioritises the nhs. he has said that he will sit as a labour mp until the general election and then stand down from parliament. he also says that britain needs a general election as soon as possible . election as soon as possible. well, let's bring my panel in on this. lizzie cundy and also matthew laza matthew laza. i've come to you straight away. he's gone to labour. >> absolutely. i was on a train through his constituency yesterday, but i wasn't responsible for the defection, so i think this is great news for labour. this will be a real, boost for keir starmer , he's not boost for ke

ipswich missed the chance to go top after being held to a goalless draw at home to watford in the bottom has announced that there'll be no in protest against the club's decision to increase the price of tickets. klopp says he understands why the fans are upset. printed by bbc—defaultread it starts with a protest, then you follow with discussions, and that's good, but what we should make sure that we don't... that nothing gets between us and the supporters. it should not happen. discuss it, yes, you are not happy with it, 100% it should happen, but between the two big whistles, we just have to be liverpool. west ham united manager david moyes dismissed any negative thoughts of facing unbeaten bayer leverkusen in thursday's europa league quarter finalfirst leg, describing it as "a great opportunity". they have an unassailable 16—point lead over bayern munich in the bundesliga. we played a lot of good teams in europe, and as things go, we have a team that are 15—16 points clear of the bundesliga, that's a big one. hopefully we can rise to it and perform well. england and aston villa forward

but nonetheless at the moment they're celebrating ipswich . play celebrating ipswich.city. so they have they've had a real boost as well from leeds not winning. and if leeds are left to go in the play offs, given that they came down last season, it could be a difficult time for them as well. you don't really want to drop into the play offs even when you've you've just failed to get automatic promotion. it puts you in a bit of a bad frame of mind. what you want to be in the play offs is a side that's going into it in form, but nonetheless, congratulations to leicester and qpr did the business last night on their behalf. lots of lots of thanks from all those clubs to qpr last night. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> yes. >> yes. >> and is congratulations in order to arne slot. >> well i think so. yeah. it looks, it looks that way. there were reports late last night dunng were reports late last night during the game actually while i was at qpr that, that qpr that qpr on the brain. >> no liverpool, no change. there yeah. >> liverpool have agreed a £94 million package. now i

leicester and leeds both dropped points last night, opening the door for ipswich.thing that's been a theme all season at the top of the championship. we have to pick up the points, we have to be focused for ourselves, and we have to be ready for every game, and we have the advantage, and we couldn't do it for ourselves, because obviously we are one point “p because obviously we are one point up the lead, and we hold the cards, basically, so, as much as we can, we want to win every game and hold this advantage in all her hands. england and aston villa forward rachel daly has retired from international football. the 32—year—old, who has 84 caps, started all of england's games at euro 2022 when they won their first major trophy. in a statement released on social media, daly said: "i would love nothing more than to play for england forever, but the time has come for me to hang my boots up pn the international stage. while today is an extremely difficult day for me, it is also one filled with reflection and immense gratitude. playing for and representing england has bee

in five clear of ipswich who have a game in hand.ion with united facing rivals manchester city again, in the final next month. is it embarrassing? no. the reaction from you was embarrassing. talk to us about results. we made it to the final. and we deserved it. we were very lucky in the end, clear, the penalty was very good and we made to the final, and that is huge achievement. twice in two years. it's magnificent. for me as a manager, four cup finals in four years, and so the comments are a disgrace. champions league chasing aston villa have announced their manager unai emery has extended his contract until 2027. villa were 16th in the league, and fighting relegation when spaniard emery took over from steven gerrard in november 2022. but a remarkable turnaround saw them finish seventh, to qualify for the europa conference league last season. they're currently fourth, six points clear of spurs who have two games in hand. the pgmol say they will let nottingham forest hear the audio recordings from the exchange between the referee and

i mean 24,000 majority for dan poulter in central suffolk and north ipswich and has given that away.g criticisms, saying the tory government isn't focused on it. facts might suggest that they are, £50 billion increase in spending on the nhs since 2010. a lot of that was on the side of the bus. don't forget the government says that money's been absorbed back into the nhs, but yeah, no question . i think, you know, question. i think, you know, frustrating you. he was saying i would try to reform the nhs. i couldn't get anywhere with it. arguably, though, by joining the labour party i think has the most permission to reform the nhs. if you listen to wear , nhs. if you listen to wear, streeting is saying he is someone who wants to reform it. the tories haven't got the political space to do that. maybe that's why he hasn't said that, though. he said he simply wasn't being listened to. >> so he's quit and he's not standing at the next election. so he's not doing this to jump ship and get get a safe seat back to the labour party. he's making, if you like, a kind of end of career statement,

lord anderson of ipswich has said very clearly, and he's a very distinguished, sensible peen very distinguishedr, that it's right for the lords to ask commons lords to ask the commons to think again. not right think again. but it's not right for lords to insist. the for the lords to insist. the archbishop canterbury has archbishop of canterbury has said much the same. he will accept the will of the elected house, i think, for other elderly peers to block the elected will of the british people raises questions over the whole validity of the house of lords, which is so out of touch with with the nation. and you begin to talk about whether you should create peers to get them to this through. to push this through. >> this far, but no further, >> so this far, but no further, you think the peers will say, well, i hope so. >> i didn't hear what nigel >> but i didn't hear what nigel said. he's very wise. and so said. but he's very wise. and so i probably agree with it if i'd heard it. >> nigel, heard >> well, nigel, you heard the answer that jacob answer to that from jacob rees—mogg. he thinks it's not

and there were independent writers going back to john wise, for example, a minister from ipswich, massachusetts, who gained fame. you know, a century before the events. describing today for his pamphlets opposing centralized authority. so that's one source worth looking at for the particular independence of this country. another i would point to, burke does not mention, but for more than a century, much more than a century, these colonists lived alongside native americans and were impressed by astonished by the of what they thought of as anarchy in those tribes. independent like john eliot and roger works to convert those tribes to christianity, but also learned their languages, wrote books about them, and were impressed, in a way, by contempt. the natives had for the hierarchies and submissions of european society. some of these independents went to england, where in the circles right. cromwell, during the english civil, and then came back to the states. and so some of the influence that we think of as from those circles around the english civil war was actually itself influenced by example of