jenson button is still attracted to mclaren as a reserve driver.formula 1, this big market in north america, that we have been pursuing for many years, i think it is good to go there now and show their respect for the indycar series. good for indycar i guess to have some formula 1 drivers in the competition. and the same for mclaren honda. i think as a team, to be racing on the same day in monte carlo and in the indy 500, two mclaren honda indifferent series, it is an amazing thing for motorsport fans. so i think it is a win—win situation for everyone. finally, the draw has been made for the first round of the world snooker championships which starts this saturday in sheffield. defending champion mark selby will face fergal 0'brien, who won a deciding frame which lasted more than two hours to get through in qualifying! also, five—time champion ronnie 0'sullivan will play terry wilson. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment on bbc news, it is time for the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing u

you can see all the short lists on the bbc sports website. jenson button looks set to replace fernandor next month's monaco grand prix. alonso is skipping the race to take part in the indy 500. button retired from formula one at the end of last season but is contracted to mclaren as a reserve driver. speaking ahead of this weekend's bahrain grand prix, alonso explained the reasons for his decision. i think it is good for formula one because there is a big market in north america that we have been pursuing for many years and it is good to go there now and show our respect for them and show that we are serious. it is good for indeed to have some good formula one drivers in the competition and it is the same for honda. it is a team that will be racing on the same day in monte carlo and in the indy 500 and it is an amazing thing for motorsport fans. it is a win — win situation for everyone. it is a win — win situation for everyone. ricky burns can consolidate his place as one of scotland's best ever boxers if he wins this weekend's world title unification fight in glasgow. that's the view

jenson button will be backin he is lazy.th, she's replacing fernando alonso. fernando alonso, and the right of your picture, has been allowed to miss the race in may to participate in the race in may to participate in the indy 500. jenson button, still a mclaren reserve driver, has agreed to replace his team—mate at the grand prix. at the bahrain grand prix this weekend party healy bottas has been the quickest in the first 15 minutes of the session. sebastian vettel and thoroughly topped the time sheets in first practice earlier this afternoon. a busy programme in the championship in football, but brighton and newcastle could take a big step towards premier league football next season, seven games in the championship kicked off this afternoon, brentford, bristol city and fulham all in front, third placed huddersfield drawing with preston, a defeat by huddersfield could mean that brighton will all but seal a return to the top flight for the birth to egg first time in 33 years with a victory at wolves. manchester united will b

meanwhile, it was confirmed the 2009 world champion, jenson button, will be making a brief comeback next grand prix. the briton's still contracted as a reserve driver for mclaren and will step in while alonso takes part in the indy 500. arsene wenger insists discussions about his future will not distract him from hisjob. he is speaking about the pfa —— pfa player of the year, alexis sanchez, whose contract ends next summer. there have been reports sanchez has been offered as much as £300,000 per week to stay. first, i cannot confirm that we have offered that. secondly, we will do, as always, we have to consider our financial potential to sustain the wages for the whole squad. what is for sure is that what he is paid this year, will it still below? i was tempted to say no. great britain's cyclists have finally won a gold at this year's track world championships it's in the women's omnium and it was won by katie archibald. the omnium is a multi event decided by points over four different races. archibald who's the olympic champion, was second going into the final event, the points race, bu

jenson button has helped to raise more than half a million pounds to help a 17—year—old racing driverla four, billy monger, hit a stationary car during the race at donington park in leicestershire on sunday. our sports correspondent joe wilson reports. 17 years old and life changed forever. billy monger was competing at donington park when he collided with a stationary car at around 120 mph. he was airlifted to the queen's medical centre in nottingham, where he underwent surgery. he's actually had the lower leg, just below his knee on his right leg, removed, and then his left leg really is halfway up his thigh, where that has been removed. it's obviously devastating for us all but the main thing is to keep a brave face on for billy. billy monger‘s talent was well known even when he was at primary school. at the age of nine he was featured on blue peter. you were phenomenal. how fast were you going? 55 mph. right now, billy's team is raising money to help fund his ongoing recovery. the total is over half 1 million pounds, with lewis hamilton and jenson button amongst the supporters. on

british formula one stars lewis hamilton and jenson button are among those who have helped raise over2a hours to help a 17—year—old racing driver who had his lower legs amputated after being involved in a crash. rising star of formula four — billy monger — hit a stationary car during the race at donington park in leicestershire on sunday, and was airlifted to hospital. british touring car driver tom ingram helped set up it's incredibly humbling to see how many people got involved and this will help him so much. i'm sure speaking for everybody, everyone is so speaking for everybody, everyone is so grateful for the support. day six of the world snooker championship at sheffield's crucible theatre and the 2015 winner stuart bingham has started his second round match against last season's quarterfinalist kyran wilson. and wilson made a brilliant start in this one. he actually led 5—0 thanks to several decent breaks. but the former world champion fought back after the mid session interval. — winning three in a row. he trails 5—3 and they'll be back tomorrow. neil robertson is through to th

jenson button this contract goods —— fernando alonso is still contracted.years ago, more than 1,000 people were taken hostage by chechen rebels at a school in beslan in russia. more than 330 people were killed when russian forces eventually stormed the building — half of those who died were children. today the european court of human rights ruled that the russian government should have done more to prevent the bloodshed, and it awarded compensation of around £2.5 million to relatives. sophie long reports — and you may find some of the images upsetting. when rebels stormed school number one in beslan and forced more than 1,100 children, parents and teachers into the gym, more than 330 people died. 186 of them were children. the terror inside and around the school lasted for 52 hours. there were bombs taped to the walls and hanging from the ceiling. women and children were forced to stand by the windows as human shields. translation: they made women stand in the windows. tanks were firing. the militants gave women curtains and they were waving them and shouti

former f1 world champion, jenson button will be back racing next month — in place of mclaren's fernandoen and has agreed to step in for alonso while the spaniard takes part in the indianapolis 500. meanwhile, sebastian vettel looks like the man to beat at this weekend's bahrain grand prix. he was quickest in both practice sessions. although his ferrari did suffer a breakdown in second practice, he was still three tenths quicker than lewis hamilton's mercedes. a busy day in the football league today. in the championship, huddersfield's 3—2 victory over preston meant no promotion party for leaders brighton today. two wins from their last five games would almost certainly be enough to go up. the first test is at wolves in a match that got under way at 5 o'clock. brighton have come the closest to scoring, with tomer hemed denied by the bar. 0—0 after half an hour. so here are today's earlier results. brentford thrashed derby 4—0 while bristol city beat qpr 2—1. confirmation of huddersfield's 3—2 win over preston which means brighton's will have to wait to seal promotion. there were away win

jenson button will be back in formula 1 sooner button will be back in formula 1 sooner than expected,next month, the spaniard racing in the indy 500 instead. and wigan warriors have won the good friday derby against 12 man st helens. we'll be back with more on those stories just after half past three. unions representing half a million teachers say schools in england are facing the worst funding cuts, in real terms, for twenty years. gathering for their annual conferences, they're also highlighting a growing shortage of teachers for subjects such as maths and science. the government says £40 billion is being spent on schools this year — in cash terms the highest figure ever. 0ur education correspondent gillian hargreaves reports. st martin's school in essex is a good school. but even here, it has become increasingly difficult to recruit staff, particularly in specialist subjects. at one stage, they had a science teacher vacancy for more than a year. but there are also shortages in maths and modern languages. i look at the pool of people that are teaching in those areas and the number

and in sport, jenson button is back in the driving seat for a guest appearance at next month's monaco

former world champion jenson button says he's delighted to be making a one—off return to formula one.. button will replace fernando alonso. he's been granted permission to compete in the indy 500. the online accommodation booking company airbnb says it will improve its security after a bbc investigation found that some people using the service had had their homes burgled by scammers using stolen accounts. profiles of genuine users were hijacked and their personal details changed as part of the scam. the company says it will now warn members if their profile information is altered. chris foxx reports. like millions of people, christian had let out his home on airbnb while he was out of town as a convenient way to make some extra money. he had done so for years without a problem. but on his birthday, his home was burgled. i got that horrible text message saying somebody is in the flat and it's not me, because my account had been compromised. christian thought he had let out his home to a verified profile, somebody who had showed airbnb government identification and had positive reviews

news just some newsjust in in the some news just in in the last 50 minutes, former world champion jenson buttonx in may. alonso, seen on the right, will miss the race to ta ke the right, will miss the race to take part in the indianapolis 500, with full support from the team and detention partner. he is replaced by his former team—mate, mclaren's reserve driver. first practice ahead of the bahrain grand prix will get under way at 1155, you can listen on bbc radio 5 live sports extra and the bbc sport website and up. manchester united manager jose mourinho says his side can only blame themselves for a lack of goals this season. they drew 1—1 in the first leg of their europa league quarterfinal against anderlecht in belgium. henrikh mkhitaryan scored the opener. but mourinho felt it was his attacking players who not only let his side down on the night but also the reason they haven't won more games throughout the entire campaign. we were very solid defensively. that is not just about the defenders, we were very solid defensively. that is notjust about the defenders, it is notjust about the defend

the total was nearing half a million short time ago, with lewis hamilton and jenson button amongst supporterss aware of what's happened. he's obviously a very positive lad. the first thing he started to do was to work out how to use a clutch with his hand. motor racing without legs is possible. this driver was injured while serving in afghanistan and has offered to help billy monger. i've beena offered to help billy monger. i've been a young man who lost his legs, obviously in different circumstances. i just think about billy, i've been in that position, you try and be strong in front of everybody. in your head, you'll still trying to make sense. formula for is a route to formula 1. drivers we re for is a route to formula 1. drivers were practising today, motor racing may be safer, it doesn't mean it's risk—free. what happened to billy monger is a reminder of what can happen to anyone. j wilson, bbc news. in the last few minutes that total has gone to over half £1 million. debenhams is to review the future of ten of its department stores, as more people take to the internet for their shopping

has reopened, lane closures are still in place. reopened, lane closures former world champion jenson buttonformula one. says he's delighted to be making he's agreed to race for mclaren at next month's monaco grand prix. button will replace fernando alonso. at next month's monaco grand prix. he's been granted permission to compete in the indy 500. the world—famous las vegas strip had to be closed last night after a fire broke out at one of the city's biggest casinos. huge flames were spotted near the roof of the bellagio hotel, which is at the centre of las vegas boulevard. emergency teams say they were able to bring it under control, but the location made the operation difficult. no injuries were reported. the operation difficult. the online accommodation booking company airbnb says it will improve its security, after a bbc investigation found that some people using the service had had their homes burgled by scammers using stolen accounts. had their homes burgled by scammers they hijacked profiles with verified badges and changed some personal details to pull off the thefts. badges and chan

jenson button looks set to replace fernando alonso for next month's monaco grand prix.e at the end of last season, but is contracted to mclaren as a reserve driver. the draw has been made for the first round of the world snooker championship that starts this saturday in sheffield. the defending champion mark selby will face fergal o'brien. and the five—time champion ronnie o'sullivan will play gary wilson. coverage from the crucible is across the bbc. that is all the sport for now. a bit more in the next hour. a bit more? a bit! thanks! now, yes, right! it's me! president assad claims that the there was no use of chemical weapons by his regime. even if we had them, we would not use them. we have never used our chemical arsenal in our history. so what happened? we cannot ta ke history. so what happened? we cannot take it seriously, but our information is that the united states are hand in glove with the terrorists and fabricated the story. it is one event, stage one, the play that we saw on the social networking and on tv, and the propaganda. stage two, with a military a

jenson button looks set to replace fernando alonso for next month's monaco grand prix.rmula one at the end of last season, but is contracted to mclaren as a reserve driver. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. 13 years ago, more than 1,000 people were taken hostage by chechen rebels at a school in beslan in russia. more than 330 people were killed after russian forces eventually stormed the building — half of those who died were children. today, the european court of human rights ruled that the russian government should have done more to prevent the bloodshed, and it awarded compensation of around £2.5 million to relatives. 0ne survivor has spoken to our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford. zhanna tsirikhova was held hostage with her two daughters. her youngest, liza was a week from year eighth birthday when she died in the siege. zhanna says she had no choice but to leave her fatally injured daughter inside the school. translation: at the beginning, i was telling my daughter and the other kids, don't worry, the authorities will save us. the child

the total is already over half a million, with lewis hamilton and jenson button amongst supporters.at's happened. he's obviously a very positive lad. the first thing he started to do was to work out how to use a clutch with his hand. motor racing with prosthetic legs is possible. david birrell lost his legs after he was injured while serving in afghanistan, and has offered to help billy monger. it put tears in my eyes. i've been a young man who lost his legs, obviously in different circumstances. ijust think about billy, i've been in that position, you try and be strong in front of everybody. in your head, you're still trying to make sense of it. formula 4 is a route to formula 1. drivers were practising today at thruxton. motor racing may be safer, it doesn't mean it's risk—free. what happened to billy monger is a reminder of what can happen to anyone. the country and bring wintry showers, especially in the north. let's ta ke let's take a look at the weather with darren bett. 18 degrees in north—east scotland, significantly colder by this time tomorrow, mind you. a mixture of weath

the total is already over half a million, with lewis hamilton and jenson button amongst supporters.was injured while serving in afghanistan, and has offered to help billy monger. it put tears in my eyes. i've been a young man who lost his legs, obviously in different circumstances. ijust think about billy, i've been in that position, you try and be strong in front of everybody. in your head, you're still trying to make sense of it. formula a is a route to formula 1. drivers here were practising today at thruxton. motor racing may be safer, it doesn‘t mean it‘s risk—free. what happened to billy monger is a reminder of what can happen to anyone. one of the most high profile figures in american tv news, bill o‘reilly, has lost his job after being accused of sexual harassment. his employer, 21st century fox, which owns the cable channel fox news, has confirmed he won‘t be returning from a break. he‘s claimed the allegations against him are unfounded. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson reports we have a contest on billoreilly.com — guess where bill‘s going. i‘ll have a full r

jenson button looks set to replace fernando alonso for next month's monaco grand prix. is contracted to mclaren as a reserve driver. that's all sport for now. will have more in the next hour. it will be good to see a winner! syria's president assad has given his first interview since last week's suspected chemical weapons attack. he's said reports of the attack by his forces are "100% fabricated". he's also claimed that syria's military has given up all chemical weapons. so there was no order to make any attack. we don't have any chemical weapons. we gave up our arsenal two years ago. even if we had them, we wouldn't use them, and we have never used our chemical arsenal in our history. so what happened? as i said, the only source is al-qaeda. we cannot take it seriously, but our impression is that the west, mainly the united states, is hand in glove with the terrorists. they fabricated the whole story in order to have a pretext for the attack. it wasn't an attack because of the attack in khan sheikhoun. it is one event. it is stage one — the play, that we saw on social

jenson button looks set to replace fernando alonso for next month's monaco grand prix. is contracted to mclaren as a reserve driver. that's all sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. and i'll have more in sportsday at half past six. the education secretary, justine greening, says she wants a new model of grammar schools in england which are open for everyone. she says she particularly wants to make sure there are stronger educational outcomes for what she refers to as ordinary working families and not just the privileged few. but new analysis from the government shows a majority of selective school places go to more affluent families. joining me now from our westminster studio is the chairman of the education select committee, neil carmichael, a conservative who has expressed doubts about the benefits of grammar schools to social mobility. iam i am wondering what you make of her announcement this morning. all the evidence when we found when our committee decided to do and evidence check was that ac

former world champion jenson button will replace fernando alonso for mclaren at the monaco grand prixis former team—mate, who is contracted as maclaren's reserve driver. first practice is under way ahead of this weekend's bahrain grand prix. for lewis hamilton and sebastian vettel injoint top for lewis hamilton and sebastian vettel in joint top of the driver's standings, you can follow the action on bbc radio 5 live sports extra and the bbc sport website. arsenal manager arsene wenger insists any discussions the club's board may be having about his future will not distract him from his job. he's also been speaking about his talisman alexis sanchez. the forward has been nominated for pfa player of the year but his contract ends next summer. there have been some reports he's been offered as much as £300,000 per week. first of all, i cannot confirm that we have offered that. secondly, we will do as always. we have to consider ourfinancial will do as always. we have to consider our financial potential to sustain the wages for the whole squad and what is for sure is what is paid per week i

jenson 500. just has the news died down they announced thatjenson button, they announced thatjenson button, the britishonso for one race only in monaco. it will be stunning, but first, let us focus too on events this weekend in bahrain. we had the first two practise sessions today. well, vettel was fastest in both and lewis hamilton was only tenth and fifth quickest. what conclusions can we reach from that? none, expect lewis to go very well this weekend but he will have a firm charge from ferrari and red bull. it will be a great weekend of action. great britain's cyclists have finally won a gold at this year's track world championships. it's in the women's omnium and it was won by katie archibald. the omnium is a multi event decided by points over four different races. archibald, who's the olympic champion, was second going into the final event, the points race, but she did enough to beat australia's amy cure. it's the second world title of her career but her first individual gold. i feel ifeel in pain primarily, but i feel privileged, to kind of pull it all in the en. that was a grippy race, i though

meanwhile it has become firm to the 2009 world champion jenson meanwhile it has become firm to the 2009 world championjenson buttone fernando alonso from mclaren at the monaco grand prix. but britain is still contracted as it —— but it is still contracted as it —— but it is still contracted as a reserve driver for mclaren. let's move on to football. it has been a busy day in the football league with seven —— several promotion and relegation permutations. no promotion party for writing just yet. they have taken another big step towards the premier league. the host began the better side before brighton to control and anthony knockaert scored near the end of the first half. wolves dominated possession after the break with its saves from david stockdale before knockaert sealed the victory. brighton will be as good as promoted if they beat wigan at the max on easter monday. newcastle a re easter monday. newcastle are closing in on promotion, playing leeds this evening. it is the visitors who have gone the closest so far. it is still goalless at the moment, 32 minutes on the clock. so, here are today's earlier results.

formula one world champions jenson button and lewis hamilton are among those to have supported the appealout and apparently he has already talked about getting back into a car. we have all of the weekend weather with matt, he is in harrowgate, but the sport first of all. good morning, we are talking manchester united this morning after they won last night and marcus rashford, not many people had heard of him but he has put himself firmly in the history books and the hearts of manchester united fans.