john watson is there for us. it is finely poised, john. it is finely poised, john.ng seat with their four wins out of four, that the six nations title now within their grasp and the grand slam as well if they can beat ireland here in the principality stadium later. ireland are very much still in the running. they have to beat wales and help scotland beat england at twickenham and england are still very much in the hunt and know that they need ireland to do them a favour and then they have to beat scotland at twickenham. which they will feel confident of doing when you consider that scotland have not beaten england at twickenham since 1983. eddiejones not beaten england at twickenham since 1983. eddie jones has not beaten england at twickenham since 1983. eddiejones has been at it again with the mind games suggesting that wales have been looking tired and perhaps ireland have peaked too soon despite the fa ct have peaked too soon despite the fact he knows that ireland have to do his side a huge favourite later. so with that match with scotland kicking off at five o'c

thanks to john watson thanks tojohn watson and the team. the headlines on bbc news.sa may has gone to strasbourg for talks with the european commission presidentjean—claude juncker in an effort to get last—minute concessions on the eu withdraw deal. mps at westminster are preparing for a crunch vote on the deal tomorrow. black box voice and data recorders have been found for the ethiopian airlines crash yesterday which killed 157 people on board. a teenager and a man have appeared in court in east london in relation with a murder. and on the financial markets, the ftse 100, with a murder. and on the financial markets, the ftse100, and the dax closed slightly up, a difficult day for shares in boeing after the model that has been involved in two crashes, one and ethiopia, and one in indonesia, last october. there is a may has flown to strasbourg to meet the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker. the minister prime hopes for a breakthrough which would persuade enough to vote for the brexit deal agreed in november but rejected by the commons last mont

.:58 john watson/lake oswego, oregonwe generally try to come down and hit because every year there's going to be some flowers but this year it's just incredible. special? oh, yeah. it's special. we're coming back in another ten days. there's still some coming on. 55 super blooms are rare, even though there was one in 2017. but a double bloom? 27 they didn't think about a two bloom season but that's what it's going to be. is that unusual? yes, very unusual. usually everything starts and everything happens at one time and then it's over. 44 kids and adults all clamoring across the desert... still cool enough for a light jacket... just to take pictures and mingle in the middle of fields that look like they were splashed with paint. there's more to see. a drive around borrego takes you by the galleta meadows and the fascinating metal sculptures of ricardo breceda. a towering serpent breaks the desert sand... and a giant scorpion faces off against a mammoth grasshopper. borrego springs benefactor dennis avery left dozens of metal creatures scatttered across the desert. the town of 35-hund

.:58 john watson/lake osgo come down and hit because every arbut this year it's just incredible. yeah. it's special. we're coming back in another ten days. there's still some coming on. 55 super blooms are rare, even though there was one in 2017. but a double bloom? 27 they didn't think about a two bloom season but that's what it's going to be. is that unusual? yes, very unusual. usually everything starts and everything happens at one time and then it's over. 44 kids and adults all clamoring across the desert... still cool enough for a light jacket... just to take pictures and mingle in the middle of fields that look like they were splashed with paint. there's more to see. a drive around borrego takes you by the galleta meadows and the fascinating metal sculptures of ricardo breceda. a towering serpent breaks the desert sand... and a giant scorpion faces off against a mammoth grasshopper. borrego springs benefactor dennis avery left dozens of metal creatures scatttered across the desert. the town of 35-hundred doubles in the winter with snow birds fleeing cold weather. and when t

john watson is in cardiff.hree teams can still win this championship, wales and in the championship with four wins. if they beat ireland then the six nations and the grand slam will be theirs,. we know ireland can still win following their success last year. they must beat wales and hope that scotland beat england. were that scotland beat england. were that to happen i feel england will feel they will be in the driving seat. they haven't won at twickenham since 1983. it is set up beautifully heading into the final weekend of the six nations championship. one thing is for certain, if wales when the six nations and the grand slam will be theirs. it's also the final round of the women's six nations this weekend with england hosting scotland at twickenham tonight. the red roses have dominated the tournament this year, scoring more than 50 points in three of their four macthes so another win this evning will earn them the grand slam. we have to treasure every moment that we are in a position to win trophies and gran

john watson is in cardiff.nd then the six nations and the grand slam will be theirs,.

let's cross live to cardiff, john watson's is there. that was quite a performance from wales, wasn't it? what a performance the. what a performance wales knew what they had to do. the island here, and not only with the six nations title, but with the grant slam as well. they dominated ireland throughout they got to the best possible start after just one minute they got to the best possible start afterjust one minute when starting asi afterjust one minute when starting as i have come through a lovely little ship behind the irish defence. it was all about gareth who punished some rare irish discipline throughout. the penalty throughout. they my pendency throughout the second half as well as one 25 points to seven. second half as well as one 25 points to the six nations t57; f 7 m n second half as well as one 25 points to the six nations would q, f 7 m n in the six nations if they would have been be today. in the end, it was surprising errors from johnny. a lot of wayward cakes. it wasn't unusualfor a lot of wayward cakes. it wasn't unusua

john watson is in cardiff for us. thank you. as you say, three teams could win the six nations.ur. the need to beat ireland later and the grand slam will be theirs. as we know, ireland could still do it. they have to beat wales and hope scotla nd it. they have to beat wales and hope scotland beat england at twickenham later on. ireland, a lot of talk about that defeat in the opening match of this campaign. the eye the reigning grand slam champions and could follow it up with another title. england ? could follow it up with another title. england? the eyes of the team. they could still win it. —— they are the third team. theyjust need to beat scotland and then the six nations will be theirs. if that we re six nations will be theirs. if that were to happen, england will feel positive they could win the six nations because scotland haven't won at twickenham since 1983. it feels that england will be buoyed from that. eddiejones that england will be buoyed from that. eddie jones is that england will be buoyed from that. eddiejones is confident. he is saying wales are tired. and that

sport now, and with all the rugby and football action, there has been plenty of it, john watson is atce have arrested a man after an incident involving aston villa captain jack grealish at st andrews. the game was stopped briefly as a fan jumped out of the crowd and appeared to aim a punch at the villa captain. the person in question was led away by stewards and police and grealish was ok and able to continue, even going on score the winning goal for villa. after the game grealish said... but as you can imagine, both clubs condemning the action of that support are concerned. with just eight games of the season remaining, liverpool are back to within a point of the league leaders manchester city after a 11—2 win over burnley. sadio mane and roberto firmino with two goals apiece. david dom reports. it's not been easy to score against liverpool this season and it even harder to score from a corner but under this match pressure from james tarkowski, it's clear to see why the set piece cleared everyone. failing to bail out tom heaton, roberto firmino had the easy finish. adam alanna showed

john watson has all the sport.sooner than expected. claudio has into the call returned to his boyhood club as roma attempts to revive their season. the experienced manager here in rome arriving back and lots of photographers and paparazzi out to greet him. he will replace francesco who was sacked on thursday. sacked by fulham last week after just three wins thursday. sacked by fulham last week afterjust three wins in 17 games in charge, but roma clearly feel he's the right man to steer them for the remainder of the season. he's back home, his home city of rome and will bea home, his home city of rome and will be a second spell charge of the club between 2009 in 2011 and he very close to winning the title there. until the end of the season desperate to finish in the top four and of course there were knocked out this week. it's been quite a week for roma. not that of the champions league. 0n for roma. not that of the champions league. on thursday of this asked their head coach and friday has been very busy because he

.:58 john watson/lake oswego, oregonwe generally try to come down and hit because every year there's be some flowers but this year it's just incredible. special? oh, yeah. it's special. we're coming back in another ten days. there's still some coming on. 55 super blooms are rare, even though there was one in 2017. but a double bloom? 27 they didn't think about a two bloom season but that's what it's going to be. is that unusual? yes, very unusual. usually everything starts and everything happens at one time and then it's over. 44 kids and adults all clamoring across the desert... still cool enough for a light jacket... just to take pictures and mingle in the middle of fields that look like they were splashed with paint. there's more to see. a drive around borrego takes you by the galleta meadows and the fascinating metal sculptures of ricardo breceda. a towering serpent breaks the desert sand... and a giant scorpion faces off against a mammoth grasshopper. borrego springs benefactor dennis avery left dozens of metal creatures scatttered across the desert. the town of 35-hundred doubl

john watson is at the principality stadium in cardiff.r warren gatland? unprecedented success. no head coach has ever done that in the six nations or the five nations before that. massive moment for him, it would be. and for his team, it is going to be such a special day today. any bar or public house, it is all people are talking about. if wales beat ireland, what a party it will be in cardiff. they are on the brilliant run, wales, the meanest defence. hard for ireland arguably to score later. they could extend their streak to 14 matches. much hinges on the roof which is closed at the moment at the principality stadium. the rain is falling quite heavily already. it is closed because the sponsors‘ nines are being painted on the pitch. no one wants to see their handiwork smudge. —— sponsors‘ nines. it will be very special. everyone has the image of warren as a big, tough couch. he said even he cries. 12 yea rs couch. he said even he cries. 12 years in charge, could win a third grand slam. even he might shed a tear or two. will he get his w

i am joined by the former prime minister, sir john major, tom watson, deputy leader of the labour partyied to talk us through what is going to be an extraordinary week. the paper is talking about a general election being announced on wednesday. is that true? 0ne being announced on wednesday. is that true? one of the many things we will talk about at ten o'clock. join me then. i notice he said, try to talk us through what is going to happen! it's been described as uber, but for haircuts, a new barber service offering male grooming on the go. it's the idea of a group of entrepreneurs based in london. dougal shaw has more. this may look like an ordinary van on an ordinary street but there's something a bit different going on here. this is actually a mobile barbershop. it's a sight londoners might have to get used to if one young entrepreneur has his way. so when we originally created the idea, we modelled the customer model, we modelled the experience around someone like me, young, black male. he's been running his business for a year now from these offices in brixton, south london. more t

john, erica? >> ivan watson for us. we know new zealand is different from the united states. 4.5 million people, 350 million people here. the second amendment in the united states. all we are noting is it took six days to do something, reach consensus. that's been unable to even come close to in the united states. >>> president trump insisted that he wants the american people to see the mueller report. >> would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of this? >> 100%. >> are you going to talk to mueller? >> i'm looking forward to it actually. >> to reach a higher standard you would do it under oath? >> i would do it under oath. >> mr. president would you still like to testify to special counsel mueller? >> i would love to speak. i would love to go. nothing i would love more. >> what we just played for you obviously was the history of what the president claimed he would be willing to do in the robert mueller investigation. he claimed he would be willing to testify before robert mueller. that never happene

john. >> all right. ivan watson for us in new zealand. again, there is wide, broad-base support for this action there which is different than the united states. i want to bring in amy stoddard, david gregory. david, there are many differences between new zealand and the united states, 4.5 million people versus 350 million people. the united states has a second amendment where gun rights and ownership sei ownership is enshrined in the founding papers of this country. yet the contrast there is extraordinary. six days to take some broad-based action that receives wide support. where in the united states despite the fact that we have a plague of mass shootings and the commonality of the weapons that are used, there has been very little action. >> yeah. and it's striking because the polarization in our country, particularly around the gun action in our country where we have call for safety measures that congress has never been able to pull off or a president has been able to get past makes it so difficult. but there are big differences. we hav

embassy link labor friends of israel party independent group john ryan and other connections to this group the labor friends of israel tom watson deputy editor of the leader of the labor party. do you think they took tom watson deputy leader of the labor party they were friends of israel a trip to israel is to raise them a holding the fort here for palestinian rights and international law against a parliament that isn't really as for united nations resolutions as palestine is not the issue or a partisan issue it's a you cage it's a cross spot issue if you go back to the vote about the recognition of the state of palestine which is an act still in waiting or being executed by the government which is the one act that would actually end up saving all of us both the palestinians and israelis and within the actually buying time for the dying body of that was that solution and we could go a month to recognize a set of palestine and hence the whole night its own policy of wanting to see two states the argument that the recognition has to come off the peace has been tested for twenty seven years and failed this is a moment when we requ

watson, thank you. >>> a top white house adviser says president trump will be disappointed when north korea conducts a new missile test. >> johnton spoke after the release show activity at a rocket facility near pyongyang. both said in a tv interview he did not want to spec late what the images meant but the u.s. is always watching. take a listen. >> the president has been very clear he's not going to make the mistakes of prior administrations. ask one mistake the prior administration has been made poertly was assuming they would come ply when they undertake obligations. the north koreans have pledged to give up their program beginning in 1992 with the denuclearization agreement. they never seem to get around. that's run within to pay cloengs attention. we'll see what they are doing now. we see it unblinkingly. >> bolton says the u.s. has leverage right now in any. >>> the british government is defending itself actions after the the death of an isis member's baby in syria. >> the top difficult shoubt it she used the term daesh, an act nism for isis. >>> she knew when she made the decision to join daesh she was going to a count

ivan watson is in kries church, new zealand, with this exclusive. ivan, what have you seen? >> reporter: good morning, john. new zealand police say the death toll could have been much, much worse if not for the swift work of law enforcement here. this exclusive video obtained by cnn shows that the suspect was shooting at pedestrians while driving between two mosques that were targeted during this terrorist attack. security camera footage from what was soon to become new zealand's darkest day. this video from march 15th shows people casually strolling past at 1:42 in the afternoon. it's filmed from a camera on a hoe at the located around 300 meters from the al noor mosque. second later a series of gunshots ring out from what appear to be two different types of firearms. and even though this is the start of a deadly terrorist attack, passersby still have no idea what is unfolding nearby. it isn't until nearly four minutes later that pedestrians show signs of alarm. and then, this car appears. the driver honks his horn to get pedestrians' attention and then shoots through the passenger side window at a man on

john and erica. >> this is us. this was an attack on all of us. that was the message from the prime minister there. the outpouring of emotion important to see. ivan watson, thank you very much. >>> there are new signals that the special counsel's russia investigation could be wrapping up soon, like very soon. cnn's kara scannell life in washington with the latest signs. kara. >> that's right. we are on high alert for the mueller report, but there have been signs in the last week or two that this is coming close to a conclusion. last week paul manafort was one of the first people indicted in the mueller investigation were he was sensed to 7.5 years in prison. the former national security adviser michael flynn was one of the first major players to plead guilty in the investigation. now the special counsel's office says that his cooperation is complete. andrew weissman, he was the top mueller investigator, he prosecuted these cases, he's very close to robert mueller. he's now leaving the office. they've announced he's leaving. and congress is even readying for this with the house unanimously passing last week a bill to make the mueller report public. so we

speaker, john bercow, announced he would prevent a third vote on the prime minister's brexit deal unless there were substantial changes. let's speak to our political correspondent, iain watsonwho's at westminster for us this morning. constitutional crisis? certainly, if it is not a crisis, it is a piece of constitutional history in the making. john bercow had to go back to the 1600, saying you can't simply go back to parliament with the same proposal over and over again in the same parliament. she is off to brussels to meet european leaders at the end of the week, and he has taken it off the table. that is the crisis at the moment, but i think from what may happen in the future, it is nonetheless an additional barrierfor it is nonetheless an additional barrier for theresa may to try to get her brexit deal through. always worried about asking this question, but what do we expect to happen next? it is a very febrile atmosphere at westminster, john bercow has been standing up for the rights of parliament, some say, others saying that he has tried to sabotage brexit itself. effectively, theresa may has to go to brussels at the end of this week, talk to european leaders, and ask

hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm john watson. the headlines... the ultimate dream for solskjaer as his position is made permanent. iamso i am so honoured and privileged to be given this fantastic responsibility to move us forward. there was an honour for captain kane at buckingham palace... england's women sign off in style after a twenty20 whitewash over sri lanka. also ahead tonight... was it worth the wait? bronze at long last for britain's four—man bob. it's the news that most, if not everyone in football was expecting. 0le gunnar solskjaer has been appointed the permanent manager of manchester united on a three—year deal. champions league qualification this season the aim. beyond that, a premier league title, the expectation. our sports correspondent, david 0rnstein, is at old trafford. he said himself it is the job he a lwa ys he said himself it is the job he always wanted. he has got it, and presumably, a lot of hard work sta rts presumably, a lot of hard work starts now. there is indeed, john. he was delighted today, you couldn't wipe the

with all the sport now, here's john watson at the bbc sport centre.n course to win rugby union's six nations championship. their 18—11 victory over scotland at murrayfield makes it four wins from four, keeping warren gatland's side on course for the grand slam. england could still pip them to the title after beating italy 57—14, with one round remaining. joe wilson reports. in edinburgh's scenic centre, spring's delicate colours unfold. wales, everywhere was wales. at murrayfield, watchjosh adam's moves out on the wing, ball in his hands, and thenjinking and sprinting his way to the line. wales had a fast start. and wales have the first try. scotland's own attacking spirit ran into the welsh defence, fiercely drilled and disciplined. while scotland hoped to succeed, wales expected to — that's what confidence does toa team. jonathan davies was too strong here and wales led by nine points at half—time. there was only one way scotland could succeed. if they couldn't go through wales, they'd have to go round them. ball slipped inside and then out to the w

coming up on afternoon live all the sport — john watson.flecting on rory michael roy's a success and revealing who is stepping in to save tea m revealing who is stepping in to save team sky. quieter weather to come but parts of the uk being affected by flooding after the heavy rain. we will take look at some pictures of that and how wet it has been, people forecast coming up. also coming up — meet ‘messenger‘ — the largest bronze—cast sculpture in the uk arriving in plymouth sound by barge — as she makes her way to be installed outside the city's theatre royal. hello everyone — this is afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. just hearing from the mayor of utrecht that the death toll in this morning's attack has risen to three, three people have been killed as a result of a shooting on a tramp. immediate manhunt is under way. others were injured in the attack in the dutch city of utrecht and police say it appears to be a terrorist incident with the head of security saying it appeared to be a serious incident with a manhunt under way. please have r

john watson is at the principality stadium in cardiff.dt wanted? not yet. it is raining in cardiff, the roof is closed but we are told it will open before kick—off. it is closed because the grounds people are painting the sponsor is' names on the pitch. no one wants some rain to ruin their handiwork. it will be open later. what a weekend. six nations weekends are always special, especially standing on the brink of winning, but winning all of your matches, the grand slam, cardiff was buzzing last night. you can imagine what it will be if they produce the goods later on, signing off in such style. and for warren gatland, his last six nations match. a british and irish lion. if they beat france in their opening match, they will win the grand sum, it was said. true to his word? wales have obviously been the form team. they came up against a formidable irish team. —— they come up against a formidable irish team. but if i was a betting manl irish team. but if i was a betting man i would go for wales. warren gatland says his team has forgotten h

just before we go, a reminder that sportsday is on the bbc news channel at 6:30 this evening, john watson'sm the sky, the iron age h i llfo rt seen from the sky, the iron age hillfort maiden castle in dorset is spectacular, and it is also home to 2,000 sheep, farmed byjohn hoskin. gates taken off its hinges, back in, load up the sheet from of the castle. john has had sheep stolen from him every year and he is losing more each time. last year was the worst we have had in terms of what was taken. that was ewes and their lambs four weeks old, they were worth 200 pounder couple. could you put a figure on how much it has cost you? over the years, i suppose between a0 and £50,000, at least. it is demoralising, to be quite honest. and as a family, we get really annoyed about it, very annoyed. and john is not the only one losing more sheep to thieves. the number of animals reported stolen across england and wales jumped from just over 6020 16 to nearly 10,000 last year. so we are looking out for livestock raiders... with nearly 400 reports of sheep theft, only one resulted in anyone being charged.

let's get a round up of the day's sport — and john watson is at the bbc sports centre.ast night, the europa league returns this evening. the competition has reached the last sixten stage with chelsea hosting dynamo kiev in an 8 o'clock kick off, while in around 20 minutes arsenal kick off in france against rennes. it is very important moment for us, for both us and them. we prepared thinking the best of rennes, and also for the good players, to push our game also for the good players, to push ourgame plan also for the good players, to push our game plan with our capacity, quality. but we know we need to play two matches with a big part from us to battle them. and another big game to battle them. and another big game to come at the weekend as well. the tottenham manager mauricio pochettino has called the fa's two match touchline ban unfair. pochettino appeared to confront referee mike dean after his side's defeat at burnley last month. he's also been fined £10,000. pochettino says he will wait to hear the fa's reasons for the length of ban before deciding whether to appe