the first game of the new season sees leeds rhinos at st helens.new team, leigh centurions, they are the first team to win automatic promotion for ten years. tanya arnold has more. 0na on a chilly february morning, the 12 clu bs on a chilly february morning, the 12 clubs gathered to launch this season ‘s super league at the home of the newcomers, leigh. commentator: the ball is kept alive again. would you believe it! they were promoted last season believe it! they were promoted last season and are back in the top flight season and are back in the top flight for the first time since 2005. they intend to enjoy it. who knows. leicester city in the previous year, you never know. it'll be good for super leacock, a fresh face in here. we like to play rugby -- it'll be face in here. we like to play rugby —— it'll be good for super league. we wa nt —— it'll be good for super league. we want to put the town back on the map and some smiles on some faces. we can start the season as champions after beating warrington in last year ‘s grand final. they face salfo

leeds. the oppertdnitytdljveeuptd here. but the rhinos this is as it here.s this is as much about beginnings of starting again. last year was one to forget. that the only score of the first half. it was a leeds it lead the did not last long. points are always ha rd to not last long. points are always hard to come by. still this extraordinary try saving tackle was as good as it got. both now going close and neither quite able to add further points. st helens with the slender victory but the optimism for the season ahead remains firmly intact. 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. 0ur sports correspondent, joe wilson, spent the day at england's base. another training 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 eng

burgess scored a hat—trick as his side became the first super league club to win the trophy since leeds rhinoseading in the game. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. hello there, good morning. 12 or 13 degrees quite widely on sunday. the north—east of scotland reached 1a degrees, air has come in from the middle of the atlantic and will continue to do so although we will see temperatures drop away from the north as we get to the latter part of the week. a lot of cloud out there. overnight tonight it will spill its way in from the west. some of the cloud will be quite low across western areas and there will be at least some rain to be had in the far north and west first thing in the morning. it will be a mild night. nine or 10 degrees, fairly typical for most major towns and cities. those sort of temperatures we should see in the daytime at this time of year. a grey start for many. the weather front is not particularly intense in terms of rainfall but there is wetter weather to be had and windy conditions in the far north—west. in the far south—west ther

and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: find out if the leeds rhinos could hold onto the lead, and beatn the first match of the new superleague season. good evening. record numbers of patients spent more than four hours in accident and emergency units in england in january, according to figures leaked to the bbc. during a difficult winter for the nhs, january seems to be the worst performing month in the past 13 years. the figures also suggest record numbers of people waited longer than 12 hours for a hospital bed, once they'd been seen. the doctors‘ union, the bma, has accused the government of failing to grasp the seriousness of the situation, as our health editor hugh pym reports. scenes like this on bbc news this week have highlighted the immense strain being felt across the nhs. here at royal blackburn hospital, rated as good by inspectors, some patients waited up to 13 hours in a&e. some had to sit on the floor. official figures have confirmed that it was the worst decemberfor waits since modern records began. today at hillingdon hospital in west london, things were a bit calmer,

the first match of the rugby league super league season is underway, with leeds rhinos trying to put is one of the great rivalries of recent seasons and 15 minutes in, both sides are feeling their way to the new season and have yet to score. in rugby union, there is potentially good news for the welsh team, head of their six nations match against england on saturday. george north has been named in that tea m george north has been named in that team for the match in cardiff. they are both hoping that he and fly—half dan biggar will be fully fit. two experienced players, the experienced players first, george in the wide channels, and dan, you know, through his experience and leadership. we are giving them every opportunity to be fit. england have also made two changes. harlequins flankerjack clifford, will make, just his second start, replacing tom wood who drops to the bench. clifford will be part of an inexperienced back row which will have a total ofjust 20 caps to its name. jack nowell also comes in. forjonny may on the wing. great britain play turkey in the fed cup tomorrow, looki

start to the new super league season, but st helens fans won't care, as they beat their old rivals leeds rhinoso more games tonight, including newly promoted leigh centurians at castleford there's another big weekend ahead in the six nations. scotland are in france on sunday, ireland travel to rome to face italy tomorrow, while the roof will be open for the match between wales and england in cardiff, and that is what england wanted. coach eddiejones, had suggested he wasn't bothered and thinks wales may have some other tricks up their sleeve. we are prepared to win. we entrepreneur prepared for anything that might go on. it is a great opportunity to play in one of the great stadiums in the world. what are the shenanigans you're prepared for? i don't know, they're a cunning lot the welsh, they have got gates and daffodils and everything, who knows? great britain's fed cup team have had a good start to their final tie, heather watson winning her first match. thank you. see you later. as we've been hearing, the health secretary, jeremy hunt, says it's "completely unacceptable" that some patients i