leicester had to respond but players were missing.n, dropped by the manager after covid breaches, leicester described as extremely disappointing. leicester did have him there. now, west ham throw away another three goal lead, could they? and him again. david told his players there was just one minute left. leicester with just one goal behind and here is how close they came to an equaliser. joe wilson, bbc news. asjoe wilson said there, leicester's preparations were hampered before the game as james maddison, hamza choudhury and ayoze perez were left out for breaching covid—i9 protocols. the team was poor for the first hour today and brendan rodgers shared his thoughts afterwards. they're good boys. they're all good lads. i work closely with them, and there is no animosity, it's nothing like that, but we have a value to how we work on a daily basis and how we prepare for games. if anyone falls short of that, thenwe have to move on without them. a huge result at the bottom of the premier league for newcastle after their 2—1 win at burnl

with 20 minutes to go it looks like leicester will play chelsea in the fa cup final.all for now. thanks for watching and good night. some areas today have been basking in warm april sunshine, but not everywhere. a weak weather front across scotland and northern ireland, producing more cloud than england and wales. a little bit of patchy rain. in england and wales, there has been plenty of sunshine. another dry day. this weather system sitting to our west, overnight it will take the rain away from scotland and northern ireland before bringing it back in later on monday and into tuesday. 0vernight, despite the cloud, it will become mainly dry. parts of eastern scotland will turn clearer, but england and wales, plenty of clear skies. some low cloud, mist and fog in parts of eastern england, but when it is clear, a chance of frost going into the morning. with cloud, temperature is well above freezing. that will be north—west scotland tomorrow. some rain into the western isles, perhaps into the far north—west of the mainland and western counties of northern ireland. the be

leicester tigers are through to the final of the european challenge cup after beating ulster 33—24 atickenham, which will take place in front of a crowd of 10,000 spectators. three games in rugby league's super league tonight, top of the table st helens beat bottom side leigh, whilst this try from jake trueman helped castleford to a comfortable win over salford and in the other game, the in form catalans won at strugglers wakefield. ineos grenadiers have relinquished their lead of the tour of romandie after stage four of the race in switzerland. a late breakaway by marc soler saw the spaniard take the stage victory and move into the overall lead. britain's geraint thomas finished in the chasing pack and is up to second place, but is ia seconds adrift. a crash cost his ineos team mate rohan dennis the lead. the crucible theatre in sheffield is set to be at full capacity from sunday for the final of the world snooker championship. the tournament has been part of the government's pilot events for the safe return of spectators to venues. i think it is a monumental moment, to see people's

so, i do feel bad the — leicester and southampton.hampton. so, i do feel bad the pans won't _ leicester and southampton. so, i do feel bad the pans won't see - leicester and southampton. so, i do feel bad the pans won't see their i feel bad the pans won't see their team, _ feel bad the pans won't see their team, but— feel bad the pans won't see their team, but i'm looking forward to getting _ team, but i'm looking forward to getting the stadium again. so far, encland is getting the stadium again. so far, england is the _ getting the stadium again. so far, england is the only _ getting the stadium again. so far, england is the only part _ getting the stadium again. so far, england is the only part of- getting the stadium again. so far, england is the only part of the i getting the stadium again. so far, england is the only part of the uk| england is the only part of the uk to ease up this much. outdoor hospitality is not allowed anywhere else until the end of the month. catherine burns, bbc news. the latest government figures show ther

fans are back at wembley this evening with 4,000 in attendance for the fa cup semi final between leicester a short while ago and its currently goalless. you can hear live commentary now on bbc radio 5 live. chelsea await the winners in next month's final. having won a remarkable four trebles in a row, celtic are going to end this season with nothing in their trophy cabinet after rangers knocked them out in the last 16 of the scottish cup at ibrox. it's just over five years since celtic last lost in this competition, but they were behind on ten minutes thanks to steven davis' brilliant early goal. rangers were two up well before half time, with and an own goal from celtic�*sjonjoe kenny doubling their lead. celtic�*s misery was compounded as allan mcgregor saved 0dsonne edouard's penalty withjust over ten minutes to go. rangers have now won four of the last five old firm derbies and are on course for a league and cup double. they'll play stjohnstone next. and hibs are also through to the quarter finals after they won 4—0 at league 2 stranraer. this free kick from kevin nisbet put them 2 up.

southampton versus leicester city took time to get going.mate. commentator: iheanacho is a master finisher these days. | and look, they had friends in the stadium. new supporters or old? well, real—life reaction is what football's missed, and there could be new winners of this oldest competition. come on! leicester are in the final. joe wilson, bbc news, at wembley. well, nasa is attempting to make history with the first powered flight on another planet. it will launch a small helicopter called ingenuity from the surface of mars. on board is a small piece of history from earth, a tiny square of material from the wright brothers' plane that first flew over a century ago. as our science correspondent rebecca morelle reports, it's a trial of technology that could transform how we explore distant worlds. mission control: the parachute has deployed and we're seeing... this mission has already revealed mars as never seen before, with the first ever footage of a thrilling descent, as the rover is lowered down to the martian surface. touchdown confi

leicester have never lifted the trophy.s are still on for the double in scotland after getting the better of their old firm rivals celtic in the scottish cup. a month after securing the league title, steven gerrard�*s side won 2—0 at ibrox to reach the quarter—finals, where they�*ll face stjohnstone. hibs also won today. we�*ve had 14 ties in the women�*s fa cup today. there was a west midlands derby as birmingham city women beat coventry united ladies 5—1 at solihull. sarah mayling scored twice to see them reach the last 16. the second formula one grand prix of the season had it all — a huge crash and a storming drive from lewis hamilton to make it onto the podium. but it was max verstappen�*s red bull that took the chequered flag in italy. adam wild reports. arriving in the sunshine, heading out in the rain. imola in the springtime — who knows what to expect? it�*s lights out and away we go... well, reigning champion lewis hamilton at the front felt familiar enough, but behind him, the looming threat of red bull. that wou

southampton versus leicester city took time to get going. the perseverance of iheanacho to break the stalemate. iheanacho is a master finisher these days. and look, they had friends in the stadium. new supporters or old? well, real—life reaction is what football's missed and there could be new winners of this oldest competition. come on! leicester are in the final. joe wilson, bbc news, at wembley. rangers are still on for the double in scotland after beating their old firm rivals celtic in the scottish cup. a month after securing the league title, steven gerrard's side won 2—0 at ibrox to reach the quarter—finals, where they'll face stjohnstone. hibs also won today. we've had 14 ties in the women's fa cup today. there was a west midlands derby as birmingham city women beat coventry united ladies 5—1 at solihull. sarah mayling scored twice to see them reach last 16. the second formula one grand prix of the season had it all; a huge crash and a brilliant drive from lewis hamilton to make it onto the podium, but it was max verstappen�*s red bu

he was no doubt equally happy to see leicester win that game 2—1 in the end.h is where chelsea are playing tonight against real madrid. we will keep you updated on the bbc news channel. that is all for now. good night. good evening. there's been a lot of dry weather around this april, and at times some sunshine, but the real weather feature has certainly been the frost. april 2021 is going to be the frostiest for over 60 years. in fact, there has been an air frost somewhere every night so far this month. will that change? potentially, yes, because we've seen some rain in the forecast today. this was york earlier on this afternoon. and if we take a look at the satellite picture and the rain radar combined, you can see how extensive that cloud has been and how widespread the showers have been, pushing in on a stiff easterly breeze. the exception with the sunshine down into the far southeast, but as we go through the evening and overnight, the cloud and the showers will drift their way steadily south and west was not that's going to prevent temperatures from fall

asjoe wilson reported there, leicester's preparations were hampered before the game as james maddisont out for breaching covid—i9 protocols. the team was poor for the first hour today and brendan rodgers didn't hold back afterwards. they are good boys. they are all good lads. i work closely with them, and there is no animosity, it's nothing like that, but we have a value to how we work on a daily basis and how we prepare for games. if anyone falls short of the then we have to move on without them. a huge result at the bottom of the premier league for newcastle as they won 2—1 at burnley. they came from behind — trailing with matej vydra scoring from close range for the home side. allan saint maximan inspired newcastle's comeback. he setupjacob murphy to fire them level before he finished off a fine solo effortjust five minutes later to lift steve bruce's side six points clear of fulham — with a game in hand. a thing of beauty! worth getting that dancing- — a thing of beauty! worth getting that dancing. good _ a thing of beauty! worth getting that dancing. good moves. - in the scottish

leicester tigers are through to the final of the european challenge cup after beating ulster 33—24 ath, whilst this try from jake trueman helped castleford to a comfortable win over salford and in the other game, the in form catalans won at strugglers wakefield. ineos grenadiers have relinquished their lead of the tour of romandie after stage four of the race in switzerland. a late breakaway by marc soler saw the spaniard take the stage victory and move into the overall lead. britain's geraint thomas finished in the chasing pack and is up to second place, but is 14 seconds adrift. a crash cost his ineos team mate rohan dennis the lead. a crash cost his ineos teammate rohan dennis the lead. the crucible theatre in sheffield is set to be at full capacity from sunday for the final of the world snooker championship. the tournament has been part of the government's pilot events for the safe return of spectators to venues. i think it's a monumental moment to see people's faces as well again. we ran this event behind closed doors last year and it's been really emotional to see people that ha

remind us why leicester was in this - us why leicester was in this particular situation.all in this— happened over the summer, we were all in this situation in march. tickets— all in this situation in march. tickets started to come down. what happened _ tickets started to come down. what happened in leicester is that we had a slightly— happened in leicester is that we had a slightly different profile. it rises — a slightly different profile. it rises more slowly and forms more slowly _ rises more slowly and forms more slowly. that is difficult when restrictions ease. over the summer we had _ restrictions ease. over the summer we had figures that were considerably higher than other parts of the _ considerably higher than other parts of the country. that is when the conversation around local lockdown is was _ conversation around local lockdown is was in _ conversation around local lockdown is was in place. it is conversation around local lockdown is was in place-— is was in place. it is rather difficult- — is was in place. it is rather difficult. this _ is was in place. it

in leicester, -2. just above freezing. in leicester, —2. you can see why.ll will make it feel more like —5 in aberdeen. wrap up warm if you are out and about today. this evening and overnight, snow showers. fewer during the night. under clear skies, temperatures will drop and there will be a risk of ice and a widespread frost. these are overnight lows. tomorrow we start with dry weather and a fair bit of sunshine. still some wintry showers in the north, some getting into the west and coming down the north sea where we have that gusty wind. towards the west, an approaching weather front will increase cloud and we will see rain in northern ireland later on. in scotland, england and wales, more cloud through the course of the day but there will be brighter skies. cold in the east. temperatures a little bit higher out towards the west. on thursday, still a fair bit of cloud around. still some showers. a weather front drifting across scotland. this is where the front bringing rain. but the temperature is, quite a difference. will it last? friday, we have light b

competition is what football is about and it allows leicester to win the premier league.lubs, don't forget, not by competitive achievement, and it undermines all the principles we teach children who come into our beautiful game about how you work hard in order to get to your local community club promoted to the next level. 50 community club promoted to the next level. ., community club promoted to the next level, ., ., community club promoted to the next level. ., ., , , ., level. so what now? the super league teams want — level. so what now? the super league teams want to — level. so what now? the super league teams want to carry _ level. so what now? the super league teams want to carry on _ level. so what now? the super league teams want to carry on playing - level. so what now? the super league teams want to carry on playing in - teams want to carry on playing in their domestic leagues but uefa say their domestic leagues but uefa say their players could be banned, potentially even from the world cup, while the government have also condemned the proposals. we are auoin

a more threatening leicester. his shot was deflected out of harms way. had won their last 1a away games. anyone can score in this team. the left back, for one. a pass to the eye of a needle. a pass to the eye of a needle. so seemingly no stopping manchester city — lets hear now from manager pep guardiola they defend very well, the defendant good but we need to be patient, to wait for the right moment and, yes, it came at the right time i think. as for the game of the day? well look no further than stamford bridge where fourth placed chelsea were stunned by relegation threatened west brom. notjust beaten but hammered by five goals to two — although manager sam allardyce says they've still got a long way to go to avoid the drop. nesta mcgregor watched this one... going into today's game chelsea were unbeaten, a run stretching back 1a games in that look to continue with a little help from the post. a minute later a key moment in the match. a second yellow for a late tackle. with half—time approaching some other guys probably had the team talk mapped out wou

southampton versus leicester city took time to get going.a master finisher these days. | and look, they had friends in the stadium. new supporters or old? well, real—life reaction is what football's missed and there could be new winners of this oldest competition. come on! leicester are in the final. joe wilson, bbc news, at wembley. nasa is attempting to make history with the first powered flight on another planet. it will launch a small helicopter, called ingenuity, from the surface of mars. on board is a small piece of history from earth — a tiny square of material from the wright brothers plane that first flew over a century ago. as our science correspondent rebecca morelle reports, it's a trial of technology that could transform how we explore distant worlds. the parachute has deployed and we're seeing... this mission has already revealed mars as never seen before, with the first ever footage of a thrilling descent, as the rover is lowered down to the martian surface. touchdown confirmed. now, nasa is ready to make history again. this t

kalpesh is living in the heart of leicester's indian community.an people. he tells me how difficult it's been being away from his family in india. my brother and my mother is positive and they are in quarantine at the moment. i regularly touch base with them. immediate family members we've got from my in law's side as well and my brother's in—laws as well. which is sadly, they have passed away. one of the family members, they mentioned they had been carrying a lot of cash in their hand, that if someone can sell the oxygen... but unfortunately, we heard that his father passed away, just a lack of oxygen. like here in leicester, british indian communities across the country have strong family and cultural links to india. now, many can only watch helplessly as their loved ones face a crisis. i am very helpless. i can't do anything from here. the only thing i can do is to call them and ask them how they are and how they are coping. is there anything i can help from here? and they say, no, you can't do anything from there. so it is sad. he gives his br

the easing of lockdown must come as a relief for people in leicester.has been under restrictions for more than a year, and martine is there for us this morning. you are looking very relaxed, martine, and also quite cold! yeah, my feet are a little on the nippy side, but i'm sure it will warm up, it is a beautiful day here in leicester, we are in knighton, an historic part of the city, in the gorgeous garden of the craddock arms, in a pub which like many across the country is reopening after weeks of shutdown, along with after weeks of shutdown, along with a lot of shops we will finally be able to shop in for the first time from today. one of those brands we will know very well from the high street is the clothing brand joules, and the ceo is here now. based in market harborough, a long time coming, how have you been preparing? it is a long time coming, but we have really been looking forward to it. as you would expect, over the last few weeks, making sure the stores are set up from a product perspective, but also from a health and safety approach to ens

hello, i'm tulson tollet and this is your sports news where we start with football and leicester city12 minutes in and the south londoners held that advantage until the half time break. five minutes after the interval timothy castagne levelled matters and then a wonder strike from the in form kelechi iheanacho put the foxes in front for his 14th goal in his last 14 games. and here is confirmation of the top of the table. leicester have strengthened their hold on a top four finish finish with that win, they are now seven points clear of west ham in fifth. reading and former england player fara williams has announced she'll retire from professional football at the end of the season. the 37—year—old is england's most capped player with 172 appearances for the lionesses. williams said on social media that it had been a pleasure and a privilege to have had a career of more than 20 years within the women's game. it's been confirmed that former arsenal players thierry henry, dennis bergkamp and patrick vieira are joining spotify co—founder and lifelong gunners supporter daniel ek in a bid to

fans were finally back inside wembley as leicester city beat southampton 1—0 in the fa cup semifinal.i iheanacho's goal was enough to put leicester into their first fa cup finalfor more than half a century. they'll play chelsea next month, who beat manchester city on saturday. we got the chance to create history and that is what this game is all about, creating a memory as players, management staff, as a club. and like you say, for the supporters. i have been made fully aware since my time at leicester how important this trophy is to the supporters and have always tried to get that respect. —— back to give it to respect. meanwhile over in the english premier league, a mason greenwood brace helped manchester united keep the title race just about alive. ole gunnar solskjaer�*s side beat burnley 3—1 at old trafford, with edinson cavani scoring the third, to move eight points behind manchester city with six games to go. burnley stay just above the relegation zone — they're six points clear of the bottom three. fulham were seconds away from closing the gap on burnley, but suffered a heartb

against crystal palace in the premier league, leicester looking to strengthen their grip on third place we'll see you again soon. bye. what is that on the screen behind me? you can be forgiven for forgetting what it looks like it is rain. finally we do have some rain in the forecast working its way south. there is a low working its way towards the south—west, coming to the south—west for thursday, will bring showers, so somewhat hit and miss, some areas could get some heavy downpours, some areas are mainstay essentially dry, but the chance of getting some arena certainly looks much higher this week than in recent weeks. the low to the north of the uk means overnight showers spreading into northern england and wales by don't. the cloud, rain and wind means a milder start the dutiful stock to the south, risk of overnight frost, a lot of early sunshine, will stay dry for the most of tuesday. ali north, some showers to contend with. gray and chilly down the north sea coast. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. the us say it's releasing 60 million doses of the astrazeneca coronavir

a more threatening leicester in the second half, but the stalemate persisted. team. benjamin mendy for one. sterling thought about it for a while, and it was finished off. west brom is still seven points from safety. in the late game, it is nights against seventh, arsenal beat liverpool. brora rangers of the highland league stunned hearts in the second round of the scottish cup but their run is now over. they took the lead against league two side stranraer in round three today but succumbed in extra time 3—1. fraserburgh and formartine were also beaten — ending non—league interest in the competition. aberdeen and st mirren were amongst the premiership teams into round 4. celtic are currently playing falkirk. all of the scores can be found on the bbc sport website. the remodelled women's six nations is well under way. france kicked off againstr wales at 8. france lead 14—0, but earlier the defending champions england showed their absolute dominance with a 52—10 thumping of scotland. michael redford reports. will that mean new champions as well? england have won

annette from leicester. sorry, nikki, we will do the slides first. we leicester.e will do the slides first.— the slides first. we will “ust take ou the slides first. we will “ust take you through i the slides first. we will “ust take you through a h the slides first. we will “ust take you through a couple _ the slides first. we willjust take you through a couple of - the slides first. we willjust take you through a couple of slides i you through a couple of slides before we go to questions. this is a slide that shows the number of people in hospital with covid—i9 in the uk, and you can see since our first peek on the 12th of april, just over a year later, this is on sunday the 18th of april, 1973 people were in hospital with covid—19, and if you move to the next slide, please, which i haven't had the joy of saying yet! the number of people who have received a vaccine for covid—19 in the uk, and you can see what the pm and i have just described, with 33 million individuals, just over that now, have received a first dose, and of these over 10 million people have als

my colleague martine croxall is having a lunchtime drink in leicester. martine.nly orangejuice, though, ben, that's all i'm having! we are at the craddock arms in knighton in leicester, one of those pubs that has a beautiful outdoor space, there is a one—way system that runs through some nobody bumped into each other, all the essential information that you need there, hand sanitiser, the qr code and a place to put your name and address so you can be tracked if there is a spike in infections. this is the socially distanced garden that the craddock arms was lucky enough to have, and they are going to be very busy today, asjohnny wainwright, the landlord, will tell us. i can take this off now i am in situ. how popular has it been? this off now i am in situ. how --oular has it been? ., ., popular has it been? phenomenal, the -hone popular has it been? phenomenal, the hone has popular has it been? phenomenal, the phone has been _ popular has it been? phenomenal, the phone has been going _ popular has it been? phenomenal, the phone has been going every _ popular has it

who have to leave it there dr julian tang a viral just in leicester thank you so much for joining us. now to some other developments in the pandemic new zealand has announced it will open a travel bubble with australia on april 19th it will allow quarantine free travel between the neighboring nations starting next month singapore will accept visitors who use a mobile travel pass containing digital certificates for public 1000 tests and vaccines it is one of the 1st countries to adopt the initiative and new data from israel suggests vaccinated people are unlikely to pass the virus on to others who have not been vaccinated a study showed that as the number of vaccinated adults went up infection rates among unvaccinated people in the same community went down especially among children . well many people around the world may be asking how their governments could have been better prepared for a pandemic they may want to look to chile for some answers the latin american country had established ties with the chinese biopharmaceutical company sino back long before the covert 1000 pandemic bega

so while the fa cup semi final on sunday between southampton and leicester city would have up to 4000ppetite — chelsea against manchester city. both teams of course champions league semi—finallists aswell. joe lynskey has more. since may 2019, much in football has changed, but some things have stayed the same. to bring herfrom manchester city! that year, they won all the domestic trophies, but this year could be even better. trophies, but this year could be even better-— trophies, but this year could be even better. cavender brenner, manchester _ even better. cavender brenner, manchester city, _ even better. cavender brenner, manchester city, into _ even better. cavender brenner, manchester city, into the - even better. cavender brenner, manchester city, into the semi l manchester city, into the semi finals into the fa cup. flit? manchester city, into the semi finals into the fa cup.- finals into the fa cup. city is still in champions _ finals into the fa cup. city is still in champions league . finals into the fa cup. city is| still in champions league and finals into the fa cup. cit

it must be euphoric in leicester today.— twister. it must be euphoric in leicester today.s a surprise to us that we were the first in lockdown and the longer— were the first in lockdown and the longer city — were the first in lockdown and the longer city to stay in lockdown. and lots of _ longer city to stay in lockdown. and lots of work — longer city to stay in lockdown. and lots of work and research has been done _ lots of work and research has been done in _ lots of work and research has been done in this — lots of work and research has been done in this. many reasons was not one is— done in this. many reasons was not one is poverty, one is unfortunately sweatshops, another is the social democratic profiling, another factor was people living in multi—generational families and so spreading — multi—generational families and so spreading the disease. lots of different— spreading the disease. lots of different reasons. some we could control~ _ different reasons. some we could control. �* ., ., ., different reasons. some we could control. ., ., ., ., ., control. but a lot of

competition is what football is about and it allows - leicester to win - the premier league. competitive achievement. and it undermines all- of the principles that we teach children who come into our beautiful game about howl you work hard in order to get your local- community club promoted to the next level. - so what now? well, the super league teams want to carry on playing in their domestic leagues, but uefa say their players could be banned, potentially even from the world cup, while the government have also condemned the proposals. we're going to look at everything that we can do with the football authorities to make sure that this doesn't go ahead in the way that it's currently being proposed. i don't think it is good news forfans, i don't think it is good news for football in this country. some believe this is all a negotiating tactic from the big clubs to get more champions league money from uefa. but if it happens, for teams and supporters, football will never be the same. andy swiss, bbc news. you're watching bbc news. let's have a look at some of the other stories

competition is what football is about and it allows leicester to win the premier league.bs, don't forget, not by competitive achievement. and it undermines all of the principles that we teach children who come into our beautiful game about how you work hard in order to get your local community club promoted to the next level. so what now? well the super league teams want to carry on playing in their domestic leagues, but uefa say their players could be banned, potentially even from the world cup, while the government have also condemned the prosals. condemned the proposals. we're going to look- at everything that we can do with the football authorities to - make sure that this doesn't go ahead in the way that it's - currently being proposed. i don't think it is good news for fans, i don't think it is. good news for football in this country. - some believe this is all a negotiating tactic from the big clubs to get more champions league money from uefa. fabulous goal! but if it happens, for teams and supporters, football will never be the same. andy swiss, bbc news. well, a

leicester are now four points clear of fourth—placed chelsea while west brom remain second—from—bottomtropolitano angel correa set them on the way to a 2—0 victory by scoring the first goaljust before half—time. yannick carrasco sealed the win ten minutes from time and atletico are now three points ahead of real madrid at the top of the table. barcelona are two points further back after lionel messi scored twice in a 5—2 win over getafe. every game is difficult and it's not about the name of the opponent. we know this schedule is difficult for us but the same is happening to a political madrid and —— athletic imagery, and riel madrid because we have 1a teams close to each other fighting for the title. in italy, zlatan ibrahimovic has signed a new one—year contract with ac milan that'll keep him at the club beyond his 40th birthday. the swedish striker, who's in his second spell at milan, has scored 17 goals in 25 matches this season, and reached 500 career goals back in february. while football managers are used to providing injury updates for their squad, brighton boss graham potter h

leicester and southampton kicks off at 6:30pm with brendan rodgers hoping for a reaction from his playersry important. what counts most is when you are severely under pressure. so it is important you have that mentality. we want to be in the final, absolutely. we can only do that through performing well. there�*s an old firm derby at ibrox just under way in the last 16 of the scottish cup. rangers are going for the double after clinching their first league title in a decade, whilst the holders celtic have won the cup four seasons running. it is currently 1—0 to rangers. ..with about 15 minutes played. hibs have beaten league 2 stranraer 4—0. martin boyle on the scoresheet twice. once from the penalty spot. after the holders manchester city thrashed aston villa 8—0, there are 14 more matches in the fourth round of the women�*s fa cup this afternoon. in the day�*s early game birmingham beat coventry 5—1... claudia walker on her 50th appearance for the club scoring the openerfor birmingham. next to the english premier league where third from bottom fulham, fighting for survival, have maja pe

to the premier league where leicester city moved closer to european champions league qualification asgoal in nine games for the foxes after they'd gone behind early. the result leaves leicester third in the premier league, but takes them seven points clear of fifth—placed west ham with five matches left, leaving the manager in awe of his nigerian forward. we have had to change him about with injuries he has had and he has come in and been exceptional. just in his goal and his overall play and linkup play. his work rate, he is so happy to work hard for the team. in nuc has quality, it is phenomenal. —— and you see. the opening leg of the champions league semi—final between real madrid and chelsea will be played in spain later on tuesday. chelsea visit the 13 time winners high on confidence after a revival under thomas tuchel who joined the blues in late january. and after the european super league upheaval last week the german believes his team don't deserve to be penalised because of it. we deserve to be in the semi—finaljust like real madrid deserve to be there and not because of pol

one leicester travel agent is now braced for cancellations. is quite difficult for us. there's no money for us. we're not making anything at all. secretary of state... 50,000 passengers travelled between the uk and india in february, but the health secretary said the new policy was unavoidable. india is a country i know well and love. between our two countries, we have ties of friendship and family. i understand the impact of this decision, but i hope that the house will concur that we must act, because we must protect the progress that we've made in this country in tackling this awful disease. it'll take effect from friday, but labour asked why it hadn't happened sooner. can he explain, contrary to his previous answer, why india wasn't put on a red list ten days ago when other countries were? while announcing travel restrictions, ministers also pointed to the fact that more than ten million people in the uk had now had both vaccine doses. the average daily number of people getting first doses of the vaccines rose from the new year to reach a

as you could see there rob was speaking to us from wembley stadium where leicester beat southampton to reach the f.a. cup final the semifinal was played in front of 4000 fans. of the only go wanted when leicester into the final of the competition for the 1st time since 1969 where they were by chelsea at tally in a league leaders into malana failed to win for the 1st time in 12 a syriac games as they drew $10.00 with napoli naturally took the lead in the 1st half after interest goalkeeper somewhere that of it fumbled at lorenzo in seniors' cross into his a net definitely will want to see that one again christian eriksson equalised into his lead over 2nd placed ac milan is now 9 points with 7 games remaining. on to formula one now in max the stop and one an incident packed media reminder ground pretty in italy the race had to be stopped at one point because of a huge crash jonica rosco has the action. with the rain lashing down the media ramana grand prix was wet and wild from the very start. i read was much the stepping capsulized on the chaos to steal the lead from 7 time forming one c

earlier, there was a thrilling 3—2 win for west ham over leicester city.ad, but a brace from kelechi iheanacho made for a frantic finale. david moyes's side are back into the top four, but it's more dropped points for leicester, whose manager, brendan rodgers, was annoyed by his team's performance and at having to drop three players, including england midfielderjames maddison, for breaching covid—19 protocols. they're good boys. they're all good lads. i work closely with them, and there's no animosity, it's nothing like that, but we have a value to how we work on a daily basis and how we prepare for games. and if anyone falls short of that, then we have to move on without them. the day's early game saw a really good win for newcastle, who are now six points above the relegaton zone. they beat burnley 2—1. and in the late game, arsenal have just defeated bottom of the table sheffield united 3—0. inter milan are 11 points clear at the top of serie a after a 1—0 win over cagliari. matteo darmian, the former manchester united full—back, was the unlikely hero w

to wembley this afternoon, with 4,000 set to be in attendance for the fa cup semi final between leicesteresidents and key workers. awaiting the winners in the final are chelsea who ended manchester city's hopes of winning a quadruple. they made the breakthrough in the second half as timo werner set up hakim ziyech for the only goal of the game. it's a fourth fa cup final in five years for them. in the english premier league, where sheffield united have been relegated following their 1—0 defeat to wolves, it's another big day in the fight for survival third from bottom fulham, who are seven points from safety, kick off at arsenal at 1:30. second placed manchester united take on burnley at 4pm. there's an old firm derby at ibrox to look forward to this afternoon in the last 16 of the scottish cup. rangers are going for the double after clinching their first league title in a decade, whilst the holders celtic have won the cup four seasons running. league 2 stranraer are currently hosting premiership hibernian, and hibs lead 1—0 in that one with the second halfjust underway. after the holders

these top clubs like real madrid barcelona man city united and the smaller clubs i mean west and leicester sure they're going to be left in the dark what about all the other books in europe i think you have for. you know there are no angels but they're expanding the tournament they're even creating another tournament 4 for 4 teams that finish 4th or 5th or 6th in their respective leagues so the product that we have the champions league is revered thought people love that message also said kids they dream of playing the champions league or the world cup not and you're in super the so despite you know what another drama i think it's warranted football is really a global language i worked for the world cup committee and cut that and. you know usually the big stories off the pitch how to do with cutter. the world cup taking place in november for example when under a lot of scrutiny but at the end of the day this start to a conflict largely see players play in tip top condition and pretty standard i suppose playing at the end of the season so there's a silver lining here to simply don't find an

so what's insensitive about cheap playing you know and you know if you're a leicester city or west family vibrates sheer and then you're told even though you finished 4th you're now you're not going to be news top level european football what's the point so that it's going to be is for that result in a lot of the mistakes in the from elite. ultimately it is the little football says absolutely runs an absolute disgrace but how britain has said that they are going to do everything within their power to stop this super league from happening they said that all options are on the table on the 3 even going to discuss ways of potentially penalizing the 6 english clubs that have signed up to the super league can the government of britain actually accomplish this can they actually prevent the super league from happening well it is so it is they pick orcas of course difficult because remember that we are in britain which is a country which established an early very liberal very business oriented i guess on how ironic it is really a really ironic that somehow that you can 2nd so much if governmental

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we start with football, and leicester city came from behind to beat crystal palace 2—1 in the premierters, and then a wonder strike from the in—form kelechi iheanacho put the foxes in front for his 14th goal in his last 14 games. and here is confirmation of the top of the table. leicester have strengthened their hold on a top—four finish finish with that win — they are now seven points clear of west ham in fifth. reading and former england player fara williams has announced she'll retire from professional football at the end of the season. the 37—year—old is england's most—capped player with 172 appearances for the lionesses. williams said on social media that it had been a pleasure and a privilege to have had a career of more than 20 years within the women's game. it's been confirmed that former arsenal players thierry henry, dennis bergkamp, and patrick vieira are joining spotify co—founder and lifelong gunners supporter daniel ek in a bid to buy the club. fans have become discontented after arsenal's involvement in the failed european super league, with many calling for owner stan

leicester tigers have reached the european challenge cup semifinals for a second successive season byded the help of two penalty tries, one in each half, against an indisciplined newcastle, who finished with 13 men. northampton saints kick off their quarterfinal against ulster at eight o'clock. st helens are through to the quarterfinals of rugby league's challenge cup after a hard—fought 26—18 victory over last years winners leeds rhinos. adam wild was watching. it is the sport's grandest of competitions. even at this early stage, only one of these grand old clubs would go any further. leeds are the challenge cup holders, but in st helens, there is no more fearsome opposition. that point forcefully made within three minutes. leeds are a developing side with plenty of potential. it was going to take something special to stop them here. but having kept the scores tight in the first—half, they went too far. a tackle that was as high as it was late. a red card followed, and games can turn. especially when saints have such talents. this pass allowed them to wind in the gap. it seemed the c

owner of the kh hair salons in leicester and...n the latest 24—hour period, which means an average of 2,629 new cases reported per day in the last week. seven deaths were reported — that's people who died within 28 days of a positive test. on average in the past week, there were 36 deaths per day. the total number of uk deaths is now 127,087. on a more positive note, vaccinations — 111,109 people were given their first vaccine dose in the last 24 hours. the overall number of people who've had their first jab is over 32 million. over 7.4 million people have now received their second jab. david cameron says he should have communicated with government "through only the most formal of channels" amid row over the ex—pm's lobbying work. after several weeks of silence over the issue the former prime minister has issued a statement to the press association. let's get more with our political correspondent chris mason. he is the man who is very helpfully that it first. it is quite a long statement?— that it first. it is quite a long statemen

after the break but not for the first time this season there was a late scare for west ham fans as leicesterge result at the bottom of the premier league too — with newcastle now six points clear of the relegation zone after a 2—1win at burnley. they came from behind too — trailing with matej vydra scoring from close range for the home side. allan saint maximan inspired newcastle's comeback. he setupjacob murphy to fire them level before he finished off a fine solo effortjust five minutes later to lift steve bruce's side further clear of fulham — with a game in hand. tottenham in seventh need to win after seeing liverpool, chelsea and west ham above them get three points this weekend, they're taking on manchester united though, it kicks off at 430 and there's live commentary over on bbc radio 5 live. sheffield united play arsenal tonight. japan's hideki matsuyama is the man to catch heading into the final round of the masters at augusta. he's a superstar in his home country, looking to win his first major and shot a very impressive bogey free round of 65 to move four shots clear at the top o

leicester city have beaten southampton in the second fa cup final.he easing of restrictions allowing that. i hesitate to give you this detail because lewis, who is producing, is a southampton fan, but according to the bbc sport website, southampton didn't have a single shot on target all game. and in a semifinal! anyway, leicesterwon all game. and in a semifinal! anyway, leicester won 1—0. time now for a look at the weather with nick. hello, a bit of rain today for parts of scotland and northern ireland, but it will become mainly dry overnight, but we will keep some areas of claudia, although eastern scotland will turn clearer. through the night it will be mainly clear in england and wales, but some areas of low cloud and mist and fog pushing into the north sea across parts of eastern england. where you are clear tonight, a chance of frost going into the morning, but book where you have the cloud temperatures will be a good few degrees above freezing. the best of the sunny spells and ease tomorrow, but in western counties the chance of some rain movi

astros 9 a 1 si victorias los atléticos y manchester city corre una carrera sin contrincante hoy ante leicester que united. y hay 40, una pelota graciosa de casmiro para ascencio que la toma de zurda. uno por cero para el equipo de zizu y al 73 vinicius jr entra por el área recorta y centra para benzema número 18 del francés. victorias tres por cero. en italia napoli ante crotone. al 19 insigne, uno por cero. y esta maravilla de gol por el nigeriano .chucky entro al 62 gana napoli 4 x 3 y mañana chivas rayadas de guadalajara se miden con santos en nuestra pantalla y es que el rebaño sagrado debe volver inspirado después de conquistar el boleto olímpico, santos ha ganado dos de los últimos tres en el akron por lo que el partido promete ser intenso. mañana por telemundo 48 hemos dominado la acción un día más, soy carlos ramírez. cambio y fuera ya estamos preparando la edición de las 11 hay preocupación después que científicos descubrieran variantes del virus de covid-19 con variante doble. cerramos la información contando que parte del muelle de la parte pacífica esta abierto al público. s solo s

they van in three trials to beat leicester.iership. michael radford, bbc news. glasgow suffered a heavy defeat to benetton in their opening match of the rainbow cup. they were beaten 46—19, by a side who failed to win a single match in the regular pro14 season — the italians ran in six tries — including two for niccol cannone. there's been more success for great britain at the european gymnastics championships in switzerland with a second medalin as many days for 16 year—old jessica gadirova. she won silver in the vault, going one better than the bronze she took in the all—around event. she said it was absolutely crazy to be in these finals and winning medals. home favourite guila steingruber claimed the gold medal in basel. amelie morgan just missed out on a medal in the all—around but she's won bronze in the uneven bars, with russia's angelina melnikova taking gold. and there was also bronze forjoe fraser in the pommel horse, with gold narrowly going to artur davtyan of armenia. fraser is the world champion on the parallel ba

i think, speaking for most leicester fans as well, we don't like this.don't like the idea of smaller clubs gate—crashing their party and taking away some of their revenue, tv revenue. but i think, hopefully, other clubs will fight it. it's all money orientated and everything. - a load of codswallop. european football's governing bodies have also reacted angrily. in a joint statement from uefa, the fa and the premier league, as well as many of their continental counterparts, they call such plans cynical and founded on the self—interest of a few clubs. "this persistent self—interest of a few has been going on for too long," they say. "enough is enough." even the prime minister has got involved, tweeting... "plans for a european super league would be very damaging for football. and we support football authorities in taking action. they would strike at the heart of the domestic game, and will concern fans across the country." the founding clubs behind the new super league claim they now want to work with the game's current governing bodies. in turn, they hav

at fortec distribution hub, near leicester, they're getting goods ready to be shipped over the irishit going? at the beginning, it was a struggle. some some members were geared up better than others. some businesses are dealt with it better than others. ultimately, we still have a few issues where paperwork is not done correctly, and freight still ends up sitting on the floor. if the paperwork�*s not right, it can't leave here? if it's not right, it can't leave here. exactly that. sending goods to northern ireland used to be largely paperwork free. there you go, there's your paperwork. ok, brilliant. fully loaded. everything is ok. but now the journey our driver graham has been doing for 20 years involves a lot more red tape. this is the compromise borisjohnson agreed with the eu to avoid having checks over the sensitive land border with the irish republic. we have some wine, i then we have pet food. pet food? yeah. ok, thanks, mate. some products involve more checks than others. obviously the pet food _ at the minute, because it's animal origins, has caused a few problems. so, we ha

leicester city inflicted a rare thumping on the league leaders at the eddie had despite having littlehave won their last ia away games, really anyone can storm —— score on this team. it was kevin to bring who crafted the second, a pass to the eye of the needle. raheem sterling thought about it for a while and gabrielle jesus finished it off. i don't know how many titles or what we have _ i don't know how many titles or what we have done so far, it's incredible. in this year, like, lockdown. _ incredible. in this year, like, lockdown, no spectators, you need the emotion sometime to lift, to be on the _ the emotion sometime to lift, to be on the game, and every game, every single _ on the game, and every game, every single game. — on the game, and every game, every single game, and we won lots of games — single game, and we won lots of games. the spirit quite, quite remarkable. i will never forget the season _ remarkable. i will never forget the season. with these players have done for club. _ season. with these players have done for club, never. liverpool made it two away premier leagu

anyway, leicester won 1—0. time now for a look at the weather with nick.ello, a bit of rain today for parts of scotland and northern ireland, but it will become mainly dry overnight, but we will keep some areas of claudia, although eastern scotland will turn clearer. through the night it will be mainly clear in england and wales, but some areas of low cloud and mist and fog pushing into the north sea across parts of eastern england. where you are clear tonight, a chance of frost going into the morning, but book where you have the cloud temperatures will be a good few degrees above freezing. the best of the sunny spells and ease tomorrow, but in western counties the chance of some rain moving on in the afternoon, outbreaks of rain for scotland and the western isles and the far north—west of the mainland, while elsewhere mist and fog will clear from the eastern england and plenty of sunshine for eastern, southern scotland, across england and wales. breezy rain, light winds elsewhere and there may be a very slight chance of an isolated shower in south—east en