max verstappen was flying too, that's lewis hamilton in front. 0r verstappen was flying too, that's lewis front. or was, anyway. fora lewis hamilton in front. or was, anyway. for a track that normally provides crashes, lance stroll�*s retirement brought out the only safety car, which push this to happen closer to the front runners. his right foot did the rest. —— which pushed max verstappen. it is which pushed max verstappen. it is victo at which pushed max verstappen. it is victory at the _ which pushed max verstappen. it 3 victory at the saudi arabian which pushed max verstappen. it 1 victory at the saudi arabian grand prix! . ., prix! the chequered flag greeted with a mexican _ prix! the chequered flag greeted with a mexican wave, _ prix! the chequered flag greeted with a mexican wave, with - prix! the chequered flag greeted with a mexican wave, with max l with a mexican wave, with max verstappen taking second. regardless of where they start, this red bull is in a class of one. after the six nations was done and dusted with ireland's victory over england yesterday, domestic matters are

fernando alonso took third in his aston martin ahead of ferrari and lewis hamilton's mercedes.ching. after spending the winter tuning up their cars, it was the heat of bahrain that provided the first real test of the season. it is bahrain that provided the first real test of the season.— test of the season. it is lights out and away we _ test of the season. it is lights out and away we go! _ test of the season. it is lights out and away we go! a _ test of the season. it is lights out and away we go! a new— test of the season. it is lights out and away we go! a new campaigni test of the season. it is lights out - and away we go! a new campaign but a familiar look. — and away we go! a new campaign but a familiar look, two _ and away we go! a new campaign but a familiar look, two times _ and away we go! a new campaign but a familiar look, two times defending - familiar look, two times defending champion max verstappen on poll and in control. lewis hamilton's mercedes started seventh, just behind teammate and countryman george russell. in his first race for aston martin, 41—year—ol

what will lewis hamilton do? what would you do? will lewis hamilton do? what would ou do?n demand. he will not - you do? they love the soap opera. he will be in demand. he will not want i will be in demand. he will not want to go around in a tin bath. he wants something faster than that. is to go around in a tin bath. he wants something faster than that.- something faster than that. is that ou something faster than that. is that you technical— something faster than that. is that you technical assessment? - something faster than that. is that you technical assessment? thankl something faster than that. is that - you technical assessment? thank you. while on a beach stroll, you might discover shells, rocks or maybe even a fossil, but this weekend broadcaster and historian dan snow found something very different. the body of an "exceptionally rare" shark washed up on lepe beach in hampshire — but while dan went to find a team to help, someone removed its head, tailand fin. 0ur reporter, briony leyland, reports. it is a shark, so be careful. an unexpected visitor to the south

much younger than lewis hamilton.— lewis hamilton. it's going to be bit etr lewis hamilton.thon but will it feel like a long season in terms of... because you want competition, you want it to go to the wire but at the moment it seems like no one can catch the because of the red bull team. the whole drive _ because of the red bull team. the whole drive to _ because of the red bull team. tue: whole drive to survive phenomenon, the behind—the—scenes documentary series around formula 1 has brought in a massive new audience, people who are not into it before. presumably that gives it another dimension for people watching. {iii dimension for people watching. of course. and theyjust needed to be that little more competitive. it will be more throughout the season as the cars progress and tweaks art made but at the start expect max verstappen to run away with it. there are certain very distinctive voices in one of them. —— in music and we will hear from one of them. mick hucknall, one of the most distinctive vocalists of the 80s and 90s, has been performing for nearly 110 years as le

britain's george russell was fourth, just ahead of mercedes team mate lewis hamilton.time this year. he won the opening rally of the season in monte carlo and this is just his second appearance. the frenchman is heading into the final stage 22 seconds ahead of his toyota team mate, britain's elvin evans, so will have to suffer mechanical problems or misfortune to lose. in tennis, there's a repeat of the women's australian open final at indian wells later, as elena rybakina plays aryna sabalenka. after that, carlos alcaraz has the chance to become the men's world number one, if he can get the better of daniil medvedev. if medvedev beats alcaraz, he'll become the first man since britain's andy murray in 2016 to win four titles in five weeks. it's just great sometimes when you beat some records or become world number one or win a slam. when you're 70, you can still say you remember the year when you made four finals in a row! that's great but in the moment, it doesn't matter. the most important is to win this tournament and these matches. mikaela shiffrin won her 21st car

lewis hamilton's mercedes started seventh, just behind teammate and countryman george russell.s ever, making his way up the grid, and with verstappen way out in front, the real race was who would be next to him on the podium, sergio perez or charles leclerc. soon after, charles leclerc�*s race was over, his mood as flat as the car's battery. alonso benefited, finishing third, his first podium in two years, sergio perez and verstappen made it a red bull one—two, a first victory in bahrain for the dutchman who already seems to be firing on all cylinders. nesta mcgregor, bbc news. so business as usual for red bull and verstappen but the big excitement in the race was created by fernando alonso, who started in fifth, dropped to seventh, but fought back to take the final podium place in his first race with aston martin. it means a lot to everyone in the team. we didn't expect to be that competitive. i think we didn't expect to be on the podium in 2023, to be honest. just to change the concept, be on the front part of the midfield, and in 2020 for a get closer to the top three teams,

, team—mate george lewis hamilton, team—mate george russell , lewis hamilton, team—mate george russellhis new season. so yeah, troubling times again for hamilton and for his mercedes team even before we've had one race. i mean, george, not lando, my apologies and thank you for that delicate correction . i'm grateful that correction. i'm grateful that mercedes looked a little bit like ferrari once. great now in the wilderness . yeah. as you say the wilderness. yeah. as you say , great. but it's been a best part of 16 years since they last won a drivers world championship . two thousand and seven was when they last won drivers title with kimi raikkonen, the finnish driver . they were there or driver. they were there or thereabouts last year, but had a number of strategic and driver errors, a mechanical mistakes that really plagued their season . you know, they started the second row today with their drivers. charles leclerc and carlos sainz. so fact that they i mean, they could certainly be in the mix, but they're going to be red bull to have be relying on red bull to have some problems

lewis hamilton says he's at a "bit of loss" with this year's mercedes car, after only qualifiying eighth they 'ust haven't got it right with the — mercedes. yes, they 'ust haven't got it right with the car, — it right with the car, unfortunately, naturally capped his wolf, the ceo of mercedes, said if hamilton wants to win his eighth title, you might have to leave. ten years since he went to mercedes as well. , , ., , , ., well. terrible, it shows 'ust how much it relies * well. terrible, it shows 'ust how much it relies on h well. terrible, it showsjust how much it relies on things - well. terrible, it showsjust how. much it relies on things absolutely working together, driver and car. we were talking about the spring equinox — were talking about the spring equinox before and when it gets to this point— equinox before and when it gets to this point in the fa cup, it feels like someone is arriving, ——, is arriving — like someone is arriving, --, is arrivinu. , , like someone is arriving, --, is arriving-— arriving. yes, they keep saying about the _ arriving. yes, they keep saying about t

british drivers and mercedes team mates george russell and lewis hamilton line up behind the rejuvenated games in rugby union's premiership today. leicester beat bath 48—27 — tigers in third, with bath still bottom of the table. harlequin secured their victory. in the allianz premier 15s at twickenham, exeter women overcame harlequin ladies winning 54—25. claudia macdonald scored two tries, as did american kate zackary. exeter go back to the top of the table above gloucester—hartpury women. and six games in the united rugby championship today. lei nster leinster137—27 to maintain their winning run. they play south africa next. despite a revival from the ospreys, they had a chance to bounce back against the dragons. six games in total, these are the current scores. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the sports news today. zoe atkin took the silver in halfpipe at the freestyle ski and snowboarding world championshipsin georgia. she was looking good for gold but was eventuallyjust pipped by american hanna faulhaber. atkin, who isjust 20, won bronze at the event last

nelson piquet has been ordered to pay $950 million for using racial and homphobic slurs against lewis hamiltonilian court fined the 70—year—old for comments made on a podcast which resurfaced on social media last year. the derogatory remarks about hamilton — the only black driver in formula one — led to piquet being excluded from the sport's paddock. the case was brought by a coalition of human rights groups in brazil, and the damages are to be paid to funds promoting racial equality and fighting discrimination against sexual minorites. the us president has spoken of north american unity — and improved economic ties — in a landmark address to the canadian parliament in ottawa. mr biden said the two countries' prosperity was deeply connected to their shared security. he and the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, pledged to stand together against authoritarian regimes. president biden also addressed rumours about the chinese government supplying arms to russia. i don't take china lightly. i don't take russia lightly. but i think we vastly exaggerate. i would hear, i've been hearing now for

what sport was lewis hamilton good at?a formula-1 formula-1, well, now he was definitely the first 100% no options. and formula 1 is the correct answer - this is the first in history, the racer who won 100 victories. let's go further. how many moves does it take for white to bet like this? called children's checkmate in chess? i give you a chance. we don't have a lot of friends, my childish mate, in chess is set in four moves, but it's not the fastest. mat. there is also the so-called stupid checkmate, this is a checkmate with black pieces in two moves, we continue. the trophy of which football tournament is called eared champions, certainly because of its unusual shape since 1924, the phrase olympic games has lengthened by two words, and every 2 years these words change. name the options. olympic games the phrase lengthened by one word and every two years. this word is changing. more and more, no, just the phrase, lepit games. paul can be popularly friends. my everything is much easier summer and winter olympic games pave

lewis hamilton was the top british driver in fifth, but less than a tenth of a second behind alonso.owing the export of ukrainian grain from the black sea has been renewed hours before it was due to expire. the deal between ukraine and russia, which was brokered by turkey, has been extended by four months. the grain initiative was first brokered lastjuly, during fears of a global food crisis after moscow blockaded ukrainian imports. russia and ukrainejointly account for nearly a third of global wheat supplies, with ukraine's contribution nearing 10%. a fraud victim has been reimbursed over £150,000 by his bank following a bbc investigation. james was targeted by a us—based scammer who claimed she was in an abusive relationship and tricked him into giving them money. his bank initially declined to cover him because the criminal used an american account, until radio 4's money box programme intervened. dan whitworth is a reporter covering this for money box on radio 4 and he told us more about this scam. it started like many of the investigations we do here with an e—mail from one of ou

max verstappen was flying too, that's lewis hamilton in front. or was, anyway. provides crashes, lance stroll�*s retirement brought out the only safety car, which pushed verstappen closer to the front runners. his right foot did the rest. it is victory at the saudi arabian grand prix! the chequered flag greeted with a mexican wave, with max verstappen taking second. regardless of where they start, this red bull is in a class of one. after the six nations was done and dusted with ireland's victory over england yesterday, domestic matters are back on the agenda. and the premiership rugby cup went all the way to extra time today, with exeter getting the better of london irish. an early jacob atkins�* penalty put irish ahead in west london, but aidon davis�* tryjust before the break in extra—time sealed the win for exeter, 24—20. it's the second time in as many years that irish have lost the final after extra time. the victory for exeter gives them a third domestic cup since promotion to the top flight in 2010. and that's all the sport for now. screaming. i'm at the

but can lewis hamilton , today.ris catch the flying dutchman ? max catch the flying dutchman? max verstappen ? we'll have all the verstappen? we'll have all the analysis for you . you know what? analysis for you. you know what? my analysis for you. you know what? my this really enjoy it and i don't enjoy circuit interaction. and this gives me the heebie jeebies . yeah, i know. it's good jeebies. yeah, i know. it's good interaction. oh, not that i. anyway, if you want to get in touch with a into action on your emails this morning. gb views. gb news. .uk . emails this morning. gb views. gb news. .uk. now the prime minister has vowed to clamp down on migrants claiming asylum in the uk who arrive on small boats. yes rishi sunak has made stopping small boats one of his top five priorities for 2023, with reports suggesting new laws will soon be introduced to combat them. currently, asylum seekers have the right to remain in the country and have their case heard. but the new legislation would block that route if they arriv

lewis hamilton started seventh, a place behind team—mate george russell.martin, 41—year—old fernando alonso as aggressive as ever, making his way up the grid. with max verstappen up front, the real race was who would be up with him on the podium. sergio perez or charles leclerc. soon after, leclerc�*s race was over, his move as flat as the car's battery. alonso benefited, finishing third, his first podium in two years. sergio perez and max verstappen make it a red bull one—two. a first victory for the dutchman who appears to be firing on all cylinders. sale sharks have cut saracens lead at the top of the rugby union premiership to six points. they came back from 19—0 down to beat sarries 35—24 at the a] bell stadium. fullbackjoe carpenter scored two of their five tries to secure a bonus point. saracens finished the game with 14 men after robin hislop was sent off for a high chalenge. that's all the sport for now. this is bbc news. we'll have all the main stories at the top of the hour straight after this programme. it seems extraordinary. witness gasps. wh

reigning champion max verstappen was second quickest with lewis hamilton, fourth.uit in sakhir. elsewhere, there's been british medal success already this morning at the freestyle ski and snowboarding world championships. zoe atkin took the silver in halfpipe in georgia. she was looking good for gold but was eventuallyjust pipped by american hanna faulhaber. atkin, who isjust 20, won bronze at the event last year. the united states tennis association and the us open say they're hopeful that novak djokovic will be able to enter the country soon. the world number one — who's not vaccinated against covid—19 — has asked for special permission to enter the us to compete in this month's indian wells and miami masters events. under current vaccine rules, he's unable to travel there which means he'll miss out on competing for a second straight year. in a statement on twitter, the us open say that... "novak djokovic is one the greatest champions our sport has ever seen the usta and us open are hopeful that novak is successful in his petition to enter the country, and that t

to formula 1. 0n the eve of this weekend�*s saudi arabian grand prix, lewis hamilton says his mercedes in bahrain two weeks ago, and hamilton says they�*ll be even harder to catch this year than they were in 2022 when mercedes finished 3rd in the constructors�* championship, with george russell�*s win in brazil their only victory of the season. that is all your support for now. from me and the rest of the team, goodbye. all your business news coming up. i will see you very soon. hello. thursday brought a fair amount of rain for some parts of the uk, but it also brought northern ireland its warmest day of the year so far, with temperatures peaking just above 16 celsius at helens bay, not too far away from belfast. it�*s all because of low pressure, the centre of which you can see swirling here on our earlier satellite image. that has been bringing rain in places, but it�*s also been drawing warm air, or at least mild air, up from the south, and it will continue to do so during friday. the far north of scotland sticking with something just a little bit chillier, because here we�*ve got a

lewis hamilton was fifth. australian alex de minaur has won the biggest title of his career.the 2a year old came from a set down to beat the american tommy paul. it feels great. it feels amazing. i know the hard work that has been put into be here and, you know, it is good to see the result. it is not always that you win a tournament and you get to finish a week. so i will definitely cherish this going into the world in miami. that's all the sport for now. lovely, thank you. judy heumann, a renowned activist for the rights of disabled people in the united states, has died at the age of 75. judy heumann was an internationally recognised leader of the disability rights movement, whose activism led to the implementation of major legislation in the united states. she also served in both the clinton and 0bama administrations. on twitter, former us president barack 0bama said he was fortunate to work with her, and paid tribute to her life—long dedication to the fight for civil rights. joining us now is marcie roth — ceo of the world institute on disability, and a long—time associat

lewis hamilton says mercedes "didn't listen" to him over the development of their 2023 formula 1 car.fifth in the season—opening bahrain gp as the team made another poor start. hamilton was talking to the latest edition of bbc radio 5 live�*s chequered flag podcast. last year there were things that i told him like i have driven so many cars in my life so i know what it needs what a car does not need. and i think it is about accountability. about owning up and saying, yeah, we did not listening to you it's not where it needs to be and you will look into the balance through the corners, look at all of the weak points and just huddle up as a team. that's what we do. that's all the sport for now. you are watching bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories at the top of the hour — straight after this programme. guide dogs. for thousands of blind and visually impaired people, they're the difference between independence and isolation. she's my best friend, my constant companion, my means of independence. i couldn't imagine my life without rio. since 1931, around 36,000

lewis hamilton was eighth fastest, with mercedes team—mate george russell in 13th.ow. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. thank you very much, gavin. dutch authorities have announced a pilot scheme to licence cannabis growing. it'll be launched in two cities in the south of the country, but there are plans to legalise production nationwide. tim allman reports. the netherlands is famous — or notorious, depending on your point of view — for its coffee shops. they are places where you can get hold of and consume certain types of drugs. although it's legal to buy cannabis here, it's technically illegal for the coffee shop owner to get hold of their supply, which can make life complicated. it's a very shady territory, the backdoor. and i don't say it's all criminals. you know, that's what you see in the newspapers. mostly, it's nice people we buy the cannabis from, but still, i don't know how it's grown. it's shady. in recent years, the dutch government has tried to impose some restrictions on these places, making them less open to tourists, for ins

lewis hamilton was eighth fastest, with mercedes team—mate george russell in thirteenth.n super league as reigning champions st helens were beaten by a last gasp leeds rhinos drop goal. blake austin was the man who put the ball between the sticks for the rhinos with just twenty seconds left on the clock. the result gives the away side their first win of the new season and moves them up to tenth in table. in rugby union's premiership — northampton saints were on the end of real mauling by bristol bears, who won 62 points to 8, at ashton gate. it's the biggest win of the season — with bristol scoring nine tries, harry randall with two of them. northampton were ahead courtesy of a penalty, but it was one—way traffic from then, in bristol's favour, the win moving them to 8th, with saints losing ground on the top two. finally — the women's six nations starts at the end of the month. one of the games taking place is in northampton at franklin's gardens, where england will play italy. ahead of the match, two girls schools had the chance to meet and train with one of england's bi

uncertain in terms of the future that competition in terms of the future that competition and lewis hamiltont them and not doing enough to support them and not doing enough to support them and not doing enough to nurture female talent in this competition is there to address that and influences the aim of the academy is to develop female talent and make sure they can then go onto the w series and progress through f to an f1 in that pyramid, it has been upsetting the barriers that female driver seven recognises that the same age as male drivers the late teens, as there�*s opportunities for women who can be there for testing and that can address that and make sure women get those opportunities. i been speaking to abby pulling who is one of the parade hopes and prospects for british motorsport and a future f1 driver and she hopes and we all hope that she�*s doing really well in the w series and in formula four, should be taking part in this academy be one of the drivers competing as she goes the academy and she says this is notjust goes the academy and she says this is not just a goes the academ

aston martin's fernando alonso was third with the mercedes duo of george russell and lewis hamilton inp paribas final in indian wells. the belarussian won the last meeting between these 2, at the australian open final injanuary. but the kazakh got revenge for that defeat, coming through in straight sets. sabalenka hit 10 double faults in the first set, which was decided on a tie break, after an hour and 19 minutes. the final score 7—6, 6—4 to earn the 23 year—old her 4th career title and first of the season. 19—year—old carlos alcaraz has won his third atp masters title, by beating danill medvedev in the bnp paribas final in indian wells. he didn't drop a set all week and saw off the russian, who was on a 19—match winning streak, 6—3, 6—2. it was a totally dominant display by the spaniard who also becomes the new world number 1. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport thanks for watching. all of the top business stories next. a big week of activity to rescue credit suisse. we go live to switzerland in a moment. see you then. hello. we'll need our ra

champion nelson piquet £780,000 for making racist and homophobic comments about mercedes driver lewis hamiltonpologised for the remark — the charges against the brazilian were brought by a number of human rights groups. a representative for qatari banker sheikh jassim has confirmed that a second bid has been submitted to buy manchester united. jassim hasjoined the ineos owner sirjim ratcliffe in submitting a revised deal, with ratcliffe also putting in his second bid, after wednesday's extended deadline. finnish businessman thomas zilliacus has also made an offer. what's more on the bbc sport website, keep across the european championship qualifiers late on saturday —— lots more. and that's all the sport for now. wonderful, thank you. an asteroid large enough to destroy a city will pass between the orbits of the earth and the moon this weekend — luckily for us, missing both. the object, named 2023 dz2 — or, more simply, dizzy — was discovered a month ago. although asteroid flybys are common, nasa says that given its proximity and size, it is a one—in—a—decade encounter. but the asteroid will b

it was even impressive yesterday that he finished 4/10 ahead of lewis hamilton in same car. and the mistake we the other mistake and we all know how good lewis hamilton is his record also speaks for itself with its with his seven world championships. so yeah tremendous yesterday tremendous performance yesterday from russell and he was really enthused qualifying the same quite be said for hamilton who was obviously disappointed to be a lot further down the grid and also to lost out to his team—mate not not just further down grid hamilton but apparently he some he split with his coach and now what's going on there that's a very good question and one that people have been asking throughout the weekend here in saudi arabia. i mean, they've been so close for the last seven years. you know if you ever saw lewis in the paddock or on the grid or before race or in the garage and it was neven race or in the garage and it was never, never far away . it was never, never far away. it was very surprising to hear that that the two of them have split . it seems to be amicable . . it seems t

lewis hamilton says he's at a "bit of a loss" with this year's mercedes car, after only qualifiying eighths car." meanwhile, max verstappen admits a win will be "tricky" after his red bull broke down in qualifying, meaning he'll start from 15th this evening. his team mate sergio perez took the top spot and aston martin's fernando alonso will start on the front row, thanks to a penalty demoting ferrari's charles leclerc to twelfth. russell was promoted to third on the grid. the financial times is reporting that the country's biggest bank, ubs, has offered to buy credit suisse for up to $1 billion. credit suisse had been caught up in the market uncertainty triggered by the collapse, nine days ago, of america's silicon valley bank. emergency talks are continuing in switzerland in an attempt to rescue credit suisse before the opening of financial markets on monday. the concerns jobs could be lost, thousands in london branches of those banks. just thousands in london branches of those banks-— thousands in london branches of those banks. , , , ., those banks. just the past hour we have had repor

lewis hamilton says it could take his mercedes team a year to get alongside them. other stories making the headlines today... british athletes laura muir and jemma reekie have split from their long—time coach andy young, after they returned home from a traning camp in south africa. muir and reekie are medal prospects for both the world championships later this year and the paris olympics, and have resumed training at loughborough with young, claiming there had been no "bust up". northern ireland's record goal—scorer, rachel furness, is expected to return for next month's friendly with wales. she's been called up to the squad after stepping away from international duty in august for personal reasons. chelsea's millie bright has withdrawn from sarina wiegman's england squad through injury for the matches against brazil and australia. arsenal defender lotte wubben—moy has been called up to replace her. and the women's cycling tour will not take place this year, after race organisers failed to find the funding required. despite launching a crowdfunding campaign, organi

champion nelson piquet £780,000 for making racist and homophobic comments about mercedes driver lewis hamilton a medal at the figure skating world championships injapan the european silver medalists secured a season's best score for their free dance routine, but then watched on as the american, italian and canadian, couples bettered their score and they had to settle for 4th. england cricketerjonny bairstow will miss the indian premier league that starts next week. he's still recovering from a broken leg, after a freak acident on a golf course in sepetember. scotland have started their european championship qualifying campaign with a win. they beat cyprus 3—0 at hampden park. they only made sure of the points late on though. joe lynskey reports for scotland, match one must must win. their path to the euros would starter time to cyprus, the lowest ranked team in their group. but right now, hope rings round hamdan. scott then reach the last euros and now feel they have their strongest squad for key to it all the goals of their midfielder. in the last four years, he was their top scorer. his 16th

lewis hamilton and cindy both resigned to a difficult start to the season.st — mercedes or at? i think they will be very honest and _ mercedes or at? i think they will be very honest and candid _ mercedes or at? i think they will be very honest and candid about - very honest and candid about their situation. both driver saying that they are on the back foot slightly, not where they wanted to be coming into the season. i think it is comforting for mercedes fans to note that they caught on top of that poor putting issue we spoke about all the time in 2022. they have managed to sort that out which means it will be a more comfortable ride for both of the drivers this year. in doing so, they have also exposed some other limitations. so to start working through those, i imagine a lot of the work they did today was that. try to work out what else needed to be worked out. 0ver try to work out what else needed to be worked out. over the coming races, i think, be worked out. over the coming races, ithink, hopefully be worked out. over the coming races, i think, hopefu

champion nelson piquet £780,000 for making racist and homophobic comments about mercedes driver lewis hamilton cricketerjonny bairstow will miss the indian premier league that starts next week. he's still recovering from a broken leg, after a freak acident on a golf course in sepetember. scotland have started their european championship qualifying campaign with a win. they beat cyprus 3—0. they only made sure of the points late on thouthoe lynskey reports match one was mussed when. their path for the euros would start at home to cyprus. right now, hope rings. scott then reached the last euros and now feel they have their strongest squad for years. key to whittle out the goals from their midfielder. in the last four years he was their top scorer, his 16th for their country was their qualifying left. scotland's captain called the the toughest of them all. they face spain here on tuesday where experience may be are key to a result. here, he came off the bench to ease the scottish nerves. 87 minutes and they had their second goal but there was still time for more. before today, he had scored just

and lewis hamilton claims "it could take a long time" before mercedes can compete again with red bulltrength in depth will be tested with a number of injuries forcing them to make four changes for their second women's six nations match against italy on sunday. it's also the start of a new era, with marlie packer taking over as captain from the retired sarah hunter. meanwhile, wales make one change for their match against scotland. sioned harries comes in at number eight after missing their win over ireland on the opening weekend. scotland are unchanged following their defeat to england. going forward, we've spoken a lot about how we score more tries, so that's being fluttered to the line. something i think we did well against ireland. the last 20 5/2 an hour where we have possibly lost the momentum a bit. we haven't shied away from it, so how can that be better? also, how do we change may be a negative swing where we've given opportunities await back to a positive? so, those things are critical moving forward. the president of the international olympic committee has spoken out against

they did get a win with george russell, but lewis hamilton is coming off his first winless season ofmost successful drivers all-time, more wins than any other driver. but can he bounce back? can he get a car that may not be as good as the red bull? can he get that car to the front of the grid? and for the record, any talk of the "r" word, retirement, he says those talks are greatly exaggerated. the other team to watch obviously ferrari. we saw them last year, eva, at the front of the grid so many times, but they faded as that season went on. they fell back and made mistakes. can they overcome those mistakes this year? do they have the staying power to stay at the front? those teams, those are the usual suspects. so let me throw out a fun one to watch this year. we've already seen fernando alonso. he'll start fifth on the grid today. aston martin has looked really good in testing so far. do they have the staying power? a couple of things to watch this weekend. >> there's so much that goes into who succeeds on the track with these teams. i am curious though. are there any americans to

get to the n b a in a moment, but 1st, mercedes formula, one boss says that he wouldn't blame lewis hamilton for leaving the team if it failed to provide him with the chance of winning a record 8 will title hamilton is out of contract at the end of the season, and while toto wolf is confident he'll stay on, he also says it will be on mercedes to stop him from looking elsewhere. i don't think that we can, we can beat on the team's in front of us. that's the reality. it's about yawning, the car to the best of the abilities here on track and, and, and see where we end up qualifying and in the race. if we can not demonstrate that, we are able to give him a car in the next couple of years than he needs to look everywhere. i don't think he's doing it at that stage, but i will have no, no, a grouch if that happens in a year or 2. hamilton is in his longest run without a victory having failed to win a single race last season for the 1st time. and that may not be about the change of this week in saudi arabian grown pre. he was 11 friday, 2nd practice, which was laid by double will champion max for st

well, going by lewis hamilton's assessment, perhaps not.le in saudi arabia. teammate max verstappen still finished second, despite starting from 15th. fernando alonso was third, he's having a good season. although the trophy was briefly given to george russell because of a time penalty, but was then rescinded. but two races, two red bull wins. prompting hamilton to make the asssesment, which says a lot about his chances. as well as the six nations being decided this weekend — congratulations to ireland for completing the grand slam by the way — there was also a trophy lifted in domestic rugby union. exeter chiefs beat london irish 24—20 in extra time to win the premiership rugby cup. it's their third domestic cup triumph since promotion to the top flight in 2010. a couple of tennis lines to bring you. emma raducanu has been drawn against fellow former us open champion bianca andreescu in the first round of the miami open, which will take place tomorrow. meanwhile rafael nadal has just exited the top ten for the first time since april 2005.

lewis hamilton says it could take his mercedes team a year to get alongside them. aston martin leads the timesheets. former england cricket captain michael vaughan and five other players will discover this morning whether they have been found to have used racist language and brought the game into disrepute. the cricket disciplinary commission publishes its findings this morning. the charges brought injune last year stemmed primarily from allegations made by former yorkshire bowler azeem rafiq. vaughan is alleged to have made derogatory comments to a group of yorkshire teammates of asian ethnicity before a t20 match almost 14 years ago, a charge he categorically denies. yorkshire have admitted four charges including a failure to address systemic use of racist, and/or discriminatory language, at the club over a prolonged period. it was a free—scoring night in rugby league, as wigan warriors ran in seven tries as they thrashed local rivals leigh leopards 34—6 in the super league. abbas miski bagged a couple including this brilliant team effort to seal the win. that wi

has been ordered to pay more than $950000.00 of the racist and homophobic comics comments about lewis hamilton. the 70 year old brazilian made the remarks in an interview 2 years ago when discussing a crash between hamilton and next stop and who is p k daughter's partner p k. later apologized the charges brought by for human rights groups in brazil. and the judge who ordered the huge fun for the hope society would be free from racism and homophobia in the future. stefano, since he passes through to the miami masters 3rd round or for a walk over when against reach our gas gauge, but formal wimbledon finalist matter better teeny has been eliminated. the italian was taken out by american mackenzie mcdonald before that unseated you. delay hitchcock beat italian, 18 seed lorenzo. mazetti in straight sets. the check youngster winning 6464, to progress to the 3rd round, waiting for the hedge go. there will be either carmen hutchins, or thomas martine activity for the golden state warriors won their 3rd straight game to maintain their hopes of making it to the n b a playoffs. they were up against the

it was a disappointing day for the mercedes drivers lewis hamilton and george russell. above—the—knee double amputee to climb mount everest next month. hari budha magar had planned to reach the summit in 2018, but faced a legal battle after nepal banned people with certain disabilities, from climbing the world's highest peak. luke hanrahanjoined him in training. a strict training regimen, which former soldier hari hopes will propel him to greater heights. he hopes to be the first ever double amputee to climb everest. he lost his legs in an explosion while serving in afghanistan. the nepalese government has recently overturned a ruling banning double amputees from attempting to scale everest. fince ruling banning double amputees from attempting to scale everest.- attempting to scale everest. once we raise enough — attempting to scale everest. once we raise enough money _ attempting to scale everest. once we raise enough money for— attempting to scale everest. once we raise enough money for the _ raise enough money for the expedition, it's everyone who helped me to bring me

also lewis hamilton is 38 years old.verstappen, who's 25, his team—mate george 25, his own team—mate george russell . 25, his own team—mate george russell. he's 25, his own team—mate george russell . he's 25. 25, his own team—mate george russell. he's 25. he 25, his own team—mate george russell . he's 25. he wants to russell. he's 25. he wants to get that eighth title ahead of schumacher when he's running out. son. yeah, okay. i guess out.son.yeah,okay.iguess your gone out. son. yeah, okay. i guess your gone and over the line your time gone and over the line with chequered i was on with the chequered i was on borrowed anyway don't borrowed time anyway i don't thank you very much for joining us in this next us once more up in this next houn us once more up in this next hour. latest on us once more up in this next houwayne latest on us once more up in this next houwayne cousins latest on us once more up in this next houwayne cousins sentencing and the wayne cousins sentencing and what it says . sexual offences . what it sa

in the drivers�* championship and outscored his team mate, a certain seven—time world champion lewis hamiltonon progresses. last year was a really good year for development and understanding how a team like mercedes operates. they work on such a high level, the engineering talent they have got there is exceptional, and ifeel fortunate being in a team such as this. so, you know, it�*s a new year, new challenges, new opportunities and i�*m looking forward to see what we can do this year. novak djokovic is through to the semifinals at the dubai tennis championships and has a tough task to continue his unbeaten run this year as he faces world number seven daniil medvedev. the world number one took his record to 15—0 in 2023 with victory over poland�*s hubert hurkacz and expects a tough match against medvedev who, like djokovic, is also going for his third title of the year. luckily for me, you know, already their second match and today, already, i am feeling as close to the best that i could possibly feel stop of course, you can always be better but i am playing on a high level and i am happy wit

i know there is a long way to go but lewis hamilton already feels like the writing is on the wall inhank you very much, john. _ season is only one race old. thank you very much, john. it _ season is only one race old. thank you very much, john. it looked - season is only one race old. thank. you very much, john. it looked quite nice there. not so nice here at the moment. it is going to get chilly. good morning, ithink moment. it is going to get chilly. good morning, i think the picture says it all, carol. it certainly does, snow is on the card this week and it's going to be much colder than last week with night—time widespread frosts, some of us seeing temperatures as low as -10. . of us seeing temperatures as low as -10. ~ , . of us seeing temperatures as low as -10. ~ ' . ., , of us seeing temperatures as low as -10. ~ ' . ., ., of us seeing temperatures as low as -10. ~ ' . ., , ., ., ., -10. the met office has awarded ad for the snow _ -10. the met office has awarded ad for the snow for _ -10. the met office has awarded ad for the snow for today _ -10. the met office has awarded

lewis hamilton was eighth fastest, with mercedes team—mate george russell in thirteenth.inning her heat. these are the live pictures from the atakoy arena. we have just seen the women's 3000 metre final... melissa courtney—bryant & hannah nuttall— for bronze. men's triple jump final — ten mins time, the men's 1500m final... with neil gourley and george mills. catch the action over on bbc two the red button, and the iplayer... that is all from us for now we will be back with more later on. mps investigating borisjohnson's conduct say the former prime minister may have misled parliament over partygate on four occasions. in an update, the priviledges committee said evidence strongly suggests breaches of coronavirus rules would have been "obvious" to mrjohnson. the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey, says borisjohnson clearly misled the country. no one will be surprised that borisjohnson knew he was lying. it's pretty clear that he knew that he was misleading parliament, he's lied about knowing he misled parliament, and he's still doing it. this is a person who doe

lewis hamilton getting his excuses early, i want his excuses in early, i want to be oh, well, no. beve work on they've had a while to work on this he wasn't happy with this car. he wasn't happy with the mercedes last. last last season. remember the end the previous they lost previous season, they he lost out seconds to verstappen out by seconds to max verstappen lewis hamilton's 38 years old he wants he's won seven. he's won seven seven titles. he's joined with michael schumacher. he wants to overtake the german who was kind of one year ahead of him, one generation ahead of him. he's own team—mate him. look, he's own team—mate george 25, george russell, 25, max verstappen. earned the verstappen. he's earned the right, i believe, to be competing in the best possible car , but they don't seem to be car, but they don't seem to be able to get there. called able to get there. it's called the side design. it's sleek, the side pod design. it's sleek, it's bit like me. but the it's narrow bit like me. but the car cause the cars are up against a pushing the wind under the under the car to the

lewis hamilton seems to think and he draws one of the things i mean lewis hamilton's a complete hypocritey trying to imitate the suffragettes clearly trying to imitate that famous in incident when a suffragette onto a horse racing course. but they're not the suffragettes and actually this could have really put at risk not only the lives of themselves, but the drivers, those people who working on the course, they said that they they had done extensive research order to ensure that this was safe, but there would be no purpose in doing unless it actually posed a serious risk. no. okay. so, i mean, if it goes to prison, though, is there a risk that they almost become martyrs. of course. be not quite the same way as if one of those cars is thundered into them at 200 miles an hour. but is there a that they could go down a risk that they could go down in history, do they not kind of want to go to prison? i think we need need to balance this need to. we need to balance this with what happen otherwise with what could happen otherwise if a tough if we don't give them a tough sentence, i think that

. comments about lewis hamilton.bsolute brilliant racing driver in his day , but racing driver in his day, but using ugly words showing an ugly train of thought , it's totally train of thought, it's totally and absolutely unacceptable in a in a day where lewis is doing so much inside the sport. the sport really following up to avoid these kind of thoughts , racism. these kind of thoughts, racism. and you get somebody as nelson's stature . saying things like this stature. saying things like this it's yeah , i'm sorry. it's just it's yeah, i'm sorry. it's just well obviously it's unacceptable. and he tried to pass off as a word brazilian's use as a mate . he turned more use as a mate. he turned more clearly the brazilian doesn't feel the same way that that word is used in the mighty term. and it's a brazilian coach this find him £780,000. i think so yeah i'm i'm not very fond of peaky as a racing driver. he was brilliant as a bloke, not my cup of tea at all. well well said, perry. really good to see you this morning. h

lewis hamilton was eighth fastest with mercedes team—mate george russell in thirteenth. with mercedesely had to pull out. #i do my hair, check my nails...# but there are plenty of female acts elsewhere. us pop star lizzo will play on the pyramid stage just before guns �*n�* roses... # it�*s better than i ever even knew...#. and lana del rey will headline the festival�*s second—biggest stage on saturday night. the festival opens its gates on wednesday the 21st of june, with more than 200,000 fans expected to attend. mark savage, bbc news. nicola davies is a musicjournalist. we�*ve seen the headliners, the criticism they are all men. i we've seen the headliners, the criticism they are all men. i think the criticism _ criticism they are all men. i think the criticism is _ criticism they are all men. i think the criticism is fair _ criticism they are all men. i think the criticism is fair for _ the criticism is fair for glastonbury because it is this utopia of music, the crispness of music, this progressive musical community, so for them to stick to three, predominantly male headliners is

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