and a horrible crash for mark cavendish in italy. good evening. cup and the premier league a little later but we start with a brilliant victory for ireland over england in the six nations which gives ireland the grand slam. the 2a points to 15 win was the perfect end to the irish campaign, winning their third grand slam on st patrick's day. joe wilson was watching for us at twickenham. ireland's rugby players on the pitch at twickenham, surrounded by photographers and the media, reflecting an outstanding performance. they are grand slam winners, 6—nation champions and they have won away in paris and london. this was a finale to a perfect 2018 for irish rugby. if you've missed ireland's progress, here's a recap. first it was france and a last—minute goal, then we thrashed italy. and then ireland beat wales in dublin. yes! we scored four tries to beat scotland, for tries. and that's just left twickenham. and here we were, aiming for the grand slam, hoofing the towards the snowflakes. 14—0 down and england had to respond. here it came. the home side

all rolled mark cavendish.the floor for the oda, look at that. they do have some spectacular crashes in cycling, don't they? they've got to get up and carry on. they've got to get up and carry on. they are made of tough stuff, though cyclists. thank you very much. rotherham, rochdale, oxford and now telford. the list of british towns and cities rocked by child sexual exploitation scandals is growing. so how are the police dealing with it? joining us now from norfolk is the national lead for child protection, chief constable simon bailey. thank you very much for talking to us on thank you very much for talking to us on breakfast this morning. good morning. this is an issue obviously that has touched so many people, not just those who are victims or who are relatives of the victims, but there is a concern that potential victims orformer there is a concern that potential victims or former victims and their issues are not being addressed by police at the moment. do you want to tell us where you are coming from in t

mark cavendish must be one of the most unlucky men in sport.o, he crashed and broke a rib. he is backin he crashed and broke a rib. he is back ina he crashed and broke a rib. he is back in a one—day race, yesterday, but look, he hit that pollard, and you can see him flipping over his handle bars onto the road. to rub salt in the wounds, he was in contention when that crash happened. poor mark cavendish. another crash them. how many more bumps and bruises can one man take? there he is in the road and everybody having juice deer around him. paralympics gb has won its first gold of the games in pyeongchang, making it our most successful winter olympics to date. britain's menna fitzpatrick and guidejen kehoe took gold, with millie knight and brett wild claiming the bronze medal. it means the team have met the target set for this games by uk sport. the organisation's chair dame katherine grainger is in our london newsroom. it is seven medals, that is the target hit. you must be pretty impressed. yes, once again, we set a big ambitious target for the

now is mark cavendish one of the unluckiest men in sport?season, then in his first race back a fortnight ago he crashed and broke a rib. despite that he took on the milan san remo one day race yesterday and crashed again. to rub salt in his wounds he was in contention when the crash happened. italy's vincenzo nibali took the victory. that is all the spot for now. plenty of cancellations for football and by of cancellations for football and rugby fixtures across the country and horse racing as well. keep up—to—date with that on our website. experts from the committee will test samples of the nerve agents that was used in the salisbury spy poisoning. joining me now is tom burridge. snowing as we can see. what is the latest on the investigation there in salisbury? there has been minimal activity this morning in the city. the focus is on the fact that officials from the old pcw, this international body, will go to porton down, not farfrom here. the ministry of defence's scientific laboratories to take a sample of the nerve agent which british sc

now is mark cavendish one of the unluckiest men in sport?then in his first race back a fortnight ago he crashed and broke a rib. despite that he took on the milan san remo one day race yesterday and crashed again. to rub salt in his wounds he was in contention when the crash happened. italy's vincenzo nibali took the victory. well the bad weather across the country has caused many events and fixtures to be called off. amongst those are the anglo welsh cup final between bath and exeter, which was due to be played at kingshoilm. also off are the women's fa cup quarterfinal ties between arsenal and charlton, and sunderland versus manchester city. and the championship game between derby and second placed cardiff is also off. there is lots of force rating that has been cancelled as well. you can keep up—to—date with that on our website. i will be back with more for you in the next anwer. catherine, thank you very much indeed. see you later on. kent police have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder after several people were injured when

mark cavendish has suffered a number of injuries, including a fractured rib and some swelling on hisndish, seen here on the far right at the start of yesterday's opening stage of the tirreno—adriatico, completed the stage after the rest of his team dimension data teammates. he earlier crashed at over 30mph, although the tv cameras missed it. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you. good afternoon. let's return to our main story. the home secretary has described the nerve agent attack on two russians in salisbury as a "brazen and reckless act". amber rudd said the pair had been the targets of an "attempted murder in the most cruel and public way". samples from the victims have been tested by experts at the defence science and technology laboratory at porton down, who are world renowned experts in this field. as assistant commissioner mark rowley announced yesterday, that forensic analysis has revealed the presence of a nerve agent, and the incident is there

after his heavy crash in milan, former commonwealth games cycling champion mark cavendish has pulledno serious damage has been sustained, he says. now, the wbo heavyweight champion joseph parker says that he is in the best shape possible ahead of his fight with anthony joshua best shape possible ahead of his fight with anthonyjoshua at the end of the month, new zealand has only recently made it public that he underwent surgery on both elbows at the end of last year, he says he is fit and ready for the bout, the winner will hold three of the four heavyweight title. he backs himself as a champion, i back myself to be the best in the world. no reason why i should be flinching, it is you ever wins is the best man on the day. no excuses from my side, i am 100% ready, no injuries, there is no niggles... i will put on the best performance. that is what everyone is hoping for, including one of the big names on the undercard, including one of the big names on the underca rd, anthony including one of the big names on the undercard, anthony crolla, former lightweight champion, he spoke with us

mark cavendish will miss the commonwealth games road race due to injuries sustained in numerous crashesury and after aggravating a rib injury ata and after aggravating a rib injury at a fall, last week, he says the games in australia have come too soon for his recovery. rory mcilroy, the new favourite for the masters next month, looks to be heading out of the world matchplay championship, trailing the american brian harman, four down with four holes remaining, defeat may see him make it —— not make it out of the groups. michael fitzpatrick leading paul casey in an all english affair. after being bowled out the just 58, england cricketers a long way behind after day two in auckland, due to rain, not as bad as it could be in the opening test in new zealand. kiwi captain kane williamson did have time to finish his century, 18 test century, a record for new zealand. after just 23 overs, century, a record for new zealand. afterjust 23 overs, rain came down, new zealand, 229—4 leading by 171 ru ns new zealand, 229—4 leading by 171 runs when play was eventually called off, the forecast is not

mark cavendish has suffered a number of injuries, including a fractured rib and some swelling on hissterday's opening stage of the tirreno—adriatico, completed the stage after the rest of his team dimension data teammates. he earlier crashed at over 30mph, although the tv cameras missed it. snowboarder owen pick has been selected as great britain's flagbearer at the winter paralympics opening ceremony in south korea tomorrow. pick is making his debut in the games. he lost a leg aged 18 while serving with the british army in afghanistan. yeah, it's incredible. eight years ago, i was fighting for this flag and now i'm representing this flag, so it means a lot to me. i didn't expect it at all. it was very much a surprise to me. it means a lot. it's super important to us, so nice to have the opportunity to carry it out here. we are now bringing you the home secretary speaking in the house of commons about the incident in salisbury. they have handled the incident with their customary attentiveness, alacrity and sense of public duty. first responders put themselves in dangerous situations

milan last week mark cavendish says the games in australia have come too soon for his recovery.t. —— liam brodie. the 21st seed from serbia winning in straight sets. just outside we have the sport relief five aside. robbie savage's team are playing for 12 straight hours and the score at the moment is 51 goals for robbie savage's team and 52 for the challenges, but there is still a way to go. that is all in aid of sport relief. more to come later. now on afternoon live — let's go nationwide — and see what's happening around the country — in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. let's go to alex lovell who is in bristol for us with details of the grand opening of the much anticipated being brunel museum. tara mills is in belfast to tell us more about meghan markle and prince harry's first visit to northern ireland together. alex, what is so special about this museum ? the build—up has been long. the build-up has been long. yes, this is a real celebration of the great engineer, isambard kingdom brunel, one of the greatest engineers of the time, certainly of his time i