menna fitzpatrick has just 5% vision, yet has made her name flying down ski slopes at speeds normallynd her guide, jenifer kehoe, became britain's most decorated winter paralympians after winning four medals including a gold in pyeongchang last year. next up is the world championships, which get under way next week in slovenia. andy swiss has been to meet them. hoping once again to hurtle into history, i sporting double act like history, a sporting double act like few others. menna fitzpatrick has history, a sporting double act like few othei 5% lienna fitzpatrick has history, a sporting double act like few othei 5% vision. 'itzpatrick has history, a sporting double act like few othei 5% vision. this |trick has history, a sporting double act like few othei 5% vision. this m a( has less than 5% vision. this is a simulation of what she sees as she follows jenifer kehoe‘s simulation of what she sees as she followsjenifer kehoe‘s orange bit of it. last year, held the pair to pair 0lympic glory. the unheralded duo came home heroes. from the royal box at wimbledon to mbe use at windsor cast

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britain's menna fitzpatrick and guidejen kehoe have won their second gold medal at the para alpine skiinghips in italy. they had the quickest time in the visually—impaired super—g... which helped them also claim a silver in the super combined event. fellow gb skiers kelly gallagher and gary smith won bronze in both. wigan warriors' defence of the super league title got off to the worst possible start. they were beaten 22—12 at rivals st helens. but it was hugely impressive openerfor the saints, with kevin naiqama scoring the first try after just 93 seconds. wigan managed to get back to 12—all at the break, but tries from regan grace and this one from james roby sealed the win. there's less than 2a hours to go until the start of the six nations. wales travel to france in friday night's opener but the big game of the weekend is in dublin as champions ireland host england. eddie jones has given manu tuilagi a first start in the competition for six years. our rugby union correspondent chrisjones has been at their training camp in portugal. the weather has turned a little bit here and portugal

and at the para alpine world championships in slovenia, britain's menna fitzpatrick and guidejen kehoeually impaired giant slalom, the pair are gb‘s most successful winter paralympians, kelly gallagher and guide gary smith were fourth. the world anti—doping agency has decided against re—imposing sanctions on russia even though moscow missed a deadline to hand over data from the laboratory at the centre of alleged state—sponsored doping. russia's anti—doping agency turned over the requested information eighteen days late, but said that did not warrant re—imposing the suspension. experts have begun analysing the data in an attempt to identify competitors who benefitted from one of the biggest cheating scandals in sporting history. here's our sports editor dan roan. last year, russia paid a humiliating price for state—sponsored doping scandal, the country flag and them and from the winter scandal, the country flag and them and from the winter olympics, and for us to not compete. they then missed the deadline to grant access to the anti—dumping lot in moscow, the epicentre of cheating, but

menna fitzpatrick and her guide jen kehoe have become the first british skiers to win both paralympicworld para—skiing championships in italy, to add to their gold medals at the winter games in pyeongchang last year. silver went to kelly gallagher, who won britian's first ever paralympic gold medal at sochi in 2014, and her guide, gary smith. when the world freestlye ski and snowboard championships begin on thursday in park city, usa, there will be plenty of attention on charlotte bankes. she's a snowboard cross athlete — she was born in britain but grew up in france and competed for them at the last two olympic games. but she's now switched great britain and will make her major event debut for gb this week. she's amongst the favourites to secure a world medal. bbc 0lympic sports reporter nick hope has been to meet her. i was born in the uk, my parents are british. the whole family moved into france when i was four because we love being in the mountains. france when i was four because we love being in the mountainsm france when i was four because we love being in the mountains. it is

and britain's menna fitzpatrick and guidejen kehoe have won their second medal of the para alpine worldver after finishing five seconds behind slovakia in the visually impaired slalom, having taken bronze in the giant slalom on tuesday. now, it's been a wonderful run at the australian open for the greek youngster stefanos tsitsipas but he finally met his match today. 2009 champion rafael nadal handed out a masterclass to the 20—year—old, losing only six games in a devastating display to book his place in the final which will be his fifth in all in melbourne. he'll play either novak djokovic or lucas pouille in the showpiece on sunday. i have to keep doing the things that i'm doing, that is my feeling, just keep playing the way that i'm playing. and let's see. that is my goal, i think. playing. and let's see. that is my goal, ithink. i playing. and let's see. that is my goal, i think. i think i'm doing a lot of things well so i can't complain much. i am just focused on trying to do the things i'm doing and then expect to have one of that special days. it felt like a different dimension o

menna fitzpatrick and her guidejen kehoe have won gold in the women's downhill for visually impairedboth paralympic and world titles. last year they won paralympic gold in the slalom event at pyeongchang to become britain's most successful winter paralympians. before the weather let's just go back to our main story and to simon mccoy in westminster. thank you. labour leaderjeremy corbyn is set to meet theresa may for talks on brexit in parliament later. let's go back to norman smith in the central lobby of the houses of parliament. the focus will be on what she has to say to uk —— e —— eu leaders, isn't it? yes i suspect she will be speaking to any reader she can find of the european union who she can convince to cut her some slack on the backstop. she has that meeting with jeremy corbyn. the backstop. she has that meeting withjeremy corbyn. it the backstop. she has that meeting with jeremy corbyn. it seems the backstop. she has that meeting withjeremy corbyn. it seems to me, yes, of course, mrs may faces an awful lot of questions, but so, too, oui’ awful lot of questions, but so, to

menna fitzpatrick and her guide jen kehoe have become the first british skiers to win both paralympic gold today in the women's downhill for visually impaired skiers at the world para—skiing championships in italy, to add to their gold medals at the winter games in pyeongchang last year. silver went to kelly gallagher, who won britian‘s first ever paralympic gold medal at sochi in 2014, and her guide, gary smith. tomos williams will make his first six nations appearance for wales when they play france in their tournament opener this friday night at the stade de france. williams starts at scrumhalf ahead of gareth davies — and is partnered by his cardiff blues team mate gareth anscombe in the half backs. only three changes have been made from the team that beat south africa in november, as wales, who finished second in last year's competition, aim to build on their nine—match winning streak. france centre mathieu bastareud has not been named in france's matchday 23. he's been replaced by 19 year old romain ntamack, who will make his debut against wales. super league champions wigan war

they were already britain‘s most successful winter pa ralympians now menna fitzpatrick and her guidefog, which could well cause some travel problems during tomorrow and on into friday. so tune into your bbc local radio station for details where you are. during tonight, things for many of us are pretty quiet. still some snow showers feeding in across northern and northwestern parts of scotland. a few for other western fringes, the breeze strengthening in the far southwest later on. for most of us, a very cold night, all the way down to —15 degrees across some rural spots in scotland. now, we go into tomorrow, it could be some freezing fog to contend with, most especially across parts of northern england, down into the midlands. a lot of dry sunny weather, but we bring this band of rain into the southwest. that starting to turn to snow, especially over high ground, but even to lower levels through the west country, into south wales. temperatures around 2—5d, and as we go through tomorrow evening, we‘re going to bring some of that rain and increasingly sleet and snow northwards into the

and menna fitzpatrick and her guide jen kehoe have become the first british skiers to win both paralympiclly impaired skiers at the world para—skiing championships in italy, to add to their gold medals at the winter games in pyeongchang last year. silver went to britain's kelly gallagherand her guide, gary smith. we'll have more for you in sportsday at 6:30pm. thank you, we will see you later. welcome back to westminster where the scale of the prime minister's challenge in trying to renegotiate the brexit withdrawal agreement is increasingly apparent. senior eu officials have made it clear they aren't prepared to reopen negotiations. in parliamentary votes last night, mps backed a plan to renegotiate the brexit withdrawal agreement, specifically the so—called backstop, which guarantees an open border between northern ireland and the republic. that, of course, probably the biggest obstacle that has been around and one that mps are trying to find an answer to. the chorus from brussels is if you have an alternative plan, let's hear it. there is no clarity so far. with me to discuss the issue

and if you want a demonstrtion of a big performance, i think menna fitzpatrick and her guidejen kehoes the super bowl this sunday, the la rams taking on one of the greatest teams that is the new england patriots. a huge game in world sport, but one that‘s really special on a personal level for two players who will have to put a great friendship to one side when they take to the field this weekend. caroline barker reports. sports is all about rivalries, right? in 1996, when the olympic summer games were here in atlanta, there was an great rivalries on and off the track. this weekend, we see the ultimate, it is called the world championship game when it comes to american football, the new england patriot sub against the la rams, but some of those rivalries go back a long time. take two childhood friends turned punters. johnny and i have walked on together as freshmen and the punter position was open and all i knew at the time was open and all i knew at the time was there was this really big all—state quarterback from washington that was supposed to come and that is the other guy i would

and congratulations to menna fitzpatrick and her guide jen kehoe.pionships in italy. it was a british one—two, with kelly gallagher and guide gary smith taking silver. not bad for a day's work, amazing stuff. i remember when mike experienced that he said it was just unbelievable. i think around 596 vision i think she has, so amazing. an 11—year—old boy has become the first nhs patient to receive a pioneering new cancer treatment which uses the body's own cells to fight the disease. the patient, who has leukaemia, received his own immune cells at great 0rmond street hospital in london after they had been modified in a laboratory. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. this boy from watford was diagnosed with leukaemia five years ago, but conventional treatments failed, so he has become the first nhs patient out cyber clinical trial to have this personalised immunothera py. out cyber clinical trial to have this personalised immunotherapy. the cancer treatment is known as cartee therapy. first blood is taken from therapy. first blood is taken

britain‘s menna fitzpatrick and guidejen kehoe have won their second medal of the para alpine world championshipsy explained. 0ur political correspondent chris mason is at the university of bedfordshire in luton. iam very i am very flattered. good afternoon. welcome to luton and the university of bedfordshire. we are doing a bit of bedfordshire. we are doing a bit ofjargon of bedfordshire. we are doing a bit of jargon busting of bedfordshire. we are doing a bit ofjargon busting because the bbc news website has a newjargon buster, given that people like me are going to be prattling on for goodness knows how long about various terms. we have a search at the bbc website where you can punch in all the waffle people like me spew out every hour of the day and there is a cogent definition for all of these terms that get used. ultimately, we are on a supercharged mission to explain both here in the university and out and about in luton today. brexit has turned out to be a rather messy business full of words, sayings and jargon bandied around, but when we boil it all down, do we know what on earth most of

menna fitzpatrick and her guidejen kehoe have become the first british skiers to win both paralympic italy, to add to their gold medals at the winter games in pyeongchang last year. silver went to kelly gallagher, who won britian's first ever paralympic gold medal at sochi in 201a, and her guide, gary smith. tomos williams will make his first six nations appearance for wales when they play france in their tournament opener this friday night at the stade de france. williams starts at scrumhalf ahead of gareth davies — and is partnered by his cardiff blues team mate gareth anscombe in the half backs. only three changes have been made from the team that beat south africa in november, as wales, who finished second in last year's competition, aim to build on their nine—match winning streak. france centre mathieu bastareud has not been named in france's matchday 23. he's been replaced by 19 year old romain ntamack, who will make his debut against wales. super league champions wigan warriors will begin their title defence on thursday against st helens on minus two points after being found g