eve muirhead has finally done it at the fourth time of asking!st and a bronze in sochi, finally on top of the world. it is a dream come true for myself and for the rest of the girls as well. it's been a journey to get here. and here we are, we're olympic champions and what a five we are! yeah, it's such a special, special moment. the final day maybe, but this one was worth the wait in gold. ben croucher, bbc news. if you want drama, we've got plenty more of it. to elland road then, where manchester united are the visitors this afternoon taking on leeds united. the score is currently 2—2 — harry maguire broke the deadlock before bruno fernandes doubled their lead just before the break. but in the last few moments, rodrigo has scored a stunner for leeds and just seconds later raphina has added the equaliser. 2—2 then at elland road. the other premier league game of the afternoon is a midlands derby — leicester going to wolves for a 4.30 kick—off. a two games as well in the scottish premiership. leaders celtic are currently taking on dundee, that ga

eve muirhead's women's curlers beat japan 10—3 in beijing.he final medal of the games has gone to finland, in the men's ice hockey. the legal requirement to self—isolate after catching covid in england is expected to be dropped from next week — as part of the government's "living with covid" plan. canadian police say they've cleared the main protest site near the country's parliament and defend their use of pepper spray and stun grenades. right, well there hasn't been much to celebrate at the winter olympics bid to team gb have won gold on the very last day of the women's hurling. let's get the latest and the rest of the sports news. we waited ages for a medal of any kind and we ended up with a silver and a gold. yes, thank goodness for the curling. the men's curlers won a silver yesterday but the women went one better by winning a gold on day 16. finally, that gold medal arrives for team gb. eve muirhead, who won bronze in 2014, now at her fourth games is an olympic champion. with vicky wright, jen dodds, and hailey duff winning gold at thei

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eve muirhead and her gold medal winning team there.s over the past two weeks. the hosts china also won their highest ever winter olympic medal tally. we caught a glimpse of them there — the most successful british athletes at these games after team gb won gold on the final day in the women's curling. skip eve muirhead, who won bronze in 2014, now at her fourth games, is an olympic champion. with vicky wright, jen dodds, and hailey duff winning gold at their first attempt. ben croucher was watching. it took until the final day, but good things come to those who wait. that's it! it's a gold medal! great britain have won the olympic title! eve muirhead and her team on the biggest of stages, as cool as ice. this was the olympic final, absent of tension and drama. from the moment muirhead put britain two up at the very first end, the rest went rather smoothly. this could be the most important stone of the match. the team underwent an overhaul last year, but in finding the winning formula left no stone unturned. the game forjapan was all but

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katherine downes is in beijing and has been chatting to eve muirhead.y morning for curling fans in the uk, it started about nine o'clock in beijing's this morning. and finally, a gold medal on the very last day of the games and finally a gold medal as well for eve muirhead, herfourth olympic finally a gold medal as well for eve muirhead, her fourth olympic games, she won bronze in sochi eight years ago, came back injung chang four years ago but lost in the bronze medal match there, so agonisingly close to the medals, determined to come back and to have the olympic dream come true and i caught up with her earlier to find out how that feels. how does it feel, finally, four olympics and you've done it. i know, it's been a journey and, yeah, fourth olympics to have this gold medal around my neck is extra special. you know what, a lot of people say this but it really hasn't sunk in yet. it's the cliche, isn't it, but i can imagine you live in this bubble, it's the aim for you for a four—year period, and then all of a sudden it's here and itjust must be a ver

for muirhead, at herfourth games, it was particularly sweet.orward... oh, no, and they've - crashed, they've crashed! aside from their two medals in the curling, though, the truth is britain have struggled here. their target was between three and seven medals and they failed to reach it. and he's crashed! there are definitely athletes and teams going home disappointed, you know, we are not going to hide away from that. it would have been nice to have achieved some medals on the snow and also on the skeleton and bobsleigh. so we will go home and we will make sure we review that properly and understand what happened. suitably, it was the curlers that led the british team into the closing ceremony. and so the end of a games which were contentious before they even began, taking place against the backdrop of covid, and concerns over both sustainability and china's human rights record. and they were dominated by a sporting scandal of the russian 15—year—old kamila valieva, who was cleared to compete after failing a drugs test. but despite everything,

eve muirhead's women's curlers beat japan 10—3 in beijing.he final medal of the games has gone to finland, in the men's ice hockey. the legal requirement to self—isolate after catching covid in england is expected to be dropped from next week — as part of the government's "living with covid" plan. canadian police say they've cleared the main protest site near the country's parliament — and defend their use of pepper spray and stun grenades. hello and welcome to bbc news. the british government has issued its strongest warning so far about a possible russian invasion of ukraine. speaking to the bbc, the prime minister, borisjohnson, said the operation had — "in some senses" — already begun, and he warned that evidence from russia and ukraine points to vladimir putin planning what could be the biggest conflict in europe since the second world war. the prime minister also threatened moscow with what he called "the toughest possible" economic sanctions. mrjohnson was speaking from munich, where world leaders are meeting for an annual security con

for muirhead at a for skin, it was a sickly sweet.t is a dream come true for myself and the rest of the girls as well, it's been such a journey to get here. we are olympic champions, and what of five we are, and it's such a special, special moment. oh, no, they crashed! aside from the two medals in the curling, britain struggled. they failed to reach their target. there are definitely athletes and teams going home disappointed, we will not hide away from that. it would have been nice to achieved medals on the snow, and also on the skeleton and bobsleigh, so will go home and review properly and hopefully understand what happened. suitably it was the curlers who led the british team into the closing ceremony. so, the end of the games which were contentious before they even began. taking place against a backdrop of covid and concerns over both sustainability in china's human rights record. and there were dominated by a sporting scandal. the russian 15—year—old kamila valieva felt a drugs test, but in spite of everything, for the athletes

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this was 31 year old muirhead's fourth attempt at going for olympic glory and came after she was teamopening ceremony now on bbc news, mark lowen investigates how italy is failing to tackle the scourge of clerical sex abuse. this film contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. in the shadow of the vatican are the dark secrets that italy itself has buried... ..clerical sex abuse of minors believed to be extensive but undocumented. there is a lot of resistance in the system of society in italy to talk about it, even to talk about it. italy has the world's highest number of priests and the seat of the catholic church in its backyard, but it's not faced up to its sins, hidden away by a veil of secrecy. bells toll. for many italians, the church is as central to their culture as the family. more than 80% here identify as catholic, children embraced by it from baptism. and it can seem an unchallengeable authority. judging by other countries that have confronted abuse, it's thought there could have been hundreds of thousands of such crimes committed here. we've set out to discover

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it took eve muirhead's rink until their second match. what proved to be a match—winning lead. it finished 8—2 to team gb. i think after this morning, we actually— i think after this morning, we actually played _ i think after this morning, we actually played well- i think after this morning, we actually played well and - i think after this morning, we actually played well and we l i think after this morning, we - actually played well and we didn't -et actually played well and we didn't get a _ actually played well and we didn't get a win — actually played well and we didn't get a win we _ actually played well and we didn't get a win. we know— actually played well and we didn't get a win. we know if— actually played well and we didn't get a win. we know if we - actually played well and we didn't get a win. we know if we kept- actually played well and we didn't i get a win. we know if we kept things similar. _ get a win. we know if we kept things similar. we'd— get a win. we know if we kept things similar. we'd get— get a win. we know if w

muirhead won a bronze medal in 2014 but this is herfirst final at her fourth games.nities don't come around very often and i really, really was so, so proud of these girls. it is such team game out there and all week, we have really dug so deep and not even just this event, i think the whole season, from a squad of nine down to playing in the olympic qualifier, and yeah, i am pretty speechless right now, but what a moment. it sounds amazing to say that we are in the olympic final. great britain have been officially stripped of the silver medal they won in the men's lixioom relay at last year's tokyo summer olympics. cj ujah, who ran the first leg in the final, tested positive for two banned substances after the race. he produced a sample on the final which contained two banned substances. he ran the first leg of the lead and apparently missed out on go to italy by 100 of a 2nd. never a chance of finding but argued that a contaminated supplement was the cause of the positive test. the world athletics disciplinary panel will now of the band. in a statement, ujah says h

eve muirhead...red the shot of a lifetime. it's four! but sweden weren't done, forcing the match into an extra end. but when their final stone went astray, the celebrations could begin. great britain are in the final! and so britain's women, like the men's team, now have a shot at gold. i'm pretty speechless right now, but, like, what a moment. yeah, it sounds amazing to to say that we're in the olympic final. but earlier, britain's hopes in the skiing went rapidly downhill. zoe atkin fell notjust once but twice in the final of the halfpipe, and had to settle for ninth. oh, it's massive, isn't it? the gold, though, was never in doubt. the extraordinary eileen gu of china soaring to her third medal of the games. what a breathtaking talent eileen gu is, and what delight for the host nation. and with her second gold medal here in beijing, she's proving to be perhaps the star of these games. but the name of these games is surely kamila valieva, the russian teenager who failed a drugs test, was cleared to

eve muirhead...irhead conjured the shot of a lifetime. it's four! but sweden weren't done, forcing the match into an extra end. but when their final stone went astray, the celebrations could begin. great britain are in the final! and so britain's women, like the men's team, now have a shot at gold. i'm pretty speechless right now, but, like, what a moment. yeah, it sounds amazing to to say that we're in the olympic final. but earlier, britain's hopes in the skiing went rapidly downhill. zoe atkin fell notjust once but twice in the final of the halfpipe, and had to settle for ninth. oh, it's massive, isn't it? the gold, though, was never in doubt. the extraordinary eileen gu of china soaring to her third medal of the games. what a breathtaking talent eileen gu is, and what delight for the host nation. and with her second gold medal here in beijing, she's proving to be perhaps the star of these games. but the name of these games is surely kamila valieva, the russian teenager who failed a drugs test, wa

american's went into this this unbeaten but despite losing two of their three matches so far — eve muirhead5. that means they're back on track in the round robin phase and return to the ice against denmark tomorrow. and it was all rock and roll for team gb�*s lilah fear and lewis gibson on the ice rink as they danced to a kiss medley in the first part of the olympic ice dance competition. the british pair sit 10th after today's performance, with attention now turning to monday's free dance. there was a terrific game at headingley in rugby league's super league today, with warrington coming from behind. with warrington coming from behind late in the game to beat 12—man leeds rhinos by 22 points to 20. eight time super league champions leeds led for much of the first half before josh charnley scored one of his two tries to send warrington injust two points behind at the break. the rhinos extended their lead in the second half, but with six minutes left on the clock it was 20 points all when connor wrench crossed the line. that left his team—mate stefan ratchford to conquer his nerves. that he

the american�*s went into this unbeaten, but despite losing two of their three matches so far eve muirheadthey're back on track in the round robin phase and return to the ice against denmark tomorrow. there was a terrific game at headingley in rugby league's super league today, with warrington coming from behind late in the game to beat 12—man leeds rhinos by 22—20. eight—time super league champions leeds led for much of the first half before josh charnley scored one of his two tries to send warrington injust two points behind at the break. the rhinos extended their lead in the second half, but with six minutes left on the clock it was 20 points all when connor wrench crossed the line. that left his team—mate stefan ratchford to conquer his nerves. that he did, completing a memorable 22—20 win for the wolves. later, newcomers tolouse take on huddersfield. that's all from sportsday. i'll be back with you in around an hour. for now, goodbye. can you hear me? hello? yes, can you hear me? are you muted? no, are you frozen? all i'm getting is me back. i can hear me. hang on. sorry! hang on! wha

eve muirhead and her rink beat denmark and are now third in the table having won three of theirfive round are going even betterfor the men. bruce mouat and his side made light work of the danes, as they won 8—2. earlier, they beat hosts china 7—6. they now sit second in the table having won all but one of their five matches. that was a really good day. it was nice to get off to a good start this morning and kind of seal the deal with a really good performance there. ~ . , . with a really good performance there. ~ ., , , there. was that your best performance _ there. was that your best performance so _ there. was that your best performance so far? - there. was that your best. performance so far? yeah, there. was that your best i performance so far? yeah, i there. was that your best - performance so far? yeah, i think there. was that your best _ performance so far? yeah, i think it was probably _ performance so far? yeah, i think it was probably up _ performance so far? yeah, i think it was probably up there. _ performance so far? yeah, i think it was probably up there. we - performance so

to bed. 20 years on from rhona howie's stone of destiny in salt lake city, it is all about eve muirhead'sold. keely hodgkinson picked up $2,500 that's around £1,800, for breaking the 800 metres british record at the indoor grand prix in birmingham. the 19—year—old olympic silver medallist from manchester finished in 1 minute 57.21 seconds to take more than half a second off jemma's reekie�*s record. hodgkinson said after she coulnd't be happierfor herfirst race to go like that. there were also british indoor records for zac shaw and paralympic champion thomas young in the mixed class para—athletics 60 metres, with shaw edging out his gb team mate young. in rugby league, defending champions st helens won 38—6 at hull fc in the lunchtime super league match. hull played most of the game a man short after luke gale was sent off. saints ran in six tries, two of them scored byjosh simm. elsewhere huddersfield beat hull kr 26-12. last season's runners—up, catalans dragons also made it two wins out of two, they withstood a late fightback from wakefield trinity to win 24—22. rugby union's premiers

it's now two in two days, as eve muirhead's team backed up bruce mouat�*s display yesterday in reachingold medal match. they did so in dramatic fashion. 8—7 down in the ninth end, eve muirhead put them 11—8 with a brilliant final stone. sweden still managed to level the match in the 10th, so it went to an extra end, sudden death, crucially team gb, had the hammer, the final stone, but they didn't need it. sweden were wayward with their last attempt. gb went through 12—11 to sunday's final and will take onjapan who beat switzerland. shades of the 2002 victory. millions stayed up through the night to watch that moment. jackie lockhart spoke about their chances of emulating that achievement. a couple of remarkable formance is on the ice and two semifinal wins means great britain are now in the hunt for two gold medals. joining me to discuss it is the 2002 world championjackie lockhart. what do you make of that? champion jackie lockhart. what do you make of that?— you make of that? after the girls lost the four _ you make of that? after the girls lost the four in _ you make of that? after t

eve muirhead and her rink beat denmark, now third in the table, having won three of theirfive round robina really strong start. always felt in control. we had a game plan. we have schedule keep going. one board at a time. we are not getting ahead of ourselves. good to get a couple of wins, and tomorrow we will start fresh again. and things are going even betterfor the men. bruce mouat and his side made light work of the danes, as they won 8—2. earlier, they beat hosts china 7—6. they now sit second in the table having won all but one of their five matches. england's liam livingstone fetched the highest price of any foreign player in the auction for the indian premier league. the punjab kings bought the lancashire all rounder for more than £1.1 million. livinsgtone only cost 473,000 last year but had a record—breaking summer in white ball cricket, including the fastest ever t20 century for an england player offjust 42 balls. in a season at the end of which the nfl has said goodbye to tom brady, perhaps a chance for a new quarterback to fill the void. but the two playing in super bowl 56 la

it took eve muirhead's rink until their second match.d we didn't get the win. |we know if we kept things similar, j we'd get the win out there tonight. that's exactly what we did. to take down the current olympic- champions in such of the commencing to take down the current olympic | champions in such a comnvincingj game is very nice and shocking. the men's team finished strongly to beat italy 7—5, bruce mouat sending down the final stone. britain are ranked first in the world, so there's a lot of expectation on their shoulders. they'll be back tomorrow for matches against the usa and norway. hello again. this time yesterday, we were looking at some hill snow in scotland causing a few issues on some of the higher scottish routes and some strong winds gusting 70 mph in the western isles. we had a covering of snow left over over the hills, and that was all courtesy of this area of cloud, an area of low pressure that's currently working across the north sea to bring some fairly windy weather to the netherlands through friday. out in the atl

eve muirhead's team with plenty to think about.n the half pipe. the day's most emotional moment was this, the final flourish of a snowboarding legend, america's shaun white could only finish fourth in his last event before retirement after a career including three olympic golds and you could see just how much this meant. is not about today, it's about a whole lifetime of this sport and i've got to thank the competitors for embracing me this hallway, the kind words they. said to me at the bottom, you know, that i had inspired them and push them to get to this point. thank you, guys, thank you, snowboarding. it has been my life. it has been a roller—coaster through the years. the fondest of farewells to one of the game's most enduring stars. meanwhile, the medals in the team figure skating in beijing will be decided by the court of arbitration for sport. the world anti—doping agency appealed to cas after it emerged that the 15—year—old figure skater kamila valieva — who helped russia win the team event in beijing — had tested positiv

the team gb flag—bearers were alpine skier dave ryding and curling's eve muirhead, a bronze medallisthe last two 0lympics. the olympic torch was then placed into the centre of a giant snowflake, bearing the names of each of the 91 nations taking part, and there it will stay for the next 16 days of competition. 16 days isn't long enough to pack in all the curling. that has been going for a few days and great britain have a really strong medal hopes in the mixed doubles with world champions jen dodds and bruce mouat. they beat australia, although they had to go to an extra end to pinch it 9—8. that's three wins out of four for the british pair and they lie second in the standings at this round robin stage. the top four reach the semis, but they still have another five matches to play after two high profile departures from the england men's set—up this week, the ecb chief executive tom harrison says that he is still the man to help turn the fortunes of the test team around. head coach chris silverwood left his position 24 hours after ashley giles stood down as director of cricket. it fol

it took eve muirhead's rink until their second match.erland they came roaring back this afternoon against sweden, with this, on end four, muirhead's hammer scoring four. and giving them a match—winning lead. it finished 8—2 to team gb. i think after this morning, we played well and we kept things very simple and playing a little bit, we did exactly what we did. the team had such a good way to finish of the day. had such a good way to finish of the da . , the men's team finished strongly to beat italy 7—5. bruce mouat sending down the final stone. britain are ranked first in the world, so there's a lot of expectation on their shoulders. they'll be back tomorrow for matches against the usa and norway. well, it was an action packed day elsewhere in beijing. the usa climbed the medals table — after gold in the figure skating, from a man who dabbles with data when not competing. there was a therapeutic gold, for one of the break—out stars from four years ago, chloe kim. and there was a really dramatic win for austria in the men's snowboard —

eve muirhead's women's curlers beat japan 10—3 in beijing, at her fourth games. hard work. there's been ups and downs but when you get this round your neck at the end, it's definitely worth it. now on bbc news it's time for we are england. yeah, the wind has gone now. there is not a lot of wind so we work two dredges at the minute. we've had more bad years than good years. it is just a different problem every day. i won't be going if we can't get a living. you know, just ticking over is no good. january 2021, it stopped dead. i think the fishermen were promised the unpromisable. if we lost the export market, then beneficiary would be under serious trouble. —— then the fishery would be under serious trouble. worst case scenario is we stop the business, we stop buying. if two or three things go wrong, the whole show can collapse. to see our oyster fishery collapse would be devastating. we'll put the big jib up now because there is not enough wind. that's cool. i'll give you a hand there. make sure there are no twists in it. my name is les angel. all right? i am an

to bed. 20 years on from rhona howie's stone of destiny in salt lake city, it is all about eve muirhead'somorrow as they have their own shot at gold. well, in the other notable action today, there was real drama in the men's skiing halfpipe. the wind made things tough enough, but for gb's gus kenworthy, it was a real horror show in his final olympics. be warned, the pictures could be a little shocking, but incredibly, as ben croucher reports he managed to pick himself and finish the event. we have typed as a sport that defies gravity, sometimes as great britain's gus kenworthy found out... gravity wins. thrills are often followed by spills, remarkably, he dusted off the snow and dusted off his skis again to deliver a swansong. his skis again to deliver a swansong— his skis again to deliver a swanson. �* , . , his skis again to deliver a swansonu. �* , . , ., swansong. i'm 'ust really happy to be walkin: swansong. i'm just really happy to be walking and — swansong. i'm just really happy to be walking and to _ swansong. i'm just really happy to be walking and to land _ swansong. i'm just re

eve muirhead's team pulled it back to 11—3 straightaway, but it's been cagey since then, before a stealh end, despite sweden having the hammer, the final stone, they couldn't stop the british quartet from levelling the semifinal at 5—5. sweden have the hammer again in the sixth end. they have won the scoring stone but there are still in a couple of stones to go. the ioc president, thomas bach, has criticised kamila valieva's coaching team in beijing for having no compassion towards the teenage figure skater. in response, russia's deputy prime minister says it's "inappropriate and wrong for bach to weave his own fictional narrative on the feelings of their athletes." the 15—year—old figure skater, who has been allowed to compete for the russian olympic committee, despite being investigated for a failed drugs test in december, fell a number of times in yesterday's individual free skate routine and dropped from the gold medal position to fourth. her coach, eteri tutberidze, confronted her as she stepped off the ice, saying, "why did you let it go? why did you stop fighting?" when i afterwa

even with head and james riding to the team gb's medal hopes there. —— eve muirhead.ler. i look forward to chatting with you for _ aimee fuller. i look forward to chatting with you for that - aimee fuller. i look forward to i chatting with you for that podcast and we also had yvonne as a guest on and we also had yvonne as a guest on an division as we take our guests on an division as we take our guests on a one—mile walk to get everybody off the screens and they can join us in there is a walk with us. the screens and they can 'oin us in there is a walk with us._ there is a walk with us. thank you very much — there is a walk with us. thank you very much indeed _ there is a walk with us. thank you very much indeed for— there is a walk with us. thank you very much indeed forjoining - there is a walk with us. thank you very much indeed forjoining us, | very much indeed forjoining us, aimee fuller. very much indeed for “oining us, aimee what very much indeed for “oining us, aimee fuller. . ., . ask that podcast is available in bbc sounds. the action is already under way. c

eve muirhead's women's curlers beat japan 10—3 in beijing, at her fourth games.been hard work. there have been ups, there's been downs. when you get this round your neck at the end, it's definitely worth it. now on bbc news, zeinab badawi and a panel of experts in nairobi, kenya, take questions concerning recent successive coups in africa. hello and welcome to global questions, with me zeinab badawi, in nairobi. kenya is in a tough neighbourhood. it's surrounded by countries that are mired in conflict. somalia has long battled extremist insurgents. south sudan has known little piece. and ethiopia is in the throes of what many describe as a civil war. plus, there have been several military takeovers in the past year, which have prompted fears that the army is making a comeback in african politics. applause. you join us in central nairobi, where a local audience here will be putting their questions about conflict and army coups in africa. so, let me introduce my panel to you straightaway. adan keynan, senior mp from the ruling coalition here in kenya, and he is a m

round robin match, the women are back on the ice, against sweden and they took command with eve muirhead'sal stone. the hammer! in the fourth end, it scored four and gave them a 5—1 lead. they have added to it, they currently lead to they have added to it, they currently lead to 6—1 they have added to it, they currently lead to 6—1 heading they have added to it, they currently lead to 6—1 heading into the sixth end. the men's team finished strongly to beat italy 7—5 — bruce mouat sending down the final stone. he was one of the mixed doubles pair that missed out on the bronze. britain are ranked first in the world so there's a lot of expectation on their shoulders — they'll be back tomorrow for matches against the usa and norway. there was a dramatic finish in the men's snowboard cross final. after several rounds of knockout competition it all came down to just a few millimetres. canada's eliot grondin had been the fastest in the preliminary race and took that form into the early stages of the final. but alessandro haemmerle of austria reeled him in and it came down to a photo—finish... hae

muirhead won a bronze medal in 201a, but this is her first final at her fourth games.t even just this event, i think the whole season, from a squad of nine down to playing in the olympic qualifier. and yes, look, i am playing in the olympic qualifier. and yes, look, iam pretty speechless right now, but what a moment. it sounds amazing to say that we are in the olympic final. and gb's late charge for medals might notjust end on the curling rink. the men's four—man bobsleigh team have an outside chance of winning something too. they find themselves in sixth place at the halfway stage of the event. piloted by brad hall, the team are 0.69 seconds off the lead, but only a third of a second off bronze. the final two runs take place tomorrow. no medalfor gus kenworthy, but he mayjust be glad to have completed the ski halfpipe event. he fell on his first two runs. the second still makes the mind boggle as to how he actually gets up from it. they are made of hard stuff, these halfpipers. get up he did, to land a clean run in at the end — good enough for eighth place in his fina

to bed, because 20 years on from rhona's stone of destiny in salt lake city, it is all about eve muirhead'sow it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. hello there. today, for many, it's been a day to assess some of the damage brought by storm eunice. but on top of that, we've also seen some tricky weather conditions out there today — a spell of heavy rain and, at times, some snow moving across the peak district and up into the pennines as we speak. at the same time, north of that, it was a beautiful day. after recent heavy snow eased on friday in scotland, we had blue sky and sunshine. beautiful in perth and kinross. this has been the story, then, over the last few hours — the wet weather pushed in from the west and you can see where the snow was across parts of derbyshire, south yorkshire, easing away off to the east before another system moves in through the night tonight, bringing yet more wet and windy weather with it. in fact, we will see widespread gales on exposed coasts once again as we head into tomorrow. so the rain first thing quite light and patchy across central an

the women's curling team led by eve muirhead lost to china 8—1; this morning.s out of their hands, they will have to beat the russian olympic committee in theirfinal round robin match if they're to finish in the play off places and hope results elsewhere go their way. and talking of beating the russian olympic committee — that's just what the men's curling team have done today. they're already guaranteed a semi final spot, and won 8—6. they're one of the best remaining medal hopes and are still on course to potentially contest the gold medal match on saturday. so it's not been a memorable olympic games for team gb so far. here are the thoughts of team gb�*s boss georgie harland. we would love to be on the medal table at this stage of the games, but i think the athletes more than anyone are disappointed with that. if you look back, we have had some promising results. looking to the future. but we will not shy away from some that are disappointing but right here, right now, we still have competition ahead. we still have athletes to have their moments so rightfull

slalom skier dave ryding and curling skipper eve muirhead leading out members of team gb.er than others. last of the 91 nations, the unsurprising crowd favourite, team china. amid criticism over its choice of host, the 10c has stressed its neutrality, but the man in charge had this message. this is the mission of the olympic a -- olympic— this is the mission of the olympic a —— olympic games, bringing us together— —— olympic games, bringing us together in— —— olympic games, bringing us together in peaceful competition, always— together in peaceful competition, always building bridges, never erecting — always building bridges, never erecting walls. i appeal to all local— erecting walls. i appeal to all local authorities across the world, - ive local authorities across the world, give peace — local authorities across the world, give peace a chance. finally— give peace a chance. finally time for the games to be declared open. from high—tech drama, to a more simple flame lighting, ending a ceremony that sort to present a scene of purity, peace and unity to the world. laura sco

there are still hopes in the curling and eve muirhead's team secured an important win against the usan are third in their round—robin group. day 9 at the winter olympics gets going in the next few hours, you can keep on top of all the action on the bbc sport website. but from me, goodnight. thank you very much. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. and sophie raworth will be here at 9am tomorrow, where she'll be speaking to the northern ireland secretary brandon lewis and to a senior adviser to the us secretary of state. that's all from me. goodnight. good evening. it looks like this. heavy rain affecting parts of the uk. when the weather across the south, lighter winds further north. on the satellite picture, you can see that shield of cloud racing and from the atlantic. this will bring wet weather to start sunday across western england, wales, quickly getting into northern ireland, northern england and up into southern scotland as well. for east anglia in the southeast, they will start off on a drying out, rain will arrive here to the afternoon. not in

it took eve muirhead's rink until their second match. what proved to be a match—winning lead — it finished 8—2 to team gb. i think after this morning, we played well and inuvik kept things very similar, display a little bit we keep the wind out there tonight and taking down the current 0lympic champions and such a convincing game will be a nice the fish of the day. the men's team finished strongly to beat italy 7—5 — bruce mouat sending down the final stone. britain are ranked first in the world so there's a lot of expectation on their shoulders — they'll be back tomorrow for matches against the usa and norway. unconfirmed reports in russia have named 15—year—old kamila valieva, as the figure skater who has tested positive for a banned substance at the winter olympics. the presentation of the medals for the team event, won by the russian olympic committee, has been delayed. laura scott has more from beijing. this is fast becoming a major news story here at the beijing winter olympics. in three tabanao we got 0lympics. in three tabanao we

the americans went into this unbeaten but despite losing two of their three matches so far — eve muirheadre back on track in the round robin phase and return to the ice against denmark tomorrow. job done. an impressive win for the scottish quartet. team gb, though, have missed out on a skeleton medal for the first time since 2002 as laura deas finished second to last in the final, despite recording herfastest time when she went first in heat four. germany's hannah neise took gold with the last run of the heat. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. according to the nhs england thousands of lives could be saved if people knew how to spot the early signs of a heart attack. they are launching a new campaign to encourage people to dial 999 if they experience some of the most common early symptoms like sweating and tightness in the chest. it comes after a poll showed fewer than half of people knew to call the emergency services when experiencing the early signs of a heart attack. joining me now is dr yasmin razak who is a clinical directo

muirhead won a bronze medal in 2014 but this is herfirst final at her fourth games.really, really so—so proud of these nirls. it is team proud of these girls. it is team game out there and all week, we have really dug so deep and not even just this event, the whole season from a squad of nine down to playing in the olympic qualifier, and yes, i am pretty speechless right now, but what a moment. it sounds amazing to say that we are in the olympic final. the ioc president thomas bach has criticised kamila valieva's coaching team in beijing for having no compassion towards the teenage figure skater. in response russia's deputy prime minister says it's, "inappropriate and wrong for bach to weave his own fictional narrative on the feelings of their athletes." the is—year—old figure skater, who has been allowed to compete for the russian olympic committee despite being investigated for a failed drugs test in december, fell a number of times in yesterday's individual free skate routine and dropped from the gold medal position to fourth. her coach eteri tutberidze confronted

eve muirhead and her rink beat denmark and are now third in the table having won three of theirfive roundgoing even betterfor the men. bruce mouat and his side made light work of the danes as they won 8—2. earlier, they beat hosts china 7—6. they now sit second in the table having won all but one of their 5 matches. out of live sport going on, more in the next hour. at least 13 people have been injured after a floor collapsed at a pub in east london. firefighters rescued seven people who became trapped in the bar in hackney. nickjohnson reports it was just before five o'clock yesterday afternoon when the floor gave way at the two more years bar in hackney wick. firefighters rescued seven people who were trapped, and paramedics said three people were seriously hurt. another ten had minor injuries. suddenly there was this earthquake like rumble, and before we know it, suddenly the floor gave way, and we all started to sink, and quite fast. describing the rescue, the london fire brigade said crews used a ladder to make a bridge between the floor and the internal staircase to get people safel

the americans went into this unbeaten but despite losing two of their three matches so far — eve muirheadoff a fightback to win10—5. that means they're back on track in the round robin phase and return to the ice against denmark tomorrow. job done. an impressive win for the scottish quartet. team gb though, have missed out on a skeleton medal for the first time since 2002 as laura deas finished second to last in the final, despite recording her fastest time when she went first in heat four. germany's hannah neise took gold with the last run of the heat. and a decision on russian teenage figure skater kamila valieva's doping case will be made on monday. the 15—year—old, failed a drugs test in december, and will have a hearing tomorrow before a decision is made on whether she can continue to comepete at these games. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. let's return to our top story for a moment. the ukraine president zelensky has been speaking in the in eastern region. let's hear what he had to say. we have to be ready this day. it b

eve muirhead's women's side beat the russian olympic committee to progress. a fantastic final stone in the ninth end to score four and clinch a 9—4 win. team gb�*s last four place was confirmed when defending champions sweden beat south korea. and it's the swedes who'll face team gb in tomorrow's semi. i am very proud of this team. i think we have a great chance out there. as a team we have played very well all week and as much as we have lost a few games i think all of us know those losses have not been through a lot of bad play, it has been inches here and there but that is curling. i can't wait to get out here tomorrow night. supporting the boys tonight in the semifinal and let's hope we can all do great britain proud. gb remain without a medal still, but with three days of competition remaining hopes have been raised of success in half pipe freestyle skiing thanks to british teenager zoe atkin, who cruised into the final, qualifying in fourth place. she said she may include some fresh tricks, in tomorrow's final, which she hopes will push her into the med

ceremony will take place tomorrow in the famous bird's nest national stadium, with the curler eve muirhead britain. but it's been a troubled build—up to the games — with china dealing with the covid pandemic and accusations of human rights abuses. 0ur china correspondent robin brant has the latest. she is one of china's 0lympians of tomorrow — maybe. she hadn't even been born the first time the olympics came to town. but now the six—year—old skater is inspired by the games. translation: it's very - exhausting but she presses on. she won't leave until she's learned how to do all the moves. she doesn't quit. she can't go to any of the events though. she can't get close. the winter olympics is happening in beijing, but almost everyone here is excluded from it. china is in the middle of a renewed battle to try to maintain zero covid in this country, and it's decided not to sell any tickets for the games to members of the general public, so everyone who queues outside venues like this in the weeks ahead is going to be hand—picked — a member of the ruling communist party, or someone who works at

the americans went into this unbeaten, but despite losing two of their three matches so far, eve muirheadeturn to the ice against denmark tomorrow. team gb though, have missed out on a skeleton medal for the first time since 2002, as laura deas finished second to last in the final, despite recording herfastest time when she went first in heat four. germany's hannah neise took gold with the last run of the heat. that's all the sport for now. i promise we will show you wales versus scotland on sportsday at 6:30pm, join us if you can. it is 0-0 at 6:30pm, join us if you can. it is 0—0 at half—time. see you in an hour. the nhs has launched a new campaign to encourage people to dial 999 if they suspect they're in the early stages of a heart attack. doctors want to improve awareness of common initial symptoms such as sweating, feeling dizzy and tightness in the chest. jon donnison reports. a new tv ad urging people to look out for the early signs of a heart attack. a feeling of unease. but a poll of 2,000 people carried out for the launch of this nhs campaign found that fewer than half those as

it came in the women's curling, led by skip eve muirhead, along with vicky wright, jen dodds, and haileyn the final. elsewhere on the final day, finland won their first 0lympic men's ice hockey gold with victory over the russian olympic committee. they beat the defending champions 2—1 to claim the last medal of the games. it rounds off an unbeaten run in the competition for finland, who have won a medal in the discipline in five of the past seven 0lympics. so, after 19 days of competition, norway top the medal table, taking home 16 golds in total — the most ever won at a single winter games. their 37—medal haul is ten more than germany who finish second. the hosts china come third, with the usa just behind. to the premier league, then, where there's been plenty of drama in the opening match of the afternoon with manchester united beating leeds united in a six—goal thriller. there was a thunderous atmostphere at elland road, and by half time, united were two goals up thanks to captain harry maguire and bruno fernandes. leeds managed to pull things level, with quick goals from rodrigo and