natalie pirks, thank you. i was hoping, long journey. natalie pirks, thank you.ou. i was hoping, louise lear, that you. i was hoping, louise lear, that you are going tojump in when that frog jump in you are going tojump in when that frogjump in my you are going tojump in when that frog jump in my throat, but you didn't, so i had to soldier on! i was sulking, actually having to follow that puerto rico. whose idea was it to put that package just before the weather? this is as good as it got today, some brief glimpses of sunshine, but for most of us it has been quite cloudy with outbraked of rain, this has been the story throughout the day, the heaviest rain has been in northern ireland, but with the light, drizzly rain, it gave some grey skies in pembrokeshire, misty and murky conditions here during the day. as we go through the next couple of days, we are going to have this battle between the transition from winter to spring, we might even mention the s word from time to time. but this frontal system is going to move its way in from the north—west and behind it we

natalie pirks, bbc news. of hamilton surprise move does leave the door open for more driver movement in need of a seed, the man lewis hamilton will replace ferrari and that is carlos sainz, he too is releasing a statement out of what will be his last season with the italian team. saying: they will, of course, be of mercedes which now to feel too. here is our f1 corresponded. massive news for the party, i'm sure he's had a very busy phone today with everyone trying to sell themselves to him but the empty seat at mercedes, if lewis doesn't want to, it is still a very attractive position someone else. alex albon is one of the favourites to go into that seed but there are plenty of really strong candidates around. at the end of this year, there were a lot of drivers and their contracts up for renewal, this is made it a little bit uncomfortable for some who are already signed like lando norris because that's seat, is it better than mclarens? i don't know. much more reaction on bbc sport website, let's change gears

natalie pirks, bbc news.attack on british democracy. here�*s our political editor, chris mason. burnt out. mike freer�*s office after a suspected arson on christmas eve. after years of threats and intimidation, he�*s had enough. it was a really tough decision and a very emotional decision, because i love thejob and my constituency. but after, you know, a long line of incidents, some of them low level that every mp has to deal with, but two or three very serious incidents, two of which were threats to life and then the arson attack was the final straw. in october 2021, the conservative mp sir david amess was murdered, stabbed to death. the man who killed sir david had previously turned up armed at mr freer�*s office — another contributor to his decision to walk away. i think this is an incredibly sad situation, that we have a brilliant mp, a minister who is essentially being hounded out of office because of the intimidation he faces. it�*s completely unacceptable and is a huge loss to uk politics. mps expect s

natalie pirks, bbc news. — in the hope of finding new treatments. three years ago, felicity baker — who herself has a stammer — made a documentary for the bbc about the impact it has on people�*s lives. now she�*s been to talk to the scientists who are carrying out this new research. just so you know, i have a stammer. for people who stammer, every word matters. i've always found it hard to say the word meaning the next day and i try and say t—t—t...tomorrow. i have a s...stammer. aidan has stammered all of his life. now he wants answers. there�*s still quite a few un...known questions about the causes and. . . p—potential treatment, so when i heard about the fact that there was this r...research happening in oxford, i was q—quite happy to take part. scientists are measuring brain activity in people who stammer. they�*re trying to understand what happens in the moments before they speak. the team is also using virtual reality to understand why people seem to stammer less when they�*re alone. we�*ve got a spac

natalie pirks, bbc news, puerto rico.eanwhile, at stamford bridge, chelsea left it late to beat leeds. here�*s patrick gearey. football offers little time for reflection. just three days ago, chelsea lost the efl cup final. now, in the fa cup, they soon wandered into yet more trouble against second tier leeds united. mateo joseph�*s goal, stamford bridge rocked. some from leeds still shocked. mauricio pochettino, chelsea�*s under—pressure manager, has asked for time. his side didn�*t need much of it before responding through nicolas jackson, a rallying cry for a troubled side and his team—mates came with him. that�*s a really good chelsea goal! mykhailo mudryk eased the panic. perhaps you can be too relaxed, especially when faced with leeds undoubted quality. a super equaliser! joseph again, 2—2. extra time and more stress loomed when finally chelsea settled it. conor gallagher firing them into the last eight — at last. an fa cup win once kept sir alex ferguson in a job at manchester united. maybe erik ten hag could take

natalie pirks, bbc news.on surprise move does leave the door open for more driver movement in need of a seed, the man lewis hamilton will replace ferrari and that is carlos, he too is releasing a statement out of what will be his last season with the italian team. saying: they will of course be of mercedes which now need to feel. there is a f1 corresponded, jenny. feel. there is a f1 corresonded, jenn . , , corresponded, jenny. massive news for the _ corresponded, jenny. massive news for the party, _ corresponded, jenny. massive news for the party, i'm - corresponded, jenny. massive news for the party, i'm sure i news for the party, i'm sure he's had a very busy phone today with everyone trying to sell themselves to him but the empty seat at mercedes, influence doesn't want to, is still a very attractive position someone else. alex alban is one of the favourites to go into that seed but there are plenty of really strong candidates around. at the end of this year, there were a lot of this year, there were a lo

natalie pirks reporting.hat confirmation of hamilton's surprise move does leave the door open for more driver movement. in need of a seat will be the man lewis hamilton will replace at ferrari and that's carlos sainz. he too has released a statement ahead of what will be his last season with the italian team. he's said: "following todays news, scuderia ferrari and myself will part ways there will of course be a vacant seat at mercedes which team principal toto wolff will now need to fill. here's our f1 correspondentjennie gow: yeah, it is massive news for the paddock. i'm sure he's had a very busy phone today with everyone trying to sell themselves to him. the empty seat at mercedes if lewis doesn't want it, it is still a very attractive position for someone else. alex alvin is at williams at the moment. he would be one of the favourites to go into that seat, but there are plenty of really strong candidates around. at the end of this year, there where a lot of drivers with contracts up for renewal. this has m

natalie pirks, bbc news, maidstone. indeed, may be.tie gornall it is at the arena for the game tonight. how much pressure will be on maidstone? when you watch the players and the managers, you don't get the sense that they're under much pressure at all. theyjust look joyful. you just told george after he had finished setting out the cones, walk over to the fans at the end of the stadium and share a moment to them. he was waving, he was cheering, fans were applauding him. he spoke to a couple of them and walked off to go prepare his players. they are really enjoying every moment of this fa cup, which we began all the way back in september. they come through so many ties to be here. they've already knocked out championship opposition. speaking to the fans, they really believe, they've been loving what they seen so far, and they think they seen so far, and they think they can go one further here tonight. they've done so well already. they're the lowest ranked site late in the cup —— competition. to get this far in a sense, they've got not

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our sports correspondent natalie pirks in puerto rico. i think is apt for what happened in her third round. she came rock—bottom, but it's not the last chance for her. she has a second chance tomorrow, i'll be at a very tough her route, she'll have to search twilight dutch serve twice as much as the main round, but still a main route for her. because 13 women have already qualified for the olympics, we think she'll have to qualify in the top 16 which could be around friday or saturday. it's quite tricky with surfing to know when this could happen, but it'll be incredibly tough. there is the olympic champion here, the world number one — it is stacked in terms of the field, but she is of course britain's youngest olympic medallist in bronze, she's a world champion and skateboarding. but surfing is relatively new for her, she's not been competing a lot though she's done it since she was four years old. she would be the first british woman ever to compete in two different sports in the same summer olympics. it hasn't been done since 1912. edm

our correspondent natalie pirks is in peurto rico for us. how has sky brown got on?r about around yesterday, as you mentioned, she dropped out of the main round into what's called the main round into what's called the rep or charge, where you have to serve double the amount of anyone in the main rounds, but she came through a very looked loaded couple of heats. she did that and seems overly got her confidence back. she looked like she was choosing the waves better and really attacking the waves, and she posted some very good scores. it's all fairly complicated, but essentially in a nutshell, we should know tomorrow afternoon, puerto rico time whether this olympic dream of hers will come to fruition. she's hoping to become the first british woman in history to compete into different sports at the same summer olympics. it would be the first time any britain has done it since 1912. so it's a big ask, she's onlyjust started surfing and competitions, though she's been surfing since she could swim. i caught up with her a little bit earlier and it seems she's really embraci

we'll have a full report on that story with our correspondent natalie pirks on the news at ten tonightople thinking about their mental health. 0ur reporter alex howell has been talking to him in munich. welcome to munich — the home of beer, bayern, and england's all—time leading goal—scorer. cheers for doing this, harry, good to see you again. good to see you, too. now settled in his new city, harry kane tells the bbc how happy he is with his start in germany. when i made the move, i was excited by it, but of course a little bit nervous as well on how it was going to go. so i've been really proud with the way i've started. so now i've got my wife and kids here since the new year, you know, they're settled in school, they're doing really well. and kane is going to go for it! has he beaten schuhen?! oh, i don't believe that! you've got 24 goals, level with lewandowski and gerd muller, a couple of bayern munich legends — things couldn't be any better, could they? extremely proud to have those sorts of records. it's not something i set out to do at the start, but once you hear about them a

natalie pirks, bbc news.sing in the highlands for more than five days has been recaptured. it was spotted at this morning. eating bread forjust a couple of miles from the park that he escaped from. now the football transfer window has closed in the last few, look at the latest. thank you for being with us on the football new show. the transfer window in england has closed. a quiet deadline day has so much of the month that preceded it. adam waters to crystal palace is the biggest spending and £18 million for the midfielder. moving from middlesborough to aston villa, at that fee 8 million could go up to 15. bournemouth have started a new striker confirming tonight at the tricky internationaljoining on loan. in the last few minutes knowing him force have announced the signing of belton goalkeeper from strasberg for £5 million. and we have conceded a few goals the season so key signings for them. french defendersjoining them in moving to turf. let's cross back to our reporter alex. the busier day than maybe we w

hamilton is widely considered one of the greatest drivers of all time, as our sports correspondent, natalie pirks red. welcome to my first day at mercedes. hejoined mercedes in 2013 welcome to my first day at mercedes. he joined mercedes in 2013 and welcome to my first day at mercedes. hejoined mercedes in 2013 and has always said it has felt like home. so much so, he signed a new £100 million contract last year to stay until 2025. million contract last year to stay until2025. but million contract last year to stay until 2025. but it appears he will now only stay for one season before joining a team who have been long—term admirers, and it is no surprise why. there hamilton has won a joint record seven drivers' championship titles, an achievement he shares with michael schumacher. six of them have been with mercedes and all came inside an astonishing seven—year spell of dominance. hamilton also holds the records for the most wins and the most pole positions and the most podium finishes in this sport. as the longest serving formula one team, ferrari holds allure and romance but they have not had a