there's one match in rugby union's premiership, it's fourth v fifth, northampton saints are taking onwomen comfortably beat wasps by 29 points to 5. heather cowell scored the pick of the four quins tries with this brilliant run, almost the entire length of the pitch. it was the first premier 15s match to take place at the ground. time now for some of the day's other sport stories and 0nly five horses finished a gruelling welsh grand national. it was won by the 13 to 2 shot i will do it, ridden by sam sheppard and trained by sam thomas. there were no fans for the second year in a row due to welsh government covid rules. dirk van die—vun—bode staged a remarkable comeback to reach the last 16 of the pdc world darts championship. the dutchman came from three nil down to beat ross smith 4—3 at alexandra palace. and manchester city forward ferran torres has arrived in barcelona for a medical ahead of a 46 million pound move. it comes just 18 months after he left valencia for manchester city. and finally everton have become the first club in the premier league to formally support a campaign

northampton saints climbed to third in the table as they handed bottom side bath their ninth straightasps for the first time since the coventry side moved to the midlands as they hung on for a bonus—point victory at sixways. in the united rugby championship, 1a points from stephen myler set up an ospreys victory over high—flying ulster. lions beat stormers in the day's other match. that's all from sportsday. have a lovely evening, bye—bye. good evening to you. it has been a cold start to the weekend and it is going to stay cold into tomorrow as well. we have had a whole mixture of weather, rain, sleet and snow but also some sunshine, good spells of sunshine across the south of the country. earliersnow sunshine across the south of the country. earlier snow across central and southern scotland, you can see it showing very clearly hear of the earlier radar, the blue rain in the white snow, you can see the southern uplands, across the pennines, heavy falls of snow there and there has been whinging this in the showers further north and west as well, the best of the clear spells for the sou

now to rugby union and it was a nightmare start to the new european champions cup for northampton saintst franklins gardens. the french side scored five tries in the game. the pick of them created by scotland stand—off finn russell a brilliant, trademark run from him, before that lovely off—load to wenceslas lauret for the score. it's the climax to the formula one season this weekend. and who win the title is anyone's guess. max verstappen and lewis hamilton are level on points, verstappen only top by virtue of winning nine races to the reigning champions eight. it's the briton who topped the time sheets in friday's second practice. he was more than half a second quicker than his title rival, which is a huge margin in formula one. although the dutchman was fastest in the morning session. our reporterjennie gow is in abu dhabi. when it comes to the way this track has been re— profile from last year to this, they've got rid of a lot of the bits that red bull would've excelled at. actually they've met it a lot of fast, flowing corridors which typically has on the way of mercedes. so you hav

in rugby union's premiership, and harlequins moved up to third in the table after they beat northampton saints from behind to comfortably win it it the end. louis lynagh finished off the pick of their six tries. it was a good day all round for harlequins fans. earlier, their women's side comfortably beat wasps by 29 points to 5. heather cowell scored the pick of the quins tries with this brilliant run, almost the entire length of the pitch. it was the first premier 15s match to take place at the ground. there were no fans at the welsh grand national for the second year in a row. the welsh government's introduced covid rules which prevent more than 50 spectators attending a sporting event. only five horses finished a gruelling race which was won by the 13—2 shot i will do it, ridden by sam sheppard and trained by sam thomas. the defending champion gerwyn pryce survived a huge scare to reach the last 16 of the pdc world darts championship at alexandra palace. the world number one was taken all the way to a sudden death leg by belgium's kim high—brecks. the ice man kept his cool though as he took

in the premiership today there were wins for london irish northampton saints and worcester warriors.8 points to 15. it was sarries' first visit to sandy park since their enforced relegation from the premiership in the wake of the salary cap scandal. nick parrott reports. this game is the renewal of a rivalry which has defined english club rugby for more than half a decade. in the three premiership finals between the two, saracens have won them all. they got off to a quick start thanks to alex lozowski, but they struggled to keep their heads. believe vunipola's disagreement with a decision solve the ref removed exeter within range for levelling. in challenging conditions, it was going to take a mistake or a masterstroke to make a difference. the latter came courtesy of simmons fining tom 0'flaherty to put the home team in front, but they couldn't cut out the errors and another soft penalty solos out restore saracen's' lead. with a few moments of flair, exeter resorted to brute force with captain and player of the match looked cowan—dickie driving through. simmons converting before add

in rugby union's premiership, and harlequins moved up to third in the table after they beat northampton saintse end of the first half but came from behind to comfortably win it it the end. louis lynagh finished off the pick of their 6 tries. it was a good day all round for harlequins fans, earlier their women's side comfortably beat wasps by 29 points to 5. heather cowell scored the pick of the four quins tries with this brilliant run, almost the entire length of the pitch. it was the first premier 15s match to take place at the ground. there were no fans at the welsh grand national for the second year in a row. the welsh government's introduced covid rules which prevent more 0nly five horses finished a gruelling race which was won by the 13 to 2 shot i will do it, ridden by sam sheppard and trained by sam thomas. that's all the sport for now. you can follow their live coverage of the ball. kick off at eight p:m.. more for you later. goodbye. they have secretaries as people should remain cautious and the figures are being monitored. there is a sharp rise in the number of cases in scotland, the

the match between ulster and northampton saints did get played last night, though.p 27—22 in belfast. there are three matches in the tournament today. michael van gerwen takes to the oche later as he bids for a fourth world darts championship and insists he's still the best player in the world, despite not being the top seed. scotland's willy borland will remember his debut at alexandra palace. the scot won his first round match with a perfect nine—darter, calling it the best night of his life. there's more on the bbc sport website including the latest on those games affected by the pandemic. bbc.co.uk/sport. joanna. there's plenty more on the news channel this afternoon. that's it for now from me. the next news on bbc one is at a 5.15. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. now let's get more on the spread of 0micron. earlier i spoke to professor lawrence young, a virologist at the university of warwick. he said infections are more or less doubling every couple of days. there is always a lag between getting test results through, so we just expect it will be h

now to rugby union and it was a nightmare start to the new european champions cup for northampton saintshe formula one season this weekend. and who win the title is anyone's guess. max verstappen and lewis hamilton are level on points, verstappen only top by virtue of winning nine races to the reigning champions eight. it's the briton who topped the time sheets in friday's second practice. he was more than half a second quicker than his title rival, which is a huge margin in formula one. although the dutchman was fastest in the morning session. our reporterjennie gow is in abu dhabi. when it comes to the way this track has been re— profile from last year to this, they've got rid of a lot of the bits that red bull would've excelled at. actually, they've met it a lot of fast, flowing corridors which typically has on the way of mercedes. so you have to say that lewis hamilton came into this weekend as favourite but as we seen already, the rule book this year has been thrown out. they are so good, these two drivers, i don't think you can split them. and that's the great thing about this, it'

harlequins moved up to third in the table after they beat northampton saints by a1—27 in the big gamepick of the quins tries. brilliant run, almost the entire length of the pitch. it was the first premier 15s match to take place at the ground. there were no fans at the welsh grand national for the second year in a row. the welsh government's introduced covid rules which prevent more than 50 spectators attending a sporting event. only five horses finished a gruelling race which was won by the 13—2 shot i will do it, ridden by sam sheppard and trained by sam thomas. the defending champion gerwyn pryce survived a huge scare to reach the last 16 of the pdc world darts championship at alexandra palace. the world number one was taken all the way to a sudden death leg by belgium's kim huybrechts. the ice man kept his cool though as he took out 76 to set up a meeting with the netherlands�* dirk van duijvenbode in the next round. that is all your sport for now. van duijvenbode in the next round. you can follow day three of the third ashes test in melbourne tonight over on the bbc sport website

next to rugby union — in the premiership there were wins for london irish, northampton saints and worcesteraherty and player of the match luke cowan—dickie helped exeter to an 18—5 win over their big rivals saracens. exeter are fourth in the table, while sarries remain second after just their second loss of the season. in the united rugby championship 1a points from stephen myler set up an ospreys victory over third—place ulster. ospreys are fourth. elsewhere wins for glasgow warriors and lions. we'll have a new name on snooker�*s uk championship trophy this evening when zhao xintong will face belgium's luca brecel at the york barbican. zhao thrashed former world championship finalist barry hawkins 6—1. whilst the belgian luca brecel beat kyren wilsen 6—4 as he recorded four century breaks. the best—of—19 final will be live across the bbc today. that's all the sport for now. now it is time for the papers. hello and welcome to our look at this morning's newspapers. with me are the independent�*s features writerjames rampton and laura hughes, who's the political and diplomatic correspondent f

the match between ulster and northampton saints did get played last night, though.break in snooker or a hole—in—one in golf. we are talking about a perfect 9—dart finish in darts. and what's more scotland's willy borland managed a rare one at the world darts championships on his debut. this is when a player, gets all the way from the starting score of 501, with the fewest throws — and this was the traditional way. if you're good at maths, you can work out others. but borland started with three treble 20s, and then he followed that up with another two treble 20s, and a treble 19. that left him in with a chance of the perfect score in front of the excited fans at alexandra palace. cheering and applause. and they went wild when the scot finished it off with two more treble 20s and a double 12. it helped him clinch the match in the best possible way. borland described it as "unbelievable and "the best night of my life." that is the dream even for a darts player, isn't it? it that is the dream even for a darts player. isn't it?— player, isn't it? it has happened less tha

in rugby union's premiership, and harlequins moved up to third in the table after they beat northampton saintsund for harlequins fans. their women's side comfortably beat wasps by 29 points to 5. heather cowell scored the pick of the four quins tries with this brilliant run, almost the entire length of the pitch. it was the first premier 15s match to take place at the ground. there were no fans at the welsh grand national for the second year in a row. the welsh government's introduced covid rules which prevent more than 50 spectators attending a sporting event. 0nly five horses finished a gruelling race which was won by the 13/2 shot i will do it, ridden by sam sheppard and trained by sam thomas. but of course the big story this morning, that defeat, an innings and 14 runs of england in that test in melbourne. 3—0 down and australia very much on top. they have retained the ashes and england will be trying to play for some kind of pride. you are trying to stress the slim positives there are. the are trying to stress the slim positives there are. the rare silver lininu. positives there are. the

next to rugby union, in the premiership there were wins for london irish, northampton saints and worcesterecond after just their second loss of the season. in the united rugby championship, 14 points from stephen myler set up an ospreys victory over third place ulster. ospreys are fourth. elsewhere, wins for glasgow warriors and lions. now, leicester tigers are one of the unquestioned giants in the men's game. until this month, they've never had a womens side, but are now holding open trials for new athletes to give it a go, as sam wheeler has been to find out. music. there has been a big push in the game of rugby this year between the men's and women's game, and here at oval park ground, that means a brand—new team for leicester tigers women. 140 years as a one—time operation and with the women's game growing rapidly, leicestertigers growing rapidly, leicester tigers are growing rapidly, leicestertigers are now reaching out to all types of female athletes to get involved. tonight is just about finding your talent, so we're really to welcome basketballers, net boulders, across fitter, a ne