scholes at oldham, lampard at derby county, and gerrard with glasgow rangers in scotland. manage in the premier league one day. who will get there first? who will be most successful? only time will tell. the british horseracing authority has announced that racing in britain will resume on wednesday after a six—day shutdown following an outbreak of equine flu. a total of 174 racing stables had been placed in lockdown, but officials say a risk—managed return to racing will now take place, with four meetings set to go ahead on wednesday. next, the alpine world championships in sweden continues to provide more extraordinary stories, this time involving france's alexis pinturault in the men's combined. the olympic silver medalist looked like he would be well off the podium places, after disappointment in the downhill, only to then put in a breathtaking performance in the slalom. it was enough to win him gold. hanne davis was watching the day's action the alpine combined is such an interesting event because it is not an event that anyone excels, like you say, at both halves. it

paul is the new manager at oldham athletic. full tear is his first managerial appointment and is a co—owner of salford city. i thinki appointment and is a co—owner of salford city. i think i spent enough time preparing for this and it's on the next few games and couple of months where we will know if it's the right thing to do. for now i've got a good feeling about it and it will hopefully be the right thing to do. the ever sorceress reports brassiere lifting the ban on runners and islands with immediate effect. we'll find out this evening whether the british horseracing authority will allow racing to us resume on wednesday informal cases of equine flu have been identified in newmarket. six horses were infected in cheshire last week and the meeting is a month away. here is the leading trainer. the next step is the crucial one. we knew it was out of co nta ct the crucial one. we knew it was out of contact with horses that were in contact with a horse that was infected. there was a very tenuous line to it. it was a good enough de

the result of the night in league 2 came at oldham where paul scholes made a brilliant start to his careeryeovil 4—1 at boundary park. the win lifts them up to 11th in the table. england beat the west indies by 232 runs to win the third and final test in st lucia. captain joe root top scored with 122, while mark wood and moeen ali produced some brilliant bowling, but it's just a consolation win, west indies had already won the series. former england captain sir alastair cook gave his reaction on the series to our cricket correspondent jonathan agnew. the fact that they've won a dead brother, i think this could be a bit ofa brother, i think this could be a bit of a turning point for the english side. in a way, they've adapted to these conditions and they were crying out for it and antigo. they did not get it right, whether they we re did not get it right, whether they were trying to get it right, we don't know. but in this case, they delivered that. have they learned that lesson? we talked a lot up here about the bold positive cricket they wa nt to about the bold positive cricket they want

they were sent by a couple called mr and mrs chadwick from oldham.ce which was a barrel on top of a stick. sailors would pop their mail into the barrel and then other sailors that would be passing by would stop off and if they were heading back to england or to the united states, they'd take the post, and either ascended from england or the usa or hand deliver it. hope you're still with me! this syste m it. hope you're still with me! this system is still going today so tourists now use it and in very much the same way people will pop their postcard in there without a stamp and hope that another tourist will come along, pick it up and hand deliver it back home. and this what happened to mrand deliver it back home. and this what happened to mr and mrs chadwick. what happened to it in those 30 years we have no idea. because it has ended up back at their house in oldham 30 years later. what has happened to it is a mystery. but they have actually got it now? they have actually got it now. how did it get there? what happened was, it arrived in their old ho

scholes — a member of the class of 92 — takes his first step in management, taking over at boyhood club oldhamd welcome to the bbc news at six. brexit uncertainty is being blamed for a sharp decline in the growth of the uk economy. growth hasn't been slower for nine years, according to official figures out today. the office for national statistics says growth last year was 1.4% — that's the lowest since 2009. the 0ns pointed to a sharp fall in the manufacture of cars and steel products, and a decline in construction. 0ur economics correspondent dharshini david reports. protecting metal gate posts from the weather is all in a day's work at this plant. but insulating the business against outside forces has been tough, in fact, their sector has been one of the hardest hit. 2018 was a challenging year for us. we had rising zinc prices and steel prices for customer, reduced order books and a high employee turn over. business spent less onned byings and equipment. investment has been waiver since the referendum but over the last year it has dropped by almost 4%, squeezing growth across the economy.

crews from ashton, stalybridge, hyde, oldham and bolton north are using specialist moorland firefightingril, when the amount they have to put into their pension pot increases. since 2012, ten million eligible workers have been automatically signed up to workplace pensions, and from april, their contribution will rise from 3% of their salary to 5%. here's our business correspondent rob young. building up a pension pot — sacrificing part of our wages today to pay for a more comfortable retirement. since 2012, 10 million eligible workers have been automatically enrolled in a workplace pension. from april, many of those employees will have to put a bigger proportion of their pay into their auto—enrolment pension pot. according to an analysis of earnings, the annual take—home pay of someone earning £15,000 a year will be £49 lower, if they pay contributions on their entire salary. somebody on £30,000 will take home £253 less. in a few weeks' time, many workers currently contributing 3% of their pay will have to put in 5%. this is quite a significant increase, relative to what they've been pay

paul scholes is the new manager at oldham athletic, the club he supported as a boy.on. the former premier league club are currently mid—table in league 2, the fourth tier. it is his first managerial appointment, but he is a co—owner of national league salford city. scholes will have plenty of old contacts to help him on his way. i will do, i'm sure, when things come up that i possibly don't know how to deal with. i will be the first man on the phone, whether it's sir alex, i'm sure he'll be happy to give me advice, whether it's roy keane, that a lot of people like him:. —— there's a lot of people i can call on. the leinster and ireland forward sean o'brien is going tojoin london irish after this year's rugby world cup. o'brien won the most recent of his 5a ireland caps in the six nations win over scotland at the weekend. he has also toured twice with the british and irish lions tours. he will link up again with declan kidney, the exiles‘ director of rugby, who gave himn his first irleand cap back in 2009. more injury news for scotland. ryan wilson will miss the remai

paul scholes is the new manager at oldham atheltic, the club he supported as a boy.mer manchester united and england midfielder has signed a deal until the end of next season. the former premier league club are currently mid—table in league two — the fourth tier. it's his first managerial appointment but he is a co—owner of national league salford city. maurizio sarri apologised to the chelsea supporters yesterday after what he called "an unacceptable performance". they lost 6—0 at manchester city, who have returned to the top of the table. it was chelsea's worst defeat in 28 years. asked about his future, sarri said that "his job is always at risk". there was no handshake between the two managers at the end, sarri though saying that it wasn't intentional. there's a potential six nations title decider in just under a fortnight. england head coach eddiejones has already started playing some mind games, saying that they will face the "greatest wales side ever". england thrashed france 44—8 yesterday. jonny may went over for a hat—trick of tries inside 30 minutes at twi

former manchester united and england midfielder paul scholes has been appointed as oldham's new managerted and won 20 major trophies, including 11 premier league titles. although he has very limited coaching experience, paul scholes has talked recently about his eagerness to get back into football, almost six years since his retirement. social media sites should be fined or shut down if they don't tackle dangerous selling by influencers, england s children s commissioner has said. influencers are personalities with large numbers of followers on social media platforms. a bbc panorama investigation found a 13—year—old who lost money on a game promoted by an influencer on youtube — and a girl who suffered from an eating disorder asked to promote a diet product on instagram. catrin nye reports. welcome to dubai! social media influencers are digital superstars. many are paid to advertise to their followers online. zara mcdermott from love island is one of them. what is the most you have ever got offered for a post of a product? £3000 for one extra story which would probably take me maybe ten

president oldham says american forces will pull out of dollars than of talks with the taliban lead to a peace deal we're going into close to nineteen years and being in afghanistan and for the first time they're talking about settling they're talking about making an agreement and we bring our people back home if that happens we'll see what happens but there are really very serious negotiations for the first time there's a reason for that so i think we're going so well our foreign policy basij. germany france and britain have launched a new payment system with iran which bypasses u.s. sanctions the movie's aimed at saving the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal that washington pulled out of last year that has a buckler has both powerless. it was on the sidelines of the european union foreign ministers meeting in bucharest that france britain and germany launched a new e.u. payment mechanism to allow european companies to continue trading with iran and bypass u.s. sanctions ministers hope the initiative will safeguard the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal and help ensure regional stability

the result of the night in league 2 came at oldham, where paul scholes made a brilliant start to hishe win lifts them up to 11th in the table. tributes have been paid today to gordon banks, who has died at the age of 81. he was england's goalkeeper when they lifted the world cup for the only time in 1966. brazilian legend pele, who banks famously saved from at the 1970 world cup, called him a goalkeeper with magic and a fine human being. banks's only domestic honour was a league cup with stoke city in 1972. their current keeper is jack butland. you ask anyone about gordon and they will tell you, you know, first and foremost what a great person he was, and just what a gentleman he was, and just what a gentleman he was, and hejust and just what a gentleman he was, and he just had and just what a gentleman he was, and hejust had a and just what a gentleman he was, and he just had a way of cheering people up and making people happy. over the last few years i've gotten to know gordon really well, invited me to his home, meet his family, and talk about everything from the world cup to defe

he is taking over at oldham athletic, the club he supported as a boy, and who sit nine points off the just feel ready, ijust feel ready, really. i think there has been times in the past where it's been an option for me, but i never felt quite right. where it's been an option for me, but i neverfelt quite right. i a lwa ys but i neverfelt quite right. i always wanted to come into this with... always wanted to come into this with. .. with my always wanted to come into this with... with my full coaching badges, i got them with the a licence, i did that last year. live in the area, 15 minutes away, which is good. i know it has been 20 or 30 yea rs is good. i know it has been 20 or 30 years since there has been excitement at the club, really, and iam like excitement at the club, really, and i am like every other manager that has been at this club in that time. you want to try and change it, and i hope i can do it. scholes's former side manchester united are in action tonight as the champions league returns. they are taking on paris st—germain in the first of the knockout matches, but thing

timothy oldham hit a ridiculous 30-foot turnaround jumper to pull off a wild buzzer beater and he's nowalking about that game-winning shot last night, beating dublin high in the playoffs. >> i wasn't expecting it at all. like i said, it was spectacular. i had no words. i couldn't describe the feeling. >> i love it. >> i bet. how could you describe the feeling? logan is going to play de la salle tonight in the ncs division one championship. good luck to both teams. sports are just awesome. >> i know. >> they're just awesome. >> he's a big man on campus, i tell you that. he can get any prom date he wants. >> i bet somebody is buying his lunch. >> i hope. outstanding, get that guy at least girl scout cookies. looking over here for any break, and in kt ffact this isn't as bs the bay bridge toll plaza. the disabled vehicle was slowing things across the span, should be just off of the bridge in the san francisco side but the metering lights were sometimes slowed down tonight, on friday a little more slowing but nothing dramatic. getting over there is great, an easy drive through the maze and

college photo oldham's a potential successor is a fellow democrat and has been accused of sexual assault castrate reports from virginia state capital richmond. the turmoil engulfing virginia's president has roots in the state's racist past a century and a half ago as virginia led fellow slave owning states into the american civil war white actors painted their faces black to mock and humiliate enslaved blacks the war ended slavery but not blackface but john was most popular character jim crow became the symbol of racial segregation that continued into the one nine hundred fifty s. and now these photos tied to virginia's current political leaders connect that racism to the present there's always necessarily been a belief that black people were inferior to justify slavery and segregation and to and to i don't want to say excuse but explain why they are lower in society in terms of income and education and so when you put on black face you're essentially making a caricature of someone that you think is lesser then you governor ralph northam continues to resist calls to resign he's wavered o

this story is staggering, tells what is going on in oldham?ce of stability for alex and the most traumatic of times. they have now backed down until galaxy can stay. they‘ve given us a statement saying they had issued an unreserved apology to alex and his father, also with them at this difficult time and the notice was made in error and now been withdrawn. they are saying they will carry out a review of that process to ensure a situation like this does not happen again. hopefully for alex, i was going to use the phrase happy ending but that is absolutely not the case, but at least it is some good news in what is a terrible time and situation for him and his family. it is the right ending, that is what it is. thank you both, that is nationwide. if you like to see more and any of those stories you can access them on the bbc iplayer and a reminder we go nationwide here on bbc live. with the us—led coalition close to announcing the defeat of the islamic state group in syria, the government there has already recaptured most of the country. now — ac