commentator: paisley park is driven out from west approach, and paisley park wins the jlt hurdles! action. well, i'll be listening on the tannoy, on the course, mainly, at least with racing you can follow the commentary without having any need for additional earphone. i think it must be nearly 50 years since i went to my first cheltenham, i've always loved it, and you always think of having a winner, you never really think it's possible, but my goodness, who knows? so with final preparations complete, the dream of a cheltenham winner has never been closer. kate grey, bbc news, marlborough. yes, what a story that would be, if paisley park wins the big race of the day, the stayers hurdle, at 3:30pm, and fairto the day, the stayers hurdle, at 3:30pm, and fair to say an awful lot of the 65,000 fans here will be cheering him on, kate. thank you very much indeed, andy. the 19605 supermodel twiggy, has received a damehood from the prince of wales. in a ceremony at buckingham palace, lesley "twiggy" lawson received the honour for services to fashion, the arts and charity. time for a look a

victory for paisley park. owner andrew gemmell has been blind since birth, but listening to the commentary on the tannoy and the roars of the crowd, he shared the celebrations. it was, he later said, a dream come true. well, cheltenham is no stranger to raw emotion, but this was something very special. two remarkable winners in one unforgettable day. andy swiss, bbc news, cheltenham. finally, two—time olympic champion james cracknell will become the oldest person to compete in the boat race after cambridge selected him for this year's contest in april. the a6—year—old, who won gold medals at the 2000 and 2004 olympic games, says it will be his "proudest moment in rowing" when he competes. thatisit that is it from us on bbc one. time for the news where you are. good night. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i'm holly hamilton. coming up on tonight's programme... arsenal pull the wool over rennes eyes, as they fight back to qualify for the quarter finals of the europa league. bryony frost makes history at cheltenh

paisley park is given out... and paisley park is given out...annoy. at least with racing, you can tannoy. at least with racing, you ca n follow tannoy. at least with racing, you can follow the commentary without having any need for an additional earphone. i think he must be, it must be 50 years since i went to my face cheltenham, i have always loved it and you always think of having a win but you never think it is possible. but my goodness, who knows? so with final preparation is complete, the wit —— the dream of a cheltenham winner has never been closer. you can hear how paisley park gets on in the stayer‘s hurdle on 5 live this afternoon from 3:15. the rest of the day‘s coverage is on 5 live sports extra past one this afternoon. that is my day spot —— that is my day sorted! thank you very much. i mentioned we were due to hear the latest figures of knife crime in england and wales. they have been published, so what are the headlines from this latest report, danny? these figures really reflect the fact that knife crime is a considerable problem

and, limbering up, paisley park is the horse who nearly died — can he and his owner, deliver a cheltenhamry tale? and in the sport on bbc news, a surprise omission from the england side to face scotland in the six nations, joe thockanagia doesn't event make the bench. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a former paratrooper,

that is paisley park.t. very popular winner there. winning the stayers hurdle at the cheltenham festival. sorry to do that to you but it was worth it. after parliament's vote last night to rule out a no—deal — the prime minister will try for a third time to get her withdrawal deal through — but with the clock ticking until march 29th — which at the moment is still "brexit day" — she's running out of time. joining me now is the shadow health secretaryjon ashworth. thank you forjoining us. i know you are backing the lumbar back amendments but you are not backing the amendment is looking at another referendum. yet, ithought the amendment is looking at another referendum. yet, i thought that was your policy? it is our policy to support a public vote at the right moment. we think today is about getting an agreement on extending article 50 and we have to extend this process because theresa may has made an utter shambles of this brexit negotiation. we need more time. it is dominating everything here. the governme

yes, what a story that would be, if paisley park wins the big race of the day, the stayers hurdle, at 3:30pm, and fairto the day, the stayers hurdle, at 3:30pm, and fair to say an awful lot of the 65,000 fans here will be cheering him on, kate. thank you very much indeed, andy. the 1960s supermodel twiggy, has received a damehood from the prince of wales. in a ceremony at buckingham palace, lesley "twiggy" lawson received the honour for services to fashion, the arts and charity. time for a look at the weather, here's darren bett. yes, not quite twiggy, more a tree that has fallen down today in bradford, because of the wind and rain, and there's more of that to come over the next few days. this is the sort of weather we are moving into today, sunshine and showers, and it follows the rain we had earlier on overnight and this morning. that has cleared all but the far south—west of england, the shower clouds are coming in and will continue to bring a mixture of sunshine and showers through the rest of the day. those are the temperatures but it is still pretty windy out there as well, not

another victory for paisley park. his owner andrew gemmell has been blind since birth.ary, via the radio and was able to share all of the celebrations. he later said it was a day come true. still to come on the final day of the festival, of course it is the cheltenham gold cup, with native river looking to defend the title that he won here 12 months ago. the special olympics have begun in abu dhabi, with a plea for global tolerance. the chairman of the movement spoke of "a world where everyone is on the playing field of life". the special olympics is the international games for competitors with intellectual disability. some 200 nations are involved in the abu dhabi games — more then ever before, asjoe wilson reports. this is what the opening ceremony of the biggest ever special olympics looks like. 200 nations involved in abu dhabi, this is what inclusion looks like. why should intellectual stop anyone doing sport? that is the starting point, but when you talk to some of the competitors here, more stories emerge. sport is a route to self—esteem, to self—esteem, to fund,

and who could like briony frost, and who could forget paisley park, a horse that nearly died of an illness last year? he was back there for his owner, andrew gammel, who is blind since birth. it was quite a week, we've had quite a crowd. lizzie also caught up today with gold cup winning jockey paul townend. i ,to be , to be honest, i've neverfelt anything like it. my whole body was shaking and it's starting to sink in. left home at 15 gone off to willy's and it's great, with all the trust and opportunities it's given with a gold cup you dream of doing things like that. there will be at least one english team in the semi—finals of the champions league. the stand out quarter final draw sees manchester united take on five times winners barcelona. last year's finalsits liverpool got the draw they were hoping for, they take on porto and it's pg's manchester city playing tottenham in the last eight. totte n ha m tottenham are potentially at their new stadium for that game. tottenham are potentially at their new stadium for that gameli tottenham are potentially at their new stadium for that game.

paisley park is owned by andrew gammel who has been blind since he was born.iver looking to defend the crown that he won here 12 months ago. tommy fleetwood is the clubhouse leader, as the first round of the player‘s championship at sawgrass draws to a close in florida. the englishman made seven birdies in a bogey—free round of 65 to top the leaderboard. he‘s one shot ahead of korea‘s byeong hun an and americans brian harman and keegan bradley. four—time major winner rory mcilroy is a shot further back on five under. mitchelton—scott‘s simon yates won stage five of the paris—nice on thursday, an individual time trial, as team sky‘s michal kwiatkowski finished third to retain his overall race lead. yates, over 18 minutes down in the general classification following his struggles through the crosswind stages, powered through the 25.5 kilometre time trial in an impressive 30 minutes and 26 seconds. very unexpected. i knew it would be tough. i really didn‘t believe it was a good course. really no climbing whatsoever almost. but i was ina climbing whatsoever almost

and paisley park won the stairs hurdle.st flight. he is owner is a man who has been blind since birth, but that has not hampered his participation in the sport. this was a hugely popular win. st helens's unbeaten start to the super league season continued with another emphatic win tonight. grey scored in the corner during the second half, as they built on their lead, a flow of second—half tries followed that one as a high kick found tommy mark, who impressively set up dominic perre removed. st helens had now won six out of six and are top with 12 points. and that is all the sport for now, enjoy the rest of your evening good night. hello there. a full uk forecast coming up in just a moment but first of all, thought we would take a look at what is going on in east africa because at the moment, we have a very powerful storm system. here we are, this is cyclone working into mozambique's fourth biggest city right now. damaging winds expected and i think we will see some severe flooding is well over the next few days, very nasty

victory for paisley park.blind since birth, but listening to the commentary on the tannoy and the roars of the crowd, he shared the celebrations. it was, he later said, a dream come true. well, cheltenham is no stranger to raw emotion, but this was something very special. two remarkable winners in one unforgettable day. andy swiss, bbc news, cheltenham. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers lucy fisher, defence correspondent at the times and anand menon, director of uk in a changing europe. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30pm. now it's time for the weather with stav da naos. we ending this working week on a very windy note, fide is looking windy and also into the start of the weekend we have got a deep area of low pressure expected on saturday to bring gales, vein and also some snow across northern areas. tonight is going to be a blustery, these winds feeding and lots of showers in western areas, to produce longer spells of rain because the west. —— rain. it will be

like briony frost, and who could forget paisley park, a horse that nearly died of an illness last year week, we've had quite a crowd. lizzie also caught up today with gold cup winning jockey paul townend. i ,to be , to be honest, i've neverfelt anything like it. my whole body was shaking and it's starting to sink in. left home at 15 gone off to willy's and it's great, with all the trust and opportunities it's given with a gold cup you dream of doing things like that. there will be at least one english team in the semi—finals of the champions league. the stand out quarter final draw sees manchester united take on five times winners barcelona. last year's finalsits liverpool got the draw they were hoping for,

another victory for paisley park. his owner andrew gemmell has been blind since birth., and was able to share all of the celebrations. he later said it was a day come true. still to come on the final day of the gestival, of course, it is the cheltenham gold cup, with native river looking to defend the title that he won here 12 months ago. andy swiss, bbc news, cheltenham. we ta ke we take you back to that breaking news and those pictures coming in from christchurch, new zealand. the scene from christchurch, new zealand. the scene outside the hospital. plainly a casualty being stretchered into the hospital from an ambulance. a casualty being stretchered into the hospitalfrom an ambulance. that news as we have at so far. there are reports of gunshots on or near a mosque in christchurch, new zealand, possibly two mosques. police are warning of at least one critical incident. they have armed officers deployed in central christchurch. just coming up to 3:30pm in the afternoon on friday. they have asked people in the centre of the city to stay indoors. all schools in christch

other great stories yesterday, paisley park, a horse that nearly died, winning for his owner.day yesterday, wonderful stories, hoping for the same today. the sport needed it, because it was a less than ideal build—up with the equine flu and other issues. the big race, the gold cup, is the excitement building? people still coming in, actually. it's not longer due to get off, but people still arriving. record crowds all week. it is raining, this could make the gold cup is interesting. it was already wide open, and the three of note are among last year's winner native river aire. the course is a bit tacky on top, he loves the rain. then presenting per se, the irish enigma, he hadn't been seen in public and his trainer persuaded galway to turn the fences around circuit practice on a left handed trike. the third is another that people are talking about. gets under way on radio five live, should be a wonderful race. thank you. 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 today, at least 49 people have di

like the hurdle winner paisley park winning after nearly dying a year ago with an illness, and his owner that hopefully will be remembered from this year. we have had a record crowds all week. it is a wonderful event. absolutely. many thanks for that. what a day there today for trainer willie mullins. we will be talking about the women's six nations in a moment and reflecting on what next as well for the six nations tournament. elsewhere today in the world of sport. the third test between new zealand and bangladesh has been cancelled after the deadly attacks at two mosques in christchurch. members of the bangladeshi team were "minutes" from being in one of the mosques at the time of the shootings according to their team manager. formula one is back, the australian grand prix takes place this weekend — and world champion lewis hamilton was fastest in both practice sessions earlier this morning. ferrari's sebastian vettel was in fourth, although there's a suspicion that they're saving their real pace for qualifying which happens in the early hours of tomorrow morning in melbourne. tommy fl

andrew, the owner of paisley park, who has been blind since birth.ear there was this six—year peak in the number of horse fatalities, and you made the 17 guidelines, and how do you think those have worked this week?‘ 17 guidelines, and how do you think those have worked this week? a lot has been about preparation, and great credit must go to ian and his tea m great credit must go to ian and his team for the work they have done to adapt and get ready for it. a huge credit to the trainers for the preparation they have made. we have asked them to go through veterinary records, veterinary checks, every horse has been trotted up and examine before it is allowed to leave and go to the parade ring. we hope that that will pay off not only in the short term but in the longer term as well. so far there hasjust been the one fatality on the first day, hopefully no more today. 0bviously day, hopefully no more today. obviously we don't want to see any at all, and you have made your own changes, especially to one of the fences. we have made changes, we work with in

this is paisley park.horse for £60,000 and this horse has a really, really good chance of winning today. listens to the commentary, listens to radio. has someone with him who tells him what is going on and is a very, very involved owner. i love these horseracing stories. as if it couldn't get any worse, paisley park nearly died, came back from colic, thought would never race again but has come back to full fitness and has come back to full fitness and has a real chance this afternoon. certainly one to watch. great name. but it's because of prince! i know. here isa but it's because of prince! i know. here is a picture with a giant snood. in the interest of the quality, we always comment on what women wear to the races.|j quality, we always comment on what women wear to the races. i like it. cheltenham in march is the coldest place on earth. it doesn't seem very practical because it has a big gap here. and the whole point is that it cove rs here. and the whole point is that it covers the whole neck. just hav

paisley park, priced at 11—8, won the day's feature race, the stayers' hurdle. last flight. aiden coleman brought him home a couple of lengths clear of the outsdier sam spinner. his owner is andrew gemmell, who has been blind since birth but that hasn't hampered his participation in the sport, so this was a hugely popular win. tommy fletwood is the clubhouse leader, mid—way through the first round of the player's championship at sawgrass in florida. the englishman made seven birdies in a bogey—free round of 65 to top the leaderboard. rory mcilroy is fifth on 5 under. and britain'sjody cundy and kadeena cox have both claimed gold on the opening day of the uci para—cycling track world championships in the netherlands. you can find more on that on the website, head to bbc.co.uk/sport. but that's all from the bbc sport centre for now. more in the next hour. ben, back to you. thanks indeed for that. let's take a look at the weather now with stav. hello there. it is staying very windy to end the week and into the weekend, certainly on saturday, looking at another spel