that's right, rachael blackmore arrived at _ the festival?is festivall blackmore arrived at this festival with such high expectations. of course she had a stellar 2021 when she became the first woman to win the grand national, the first woman to win the champion hurdle here at cheltenham. she was the top jockey at the festival last year, and her and honeysuckle were back here once again, try to win the champion hurdle for the second year running. they set off as the odds—on favourites and, boy, do they live up to their billing, a 15th consecutive victory for honeysuckle, a stunning performance. second place, a former winner of the champion hurdle, but what success there for rachael blackmore once again, and what a difference with last year, because last year, she came back to the winners enclosure to near silence, because the course was in lockdown. this year, she returned to thousands and thousands of cheering fans. it was a very special atmosphere indeed. and afterwards, rachael blackmore told me just what it meant to her to win the champio

you mentioned rachael blackmore. for us was mark if you don't want to go for the irish, protektorat. i’m mark if you don't want to go for the irish, protektorat.— mark if you don't want to go for the irish, protektorat. i'm not sure who won the hurdle _ irish, protektorat. i'm not sure who won the hurdle but _ irish, protektorat. i'm not sure who won the hurdle but the _ irish, protektorat. i'm not sure who won the hurdle but the britain - won the hurdle but the britain versus ireland competition is led by ireland 11 points to ten of which is far less good than most people thought was that i think most people thought was that i think most people thought of the irish would run away with it but we will have all the action with the gold cup winner when it happens here on bbc news. holders chelsea will face 13—time winners real madrid in the quarterfinals of the champions league. manchester city will play atletico madrid, while liverpool tackle benfica and bayern munich take on villarreal. the three premier league clubs

another big race for rachael blackmore! i dreamed of riding in cheltenham one day but never did i ever think i'd be riding favourites and riding winners. it's an incredible place to come in and be involved in. but to get to walk back into the winner's inclusion here is incredible. a day of history on horse back then and for rachael blackmore, another remarkable sporting milestone. andy swiss, bbc news, cheltenham. next, to an incredible game in the premier league tonight where leeds came from 2—0 down at half time to win 3—2 at wolves. the game turned when raul jimenez was sent off. it gave leeds hope, they scored two goals in three minutes before a stoppage time winner here from luke ayling sent the away fans wild. the win moves leeds seven points clear of the relegation zone, though they've played more games than the teams below them. wolves stay eighth. to barbados where it's been a frustrating day for england's cricketers on the third day of their second test against west indies. replying to england's 507—9, the windies

another big race for rachael blackmore!kmore. cheltenham cheering her to the rafters after a victory even she could scaresly take in.

quick word on rachael. just some _ yeah, brilliant. quick word on rachael.at she brings do not ride. she's sublime, she's the ultimate _ brings do not ride. she's sublime, she's the ultimate professional, i brings do not ride. she's sublime, l she's the ultimate professional, and they're just a lethal combination, they're just a lethal combination, the pair of them. and honey loves her. look, it's great. congratulations to her. henrick stenson has been named as europe's ryder cup captain for next year's match in rome. the swede, known as the "ice man", succeeds padraig harrington, who presided over europe's defeat at whistling straits. stenson made his ryder cup debut in 2006, where he holed the winning putt in a dominant european victory. he was vice—captain to harrington at whistling straits and said being named captain was emotional and an honour. it's extremely humbling. it's something i don't think i could ever have imagined back in the day. i was watching seve play in the ryder cup, and that sparks one day playing in the ryder cup, and now sitting here

and rachael blackmore did it again.ce again for that lesson 12 months after she made history as the first female jockey to win the grand national, she did again today becoming the first female jockey to win the gold cup and she did it in style. she reversed last year poz might result from a beating stablemate on the book eat favourite a plus tard and coming up the hill with such powerful so this was one of the most impressive gold cup victories i've ever seen, winning by 15 links. impressive gold cup victories i've everseen, winning by 15 links. it is the biggest winning margin in a cheltenham gold cup for 27 years and it capped another incredible cheltenham for rachael blackmore and also for her trainer. as you say, they also won the champion hurdle, one of the big three here at the festival on that wonderful little mayor honeysuckle but this is the one she wanted with him after her victory comiskey met with this lovely little line actually which i just love, saying this is like being a rock star when you cannot sing.

it rachael blackmore after another stunning victory.— rachael blackmore after another stunning victoryide a winner here last - stunning victory. it was so special to ride a winner here last year- to ride a winner here last year without— to ride a winner here last year without the crowd, but when the crowd _ without the crowd, but when the crowd is — without the crowd, but when the crowd is back you realise what they bring _ crowd is back you realise what they bring and _ crowd is back you realise what they bring and they make cheltenham what it is. bring and they make cheltenham what it is h_ bring and they make cheltenham what it is. �* ., ., , bring and they make cheltenham what itis. �* ., ., ., , it is. a memorable day for the fans here, and another— it is. a memorable day for the fans here, and another unforgettable i it is. a memorable day for the fans i here, and another unforgettable one for rachael blackmore. a storm just off the coast of portugal, france and spain has created a sandstorm across parts of southern europe and it has turned the sky orange. storm celia has brought

rachael joins us now.king to myself, it is not even 12 months since the grand national at aintree. ijust since the grand national at aintree. i just feel incredibly lucky, since the grand national at aintree. ijust feel incredibly lucky, i really do. —— thinking to myself. can we talk through friday a little bit and that incredible race? because right at the end of the gold cup, you would not have been able to pick a winner, i think, maybe three fences out, and from somehow, that was a peach of a ride, did you know what you were going to do? talk us through the end of that race. h0. through the end of that race. no, absolutely _ through the end of that race. no, absolutely not. _ through the end of that race. mfr, absolutely not. the way my horse quickened up after the last, he was just incredible, he really was. so i think i could have done anything that race in the manner he finished, but i have ridden him in the race last year and finished second, so i wanted to do something tactically a bit different t

another big race for rachael blackmore...ushing last year's winner, minella indo, into second place. it follows her success last year when she became the first woman to win the grand national. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello. it's been the warmest day of the year so far. temperatures reached 17.5 degrees celsius in wiggonholt, which is in west sussex. now, overnight tonight, we're going to keep fairly breezy conditions. that will have two effects for our weather. it won't be quite as cold as it was last night, with a frost patchy and limited, really, to northern areas. and there won't be as much mist and fog around either. a few patches potentially through the vale of york, east scotland, but not lasting long at all. for most of us, saturday will be a glorious day with lots of spring sunshine, but gusty winds for south west england, where we'll get gusts of around 40—50 mph. and the winds coming in from the east will keep things a little bit cooler across eastern areas

a memorable day for the fans here, then, and another unforgettable one for rachael blackmore.fugees leaving ukraine, let'sjoin reeta once again in lviv. 3 million people have now left ukraine and millions of others are moving around the country trying to reach safety. many have travelled on the country's rail system, one of the world's biggest. the network is also a lifeline that brings essential supplies into the country. our special correspondent fergal keane, who's here in lviv, reports on the massive effort to keep ukraine moving. train horn blares. one in three million. saved by the railways that are this country's lifeline. they come from across the second biggest country

it was an incredible festival for rachael blackmore 12 months ago when she became the first woman toop jockey at the festival, and she then a few weeks later. all eyes on her when the champion hurdle gets under way at 3:30pm. and that's all from me, now back to reeta in ukraine. thank you. thank you very much, victoria. seven—year—old amelia anisovych touched hearts around the world when a video of her singing let it go from the disney movie frozen in a bomb shelter in kyiv was posted on social media. amelia is now safe with her grandmother in poland and graham satchell has been catching up with her. girl sings "let it go". a packed bomb shelterfalls silent as seven—year—old amelia starts to sing. her rendition of let it go from the film frozen, a moment of defiance and hope in the chaos of war. a week on, amelia is still singing. this time, a ukrainian folk song. amelia has made it out of ukraine and is now in poland with her grandmother vera, but her parents are still in kyiv. what was it like in the bomb shelter, amelia? translation: it was ok. there were other children there. thi

a memorable day for the fans here, then, and another unforgettable one for rachael blackmore. andy swiss, bbc news, cheltenham. with more on the plight of the many refugees leaving ukraine, let'sjoin reeta once again in lviv. 3 million people have now left ukraine and millions of others are moving around the country trying to reach safety. many have travelled on the country's rail system, one of the world's biggest. the network is also a lifeline that brings essential supplies into the country. our special correspondent fergal keane, who's here in lviv, reports on the massive effort to keep ukraine moving. train horn blares. one in three million. saved by the railways that are this country's lifeline. they come from across the second biggest country in europe after russia. it is war in my city. the children and i are scared of war. i don't like war. we went to meet the man leading the effort to rescue refugees. a former businessman, he's now in charge of the biggest evacuation in recent european history. oleksandr kamyshin heads a team of nearly a quarter of a million people k

the senior from rachael qatari high tells me, he asked schools, government agencies and anyplace lookingld. broken and unused computers to donate them to him so he can make them useful again. someone's trash is someone's future like that they could do anything with it. logan tells me he has overcome challenges. living with high functioning autism and anxiety. i didn't think i was gonna make it through elementary school. but he says computers changed his life. i was angry or upset, and i had the computer let me connect like differently with the world logon to me has is one of most empathetic young men that i have that i have taught teacher matt carp says he's impressed by logan's focus on people. logan is remarkable in his ability to look at the situation and understand how people feel and to care about how people feel and what they need in that situation and really address that logan has advice for those facing challenges. there are a lot of people out there that care, and there are a lot of support systems out there that you just need to find and don't give up. logan is set to graduate

last year's winner of cheltenham's champion hurdle, rachael blackmore, has successfully defended herors were allowed due to the pandemic but more than 250, 000 are expected over the next four days. blackmore described cheltenham as a special place and said she felt very lucky. it's absolutely incredible. you know, having the crowd back this year is so special, it really is. it was so special to have the winners here last year without a crowd, but when the crowd is back he just realise what they bring. they make it what it is and the atmosphere, you know, it isjust, you are surrounded by people the whole way down the chute, everyone is cheering you on. it's very heart—warming. as far as comebacks go, it really would be one of the finest, if england were to go on to win the women's world cup in new zealand. wicketkeeper amyjones said salvaging the defence of their crown is a chance to do �*something incredible' — after 3 losses from 3 in the tournament. they have to win all their remaining matches, to have any hope of making the semi—finals starting with india, in the early hours tomor

the highlights of the racing calendar, the cheltenham gold cup, takes place this afternoon — with rachaels is at cheltenham. yes, welcome to cheltenham where the early morning fog has cleared and we have glorious sunshine for the

when jockey rachael blackmore first took to the saddle, she only ever expected to compete as an amateurp. we caught up with her to find out what that victory meant. it's been an incredible 12 months, it really has. i felt that in cheltenham. i wasjust it really has. i felt that in cheltenham. i was just thinking to myself it's not even 12 months since the grand national, ijust feel incredibly lucky. the way my horse quickened up after the last, he was just incredible, he was. i think i could have done anything on him in that race in the manner that he finished, but i suppose i dread them in the race last year and finished second, so i wanted to do something tactically a bit different, you know, to change it to come to see if that would work. heading down to the second, i didn't want to be outside in front of the horse, so i was kind of happy to sit and suffer and hopefully a gap would come and it's, yeah, you're probablyjust working on your instinct at the time, 50% of the time it doesn't work out, so you are lucky when it does. who trains about the horse that won last year and this yea

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but was rachael denhollander, sharing her story with natalie perks. russian control, red and white stripes are where the russians are advancing. that news we have had in the last hour or so, a missile strike on a military training facility in the lviv region, that is right in the west there. pretty close to the polish border. so obviously that is a concern. we have not had many strikes in that area and it is one of those areas where many refugees have headed to escape the fighting on their way out of ukraine. we can look at some pictures now from just north of kyiv, here you can see they have been setting up barricades and a checkpoint to try to slow the russians down. the fear is the russians down. the fear is the russians are coming, there is going to be an advance, all the people on this checkpoint pretty young, some of them with just three days people's training. we pull up a map now showing a close—up of kyiv, you can see the russians are really advancing on three sides, some of the most fierce fighting has been here in bouka and irpin. what we'r

rachael jones lived in north minneapolis, is a working mom of two young children. cindy newman comes from great falls, montana. she's a gift for 20 years in a manufactured housing community that was recently acquired by a corporate owner. juan cuellar lives with his wife and three children in, maryland. he's joined by mr. trent leon-lierman, who will be interpreting from spanish to english [inaudible] translator, as translator. debbie nunez it's a mother and lifelong resident and tended in lower area of san francisco. stephen frischmuth lives in austin, texas, where he rents in a property owned by a corporate owner. and last, but not least, of course, is anh-thu nguyen. anh-thu nguyen it's a tended leader in brooklyn with the greenberg tenants coalition. so each of you, there will be no questions from any of our panel, from any of the senators. we want to hear from you. i appreciate many senators are watching this remote, and they're watching this with their cameras off, but some of us are watching without their welcome son. i was just along each one of you, and st

rachael blackmore won the turners novices' chase, and there was a huge reception for paul townsend, winning chase title. but at the feature race, the stayers' hurdle crown was lead from start to finish by danny mullins on flooring porter. we can cross live to our correspondent andy swiss, who's been watching the day's racing. such a convincing win for danny mullins. . �* , �* , such a convincing win for danny mullins. . �* , ~ , ., ., , mullins. that's right. as far as the fans are concerned, _ mullins. that's right. as far as the fans are concerned, the _ mullins. that's right. as far as the fans are concerned, the best - mullins. that's right. as far as the i fans are concerned, the best news has been the weather has been an awful lot better than yesterday when we had that to —— a terrible deluge. we've seen some thrilling racing, not least in the day's feature race. 12 months ago, that race was won by flooring porter and we had a repeat, a brilliant performance. a compose display and a delight for gavin cromwell and jockey danny mullins. 12 months ago, he arrived in the festival was happ

and on that day rachael talked to a restaurant owner in the capital city of kyiv.s compatriots he was new to war. he told -- some of his neighbors were learning how to survive. they found some pool chairs and pillows and transformed an underground parking garage into a bunker. while taking turns guarding the door with these weapons. now much has changed since then. alexander is no longer sleeping in the underground garage. most of his neighbors are gone. he doesn't have the guns anymore. he donated them to the men on the front line. alexander didn't leave kyiv because he couldn't believe his parents behind that is changed to. they left the city a week ago. he stayed. he told us today i'm not allowed to leave the country. and i don't want to be anywhere else. a peace with his decision to stay in kyiv until the end alexander decided to be of service. he started by driving people to train stations so they could escape. he then worked with other restaurant owners to prepare meals for ukrainian soldiers. and then one day suddenly he received a text message from a friend

and the metro airports on rachael reed, the conservative who came out as uk's first openly transgenderlso revealed that he was raped and targeted in a black male plot. in the meantime, organizers of the oscars say that will smith was asked to leave the ceremony after stopping chris rock but refused. let's just remind you of the moment. >> oh wow. well. will smith just smack me. >> he my wife's name out of your mouth. >> wow dude. it was a g.i. jane joke. >> he my wife's name out of your mouth. >> i am going to, okay. >> going on to win best actor oscars, just a few moments later, he was then seen dancing and singing to his own some summertime at the oscars vanity fair after party. and chris rock was seen for the first time last night after arriving at his own gig as well. reportedly telling the audience that he is still processing what happens, let's get the latest from our correspondent. >> there has been a lot of questions as to why something was not done at the time of this incident. and it is clear that the economy was taken by surprise, as was everybody else who's watching, things

that's exactly what rachael reeves just said. so, labor making an argument but also punching a conservative bruise. >> some, thank you very much. we'll have more from some after the break. because will also be looking at what richie sunak had to say about the situation in ukraine. and of course, the prime minister's slightly controversial comments to spring conference, yesterday, when he appeared to be comparing it to the vote to leave the eu. shop the biggest selection of outdoor furniture and furnish your habitat from your habitat. get a new grill and cook over an open flame. now that's outdoorsy! go wild on garden decor, find shelter from the elements and from predators or just be one with nature. this year spend less and go all outdoorsy at wayfair. ♪ wayfair you got just what i need ♪ >> hello. welcome back to sophie ridge. we have a moment to take you back through the mornings interviews. we get a bit of analysis with our deputy political editor, sam coats. sam, of course was at the conservative spring conference yesterday.

last year's winner of cheltenham's champion hurdle, rachael blackmore, has successfully defended herback this year is so special, it really is. it was so special to have the winners here last year without a crowd, but when the crowd is back he just —— year without a crowd, but when the crowd is back you just realise what they bring. they make it what it is and the atmosphere, you know, it isjust, you are surrounded by people the whole way down the chute, everyone is cheering you on. it's very heart—warming. as far as comebacks go, it really would be one of the finest, if england were to go on to win the women's world cup in new zealand. wicketkeeper amyjones said salvaging the defence of their crown is a chance to do 'something incredible' — after 3 losses from 3 in the tournament. they have to win all their remaining matches, to have any hope of making the semi—finals starting with india, in the early hours tomorrow morning. absolutely we can turn it around. we've had really close games, there's a lot that we can improve on, i think considering the loss, the moods not too bad, so ho

we'll also be talking to rachael reeves from labor, who's going to give us her take.re really focusing on energy security. and we've all seen the rising cost of energy bills. that's when he said to get worse, as the sanctions with russia really start to rise. got to talk about the show. coming up at half past. a >> fantastic, stove. thanks a lot, seen about 15 minutes. over the last few weeks, sky news has brought you the stories of ordinary people here in the uk doing whatever they can to help the people in ukraine. this morning, we're taking a hot okay faithless london which has close its doors allow its volunteers to create care packages which they will then deliver to refugees in person. leading the team, christina down bus. -- i hope i got your name. good morning, christina. she's life from prosperity kathy this morning. christina, thanks so. much so, how did you come about this idea of closing your doors and come up with these care packages? packages >> morning, kimberly. great to be here. indeed, just five weeks ago, this restaurant was operating as a restauran

the senior from rachael qatari high tells me, he asked schools, government agencies and anyplace lookingld, broken and unused computers. to donate them to him so he can make them useful again. someone's trash is someone's future like that they could do anything with it. logan tells me he has overcome challenges living with high functioning autism and anxiety. i didn't think i was gonna make it through elementary school. but he says computers changed his life. i was angry or upset, and i had the computer let me connect like differently with the world logon to me has is one of most empathetic young men that i have that i have type teacher matt carp says he's impressed by logan's focus on people. logan is remarkable in his ability to look at the situation and understand how people feel and to care about how people feel and what they need in that situation and really address that logan has advice for those facing challenges. there are a lot of people out there that care, and there are a lot of support systems out there that you just need to find and don't give up. logan is set to graduate fr

what they see coming from people like rachael rollins who decline to prosecute 50 different crimes as matter of policy. as a u.s. attorney from massachusetts, just last week, we had a nominee for the eastern district that is publicly uploading the progressive prosecutor movement. that is unfortunate for the people of new york because that individual may end up on the federal bench. so what kind of internal reform do we need to see as -- for our district attorneys and u.s. attorneys across the country so that they are addressing this rise in violent crime? >> i have been a lawyer for over 20 years. most of that has been spent as either a state or federal prosecutor. the one thing i felt was the most important part of my job was not as a legislator when i was in that role. i was aware of the effect that i was part of the executive branch. it was my job to carry out the law given to us by the legislature. that was the attitude i had when i was u.s. attorney. there was the approach we took. i think that is the most fundamental obligation you have as a prosecutor. to prosecute the law that

yesterday, rachael blackmore triumphed on the opening day as honeysuckle took first place in the champion week. ah, look, it's absolutely incredible. you know, having the crowd back this year is so special, it really, really is. it was so special to ride winners here last year without a crowd, but when the crowd is back, you just realise what they bring. they make cheltenham what it is. the atmosphere, you know, it's just you are surrounded by people walking back in, all the way down the chute, everyone is cheering you on. it'sjust, yeah, it's very heart—warming. she is a superstar. she is on a roll. i she is a superstar. she is on a roll- i gave — she is a superstar. she is on a roll. i gave you _ she is a superstar. she is on a roll. i gave you a _ she is a superstar. she is on a roll. i gave you a couple - she is a superstar. she is on a roll. i gave you a couple of. she is a superstar. she is on a i roll. i gave you a couple of duds yesterday. _ roll. i gave you a couple of duds yesterday. we — roll. i gave you a couple of duds yesterday, we will _ roll. i gave you a couple of duds ye

as well as rachael long who experience helping small buildingses with their permitting and licensing needs. long with that, myself, kerry or commissioner secretary and other was forth coming, we have located ourselves also at 49 south van ~ess we are there as well to focus attention on our city's very complex permitting systems and hope to work with our new staff on some improvements maintain parch team in city hall in rom 140 to assist with clients who come in prior to or during their business registration process and so forth. so -- that's exciting. and also.ed share the grant programs that will come up to support small businesses. robin and his presentation on shared spaces had should sm on his slides one the sf shines grant to help business this is might need to hire an architect to help with drawingses to submit for permits for compliance needs or just general improve ams. that application period is opening april first out of the invest in neighborhood's team. and the other grant program that will be run out of osb our office i think there was information wrong on the slide we w

last year's winner of cheltenham's champion hurdle, rachael blackmore, has successfully defended heri am extremely proud and humbled to be europe's next captain. rome, here we come!". leicester tigers have been fined more than £300,000 for breaching salary cap regulations, but have avoided a points deduction. premeirship rugby found that the league leaders had failed to disclose payments to image rights companies of the players. these third—party payments were found to be a breach of the salary cap in the 2016—17 season and the 2019—20 season. leicester has accepted the outcome and will not appeal. and in the six nations, dan biggar will earn his 100th cap for wales, while alun wynjones will return from injury for his 150th wales cap in their final match against italy. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. the tvjournalist who ran on set during the evening news on the country's flagship channel one last night in protest against the war on ukraine has been fined. marina ovsyannikova, has been fined 30,000 roubles — about $280 at the current rate — for "organ

rachael blackmore, what a jockey, what a sportsperson!r sport and you think that relationship between horse and jockey, that's no easy thing to master but she has just done it and she did it in the gold cup yesterday at cheltenham. i think a lot of people catch up with that story but to put it in context, there was a time not that long ago when people would have said, wrongly as we now know, a woman can never win the grand national, when the gold cup. that was the way the land lied. that's what she's saying, take away being a man or a woman, she isjust loving her sport and i think it is for her. she really plays that down. we were all talking about it because she is the first woman to win the gold cup, and was the first woman to win the grand national. shejust winning all those big events on a tough race as well. 22 jumped yesterday and that tough uphill finish. to do it in front of crowds as well back at cheltenham, what a special time. as well back at cheltenham, what a specialtime. good as well back at cheltenham, what a special time.