that's why the max lee are investigating. —— the rfu are investigating. —— the rfu are investigating. and or the rfu for bringing the game into such disrepute. meanwhile, australian rugby bosses say their intention to terminate folau's contract is "unchanged" following a meeting with the player. rugby australia and new south wales rugby union met folau today after previously being unable to contact him, but wouldn't comment on what was said in the meeting in sydney. so, not a great week for rugby union off the field, but at least the rugby has the chance to do the talking tonight. and for fans of both leicester tigers and newcastle falcons, it's a huge fixture in the premiership as they try to avoid relegation. joe lynskey is here to talk us through it. joe, surely leicester tigers, one of their biggest gains in recent times. i'm sure for most people watching when you think of leicester tigers, you think of english rugby's dominant force. they were in the final of the premiership for nine years in a row between 2004 and 2013, but in this match tonight they're fighting just to stay in

he has expressed his regret at the offence caused, with both the rfu and saracens stressing that hisat odds with rugby union's values of inclusivity. the saracens boss hopes the matter has now been dealt with, as his side prepare for a huge champions cup semifinal against munster on saturday, with billy vunipola said to be involved. this group of players and staff have been together for a long period of time and we ca re for a long period of time and we care about each other and we want to look out for each other through the good times and the bad times as well. and i have no doubt when it comes to saturday, he will be giving it all for his team—mates and likewise hails team—mates will be pulling for him as well. coaches and players at saracens came to move on and focus on the rugby but the fact that believe own apollo has not taken down his controversial post, shows he is standing by his beliefs, evenif shows he is standing by his beliefs, even if he regrets sharing them on social media. england bowler chris woakes claims it wouldn't be morally fair to includejofra archer in england

the rfu say they will meet saracens to discuss his post. more on those stories that have passed.nd are attending unregistered schools — some of which are in "appalling" conditions with exposed wiring, rat traps and open sewers, according to 0fsted. the schools inspections body says 6,000 children are taught in unregistered schools and that english councils have spent tens of thousands of pounds placing pupils in the unregulated facilities. sarah walton reports. these are some of the rundown, dirty conditions where inspectors found children trying to learn. 0fsted visited 500 schools that were unregistered or suspected of operating illegally. they were shocked by what they uncovered. some of these places have like open sewerage works in them. holes in the walls. very poor electrical works. about a third have quite significant health and safety issues around them. and about a quarter of them have safeguarding issues for the children. so, people teaching them who aren't qualified teachers, who aren't registered with anybody to say they are fit and proper person to be able to work wi

the rfu and saracens both distance themselves from billy vunipola's views, after the england forwardisrael folau's social media post claiming "hell awaits" gay people. in algeria, tens of thousands of people are again protesting on the streets, demanding a new government that's free of members of the old ruling elite. security has been stepped up in the capital, as the demonstrators, many of them young, marched for the eighth friday in a row. they're angry at the appointment of abdelkader bensalah as interim leader, saying he's too close to the former president, who was forced out of office 10 days ago after years of repressive rule. mr bensalah has promised free elections, but opponents say it's a ploy by the ruling elite to cling onto power. 0ur correspondent 0rla guerin reports from the capital algiers, on another day of mass protests. they chant "the country is ours," they chant. "and we will do what we want." even the youngest are brought along. mass protest, now the friday routine. just a few months ago, this seemed impossible. you could go to jail for posting on facebook. afte

the rfu say they will meet england international billy vunipola, after he appeared to show support forday... earlier this week folau suggested "hell awaits gay people" on social media, which has led to him facing the sack. our rugby union correspondent chrisjones reports now on vunipola's own social media post earlier today, in which the saracens forward called for people to "live their lives how god intended" it's a really big topic, and really opened up a can of worms because there will be those who say that the likes of him are entitled to their religious views and of course eve ryo ne religious views and of course everyone is entitled to his or her views, but the issue we have here is that a player like folau is using their platform to spread belief that many people will find offensive and harmful. that is the big issue here. it is not a case of they can't practise their christianity, but should they be using the social media platforms to spread a form of belief or interpretation of their religion, that is clearly offensive to some people and that is the big topic here and that is

a formal warning from the rfu after liking a controversial social media post i go about gay people.up squad would be morally wrong according to one of the bowl is hoping to be selected. —— his inclusion in the world cup squad would be morally wrong according to one of the other bowlers. more from paris soon, but in other news now. cholesterol—lowering "statin" drugs may not work well enough — in about one in two of those prescribed them — that's according to new research. investigators in the uk found that for around half of the millions of people who take the medication it had too little effect on so—called bad cholesterol. experts say it may be some patients aren't taking a big enough dose. our health correspondent rob sissons reports. millions of people in the uk are on statins. it's medication shown to reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke by lowering bad cholesterol. at the university of nottingham, they analysed the patient records of more than 165,000 patients in the uk who didn't have a history of cardiovascular disease. the good news — in around half the patients, 49%

what has the rfu said? well, the rfu have had a meeting with billy vunipola.nterim chief executive and their head of discipline, david barnes. he has been issued with a formal warning and this warning will stay on his record forfive warning and this warning will stay on his record for five years, warning and this warning will stay on his record forfive years, so warning and this warning will stay on his record for five years, so any disciplinary hearings that come up in that time could come up against billy vunipola if he does have issues in the next five years. the rfu say that he expresses regret that he understood the hurt and offence he has caused by his defence offence he has caused by his defence of isreal folau, and he added that man was made for women to prove —— to procreate, in his own post. he has been reminded of his responsibility as our face in the game. his views come from the interpretation. manchester united travel to barcelona needing to overturn a 1—0 deficit if they're to win their champions league quarter—final. it'll be the first time uni

the rfu has their say on billy vunipola's online conduct, as the england star gets an official warningng. welcome to sportsday and on another action packed evening, when the first two champions league quarterfinals will be settled once and for all. for manchester united, the tough task of overturning a 1—0 defecit in their second leg against barcelona, at a stadium where both they and their manager have a whole lot of hstory. let's go to the camp nou now and our correspondent, natalie porks. huge pressure on manchester united tonight, coming from behind but barcelona has got to be a test task. yes, like you said, they have to make history again because they have never beaten them here and barcelona are on a 30 match unbeaten run in europe, the longest of any side in europe. you have to go back to 1985, the first —— the time they won the first leg away from home in gloucestershire. the fans i have been speaking to today are confidential stop —— and lost here. manchester united are playing better away from home. they made history in paris in the last round. they were dead and buried. and

the rfu say that billy vunipola expressed regrets and he understood the hurt and offence he had causede of isreal folau and adding in his own instagram post, that man was made for women to procreates. billy vunipola has also been reminded of his responsibilities as an ambassador for the game and for a sport that values inclusivity, although he has not yet deleted the post which suggests he does stand by his views, which come from his interpretation of his christian religion, although he does regret expressing these views. manchester united travel to barcelona needing to overturn a 1—0 deficit if they're to win their champions league quarterfinal. it will be the first time united manager ole gunnar solskjaer has played or managed at the ground since scoring the winning goal for them in the 1999 final against bayern munich. patrick gearey reports. people cross the world come to visit barcelona. it attracts guests for its weather, its culture, it's sheer theatre. it's less welcoming if you need to win a football match in there. that's manchester united's reason for visiting. but then they

after perhaps the toughest week of his career when he was formally warned by the rfu for social media pitch. his saracens side too strong and too powerful and in the end just too good. jill kerry, bbc news. and in rugby union's european challenge cup, sale were narrowly defeated 2a points to 20 in their semifinal by la rochelle. right, it is time to pop out of the room if you don't want to know today's football results as match of the day follows soon on bbc one. the premier league title race promises to be fascinating to the end as manchester city returned to the top of the table after a phil foden goal gave them a 1—0 win over spurs, just three days after the london side had knocked city out of the champions league. at the bottom of the table brighton secured an important point with a 1—all draw with wolves. relegated fulham won their first away game of the season at bournemouth. watford's european ambitions stay alive after their 2—1 win over huddersfield. west ham and leicester drew 2—all. and ayoze perez scored a hat—trick at the bottom of the table brighton secured an important

coming up on sportsday on bbc news: the rfu has their say on billy vunipola's online conduct, as thending another player's anti—gay social media post. labour have announced their plans to scrap the national primary school tests known as sats in england. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn said the move would end what he called the "regime of extreme pressure testing". children in england take the tests at the end of primary school. and there are curently tests before that, at the age of six or seven, although these are already due to be scrapped in 2023. the tests in grammar, reading and maths measure what pupils can do and their progress. from liverpool, our education editor bra nwen jeffreys reports. a useful check on your child's progress, or a source of stress and tears? for 20 years, tests have been part of primary school. labour brought them in and now wants to scrap them. sats and the regime of extreme pressure testing are giving young children nightmares and leaving them in floods of tears. so, he said, the current tests would go. the next labour government will scrap primary scho

the rfu are also expected to speak to vunipola this week.ext year. there had been talk that he would race in the 200m, but instead he'll now focus on defending his 100m breaststroke title. because i want to focus on pushing the boundaries on the 100 and pushing the boundaries on the 50, it creates too much of a gap in too much of a whole if i tried to do the 200 as well because it's a com pletely 200 as well because it's a completely different architecture of race and body shape and everything. they are all kind of skinny and long, the stroke ‘s, i am completely opposite, mostly with a short stroked so to do all three would require a lot of different techniques i don't even think would be possible. the weather is going to change significantly in the run—up to easter because we are changing where our weather is coming from, changing wind direction, temperature is at best around 12 degrees. look what happens over the next few days. it really warms up across central parts of europe. that's where we're going to get coming from. mid 20s by the ea

coming up on bbc news england rugby star billy vunipola has escaped with a formal warning from the rfufended israel folau's anti—homosexual social media comments. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the moods of desperation and sadness in paris last night have been replaced this lunchtime by those of hope and resolve — as france comes to terms with the devastation caused by the fire at notre dame cathedral. president emmanuel macron has promised it will be rebuilt after firefighters managed to save the historic structure after battling the flames for more than eight hours. the roof of the 850—year—old landmarkmark — as well as the spire — were destroyed. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in paris. welcome to paris, here on the river seine. notre dame cathedral still stands. the part that blazed long into the night has ended and this morning in the cold light of day, a huge sense of relief and determination to rebuild this magnificent cathedral again. it cathedral of cathedrals, hailed around the world as the heritage of all humanity. the first reports

after a week where billy vunipola was warned by the rfu for defending israel folau's homophobic socialperformance. it ended 32—16 saracens will face either leinster or toulouse in the final. britain's katie boulter says she's ‘devastated' after missing three match points to lose her match in the fed cup. she'd been going so well against kazakhstan‘s yuiia putinsteva in london, but things quickly unravelled and she lost the third set on a tie break. johanna konta had won her rubber earlier in the day, so they go into day two with the tie level at 1—all. neil robertson is on a roll on the first day of the world championship snooker. the 2010 champion is a frame away of what would be only the second whitewash in crucible history. he's 9—0 up in his first round match against qualifier michael georgiou, who has only managed 107 points in total so far. defending champion mark williams is through after beating martin gould. that's all the sport for now. we have a world title fight in new york overnight, don't forget that, and you can listen to that on bbc radio 5from and you can listen to tha

vunipola was given a warning by the rfu.ons leinster or toulouse in the final. they play this afternoon. great britain's fed cup tie against kazakhastan is poised at 1—1 going into the second day. katie boulter wasted three match points before losing her singles rubber — she said she was devastated. she led yulia putinseva a—0 in the deciding set at the copper box in london, but she lost it on a tie—break. johanna konta won the first rubber of the day but it's all—square ahead of the reverse singles and doubles. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, here's martine with the papers. hello and welcome to our sunday morning paper review. if you are shocked to see me here, imagine howl if you are shocked to see me here, imagine how i feel! with me are the author and journalist lainy malkani and political commentator james millar. chocolate for breakfast? none at all? make sure you do later! let's take a look at the front pages. the mail on sunday has details of a survey which suggests that a0% of conservative councillors

vunipola's club and english rugby's governing body — the rfu — have both said they do not support hisver his comments. 0verall levels of violence in england and wales appear to be falling, in spite of a recent increase in knife and gun crime. cardiff university's violence research group analysed data collected from a&e departments, minor injury units and walk—in centres — and found that the number of people who'd been wounded in a violent incident dropped slightly last year. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw has this report, which contains flashing images. every day, there are more victims of knife crime. last year, more people were fatally stabbed in england and wales than at any time since records began after the second world war, but does this mean we've become a more violent society? a new study from cardiff university suggests not. researchers used data from accident and emergency departments to calculate the number of victims of violence. it was estimated that 187,500 people sought treatment last year for injuries after being attacked. that's down 1.7% in 2017, continuin

the sarries forward was given a warning by the rfu after defending the australian player israel folau'sse two european heavyweights was a war of attrition, neither side willing to give an inch. 0wen farrell's boot on four separate occasions just about enough to keep saracens ahead at the break. but after all, negotiating the latter stages of the champions cup is what they do best. twice, saracens have won the competition in the last three years, so they know how to take their chances. michael rhodes the man to finally break through. after tasting defeat in their last six european semifinals, munster won't going out on a whimper. a turnover enough to put darren sweetman into the corner. hope for the irish faithful soon to be bulldozed by billy vunipola. after a week in the headlines he will be relieved to be back in them for his performance on the pitch. the saracens side too strong and powerful, in the end, too good. this is the moment that he was confronted by that munster fan at full time. he said: "it's not something i'm afraid of. i probably have to expect that it's going to keep ha

the england number eight has been given a formal warning by the rfu for his comments in support of australianir defeat to bristol in the premiership at the weekend. this group of players and staff have been together for a long this group of players and staff have been togetherfor a long period of time, and we care about each other, and we want to look out for each other. through the good and bad times as well. i have no doubt when it comes to saturday, that he will give it all for team—mates and likewise they pull for him as well. england bowler chris woa kes claims it wouldn't be "morally fair" to includejofra archer in england's provisional world cup squad — which is named tomorrow. archer has qualified to play for england thanks to a change in the residency rules... as he's originally from barbados. the fast bowler is currently playing in the ipl for rajasthan royals... and he took three wickets, including that of chris gayle, in their defeat to kings 11 punjab today. it's thought that archer will be selected at least for england's world cup warm—up games, when he'll be given a chance to f

vunipola, who‘s also a christian, refused to ‘unlike‘ the message and the rfu say they disagree with of saints on points difference. but six tries from 6 different scorers did the damage for the home side. mark percival and winger regan grace amongst the scorers. in the night‘s other match, wakefield continued their good form as they beat wigan warriors 30—20. ellie downie missed out on another european all round gymnastics title in poland. she had to settle for silver. downie led going into the floor routine, but was eventually pipped by france‘s melanie dejesus dos santos, who snatched gold. angelina melnikova of russia was third i‘m absolutely ecstatic. coming in yesterday i didn‘t think i would get that, and it was so close to first, but honestly it doesn‘t mean much. i was so close, i‘m over the moon. now she was described as an australian icon and the greatest of all time as she crossed the line to win a 33rd straight race. winx is retiring after the record run was completed with her victory in the queen elizabeth stakes at randwick racecourse this morning in sydney. is unbeate

the rfu will meet england internatinoal billy vunipola after he apparently showed his support for isrealo the australia full back facing the sack. vunipola has refused to unlike his fellow christian's post, and has said that "man was made for woman to pro create, "that was the goal, no?" vunipola however added that "i don't hate anyone", but could still face disciplinary action the novella, like folau, a christian who interprets as chris janet in a certain way. and the nipple has been asked to unlike the post follow his but out, he has not done that and has put out a statement broadly in line with where folau is coming from. —— the nicola —— vunipola has been asked to unlike. meanwhile australian rugby bosses say their intention to terminate folau's contract is "unchanged" following a meeting with the player. rugby australia and new south wales rugby union met folau on friday after previously being unable to contact him, but wouldn't comment on what was said in the meeting in sydney. valtteri bottas egded out ferrari's sebastian vettel in second practice at the chinese grand prix. the me

vunipola has been criticised for liking the post, and will have a meeting with the rfu later this weekation to israel folau. they are going to find out whether these are deep—rooted views, they don't want to be associated with, or whether vunipola hasjust don't want to be associated with, or whether vunipola has just got don't want to be associated with, or whether vunipola hasjust got into a bit of a mess trying to clear things up bit of a mess trying to clear things up and doing the complete opposite but certainly it has been a divisive issue and has seen some rugby players come out in support of the likes of vunipola and some fiercely opposed. webb australia have named their cricket world cup squad, steve smith and david warner are in it following their ball—tampering bans. there is some flash photography coming up. former captain smith and vice—skipper warner were banned from international cricket for a year, for their part in the scandal during a test series against south africa. those suspensions expired last month the world cup, that is being staged in england, starts next month

the rfu are expected to speak with their player this week. situation. that's by it is a different situation. that's rugby union. he was more just trying to justify his viewpoint and he got himself in hot water. he is meeting with his employers this weekend and they will find out whether these are deep—rooted views and they don't wa nt to deep—rooted views and they don't want to be associated with or whether he just got into a bit of a mess trying to clear things up and doing the complete opposite. suddenly it is meant a divisive issue. it seems some rugby players come out in support of the likes of him and come out fiercely opposed. john edwards will not return to by john edwards will not return to rugby league to become head coach at the warriors. the rugby union difference coach verbally agreed a three—year deal of the club where he played for 15 years winning every honour. he says he is not expensed enough for the role. he will stay with the whales. —— expense enough. while the sport for now. much more of the bbc website. i will be back wi