it is the equivalent of perhaps of saracens and harlequins at merging oi’ saracens and harlequins ataracens and harlequins at merging or you can use football examples and save tottenham and arsenal merging to london sides. it really is a bizarre story. the only story that may be french rough —— french rugby is able to throw up. that is all from me. goodbye. monday was a beautiful spring day. we had great sense of sunsets. this was my personal favourite taken by gerry. in kent. we saw the clear skies as the sun was setting but the cloud is now increasingly over many parts of the country put of overnight tonight, not as cold as it was last night. we have the blanket of cloud moving in. because cloud bringing hill fog across northern england and wales and down towards the south—west of england. out the odd spot of drizzle. a few showers. linda northern ireland has lobbied a mild start to tuesday. looking at tuesday. a windy day for the northern and western aisles of scotland. the northern ireland, a dry start with sunny spells. cloudy skies in tuesday morning. the northern england, wale

saracens stay third in the table, nowjust a single point behind second place exeter.eijing, as canada took gold. skip eve muirhead and her team won 6—4 against sweden and muirhead was delighted with such a strong team performance, with the winter olympics in pyeonchang coming up next year. i'm looking forward to the olympic games. great britain we still have a selection to happen so everything is not certain. but we know that great britain has a spot. we have secured our spot britain has a spot. we have secured ourspot in britain has a spot. we have secured our spot in the olympic games. it is exciting to know that the games are around the corner but we will have to keep practising hard and training ha rd to keep practising hard and training hard so that we are even better as the olympic games. world number one dustin johnson is through to the final of the wgc match play championship. the american beatjapan‘s hideto tanihara by one hole. johnson plastohn raam from spain. he beat bill haas 3&2. the tournament is one of the final events before next month's masters. brit

it is the equivalent of an england saracens merging with another one or totte n ha m saracens merging tottenham and arsenal merging, it is a bizarre story, a bizarre story that only french rugby seems to throw up. durban have announced they will not be hosting the 2022 commonwealth games after months of issues about financial viability and the constraints they have in the south african city. you can find out more about that on the bbc sport website. much more for you in the next hour. we look forward to it. let's go back to our top story — scotland's first minister has announced that she plans to trigger another referendum on scottish independence. nicola sturgoen said she would seek permission to hold a second referendum between autumn next year and the spring of 2019, when the terms of the uk's exit from the eu are clearer. downing street said another referendum would be divisive and cause huge economic uncertainty at the worst possible time. this is how nicola sturgeon justified her plans for a second referendum. it is time for me to set out decisively and with clarity the way forw

it is the equivalent, perhaps of saracens and harlequins merging all, for example, putnam and arsenalnham and arsenal merging. it is the sort of story that only french rugby seems to be able to throw up. colombia's fernando gaviria sprinted to victory on the sixth stage of the tirreno—adriatico on monday. the quick—step rider beat slovakia's peter sagan to the line on the 168km stage after a breakaway group of eight riders were caught with two kilometres left. nairo quintana retained the overall lead while there were blue skies in italy, cape town, south africa was battered by gale force winds. the weather wreaked havoc on the course, even blowing cyclists off their bikes. 0h, oh, dear. until next time, farewell. hello there. the relatively settled theme to the weather continues for at least a couple of days. relatively mild during the day on tuesday but breezy for many of us, particularly windy across northern parts of scotland where the met office have issued a yellow warning for the strength of the winds, causing some disruption for the northern isles of scotland with heavy showers

elsewehre england number eight billy vunipola returned from injury as saracens secured a 35—27 bonus—pointrest of england's six nations campaign after playing 72 minutes at kingston park. after last night's emphatic victory over david haye in london, tony bellew has revealed he broke during the bout. tony bellew has revealed he broke his hand during the bout. the much—hyped british heavyweight showdown at the 02 ended with both fighters injured and considering their futures in boxing. our correspondent andy swiss reports. for the man who was once in a rocky movie, it really was a hollywood ending. few had tipped tony bellew and soon it was the heavier david haye packing a punch. but then a twist, in the sixth round, haye stumbled, injuring his ankle. he could hardly move and bellew sensed his chance and haye was down. but not yet out.

as saracens secured a 35—27 bonus—point win at newcastle.ipola could new feature in the rest of england's six nations campaign after playing 72 minutes at kingston park. after last night's emphatic victory over david haye in london, tony bellew has revealed he broke during the bout. tony bellew has revealed he broke his hand during the bout. the much—hyped british heavyweight showdown at the 02 ended with both fighters injured and considering their futures in boxing. our correspondent andy swiss reports. for the man who was once in a rocky movie, it really was a hollywood ending. few had tipped tony bellew and soon it was the heavier david haye packing a punch. but then a twist, in the sixth round, haye stumbled, injuring his ankle. he could hardly move and bellew sensed his chance and haye was down. but not yet out. somehow he hobbled on but at the 11th, his hopes went through the ropes. as the cameras snapped around him, haye tried to scramble back to his feet. his team decided enough was enough. bellew had done it and after a build—up ful

injury but his recovery has gone better than expected and the number 8 is available for his club saracensastle on sunday. if that goes well he could be fas—tracked into the squad for the twickenham match against scotland the following weekend four. andy murray breezed through the first two rounds at the dubai championships, but he's having it much tougher in the quarterfinals. the world number one is facing the german philipp kohlschreiber who is ranked 29th in the world. kohlshreiber has only beaten murray once in five meetings but has always taken at least a set off the scot, and he edged the first set on a tiebreak. the first break went to murray early in the second set though, to give him a 2—1 lead but he wasn't able to hold on to it ...the second set went the way of the first into a tie break and it was an epic one, murray saved seven match points, he eventually took it 20—18 to level the match and we're into a third and deciding set. we will keep across that for the rest of the evening, that is it for sports day, from now for all of us —— from all of us from the bbc sports centre i

big billy could soon be back for england, vunipola looks likely to return for saracens this weekend after paid to tommy gemmill, who has died aged 73 wallowing a long illness. the club described him as a true celtic legend. we mentioned in the headlines the comments coming through from house democratic leader nancy pelosi saying thatjeff sessions, the attorney general, lied under oath. there is that tweet: so the most senior democrat in the house saying he must resign or be forced to resign, effectively. we will keep you up—to—date with that. jeff sessions adamant so far he has done nothing wrong. he did not reveal a number of meetings he had with the russian ambassador during the presidential campaign. but he says he did nothing wrong. he was a senator at the time and it was perfectly acceptable for senators to meet ambassadors. we will keep you up—to—date with that. british cycling bosses will make changes in order to be more caring to riders after accusations of bullying and sexism. an investigation into the culture at british cycling was launched last year with a report on the finding

it's the equivalent perhaps in england of saracens and harlequins merging, or you can use football examplestenham and arsenal merging, two london sides, so it really is a bizarre story, the kind of story that only french rugby seems able to throw up. you can't imagine tottenham and arsenal joining you can't imagine tottenham and arsenaljoining up, you can't imagine tottenham and arsenal joining up, can you can't imagine tottenham and arsenaljoining up, can you? that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are matthew syed, columnist at the times, and kevin schofield, editor of politicshome. welcome to both of you, a look at those front pages first of all. the times, unsurprisingly, leads on the scotland first minister's demand for a second referendum on scottish independence, calling it an ambush, and reporting that theresa may is preparing to reject nicola sturgeon‘s bid for two years. a witty play on words from the metro — "scots throw a sporran in the works," reporting that t

and harlequins merging or totte n ha m saracens and harlequins merging or tottenham and arsenal, mergingkind of story that only french rugby seems able to throw up. a massive story in france. it's still goalless in the fa cup quarterfinal between chelsea and manchester united, five minutes to go until half—time. united, down to ten men. 0k, thank you, for the time being. thousands of rail passengers in england have faced a day of disruption following a 2a—hour strike on some of the busiest lines in england. the dispute — over the role of conductors and driver—only trains — has affected services in and out of liverpool, leeds and manchester. 0ur transport correspondent richard westcott is at leeds station, with an update on the situation there. the joys of the monday morning commute. welcome to the leeds train. passengers across northern england today hit by the same strike that has caused months of misery for commuters in the south. northern are only running about a0% of their trains today. this is the eight o'clock train from keighley into leeds, a busy commuter service. it's really fil

it is the equivalent of saracens and ha rlequins it is the equivalent of saracens and harlequins mergingind of story that only french rugby seems able to throw up. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. let's return to the announcement that nicola sturgeon will seek the power to call another referendum on scottish independence. in a speech in edinburgh she accused theresa may of refusing to move an inch in pursuing hard brexit. simon mccoy is on college green for us and we can rejoin him. thank you. every now and then there isa thank you. every now and then there is a news conference which actually does make news and nicola sturgeon's news co nfe re nce does make news and nicola sturgeon's news conference this morning was one of those. she said she had something important to say that pretty much eve ryo ne important to say that pretty much everyone seemed to be wrong—footed by the strength of the announcement she had. she said she wanted to trigger a second referendum on scottish independence. she said she wa nts scottish independence. she said she wants it between au

saracens stay third in the table now, just a single point behind second placed exeter.he american is just one against his japanese opponent. the american isjust one up against his japanese opponent. the american is just one up after 11 holes and consistently sinking long putts. britain putts adam yates is meant placed. he claimed his second title in this event crossing the line first. he won byjust over a minute and the seven stage competition. chris crum had to settle for 30th place. can you have dominated at the world cross country champion chips in the ugandan capital. in the men's race, adding to his world half marathon title, won gold. for a long comet would like it be denied by the home favourite. you can see there, he had an11 favourite. you can see there, he had an 11 second with going into the final lap of the course before breaking down with exhaustion. in the end, he needed all the encouragement you could getjust finished the finish line. the women's race was won in a kenyan 1-2- women's race was won in a kenyan 1—2— three finish. more in the next hour. let's

billy vunipola has recovered from a knee problem and will play for saracens this weekend. boxing board of control about his verbal threats. david haye has told tony bellow to enjoy "his last days" ahead of their heavyweight fight on saturday night. more in the next 15 minutes. british cycling bosses will make changes in order to be more caring to riders after accusations of bullying and sexism. an investigation into the culture at british cycling was launched last year, with a report on the findings imminent. but the governing body says work on an action plan to address any failings is already under way. our sports correspondent, david ornstein, reports. over the last decade, cycling has become symbolic of britain's olympic success, but at what cost? the governing body has been hit by allegations of bullying and sexism while its anti—doping structures are being investigated. today, the new chairman of british cycling admitted to serious failings. occurrence of issues in terms of behaviours and harassment, bullying, is unacceptable. the report has highlighted some issues th

saracens are third but a bonus point win over bath today will reduce the gap on second placed exeterscotland winger sean maitland with the third just before half time. 20-10 20—10 lead with half an hour left to play. tennis and world number 11 johanna konta is just starting her third round match at the miami open. konta was taken to three sets in the previous round but is playing pauline parmentier of france who is ranked 46 places lower. the match is under way. it is one game all in the first set. that is all for now. keep up—to—date on the bbc website and the gymnastics. more in the next hour and i will get my maths right! thousands of russians are on the streets of moscow and other cities to protest against corruption. the protesters want the prime minister — dmitry medvedev — to resign over corruption allegations. several people have been detained, including the main organiser — the opposition activist alexei navalny. a short while ago, i spoke to our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg, who was at a protest in moscow, and gave us an update on mr nalavny. alexei navalny was deta

it's the equivalent of saracens and harlequins merging, or in football, tottenham and arsenal merginga bizarre story. the kind of story that only french rugby seems able to throw up. that's all the sport for now. i'll be back with sportsday at 10:30pm. chelsea still leading 1—0 in that fa cup quarterfinal. thank you. let's repeat that vote in the house of lords, voting by a majority of 139 to reject the amendment that would have required the government to retain measures for eu nationals in the uk to keep their rights. the next vote on the next amendment coming through very shortly. let's bring you up—to—date with the weather forecast now. hello,. bring you up—to—date with the weatherforecast now. hello,. winter refusing to link wish its grip on parts of north america. a cold weekend through the north—east, in new york, minus two celsius in daytime, well below the average for this time of year. if you think that was cold, spare a thought for residents over the great lakes, this isa residents over the great lakes, this is a house near lake ontario, covered in ice as rough seas are lapp

he's set to return to action for his club saracens this weekend.november with a knee injury. i'll be back with more on those stories. please defeated the government last night over the issue. but theresa may says the rights of eu citizens in the uk will be negotiated after article 50 is triggered. the bill will return to the commons later this month. the key question is whether mps will have been emboldened by last night's crushing defeat over this issue of eu nationals and decide to do the same in the commons. we had one labour peer suggesting that up to 33 mps could rebel, which of course would overturn the majority. that is probably emotional thinking than anything, because most people suspect there are a billion would be smaller —— probably more wishful thinking. but they must taken by the scale and ferocity of last night's defeat, in part fuelled by the fact that many people's view this not as a political issue but almost as a moral issue, they think it is morally wrong to leave these people in limbo land, given that they have come here, settl

saracens also beat bath 53—10. that's all for now.given 15 months to see if he can improve labour's poll ratings. len mccluskey is standing for re—election as the union's general secretary. mr corbyn says labour is ready for a general election if one is called. meanwhile, mr corbyn has said he will oppose the government's plans to change european laws without full parliamentary scrutiny when they become part of uk law, because of brexit. the government wants to include the powers in its great repeal bill. more details will be published later this week. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth has the story. what are we? we are europe! some still might not want it, but brexit is beckoning. the majority voted, and the government is about to start the formal process. parliament will see the historic moment this week, followed by details of the government's plan to give control over uk laws to westminster, instead of brussels. some warn, as this complex work begins, mps must be involved. we're not going to sit there and hand over powers t

this trial has put them on course to beat saracens, 32 — ten is the score at the moment.ins who play the other semifinal tomorrow. the final takes place at the stoop a week today. in the pro 12, ulster are hosting zebre. the game kicked off just after six o'clock. the home side have ran in nine tries. the first to both scored by luke marshall. john andrew getting his first goalfor the luke marshall. john andrew getting his first goal for the club. heading for a bonus point. we will let you know what happens with that game later on. time to focus a little more on the ball. thanks, karthi, let's start with the fa cup, where non—league lincoln's brilliant run has been ended by top flight arsenal, 5—0 the final score. 0ur reporter adam wild is at the emirates for us. a good performance by the gunners, adam. it was in the end, it was the impossible task for lincoln city. they have brought a lot of fans with them. as you might imagine, there was quite a reaction. it is a credit to lick and city and the indication that the matters under that he brought about his strongest possib

to domestic rugby now, and it's the semi—finals of the anglo—welsh cup — with saracens taking on leicesterr start. and it's the tigers who are leading 7—0 thanks to 20—year—old full back george worth getting his first try in the leicester first team. henry taylor has just pulled it back with a try for his club. another game going on in the pro 12, ulster are hosting zebre. this game kicked off just after six o'clock. the home side will be expecting nothing less than a bonus point win against the bottom club. tries scored by luke marshall. they are infull tries scored by luke marshall. they are in full control. we'll keep you updated with those games a little later, but now it's time to focus on football — jess has more over at the plasma. thanks, karthi. alongside me is ourfootball reporterjohn bennett. we'll start with the fa cup, where top flight arsenal are taking on non—league lincoln. we have just come out again at after half—time, arsenal are 1—0 up. arsenal needed that goal because linkedin have played really well. —— lincoln. it was the year walcott who scored what is the only goal

november with a knee injury but his recovery has gone better than expected, and could appear for saracensd win their next 2 matches they will set the record for most consecutive wins in test rugby - with 19. the final day of the first formula one pre—season test is well underway in barcelona. the track has been drenched in water to simulate wet weather. lewis hamilton has described driving the new cars as like riding a rollercoaster. the williams team will have to look on and see others enjoying the ride though. as their rookie driver lance stroll crashed their car yesterday. williams say they‘ll be ready for the second test next week. and finally nicola adams received her obe from his royal highness the duke of cambridge today at buckingham palace. adams was the first first woman to win an olympic boxing title, at the london games in 2012 and last summer secured her second gold in rio. that‘s all sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. and i‘ll have more in the next hour thank you very much. see you in a little while. hello, good afternoon. you are

leicester are through to the final of the anglo—welsh cup after beating saracens by 32 points to 10.at allianz park, the pick of which was this effort from freddie burns 12 minutes from the end. leicester will face exeter or harlequins who play the other semi—final this afternoon. the final takes place at the stoop on saturday. ulster ran in ten tries to beat bottom club zebre in the pro 12. the 68—21 win gives them a bonus point and takes them above scarlets into fourth in the table. non—league side lincoln city's remarkable run in the fa cup is over. they were beaten 5—0 by arsenal who progress to the semi—finals. lincoln were the first non—league side to reach this stage of the competition for over a century. and joining arsenal in the last four are manchester city, who won 2—0 at middlesbrough. tim hague reports. that fa cup run of 2016—17 finally at an end for non—league lincoln city, with history and multiple memories made. more came at arsenal. in fact, the underdogs could have gone ahead against the 12—time winners. what a chance that was. but despite losing five of their las

on sunday, glasgow travel to face reigning champions saracens in their first ever match in the competition'sr meet wasps, who are top of the premiership. it'll be a big test for the english side in dublin against a team who've won this competition three times. for their england internationals, it'll also mean a return to the aviva stadium, where they lost in the final match of the six nations a fortnight ago. and they'll again be facing many of the ireland players who ended that record—equalling run. they will take a lot of confidence out of that and we will take a lot of determination out of that. it's more than about those players coming back and putting in a performance wasps, it's about them getting one step further into the semifinals, hopefully, and who knows where we go from there. obviously that's over the shoulder now. i'm sure they'll carry a little bit in their belly from the game against ireland, but i think their overriding emotions will be to get the job done for wasps. so apart from those two, in the other quarter finals munster host toulouse on saturday, and also on sunday an

leicester are through to the final of the anglo—welsh cup after beating saracens by 32 points to 10.m the end. leicester will face exeter or harlequins who play the other semi—final this afternoon. the final takes place at the stoop on saturday. ulster ran in ten tries to beat bottom club zebre in the pro 12. the 68—21 win gives them a bonus point and takes them above scarlets into fourth in the table. non—league side lincoln city's remarkable run in the fa cup is over. they were beaten 5—0 by arsenal who progress to the semi—finals. lincoln were the first non league side to reach this stage of the competition for over a century. and joining arsenal in the last four are manchester city, who won 2—0 at middlesbrough. tim hague reports. that fa cup run of 2016—17 finally at an end for nonleague lincoln city, with history and multiple memories made. more came at arsenal. in fact, the underdogs could have gone ahead against the 12—time winners. what a chance that was. but despite losing five of their last seven games, the hosts had so much quality, and it eventually showed. commentator:

it's the equivalent perhaps in england of saracens and harlequins merging, or you can use football exaottenham and arsenal merging, two london sides, so arsenal merging, two london sides, so it really is a bizarre story, the kind of story that only french rugby seems able to throw up. durban is to pull out of hosting the 2022 commonwealth games. the south african city was going to be the first in africa to host the games, but had indicated recently it faced financial difficulties. an official announcement is expected later today. liverpool has already expressed an interest in stepping in to stage the games. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. let's return to that announcement this morning by nicola sturgeon, scotland's first minister, that she will seek the power to call another referendum on scottish independence. in a speech in edinburgh, she accused theresa may of refusing to "move an inch" in her determination to pursue a hard brexit. joining me from glasgow is constitutional expert charles livingstone, who can talk us through the process the first minister m

that means saracens stay in third place.time on the show has improved her routines, but she had to settle for second place at the british championships. that was the slip that saw her go out of bounds cost her the title in the floor event, which went instead to maisie methuen. and back to that heartwarming story of the five 25—year—old who led england out onto the pitch at wembley. this is been some of the reaction. —— to the five—year—old. jermaine defoe himself said i hope you had amazing day. it was perfect to walk out at wembley with you. best mates, he said. sunderland also tweeted this. and bbc sport said this. as a pitches on the front and back pages of the papers of bradley out they were jermaine defoe. they really built quite a relationship. thank you very much. 6:39. endometriosis and fibroids are conditions that affect millions of women, but according to a new report they need to be taken more seriously. over 2,500 people across the uk were asked about their treatment. fibroids — the most common non—cancerous grow

the number eight returned from injury for saracens at the weekend.nd side captained byjohn barclay, with greig laidlaw out injured. and finally, eddie the eagle has gone back to the ski—jump, where he made his name. here he is in calgary, where his rose to fame in the 1988 winter olympics. he looks exactly the same. don't expect too much, though. his furthest jump was around 24 metres. that is not even half the distance he jumped 29 years ago. what do you think of this technique? in all fairness, it is terrifying, isn't it? and he is 30 years older than he was back then.” isn't it? and he is 30 years older than he was back then. i give him props for even attempting to fly off a steep slope like that. nice to see the eagle back on our television. the death of a white rhino at the hand of poachers in a paris zoo has left many conservationists in shock, as the hunt for its killer continues. vince, a four year old rhino, was shot and had one his horns hacked off, in what is believed to be the first such incident in europe. joining us from amsterdam is da

nations hopes, with news number eight billy vunipola is set to make a surprise return for his club, saracensconfirmed that jake ball and alex hales will miss today‘s opening match against the west indies. steven finn will take ball‘s place in the bowling attack, while sam billings is likely to open in antigua. it is the first of a three—match series, as england build up to hosting the champions trophy this summer. we do have one eye on the champions trophy. 0bviously getting a reasonable squad together before then, and one idea of nailing down oui’ then, and one idea of nailing down ourteam. then, and one idea of nailing down our team. you know, we only have one more. . . our team. you know, we only have one more... sorry, two more series, won against ireland and one in south africa before the champions trophy, and it is important to get the guys that we feel who are going to be playing a part in the champions trophy here. the european indoor championships start today in belgrade, with laura muir tipped for success in the both 1,500 and 3,000 metres. a lovely story, in 2012 the nielsen twins

he is recovering from a knee ligament damage and played 72 minutes for saracens last week in.'s manager arsene wenger says he will consider the opinion of fans when he decides on his future at the club although it is not the most important factor. speaking to the media this morning he said he had not yet made up his mind and certainly had not told the players of his plans. unrest is growing amongst supporters following a dismal run in the premier league and that 10—2 thumping by bayern munich in the champions league.” have worked very hard for 20 years to make our fans have worked very hard for 20 years to make ourfans happy and when we lose games i understand they are not, and i don't want tojudge lose games i understand they are not, and i don't want to judge that. iam not not, and i don't want to judge that. i am not capable as well of doing my daily work with complete commitment after that. i have said many times you have to accept different opinions. many have already labelled it the greatest sporting comeback of all time. it's certainly the biggest in champions league hi