good friday has been a great one for super league leaders st helens. by 36 points to 10 at the dw stadium. regan grace scored the pick of the saints' six tries to secure the first hat—trick of his career. hull fc took the derby bragging in style against their city rivals hull kingston rovers, winning 56—12 at the kcom stadium, running in nine tries in the process. this superb try from jack logan sealed his hat—trick and a record derby victory. elsewehere, bottom of the table leeds rhinos beat huddersfield giants 38—18, and the salford red devils won 36—12 at warrington wolves. let's round up some of the day's other sport now and two time winner and top seed novak djokovic has been knocked out of the quarter finals of the monte carlo masters by world number 14 daniil medvedev. medvedev will play another serb — dusan lajovic — next. reigning champion rafa nadal‘s hopes of an unprecedented 12th monte carlo title are still alive. he's through to the semi—finals after beating argentina's guido pella in straight sets. england centre ben te'o is to leave the

warrington are at home to wigan and st helens face huddesfield as well as hull hosting castleford.o 5 time winners bradford bulls of the championship. shaun edwards will not return to rugby league, to become head coach at wigan warriors the wales rugby union defence coach verbally agreed a three year deal at the club where he played for 15 years, winning every honour. edwards says he's not experienced enough for the role and will stay with wales. australia's rugby union head coach — michael cheika — says israel folau's disrespectful social media comments would make it impossible for him to be picked for this year's rugby world cup. the full—back, who was tipped to star at the torunament —— tournament in the autumn, and has 73 caps for the wallabies, has had his contract terminated following a social media post which stated "hell awaits" gay people. he has 48 hours to accept his sacking, orface a code of conduct hearing. speaking yesterday — folau said his christian faith must come before his rugby union career. earlier this evening — billy vunipola the saracens and england number 8

st helens have gone back to the top of super league, they began the evening ahead of science but sixside. in the night's other match wakefield continued their good form as they beat wigan. an australian horse is said to have achieved racing mortality after extending her victory run to 33. she was described as the greatest of all time as she crossed the line this morning in sydney. the eight—year—old mare is unbeaten since april 2015 and she now gets to retire. that's all the sport for now. plenty of football to look forward to today. i will have more for you later on. a dutch fertility doctor accused of using his own sperm to inseminate patients without their consent has been confirmed as the father of 49 children. dna tests revealed that jan karbaat, who died two years ago, impregnated their mothers at his clinic in bijdorp, near rotterdam. let's get more on this now from our correspondent in the netherlands, anna holligan. this must have caused quite a stir. quite an emotional upset for the children involved, jan karbaat called himself a pioneer in the field of fertilisation and i

st helens have gone back to the top of superleague tonight after a 38—12 victory over warrington.ing ahead of saints on points difference but six trys from 6 different scorers did the damage for saints. mark percival and winger regan grace amongst the scorers. in the nights other match, wakefield continued their good form as they beat wigan warriors 30 points to 20. the challenge cup is also back underway this weekend. two games tonight, and two big wins for the superleague sides. leeds beating workington town by 78 points to 6. whilst salford beat rochdale hornets 76 poitns to 6. rochdale hornets 76 points to 6. ellie downie has just missed out on another european all round gymnastics title in poland. she has though taken silver. downie led going into the floor routine, but was eventually pipped in the final discipline by france's melanie dejesus dos santos, who snatched gold. angelina melnikova of russia was third. afterwards downie wasn't disheartened by her second place i'm actually ecstatic! coming in yesterday, i honestly didn't think i would get that, so. i was so close to

leaders warrington wolves are taking on st helens. the score there currently 8—6 to st helens.eld zero wigan four. both those games kicked off at 7:45. ellie downie has just missed out on another european all round gymnastics title in poland. she has though taken 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 ecstatic. coming in yesterday honestly i didn't think i would get that, so i'm so to be honest it means the same to me so i'm very happy. coming in is not as easy but being second i'm still so close and i'm still over the moon. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. the pregnancy and parenting club, bounty uk, has been fined four hundred thousand pounds by the data watchdog, the information commissioner's office, or ico, for illegally sharing personal information belonging to more than 14 million people. it's one of the biggest fines the ico has ever imposed. our technology correspondent, rory cellan

the wigan warriors start their title defence this sunday, as they host local rivals st helen's. super league grand final champions. from where we started, girls were paying for their own kids, girls training on the backs of fields at the end of a session, girls not getting a full team out of a weekend stop —— paying for their own kit. they come and give it everything they've got, and it'll think when they've got, and it'll think when they formed the super league they really thought it would be as good a quality as it was. we can keep building on what we did last year and going from strength to strength. coaches say they want to maintain the standards of the league so they can recruit players. but there is more to it than just winning and losing. it's the biggest girls to the smallest girls, and it doesn't matter. it's body confidence when you're growing up in the real self—esteem it gives you. it's a really welcoming environment for any girls wanting to be involved. the sport has grown massively in the last few years and this year's challenge cup final will be played as part of

st helens have gone back to the top of super league tonight after a 38-12 of super league tonight after on points difference, but six drives from six different scorers did the damage. mark perceval and regan grace among the scorers. wakefield kept their good form up, beating wigan warriors. va ltteri bottas valtteri bottas edged out sebastian vettel and practice at the chinese grand prix. the mercedes driver managed to recover from an early spin to stay out in front. lewis hamilton also spun early and could only finish fourth, max verstappen‘s red bull was third fastest. mallory downey has just mist out on gold, but she has taken silver. she was pipped in the final discipline by france's gymnast who snatched gold. the russian gymnast was third. downey wasn't too disheartened by her second—place. downey wasn't too disheartened by her second-place. i am ecstatic. coming in yesterday i didn't think i would get that, so i know it is so close to first but it means just the same so close to first but it means just the same so! close to first but it means just the same so i am so happy. coming

the wigan warriors start their title defence this sunday, as they host local rivals st helen's.t until 2017. fast forward 11 months and they were super league grand final champions. from where we started — girls were paying for their own kit, girls training on the backs of fields at the end of a lads' session, girls not getting a full team out of a weekend. they are working full—time. some of them have got families and stuff. they come and give it everything they've got, and i don't think when they formed the super league they really thought it would be as good a quality as it was. we can build on what we did last year, it can go from strength to strength. coaches say they want to maintain the standards of the league so they can develop players. but there is more to it thanjust winning and losing. it's the biggest girls to the smallest girls, it doesn't matter. and i think that's one thing outside of the obvious self benefits. it's body confidence when you're growing up and that real self—esteem it gives you. it's a brilliant support for that. it's a really welcoming environment

the wigan warriors start their title defence this sunday, as they host local rivals st helens.hampions. the girls were paying for their own kit. girls are treading on the backs of fields at the end of a light session. girls are not getting a 13 out of the weekend. they are working full—time, some of them have families. and they come in they covered everything they got. i don't think when they farmed there so they did not think it would be as quality as it has, but we will build on what we did last year and growing the game and! we did last year and growing the game and i think it will go from strength to strength. which is only wa nt to strength to strength. which is only want to maintain the standard of the league so they can develop players in the best possible virus. there's more than winning or losing. whether they are the tallest or the shortest girls, does not matter. it is that body confidence that you're going up and that will self esteem that it gives you. it is a bright bought for that and it is a really welcoming environment for any girl wanted to get involved. the s

in rugby league's super league, leaders st helens ran in 11 tries to hammer hull fc 62 points to 16.—trick of tries each. saints are still four points clear of warrington who also had a big win — 511—6 at hull kingston rovers. elsewhere there were wins for huddersfield giants. the beat london broncos. the champions wigan warriors, edged out salford. and wakefield trinity, who beat bottom club leeds. meanwhile castleford tigers slumped to a heavy defeat in the south of france. catalans dragons ran in six tries, as they cruised to 37 points to 16 win. sam tomkins with one of them. that defeat means castleford slip down to fourth behind wakefield. catalans are sixth. boxer kash ali has been given a six—month ban and fined £10,000 for biting david price during their all—british heavyweight fight. ali had his boxing licence suspended and his fight purse withdrawn, after being disqualified in the fifth round of the bout in liverpool last month. he apologised after the fight, saying his behaviour was not a "true reflection of who i am". british cyclist teo geoghegan hart has won the first s

in rugby league's super league — leaders st helens ran in 11 tries to hammer hull fc. 62 points to 16lso had a big win — 511—6 at hull kingston rovers. elsewhere there were wins for huddersfield giants. the beat london broncos. the champions wigan warriors, edged out salford. and wakefield trinity, who beat bottom club leeds.... meanwhile castleford tigers slumped to a heavy defeat in the south of france. catalan dragons ran in six tries, as they cruised to 37 points to 16 win. sam tomkins with one of them. that defeat means castleford slip down to fourth behind wakefield. catalans are sixth. boxer kash ali has been given a six—month ban there's a shock in the making at the world snooker championship in sheffield. 23 year old amateurjames cahill leads ronnie 0'sullivan 5—4 in their first round match. cahill is the first amateur to qualify for the event and gave an early signal of his intention as he took the first frame. the world number one fought back but has looked as if his mind is elsewhere at times and has made plenty of mistakes. cahill has created plenty of opportunities and a

evidence suggests the bard took up residence in the parish of st helen's bishopgate, in the late 1590sd the exact location. quite a task. bell ringing may be seen by some as a gentle pastime that is part of the sunday morning ritual up and down the country, but campanologists say it's also a sport, requiring skill, rhythm and a—more—than adequate level of fitness. so who better than mike bushell to give it a go? he's been to visit the ringers at the saints church in wokingham to find out more. bells ring. the sound of tradition, the peal of church bells echoing far and wide. you may think "that is a lovely sound" but not appreciate the skill, the technique and the hours of physical training that goes into creating the sound, and also the fact that many of those bell—ringers will be competing in championships. this is the tower where some bells weigh three quarters of a tonne. they can weigh up to five times that, so now think about the ringers in the room below. it is like having a car above you on the end of a rope. no wonder the ringers often claim they are the original form of heavy

good friday has been a great one for super league leaders st helens.in style against their city rivals hull kingston rovers, winning 56—12. bottom of the table leeds rhinos beat huddersfield giants 38—18, and the salford red devils beat warrington wolves 36—12. england's moeen ali helped his royal challengers bangalore side to just their second win in this year's indian premier league. the all rounder smashed 66 off 28 balls as his team set kolkata knight riders a target of 214. they fell ten runs short. that's all the sport for now. all the rest of our stories are available on the bbc sport website and app. this time last night i told you that we had the warmest day of the year so we had the warmest day of the year so far. well, guess what? we have gone and done it again. good friday eclipsed thursday with temperatures a degree also higher, not least here on the south coast. 24.2 degrees earlier on today. as you can see parts of wales, scotland and northern ireland were not far behind that it was a little different for some of the eastern coastal area

evidence suggests the bard took up residence in the parish of st helen's bishopgate in the late 1590sfficial records to find the exact location. it had been known since the 1840s that shakespeare lived in this parish. but the company of leather sellers, they bought this huge property in 151t3 and they still own it. so i started combing through the leases and remarkably they've preserved them and in there is not shakespeare's lease, but the leases of two people who must have lived next door to him. and so we can locate those and from that we can work out pretty closely, not exactly, but really closely — within a few yards — where he was living. an intriguing prospect. now let's look at sport with a round up of a busy sporting weekend at the sports centre. we will start with the formula 1. valtteri bottas will start formula one's one thousandth race from pole position. the championship leader beat his mercedes team mate lewis hamilton byjust two hundredths of a second in qualifying for the chinese grand prix. the ferraris of sebastian vettel and charles leclerc will line up behind them.

in rugby league's super league, leaders st helens ran in 11 tries to hammer hull fc 62 points to 16. still four points clear of warrington, who also had a big win — 511—6 at hull kingston rovers. elsewhere, there were wins for huddersfield giants, wigan warriors and wakefield trinity. meanwhile, castleford tigers slumped to a heavy defeat in the south of france. catalan dragons ran in six tries, as they cruised to a 37 points to 16 win. that defeat means castleford slip down to fourth, behind wakefield, catalans are sixth. trainer willie mullins claimed a first irish grand national victory, as burrows saint took the win at fairyhouse. the 6—1 shot favourite, ridden byjockey ruby walsh, led at the final fence and had enough to hold off two of mullins' other horses in isle—of—hope—n—dreams and acapella bourgeois. mullins' historic win comes just a month after winning his first cheltenham gold cup. it is still too— one chelsea against burnley, 20 minutes gone in that match. —— 2—1. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. thank you very much in

evidence suggests the bard took up residence in the parish of st helen's bishopgate, in the late 1590son. it's been known since the 1840s that shakespeare lived in this parish, but the company of letha cellars, they bought this huge property in 1543 they bought this huge property in 15113 and they still own it. so i started combing through the leases and remarkably they preserve them. there isn't shakespeare's lease is in there but there is the lease of two people who must have lived next door. we can locate those, but can work out within a few yards where he was living. —— leather sellers. time for the weather with thomas. the weather mostly behaving itself today apart from a few showers in the south—east and east anglia. but the south—east and east anglia. but the weather is deceiving, blue skies and the weather is deceiving, blue skies a nd fluffy the weather is deceiving, blue skies and fluffy clouds but it's nippy out there, and it'll be a chilly evening in very cold tomorrow. this evening temperatures only around eight celsius, some rain to the rest of our neighbourhood, trying t

evidence suggests the bard took up residence in the parish of st helen's bishopgate in the late 1590s exact location. it had been known since the 1840s that shakespeare lived in this parish. but the company of leather sellers, they bought this huge property in 15113 and they still own it. so i started combing through the leases and remarkably they've preserved them and in there is not shakespeare's lease, but the leases of two people who must have lived next door to him. and so we can locate those, and from that we can work out pretty closely, not exactly, but really closely — within a few yards — where he was living. around 26 million tonnes of plastic waste ends up in our oceans each year, leaving millions of marine life dead including an increasing number of seals. the bbc‘s beccy wood is at the national sea life centre in birmingham, where she's been finding out more... in this tank, believe me, we've got two seals. we've got miley and we've got boo. they will pop up through the course of the next few minutes, trust me, but this is a multi—million pound rescue centre that has been

evidence suggests the bard took up residence in st helens bishopsgate in the late 15 90s.ced various official records to find the exact location. it's been known since the 1840s that shakespeare lived in this parish but the company of leather sellers bought this huge property in 15113 and still own it. so i started combing through the leases and remarkably, they preserved them and in there is not shakespeare's lease but the leases of two people who must have lived next door to him.|j was trying to find a clever shakespeare quote. before we go, a hundred—year german woman has started a new chapter by running for local council. a former sports teacher, she is focusing her campaign on reopening the outdoor swimming pool in her hometown foster she is running as a candidate in the election in may for a grassroots group that campaigns for sustainable development. on that note, thank you very much for watching. hello. we started the weekend with temperatures well below average for the time of year and that is where they will start the part two of the weekend, tomorrow at least. m

good friday has been a great one for super league leaders st helens.points to ten at the dw stadium. regan grace scored the pick of the saints‘ six tries to secure the first hat—trick of his career. hull fc took the derby bragging in style against their city rivals hull kingston rovers, winning 56—12 at the kcom stadium, running in nine tries in the process. this superb try from jack logan sealed his hat—trick and a record derby victory. elsewehere, bottom of the table leeds rhinos beat huddersfield giants 38—18, and the salford red devils won 36—12 at warrington wolves. scotland all—rounder con de lange has died aged 38. he was being treated for a brain tumour. born in south africa, he played 13 one—day internationals and eight twenty 20s for scotland between 2015 and 2017, and spent two seasons with northamptonshire in 2012 and 2013. let‘s round up some of the day‘s other sport now. and two—time winner and top seed novak djokovic has been knocked out of the quarter finals of the monte carlo masters by world number 1a daniil medvedev. medvedev will pl

st helens have gone back to the top of superleague after a 38—12 victory over warrington. 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 points to 20. that was brilliant, he tried, he flipped over and jumped up, i thought that was very athletic. some of the celebrations are better than the tries. the try was brilliant. let us move on to gymnastics. 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. iam i am ecstatic. coming in yesterday, idid not i am ecstatic. coming in yesterday, i did not think i would get that. i know i was so close to thirsk, but to be honest itjust means the same. i know it was so, so close. i am over the moon. the australian horse winx is said to have achieved racing immortality after winning her final r

in rugby league's super league, leaders st helens ran in ii tries to hammer hull fc 62 points to 16.rington who also had a big win — 54—6 at hull kingston rovers. elsewhere, there were wins for huddersfield giants, wigan warriors and wakefield trinity. third placed castleford tigers look like they're heading for defeat in the south of france. they trail catalan dragons 19—1; with about 20 minutes left. the dragons have run in three tries to the tigers one. trainer willie mullins claimed a first irish grand national victory as burrows saint took the win at fairyhose. the 6—1 shot favourite, ridden by jockey ruby walsh, led at the final fence and had enough to hold off two of mullins other horses in isle—of—hope—n—dreams and acapella bourgeois. mullins' historic win comes just a month after winning his first cheltenham gold cup. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. thanks for watching. we will see later on. good evening, it really has been the perfect easter break, hasn't it? 0nce perfect easter break, hasn't it? once again we have seen records broken. the

it was a very good friday for super league leaders st helens.at—trick of his career. and there was a hat—trick forjack logan, as hull fc beat their city rivals hull kingston rovers in style, winning 56—12 and running in nine tries in the process — that's a record derby victory. the defending world snooker champion, mark williams, claims the sport would not be keen to see a 44—year—old has—been winning the tournament again. on the day he starts his title defence against martin gould he says, "they want a youngster coming through, who can push the sport" and you can watch live coverage of the world snooker championship, across the bbc. british number one johanna konta is hoping for more home—crowd energy as great britain aim for fed cup promotion. the team, led by anne keothavong, face kazakhstan in their play—off at london's copper box arena this weekend, hoping to end a 26—year wait to reach world group ii. all of us are really looking forward to this opportunity, keeping in mind that we are going out and giving the best we can, and we will come

st. helens. they beat rivals wigan by 36-10 at the dwb helens.p the first hat trick of his career. elsewhere, hall fc took the bragging rights in style against whole kingston road, winning 56—12. rhinos beat huddersfield while the red devils got a good win from home. novak djokovic has been knocked out of the quarterfinals of the monte carlo masters by daniel medvedev. rafael nadal‘s hopes of an unprecedented 12 title in monte carlo are still alive, he's there to the semifinals after beating argentina's guido pay out in straight sets. the world snooker championship gets under way in sheffield tomorrow, ronnie o'sullivan is the bookmaker‘s favourite to win. the 43—year—old says he is taking inspiration from tiger woods's triumph at the masters as he chases his sixth title. my inspiration is watching what he's done. for all the older generation of players, they probably draw some inspiration for us. if you can do it, thenl inspiration for us. if you can do it, then i suppose you can believe in yourself sometime. england's moeen ali has held his ban

st helens' 100% start to the super league season has come to an end.gons twice came from behind to win18—10. england's megan maclaren just missed out on winning thejordan mixed open, the tournament was the first to see women compete against men for the same trophy and prize money. maclaren started the final round in the lead and produced this remarkable putt on the third. but dropped shots later on allowed dutchman daan huizing to win by two shots. it hurts do not win but i know whenever i get home and think about it, iam proud whenever i get home and think about it, i am proud of what i've done this week and i hope i've represented women's golf in general. as well as possible. it deserves a bit of a spotlight. if this just kicks things up a little bit then i'm proud of what happened. it was a historic day for the women's game. america's jennifer kupcho won the augusta national women's amateur tournament — it's the first time women have been been allowed to play competitively at the home of the masters, which starts on thursday. later today, bragging r

st helens. they beat bitter rivals wigan by 36 points to 10, at the dw stadium.s also,a hat—trick forjack logan, as hull fc beat their city rivals hull kingston rovers in style, winning 56—12 and running in nine tries in the process — that's a record derby victory. british number one johanna konta, is hoping for more home—crowd energy, as great britian, aim for fed cup promotion. the team, led by anne keothavong, face kazakhstan in their play—off at london's copper box arena this weekend, hoping to end a 26—year wait, to reach world group ii. all of us are really looking forward to this opportunity, keeping in mind that we are going out and giving the best we can, and we will come away with what we come away with. we are very excited to have another opportunity to get to that world group two, which we have actually had a number of opportunities now which is a feat in itself, and i think everyone isjust looking forward to getting started. a big dn rugby league. champions final. now something amazing. in sport sometimes you need the rub of the green. this is the am

st helens have gone back to the top of superleague after a 38—12 victory over warrington.ir 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 unbeaten since april 2015 — won the race for the third time the eight year old mare ridden by jockey hugh bowman is unbeaten since april 2015 — won the race for the third time running. an unbelievable achievement from winx

in rugby league's super league, leaders st helens ran in 11 tries to hammer hull fc 62 points to 16. a six—month ban and fined ten thousand pounds for biting david price during their all—british heavyweight fight. -- £10,000. ali had his boxing licence suspended and his fight purse withdrawn after being disqualified in the fifth round of the bout in liverpool last month. he apologised after the fight, saying his behaviour was not a "true reflection of who i am". trainer willie mullins claimed a first irish grand national victory as burrows saint took the win at fairyhouse. the 6—1 shot favourite, ridden byjockey ruby walsh, led at the final fence and had enough to hold on for victory. mullins' historic win comes just a month after winning his first cheltenham gold cup. and finally, it was all about team usa. in the finals of the world indoor skydiving championships, as they won three gold medals, including one for the 12 and 13—year—old siblings noah and kayleigh wittenburg, who took the title in the dynamic 2—way 0pen. have we seen them before? we have seen have we seen them before?

st helens have gone back to the top of superleague after a 38—12 victory over warrington. amongst the scorers. in the night's other match, wakefield continued their good form as they beat wigan warriors 30 points to 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 but honestly it doesn't mean much. i was so close, i'm over the moon. with a huge summer of cricket to come for england, there are a few players battling for a place in the team for either the world cup or the ashes by performing in the county championship and the indian premier league too. one of those isjoe denly who had an ipl debut to forget for the kolkata knight riders. delhi capitals ishant sharma ending the england batsman's inni