st. helens they will have to wait.e to chase saints. the seasons kicks off in warrington in just over an hour's time. leeds rhinos are the visitors. adam wild is there for this evening. adam, an intriguing contest to get the season under way? yes. and even at this point around these parts the word that they are using is pressure. for too long warrington has been the byword for underachievement, year after year the big names and flashy signings have failed to deliver. they cannot afford another year like last year. where at times they were flirting with the right location. head coach under no illusions of the size of the task ahead. contrast that with tonight the visitors leads rhino. what a year at last season. started terribly sacked the coach and brought in a relative unknown despite those family connections you were just hearing about and he transformed the club. he talked them all the way to the current final. can they pick up where they left off? i suspect it may be difficult. they have lost some key players and h

super league champions st helens have arrived back from australia today after defying the odds to winenge. they beat penrith panthers in sydney to become the first british side to win in australia in almost 30 years — as adam cottier reports: if winning four super league titles was not enough, now they have in their grasp a trophy that signifies a monumental achievement for the sport of rugby league in this country. arriving home from sydney today, there was a huge sense of pride among the centre team. with the self belief within the group work, we always knew what we capable of doing that and hard—working group can compete in the day and we can compete with the very best and we have shown that. they have shown this because the world cup challenge saw them overcome the panthers and the champions and the rugby league recognised the biggest and richest in the world. and as the victory was sealed with the goal from lewis. st helens became the first english club to win the world cup challenge since the warriors in 2017 in the first to win it in australia for 29 years. i think there was a

st. helens to end that run.coring. and soon, they went furtherahead, conrad the scoring. and soon, they went further ahead, conrad rubber—stamp in the first set of dominance as they went marching into a 12—0 lead. the panthers of one back to back titles and were not going down without a fight as the star—studded attack finally got through. and with the minutes remaining, the comeback was complete and brian going over to send the match and overtime in the next point winning it, who would hold their nerve, it was lewis who stepped up to the occasion and this golden point drop: extra time sealing victory but the most incredible of finishes. after dominating domestically in recent seasons, st. helens can call themselves the very best in the world for the third time. second—placed sale sharks were beaten in a thriller by northampton saints in the gallagher premiership. despite losing manu tuilangi to an early red card, they managed to lead 27—7 — england's tom curry with one of their tries. but the player advantage e

st. helens in that run but in british conditions, they started the brighter. panthers of one back to back titles and were not going down without a fight as a star—studded attack finally got through. and with minutes remaining, the comeback was complete and brian going over to send the matching to overtime with the next point winning and who will hold their nerve, it was stepping up to the occasion and this golden drop in extra time stealing victory in the most incredible finishes and after dominating domestically in recent seasons, st. helens cannot call themselves the very best in the world for the third time. bbc news. second—placed sale sharks were beaten in a thriller by northampton saints in the gallagher premiership. despite losing manu tuilangi to an early red card, they managed to lead 27—7 — england's tom curry with one of their tries. but the player advantage eventually told, and saints scored four second half tries — fraser dingwall with the decisive one three minutes from time. and in the women's premieris�*s, saracens beat harlequins 32—12. jess b

a seismic win for british rugby league — st helens arrive home after defying the odds to win the worldalso coming up on the programme before 7 record breaker ellie baker tells us about her surprise fifteen hundred metres gold at the uk athletics indoor championships ijust i just put the ijust put the hammer down theyjust went all the way through to the line and that is basically it, move my legs quick as possibly could. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. what's next for chelsea 7 manager graham potter apparently still has the support of chairman todd boehly and the club's board despite their poor run of form. he took over in september but saturday's defeat to southampton was chelsea's 8th of the season in the league, and they've won just 2 of their past 1a games having spent over half a billion pounds across the past two transfer windows. we gave two chelsea fans with opposing views around a minute to tell us why potter should stay or go. the stats do not lie. in 2023, two winds in his last 15 games, 36% win ratio, that is nothing we have come to expect that chelsea fans is comple

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st helens began their bid for a fifth consecutive super league title with victory at castleford tigersted by castleford, who ran the champions close for much of the contest. but paul wellens' side went on to get their campaign off the ground with a 2a—6 win. the third day of the second test between new zealand and england started with a follow on and ended with a fight back. the home side finished day three just 2a runs behind after being asked to bat again in wellington, as patrick gearey reports. cricket in new zealand is a relaxed experience, but there is a feeling things have become a bit too passive. the state has been vacated for england, this was the day some things that. maybe the patients, that was 5a the kiwi skipper. bat rays, bull lost. he could only stay out of reach for so long when he picked out the end of new zealand's innings. they finished more than 200 behind which gave ben stokes the right to ask them to bat again. here is where everything is slowed down. new zealand were old—fashioned, this is how test cricket used to be played, frustrating for those in a hurry. in

but the big question for the year ahead, is whether any team, can get close to st helens, who are aimingt anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine. president zelensky has today been speaking tojohn simpson, reflecting on what has happened and on what may be ahead. mr zelensky claimed his troops could keep defending their country until they are able to launch a counter offensive and crucially ruled out conceding in a territory to russia in a potential peace deal. john simpson hasjust sent in a potential peace deal. john simpson has just sent this report from kyiv. with the anniversary of the russian invasion coming close, president zelensky is showing signs of increasing confidence. he's been visiting several of his main backers in britain and other nato countries, and the promises of weapons and support that he's received have clearly buoyed him up. when i met him today, he was defiant and seemed more than usually sure of his position. i asked what he felt about the threat that vladimir putin might strike at ukraine through neighbouring belarus, and he dismissed it out of hand. it wil

st helens began their bid for a fifth consecutive super league title with victory at castleford tigers saints were tested by castleford, who ran the champions close for much of the contest. but paul wellens' side went on to get their campaign off the ground with a 2k points to 6 win. australia have won a sixth women's t20 world cup, by beating hosts south africa in the final by 19 runs in cape town. it was south africa's first final of any kind in either men's or women's cricket. australia set them a target of 157. but they lacked the firepower. australia have now won all but two editions of the women's t20 world cup. that's all the sport for now. day 4 of england's 2nd test in nz is under way. you can of course follow all the action on the bbc sport website. this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories at the top of the hours straight after this programme. it seems extraordinary. witness gasps whoa! rumbling boom did you hear that? unidentified flying objects, talk about aliens, high—tech spying and high—altitude balloons. the united states sent the message

mairead smith, st helens park.e first anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine. he said america would stand with ukraine for as long as it takes an pledge over $500 million of military aid. that�*s all for this programme. you can reach me on twitter — i�*m @lmmisztak. hello there. gales to begin with on monday, warmth to finish it. in fact, it was a very mild day, pretty much across the country, but highs of 17 celsius recorded in east anglia, 63 fahrenheit. the average for this time of year across the country, generally around eight degrees. now, we do have these weather fronts across the far north which are bringing outbreaks of light rain. but this milder air sandwiched between those two weather fronts is what�*s known as a broad, warm sector, and it can often at this time of year bring a lot of clouds. so, it�*s going to be a grey start, but an incredibly mild start first thing on tuesday morning. here�*s the rain from those weatherfronts, then, pushing out of the western isles up into the northern isles.

st. helens begin their bid for a fifth consecutive super league title in the victory for tigers week afterampions the sense were tested by him who ran the champions close for much of the contest but they went on to get their campaign off the ground with a 2a points to six victory. austria of 26 women's t—20 world cup by beating south africa by 19 runs in cape town and their significance for his final of any kind in either men's or women's cricket in australia sent them a target of 157 but they lack them a target of 157 but they lack the firepower and australia have not one but all but two editions of the world cup. and that's often the road in sport and day four of the second test in new zealand is under way and you can follow all of the action on the bbc sports website. this is bbc news. there were shouts and screams. he is back and he's got a gun. eyewitnesses have said they heard shouting in three or four gunshots, i started to run towards i had to do something. something to protect the public. police have recently released a statement and a number of fatalities. ~ ., released a stateme

that's probably up in mount st helene. a. numbers are pretty on the high end, but still, you know, santa cruz mountains could easily get four or five inches of snow, maybe six. that's a lot so travel plans thursday night into friday morning. going to be sketchy tonight. it's just more novelty stuff. i don't think it's gonna be a big accumulation. but tomorrow it's on tomorrow night into friday morning. all right, bill. thank you for coming up. a woman arrested in the east bay for seven armed robberies. also us transportation secretary pete buttigieg's planning to visit palestine, ohio tomorrow. what we know about his trip nearly three weeks since the train derailed, spilling hazardous chemicals for several people shot and killed today in florida , including a television news reporter what we know about the journalist who is on the scene covering another shoot g. next on behind the series... let me tell you about the greatest roster ever assembled. the monster, the outlaw... and you can't forget about the boss. sometimes- you

winter storm warning and again, these are high end totals to get a foot of rain up around mount st helene. i think that's certainly a possibility. i think marin county four inches going to be hard to do, but up the higher elevations you get above 1000 ft. you know some of those wind sheltered areas where it's a little bit cooler. you may be able to get four inches, but it's going to be top but a winter storm warning four o'clock tomorrow afternoon through ther or friday, and the deal with that is it's going to be really an overnight thing into friday morning, most of the activity will be more towards skewed towards santa cruz, santa cruz mountains, big sur and then working its way down to mammoth in the to hotch apiece. very cold system. winter storm warning up around like tahoe as well, low snow levels. if you're traveling around thursday friday morning, be ready for little slipping and sliding santa cruz mountains would be a typical spot. on that morning commute friday. all right, bill. thank you. pg and e is working to restore power to tens of thousands of customers in the bay area, so

above you know tamil pius or st helens. you've got yourself, santillana. you've got 25 35 45 50 mile hour winds and right along the coast, but like i was saying before of cool system coming in in response to or one of the reasons for this wind, and that's going to drop a chance of a sprinkle. but mainly, it's going to drop temperatures to the point that we're looking at freeze watches. as we head into the middle part of this week. it's going to be cold in the mornings and cool during the days, two systems coming in in the five day, but they both look sort of in terms. as of precept. kind of not much, not much at all. i'll see you back here do the full forecast. thanks bill. still ahead, have the national football league and some big name brands capitalized on the super bowl by using tiktok. and coming up tonight at six. see how tech volunteers are using twitter data to track down earthquake survivors in turkey and syria, but their access to that data added on the deal to re acquire gary payton, the second peyton played for the warriors last season before m

the world club challenge is under way, st helens versus penrith.shot, they've done it, a little humpback, lewis dodd, lewis dodd has won the world club challenge for st helens. tommy and paul are with us. good morning, gents. is it sinking in, the first time it has been done since the 905? what an achievement. it is pretty special for us for a club, it's wonderful to play that side, penrith, we had confidence and belief that we could go there and get results. the lads, could not have more respect for the way they went about it, it was phenomenal and wonderful to be a part of. this went about it, it was phenomenal and wonderfulto be a part of.— wonderful to be a part of. this was our first wonderful to be a part of. this was your first game — wonderful to be a part of. this was your first game in _ wonderful to be a part of. this was your first game in charge, - wonderful to be a part of. this was your first game in charge, you - wonderful to be a part of. this was i your first game in charge, you might yourfirst game in charge, you might as well re

they go to warrington wolves with both sides trying to narrow the gap on champions st helens, who area, have announced profits of £3.3 billion for 2022. that's more than triple the sum the company made the year before, as energy prices soared. british gas has recently been criticised for entering the homes of vulnerable customers to force—fit prepayment meters. simon francis from end fuel poverty coalition joins us now. thank you forjoining us. what's your view of the profits? they are off the back of the huge increase we have seen in the price of oil and gas because of the ukraine war. these profits are being made off the back of people who are vulnerable, off the elderly and families with young children, disabled, people with long—term health conditions, who have been condemned to live in cold and damp homes this winter. whilst they are profiting because of the increase in energy prices worldwide, they do, we feel, have a duty to recognise the impact those prices are having on customers here in the uk and indeed elsewhere in the world. because they will say their retail arm makes li

super league champions st helens are back home after becoming the first british team to win the world a nail biting finish. many say it shows how far british rugby league has come. i think considering everyone else wrote us off, but the self belief within the group, we always knew we had what we was capable of going over and doing. but i think we've got a very honest and hard—working playing group which can compete with anyone on the day and we've got the skill level to compete with the very best players in the world and we've shown that. the uk is among 30 countries that have pledged support to an ongoing ban on russian and belarusian athletes, competing in international sporting events amid russia's invasion of ukraine. it follows a summit involving all 30 nations earlier this month, including france, germany and the united states. the international olympic council is "exploring a pathway" for athletes from the two nations to compete as neutrals. andy murray is back in action, winning his match in the first round of the qatar 0pen against lorenzo sonego. the scot was playing his fir

fresh from their victory in the world club challenge in australia — several of the st helens team havecold and damp conditions in the team's new car. aston martin said they're expecting him to make a quick recovery. that's all the sport for now. let's return to our top story and president biden's surprise visit to ukraine, nearly one year on from the russian invasion. this is the moment he met with ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky. mr biden has now left kyiv but said his visit reaffirms the us's unwavering and unflagging commitment to ukraine's democracy, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. he also said vladimir putin�*s �*war of conquest�* in ukraine is failing. let�*s hear what he had to say. i think it�*s a pretty easy guess that the ukrainian public will be very filled indeed to see president biden appear in kyiv today. i think what will be in their minds is that as we come up to the one—year anniversary of the war, there is going to be a fear that those countries supporting ukraine will think, one year on, it�*s time to reflect on where we go now, whether this is worthwh

they go to warrington wolves with both sides, deny defending champions st helens a fifth super leagueperiod at least. there will be some highs and lows as the year goes and hopefully we get enough decent results to be competing later on. that's all the sport for now. more sport later. more now on the search for the next leader of the scottish national party and first minister of scotland following nicola sturgeon's surprise decision to stand down yesterday afterjust over eight years in power. the snp's national executive committee will meet this evening to draw up a timetable for a leadership race. let's talk now to the scottish national party mp for gordon, richard thomson. it's worth reminding people at home that the snp is the third—largest party at westminster which is a reminder as to why people listening around the uk beyond those in scotland, who ends up leading the party matters. are you expecting quite a crowded field? i party matters. are you expecting quite a crowded field?— quite a crowded field? i honestly don't know _ quite a crowded field? i honestly don't know at — qui

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