go to sunderland, they said, ask the fa ns go to sunderland, they said, ask the fans if they are happy. there's a report out about whether football makes fans happy or not. laughter you can understand sunderland fans being miserable. two home wins in the last 1a months, it's not great. i won't lie, it's not great. i'm so disappointed. 0h dear, oh dear. in these supporters association shop, we met this 91—year—old who has just won championship fan of the season. watching sunderland make you happy? not really, no. knowing the position we are in, people are hurt. you know, it fuzzy weekend. just hurts, it hurts. —— you know, it spoils your weekend. i should confess i'm not entirely impartial, i have been a sunderland fan for the whole of my life will. this is my uncle colin, one of the happiest people i have ever known. as the football this season made you happy? no. the football has been horrible this season, very disappointing and i'm really upset with it. he's not the only one. so does football make us happy or sad? professor peter dalton who supports newcastle has been studying footba

go to sunderland, they said, ask the fa ns go to sunderland, they said, ask the fans if they are happyrstand sunderland fans being miserable. two home wins in the last 14 months, it's not great. i won't lie, it's not great. i'm so disappointed. 0h dear, oh dear. in these supporters association shop, we met this 91—year—old who has just won championship fan of the season. watching sunderland make you happy? not really, no. knowing the position we are in, people are hurt.

you can understand sunderland fans being miserable.m not going to lie, it's not great. i am so disappointed. oh dear, oh dear. in the supporters' association shop, we met george forster. he has just won championship fan of the season. does football in sunderland make you happy? no, not really. not when we're in the position we're in, because people hurt. you know, you smudge your weekends. itjust hurts. before we go on, there is something i should confess. i am not entirely impartial in this report. fan for the whole of my life. this is my uncle colin. he is one of the happiest people i've ever known. so does football make us happy or sad? has the football this season made you happy? no, the football has been horrible this season. very disappointing. i'm really upset with it, to tell you the truth. he is not the only one. so does football make us happy or sad? has been studying football and happiness. they were feeling out of 100 before, during and after a game. he analysed 2 million responses from 32,000 people. collected on happiness

graham satchell, bbc news, sunderland. be cooler and fresh attempted to last week. a mixture of sunny spells and blustery april showers. last week, thejet strea m april showers. last week, thejet stream was moving allowing the warm airfrom the stream was moving allowing the warm air from the south but this week the jet stream is below the uk and it allows the school later feeding from the west or northwest. through this morning, but of sunshine but the cloud has increased for many of us and it will be a cloudy afternoon. also some showers, mainly affecting western scotland. maximum temperatures around 13 or 1a degrees in the north and up to 17 degrees in the south—east of inland. tonight, we will have some clear spells on some showers across the northern half of the uk and that will allow temperatures to drop down to single figures. further south bit more cloud around and temperatures around 11 degrees. into tuesday, we will see some rain spreading into wales and that could edge its way further northwards into the day. fur

sunderland football club lost its manager chris coleman at the weekend.ing in charge for november. they also gained a new owner, the outgoing chairman and owner says he is sold to an international consortium headed by stuart donald on the chairman of eastleigh. the american also said his parting gift after a decade of involvement has been to leave the club debt free. reviled by the fans, the stranger to the departed manager. sunderland's american chairman apparently never spoke to chris coleman. cause for concern. but his last act in selling the club surely deserves some recognition. his apparently left it debt free. a big gesture, say those who study football's finances. really, that debt would have been quite a burden playing in league1 with the drop in revenues that would have accrued from that division. another positive, they got much greater revenues coming from the parachute payments for the next three years which could amount to well over £30 million. this is what he appears to have written off. at the last count, the american was owed £69 million

defeat means sunderland will finish bottom of the table. can go back to second with a win at hull tomorrow in the scottish premiership, aberdeen have moved three points clear in second place after a 2—0 win over hearts. after an uneventful start, sam cosgrove nodded on a corner for anthony o'connor to fire home from close range. gary mackay—steven added a second before half—time, picking out the corner. rangers will have the opportunity to regain second place from aberdeen on goal difference if they win the old firm derby on sunday. former liverpool captain, steven gerrard is tonight in poll position to take over as manager of rangers. we understand the job is his, if he wants it. liverpool bossjurgen klopp has given gerrard his backing as he sets out on his managerial career. our scotland football reporter chris mclaughlin has more from shortlist to front runner, is this the new ranger's manager? his old manager had this to say today. he was a little bit surprised when i had seen him but i think the most important thing when you are starti

sunderland have sacked their manager, chris coleman. stadium of light in november, but he could not stop sunderland being relegated. he was only in charge for five months. being relegated. he was only in charge forfive months. he has now been sacked. a statement on the website says that sunderland afc announced that chris coleman has been released from his contract. they want to put on record their thanks for their tireless efforts in what has been a hugely disappointing season. the club's not commenting further at the moment. chris coleman sacked after sunderland got relegated from the championship. a bbc radio 5 live investigation has uncovered a boom in fake online reviews despite official warnings three years ago that they needed to be curbed. the competitions and markets authority has estimated that around £23 billions spent every year is influenced by feedback on review sites. earlier i spoke to 5 live investigates presenter adrian goldberg, who told me more about theirfindings. this is big business, we are talking about £23 billi

back in august, fresh out of the premier league, sunderland went to norwich and won 3—1.w boss simon grayson, and it was supposed to be the start of a new era. fast forward eight months, and the black cats have had just five championship victories since then, and that is why they are steering at the prospect of back—to—back relegation. chris coleman has not managed to turn things around since revising simon grayson in november, but he has not given up hope yet. we need the result, we are desperate for the result, but we just have to go out and perform and give ourselves the chance. and you never know. football changes very quickly. we have seen so changes very quickly. we have seen so many times. teams are written off, then come from nowhere. and if you look at the teams above us at the minute, they are in the driving seat, it is theirs to lose, but let's make sure that if they are going to slip up, we are still in it, on their tails and chasing them down. we do that by more performances like we have seen in the last few weeks. defeats tonight will not send them down, but

and he wa nts to want to play for sunderland and he wants to leave.somebody else, but the stumbling block is the contract. jack did that article that he wanted to play for england again. to do that he will have to play football somewhere. steven gerrard is on a shortlist to become the new manager of rangers. he retired in 2016 and joined the youth set up at liverpool after rejecting an offer to manage mk dons. he's being considered as a possible successor to pedro caixinha who was sacked last october. graeme murty is in charge until the end of the season, but is unlikely to be given the job on a permanent basis. also coming up in the programme. we'll look ahead to this evening's action at the world snooker championship — hazel irvine and the gang will have a full round—up from the crucible. and take drugs or race men — that's the option given to female athletes who naturally register high levels of testosterone in their bodies. we'll have more on new rules from the iaaf. the venues and fixtures for next year's cricket world cup have been decided — eng

you can understand sunderland fa ns time. you can understand sunderland fans being miserable.g to lie, it is not great. two i am so disappointed. 0h not great. two i am so disappointed. oh dear, oh dear. in the supporters' association shop, we met george foster. he has just association shop, we met george foster. he hasjust one championship fan of the season. does football in sunderland make you happy? no, not really. not when we are in the position we're in, because people hurt. you know, you smudge your weekends. it just hurts. hurt. you know, you smudge your weekends. itjust hurts. before we go on, there is something i should confess. i am not entirely impartial in this report. i was bornjust a few miles up the road, and i have been a sunderland fan for the whole of my life. this is my uncle: —— uncle colin. has the football this season made you happy? no, the football has been horrible this season. very disappointing, i am really u pset season. very disappointing, i am really upset with it, to tell you the truth. he is not the only one. so does football make us happy or sa

it's led by the eastleigh chairman stewart donald, who will buy sunderland, subject to efl approval.ter being outclassed by lyon in the second leg of their semi—final. after a goalless first leg in manchester, city had travelled to france hopeful of causing an upset, but the 1—0 scoreline doesn't do justice to lyon's dominance. jo currie was there for us. so manchester city wait for a champions league final must continue. heartbreak here again as for the second year running, city have found themselves knocked out in the last four by lyon. the tie poised at 0—0, city only needed a score draw to progress but found themselves under wave after wave of lyon attack early on. then up stepped lucy bronze. then a finish worthy of the occasion against herformer side. city failed to create any opportunities of their own. at the break they were down but not out, knowing a goal would still see them through. but the second half followed a similar pattern to the first, city defending heavily, while offering little going forward, with the defending champions desperately searching for the second goal

that change felt here why the production teams in sunderland.jobs affected by the changes today, but they did release a statement to us and in the statement they told us, we're transitioning to a new range of power trains over the next year as we make the operational changes we will be managing a short planned reduction in the powertrain supply and planned volumes. we are discussing these operational changes with our employees. nissan very keen to reiterate the changes happening to reiterate the changes happening to production here at the moment are nothing to do with brexit. we have had a response from the unite union which has been talking with staff over the last few weeks. it assured redundancies will be dealt with through a voluntary process, enhanced packages offered to staff, and hopefully temporary staff will be offered permanent contracts. local mps responding today, we've heard from sharon hodgson and jilly eddie at —— jilly eliot. they hoped changes made here will mean nissan asa changes made here will mean nissan as a safer, more cha

chris coleman has been released from his contract as sunderland manager.ned the club last november, but was unable to stop them going down to league one — a second successive relegation. owner ellis short has also confirmed he has agreed a deal to sell the club to an "international consortium of football investors". it's led by the eastleigh chairman stewart donald and will take over sunderland subject to efl approval. manchester city play lyon in the second leg of their women's champions league semi—final this afternoon. it's 0—0 on aggregate, largely thanks to this save from city's karen bardsley in the first leg. kick—off at 1:45. chelsea also play at four o'clock this afternoon, but they have it all to do against wolfsburg, having lost the first leg 3—1. day nine of the world snooker championship is underway. judd trump has been in second—round action. he was trailing 3—1, but came back to wind the final frame of the session to level at 4—4. on the other table there was a superb session from another former finalist — dingjunhui. he won all eight frames

fulham beat sunderland and move to second in the championship.er league relegations could also be confirmed today with west brom and stoke on the brink. and that momentous moment for north and south korea is discussed by the dateline london panel. that's in half an hour — here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. alfie evans, the terminally ill toddler who was at the centre of a legal battle over his treatment, has died. alfie had a degenerative neurological condition and had been in a semi—vegetative state for more than a year. following a series of court cases, alder hey children's hospital in liverpool removed his life support on monday, against his parent's wishes. in a facebook post, alfie's father tom evans said he was "absolutely heartbroken"; at 2.30 this morning his son "lay down his shield and gained his wings." judith moritz reports. for the first weeks of alfie evans‘ life, he seemed healthy, happy and well, but he soon started to develop problems and he was admitted to hospital, where scans showed his brain was being de

and with this in mind we sent sunderland fan graham satchell to see his team take on burton.ter so does football make us happy or sad? professor peter dalton, who by the way it supports newcastle, has been studying foot wall and happiness using an application called mappiness, he asked fans to rate how they felt for, during and after again. he analysed to milling responses. this is probably the most comprehensive dataset collected unhappiness. it shows on average it 18 wins, fans are frequent & happier, the happiness drops to 1.3 and just happier, the happiness drops to 1.3 andjust1.1% in the happier, the happiness drops to 1.3 and just 1.1% in the second and third hours and it 18 losers, there isa 7.9% third hours and it 18 losers, there is a 7.9% drop in happiness in the first hour, which is still 3.1 and 3.2% in the second and third hours. you are twice as unhappy when your tea m you are twice as unhappy when your team loses as you are happy when your team wins. team loses as you are happy when yourteam wins. on team loses as you are happy when your team wins. on average,

chris como has been released from his contract as the sunderland manager.p them going down to league 1. a second successive relegation. owner ellis short has also confirmed he has agreed a deal to sell the club to an international consortium of football investors, led by the ec chairman stuart donald who will take over sunderland subject to efl approval. manchester city's hopes of reaching the women's champions league final had been dashed after a 1—0 defeat to the defending champions, lyon, having kept a clean sheet in the first leg, city new one away goal could see them go through to the final in kl. u nfortu nately was them go through to the final in kl. unfortunately was their former player lucy bronze who got the chance in the first half, a stunning volley from her. despite needing just one goal to go through, city could not find the net and they are out of the competition at the semifinal stage for the second consecutive season. semifinal stage for the second consecutive season. today i thought again defensively we were superb, but we just couldn't ma

fulham beat sunderland and move to second in the championship.

they came from behind to beat sunderland 2—1 at craven cottage.ke? they've not won in 11 matches, and they could be relegated today if they lose to liverpool in today's early kick off and results elsewhere go against them. but manager paul lambert says they still have the fight to survive... still have the fight to survive. we have given absolutely everything, though boys have played well, i have asked them to do things and they have done it, that is the crux of the matter really, individual things have come back to bite us but we are still in the fight. stoke's opponents today, liverpool, have held meetings with uefa and italian police in rome after violence earlier this week before their champions league first leg match against roma. the meetings ahead of their champions league semifinal second leg in the italian capital were described as "positive and productive" by liverpool officials, and say they'll now share what they discussed with those fans travelling to rome. former liverpool captain steven gerrard is the number one candidate to become

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sunderland edged closer to relegation after being held to a draw against norwich.es after losing to sheffield united. staying with football come in when‘s women have —— and england's women have beaten bosnia herzegovina 2—0. england then won a penalty in injury time, dispatched by jody england then won a penalty in injury time, dispatched byjody taylor. england have now overtaken wales at the top of group one in qualifiers. scotla nd the top of group one in qualifiers. scotland beat poland 3—0 in group two, with all three goals coming in the last 11 minutes. as we can see, the last 11 minutes. as we can see, the second. the scots are second behind the group leader, having played a game less. to another busy day at the commonwealth games that continues to provide us with an extremely close contest as well as very, very high quality performances. for those arriving at the pool, a particularly australian welcome. step forward england's ben proud. that looked comfortable. elsewhere, more gold firmly in the sites. this for the gold medal. it's a ten, and thatis for the

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one place where the policy is particularly hardline is sunderland. why here?e now being investigated unnecessarily. they've missed that many bad cases in the past, they've just gone the total opposite. there'sjust no need to go down that route to start with. i understand that people do have to be investigated, but there's means and ways of treating a family. labour mp emma lewell—buck used to be a social worker in sunderland. i never came across a case where a baby had a bruise who wasn't mobile, and that bruise was purely accidental. i think you should always err on the side of caution. sunderland's child ren's services team said the safety and welfare of all children is at the heart of their practice, and it underpins all aspects of decision—making. they won't comment on scarlet‘s case, but they say bruising in any child that can't move by itself should prompt a referral to social services. what would you do? what would people listening do? would they say, well, we don't want to unfairly persecuted those parents, or would they do the right thing and make sur

manchester city stay second after a comfortable win over sunderland.eat bristol city 2—0 whilst there was also victory for arsenal. yeovil and birmingham city ended goalless. joey barton is back in football. he's been announced as the new head coach of league one side fleetwood town. the former burnley and manchester city midfielder is currently serving an 18 month ban for he isa he is a complex character, a very intelligent chap and also madly involved in football. he has done his badges and that is one thing, the coaching badges, people get very excited but it is just as if somebody said to lewis hamilton, i have passed my driving test, i will tell you what to do! that is what the new coach is like, telling everybody what to do, you need to have more behind you so he needs to start well when he gets into it. sergio aguero‘s been named in the pfa team of the year for the first time since he moved to england. he's one of five manchester city players included in the ii. aguero scored 2! goals in 28 games this season, helping city to the premier league t

reporter: debony groves, remembered for her dream of becoming a social worker. 29-year-old tarian sunderland, long-time employee of the waffle house. 20-year-old joe perez, who worked as a subcontractor, shot in the parking lot. his mother posting on facebook, our lives are shattered. after the shooting, reinking disappeared and the town on edge, neighbors fearful the killer could be hiding in their backyards. you spotted reinking yesterday at this apartment complex? >> yeah, around 6:15 yesterday morning i was throwing out a dirty deeper and i saw him running along this gate. he had on dark-colored pants, navy. >> reporter: hundreds of police and heavily armed officers went door to door in an exhaustive search. >> there's too many places to hide around here. >> from a distance it looks like this guy. he's got mud all over him. >> reporter: in the end a tip from a citizen led to reinking's arrest on monday afternoon. >> i'd get somebody over here, this is right where he lives. it's that suspect y'all are looking for. >> reporter: reinking cornered by a swarm of officers, cuffed in the woods

spare a thought for sunderland fans, relegated for the second season in a i’ow relegated for the secondin a row after losing to attend. —— burton. chelsea ladies and manchester city women could both make history as they bid to become the first english sides to reach the champions league final. the semis are played over two legs with chelsea at home today to vfl wolfsburg in the late kick off, while city take on the holders lyon at 1pm. i think it is a dream, to get into the champions league final. that is one medal that we would all like to have, but we can't look past this semifinal. for me, in the past, with everton i made the quarterfinal, and this is one step better, but we deathly want to make the final and we will give it everything we have got. carl frampton secured the wbo interim featherweight title with a points win over former four weight world champion nonito donaire in belfast. frampton could next face either mexico's wbo featherweight champion oscar valdez, or the winner of next months all british ibf title bout between lee selby and josh warrington. someone who wasn't han

zero because we got to get back to the security council to listen to the french ambassador from sunderland he's speaking no without a doubt constituted a grave threat to international peace and security as defined in the united nations charter this is pretty council itself characterized this as such unanimously on twenty seven september twenty third teen when resolution twenty one eighteen was adopted this in the wake of the heinous chemical weapons attacks which took place in eastern guta the world at that point discovered for the first time with horror discovered the symptoms of a large. scale chemical weapons related death in syria or in the light of those seeking to sow confusion going so far as to accuse the syrian people themselves of having gas themselves in the light of those suggesting conspiracy theories those endeavoring methodically to destroy our methods of instruments of action on chemical weapons in syria in the light of the all of this we must return to simple facts yes the situation the crisis in syria constitutes a threat to international peace and security this threat is

fulham beat sunderland and move to second in the championship.

leeds and sunderland drew while middlesbrough, millwall and reading all won. behind second placed cardiff now after a one—nil win at sheffield wednesday. rangers have lea pfrogged aberdeen to go second in the scottish premiership after a four—nil victory over dundee at ibrox. aberdeen lost two nil away at hearts. stuart findlay scored for kilmarnock as they beat partick one zero, ross county drew one all with hibs and stjohnstone motherwell ended goaless. leaders celtic are at hamilton tomorrow. let's head down under now to the commonwealth games where there were more golds for england, scotland and wales on the third day of competition on the gold coast. england's swimmer adam peaty, a double olympic champion and world record holder, was in final action for the first time. joe lynskey reports. adam peaty successfully defended his title in the 100 metres breaststroke. world record—holder was not happy with his time but he is now unbeaten in the events for four years. adam peaty is england's rock star swimmer. in breaststroke he deals in domination. to get his

at the bottom, sunderland have suffered back—to—back relegations after losing home to burton, they will got the lead in the first half at their game, celtic created chances but couldn't get past the hibs goalkeeper. they doubled their lead after the break. they can win the title next weekend if victory against rangers in the derby. scarlets were thrashed 38—16 by leicester in their semifinal in dublin. the irish side had beaten saracens and their strong form continued, they ran in five tries. it is the first day of the world snooker championships in sheffield. eight world titles between them, struggling to make it through the first round. ronnie 0'sullivan is chasing a six crucible title, he trailed 6—3 at the halfway point. the winner is the first ten. mark selby, defending champion, winner of the last three tournaments, he trailed jo perry 7—2, he hasjust wrapped up that frame, this is the scene in sheffield at the minute. selby just pulling it scene in sheffield at the minute. selbyjust pulling it to eight frames to four. you can follow this on the red button and online. that is all

queens park rangers scored 4 against norwich and sunderland are 5 points from safety after defeat to mum, sheffield united have just 0ne game taking place in the mum, sheffield united havejust taken 0ne game taking place in the mum, sheffield united have just taken the lead against cardiff city. super league continues with a full programme of fixtures. st helens scored within the opening ten minutes in there again following a brilliant kick from ben barba. saints pulled away again in the second gap to score a further three tries. the final score 28—6. wigan remain behind st helens with their victory of the whole kingston rovers. warrington also took a win as did catalans dragons. in beijing running 0'sullivan is bidding for a record sixth ranking event title in the china open. he is currently on five that the campaign, victory would see him surpass the record set by mark selby and stephen hendry. he has not actually won this tournament since 2000. £225,000 is the top prize. and joining him since 2000. £225,000 is the top prize. andjoining him in since 2000. £225,000 is the top prize.

details coming up a back—to—back delegations for sunderland, promotions for wigan, luton and macclesfielde very latest from wembley. the first of the fa cup semi finals. manchester united facing tottenham made five changes from the side that made bournemouth. it was a spurs who took that deserved lead. erickson a great ball to pick out dele alli at the back post. dembele he was dispossessed by pol pot but as a and his aid wembley goal in eight appearances. so close to taking a half—time lead and he took a heavy deflection and left that absolutely stranded and flat—footed. thankfully for him the ball hit the post. let's ta ke for him the ball hit the post. let's take you live to wembley right now. the score has changed because of the last few moments manchester united have taken the lead. anders making it 2-1 to have taken the lead. anders making it 2—1 to manchester united. we will see if we can shave that goal later. that matches live on bbc one right now. spurs trailing manchester united towards half—an—hour to play oi’ united towards half—an—hour to play or something like that at wembl

we were talking about the second new investment that toyota have made in derbyshire, nissan in sunderlandll always do my bit to make sure that we present the best case for them. thank you very much indeed. a good day for luton. 11100 jobs secured. possibly growing over the next 15 years without £100 million investment, 9 million courtesy of the government. just to explain something regarding the story we mentioned in south—east london. we have been reporting on what appears to be a burglary in hither green and just a few minutes ago, we showed some aerial pictures from that part of the capital while we we re from that part of the capital while we were reporting the arrest of a 78—year—old man on suspicion of murder. i do want to stress that these pictures in fact were archived images of the area. they are archived images and do not show the location of the incident that has happened overnight. many apologies for that. they were historical pictures of that area when we were reporting on the incident in hither green in south—east london. the 21st commonwealth games is officially underway fo

they'll play the likes of sunderland next season after beating relegated chesterfield.ision barnet gave their hopes of staying in the football league a massive boost by beating morecambe, who are now in big danger of going down instead. while in league one, northampton town have been relegated after losing i 0 to walsall, as have mk dons who lost 2 0 to scunthorpe. celtic will clinch the scottish premiership title if they beat city rivals rangers tomorrow afternoon. at the bottom of the table hamilton academical... ...took a huge step towards survival with a 2 nil win against bottom side ross county. after a nervy first half of few chances hamilton took the lead from the penalty spot and then david templeton doubled the lead to seal a vital three points. hamilton are now ninth, six points clear of county who are in big danger of automatic relegation. elsewhere, hibs beat kilmarnock 5 3, motherwell beat dundee and it was i i between stjohnstone and partick thistle. brechin city's season has come to an end with confirmation of an unenviable record. they are the first seni

sunderland still five points from safety after defeat to sheffield wednesday.amme of fixtures. st helens comfortably winning at widnes, scoring two tries in ten minutes. the vikings' defences were outfoxed. widnes did get one back, but the saints pulled away in the second half, scoring a further three tries, tommy scoring his 100th for the club. 28— six the final score. there we re club. 28— six the final score. there were wins for warrington, hull fc, leeds and catalan dragons. on to snooker, and in beijing, ronnie o'sullivan is bidding for a record sixth ranking event title in a single season of the china open. he is currently on five for the campaign. victory would see him surpass the record he now shares with henry and selby. o'sullivan hasn't actually won this tournament since 2000, but more than just a record two play for, a top prize of £225,000. joining him in the last 64 is the world number one, mark selby, who won 6—4. selby, who hasn't lost the tournament since 2014, came from 2-0 the tournament since 2014, came from 2—0 down to the 20—year—old from

the bbc sport website including news on chris coleman being "released from his contract" as the sunderlandour main story and the news that the home secretary amber rudd has resigned. and the news that the home secretary let's talk to our political editor laura keunssberg who's in dublin this evening. laura keunssberg who's laura, laura keunssberg who's how much of a surprise is this laura, how much of a surprise is this resignation, in your view? clyde, the timing is a surprise. in recent days, we have seen both attend and the home office really try to keep amber rudd in her position. there was a lot of sympathy for her inside the conservative party, and they tried on various defences of the mistakes that she said in her own words she had made. but it seems, in the last few hours, it had reached a tipping point, and the decision was that it was time for her to leave, rather than for her to try to stay on and stem the damage, much of which has already been done. so what now for the government, and the department she has just left? the government, and the department she hasjust left? it is a

they will play the likes of sunderland next season after beating chesterfield this season. hopes of staying in the football league a massive boost because they beat morecambe who are now in danger of going down instead of barnet. northampton town have been relegated from league1 of barnet. northampton town have been relegated from league 1 and mk dons are also down after they lost to scunthorpe. celtic will claim the scottish premiership title if they beat city rivals rangers tomorrow afternoon. at the other end of the table hamilton academical... ...took a huge step towards survival with a 2 nil win against bottom side ross county. after a nervy first half of few chances hamilton took the lead from the penalty spot and then the impressive david templeton doubled the lead to seal a vital three points. hamilton are now six points clear of county who are in real danger of automatic relegation. there were three other matches this afternoon. quite a game at easter road as hibs beat kilmarnock 5 3. motherwell beat dundee 2 1, while it finished 1 all between saintjohnstone and pa

years, so much so that one of the sites to be relegated last year has now been relegated again — sunderland in the third tier of english football next season. this is what it meant to huddersfield when they scored a late winner against watford last weekend to edge closer to safety, and if you look at the table and what it has done to the table, it leaves three teams cut adrift, west bromwich albion, stoke and southampton are now looking like they could be destined for relegation. indeed, two of them could go down this weekend. a crucial weekend for all of them, and west brom could go down if results go against them and if they fail to beat newcastle, they would be relegated. stoke can also go down if those results go against them. for the bottom side, west brom, this season has been a struggle, winning just four matches, and they have changed manager twice as well. a com pletely changed manager twice as well. a completely different story to last season, this is the premier league table for 2016—17, you can see west brom in 12th position. we can talk to richie anderson, who has been followin

at the bottom, sunderland have suffered a second straight relegation after losing at home to burton.hirts they were underdogs against leinster. the irish have won this competition three times since the welsh last reached a semi final. that did not bother them. the only man in red from eight winners medal was cool and composed. the defence was cool and composed. the defence was not. the pressure from the blue shirts finally breaching the dam with james ryan squeezing through and it was unrelenting. wave after wave sweeping the scarlets until they could not resist. a knockout blow up delivered by mcfadden after half—time. the interval provided the only mass respite as leinster picked up only mass respite as leinster picked up with a left off. the men of the match‘s try almost a cakewalk. they added to his flawless kicking. scarlets would have been left red—faced but for the consolation. cardiff blues are into the european challenge cup final the second tier of european competition after beating po 16 10 at the cardiff arms park. there was little to choose between the two sides. cardiff

it's to lay off hundreds of workers at its plant in sunderland after its sales fell 35% in britain inurope. tributes have been paid to the renowned swedish dj avicii who has died at the age of 28. according to his agent, avicii, whose real name was tim bergling, was found dead in oman earlier today. the dj and producer, who has collaborated with the likes of madonna and coldplay, had suffered from health problems, which forced him to retire from live performances in 2016. more than 600 mourners have gathered at leicester cathedral to say farewell to a mother and her two sons who died in a shop explosion in the city. mary ragoobeer and her sons sean and shane died in february after a blast on hinckley road. many mourners came in liverpool and manchester united shirts in tribute to the boys' favourite clubs. sima kotecha reports from leicester. they came to say goodbye and through song, tears and spoken words, they did. 46—year—old mary ragoobeer and her two teenage sons, shane and sean, were killed in an explosion. a polish supermarket and a two—storey flat above it were destroyed in t

joel scored and what is essentially a dead rubber for sunderland.d snooker championship in sheffield. five—time champion also blend has a fight on his hands to get to the third round. we will take you to live pictures. 0n third round. we will take you to live pictures. on a break at the moment, you see the table on the right is where he is playing. they haven't started the day well. someone into the evening session 5—3 down against carter who is ranked 15th. also the mosque he first two frames of the session. pulled one back, 8—11 entrails alan carter, the first of 13 will head into the third round. you can keep up—to—date with that on the bbc sport website and app. some the grazing is tonight. tuque kt walsh has announced she is retiring from the sport. the 33—year—old broke the news after abe narrowed when writing. among her achievements the best place female jockey and grand national history, finishing third on the bass back in 2013. -- finishing third on the bass back in 2013. —— sea bass. we will have all the sport for you today at 10:30pm. see

, we were talking about the second new investment that toyota had made in derbyshire, nissan in sunderlandthe secretary of state there on greg clark, on what is a good day for luton. a000 jobs secured, possibly growing over the next few years. £9 million investment courtesy of the government. that was a masterclass in grabbing a life guest. it is like when you grab a showbiz starlet at the oscars. i think we need some training, but we got him on camera. it was it was when they said greg. it was it was when they said greg. it pays to know ministers' first names, clearly. let's get the latest weather forecast with lucy. much colder in the north. we will see rain across scotland, which will fall as sleet and snow, as well. we will see some showers throughout the uk, today. a mixture of sunny spells and showers, the shower is quite heavy. thunder possible. patchy outbreaks of rain in the east, and continue to seed outbreaks of rain, sleet and snow in scotland. it is quite windy. as we go through this evening and overnight, that hill snow clearing towards the south—east, so that we can see some

spare a thought for sunderland fans, relegated for the second season in a row after losing to burton.lost 2—1. substitute vykintas slivka scored their second late on and that proved to be the winning goal. celtic pull one back, but brendan rodger made to wait. they can claim the title a week today at home to their glasgow rivals rangers. carl frampton secured the wbo interim featherweight belt with a points win over former four—weight world champion nonito donaire in belfast. the victory means he looks certain this summer to fulfil his long—cherished ambition of an outdoor world title fight at windsor park in his native city. someone who wasn't hanging around was amir khan in his comeback fight. 40 seconds it took him to beat phil lo greco in liverpool as he came out swinging from the start in his first fight just under two years. you can see how pleased he is to be back, and winning as well! leinster produced a knock out of their own, dumping the welsh side scarlets out of the champions cup 38—16 in their semifinal in dublin. yet to lose in the competition this season, they knocked o

spare a thought for sunderland fans, relegated for the second season in a row after losing to burton.d make history, as they bid to become the first english sides to reach the champions league final. the semi—finals are played over two legs with chelsea at home today to vfl wolfsburg, while city take on the holders lyon. you can watch both games via the red button and the bbc sport website. city midfielderjill scott admits making the final is a big ambition. i think it is a dream, getting into a champions league final. that is one medal that we would all like to have, but we can't look past this only final. for me in the past, i made the quarterfinal, and this is one step better, but we definitely wa nt to one step better, but we definitely want to make that final, and we will give it everything we have got. carl frampton secured the wbo interim featherweight belt with a points win over former four—weight world champion nonito donaire in belfast. the victory means he looks certain this summer to fulfil his long—cherished ambition of an outdoor world title fight at windsor park in his

the bbc sport website including news on chris coleman being "released from his contract" as the sunderlandt the evening on the bbc news channel, and i'll be back with the late news at ten. now on bbc1, its time for the news where you are. hello. this is bbc news. a small solar power plant is in the process of opening at chernobyl, about 100 metres from the sarcophagus that covers the old nuclear plant. at the moment it's enough to power a small village but the ukrainian authorities are hoping it's the start of something bigger. but there are doubts about whether it's safe for people to work there, long term, asjonah fisher reports. why are you putting a solar powered station on probably the world's most famous radioactive site? news report: in the soviet union, the aftermath of the chernobyl disaster was given prominence on the news bulletins tonight... let me give you a sense of where we are. that metal structure is a hundred metres away, covering chernobyl‘s reactor which exploded catastrophically in 1986. does it worry you being so close to the nuclear reactor? not really. first of all

in sport, the race to the premier league will go down to the wire after fulham beat sunderland to movesecond in the championship. premier league relegations could also be confirmed today with west bromich albion and stoke on the brink. everybody in this boat, except you, bushell, is paddling at the same time as everybody else. it's not all plain sailing as i try my hand at dragon racing, one of the fastest growing participation sports in the world. and matt has the weather. good morning. across a good part of central and eastern england, it stays cloudy, damp and cool throughout this weekend. but to the north and west of the uk, at least there will be a little bit of "specific" targets amid mounting pressure from labour for her to quit, amber rudd issued a series of tweets. she said she hadn't seen a memo detailing figures for the number of deportations but accepted that she should have. here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. days of damning headlines about the treatment of caribbean migrants who lived and worked in britain for decades and increasing pressure for amber rud