british cycling admits serious failings as they are criticised by uk anti—doping.ay reaches the quarterfinals in dubai—macro after another straight sets win. the fa cup line—up for the quarterfinals is complete. they huddersfield face manchester city eddie etihad. the championship side taking the lead, but city were too strong, with five goals in reply. it would not be the fa cup without those tinfoil trophies and dreams of an upset. amongst huddersfield town's 8000 travelling fans, plenty of both. for a few minutes, at least, the optimism felt well founded. harry bunn, huddersfield have the lead. at least sometimes in this tournament, there is no room for sentiment. leroy sane scoring for city, determined to end the upset. sergio aguero broke down in the box. a moment to show how ruthless they can be. this is a very different sides to the one held a fortnight ago. then they could not score. here they had three before the break. pablo za baleta had three before the break. pablo zabaleta this time, the premier league quality starting to tell. behind, but still the c

and the uk -- us painkiller, both uk anti—doping and the uk —— us anti—doping want it banned and they prohibit its use but it is not currently banned. sky have said that none of its sky have said that nensehts use sky have said that hensehts use it but edmundson said he riders use it but edmundson said q; = on itand riders use it but edmundson said q; = on it and he used it depended on it and he used it regularly and as a result, he blames 1011 1 on the 1 «ni the suffering 1 en the suffering ffem 1 en the suffering frem what he it on the suffering from what he calls quite severe depression in 2013 and especially in 2014. this will be again more concern for team sky. no suggestion by the way that he —— they knew he was doing it. sky. no suggestion by the way that he -- they knew he was doing it. you also spoken to a former doctor have also spoken to a former doctor from the team, what is here to say? asked steve edmundson what i asked steve edmundson what team sky did in 2014 becausejosh edmundson ‘s equipment was discovered by another team sky rider who told the senior management of t

enough for uk anti—doping's nicole sapstead to say that the evidence of the doctor could be critical.that he said was not well enough to attend today. mps will be writing to him perhaps for submission evidence. the need for that became even clearer given the course of nicole sapstead evidence. she said that... she was very critical of british cycling and team sky. she said that there was no record keeping of medical substances that went in and out of the manchester velodrome. then she was unable to return, at this stage off—road investigation, if it was sealed or if it was a steroid. under certain circumstances, in certain methods of infusion, it can be deemed illegal because of performance enhancing benefits. there was some evidence that it was that drug. as you can hearfrom now, she was scathing as regards a deep lack of record—keeping. she was scathing as regards a deep lack of record-keeping. it isjust very clear that there is no orders “ no very clear that there is no orders —— no audit trail of what is going in and out of a comprehensive supply of medical products. what you're s

ajoint operation between police and uk anti—doping, targeting those who supply drugs.uthowever the, authorities l athletes at every level, in every sport will always be willing to cut corners. whatever the risks. athletes and figures involved with last year's 0lympic and frustrated by the failure to provide any meaningful post—0lympic legacy in the city. exactly six months after the 2016 games came to an end with companies and public bodies reluctant to run them. 0ur correspondent wyre davies covered the rio games for us, and he's been back to the city to send this report. for five weeks last slamm- sporting world. the greatest show on earth. exactly six months later, the stage is empty. rio's olympic park, which should by now be operating as a sporting centre of excellence, is eerily quiet. arenas where medals were won and lost our little more than warehouses. venues that should have been almanflea am if! as ee'suaiif ' " as schools are untouched. there is a legacy here. thngames.hadeexpected.e ifeelthst ql‘ffilpifiégmi”" " " "e "e’ was not the number one. we delivered a

admitting ‘serious failings' in their record keeping , missing medical records that has hampered a uk anti—dopingtigation, today they apologised for ‘failings' at the conclusion of the review into a culture of bullying and discrimination at the organisation, let's cross live to their headquarters at the manchester velodrome and speak to our report david ornstein. david, cycling fighting at all france to try and save what is left of its reputation. yellow firstly the fallout continued, from that controversial sport and media committee in london. where british cycling, team sky, bradley wiggins came under stinging criticism for the anti—doping procedures. and also as you say that, they're keeping of records when it comes to the dishing out of substances, even in an illegal way. but the attention shifted to date, to culture and behaviour and values within british cycling. liz nicholl is the chief executive of uk sport, they fund olympic and paralympic sports in britain. british cycling is the heaviest recipient of that funding, and here is what liz nicholl had to say. brew i think this is a governin

uk anti—doping are carrying out their own investigation. greig laidlaw says he hopes to be back playing in three or four weeks, in time for this summer's tour of australia. laidlaw missed most of the six nations campaign after injuring his ankle in the defeat by france. warren gatland will name his british and irish lions squad next month for the new zealand tour and laidlaw believes a number of scots have a great chance of being included. the scottish players are in with as much of a shout as any other players, to be honest. through the championship we were consistently fairly good, apart from the english game. individually, there were some strong performances. there are competition for positions right through the squad. they will need a strong squad to go to new zealand. it is the best players in the world to go and play rugby in a very proud nation. it will be tough for the players given the privilege to represent the lions. ronnie o'sullivan is through to the second round of the china open in beijing, after a comfortable victory over ga

coming up in sportsday, british cycling has more questions to answer as the head of uk anti—doping slamshe organisation's medical record—keeping. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the government is lightly to be this evening over the brexit bill. peers from all parties have voted in the house of lords to amend the legislation to enable eu citizens living in the uk to stay here. it's a setback for the government's bill to trigger article 50 which starts the formal process of the uk leaving the eu. mps may vote to remove the lords' proposed changes when the bill moves back to the house of commons later this month. but today would be the first defeat for the government over brexit and there could be more to come. our political editor laura kuenssberg has more. turning up for work the minister smiling despite the prospect of defeat. from the start their lordships were determined to let fears be felt. this is the sort of issue where the house of lords is right to say to the commons please think again about this. you can't be contemptuous about the lords and the functioning of t

and she is telling mps as we speak, the course of her investigation, uk anti—doping was asked to lookmber last year, to see if there had been a breach of anti—doping regulations during that race in question back injune 2011. this legal decongestant is interesting, isn't it? you could buy that over the counter in france, had you wanted to, am i right? yes, that's right. fluimucil is available to purchase in many pharmacies in and around where that race was taking place and that's something that mps put to dave brailsford last year, but simon cope was asked about why he was asked to bring the medical package across? he said it was a normal thing for deliveries to be made. he said he sometimes went and delivered detergent to riders or to the team if there was a rider who had a specific allergy. questions about why they couldn't use local supermarkets, supermarkets, were not asked but this seems to be the level of detail to which team sky operated, that they would bring out specific items to the team when required, but simon cope saying in his testimony that as far as he was aware this wa

admitted to ‘serious failings' in their record keeping, missing medical records that has hampered a uk anti—dopingon, that enquiry centres on sir bradley wiggins and a package hand—delivered to his doctor six years ago after he won a race in france. its contents can't be verified and sir bradley wasn't offering any answers today. more forthcoming was the chairman of british cycling, joanthan browning, who has been told, by uk sport's chief executive liz nicholl, ‘to restore his sports credibility‘. browning who has only been in the job for a month spoke to our sports editor dan roan andy murray had to save seven match to our sports editor dan roan. we need to make sure that we are not only clean but that we are absolutely able to demonstrate that we are clean, and we all that not just to ourselves and our staff but to the public large as well. looking to the public large as well. looking to fundamentally change our ability to fundamentally change our ability to demonstrate that we are clean organisation. as british cycling currently in crisis? certain areas of our operation need addressing very qu

, they do confirm what uk fabricfififié 12,2,e;.i2;5.3ia;i3, l- a joint operation between police and uk anti—doping victory, are they really doing anything wrong? xiii sisiss iii imam-ii iris ii; ii; iiiii this is actually the dark side of exercise. using substances not iii .:;;:;s§; sigh: eéilifi you care about your performance! how you look to yourself. just how serious a health issue do you think this could be? you're using substances that are meant to treat diseases. and you are actually misusing them without a prescription. you are notjust cheating, or not cheating, if you are just an exerciser, but also putting your life at risk. but however the authorities respond to the issue, athletes at every level, in every sport will always be willing to cut corners, whatever the risks. katie gornall, bbc news. now, the cricket news. australia held out for a draw on the final day of the the third test against india, leaving the four—match series poised at 1-1. the tourists began their second innings 152 runs adrift of india — and were reduced to 63—1; at one point. but half centuries from peter handscomb

uk anti—doping chief nicole sapstead will also appear before the inquiry.dr richard freeman pulled out through illness yesterday. let's talk to our sports news correspondent richard conway. he's in central london. so what have we been hearing rid afternooned? simon cope has been on the end of some ferocious questioning. questions about whether he knew what was in the jiffy questioning. questions about whether he knew what was in thejiffy bag he was asked to deliver to team sky, to the team sky doctor, dr richard freeman in june 2011. the team sky doctor, dr richard freeman injune 2011. he says he was unaware of what was in the package. he was asked to take the package over to france. mps questioning why he didn't ask about this and going into some detail about whether he checkeditin into some detail about whether he checked it in his hold luggage or put it into his hand luggage to determine his level of knowledge about it, but simon cope very clear, despite the fact saying at start of his testimony he couldn't remember what he did last tuesday, had some rec

british cycling is subject to an ongoing uk anti—doping investigation into allegations of wrongdoingaturday, world cruiserweight champion tony bellew says he's not sure whether he'll fight again. he came through their all—british heavyweight fight, a bout that was built on some real animosity between the pair. speaking this morning, bellew was asked if he would take up the chance of a rematch against haye if it came about. i don't know. i hope he gets healthy as soon as possible. i will take some time out to recover and spend time with my family. and then we will see. i'm not sure if i can go through this any more, i will be totally honest, i'm not sure my body can go through with it. i have far exceeded what i set out to do in business and game. i really have. so, it will take something special to bring me back out. i am being totally honest enough. laura muir has returned to scotland tonight — and the double european champion says she's now targetting similar success in this summer's world championships in london. muir had never won a medal at a major championships before last nigh

those missing medical records that hampered a uk anti—doping investigation, and on thursday they apologisede of bullying and discrimination at the organisation. here's our sports editor, dan roan. for years the story was one of success. british cycling, defined by medals and glory. but now there is an image crisis amid a damaging tide of bullying and sexism allegations. all have been denied, but today, the man tasked with salvaging the sport's reputation told me it was time for cycling to say sorry. do you owe riders and staff an apology today? we've already met with groups of both riders and staff and we've made it very clear that where there's been failings, we apologise for those. we recognise them, but we're going to do something about them and move forward. so there was a bullying culture then here at british cycling? i think there have been some well reported instances where behaviour was unacceptable. today, with training here continuing as normal, british cycling unveiled a 39—point action plan, designed to overhaul governance and athlete welfare. it all stems back to last year, whe

discrimination, and also accepting serious failings in their medical record keeping that has hampered a uk anti—dopingnvestiagtion into allegations of wrongdoing. today, the head of team sky, sir dave brailsford has attempted to end the specualtion about the nature of the medicine couriered to sir bradley wiggins six years ago after a race. our sports editor dan roan is with me. dan, he has written to the dcms select committee looking at doping in sport and given them plenty of detail about the mystery package. will this be enough to stop this starnd of their enquiries? the last few days have seen some pretty queasily headlines for a team sky and also for dave brailsford. he was among the most respected voices in british sport. his position was reportedly coming under serious pressure and was underjeopardy and this is his attempt to take control and have something of a fightback. you saw several team sky riders tweeting their support. notable by his absence was chris froome who tweeted about his steak supper and this evening he has been tweeting about a visit to a zoo but noticeably not backing dave b

that could be by sports, uk anti—doping has said they need more resources. nation, the nation will get involved — anybody with significant reach out in communities, anybody with sport, reach into communities, there should be this message about athlete welfare and the welfare of young people. tanni, there were cases reported of even ii—year—olds taking steroids, there's also evidence suggesting that up to 44% of youngsters believe that they are having success because they are taking drugs and steroids. where does that fit in your duty of care review? actually, in terms of doping and anti—doping, not a huge response to the work that i did, partly it is about timing. if i had started the work now, it would be different. i'm not hugely shocked by the figures — that will to win, people will take risks, it doesn't matter if it's a low—level race or the highest level, there are people who will push the boundaries as much they can, and... the education is absolutely right, it has to be there, but it also has to be around things like supplementation and diet, people

froome hadn't commented on his under pressure boss — who has said he won't resign despite uk anti—doping'sivered to sir bradley wiggins in 2011 — but today the three—time tour de france winner apologised for the way things have been handled. both brailsford and team sky deny any wrongdoing. there have been protests this evening by fans and supporters of two of the biggest clubs in french rugby union — after it was announced that they are to merge. paris—based stade francais and racing 92 say they need to pool their resources "to cope with the challenges of performance and education." it's a huge shock. as our reporter chrisjones explains. this is unprecedented and bizarre. these are not to rugby clubs struggling to make ends meet. this is paris heavyweights. stade—france who won the french title in 2015 and racing 92. dan carter is potentially the world's greatest player. he plays for racing 92. they won the title in 2016. these are two powerhouses of the french game and they have announced they are going to merge under one banner in order to merge under one banner in order to get the best

uk anti—doping chief nicole sapstead described the situation as "odd" and the committee's chairman, thedibility of team sky and british cycling is in tatters". well both have now responded... british cycling said in a statement: despite those responses, it seems things are unravelling for cycling and public perception around the sport is bound to change for the worse should more details like this come out. turning to boxing. david haye and tony bellew have been warned after what they called extremely disappointing comments before the heavyweight bout. what have they been saying? now there's a big bout this weekend for boxing fans as david haye the former world champion takes on tony bellew in a heavyweight clash in london but the build up to the meeting has been marred by the words that have been used by each fighter but particularly haye who has been warned by the british boxing board of control over his conduct. haye told us last night he stands by all of his comments, despite saying bellew was "risking his life" by moving up from cruiserweight. every single thing i said. at the timei

and british cycling admits serious failings as they are criticised by the uk anti—doping agency.fter the biggest blunder the oscars has ever seen, two accountants behind the mix up are told they'll never work there again. and carol has the weather. good morning. currently we have a band of rain, sleet and snow in the central swathe of the uk, fading through the morning. a lot of dry weather and sunshine around today and wintry showers in the north, and the gusty winds we've had in the south will also slowly ease. more details later on. carol, thank you. good morning. first, our main story. victims are being let down and suspects left untracked by some police forces in england and wales according to a report out today. her majesty's inspectorate of constabulary found a third of forces needed improvement, while a small number were putting the public at unacceptable risk by rationing services as they struggle with cutbacks. here's our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani. the cornerstone of british policing, the bobby on the beat. but in these vital community posts are erode

chief executive, the uk anti—doping chief executive, the uk anti—doping chief executive will confirmking to a former health minister about a new "wonder drug" for hepatitis c and allegations that a charity campaigning to get the nhs to provide it has received money from the drug's manufacturers. surgeons believe they have operated on the youngest patient ever to undergo — and survive — major abdominal surgery anywhere in the world. st george's hospital in london operated on a premature baby who was born atjust 23 weeks and was just six days old. patient abiageal peters weighed only 1.3 lbs — or0.5 kilograms — that's the weight of this bag of sugar — when doctors realised she needed emergency surgery. her intestine had ruptured in three places because of a severe condition of the gut called necrotizing enterocolitis. we can speak to her mum louise peters. and the surgeon who carried out the operation is mr zahid mukhtar at st george's hospital in london. hi both of you. good morning. hi louise, how are you? very well. how are you? i'm very well, thank you. tell us about the birth of a

froome hadn't commented on his under pressure boss, who has said he won't resign, despite uk anti—doping'sing investigation into a mystery package delivered to sir bradley wiggins in 2011. but today the three—time tour de france winner apologised for the way things have been handled. both brailsford and team sky deny any wrongdoing. here is some of froome's statement, in which he says, "i completely understand why people feel let down by the way in which the situation has been handled, and going forward we need to do better." he goes on to add, "i know it will take time for faith to be restored, but i will do my utmost to ensure that happens, along with everyone else at team sky." there have been protests this evening by fans and supporters of two of the biggest clubs in french rugby union, after it was announced that they are to merge. paris—based stade francais and racing 92 say they need to pool their resources to cope with the challenges of performance and education. it's a huge shock, as our reporter chrisjones explains. absolutely incredible story, this. it's unprecedented, it's biza

uk anti—doping chief will also appear later today.oing. leicester city have held informal talks with former england manager roy hodgson about the vacant manager‘s position. the bbc understands that there is just one potential candidate and that they have spoken to him, however, it remains likely that craig shakespeare will remain in charge until the end of the season. proposals have been unveiled that if adopted, will be the biggest shake—up to the rules of golf in a generation. they include easier ways to ta ke generation. they include easier ways to take free and penalty drops and reducing the time allowed to search for a ball. all sports correspondents report. bye—macro there are fewer sports are steeped in tradition as golf. its laws they back to 1744 and although the game has evolved, its rules remain notoriously difficult to navigate. you need a degree in law to the rules. anything that will make the game quicker has got to be a bonus. today, we need to be more mindful that people are new to the game and need to understand the r

sir bradley wiggins has promised to "shock a few people", once the uk anti—doping investigation intoeged wrong—doing at team sky is over. they're looking into the delivery of a package to wiggins before the 2011 tour de france. speaking on sky television, wiggins said the claims were the worst thing to be accused of, for a man of his "integrity". he said he couldn't go into detail, but there would be a lot to say. the scottish challenge cup final is about to get under way. the players are on the pitch. it is dundee united against st mirren. it is taking place at fir park. we will other updates later. —— we will have updates. republic of ireland captain seamus coleman will have surgery today on the broken leg he suffered in their world cup qualifier with wales. it was a tackle from neil taylor that caused the injury to coleman. it wasn't a malicious challenge, but it was certainly mistimed. taylor was sent off for it, as coleman was carried off on a stretcher. britain'sjohanna britain's johanna konta britain'sjohanna konta is into the third round of the miami open, which she was given

sir bradley wiggins says he will "shock a few people", once the uk anti—doping investigation, into alleged sky is over. they're looking into the delivery of a package to wiggins before the 2011 tour de france — and speaking on sky television, wiggins said the claims were — in his words — "the worst thing to be accused of for a man of my integrity" and promised he would have a lot to say. chris froome‘s hopes of victory at the volta a catalunya were destroyed this afternoon as the team sky rider lost 26 minutes on his rivals in the penultimate stage. the briton, riding his first european race of 2017, had moved second yesterday, but alejandro valverde left him well beaten today and extended his overall lead. but the stage victory was snatched from him by daryl impey in a sprint to the line. britain's adam yates is in fourth, froome now 31st. there was a thrilling east midlands derby in rugby union's premiership, between leicester tigers and northampton saints. both sides ran in three tries each but it was the tigers who edged the victory, 36—31 as they took a big step towards the play—off p

that's according to evidence given to a parliamentary inquiry by uk anti doping's chief executive nicole. here's some of her statement. there are no records, particularly those kept by doctor freeman. who was the doctor, overseeing team sky at this particular event. absolutely no records whatsoever. the man to deliver the package, the former coach simon cope, taking it from manchester or the way to france. he says it never occurred to him to ask what he was delivering. here years. i have listened to the evidence to date, i think you have been left to dangle. by the people he may be former colleagues and friends, you have been left in a difficult position. do you feel that? yes. anything else you want to tell the committee? bearing in mind you have been done in? i don't know anything, i told you all i know. i don't know what is in it, i was asked to take it by my employers. ollie foster is in the bbc sports centre. it appears to bea in the bbc sports centre. it appears to be a damaging afternoon for a number of the parties. the reputation for british cycling is at an all—time low. doctor

damian collins, chair of the culture, media and sport select committee, wants more answers, uk anti dopingtill carrying out their own investigation. a friendly match in paris between the ivory coast and senegal was abandoned last night when fans invaded the pitch. the teams were level at one all after 88 minutes when a handful of fans came onto the pitch, one of them seemingly giving senegal‘s lamine gassama a rugby tackle. more fans then appeared to leave the stands giving the referee little option but to abandon the game. a match between the two sides during the african cup of nations in 2013 also had to be abandoned. manchester's world lightweight champion terry flanagan makes the fifth defence of his wbo belt against russia's petr petrov a week on saturday but he is already looking forward to a possible unification bout against the star of the divisionjorge linares. the venezuelen outpointed fellow mancunian anthony crolla for a second time last weekend but flanagan thinks he can beat him. i can beat him. stars make fights. anthony crolla was made for linares. i would not be walking in

they also heard from the uk anti—doping chief executive.that is going to rumble on because bradley wiggins still will face further questions and also dr richard freeman, a doctor working year british cycling who has been signed off illness, which is why he did not appear in front of the committee yesterday, he has not a nswered committee yesterday, he has not answered any questions on this yet. there are no allegations of wrongdoing, sorry, no suspicion of wrongdoing, sorry, no suspicion of wrongdoing against bradley wiggins or team sky or dr freeman but questions need to be answered. good to talk to you, many thanks. good to talk to you, many thanks. nearly two—thirds of england's hospitals have been rated as "inadequate" or "needing improvement" in a major new study by health inspectors. the report, by the care quality commission, also found that four out of five trusts need to improve patient safety. but more than 90 percent were judged to be "good" or "outstanding" for the caring attitude of staff. here's our health editor hugh pym. it'

the uk anti—doping chief will also appear. doctor richard friedman pulled out yesterday.cester city have held informal talks with roy hodgson about the vacant manager ‘s position. the bbc understands he is just one potential candidate they have spoken to. it remains likely that caretaker manager craig shakespeare will remain in charge until the end of the season if results continue to go well for the struggling champions. golf is set for the biggest shake—up in the rules in a generation. the governing bodies want to make the sport quicker and simpler. ideas including relaxing rules on free drops and reducing the time allowed to search for lost balls. the proposals come into effect from 2019. all sorts of modern technique, dare i say it even plain english now and again. so by a combination of these things. these things we have to cover a huge amount, they will at least be structured more logically. rory mcilroy says tiger woods was it a good place mentally when the pair had lunch last week. mcilroy believes the next few weeks will go a long way in determining whether woods

sir bradley wiggins says he will "shock a few people" once the uk anti—doping investigation into allegedns before the 2011 tour de france and speaking on sky television, wiggins said the claims were "the worst thing to be accused of for a man of my integrity" and promised he would have a lot to say. chris froome's hopes of victory at the volta a catalunya were destroyed this afternoon as the team sky rider lost 26 minutes(!) on his rivals in the penultimate stage. the briton, riding his first european race of 2017, had moved second yesterday, but alejandro valverde left him well beaten today and extended his overall lead. but the stage victory was snatched from him by daryl impey in a sprint to the line. britain's adam yates is in fourth, froome now 31st. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. tens thousands of people have taken part in a protest in london against the uk leaving the european union. the unite for europe march saw many people carrying bright blue eu flags. earlier the labour mp david lammy explained why people still wanted to protest ahead of theresa ma

british cycling and team sky are under intense pressure tonight after a scathing attack by the head of uk anti—dopingal substances given to their cyclists. nicole sapstead told mps that there were no records concerning a mystery package delivered for sir bradley wiggins in france on the eve of a race in 2011. our sports editor, dan roan, reports. this wasn't sir bradley wiggins' most famous victory, but it mayjust be the most controversial. last year, it emerged that the day the former team sky rider won the criterium du dauphine in france, back in 2011, a mystery medical package arrived for him. but what was it? former british cycling coach, simon cope, was the man who delivered it, but today told mps he was none the wiser. why would i ask? i didn't think anything was untoward, you know, it's a national governing body, why would i question the integrity of our governing body, basically? it's not asking, it's not about questioning integrity, it'sjust about — i'm going through an airport with a package, i'd quite like to know what's actually in the package. no, i didn't ask. last year, team sky boss,

sir bradley wiggins says he will "shock a few people", once the uk anti—doping investigation into allegedis over. they're looking into the delivery of a package to wiggins before the 2011 tour de france and speaking on sky tv, wiggins said the claims were, in his words, "the worst thing to be accused of for a man of my integrity" and promised he would have a lot to say. the figure skating world championships begin next week in helsinki, but great britain's ice dancing pair of penny coomes and nick buckland, won't be there. they've competed at two winter olympics, but a serious training accident for coomes last summer put her skating future, in serious doubt. now, though, coomes is, back on the ice and targeting next year's winter games. david mcdaid, has been following her recovery. after nine months and two operations, light at the end of the tunnel. it's nice that it's starting to feel normal. i don't have any pain anymore. penny is half of team's top gb figure skating pair, but their season and almost her career was written off last june after a fall in training. career was written off

and coming up on bbc news british cycling has more questions to a nswer as the head of uk anti—dopings first time round but it could take extra time or penalties at the etihad stadium tonight, as championship high—flyers huddersfield take on manchester city in the fa cup for a place in the quarterfinals. and golf will become simpler and quicker, the r & a hopes as it puts forward proposals to radically change the rules of the sport. i will be back in 15 minutes with much more. the fine has doubled to £200 on the number of penalty points has also doubled to six, meaning that new drivers could lose their licences after one offence. there was an increased focus on catching offenders, as robert hall reports. 0na offenders, as robert hall reports. on a busy main road in cambridgeshire, police cameras catch another offender. the evidence from around the uk is crystal clear. you have been warned, you said we are not listening. the most recent report from the rac found that 21% of drivers admit to using a hand—held phone at the wheel compared with 8% two years ago. hand—held phone at the whee

the chief executive of uk anti—doping, nicole sapstead, told a government select committee that britishnt or incomplete as they tried to discover the contents of a msytery package delivered from the uk to dr richard freeman and sir bradley wiggins after a race six years ago in france. the man who delivered the package, the coach simon cope, which team sky claim was a decongestant, said he didn't it is just very clear from our investigation that there is no audit trail of what is going in or out of a comprehensive supply of medical products. it is a very serious matter, because there are laws around the dispensing and administering of medicines. from what you said, it would see that doctor freeman is not complying with the gmc on that, and not keeping records for the dispensing of medicine. we are trying to establish how british cycling and team sky administered the anti—doping policy, to ensure their team is clean. what we heard today is that they do not, not satisfactorily. there are not proper records being kept that say what the doctor is giving to the riders and the reason why. that

froome has so far been silent on his embattled boss, who has said he won't resign as uk anti—doping continueom 2011. but today froome has apologised for the way it's been handled. both brailsford and team sky deny any wrongdoing. here is some of froome's statement, in which he says, "i completely understand why people feel let down by the way in which the situation has been handled, and going forward we need to do better." he goes on to say, "i know it will take time for faith to be restored, but i will do my utmost to ensure that happens, along with everyone else at team sky." either chelsea or manchester united will complete the semifinal draw for the fa cup later. but if it's to be united, they'll have to do it without a striker. wayne rooney is the latest of the club's forwards to be ruled out of the quarterfinal tonight at stamford bridge. he's injured, while zlatan ibrahimovic is suspended, and anthony martial and marcus rashford are also both out. so the last of the quarterfinals, chelsea against manchester united, is live on bbc one. coverage starts at 7.30pm — there's also commentar

meanwhile, we have the uk anti—doping investigation into those anti—doping procedures.anti—doping violations, but certainly british cycling is fighting fires on several fronts and it isa fighting fires on several fronts and it is a difficult time the briton's most successful and well funded 0lympic sports. andy murray is on court against philipp kohlschreiber in the quarter finals of the dubai championship — it is currently 3—3. the pair has met five times with murray only losing once. murray has been suffering from singles dee shingles. sam billings is likely to open for england in their first one day international against the west indies in antigua tomorrow. tomorrow is the first of the three match series. that is all the sportsmen out and, if you are wondering if i ever go home, it is time for me to head home. it was yesterday asked that, but thank you very much. let's get more now on watchdog has warned that policing in england and wales is in a "potentially perilous" state with victims being let down, criminal cases shelved and suspects left untracked. her majesty'

are still digging and uk anti—doping are still digging and still carrying out their own investigationin. finally, heroic set the end of a race in the united states. —— heroics at. end of a race in the united states. -- heroics at. remember the brownlee brothers, when one of them carried the other across the line, at the 0lympics, well this was in philadelphia. it was run over the weekend. 0r philadelphia. it was run over the weekend. or not run, as that poor lady found but she got very wobbly at the end. these triathletes stopped to help her, and this chap decided she was not going to make it on her own two feet. medics had to look after her but we understand she is very well. she made it across the line. they are the heroes of the hour. they are overall the newspapers in philadelphia. thank you very much. this morning in an exclusive interview, a rape survivor whose attack led to a judge saying drunk women were putting themselves in danger has defended the comments, saying the judge was "right". megan clark, who is 19, was raped by a man she met in takeaway when she was drunk after a

damian collins, the chair of the committee, wants more answers, uk anti—doping are carrying out their for a city based t20 tournament to be launched in the summer of 2020. eight franchises will operate outside the county structure with some of the 36 games to be screened on free to air tv terrestrial tv. the ecb are looking to attract new younger audiences. cricket does need a change. only 2% of children cite cricket as their favourite sport and that's poor in a country where cricket has the access so something needs to be done, but there are a few concerns. theres no doubt counties will be nervous about the future, but i think, you know, some of the exciting prospects coming out of this, looking to attract a new audience will be exciting. india have won their test series 2—1 against australia in dharamsala. the hosts started the fourth day of the fourth test needing just 87 more runs to win with all their second innings wickets remaining. they managed it for the loss ofjust two, with opener lokesh rahul unbeaten on 51. india are the number one ranked test side after home series wins

froome has so far been silent on his embattled boss, who has said he won't resign as uk anti—doping continuee has apologised for the way it's been handled. both brailsford and team sky deny any wrongdoing. here is some of froome's statement, in which he says: "i completely understand why people feel let down by the way in which the situation has been handled, and going forward we need to do better." he goes on to say... "i know it will take time for faith to be restored, but i will do my utmost to ensure that happens, along with everyone else at team sky." either chelsea or manchester united will later ensure that the four fa cup semi—finalists are all taken from the premier league top six, for only the second time this century. they play the last quarter final tonight, and one willjoin arsenal, spurs and manchester city in the draw for the last four. manchester united is too big. manchester united is too big. manchester united is the winner of the competition. it is much of the's fault that we were given this monday match so we have to make changes for sure. if we play thursday against rost

sir bradley wiggins says he will "shock a few people", once the uk anti—doping investigation, into allegedg on sky television, wiggins said the claims were — in his words — "the worst thing to be accused of for a man of my integrity" and promised he would have a lot to say. chris froome's hopes of victory at the volta a catalunya were destroyed this afternoon as the team sky rider lost 26 minutes on his rivals in the penultimate stage. the briton, riding his first european race of 2017, had moved into second yesterday, but alejandro valverde left him well beaten today and extended his overall lead. the stage victory though was snatched from him by daryl impey in a sprint to the line. britain's adam yates is in fourth, froome now 31st. boxer anthony crolla is looking for revenge tonight. he lost his wba lightweight world title last september to jorge linares — but gets the chance to win that title back, along with the wbc title and ring magazine crown in a huge unification fight in manchester. a warning there is some flash photography in this report from alex gulrajani. anthony crolla wants

british cycling is subject to an ongoing uk anti—doping investigation into allegations of wrongdoing weekend with her first medals at a major championship. she produced two record—breaking performances to win double golds at the european indoors in serbia. having broken dame kelly holmes' 1500 metre record on saturday, this was her setting a new championship record in the 3000 metres yesterday. she wasn't even born the last time a british athlete won two individual golds at the championships, that was 23 years ago when colinjackson did it. i do not know what the legs will did today, so i am trying to hang in there. i was feeling tired but i'm so glad i could come away and do that win today. did it go according to plan? yes. it went well. i tagged onto another athlete. we crossed the line. congratulations to her. but for now is all sport have more at about half three. talks are taking place in belfast aimed at forming a new power—sharing government. the two largest parties, the democratic unionists and sinn fein, are still divided over a green energy scheme that led to the collapse of

in a lengthy document he said it should be made clear that as far as he understands, uk anti—doping'se says that we remain confident that the allegation is false and that there has been no wrongdoing by team sky or its employees. it goes into a lot of detail, that document, which has been sent to the select committee, about how that decongestant was sent to doctor richard freeman after that. he says it was just decongestant that had been bought from germany, stored in manchester and delivered to serve bradley wiggins and his because they knew the exact amount of drugs that we re knew the exact amount of drugs that were in the decongestant and knew it would be legal. we will have more on this at half past six. football, arsenal will have to set a new champions league record if they are to reach the quarterfinals. no side has come back from four goals down from the first leg to progress and they have to do that to get past bayern munich following their 5—1 thrashing. let us go live to the emirates. the gunners have got to go for it but you cannot really see them keeping out bayern munic

uk anti—doping is continuing to investigate a ‘mystery package' delivered to sir bradley wiggins in 2011 with head injuries. there was concern during england's win over scotland on saturday when winger elliott daly returned to the field after landing on his head — only to then go off soon afterwards — because he hadn't fully recovered. i think it is a great credit to our medical staff that they took him off so quickly. rugby, i think, medical staff that they took him off so quickly. rugby, ithink, has been very good in that area and i think the sport itself should be congratulated over the way it handles head injuries. so you think the system at the moment is fit for purpose? i think it is outstanding and it sets the standard for those sort of injuries in sport. will women be admitted to muirfield golf club? we'll find out the result of a second ballot today — and it's likely to be a "yes". the first vote narrowly failed to acheive the two—thirds majority needed and the r&a immediately announced that murifield would no longer be able to host the open championship — and they will overturn

the anti— romeo squads in india. in the uk, the government isjust the anti— romeo squads in india. eu. it will activate the call is known as article 50, a two—year countdown beginning for both sides to negotiate what will effectively be one of the biggest divorce settle m e nts one of the biggest divorce settlements in history. what can we expect? we asked our economic fortu neteller to expect? we asked our economic fortuneteller to investigate. the process of the brexit officially begins tomorrow, but even before the shock of that result, people were warning us of evil omens. the consequences would be negative. britain and europe would be poorer. can we knowingly vote for a recession? it turns out that economists were no more reliable than a carnival fortune teller. new figures for the last three months of last year ‘s show more than expected. the unemployment rate has falle n expected. the unemployment rate has fallen to the lowest level since the summerof fallen to the lowest level since the summer of 1975. there mind how unreliable it has been in the past, here is a vision of th

. >>> the uk's top anti-terrorism officer provided new information about the attack in london. police say the attacker was 52- year-old khalid masood who was born in the uk. the "islamic state" says they inspired the assault. 30 people were injured when he drove his car into pedestrians and wielded a knife outside parliament. francisco lopez was on the bridge. >> i didn't want to die. i'm going to be okay. i'm going to convince myself i'm going to be okay that my legs were going to be okay but i was horrified. >> the attacker was shot and killed by police. four victims were also killed. one of them an american kurt cochran owned a small recording studio in utah. police say they made two more significant arrests so far night. a total of nine people are now in custody. investigators are still combing through thousands of items seized during a series of raids. >>> a bay area man is now facing hate crime charges after threatening a muslim woman who was out with her child. police say that 27-year-old joshua ruano approached the woman who was wearing a hijab. he then allegedly made an

damian collins, chair of the culture, media and sport select committee, wants more answers, uk anti dopingd‘s side. it‘s part of their preparations for this summer‘s under 21 european championship in poland. there are no more world cup qualifiers but there are a few international friednlies tonight. there are no more world cup qualifiers but there are a few international friendlies tonight. the republic of ireland face iceland in dublin — sadly no seamus coleman to skipper the republic. the everton defender broke his leg in two places against wales last friday night. great players have broken their legs, and come back. and seamus should take — i mean, obviously, it is very early for him to start considering all of those things, but he is positive. naturally, as i mentioned earlier, at the start, he is down, as he would be, as the realisation that he is go to be out of action for quite sometime has dawned on him. so those types of things take, don‘t just take five minutes to get over. a friendly match in paris between the ivory coast and senegal was abandoned last night when fans invaded th

chris froome hasn't commented on his boss, under pressure, who said he will not resign despite the uk world antiackage delivered to sir bradley wiggins in 2011. today the three—time tour de france winner apologised for the way things had been handled, both sir dave b ra ilsfo rd been handled, both sir dave brailsford and team sky deny any wrongdoing. this is some of the statement by chris froome in which he says, i can completely understand that people feel let down by the way in which the situation has been handled, going forward we need to do better. he goes on to say, i know it will take time for faith to be restored but i will do my utmost to make sure it happens along with eve ryo ne make sure it happens along with everyone else at team sky. there have been protests tonight by fans and supporters of two of the biggest clu bs and supporters of two of the biggest clubs in french rugby union after it was announced they were to merge. stade francais in paris and racing manager to say that they need to pool their resources to cope with the challenges of performance and education. it's a big shoc

many were watching the netherlands as a signal to determine the strength of anti-eu populist parties. in the uk, the bank of england left its key rate at a record low of 0.25% as expected. the pound sterling popped higher as one policy maker voted to raise interest rates. let's get a quick look on asia pacific, indexes that are open now. sydney is higher. china markets open in an hour and a half. i'll have more for you then. back to you. >> thanks a lot for that. >>> the beautiful beaches of okinawa are becoming popular with international travelers. they aren't just going for the sea and the sand. >> reporter: this is near okinawa international airport. since opening two years ago it's become a magnet for foreign tourists. they now account for 60% of the customers. mr. wa many want to enjoy driving while on vacation. they want stick shifts. customers like them for their cute designs. >> translator: this brand isn't available in south korea. i plan to drive it again when i get a girlfriend. >> reporter: thanks to foreign business, this car rental agency sells double in its second year of busines

anti isis offensive. >> dash has every intention of striking externally from the region and that need threat goes to europe. >> the uk has seen a -- been a major contributor to the anti isis coe identification. british defense secretary michael fallon says it's time for the rest of europe to step up. >> our defense budget here in britain is growing every year and remains the biggest in europe. but secretary madison and i have agreed that others must now raise their game. >> meanwhile the secretary of state is -- he visits turk coordinate take over the isis ca. >> we want to discuss how we can bill bl on nato's already -- build on nato's already active. >> president trump is considering a new strategy in the fight against isis. all options are on the table, including sending more u.s. troops to syria. >>>. >>> the front end of a car sticking out from under a flatbed truck the driver died apparently while taking his daughter to school this morning. >> authorities are working to identify the driver of that pontiac firebird that smashed into an 18 wheel flatbed truck today. it happened at about se:45 this morning near do