that of a former scotland manager, walter smith. boss here in 2004, replacing butty votes, and he is on an fa short list to replace gordon strachan. he actually left the scotla nd strachan. he actually left the scotland job just after two years to return to become manager of rangers once again. another former scotland manager, alex agrees is also under consideration. we know that he is very, very keen on a return, here. alex mcleish. there is also another interesting name on the list. that of the current dalmarnock manager. he has completely transformed, an extent he returned to be scottish clu b extent he returned to be scottish club scene. just under four months, he has taken them on an impressive run, and of course culminating in that when against celtic at the weekend. he is also a name that the sfa are very keen on, too. no doubt, at hampden park, you may well have been expressing some adverse weather, but where many in this country rushed inside, this is russia. it is basically snowball fighting. the sport, it says here, is pl

walter smith may return to the scotla nd walter smith may return to the scotland manager's job. manager'sjob. ben youngs has been ruled out of the squad for the six nations this weekend. he will be replaced i richard wigglesworth. lloyds banking group has banned its customers from buying bitcoin and other crypto—currencies on their credit cards. they have now been joined by virgin money. the ban — starting today — applies to lloyds bank, bank of scotland, halifax and mbna customers. it will not apply to debit cards, only to the banking group's 8 million credit card customers. bitcoins are created through a complex process known as "mining" — and then monitored by a network of computers across the world and over the course of the past year the value of a single bitcoin has fluctuated wildly. this time last year one bitcoin was worth approximately 700 pounds. the value jumped over the course of last year and it peaked atjust under 1a thousand pounds. but the value has fallen in recent weeks and one bitcoin is now worth around six thousand pounds. asi as i say, pretty volatile. our

meanwhile, walter smith will not ta ke meanwhile, walter smith will not take thejob meanwhile, walter give his all to leicester after training with the side for the first time since his transfer request to manchester city was turned down last month. the winger has travelled with the team for their game tomorrow. lester turned down an offer of 50 minim pounds to sell him to man city. there is one game in the championship tonight, millwall against cardiff. it is 1—1. five minutes to go until half—time. and finally, great britain's women's tennis players are a step closer to great —— the fed cup world play—offs. the british team face hungary tomorrow to try and secure a place in april's worldgroup two play—offs. that is all the sport for now. thank you. the eiffel tower in paris has been shut for the second time this week because of snow and black ice. the french capital is covered in a heavy blanket of snow that has brought some parts of the transport system to a halt. but not everyone is complaining. here's our correspondent, hugh schofield. for the second time this week, snowy weather

meanwhile, walter smith won't be taking the scotland job for a second time.it down, but it's understood smith ruled himself out after talks with the scottish fa. riyad mahrez says he'll continue to give his all to leicester after training with the side for the first time since his transfer request to manchester city was turned down last month. the winger has travelled with the team for their game at city tomorrow and could even play. leicester turned down an offer of £50 million for mahrez after he'd asked to leave. there was one game in the championship at the den, where millwall and cardiff drew 1—1. but it was controversial — junior hoilett put the promotion—chasing cardiff into an early lead. millwall then equalised before half time when a sweeping move was finished off first time by lee gregory. cardiff then thought they should have won it when sol bamba scored cardiff then thought they should have won it when sol samba scored late—on but the referee hadn't played advantage so it was disallowed, leading to plenty of protests at full time. great britain's

walter smith is the latest man in the running to take over from gordon strachan.only dream of. but when it's all over, it can be difficult to adjust back to a so called "normal" life. a survey has found that more than half of the 800 former athletes who responded — said they had problems with their mental or physical health following retirement. azi farni reports. what a performance! you are the double olympic champion, kelly holmes. to be an olympic champion, age 34, had achieved it. suddenly, i had no idea who i was what i wanted to be. the biggest thing that i felt, was loss of identity and purpose. as an athlete, dame kelly holmes had it all. success at and sport. cover tymon, or that disappears. boys being able to call myself an olympian, or an olympic athlete. suddenly,... myself an olympian, or an olympic athlete. suddenly, . .. it myself an olympian, or an olympic athlete. suddenly,... it made me feel a little bit lost. among her many post—athletic ventures, dame kelly holmes has opened this cafe in her hometown. its name comes after her hometown. its name

meanwhile, the search for scotland‘s next manager continues after walter smith ruled himself out. he managed scotland 2004—2007 and was favourite for thejob after michael scotland 2004—2007 and was favourite for the job after michael o‘neill turned it down but he does not want to be considered after talks. riyad mahrez has returned to training for leicester city for the first time since the club rejected a number of bids from manchester city at the end of the january transfer window. he will be part of the leicester travelling squad for their match at manchester city tomorrow. you are up—to—date with all the days sports news. it is time to talk by sports news. it is time to talk rugby and there is a huge game tomorrow as england host wales. let‘s head straight to twickenham. yes, many thanks indeed. a warm welcome to twickenham this evening where the scene is set for the big one ahead of the second round of six nations action to come this weekend. england against wales tomorrow. a.d2 thousand fans will be packing into twickenham. expect fireworks. yes, good evening. the opening we

walter smith won't take the scotla nd fa. walter smith won't take the scotland job again. after talks with the scottish fa. some good news forfans of leicester city today. it seems the club's fallout with riyad mahrez is coming to an end. the bbc understands the algeria international has drained the first time since the club rejected a number of bids from premier league leaders manchester city at the end of the january transfer window. now it's the second round of matches in by it's the second round of matches in rugby union six nations this weekend. england have been training at twickenham this morning before their meeting with wales. head coach eddiejones their meeting with wales. head coach eddie jones ramping up their meeting with wales. head coach eddiejones ramping up the mind games. he has questioned whether wales's fill in fly half rhys patchell has the bottle for the match. he hasn't played much rugby at all, he's young, he hasn't got greatly experienced players behind him and he will have chris robshaw at him, farrell, care, all people who played a lot of rugby.

walter smith won't be taking the scotland football manager's job for a second time. lub's ‘fall out‘ with talisman riyad mahrez is coming to an end. the bbc understands that the algeria international plans to train for the first time since the club rejected a number of bids from premier league leaders manchester city at the end of the january transfer window. it's the second round of matches in rugby union's six nations this weekend. england's head coach eddiejones has ramped up the mind games ahead of their meeting with wales. he's questioned whether wales's ‘fill—in' fly—half rhys patchell has the "bottle" for the match at twickenham. it isa it is a massive step up. he hasn't played much test rugby at all. he is a young guy. he is going to have rob shaw and farrell at him. all guys who have played a lot of test rugby. the pressure on him will be enormous. it is whether he has the bottle to handle it. the former ireland international joy neville will make more rugby union history tonight, when she'll become the first woman to referee a pro 1a rugby match — ulster ver

walter smith will not be taking the scotland job.d it down but smith ruled himself out after talks with the scottish fa. good news for the fa ns the scottish fa. good news for the fans of leicester city, it appears their fallout with rama fans of leicester city, it appears theirfallout with rama —— mahrez riyadh has come to an end. he could even feature against the club he most even feature against the club he m ost wa nted even feature against the club he most wanted to john, manchester city tomorrow. that is all we have time for, but there is lots more on the bbc sport website. we will have more for you at 6:30pm when we from twickenham. we're going to talk more about the winter olympics but more about the politics behind it all. we have been watching the glorious scenes of the opening ceremony today, as lizzie was reflecting but there is a lot of politics to this and this, in itself, is fascinating. this is the two tea ms itself, is fascinating. this is the two teams coming together, north and south korea. 0ne flag, one banner and

former scotland manager walter smith could be in line for a return to the job with the national team. fa. former rangers and everton manager smith took over as scotland boss in 200a. he had three years in charge before returning for a second spell at ibrox. new england quarterback tom brady sez he'll be back next season after tasting defeat in the super bowl for the third time. the patriots lost to the philadelphia eagles...with the key moment the only sack of the game on brady... who despite being 41 next year... will return to try and win a sixth ring of a glittering career that has led to him being described as the greatest of all time england have called up richard wigglesworth to replace the injured ben youngs ahead of saturday's six nations match with wales. youngs has a knee ligament injury which will definitely keep him out of the match at twickenham. .. and possibly the entire tournament. wigglesworth will now provide cover for danny care... who came on for youngs in rome. scotland wing byron mcguigan, seen here wearing number 11, has been ruled out of scotland's match agains

and any sport on bbc news: after talks with the scottish fa, former boss walter smith hasn't ruled out to the bbc news at 1pm. victims of two british jihadis have called for them to face justice british jihadis have called for them to facejustice in british jihadis have called for them to face justice in court. bethany haines says that they need to look the lives of those people they ruined in the eye. richard galpin has the latest. 34—year—old alexanda kotey was captured in eastern syria last month, along with 29—year—old el shafee elsheikh. the news only confirmed now by us officials. they were caught by syrian kurdish fighters like these, who are backed by the americans. us forces have been interrogating the two men. the other members of the notorious british gang of is fighters were aine davis, who's injail in turkey, and the ringleader, mohammed emwazi, known asjihadijohn, killed in a drone strike in 2015. kotey and elsheikh were the last to be found. today, the police went to the family home of el shafee elsheikh in west london. all the gang came from the same area, and were radi

away from the winter olympics, walter smith won't be taking the scotland football manager's job for aob down, but it's understood smith ruled himself out after talks with the scottish fa. some good news for fans of leicester city, it appears the club's "fall out" with talisman riyad mahrez is coming to an end. the bbc understands that the algeria international plans to train for the first time since the club rejected a number of bids from premier league leaders manchester city at the end of the january transfer window. it's the second round of matches in rugby union's six nations this weekend. england have been training at twickenham this morning, ahead of their meeting with wales, and head coach eddiejones has been ramping up the mind games, questioning whether wales's "fill—in" fly—half rhys patchell has the "bottle" for the match at twickenham. it isa it is a massive step up. you know, he has not played much test rugby at all, young guy, has not what greatly experienced players around him. chris robshaw, danny care, all guys going out to him, george ford, so much experience, so the

plus, martin smith on his new documentary for pbs about the dangerous rivalry escalating between iran and saudi arabia. >> amanpour was made possible on pbs by the support of rosalyn p. walter. >> now the kremlin and the white house are marching in step. both denying allegations of collusion over the 2016 u.s. presidential election. there is nothing unusual about that. but the circumstances are now quite extraordinary. the mueller investigation has led to 13 russian nationals and three organizations being indicted on charges of conspireing to defraud the united states. plus, another former trump adviser rick gates has reportedly agreed a plea deal to cooperate with the investigation. as for the president, he still refuses to ackwledgehe danger oference and he took aim at countless people from the fbi to his own national s security adviser. for the time being, there is no actual proof that donald trump's campaign and the kremlin were in cahoots. the journalist luke harding is the author of "collusion." he writes for the u.k.'s guardian which is a major presence in the u.s. he is joining me here in london. kelly has delved into trump's ties into russia. she's joining us from

smith joins me to talk about her one-woman show about race, education and the criminal justice system in america. ♪ >>> "amanpour" on pbs was made possible by the generous support of rosalind p. walter>>> good evening, everyone. welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in london. in the week since the valentine's day school massacre in parkland, florida, student survivors have been transformed into activists. and today they traveled 450 miles to march on the state capitol, just one day after the florida house voted down a motion to ban assault weapons and rifles including the gun used by last week's shooter that killed 17 people. across south florida, thousands of students are rallying in solidarity. president trump has promised action, and he holds meetings with teachers and victims of school shootings today in washington. i've just been speaking to the political commentator van jones, who is a close observer of u.s. activism. and he's been traveling around the country trying to get people to listen to each other on divisive issues such as gun control and immigration. and he joined me from new york. van jones, welcome to the program. >> glad to be here. >> yet another day of

steve walters locked in silence for over twenty years both now leading figures in the campaign to protect children in sport. crew manager dario gradi said he received no complaints despite how milton smith now claiming he alerted grotty you said wouldn't take action tonight and in addition dispatches reported deborah davis investigates the paedophile continue. the film lead while the nel was in jail in america and yet to face charges in britain former crew director hamilton smith vividly remembers watching it and demanding to meet john bola then deputy now chairman. as a georgia member that we had the special meeting about body but nel. and he said no . that's not what happened many strategy try to kill the show cock and bull story. and and here majorly. this is a cover up. busted. and go out. we can't confirm that or establish what crew knew because the club and groggy didn't reply when we put the allegations to them. after prison in america than al was extradited to stand trial in britain court documents from one thousand nine hundred eight not seen before indicate almost fifty charges against twenty three children but the prosecution let him plead to just half of the crimes against o

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walters locked in silence for over twenty years both now leading figures in the campaign to protect children in sport. crew manager dario gradi said he'd received no complaints despite how milton smith now claiming he alerted grotty you wouldn't take action tonight extended edition dispatches reporter deborah davis investigates the paedophile cooks in. the film ad while the nel was in jail in america and yet to face charges in britain for mccree director hamilton smith vividly remembers watching it and demanding to meet john bola then deputy now chairman. as a georgia member that we had the special meeting about body but nel. and he said no . that's not what happened many strategy try to kill the show cock and bull story. and and here majorly this is a cover up. generalized bastard. and go out. we can confirm that or establish what crew knew because the club and grotty didn't reply when we put the allegations to them. after prison in america than l. was extradited to stand trial in britain court documents from one thousand nine hundred eight not seen before indicate almost fifty charges against twenty three children but the prosecution let him plead to just half the crimes against o