confusion at rangers — as manager mark warburton denies he's resigned.tripped of gold from london 2012 — the russian athlete banned for doping. hello and welcome. big news out of ibrox tonight and a look ahead to this weekend's six nations to come. but before that history was made in the aviva premiership tonight as bristol winger tom varndell broke the all time try scoring record. he surpasses mark cueto‘s tally of 90 tries to stand alone on 91, after crossing over against harlequins tonight. patrick gearey reports. tom varndell has plunged into rugby history, try 91 against harlequins was breaking the premiership record. whether at bristol or leicester and wasps, he turned it pace into points over his career. he told me recently about his love of crossing the line. i love scoring tries, that is myjob ina team, i love scoring tries, that is myjob in a team, any player wants to leave their mark on the game. if i can do that with my dry scoring, that would be fantastic. he has been trying for some time. varndell has played 12 seasons i'd english rugby's h

sam warburton is england's weakness. sam warburton is strong. we have been catching up with him? yes, we walked his dog. i look back now and i found i look back now and ifound it i look back now and i found it hard at times, the captaincy, but as i look back over the last few years, i am pleased i have done it.” look back over the last few years, i am pleased i have done it. i do think now the time is right for ireland to do it. it feels right the time to move on. alistair cooke has resigned from england cricket captaincy. he said he had gone to the well, too many times. do you feel it is the case for you?” the well, too many times. do you feel it is the case for you? i put a lot of time and effort into the captaincy. i did not try to change how i am or what i do, but you do carry the weight with you as captain. someone like alan wynne, an international candidate for captain for any team international candidate for captain forany team in international candidate for captain for any team in the world, he can step in seamlessly. he is one of the form players in wales. his leadership

warburton though says he is unaware of the agreement and is consulting his legal team.ntly third in the scottish premiership, but remain 27 points behind rivals and reigning champions celtic. sheffield wednesday kept up their pressure at the top of the championship with a 3—nil win over birmingham city. their opening goal was scored by new signing jordan rhodes after just nine minutes of his home debut. a special moment as he went off to celebrate with his dad who is the goalkeeping coach. further goals from sam winnall and adam reach sealed the win. the football association of wales will be appealing against sanctions imposed by fifa for displaying poppies during a world cup qualifier. they were fined over 15,000 pounds following commemorations prior to their match against serbia in november. fifa took action because fans wore poppies in the stands and the armed forces held bunches of poppies at the side of the pitch. leigh's return to rugby league's top division got off to a disappointing start as they were comfortably beaten away at castleford. the tigers ran in seve

the big football news this morning is confusion over the future of the rangers manager mark warburton but warburton says he wasn't aware of that, and is consulting his legal team. rangers are third in the scottish premiership, but 27 points behind celtic. rangers play greenock morton tomorrow in the scottish cup fifth round, and under—20 coach graeme murty is set to lead the side in place of warburton. celtic are the early kick off today — they play inverness. there is one game in the premiership today — dundee are playing kilmarnock. the early kick—off in the premier league is at the emirates, where arsenal take on a rejuvenated hull city. arsenal are currently in fourth, but have lost their last two matches which has led to renewed speculation over manager arsene wenger‘s future. elsewhere, manchester united take on watford and there's a big one in the late kick—off with second place spurs at liverpool. in tennis, great britain's women continue their fed cup campaign this morning. it's all rather complicated, but if they beat croatia in today's promotion play—off they'll progress to

the chairman, dave king, suggested that warburton lacked commitment to the ibrox club.ne. it will be the fourth edition of the event. it will include stages in northamptonshire, warwickshire, stoke—on—trent, staffordshire and derbyshire. having the women store ending in london says a number of purposes. i'm keen to encourage more people to cycle in london to make it safe at and easier. we also want to show the world that london is open and we are the sporting capital of the world. we have the big boxing match taking place at wembley the, the biggest boxing event in london post—2nd world war. we have the largest number of nfl games taking place in london later on in this year. we have discussions with major—league feasible. year. we have discussions with major-league feasible. former sunderland striker pierre is among a group of more than 40 players deemed to have unethical higher. ——— this former sunderland striker. some islamic teaching ban hairstyles were only part of the head is shaved. refereesjudge only part of the head is shaved. referees judge whether players had

to football, and there is confusion over the future of the latest rangers manager, mark warburton.statement that he had resigned, at warburton says he was not aware of that and is consulting his legal team. rangers are playing morton tomorrow in the scottish cup, and the under 21 coach is leading rangers. celtic are playing inverness today, and it is currently goalless. and dundee are playing kilmarnock. in the english premier league, arsenal zero, kilmarnock. in the english premier league, arsenalzero, hull kilmarnock. in the english premier league, arsenal zero, hull city zero. that is all the sport for now, it is time for click now on bbc news. this week, swan eats fish, cat ignores mouse, and mt moves mt. —— mountain moves man. few things say the future better than robots. we seem to be in an era of massive advances at the moment. this week, a leaked video from boston dynamics shows off its latest machine, called handle. something it's founder described as nightmare inducing. rolling on with the wheel thing, piaggio has revealed a new robot servant. this robotic suitcase follow

wales interim coach rob howley has recalled sam warburton to his side to face italy in rome on sundayhad been speculation he may miss out, having been dropped as captain in favour of alun wyn jones. scrum half rhys webb is also recalled after injury. scotland play ireland on saturday. glasgow pairjosh strauss and fraser brown and stormers centre hquones come in to vern cotter‘s starting 15 for that match, as they try to end a run of 11 years without a win in their tournament opener. the players have a vision for the six nations tournament. they are working hard to dry and achieve and become better. that is the only way you can approach it. get through the scheme. there are no guarantees in sport. that desire that we have seen for the last few seasons is there. injured ireland fly—half johnny sexton has an outside chance of being fit to face italy next weekend according to coach joe schmidt — but paddy jackson will play against scotland with sexton sidelined with a calf injury. he has played 82 minutes for the national team in the last eight test matches. that is a real frustration for

wales interim coach rob howley has recalled sam warburton to his side to face italy in rome on sundaylation he may miss out having been dropped as captain in favour of alun wyn jones. but howley has gone for an experienced side, which also sees scrum half rhys webb recalled after injury. our goal, as always, is to start well. that is the challenge. when you look at the squad that has been selected, i think across—the—board they have a winning ratio in the six nations. and that is the challenge on sunday. scotland and ireland play each other on saturday. glasgow pairjosh strauss and fraser brown and stormers centre hquones come in to vern cotter‘s starting fifteen for that match, as they try to end a run of 11 years without a win in their tournament opener. ulster‘s paddy jackson will start at fly—half for ireland at murrayfield. johnny sexton was ruled out of the match after picking up a calf injury in a champions cup game for leinster. jackson will be making his sixth start in eight games for ireland but head coachjoe schmidt is hopeful sexton will be returning soon, saying he has an

we'll hear from the welsh forward, sam warburton, ahead of the match.was instrumental in his side's victory last weekend. and we will be previewing the rest of the weekend's matches as well, including scotland, who face france after the hugely impressive victory over ireland in round one. that's all to come in sportsday at 6:30pm. now on bbc news, it's time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? we have the 20th century women, i new film starring annette bening. we have the lego batman movie, which says what it does on the tin. and fences, a major awards contender. let's start with 20th century women from mike mills. it is an interesting film, set in california. young boy facing an uncertain adulthood, surrounded by strong women of different ages, who both inspire and also confound, not least his free—spirited mother, brilliantly played by annette bening. here is a clip. stop. what? thinking that you know everything that's

three players out injured and ross moriarty comes in alongside sam warburton and justin tipuric. at centre. he replaces jamie roberts, who is on the bench. you feel you want to start well. we certainly believe the six nations will be about momentum. we wa nt six nations will be about momentum. we want to pick probably a rather experienced team to start the tournament. mirroring the men's fixtures are the women. they went and lost against the french last year and lost the title. it is an important year because it is a cup year for them. the women's petition is so competitive that we cannot get ahead of ourselves. we will prepare as best we can and take ourselves to twickenham and put in a performance that we will want to do to get victory. from there on with a look ahead to the rest of the competition and it will come around soon enough, no doubt. that's tomorow evening, a 7.35 kick—off. already underway at the broadwood stadium in north lanarkshire is scotland against ireland. scotland lost all their matches last year. ireland finished third. ireland have struck back, it is 7—5.

row, despite the return to fitness and sharpness of faletau, howley has kept faith of the trio of warburtonal against england. it is all building up, this game, scotland and wales, both teams with a victory and wales, both teams with a victory and a loss and it feels like a make 01’ and a loss and it feels like a make or break kind of much for either team. and 0wen farrell, will win his 50th cap for england. and someone who becomes increasingly influential in england's side. very much so. he has become england's talisman, he made his debut five years ago under stuart lancaster in 2012 and since then, he has gone from strength to strength, kicked over 560 points, second only to the greatjonny wilkinson in the list of all—time england record points scorers. much more of a leadership role over the past year as well. very modest and bashful. he says he never expected five years ago to go on and win 50 caps but i spoke today to the england forwards coach steve borthwick who was at saracens in 2008 when 0wen farrell burst onto the scene as a teenager. he said he always had faith 0wen farrell was

waghorn won it for rangers — in what was their first match following the departure of manager mark warburtonn will face a fifth round replay after a goalless draw with edinburgh rivals, hearts. the best opportunity fell to bjornjohnsen, unfortunately for him and the hearts fans, marciano was equal to the effort in the hibernian goal. 0—0 the final score. this weekend's six nations action culminated in defeat for scotland who came up against a huge forward pack in paris where they faced france. they hadn't won there since 1999, and their loss by 22—16 means that losing streak has been extended to ten straight matches. as patrick gearey reports. welcome to france. land of the giants. home of a rugby team built around a 150 stone pack. when faced with such an obstacle, scotland decided the best option was to distract them and then sneak around. stuart hogg is an expert raider. in this battle, the french goliath had the slingshot in the form of fly—half camille lopez. with france now ahead, the battering ram set to work. with every charge, they knew the scottish wall would weaken. eventually som

there's confusion over the future of the rangers manager mark warburton this morning.sulting his legal team. rangers are third in the scottish premiership but 27 points behind celtic. under—20 coach graeme murty is set to lead the side in topmorrow‘s scottish cup tie with greenock morton. the early kick off in the premier league is at the emirates where arsenal take on a rejuvenated hull city side. arsenal are currently in fourth but have lost their last two matches, which has led to renewed speculation over manager arsene wenger‘s future. former arsenal and england striker ian wright thinks this will be wenger‘s last season in charge. i was with the boss last night, and to be totally honest, i got the impression that that's it. i genuinely believe, i was with him for a few hours, ijust get the impression looking at him that... that's it. i think that's it. it actually mentioned when we were talking that it's coming to the end. i've never heard him say that. in the rest of the days matches, manchester united take on watford, middlesbrough face everton, crystal palace a

wales interim coach rob howley has recalled sam warburton to his side to face italy in rome on sundayptain in favour of alun wyn jones. scrum half rhys webb is also recalled after injury. injured ireland fly—half jonny sexton has an outside chance of being fit to face italy next weekend according to coachjoe schmidt, but paddy jackson will play against scotland at murrrayfield on saturday, with sexton sidelined with a calf injury. i think he has probably played about 82 minutes for the national team in the last eight test matches. for us, it isa the last eight test matches. for us, it is a real frustration. no different for him. in the six nations, johnny has dominated the number ten position. we are still hopeful he can come in and potentially do that. at the same time, paddy has trained really well. former england and chelsea midfielder frank lampard has announced his retirement from football, calling time on a 21 year career. lampard won three premier league titles and four fa cups with chelsea, scoring in the final here against everton in 2009. he also won the 2012 champions leagu

sam warburton returns to the wales‘s starting 15 for their match with italy on sunday. team that beat south africa in the autumn international back in november. captain alun wyn jones will lead the side in rome. ukrainian rider andriy grivko of has been disqualified from the tour of dubai, after punching german rider marcel kittel in the face during stage 3. kittel, who still leads the race after winning the first two stages, has called for grivko who rides for the astana team, to be banned from cycling for six months. astana have posted an apology on social media but kittel, who ended up a cut eyebrow and blood streaming down his face, says what happened has nothing to do with cycling, and he won‘t accept it. that‘s all sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website — bbc.co.uk/sport — and i‘ll have more in the next hour. john, thank you. more from him later. brexit secretary david davis has set out the government‘s negotiating strategy for the uk‘s withdrawal from the eu in a keenly—awaited white paper. launching the document in a state

confusion at rangers is mark warburton denies he has resigned.come. the news from ibrox tonight. —— big news. before we look ahead to another busy weekend of six nations action, history was made in the aviva premiership tonight as bristol winger tom varndell broke the all time try scoring record. he surpasses mark cuetos tally of 90 tries to stand alone on 91, after crossing over against harlequins tonight. patrick gearey reports. he has plunged into rugby history. try 91 against harlequins has beaten the premiership record. he has spent a career turning pace into points. he told me recently about his love of crossing the line. scoring tries is myjob in the team. any player was to leave their mark on the game. ifi was to leave their mark on the game. if i can do that that would be fantastic. he has been trying for some time. he has played 12 seasons at end and's hires level and has appeared in 177 premiership games and scored 91 tries, which pits ahead of the playerfrom and scored 91 tries, which pits ahead of the player from sale sharks. his big

waghorn won it for rangers in what was their first match following the departure of manager mark warburtonound replay after a goalless d raw with edinburgh rivals, hearts. this weekend's six nations action culminated in defeat for scotland against france in paris. the scots hadn't won there since 1999, and that losing streak was extended to ten straight matches as they lost by 22—16. patrick gearey watched the action. welcome to france. land of the giants. home of a rugby team built around a 150 stone pack. when faced with such an obstacle, scotland decided the best option was to distract them and then sneak around. stuart hogg is an expert raider. in this battle, the french goliath had the slingshot in the form of fly—half camille lopez. with france now ahead, the battering ram set to work. with every charge, they knew the scottish wall would weaken. eventually somewhere a crack would appear. gael fickou spotted it, breathing space. the gap began to seal up once more, two penalties for finn russell, whose aim was spot on. scotland were back within two at the break and gave chase early in

morton later with under—20 coach graeme murty in temporary charge following the departure of mark warburton shot overnight lead and eventually had to settle for share of fifth place in the maybank championship in malaysia. last years us masters champion had five bogies and finished with a 1—over par final round 73. the tournament was won by paraguay‘s fabrizio zanotti, who carded a stunning final round 63 to win by a shot from america's david lipsky. now before we go have a look at these pictures... they're from the opening round of the air race world championship in abu dhabi. the objective is to navigate an aerial racetrack featuring air—filled pylons in the fastest possible time, incurring as few penalties as possible. you have to say it's quite a breathtaking spectacle. martin sonka of the czech republic won the opening round. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. more than 200 pilot whales stranded on a remote beach in new zealand, have now been helped back out to sea with the help of a high tide. they were part of a second pod of whales which had beached themselve

wales interim coach rob howley has recalled sam warburton to his side to face italy in rome on sundaymiss out, having been dropped as captain in favour of alun wyn jones. scrum half rhys webb is also recalled after injury. injured ireland fly—half jonny sexton has an outside chance of being fit to face italy next weekend according to coach joe schmidt — but paddy jackson will play against scotland at murrrayfield on saturday, with sexton sidelined with a calf injury. itt has played about 82 minutes, in the last test matches. for us it is a real frustration. no the last test matches. for us it is a realfrustration. no different the last test matches. for us it is a real frustration. no different for him. in the six nations, that i have been involved in, he has dominated the number ten position. we are still hopeful that he can come back in and potentially do that for us at the same time. he has trained really well! brighton have their chance to extend the lead huddersfield, but they have got off to a poor start, the home side took the lead inside nine minutes through tommy smith. but a

sam warburton returns to the wales's starting xv for their match with italy on sunday. alun wyn jones will lead the side in rome. not a great day for the former world number one tiger woods, who failed to card a single birdie at the dubai desert classic. the 41—year—old has had three back operations in the past 19 months and returned to the game with a new swing. woods slumped to an opening 77 and failed to make a single birdie. england's ian poulter is the highest placed brit — he finished the day on 5—under and is two shots behind the leader, spain's sergio garcia. that's all sport for now. thank you, john, you do a good robot celebration yourself. we won't ask you to do it right now! the restings nation of the labour temp means there are by—elections. live now to our correspondent phil mackie who is in stoke—on—trent. we tell us how the campaign's going? we are in hanley on stoke—on—trent. the bookies has this with ukip and labour neck and neck. it is regarded as make or break in some respects for both parties. if ukip can't win, where do they go? labour had only a 2

wales interim coach rob howley has recalled sam warburton to his side to face italy in rome on sundayalun wyn jones. but howley has gone for an experienced side, which also sees scrum half rhys webb recalled after injury. a goal of ours is to start well and i think that is a challenge. it's all about you pick the experience, they have to go out and play. when you look at the squad selector get on the side that started —— that starting, they have about a 70% winning ratio in the six nations. they know what winning looks like, smells like in the six nations and that's a challenge. after a 21 year career, the former england and chelsea midfielder frank lampard has announced his retirement from football. he became the london club's all time leading goalscorer in a spell which saw him win three premier league titles and one champions league trophy back in 2012. he joined manchester city before ending his career in the united states with new york city. he won over 100 caps for his country and announced his retirement on social media earlier today. bournemouth striker callum wilson has been

rob howley has named sam warburton in his starting 15 for their match with italy on sunday.ls. and frank lampard has announced his retirement from football. he remains chelsea‘s all—time leading goal—scorer and won the champions league once during his spell with the club. i will be back with more on those at around half past. a controversial human rights lawyer who took up the cases of thousands of iraqis who alleged they‘d been abused by british soldiers during the iraq conflict has been struck off. phil shiner was found to have acted dishonestly in bringing murder and torture claims against the soldiers. caroline hawley has the story. phil shiner was once regarded as one of this country‘s best human rights lawyers. but his firm has had to close, his reputation is in shreds, and he‘ll now never work as a lawyer again. it was from the aftermath of the iraq war that phil shiner rose to public prominence. suing the british army over allegations of abuse defined his career and became a personal crusade. in all, he‘s brought more than 2000 claims. i don‘t know whether people wer

mark and jennifer warburton, terrific with us. great job. mail handlers, presidents with the labor international and mail handling union have been terrific. and postmaster brennan, you've been dynamite on this. there's been compromise necessary on all parts you have been terrific in your relationship with the union which made my life much easier, but also sheila myers. and as well the staff on both sides, majority staff has been extremely patient as has our staff, been doing a great job. probably the key component of this proposal is two pronged. one is establishment of postal health plans within the health benefit program we're going to require postal employees to sign up for medicare and coordinate their benefits. that's going to save a ton of money and get away from that annual $5.5 billion that we require the postal service to contribute to accelerating their retirees' health benefits. i do want to ask the post-master general about that. so there are some concerns out there about the funding of the -- the funding of that piece that will

martyn waghorn won and for rangers in their first match after the departure of mark warburton, their tim swinson. but five penalties from lopez did the damage with france holding on to win, 22—16. england on the only unbeaten side in the tournament. the headlines at 1030. chloe. thanks, will. widespread drug use, a lack of control, door alarms that don't go off, a hole in an internal security fence, prisoners possibly sneaking out to collect drugs or other contra band thrown over the perimeter fence, inmates incapacitated by drugs, threatening staff....and in one particularly disturbing scene — a prison officer having convulsions on the floor after accidentally inhaling spice, a cheap and stronger synthetic alternative to cannabis. that's what the bbc discovered when it carried out secret filming at hmp northumberland. so does that reflect what goes on in jails across the country? we can speak now to james bell, who has been in and out of prison for 26 years — he was last inside in april, and was addicted to spice on his last two times in prison. james parker is from the rehabilitati

they came from behind to beat greenock morton 2—1 in what was their first match since mark warburton'sons there was heartbreak for scotland as they went ahead twice in paris but were eventually beaten by france. quite cruelly at this point i know what's coming next. its carol with the weather. she was probably watching scotland. i'm sure she had her eye on it, i was going to try not to mention it but now you have! good morning, ithink good morning, i think they did really well, which is more than you can say for the weather, ding dong! it has been called, some of us have seen some snow, and you will find out that it will slowly turn that bit milder, back into double figures. you certainly wouldn't say that about this morning's weather because it is called to start with three degrees in coventry, aberdeen and hull, four degrees, and into cardiff and southampton, between four and eight, but because it is windy, it is cold coming from the east, it will feel even colder than it suggests. this morning, cloud around, it is broken up by the wind, although we hang onto across eastern areas. th