we have a mother in our team at watford. _ to. we have a mother in our team at watford. she — to.g, i still think— support her. don't get me wrong, i still think there is more that can be done — still think there is more that can be done in — still think there is more that can be done in the game, and you have to find somebody else's time, whether through— find somebody else's time, whether through his grandparents, friends, children. _ through his grandparents, friends, children, childminders, and if it doesn't — children, childminders, and if it doesn't cost time it costs money. i think— doesn't cost time it costs money. i think the _ doesn't cost time it costs money. i think the childcare element is probably the biggest obstacle. lets ou from a probably the biggest obstacle. lets you from a current player, west ham's katrina gorry gave birth to harper in 2021, and she has been telling katie gore know about her decision to have a child. i5 telling katie gore know about her decision to have a child. is all telling katie gore know about her decision to have a child.— decision to h

, i signed for them when _ ijoined watford, i signed for them when i _ ijoined watford, i signed forme contract, but they offered me a role within— contract, but they offered me a role within the _ contract, but they offered me a role within the club that i could balance within the club that i could balance with the _ within the club that i could balance with the kids and football. you within the club that i could balance with the kids and football.- with the kids and football. you are obviously in _ with the kids and football. you are obviously in a _ with the kids and football. you are obviously in a different _ with the kids and football. you are obviously in a different role - with the kids and football. you are obviously in a different role in - obviously in a different role in football now, and i wonder has it been more of a conversation between players in the wsl and the women's championship than it was during your time playing?— time playing? differently. there are so many more _ time playing? differently. there are so many more provisions _ time playing? differently. there a

our transport correspondent katy austin is in watford junction for us. katy. fewer trains running today than they normally would be. the impact around the country will vary over the next few days, different areas affected on each strike day. other rail disputes have been resolved but the train drivers hasn't so it means passengers find themselves caught in the middle of what has become a long lasting stand—off. here we go again, picket lines, including at euston this morning, quiet stations, like birmingham new street, and altered plans, including for some families on easter holiday trips to the harry potter studios near watford. we got up very early to make sure we'd make it here on time. so, there are some trains, right, but not as many? well, we should have been able to get a direct line, but we had to catch three or four... four. ..four trains. we did take the overground, we did i not take the train, because there. was a strike. we had to leave a bit earlier, that's it. - take a different train? yeah. think about all the businesses that don't operate becau

what i can say is particularly after having charlie when i went back to watford, the feel around the previous experiences. there will be more on this topic — and that interview with helen ward — on the latest edition of the football news show, which looks at the changing face of motherhood in the game. it'll be available tonight on the bbc iplayer. adam peaty says he's back to his best after coming through three years of hell. he's qualified for the paris 0lympics with a british title and a very fast time. peaty�*s returned to the pool after a break to concentrate on his mental health but he won the 100 metres breaststroke in london in 57.94 seconds — the fastest time this year. and his quickest time since he won gold at the tokyo 0lympics. he'll be aiming for three in a row in paris and, as he told our reporter nick hope, he's enjoying swimming again. a few years ago i would have come out of their disappointed. i have got 57 and come out quite disappointed and, with 59 quite disappointed. i have learned to appreciate the moments of greatness for myself, not even relative to the worl

you can head watford junction as many head to watford junction as many times as you like, because allnot bothering anything bothering to write anything because many because there are so many disruptions and cancellations. so where can't you go because of these major engineering works? well, west coast routes well, avanti west coast routes and london northwestern railway, they are completely gone today. so destinations such as so that's destinations such as birmingham, wolverhampton, liverpool, milton keynes , liverpool, milton keynes, northampton and as far as glasgow and edinburgh as well. and that's all the way through until 5 am. tomorrow. so the first train coming in here will be about 5:35 am. tomorrow at euston. now i think it looks a little bit busy in the background. it's not too bad, is it? this is actually normally you'll have about 25,000 people coming through here every single day. of the footfall we're day. most of the footfall we're seeing is because of the underground station that you just saw there. so this should be peak hours for euston , but it be peak hours for eus

southampton, in fourth, scored a 99th—minute winner to beat watford.int clear of the bottom three, after a 3—0 victory over coventry. nothing settled in the championship today, nor in league one — the champagne remains on ice for the leaders, portsmouth, who drew i—all with bolton. but playing in league one next season will be stockport county, who've beaten morecambe 2—0 to win promotion from league two at edgeley park. and ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney have delivered the sequel — having jumped from the national league last season, wrexham are now promoted to league one, after a 6—0 win over forest green rovers. much more reaction to that, and the rest of the day's football, on the bbc sport website. time now for some of the day's other sport stories. england bowler liam livingstone took one wicket, and all—rounder sam curran two for punjab kings, but their contributions weren't enough to avoid a three—wicket defeat to rajastan royals in the indian premier league. it will be an all—spanish front row for moto gp�*s grand prix of the americas this we

some families on easter holiday outings to the harry body studios near watford had altered their plansy to make sure we made it on time. so there are some trends but not as many? we should have been able to get a direct line but we had to catch four trains. train operators in different areas of the country are affected by strike action today, tomorrow and on monday. they will run a limited service or nothing at all on strike days. an end to this dispute still feels far away. it has not moved since aslef rejected the latest offer nearly a year ago which involved pay rises of 4% two years in a row. but the union argued it asked for too many concessions on terms and conditions. the department for transport said that offer remained on the table and would take drivers�* average salaries to £65,000. they and the train companies group have repeatedly said union members should get a vote on it. aslef disagrees so we are likely to see more strikes down the line. katy austin, bbc news. senior doctors in england have ended their pay dispute. consultants belonging to two major trade unions have ba

also wins for bristol city, middlesbrough, stoke and watford. so at the top of the championship.e bottom — birmingham and huddersfield remain in the bottom three following their draw. blackburn, sheffield wednesday and plymouth are also in a fight to stay up too. tensions at the bottom of the championship then derby county will be back in the second tier next season, after sealing their promotion from league one today, on the final day of the season. they only needed only a draw against the division�*s bottom side carlisle united, to end their two—year stay in league one. max bird and james collins with the goals in a 2—0 win, as theyjoin portsmouth in the championship next season. bolton, peterborough, oxford united and barnsley will contest the playoffs early next month. stjohnstone remain in a scottish premiership relegation battle after hibernian comfortably brushed them aside 3—1. craig levein�*s side remain 10th, a point ahead of ross county — who lost to bottom side livingston — while hibs stay seventh. aberdeen defeated 10—man motherwell at pittodrie by a single goal to l

some families on easter holiday outings to the holiday outings to the harry potter studios near watfordsome trains, but not as many? we should have been able to get a direct line, but we had to catch three... four trains. train operators in different areas of the country are affected by strike action today, tomorrow and on monday. they'll run a limited service or nothing at all on strike days. an end to this dispute still feels far away. it hasn't moved since aslef rejected the latest offer nearly a year ago. that involved pay rises of 4% two years in a row. but the union argued it asked for too many concessions on terms and conditions. the department for transport said that offer remained on the table and would take drivers' average salaries to £65,000. they and the train companies group have repeatedly said union members should get a vote on it. aslef disagrees, so we're likely to see more strikes down the line. katy austin, bbc news. superfans super fans of harry styles will soon have something to its hometown meet frank, the humble humboldt to be voted king penguin. want to find out

ipswich missed the chance to go top after being held to a goalless draw at home to watford in the bottom has announced that there'll be no in protest against the club's decision to increase the price of tickets. klopp says he understands why the fans are upset. printed by bbc—defaultread it starts with a protest, then you follow with discussions, and that's good, but what we should make sure that we don't... that nothing gets between us and the supporters. it should not happen. discuss it, yes, you are not happy with it, 100% it should happen, but between the two big whistles, we just have to be liverpool. west ham united manager david moyes dismissed any negative thoughts of facing unbeaten bayer leverkusen in thursday's europa league quarter finalfirst leg, describing it as "a great opportunity". they have an unassailable 16—point lead over bayern munich in the bundesliga. we played a lot of good teams in europe, and as things go, we have a team that are 15—16 points clear of the bundesliga, that's a big one. hopefully we can rise to it and perform well. england and aston villa forward

if you a spurs supporter, you were a spurs supporter, watford supporter, an arsenal watford supporterhe had a big part in your life. pat. good morning, to you morning, lovely to see you and happy anniversary. morning, lovely to see you and hapthankliversary. morning, lovely to see you and hapthankliverscan't morning, lovely to see you and hapthanklivers can't believe morning, lovely to see you and hapthankliverscan't believe it. >> thank you. can't believe it. 60 years. >> unbelievable how old were you, pat? >> just 18. >> just 18. >> gosh, that makes you 57 years old now, pat. it's incredible. >> listen, i wish paul pat, tell us about the debut because we mentioned it was you and george best who would have thought that your debut the same day. >> but the thing is, your route there, though, i think you were playing for northern ireland though before you'd were though before you'd you were playing in the first division, weren't you? >> yeah, i was watford >> yeah, yeah, i was at watford in those days and just the 18 year old and northern ireland had just lost the last, british champion

a win against watford later and they'll have a two point advantage but they lost their last game so nohave to be focused for ourselves, and we have to be ready for every game, and we have the advantage, and we couldn't do it for ourselves, because obviously we are one point “p because obviously we are one point up the lead, and we hold the cards, basically, so, as much as we can, we want to win every game and hold this advantage in all her hands. england and aston villa forward rachel daly has retired from international football. the 32—year—old, who has 84 caps, started all of england's games at euro 2022 when they won their first major trophy. in a statement released on social media, daly said: "i would love nothing more than to play for england forever, but the time has come for me to hang my boots up pn the international stage. while today is an extremely difficult day for me, it is also one filled with reflection and immense gratitude. playing for and representing england has been a privilege." prince william had this to say. the bunkers are raked, the azaleas are in bloom, and th

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that's apart from london overground services , particularly from services, particularly from watford but every other route, you're out of luck. avanti west coast, london north western railway not operating to euston today, so these are destinations including birmingham, wolverhampton, liverpool all as far as crewe, glasgow and edinburgh as well. now of course, we have got some rail replacement buses in place, but theo will tell you about the travel disruption on the motorways. we've also got the extra footfall on the planes and airports as well and disruption with the ferries too. so it's all adding into this mix. network rail apologising they say that this sign of maintenance and improvement work is vital to keeping the railway running safely and improving performance. they're working on hs2 prep, they're also making improvements to tracks and strengthening bridges as well. all of those great ideas , i'm all of those great ideas, i'm sure. however, not little solace to commuters who can't get into london today to euston from those destinations. >> yes, indeed. ray addison , >> yes,

but thank you so much to julian bedford, gareth and snowdonia and david in watford.on some of the stories that have caught their eye this week, this is the clip. have a look. caught their eye this week, this is the clip. have a look . what is the clip. have a look. what on earth is happening there? don't go anywhere . stay tuned to don't go anywhere. stay tuned to find out good afternoon. 49 minutes after 5:00. this is gb news. we are the people's channel. it's time for click bait. just take a look at this. well, that is gb news own jacob rees—mogg being chased and harassed by pro—palestine demonstrators after speaking at an event at cardiff university. now it's been revealed that the demonstrators were organised by marxist—leninist organisations calling jacob every abusive name under the sun and accusing him of being a zionist. i mean, this is just ridiculous. let's go to my panel , is just ridiculous. let's go to my panel, lizzie and matthew laza lizzie, very briefly to you. >> absolutely appalling. disgraceful and unacceptable. and i'm just thankful. jacob is okay

david balme, david balme in watford are like you, nana. >> i'm an expert.rtising on the cars going around formula one and snooker, and they banned those and that was stop smoking , and then they was stop smoking, and then they banned advertising they banned all advertising and they banned all advertising and they banned they banned banned all advertising and they banny if they banned banned all advertising and they banny if people they banned banned all advertising and they banny if people wantey banned banned all advertising and they banny if people want to 3anned banned all advertising and they banny if people want to smoke, that. if people want to smoke, they'll . it's great they'll smoke. it's great headunes they'll smoke. it's great headlines because if he gets labour support, it gets through parliament. he's got an act under name . but someone said under his name. but someone said what about obesity? let's do something proper about getting educating children about the dangers of smoke, the dangers of eating fast food and how you can live a better, hea

going all winter long, on the library thing, but whether you're in beach or bauman or dickinson, or watford city all of these present grateway stunts opportunities for us down in mount rushmore 3 million visitors year and you've all been there go take a picture and 45 minutes you're out of there and what are you doing next few days going to private sector tourism opportunities eating in restaurants taking in all of the other stuff. the opportunity for private sector investments surrounding the tr national park and the library -- with that is anchor has never been greater get your hats on we need more hotel rooms with about more restaurants more everything in western north dakota more opportunities -- so go get them vibrant communities again world class communities amenities those are needed. we need that to make sure that we've got -- keep up with our burgeoning economy and a stable business environment and that is economic development and the last 30 years north dakota we've had leadership that understands -- the importance of building on our state's reputation when i say the last three ye

let's go to david in watford. to be jewish people. the people calling for israel to be disarmed. forget that hamas and hezbollah and all the terrorists are being armed by iran and russia. this has they cannot expect britain to stop and israel to go , oh, okay, then israel to go, oh, okay, then we'll we won't fire any more. they hamas committed genocide. they hamas committed genocide. they committed murder. the pubuchy they committed murder. the publicity that they generate is higher than israel's. and unless people understand what's going to happen if, if, if britain and the other agents countries stop supplying arms, they have a very , very narrow minded. this would be the opening of bloodshed on a global conquest, because hamas and their ilk would have a field day. >> all right, let's go to gareth wyn jones. thank you for that in snowdonia, gareth. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> it's just a >> yeah. >> it'sjust a sad >> yeah. >> it's just a sad situation, isn't it, when you see what's happening, on both sides . happening,

this is the estate that is on top of watford tunnel.ke a walk, this is a stretch of the west - you can see it. let's take a walk, | this is a stretch of the west coast main line. in a moment we will see a train coming past because this is part of a world record. tell me, before we see this, how long did it take to set up, the detail, you even have little bins at the station with cans of coke in the bins. it is taken as _ cans of coke in the bins. it is taken as 40 _ cans of coke in the bins. it is taken as 40 hours _ cans of coke in the bins. it is taken as 40 hours so - cans of coke in the bins. it is taken as 40 hours so far, - cans of coke in the bins. it is taken as 40 hours so far, takes five events— taken as 40 hours so far, takes five events to _ taken as 40 hours so far, takes five events to move it and there are 20 of us _ events to move it and there are 20 of us erecting it and seven to move it. of us erecting it and seven to move it it _ of us erecting it and seven to move it it is _ of us erecting it and seven to move it it

golders green and edgware and part of the overground is suspended between willesden junction and watfordrise in people seeking an autism or adhd diagnosis. latest figures from the health service in england show there are more than 170,000 people waiting for autism assessments — that's five times more than four years ago. the nuffield trust, a health think—tank, has warned of the impact of the delays. well, the impact for the individual who's waiting, the impact for the child and their family is often that they don't have that golden ticket of assessment and diagnosis in order to be able to get the support that they want and they need from the education sector. for adults who are now looking for that diagnosis to help them understand their lives, to help them get the adjustments that they may want and need in the workplace. for children, the longer you wait, the longer that you may not have the right support you need in an educational setting. so it can be very serious. doctor tony lloyd, from the adhd foundation, joins us now. good foundation, joins us now. morning to you. ok, five over

a goalless draw at home to watford does leave them second, though, behind leicester on goal differenceship match at dundee was called off for the second time. they accused dundee of "negligence and unprofessionalism". the waterlogged pitch was clearly unplayable — but the state of the surface has led the league, to begin disciplinary proceedings against dundee — they've had to postpone five games this season. rangers were hoping to go back to the top of the table, but they'll have to wait until next wednesday, and hope the match will eventually go ahead. golf's first major of the season, the masters, starts today and it's another opportunity for rory mcilroy, to complete the career grand slam. the famous green jacket is the only major missing from mcilroy�*s collection — and his confidence has been boosted, by the five—time, masters champion tiger woods, who's been saying, that he is convinced mcllroy will win at augusta, sooner or later. it's flattering, it's nice to hear in my opinion the best player ever to play the game to say something like that. he has been around the game long e

work people across the work with people across the globe right here from where i am in a very sunny watford to work from home. it worries me. part of me says, though that's not necessarily a good thing. is it? almost a bit sort of out of sight, out of mind, because need we need to because we need we need to actually have people with disabilities don't disabilities in an office. don't we? so that we know how to see them, how to talk , how to them, how to talk, how to interact with people who may not be like us. >> now, one of the things, and this might sound like an odd tangent, but give me a second. you'll see where i'm going with this many ago, was this for many years ago, i was a samaritans volunteer. know, samaritans volunteer. you know, picking , speaking picking up the phone, speaking to people were need that to people who were in need that had for the first, what, 30, 40 years been a telephone service . years been a telephone service. it was a life saving service. so it was a life saving service. so inever it was a life saving service. so i never saw where we had visitors. but on the