willie mullins at the moment the _ the end. willie mullins at the moment the most _ the end.. willie mullins at the - moment the most successful trainer at this year's festival, and he'll go into the gold cup tomorrow with such high hopes. he has the one who won the gold cup in 2019 and 2020. last year's winter, so it should be some race when the cheltenham gold cup gets under way at 3:30pm tomorrow. cup gets under way at 3:30pm tomorrow-— cup gets under way at 3:30pm tomorrow. �* , ,, ,, ., next to a crucial game in the premier league that kicks off shortly. both everton and newcastle have had their fair share of issues this season. the last time the two sides met, it was newcastle who were struggling. now everton are only out of the bottom three on goal difference and are staring relegation in the faces. can frank lampard keep them up? joe lynskey reports. they've been in the top flight since 1954, but now real thoughts of relegation loom over everton. for now, they sit in safety and have games in hand, but this calendar year, they've won just three points. they haven't sco

and for trainer willie mullins.n mother championship chase until today. what a great victory especially with the return of the fans after lester's walk down. return of the fans after lester's walk down-— return of the fans after lester's walk down. .,, , ., , ~ , walk down. -- last years locked up. just the walk down. -- last years locked up. just the buzz _ walk down. -- last years locked up. just the buzz of _ walk down. -- last years locked up. just the buzz of the _ walk down. -- last years locked up. just the buzz of the place, - walk down. -- last years locked up. just the buzz of the place, everyone loving _ just the buzz of the place, everyone loving it. _ just the buzz of the place, everyone loving it, some fantastic, this race wasjust. — loving it, some fantastic, this race wasjust, you know, it was great for fans to watch. — and a famous horse, made their final appearance earlier. the emotional highlight of today and that was tiger role, the two—time screen national winner, five—time winner at the festiva

the gavin cromwell—trained four to one shot was was given a superb ride by famous irish trainer willie mullinschel blackmore won the turners novices' chase, and there was a huge reception for paul townsend, winning the ryanair chase title. in super league, wigan warriors survived a fightback from castleford tigers to win 32—22 wigan raced into a comfortable lead and never looked back, luke farrell with his second try of the night here and that was enough for the win despite three castleford tries in the last 20 minutes. and that's all the sport for now. we had lots of sunshine across most of england and wales and dry weather into thursday. 1a degrees in a few spots. north there is more cloud around. some sunshine but there are a passing shower crowds across scotland and the far north of england. in the forecast for the rest of this week the weekend and lead into next week you will see there is not much rain in the forecast at all. the reason it would be dry and settled in sunny days we have this big area of high pressure building in the east. by the weekend this is a big intense area of high p

the gavin cromwell—trained four to one shot was was given a superb ride by famous irish trainer willie mullins the ryanair chase title. in super league, wigan warriors survived a fightback from castleford tigers to win 32—22 wigan raced into a comfortable lead and never looked back, luke farrell with his second try of the night here and that was enough for the win despite three castleford tries in the last 20 minutes. and that's all the sport for now. there's going to be a lot of dry weather for the next week or so. on thursday, we saw more clouds. we will see less of this and more of this, blue skies over the next few days. very colourful picture there. this was the cloud that gave us the rain on wednesday as well out of the way. this cloud is not reaching our shores. with clear skies like winds, it will be a chilly start to friday. maybe a few mist and fog patches across wales, the midlands, the west country. these will lift in the morning and the sunshine comes out far and wide once again. the winds tending to freshen up a little bit in the afternoon, but it's likely to be a warmer day than

by paul townend for owner tony bloom — chairman of brighton and hove albion — handed trainer willie mullins the earliest dismissal in the championship's history. mark cavendish has become the first british rider to win the world's oldest one—day bike race. the milano—torino race has been going since 1876 and cavendish has continued his good early—season form, outsprinting his rivals in turin, to celebrate his 159th career victory, and his third this year. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. there's going to be a different look to the weather on thursday and a change of fortune for much of the country as well. with the rain having cleared away, we had the sunnier skies across more western parts of scotland. there was almost an inch of rain in wiltshire and, for a while, we actually had some quite heavy rain here in lincolnshire as well. with that wetter weather clearing away out into the north sea and these showers yet to arrive from the northwest, we're going to have some clearer skies developing. so, by the time we get to early thursday morning, it could be quite cold and frosty

ridden by paul townend, and trained by willie mullin, the horse belongs to brighton and hove albion ownernd in a thrilling cross country chase behind stablemate delta work. he was seeking a record—equalling sixth cheltenham victory in his final race but it wasn't to be. in a glittering career, tiger roll has won 2 grand nationals, and had earnings of more than 1 point 4 million pounds to cricket now and the second test between england and west indies is underway in barbados, england won the toss and chose to bat. 0pener zak crawley was out for a duck so captain joe root is at the crease with alex lees. there are two debuts today for england, bowlers saqib mahmood and a last minute surprise inclusion for yorkshire's matthew fisher with craig 0verton a late withdrawal. at lunch england are 47 for 1. good news for england at the women's world cup, they are still in it after beating india by 4 wickets in mount maunganui. after three straight defeats — it's their first win of the tournament — and means they're still able to qualify for the semi finals but can't afford any more slip ups. 0ur se