within the official police files, there is a statement from a man who walked into cheltenham police station a couple of months after the trial and told the officers a very interesting story. now the news headlines. john langham... he claimed he had a conversation in a pub with a guy called john langham. john langham was a well—known household name of the time. he said that langham had told him that his dentist had shown him gay's black pyjamas and told him he had slept with her on the durban castle prior to her involvement with james camb. but could this really be true? they were both dead so i couldn't confirm it. but i thought i could refute it. how could i do that? well, i would just show that there was no dentist travelling first class on gay gibson's voyage. the story is then false. so i got the list out and started to run my finger down the columns. there is no dentist here. this is false. until i got to name number 58. the second bottom on the list. dental surgeon. a dentist, there was a dentist travelling first class on gay's voyage. what is the chance there was a dentist on every

within the official police files, there is a statement from a man who walked into cheltenham police station a couple of months after the trial and told the officers a very interesting story. now the news headlines. john langham... he claimed he had a conversation in a pub with a guy called john langham. john langham was a well—known household name of the time. he said that langham had told him that his dentist had shown him gay's black pyjamas and told him he had slept with her on the durban castle prior to her involvement with james camb. but could this really be true? they were both dead so i couldn't confirm it. but i thought i could refute it. how could i do that? well, i would just find out there was no dentist travelling first class on gay gibson's voyage. the story is then false. so i got the list out and started to run my finger down the columns. there is no dentist here. this is false. so i got to name number 58. the second bottom on the list. dental surgeon. a dentist, there was a dentist travelling first class on gay's voyage. what is the chance there is a dentist on every voya

the cheltenham festival comes to a to date with the biggest prize, the gold cup. incredibly, it's a race to be very successful trainer willie mullins has never won. he goes this afternoon with djakadam. he has trained well this afternoon, has had a couple of winners already this week, including penhill yesterday. rival trainer nicky henderson is also sending out a horse and rider. lots of you getting in touch with us this morning about a conversation on exclusion that we had before the news. a couple of teachers getting in touch, constance, a retired teacher says on e—mail, the rising number of children being excluded from school, especially in a primary sector is due to the fact the national curriculum is so directed towards results and a one size fits all that many children feel frustrated, react in ways that are not appropriate in the classroom. it's not the fault of the children. education is about the individual child and the curriculum should meet their needs. richard is also a teacher and says, as a teacheri also a teacher and says, as a teacher i am comp

the snow has begun to fre shelter in the school, 227 cheltenham t t finishrswey who g final order. >> pparen out >> out for downed on route 1 several trees were knock this one came down at chatham road. oing house s cy because i warm up anything.ou see now that it's daylight cars coming by with the morning commute hear. another one going fast, when you go into the parking lot there's ked down, ice there black ice around the roads be careful, i know chris said the temperatures are getting up to 46 today. slowly but as you recallly it's getting warmer out here. bob brooks channel 6 "action news." >> down trees are hampering septa bus trolley and regional rail lines this morning. this bus got stuck on roads ianayunkvenue. ional raiue to ice problems on rails and downed trees. we have a link to septa options at 6abc.com. >>> amtrak is after it complete on the northeast corridor at thef the storm. modified service in washington city, service to boston expected to resume 8:30 a.m. hia praight on a modified -- oper plan. >>> philadelphia international nor canceled becausofancellations aream

after a week of irish domination at cheltenham, the gold cup provided an epic fight between them to english trained horses. they deliver beating mike bite in a two horse race. the 70,000 crowd roared on the two, watching each other stride for stride but 22 fences, more than three miles before native river pulled away before the final job, conquering the soft ground to improve on third place from last year. it is the champion jockey richard johnson's second gold cup of his career and the first for the trainer, colin tizzard, who presented nicky henderson, winning has three treble at the festival of the champions trophy, champion chase and gold cup. johnson was brilliant on that course. i do not think many gold cup winners make all the running and do thejumping. you could see him setting up the jumps about six tries out. that is a very long stride and the horse would come every time. he is away from the fence very quickly as well. that is very important in racing. and he stays very well. before i go, within the last few minutes, fifa have given the green light for var, the video assistant ref

buveur d'air retained his champion hurdle title on the opening day of the cheltenham festival. the 6—4 on favourite ridden by barry geraghty gave trainer nicky henderson a seventh victory in the race. that's all of the sport for now, more after 10am. good morning. the government is to spend 50 million pounds trying to create more cohesive communities, especially in five towns and cities marked by ethnic and religious divisions: bradford, blackburn, peterborough, walsall and waltham forest in london. there will also be help for people wanting to improve their spoken english and for women wanting to find jobs. dame louise casey led the government's review. you pulled no punches? i published that review at the back end of 2016. i spent a couple of years, by the time we published, looking at some of the dynamics happening in our communities today. i felt, dynamics happening in our communities today. ifelt, and i still do, that we are more divided than we should be as a nation. that there are pockets of isolation, where it isn'tjust poverty and social disadvantage that is going on

joining me now from cheltenham is negotiator dan hughes, whose company has trained members of the department for exiting the eu to deal with brexit talks. good evening. good evening. what is your reading both sides in the light of what we heard from the prime minister today? are both sides in roughly the same place as how far they see these negotiations having gone so far? i'm not sure if they are in the same place. i think there isa are in the same place. i think there is a marked difference in some of the things we have seen so far in terms of the balance of power between the two parties and how that has played out. i think today's beach doesn't market apart, but certainly progress in terms of the vision the prime minister has laid out and some of the concessions the uk is now prepared to make. what did she say that rosie to that conclusion? today talking about the fa ct conclusion? today talking about the fact that they're prepared to pay for access, which hasn't been specifically spoken about before. the fact that they are aware of the fa ct the fact that they are aware of the fact that

it's day three of the cheltenham festival but it'll be missing one racing's biggest stars. that's after a serious injury to jockey ruby walsh yesterday. made his return to racing. now he'll miss the rest of the festival, including friday's gold cup. the big race of the day though, was the queen mother chase. it was billed as a straight fight between the british trained altior and irish horse douvan. but after douvan fell with four fences to jump, the evens favourite altior ridden by nico de boinville easily came home in the end. now from a muddy track to the race track. formula one champion lewis hamilton says he doesn't know how much longer he'll continue to race. the briton says talks with mercedes are relaxed as they look to extend his contract beyond the end of this season. but the four time world champion doesn't know for how long he'll have the hunger to compete in f1. every time you get through another season, you are like, geez, i don't wa nt to season, you are like, geez, i don't want to do that again. you are done with the year. i can't wait for my holiday break.

battling fire and ice, as crews knocked out early morning fire on the 6900 block of rising sun avenue in cheltenham. the flames errupted, about 3:30 this morning, firefighters doing amazing job getting the flames under control. in about ten minute. we know at least one person has been taken to the hospital. the conditions of the person not yet known. >> a developing story, we're following this morning, arrest has been made in a hit-and-run in mayfair. that left a three year old girl in critical condition. thirty-one year old zachary lauer right here facing charges for that hit-and-run on the 3200 block of tyson avenue, tuesday night. investigators say, lauer drove on to the sidewalk, hitting the mother and her two children. police say lauer just ran from the scene leaving the three year old pinned right under his car. resident, they rushed in the area, managed to lift the car off the little girl. the mom was hurt, she is going to be okay, though, the other child not injured. >> lauer is facing several charges, including aggravated assault with a dui. >> all right, coming up on 5:22, lehigh county m

you'll recall is charged with drugging and groping former temple university andrea con stan his side his cheltenham mansion in january 2004. much older cosby was a friend and mentor to constand part of a pattern of him taking advantage of such relationships much his brand new defense team led by former michael jackson attorney tom messerau insists the other accuseaccusers stories too old e dating back two decades two vague and too different from the constand allegation to be valuable. at the first trial prosecutors wanted 13 additional accusers to testify. the judge allowed just one. earlier judge o'neill denied defense motions to throw out the case entirely. based in part on the claim that the incident in question which cosby has always said was consensual actually took place prior to january of 2,004 and so the statute of limitations had already expired when cosby was charged in december 2015. so more courtroom activity tomorrow morning. we'll be back for more arguments on this issue of more accusers or will they be allowed in or will they not? no idea yets as far as how quickly the judge will ru

. >> the movie played in cheltenham wednesday when i spoke to students who were there two things were immediately apparent. first, young people really want help in tackling these tough issues. >> it's such a touchy subject but like nothing is going to change until we like have more talk like this. >> it's very important to say what you feel. >> you learn to not to mess with the white people. >> are you saying that all white people are racist? >> and second, they really wish there was more diversity at least among their peers but i feel like it's more important for like the white students who don't really understand that white race is relevant. >> there are people in this school who, that's correct has possibly issue for it and they need to hear and need to be part of that conversation. >> you're hurting right now and that's how i feel, too. >> the movie does challenge beliefs and it may make us uncomfortable and andre is often asked, why? >> so i can sleep better at night. i want the world to be better place. >> islamic terrorist. >> black face. >> he hopes in that something yourself

cheltenham is on a two hour delay. reporting live in elkins park, jeff chirico "action news." >> let's get the latest from cecily tynan. the s plunging temperatures and freezing of snow and slush. >> t hav worry about anything falling from the sky, it's falling temperatures. new england, the area is heavy bds of rain and snow.re ms ourggll of the season, officially, 6.1-inches of snow. the season now, upthe average w. it would be nice to stop now. mother nature may have other plans. snow fall totals in pennsylvania, rich bore borough 6-inches. orfield in the lehigh valley, looked like they would get hit hard but tracked east, taking the heavier band out of the area. 6.1-inches. wiggedwilmington six inches. mercer county, 17.-inches heavy, wet snow. overnight, temperatures dropping below freezing. the morning commute, use lot o icy spots secondary street. the sush, anything on car and sidewalks will freeze over solid. i have details on the potential for another nor'easter on the way in the seven-day forecast. >> firefig

and groping a former temple university athletic department employee and andrea constand inside his cheltenham mansion in 22004. the much older cosby was a friend and mentor to constand part of a pattern say prosecutors of cosby taking advantage of such relationships. grand new defense said led by michael jackson attorney tom messerau insists the other accusers stories or too old one dating back 39 years, too vague or too different from the constand allegation to be useful or fair at this trial. the prosecution's first crack at cosby ended in a mistrial last summer. in that case, they had asked judge o'neal to allow as many as 13 additional accusers to testify against cosby. the judge allowed just one. we're due back in court tuesday morning for more arguments on this issue of those additional accusers. no idea yet how quickly the judge will rule on that issue. jury selection for this second cosby trial set for march29th this unlike the first trial will be a local jury from montgomery county. >>> in norristown, i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. ♪ >>> a month later and we are still celebrating ea

drugging and groping former temple university athletic department employee andrea constand inside his cheltenham home in january of 2004. the defense wants to be allowed to put marguerite jackson on the witness stand. former co-worker of constand's she was not allowed to testify in the original trial but has claimed constand told her she could make up allegations to get money from a rich celebrity. and both sides have their reasons for bringing the civil lawsuit filed by constand against cosby into this retrial. prosecutors say during negotiations toward the ultimate settlement of the suit, cosby admitted behavior that helps their cause. the defense says constand' as tempt to get money from cosby through the lawsuit bolsters marguerite jackson's claims. >> ready for trial mr. cosby? [ laughter ] >> rulings on all three of these issues may determine whether cosby is still laughing when trial begins in april. this election of montgomery county based jury for this trial is set to begin here march29t march29th. comments from the bench on tuesday, judge steven o'neal made clear he's aware of the cult

the cheltenham gold cup is one of the biggest racing events of the year — and we got a contest which lived up to that billing. it was, literally, a two horse race with native river holding off the favourite might bite. that gave jockey richard johnson his second gold cup triump — and a first for trainer colin tizzard. it was the champions of super league against the leaders leeds rhinos, won. of super league last night, and the champions, leeds rhinos, won. they ended st helens unbeaten run since the start of the season thanks to a strong second half performance. ash handley scored two of the rhinos' five tries. elsewhere salford beat hull fc. some tennis news for you and venus williams has been knocked out in the semi—finals at indian wells and so has world number one simona halep. williams lost to russia's daria kasatkina, who's beaten four grand slam champions on her way to the final where she'll meet naomi osaka of japan. now to the second of our commonwealth games previews. last week we saw the youngest athlete, wales' 11—year—old table tennis player. this week mike has

the now disgraced show biz legend drugged her with blue pills and then sexually assaulted her at his cheltenham mansion back in 04, the first trial ended with a hung jury. cosby's new defense team has signaled their aggressive strategy at today's hearing they moved to have the charges dismissed on grounds the statute of limitations has passed. constand as testified that assault occurred in january of 04 but cosby's lawyers say they'll produce phone records showing she made no calls to open the drive way gates at the cosby home during that month in question. the prosecution is trying once again get judge steven o'neill to allow testimony by 19 other alleged cosby victims going back more than four decades to testify that bill cosby drugged and molested them in the same manner allegedly using on constand. no ruling on that is expected today. judge o'neill did rule on two motions to dismiss. he denied both of them. as cosby continues to say he's not guilty of the charges lodged here against him. at the montgomery county courthouse in norristown i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news." the hearing r

one or two showers towards the south—east corner, but certainly if you are heading off to cheltenham for the first day of the festival, you could not have picked a better day. the winds are light, the ground is soft underfoot, but sunny conditions to see the day. clear whether across central and eastern parts, we could get down to —1 in newcastle, but further west, more cloud and a strengthening breeze. belfast and plymouth, six or seven into the morning. the rain and drizzle art links to this low pressure to the west of us as we start tomorrow, the weather front will get close to us and it will drag up some mild air coming up from the south on strong to gale force south to south—easterly winds. the wind is strongest across the south and west, outbreaks of rain which will turn persistent across ireland, west and wales and cornwall later on. occasional rain in western scotland but dry for a lot of time across scotland, eastern wales and england. hazy sunshine in eastern areas and we could get to 15 degrees in the south—east. wednesday night, the cloud and rain pushes across othe

he's set to ride the 2015 winner faugheen in the champion hurdle on the opening day of the cheltenham festival next week. britain's chris froome and geraint thomas remain in the top ten after stage two of the tirreno adriatico race in italy. they were fortunate to avoid this crash four and a half miles from the finish line in follonica in tuscany. they and their team sky colleagues occupy 5th to 10th place in the standings, all of them just nine seconds off the top rider. germany's marcel kittel won the stage, while new zealand's patrick bevin retained the overall lead. there was also a crash towards the end of the fifth stage of the paris—nice race. france's jerome cousin took the first victory of his career in sisteron. spain's luis leon sanchez retained the leader's yellow jersey. simon yates is the highest placed briton in tenth overall trailing by 48 seconds. sebastian vettel was fastest on the penultimate day of pre—season testing. he recorded the quickest time seen so far this year but was using foster tyres family with was eighth and frailty and fautua 0tto bossert, mike.

the cheltenham gold cup is one of the biggest racing events of the year — and we got a contest which lived up to that billing. it was, literally, a two horse race with native river holding off the favourite might bite. that gave jockey richard johnson his second gold cup triump — and a first for trainer colin tizzard. and it seems that kevin pietersen might have finally hung up his bat. he tweeted ‘boots up. thank you' after playing for quetta gladiators in the pakistan super league. the former england captain had indicated the tournament would be his last. the second of our commonwealth games previews. last week michael went to meet the youngest game —— youngest‘s athlete, what11—year—old tennis player, and this week he has been to meet one of the oldest. david calvert from northern ireland. he's heading to his 11th games to compete in the highest calibre shooting event, full bore rifle. before he left mike joined david and his partner in surrey — although it was more like siberia. he is arguably the best in the world will stop you a matter target which could be 900

the cheltenham gold cup is one of the biggest racing events of the year — and we got a contest which lived up to that billing. it was, literally, a two horse race with native river holding off the favourite might bite. that gave jockey richard johnson his second gold cup triump — and a first for trainer colin tizzard. venus williams has been knocked out in the semi—finals at indian wells by the 20—year—old russian daria kasatkina — and what's remarkable is that russian daria kasatkina — kasatkina has beaten four grand slam champions on her way to the final — sloane stephens, caroline wosniacki, agelique kerber and now williams, all brushed aside. she'll take on naomi osaka ofjapan, after she knocked out the world number one simona halep. that is all your sport, for now. we will have more later. tens of thousands of pensioners and low income families could be putting their homes at risk if they do not sign up for a new scheme to help them pay their mortgage interest. but the government revealed this week that only one in ten of those who get the help have agreed to the n

. >> lets go out toward cheltenham where we have a issue 309 southbound, and green lane, we have an accident, tying up the right lane. it is along 309, and at this hour, more on that one. but we have been talking about this 95 north bound at 495 issue, earlier it is blocking three lanes. now we are start to go reopen those lanes so the delays, the residual delays that we have been watching now starting to clear up. amtrak still at absolute mess, 190 or 111 in new york city it is just not happeningains- anymore because they are having major wind down in d.c. in fact they are reporting 60- mile an hour winds bringing down power lines, and, 60,000 people without power. crazy down there right now. so amtrak is an absolute mess, in terms of the 20 or 30 minute delays, really all over the amtrak trains, at this hour. guys, they are canceling flights to rochester, buffalo, hartford, portland, no go today. >> portland, maine, of course. >> yes. >> okay, thanks mike. 7:33. how about this. >> olympic gymnast alley raisman is suing u.s. olympic committee for failing to take action to prevent former tea

we are watching a crash on cheltenham. >> thank you. >>> a firefighter is in the hospital after falling through the roof of a burning home in bucks county. he was fighting a house fire on henry avenue. he was conscious when he was taken from the scene. >>> bill cosby returns to court as prosecutors try to get the judge to allow more women to testify against him. prosecutors want 19 women to testify to show a pattern of abuse. cosby's re-trial is expected later on this month. >>> we will have another update coming up in 25 minutes. you can always get the latest news and weather with the nbc 10 app. "today "contin "today" continues in minutes. ♪ gus, you are crushing it! just trying to shed those extra pounds. (giggles) me too. gettin' the beach body back... (sighs) is gonna take a lot of work. this will help you power through. one million dollar power payday, new from the pennsylvania lottery. yup, with top prizes of a million bucks. so, how do i look? like a winner. (they both laugh) keep on scratchin'! ♪ >>> and it is 8:30 now on a monday morning, march 5th, 2018. welcome! we have

jockey ruby walsh has been ruled out of the grand national following a nasty fall at last week's cheltenham festival. the 38—year—old only return from breaking his right leg five days earlier when he aggravated the injury. he says he is now targeting a return late next month. and that is on the sport for now. i will happen tomorrow —— i will have plenty more of it later. nhs staff including nurses, porters and pay rates are to have a pay rise over the next three years, the deal expected to be announced shortly. earlier, the chief secretary to the treasury and announced the deal, thought to be worth billions, was accounted for in the budget., this is money we allocated at the budget last year because we recognised that the nhs is facing some unique pressures . the nhs is facing some unique pressures. we are seeing more patients current accident and emergency, increasing demand for services. so we set aside that money in exchange for making sure that we reform the way the nhs is working. an agreement is being reached with the unions, which is really positive. so we are changing the wa

following a ruby walsh has been ruled out of the grand nationalfollowing a nasty fall at last week's cheltenham festival. he aggravated the injury, and he target a return at a different festival late next month. eddiejones retains their full support for the first time in his... steve brown says that whilst england's performances were disappointing, eddie jones remains the right candidate. the key is to be rational and calm, and you look at the facts and the data, and understand what they tell us. if we need to make any changes, then use that to inform that changes, but at the moment, there is no kneejerk reaction to this, adding that is really cute. because that track record was significant, and we had a bit of a bump, but we want to make sure that we don't throw everything out to get us back on track. that is all of your sport for now, more in the next hour. now on afternoon live — let's go nationwide — and see what's happening around the country — in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. in a moment i'll be talking to phil bodmer in leeds about the rise of women using dono

all eyes on the cheltenham festival. somerville boy has just won the supreme novices somerville boy has just won the supreme novices hurdle, we'll take you live to the cause and show you all the action as we look ahead to the feature race of today, the champion hurdle at 330. let's get a weather update with ben. wet underfoot at cheltenham, but sunny for most of us at the moment although deeper into this week temperatures will fall and by weekend it will feel like winter. more coming up. thank you, ben. also coming up, should there be a tax on single—use plastic items? the chancellor has launched a consultation. hello, this is afternoon live, i'm simon mccoy in westminster. the pressure is growing on russia. as the clock counts down to the midnight deadline given by theresa may for russia to explain its role in the nerve—agent attack on a russian double—agent and his daughter in salisbury — president trump has said he believes there is evidence that russia was behind it — and intends to talk to the prime minist

that bodes well for the first day of the cheltenham festival. we have a light wind and with some good sunnies brea ks wind and with some good sunnies breaks out there, which takes us into a fine evening. should be a dry commute home, clear breaks to begin with and through the night the breeze picks up in the west and more cloud arriving, patchy rain and drizzle in northern ireland, the file west of scotland and later into the west of cornwall and south—west wales. clear skies in central and eastern areas and here's where we have the greatest chance of frost into tomorrow morning. with this area of low pressure to the west of us, rain slowly edging in, what we are going to do with southerly winds is drag up milder air compared to yesterday. you will notice that especially when you get spells of hazy sunshine, that is likely to be in central and eastern areas on wednesday so tomorrow east is best for the driest and brightest weather, in the west, more cloud. rain and result coming and going but the rain turning heavy and persistent in ireland, t

and also, the cheltenham festival. obviously reflecting on that lost the manchester united. this is quite nice. nice. illustration in the telegraph about the managerial merry—go—round. the managerial merry—go—round. six men had been employed by ten clubs. 24jobs. 24 jobs. 24jobs. things suffered by those people at those clubs. those clubs. bit like they are on a central contact at the moment. contact at the moment. nice bit of news in the daily express. express. sergio garcia has had a baby girl. baby girl. only a couple of weeks away, aren't we? breaking news this morning. bestselling author stephen hawking who died at his home in cambridge. of a documentary and his life. thoughts drift off into things like how the universe began. how the universe began. disability made you better scientist? scientist? physics or black holes when i get left behind in the conversation. left behind in the conversation. fact, my disability has been a help in the way. in the way. committees and given me more time to think and do research. think and do research. physics is one of the few

its gold cup day as the cheltenham festival comes to a close. can irish trainer willie mullins win it for the first time with djakadam, or will nicky henderson complete a treble at the festival this year with might bite. the former south african president jacob zuma is to face prosecution on 18 charges of corruption. mr zuma was forced to resign as president last month by his party, the ruling african national congress. 0ur correspondent milton nkosi is in johannesburg. these corruption charges have been hanging over him for many years. it's clear when he was pushed out of office there was no deal to give him any kind of immunity from prosecution. yes, that's correct. the former president jacob prosecution. yes, that's correct. the former presidentjacob zuma is now in deep trouble. he is facing 16 charges of corruption, including fraud, racketeering and money—laundering. that's what the head of the prosecuting authority just announced a short while ago. president zuma, considering he is now out of office, he doesn't have the state machinery to