but winning at cheltenham would me much more. we can't leave her here, with all the media interest, it isjust quite incredible, and a lot of the journey so incredible, and a lot of the journey so far has felt like we are living a bit of a dream. so it would mean everything. at a festival packed with racing‘s big names, sam spinner will fly the flag for those with a lower profile. of course i will not be the case for long if he wins. dave edwards, bbc news. what a story that could be tomorrow in the stayers hurdle, but today has been one very much of mixed emotions, especially for the walsh family victory for katie walsh in the final race of the day. but this pair for her brother, ruby walsh, his cheltenham festival is already over —— despair. cheltenham festival is already over -- despair. thank you. good news for england ahead of their final six nations match against ireland on saturday. captain dylan hartley and elliott daly are both fit again and ready for selection after recovering from energy —— injury. but not suc

away from football, the big race of the opening day of the cheltenham festival. the champions hurdle was won by odds—on favourite buveur d'air. the nicky henderson trained horse, ridden byjockey barry geritty, has nowjoined some ofjump racing's greats, by winning back to back stagings of the prestigious race. it was a seventh champion hurdle for henderson, and also for ownerjp mcmanus. the great thing about today was that he found himself in a battle for the first time in his career, really. it has all been very easy for him. and last year was too. today he had to fight, and hejolly did to. he was great. it is tough out there today. the ground is testing. meanwhile, a good day at the office for ruby walsh, the most succesful jockey at the cheltenham festival. he picked up his second win of day in the mares hurdle aboard bennie des jour. incredibly, he only returned to the saddle five days ago after breaking his leg. walsh beat the hot favourite apple jade in third and midnight tour in second. earlier, he won the arkle chase aboard footpad. and jockey lizzie kel

penhill ridden by paul townend won the big race of the day, the stayers hurdle at cheltenham. the 12—1 shot saw off the challenge of supasundae to become the sixth win at this year's festival for trainer willie mullins. mullins later had another success to become the leading cheltenham festival trainer overall with 61 victories. you know, when you start training in ireland, one of your missions is to get one winner in cheltenham. you don't think you would get three. it comes as a huge surprise. a delighted at the same time. tiger woods has continued his comeback today at the arnold palmer invitational. he ended the first round in second, on four under. woods has been in fine form and this putt on the 7th was one of a number of highlights from his four under par 68. it's been a while since we've seen a smile like that from the former world number one. i've been away from it for so long. when i first came back, it wasjust a matter of getting my fuel for tournament golf again. i think i have it. i feel like tournament golf again. i think i have it. ifeel like i am not really th

well, what a wonderful cheltenham gold cup that was. a really, really thrilling finish, and native river leading, with one of the most wonderful jumping displays i've seen for many years here in a gold cup. he made those cheltenham fences look really small as he flew over them to win that race. he flew past might bite, who nicky henderson was training, and he was hoping to become the first trainer in history to win the big three at the cheltenham festival. he had already won the champion hurdle, he had already won the champion chase, and he was hoping to make it a hat—trick. the favourite, might bite, ended up finishing second. anibale fly a brave third place, quite a long way behind in that finalfinishing post for the gold cup. but it has all gone to native river, colin tizzard, the trainer, making up for some disappointments for him last year, richard johnson winning his second gold cup here at cheltenham, and native river, the second—favourite, winning the jewel in jump racing's crown. richard johnson, he was brilliant on that ho

what a wonderful cheltenham gold cup that was. i thrilling finish and native river leading from start to finish in one of the most wonderfuljumping start to finish in one of the most wonderful jumping displays i've start to finish in one of the most wonderfuljumping displays i've seen for many years in the gold cup. he made those huge cheltenham fences look released small as he flew over them to win that race. he beat off might bite who nicky henderson was training and he was hoping to become the first trainer in history to win the first trainer in history to win the big three here at the cheltenham and he only won the champion hurdle, the champion chase and he was hoping to make it a hat trick but not to be. not very ended up finishing second. a brave third—place quite a long way behind in that final finishing post for the gold cup but it's all gone to native river. the trainer making a person disappointment for him last year. richard johnson winning his second gold cup at tell mama and native river, the second favourite winnin

good morning from a rather wet cheltenham on gold cup day. the irish trainer is in so much good form. we will is it like in happens [am-3513s; is is iiss e rest of happens later. what is it like in the rest of the country? good morning. i have the details on board hms belfast this morning, celebrating 80 years since her launch. rain at times turning to snow. i will have the full details inis snow. i will have the full details in 15 minutes. good morning. first our main story. jeremy corbyn has again questioned whether the russian state was behind the nerve agent attack in salisbury. in an article in the guardian, the labour leader calls on people not to rush to judgement. 0ur political correspondent, ben wright, joins us from westminster. what is jeremy what isjeremy corbyn saying? what is jeremy corbyn saying? jeremy corbyn is doubling down on the position he took in the house of commons on wednesday, a couple of days ago. that was when theresa may said clearly as far as the government is concerned the russian state is culpable for this atta

we begin at cheltenham on a very aptly named st patrick's thursday, as irish trainers claimed six of the seven races. let's get more now from our reporter lizzie greenwood hughes, who's at the festival for us this evening. it wasn't quite the green sweep but a historic day nonetheless. it wasn't quite the green sweep but a historic day nonethelessm it wasn't quite the green sweep but a historic day nonetheless. it was very close, you would have been pleased with that. the racing has finished but the place is still a bus, partly because there is a search going on for future stars of cheltenham, a couple have gone for well over £100,000. ijoined bya jockey who was part of the bbc team here. six out of seven wins for the irish and willie mullins is now the all—time leading trainer of the festival and his most notable win was in the stayers hurdle. the horse had raced at punchestown but not since then, and are wonderful training performance to get the horse in tiptop shape, paul townsend road this one and it was a good performance and he is now on 61, nicky henderson 16. this is for t

let's move on to racing and the cheltenham festival where the big race of the day — the queen mother champion chase — was won by the favourite, altior. the nicky henderson—trained horse, ridden by nico de boinville, stormed home in impressive style to win the race by around 12 lengths. he's brave enough, he kept his jumping together. yeah, he was off the bridle for a moment, but as soon as they pulled him out from behind the other horses, you could just see him pick it up and the good old gears changed and off he went. it was game over, actually, in a matter of strides. the day's racing, though, was marred by a serious—looking injury to ruby walsh. cheltenham's most successful jockey was taken to hospital after a heavy fall in the rsa chase, and it's now been confirmed he will miss the rest of the festival. england have delayed naming their side to face ireland at twickenham on saturday after more injury doubts emerged over the fitness of their captain, dylan hartley, and winger elliot daly. it's bad news too for courtney lawes and nathan hughes. both will be out for the rest o

and the three mile duel that saw native river win the gold cup at cheltenham. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, liverpool and manchester city will meet in the last eight of the champions league, the first all—english quarterfinal since 2011. good evening. detectives from scotland yard are treating as murder the death in london of a russian exile and businessman. nikolai glushkov, who was 68, was found dead at his home on monday. a postmortem concluded he'd suffered compression of the neck, suggesting he'd been strangled. his death, just a week after the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in salisbury, is being investigated by counter—terrorism police. they say there's no evidence at the moment to link the two cases. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has more. it was an ominous development, given what has happened elsewhere. monday night, a 68—year—old man found dead, his body taken for a postmortem examination. ominous because nikolai glushkov was russian, a political exile, number one on that country's list of people it would

thank you very much, andy swiss at cheltenham. it is a busy time in the sporting world. it's the climax of the six nations this weekend, with ireland aiming to win the grand slam against england at twickenham. confidence is low in eddiejones' side, and after a two—match losing run, the england coach has made a number of changes for tomorrow's game. elsewhere, italy play scotland, and wales host france in cardiff. joe wilson reports. twickenham on friday reveals the seats. they are always green, notjust for st patrick's day. but here ireland seek six nations perfection. first they beat france... last gasp in paris. second wind was against italy. next, wales were beaten in dublin. four more tries beat scotland. which just leaves england. five wins means the grand slam. much at stake. here's a fantastic opportunity to just achieve a grand slam but to go a year unbeaten. —— to not just —— to notjust achieve the grand slam. yes, ireland did the grand slam nine years ago, but the only other time they've achieved the feat was 1948. there was no commentary. ireland in

still six to jump at cheltenham. you can still six to jump at cheltenham. you ca n follow still six to jump at cheltenham. you can follow that on radio 5 live. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. the united states has expanded its sanctions against russia, in response to allegations that moscow meddled in the 2016 us presidential election, including cyber attacks. the kremlin has denied all allegations. let's speak to our correspondent gary o'donoghue, who's in washington. how significant is this? it is significant, there are 19 individuals they have named, plus five separate entities including groups like the military intelligence in russia, the gi you and the fsb as well. and they say, this is their quota, the administration is confronting malign russian cyber activity including that attempted interference in us elections, destructive cyber attacks and intrusions targeting critical infrastructure. so it is notjust elections, it is also things like the malware that they believe the russians were behind that attacked certain hospitals in the

it was a good day for the irish trainers at cheltenham, winning six of the seven races. penhill — ridden by paul townend — won the big race of the day, the stayers hurdle. the 12—to—1 shot saw off the challenge of supasundae to become the sixth win at this year's festival for trainer willie mullins. mullins later had another success to become the leading cheltenham festival trainer overall with 61 victories. when you start training in ireland you want to get one winner in cheltenham and you don't ever dream you will become the leading horse trainer at cheltenham ever so this comes as a huge surprise but i'm delighted. tiger woods has continued his comeback today at the arnold palmer invitational. woods has been in fine form and this putt on the 7th was one of a number of highlights from his li—under par 68. it leaves him joint second behind the overall leaderjimmy walker. but it's been a while since we've seen a smile like that from the former world number one. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at 1030. thanks. it's not just than

use a two big races, this is cheltenham, the 0lympics of jump racing, races, this is cheltenham, the 0lympics ofjump racing, every race is a big raise. we have the ryanair ina is a big raise. we have the ryanair in a chase, which is first time ever with the most money. that is for the course is not quite fast enough for the queen mother champion chase. debakey duel we are looking forward to is the last year when against a 12 euros. there won't be a dry eye in the house is due card wins today. we have a traditional feature race for the best long—distance hardliners over three miles, that is at 3:30pm. there could be a fairy tale in that race, because sam spinner, the favourites before we went on air, his jockey had cancer not that long ago. he had to give up training, his wife was looking after him. hisjockey spent training, his wife was looking after him. his jockey spent time in training, his wife was looking after him. hisjockey spent time in prison for promoting because ofjustice. is sam spinner wins today, it is a very tile. —— is is a fairy tale. going is soft to heavy, we

well, as the rain comes down here at cheltenham, harriet, as someone who has won here at cheltenham, why is this such a wonderful festival to win at? it is like a childhood dream coming here. you've got to compete against the irish, and they have stormed the festival so far. to come here and absolutely smashed the fox hunters is amazing, like a childhood dream completely. we need to tell eve ryo ne dream completely. we need to tell everyone about harriet smashing the fox hunters, she dislocated her shoulders in the race and still managed to win it! how much pain we you in and how did you do it?” managed to win it! how much pain we you in and how did you do it? i had dislocated so i could put it back m, dislocated so i could put it back in, iwas dislocated so i could put it back in, i was in a lot of pain. as i was going up, i had to push it back in. it wasn't quite going. i could see the nose of the other horse coming up the nose of the other horse coming up as i'd me, i was like, come on, keep going. he kept fighting and we managed to win, it was amazing. maybe one day we will see

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we begin at cheltenham where irish eyes were smiling. all six races were run by irish trained horses. the big race of the day, the stayers hurdle — won by penhill — a fantastic victory for willie mullins and paul townend. what a day it has been! it could be a green sweeper. six wins so far trained by irish trainers and a final race is going on behind me. we will have to find out whether it is a green sweet indeed. willie mullins has 161 races at the cheltenham festival in his career. that means he is the all—time leading cheltenham trainer. 61 winners for willie mullins. he is a quiet and understated man. penn hill one the stayers hurdle. this is for the best long—distance hurdlers in the wild. it is about going over a long distance including the big hill at the end. the fairy tale win a before his trainer had cancer and his eff—iii; in w, ., .., , ., ., , — ~ other ———r today. the , e $the ryanair! big race today, the ryanair chase. this is worth more money than 710015 f, this ,. ,. fools r, this is . ,. horses fools r

so traffic is very slow, on route 309, in cheltenham township, behind me. now i just check emergency management officials put a facebook powe out in the township that said quote driving is horrible. accidents every where. then in all caps, do not go out unless it is an emergency. i judge us got off the phone with them. they told me they had 11 accidents in the township since 1:00 this afternoon including a 15 vehicle accident on tookany parkway. that doesn't even include the many disable cars and tractor trailers. so far, four trees have fallen , including one that has block township line road. now, the roads i said were treated but really not doing much as you can see that pickup truck is not going anywhere quickly, unless you have four-wheel drive, rick and monica, you probably best that you stay indoors because any sort of travel, in this condition is probably just going to lead to what we are seeing behind us. >> thanks, so much, we appreciate that. >>> now we want to check on other conditions throughout the area. >> lets go to center city an "action ne

travel gridlock on roads playing out across cheltenham township to t dhis driver. >> don't have to be out here people don't be out here. most ofou can't drive on a regular day and it's raining and or dry. >> they push drivers of stuck cars up limokiln road. while pleading with people to stay off the roads and amber white chose to walk. >> i have the trash bag on my head and sneakers and all of my good stuff win here. >> and it didn't work because the snow fell quickly and this couple said they have good reason to be on the roads. >> we needed toilet paper. >> you came out for toilet paper. >> we went to costco. >> tell them what you said. >> there is not going to be snow out here. they are hyping us up. >> i believe it now. >> back out here live, township officials tell us they are out in force beginning to salt and plow the roads before the temperatures continue to dip. and night falls. in addition to the 300 or so cheltenham residents still without power, there is another 600 residents in the dark now that takes it up to 8% of the township. county wide. the number of outages has gon

a big day for colin tizzard at cheltenham. much more on the website. you can watch the full 12 minute rant from jose mourinho. we don't have time to play it here but there is enough time to bring you all of the sports news at 10:30pm... spoilsport! thank you very much. we will see you later. in florida at least six people have been killed after a newly built bridge collapsed onto a busy road in miami. the bridge had been put up in six hours just six days ago using a method called "accelerated construction" to avoid traffic disruption. ten people have been taken to hospital and the emergency services have been working at the scene since last night. here's how the disaster unfolded. the bridge at fiu just collapsed out of nowhere. there's cars stuck under there. we tried to get people out but we couldn't. they were all stuck. two construction workers also fell from the crane. i mean, it was horrible, it was a disaster. what i saw was it slowly coming down, and the dust and the cementjust shattering on top of the cars. we exhausted last night all of our s

away from football, the big race of the opening day of the cheltenham festival, the champions hurdle was won by buveur d'air, the odds—on favourite. the nicky henderson—trained horse, ridden byjockey barry geraghty, has nowjoined some ofjump racing's greats by winning back to back stagings of the prestigious race. a seventh champions hurdle for henderson and for the ownerjp mcmanus. the great thing about today was that he found himself in a battle for the first time in his career really. it has all been easy for him. today he had to fight and hejolly did, he was great. he put his head down. it is tough out there today. the ground is testing. meanwhile ruby walsh, the most successful jockey at the cheltenham festival got his second win of the day in the mares‘ hurdle. he only returned to the saddle five days ago after breaking his leg. he beat the hot favourite apple trade in third. earlier ruby walsh won the arkle challenge trophy novices' chase aboard footpad. team sky have scored their first major victory of the 2018 cycling season. michal kwiatkowski has won the week—long

he has 16 victories during a career that had two wins at the cheltenham festival. cue card won at cheltenham in 2010 and again three years later. that is all the sport for now. you can find more on those stories and the fall out from steve smith and that massive fall out from the ball—tampering scandal an the bbc sport web—site. more in the next hour. thank you. two years after an agreement between the eu and turkey was struck to stop the flow of migrants reaching europe, aid agencies are calling on eu leaders not to turn a blind eye to allegations of violent treatment of migrants by the turkish coast guard. the bbc has obtained footage showing one group of migrants being beaten with batons as they attempt to make an illegal crossing by boat into greece. gavin lee sent this report from lesbos. a migrant boat illegal cross crossing. the video shows the turkish coastguard approaching. then striking at the migrants. those on board claim the beatings got worse when they were ordered to stop filming. this man recorded the footage on his mobile. translation: we had t

away from cheltenham, there‘s a huge night at old trafford. manchester united legend ryan giggs has backed his old club to reach the quarter finals of the champions league, ahead of their vital match with sevilla tonight. jose mourinho‘s side were held to a goalless draw in spain three weeks ago. despite the tie still being very much in the balance, giggs believes united‘s impressive home record will be enough to see them through to the last eight. there is always a danger in that score, we had that a few times at real madrid. but you‘re always susceptible to that away goal. which would count as double. so it is not over but i think you see the strength of united at home. we do not get beaten very often. i think they will go through. i think quite co mforta bly they will go through. i think quite comfortably as well. a labour mp has told the bbc that england‘s participation in the world cup ought to be in question, in response to the poisoning of a former russian agent and his daughter. john woodcock also wants all nato members not to

. >> don'tina town cheltenham. >> i called just before the lights went out so my order was ready. >> y timed that well. >> i did. >> the campus of theas left i peco says it could take days restore power to everyone. >> he's been playing board games and telling stories. we don't just watch movies but he wants to watch movies. >> when he can. >> peco crews can't begin repairing the lines until the winds die down.that's wouakedays if bed to customers. or your loved ones are experiencing cold conditions because the heat is out, we are told that keith middle school will open shortly as a shelter for people to stay. reporting live in aboutington chirico "action news." loadg wires came down behind the everyone had to stayut uhut hours later. no one was hurt. >> a falling tree on sciek schuylkil yjuocht. livet iladelphia international airport. folks were to >> exactly we foundtrying rebookor get their luggage back after 500 flights were ca the weather made a mess of things tonight. >> all trains habeened. >>ound long and benches at 30th street station after the storm. septa delayed andcancel

away from football, the big race of the opening day of the cheltenham festival, the champions hurdle was won by the odds—on favourite. the nicky henderson trained horse, ridden byjockey barry geraghty, has nowjoined some ofjump racing's greats by winning back to back stagings of the prestigious race. the great thing about today was that he found himself in a battle for the first time in his career really. it has all been easy for him. today he had to fight anti—jolly did, he was great. it is tough out there today. the ground is testing. ruby walsh, the most successful jockey at the cheltenham festival got his second win of the day in the man's hurdle. he only returned to the saddle five days ago after breaking his leg. he beat the hot favourite apple trade in third. earlier ruby walsh won the arkle challenge trophy novices' chase aboard footpad. great britain have won their 11th medal at the winter paralympics in south korea. menna fitzpatrick and guidejen took silver in the women's visually impaired super combined event. they were second after the super g run and despite an impr

last year's cheltenham gold cup winner sizing john has been ruled out of this year's big race because of a hairline fracture of the pelvis. trainerjessica harrington hopes the horse will start exercising again after a two week rest. meanwhile ruby walsh had a successful return to the saddle in his first race since breaking his leg in november. walsh was victorious on the willie mullins trained lareena in the maiden hurdle at thurles. he's is set to ride 2015 winner faugheen in the champion hurdle on the opening day of the cheltenham festival next week. england rugby union head coach eddiejones has named his team for saturday's six nations meeting with france. england need to match ireland's result against scotland to keep alive their hopes of a third straight title. captain dylan hartley misses out through injury so 0wen farrell skippers the side. all these things are set to text you and asi all these things are set to text you and as i said off—camera, these weeks where you come back off a loss of the weeks you live for, it tests your metal, test the mettle of the coaches, the play

what are you going to be doing at cheltenham? it's a moving story. i am focusing on the young jockeys who ride alongside the course but it is part of the riding for the disabled. it helps them with learning difficulties. in the power of the horse is amazing. it's really recognised as a form of therapy. but you are talking about john? sizing john. injured pelvis. it was a winning return as he prepares for his first ride at cheltenham. rory mcilroy had a really scrappy opening round at the valspar championship in florida. he started with 10 straight pars but things then fell apart and he dropped 3 shots, to finish with a 74. he's 7 shots behind the leader corey conners. now — staying with golf — we've all overslept — haven't we? sometimes when we need to be somewhere important like a golf tournament. spare a thought for pablo larraza bal. he woke up 38 minutes before his scheduled tee—time and nevertheless, yesterday despite a madcap rush to the course the spaniard made a five under par 67 which left him two shots off the lead. here's some of t

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 problem now seems to be plunging temperatures and freezing of snow and slush. >> that's right. we don't have to worry about anything falling from the sky it's falling temperatures. new england, the area is getting heavy bands of rain and snow. here more philadelphia, it was our biggest snow fall of the season officially, 6.1-inches of snow. the season now, up to 22.2. the average winter, 22.4. it would be nice to stop now. mother nature may have other plans. snow fall totals in pennsylvania rich bore o 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. wigged,wilmington six inches. mercer county, 17.8-inches of heavy, wet snow. overnight temperatures dropping below freezing. the morning commute use caution. there are a lot of icy spots secondary street. the slush, anything on cars

native river won an epic duel to claim the cheltenham gold cup. the 5—1 shot by the favourite who was chain so bright reynet nicky henderson's is chance of winning a historic trouble —— reynet nicky henderson. lizzie greenwood—hughes? reynet nicky henderson. lizzie greenwood-hughes? after all of the talk of the irish this week all of their success at the first of all, in the end, the big one came down to an epic duel between the two favourites from england. the nicky henderson trained favourite hoping to give him a piece of victory as the first trainer to london three winners at the same festival. then native river, having had almost a year of after an injury last year. native river led from start to finish as jockey native river led from start to finish asjockey richard native river led from start to finish as jockey richard johnson trusted him to why every fence and he stayed on to win by a couple of lengths. a first gold cup for colin tizzard, whose patience with the horse really paid off. thank you, lizzie. jose mourinho launched a 12

. >> the big digout happened without the help of streetlights, elkins park, cheltenham township emergency management reports roughly a dozen accidents and countless stranded vehicles. >> quick-falling snow plus heavy snow that brought down branches and wires and trees which is what we had in the last storm. >> even utility crews trying to restore power sometimes fell victim to the roads. >> 5:57 a.m., we'll get you up to speed on the accuweather forecast and look at the roads when we come right back. >>> plus the eagles add a pro poller to their -- pro bowler to their rock solid defense. >>> some people say those who own an amazon alexa there's a ghost in the machine. we just moved in about four months ago, but the living room's pretty blank. we did a lot of research online. we just need to have a designer put it all together. mmm hmm. this is great! so, it's really nice when clients come in and have... done some of their own research. and then, i make it happen. what do you think about these chairs and that table? working with a bassett designer was really easy. us being young profession

let's move on to racing and the cheltenham festival where the big race of the day — the queen mother champion chase — was won by the favourite altior. the nicky henderson—trained horse, ridden by nico de boinville stormed home in impressive style to win the race by around 12 lengths. he is brave enough, he kept his jumping together. yes, you was off the bridle for a moment, but as soon as they put out from behind the other horses, you could just see him pick it up and the good old gears changed and off he went. it was game over, actually, in a matter of strides. the day's racing,though, was marred by a serious—looking injury to ruby walsh. cheltenham's most successful jockey was taken to hospital after a heavy fall in the rsa chase and it's now been confirmed he will miss the rest of the festival. england have delayed naming their side to face ireland at twickenham on saturday after more injury doubts emerged over the fitness of their captain dylan hartley and winger elliot daly. it's bad news too for courtney lawes and nathan hughes. both will be out for the rest of the season

been ruled out of the grand national following a grand nationalfollowing a nasty fall at last week's cheltenham festival. he had only returned from breaking his right leg five days previously and then aggregating the injury at the festival. he says he is planning to return at punchestown. cameras are to be used on the grand tour this season to prevent riders from hiding motors on their bikes. the move comes as cycling's governing body tries to fight technological fraud. thermal cameras have been used in the last two tour de france. we are just ten days away from one of the biggest boxing event in history. anthony joshua welcome the world's media into his gym as he prepares for the unification fight againstjoseph parker. many consider this a stepping stone to the meeting with the wbc champion deontay wilder, but joshua insists he is wary of the challenge posed by his next opponent, even though he is a strong favourite going into the fight. nowadays, there's so many opinions and so many voices, if you keep on listening to everyone's opinion, how are you going to believe in yourself7 are you going

and no ruby walsh for the rest of the cheltenham festival. awful fall for the top jockey rest tony mcrae yesterday. -- awful fall jockey rest tony mcrae yesterday. -- awfulfall for jockey rest tony mcrae yesterday. -- awful fall for the jockey rest tony mcrae yesterday. -- awfulfall for the top jockey rest tony mcrae yesterday. -- awful fall for the top jockey yesterday. the serious injury yesterday, he went to hospital with a suspected broken leg, he found that the second last fence and it seems he has broken the same local four months ago, onlyjust made a return to racing, and he will miss the rest of the festival including freddie's gold. the big race was the queen mother champion chase altior easley came home first. finally, some bad news from south korea. gb cannot win a medal in the curling. they lost korea in the penultimate round robin knoche. in the afternoon's session, norway's victory over slovakia, it means the brits are out, even if they beat china, some disappointment for paralympics gb in pyeongchang. more through the morning.

who testified the now disgraced show biz legend drugged her and then sexually assaulted her in his cheltenham mansion back in 04. the first trial ended with a hung jury. cosby's new did he first team headed by l.a. to me mevrov moved to have the charges dismissed on the grounds that the statute of limitations has passed. constand testified the assault occurred in january of 04 but cosby's lawyer suggest the encounter may have taken place earlier saying they'll produce her phone records saying she made no calls to open the drive way gates at the cosby home during the month in question. and if the encounter was indeed earlier the lawyers will say it would be outside the statute of limitations, too late to prosecute. the judge denied the motion to dismiss and said a jury should decide on her credibility. the prosecution's tried once again to get judge steven o'neill to allow testimony from 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 used against constand. the defense will arguing their side of

drugging and groping former temple university athletic department employee andrea constand inside his cheltenham mansion in january 2004. the much older cosby was a friend of mentor to couldn't stand part of pattern say prosecutors of cosby taking advantage of such relationships. a brand new defense team led by former michael jackson attorney tom messerau insists the other accusers stories are either 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'neill 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 for montgomery county in norristown i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> bucks county a firefight

drugging and groping former temple university athletic department employee andrea constand sign side his cheltenham home in january of 2004. the defense wants to be allowed to but marguerite jackson on the witness stand a comfier co work of constand's she was barred from testifying 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. it was not mentioned during the original proceedings. prosecutors say during negotiations toward the ultimate settlement of that suit, cosby admitted behavior that helps their case. the defense says constand attempt to get money from cosby through the lawsuit bolsters marge wrote jackson's claims. spectators hoping for a public war of words between lawyers may be disappointed. no comment from montgomery county district attorney kevin steele after the hearing wrapped up. and only this from lead defense tom messerau. >> this case is going to be tried in the courtroom, not the media. >> re

jim and rahel, yeah, right now we are by cheltenham plaza live in wyncote and our story today is visibility. as you can see behind me, the know is coming down very very hard. and earlier when we were on our way to doylestown because that's where we were supposed to be, um, visibility became a probl for us. earlier not because the snow was coming down super heavy, but because i don'know if you can see it right here, our windshield was meetly smashed. so jim and rahel here i am sitting passenger side. casey kuhn or incredible photograph is driving and we're going like, you know, the speed limit like 30, keeping it, you know keeping it light. all of a sudden, while i was, you know, i guess playing on facebook a little bit, i hear boom! wack! right on the windshield. yeah, it turns out, a huge chunk of snow and ice off of a sign on 309 just by susquehanna smashed our windshield. case come over here so they can really see i'm going to open up the door of the van. can you see that you guys? shards of glass are all right here. thankfully we are all fine. but this -- tears the things that happened

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

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

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

and coming up on sportsday on bbc news: the irish dominate at cheltenham, while trainer willie mullins and penhill were the big winners on day three of the festival. good evening. three of britain's closest allies have declared their strong support for theresa may's response to the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in salisbury. the united states, france and germany blamed russia for the chemical attack, which they said was an attack on british sovereignty. during the day, theresa may visited salisbury for the first time since the incident and met health officials and members of the emergency services, including the police officer who attended the scene and is still in hospital — as our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports. his report contains flashing lights. this was theresa may's first visit to salisbury since the nerve agent attack. a chance to be briefed by the police and public health officials. but also a chance to meet members of the public, to chat, to reassure. and, yes, even to do this. she visited the scene of the attack on the former russian

sport, jockey ruby walsh is ruled out of next month's grand national at aintree following his fall at cheltenham last week. the amount of plastic in the ocean is set to treble within a decade unless action is taken, a government report has warned. the foresight future of the sea study also highlights the threats of rising sea levels and warming oceans. but it also predicts positive opportunities for the uk to use new technologies to cash in on the global "ocean economy." here's our environment analyst roger harrabin. the world is waking up to the menace of plastic in the oceans. the report says the best solution is to stop it getting to the sea in the first place. in the longer term better biodegradable plastics could help. plastic waste in the ocean is expected to triple by 2025 the report says. and that is not all. we are also having pollutions from farms, pesticides and fertilisers. from industry, even from pharmaceuticals. the report says all these together are combined to make a mighty problem for the oceans. but how did things get so bad? the report's authors say it is a question of out of

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

we'll round—up day one of the cheltenham festival, where buveur d'air won the big race of the day, the champion hurdle. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at six. police have been giving more details about the last known movements of sergei skripal and his daughter before they collapsed in salisbury nine days ago. 33—year—old yulia skripal arrived in the uk the day before they were poisoned with a military grade nerve agent. time is running out for russia to respond to the prime minister's demand for a credible explanation as to how the nerve agent ended up in salisbury. the deadline is midnight tonight. let's get the latest from daniel sandford, who's in salisbury. police describe this today as an extremely challenging investigation that unique and complex issues, and that unique and complex issues, and thatis that unique and complex issues, and that is because of the dangers to eve ryo ne that is because of the dangers to everyone involved from that russia and nerve agent used in what police call a despicable, reckless and targeted attack. this evening, there was intense

cue card won the champion bumper at cheltenham in 2010 and the ryanair chase three years later. finally, in the last hour it has been announced that the 2028 ryder cup will be hosted at hazeltine national in minnesota. the cause was the sight of the usa‘s victory in 2016 and it will be the first american venue to hold the event between the us and europe‘s top golfers for a second time. that‘s all the sport for now. holly hamilton is up next for you in the next hour. thank you, jessica crichton. now for more on the ongoing diplomatic row that is growing between russia and frankly pretty much everybody else at the moment, the united states announcing it is sending 60 russian diplomats home from new york and washington, dc and from seattle. this remarkable tweet was bloated by russia in the usa, the russian embassy in washington —— was posted by russia. they are running a quiz. it then lists various consulates in russia, including yekaterinburg, st petersburg and others. a rather interesting reaction to what the united states has announced today. let‘s talk about this m

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 that 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 voy

and coming up on sportsday: the big race of the opening day of the cheltenham festival, the champions hurdle, was won by favourite buveur d'air, who nowjoins some of jump racing's greats. good evening. there are two hours left to the deadline announced by theresa may for moscow probably made in russia was used to attack a former spy and his daughter. sergei skripal and his daughter yulia were taken ill over a week ago in salisbury. the kremlin said today it would not cooperate with any investigation until it was given a sample of the substance involved. as tensions deepened between london and moscow, scotland yard gave more details of the attack and appealed for more witnesses. our first report tonight is from our diplomatic correspondent, james landale it began as a brutal attack on the streets of salisbury, the poisoning of a former russian intelligence officer and his daughter. but it's become tonight a global diplomatic row, with britain in confrontation with moscow and looking for allies. the kremlin hasjust two hours left to explain what role it played salisbury. to say how a ne

altior wins the big race on day two of the cheltenham festival. the favourite stormed home in impressive style to win by 12 lengths. good evening. britain is expelling 23 russian diplomats after moscow refused to explain how a military grade nerve agent was used on a former spy in salisbury. it's the biggest such expulsion for more than 30 years. the prime minister told parliament that the "undeclared intelligence officers" have just one week to leave. the uk has also cut off all high level contacts with russia and announced that government ministers and the royal family will not attend the world cup. here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. it was right to offer russia the opportunity to provide an explanation. but their response has demonstrated complete disdain for the gravity of these events. the midnight deadline came and went, leaving a morning with no new answers. theresa may went prepared to prime minister's questions, ready to announce the biggest diplomatic action against russia since the cold war. they have treated the use of a mi