the scottish national party s chief executive has resigned with immediate effect after they were forced to reveal a dramatic drop in membership this week. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. it s crunch time in dublin as ireland go for the grand slam against england we ll have the latest. earlier france kept alive their hopes of snatching the title, with a win over wales in paris. and reunion at the etihad but will burnley s vincent kompany come away all smiles against his former boss in the fa cup quarterfinals? a blow for f1 champion max verstappen he won t be on pole, for this weekend s saudi grand prix. we ll tell you why. and a big fight at the 02 can we expect fireworks in the ufc, in the rematch between leon edwards and kamara usman? hello there, and welcome along to sportsday. plenty to come, but we start with the six nations and ireland are within touching distance of a first six nations title since 2018. they re on course to
come the same week that hunter biden lawyers will meet with department of justice officials, one source telling fox news it s not necessarily a signal that prosecutors are ready to charge hunter but the timing it sure interesting especially now that white house appears to be doing damage control over that testimony from the former cia deputy director who told congress now secretary of state blinken played a role in inception of the letter signed by intel officials that describe the hunter biden laptop story as disinformation a white house spokesperson attacking republicans on the judiciary committee, claiming that testimony was highly misleading and a selective whreek all of the accusations about hunter bide about and corruption within the biden administration, the president himself says his presidency is actually pretty dull. take a listen. putting on my sunglasses. so i can see [applause] as i told my distinguished friend from massachusetts and good friend senator marke
agency in our city. wow, kellyanne listen, i want to put up a grafng here that shows what s going on in new york city. all right new york city crime stats week of april the 10th through the 16th all right total up 46%. all right, we have a plus 45 robbery plus on 45 on grand larceny and auto i imagine means stealing cars. is he says that migrants are the ones doing this because that s what it feels like that s wrong with the city. the comments were about the fact that joe biden government created quote humanitarian crisis here in new york because they let migrants cross border millions and millions now and in the city of new york excuse me where all four of my children were born and loved living for many years it is almost unrecognizable in some places they got 280 migrants and for food and lodging each day and
let s have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today.. it took just an it tookjust an hour and 17 minutes, she will face the second seed in the final. novak djokovic won t be playing at next week s miami 0pen after being denied entry to the united states will stop you apply for special permission because he s not vaccinated against corona for a proof of vaccination is required until at least april the 10th. sam bennett s hopes of winning in san remo ended near the finish after this crash. mario vander pole won the race, six to two years after his french grandfather. he also becomes the first dutchman to win since 1985. and hopes of winning rally mexico are over after this crash on stage 11. he started five seconds clear of sebastien 0gier. new zealand are in