a full bulletin of news at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, newscast. chris, can i read out some fan mail we ve received? 0h, blimey. have we? yeah. although there is a twist. this is from rich, who posted on the newscast discord server saying, i would like to say, a, i read it in the guardian, didn t understand it. b, i read it in the mail, didn t understand it. c, i listened to it on pm on radio 4 and didn t understand it. d, i listened to it on newscast, understood it, ithink, and have now explained it to others. hurrah! yay! so that s a big tick for us. although notably that was an episode you weren t in. that is a detail we could have glossed over. i was basking in rich s glorious vocabulary and praise and was quite happy to just soak it up in a very royal sense. but you know, you re right. i wasn t around. there is a chance for you to redeem yourself on this episode of newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello. it s adam in the studio. and it is chris in salford. and
she further wrote the funeral is still pending. they the funeral is still pending. said they were not sure could they said they were not sure if they could give him the funeral they say he deserves. the country s most vocal kremlin critic was found dead in a siberian prison 9 days ago. according to russian accounts, the 47 year old took a short walk, said he felt unwell, then collapsed and never regained consciousness. his mother, lyudmila navalnaya, was yesterday given an ultimatum to hold a secret funeral for her son or he would be buried at the penal colony where he died. she was given three hours to make her decision. let s speak to our correspondent olga ivshina from bbc russia. thank you forjoining us on the programme. how much of a surprise is this decision by the russian authorities to hand over his body? his sudden death came as a shock to many of his supporters and most of the people who follow russia, everyone was watching for this and waiting, he recorded that s
hello and welcome to sportsday with me, gavin ramjaun. silky scotland turn on the style against england at murrayfied as they look to close out a fourth calcutta cup in a row. england are on the up in the lith test against india, and they have the returning shaoib bashir to thank with the ball. and late drama at old trafford as fulham snatch a late win to beat manchester united. hello there and welcome along to the programme. the six nations returned today after a two week break. more ireland s win over wales in a moment, but first to a cracker a murrayfield, where scotland are closing in on yet another victory over england. well, steve borthwick s side got off the mark emphatically, as they looked to continue their unbeaten streak in the tournament. full back george furbank back in the side, got them off to the best start. but scotland were on the hunt for history. their talisman duhan van der merwe put them back in front with two tries. he went ont o complete his hat trick.