Hello and welcome to sportsday im holly hamilton. Coming up on the programme. After sliding, skiing and snowboarding to success, we Welcome Home Team gb from their most successful Winter Olympics. Hopefully it has put snowboarding on the map. And tributes to british boxer Scott Westgarth who died following a light heavyweight fight in doncaster at the weekend. Hello and welcome to the programme and after recording their highest ever medal tally at a winter 0lympics team gb has returned to the uk. They touched down at heathrow earlier welcomed by family, friends and some excited fans. They were quite happy to show off the new silverware around their necks wouldnt you be . We sent our reporter Daniella Relph to meet them. The plane catch down at Heathrow Airportjust the plane catch down at Heathrow Airport just after two oclock this afternoon and on board was put ons was successful Winter Olympics team with five medallists. As the athletes what the new arrivals they we re athletes what t
Also this hour, how Climate Change is transforming the british garden. They will be looking at new techniques because of rising temperatures. And looking for love online one rhinos search for a partner on the dating app tinder. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The labour party has switched its Election Campaigning to the nhs today pledging to give a bigger pay rise to nhs staff in england if it wins The General Election. Labour says it would scrap tuition fees and Restore Bursaries for Student Nurses and midwives which are due to end in august. The party says it would end the current 1 cap on Wage Increases, in part because nhs staff had been undervalued, Overworked And Underpaid by the government. Labour says. And it says its policies would be paid for by reversing Corporation Tax cuts. The party says a Labour Government would also introduce tougher rules to ensure that Staffing Levels in hospitals are safe. The Shadow Health secretary, jon ashworth, said the money was ther
I think its a fundamental change and a very important decision. Trustees say its time to end the Toxic Association with slavery. If ive got members of staff who are uncomfortable coming in the building, if there are people, bristolians, and people from further afield who feel that this place isnt for them because of perceived associations, then thats something i cant be doing with. Like other ports around the uk, this city is still struggling to come to terms with the role that it played in the brutality of the slave trade. A period which brought wealth and influence, but which also caused lasting shame. So for some, todays announcement was a pointless attempt to air brush history. For others, its a moral victory. Id look at that and think a disgusting man. He could have been involved in the transportation of my ancestors to a life of hardship. I think its far too pc. I think its ludicrous. I mean, its at colston hall for donkeys years. Thats the brand and thats what we should stick wi
I think its a fundamental change and a very important decision. Trustees say its time to end the Toxic Association with slavery. If ive got members of staff who are uncomfortable coming in the building, if there are people, bristolians, and people from further afield who feel that this place isnt for them because of perceived associations, then thats something i cant be doing with. Like other ports around the uk, this city is still struggling to come to terms with the role that it played in the brutality of the slave trade. A period which brought wealth and influence, but which also caused lasting shame. So for some, todays announcement was a pointless attempt to air brush history. For others, its a moral victory. Id look at that and think a disgusting man. He could have been involved in the transportation of my ancestors to a life of hardship. I think its far too pc. I think its ludicrous. I mean, its at colston hall for donkeys years. Thats the brand and thats what we should stick wi
Created the chances. I think they didnt shoot. And it was fantastic. Very pleased. Congratulate the players. And i think the three points we got and we have again reduced the gap to four points with chelsea. Elsewhere, arsenal Beat Leicester 1 0, with an own goal from robert huth. Arsenal are now back up to sixth four points off the Champions League places. And in the battle of the bottom two, middlesbrough recorded their first victory of 2017 by beating sunderland i o. The black cats on the brink of relegation which could come as early as this weekend. Theyre rock bottom and i2 points from safety. In spain, barcelona and real madrid remain level on points at the top, after they both won, and scored 13 goals between them. Lionel messi scored twice as barca thrashed osasuna 7 i, with gomes and alcacer also scoring two each. Javier mascherano got the other his first goal for barcelona in 319 games for the club. And real madrid won 6 2 at deportivo la coruna, where James Rodriguez scored