And britains dom parsons claims britains first medal of the Winter Olympics in the skeleton and the first by a male competitor for seventy yea rs. Chelsea have eased into the sixth round of the fa cup with a comfortable a nil victory over championship strugglers hull city. There was no upset in tonights other game either as leicester beat another championship side Sheffield United. Adam wild rounds up the action. Even in this competition framed for u psets few even in this competition framed for upsets few expected one. Whole citys real battle lies elsewhere. Hull. Citys real battle lies elsewhere. Hull. What a start for chelsea the only surprise about the second was it did not come sooner. Pedro unchallenged and untroubled. Now only trying to keep the score respectable. Quite, quite brilliant. At least some fans could stay smiling even though more misery kept coming. Chelsea unstoppable and 4 0 by half time. A second half penalty. Chelsea marks through to the quarter finals again. Che
Sportsday has the latest action from the fa cup weekend fifth round ties, along with the highlights from todays winter olympics. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Team gb is celebrating its most successful day in winter olympic history. Lizzy yarnold won gold in the womens skeleton becoming the first briton ever to defend a winter olympic title. There was a bronze too in the event for her team mate laura deas, and a bronze in the ski slopestyle for izzy atkin. But there was disappointment for the medalfavourite Elise Christie who crashed in the semi final of the 1500 metre speed skating and was taken to hospital. David ornstein reports from pyeongchang. Guiding Great Britain to unprecedented glory, Lizzy Yarnold and laura deas turning dreams into reality, rewriting the record books. Commentator Lizzy Yarnold next, the olympic champion, can she make history and win it again . Yarnold went into her final slide in second place, but conjured an imperious display and the fastest time an
Welcome to bbc news. In the past hour, Lizzy Yarnold has won team gbs first gold medal at the Winter Olympics in south korea. Shes won the womens skeleton, making yarnold the first british competitor to defend a winter olympic title. Shes not alone on the podium as her team mate laura deas got a bronze medal in the event. Our Sports Correspondent david 0rnstein is in pyeong chang. Weeks and months on snow and ice can come down tojust weeks and months on snow and ice can come down to just an instant. At these games, a few seconds can turn iy these games, a few seconds can turn joy to despair. This was a Elise Christies second medal shot, with one lap to go she had a route to the final. She had to finish in the top two but then this happened. As they come around the final bend. Elise christie has crashed again this most brutal sport can have the most painful ending, and for her, heartbreak comes with jeopardy. Her favourite events begins in three days time. She now has a race to recover.
A bribe, there is always someone ready to pay, we will make sure we deal with both of them. Hello and welcome to world news today. The office of robert muller, the special counsel investigating russian interference in the us president ial election, has filed charges against 13 russian individuals and three companies. The charges include conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Earlier rod rosenstein, the us Deputy Attorney general, made this statement to reporters. In the past hour, President Trump has tweeted, the conspiracy was part of a larger organisation, which is part of using domestic audiences and also targeting foreign audiences in multiple countries will stop in the past hour, President Trump has tweeted, again, that his campaign did nothing wrong and that there was no collusion. Meanwhile the Russian Foreign ministry dismissed allegations of russian meddling as absurd. Lets get more from our correspondent Anthony Zurcher in washington. When we talk abou
Later to decide whether henry bolte and should remain as the ukip leader. In sport, a famous second medal for Great Britain at the Winter Olympics. Atjust 19, izzy atkin has won a bronze after a brilliant aerial display in the Womens Slopestyle a first ever medal for britain on skis. And beehives, bobs and blowdries our entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson takes a rather personal trip back through the history of hairdressing. And sarah has the weather. Good morning, actually start of the day, a little bit of patchy rain in the forecast that the sunshine towards the east of england. I will bring you the full forecast in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. President trump has met survivors of wednesdays High School Shooting in florida at the hospital where theyre being treated. He also thanked the Emergency Services and medical staff who treated those who were wounded when the suspect, nikolas cruz, opened fire, killing 17 people. Barbara plett usher reports. The funer