the united states of america. norah: former vice president mike pence jumps into the republican race for the white house, taking aim at his former boss, donald trump. i believe that anyone who put themselves the constitution should never be president of the united states. a florida woman is facing manslaughter at assault charges after a very disturbing shooting that is leading to new questions about the state stand your ground law. she had no weapon. she posed no imminent threat to anyone. the fight over transgender rights, meet 18 activist pushing back against a growing bounds on transgender care. what are you fighting for? the right to exist. speak of the vatican says pope francis is expected to be hospitalized for several days after undergoing abdominal surgery. norah: and rap icon tupac get some. usable musical we probably we hollywood walk of fame, the legendary tupac shakur. norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this we
norah: former vice president mike pence jumps into the republican race for the white house, taking aim at his former boss, donald trump. i believe anyone that puts themselves the constitution should never be president of the united states. a florida woman is facing manslaughter and assault charges after a very disturbing shooting that is leading to new questions about the state s stand your ground law. she had no weapon. she posed no imminent threat to anyone. the fight over transgender rights. meet a teen activist pushing back against a growing bans on transgender care. what are you fighting for? the right to exist.po francis is expected to be hospitalized for several days after undergoing abdominal surgery. norah: and rap icon tupac gets some. california love we proudly welcome to the hollywood walk of fame, the legendary tupac shakur. [applause] norah: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this we
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
were forced to reveal a massive drop in party membership this week. now it s over to the sports centre for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. ireland are grand slam champions they defeated england in dublin and the celebrations are onlyjust beginning. france kept their end of the deal, but ultimately not enough they came away with a win over wales in paris. also coming up on sportsday: 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? from the bbc sport centre, this is sportsday. hello there, and welcome along to sportsday. plenty to come but we start with the six nations, and ireland have won a first six nations title since 2018. they ve completed the grand slam with a 29 16 win against england in dublin. jess softley reports. this is ireland s night. this is the
there are growing calls for the train company transpennine express to have its contract revoked after more than 40% of planned trains were cancelled this week. the operator, which runs trains in the north of england and into scotland, has apologised and said high levels of sickness and a training backlog caused the issues. spencer stokes has been on board to see what commuters have been making of the disruption. 7.20 in the morning and the manchester bound platform at leeds is deserted. passengers appear to be staying away as a result of back to back train cancellations. the next fast train to manchester won t leave for an hour. crossing the pennines involves getting an overcrowded, stopping train. how long will this 43 mile journey take? on board, we meet heather, heading to work in huddersfield. i have just let my boss know i will be late, there was nothing we can do about it, they are understanding but it is a consistent issue and getting worse. i never had to do this be