diego costa then extended chelsea s lead with his 50th premier league goal. he added a 51st in the 89th minute before another ex chelsea player ryan bertrand gave the scoreline an air of respectability in added time. conte‘s men coping perfectly with the psychological pressure of a title run in. we are playing with this pressure from a long time, but it s normal because when you play and when you have to fight, and you are fighting for the title, it s normal to have this type of pressure. you must be ready for this mental effort also, not only physical effort but also mental effort. but, yeah, it s not easy, not easy, but we are fighting and we are ready to fight from now until the end. over in spain, atletico madrid s faint title aspirations have surely been snuffed after they were beaten 1 0 at home to villareal. they stay seven points behind the top two having played two games more than real madrid and one game more than barcelona. former england captain tony adams‘ ba
signature policies is facing a delay. he s now said he s willing to delay trying to secure us federal funds to build his wall along part of the border with mexico until september. the president has until the end of the week to agree federal spending plans with congress, or risk marking his hundredth day in office with a government shutdown. our north america editor jon sopel has more details. reporter: mr president, are you going to insist on border funding? donald trump made his fortune as a builder. now the president is staking a huge amount of political capital on the most controversial construction project of his life, a 2,000 mile long wall to separate the us from its southern neighbour, mexico. and no one can say it has come out of the blue. it was almost his campaign theme tune. we re going to do the wall, and by the way, who s going to pay for the wall? crowd: mexico! who is going to pay for the wall? mexico! who? mexico! but the mexicans have been blunt in their resp
intelligence reports, the country is capable of producing a nuclear bomb every six to seven weeks. pictures of the recently appointed presidential advisor, ivanka trump, along with christine lagarde and angela merkel at the w20 summit, cover the front pages of most of the european papers today. the independent headlines the fact that miss trump was booed on stage. according to the guardian financial, world stock markets have surged to new highs. the markets peaked thanks to optimism about the outcome of the french presidential election and a boost in us tech shares. flying cars have made the front page of city am today. mine and working! aren t. the ride hailing app uber, says it s working with nasa and the federal aviation administration, and plans to demonstrate a network of flying cars within just three years. and finally, babies in bags! these images on the front page of the metro, might look like the stuff of science fiction, but these synthetic wombs tested on lambs
are switching accounts for better service for our money. in sport, seven points clear now. chelsea close in on the premier league title with a vital victory over southampton. we ll also be looking at how your garden grows, as a new report says climate change affects the north and the south in very different ways. and carol has the weather. good morning. another cool day in prospect. still some wintry showers in the forecast but there will be some sunshine as well. later, cloud coming in from the north west and the wind eases but i will have more detail in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. labour has promised to increase pay for nhs staff and to restore bursaries for nurses in training if it wins the general election. the party says it will abolish the current cap for staff in england which limits pay increases to i%. it also plans to introduce a law that ensures staffing levels in hospitals are safe. our health editor hugh pym reports. marchers by student
trump s tax cuts and those french elections. riding the wave of the foodie revolution. celebrity chef mark hix will be with us to talk, food, fads and investment. today, we want to know is cash your king? a survey says a third of us would rather pay digitally, do you still carry cash or is contactless the future? let us know. just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. cash, rachel. always carry that with you. i shouldn t say that. i don t have any cash on me! shaking up the tax system has been a major theme of the trump administration. today he s promising what he describes as a big announcement on his planned reforms. in fact, mr trump has already said he s planning what he s called maybe the biggest tax cut we ve ever had . during the campaign he talked about cutting the top individual tax rate from 36.9% to 25%. in terms of business, he wants to cut the corporate tax rate from 35% to 15%. mr trump has also proposed charging american firms a one off tax ofjust 10% on money they br