Our Ireland Correspondent Sara Girvin reports. After years of strained relations, this was the Moment Sir Keir starmer was given A Hundred Thousand welcomes to dublin. There were smiles and handshakes as he and his irish counterpart were presented with football jerseys. This will be proudly worn in north london before too long. Both leaders said this was an opportunity to renew and deepen the friendship between britain and ireland. I know as two new leaders of our respective countries, we both said we wish to really place British Irish Relations on a new path, and i really appreciate the time that youve given to that since taking office. Its really important to me and to my government, and i think it is the moment for reset, and its when we put meaning behind those words. International matters took Centre Stage following a roundtable business discussion. We have to be clear in the face of russian aggression, we have to stand together to coordinate, stand with our allies and give ukrain
Let me bring you some breaking news on the nhs. The average Response Time in february for ambulances in england dealing with the most urgent incidents, defined as calls from people with life threatening illnesses or injuries, was eight minutes and 25 seconds, nhs figures show. This is down very slightly from eight minutes and 26 Seconds Injanuary, but is above the target standard Response Time of seven minutes. Ambulances took an average of 36 minutes and 20 seconds last month to respond to emergency calls such as heart attacks, strokes and sepsis. This is down from a0 minutes and six Seconds Injanuary while the target is 18 minutes. Response times for urgent calls, such as late stages of labour, Non Severe Burns and diabetes, averaged two hours, four minutes and 12 seconds in february, down from two hours, 12 minutes and 48 seconds in january. Back to our top story. The communities secretary, michael gove, has told the bbc why the government is introducing a new definitgion for extrem
Lizzie Greenwood Hughes is there for us. Once again, Willie Mullins has triumphed in the Sport Ofjump Racing at the cheltenham gold cup, for in six years for the irish maestro and two in succession although his margin of victory was not as great as last year, this was our ghibli a more impressive performance from the horse because the ground is testing soft but heavy and places for more than 30 years where the word heavy has been in the official going here at cheltenham. But he saw off is hugely talented competitors, so it was another poor day for the bookmakers here, but a great day and great week for the cheltenham festivals most successful winning trainer, Willie Mullins. Here he is speaking to laura scott. It mullins. Here he is speaking to Laura Scott Laura scott. It has been extraordinary, laura scott. It has been extraordinary, our laura scott. It has been i extraordinary, our horses laura scott. It has been extraordinary, our horses were in such extraordinary, our horses were i
Gunfire in this amount of darkness, there is a light still burning. Still we see individuals fighting this oppression through their own talent. Horns blare gunfire after 20 years of a deadly war, the taliban return to power for the second time. Rapidly introducing sweeping changes. Restricting life for women becomes a top priority. Chanting as the world watches on, two sisters in afghanistan, who we wont identify for their own safety, witness first hand the new Taliban Regime tightening its grip on the country. But the sisters have a plan. Chanting at a huge risk to their lives, the sisters started a movement on social media and called it the last torch. She sings a few days after the talibans takeover, wearing blue burqas, the sisters released a song which quickly went viral, even though no one knew who they were. She sings soon after, they posted their next song, Performing A Famous Poem by the late poet nadia anjuman. She protested the taliban when they first took power in 1996, in