particularly spring outlook, quite a lot of rain on the way, often windy but generally it will stay mild with double digit temperatures for just about all of us. jane. thanks, ben. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, goodnight. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. our headlines this evening. an irish winner on st patrick s day. cheltenham s gold cup goes to galopin des champs and willie mullins. again. could that be just the first reason for ireland to celebrate this weekend? with a grand slam on home soil the prize for a win over england and who won the draw? the champions league lays out its fascinating final eight with manchester city and chelsea picked out in plum ties hello again. he was the favourite and perhaps not just with the bookies. on st patrick s day,
paramedics workers like nurses, midwives and paramedics do, whilst also being affordable for the taxpayer. the offer covers all nhs in england staff except doctors, who are on a different contract. also on the programme. the social media app tikto, kowned by a chinese company, is to be banned from uk government devices for security reasons. in eastern ukraine, a special report on the fighters in the trenches of bakhmut trying to resist the russian advance. gunfire. the russians are only 500 metres away. that s automatic fire. all along this line, grenade fire, automatic gunfire and tank fire. and, following the dry summer and winter, parts of england are facing a high risk of drought unless there s much rainfall in the weeks ahead. 0n bbc london. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel. there s a surprise in the big race of the day at cheltenham as 33 to one shot sire de berlais wins the stayers hurdle. good evening. after months of strike action by nhs staff in engla