Days, Christian Fraser and katty kay will be getting reaction to the news that Donald Trumps lawyers are trying to prevent the publication of a book containing explosive allegations about his presidency. As more evidence of the pressure faced by the nhs this winter, well be live at a hospital in lancashire. And well have more on the irn bru fans whove been stockpiling the soft drink ahead of a planned recipe change thats all ahead on bbc news. Now its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im holly hamilton. On tonights programme. On his way home andy murray pulls out of this months australia open after failing to recover from an ongoing hip injury. Injury worries for britains Johanna Konta, too. She retires from her quarter final match at the Brisbane International. We look ahead to this evenings football, as tottenham host west ham at wembley. Iam going i am going to have the twists and turns from the ashes. Good evening and welcome. We start with the news that andy murr
And ireland pip the french in paris with the last kick of the match. Its a brilliant start to the 6 nations. And ben has the weather. Good morning. Its shaping up to be a brighter day for most today, quite a brighter day for most today, quite a lot of sunshine around but some wintry showers too brought in on a cold north easterly wind. All the weather details you need to know on the way. Cheers, ben. Talk to you later. Good morning. First, our main story. Scotland yard is looking into two more allegations of Sexual Assault against the hollywood Film Producer harvey wine steen. It brings the total number of women who have reported him to British Police to nine. The Actress Uma Thurman has also alleged he assaulted her at a hotel in london in the 1990s. Our correspondent simon jones has more. She starred in several films produced by the disgraced movie mogul. It was after the success of pulp fiction that uma thurman says she was targeted by Harvey Weinstein. Now shes the latest woman to
Been so popular. The world cup is touted as the third biggest sporting event in the world. Player salaries get ever larger, and the game expands into new territories, from georgia to china. And yet my guest today says the sport could be brought to its knees if ongoing tensions between the games major stakeholders turn sour. Rob andrew is a former england international, and last year, he ended ten years as a top administrator at the rugby football union. What is his game plan for securing rugbys future . Rob andrew, welcome to extra time. Thank you. One of the most eye catching phrases in your book is particularly doom laden. You write interests and conflict at the height of rugby on this planet to be easily bring the entire sport to its knees. Why do you say that . Well, it is an interesting point, and actuallyjust this last few days, with the Southern Hemisphere teams coming up to the north, and barbarians playing the all blacks, the Southern Hemisphere unions themselves, and all thre
Rugby union has never been so popular. The world cup is touted as the third biggest sporting event in the world. Player salaries get ever larger, and the game expands into new territories, from georgia to china. And yet my guest today says the sport could be brought to its knees if ongoing tensions between the games major stakeholders turn sour. Rob andrew is a former england international, and last year he ended ten years as a top administrator at the rugby football union. What is his game plan for securing rugbys future . Rob andrew, welcome to extra time. Thank you. One of the most eye catching phrases in your book, rugby the game of my life, is particularly doom laden. You write, the non alignment of interests and inherent conflicts at the heart of the two biggest rugby nations on this planet could easily bring the entire sport to its knees. Why do you say that . Well, its an interesting point. And actually, just this last few days, with the Southern Hemisphere teams coming up to t
Make Funding Pledges to tackle Cash Shortages in schools in england. The boss of barclays will be facing pressure today over his pay and also his handling of a controversy surrounding recruitment in the bank. Ill have the details shortly. In sport, the french opens a fortnight away and andy murray says he still needs to get better but hes through to the third round in madrid. Our build up to this years Eurovision Song Contest starts here the bbcs Steve Rosenberg is in kiev with all the tunes and all the facts you need to enjoy the worlds biggest singing competition. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Thank you. Iam in kew gardens next to the Japanese Gateway. I will tell you more about it through the morning but if you adjust stepping out it is a chilly start although most of us will have a day of plenty of sunshine, except in the north of scotland where we have some patchy rain. Good morning. First our main story. President trump has fired the head of the fbi james comey in a mo