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
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,
Hamas, including the deputy head of the movements rocket forces. Shelling in the gaza strip continues unabated all morning, israeli aircraft attacked areas in the south of the enclave near the rafah checkpoint, through which a batch of humanitarian aid was delivered the day before. Several residential buildings were reportedly destroyed. The exact number of deaths is still unknown. And another serious attack was carried out on the nuseirat city market. After the shelling, a strong fire broke out there. Residents put it out on their own. There are not enough rescuers in the region. The idf also launched rocket attacks on airport runways in damasco and aleppo, the agency reported. Sanaa, the airfields are out of action. The Syrian Military clarifies that the attack took place at approximately 5 25 am. The missiles were fired from the mediterranean west of latakia and from the dutch heights. Thousands of people. Several thousand demonstrators gathered in the capital kualalumpuri and prote