shape good evening, this is your sports news. we start with rugby union and ireland proved just why they re the world s number one ranked side in the six nations today. they held off a strong scotland side at murrayfield themselves chasing an outside shot at the championship to win 22 7 this afternoon. it keeps their perfect record this year intact as olly foster reports. the confidence comes with being number one in the world, sitting on top of the six nations table, and beating scotland seven times in a row, but both sides had plenty to play for. there is so much riding on this match. for the irish, it s all about chasing the grand slam. for scotland, they need a win to keep themselves in the title fight. and that would also see them claim their first triple crown in 33 years. stuart hogg s children will be too young to remember, they weren t even born the last time scotland won this fixture. this was the full back s 100th cap and it meant a lot. the first half was p
in the next 2a hours, between gary lineker and the bbc, in a row over impartiality which disrupted sports programmes over the weekend. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. it s 7am in singapore and 4pm in los angeles where stars are arriving for the oscars ceremony in hollywood which will start in the next few hours. the science fiction film everything everywhere all at once leads the way with nominations it has 11. but there could be stiff competition from the the german language war film all quiet on the western front the biopic elvis or the irish set drama the banshees of inisherin . and in a first for the ceremony there will also be a crisis team working there. the organisers say it s there to mitigate any potential surprises. i m joined now by our north america correspondent peter bowes whose at an oscars watch party. a lwa ys always great to get you on the programme during oscars seaso
Northern area, sunny skies in aberdeen but temperatures right now round 12 degrees, further south, some warmth holding on. 21 in norfolk but with more in the way of cloud. Dividing the weather we have this band of rain, Heavy Rain Falling in parts of west wales, into north west england, to the north of that, some beautiful sunny skies, scattering of showers in the north west of scotland. Windy in the far north no. The south of the rain band any brighter spells will lift temperatures to 22, maybe 23, further north we have seen that 12 for aberdeen, same goes for glasgow, 13 in belfast and the Dividing Line between the cool air in the north, the warm and muggy air in the south is this Weather Front and this is going to move a bit further southwards as we go through tonight. Really stalling across southern england, parts of south wales and the midland, so more rain to come. Temperatures in the south west overnight, 16 degrees, compare that with, well, just one in the scottish highlands, c