and there s revenge for ons jabeur as she claims victory in charleston. hello and thanks for joining us, here s your latest sports news. hello there, we ll start with football because was this the weekend that the premier league title race swung back towards the holders manchester city. leaders arsenal were looking for their eighth league win in a row, but threw away a 2 goal lead to draw 2 all with liverpool at anfield. gabriel martinelli and gabriel jesus put the gunners 2 up inside half an hour. mo salah pulled one back by the break and also missed a penalty early in the second half, dragging his spot kick wide of the post. substitute roberto firmino scored the equaliser inside the last 5 minutes and liverpool were denied victory by a number of stunning saves from keeper aaron ramsdale. i imagine for the outside world it was a great game to watch. we started it really well and were dominant in the half and continued playing, scored the second and then just before half time
a deadly restaurant fire in madrid. two people have died and at least ten others are injured. you re watching bbc news. now its time for sportsday with chetan pathak hello and welcome to sportsday i m chetan pathak coming up on tonight s programme: a huge win for leicester in their fight for premier league survival they re out of the bottom three down but not out chelsea are narrowly beaten by barcelona in the first leg of their champions league semi final eight tries for england who thrash ireland to stay on course for a grand slam in the women s six nations also coming up on sportsday tonight. into the quarter the finals of the world snooker championship the rocket ronnie o sullivan blasts his way past hossein vafei welcome along this saturday night, thank you forjoining us. we start with the fight for survival in the premier league more on a huge win for leicester to come but the day started with a missed opportunity for leeds. they could have pulled clear o
ten others are injured. you re watching bbc news. now its time for sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night i m chetan pathak coming up on tonight s programme a mahrez hattrick as manchester city take another step towards the treble a huge win for leicester city in their fight for premier league survival they re out of the bottom three and eight tries for england who thrash ireland to stay on course for a grand slam in the women s six nations also coming up on sportsday. into the quarter the finals of the world snooker championship the rocket ronnie o sullivan blasts his way past hossein vafei welcome along, thank you forjoining us. who can stop manchester city? the answer is not sheffield united. the championship side, on the verge of premier league promotion, were looking to reach the fa cup final. but city were too good, 3 0 winners at wembley thanks to a riyad mahrez hattrick. our correspondent natalie pirks was watching:. pep pirks was watc
afternoon for most of us. yesterday was the warmest day of the year so far with temperatures reaching 21.2 in the highlands of scotland. where were the so toasty? that was down to the mountains themselves. most of us had brisk winds, but winds were blocked by the mountains to the sun s energy was concentrated, allowing temperatures to search. most of us, the wind meant that temperatures were not quite so high. more of the same over the next few days with this area of high pressure going nowhere very far for the next few days. although most of us will keep the sunshine this afternoon, there are a few exceptions. cloudier in the south east of england for a time. an odd showers possible. also some cloud across the eastern coast of scotland and north east england. around the coast, temperatures around 10 11, not feeling that warm. the highest temperature be further west. again, in the highlands looking at temperatures climbing into the low 20s. some of you might turn out to be qu
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world it was meant to cement a newly warm franco british relationship but the planned three day visit by king charles and the queen consort camilla to france this weekend has been suspended at the request of president macron, because of escalating protests and some violence over the french government s proposals for pension reform. more than a50 people were arrested on thursday and am members of the security forces were injured during the most violent day of protests since the start of the year, according to the french interior ministry. more than 1 million people took to the streets that day to protest against the retirement age being raised from 62 to 64. from paris, here s our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. tear gas. riot police. this is paris at the moment. there are piles of uncollected rubbish in the streets and angry demonstrators on the streets. furious with president macron ove