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
the australian entertainer, barry humphries dies at the age of 89. he was best known for performances of his alter egos dame edna everage and sir les patterson. and eyes are on hollywood star owned wrexham, which hopes to return to the english football league for the first time in 15 years. hello, i m samantha simmonds. we start in sudan, where the army says foreign nationals from the uk as well as the united states, france and china are to be evacuated in the coming hours . these are saudi state tv pictures of a boat reported to be carrying saudi citizens and some other nationals arriving injeddah, across the red sea from sudan. other ships are said to be due to dock injeddah later. the head of sudan s military agreed to facilitate the evacuation, as fighting in the capital khartoum enters its second week. the saudi broadcaster says the evacuees were carried in a convoy of vehicles to port sudan from where they boarded ships tojeddah. the most intense fighting in sudan
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
wrexham football club, whose takeover by hollywood stars gained worldwide attention, are celebrating their return to the english football league. the owners ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney watched the club beat boreham wood 3 1 to win the national league title. the club posting this video of the team celebrating on their twitter page with the caption: fearless in devotion, rising t0 promotion! prince william has tweeted his congratulations. our correspondent, tomos dafydd, joins us from wrexham. he was watching all of the action. great scenes, take us to it. what s the feeling there tonight? a lot of happy fans. the feeling there tonight? a lot of ha - fans. ., , the feeling there tonight? a lot of happy fem- the feeling there tonight? a lot of happy fans. lots and lots of happy fans. the happy fans. lots and lots of happy fans- the day happy fans. lots and lots of happy fans. the day started happy fans. lots and lots of happy fans. the day started with - happy fans
in belfast, to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement, and to show america s commitment to the peace process. twitter owner elon musk, one of the world s richest men, gives a rare exclusive interview to the bbc where he admits to mistakes when buying the social media giant twitter. this the pain level of twitter has been extremely high. it hasn t been some sort of party. so, it s been really quite a stressful situation. could there be good news on the way for homeowners? after a sharp surge in interest rates, the world s bigggest financial institution says they will come down but don t say when. what does that mean if you are a borrower and a homeowner? i take a look. in sport, a masterclass in manchester as city thrash bayern munich to take a huge step towards the champions league semifinals. another wet and windy day today, the strongest winds will be in the west and south and north east scotland, gales and severe gales at times, which could lead to some dis