Plenty of rain, but some Great Success for a very familiar sporting face today. Success for a very familiar sporting face toda. ,. , success for a very familiar sporting face today face today. Exactly, sarah. The heavens have face today. Exactly, sarah. The heavens have opened face today. Exactly, sarah. The heavens have opened here face today. Exactly, sarah. The heavens have opened here at l heavens have opened here at cheltenham, but little down dampen the spirit of sir alex ferguson. He hasnt had a Festival Winner before today, and that he had one with him on morale at the start of the day, and that he had second in the ryanair chase. You could see the look on sir Alex Fergusons face when he celebrated those two winners. It looked like the joy that we were used to seeing when he was a football manager. I asked dan skelton if he had ever spoken to sir alex about the impact of being a winning owner and what it means to him. Of being a winning owner and what it means to him means to h
And could face restrictions. Us Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer says Benjamin Netanyahu is a major obstacle to peace, as israel vows to push ahead with rafah offensive. The Spanish Parliament approves a controversial amnesty law that exonerates catalonia separatists. New figures show the number of middle aged people dying from cancer in the uk is at a record low. Sport now from the bbc sport centre. Hello from the bbc sport centre. Two time uspga champion Justin Thomas insists that the Players Championship which is under way in florida still has a really strong field, despite many of golf s big names being absent because theyve joined the saudi backed liv tour. Rory mcilroy s raised concerns that fans are losing interest because of the fragmented nature of the sport. Heres our golf correspondent, ian carter. It does feel different. Certain of the build up to the tournament has been dominated by the ongoing controversies that surround mens professional golf and the split that is th
2 2 on aggregate, and it was still level after extra time. And from the resulting spot kicks, it was argentinian Lautaro Martinez who skied the crucial one for inter. Atletico winning 3 2 on penalties. And dortmund are into the quarterfinals for the first time in three years. They beat dutch side psv 2 0. They got off the mark early, thanks to jadon sancho his early goal settling any nerves for the home side marco reus wrapped up the victory in stoppage time, as the germans won 3 1 on aggregate to go through. So, confirmation then of the last eight teams standing in europes top tier competition. Atletico and dortmund joining arsenal and barcelona, who sealed their spots on tuesday. They alljoin bayern munich, holders Manchester City, paris saint germain, and real madrid in the draw which takes place on friday. Lets stay with football and there was an amazing comeback in the Premier League on wednesday, as luton town were beaten 4 3 by bournemouth despite leading 3 0 at half time. This
Time for a look at the weather. Heres sarah keith lucas. A bit of spring sunshine. Of us. This is the picture in east sussex. A little bit hazy if you have blue skies. For most, sky is a little bit more like this, the picture in cumbria. A lot of cloud and for the rest of the day producing showery outbreaks of rain drifting east, but quite mild. Particularly in the south and south east. We could see 17 degrees this afternoon, down to the fact the winds are coming from the fact the winds are coming from the south westerly direction, so we have the warmer air mass and weather fronts continuing to produce rain particularly across parts of Central Scotland, quite persistent here, and Northern Ireland. Heavy showers across parts of england and wales. Temperatures, 16, possibly i7 across parts of england and wales. Temperatures, 16, possibly 17 in the east of england. Typically single figures in Central Scotland with more persistent rainfall. This evening, still got the rain in Central Scotl
To the deflationary spiral however now because theres a strong trend of Wage Increases, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki says its over. Joining me now is seijiro takeshita, whos a professor at the university of shizuoka. Thank you for being with us today. Talk to us first of all, this is a pretty unique set of circumstances that japan has pretty unique set of circumstances thatjapan has been pretty unique set of circumstances that japan has been through for the past generation. It is todays Declaration Calls for celebration . Yes, i would think so. Concerning the fact that for two decades, we havent seen any wage rise. Where the only country to do that. There are a lot of recurring profits, bits nine redeeming to their employees. This is, in that sense, a remarkable change. In most of the estimates, there were around 4 , but now its been reported to be around 5. 2, exceeding expectations. fist been reported to be around 5. 2, exceeding expectations. Been reported to be around 5. 2, ex