Katty. We will be speaking to a criminologist about the spike of crime in england and wales. That is all ahead on bbc news, but now it is time for sports day. Sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday imjohn watson. Coming up cilic ends edmunds remarkable run in melbourne. Not on the shortist and forced to apologise for sexists tweets why phil neville was the fas leading candidate for the england womens job. He fitted to 80 what i had been looking for, and the moment that i spoke to him, i was really sure from that first moment that he was the right man for the job. Why curling will be a Family Affair for the Scotland Team at the Winter Olympics. Yes it was unchartered territory for kyle edmund at this years Australian Open the farthest hes been at a grand slam, but the semi finals is where that journey ended for the british number two following a straight sets win by the world number six marin cilic this morning. Hywell griffiths is in melbourne. What 82 mac weeks it has been for kyle
Left more than 20 people dead. Paris is on high alert for flooding. Water levels are continuing to rise along the river seine, following some of the heaviest rain for a century. Now on bbc news, sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me olly foster and katherine downes. These are the headlines tonight will griggs on fire once again for wigan blasting west ham out of the fa cup 4th round. But only for a replay as kane keeps spurs in the cup league 2 Newport County are going to wembley, but only for a replay as kane keeps spurs in the cup there was always going to be a new champion at the Australian Open, Caroline Wozniacki has her first grand slam title after a thriller in melbourne. Also coming up in the programme, find out how rory mcilroy and the rest of the british contingent are getting on at the dubai desert classic. Good evening, lots coming up over the next half an hour, but its been a very busy day in the fa cup. One tie still to be played, weve had a couple of upsets
Well be hearing from a spokesman for the wetherspoons pub chain who have apologised to customers and found another supplier after it had to take steaks off the menu. And we will hear more from John Humphrys about top bbc stars taking more pay cuts. Now on bbc news its time for fa cup sportsday live from yeovil. Fillup your fill up your glasses. To the tune of the anthem, ii fill up your glasses. To the tune of the anthem, 11 men of yeovil role into action. Yeovilfinds itself centre of the football world. And with a quick turn, the skipper slide it in. Almost exactly 69 years ago yeovil town stunned First Division sunderland to reach the fifth round of the fa cup and they are on a roll again. South end, port vale and bradford have all fallen by the way. Yeovil town are a league club now, but they are the lowest ranked team left in the competition. And the side that knocked them out all those years ago at the end of their greatest cu p years ago at the end of their greatest cup run was,
A new deal for yorkshires economy will be debated in Parliament Today. Steph will be there to see what it will mean for the economy. In sport, heartbreak for wales. Their dreams of playing in the world cup end with defeat to the republic of ireland in cardiff. Ive been chatting to Michael Fassbender about his gripping new film, the snowman, his love of surfing, and his incredible impersonation of a red breasted robin. Birds. He tweets. To the birds either . They do actually. That is quite good, that, isnt it . Very good. And matt has the weather. Thankfully, no snowman in the forecast today, fairly mild across the country, some rain but overall it isa the country, some rain but overall it is a brighter day than yesterday. All of the details coming up in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Sweeping inequalities between different ethnic groups in areas such as education, housing and health are expected to be exposed in a government study later today. The findings will show t
Elections the spanish president visits catalonia for the First Time Since he imposed direct rule on the region. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Theresa mays closest ally in the cabinet, damian green, the environment secretary, michael gove, has said he doesnt know what a british iranian mother jailed in iran had been doing in the country before her arrest. He told the Andrew Marr Show that too much focus on borisjohnsons comments, which gave the false impression that Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe was training journalists, was playing into the hands of the iranian authorities. Tom barton has been following the days political developments. This row all started with Boris Johnson earlier this month telling the Foreign Affairs committee that Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe had been in iran training journalists rather than on holiday, as herfamily and her employer said. As a result of those comments, pressure piled on borisjohnson, and forced him, to the house of commons on tuesday last week,