you re watching bbc news. now it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. another win. another bonus point. ireland stay on course for a six nations grand slam. after a week when their own captain described wales as the laughing stock of world rugby, can ken owens galvanise his team to their first six nations win of the season against england? arsenal s lead at the top of the premier league is five points. but for how long? manchester city are hoping to match the gunners win at leicester. also coming up in the programme. a0 years old and the number one in the world. james anderson helps england take control of the second test in new zealand. another british record, but gutted not to break the world s best mark. keely hodgkinson wins the 800 metres at the world indoor tour final. hello and welcome to sportsday, i m hugh ferris. welcome along to sportsday. it wasn t as convincing as many expected, but ireland are still
the democratic party all around the country. p they are now petrifiedetrifi by very real possibility that the democrats could lose the house and lose the senate, not to majr mention multiple major gubernatorial races all across this great country of ours. this weekend, barack obama, bernie sanders, even first lady jill biden, they re all hitting the campaign trail hard in a desperate attempt to salvager. some of these races. bujot noe t joe biden, the president. it s m he s just noort up to the taskt and it s more than he can handle at thishi point in his life. so he will be spending the weekend in delawarere with his wit granddaughter. so much needed rest and relaxation for the president.afe now, afterr al all, it was a vey nesy week for joe , public events almost every single day. needless to say, the struggle was very real. sed yesterday, for example, bideemn seemed to think that heg inherited five dollar a gallon gas pricesn ga and that america, you, the american people,
nor someone going into sport for the time p nor someone going into sport for the time p nor someone going into sport for the time p first time and just a reminder, that england have beaten wales 20 three quarter oates testify way through that match and a also are minder in the last 25 minutes length land beat wales 20 10, in cardiff in the six nations, england move level with scotland, in second place in the standings, scotland in paris to play france, wales remain bottom, three defeats, so far in the competition for them. ireland still going for the grand slam, after their win in italy earlier on today. so you are up to date, that is all the time we have on sportsday, much more on the website. we he will be back at 7.30. thanks for your company. goodbye for now.
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