about the significance of the bridge being hit. it depends how quickly they repair the bridge. it is a huge symbolic setback because this bridge was mr putin s personal commitment to crimea. it opened in 2018, cost $3 billion, massively overpriced. one of his friends was in charge of the construction and he identified with this because this was a way of uniting the mainland of russia with what he took to be the mainland of crimea which was now going to be russian forever so the bridge is symbolically hugely important. in terms of logistics, the fact is, one carriageway seems to have survived this blast although it may only take light traffic and we don t know how bad the damage is to the railway grid above it. my guess is that although the russians will have a big motive to say that the bridge is reopen soon and all is fine, it will not reopen to military traffic which is very heavy so we will see how long it is before they can start to use the road and particularly the rail
Carpet for tonights Bafta Television awards. Michael mcintyre has won for best entertainment performance, and the bbc show happy valley has won best drama. Hello and welcome to sportsday, im hugh woozencroft. The main headlines this evening. Commiserations for hull city as they relegated from the Premier League but celebrations for Crystal Palace who are staying up fond farewells at spurs as Tottenham Say Goodbye to White Hart Lane after 118 years. And congratulations for Lewis Hamilton as he takes the victory at the Spanish Grand Prix. It was a day of contrasts at Selhurst Park a 4 0 defeat for hull city confirmed their relegation from the Premier League, but there were celebrations for Crystal Palace as the win meant they are safe in the top flight for next season. For hull though its real disappointment and a case of what might have been as nick parrott reports. Had the season started when marco silva took charge charge of hull city, they would have been tenth heading into their mat
Carpet for tonights Bafta Television awards. Michael mcintyre has won for best entertainment performance, and the bbc show happy valley has won best drama. Hello and welcome to sportsday, im hugh woozencroft. The main headlines this evening. Commiserations for hull city as they relegated from the Premier League but celebrations for Crystal Palace who are staying up fond farewells at spurs as Tottenham Say Goodbye to White Hart Lane after 118 years. And congratulations for Lewis Hamilton as he takes the victory at the Spanish Grand Prix. It was a day of contrasts at Selhurst Park a 4 0 defeat for hull city confirmed their relegation from the Premier League, but there were celebrations for Crystal Palace as the win meant they are safe in the top flight for next season. For hull though its real disappointment and a case of what might have been as nick parrott reports. Had the season started when marco silva took charge charge of hull city, they would have been tenth heading into their mat