the scottish national party s chief executive has resigned with immediate effect after they were forced to reveal a dramatic drop in membership this week. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. it s crunch time in dublin as ireland go for the grand slam against england we ll have the latest. earlier france kept alive their hopes of snatching the title, with a win over wales in paris. and reunion at the etihad but will burnley s vincent kompany come away all smiles against his former boss in the fa cup quarterfinals? a blow for f1 champion max verstappen he won t be on pole, for this weekend s saudi grand prix. we ll tell you why. and a big fight at the 02 can we expect fireworks in the ufc, in the rematch between leon edwards and kamara usman? hello there, and welcome along to sportsday. plenty to come, but we start with the six nations and ireland are within touching distance of a first six nations title since 2018. they re on course to
were forced to reveal a massive drop in party membership this week. now it s over to the sports centre for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. ireland are grand slam champions they defeated england in dublin and the celebrations are onlyjust beginning. france kept their end of the deal, but ultimately not enough they came away with a win over wales in paris. also coming up on sportsday: a blow for f1 champion max verstappen he won t be on pole for this weekend s saudi grand prix. we ll tell you why. and a big fight at the 02 can we expect fireworks in the ufc, in the rematch between leon edwards and kamara usman? from the bbc sport centre, this is sportsday. hello there, and welcome along to sportsday. plenty to come but we start with the six nations, and ireland have won a first six nations title since 2018. they ve completed the grand slam with a 29 16 win against england in dublin. jess softley reports. this is ireland s night. this is the
father, john garang. the service was part of what s being called a pilgrimage of peace to the country torn by internal conflict. and 18 year old juliette lamour wins 48 million canadian dollars on the lottery, with her first ever ticket. the university student has got financial advice from her dad and says she still plans to finish her studies and become a doctor. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for sportsday welcome to sports day. scotland stunned england in the six nations to make three calcutta cup wins in a row. nowhere near as close to that drama in cardiff. wales are blown away by ireland. and lift off for everton under their new manager as they beat the premier league leaders, arsenal, to make it a winning start for sean dyche. fix, winning start for sean dyche. clean sheet, 1 0, every manager like those. clean sheet, 1-0, every manager like those. , ., those. also coming up on the programme- those. also coming up on the programme. great those. also co
Obviously now put it into the system and we will send it on itsjourney. But royal mail isjoining an already crowded market, with rivals like dpd, hermes and dhl offering collections as well. It has been a very wet morning and end of the night with localised flooding and a number of weather station rainfall amounts from last night threw this morning across southern england. Nearly an inch of rain and the rain still falling in parts of North Western scotland being very wet over the last couple of days. You can see where the wet weather has been, quite windy in western scotland, and this cloud and rain affecting a proportion of england and wales which contains the re m na nts of england and wales which contains the remnants of storm barbora. Continuing wet across central and southern areas with Gale Force Winds running through the English Channel affecting the far south east for a while and wait across scotland as well. For many of us it is going to be quite mild, not as mild as yesterday
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