their man for the big moment, striker paul mullin, the club s top scorer this season, has scored in each round and now made it 1-1. whoever won this game would face spurs in round five. now, remarkably, wrexham had the chance to lead. a second foul, a second penalty. but this time mullins shot was saved. and so in stoppage time again, sheffield united struck. a winning goal in the 94th minute and one more on 96. the two games between them have brought incredible twists, but the hollywood cup story has come to an end. joe lynseky, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here s louise lear. hello. seems like this behind me quite commonplace at this morning. it was a cold, frosty and foggy start that much of england and wales. in fact, start that much of england and wales. infact, parts start that much of england and wales. in fact, parts of oxfordshire saw temperatures of 7. but once the sunshine gets going, it was quite a pleasant afternoon. just take a look at padstow inc
particularly spring outlook, quite a lot of rain on the way, often windy but generally it will stay mild with double digit temperatures for just about all of us. jane. thanks, ben. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, goodnight. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. our headlines this evening. an irish winner on st patrick s day. cheltenham s gold cup goes to galopin des champs and willie mullins. again. could that be just the first reason for ireland to celebrate this weekend? with a grand slam on home soil the prize for a win over england and who won the draw? the champions league lays out its fascinating final eight with manchester city and chelsea picked out in plum ties hello again. he was the favourite and perhaps not just with the bookies. on st patrick s day,
2 degrees command about that in lerwick. the morning forecast shows most of the heavy rain in northern ireland, parts of scotland, but to the south the rain should be easing and becoming more showery and it will wax and wane through the morning and into the afternoon. possibility of sunny spells, showers and thunderstorms for northern ireland tomorrow, and a few sunny spells developing in east anglia and the south east. look at those temperatures, 13 or 1a degrees. still low pressure with us on friday, a couple of areas of low pressure with weather fronts sweeping in. ithink pressure with weather fronts sweeping in. i think friday, pressure with weather fronts sweeping in. ithink friday, rather than an overcast day, we will have frequent to sunny spells here and there but also the possibility of heavier showers developing and we can see the rash of showers across the country. here are the temperatures, every bit as mild, if not milder, up to 16, even across the north east of
welcome to bbc news. our top story today: the us defense secretary says he had a rare phone call with his russian counterpart in the aftermath of a collision between a russian fighterjet and a us drone. the race is now on to recover the wreckage of the drone which is thought to be twelve hundred metres deep in the black sea. russia has also said it will try to find the wreckage. meanwhile, america s top general said the whole incident was a result of russia s increasingly aggressive behaviour in the area. us defense secretary lloyd austin gave this update earlier. as i ve said repeatedly, it s important that great powers be models of transparency and communication. and the united states will continue to fly into operate where ever international law allows. and it is incumbent upon russia to operate its military aircraft in a safe and professional manner. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale has this report from kyiv. this is the kind of unmanned aircraft that crashed
of bakhmut, the east ukrainian city which has been the focus of extensive fighting in recent weeks. the former uk prime minister boris johnson will give evidence to a parliamentary committee later this month, who are looking into whether he lied to parliament. it relates to the parties which he participated in during the covid lockdown, and the statements which he subsequently made to parliament about them. it comes as conservative mps express anger that the partygate investigator, sue gray, has been offered a job with the opposition labour party, as sir keir starmer s chief of staff. a short while ago, we heard from mrjohnson. when i knew they could probably be contradicted by dozens and dozens of officials. but why on earth would i have done that? it simply doesn t make sense. i believed that what we were doing was within the rules. that s why i said what i said in the chamber. it was my honest belief at the time and that s why i thank the committee, but i don t think the