split up deliberately a bad romance forfans of a bad romance for fans of lady gaga after illness forces her to cancel the last ten dates of the european leg of her world tour. wales gets to a flying start in the six nations rugby, as beat scotland 34 points to seven in the opening match of the tournament. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a local council has taken the rare step of imposing emergency spending controls because of what it describes as severe financial challenges. no new expenditure will be allowed at the conservative—led northamptonshire county council — except for work protecting vulnerable people. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn said austerity was causing chaos in local government. jane—frances kelly reports. northamptonshire county council's new headquarters cost £53 million and was opened just last year but the building could be up for sale soon to help the authority balance its books. it is now banning all new expenditure although services safeguarding vulnerable people will be protected. staff pay will be unaffected. the leader of the council blamed cuts handed down to it from central government. we have been in a perfect storm of huge increases in demand for our services and at the same time significant reductions in funding from central government. we have said to government since 2013 that we could not sustain all of our services with the level of reduction in funding. the council said that rising demand for adult social care services had driven much of the £10 million overspend on the budget this year. cuts under consideration include bus subsidies and library services. at the labour local government conference the party leader condemned government austerity. what more evidence do we need? austerity is unleashing chaos across oui’ country. squeezing our local authorities and putting jobs and the vital services they deliver at risk. experts say northamptonshire‘s position is due to a number of factors, some particular to the county, but it could indicate a wider problem. ministers and civil servants will worry that northamptonshire is a leading indicator of something that could happen more generally. we have had eight years of cuts to council budgets, a far greater impact on them than say the nhs or welfare budget and the question is how far you can go with that policy before it begins to produce results like this? the implications for communities in northamptonshire are due to be discussed at a council meeting later in the month. government inspectors have been appointed to investigate whether the authority is managing its finances correctly. jane—frances kelly, bbc news. eeeee'ee eee fe! ef eelieieel eiee in the inquiry into his alleged links with russia. the memo, which accuses the bureau of an abuse of power, was written by republican members of congress. it says the fbi received permission to tap the phone of one of mr trump's advisers — by using evidence which had been paid for by his political opponents. in a tweet, the president again denied collusion with russia, calling the probe a ‘witch hunt‘ and an ‘american disgrace‘. daniela relph reports. the memo is out. a controversial gop document on the russia investigation is released... they are the headlines that tell of a vicious fight at the heart of the united states government. for president trump his decision to release a memo accusing the fbi of working against him is totally justified. i think it is a disgrace what is happening in our country. but for his opponents this is a president and a republican party who have engineered a political stunt. under attack the head of the fbi is defiant. addressing his staff christopher wray said, talk is cheap. the work that you do is what will endure. we will keep doing that work because we know who and what we are. because we know oui’ mission comes first. the american people come first. the memo written by republicans describes a politically biased justice department and fbi who were determined to ensure donald trump lost the election. they have a warrant on someone in the trump campaign using opposition research paid for by the democratic party and the hillary clinton campaign... this began as an investigation into the trump campaign and its alleged links with russia. it has now put the relationship between the white house and the fbi at a new low with senior democrats warning of a constitutional crisis. daniela relph, bbc news. joining us now via webcam is james kirchick, a visiting fellow at the us think tank the brookings institution. wighton thanks for joining wighton thanks forjoining us. i ask you whether president trump is right, has his decision to release this memo totally vindicated him? not at all. it‘s a very selective memo, there‘s a lot of things that we still don‘t know. certainly there appears to have been some, perhaps form of abuse, in the fact that the information that was used to get the warrant, or at least part of the information, came from this steel dossier which is named after christopher steele, the former m16 christopher steele, the former mi6 officer he was being paid by the clinton campaign for intermediary is to investigate donald trump‘s ties to investigate donald trump‘s ties to russia. that‘s dossier played some role in surveilling codger paige, who was a former adviser for a brief period to the track campaign. but there was lots of other information that played a role in the fact that the fbi was able to get this warranty is by carter page. the fact that he has previous contacts with russians in particular, even a spy, the fact that he visited moscow during the campaign, to deliver a speech attacking us foreign policy on russia. there were lots of reasons why the fbi might have been interested in him. i understand that the decision to survey all him was granted by their master he had already left the track campaign. there is no evidence that the fbi was spying on the track campaign, per se. looking at this more broadly, can you give us a sense of how unprecedented this is? have you seen how unprecedented this is? have you seen 01’ how unprecedented this is? have you seen or heard anything like this before? there are concerns that the purpose of releasing this memo is to money —— muddy the waters of the mueller investigation, which is being conducted by robert newell, a republican himself. that investigation is into fraud, cooperation, possibly collusion, we don‘t know, between russia as the track campaign. —— robert mueller. there are fears that in the future, donald trump mites, pollen the acting, the people in thejustice department, to squash this investigation. —— might call upon them. we might get as you wait potentially nixonian situation. in like to 1973, when richard nixon tried to squash an investigation into his own wrongdoing with watergate. he had to fire two attorney generals because they refused to carry out his orders. his orders to fire a special counsel. there are concerns that donald trump might be gearing up to man‘s that‘s the robert mueller investigation be squashed, and that he will ban fire officials at the justice department if they don‘t carry out his orders. that is the concern going down the line into the future. edges why the democrats are warning of the possibility of a constitutional crisis. -- possibility of a constitutional crisis. —— which is why. how do you see this playing out? it's very difficult to make predictions. president trump was asked whether he still has confidence in rye brothers theme, who the deputy attorney general and the one ever seeing the mueller investigation. as you recall, jeff sessions at the current —— the current attorney general, reduced himself from the ritz mueller investigation. it‘s a lot to whether or not donald trump moves further in potentially firing people at the justice department. further in potentially firing people at thejustice department. we can‘t make predictions at this point. thank you so much. a prominent conservative mp has stepped up his criticism of civil servants at the treasury — accusing them of "fiddling the figures" in brexit forecasts — in order to make the case for the uk remaining in the eu‘s customs union. jacob rees mogg — who was caught up in a scuffle when protesters disrupted a meeting he was attending at a university in bristol last night — told bbc radio 4‘s today programme that treasury forecasts on the impact of brexit were "clearly politically influenced". with the referendum, and with the use, the treasury has gone back to making forecasts. it was politically advantageous for them in the past, it‘s the same now. so yes, i do think they are fiddling the figures. 0ur political correspondent, matt cole, explained the background to the mp‘s comments. we have now had a response from the training in representing senior civil servants. that's right, that the fda. we have a statement from their general secretary. they‘re certainly not holding back in their response to jacob rees—mogg. they say that he is prepared to peddle unsubstantiated conspiracy theories, they say he is prepared to sacrifice anyone or anything on the altar of his own ideology. they go on to call on theresa may to make an unequivocal statement in support of the civil service, and take action against what they call parliamentarians and ministers making these unfounded accusations. some pretty punchy responses bear from the fda. after the second time this week that jacob rees—mogg has attacked the civil service and questions there impartiality. how much of this is to do with economic forecasts about the impact of brexit, and how much is it actually about internal divisions within the conservatives? this goes right in the heart of this line that goes right down the middle of the conservative party, with brexiteer is, ardent eurosceptics on one side and the remainers on the other. so far, theresa may has been able to keep the two sides together, but as each day goes past we are getting closer and closer to the deadline before we need a deal done with brussels. what we are seeing now is these ardent brexiteer is starting to flex their muscles. we heard them react pretty strongly when the chancellor, philip hammond, said the uk should move very modestly apart from the eu after brexit. if you like, that was a bit like a red rag to the brexit supporting bills. since that comments from mr hammonds, we have been hearing publicly but also privately lots of comments from these ardent brexiteer is. i think these comments from jacob rees—mogg are putting pressure on theresa may ahead of a crucial week, next week. we have michel barnier, the chief ago she ate coming to number ten sumit reed on monday, and later in the week, some crucial meetings between senior ministers, were they will be focused on what exactly the final relationship with the eu should be after brexit. alan, thank you. six migrants have been injured after a gunman opened fire from a car in the central italian city of macerata. police say the attack appears to be racially motivated, with the shooter targeting african migrants — one man has been arrested. 0ur rome correspondent, james reynolds, is following developments. as far as we can tell from the local media and from the police, the gunman opened fire from his car in the city of macerata and he targeted a group of people who appeared to be migrants from africa. the gunman was able to continue going and continue firing against other groups of people. at that point, the authorities set out tweets telling people to stay indoors. the gunman was then arrested and as he was detained, there are reports that he gave a gesture which has been interpreted as a fascist salute. at the moment, the police will be wanting to interrogate him, to find out the exact motive for the attack. a lot of people are looking at what happened earlier this week near macerata, and the dismembered body of an 18—year—old italian woman was found near the city. after her body was found, a nigerian migrant was arrested. so, that is the backdrop of what has been happening in our city. now, there is the shooting. of course, there are plenty in italy who are saying, that this finding of the body and the arresting of the nigerian migrant might have caused this particular attack, but it is be too soon to say that. we can say that that is the backdrop to what people in macerata have been talking about. yes, and i think it is important to look at it in the context of the election that is coming up. and the fact that migration is become such a big issue, and now clearly the attack against people perceived to be migrants, today, will only add to that. right—wing parties have begun their campaign on a very anti—migrant message, on a message that migrants essentially should be kicked out of the country. remember, 600,000 people in recent years have made it across the mediterranean towards italy, and that is essentially changed the political landscape, here. the right—wing are saying, too many migrants, it‘s time for them to go. james reynolds in rome. three men have been charged with murder after the fatal stabbing of a prisoner. khader saleh died on wednesday at wormwood scrubs prison in west london. ahmed kyre, kalif dibbassey and enton marku — all in their early 20s — are due to appear in court next week. the snp‘s deputy leader, angus robertson, has announced that he is stepping down with immediate effect. it comes eight months after he lost his westminster seat. the scottish first minister nicola sturgeon has paid tribute to mr. robertson, thanking him for contribution to the party. small businesses affected by the collapse of the construction giant carillion are being offered the chance to apply for government—backed loans from high street lenders. thousands of suppliers were left unpaid, after the firm went into liquidation last month. our business correspondent joe lynam reports. britain‘s second biggest construction company collapsed three weeks ago leaving debts of almost £1 billion and a pensions deficit ofa similaramount. apart from those directly employed at carillion, thousands of smaller suppliers and contractors faced ruin due to unpaid debts. oui’ main concerns are those payments are made. contractors and people‘s livelihoods of the main thing. this obviously impacted on them. now the government is providing guarantees to small firms worth £100 million through the state—backed british business bank. these will allow companies who lost money due to carillion get bank loans. but it also means taxpayers might be on the hook if someone defaults. additionally, the uk banking sector has promised to take the circumstances surrounding carillion into consideration if individuals face problems repaying loans, overdraft or mortgages. the extent of the damage to the wider uk economy of one firm‘s collapse is coming into sharp focus. joe lynam, bbc news. the syrian 0bservatory human rights monitoring group said the pilot injected from the plane and was killed. but this hasn‘t yet been confirmed. video posted on social media appear to show the plane being hit, while other videos showed burning wreckage on the ground with a red star on a wing. advantage counsel introduces emergency spending controls because of what it financial challenges. the head of the fbi has defended its work after a classified memo was released. accusing it of bias against president trump and abuse of power. after getting caught in a scuffle with protesters last night, conservative mps jacob rees—mogg accuses the treasury of dealing its on brexit. britain‘s civil aviation authority has announced a review into airlines‘ seating policies. it comes following concerns that some operators have deliberately been splitting up groups of passengers in order to force them to pay extra for allocated seating. our business correspondent vishala sri—pathma, explained more earlier. now, if you book a flight on an online budget a—line, you would be made to pay some taxes sit with your families and friends, when you go on holiday. they are looking into whether this seating algorithms are deliberately done to make people pay extra. and today yougov has released a result of a servey aimed that actually, ryanair passengers are more likely to be complain of being separated, so they are slightly under the spotlight, here. and have they said anything? they have and said that there is eating policy is very clear. they are happy to be participating in the review. it costs 2 euros to allocate a seat that you want on ryanair. they have actually had quite a few complaints on social media. a lot of people have been treating them, to find that out, and they have been dealing with a lot of competes over the last six months. easyjet are happy to participate. they say that they do their best to allocate family and friends together. that is in their algorithms. what is key is in their algorithms. lady gaga has cancelled the last ten dates of the european leg of her world tour, because of "severe pain". shows in london and manchester are among those affected. in a statement posted on twitter she said she was devastated, but needed to put herself and her well—being first. the singer has fibro—myalgia, a long—term condition which can cause pain all over the body. some of her fans have travelled from as far as brazil and denmark to see her on her uk dates — and are disappointed. i save money all the year for this. i don‘t blame her. the same way it hurts so much. and booking flights and trains for hamburg and cologne and berlin and london and manchester. you were going to see all of the dates that have been cancelled ? yeah. her health is more important than my pleasure to see her on stage. i prefer to know that she is taking ca re of prefer to know that she is taking care of herself and getting well. i'm quite sad that it's ok. joining me now from nice in france is the entertainment journalist, caroline frost. we heard a rather mixed response there from some fans. this isn‘t the first time lady gaga has had to cancel a concert. no, she has suffered more than other artists in terms of... many people disappointed. she is one of those artists that gives her all. choose a very dedicated, creative person in a way that not many pop stars can say. clearly that comes at a bit of a cost. doctors orders, fibromyalgia. .. cost. doctors orders, fibromyalgia... she has already g— it is “erflé of decision lightly. are you able to give taken lightly. are you able to give us taken lightly. are you able to give us any taken lightly. are you able to give us any sense taken lightly. are you able to give us any sense of what kind of bill might be attached for cancelling these kinds of concerns? she isn't these kinds of concerns? she isn't the first. we saw that adele had to cancel her concerts at wembley stadium last year. much to the detriment of many fans. in terms of compensation, we know that tickets can be refund on, that‘s very clear. relatively straightforward. what we are talking about his hotel bills, flights. 0n are talking about his hotel bills, flights. on top of the logistics, all these a list artists will be heavily insured. what conversations have to start happening is about those who have paid millions of dollars... whether this was a pre—existing condition, and to what extent pre—existing condition, and to what exte nt la dy pre—existing condition, and to what extent lady gaga... i‘m sure there will be lawyers on both sides. you mentioned adele berra. ijust wondered how bear it is great performers to cancel a tour of august bone a series of concerts? yes, we have heard of the few exa m ples yes, we have heard of the few examples in recent years. adele was a big name. ithink you notice examples in recent years. adele was a big name. i think you notice when it isa a big name. i think you notice when it is a world—class artists. in a way that perhaps we dismiss... but someone way that perhaps we dismiss... but someone like peter kay has cancelled his entire tour in this country, and that made headlines when it happens because of the sheer numbers of people involved. the wealth of disappointment. it‘s a price we pay for a loving these artists so dearly. when we don‘t get to see them, we take it very personally. dearly. when we don‘t get to see them, we take it very personallylj just them, we take it very personally.” just want to ask you about the news that the spice girls are reuniting. how surprised you? we heard rumours for a few years. we did hear three of the girls last year. but now seem made a point that it‘s not the spice girls unless you have all five. now here they are. what we have seen is that they have all oscillated —— had selecting successes in their solar world at different times. they have hit high spots and lows. was ever reason, the stars never mind so that all five of them, still similarly minded, that now is the time when they‘re planning on working on new opportunities together. i wonder what that means. they have been deliberately vague will stop what we do know, all we hear, we don‘t know whether it‘s true, is that its area back in, the artist formerly known as posh spice, aged condition that she won‘t have to sing. it may not necessarily be a real reunion that the die—hard fans were hoping for, but it‘s certainly something special, i would but it‘s certainly something special, iwould imagine. but it‘s certainly something special, i would imagine. thank you. sun news justin to special, i would imagine. thank you. sun newsjustin to us that police here are investigating harvey weinstein. they are now looking at two further allegations of sexual assaults against the former hollywood producer. the police hero already investigating a number of sexual assault allegations. but we are now hearing that they are looking at two further allegations of sexual assaults. 0ligarchs suspected of corruption will be forced to explain how they fund their luxury lifestyles in britain. the security minister, ben wallace, has told the times that he wants to crackdown on criminals and fraudulent politicians who use britain to launder money gained through corruption. earlier, dal babu, a former chief superintendent at the metropolitan police, explained some of the thinking behind the new ‘unexplained wealth orders‘. i think what they want to do is establish where people have got their money, and if you have £50,000 or more, that‘s probably not going to affect the majority of us, then they want to have the opportunity to ask people were they got that money from. the interview in the times was very much about the oligarchs and the big headline was, "we are coming after you." it would be interesting to see what substance there is nothing this because what we have to remember, there are lots of oligarchs, many of them own football clubs here, many of them are a legitimate business people here, but there is a thread of individuals, if people have been watching the bbc mcmafia series, they will know there are afraid of individuals who are conducting affairs in a sort of unlawful way, and the difficulty is, i was speaking to the cab driver on the way in and he was saying you would be surprised how many people there are, they live a parallel life, huge a cold, rainy, sleety, in some spots snowy saturday, with plenty of cloud. this one view from northern england. in higher parts of northern england. in higher parts of northern england and scotland, most of today‘s sleet and snow. it didn‘t amount to too much. what we have will slowly peter out into tonight ‘s. more of us turning dry. hold on the cloud allowing a touch of frost here and there. especially towards eastern areas of england. three showers coming in. they will continue particularly across parts of east anglia and south—eastward tomorrow. elsewhere a drier and brighter picture. an area of low cloud in scotland edging further west. in the grampians, that of light rain, sleet and snow. a sunnier picture into northern england, a large swathe of weather wales. scattering of showers and a colbert easily winds. some sleet or hail. through the day, that‘s where it will feel coldest because we have the wind and the showers coming in. elsewhere the wind is not too noticeable. many of us will be dry. a bit of sunshine from time to time. 0ut a bit of sunshine from time to time. out of any breeze, some sunshine making a fairly pleasant sunday. temperatures around four to seven celsius. the wind will make it feel like it‘s closer to freezing across the zhang wei, southern england and south wales. 0n the zhang wei, southern england and south wales. on that winds through sunday evening and night, the showers continued to feeding segregated south east england. more likely to turn to snow when places overnight and into monday morning. there may be a risk of disruption to parts of south—east england on monday morning. something to watch out for. on monday, a widespread frost but another fine winter‘s decor many. into tuesday, this weather system from the atlantic spreads itself with some sleet and snow. increasingly so as it digs its way southwards through the day. it will be turning to... nothing is evident in terms of snow. but another weather system to watch this week. to sum it up, expecting another cold week ahead with frosty night and there will be some snow at times. this is bbc news. our latest headlines. our latest headlines. a conservative—led council in northamptonshire, which has imposed emergency spending controls, has said it‘s been warning ministers for years about its financial problems. donald trump takes to twitter to claim a controversial memo proves he is innocent of colluding with alleged russian involvement in the presidential election. police are looking at two further alallegations of sexual assault against harvey weinstein. is and it is into the trenches in the world war i drama journey‘s end. mark kermode reviews that, and the rest of this week‘s top releases, in the film review at 5.45. end. before first a busy day in sport. plenty to talk about, and we‘ll get to the prmeier legaue in a minutes but the six nations tournament is under way and what an opening game it was for wales. scotladn had high hopes before the match but they were ruhtlessly dismatnled by warren gatland‘s side who had a bonus point 34 seven win. joe wilson was at the principality stadum. the six nations is designed to stir you but does it inspire or overwhelm. josh adams was make his debut for wales. steady now. if you get a chance, snatch it. interception. 0pportunity if you get a chance, snatch it. interception. opportunity for wales. scotla nd interception. opportunity for wales. scotland could see their prematch optimism disappearing after just scotland could see their prematch optimism disappearing afterjust six minutes as gareth davies reached the line. wales led 14—9 at half—time. scotla nd line. wales led 14—9 at half—time. scotland tried the fancy stuff and failed. wales did the basics brilliantly. leigh halfpenny scored two tries. who saw this coming. four tries in a match means a bonus point. at its best rugby is power, pace and agility. steph evan, 34—7 final score. remember, so many injured players we re remember, so many injured players were missing from this welsh team here and they produce a performance like that. wales made everything about home advantage count. quite a match for a debut, england next. we have trained really well, said the players i think we will pet. and we took what we have been doing on the training pitch and been clinical and produced a good performance. i am clinical and produced a good performance. iam proud clinical and produced a good performance. i am proud of the way they have played but the way they have played and trained. there was quiet confidence in the squad. we kept our heads down and played pretty well. it was a very open game in the first 15, 20 it was a very open game in the first 15,20 minutes, it was a very open game in the first 15, 20 minutes, probably too open for both teams and we didn't make the most of the ball we had. those mistakes gave wales confidence, and from that, once they went two tries up, they looked like they were into theirgame up, they looked like they were into their game much easier than we with. it is half time in the second game of the day which sees france hosting ireland. it‘s not been a classic so far. ireland are 9—3 up thanks to three jonny sexton penalties. manchester city had the chance to go 18 points clear at the top of the prmier league but burnely had other ideas. sean dyche‘s side held the league leaders to a one all draw, leaving pep guardiola ruing their missed chance. tim hague reports. 0k, ok, so manchester city, supreme so far this season, but could they do it on far this season, but could they do itona far this season, but could they do it on a cold wet afternoon in burnley? they showed their commitment to prove that early on, captain kompany going close and colliding with the home goalkeeper, but with the effort came the execution, den low is a defender but it doesn‘t matter. while the strong start continued city only remained ahead thanks to their goalkeeper before sterling had the chance. not at first, ederson again, absolutely magnificent, denying lennon a debut goal, while at the other end sterling‘s afternoon continued to be anything but sterling, what a miss. it was the cue for burnley to punish the league leader, they hung on in this game and just eight minutes from the end of it they were equals again. so, while city can do it almost in any weather, any day and at any almost in any weather, any day and atany time, almost in any weather, any day and at any time, that wasn‘t quite the case on a cold wet afternoon in burnley. what they have done this season is amazing but we control it perfect, so amazing but we control it perfect, so my feeling is we control it, but of course when we arrive in the last minute, we were able to score the second goal, maybe we would have had it easier but it is. noel, so they area it easier but it is. noel, so they are a good team in that circumstances but we were good. i was really pleased. it's a side, they are top class, we know that, we have been beaten by them in two previous game, we didn't play with the quality we needed. we wanted to go long and strong, we didn't play with the quality needed although we had a great chance for a corner they didn't have too much but for a team of their quality, second half they started well and we had to keep going. you are not going to dominate these game, you have to do the ugly stuff, which we did, kept them as minimalas we stuff, which we did, kept them as minimal as we could and we grew into the game i thought. there was a sombre start to manchester united‘s game against huddersfield town with united commemorating the 60th anniversary of the munich air disaster players were wearing black armbands, fans received a commemorative book and a minute‘s silence was observed before kick off. the game itself saw romelu lukaku put manchester united ahead in the second half before new signing aexis sanchez scored his first goal for the club. a 2—0 win for united means huddersifled are in the relegation zone and city‘s lead at the top is down to 13 points. i guess we had round probably 80% of more possession in the first half, but, it was not enough to score a goal in the second half, we kept doing basically the same, the ball arrive and i felt the game was totally controlled at 1—0. 0ur defensive line was far from the area and the second goal killed the game. emotional tributes too at west bromwich albion where they celebrated the life of former striker cyrille regis in theirfirst home game since he died of a heart attack aged 59. regis‘ former manager ron atkinson was amongst those to pay tribute ahead of albion‘s match against southampton at the hawthorns. there were also more emotional words from dion dublin who called regis his boyhood hero. and ahead of kick off fans from both teams held scarves in the airfor cyrille. west brom were beaten by southampton who move out of the relegation zone. that leaves west brom bottom of the table and five points from safety. there was a bit of change at the bottom with both huddersfield and stoke dropping into the relegation zone. they defeated 2—1 by bournemouth who move up to ninth. brighton had their first bournemouth who move up to ninth. brighton had theirfirst league bournemouth who move up to ninth. brighton had their first league one of 2018 as they beat west ham 3—1. leicester city drew with swansea, without mahrez. and the late kick off without mahrez. and the late kick off is under way at the emirates. arsenal are playing everton. america tarn involved in that. arsenal 1, everton 0 after about ten minutes. xxxxxxxx m khita rya n. steve clark said clydesdale bank premier league needed to play a perfect game to pete celtic. given they had only lost once this season he would need a bit of luck. that arrived with boyata limping off with arrived with boyata limping off with a groin strain and ager off. that left deficiencies in defence exposing celtic to danger when kilmarnock went forward. they could hold o no longer. mulumbu ending his four year goal drought in style. they could have scored more. jordan jones spurning a golden opportunity. and mulumbu doing everything right. killie would have paid dearly but for this save. defeat won‘t derail brendan rodgers domestically but a growing injury list is the last thing he needs. aberdeen beet hamilton to reduce the gap of the table to eight points. ross coi nty gap of the table to eight points. ross cointy had a great win at dundee, hearts beat stjohnstone. —— ross county. there was disappointment for great britain in the davis cup after they lost today‘s doubles match aginst spain. jamie murray and dom inglot were beaten in straight sets in marbella, and that result means great britain now have to win both of tomorrow‘s singles matches to win the world group tie. sue barker and john lloyd here sum up the match. a disappointing doubles rum. we felt thatjamie a disappointing doubles rum. we felt that jamie murray and a disappointing doubles rum. we felt thatjamie murray and tom inlot were the favourites in this match.” thought they were. it can happen. it's thought they were. it can happen. it‘s a clay court, a tough match. you hope the boys play at their best, if they lose they loose, i thought jamie murray played well but doll had one of those days, he couldn‘t get it going, his return of serve was off. he served a lot of double faults on crucial points and lopez was the best player on the court, so a tough match. lopez and his partner dominated. he was the wea k his partner dominated. he was the weak link today. he has played good matches in the past. today he was trying to find it. they were trying to get him going. it was one of those days, and almost got it back in the third set but it was too late. the momentum was with great britain after norrie‘s win yesterday. now the momentum has gone spain. the spanish captain can choose any one of five player, he needs one win tomorrow. the match was the big one today. i thought we we re was the big one today. i thought we were the favourite, i thought we we re were the favourite, i thought we were going to win the tie. i didn‘t think at the begin of the match but spain isa think at the begin of the match but spain is a heavy favourite. it will be interesting to see what the ca pta i ns be interesting to see what the captains decide. what do you think about leon smith, and what we can do? bringing kyle edmund, do you think he would like to get in there? i feel a feeling he is not going to. if he does it will bea is not going to. if he does it will be a boost, i would love to see him play in these conditions and take on this match. he is about to be our new number one player and show what he can can do. look what he did at the australian open. that is it, the singles matches tomorrow and you will be able to see them on bbc two at 10.00, will be able to see them on bbc two at10.00, we will be able to see them on bbc two at 10.00, we will have live coverage of the first of the singles matches. that is tomorrow. lee westwood remains in contention at golf‘s european tour event in malaysia after carding a two under par 70 in the third round. he goes into tomorrow‘s final day on 12 under par three shots behind spain‘s jorge campillo and dylan frittelli of south africa. while scotland‘s marc warren is one of six players tied in fifth place, that‘s one shot ahead of westwood who is on 13 under. he carded a third round of 69, which produced 5 birdies, including one on the final hole. horse racing, and there was a big surprise in the race of the day, as former cheltenham festival winner faugheen was beaten in the irish champion hurdle at leopardstown. the nine to ten favourite in the white, had been ahead, but eight to one shot supasundae was the stronger heading home and won by a couple of lengths. the victor, trained byjessie harrington was ridden by robbie power. britain‘s evie richards collapsed after living up to her billing as the favroutite by winning the women‘s under 23 title at the cyclo cross world championships. richards won the title in 2016 and finished third last year. she was carried to the medical tent, but recovered to stand on the podium at valkenburg in the netherlands. ben tulett made it back to back world title wins for britain in the men‘sjunior race. he follows tom pidcock who led home a british one two three last year. cricket and england may well have been keeping an eye on this game. australia beat new zealand comfortably in the opening game of the t20 tri series. england don‘t play until midweek in hobart but autralia were imperssive today beating new zealnd by seven wickets in a rain interrupted match in sydney. stuart pollitt reports. first game of the tri—series and new zealand felt the heated from the start. in sydney. thanks to billry -- billy start. in sydney. thanks to billry —— billy stan lake. this was undropable. next ball and this was unplayable to dismiss martin guptill. while the hosts relied on a tall man new zealand looked to a grand home. he has the fastest strike in t20 cricket. this is why. despite his unbeaten 38, the kiwis could only post 117—9. surely that wouldn‘t be enough. rain reduced australia‘s target to 59 in 15 overs. d‘arcy short didn‘t last long and neither did david warner. new zealand had a foot hold in the game but some big blows from glenn maxwell eased the aussies to victory, on this evidence england have plenty to fare in this for mat when the two rivals meet in tasmania on wednesday. a second goal in that premier league game, arsenal are 2—0 up on everton. that is it for now. we will have more at 6.30, but now on the news channel it is time for the film review. . hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week‘s cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? we had a new version ofjourney‘s end. helen mirren in winchester, the ghost story chiller. and an oscar—nominated denzel washington in romanj israel, esq. journey‘s end, is it a tough watch? i was very impressed by it, it is directed by a man whose previous film was about world war ii. this is set in the trenches of world war i, a terrific ensemble cast, tobyjones, paul bettany. .. and essentially what the film does is capture the sort of day—to—day squalor and struggle and comradeship of people in those trenches in the middle of that terrible war. my darling joan. when you read this, i don't imagine that for one moment you will feel bitter and resentful. but you will find comfort in the thought that i went down fighting for my country. you are too clear— headed for that, my darling. there is a job to be done. it ought never to have arisen, but that is not the point. i have had so very much out of life. and all these youngsters do not realise how unlucky they are. so new are they to their very existence. paul betta ny, capturing the understated power of the drama. this is a story that everyone knows, but i think they bring something new to it. there is a palpable sense of terror, the fact that we are waiting for a german attack, it hangs heavy over the drama. i think the director cranks up the tension, while all the time reminding us that this is to do with the characters, their day—to—day life, that strange mixture of on the one hand grinding boredom and on the other hand imminent terror, balanced very nicely. you get a raw sense of being there in that trench environment. i think what this film manages to do is take a classic text and make it com pletely releva nt, it is very cinematic. the performances are terrific, there are laughs as well, and there is real vibrancy in it. but i find it very moving, very powerful, very harrowing, and a very sort of potent reminder of just what was at stake in what was sacrificed. i thought it was really good, it was a really good adaptation. you are a horror film fan, aren‘t you? winchester is not going to scare you. this is inspired by the true story of sarah winchester, the widowed heiress of the winchester rifle fortune. some people said she was haunted by the spirits of the people killed by the firearms. is she crazy, is she haunted, is it all in her mind? this sounds like a great set up. no, all that ambiguity goes out in ten seconds. the house goes bang, there are lots ofjump scares, the movie shouts at you... 0k, fine, it is an interesting setup, but once you are into it, it is like the most mechanical roller—coaster ride. none of it is scary. dame helen mirren does a brilliant job of keeping a straight face! why did she say yes to this? she said it is in the tradition of great japanese ghost stories, it is nothing like that! it is like twister. at no point, at any point, did i feel there was any ambiguity, any uncertainty, and it was not scary. you are completely safe with this. i can see it! you have sold it. denzel washington, 30 years after his first oscar nomination, he plays a savant law attorney, very dedicated to civil rights causes, but is absolutely terrible with people. so for most of his career he has been the person in the backroom, who does the book work, then the partner he has been working with suddenly finds himself in hospital, and he has to step up and do the interaction, and he cannot do it. here‘s a clip. my client is interested in discussing a deal. refresh me. convenience store shooting, a man was killed. the shooter in this case was a fugitive. my client may know his whereabouts and might be willing to testify. he will deliver on that? if you waive all objections on appeal, and he is willing to cooperate, we will drop the assault and kidnapping, and drop murder one to involuntary manslaughter, ten years. it is a good deal. i‘m sorry for taking a nanosecond of of your rubber—stamp assembly—line existence... hello?! so he can‘t do any of the interaction stuff, but he needs money. so he sells out. the beginning is him accusing himself of having sold out. it is an uneven drama, it tries to cram a huge character arc into a small period of time. but he is really watchable, you do believe in his transition between somebody who is very idealistic to somebody who is selling himself out, even if you don‘t quite believe the drama around him. it is quite often funny, sometimes the tone is uneven to the point of not working, and i have to say it really loses its way in the third act. and ultimately it does not hang together, but wouldn‘t you rather look at a movie which tries to do something interesting and doesn‘t quite pull it off, rather than something that is quite down the line? it is held together by his performance, which is immensely watchable. and he is so likeable, i so liked denzel washington, but i guess you want it to be better. was it created just as a vehicle for him? look, i think it is a film that is trying to do a very complicated character arc, in a very compressed period of time, and it doesn‘t quite hang together. but it has such a strong lightning rod performance at the end of it, that you can forgive it for the things that are wrong with it. phantom thread. this is the new paul thomas anderson. i think it is his best film since punch drunk love. daniel day—lewis is obsessed with rituals, everything in his life has to be one way... lesley manville is his sister, and suddenly his life falls apart. he falls in love with a woman. firstly it has a brilliant score byjonny greenwood, who has been oscar—nominated. the music is wonderful. i do think lesley manville is going to win for best supporting actress. i have now seen this four time, and every time i see it it looks like it is a different film. the more i watch it, the more it becomes a fairy tale, like a powell and pressburgerfilm. but it is also about a woman entering a world that is like bluebeard. the art ventures out into the forest, strange mushrooms that have extraordinary powers... it is odd! right, it is beautifully made. that is such a backhanded compliment! i loved the first half hour so much, and there is such attention to detail, with the music and the costumes, but the relationship between the two of them just got weirder and weirder. but it is a fairy tale, it is a mythical allegory. it is a horror! what it really is, it is a ghost story about him being obsessed with the ghost of his mother. if you want a ghost story, forget about winchester, go and see this. very quick thought about dvd, i‘m curious as to whether, should blade runner even be watched on dvd, isn‘t it made for the big screen? i saw it first on a huge imax screen. here‘s the good news, it does stand up, because beyond the extraordinary visuals, it is a film that has substance. it is about something, it is about what artificial intelligence is and what it means to have a soul or not have a soul. it is a very different experience on home viewing, but even if you saw it in the cinema and loved it, it is going to work again on dvd or blu—ray. and though it is really divisive for some people, but i think it is great. mark, thank you very much. a quick reminder before we go that you‘ll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc.co.uk/mark kermode. and you can find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. i think it is the week to go and see phantom thread myself. goodbye. hello, a cold, rainy, sleety, even in some spots snowy saturday, with plenty of cloud around. here is one view from northern england, where it‘s still the higher parts of northern england and scotland, where we have seen most of today‘s sleet and snow so far. none of it amounting to too much, and what we have will slowly peter out into tonight, some more of us turning drier, a few holes in the cloud, allowing a touch of frost here and there, and a few icy patches, more especially towards eastern areas of england going into the morning, but we will see a few wintry showers coming in. they will continue, particularly across parts of east anglia and south—east england tomorrow, whereas elsewhere it‘s drier brighter picture. i think we will keep an area of cloud in scotland, edging a bit further west, into the central belt. to the grampians, a bit of light rain sleet and snow, is certainly possible. still going through sunday, but a sunnier picture into northern england, across the large scathe of england and wales, but a scattering of these showers and a keen and cold north—easterly wind. east anglia, south—east england, a lot of them as rain, perhaps some sleet or hail out of these. as we go on through the day, that‘s where it‘s going to feel coldest, because we have the wind and showers coming in. elsewhere, the wind is not too noticeable. many of us will be dry. we will get to see a bit of sunshine from time to time, and out of any breeze, and in some sunshine, i tink we‘re in for a fairly pleasant sunday, with temperatures around 4—7 celsius. but that wind will make it feel like it‘s closer to freezing across east anglia, across southern england, into south wales. on that wind, through sunday evening and night, the showers continue to feed in, particularly to south—east england, and they‘re more likely to turn to snow in place overnight and into monday morning, giving some light accumulations in places, maybe a risk of disruption into parts of south—east england ond monday morning. england on monday morning. something to watch elsewhere as monday begins, there will be a widespread frost, but another fine winter‘s day to come for many. but then monday night into tuesday, this weather system from the atlantic spreads south. wwith this there will be sleet and snow, as well. increasingly so, as it digs southwards during the day, but it will be tending to weaken. so we‘re not expecting anything too significant in terms of snow out of that, but again, it is another weather system to watch this week. so to sum it up then, we are expecting another cold week ahead, with frosty nights, and yes, there will be some snow at times. that‘s your latest forecast. this is bbc news. the headlines at 6pm: northamptonshire council imposes emergency spending controls because of what it describes as severe financial challenges the head the head of the fbi defends its work — after a classified memo was released accusing it of bias against president trump — and abuse of power. it‘s emerged tonight that two more women have reported harvey weinstein to the met police over allegations of sexual assault. after getting caught in a scuffle with protesters last night, conservative mpjacob rees—mogg accuses the treasury of ‘fiddling‘ its figures on brexit. six migrants have been 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