once you have climbed all the way to the top of the 86 steps. the monument is perched on top of shooters hill, one of the highest points in greater london, but nearly a year of on—and—off covid lockdowns has meant very few people have been able to enjoy these spectacular views. the pandemic means severndroog has remained closed for a large part of the past year. ian has volunteered at the castle most days since it first reopened to the public eight years ago. it has really got me down not having contact with people because i live alone. it's kind of been my life, really. the castle relies on people coming through its doors to stay afloat. as that's not been happening, a cloud of uncertainty hangs over the months ahead. it's quite a precarious time for us. so we don't get admissions, we don't get money from events. we don't get money from weddings and our hires, so a lot of our income streams have disappeared. there's no other grant funding for the castle now, so it all depends on the support from the community. by the time we get out of this, people are going to be desperate for places to come and enjoy and exercise, and i think the castle could be a real focal point for that. eight years ago, severndroog was rescued thanks to the tireless efforts of the local community. in 2021, that community is being called on again to save the castle for a second time. nickjohnson, bbc london. lady gaga's two french bulldogs have been returned — if you want to be inspired to get outside tomorrow and if it's been anything like it's been here in london today, you will definitely want to get out. here's the prospects with staff. hello there. much of this weekend looks fine and settled and sunny, sunshine and settled and sunny, around, variable cloud commit sunshine around, variable cloud commit it will continue to be quite chilly at night with some mist and fog. we have had this weather from bringing more cloud to stalin and northern ireland today, but for the rest of the country, it's been sunny and mild where we have had that sunshine. 0vernight, many places will see clear skies, some low cloud rolling into east anglia and eastern england by the night, but under the clear skies, cold with some frost, mist and fog, bit more cloud in the northwest, so not quite as cold here. this cloud should tend to start melting away through sunday. so a brighter day for the northwest of uk, plenty of sunshine in england and wales away from the east and the southeast which could stay quiet misty, grey and cool, mild 10—12 c for many. find and settled for this next week, a bit of sunshine around terminates will continue to be chilly, and a sign of it turning colderfor all by the chilly, and a sign of it turning colder for all by the end of the week. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... last post plays tributes are paid to captain sir tom moore at his funeral — family members say his spirit will live on. the chancellor plans new measures to help people buy their own homes as he prepares his budget for next week. anas sarwar has been announced as the new scottish labour leader. he takes charge of the party ahead of the scottish parliament election on the 6th of may. ministers in england launch a campaign to reassure parents it's safe for children to return to the classroom. festival organisers call on the government for more support to ensure events can take place this summer. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm jane dougall. wales has one hand on the triple crown. in the closing minutes of the wales vs england match, the home side have led throughout. we'll bring you the latest. italy look like wooden spoon contenders as ireland dominate in rome. and, can anyone catch them? the league leaders manchester city could be running away with the title after another victory against west ham. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm jane dougall. the hype surrounding a six nations match between two countries as passionate as wales and england is always huge, but this time it's justified. a tense, exciting battle between the two sides and it's not over yet. just a few minutes to go untilfull time at cardiff and it's 33—24 to wales. it was a confident start by wales — quick thinking from fly—half dan biggar who took the penalty to the left, finding wing josh adams who caught and touched down for their first try of the match. wales stuck with that theme. another another quickly taken penalty from kieran hardy led to their third and it looked like the triple crown would be theirs. but england then began to fight back and after 60 minutes, ben youngs went over, bringing them within touching distance, with farrell converting to bring england level at 2a all. but three callum sheedy penalties have just pushed wales back ahead — they are leading. we'll bring you the latest at the pricipality. it looks like wales might be taking that crown home and they are unbeaten in the competition so far and it looks like they are just about to go in for a scrum. in today's other match, ireland were totally dominant in their 48—10 victory over italy, scoring six tries in rome. it was ireland's first win of the tournament, against a poor italy side as ben croucher reports. a trip to rome in the spring is but a dream for most of us right now but a dream for most of us right now but a bit of a necessity for ireland. italy the destination if you are after sun, sightseeing and a six nations win. just a short flight through the italian defence that was about to all full down mainly after chasing irish backs.— chasing irish backs. they will not catch keenan _ chasing irish backs. they will not catch keenan and _ chasing irish backs. they will not catch keenan and the _ chasing irish backs. they will not catch keenan and the full-back. chasing irish backs. they will not| catch keenan and the full-back is catch keenan and the full—back is overfor catch keenan and the full—back is over for ireland's second score. will, had the third before half—time, the result on tight by now probably before the deficit grew higher. founders way tojohann which was something to savour for the italians. northern service was soon resumed. two italians in the sin bin, bonus try, keith rounded it all off with that wing at 1—2 is ireland finally got up and running in this tournament.— finally got up and running in this tournament. . , ., ., , tournament. really proud of the lads ou know. tournament. really proud of the lads you know in — tournament. really proud of the lads you know. in the _ tournament. really proud of the lads you know. in the last— tournament. really proud of the lads you know. in the last couple - tournament. really proud of the lads you know. in the last couple of- you know. in the last couple of weeks they have stayed strong as a group and show their true character today and that is what we asked for today and that is what we asked for today so we can't have any more than that. it today so we can't have any more than that. , ., ., , ., ., that. it is an old wives tale that sonsors that. it is an old wives tale that sponsors of _ that. it is an old wives tale that sponsors of the _ that. it is an old wives tale that sponsors of the tournament - that. it is an old wives tale that l sponsors of the tournament don't travel well. this afternoon initially, at least there rugby team did. it's also been a busy day of domestic rugby... bristol bears stay top of the premiership after a 17—3 victory over leicester tigers. both bristol trys came in the first half, the second from centre piers 0'conor. leicester are down in 9th place. newcastle falcons returned to action after covid—enforced two—week break with a last—minute winner over harlequins. a brett cannon penalty sealed a 25—22 win over the in—form quins. scarlets hopes of reaching next season's champions cup got a boost in their thrilling 27—25 win over edinburgh. dane blacker�*s breakaway try put the welsh side in front early in the second half, a lead they built on before holding off a spirited comeback from edinburgh. to the premier league now, and manchester city are pulling away from the rest of the field at the top of the league after another victory against west ham. goals from ruben dias and john stones means there's now 13 points between them and their nearest rivals, manchester united as joe lynskey reports. for manchester city, the numbers of extraordinary. they are 13 points clear and have 120 in a row. every goal takes them closer to the title and to records. it’s goal takes them closer to the title and to records.— goal takes them closer to the title and to records._ they . and to records. it's a goal! they came from _ and to records. it's a goal! they came from a — and to records. it's a goal! they came from a cross _ and to records. it's a goal! they came from a cross from - and to records. it's a goal! they came from a cross from kevin i and to records. it's a goal! they - came from a cross from kevin devine who may be the world's best passer of the bowl. this one made it easy for even ruben dias to score, and he's a defender. this man has played all over the pitch but there was a striker he is in the right place. this equaliser was the first goal city had let in here since december and for a while, though their finishing was absent, sergio got the first start in four months but looked out of practice. instead, his side looked elsewhere and once again the centre backs came up. england's john stones is having his best ever season. he keeps goes out and i was schooled for himself. west ham came close to work late responsible city now are on a run around the world. iron munich got 23 straight runs last season and it is thought the world record is 24. for now, it is not about who can catch them but how far they can go. —— in munich —— bayern—munich. leeds are in action against aston villa — it's1—0 at elland road, anwar el ghazi scoring afterjust five minutes for the home side. but what a dramatic match at the hawthorns earlier between west brom and brighton. it finished 1—0 to west brom, but that scoreline doesn't tell the story. kyle bartley got the valuable goal early in the first half. brighton had several wasted chances to equalise. first, pascal gross hit the bar from the penalty spot, but then came the biggest talking point of the match — a quick free—kick from lewis dunk fooled everyone, including the cameras, but, bizarrley, referee lee mason changed his mind and ruled it out. said it wasn't a goal, saying that he had blown his whistle twice, the second time before the ball had crossed the line. if that was a sore point for brighton, danny welbeck then added to their woes, missing their second spot kick of the game. not a happy day for brighton boss graham potter — and dunk, who took that free kick, was livid that the referee said it didn't count. yeah, it's embarrassing. i got to come here and speak about it in front of the camera. what do i need to speak about? what do i need to come here and say what he's thought. i said could i take the free kick, i took it, i scored, got the goal, massive protest on them and then he changed his mind. what massive protest on them and then he changed his mind.— changed his mind. what was the exolanation _ changed his mind. what was the explanation for _ changed his mind. what was the explanation for him _ changed his mind. what was the explanation for him to _ changed his mind. what was the explanation for him to changing | changed his mind. what was the i explanation for him to changing his mind? �* ., ., , explanation for him to changing his mind? �* ., . , , explanation for him to changing his mind? ., ., i, ,, mind? i'm not really sure because it was too much _ mind? i'm not really sure because it was too much mayhem _ mind? i'm not really sure because it was too much mayhem to _ mind? i'm not really sure because it was too much mayhem to get - was too much mayhem to get conversation from him and he wouldn't speak to mitt have time to a still don't go. wouldn't speak to mitt have time to a still don't go— wouldn't speak to mitt have time to a still don't go. what we heard from him was that — a still don't go. what we heard from him was that he _ a still don't go. what we heard from him was that he blew _ a still don't go. what we heard from him was that he blew the _ a still don't go. what we heard from him was that he blew the whistle . a still don't go. what we heard from him was that he blew the whistle a i him was that he blew the whistle a second time just before the bell hull all had crossed the line and. i don't know. you probably have watched it more times in may. all i know is that he changed his mind. four fixtures in the scottish premiership, including celtic�*s first match without neil lennon. 0dsonne edouard scored in the eighth minute, giving celtic the 1—0 win over aberdeen. motherwell beat third—place hibs 2—0. ross county lost 1—0 away to st mirren, and it finished 1—1 between kilmarnock and dundee united. away from the football, let's take a look at some of the other sports news stories making the headlines... despite crashing with 24 miles to go, britain's adam yates finished second in the tour of the uae, behind tour de france champion tadej pogacar. both managed to finish safely in the main bunch — australian sprinter caleb ewan beat the field to win stage 7. clondaw castle won the day's featurejumps race, the close brothers handicap chase at kempton, beating—off several grand national runners in a fast contest on ground over three miles. it's the third win in the race for trainer tom george. erik le rouge was second and mr malarky — third. britain's sam bird won the second race of the formula e season in saudi arabia — his first victory for the jaguar team. the race finished while the safety car was out because of a crash. it's bird's tenth win in formula e, which puts him joint second on the all—time leaderboard. now, british football's first silverware of the season will be handed out this weekend. either stjohnstone or livingston will lift the league cup on sunday at hampden. and, while the fans won't be there to see it, whoever wins, it will be a significant achievement for the teams and their new managers. here's our sports news correspondent chris mclaughlin. there's no point in getting to the final unless we are in it. aha, there's no point in getting to the final unless we are in it.- final unless we are in it. a lot of the bo s final unless we are in it. a lot of the boys haven't _ final unless we are in it. a lot of the boys haven't played - final unless we are in it. a lot of the boys haven't played in - final unless we are in it. a lot of the boys haven't played in finals might— the boys haven't played in finals might not — the boys haven't played in finals might not ever play in the final again — might not ever play in the final aaain. ii' ., might not ever play in the final aaain. ::' . ., ., , ., might not ever play in the final auain. ii' . . . ., , again. 2014 and against all the odds again. 2014 and against all the odds a scottish cuo _ again. 2014 and against all the odds a scottish cup final _ again. 2014 and against all the odds a scottish cup final win. _ again. 2014 and against all the odds a scottish cup final win. the - a scottish cup final win. the assistant then is the manager now. cup final are special. they are even more special with supporters there but i think the players realise how big a deal it is for the club and the town itself.— big a deal it is for the club and the town itself. , . . ., . ., , the town itself. great chance for us to make more _ the town itself. great chance for us to make more history— the town itself. great chance for us to make more history for— the town itself. great chance for us to make more history for the - the town itself. great chance for us to make more history for the club l to make more history for the club and i_ to make more history for the club and i think— to make more history for the club and i think everyone just realises that so— and i think everyone just realises that so i— and i think everyone just realises that so i think we're going tojust look at _ that so i think we're going tojust look at this— that so i think we're going tojust look at this game and then give it everything and hopefully bring home a bit everything and hopefully bring home a hit of— everything and hopefully bring home a bit of silverware to perth. there is absolutely _ a bit of silverware to perth. there is absolutely a _ a bit of silverware to perth. there is absolutely a belief _ a bit of silverware to perth. there is absolutely a belief at _ a bit of silverware to perth. there is absolutely a belief at this - a bit of silverware to perth. there is absolutely a belief at this club l is absolutely a belief at this club that they could win on sunday and even outwitting an expectation that they really should but given the nature of this matchup it is exactly the at livingston. —— exactly the same at livingston. the club also trying to recreate what many thought was a one—off. if trying to recreate what many thought was a one-offl— was a one-off. if you want to pick u . was a one-off. if you want to pick u- that was a one-off. if you want to pick no that trophy — was a one-off. if you want to pick up that trophy on _ was a one-off. if you want to pick up that trophy on sunday - was a one-off. if you want to pick up that trophy on sunday then - was a one-off. if you want to pick| up that trophy on sunday then you will he _ up that trophy on sunday then you will he in — up that trophy on sunday then you will he in the — up that trophy on sunday then you will be in the same _ up that trophy on sunday then you will be in the same category- up that trophy on sunday then you will be in the same category as. will be in the same category as them —

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