Lizzie Greenwood Hughes is there for us. Once again, Willie Mullins has triumphed in the Sport Ofjump Racing at the cheltenham gold cup, for in six years for the irish maestro and two in succession although his margin of victory was not as great as last year, this was our ghibli a more impressive performance from the horse because the ground is testing soft but heavy and places for more than 30 years where the word heavy has been in the official going here at cheltenham. But he saw off is hugely talented competitors, so it was another poor day for the bookmakers here, but a great day and great week for the cheltenham festivals most successful winning trainer, Willie Mullins. Here he is speaking to laura scott. It mullins. Here he is speaking to Laura Scott Laura scott. It has been extraordinary, laura scott. It has been extraordinary, our laura scott. It has been i extraordinary, our horses laura scott. It has been extraordinary, our horses were in such extraordinary, our horses were in such good extraordinary, our horses were in such good form coming here, the preparation went so easy and well thought preparation went so easy and well thought we just said to ourselves last saturday morning that we could have a last saturday morning that we could have a big last saturday morning that we could have a big week and thats exactly whats have a big week and thats exactly whats happened to. The victory for William Mullins was again for his jockey paul town and, there Record Holderfor again for his jockey paul town and, there Record Holder for races again for his jockey paul town and, there Record Holderfor races in again for his jockey paul town and, there Record Holder for races in the gold cup, forfor him now. Its been a great week for the irish but mixed week for british jockeys and trainers, and therell be plenty of questions being asked this week as to what they can stop the prevent dust do to stop this gap widening and how they can keep the good british courses and owners in britain so they can have more British Success at the cheltenham festival. ~ British Success at the cheltenham festival. , ~ ,. , festival. Lizzie, thank you very much. Now lets get some reaction to the European Champions League draw. Manchester city manager Pep Guardiola says getting the iii time winners real madrid in the Quarter Finals isnt ideal. Its the third season in a row that the two sides will play each other in the Knockout Stages of the tournament. City beat real last year en route to winning the trophy, but lost to them two years ago. We dont have another option. Yeah, it looks like a little bit of a tradition, three years in a row, playing the king of the competition, winning 14 champions league. But it is what it is, hopefully we can arrive in good form in a few weeks it still a few weeks before the first game in madrid, and yet, we will see. Well, if city win that tie waiting in the semi finals could be their Premier League title rivals arsenal or bayern munich. Thats one of the other Quarter Finals. Elsewhere, Paris Saint Germain will need to beat barcelona in the last eight and then either Atletico Madrid or borussia dortmund, if theyre to reach the final at wembley on june 1st. The quarterfinal first legs will be played on 9 10 april, with the second legs a week later. In the europa league, the favourites liverpool will take on italian side atalanta with the winner coming up against either benfica or marseille in the final four whilst theres an all italian Quarter Final as ac milan take on roma, and bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen will play west ham. And in the europa conference league, aston villas reward for thrashing ajax sees them face lille the winner taking on olympiakos or fenerbahce in the semi finals. The other Quarter Finals sees Club Brugges Face Paok and Viktoria Plzen against fiorentina. Rory mcelroy will tee off shortly at golf� s players championship after sharing the lead with Xander Schauffele at seven under after round one. Round two has seen fitzpatrick shooting up the leader boards, some brilliant play on the front lines so im charging the contention, hitting seven birdies in total to finishes around nine under the currently sit second. And thats all your support for now, back to you, matthew. Another £5 million by businessman frank hester on top of the 10 million hes already donated. Mr hester has been widely accused of racism after saying the mp diane abbott made him want to hate All Black Women and she should be shot. The boss apologised for what he described as making rude comments about the former labour mp, but said his remarks had nothing to do with her gender nor colour of skin. Heres hannah miller. Learning to use a camera on a visit to the university of sunderland, the chancellor and Prime Minister cant escape the glare of scrutiny over donations to the party. This week, they said that comments made by one of the conservatives biggest donors were racist, but now its emerged that they may have received a further £5 million from the same man a claim that the chancellor didnt deny. We follow all the right procedures when it comes to declaring our donations. And when the time is right, we will declare any donations that we have received recently. Frank hester donated £10 million to the conservative party last year. Thats a fifth of all donations. Any further money wouldnt need to be declared until april and published by the Electoral Commission injune. Mr hester has apologised for what he described as rude comments about the mp diane abbott, after it was reported that he said that seeing her on tv made him want to hate All Black Women and she should be shot. On a visit to inspect Water Quality in Greater Manchester today, the Liberal Democrat leader took the opportunity to suggest that the conservative party should stop mr hester� s money from flowing into its account. I think the conservative party should hang its head in shame if it doesnt give these donations back, and i think anyone in the election who receives a leaflet from the conservatives should throw it in the bin, because they know it was paid for by someone who said in a conversation that an mp should be shot. That is a complete disgrace. And if there were any doubt that the Election Campaigning is ramping up, this is how the labour party chose to Mark Rishi Sunak Ruling out a General Election on may 2nd. Chicken squawks the Prime Minister will be hoping that the noise about his partys funding doesnt roll on until polling day. Hannah miller, bbc news, westminster. Lets speak to melissa sigodo, who is Community Reporter for the daily mirror. On that Central Point of a lot of focus today, which is that extra £5 million, do you think the conservative party has to say yes or no, in terms of what they have received that donation . I no, in terms of what they have received that donation . Received that donation . I dont think it really received that donation . I dont think it really matters received that donation . I dont think it really matters at received that donation . I dont think it really matters at this i think it really matters at this point, the fact that they have already received money, if they continue to receive money, its irrelevant. The fact of the matter is they need to get that money back, and thats how many people feel at this moment in time. In and thats how many people feel at this moment in time. This moment in time. In terms of what we heard this moment in time. In terms of what we heard from this moment in time. In terms of what we heard from the this moment in time. In terms of what we heard from the prime i what we heard from the Prime Minister and others, they keep repeating that hes apologised but hes not apologised for the racist comments, has he . He hes not apologised for the racist comments, has he . Comments, has he . He has not apologised comments, has he . He has not apologised for comments, has he . He has not apologised for the comments, has he . He has not apologised for the racist comments, has he . He has not apologised for the racist comments, and in fact it seems like tory spin that they are trying to create this narrative now where an apology has given, but actually one hasnt been given. And that seems to be the trend here when it comes to gas lighting the nation, especially gas knighting gas lighting ethnic minorities into believing something is happening when that actually isnt the reality. We heard our Prime Minister say racism doesnt exist in this country, but here we see that a man who is very close to the conservative party has made racist remarks, so surely that cant be true. ,. , racist remarks, so surely that cant be true. ,. , u, be true. You are Community Reporter for the daily be true. You are Community Reporter for the daily mirror, be true. You are Community Reporter for the daily mirror, as be true. You are Community Reporter for the daily mirror, as i be true. You are Community Reporter for the daily mirror, as i said be true. You are Community Reporter for the daily mirror, as i said in for the daily mirror, as i said in the introduction, just give me a sense of the reaction that youve heard from in terms of the people youve spoken to, and terms of the impact of the story. So youve spoken to, and terms of the impact of the story. 50 i youve spoken to, and terms of the impact of the story. Impact of the story. So i held a sace impact of the story. So i held a space on impact of the story. So i held a space on x. Impact of the story. So i held a space on x, which is impact of the story. So i held a space on x, which is basically l space on x, which is basically gathering people from the community to come and voice their concerns. And during that space, people were absolutely traumatised, angered, and fearful because when you look at what this man said, calling for genocide essentially, that nothing being done until 48 hours for them to say it is racist but we will keep the money, people are just beside themselves, they cant believe this is happening at the same time, its not surprising because this is something that often happens with black women. We are not protected or seen, and we are not heard. And from what we saw during pmqs, diane abbott stood up 46 times and didnt even get a chance to talk about the situation that very much concerned her 36 times. Tell about the situation that very much concerned her 36 times. Tell me more about concerned her 36 times. Tell me more about why concerned her 36 times. Tell me more about why youve concerned her 36 times. Tell me more about why youve come concerned her 36 times. Tell me more about why youve come to concerned her 36 times. Tell me | more about why youve come to that conclusion that black women are not seen or heard. We saw what happened in the commons and many people condemning the speaker not calling her, but more broadly you make a general point. So tell me more about why youve come to that conclusion. How can we not come to that conclusion when we see The First Black FemaleMp Conclusion when we see The First Black Female mp being treated in such an Abominable Black Female mp being treated in such an abominable way . Black female mp being treated in such an abominable way . She i black female mp being treated in i such an abominable way . She stood up 46 times at 70 years old and was completely ignored. How can we not feel that black women, when we see somebody in such a high position, being treated that way, but hope can we have that we would be treated any differently . Just we have that we would be treated any differentl 7,. , we have that we would be treated any differentl 7,. ,. , differently . Just a final thought, because i know differently . Just a final thought, because i know there differently . Just a final thought, because i know there will differently . Just a final thought, because i know there will be i differently . Just a final thought, because i know there will be a l differently . Just a final thought, i because i know there will be a rally in support of diane abbott in hackney in about an hours time you told our producer that diane abbott is The Pincushion Of Politics. Tell us why you came to that conclusion. 50 politics. � tell us why you came to that conclusion. That conclusion. So that was something that conclusion. So that was something that that conclusion. So that was something that i that conclusion. So that was something that i had that conclusion. So that was something that i had to i that conclusion. So that was something that i had to eat | that conclusion. So that was l something that i had to eat it online, and actually it came from the Deputy Leader of the womens equality tweeted online. She said diane abbott is The Pincushion Of Politics because she seems to get the most hate and backlash, and it just doesnt stop, its the most hate and backlash, and it just doesnt stop, its become normalised for her to be treated in such a way. So if anyone has anything they want to take out, they take it out on her. And i think its a sad indictment that the first asian Prime Minister refused to give that money back after a man called for the first female mp to be Shot Dust First Black Female mp to be shot. I think its a sad indictment that he wont give it back. That he wont give it back. Thank ou so that he wont give it back. Thank you so much that he wont give it back. Thank you so much for that he wont give it back. Thank you so much forjoining that he wont give it back. Thank you so much forjoining us i that he wont give it back. Thank you so much forjoining us here. That he wont give it back. Thank i you so much forjoining us here live on bbc news, thanks for your time. Thank you. The uk Commons Public Accounts Committee an independent body set up to examine the value for money of government projects, says only a fraction of more than ten billions of pounds of Levelling Up Money has been spent on projects, and ministers cant provide a compelling example of what the schemes delivered so far. Lets speak to sarah owen, labour mp and a member of the public accounts committee. Welcome to the programme. The Committee Said they were astonished by these findings. Just tell us what youve jUst Gathered Dust discovered here. Youve Ust Gathered Dust discovered here. , youve Ust Gathered Dust discovered here. ,. , here. There are quite a few open mouths during here. There are quite a few open mouths during the here. There are quite a few open mouths during the evidence i here. There are quite a few open i mouths during the evidence sessions around levelling up, because given this was the governments suppose it flagship policy, to hear that less than 10 of the funds have actually left the departments front door and to find out that projects were under way was actually just feasibility studies, its pretty shocking and a shocking use of public finances at a time when local government is crying out for that. Tfi time when local government is crying out forthat out for that. 71 proects though were supposed out for that. 71 proects though were supposed to i out for that. 71 projects though were supposed to be out for that. 71 projects though were supposed to be shovel. Out for that. 71 projects though i were supposed to be shovel ready were supposed to be shovel ready so what has been the delay, whats the holdup here . We so what has been the delay, whats the holdup here . So what has been the delay, whats the holdup here . We did question the dela s of the holdup here . We did question the delays of the the holdup here . We did question the delays of the shovel the holdup here . We did question the delays of the Shovel Readiness the holdup here . We did question the delays of the Shovel Readiness of i delays of the Shovel Readiness of the project. They had unforeseen delays they sat around planning permission, which we all pushed back and said should have been picked up at the application stage, but of course as well, we