Rain spoiled nothing about our celebrations, quite the opposite. It enhanced our enthusiasm, our strength. And Dancing In The Rain for the Opening Ceremony was absolutely unforgettable. And the show will Go On. Thanks, because, thanks also to the excellence of the competitors, thank you to the excellent work of the olympic teams as well. You really put so much work into the olympic games, as the president i am very much aware of how much you and your staff and your teams have put into this. I know how much of the Grassroots Movement as well is important, the volunteers have supported you and us on a day to day basis. And have really helped us. In organising these excellent games. As i have said, you have achieved it, we are in the top five and indeed we are second when you counts diversity of members of metals, if you cannot friends excelled itself in many areas. Alongside the federation, allow us also to think others who have guided the huge efforts that have been put in by our sporti
WIn her fIrst olympIc medal later, but gold mIght be beyond her. Hello, welcome to the Bbc News at sIx. The fIrst prIson sentences have been handed down to people who used SocIal MedIa durIng the recent vIolence across the country. LengthyjaIl terms were Imposed for offences IncludIng IncItIng racIal hatred and sendIng menacIng messages, One Man had called for Hotels HousIng Asylum seekers to be set alIght. The PrIme MInIster saId the sentences show that SocIal MedIa Isnt a law free zone. PolIce, whove now made nearly 600 arrests for offences relatIng to the dIsorder, say theyre prepared for thIs weekend, wIth 6,000 offIcers on duty. Our home and legal correspondent DomInIc CascIanI reports from Leeds Crown court. ThIs Is Jordan Parlour, thIs IsJordan Parlour, a knock at the door from polIce and an arrest for hIs words rather than hIs actIons durIng last weeks dIsorder. At the weekend, he sat at home watchIng what was goIng on. Leeds Crown Court heard he was angry about ImmIgratIon and
to test a new alert system. ireland secured an historic grand slam title in dublin. a convincing 13 point victory over england saw them win the six nations in front of a huge home crowd on st patrick s weekend. you on st patrick s weekend. may have dodged the sho yesterday you may have dodged the showers yesterday but today it will be drier and brighterfor many yesterday but today it will be drier and brighter for many with sunny spells. the full forecast throughout the morning. it s sunday 19th march. our main story: lawyers for donald trump say the former president was merely speculating, when he said he expected to be arrested on criminal charges next week. prosecutors have been investigating alleged hush money payments made on mr trump s behalf, prior to the 2016 presidential election. if he is indicted, it would be the first criminal case to be brought against a former us president, as david willis reports. in order to make america great and glorious again, i am tonight
welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s eight in the morning here in singapore, and six in the evening in the province of saskatchewan where police investigating the stabbing of ten people on sunday have arrested a suspect. myles sanderson was one of two people wanted in connection with the attacks. the other, his brother, was found dead on monday. a motive for the attacks still isn t clear. i spoke to our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, who is in melfort, saskatchewan for us. this manhunt for myles sanderson has now concluded, police can affirming that they have taken him into custody. this hunt stretched over three provinces and over the last few days our team has been here and we have seen for ourselves these piercing mobile phone alerts that you get every few minutes from the police saying that he has possibly been cited here, he s been cited there, he was seen in the city of red china which is around three hours from he