by winning the final race aboard the aptly named a dream to share! ireland s team have made the decision to change the colour of their shorts for this year s women s six nations tournament. they were white, but will now be blue to combat period anxiety. and other sides are considering following suit. the tournament kicks off march 25, with england once again favourites to win the title for what would be a fifth time in a row. our reporter sara orchard has been at the launch. we re in a very trendy corner of east london for this women s six nations launch, where the players and the captains a lot of them have been talking a lot to social media creators, having their photos done, of course mixing with journalists and reporters as well about how they ll all go in the championship this year. however, one of the big talking points is the fact that every country taking part for the very first time will have either professional or semi professional players. and for scotland,
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
Where he finished only third. but there was certainly no doubt he would win the race. it was an extraordinary performance from him, as he charged clear to win by some ten lengths. a brilliant performance from energumene ridden by paul townend, trained by willie mullins, owned by the owner of brighton & hove albion, tony bloom. the big highlight tomorrow is the stayers hurdle, where all eyes will be on flooring porter, who is going for a hat trick of wins in the race. he won it in 2021, won it in 2022 can he win it in 2023? he s not been in the best of form over the last 12 months, and he ll face plenty of high quality opposition, including another former champion in paisley park. so while energumene took the headlines in the big race of the day, it was also a day to remember for one teenage jockey. 18 year old john gleeson, on his first ever ride at cheltenham festival, provided the fairytale finish to day two
For the second year in a row, coming home on a rainy day at the course, where our sports correspondent andy swiss was watching. anything but a soggy performance from energumene, as he won the champion chase for the second year in the running. there had been questions about energumene in the build up because he didn t look too impressive in his last race, where he finished only third. but there was certainly no doubt he would win the race. it was an extraordinary performance from him, as he charged clear to win by some ten lengths. a brilliant performance from energumene ridden by paul townend, trained by willie mullins. owned by the owner of brighton & hove albion, tony bloom.