gasp strike from hakim ziyech kept them in the competition. natalie pirks was watching. hammered last weekend in the league, sheffield united had looked like a team shorn of confidence since the departure of their manager, but the cup was a chance for a fresh start. unfortunately it was away at chelsea, the blues unbeaten in 13 matches under thomas tuchel. the blades held their own for 20 minutes. own for 23 minutes. and deflected into his own net for an own goal! an unfortunate norwood flick broke the deadlock. ollie norwood s second mistake was almost as costly, but this tumble was enough for aaron ramsdale. but something had switched for blades in the second half, and when a cross found this player all alone, an equaliser was surely on the cards? the fighting spirit almost came good in injury time through rhian brewster, but in the end it was chelsea who showed their quality in the dying seconds, hakim ziyech with an emphatic finish. and chelsea are into the fa cup semifin
playing for the county. i m ben boulos, live at the willington wetlands nature reserve , where we are finding out how natural habitats like this are helping to tackle the climate crisis. and it s just one win in six premier league games for manchester united, after being beaten by neighbours manchester city 2 0 at old trafford this afternoon. and, in half an hour here on bbc news, sustainability is the name of the game. that s coming up in click. the former conservative prime minister sirjohn major has launched an attack on borisjohnson s goverment, calling its handling of owen paterson s recommended suspension, shameful and wrong . on wednesday, the commons voted in favour of changing the system that governs the behaviour of mps, despite a recommendation by the independent standards commissioner to suspend mr paterson for 30 days. ministers backtracked following uproar from their own mps and opposition parties. here s our political correspondent ione wells. if there s one p
hello, you re watching bbc news, this is a sportsday, here s what s coming up. england kick themselves back into six nations title contention, beating ireland at the death at twickenham. there are tears ofjoy for the azzurri italy celebrate a rare six nations win in rome, as the scots titles hopes are dashed. in the late winner for arsenal, their back on top of the premier league for at least 2a hours. another late winner. but it s all over for england s cricketers a 4 1 test series defeat as they disintegrate in dharmashala inside three three days. also coming up on sportsday. teenager 0llie bearman makes history by becoming the youngest briton to start an f1 race. and after a knockout win for anthonyjoshua, he s gunning for fury or usyk. i think both of them are very credible fighters and i would love the opportunity to face them at some stage. welcome. wow, it s been an incredible day in rugby union s six nations, and the championship is going down to the final wee
resumes this weekend. hello there, and welcome along to sportsday. fast bowler ollie robinson is back in the england side for the first time since the third ashes test last summer. he s one of two changes for the fourth test against india in ranchi. is recalled for leg spinner rehan ahmed. india are 2 1 up in the five match series we do like to look at the pitch two days out and one day out because that is how we like to prepare. you want to give yourself some idea or indication about what will give you the best chance and looking at that i think there will be assistance with spin. we look at the picture assistance with spin. we look at the picture and assistance with spin. we look at the picture and give - assistance with spin. we look at the picture and give our i at the picture and give our opinion at the picture and give our opinion but that at the picture and give our opiare but that at the picture and give our opi are going at at the picture and give our opi are
whole, it is a quieter story. write with some sunny spells around. the only exception is done in the far southwest and i will give you all the details on that and more coming up the details on that and more coming up shortly. good morning to you. it s sunday february 24. our main story: the former conservative deputy chairman, lee anderson, has admitted the prime minister had no option but to take action over comments he made about the mayor of london. mr anderson has been suspended from the party, but has not apologised for his claims about sadiq khan. our political correspondent iain watson has the latest. this man isn tjust the mp for ashfield in the east midlands, he has a second job as a gb news presenter, and that s where he made his controversial comments. i don t actually believe that these islamists have got control of our country, but what i do believe is they ve got control of khan and they ve got control of london. the remarks could raise tensions in london. the