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 festival s 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 extraordinar
at a funeral directors in hull that is at the centre of a major police investigation. the national crime agency has been called in to assist. detectives have received more than 1,500 calls in the past week from people who have used legacy independent funeral directors and are now worried about what happened to their relatives bodies. danny savage has heard from some of them. this is rita shaw. she died last october after a short illness. her husband has her ashes at home. i don t know if i ve got rita s ashes at all. it could be anybody s, i think. but like so many people in the hull area who used legacy funeral directors, he s now wondering if they really are her ashes. you get over the initial part of rita passing away, it s hard, but it s on top of it, if they aren t rita s ashes, it s like torture for the rest of your life, i would have thought. police have taken 35 bodies from this funeral home in hull. they now say they have contacted the families of those people. but
minutes we expected the state department will give an update. and on capitol hill republican submitters will give their first response to president biden s pitch to save medicare by raising taxes. all of that coming up this hour. plus . we bought the elites! we ignored the chatter. we did it our way. the florida way. we won t back down, and i can promise you this. you ain t seen nothing yet. speak to governor ron desantis has his critical rivals on notice there is a whole lot more his team says where that came from the governor gave his state of the state address, spring training swings into florida, baseball lovers but washington post columnist has a major problem with that he is now calling on them to take a stand against ron desantis attack on diversity. the governor s team responded, we will have that coming up with will cain. john: welcome back as america reports rolls into our two in this busy tuesday i m john roberts good afternoon. gillian: good to be with
iraqi forces have made more gains in west mosul, the largest city still under the control of the islamic state group. they claim to have cut the last road out of the city. government troops, backed by a us led coalition, recaptured the east of the city in late january, after more than 100 days of fighting. now they say a third of the west, which is almost completely surrounded, has been retaken. but around 600,000 civilians are still believed to be trapped inside. 0ur middle east correspondent 0rla guerin and cameraman nico hameon have been travelling with the iraqi forces. a warning, you may find parts of their report distressing. a rare glimpse of western mosul. urban warfare on a momentous scale. caught below, hundreds of thousands of civilians. this is the place where is proclaimed its caliphate. here it was born, and here iraqi forces say it will die. 0n the ground, they are advancing, but struggling to hold what they capture. they pound is positions. then, frantic gunfi
world ahead of the commonwealth games in australia. and not one, not two, but three boaty mcboatfaces. the little yellow submarines, named by the public, set off on their first scientific expedition. and carol has the weather. thank you and good morning. they call thank you and good morning. they ca ll start thank you and good morning. they call start to the day with frost around first thing and we have a wea k around first thing and we have a weak weather front sinking south bringing cloud and patchy rain. for most of us it will be dry and right with sunshine. more details in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the legislation paving the way for theresa may to begin the formal negotiations for withdrawing britain from the european union faces its final test in parliament today. ministers hope mps will reject the two changes made to the brexit bill in the house of lords. peers want to guarantee the rights of eu citizens in the uk and ensure parliament has a vote