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the japanese car maker toyota invests a quarter of a billion pounds in its plant in deryshire. and the moment a bbc team got caught on mount etna when it erupted. ten people were injured. and coming up in the sport on bbc news, ruby walsh rides four winners on day three at the cheltenham festival, including victory on nichols canyon in the feature race, the stayers hurdle. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the government has rejected the call for a second referendum on scottish independence, saying now is not the time. mrs may said the focus needs to be , , brexit deal for the uk, the scottish people judge whether they want to be part of it or not. on monday scotland s first minister called for a referendum in the autumn of 2018 or the spring of the following year. today nicola sturgeon said xyz. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. no to this. no to this. no to this. and even no to talks about a referendum, at least not now. we should be working tog ....
for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. theresa may rejects calls for a scottish independence referendum before brexit. we ll have the latest on the stand off between westminster and holyrood. the newly re elected dutch prime minister says the voters rejected the wrong kind of populism in this week s election. and thousands of school children across the uk have been taking part in the bbc‘s school report news day. we ll bring you the highlights at 8.30pm. that s all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me, will perry. the headlines this evening: a former british cyclist has told the bbc that he broke the sport s rules by secretly injecting himself with vitamins when riding for team sky. ruby walsh rides four winners on day three of the cheltenham festival, including victory on nichols canyon in the feature, the stayer‘s hurdle. and three and half years after his last in ....
the first minister nicola sturgeon was anticipating that, the snp are very good at planning several steps ahead. they will have realised that that would be theresa may ‘s response and they have indicated privately that they are relaxed, with something after their preferred timescale. at some point that will be horse trading on that negotiations be horse trading on that negotiation and at some point after spring 2019 there will be a referendum, i imagine. given that we know that the british people are far from convinced that they want another referendum, the polls are pretty narrow on that, but there is far from a clear majority of people clamouring for another referendum so soon after the last one, do you think nicola sturgeon could face a bit of a backlash from the scottish people? it is possible, buti bit of a backlash from the scottish people? it is possible, but i think attitudes over the past year have hardened since the european referendum, along predictable lin ....
but it s bad news for donald trump his new attempt to impose a travel ban has again been rejected by the courts. a former team sky cyclist tells the bbc he broke the rules on taking supplements, but it was covered up. and what happened when a bbc team faced the volcanic fury of mount etna in sicily. on bbc london a man dies at a construction site manchester united have though i only place in the quarterfinals of the europa league. find out if they get past ross dolph at old trafford. ross dolph. good evening. theresa may has signalled that she would refuse permission for a referendum on scottish independence before the uk leaves the european union. the prime minister said the current focus needed to be on securing the best brexit deal for all of the the uk. scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon, said it was democratically unacceptable to block scotland s right to choose and that history might look back on today as the day the fate of the union was sealed . ou ....
in a very, very unusual move, britain s communications intelligence agency has gone = on donald trump during the us election campaign. the gchq statement says the allegations are complete and utter nonsense, utterly ridiculous, and should be ignored. about his unproven claim that trump tower was wire tapped on the orders of president obama, even though the republican speaker it didn t happen. here is our north america editorjon sopel. bagpipes playing. st patrick s day is being celebrated in washington but donald trump does not seem to be enjoying the luck of the irish, as his problems pile up. remember his claim in a series of tweets that barack obama had tapped his phone and that his predecessor was sick and bad ? well, last night, the president gave an interview in which he stood by the claim. wire tap covers a lot of different things. i think you re going to find some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks. at a tetchy white hous ....