As skeleton winners, Lizzy Yarnold and laura deas are presented with their gold and bronze medals. Also,looking to the future in south africa, thats in dateline london with Carrie Gracie in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The husband of murdered mpjo cox has resigned from two charities he set up in her memory, after allegations of Sexual Harassment were published in the mail on sunday. Mr cox denies assaulting a woman at Harvard University in 2015, but admits to inappropriate behaviour while working for save the children. Our Political Correspondent Susana Mendonca reports. The murder ofjo cox in 2016 shocked the nation. The labour mp, who was also a mother of two small children, was murdered by a far right extremist during the Eu Referendum campaign. After her death, her husband brendan became a prominent campaigner against extremism and went on to help set up two organisations thejo Cox Foundation and more in common. Now he has resigned from both
We can see tomorrow. This cloud brings some outbreaks of rain. Especially in northern and central england. It fizzles out over the next few hours. Spells of sunshine, temperatures of 7 12d. It is a fine evening. It will turn cold overnight, temperatures getting down to freezing, away from south west england. Some outbreaks of drizzle through the early hours. Temperatures of about 7 degrees. Some patches of mist and fog in northern england. A chilly start in central and eastern areas. Right at first, cloud in the west through the day. There will be rain eastwards as the afternoon wears on. Mild air, highs of 7 iid. This is bbc news, our latest headlines commentator Lizzie Yarnold goes to the front Lizzy Yarnold becomes the first british winter athlete to defend an olympic title after winning gold in the womens skeleton laura deas took bronze. Theresa may warns European Union leaders not to put lives at risk by blocking a security deal after brexit. The Prime Minister said britain would
Time to cross to the bbc sport centre now for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me olly foster and sarah mulkerrins. Good evening, these are our headlines tonight. Its a sliding Super Saturday for the british team, gold for yarnold, and deas also make it on to the pyeongchang podium. And with izzy atkin also taking bronze in the slopestyle, its a historic day for the british team. But on a day of firsts, its the same old story for Elise Christie, falling again, she crashes in her speed skating 1500m semifinal. Also coming up in the programme well have the best of the action from todays fifth round ties in the fa cup. Evening, what a day for team gb in pyeongchang. Lizzy yarnold has become the first british winter olympian to successfully defend a title. Shes skeleton champion once again, and laura deas also took bronze. Its the first time there have been two british medallists in the same event. Earlier today, izzy atkin won bronze in the slopestyle. And that was the firs
The latest action from the fa cup fifth round ties, along with the highlights from todays winter olympics. Good evening. Team gb is celebrating its most successful day in winter olympic history. Lizzy yarnold won gold in the womens skeleton becoming the first briton ever to defend a winter olympic title. There was a bronze too in the event for her team mate laura deas, and a bronze in the ski slopestyle for izzy atkin. But there was disappointment for the medalfavourite Elise Christie who crashed in the semi final of the 1500 metre speed skating and was taken to hospital. David ornstein reports from pyeongchang. Guiding Great Britain to unprecedented glory, Lizzy Yarnold and laura deas turning dreams into reality, rewriting the record books. Commentator Lizzy Yarnold next, the olympic champion, can she make history and win it again . Yarnold went into her final slide in second place, but conjured an imperious display and the fastest time any woman has produced on this track to enter sp
In talking books, Rebecca Jones speaks to one of indias most successful writers preeti shinoy. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Team gb is celebrating its most successful day in winter olympic history. Lizzy yarnold won gold in the womens skeleton becoming the first briton ever to defend a winter olympic title. There was a bronze too in the event for her team mate laura dees, and a bronze in the ski slopestyle for izzy atkin. But there was disappointment for the medal favourite Elise Christie who crashed in the semifinal of the 1500 metre speed skating and was taken to hospital. David ornstein reports from pyeongchang. Guiding Great Britain to unprecedented glory, Lizzy Yarnold and laura deas turning dreams into reality, rewriting the record books. Commentator Lizzy Yarnold next, the olympic champion, can she make history and win it again . Yarnold went into her final slide in second place, but conjured an imperious display and the fastest time any woman has produced on this track