it was the favourite who won the day. corach rambler proved a bargain for his owners a scottish syndicate who bought him forjust £17,000. the largest military parade in 70 years more than 6,000 members of britain s armed services will take part in next month s coronation. and the weather, a lot more cart around today compared to yesterday, patchy rain in the west but it will fill wall. all the details and outlook coming up after breakfast. just as she will feel warm. it s sunday, 16th april. our main story: motoring groups have welcomed the government s decision to cancel the construction of new smart motorways, but insisted the announcement does not go far enough. existing stretches of smart motorway in england will remain, but more emergency stopping places will be put in place. the aa has called for the hard shoulder to return on all roads. aru na iyengar reports. it is not quite the end of smart motorways. plans for m will be scrapped, including 11 that had already b
hello and welcome to sportsday. rachel blackmore makes history at the cheltenham festival but she s also beaten by the horse she turned down in the gold cup minella indo. on the brink of the 6 nations grand slam we look at what exactly wales need to do to win the title tomorrow. and as mourinho says his players failed the basics of life in their europa league defeat last night, we look at what s gone wrong at spurs? hello and welcome to sportsday. so thanks forjoining us, lots to get through and we re starting with the cheltenham festival jump racing s olympic games and today was the one they all want to win the gold cup. it went to minella indo, part of a unique big race treble for his trainer henry de bromhead, one of many incredible stories there this week. in a moment i ll be talking to the bbc s racing commentatorjohn hunt, getting his take on the festival including of course, rachel blackmore s historic leading jockey trophy. but first our correspondent andy s
Justin Steele returned to one of baseball's best rotations on Monday night, starting the opener of the Chicago Cubs' three-game series against the San Diego Padres, and the 28-year-old pitched into the fifth inning of the road team's 6-3 victory.