i will be back with more on those stories at 8pm, but now let s catch up stories at 8pm, but now let s catch up with the sport. hello and welcome to sportsday with me, james pearce, and lizzie greenwood hughes. yes, hello, good evening. the headlines this evening: history is made at aintree as tiger roll wins the grand national for the second year running. another step closer to the quadruple. an early goal gives manchester city victory over brighton and a place in the fa cup final. hibs beat hearts in the edinburgh derby, but the match is marred by trouble from the fans. also coming up in the programme: more problems for leicester tigers they re thrashed at home by premiership leaders exeter. hello, good evening as always on a saturday. it is a packed programme. we start at aintree. it s a grand national that will be talked about for years. all the chat before the race had been about last year s winner tiger roll, and he didn t disappoint. he s become the first horse since
williams. and we meet sam ryder, the uk s new hope for this year s eurovision song contest. two women whose fathers died from covid 19 have won a high court challenge against the government over policies on discharging patients to care homes in england at the outset of the pandemic. cathy gardner and fay harris partially succeeded in their claims against the health secretary and public health england. in a ruling today, judges concluded that policies contained in documents released in march and early april 2020 were unlawful because they failed to take into account the risk to elderly and vulnerable residents from non symptomatic transmission of the virus. our social affairs editor, alison holt, has this report. emerging from the high court, two women who argued the government failed to protect their fathers at the start of the pandemic. both men lived in care homes. today, the court concluded the government decision to discharge hospital patients into care homes was unlawful
hello, and welcome to sportsday. i m holly hamilton. we ll bring you all the build up to tonight s champions league semifinal clash at anfield as liverpool continue their charge towards europe s biggest prize. we re in leipzig with a special report ahead of rangers seismic europa league clash tomorrow night. i think it s going to be a big party, a big football party. who i think it s going to be a big party, a big football party. who do ou think party, a big football party. who do you think will party, a big football party. who do you think will win? party, a big football party. who do you think will win? rangers. - you think will win? rangers. laughter- billed as the biggest fight in women s boxing history, katie taylor prepares for her historical showdown at madison square garden. also coming up in the programme the midnight cricket league that is building bridges between the sport and the community. hello, welcome to the programme. with the second instalment of th
five police officers face gross misconduct proceedings over the stop and search of team gb athlete bianca williams. music and we meet sam ryder, the uk s new hope for this year s eurovision song contest. it s a very significant day for those families who lost loved ones in care homes in the pandemic. the high court in london has warned that discharging patients into care homes at the start of the pandemic was unlawful. the ruling was made of the two women took legal action against public health england and health secretary at the time. they say covid patients were discharged from hospitals back to care homes without testing, causing what was called a shocking death toll. in the first wave of the pandemic almost 20,000 care home residents have died with covid i9. that s more than a third of all people who died with covid during the period. the uk government said it worked tirelessly to protect the public. 0ur social affairs editor alison holt has the story. two women determine