gatland. the surprises in the squad were lurking elsewhere. despite leading england to back—to—back six nations titles, dylan hartley has been left out of the squad, as hasjoe launchbury. after an underwhelming six nations, wales have more players than expected while scottish fans will be disappointed that stuart hogg is only one of two making the trip. i would love to have seen other boys go on, but you need to look at the squad and the pressure warren gatland has been under to try to pick a squad. i would not want to do it. four years ago, the lions won the series in australia but what is good enough to beat australia might not be good enough to beat new zealand. the lions have won the series there only once, back in 1971. being selected could be the easy part... katie gornall, bbc news. barcelona are out of the champions league after they were unable to mount another miraculous comeback. juventus held them at bay in the second leg of their quarter final at camp nou, and held on to their

sam warburton will lead them this summer as both he and coach warren gatland try to emulate their success from four years ago. the squad is bigger that the tour to australia, and it might have to be better, too, with the mighty all blacks lying in wait. our sports correspondent katie gornall was at the squad announcement in london. warren gatland said he only finalise the squad last night, and there were lively debates over the selection, but today he announced the 41 players he will take on tour. as predicted, the majority were english, 16, although not perhaps some of the names you might have expected. no room for dylan hartley despite the fact that he has led england to their second successive six nations title. prop kyle sinclairand six nations title. prop kyle sinclair and centre ben keogh are included despite the fact that they have only played one test for england. 12 welsh players, even though they had an underwhelming six nations, but only two scots, even though scotland finished joint second in the six nations, so there is sure to be some debate around the composition of this li

gatland has been underto pressure warren gatland has been under to try to pick a squad. four yea rs under to try to pick a squad. four years ago the lions won the series in australia but what is good enough to beat the aussies might not be good enough to beat new zealand. the lions have won the series they're just once. back in 1971. getting selected could prove to be the easy part. back to main story and news that the general election will now definitely ta ke general election will now definitely take place in 50 days. we heard a lot from the prime minister said she announced her surprise plan yesterday morning. we've also had a lot from brenda from bristol whose reaction to the news when she was stopped in the street by the bbc yesterday has been played over and over again. in fact she has become something of a media star. john kay went back to see her today to see how the news is sinking in. i can't believe... oh no — no, no, no. i can't believe all this! brenda, 75 years old and suddenly an internet sensation. i can't stand this...| can't stand this...| can't stand

gatland leaving him out. the surprises in the squad were looking elsewhere. despite leading england to back—to—back six nations titles dyla n to back—to—back six nations titles dylan hartley was left out of the squad as well asjoe launchbury, one of the players of the tournament. after an underwhelming six nations, wales have more than expected, while scottish players will be disappointed stuart hogg is only two making the trip. i would love to see more boys going but you have to look at the squad under pressure warren gatlin has been under two pique squad. i wouldn't like to do it. -- to pick a squad. four years ago they w011 to pick a squad. four years ago they won in australia but what is good enough to be the aussies might not be the same in new zealand. the lions one in new zealand only once in1971. lions one in new zealand only once in 1971. getting selected could prove to be the easy part —— won. tournament favourite judd trump, has been knocked out of the snooker world championship by worl

i expect him to be named lions captain a week tomorrow when warren gatland names his squad and his captain, and unless warren gatland has a change of heart over warburton‘s fitness, taking this injury into account, i still expect warburton to be the man to lead the lions out to new zealand. he will have a matter of weeks to get up to sit. you before that first test. thank you, chris jones. so while warburton will be back, two others from the world of rugby have announced they're calling it a day. the former scotland captain kelly brown will retire from playing at the end of the season to become an academy coach at his current club, saracens. brown has won three premiership titles and the champions cup with sarries, and earned 64 caps for his country. and the former wales and british and irish lions scrum half mike phillips will also finish playing at the end of the season. phillips is playing for sale sharks at the moment, and won two grand slams with wales. he finishes his careerjust one short of winning 100 caps for his country. craig shakespeare has denied a falling out with claudio r

sam warburton will lead them as he and coach warren gatland try to any labour success from four yea rs try to any labour success from four years ago. the squad is bigger than the tour to australia and it might have to be better, with the mighty all blacks lying in wait. katy gordon will —— katy gordon all was at the squad announcement. there had been months of speculation but one man seemed sure of the spotlight. once again, sam warburton will lead the lyons, this time against the worlds best, new zealand. it will be the toughest i've done. but it is the biggest honour i've had as well. being captain of the lions for the second time against new zealand, that ranks as the pinnacle of my career. 41 players were chosen by warren gatland and, as predicted, england dominate the squad. wales have 12 players, and ireland, who beat the all blacks back in november, have 11. scotland only have two. half the squad make their lions debut, including the rookie prop kyle sinckler, yet to start a test match for england. warburton has been given the armband despite no longer being captain of wales

here is what their coach warren gatland said earlier.|j here is what their coach warren gatland said earlier. i don't think we should get on the plane unless we think we have a chance of beating the all blacks. one of the challenges is that you try to play against the all blacks and they are human and capable of making mistakes, they have frailties and you but them under pressure. the pleasing thing is that a lot of those players can believe it now because they saw some of those frailties when ireland beat the all blacks in chicago. on the bbc sport website you can get the full squad and plenty of analysis from my collea g u es and plenty of analysis from my colleagues too. one last bit of sports news — serena williams appeared to announce on social media that she‘s pregnant. she posted this picture of herself on snapchat, posing in a mirror with the message: "20 weeks", before deleting the post. there‘s been no official confirmation from her team but if true, it means she won her record—breaking 23rd grand slam singles title at

gatland's mind. rather than established internationals, it was a possible one for england's future who led the initial charge. harry mallinder sliding over to give since the lead. the home side knew how badly they needed the victory and hardly knew the importance of a big performance. no better time for him to score his first try of the season. saracens we re first try of the season. saracens were never far first try of the season. saracens were neverfar behind adding the final minutes marcelo bosch find the time and victory. dylan hartley's best performance for some time and a censure but not enough to stop his side losing by only two points. whether he has done enough for the lions call—up will be unveiled on wednesday. ronnie o'sullivan is through to the second round of the world snooker championship.the five—time world champion started the afternoon session leading gary wilson 5—4. he moved onto 7—5 with this break of 124, the highest of the tournament so far. wilson didn't make life easy

the england captain dylan hartley and joe launchbury were left out of the squad named by warren gatland, butjones is concentrating on england's two—test tour of argentina in june. i've got no interest in the lions. i haven't spoken to warren, it is just... but they will just tell us, you know. what i envision happens is they will tell us and then we will give them a player and work out who is next, and that is how it works. and i am happy to do that, you know. that is ourjob, ourjob is for this period of time to serve the lions, and we will do that, so whoever they need we will give them too and then we will work out who we can bring into the squad. so we are happy to do that. there are three more games in basketball‘s nba play—offs on thursday night. cleveland are at indiana, with the cavs hoping to take a 3—0 lead in that series. although the pacers are currently leading 87— 8a. meanwhile, toronto are at milwaukee, with the series tied at 1—1. milwaukee is leaving 41— 15. coming up later in the western conference, san antonio are at memphis, with the spurs leading 2—0

lions head coach warren gatland will name his squad for the tour of new zealand a week today. there is still speculation around who will be picked as captain, particularly with favourite sam warburton being ruled out for the rest of the domestic season with a knee injury. among those also in contention is the england skipper dylan hartley. he missed out on the last lions tour in 2013 — after being originally selected — because of a ban for verbally abusing a referee. anyone selected i'm sure it is a great honour. i have been previously selected, so yes it is a great honour. but to tour, i'm sure it is a great experience as well. but i am not counting my chickens, i do not want to build myself up for possibly a sit back, in my eyes, i am just taking it as it comes and i'm happy where i am at the moment. if it comes it is a bonus if not i have other things to play for and other things to look forward to. the world track cycling championships are under way in hong kong. great britain have already won a medal on day one, elinor barker picked up a silver in the women's scratch

just under half an hour until warren gatland names his british and irish lions squad for this summer's tour of new zealand. 0ur sports news correspondent katie gornall is in london for us ahead that announcement at midday. as you say, soon months of speculation will come to an end. in around half an hour, the lions‘ tour manager will reveal the 40 names that have made the squad to tour new zealand with warren gatland. here with me to talk all about it is our by with me to talk all about it is our rugby union correspondent, chris jones. we do know one name that is going to be and that squad — sam warburton, the captain. he is injured, that was his participation everin injured, that was his participation ever in doubt? it is only a six week injury, so it is something people see as a positive. it gives them a chance to freshen up before the tour and be ready to go come the first match. if he's not ready for that, he will certainly be ready to build up he will certainly be ready to build up for the next games. either way, over the course of the last few weeks it was always going to bec

he is one of 41 selected today by warren gatland, and while it wasn't a surprise, there were still some at the announcement in london. katie gornall was there. warren gatland said he only finalised his squad last night, and there was some lively debate over there was some lively debate over the selection as well. but today he announced the 41 players he will ta ke announced the 41 players he will take on tour to new zealand. the majority were english, 16, although not perhaps some of the names you might have expected. no room for dyla n might have expected. no room for dylan hartley despite the fact that he has led england to their second successive six nations. prop kyle sinclair is included, and there are 12 welsh players in there as well, even though they had something of an underwhelming six nations, but only two scots, even though scotland finished joint second. two scots, even though scotland finishedjoint second. so two scots, even though scotland finished joint second. so there is so short to be some debate around the composition of this british and irish lions squad. they will

warren gatland has announced his british and irish lions squad for this summer's tour of new zealand with wales back row sam warburton named as captain. our sports correspondent katie gornall was at the squad announcement in london. warren gatland said he only finalised his team last night and there were lively debates but today he finalised the players he will ta ke to he finalised the players he will take to new zealand. the majority we re take to new zealand. the majority were english, 16 players although not some names you might have expected. no room for dylan hartley despite leading england to their successive six nations title but kyle sinckler is included, despite having only started for one test for england. there are 12 welsh players in their own sophie hahn and and running six nations, but many scots, on scotland finished joint second, so some debate around the composition of the squad, led by some morton who becomes the second man to lead successive tours. the quality of player to pick from was incredible so immensely strong, every one of those skies is a top—class play

warren gatland said he only finalised his team last night and there were lively debates but today he finalised the players he will take to new zealand. the majority were english, 16 players although not some names you might have expected. no room for dylan hartley despite leading england to their second successive six nations title but kyle sinckler and ben te'o are included, despite having only started for one test for england. there are 12 welsh players in there, six nations, but many scots, on scotland finished joint second, so some debate around the composition of the squad, led by sam warburton who becomes the second man to lead successive tours. the quality of player to pick from was incredible so immensely strong, every one of those guys is a top—class player, it gives myself a massive amount of confidence. warburton is currently injured at the moment. he will need to be at his best because the challenge doesn't get much greater than playing new zealand on their home turf. let's have a look at that whole squad, then, starting with the forwards. wales number eight ross moriar

head coach, warren gatland, said there'd been some "pretty lively debates" over his a1—man squad. the england skipper, dylan hartley, was among those who missed out. you might remember a few weeks ago we brought you the story of the bbc camera crew caught up in an explosion on mount etna. well, now we can bring you the story that they were there to film. while such explosions are difficult to predict, researchers have devised a new method of detecting when volcanoes will erupt using satellite technology. our science correspondent, rebecca morelle, reports. it's one of the most active volcanoes in the world and last month we experienced mount etna's devastating power first—hand. wow! we'd gone to see a lava flow, but the boiling hot rocks mixed with icy melt water underneath, the pressure built up, causing this. we were lucky to survive. this sort of explosion is rare and hard to predict. by contrast, though, the eruption from the crater that caused it can be forecast. that's because etna's monitored 24/7 by scientists using an array of instruments. mount etna is one of the most

head coach warren gatland will announce that full squad at midday today. le i ceste r‘s full squad at midday today. leicester's incredible champions leaguejourney is over leicester's incredible champions league journey is over after their quarterfinal defeat against atletico madrid last night. saul niguez headed the spanish side in front. jamie vardy equalised but it was not enough and it is back to business as usualfor enough and it is back to business as usual for craig shakespeare fozz backside. cristiano ronaldo scored a hat—trick to take his champions league tally to 100 goals as holders real madrid eased past 10—man bayern munich in extra time to reach the semi—finals. back to westminster and victoria. so with a general election like to be on the 8th ofjune, just six or seven weeks away, it is a time for possibly political comebacks. you will remember sir vince cable, liberal democrat, former cabinet mr, who plans to stand again, is that correct? yes, all of you see there are the formalities of adoption, but i would like to throw my hat into

the british and irish lions coach warren gatland has named his squad for the tour to new zealand. the first match could see gatland coming up first match could see gatland coming up againsta first match could see gatland coming up against a familiarface, first match could see gatland coming up against a familiar face, his son, who has been picked in the provincial barbarians squad for the opening game of the tour. gatlin senior played for a victorious new zealand side in the 1993 series against the lions. the beauty is that both him and myself will have played against the lions. the u nfortu nate played against the lions. the unfortunate thing is, only one of us will of won. so, look, if he's involved and he's playing, it is great for him. he won't get any special favours from me, great for him. he won't get any specialfavours from me, i can promise you that. but it's going to be hard for him, because he's going to be playing against the lions, and the next day, is going to be putting the next day, is going to be putting the lions jersey the next day, is going to be putting the li

lions head coach warren gatland will name his squad for the tour of new zealand a week today. there is still speculation around who will be picked as captain, particularly with favourite sam warburton being ruled out for the rest of the domestic season with a knee injury. among those also in contention is the england skipper dylan hartley. he missed out on the last lions tour in 2013 — after being originally selected — because of a ban for verbally abusing a referee. anyone selected i'm sure it is a great honour. i have been previously selected, so yes it is a great honour. but to talk, i'm sure it is a great experience as well. but i am not counting my chickens, i do not wa nt to not counting my chickens, i do not want to build myself up for possibly sit back, in my eyes, i am just taking it as it comes and i'm happy where i am at the moment. if it comes it is a bonus if not i have other things to play for and other things to look forward to. the world track cycling championships are under way in hong kong. great britain have already won a medal on day one, elinor barker

warren gatland will name his lions squad for the tour of new zealand a week today. among those in the frame to be picked is the england captain dylan hartley. he was selected for the original 2013 squad but eventually missed out because of a ban for verbally abusing a referee. for anyone selected, i'm sure it's a great honour. i have been previously selected, so yes, it is a great honour. to tour, i'm sure it's a great experience as well. not counting my chickens. i don't want to build myself up for possibly a setback in my eyes. i'm just taking it as it comes. i'm happy where i am at the moment. if it comes it's a bonus. if not, i've got other things to look forward to. cycling, and great britain have won a silver medal on the opening day of the world track championships in hong kong. elinor barker finished second in the women's scratch race. the 22—year—old won gold at the rio 0lympics as part of the team pursuit — and it looked like she might get her hands on another gold, but was pipped in the closing stages by italian rachele barbieri. it worked out prett

gatland's mind. rather than established internationals, though, there was a possible one for england's future who led the initial charge to give saintan early lead. who led the initial charge to give saint an early lead. the home side knew how badly they needed the win. hardly knew the importance of a big performance. no better time for him to drive over the line for his first try of the season. saracens were never far try of the season. saracens were neverfar behind, try of the season. saracens were never far behind, though, try of the season. saracens were neverfar behind, though, and in the final minutes, marcelo bosch found the time and space to snatch victory. hardly‘s best performance for some time in a saints shirt, but that wasn't enough to stop his side losing by only two points. whether he has done enough for a lions call—up will be revealed on wednesday. confirmation of those two results. bristol will play in the championship next season after a 36—21 defeat at home to wasps. great b

warren gatland names his lions squad for the tour of new zealand a week today originally selected for the 2013 squad but eventually missed out because of a ban for verbally abusing a referee. dyla n dylan hartley. anyone selected, i'm sure it‘s a great honour. i have been previously selected, so yes, it isa been previously selected, so yes, it is a great honour. to tour, i‘m sure it‘s a great experience as well. not counting my chickens. i don‘t want to build myself up for possibly a setback in my eyes. i‘m just taking it as it comes. i‘m happy where i am at the moment. if it comes it‘s a bonus. if not, i‘ve got other things to look forward to. cycling, and great britain have won a silver medal on the opening day of the world track championships in hong kong. elinor barker finished second in the women‘s scratch race. the 22 year old won gold at the rio olympics as part of the team pursuit — and it looked like she might get her hands on another gold, but was pipped in the closing stages by italian rachele barbieri. we‘ll return to football, and to one of the faste

the wales forward sam warburton is favourite to be named captain by head coach warren gatland. world number twojudd trump has work to do to reach the second round of the world snooker championship. he was beating fellow englishman rory mcleod 4—0 but the world number 54 — who's the oldest player left in the competition — staged quite a comeback and won the next five frames to lead 5—4. the match resumes later this morning at the crucible. and after winning his race at the british swimming championships, 0lympic chanmpion adam peaty has given his british medal away to a boy in the crowd. peaty secured his place at the 2017 world swimming championships after the british 100 metre breaststroke title in sheffield. he finished in under 58 seconds ahead of ross murdoch and james wilby. and he says he gave the medal away to inspire the next generation. if it was any medal, i think i'd offered to give it away because you get so many of them but for me, i don't want to sound arrogant or anything but for me, the race is what matters, the process and going to board a pest, this is

coach warren gatland has defended his selection of the iii—man squad, saying nationality didn't come into his thinking. barcelona are out of the champions league, after a goalless draw with juventus, who reached the semi—finals 3—nil on aggregate. monaco beat borussia dortmund in the other quarter—final. manchester united can secure their place in the last four of the europa league this evening. they play belgian side anderlecht at old trafford, looking to build on a i—all draw from the first leg. jose mourinho is earmarked as a way to get back into the leg. it is their big chance. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. let's get thursday on the way with some fairly cloudy conditions. most well and truly frost free. cloudy start but mainly dry. a bit of a damp start. 0ne frost free. cloudy start but mainly dry. a bit of a damp start. one of two showers dry. a bit of a damp start. one of two s howe i’s a cross dry. a bit of a damp start. one of two showers across the far west of scotland. cloudy at the moment but a bit of sunshine to the east of sco