Begins, cheltenham roar, is the festival begins, kicking off four days of racing. Begins, kicking off four days of racing, culminating in the gold cup on friday on friday. Good morning. A fairly on friday. Good morning. A fairly cloudy day for most of us today. Patchy light rain in the north. Heavy rain in the south. The temperature continues to climb in the next few days. Details later in the programme. Good morning. Its tuesday, 12th march. A long awaited report into Veterinary Services will be published this morning, after concerns pet owners are facing expensive bills when paying for treatments. The Competition And Markets Authority launched the review last year, and has previously said that fees were rising faster than other goods and services during the cost of living crisis. Nina has the details. Good morning. Are you paying too much to care for your furry friend . Why have vet costs been rising faster than general inflation . Are you getting a fair deal when it comes to costing
:[the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] will: here we are. welcome to fox and friends weekend on saturday morning. these are checkered flags, not the real ones but we are here because tomorrow at 2:30 the daytona 500 kicks off. this is one of my favorites. rachel: it has been amazing so far and hasn t even started. will: it hasn t. there have been some preliminary races. we know what the lineup is. pete: you have been doing more than just being here. will: i m not the other one. daytona 500 is one of my favorite races because it s not only the adrenaline filled event of nascar. on the beach, we get to go out into the infield, hang out with people and do fun things. while i did some things, i don t win the crown for going fastest. the most adrenaline filled event of the week. that would be rachel campos duffy. rachel: we were here yesterday at the track and they were practicing and it was pretty spectacular. i got to go fly with them. i will say i mad
hello, i m frankie mccamley. a number of people have been have been arrested at one of the most prestigious horse races in the world, the grand national. a number of protesters made their way onto the track at antrie their way onto the track at aintree which had delayed the race. as you can see from these images the protesters got right onto the course. animal rights activists had warned they would try to disrupt the world famous race. a large number of police had been deployed to the raceground and they went onto the course to remove the protesters. the start of the race was delayed for m minutes whilst the protesters were cleared from track. the race eventually went ahead and was won by corach rambler ridden by the jockey derek fox. our correspondent sharon barbour has been following the developments in aintree. she s been speaking to protesters to get their perspective on the afternoon s activity. people cut through the defences to get onto the track. you 500 million peop