a very warm welcome to the programme, we begin in sri lanka where the president got a buy read your has not honoured his promise to resign, he flew to the mall deves 2a hours earlier but in the public letter he said he was appointing the prime minister to be the acting head of state while he was absent. and she drank a curfew is in force with suzuki forces clashing with protesters. prompting the un security secretary general in the last few minutes to tweet saying it s important the root causes of the conflict and the grievances of protesters are addressed, i urge all party leaders to embrace the spirit of compromise for a peaceful and democratic transition. their target heavily guarded. their mood determined. as news spread that prime minister ranil wickremesinghe had just been made acting president, crowds gathered in front of his office, one of the few government buildings not yet occupied by protesters. protesters are lined up along this avenue. on the other side you can
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
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – CT Style Host Natasha Lubczenko was treated to an exceptional lunch today, when she was joined in the Studio Kitchen by Emilie Penner, Owner of Pearl Wine Bar & Bistro in Branford, and Chef Joe Doucet, who came to make Pan-seared Scallops over Pesto Risotto, a favorite from their menu. […]