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shape good evening, this is your sports news. we start with rugby union and ireland proved just why theyre the worlds number one—ranked side in the six nations today. they held off a strong scotland side at murrayfield — themselves chasing an outside shot at the championship — to win 22—7 this afternoon. it keeps their perfect record this year intact — as olly foster reports. the confidence comes with being number one in the world, sitting on top of the six nations table, an...

in the same boat. a day of sunshine and heavy showers with thunderstorms. at least one benefit of the strong wind is that the showers dont last in any one place for any length of time, really. we got more of the showers to come as we head into thursday. again, some will turn heavy with hail and thunder. still fairly windy as well. temperatures still on the mild side with south—westerly winds dragging mild air from the south. a0 with south—westerly winds dragging mild airfrom the so...

Ella has as a guide dog user to make sure that rio is loved, happy and well cared for. if they didnt have each other, ella says shed never have been able to study maths at oxford university. ella started to lose her sight at four years old. when she was 15, she received some devastating news. i think because it happened gradually, it wasnt, like, an immediate shock of "youre not going to see again". i was told i had a retinal detachment, and i definitely broke down then. i was with my dad. i can...

I can remember him hugging me and the nurses kind of bringing me a cup of water, just kind of comforting me. and then i got booked in for surgery the next day. doctors operated to see if they could save any sight they could, but those attempts failed. nothing came of it. so ive been left withjust minimal light perception in my right eye. but its not useful. i can only see light if i, like, look directly into the sun or into a light bulb. for ella, a new reality. she learnt new life skills and ho...

And then i got booked in for surgery the next day. doctors operated to see if they could save any sight they could, but those attempts failed. nothing came of it. so ive been left withjust minimal light perception in my right eye. but its...its not useful. i can only see light if i, like, look directly into the sun or into a light bulb. for ella, a new reality. she learnt new life skills and how to read braille. she applied for a guide dog in may 2017, and then around a year later an exciting ca...

When she was 15, she received some devastating news. i think because it happened gradually, it wasnt, like, an immediate shock of "youre not going to see again". i was told i had a retinal detachment, and i definitely broke down then. i was with my dad. i can remember him hugging me and the nurses kind of bringing me a cup of water, just kind of comforting me. and then i got booked in for surgery the next day. doctors operated to see if they could save any sight they could, but those attempts fa...

Gradually, it wasnt, like, an immediate shock of "youre not going to see again". i was told i had a retinal detachment, and i definitely broke down then. i was with my dad. i can remember him hugging me and the nurses kind of bringing me a cup of water, just kind of comforting me. and then i got booked in for surgery the next day. doctors operated to see if they could save any sight they could, but those attempts failed. nothing came of it. so ive been left withjust minimal light perception in m...

Gradually, it wasnt, like, an immediate shock of "youre not going to see again". i was told i had a retinal detachment, and i definitely broke down then. i was with my dad. i can remember him hugging me and the nurses kind of bringing me a cup of water, just kind of comforting me. and then i got booked in for surgery the next day. doctors operated to see if they could save any sight they could, but those attempts failed. nothing came of it. so ive been left withjust minimal light perception in m...

I was told i had a retinal detachment, and i definitely broke down then. i was with my dad. i can remember him hugging me and the nurses kind of bringing me a cup of water, just kind of comforting me. and then i got booked in for surgery the next day. doctors operated to see if they could save any sight they could, but those attempts failed. nothing came of it. so ive been left withjust minimal light perception in my right eye. but its...its not useful. i can only see light if i, like, look dire...

Light perception in my right eye. but its...its not useful. i can only see light if i, like, look directly into the sun or into a light bulb. for ella, a new reality. she learnt new life skills and how to read braille. she applied for a guide dog in may 2017, and then around a year later an exciting call came. it was actually my mum picked up the call, so... i hadnt got home from school yet. my mum picked up the call. it was someone from guide dogs saying, "weve got a match for ella." i think ij...