0:00:04 > 0:00:06A new salvo from Britain towards Russia.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09The Foreign Secretary says Moscow has been making and stockpiling
0:00:09 > 0:00:12deadly nerve agents.
0:00:12 > 0:00:19Two weeks after the poisoning of a Russian spy in Salisbury,
0:00:19 > 0:00:23The government believes Russia does make interest in the substances was
0:00:23 > 0:00:25for assassination.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27From Moscow, Vladimir Putin has dismissed the allegations,
0:00:27 > 0:00:33as the presidential election gives him another six years in office.
0:00:33 > 0:00:39With international chemical weapons experts due to arrive in the UK
0:00:39 > 0:00:40we'll have the latest.
0:00:40 > 0:00:41Also tonight...
0:00:41 > 0:00:44A breakthrough in the treatment of multiple sclerosis
0:00:44 > 0:00:46after a medical trial involving stem cell transplants.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50A Sunday white-out as driving snow, biting winds and ice affect
0:00:50 > 0:00:57much of the country.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00And the million dollar teacher from London who's
0:01:00 > 0:01:08scooped up a global award.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Good evening.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, has accused Russia
0:01:28 > 0:01:31of making and stockpiling the nerve agents known as Novichok,
0:01:31 > 0:01:35used in the Salisbury poisoning two weeks ago.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Sergei Skripal and his daughter remain critically ill,
0:01:38 > 0:01:41but today President Putin said it was nonsense to say that
0:01:41 > 0:01:45Russia was responsible.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47We'll hear from our Moscow correspondent,
0:01:47 > 0:01:48Steve Rosenberg, in a moment.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51First, our diplomatic correspondent, James Robbins.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55Whatever the weather, the decontamination work
0:01:55 > 0:01:58and forensic investigation in Salisbury goes on.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02Two weeks after the chemical attack on Sergei and Yulia Skripal,
0:02:02 > 0:02:05it's clear that one focus of the enquiry is his BMW,
0:02:05 > 0:02:08amidst suggestions that the chemical agent might have been placed
0:02:08 > 0:02:13there to ensure that the occupants were poisoned.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17A team of international chemical weapons experts from the global body
0:02:17 > 0:02:19that polices their prohibition arrives in Salisbury tomorrow.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23They will begin a further independent investigation.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Today, the Foreign Secretary went further than ever,
0:02:26 > 0:02:30blaming Russia and lifting the veil a little on secret intelligence.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Boris Johnson says it shows Russia has been making nerve agent
0:02:33 > 0:02:36within the past decade.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40We actually had evidence, within the last ten years,
0:02:40 > 0:02:43that Russia has not only been investigating the delivery of nerve
0:02:43 > 0:02:47agents for the purposes of assassination, but has also been
0:02:47 > 0:02:51creating and stockpiling Novichok.
0:02:51 > 0:02:57The Foreign Secretary also dismissed and derided a suggestion from one
0:02:57 > 0:03:00of Russia's most senior diplomats that the nerve agent used
0:03:00 > 0:03:02in Salisbury could actually have come from Britain's own military
0:03:02 > 0:03:06research facility at Porton Down.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10Porton Down, as we now all know, is the largest military facility
0:03:10 > 0:03:12in the United Kingdom, that has been dealing
0:03:12 > 0:03:16with chemical weapons research.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20And it's actually only eight miles from Salisbury.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22You're not suggesting that Porton Down is responsible
0:03:22 > 0:03:23for this nerve agent?
0:03:23 > 0:03:26I don't know, I don't know.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29But Theresa May's government got solid support from
0:03:29 > 0:03:30Labour's Shadow Chancellor after criticism of Jeremy Corbyn's
0:03:30 > 0:03:36more questioning approach.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Putin has questions to answer, because this is highly likely this
0:03:38 > 0:03:46could be a state execution.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49But, what we don't do in this country is that we don't leap
0:03:49 > 0:03:50to conclusions without the evidence.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53As the investigation goes on, in the next few days the government
0:03:53 > 0:03:54will focus on broadening international backing
0:03:54 > 0:03:56for Britain's stance.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58On Tuesday, ministers who sit on the National Security Council
0:03:58 > 0:04:01will discuss whether or not to launch a second round of measures
0:04:01 > 0:04:04against Moscow, at the risk of an endless tit-for-tat.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Whatever precisely happened two weeks ago in Salisbury,
0:04:07 > 0:04:10one consequence is that Russia's international reputation,
0:04:10 > 0:04:12already very fragile, does seem to have been
0:04:12 > 0:04:15weakened still further.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Britain is having little trouble gathering strong messages
0:04:17 > 0:04:19of support from overseas, although action against Russia
0:04:19 > 0:04:21is harder to mobilise.
0:04:21 > 0:04:27But Vladimir Putin shows no sign of changing course.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30This evening, President Putin said claims that his country was behind
0:04:30 > 0:04:33the Skripal poisoning were 'nonsense but that Russia will
0:04:33 > 0:04:36work with the UK'.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38He was speaking after winning another term in office
0:04:38 > 0:04:39in the presidential election.
0:04:39 > 0:04:47Steve Rosenberg has the latest from Moscow.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52He's been centre stage in Russia for the last 18 years.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Tonight, by the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin thanked his people
0:04:54 > 0:04:58for re-electing him their president.
0:04:58 > 0:05:06We are destined to succeed, he said.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10Russia, Russia, they chant it.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12But, in Putin's fourth term are Russia and the west
0:05:12 > 0:05:19destined for a Cold War?
0:05:19 > 0:05:20Later, the president dismissed British accusations
0:05:20 > 0:05:25that he was behind the nerve agent attack in Salisbury.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29TRANSLATION:It is rubbish, drivel, nonsense, to think that Russia
0:05:29 > 0:05:31would do something like that ahead of the presidential
0:05:31 > 0:05:35election and the World Cup.
0:05:35 > 0:05:40President Putin's pitch to voters had been, stick with me
0:05:40 > 0:05:42and Russia will be strong.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46And many Russians believe that.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49He is a genius, he said, Putin wants Russia to prosper and for Russians
0:05:49 > 0:05:53to live in happiness.
0:05:53 > 0:05:59It's thanks to Putin, she says, that Russia still exists.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02But critics of the Kremlin say the election was fixed,
0:06:02 > 0:06:05that only those candidates who stood no chance of unseating
0:06:05 > 0:06:09Vladimir Putin were allowed to run.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12The problem with Russia is that there is no such thing
0:06:12 > 0:06:13as Russian politics.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Politics has been eliminated in Russia altogether.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17There is only one political institution in Russia and this
0:06:17 > 0:06:21is the physical body of Vladimir Putin.
0:06:21 > 0:06:26Which is why Vladimir Putin was always going to win this vote.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29This election was not about choosing a new president,
0:06:29 > 0:06:33it was about reappointing the old one.
0:06:33 > 0:06:38And although many Russians do support Vladimir Putin, crucially,
0:06:38 > 0:06:40it is the political system he has built in Russia that
0:06:40 > 0:06:44guaranteed him a landslide win.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48These images are embarrassing, though.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52Caught on CCTV, a woman stuffs a ballot box near Moscow.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Suddenly, there are two of them at it.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58And, during a vote count in Siberia, balloons are moved
0:06:58 > 0:07:01to cover the camera.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Election officials say they will investigate,
0:07:03 > 0:07:05but the result won't change, neither will the name
0:07:05 > 0:07:08of Russia's president.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12Steve Rosenberg, BBC News, Moscow.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16As the government blames Russia for stockpiling
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Novichok nerve agents, a group of international chemical
0:07:19 > 0:07:21weapons experts are due to arrive in the UK tomorrow.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Our security correspondent, Gordon Corera, is at
0:07:23 > 0:07:24the Foreign Office now.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Gordon, what was behind that assessment from
0:07:26 > 0:07:33the Foreign Secretary today?
0:07:33 > 0:07:38Today, Boris Johnson deliberately revealed a piece of sensitive
0:07:38 > 0:07:41intelligence that was the claim that Russia has been stockpiling,
0:07:41 > 0:07:47creating Novichok and looking at using it for assassinations. Why?
0:07:47 > 0:07:52Gaza is a battle going on over information and for credibility.
0:07:52 > 0:07:58British officials believe the Kremlin's plan will Beatty Muddy
0:07:58 > 0:08:02Waters and create confusion, pointing to, including, the comments
0:08:02 > 0:08:07on the Russian ambassador to the EU today suggesting that perhaps Porton
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Down had created the Novichok and somehow released that in its own
0:08:10 > 0:08:14backyard. I think the Foreign Office, the British government, is
0:08:14 > 0:08:18trying to put the Russians on the back foot by asserting that they are
0:08:18 > 0:08:24in contravention of the Chemical Weapons Convention by having this
0:08:24 > 0:08:26secret chemical warfare, chemical assassination programme, at some
0:08:26 > 0:08:32point in the last ten years. We will get that independent inspection
0:08:32 > 0:08:35coming from the OPCW but that is likely to be the next battle ground
0:08:35 > 0:08:41over credibility. They will be looking at samples, perhaps blood
0:08:41 > 0:08:45samples, from the victims and whatever their conclusions, they may
0:08:45 > 0:08:49be clear conclusions or disputed, there may be questions about whether
0:08:49 > 0:08:53the results were tampered with in some way, that'll be the next over
0:08:53 > 0:08:58credibility.Gordon Corera, thank you.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Scientists say they've achieved a breakthrough in the treatment
0:09:00 > 0:09:01of multiple sclerosis after the results of
0:09:01 > 0:09:04an international trial involving stem cell transplants.
0:09:04 > 0:09:05Doctors in Sheffield were part of the study,
0:09:05 > 0:09:07which showed an improvement in symptoms and the progress of
0:09:07 > 0:09:11the neurological condition halted.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15Around 100,000 people in the UK are affected by MS,
0:09:15 > 0:09:18as our medical correspondent, Fergus Walsh, explains.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22It's so nice to finally get out.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26It feels like my diagnosis was just a bad dream.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Before her transplant, Louise Willetts from Rotherham
0:09:29 > 0:09:31had severe relapses - attacks - of multiple sclerosis.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35At one point she was in a wheelchair.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38It also affected her mind.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41She struggled to read and follow conversations.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Now, she is completely well and has a newborn daughter, too.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48It does feel like a miracle.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51I almost have to pinch myself and think, is this real?
0:09:51 > 0:09:52Has it really gone?
0:09:52 > 0:09:53Is it ever going to come back?
0:09:53 > 0:09:56I don't live in fear any more.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59I actually live every day the way I want to live it,
0:09:59 > 0:10:02rather than around like MS.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04MS is caused by a faulty immune system attacking
0:10:04 > 0:10:07the brain and spinal cord.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Symptoms include balance and muscle problems,
0:10:09 > 0:10:14fatigue and loss of vision.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16The BBC's Panorama followed Louise's treatment -
0:10:16 > 0:10:19originally developed but cancer patients.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21A high dose of chemotherapy was given to knock
0:10:21 > 0:10:25out her immune system.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28Then these healthy stem cells taken from Louise's blood and bone
0:10:28 > 0:10:31marrow were infused.
0:10:31 > 0:10:38Unaffected by MS, the stem cells rebuilt her immune system.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42Now, more than two years on, she is back at Sheffield's Royal
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Hallamshire Hospital for a checkup.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48Good to see you.
0:10:48 > 0:10:53The MRI shows there is no active disease in her brain.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56I'm completely delighted that the scan shows stability.
0:10:56 > 0:10:57So this is really good news.
0:10:57 > 0:10:58Yes, it is!
0:10:58 > 0:11:01I'm delighted, too!
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Results from a trial of just over 100 MS patients showed that
0:11:04 > 0:11:08in the half that were given a stem cell transplant, there was only one
0:11:08 > 0:11:11relapse after a year.
0:11:11 > 0:11:16Compared to 39 among those given standard drug treatment.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20Transplant patients were ten times less likely to see their treatment
0:11:20 > 0:11:23fail after three years.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27And their level of disability reduced.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30The results of this trial are quite simply stunning.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33It should mean that many more MS patients are offered
0:11:33 > 0:11:36a stem cell transplant, with the hope of stopping
0:11:36 > 0:11:41their disease in its tracks.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43This is a game-changer.
0:11:43 > 0:11:48It can fundamentally alter the course of patients with MS
0:11:48 > 0:11:52who have got resistant and disabling disease.
0:11:52 > 0:11:57The stem cell transplant involves a one-off cost of £30,000.
0:11:57 > 0:12:02No more expensive than the yearly fee for some drugs.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05It's not suitable for all MS patients.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07But the life-changing results with Louise
0:12:07 > 0:12:10and others are plain to see.
0:12:10 > 0:12:16Fergus Walsh, BBC News.
0:12:16 > 0:12:21Fergus, how soon might more people with MS benefit from this treatment?
0:12:22 > 0:12:27It'll take time to scale this up and train the teams. Already, three
0:12:27 > 0:12:30trusts, Sheffield, kings and Imperial in London are offering
0:12:30 > 0:12:37this. 350 patients who have had this treatment, more than any other
0:12:37 > 0:12:40country in Europe except for Sweden and Europe, that is just scratching
0:12:40 > 0:12:46the surface. Many neurologists have been sceptical and have been waiting
0:12:46 > 0:12:50for over one decade for the results of this trial the report tonight.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54Those results are convincing and the beauty of this treatment is it is
0:12:54 > 0:12:59the patient healing themselves. Their own stem cells, no need for
0:12:59 > 0:13:03any donor and they are resetting the immune system to a point before the
0:13:03 > 0:13:08patient had MS. It is a gruelling procedure involving chemotherapy, it
0:13:08 > 0:13:11is not suitable for patients with advanced disease but it is
0:13:11 > 0:13:15delivering life changing results. Fergus Walsh, thank you.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Much of the UK has been in the midst of a second significant
0:13:18 > 0:13:19snowfall of the winter.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22For many areas, it's been combined with bitterly cold winds,
0:13:22 > 0:13:26bringing misery to those who've been travelling this weekend.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Sarah Ransome reports.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Snowstorms and snowdrifts.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34The scene many people woke up to this morning.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Strong winds causing blizzard conditions, making driving
0:13:36 > 0:13:40treacherous.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42In the north-west, snow gates on
0:13:42 > 0:13:46the A66 remained closed between County Durham and Cumbria
0:13:46 > 0:13:47and just getting outside the front door in
0:13:47 > 0:13:51Newcastle was no mean feat.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54I have been here for a good hour and I have
0:13:54 > 0:13:55done about a quarter of this road.
0:13:55 > 0:13:56I'm making headway.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58There were severe delays at Newbury as trains
0:13:58 > 0:14:00were stopped in their tracks.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03Railway stations across the country have also seen delays and
0:14:03 > 0:14:06cancellations.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09In Gloucester, sporting fixtures like the
0:14:09 > 0:14:13Anglo-Welsh Cup Final had to be called off for snow-stopped play.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16And as the heavier snowfall hit the South West,
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Bristol Airport stopped flights, with Exeter airport
0:14:19 > 0:14:22cancelling flights for the rest of the day.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25The snow showed no sign of giving up in Devon and neither did
0:14:25 > 0:14:29those trying to keep traffic moving.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32While snowploughs and gritters cleared major roads, some drivers
0:14:32 > 0:14:36got stuck.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39And there were problems on the M5 and A roads, with motorists
0:14:39 > 0:14:42seemingly ignoring repeated appeals not to go out unless it was
0:14:42 > 0:14:43essential.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46When people ignore those warnings it does get frustrating
0:14:46 > 0:14:50because the already stretched resources that us and our partner
0:14:50 > 0:14:52agencies have just become even more stretched to rescue people, to
0:14:52 > 0:14:56recover people who really have no reason to be out at all in this
0:14:56 > 0:14:57weather.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00It wasn't all doom and gloom as the so-called Mini Beast
0:15:00 > 0:15:05from the East swept through.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Another snow day - play-day beckoned.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10There is an amber warning in place across the
0:15:10 > 0:15:12south-west until the early hours of tomorrow morning.
0:15:12 > 0:15:20With ice being a major risk.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26The amber warning is still in place and it is still snowing and the
0:15:26 > 0:15:31prospect of more snow and ice overnight. The emergency services
0:15:31 > 0:15:35say, please listen to the advice, check travel arrangements in the
0:15:35 > 0:15:38morning to check you can get to where you need to go to safely, if
0:15:38 > 0:15:43you need to get there at all. If you have children of school age, you
0:15:43 > 0:15:46might want to check that the school is actually open. Hundreds of
0:15:46 > 0:15:50schools across Devon and parts of Wales have already said they are not
0:15:50 > 0:15:54opening tomorrow so for some people this is another snow day. Sarah
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Ransome, thank you.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59In Syria, President Bashar al Assad visited Eastern Ghouta, a former
0:15:59 > 0:16:01rebel-held area near Damascus.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Syrian state television showed the president surrounded by soldiers
0:16:03 > 0:16:05and civilians there, after a month-long
0:16:05 > 0:16:07government bombardment.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Syrian forces are now thought to control some
0:16:09 > 0:16:1280% of Eastern Ghouta, with thousands more civilians
0:16:12 > 0:16:20fleeing the area today.
0:16:20 > 0:16:21Facebook has announced an investigation into
0:16:21 > 0:16:24whether the personal details of 50 million of its users
0:16:24 > 0:16:26have been compromised.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28It's already suspended the data firm Cambridge Analytica -
0:16:28 > 0:16:31known for its work on Donald Trump's election campaign -
0:16:31 > 0:16:34after reports that it inappropriately obtained user data.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Both companies deny any wrong-doing.
0:16:36 > 0:16:44Live now to New York and our media editor, Amol Rajan.
0:16:47 > 0:16:52The revelation that tens of millions of Facebook users have had personal
0:16:52 > 0:16:56data harvested in this way has caused dismay on both sides of the
0:16:56 > 0:17:00Atlantic and might have indications. Facebook and Cambridge Analytica
0:17:00 > 0:17:04deny any wrongdoing and say they have not broken the law. It could be
0:17:04 > 0:17:08the fact they have not broken the law that causes alarm because are at
0:17:08 > 0:17:14least three layers to this. Who knew what and when? The Cambridge
0:17:14 > 0:17:18Analytica whistle-blower has given an account of what happened which is
0:17:18 > 0:17:20blatant inconsistencies with the account given by Cambridge Analytica
0:17:20 > 0:17:25and Facebook so we need to work out what happened. Secondly, public
0:17:25 > 0:17:30safety. We live in an era where are few super firms have become
0:17:30 > 0:17:35incredibly wealthy by amassing personal data and consumers need to
0:17:35 > 0:17:39wise up to the fact that every time they go online to leave a digital
0:17:39 > 0:17:42footprint and companies and governments can use that data to do
0:17:42 > 0:17:49things they may not like. Thirdly, the politics. We have two regulators
0:17:49 > 0:17:52in Britain think that whether Cambridge Analytica was involved in
0:17:52 > 0:17:56the Brexit referendum, the EU referendum. In America there are
0:17:56 > 0:18:01questions about their role in the election of Donald Trump and if
0:18:01 > 0:18:03proven, as Cambridge Analytica claim, that they used psychological
0:18:03 > 0:18:09profiling to target and influence voters, if that is the case, perhaps
0:18:09 > 0:18:13the fragility of western democracy owes at least as much to our own
0:18:13 > 0:18:17online habits as off-line.Thank you.
0:18:17 > 0:18:18With all the sport, here's Karthi Gnanasegaram
0:18:18 > 0:18:19at the BBC Sport Centre.
0:18:19 > 0:18:20Good evening, Mishal.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23The FA Cup semi-finals will see Manchester United host Tottenham,
0:18:23 > 0:18:29while Chelsea face Southampton at Stamford Bridge.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Both games will take place at Wembley.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33The draw for the final four was made after Chelsea
0:18:33 > 0:18:36beat Leicester City 2-1, while Southampton knocked League One
0:18:36 > 0:18:37side, Wigan Athletic, out of the competition.
0:18:37 > 0:18:42Holly Hamilton reports.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45For Antonio Conte the FA Cup is not always been a priority but out of
0:18:45 > 0:18:49Europe and outside the Premier League top four, some silverware
0:18:49 > 0:18:54would be a Silva lining. Chelsea took the lead just before half-time,
0:18:54 > 0:18:58all borrowed frantic claiming his first goal of 2018. After the break
0:18:58 > 0:19:03Leicester went in search of the equaliser, but Jamie Vardy
0:19:03 > 0:19:08eventually find the back of the net. Extra time and as the mercury
0:19:08 > 0:19:12dropped, temperatures Rose, a questionable decision by Kasper
0:19:12 > 0:19:16Schmeichel gifted page of the empty net and Chelsea a place in the
0:19:16 > 0:19:19semifinals. In making the first test for the new Southampton manager Mark
0:19:19 > 0:19:24Hughes and while it was one whose side who dominated the first half,
0:19:24 > 0:19:26the visitors eventually capitalised on their chances. With clock
0:19:26 > 0:19:34ticking, Cedric made sure. Doubling the lead and ceiling Southampton's
0:19:34 > 0:19:41first FA Cup semifinal in 15 years.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Great Britain has won its first and only gold medal
0:19:43 > 0:19:46of the Winter Paralympics on the final day of the Games.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Menna Fitzpatrick and her guide, Jen Keyhoe, claimed
0:19:48 > 0:19:50the visually impaired slalom gold, which means the ParalympicsGB team
0:19:50 > 0:19:51has met its medal target.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Kate Grey reports from Pyeongchang.
0:19:53 > 0:19:54Kate Grey reports from Pyeongchang.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56It was the golden moment they'd been waiting for.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00Menna Fitzpatrick and her guide, Jen Kehoe, saved their best till
0:20:00 > 0:20:04last to win gold in the slalom on the final day of these Games.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07The pair were in silver medal position going into their second run
0:20:07 > 0:20:08and displayed a perfect performance.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09The time was unbeatable.
0:20:09 > 0:20:10Watch the clock!
0:20:10 > 0:20:11She's in front!
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Their fourth medal here in Pyeongchang, to become Britain's
0:20:14 > 0:20:19most successful winter Paralympians.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22It's astonishing the way this week has gone, from quite
0:20:22 > 0:20:30low to extremely high.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33There was further success as Millie Knight and her guide
0:20:33 > 0:20:37Brett Wild managed to sneak the bronze in the same race,
0:20:37 > 0:20:39meaning that ParalympicsGB have reached their target of seven
0:20:39 > 0:20:41medals, but all dependent on one sport, one classification
0:20:41 > 0:20:46and a small number of athletes.
0:20:46 > 0:20:53The Games came to a fitting close, Britain's golden girls
0:20:54 > 0:20:56And the international Paralympic committee could celebrate with more
0:20:56 > 0:21:00nations taking part than ever before and a record number of tickets sold.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04They now call these Games the greatest Winter Paralympics to date.
0:21:04 > 0:21:09Kate Grey, BBC News, John Chiang. -- John Chiang.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12In the last few minutes, Rory McIlroy has won
0:21:12 > 0:21:13the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15It's the former world number one's first title since 2016.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17McIlroy won the tournament in Florida by three strokes,
0:21:17 > 0:21:19with a final round of 64.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21The Masters, the only Major that McIlroy hasn't won,
0:21:21 > 0:21:22is less than three weeks away.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26Details of the rest of the day's sport is on the BBC website,
0:21:26 > 0:21:28including Celtic's goalless draw with Motherwell and Chelsea's
0:21:28 > 0:21:30progression to the semi-finals of the Women's FA Cup.
0:21:30 > 0:21:31Mishal.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34An art and textiles teacher from London has won a million dollar
0:21:34 > 0:21:36prize recognising an outstanding contribution to the
0:21:36 > 0:21:37teaching profession.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Andria Zafirakou works in a school with a high proportion
0:21:39 > 0:21:42of disadvantaged pupils and won the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher
0:21:42 > 0:21:43Prize at a ceremony in Dubai.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Sean Coughlan was watching.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Shush.
0:21:47 > 0:21:48A big secret.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52Who is the world's best teacher?
0:21:52 > 0:21:56Andria Zafirakou.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59An arts and textiles teacher from a secondary school
0:21:59 > 0:22:01in Brent in north London, Andria Zafirakou found herself
0:22:01 > 0:22:09centre stage as the winner of the global teacher prize.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Good morning, girls.
0:22:13 > 0:22:14Working in a deprived inner-city community,
0:22:14 > 0:22:16she was praised for going the extra mile to build links
0:22:16 > 0:22:18between school and parents, and structuring activities around
0:22:18 > 0:22:20students' individual needs.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23To all the students all over the world, I say,
0:22:23 > 0:22:27whatever your circumstances, whatever your troubles, please know
0:22:27 > 0:22:29that you have the potential to succeed in whatever your
0:22:29 > 0:22:34dreams may be.
0:22:34 > 0:22:39And that is a right that nobody should take from you.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Andria Zafirakou ending that report from Sean Coughlan in Dubai.
0:22:41 > 0:22:42That's all from me.
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