welcome to the programme. it's been another miserable day for england in the final test of their series with india, one they've already lost. despite a couple of quick wickets after lunch, india rallied to put up a lead of 255 at the close of play. patrick gearey was watching. of 255 at the close of play. in of 255 at the close of play. dharamsala, india's nat magnificence in dharamsala, india's national magnificence is inescapable, especially if you look up words. shubman gill spent the morning aiming for everest, smashing india beyond england and still climbing. his captain rohit sharma was calmer but nudged to a century first, followed by gale with the more theatrical follow—up flourish. in such moments, ben stokes likes to take responsibility, injury and surgery are stopped him from bowling since some. first ball back... india's skipper out. for him, this is normal, for everyone else, it's

almost comical. and inspirational, evenif almost comical. and inspirational, even if you'rejimmy anderson. gog's 609th test wicket. india's metal water pumped up their lead to an almost overwhelming scale despite occasional punctures. game bashir and tom hartley kept going as they have all tours but india are more then 250 runs ahead and counting. for england, an event full painful day. third practice is under way now at the saudi arabian grand prix with qualifying to come. some news to bring you from there though — carlos sainz is not involved for ferrari. he needs surgery after being diagnosed with appendicitis. sainz has been replaced by ferrari's reserve driver, 18—year—old briton oliver bearman, who makes his fi debut.

he becomes the youngest—ever british fi driver and the youngest driver in ferrari's history. f1 fi academy had their season opener earlier, with the british entry suffering a puncture forcing her to retire. but a solid second place for alpine, taking home an extra point. it's fight night in saudi arabia, as anthonyjoshua prepares to face former ufc heavyweight champion francis ngannou in his second professional boxing match, after going the distance with tyson fury. it's part of a huge weekend of sport in saudi arabia, as ade adeyoin reports. anthonyjoshua has faced many challenges in his career but this will be a first, a crossover bout against a former heavyweight mixed martial arts champion. a year ago somebody said to you are going to be having this crossover fight against

francis ngannou, presumably would have just laughed?— francis ngannou, presumably would havejust laughed? yeah. what you have just laughed? yeah. what you chance have just laughed? yeah. what you change your — have just laughed? yeah. what you change your mind? _ have just laughed? yeah. what you change your mind? i _ have just laughed? yeah. what you change your mind? i realised - have just laughed? yeah. what you change your mind? i realised it's i change your mind? i realised it's not a gimmick. _ change your mind? i realised it's not a gimmick, the _ change your mind? i realised it's not a gimmick, the guy - change your mind? i realised it's not a gimmick, the guy can - change your mind? i realised it's not a gimmick, the guy can fight| change your mind? i realised it's i not a gimmick, the guy can fight so it is a chance for me to show how great i am, he's a legitimate heavy weights, heavy—handed, how does knockout punch in history. i've got a lot to lose but what fun would it be just sitting in the house? a lot to lose but what fun would it bejust sitting in the house? fix, be just sitting in the house? a decorated boxer, joshua won gold in london 2012 and is a two—time champion but francis ngannou such as one professional boxing fight against heavyweight tyson fury and nearly caused one of the biggest upsets in the sport's street, never losing on points were many believe he actually won the fight. most most most of seen the papers telling me i could never be professional but i am here. i came all the way to the top of the mountain of the combat sport

of the mountain of the combat sport of the mountain of the combat sport of the mma and then crossover and i have seen people saying the crossover isn't possible and yet i get them wrong again over and over. this is the story of my life. this is a very busy — this is the story of my life. this is a very busy week _ this is the story of my life. this is a very busy week of - this is the story of my life. this is a very busy week of sport here in saudi arabia, at this bout taking place on a friday night to avoid clashing with the formula 1 in jeddah. with fighters being offered like changing sums of money, said and become a global hub row for boxing but this provoked sugrue to me on account of saudi arabia's human rights record.— me on account of saudi arabia's human rights record. boxing and football are _ human rights record. boxing and football are all— human rights record. boxing and football are all western - human rights record. boxing and football are all western world i football are all western world sports and they are coming here and opening up horizons, things evolve and they change and if you isolate people, it will never change, it will only change from within and i believe what is going on here now is a revelation for everybody here and

i'm sure in time, it'll get better and betterfor people. b, i'm sure in time, it'll get better and better for people.- i'm sure in time, it'll get better and better for people. a huge night for both men. _ and better for people. a huge night for both men, ngannou out - and better for people. a huge night for both men, ngannou out to - and better for people. a huge night| for both men, ngannou out to prove he is the real deal and as for joshua, his reputation as one of the biggest names of the sport on the line. referee rebecca welch says she was very honoured to be asked when she learned she was to be inducted into the national football museum's hall of fame. the ao—year—old became the first woman to referee a premier league fixture when she took charge of burnley�*s 2—0 victory over fulham in december. welch was also the first woman to referee a men's game in the championship injanuary 2023. it's international women's day today and netball has been playing its part in helping female refugees and asylum seekers settle in. england netball, the sport's governing body, are backing a scheme which is giving women who've fled countries a purpose. jane dougall reports.

forgetting about everything forjust a moment. all the women here are refugees or asylum seekers from countries like afghanistan, iran or botswana. many have lost family members, all have escaped dangerous situations. but playing sport has done something incredible. ianthem situations. but playing sport has done something incredible. when we are at the hotel, _ done something incredible. when we are at the hotel, when _ done something incredible. when we are at the hotel, when we _ done something incredible. when we are at the hotel, when we come - done something incredible. when we | are at the hotel, when we come here, we are not so much depressed and it is good for our mental health. mas is good for our mental health. was time ou is good for our mental health. was time you couldn't _ is good for our mental health. was time you couldn't play sports? is good for our mental health. was | time you couldn't play sports? yes, sometimes — time you couldn't play sports? yes, sometimes can't _ time you couldn't play sports? yes, sometimes can't play _ time you couldn't play sports? ye: sometimes can't play sports... time you couldn't play sports? yes, | sometimes can't play sports... we're caettin sometimes can't play sports... we're getting reaction _ sometimes can't play sports... we're getting reaction from _ sometimes can't play sports... we're getting reaction from the _ sometimes can't play sports... we're getting reaction from the families - getting reaction from the families of some of those victims of the troubles in northern ireland after that kind of espy report. this statement — that kind of espy report. this statement is _ that kind of espy report. this statement is made _ that kind of espy report. this statement is made on - that kind of espy report. ti 3 statement is made on the back of consultation over the last number of

weeks with our clients and following consultation this morning with a number of families who attended here to listen to the report. today marks the end of a lengthy policing and legal odyssey for many families of victims and survivors of what i would call the stakeknife project. whether or not it points the way for a further journey whether or not it points the way for a furtherjourney remains to be seen. in 2016, the then chief constable george hamilton invited jon boutcher to head up a new investigation into the terrorist and criminal activities of the alleged state agent stakeknife. in many ways, this was a default investigation from the outset because it was never meant to be. there was no campaigning groups with placards in front of a court is no political or other support for these families were stopping this investigation was born out of the

collective people out workings of the justice system including the criminal cases review can, the the pss, the psni, together with the work of sirjohn stevens. in 2008, the court of appeal convicted people brutally cleared for a number of offences connected to the abduction and detention of an alleged agent. freddie scappaticci was present. the court of appeal, i quote, set an investigation into whether or not there are any preachers of the law of northern ireland. the legal unravelling of those throwaway comments together with the out workings of an earlier perjury complaint allegation partly formed the origin of today's report and

findings. the person at the centre of both sets of litigation was a west belfast bricklayer and a former senior member of the internal security units of the ira. his name was fred scappaticci. for over 20 years now, he has been openly reported as the epicentre of british military intelligence penetration of the ira during the conflict. as a preliminary, want to put on record and commend their head of the kind of investigationjon boutcher and his team for all of the work they've put into this case over the last seven years. on a personal note, i have never encountered in all my professional career such intensive levels of interfacing between the police, families, witnesses and many others. the engagement in this investigation was in complete contrast to the wholesale communication deficit between the

ruc and families of victims during this conflict. we represent a white constituency of clients invested in today's port. the range from families of murder victims, people killed as alleged informant or touts through to survivors of ira internal secure unit investigation and others. all of those engaged in the can over investigation process have had different levels of expectation. for some, the engagement was about gaining as much information as possible in the circumstances surrounding the killing of a loved one. for others, they've had little or interest in a criminal case but many others wanted to see criminal prosecutions. forthe many others wanted to see criminal prosecutions. for the former, many others wanted to see criminal prosecutions. forthe former, both this report and the painting further family bespoke reports due to follow does what it says on the tin. this report is delivered for them. the level of information and detail

imparted in the report certainly meets expectations. for others, it is a case of what might have been. and it's somewhat a halfway house on justice. we say this because, given the sheer volume of evidence and information, albeit much of which is often evidential, intelligence nature, there never was an expectation that the pps could direct prosecutions against those involved or directing the killings. that disappointment has been compounded by the specific failure to direct prosecutions against former members of the security and intelligence services. families know or have a suspicion as to who was involved in the ira killing of their family member. they were not particularly interested in prosecutions against the reform foot soldiers who were ordered directly or indirectly to kill. their focus

has been on the identity of those handlers and others who facilitated and protected fred scappaticci and possibly others from criminal detection. some families right preserve their annoyance for the pps decision—making. can over investigators were faced with logistical problems in times of access to evidence which ought to have been retained but was in fact destroyed or lost. this is particularly so when you look at the records of the task coordinating group, the industrial destruction of tcg—based material and other records search undermined the work of can over at times and that serve to create further delay. this systemic culling of material chimes with the obstacles put in place of sirjohn stevens whenever he commenced his

work into investigating loyalist state collusion back in the 1990s. mis state collusion back in the 1990s. m15 and other authorities are based in whitehall fortunately retained many records which, had they not been made available, it would certainly have made the can over investigation would have concluded a number of years ago. today's port presents is a damning indictment upon the state. the staggering takeaway message is that the state could have and should have intervened to save lives. but this didn't happen is legally and morally reprehensible. the findings point to the existence of a macabre joint enterprise between the force unit through the tcg and those who actually fired the shots. we're left with the horrendous conclusion and takeaway message that both state and ira were co—conspirators in the murder of some of its citizens.

there is also present as a strong riposte to any naysayers are critical of kenova for the £40 million price tag at the time and resources expended in reaching this point today. there would have been no cost at all had the not operated on an utterly dysfunctional policing system in the oversight of the project. any blaming for the cost of this inquiry rest with the british government. there is an obvious parallel with other troubles—related investigations. you can ever put a price on the cost of exposing the truth in circumstances where, in turn, vast cost has been... the decision to name freddie scappaticci as agent stakeknife has been difficult for many to accept. the technical rationale for doing so will be lost on many people, particularly next of kin of those

murdered. we are encouraged by the prospect of a completely changed position at some stage in the near future, given a very specific nature of the terms of reference, it wasn't that fred scappaticci cannot be named as the agent stakeknife in this report today. report does make it very clear by inference or otherwise that scappaticci was the agent stakeknife but for many, it is important to see his name at go up in lights as stakeknife. for many, the kenova engagement has been all about finding out whether or not a relative was murdered by him. at best, this response are been underwhelming and at worst re—traumatising for families. underwhelming and at worst re—traumatising forfamilies. from underwhelming and at worst re—traumatising for families. from a legal perspective, we can appreciate the article two european court of human rights convention rights with individuals not to be named. we say

there is an overwhelming case to be made for