what about late night pass? it's not among the favourites, but it's got a great story behind it, with an amateurjockey on board, in what is a real family affair, as mike bushell has been finding out. on a small family farm in warwickshire, they're pinching themselves as they prepare to take on racing's elite in the grand national. and this is a family affair like no other. mum pippa is the owner and raised the horse. son tom is the trainer. and his wife, gina, is thejockey — who's still competing as an amateur. well, it'sjust unbelievable, really, isn't it? you know, to have your son train, your daughter—in—law ride, and a horse you bred — it'sjust, it's magic. 0h, there's no doubt gina's the boss. he laughs. we obviously have differences in opinions on certain things, but it helps — you can be open with each other and, you know, say what you really mean, which i think, if you have a professional relationship with somebody else, sometimes you perhaps hold back a little bit.

yeah, we try to switch off in the evenings, i think. i once we've finished the evening stable at 6:00 time, _ we have dinner and whatever, you try to switch off a bit - and think about something else! dog whines. it's helping the whole family reach new heights. and as if they didn't have enough on their plate, getting ready for their biggest moment, breakfast time is even busier with a litter of lurcher puppies! and for a change, the spotlight isn't on gina's brother, jack — the world's tallestjockey — it's on gina's horse — also famous for its size. shower time, and latenightpass is my kind of grand national horse because it's one of the shortest in the field — 16 hands. and the grand national is famous for its fairy—tale stories, and this certainly would be with the family connections — with mum, son, and daughter—in—law all involved. he's very small for a racehorse, isuppose. but he doesn't know that! he's always been small, so... and he's always been an accurate jumper, which i think, around there, is quite important.

it's like someone who's in a sunday league football team and they literally get the chance to run out against arsenal and manchester united in the cup final. like i say, it is the biggest race of the year injump racing. but don't be fooled by gina's amateur status — she has got the most wins of any amateur female jockey and, two years ago, did ride to a famous win around the aintree course itself on latenightpass in the foxhunters, which is the race for amateur riders. latenightpass, one post better than he did last year! i can pretty much tell you how it'll go. i can't describe it, really. it's... you know, it feels like it's not real, somebody�*s going to pinch you and you're going to wake up. it's been quite a...bit of a roller—coaster, really. and whatever happens, they'll all have an excuse for a "late—night pass" as their home—grown talent soaks up the occasion and basks in grand national glory.

that's all for now. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. the uk foreign secretary, lord cameron, is travelling to brussels today for negotiations over gibraltar and its post—brexit relationship with the eu. gibraltar is a british overseas territory situated on the southern tip of the iberian peninsula where it shares a border with spain. its chief minister, fabian picardo, spanish foreign minister, jose manuel albares, and european commission vice president, maros sefcovic will also attend the talks. the sides are likely to discuss how to manage gibraltar�*s border. however, the meeting is not expected to result in a final agreement.

let's get more from our correspondent in brussels, nick bea ke. for the past four years, or eight years since the fateful float back in 2016, there have been negotiations about what happens to gibraltar. its geography makes it unique, the fact that it is a british sovereign territory, but on the tip of spain. the spanish have always said they wanted it back. for the british they say it is a matter of sovereignty and that will not happen. most people living in gibraltarfavour happen. most people living in gibraltar favour staying british. the issue here is not creating any friction on the border between gibraltar and friction on the border between gibraltarand spain, friction on the border between gibraltar and spain, that is where we have been having these talks. more talks today. it is significant that the british foreign secretary is here and also his spanish counterpart on top eu officials. no signs of an announcement of a deal. they are all saying that they're moving in right direction.

harry kane's three children have been involved in a car crash in germany. it happens in munich, where harry kane plays for bayern munich. he says that the children are fine and havejust he says that the children are fine and have just been taken for our check. the us is trying to persuade iran from hitting back after israel hit its consulates. israel has not said its consulates. israel has not said it was behind the attack. french citizens are being asked not to travel to iran, lebanon, israel or the palestinian territories. america has warned its diplomats in the country and families of work going

outside tel aviv, or appear cheaper. the axis of resistance has been waging attacks on israeli ngs target since the 7th of october. hezbollah has been carrying out nearly daily attacks. iran has provided funding and expertise. there are other groups in iraq, syria, bahrain and yemen. the saw a yemeni militia group who have entered the conflict, firing drones and missiles at israel. you may remember these pictures from last september when tahiti started to attack vessels in the red sea. the concern now is that

iran itself rather than its proxies could be planning an attack on israel. earlierwe could be planning an attack on israel. earlier we heard from a middle east correspondence and we asked him about what we know might happen. asked him about what we know might ha en. ., , asked him about what we know might hauen. ., happen. four days american officials have been warning _ happen. four days american officials have been warning that _ happen. four days american officials have been warning that the - happen. four days american officials have been warning that the iranian l have been warning that the iranian response is a matter of when not air. i think the most dramatic warning came from president biden, who has said that the iranians were planning a significant attack and that the americans would respond if there was a direct attack from iran on israel. israeli officials are also saying that there will be a response if there is a direct attack from iran, so a senior american general is in israel talking to senior military commanders about the threat coming from iran, about the possibility of this attack and about the possibility of our response from

israel. but what the americans are saying is that this is likely to be different, that this is likely to come from iran itself. so the warnings are there, but we still don't know and this is obviously something that people here in israel are talking about. a senior american general has been sent to israel to have conversations with top military officials to talk about the possibility of of this iranian attack and an israeli response. but again, there is anxiety, there is concern, but there's no panic here.

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panic here. but but there isn't panic here. but obviously, everybody�*s waiting to see how the iranians are going to respond and whether this response is going to come in the next few days. early we spoke to a former idf spokesperson and a senior fellow at the foundation for defence of democracies. he shared his views on whether he thought an attack was imminent. . ~ whether he thought an attack was imminent. ., ~ , ., whether he thought an attack was imminent. . ~' , ., ., whether he thought an attack was imminent. ., ~ , ., ., ., imminent. thank you for having me. there is concern. _ imminent. thank you for having me. there is concern. what _ imminent. thank you for having me. there is concern. what you - imminent. thank you for having me. there is concern. what you could - there is concern. what you could just said is not really accurate because there are serious preparations, both offensive preparations, both offensive preparations and planning for offensive contingencies if iran attacks israel more than iran has been attacking israel for the last six months, through its proxies,

hezbollah, hamas, the hit is in yemen. if iran chooses to escalate beyond that, we are looking at the significant impact on israel. there are cities in central israel who are preparing bomb shelters and their happy notices through the education system to israeli students to bring back equipment from school in order to prepare for a study from home scenarios. all types of —— all kinds of things are going on. i think there is now a little bit more calm since the statements made by the us president and since the visit of commander, that sends an important message to the iranians that this is not just a message to the iranians that this is notjust a rant message to the iranians that this is not just a rant and message to the iranians that this is notjust a rant and their proxies against israel. iran chooses to escalate, they risk engulfing the region in regional war.

now it is time to take a look at the weather. hello. it isn't completely dry out there today, but for many of us it's drier than it has been and feeling quite warm as well, particularly in the sunshine. it is going to turn cooler, though, through the weekend. it will often be quite windy, the wettest weather in the north and the west of the uk. for the time being, we've got these south or south—westerly winds feeding pretty warm air in our direction. the highest temperatures where we've got the brightest of the skies, some hazy sunshine through east wales, parts of the midlands, southern and eastern england, also some sunny skies in north—east scotland, more cloud and some showery rain for northern ireland, northern england, south—west scotland. even here, 15 or 16 degrees. but in the sunny spots, north—east scotland, central and eastern parts of england, for example, 18 to 21 degrees. now, tonight, we'll see one band of rain pushing southwards and east more showers into north—west scotland where it will be windy. some areas of mist and murk and low

cloud for western and southern coast and a mild night for all of us into saturday. a couple of different weather fronts to point out on the charts. this one here pushing its way across parts of england and wales. this a relatively weak affair and then a more active frontal system pushing across northern ireland, the north—west of scotland, some heavy and perhaps thundery rain with that our weaker weather front bringing cloud and some showery rain across england and wales. there will be some spells of sunshine too. it's going to be windy, particularly across northern and western areas. gusts of 40, 45 miles per hour, maybe a little more than that. and it will be turning cooler from the north as the day wears on. the highest temperatures across east anglia and the south—east — 19 or 20 degrees. now, that cooler air will be brought further south—eastwards as we get into sunday as these weather fronts clear through. some showers following on behind and the blue colours across our air mass chart. quite a different feel to the weather actually for the second half of the weekend. now, there will be some spells of sunshine around, but also some showers, particularly across parts of northern ireland and scotland.

and yes, some of those showers will be turning wintry over high ground because the air will be turning colder — nine to 15 degrees. those temperatures actually around the average for the time of year. but those temperatures may drop back a little further, particularly into the start of next week and it will be quite unsettled showers, particularly in the north and west. live from london, this is bbc news.

the post office is examining how the 40 it system led to hundreds of people being wrongly convicted of theft and fraud in what has been described as one of the worst miscarriages ofjustice in british legal history. the chief executive of the royal mail group which owns the post office between 2003 and 2010 began giving evidencejust before lunch. earlier we heard from alan cooke, the managing director of the post office, hundreds of people were wrongly accused between 2006 in 2010 while he was in charge. he began by putting on record what he described as a personal apology to the sub—postmaster is and mistresses, as well as their families for all they have been through, let's listen in. i families for all they have been through, let's listen in. i wonder if i could just _ through, let's listen in. i wonder if i could just say _ through, let's listen in. i wonder if i could just say before - through, let's listen in. i wonder if i could just say before we - through, let's listen in. i wonder if i could just say before we get. if i could just say before we get started, i would like to put on

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