Steve Morison sends League One Millwall into the last 16 of the FA Cup as his 85th-minute volley knocks out Premier League Watford.

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In case you missed it earlier, tributes have been paid to the former Wycombe Wanderers defender Paul McCarthy who's died at the age of 45.

McCarthy began his career at Brighton and made more than 200 appearances before joining Wycombe in 1996.

He spent seven years at Adams Park and was a member of the team that reached the FA Cup semi-finals in 2001, scoring in the quarter-final against Leicester.

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The club says, external he was "one of the greats from our Adams Park history. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and former team-mates".

They added: "A fearless defender, a scorer of some famous goals, and loved by everyone he met. RIP Macca." 

Dan Roan
BBC Sports editor

Liz Nicholl is the CEO of UK Sport, external.

She says the sporting body "cannot afford to invest" in teams such as badminton, archery, fencing and wheelchair rugby for the next Olympic Games.

Here she is explaining to me how the decisions were made. 

Watch some of the best goals from the fourth round of the FA Cup, including a neat finish from Arsenal's Danny Welbeck and a stunning free-kick from Manchester City's Yaya Toure.

Jonathan Park
BBC Look East sport

GB Badminton, external, which is based at the National Badminton Centre in Milton Keynes and administered by Badminton England, says it's "staggered" by UK Sport's confirmation to reject the funding appeal. 

A statement says: "Given the strength of evidence we were able to present to justify investment, we cannot believe UK Sport has concluded that they should stand by their decision and award zero funding to our GB programme.

"We have players who are on track to win medals for the nation at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and our belief in those players remains as great as it's ever been.

"We will now take some time to consider our next steps."

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The decision to withdraw badminton's funding for the next Olympic cycle has been defended by UK Sport, external. 

Milton Keynes-based Badminton England appealed on behalf of the sport, including GB Badminton, after being told last year funding would be cut - despite Britain obtaining an unexpected bronze medal in Rio.

However, the appeal hearings on 6 and 7 February came to nothing and UK Sport has stood by its decision.

Rod Carr, the chair of UK Sport, said: "Our decision is in no way a reflection on them [badminton governing bodies], their athletes or support personnel and everything that they have achieved to date.

"We are operating in a tight financial envelope and have responsibilities to both develop the system underpinning our best athletes as well as the sports and athletes themselves, and sadly our investment won't stretch to these sports [below] for the Tokyo 2020 cycle."

Milton Keynes-based Badminton England has had its funding appeal rejected by UK Sport. 

It's after the sport had £5.7m withdrawn. 

Badminton will now receive no UK Sport investment for the four-year cycle leading into the Tokyo Games.  

More to follow.

Alex Pope
BBC Local Live

Temperatures in Beds, Herts and Bucks are well above the mid-February average, and it seems like spring has already sprung in Bedford. 

We spotted this great tweet from Rajesh Rathod who's captured daffodils springing up along the town's embankment. 

Summing up by the judge in the Helen Bailey murder trial will continue tomorrow, with the court due to finish at 12:45 today.

When complete, the jury will then be sent out to consider its verdict. 

Ms Bailey's fiancé Ian Stewart, 56, denies murdering the Royston author along with preventing a lawful burial, fraud and three counts of perverting the course of justice.  

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BBC South

Range Rovers, Discoveries, Ford Transit vans and other 4x4 cars should not use Marlow Bridge, police have warned.

From Wednesday 1 March, any overweight vehicles trying to cross the bridge will be turned around by officers and issued with an advisory notice.

Thames Valley Police said it will issue a £50 fixed penalty notice to drivers breaching regulations.

The Grade 1 listed bridge is restricted to vehicles under three tonnes maximum gross weight (MGW) and less than 6ft 6ins wide.

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According to police, the following vehicles should not use the bridge:

Range Rovers, Discoveries, Ford Transit vans, Mercedes Sprinter vans, Volvo XC90s, 4WD pick-ups, Mercedes GLE/GLS/G Classes and Audi Q7s.  

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Online retail giant Amazon said it will create 5,000 new full-time jobs in the UK this year.

The firm is looking for a range of workers including software developers and warehouse staff.

There will be jobs at Amazon's head office in London, as well as in the Edinburgh customer service centre and three new warehouses, including one in Daventry, Northamptonshire.

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More staff will also be employed at the company's development centre in Cambridge, where Prime Air drone deliveries are currently being tested.

The retailer says there will also be new jobs at its warehouses or "fulfilment centres" across the UK, which include Peterborough, Milton Keynes and Hemel Hempstead.

Former Brighton, Wycombe Wanderers and Oxford United defender Paul McCarthy dies at the age of 45.

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

A man has been cleared of attempted murder after a shooting in High Elms Lane, Abbots Langley, last June.

One man was shot and two others injured during the incident.

Sharriff Dacres, 22, of Cotterells, Hemel Hempstead, was found not guilty of attempted murder, wounding with intent and possession of a firearm by a jury on the judge's direction at Harrow Crown Court. 

He was found guilty of possession of a prohibited weapon and sentenced to seven years in prison.

Alexander Dacres, 27, of Tudor Avenue, Watford, was found guilty of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, possession of ammunition and possession of a firearm without a certificate and sentenced to eight years in prison.

He also received a six-year term after being found guilty of possession with intent to supply a Class A drug, so will spend 14 years in total behind bars.

The 27-year-old also admitted two other drugs offences for which he received no further penalty.

Roger Harrabin
BBC environment analyst

Environmental charity Friends of the Earth (FoE) says it supports high-speed rail when it diverts people from flying, but says HS2 is the wrong scheme.

It complains it doesn't join up to HS1 - the line that joins London to the continent - so doesn't provide the possibility of getting on a train in the North and getting off in Paris or Brussels.  

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Craig Bennett, FoE's director, told BBC News: "We think the money would be much better spent on a range of much smaller sustainable transport infrastructure projects, to deliver real improvements to regular commuters and other train travellers over a far quicker timescale.

"Big infrastructure rarely delivers on its promises."

In response, the Department for Transport said: "HS2 will become the backbone of our national rail network and create more seats for passengers."

Roger Harrabin
BBC environment analyst

MPs are expected to give HS2 the final seal of approval this week when it returns to the Commons from the Lords.

But the Taxpayers' Alliance says government-managed large infrastructure projects have a poor record of being delivered on budget, with one project in the USA overrunning by 190%.

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In the UK the Jubilee line extension in London was forecast to cost £2.1bn, but the bill rose to £3.5bn, partly because of overruns during construction. Channel Tunnel costs also swelled by 80%.

John O'Connell, chief executive of the Taxpayers' Alliance, said: "All the evidence shows that big government projects are delivered way over budget and almost never to deadline, so to allocate tens of billions of taxpayers' money to this white elephant is a big mistake."

However, the Department for Transport said: "We are keeping a tough grip on costs and the project is on time and on budget at £55.7bn."

Roger Harrabin
BBC environment analyst

Environmentalists Friends of the Earth joined the libertarian group Taxpayers' Alliance in a late bid to derail HS2.

The two groups are normally at odds on policy, but both agree the rail project is a bad use of public money and likely to over-run its budget.

The planned line will cut through Buckinghamshire and south Northamptonshire.

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The projected price for HS2 is £56bn, but the Taxpayers' Alliance speculates the final cost could reach £90bn.

The government says the line is needed to increase network capacity - and insists it will be built on budget.

The first phase of the railway is due to open in December 2026, with trains to travel at high speed between London and Birmingham before continuing on the existing West Coast Main Line.

Jonathan Park
BBC Look East sport

In December it was announced MK-based Badminton England would lose all its UK Sport funding for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, despite claiming a bronze in the sport in Rio.

The appeal was heard on 6 and 7 February and today the result is due.

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As soon as we know what's happened we'll bring it to you.

Alex Pope
BBC Local Live

Earlier we mentioned a man and a woman were found dead at a flat in Cheshunt over the weekend, with both bodies having stab wounds.

James Coyne, who lives close to Leighton Court, called the emergency services after seeing a woman shout "call 999" from a nearby property.

"Within minutes two or three police cars turned up followed by more vans and vehicles," he said.

"Then a helicopter, an air ambulance landed in the road outside and police were telling everyone to stay in their home."

Police say investigations are ongoing and they're not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths.

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Meanwhile, plans to sell the European arm of General Motors to France's PSA Group could be derailed by the deficit in GM's UK pension scheme, an expert says.

Vauxhall's pension scheme is one of the largest in the UK, with 15,000 members.

Pensions expert John Ralfe said Peugeot owner PSA would not want to touch it "with a barge pole", saying he thought it had a deficit of about £1bn.

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Half of the members were pensioners, Mr Ralfe told the BBC's Today programme.

Unite union leader Len McCluskey is due to meet the chief executive of PSA Group, Carlos Tavares, this week to discuss the deal and any impact it might have on jobs.  

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The Times reports Theresa May is due to meet the boss of French car manufacturer PSA Peugeot Citroen today over its plans to take over the European arm of General Motors, including Luton-based Vauxhall.

PSA's plans have come under intense scrutiny in the UK, Germany and France.

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Governments of the three countries are each trying to protect their domestic car workers.

Matthias Holweg, a professor of operations management at Oxford University, says what works in the UK's favour is that it's Europe's second largest car market, with Vauxhall having a 17% market share.