has withdrawn it's bid to host the next event in 2026. organisers have said they may have to postpone or cancel the games in three years�* time. the gold coast hosted the 2018 commonwealths, and mayor tom tate had insisted they could do it again after the australian state of victoria had pulled out due to cost concerns. but he's failed to convince federal and state governments to support the event and says australia will now be known as "a place "that reneges on a global sports contract", leaving its reputation "in tatters". the news comes after the only contender to host the 2030 games — the canadian province of alberta — also abandoned its plans. this has been the longest saga for no results. this has been trying to get a new host for the commonwealth games after victoria injuly decided it was not going to be the host. still we are back to that same point. no horse for the commonwealth

games. it does sound justifiable, yes, we cannot possibly be spending that much money on an event that at the moment not everyone is in love with. so what is it going to do for us? but when you go into the inquiry thatis us? but when you go into the inquiry that is ongoing around the cancellation of the games, and also how much money we are now paying not to host them, you cannotjust pull out of hosting the commonwealth games and do not have repercussions. already it is $380 million bill in terms of compensation, that australia now has to pay, that the victorian government now has to pay. the uk government says it agrees with a review on women's football led by former england international karen carney — which has called for full professionalisation of women's football. and equal access to sport in schools for girls. england won the european championships last year, and were runners up in this year's world cup but the review found huge discrepincies in pay, facilities, and standards across women's football. the recommendations include making the top two tiers of women's football professional, and creating a dedicated

brodcast slot. uk culture secretary lucy frazer said there is still a long way to go to bridge the gap in finances in men and women's football. there is a massive disparity, and i think that we absolutely need to narrow that gap. and what we need is to make sure that the women's game is more commercial, that it attracts more broadcast income. because if we do that and we maintain its professionalism, the women will be enabled to be paid more. so, absolutely, we need to work towards equalisation of pay, and we need to do that gradually so it's affordable. to the fallout from the weekend's premier league games — and paul heckingbottom could be the top flight�*s first managerial sacking. it's after another heavy defeat for his sheffield united side — this time at the hands of fellow strugglers burnley on saturday. heckingbottom, the bbc understands, is set to depart in the next 2a hours. the blades are bottom, on just five points after losing 11 of their opening 1a games.

ronnie 0'sullivan has further cemented his status as one of sport's all—time greats by winning his 22nd title at one of snooker�*s triple crown tournaments — the uk championship. he beat china's three time winner ding junhui by 10 frames to 7. it was "the rocket's" eighth uk title — more than anyone else, and he's won more major titles than any other player in the modern era. 0'sullivan now holds records as both the oldest and youngest uk champion having first won the tournament 30 years ago as a 17 year old — and his latest win came a day before his 48th birthday. i always keep beating myself up because of the age thing. i keep thinking at some point, you know, it's got to stop, i've got to stop winning at some point. but i keep doing all right. so i'll keep going until the wheels fall off. to the nfl now — and another defeat for the under—pressure new england patriots. they lost at home, to the la chargers,

6-0. their record now two wins and ten losses. bill belichick, a man so used to winning, in unchartered territory. and the san francisco 49ers got revenge for their nfc championship game loss last season to the philadelphia eagles. they won 42 points to 19 and showed just why they're super bowl favourites. brock purdy threw four touchdowns with receiver deebo samuel dominant with three scores. wins also for the rams, the buccs and the dolphins but it's a third defeat in 5 for the super bowl champions the kansas city chiefs. patrick mahomes lost in his first start at lambeau field to the green bay packers. they won 27 points to 19. jordan love threw three touchdown passes and the green bay defence held mahomes under 20 points. we are not really want to be out, but we were close. winning some of those games, losing some of those games. now we have to dry and get it

going, through the stretch, all we can do is learn from the scheme and focus on another challenge, next week. finally it was third time lucky for scottie scheffler at the hero world golf challenge. after being runner—up for the last two years, the american has finally won the title. the world number one led going into the last round and finished on a huge 20 under par, 3 shots ahead of austria's sepp straka. tiger woods, playing in his first tournament for eight months, came 18th in a field of 20 golfers. and that's all the sport for now.

i want to take it to edinburgh airport. this is a whole load of bamboo that is going to be food for the uk's only giant pandas, soon to be not the uk is any more, they have left edinburgh zoo, returning home to china. there they are, in those boxes they are, just a few moments ago. as there are being loaded onto the aircraft carrier they are, this is a boring 777 cargo plane, carrying them on the journey home. they have been here in the uk for 12 years now. our main attraction at edinburgh zoo. tens of thousands of people flocking to see them. and in the last few days they had their last chance to see them, and they

have also been watching them via the panda cam which is keeping a close eye on them. they will be travelling in these bespoke metal crates. 0nce in these bespoke metal crates. once they are on board there will be some zookeepers there keeping a close eye on them as they travel for a 13 hour flight from edinburgh zoo, with lots of food for lunch, dinner, breakfast, whatever they are going to need. heading home after a 12 year stay at edinburgh zoo, although they did not manage to meet. the struggles faced by those living with dementia can be heartbreaking.

sadly, joe died injanuary, just weeks after moving into a care home. bill wanted to highlight some of the difficulties faced. i love you to bits. this is a story of devotion and dedication. it's devastatingly hard, watching the woman that you love starting to disappear from your life. drjo wilson trained as a nurse. she went on to become a hugely successful businesswoman. she was damn good at what she did, and had an international reputation. last year, her husband, bill, invited the bbc to film the struggles they faced

as jo's alzheimer's tightened its grip. 0k? that nice and comfy? as they showed, with alzheimer's, everything gets harder. wait. jo! jo, hang on. jo, this way. i'm not going shopping at all. i'm going home. don't walk away. if you had jo back for a moment — a lucid moment — what would you say to her, bill? "i love you." he weeps. nothing else. having wanted jo to carry on living at home, bill eventually realised that was no longer possible. get you tucked in. but the cost and bureaucracy of getting a residential care home place were both huge challenges. bill, we're ready when you're ready. 0k. when they finally got the go—ahead, it was bittersweet. i've kind of built up to this

moment, but when someone says it out loud, i'm...devastated. special girl. earlier this year, just a week after moving into a residential home, jo became gravely ill. if you're ready to go... ..let go. cos i'll be ok. jo wilson died, aged 69, injanuary. bill held her hand as she passed away. if you have been affected by any of theissues if you have been affected by any of the issues raised in that report, you can find help and advice... he does the weather. hello again. after some disrupted snow and some low temperatures this week we see a change in the weather.

we start on a cold note but as we head through the mid week period it is going to become wetter and windier, but also milder as the weather comes back in from the atlantic. what is happening at the moment is low pressure is driving our weather and it today will be slowly moving northwards. there is a lot of cloud and rain associated with this, some hill snow, but even some of the snow getting to lower levels at times and it will be cold today and also blustery. the strongest winds will be with exposure in west wales, the southwest and channel islands where we could have gusts to gale force. we have the cloud, the rain and hill snow across england and also wales. some of that getting down to lower levels at times. some snow showers across eastern and northern parts of scotland and on the hills of northern ireland. but we do have that cold feel, especially if you are exposed to the wind. through this evening and overnight the centre of the low pressure pulls away to the near continent but we are still dragging in this north—easterly wind.

so there will still be a lot of cloud and also some patchy light rain and showers and still some hill snow across the southern uplands, northern england on the hills and also the hills of wales. under clear skies for the rest of scotland and northern ireland it is going to be cold, frosty and the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. we could start the day with —8 in parts of the highlands. but here it will be brighter. meanwhile in the south for england and for wales the low pressure continuing to drift towards the near continent taking the showers with it and the showers across eastern parts of scotland are likely to be wintry in nature. through the course of tomorrow, our temperature range, three in the north, to about ten as we push towards the south. 0vernight tuesday into wednesday it's going to be cold and during the day on wednesday you can see the milder air starting to pull in from the west pushing across us during the course of thursday. wednesday will start on a cold note with a widespread frost. it could be —10 in parts of the highlands with some freezing fog.

but a lot of dry weather until we see the change in the weather from the west, as some wetter and windier conditions come in. but with that, so do milder conditions. wilson

live from london. this is bbc news israel expands its ground operation into �*all areas of the gaza strip�*, with forces now pushing

towards southern gaza. a bout 170,00 people have been about 170,00 people have been told to keep moving south. but a un official there says they're running out of places to head to. the bodies of 11 hikers are recovered in indonesia, a day after a volcano erupted, spewing ash three kilometres into the air. the un climate summit president denies that he denies a core part of climate science. hello, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. israel has again urged people in gaza to move south as ground forces push deeper into the region. warnings are posted on social media on monday morning. a spokesman for the un children's charity unicef says that there is no safe to go. there are claims that they are trying to permanently bash

palestinians out of gaza. khan younis and