them against our side that and help them against our chest _ side that and help them against our chest. , chest. the inquiry will get under wa in chest. the inquiry will get under way in about _ chest. the inquiry will get under way in about the _ chest. the inquiry will get under way in about the neck _ chest. the inquiry will get under way in about the neck 10-15 - chest. the inquiry will get under - way in about the neck 10-15 minutes way in about the neck 10—15 minutes and you can watch continuous coverage on the iplayer. one thing to quickly note before the end of all of this, baroness hallett last week made it quite clear, she had done it again today, the chair of the inquiry pointing out that no one will be personally blamed for anything that happened during the pandemic, of course the whole point of this inquiry is to learn lessons about decision—making and structures of government. that is worth bearing in mind but of course you can see from all the people here that boris johnson may well feel it is his reputation on trial today. thank you. funding for article two cases as one way of achieving that. does he agree with that evidence? reputation on trial today. thank you. you can follow the and also on the bbc live page. also coverage of other major uk story

which is the government response to hillsborough report. now time for the day's sport. hello and welcome to sportsday. our top stories... just one goal. the difference between disappointment and reaching the nations league finals. as england also fail to qualify for the olympics on behalf of team gb. late drama too in the premier league as the teams below leaders arsenal now have a bigger deficit to bridge. returning to the scene of her greatest triumph. caroline wozniacki's comeback will take her to the australian open.

hello again. it was the moment that the paris olympics were taken from team gb. england's lionesses were powerless to stop it. beth mead was "devastated" while manager sarina wiegman said it "really hurts" to miss out on both a place in the nations league final. and a spot at the games by a single goal. it came after england had already thrashed scotland 6—0 as katie gornall reports. after an anxious wait came the realisation and then the heartbreak. their olympic dream was over. two hours earlier, england's players had the hopes of team gb on their shoulders. they needed to win and win big. 12 minutes was all it took for alex greenwood to get them up and running against scotland. alex greenwood. england weren't hanging about.

with the netherlands ahead in their game against belgium, england needed to better their results by three clear goals. laurenjames scored two in 2 minutes, for her second it's another stunner. 3—0 up, but still they needed more. injury has kept beth mead out of england's starting line up for over a year. it felt good to be back. it's mead, its 4—0. as it stood england were going through but one goal here all for the dutch could change everything. it's another. england's weren't letting up. a reminder it is possible to be 5—0 up and still feel tense. mary earps brought her best. another goal would settle the nerves. or would it? as lucy bronze scored in injury time, so did the netherlands in tilburg. at full time in glasgow, england didn't know if they'd done enough and their news filtered through the dutch had scored a fourth at the death. in three minutes of incredible drama, their olympic dream had unravelled. well, no—one will question the effort and the heart shown by england here.

they completely outclassed scotland and gave everything to try and keep alive their hopes of qualifying for the olympics on behalf of team gb. but ultimately they've been undone notjust by the netherlands 4—0 victory, 600 miles away from here in tilburg, but also by their poor form earlier on in the tournament. it'll take some time to process what's been a heartbreaking night for them here at hampden park. the other place at the finals that was up for grabs went to germany who drew 0—0 with wales. while the republic of ireland have been promoted to league a of the competition. their 6—1 win over northern ireland was a sixth in a row. arsenal's katie mccabe with the pick of the goals. liverpool and manchester city both have the opportunity to close the gap on premier league leaders arsenal tonight after what mikel arteta described as a "special night" at luton. a li—3 victory sealed by a 97th minute declan rice winner has given arsenal a five—point advanatage. two david raya mistakes helped luton take an unlikely lead in the 57th minute at kenilworth road. 3—2 at that point. but not for long.

arsenal responded through kai havertz who drew them level before rice's winning moment. so it's over to liverpool who play sheffield united and manchester city who are at aston villa tonight. well, despite three league draws in a row, pep guardiola still insists his team are playing well enough to retain their premier league title. they've fallen six points behind leaders arsenal and they're also one behind liverpool. but the manchester city manager insists his confidence doesn't equate to psychological warfare. my my game is played better than the opponents. my games, ten, 15 minutes, chances, chances, the opponent is affected because we are much better than them. the manager control the emotion of the players before and after? no chance. to win is to play better than them. start the game and play better, this is

the game and play better, this is the main game. i the game and play better, this is the main game.— the main game. i don't think a second about... _ the main game. i don't think a second about... where - the main game. i don't think a second about... where we - the main game. i don't think a l second about... where we could the main game. i don't think a - second about... where we could end up. second about... where we could end up~ what_ second about... where we could end up~ what i_ second about... where we could end up. what i said before, we have to be there _ up. what i said before, we have to be there where we are now until april. _ be there where we are now until april. then — be there where we are now until april, then we can talk. it is so tough — april, then we can talk. it is so tough what's coming up, it is nothing — tough what's coming up, it is nothing to think about, to think ahead _ nothing to think about, to think ahead of— nothing to think about, to think ahead of the next game. focus on sheffield — ahead of the next game. focus on sheffield united, go for it, play the best— sheffield united, go for it, play the best possible game, and keep going _ newcastle will be without their goalkeeper nick pope for a bulk of the rest of the season. he needs shoulder surgery and is expected to be out for four months after he dislocated it their win over manchester united on saturday. manager eddie howe said there is "still a chance" pope could return in time to play a part for england in the euros next summer. the head of the formular one academy susie wolff has rejected allegations of a conflict of interest

involving her and her husband mercedes boss toto wolff in the "strongest possible terms." business fi magazine claimed rival team bosses had raised concerns the wolffs were sharing confidential information from their respective employers. governing body the fia has announced an investigation into the allegations. wolff said she was "deeply insulted but sadly unsurprised" by the claims. in a statement released on social media susie wolff added, "it is disheartening that my integrity is being called into question in such a manner, especially when it seems to be rooted in intimidatory and misogynistic behaviour. i refuse to let these baseless allegations overshadow my dedication and passion for f1 academy." england's women have just kicked off their tour of india in the first of three t20 matches before a one—off test. they're batting first after india won the toss in mumbai. you can follow that on the bbc sport website and app. meanwhile the men are currently trailing the west indies i—o in their one day international series. ahead of the second match later today, harry brook has revealed he deleted his phone's social media apps in an effort to shield

himself from negativity. brook made a superb start in international cricket. but he struggled in the recent 50—over world cup as england went out at the group stage. the batter who hit 71 in that opening loss to the west indies sez avoiding the criticism has "helped my game, helped my mental health" helped my mental health." caroline wozniacki has been given a wild card for the austrlaian open, the event she won in 2018, as she continues her career comeback. the danish former world number one took time out of the game to start a family, but returned to the tour in august. she then reached the last 16 at the us open and will be appearing in melbourne for the first time in four years. earlier this year freestyle footballer isabel wilkins became the youngest female world champion after winning the sport's super ball in prague. that was just a few weeks before her 16th birthday. and tomorrow she'll be the youngest again at the invitational street style event in brussels, where isabel will also be the only british participant.

i'm isabel wilkins, i'm 16 years old and i'm the youngest female freestyle football world champion. i used to play football a lot, but then obviously, through lockdown, we weren't able to play, so ijust started doing some keepy—uppies. i learned the simple tricks, like around—the—world and stuff, and i kind of took it from there, really. if i was to continue with football, there was a risk of me getting injured. it was obviously a difficult decision, but i think i knew that i wanted to fully focus on freestyle football. so you're judged on execution, creativity, difficulty, all—round, originality. i normally practise after school. so i'll come home and i'll try and train for, like, at least two hours. but sometimes if i can't train in the afternoon, i'll wake up at, like, 5.15am and try and train — which isn't the nicest but, like, it's got to be done sometimes. this is another practice area that i use, usually during summer. we realised that, particularly in this country, in the winter, it's really bad weather. so we have the garage, which i had my dream car

in but decided to sell that and convert the garage , into a space that isabel can use. that's a pretty big sacrifice! laughs: it was! like, in the moment, when i won, i never really thought about being the youngest. and then afterwards, i guess you kind of realise, and then being awarded it was an amazing feeling. personal goal is obviously winner's money, more championships as possible. i want to definitely develop, like, the female freestyle football scene. this year at super ball, we had a record number of female participants, and i just want to keep growing that, really. iimagine she i imagine she will be watching manchester city later out of the love. six you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website

— that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. you're watching bbc news. borisjohnson has apologised for the pain, loss and suffering in the uk doing the pandemic and said he takes personal responsibility for mistakes made. mrjohnson, prime ministers throughout that period, had been giving evidence to the inquiry during questioning he said, government ministers did the best they could in very difficult circumstances. but admitted they could have done better. it has been riveting notjust for this country but everywhere in the world, the lessons learned about how do you deal with a pandemic? if it happens again. and to pick up on

your initial question it's been about two issues. how, sophisticated country like the uk with all the resources it has, the scientists given the evidence out of china, how come we did not wake up earlier to the danger that was approaching? that was one line of questioning. the other was about mrjohnson personally and all of the evidence about how utterly dysfunctional people inside his government said it was. that has been the thrust of it. how has mrjohnson been dealing with this? you would —— he had thought incredibly hard about how he would deal with it, it is basically to see what we knew at the time, the government did as best as it could. he says he believed that it really did, to protect lives and country's national health system. in terms of theissue national health system. in terms of the issue of the dysfunctionality, those extraordinary whatsapp messages which we cannot repeat on air at this point, everything that

happened at this point, it was representing house for as people wear. the big question for the world, how country like the uk didn't see it coming he said it was because of the lived experience. because at what had happened with sars and other infectious diseases, people thought surely it's not going to get that bad. that has been his defence, those have been the questions posed, utterly fascinating.— questions posed, utterly fascinating. questions posed, utterly fascinatina. ., , ., ., questions posed, utterly fascinatina. . ., , ., ., , fascinating. what is going to be the u-shot fascinating. what is going to be the u shot of fascinating. what is going to be the upshot of this _ fascinating. what is going to be the upshot of this because _ fascinating. what is going to be the upshot of this because there - fascinating. what is going to be the upshot of this because there is - fascinating. what is going to be the upshot of this because there is no | upshot of this because there is no one is going to be found guilty or not guilty at the end of the day. what is it that people particularly relatives of those who died during the covid pandemic many of whom we saw protesting inside the hearing, what did they want to see come out of this? , ., ., , .,. , of this? they wanted to see exactly how decisions _ of this? they wanted to see exactly how decisions were _ of this? they wanted to see exactly how decisions were taken _ of this? they wanted to see exactly how decisions were taken and - of this? they wanted to see exactly | how decisions were taken and would like an apology from mrjohnson, one

they are not going to get in the way he wanted, he said he's sorry overall for the pain and agony. and to answer your question into parts, obviously the inquiry will come up with all sorts of conclusions which are going to be relevant beyond the uk as to how can government prepare for this better? in terms of public relations in the future of mr johnson's standing i suspect that a large chunk of the population including those affected personally and directly by cobra to thank mr johnson is both incompetent and an trustworthy and not particularly pleasant person, i think they will not change their minds and that also large chunk of the... let's return to our corresponding to is outside the covid inquiry. taste let's return to our corresponding to is outside the covid inquiry.- is outside the covid inquiry. we are about to, waiting _ is outside the covid inquiry. we are about to, waiting for— is outside the covid inquiry. we are about to, waiting for the _ is outside the covid inquiry. we are about to, waiting for the covid - about to, waiting for the covid inquiry to start very shortly. you

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