hello and welcome to sportsday. we start with british interest at the australian open. in raducanu had a tough time in his second round match, as did cameron norrie. blink over�*s match went to a tie—break in which the protein to avoid shared meant it was the longest tie—break in a women's singles match in grand slam history. she won 22—20 picking the match two sets to one. the unseeded russian said it would be a day she would rememberfor alive.

jessica bigelow was beaten by the french competitor. one comfortably in just over an hour. french competitor. one comfortably injust over an hour. the french competitor. one comfortably in just over an hour. the women's number one managed to survive a scare against american daniel collins to come through in three sets to reach the third round. she is chasing a first title in melbourne and she overturned a double break deficit in the deciding set to win 6—4, 3—6, 6—4. emma raducanu's tournament is over, struggling with sickness in a match against her chinese opponent. emma raducanu is yet to reach the third round of a major since a us open triumph in 2021.— round of a major since a us open triumph in 2021. everyone can see it was a bit of — triumph in 2021. everyone can see it was a bit of a _ triumph in 2021. everyone can see it was a bit of a battle. _ triumph in 2021. everyone can see it was a bit of a battle. physically, - was a bit of a battle. physically, body —wise i felt fine, it was more just like throwing up in my mouth and then of the match it came out,

but now i'm ok and i will get over it. itjust sucks but now i'm ok and i will get over it. it just sucks for the but now i'm ok and i will get over it. itjust sucks for the timing. ida it. it 'ust sucks for the timing. no real it. itjust sucks for the timing. no real shocks but carlos alcaraz was made to work hard in his victory. it was a match showcased showing the talents of the world number two. this rally between the less, not coming off on that occasion. the spaniard to march in the end to level his best performance at the australian open in making three. the sensational comeback for cameron norrie, to set down, losing the second on a tie—break. it was a gruelling match for norrie who needed medical timeout and cope with two rain delays to win the next three sets. just fitted time he has come back from two sets down to win at grand slam. app next for him it is kasper root who came to make the third round. england midfielderjordan henderson is closing

in on a permanent move to ajax — with his contract at saudi club al—ettifaq set to be terminated. the deal hasn't yet been concluded but reports have suggested he's unhappy at al—ettifaq and wants to return to europe. the 33 year old left liverpool to sign a three year contract in the middle east in the summer. henderson heading away from al ettifaq but bbc sport understands that the manager and former liverpool captain steven gerrard is set to extent his stay at the club. according to saudi sources, the club are preparing to announce a two year extension to his contract. australia into the asian come after beating syria. uzbekistan could join in, not long kicked off against india. palestine have a chance respond to their opening defeat when they face in the uae later, laws were then combined with a victory or draw by iran against hong kong would end their hopes of aggression into the knockers. africa cup of nations, ivory coast take on nigeria, looking to respond after their disappointing draw with equatorial guinea in their oprah. a team chance of the game on the continent, ivory coast looking

for back—to—back group wins for the first time since 2013. it had been a long wait for success in this competition for both sides. notes now, when later will see them into the knockouts. that is all this but for now. if you buy a train ticket from a machine at a railway station in england, you may be paying more than price what you would pay online for some journeys. price what you would pay online for somejourneys. that price what you would pay online for some journeys. that is according to analysis by the consumer group which? it found the best value fares were unavailable or hidden on many machines. could i have a return... more and more tickets are being purchased online, but some people still get them at the station, including using vending machines. at the four in ten stations

with no ticket office, they're the only option. which sent mystery shoppers to 15 stations around the country, all run by different train companies. they used the machines to buy the cheapest one—way tickets for travel that day, for the next morning, and to use in three weeks' time. then they looked for tickets for travel at a similar time of day on the uk's biggest third—party ticket—selling website, trainline. they usually found cheaper options available online. in the case of tickets for travel the same day, the cheapest ones they found on the machines cost on average 52% more than on trainline, and some mystery shoppers couldn't find off—peak tickets for sale on machines at peak times. this is not a problem that is specific to an individual operator, it's an industry wide problem, and simply what needs to happen is that they need to update their machines. passengers in market harborough had noticed the difference. how many people have access online, particularly older people? theyjust simply don't know. it's a complete con. it's difficult because sometimes you have a meeting, like, last minute. i i just like the personal touch when i'm buying a ticket. machines don't generally sell every single type of ticket, with split ticketing not available and often not advance fares which are cheaper. the rail delivery group,

which represents operators, said there had been good progress on reforming fares, but more could be done. it added, changes like the expansion of pay—as—you—go contactless were helping to make ticketing simpler. the passenger watchdog transport focus told us machines needed to be easier to use and have the best value fare available for people to be confident of getting the best deal. katy austin, bbc news. back to one of the stories that has broken in the last hour, workers at the uk's begin steelworks company are braced for bad news onjob losses today. our correspondent is outside the tata steel plant in port talbot. thank you for speaking to us. potentially devastating news for workers. do we know what they have been told? ~ ., �* ~ ., ., been told? well, we don't know how much news —

been told? well, we don't know how much news has _ been told? well, we don't know how much news has filtered _ been told? well, we don't know how much news has filtered through - been told? well, we don't know how much news has filtered through to i much news has filtered through to the workers inside the steelworks. what we understand however is that tata steel will push ahead with its plan to close the two big blast furnaces behind me, which are coal—fired, admit huge mass of carbon dioxide and eventually will replace them with an electric green furnace. however cutting emissions but also huge cuts to job numbers, potentially up to 3000 workers we understand, the first of those job losses could come as soon april, and the majority of those losses to be made by september. of the 4000 workers at the steelworks, thousands of those will potentially be involved in those redundancies. double be a period of consultation with unions and with the workers, but this is the news many here in this community have been dreading because port talbot supports thousands of people across south wales and it is wonderfully to places which had been making virgin

steele. so that move away from using iron or towards recycling steel will potentially mean the uk can no longer created sound virgin steele from scratch. in longer created sound virgin steele from scratch.— longer created sound virgin steele from scratch. , ., , , from scratch. in terms of employers in the area. — from scratch. in terms of employers in the area. just _ from scratch. in terms of employers in the area, just trying _ from scratch. in terms of employers in the area, just trying to _ from scratch. in terms of employers in the area, just trying to get - from scratch. in terms of employers in the area, just trying to get my - in the area, just trying to get my head around what this means potentially for local community. put siml , potentially for local community. put simply, without the steelworks, there is very little left in port talbot. now, this isn't about closing the steelworks, it is about transforming it, making it greener but with a far smaller workforce. these highly skilled workers doubt necessarily have somewhere else to go. scunthorpe, that platt is moving towards an electric arc furnace. there are now directly comparable jobs to be had. there are plans to transform the port, lots of talk about greenerjobs in the future but nothing immediate to step into. this will be hugely worrying particularly to younger workers who may be in the first decade or two of work, have mortgages and families to worry

about and already feeling the cost of living crisis. many had been feeling this use but it seemed that is a plan that tata steel will push ahead with. if there is any new is, we will bring your right up—to—date with them here on bbc news. there is pretty more to come on bbc news throughout the afternoon. it has been a busy afternoon, i would like to share these pictures with you. they are of a couple of fairly adorable baby pandas. these are from the china conservation and research centre for the giant panda in the sexual and province. the cab takes a liking to a wooden rocking horse. claims on board and try to work out how to use it, gives it a bit of a nibble, can't seem to get the motion going until it eventually climbs off and tries to rocket from the site.

it will get there! the american company that had been hoping to land on the moon last week will bring its craft crashing back to earth in the coming hours. pittsburgh —based astro bio —— as robotic says its peregrine spacecraft will be directed to re—enter the earth's atmosphere and burn up. the landers suffered a major propulsion failure that made a safe touchdown on the lunar surface impossible. in the us, and ice storm in the north—west has led to three people being killed when a power line fell on their car. treacherous ice covered highways and roads, making driving almost impossible. parts of idaho and washington state bar also affected. it is notjust america, the cold weather also affecting other parts of europe. you can see just how deep the snow is across belgium, these pictures show

the historic fields where the battle of waterloo took place more than two centuries ago. let's stay in those pictures. we will be back at the top of the hour. hello, good afternoon. it was the coldest night of the winter so far for most of us last night, but there is a lot of winter sunshine out there and blue sky today — including here in pontypridd in south wales. a few showers for western wales, showers clearing away from north sea—facing coasts, but still blizzard—like conditions in northern scotland, and we're set to stay in that cold air for the next couple of days before it turns a lot milder over the weekend, but also wet and very windy — already, warnings in force for heavy rain and strong, gusty winds. and there's an amber warning in force across the northern isles and down through caithness and sutherland for heavy snow until six o'clock this evening — as much as 15 to 20 centimetres of falling snow. blizzard—like conditions with brisk northerly—to—north—westerly winds and drifting snow, too. wider warnings in force across northern ireland and much of scotland away from the south and the east for snow and ice. elsewhere, the winter

sunshine continues. still maybe a few showers drifting into northwestern wales, down through parts of south—west wales, and into perhaps the far south—west of england through this evening. again, those snow showers pile into north—western areas of scotland. there will be icy stretches where we've seen the showers today, and maybe some freezing fog patches, too — particularly across the east midlands and down through eastern areas of wales, too. temperatures widely, of course, below freezing. but tomorrow we start to drag in some milder—feeling air, with more of a south—westerly wind starting to develop. the snow levels will gradually rise across north—western scotland, so the snow turning back to rain and to sleet — particularly for lower lying areas, of course. temperatures coming up slightly to between four and seven degrees celsius. it will be largely dry and there will be quite a lot of winter sunshine around again. as we head into the weekend, it's all change — we start to look out to the atlantic again, various weather fronts moving through.

look at the squeeze on the isobars — it's going to turn really very windy. most of us will wake up to temperatures above freezing as we head through saturday morning. there will be outbreaks of rain again — possibly heavy at times — just drifting in from the west, so some wet weather but look at these temperatures — rising back up into double figures for western spots as we head through saturday. warnings in place on sunday for strong winds for much of the uk and for heavy rain, too. it turns even milder into the start of next week. bye— bye.

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