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everywhere with me. i will maybe put it on the well so i can see it every day. also safely through were last year's champions, arena sabalenka and novak djokovic both winning in straight sets, a sign to any new challengers that they are still the ones to beat. andy swiss, bbc news. as we head into the weekend, let's take a look at the weather prospects. here's elizabeth rizzini. storm isha is on the way. i will stop with today, though. another quiet day of weather. the sheepin another quiet day of weather. the sheep in oxfordshire i bet were glad of their woollyjumpers sheep in oxfordshire i bet were glad of their woolly jumpers this morning, minus eight celsius. change is on the way, swapping the cold, wintry weather for something milder through the weekend, but it will be
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wet and very windy, with storm isha heading towards us on sunday night into monday morning. more on that in a moment. forthe into monday morning. more on that in a moment. for the rest of the day, brisk westerly winds driving showers into scotland, turning more south—westerly and less cold, so falling as rain apart from on the very tops of the hills. elsewhere, drive with weak —— dry with weak winter sunshine. drive with weak —— dry with weak wintersunshine. five drive with weak —— dry with weak winter sunshine. five or six celsius. not as bitter as it has beenin celsius. not as bitter as it has been in recent days. through this evening, the winds will pick up, particularly towards irish sea coast, outbreaks of rain in western scotland, some snowmelt going on as well. icy conditions in the far north of scotland, into the northern isles, and across the east of england we will see temperatures drop below freezing but then rise again tomorrow morning, with milder air spreading again tomorrow morning, with milder airspreading in again tomorrow morning, with milder air spreading in from the south—west. here it is, marked in yellow. along with a series of weather fronts through the weekend, weather fronts through the weekend, we expect more wet weather, which
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will be with us through the day on saturday. the rain pushes through into the pennines, west and wales, parts of northern ireland seen some showers, and western scotland in the afternoon. wind speeds in the eye we see up to 55 mph, but largely dry across the south—east of england and east anglia once again. temperatures taking time to recover here, but on western coast, nine or 10 celsius. more heavy rain on the forecast. on saturday night pushing into western scotland and north—west england. we are talking a lot now about storm isha. more rain across western wales moving into north—west england and south of scotland through the day on sunday, also northern ireland, looking very wet. temperatures of 9-13 c. the looking very wet. temperatures of 9—13 c. the worst of the winds on sunday night into monday morning. the whole of the uk is covered by a met office yellow weather warning for the strength of the winds. the areas of most concern marked a number here have been upgraded.
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gusts of 50—60 mph, some spots seeing 70—80 mph gusts, particularly towards exposed coasts. that will have plenty of impact on monday morning travel, so keep an eye on the forecast. that is the weather for now, jane. thanks, elizabeth. and that's bbc news at one. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. now, it's time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. goodbye. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. djokovic dominates to make the australian open fourth round, beating tomos martin etcheverry — the man who knocked out andy murray. a new home for henderson — we're in the dutch capital, wherejordan henderson is currently giving his first ajax press c0 nfe re nce . toney�*s back and raring to go — brentford's star striker returns to captain this side this weekend following his eight—month ban
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for betting breaches. hello and welcome along to the programme. let's start in melbourne, where both reigning australian open champions have been in action and both are safely through to the fourth round without dropping a set. after making heavy work of his first couple of matches at this year's tournament, novak djokovic looked back on top form again. he swept aside tomas martin etcheverry. etcheverry, remember, knocked out andy murray in the opening round, but he was no match for the ten—time champion today, who was playing in his 100th ozzie open match. the serb winning in straight sets to set up a tie with adrian mannarino in the last 16. if djokovic looked in good form, the reigning champion in the women's draw,
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aryna sabalenka, was absolutely unstoppable. it took the belarussian just 52 minutes to see off the ukrainian lesia tsurenko. sabalenka didn't drop a single game — 6—0, 6—0. she will face amanda anisimova in the next round, who is playing her first major since taking a seven—month break for her mental health. i'm not trying to be perfect, i'm trying to do myjob as good as i can and i think this performance was, yeah, perfection! it's tennis and as we see by some of the top players losing in the earlier matches, that anything can happen, so i don't want to look that far, i'm just focusing match by match and, yes, if i really am ready to wind another one, if not, then not, but i'm just trying to do my best and prepare myself as
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best as i can for each match. sabalenka could potentially face coco gauff in the semifinals. the us open champion only dropped a couple of games as she beat another american, alycia parks. afterwards gauff was reflecting on what she has learned following her maiden grand slam win in new york. perhaps the match of the morning, though, was once again involving 16—year—old mira andreeva. the teenager is fast becoming one the stories of this year's competition, having knocked out world number six ons jabeur in the last round. she came from match point down, to beat diane parry of france in three sets. after the match, andreeva, who is a real rising star of the sport, received praise from andy murray, no less. he posted on social media to say, "maybe the reason she turned the match round is because of her mental strength. maybe she turned the match around because she is hard on herself and demands more of herself when she's losing/playing badly? winner." honestly, i didn't really think that he would walk i will try to print it out somehow, i will put it in a
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frame, i will bring it everywhere with me, i will maybe put it on the walls so i can see it every day. honestly, i didn't expect him to do anything about this match. away from tennis now to focus on the return of this man, jordan henderson, who hasjoined dutch giants ajax after calling time on his career in saudi arabia with al—ettifaq. the former liverpool player said it was right for him and his family after choosing tojoin the saudi pro league side amid much controversy last summer. natalie pirks reports. it was all smiles in the beginning, but a mere six months afterjoining the lucrative saudi pro league, the dream turned sour forjordan henderson. the 33—year—old confirmed he's joined dutch side ajax on a two—and—a—half—year contract, and will wear the number six shirt. in an instagram post, he said leaving al—ettifaq, managed by his former team—mate stephen gerard, wasn't an easy decision "but one i feel is best
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for me and my family". he thanked the club and fans for "showing the love" from day one. but the love wasn't universal. henderson has always been a vocal lgbtq+ ally, but angered the community by moving to a country where homosexuality is illegal, and punishable by death. this was jake daniels — currently england's only out professional footballer — last november. henderson messaged me when i came out. i have the dm on my phone, you know? he was backing me the whole way. he was, like, "we're proud of what you've done." and then seeing him move to saudi, it's kind of like — pfft — slapped it in my face, really. henderson always denied it was ever about the reported 350—grand—a—week wages and said he wanted to help turn the league into one of the best in the world. clearly, that hasn't happened. but byjoining ajax for far less money, he's hoping to help breathe some life into a giant that's struggling. ajax's biggest wage packet for a top
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player over the years has been five million. we understand that ajax are breaking the bank, and they will make him the best—paid player ever in the eredivisie and at ajax, and that shows how much ajax want him. saudi arabia is making huge moves in the world of sport, having invested millions in the likes of sailing, boxing, formula i and golf. some of the biggest stars in world football have joined the pro league. but the low attendances in saudi football are a world away from the adoration henderson enjoyed at anfield. there's also the small issue of the euros this summer. amsterdam, then, providing a surprise but welcome platform to help him stay in gareth southgate�*s thoughts. natalie pirks, bbc news, amsterdam. jordan henderson again to anybody
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upset by his move to saudi arabia. sometimes these things don't work out in football, in life in general. as soon as i knew this opportunity was there i had to make the decision and the decision was that this was the best move for me and my family at the time. if anybody feels offended authors that have upset them, it is on me. that was my decision, i apologise for that. it was never my intention. ijust want to look forward now and concentrate on being the best player i can be for ajax. ivan toney is set to return and captain brentford on his return to football this weekend against nottingham forest, following an eight—month ban for breaching betting regulations. it will be a welcome boost for the club, who have lost seven of their last eight in the premier league and find themselves just three points above the relegation zone. toney�*s been the subject of lots of interest from clubs in the transfer market for a goalscorer, but his manager says he's ready
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to back into the mix. he is buzzing stop he's an eight—year—old boy, hejust wants he is buzzing stop he's an eight—year—old boy, he just wants to go out and play. just that pure joy of playing football and that is what he wants. i am looking into the eyes of a player that is very committed, very excited and can't wait. liverpool bossjurgen klopp says he has spoken to mo salah and says they willjust have to wait and see how serious the forward's injury is. salah came off in egpyt�*s 2—2 draw with ghana with what could be a hamstring injury at the africa cup of nations. he received treatment before eventually being replaced in added time in the first—half. of course it was, in the moment, ashok. it was like being hit by
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something high and tense. and you go down you have these hamstring injuries. we all know how rarely he needs to go off. it is definitely something, so we will see. england are getting ready to face uganda and australia in london this weekend in the first part of netball�*s nations cup. the roses will play uganda tomorrow and then, on sunday, they will meet australia for the first time since losing last year's world cup final to them. there have been some changes to the squad, including fran williams becoming captain. she feels they're ready to take on the world's number one side. we have people within the squad who were part of the final and know what it feels like, but even more exciting with cockerels that it will be the first time facing up against australia and that is an asset to haveitin australia and that is an asset to have it in our squad. hopefully they will go out with some freedom and can learn our knowledge of what we have from facing them in the past. i think it puts us in a really good position tojust think it puts us in a really good position to just have a crack and
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see what we can do against them six months on. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app or from our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. health officials have warned that measles is likely to spread rapidly in more areas of the uk unless there is urgent action to increase uptake of the mmr vaccine. more than 200 cases have been confirmed in the west midlands in recent months, mostly in birmingham. with more on this is bbc health reporterjim reed. why is states particular areas that have been hit so badly?— have been hit so badly? health officials today _ have been hit so badly? health officials today particularly - officials today particularly concerned about isolated areas of the uk. they have had some concerns
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in london previously injune and july last year. more recently in the midlands, the area around birmingham and coventry have seen this slight spike in measles cases. in the west midlands we have had 216 confirmed cases in the last couple of months and another 103 they're looking at. also the humber, yorkshire. all this is mainly down to vaccine uptake of mmrjab is mainly down to vaccine uptake of mmr jab that people children get two doses of. in certain areas we have seen very low uptake of that vaccine. the world health organization recommends that 95% of children should get that vaccine in order to protect everyone, so called herd immunity, to stop the fire spreading. across the uk as a whole, current rates are down to 85%, so
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below that 95% target. in parts of london it is down to 50%. it is those areas that cee lo vaccine uptake are seeing a resurgence of a virus that we thought at one point had been eradicated in the united kingdom. had been eradicated in the united kinudom. ~ . . had been eradicated in the united kinadom. ~ ., ., had been eradicated in the united kindom. . ., ., ., kingdom. what are the health authority is — kingdom. what are the health authority is trying _ kingdom. what are the health authority is trying to - kingdom. what are the health authority is trying to do - kingdom. what are the health authority is trying to do to - kingdom. what are the health - authority is trying to do to redress that low uptake?— that low uptake? there is a big aublici that low uptake? there is a big publicity drive. _ that low uptake? there is a big publicity drive. we _ that low uptake? there is a big publicity drive. we have - that low uptake? there is a big publicity drive. we have had i that low uptake? there is a big | publicity drive. we have had the chief executive of the uk health security agency in birmingham today making the point that if families and children haven't had the first and children haven't had the first and second dose of that mmr jab they should come forward and get it. some young adults as well come up to the age of 25 or 30 can still get the vaccine if they missed out on childhoods. so a big push for vaccines. we have seen vaccine mobile units going into areas of north london to try to increase the take—up, but also within schools themselves because vaccine uptake in
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schools is critical. the idea is

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