england can return to the top of the t20 world rankings with victory today. lewis hamilton hasn't missed a formula 1 race since making his debut on the track back in 2007, but the f1 champion will be missing from the start line for this weekend's sakhir grand prix after testing positive for coronavirus. it's the penultimate race of the season in bahrain and, with a record—equalling seventh world title already secured, hamilton may not be given the all—clear before this year's campaign comes to a close. our f1 correspondentjenny gow told me who could step in. we know he took three tests and they all came back negative but it was monday morning he began showing some mild symptoms. had another test and that was the one that came back as positive for coronavirus. so it

looks like the rules vary according to which country you are and what it looks like he will have to self—isolate for ten days. so whether he makes it to abu dhabi is yet to be decided that we know that he will not take part in the race at bahrain this weekend. in who could replace him, who could step in for him and bahrain this weekend? this is now the hottest question in formula i quite friendly. everybody has their own opinion. a lot of the brits would love to be the williams driver who was also the reserve for mercedes and is the young driver programme for mercedes and that is george russell. however will williams won't let him go to is one big question. the actual reserve driver is someone doing formula e testing and his hot putting it across valencia to bahrain as scheduled tonight. so i suppose

eve ryo ne scheduled tonight. so i suppose everyone is waiting and we are hoping we get an announcement sometime tomorrow about who will ta ke sometime tomorrow about who will take what is possibly the most pricey ever in formula i. take what is possibly the most pricey ever in formula 1. certainly is. just two days after his horrific crash in bahrain, fi driver romain grosjean has said he hopes to compete in the final race of the season in less than two weeks' time. the haas driver, who'll spend a third night in hospital with burn injuries to his hands, posted this picture on social media earlier. he said... "never thought a few body squats would make me happy. body recovering well from the impact. hopefully same about the burns on my hands." the action continues at the uk snooker championship from milton keynes, with good wins for two—time champion champion mark selby, and kyren wilson, plus news of a thrilling comeback. let's join jason mohammed now, who's alongside john parrott and alan mcmanus. we'll come back to milton keynes with mark shall be through to the last 16 and itjob done today.

with mark shall be through to the last 16 and it job done today. not pretty before the interval with hard snicker of book came out and played much better after eight cracking along reading got over the line. we have seen it so many times, have we not? c gas struggle in the first four frames and could be a tough few days but always a bump with mark because he has produced it so often in the past so actually popped his head and the pressure at 2—2 is said did you enjoy that frame and so we took it in good heart and came out and played really strong in the last four frames. barry hawkins next so it should be fascinating. the real barry hawkins turning up finally and isa barry hawkins turning up finally and is a wonderful match player but not just been a great form but his scoring very good this week. that will be a tough match. and a wonderful comeback from wilson. top class. keep a close eye on his game. i had been cast my over the last few years and seeing his progress and just the last four or five months,

his cue ball has improved out of sight and he will be a big threat in this tournament, guaranteed. does he impress you, to? very much so. the only critique is his cue ball was not quite as good as some of the other pros but it is now. sensational comeback from joe parry down 5—2. sensational comeback from joe parry down 5-2. he knows all the games and all the moves and came back on the black and came through in the end. did not play that well from what we hear and gather but joe did not play that well from what we hear and gather butjoe does not worry about that as he has the victory and is in the next round and probably will improve. good stuff. if you missed any of the action, 11:30pm for the highlights of bbc two and it extra, don't forget. the european olympic boxing qualification event returns to london in april next year, more than a year after being halted due to the spread of coronavirus. galal yafai and peter mcgrail were the only two brits to secure their places in tokyo, but there's plenty of work ahead for the others hoping to join them

at next summer's rescheduled games. nick hope reports. unlike the first lot now and boxers we re unlike the first lot now and boxers were locked out of their training base, second time around olympic hopefuls containing preparations for the postponed lipid games. boxes and they feel safe here in sheffield but we are here to talk about london which will host the european olympic boxing qualifier in april next year. actually continuing the event that began in march but was cancelled midway through as covid—19 concerns grew. obviously we were at london and got called also we were gutted and got called also we were gutted and debited to be honest because i felt in the best of my career so far. unbeaten the last couple of yea rs far. unbeaten the last couple of years and becoming the world champion so i was in a bit of a role and the news that it was called off. i was happy it will come back and have a date for the qualifiers and i'm looking forward to it. how much

ofan i'm looking forward to it. how much of an advantage is it to have it in the uk? just nice even if it is behind closed doors, nice not to have to travel and i will do tests and stuff and such a high—level export, i'm sure single one will go as planned and be safe. yafai was one of only two british boxers to secure qualification and doing it oui’ secure qualification and doing it our before the halting of the competition but he has to return for pa rt competition but he has to return for part two is a need to olympic ranking. hard qualifying as a wanted to do it for the last four years and kind of got dampened as i felt sorry for the girls and the boys who train ha rd for the girls and the boys who train hard to consequently go there and not do anything so we got some out of it as we qualify. very difficult but you must be desperate to get there and write some wrongs from four years ago. definitely. it

could've happened in 2016 but it is what it is and it did not happen but i love to come back here one day and see my face and hopefully with a picture. british boxers had to america for a campus we kiss it with foreign travel returning an olympic qualifying i rescheduled there is a sense they are really back on track for tokyo. finally, seven marathons in seven days, a challenge to make the bravest sportsman shy away. but not leeds rhinos legend kevin sinfield, who's completed the first of them today, all to help his former team—mate rob burrow raise awareness for motor neurone disease. burrow was diagnosed with the condition in 2019, just two years after ending his playing career. that's all from sportsday. a reminder the bbc sports personality of the year nominees are being announced throughout the day across the bbc. you can keep up to date with all that across our website. that's at bbc.co.uk/sport. we'll be back with more for you throughout the evening here on bbc news.

many thanks indeed. we will see you later on. mps are tonight voting on whether a new tiered system of coronavirus restrictions should replace the national lockdown in england. matt hancock is just winding up the debate for the government. then we expect to vote in the next few minutes. the measures look to be approved when mps vote and let's listen into a bit of matt hancock there. the direction of travel of those case rates because if it is rising fast that is more dangerous and the positivity. if an area meets the five criteria then of course we will seek to reduce the tier on that basis and will do that on the basis of most localised geography that is epidemiological irrelevant to act in and this is about the human

geographies that the prime minister spoke about with such eloquence earlier. turning to some of the speeches that have been made, i want to highlight a few that were many but if you i will highlight as the memberfor harris but if you i will highlight as the member for harris giveaway speech speaking of the alternative. this phrase there is no alternative came up phrase there is no alternative came up again. for instance my honourable friend from hastings and rye and the memberfor leeds friend from hastings and rye and the member for leeds central talked of the uncertainty in decision—making. that is not a criticism but a description and is something that i and those of us with the burden of decision—making in this pandemic know only too well. but there are fa cts know only too well. but there are facts and he said including the power of vaccination and on that he is right. there are a number of excellent speeches from across the house both in favour and against this action and i understand that

reasonable people are having different views on what art very difficult decisions. my right honourable friend from south new hampshire talked about the lesser of the two evils and many talked about the two evils and many talked about the challenges of the decisions ahead of us not being easy because none are straightforward. that is matt hancock and we willjust dip out of the house of commons and talk to our political correspondent. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. let's get the latest from westminster now with our political correspondent helen catt. all eyes on the scale of the tory rebellion. little doubt these will pass and will come into force at midnight in their existing form that is because labour is of standing, not voting because the liberal democrats are not subordinate and the snp are of standing because this will only apply in england it basically comes down to a split in the conservative party and so for

government you have to look for more than 170 conservative backbenchers having to rebel and that seems pretty inconceivable. we can be pretty inconceivable. we can be pretty sure it is going to pass but the scale of the rebellion will tell us the scale of the rebellion will tell usa the scale of the rebellion will tell us a bit more about how feeling on the back benches so if you number to look out for when this comes back in the next half an hour. numbers to look out for, 35 conservative mps rebelled on the national lockdown and it rebelled against that. so if the number who rebel this time comes in below that came of the government should be pretty relieved by that. if you get 40 mp5 are building on this, that is equivalent of lopping out borisjohnson positive majority so out borisjohnson positive majority so that is not great and does not bode well for future votes on the syste m bode well for future votes on the system and another one is coming in the track early next year if boris johnson wants to keep in place until easter. then there is the biggest rebellion that boris johnson easter. then there is the biggest rebellion that borisjohnson has faced so far is 44 mp5. that was on the 10pm curfew so if it were to go

above and beyond that, looking at the biggest rebellion so far of his time as prime minister. those of the numbers to look out for. where it lands is pretty much anybody's gas is 70 conservative mps did write to borisjohnson last of is 70 conservative mps did write to boris johnson last of the said they had concerns about the system. you would not necessarily expect all of those who turn into rebels when it comes to voting but if you are starting to look at that scale, that's a scale that will be really starting to concern downing street. a minute orso, starting to concern downing street. a minute or so, let's talk about the labour position of abstaining. the prime minister pretty vitriolic and scathing in his criticism of them saying that they are sitting on their hands. yes and they are saying it will be irresponsible and against the national interest of they were to actively vote against this but theyjust don't think they can vote for this system as it is because the leader talked about the various other attempts of government has had to try get control of our ethnicities of all failed so he did not look at back him on this. but it

does leave them —— other attempts to control the virus may have all failed. but a handful of labour backbenchers will rebel against theirweb and will backbenchers will rebel against their web and will vote against later on. thank you very much indeed. be for the results of that vote on the restrictions for england in the next hour and outside source will be bringing you the result of that and that vote live from the house of commons. that's it for me and now the weather with louise. hello there. some of us were lucky enough to have some winter sun shone through the day today. the best of it was further east because down to the west we have some cloud thick enough for a spot or two of drizzle at times and this is the weather front that is arriving through the night tonight. so we will continue to see some wet weather gradually moving

into the far northwest in the wind and strengthening. we keep those clear skies into the southeast so here he could start off cold with temperatures down to single figures. quickly it will cloud over as it weather front pushes its way out of scotland towards the southeast of england. weakening all the time as it does so. behind it you will see the winds of strengthening and gale force into the far northwest and a rash of showers turning increasingly wintry as colder air kicks in behind that cold front. different troops in scotland struggling, 3—5 but generally down across the country. low pressure stays with us as we go into the end of the week and it will bring further wintry showers across the south far northwest with a spell of rain to the south.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. british mps are voting on england's new covid—19 restrictions before lockdown ends at midnight. although the vote is expected to pass — the government is still facing some upset from some conservative mps who oppose the tougher tier system, and have said they'll vote against it. as the united states tries to keep its economy going through the pandemic, joe biden proposes more members for his cabinet. first—rate team that'll get us through this ongoing economic crisis i've spent my career trying to make sure people can work in achieve the dignity and self—worth that comes with it.