england opener tammy beaumont has gone to the top of cricket's one—day batting rankings for the first time. she made half—centuries in all three matches in the series win over new zealand. she moves up five places on the list, overtaking australia captain meg lanning at the top. andy murray has said he feels like he's playing for his career every time he steps on court. murray is trying to make a return to top level tennis after being fitted with a metal hip in 2019 — he's been given a wildcard to play in the rotterdam open and fought back to beat another wildcard entry — robin haase in 3 sets last night. after the match he spoke openly about how much his comeback means — and how he's had to block out the calls to give up and retire. patrick gearey reports. for those who have known, loved and

suffered with andy murray over the years, there was so much that was familiar. the first set setback, the second sets, come back. then a triumph of will to finally defeat robin in the third. murray rising under pressure once more. we know the story, but do we really understand it? it's not easy, like, every time i lose a match, you know, it's... everyone thinks that i'm getting told to retire, that i should stop playing, that, you know, that i'm finished and, you know, i've got nothing left or whatever, and it's sad. all of these things, and it's like, it's not easy. feel like i'm playing for my careerjust now. each time i step on the court, which you know commits a motivation in some ways, but it's also adding a bit of, yeah, extra stress, there is a bit of extra doubt there. you know come on top of that, i'm playing with a

metal hip. on top of that, i'm playing with a metal hi -. ., on top of that, i'm playing with a metal hip-— on top of that, i'm playing with a metal hi. ., , . , ., ., ., metal hip. two years ago, and the ress metal hip. two years ago, and the press conference _ metal hip. two years ago, and the press conference room, _ metal hip. two years ago, and the press conference room, another. press conference room, another nakedly honest murray.— press conference room, another nakedly honest murray. can't keep doin: this nakedly honest murray. can't keep doing this and... _ nakedly honest murray. can't keep doing this and. .. i _ nakedly honest murray. can't keep doing this and... i needed - nakedly honest murray. can't keep doing this and... i needed to - nakedly honest murray. can't keep| doing this and... i needed to have, like, and end point. a, doing this and. .. i needed to have, like, and end point.— doing this and... i needed to have, like, and end point. a game, though, he refused to — like, and end point. a game, though, he refused to give _ like, and end point. a game, though, he refused to give up. _ like, and end point. a game, though, he refused to give up. he _ like, and end point. a game, though, he refused to give up. he got - like, and end point. a game, though, he refused to give up. he got his - he refused to give up. he got his hip resurfaced, mojo restored, in the past year, he's beaten some of the past year, he's beaten some of the best around when his body's aloud. then injanuary, he got coronavirus. time for yet another recovery, but still no surrender. why should i stop because i lost, you know, a match last week against someone that people would expect me to win against? you know, everyone out there can play, and because i am not on the top of my game just now, which, once i get there, i believe i'll win matches more competitively, but yeah, like, why? why should i stop? tell me what a good reason for why should stop playing? like, i can still compete with the best players

in the world with one hit. so, i think that's quite amusing. murray sa s he think that's quite amusing. murray says he feels _ think that's quite amusing. murray says he feels physically _ think that's quite amusing. murray says he feels physically strong - says he feels physically strong commits just the tennis which needs work. he will hope that with an iron will and a metal hip, he can surely deal with a bit of rust. patrick geary, bbc news. a teenage footballer from swansea, who described his time at an english football academy as "living hell", is calling for better support for young players. lewis reed left home at 16 to play at ipswich town. now at 19, after being released from his contract last year he says he's speaking out to help others. the club says it is arranging a meeting with lewis to discuss his concerns. kate morgan has more. it makes you feel so low every time —— there will be times where you wake up in the morning going, "i've got to face what i did the day before in the day before that." and you don't really want to.— before in the day before that." and you don't really want to. louis reed from swansea _ you don't really want to. louis reed from swansea has _ you don't really want to. louis reed from swansea has dreamt _ you don't really want to. louis reed from swansea has dreamt of- you don't really want to. louis reed from swansea has dreamt of being l you don't really want to. louis reed | from swansea has dreamt of being a footballer from a young age. so at 16, leaving home tojoin ipswich

town's academy was a dream come true. but he says in a matter of months, he was depressed and felt invisible and unwanted at the club with little opportunity to play and hundreds of miles from home. i actually got more support from the security guard then —— i would speak to him, me and tim would have a chapter 30—110 minutes, and he would actually be more supportive than i felt some of the coaches out the club where. you just want to go home, especially for me, being 300 miles away from home, you just want your mum, you just want your dad to me when you're close friends and family, just to cheer you up orjust to have someone to give you a hug. he claims he struggles with injury were dismissed by staff and he was told to man up. at his lowest, he said his mum feared the worst. she would come — said his mum feared the worst. me: would come off said his mum feared the worst. sie: would come off the said his mum feared the worst. s“i;a: would come off the phone and say to my dad, i'm worried that might be the last time i speak to my son because they were concerned that suicide might have been on my mind, and at times, it was. liip

and at times, it was. up spokesperson _ and at times, it was. up spokesperson for - and at times, it was. up spokesperson for ipswich town football club says... it's obviously very disappointed to hear his comments into organising a meeting with them to discuss his concerns. a sates academy is very highly regarded and that they've been assured by the authorities that they've exceeded protocols around player welfare. campaigners are concerned that louis's story isn't an isolated incident and back his calls for better support for young players across the system. according to the elite player performance programme, everything should _ performance programme, everything should he _ performance programme, everything should be in place inside of a club, in terms _ should be in place inside of a club, in terms of— should be in place inside of a club, in terms of staff positions to help players _ in terms of staff positions to help players throughout all of these things — players throughout all of these things. yet, i hear so many times from _ things. yet, i hear so many times from parents who speak to me, they phoned _ from parents who speak to me, they phoned me. — from parents who speak to me, they phoned me, ask for help, whatever that might — phoned me, ask for help, whatever that might be, it's falling down on things— that might be, it's falling down on things like — that might be, it's falling down on things like this here. the that might be, it's falling down on things like this here.— things like this here. the players union said it _ things like this here. the players union said it was _ things like this here. the players union said it was saddened - things like this here. the players union said it was saddened to - things like this here. the players i union said it was saddened to read louis's account and applaud him for speaking so candidly. it says the union has led the way and putting mental health firmly on football's agenda, providing 24/7 well—being

support, a spokesperson said the pfa has contacted louis and will continue to offer their full support. a footballer says with the support. a footballer says with the support of family and friends at home, he is now doing 0k, and is focused on helping others and can't wait to start playing for his new club when covid—19 restrictions allow. kate morgan, bbc news. we updated you earlier in the programme about andy murray's comeback at the rotterdam 0pen — wonder if he'll be tuning into watch a fellow scot make another remarkable return to competition. stephen hendry — 7 time world champion — picks up the cue again at the gibraltar open this evening. the competition's being held in milton keynes due to covid — and hendry will play for the first time since his retirement in 2012. imran sidat reports. stephen goes out in a blaze of glory... he becomes the 1992 embassy

world champion. aha, glory... he becomes the 1992 embassy world champion-— world champion. a familiar sight in the 90s, stephen _ world champion. a familiar sight in the 90s, stephen hendley's - world champion. a familiar sight in the 90s, stephen hendley's seven| the 90s, stephen hendley's seven world titles saw him nicknamed the king of the crucible, and tonight, nine years after announcing his retirement, he makes his return to professional snooker.— professional snooker. listen about no expectations _ professional snooker. listen about no expectations of _ professional snooker. listen about no expectations of what _ professional snooker. listen about no expectations of what i'm - professional snooker. listen about no expectations of what i'm going | professional snooker. listen about l no expectations of what i'm going to achieve _ no expectations of what i'm going to achieve in— no expectations of what i'm going to achieve in this. i've missed, i've always— achieve in this. i've missed, i've always missed the occasion. i come back and _ always missed the occasion. i come back and i_ always missed the occasion. i come back and i don't play well, yeah, i will have — back and i don't play well, yeah, i will have to — back and i don't play well, yeah, i will have to fight that disappointment, because as you say, when _ disappointment, because as you say, when i _ disappointment, because as you say, when i retired from her that was the main _ when i retired from her that was the main reason — when i retired from her that was the main reason i couldn't compete anymore — main reason i couldn't compete anymore. the enjoyment i got from snooker— anymore. the enjoyment i got from snooker mostly came from winning, and when _ snooker mostly came from winning, and when that wasn't there, i didn't enjoy— and when that wasn't there, i didn't enjoy it _ and when that wasn't there, i didn't enjoy it as— and when that wasn't there, i didn't enjoy it as much. this is a completely different situation. i 'ust completely different situation. i just want— completely different situation. i just want to try and enjoy playing again— just want to try and enjoy playing again and — just want to try and enjoy playing again and experience that buzz of playing _ again and experience that buzz of playing in— again and experience that buzz of playing in an arena again against other— playing in an arena again against other top— playing in an arena again against other top players, and just seeing what _ other top players, and just seeing what will— other top players, and just seeing what will happen. that other top players, and 'ust seeing what will happen._ what will happen. that scott has been working — what will happen. that scott has been working as _ what will happen. that scott has been working as a _ what will happen. that scott has been working as a pun _ what will happen. that scott has been working as a pun didn't - what will happen. that scott has| been working as a pun didn't sins hanging up his cue, but a run to last year's semi finals may have just got the competitive juices flowing again. a dominant force in his heyday, he won 18 major triple

crown events, but what do his formal rivals think about his comeback was yellow it would be fascinating to see it happen. he was one of my heroes growing up so see it happen. he was one of my heroes growing up— see it happen. he was one of my heroes growing up so if he goes on the tour, full-time _ heroes growing up so if he goes on the tour, full-time in _ heroes growing up so if he goes on the tour, full-time in the - heroes growing up so if he goes on the tour, full-time in the next - the tour, full—time in the next couple of years, it will be brilliant for the younger generation to have a chance to watch him up close and see the way he goes about it, obviously, maybe give him a chance to play, it would be amazing. and with the world championship qualifiers in sheffield next month, his goal of walking out at snooker�*s theatre of dreams could be a reality once again. imran sidat, bbc news. what a story that would become his comeback starts in seven minutes' time. we will keep you updated right here in bbc news. before we go, some breaking rugby news. in the last few minutes, world rugby has announced the postponement of the women's rugby world cup later this year in new zealand. that was supposed to be between september and october later

this year, it will not take place next year, disappointment, i'm sure, for the players, teams, fans, everyone involved, but finally some certainty for those preparing for that tournament. the women's rugby world cup will now take place next year instead. we will have more on that as it develops, but that is all from sports day this evening. thanks for watching. goodbye. good evening, you are watching bbc news with me, ben brown. more on coronavirus and the latest covid deaths in england and wales are down by a quarter in a week. they are now at their lowest level since the start of the year. the latest daily figures for the uk show that 343 people have died within 20 days of a positive test, and there were a further 6391 cases. both of those

figures are down significantly on a week ago. the number of people who have received their first dose of a vaccine is now nearly 20 and a half million. a little earlier i spoke to professor david speigelhalter — the winton professor of the public understanding of risk at cambridge university. i asked him what the latests data suggests about the state of the epidemic well, as usual, because it's a tuesday, the number of deaths is much higher than the real number of deaths that happened, say, yesterday, because we're doing some catch up with the lack of reports over the weekend. so, myjudgment would be that there is now less than 200 covid deaths happening per day, which is extraordinary given that it was 1,200 a dayjust six weeks ago. and that reflects the latest data for the office of national statistics, showing the big reduction in deaths, and it is, i mean, we must have known, hoped these vaccines would work, but it is quite extraordinary that the death rates

in the vaccinated groups, the over 65s, they are halving in a week, just a bit over a week, so they really are coming right down. in other words, does that mean that the vaccine roll—out in terms of its successes exceeded expectations, would you say, or certainly exceeded your expectations? i think they have exceeded everyone's expectations. i mean, its multiple things, first of all, the success of the roll—out, the fac that, you know, ——the success of the roll—out, the fact that, you know, that has worked extremely well, and a wonderful feeling of people coming forward and being so pleased to get their vaccine. secondly, the effectiveness, in particular, the astrazeneca drug, vaccine, you know, remember, we didn't have good data at the beginning on its effectiveness in over 65s, and that's why some european countries, many european countries have said, "well, it shouldn't be given to over 65s." they've been proven wrong, essentially. absolutely wrong. both drugs are showing, both vaccines are showing really good effectiveness at stopping hospitalisations, which is

which is what we're interested in, in older age groups, 80—90% reduction in the risk. and this is really extraordinary. do you think those european countries, i think we are talking about france, germany in particular, did they rush to judgment a little in their terms of their view of the oxford vaccine? and they paid a price, because a lot of people in those countries are not wanting the oxford vaccine as a result. yeah, i mean, for the best reasons, they were being cautious, they say there is not enough evidence that it works. but there was no evidence that it didn't work. and i think the people making thejudgements in the uk, i think, took the bold and correct decision that all the other evidence, the immunological evidence, everything, suggested that it that it would be fine, and they went for it, boldly. it then you get stupid remarks like president macron said, you know, it's quasi ineffective in older people, which there which there is no evidence at all, and then it's given a general impression on mainland europe

that this vaccine is second best. ——and what we are showing in the uk is that certainly is not the case. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. hello there. it was all about location across the british isles on tuesday. yes, it was a chilly start in the far northwest, but that's where we have beautiful clear skies for much of the day, stunning picture in argyle and butte. further east, once again, low cloud rolling in off the north sea, a few risk of char is developing from this weather from moving into the southwest, that will push its way out of cornwall, devon and into south wales towards dawn tomorrow morning. so, yes, those showers will continue to drift their way along the m4 corridor. i flog continue to drift their way along the m4 corridor. iflog —— continue to drift their way along the m4 corridor. i flog —— flog will slowly lift, and the cloud should burn back to north sea coast. 0ut slowly lift, and the cloud should burn back to north sea coast. out to the north and west again, we should see drier, brighter, sunnier moments from time to time. so it's a messy weather story to try to tell as we go through wednesday into afternoon. in terms of the feel of things, cooler into the north, particularly if the cloud lingers for— six and next lcs, maximum of 14 son excels

his into the southeast corner. as we move through thursday into friday, we keep that dry weather, but cooler for all with temperatures struggling to get into double figures. that's it. take care.

hello, i'm ros atkins, welcome to outside source. the us and eu impose sanctions on russian officials over the poisoning of opposition leader alexei navalny. among the targets is the head of russia's penal system. moscow has denounced the move and vowed to respond. the fbi director defends his bureau's actions leading up to the capitol hill attack on january the 6th in a hearing in the senate. that attack, that siege was criminal behaviour, plain and simple, and it's behaviour that we, the fbi, view as domestic terrorism. some positive news in the uk — coronavirus deaths are down to the lowest level since the start of the year, a clear sign that vaccinations and the lockdown are doing theirjob.

as europe struggles with slow covid vaccine roll—out,