as bad set this when there could be as had set of local election results. if you change prime minister is now, you still get terrible local election results in rev becomes prime minister starts their time in office with the blame.— minister starts their time in office with the blame. could also say that an one with the blame. could also say that anyone who — with the blame. could also say that anyone who takes _ with the blame. could also say that anyone who takes over— with the blame. could also say that anyone who takes over now - with the blame. could also say that anyone who takes over now and - with the blame. could also say that| anyone who takes over now and still has an_ anyone who takes over now and still has an amazing majority in the huge amount_ has an amazing majority in the huge amount of— has an amazing majority in the huge amount of scope for manoeuvre, it may be _ amount of scope for manoeuvre, it may be that — amount of scope for manoeuvre, it may be that boris johnson escapes from this— may be that boris johnson escapes from this but i sense a mood of the top of the _ from this but i sense a mood of the top of the conservative party that they have — top of the conservative party that they have had enough. i think that people _ they have had enough. i think that people feel as if they have made sacrifices — people feel as if they have made sacrifices and the people in number ten did _ sacrifices and the people in number ten did not— sacrifices and the people in number ten did not make sacrifices. i've been _ ten did not make sacrifices. i've been thinking about all day with gordon— been thinking about all day with gordon brown taught the prime minister— gordon brown taught the prime minister knows the failure to establish a functioning number ten. it seems _ establish a functioning number ten. it seems as— establish a functioning number ten. it seems as if boris has let himself fall into _ it seems as if boris has let himself

fall into that trap and did not establish a great power base in numher— establish a great power base in number ten establish a great power base in numberten with establish a great power base in number ten with functioning well and that can _ number ten with functioning well and that can often be the downfall of the prime minister and it was the downfall of brown. i will end this by — it was the downfall of brown. i will end this by saying, _ it was the downfall of brown. i will end this by saying, major- it was the downfall of brown. i ii. end this by saying, major personnel changes in downing street are likely. so it sounds as if you are quite right about that. let's go back to the guardian and give the prime minister break and talk about prince andrew. the guardian's view of this is that there were no good options left. of this is that there were no good options left-— of this is that there were no good options left. that seems to be the case. options left. that seems to be the case- there _ options left. that seems to be the case- there is _ options left. that seems to be the case. there is a _ options left. that seems to be the case. there is a moment - options left. that seems to be the case. there is a moment in - options left. that seems to be the case. there is a moment in this i case. there is a moment in this piece really start to feel even more sorry than you did for the queen. because we are, it will be overshadowed by the case concerning

because it may not be heard until the order. so there will be all that delay until prince andrew either gives evidence in court and that he will obviously try to reach some sort of settlement with them but she is not minded to take the money. she wants her day in court and it seems as if she's gotten all the best lawyers in manhattan around her and it is coming towards her and it seems as if the judge saw no reason to dismiss the case. i mean, he has no good options and it seems as if all he can do now is slink away from public life in its entirety. but it will overshadowed the queens platinum jubilee this year. the

heart of this is the principle that no one is above the law the judge was very clear to say that the ruling of this going to the courts was not in any way a judgment on the truth of the falsity of the claims made but actually it had to be heard in a court of law in the case had to be made and proper ruling needed to be made and proper ruling needed to be made and proper ruling needed to be made on it and i think that is right. yes, he could have gotten off on a technicality, that there was a settlement that meant no further claims could be made, but that, for me would be quite unsatisfactory. i think it is important and very clear that he is innocent and set out your stall in the court of law let the law to decide whether or not that's the case. that is completely right. two reviews of the sports page of the telegraph. djokovic faces move

closer to being the deported. he has a- ealed in closer to being the deported. he has annealed in his _ closer to being the deported. he has appealed in his appeal— closer to being the deported. he has appealed in his appeal was _ appealed in his appeal was successful, but now turns out that there were some discrepancies around there were some discrepancies around the evidence that was provided i think there is a? around the period that he is self isolating, with or not he broke the covid—i9 rules more importantly, does it? about the timings of when he had his positive tests and implications of that. i think this is going to ramble on and i think it's very clear that the australian government want to make an example and again, going back, there is a theme going through this paper meeting rules apply to everyone and no one being above the rules and there is clearly a political determination to show that actually, the rule should apply fairly and there was a lot of anger in people and some of them given

special treatment due to status. and they are not letting this one go. so, the chance of this playing out in him being deported and not succeeding in the grand slams that he wanted are quite high at this point. he wanted are quite high at this oint. ~ . , he wanted are quite high at this oint, . ., , , he wanted are quite high at this oint. ~ . , , ., point. what is so interesting about this is every _ point. what is so interesting about this is every time _ point. what is so interesting about this is every time they _ point. what is so interesting about this is every time they dug - point. what is so interesting about this is every time they dug into - point. what is so interesting about| this is every time they dug into the spirit further, something else would come out. first was the positive test in the pictures of him touring some sport museum and shaking hands with the dignitary from the serving government. then they dug around and said there's some doubt over whether his positive test was when it was said and it might have been ten days later and led up to the date of his admission to his arrival in australia. and he admitted this was the french publication when he should have been in quarantine and finally, his agent got it wrong and he filled out the forms and said he had and travelled anywhere in the previous ia days. it looks a

terrible mess, doesn't it? you previous 14 days. it looks a terrible mess, doesn't it? you know, i kee terrible mess, doesn't it? you know, i keep thinking _ terrible mess, doesn't it? you know, i keep thinking that _ terrible mess, doesn't it? you know, i keep thinking that old-fashioned i i keep thinking that old—fashioned phrase, _ i keep thinking that old—fashioned phrase, what a tangled web we weave when first _ phrase, what a tangled web we weave when first we practised to be seen. and the _ when first we practised to be seen. and the articles exactly right. if people — and the articles exactly right. if people are playing by the rules, then— people are playing by the rules, then they— people are playing by the rules, then they want to see that everyone plays by— then they want to see that everyone plays by the rules. and celebrities, sp ward _ plays by the rules. and celebrities, sp ward in — plays by the rules. and celebrities, sp ward in high political office, it is not _ sp ward in high political office, it is not exempt you from those rules and they— is not exempt you from those rules and they have not been able to see family— and they have not been able to see family or— and they have not been able to see family or travel and they have been hugety— family or travel and they have been hugely resentful in every single other— hugely resentful in every single other effort that appears to be happening in the applications to get into australia is causing arousing cheer— into australia is causing arousing cheer there. into australia is causing arousing cheer there-— into australia is causing arousing cheer there. . , ., ., ., cheer there. always good to and that it is shakespeare. _ cheer there. always good to and that it is shakespeare. sport _ cheer there. always good to and that it is shakespeare. sport and - cheer there. always good to and that it is shakespeare. sport and mother| it is shakespeare. sport and mother coming next and will talk at 1130.

—— and more coming next week. good evening. hello i'm tt and this is your sports news where we start with football and chelsea booked their place in the league cup final with a 1—0 win at tottenham in the second leg of their semifinal. the blues were already leading 2—0 from the first leg and antonio rudiger�*s 18th minute header effectively ended the tie. they'll face either arsenal or liverpool in the final at wembley — they play the first leg of their semi final tomorrow. west ham moved back into the top four of the premier league with a 2—0 win over bottom club norwich at the london stadium. jarrod bowen scored both goals for david moyes' side. the result means arsenal drop to fifth. there were three matches at the africa cup of nations today, and there were farcical scenes as mali beat tunisia 1—0. the referee blew the final

whistle too early. this was the games only goal, ibrahima koney put mali 1—0 up early into the second half. tunisia saw a penalty saved with 15 minutes to play before chaos ensued. the referee first mistakenly blew for full—time with the clock on 85 minutes, to much anger from the tunisian bench. play resumed before the referee again brought the match to a close just before the 90 minutes were up, and hadn't even taken into account a considerable amount of time that should have been added on for stoppages. it was only when the post match news conferences were underway that tournamanet officials ordered the game should be finished with a minutes still to play. mali came back out, tunisia refused, with many of their players already changed and so mali were given the win. no such issues as ivory coast moved to the top of group e after their 1—0 win over equatorial guinea. max—alain gradel blasting his side ahead in the 5th minute.

and gambia marked their debut at the finals with a 1—0 win over mauritania. great goal too, from abliejallow in the tenth minute. novak djokovic has admitted to a serious covid breach in his native serbia before he travelled to melbourne for the australian open. he's called it an "error ofjudgement" that he met with a journalist and crew for a photoshoot in mid december in the knowledge that he had tested positive for covid. the world number one — who is now training ahead of the tournament that starts on monday — also visted a children's tennis event the day before, but says he hadn't been notified of his positive result at that time. immigration officials are still to decide on the vaidity of his visa after what djokovic has described as human error on his visa application, not declaring that he had travelled to australia via spain. a parliamentary report on cricket's racism crisis will be published on friday. it follows powerful testimony from former yorkshire player azeem rafiq in front of a committee of mps in november, outlining his experiences

at the county and his claim that the sport is institutionally racist. yorkshire has had two lucrative england matches, a test and a one—dayer, taken away from them this summer, and though rafiq wants them to be reinstated, the england and wales cricket board says the county has to meet certain criteria by early spring. here's the the yorkshire chairman lord patel. my my soul focus besides dealing with all of the issues that we have to deal with, all of the issues that we have to dealwith, is all of the issues that we have to deal with, is that we make sure matches are returned here as soon as possible because everything rests on that in terms of the future. future sponsors, our sustainability plan, our business plan. and it's absolutely crucial. england captainjoe root says ben stokes and jonny bairstow could play as specialist batters in the final ashes test because of injuries. stokes picked up a side

strain while bowling early in the fourth test, and bairstow was hit on the hand during his first—innings century. the final match of the series starts on friday in hobart. after the emotionally tiring week, it is a difficult week and having a couple of days to decompress and just as a bit of time to figure were at and make sure we are confident getting into the game. badminton england says it has developed a 50—point action plan after being told it needs to make fundamental changes to its culture. it comes after chris langridge and marcus ellis complained about their treatment after failing to be selected for the men's doubles at the tokyo 2020 olympics. a report from badminton england, gb badminton and uk sport released today outlined recommendations for change, including safeguarding protocols, and fostering better relationships between individuals within the programme. wales captain siwan lillicrap and world sevens starjasminejoyce are among

the first 12 female players to be awarded professional contracts by the welsh rugby union. lillicrap has left her role has head of rugby at swansea university to take up her offer — she said the one—year deals were a massive step and would help them make strides forward, heading into the six nations and beyond that, the world cup. the ultimate aim is to enable wales to challenge the best teams in the world. we have the chance to change the face of women's rugby to change the narrative that is even bigger than any of us personally and so this is any of us personally and so this is a change in women's rugby and i'm so grateful to have this chance to be the best player that i can be and do thatjersey proud. it seemed that all come together, it is quite emotional. judd trump made three

centuries as he came from behind to beat mark allen 6—5 in the first—round at the masters. the world number two was trailing in the deciding frame at alexandra palace, but came back again to book his place in the quarterfinals. the crucial eighth frame proved the difference when he struck back to claim it and went on to win the match. and to find out whether it's kyren wilson or stuart bingham who trump will be playing in the quarter—finals head to the bbc sport website but for now that's all your sport. might make it is a quiet settled story. it isa it is a quad settled story on thursday morning by the same time, and the south—westerly feed, a bit more and to northern ireland, we can see a bit more of drizzle. a relatively mild start to the day to the north and once again, cold and

frosty for the south and some of the fog may lingerfor frosty for the south and some of the fog may linger for some time and readily lived in the low cloud potentially linger to the afternoon, but for some of us, the fog uses away in the sunshine comes through will be another pleasant day of mount pleasant and sunday. 68 degrees and for the north, despite the cloud and the patchy drizzle, we could see highs of ten or 11 sauces. for the next few days, it will be mild and breezy with a little bit of patchy drizzle into the far northwest and for the south will be colder and falcon frost could be an issue.

welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... the british prime minister, borisjohnson, admits he attended a downing street drinks gathering at the height of covid lockdown in may 2020, and apologises. i regret the way the event i have described was handled. i bitterly regret it and wish we could have done things differently, and i have and will continue to apologise for what we did. prince andrew fails to get a civil case dismissed in the us, which accuses him of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. he's consistently denied the allegations against him. also in the programme... the tennis star novak djokovic admits making mistakes on his paperwork needed to enter australia.