the government is expected to take steps to standardise concussion policy for both sexes and for all sports and ages. the new rules to be proposed in the uk will dictate how long players must rest after a concussion. and a new scanning technology is being trialled, as our health editor, hugh pym reports. it's the game we love, but what are the risks? you've got to stay on the sides this time, let's go! thursday night training for actonians women's team. there are concerns about concussion and long—term injury from repetitive heading and collisions. people can see the serious risks that is coming over time. early research shows women can be more vulnerable than men. it only takes two people to go up

for a header for a ball, you get each other's heads instead of the ball, you're fully focused on winning that. it's time that now something serious happens about it, and there is more awareness, and it is good that it is finally arising, especiallyjust ahead of the euros this summer. just put your head back slightly, | please, towards me, a bit more. jess is trying out a new brain scanning device, one of several being developed around the world. click the mouse when you hear the high pitch. - the idea is that sports clubs could scan all players at the start of the season, using these images for comparison if an injury occurs, looking at how the brain has been affected and when it is safe to start playing again. you can stop now, relax, - open your eyes, have a little rest. is this applicable to all types of sporting clubs? absolutely. amateur, different age groups, notjust professional, it really is realistic, is it? absolutely, it's - absolutely realistic. it doesn't matter whether you're amateur, whether you're elite, i whether you are horse racing, - whether you are boxing, football,

hockey, rugby, it doesn't matter, you can have one of these - in your physiotherapist kit room and if somebody is concussed, i for whatever reason, it's applicable - to them at that time. there is growing concern in rugby, too. england world cup winner ben kay, along with other former players, has regular scans, in research funded by alzheimer's society, to chart his brain health. this is an absolutely normal scan, there is no sort of health problems. now there is a push to come up with standard rules for handling concussion in all contact sports for men, women and children. the speed, the strength of these players is increasing all the time, and that can only lead to more injury, unless we know how to deal with it. the teachers, the coaches, the referees at the junior levels — everybody has to understand it, going down to the parents and the doctors, the gps. so how did jess get on with her

trial run with the scanning device? so your scan with these data is going to look. like that, like the one - at the front, the baseline. nice and normal. nice. you've got a brain! hopefully! it's early days for the technology. more studies are needed to assess if it might help. new uk—wide concussion rules are due to be drawn up later this year, building on what's in place in scotland. the aim is letting people play their favourite sports while keeping them safe. hugh pym, bbc news. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. good afternoon, this is your update from the bbc sport centre. four—time olympic champion mo farah say�*s he'll make decisions about his future on a "race

by race" basis. this morning, he was beaten on his return to competition for the first time since failing to qualify for the olympics last year. club runner ellis cross, who represents aldershot, had to pay the £37 entry fee, but set a personal best as he beat the course record holder, and won this year's vitality london 10,000m. farah, a seven—time winner of the event, said before the race if he didn't feel he could compete at the highest level any more, then it'd be time to stop and retire from the sport. ellis did really well to beat me and to win here, but at the same time, you have got to see where you are and, at the minute, i don't even know, this is it, that's where i am now. is it for you now where you are in your career taking it race by race? for sure you have got to take it race by race and let the body see what it can do. as you said, i ain't young any more, am i? i have beaten somebody who's like an idol. -

he is known well aroundl the world for his abilities of running and i have _ beaten him over his prime distance. it is one of those, - everyone is cheering mo on because they know who he is. nobody knows who i am, | i've just got a number on, the crowds are cheering, so yes i did not quite follow - the script today, but to pull it off and win it, delighted, yes. winner of the women's race eilish mccolgan missed out on breaking paula radcliffe�*s 19—year—old british record by just two seconds, but she did beat her mum liz's scottish record. danny sidbury and sam kinghorn won the wheelchair races. ronnie o'sullivan and judd trump are back under way at the world snooker championship final at the crucible in sheffield. the rocket led 12—5 after the opening sessions on sunday. it's the best of 35 frames, so o'sullivan needs just six further frames to secure a record—equalling 7th world title. these are live pictures. catch it on bbc2.

manchester city goalkeeper karen bardsley has announced she's retiring from the game after an illustrious 20—year career for both club and country. the 37—year—old won eight major trophies during her time with city, and played 81 times for england. she also represented great britain at the 2012 olympics. bardsley will be honoured at wednesday's women's super league home game against birmingham city. she's revealed that failing to fully recoverfrom a hamstring injury picked up during the 2019 world cup has forced her to quit the game. it certainly wasn't easy. if i think about maybe having this conversation two years ago, i would not be able to get a word out, i would be bawling. so, yeah, it is disappointing when you know that you have still got an element of capability in you, but when your body does not match what your mind wants to do, it is a uniquely frustrating experience. everton have a spring in their step this bank holiday after a vital win over third place chelsea.

a major talking point came after what proved to be richarlison�*s match—winner at goodison park. the fa say they will investigate after the brazilian forward threw a gas cannister back in the direction of the crowd after celebrating his goal. the club said he was aiming for a gap in the corner of the stadium. another major talking point was the performance ofjordan pickford in the everton goal, several saves from the england goalkeeper kept his side very much in the match, earning the praise of a former england number one. he is england's�*s number one and when you are, everyone you let in get scrutinised, trusting. he is dealing with it well and he is still playing and still producing performances like that. so formerly, he is england's number one. the chasing pack getting closer, especially in aaron ramsdale but he will be aware of like that when i was england number one, something it pushes you on and makes you play even better, but the goalkeeper situation at the moment for england is looking good. that

situation at the moment for england is looking good-— is looking good. that is all the su - ort is looking good. that is all the sunport from _ is looking good. that is all the support from us _ is looking good. that is all the support from us for _ is looking good. that is all the support from us for now. - is looking good. that is all the support from us for now. you | is looking good. that is all the i support from us for now. you can find more on those stories on the bbc sport website at the usual address. see you soon. when ed sheeran headlined a huge benefit concert for ukraine in march, you may remember that a ukrainian band called antytila posted a video message asking if they could take part. that couldn't happen, because members of the band are now serving in the ukrainian army, and the concert organisers wanted to avoid focus on the military. but ed sheeran saw their message and wanted to work with them. today they're releasing a remixed version of ed's song two step. take a look. # two—stepping with the woman i love. # and all we need is us. singing in ukrainian.

earlier, joanna gosling spoke to taras topolya, the lead singer of antytila. he's in kharkiv, where he's serving as a medic in the ukrainian army. she asked him about the ukrainian part of the remixed song. it is notjust only my story, it is the story of millions of people, millions of ukrainian people, which peaceful life interrupted the war, and like husbands stay in city and country to defend the country, but the women and the kids goes away to find the safe place. and it's notjust my story, but understand that i haven't

seen my wife and my kids, eye to eye, more than two months, just only by the internet connection. so, and i am a happy man, because i know that they are in safety place, and someday we will be again together. but, unfortunately, a lot of ukrainian husbands never will go back home, cos they already killed by russian soldiers, by russian fighters. so what i tried to do, like, by the creative tools to describe this drama, this war drama in our country.

and thanks, ed sheeran and the team of ed to let me to do this. it's very important for us to send messages like this through the songs, to all of the people of the united kingdom and all of the people all over the world. it gives you a powerful platform, obviously, having the backing of ed sheeran and being able to tell your story in this way. yeah. but the absolute fundamental reality is where you are and what you have just been describing. was it quite surreal writing this and then producing this in the midst of what is going on around you? it was hard, but i decided to tell, like, my own story to let the people feel it, how they can do it.

so not so easy was to record the voice, because our studio was under occupation, while we were creating the lyrics for the song, creating the lyrics in our hearts and our hands and our heads, so our studio was under occupation, but we found a way to record the voice, and also our friends, a big thanks for our ukrainian friends that created the video for this song. the video is also very heartbreaking, you should watch it, i am asking you, please, watch the video, because the video compares the message of this song. and the money raised will be going to charities supporting ukrainian children. you said about you feeling happy, knowing that your family are safe, out of ukraine, obviously for those

who have left ukraine and their loved ones behind, that gives them different types of stresses. what are your feelings about the future, in terms of the support, and right now, the support that people will need? it is a lot of support they will need during the next years, i think. and it is a horrible, terrible situation about what the kids, the children feel during this war. it isn't right, it's not right, so every time when i'm hearing, when i'm feeling that somebody supports ukrainian kids, not only by humanitarian aid, but also in an educational way, to help educate the kids, ukrainian

kids, help them to grow up, to upgrade their skills, it is very important, and i want to say thank you for the people of the united kingdom, great britain, for supporting us, not only in a humanitarian way, but also an educational way. because, you know, during the war, the education should not stop, because smart kids is our future. two step, featuring antiteela, is released today for streaming and download on the usual platforms. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. hope you are having a pleasant bank holiday monday. this afternoon will be rather quiet in terms of the weather. yes, a lot of cloud around and isolated showers but in places, the cloud will thin and break for

some glimpses of sunshine to come through at times and if that happens temperatures will respond quite quickly, the sunshine is getting quite strong, so we should see highs this afternoon of 17. little bit cooler in the northern isles with that northerly breeze, that will continue through the night tonight. here we could see clearer skies developing but elsewhere we keep that cloud and risk of a few isolated showers but this temperature will hold up around 7-10. temperature will hold up around 7—10. tuesday morning is almost a repeat performance, a cloudy start, light wind, mild out there, a few scattered showers through the course of the afternoon, glimpses of sunshine from time to time. in terms of the feel of weather, temperatures once again likely to peak between seven and i7. once again likely to peak between seven and 17. as a high. take care. start hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. an operation is underway to rescue civilians from the besieged ukrainian port of mariupol, after weeks of failed evacuations.