now harriet dart was beaten in straight sets and kyle edmund was also defeated. but cameron norrie didn't get to where he is today by losing to 18—year—olds on debut. the 11th seed beat van assche in straight sets. cameron norrie's fine start to 2023 continues. so that is melbourne's first day and night, just the beginning. joe wilson, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, here's sarah keith—lucas. after the seemingly relentless rain for the first half of january, the weather is drying up, but it is turning colder as well. we have still got over 100 flood warnings over parts of england and wales, but this is the scene in gwynedd, blue skies and wintry sunshine. snow especially over the higher ground. the next few days were stakeholder with widespread frost, icy

conditions and for some of us wintry showers as well. we are in this cold air mass, the wind coming in from the arctic. that is the picture for the arctic. that is the picture for the next few days, but notice these yellow colours waiting in the wings and that will sweep in during the end of the week. but now still quite a lot of clout in the east midlands and anglia and a few rain and showers coming out of that and more snow showers coming in, even to lower levels, in scotland, northern ireland and north west england. in that the temperatures are only two to three degrees. this evening, once the sun sets, those temperatures drop quickly and we are likely to see mist and fog patches in central areas, some rain and sleet in the far south—west and icy conditions there. snow flurries in the north—west as well. temperatures in the towns and cities down to —1 to minus six degrees. heading through the day tomorrow low pressure is sitting in the north sea and we have still got those wins coming in from

the arctic direction and more snow showers again to parts of northern scotland, northern ireland and north wales and north west england. elsewhere, after early mist and fog clears away, there should be a lot of blue sky and wintry sunshine. but not lifting those temperatures very far. most of us only about two to 6 degrees on tuesday afternoon. the weather changes in the middle of the week because we have still got low pressure in the north sea, but it will move closer to eastern scotland and north—east england and that will bring more persistent snowfall even to lower levels. blizzard conditions and strengthening wins and one or two snow flurries in the north and west as well during wednesday. again many of us will be dry and clear. sunshine, but it will feel cold again on wednesday. that cold weather sits around into thursday, but it looks like a bit of a change as things turn milder and more unsettled for the west and the

weekend. a reminder of our top story... a serving metropolitan police officer, david carrick, has admitted dozens of rapes against 12 women. good afternoon it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. england men's head coach steve borthwick has named his 36 man squad for the six nations,there are some noticeable omissions including billy vunipola, jonny may and jack nowell. borthwick has confirmed that 0wen farrell will captain the side... there has been a re—call for veteran prop dan cole. the 35 year—old last played for england in the 2019 rugby world cup final. northampton fly—half fin smith

is one of five uncapped players in the squad. i think we've got a great blend of experienced players and exciting talent. we have more than 1000 test caps in the squad. we have more than 406 nations appearances within this group of players. all these players are playing at an incredible level, at premiership and european rugby, and bring with them into the squad a great deal of confidence as a result. we want to build a team that this nation can be proud of. and always one for making headlines, on the same day as england's six nations squad isannonced, the former england rugby union head coach, eddiejones has become the australia head coach with just eight months to go to the men's world cup. just weeks after being sacked by england, jones will replace the outgoing head coach dave rennie, australia finished last year with a record of four wins and nine defeats,

their worst performance since the fifties...but change in a world cup year is unusual. jones previously coached the wallabies between 2001 and 2005, leading them to the 2003 world cup final on home soil, when they lost to england. britain's cameron norrie has won his first round match on day one of tennis's australian open. the world number 12 beat the french wildcard entry, luca van ashe, in straight sets. norrie has been in great form so far this season — this is now his seventh win of the year. rising starjack draper was knocked out of the first grand slam of the year by the top seed, rafa nadal. the 21—year—old levelled the match at one set all — and looked strong going into the third set. but experience won out with draper struggling to move due to cramp in the fourth set. ..eventually the 22—time major champion nadal secured a 7—5, 2—6, 6—4, 6—1win, despite not being at his best himself.

the situation i went through the last six months, i think have been a very positive start. i played against one of the toughest opponents possible in the first round, he is young, he has the power, and i think he has a great future. we are going to see him playing. there was an element of relief around emma raducanu's celebrations after she who her first round match despite an injury scare coming into the tournament. the british number one beat germany's tamara korpatsch in straight sets 6—3 6—2. the 20 year—old rolled her ankle in auckland 11 days ago but breezed through the first round. she now faces american seventh seed coco gauff. home favourite nick kyrgios has pulled pulled out of the tournament with a knee injury, the day before he was scheduled to play his opening match. the wimbledon runner—up said he's "devastated" not to play in melbourne. 0bviously i'm just exhausted from

everything, it's obviously pretty brutal. it's one of the most important tournaments in my career, so it hasn't been easy at all. the shakhtar donetsk president has pledged to donate 22 million pounds to the ukrainian war effort following the transfer of mykhailo mudryk to chelsea. he was at stamford bridge yesterday having signed a deal on sunday worth up to 89 million pounds — a transfer record for ukrainian football. the shakter donetsk president said the money will be used to help" families of fallen soldiers". that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. let's get more now on our top story this lunchtime. a serving metropolitan police officer has pleaded guilty to 49 offences, including more than 20 rapes, against 12 women over a span of nearly two decades.

pc david carrick�*s offences took place from 2003 to 2020 — mostly in hertfordshire, where he lived. 0utside southwark court we heard from jaswant narwal from the crown prosecution service, and dci iain moor of bedfordshire, cambridgeshire, hertfordshire major crime unit. it's been a very intensive, thorough and fast moving investigation led by myself and a team of detectives from the bedfordshire cambridgeshire and hertfordshire major crime units. faced with overwhelming evidence, i'm very relieved of the victims in this case that david carrick has entered guilty pleas to 49 offences, including rape, false imprisonment, coercive control and sexual assaults. it means they won't have to face the ordeal of giving evidence to see justice served. a serving officer with the metropolitan police, david carrick was arrested by hertfordshire officers in october 2021 following a report of rape. with the subseqent press interest, more victims came forward and whilst being supported by specialist officers, reported further offences against him.

the weight of their evidence was powerful and today we pay tribute to them. we commend all the victims for their bravery in coming forward, and would like to thank them for their courage in being prepared to take the stand to see justice served. i hope this case will give anyone who's been a victim of sexual assault or rape in the past and for whatever reason hasn't reported it, the courage to come forward. i would like to commend my team who have worked hard to bring carrick tojustice. the police service is commited to tackling violence against women and girls in all its forms, hope our response in this case serves to reassure victims of our commitment to them. the details of the crimes are shocking. i suspect many will be appalled by his actions. but i hope the victims and the public more widely are reassured that no one is above the law and the police service will relentlessly pursue those offenders who target women in this way. this is one of the most shocking cases the crown prosecution service has dealt with involving a serving police officer.

anyone hearing of the 49 counts david carrick has pleaded guilty to against 12 victims would agree the shear magnitude of his offending is horrifying. today the victims who suffered at the hands of david carrick are finally seeing justice. it is their courage in standing up against this heinously abusive man, a police officer, that has helped secure his conviction, ultimately breaking his power and control over women. carrick held a role where he was trusted with a responsibility of protecting the public, yet over 17 years, in his private life he did the exact opposite. this is a man who relentlessly degraded, belittled and sexually assaulted and raped women. as time went on, the severity of his offending intensified as he became emboldened, thinking he would get away with it. the scale of the degradation carrick subjected victims to is unlike anything i have encountered

in my 34 years at the cps. he manipulated and assaulted these women and committed the worst offences against them. carrick was persuasive but also incredibly manipulative. 0n first meeting his victims he would charm them then he would try to control them. he would often use his position as a police officer to stop them leaving or reporting him, suggesting it would be their word against his and they wouldn't be believed. to overcome all of that and report what carrick had done to them took incredible strength. and i commend every single woman who courageously shared their traumatic experience and enabled us to bring this case to court and see justice served. i would also like to thank my cps team, prosecution counsel and the police investigation team who have worked so hard and quickly to build an extremely strong case.

one which left carrick with no option but to admit his crimes. we are continuing our efforts to improve every aspect of how offences of violence against women and girls are handled. women have a right to be safe and feel safe. now more than ever it is vital that all criminaljustice agencies work together to tackle these appalling crimes. we hope the outcome of this case will encourage other women who may be in a similar position to come forward, knowing we will do all we can to secure justice for them. barbara gray is an assistant commissioner at the metropolitan police — she gave us her reaction could he have been stopped earlier? we have missed opportunities to identify the patterns of abuse that he committed. we missed opportunities through either the vetting procedures or the assessment

of the offences when he has committed those offences. that has prolonged the time he has been in the metropolitan police service and he is not fit to wear the uniform of the police service, and he used that position as a police officer to exercise power and control over his victims. and i want to take this opportunity to truly apologise to those victims for that offending that they suffered. now, in terms of what was known about him, it has emerged that injuly 2021, he was being investigated over rape. that case didn't go to the criminal courts but nevertheless he was being investigated over rape. but the met was informed of that and you allowed him to continue working as a police officer. why? that is correct.

he had been under restrictions for a period of time. when the offences were not continued, he was allowed to return to work. i would not expect that to happen today. 0ur processes have been reviewed following that and they have been changed and anyone who would be accused of rape today would not be allowed to return to work in that way. when you looked at him then, did you look at his whole record? at that time his whole record wasn't looked at and that is a failing on our behalf. of course, july 2021, that is just a few months after the kidnap, rape and murder of sarah everard by a serving police officer. i think people will be incredulous that you have an officer accused of rape and you don't look into his background and you allowed him to keep working. i understand that. and i find it incredulous as well. but that is little comfort to those victims and to the broader women

and girls of london, who we are working so hard to earn the trust of, but what i can say is we would most certainly and will look at every history and patterns of behaviour that we would know that we would look at now. but that is only 2021. the victim in that case may have known the man who she had accused of attacking her was allowed to keep working as a police officer. what message would that send to her? well, i again apologise for the hurt and the difficulty that that may have provided the victim. but what i do know is 13 women have stepped forward and they have made complaints, they have committed to the investigation that was led by hertfordshire police and they have provided evidence that has led

to the conviction of david carrick, and for that i am truly grateful, and again, i apologise for the devastation that he has caused as a serving police officer to those victims. let's take a look now at what's making the news across the uk. leaked documents say that basildon. .. leaked documents say that basildon... test are now under way to find out if their health has been

affected. it’s to find out if their health has been affected. �* , .,, to find out if their health has been affected. �*, .,, ,.,, ., to find out if their health has been affected. �*, , ., affected. it's the most popular pain relief for women _ affected. it's the most popular pain relief for women giving _ affected. it's the most popular pain relief for women giving birth. - affected. it's the most popular pain relief for women giving birth. gas l relief for women giving birth. gas and air contains nitrous oxide, which can leak into the air in the delivery suite, and at basildon, tests found that some maternity staff were exposed to levels way above workplace limits. we spoke to one who didn't want to be identified, forfear of one who didn't want to be identified, for fear of losing their job. identified, for fear of losing their 'ob. ,, . ' identified, for fear of losing their 'ob. ,, ., , ., identified, for fear of losing their 'ob_ ,, ., ' ., ., , identified, for fear of losing their 'ob. ,, ., ., , ,, job. staff are really upset. it was 'ust job. staff are really upset. it was just starting _ job. staff are really upset. it was just starting to — job. staff are really upset. it was just starting to come _ job. staff are really upset. it was just starting to come to - job. staff are really upset. it was just starting to come to light - job. staff are really upset. it wasl just starting to come to light what long—term exposure caused. low vitamin b12 levels that cause neurological concerns, brain fog of extreme diners. some staff had fertility problems. the extreme diners. some staff had fertility problems.— extreme diners. some staff had fertility problems. the trust says that expert _ fertility problems. the trust says that expert advice _ fertility problems. the trust says that expert advice is _ fertility problems. the trust says that expert advice is there - fertility problems. the trust says that expert advice is there isn't l that expert advice is there isn't enough evidence to say fertility can be affected. the limited research on long—term exposure is why limits are set by the health and safety executive. injune 2021, testing found that nitrous oxide levels were

30 times the legal workplace limit. 16 months passed before staff were told that. last december, levels were still too high. two months after safety measures were introduced. we understand some staff are considering legal action. in a statement, basildon hospital told us, we took action to resolve the situation, and an investigation is under way. situation, and an investigation is underway. support situation, and an investigation is under way. support and advice being offered to our staff. full stop at ipswich they have also found potential for the unsafe levels of nitrous oxide. temporarily suspending the use of gas and air until ventilation equipment arrives. some expectant mums, who want it for pain relief, may transfer to other hospitals to have their babies. everybody has an ideal idea in their mind about what will happen when they go into labour, and one of mine

was, and going to try really hard to only use gas and air, and then finding out that's not going to be an option, was a little bit, oh god, what do i do now.— option, was a little bit, oh god, what do i do now. ipswich are hoping to reinstate — what do i do now. ipswich are hoping to reinstate it _ what do i do now. ipswich are hoping to reinstate it in _ what do i do now. ipswich are hoping to reinstate it in some _ what do i do now. ipswich are hoping to reinstate it in some delivery - to reinstate it in some delivery suite from next week. back at basildon, staff are having blood tests to investigate there be 12 levels, and see if anyone's health has been impacted. i levels, and see if anyone's health has been impacted.— has been impacted. i think it was their responsibility _ has been impacted. i think it was their responsibility to _ has been impacted. i think it was their responsibility to tell - has been impacted. i think it was their responsibility to tell the - their responsibility to tell the members of staff that were in that situation, and effectively, yes, we were being poisoned, because if they found out about that in june of 2021, and then didn't tell us for a whole 16 months, but there were still ordering bits of equipment, they knew and they have to be held accountable. the they knew and they have to be held accountable-— accountable. the royal college of midwives says _ accountable. the royal college of midwives says it _ accountable. the royal college of midwives says it is _ accountable. the royal college of midwives says it is investigating l midwives says it is investigating theissues midwives says it is investigating the issues with its lawyers. it says the issues with its lawyers. it says the health and safety executive is carrying out its own investigation. a recent sport england survey has found that 65% of women and girls say they don't feel safe exercising outdoors after dark. last year a dog—walking group called

"�*safety in numbers' was created in leicestershire, to help women feel safer and get more active, especially over the winter months. summaya mughal reports. beacon hill, one of the highest points in leicestershire. boasting views across charnwood forest and the soar valley. by night, its home to local dog walking group safety in numbers who are catching up with a year on 16 months ago, following the death of sarah everard. suddenly my nightly dog walks became a little bit more frightening. i'm a full time teacher, so i have to walk after work. katie created a facebook group, and within the first week, over 150 womenjoined, some looking for community. i think as you get older, perhaps you don't always go out and meet new people like this. it's almost like going to school sometimes. during the winter months, this group is really popular, so i think it's definitely needed. and yeah, it's definitely helped me get out more. i work from home, so getting out

and actually doing some exercise on an evening and when you've been home all day by yourself is really nice and sort of getting yourself out to do it on your own is really difficult. so the fact that the girls are here to be able to do when you get here quite often with your head full of work and a really busy day and you walk up the hill and you talk to some people you've never met before, but you come down the hill a different person to how you went up there and found a katie is leading the way in making sure the benefits of the group are felt across the region. i think the most important thing is to be really passionate about it. it's been really consistent about it. it's been showing that you're a group that people can rely on so they can build it into their weekly schedule. a year on safety in numbers is continuing to bring women in the community together to help

them feel safer, but also stronger, both physically and mentally. summary maghull, east midlands today, leicestershire. a pair of beavers have been released in hampshire today — the first in the county since the species was hunted to extinction 400 years ago. it's part of a rewilding project which has already seen beavers reintroduced in sussex and in dorset. james ingham reports. must be very exciting here this morning. chompy and hazel, two beaversjust released into this body of water here on this estate. with me now is rod needham who is from the beaver trust. rod, you've been coordinating all this. how did it all go for you? i think it went really well. both beavers left the crates, swam off quite calmly, so that's always good to see. tell me why it's so important for you that we have beavers once again in the english countryside? as ecosystem engineers, beavers provide us with multiple benefits in terms of habitat creation, wetland creation, which ultimately provides homes and habitats for other species such as insects and birds and fish. but also for climate resilience. we are experiencing some unprecedented weather at the moment but these dams

will help hold water back, alleviate flooding further downstream. some people might have concerns about the impact of beavers and their activity so that the dam building creating some potential flooding, may be impact on the passage of fishing rivers. would you say that the wider benefit issues that can arise can be managed and mitigated against. we need to look at it, how society is going to manage rivers moving forward in these times of climate change. thank you very much indeed for explaining all that for me. these two beavers here haven't met before today but they have now out in this water and it's hoped they will, in due course, mate. the iconic italian actor

gina lollobrigida has died at the age of 95. she shot to fame in the 1950s as a sultry mediterranean sex symbol and later became a photographer and sculptor after stepping away from the movie world. she was one of the highest—profile european actors of the �*50s let's listen to her talking on a 1974 edition of the chat show parkinson, where she said she preferred being an artist to an actor. they offer me $1 million. i don't talk about money, i refuse films where they offer me $1 million. i accept other films that i thought had more value. i was honest in my work as an artist. at the end, i realised it is just a commercial kind of business. i was a little bit disappointed.

gina lollobrigida, who has died at the age of 95. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas. good afternoon. a colder, but a thankfully drier spell of weather for most of us after the recent heavy rain that we've seen. so we've got some clearer skies, some sunshine around. this is the picture in perth and kinross a little bit earlier on, but still some wintry flurries and that's the way it looks over the next few days. we stick with the colder theme to the weather. so some drier, some sunnier conditions for many of us, some sharp frosts, wintry showers and a risk of ice for some areas as well. so the blue colours with us show that cold air mass, which is driving in from the arctic at the moment. waiting in the wings, something milder, and that's going to push in from the west as we head towards the end of this week. but for the here and now, then for the rest of the afternoon, then a fair bit of clear and dry weather. we've got some early rain and sleetjust clearing away from the southeast through the rest of the day. still snow showers for northern scotland, a few for northern ireland, north wales and northwest england. but this is 6:00pm and you'll notice

those temperatures are going to drop really quickly once the sun sets. so subzero conditions, do watch out for some icy stretches, particularly in the northwest after those wintry showers and towards the far southwest as well. we've got some rain, perhaps some sleetiness over higher ground. there could be some icy conditions here overnight. elsewhere, it is cold across the board and fairly clear, around about —2 to —6 even in our towns and cities, but colder than that in the countryside. so heading through into tuesday, then, low pressure sits out towards the northeast, though we've still got those winds coming in from the arctic, driving in further snow flurries, particularly for northern scotland, also a few for parts of northern ireland, north wales and northwest england. some early mist and freezing fog patches for some central and southern areas, but they should clear away. so through the day, plenty of wintry sunshine for most of us, still sticking with those wintry showers in the north and the west. and temperatures on the cold side, between about two to perhaps five degrees for most of us. not much change as we head into the middle of the week. we've still got this area of low pressure, though, in the north sea, and that's going to drive a bit closer towards parts of eastern scotland and northeast england as well.

so through the course of wednesday, there's the potential for more snow, even to low levels here. quite brisk winds near that area of low pressure, whereas elsewhere we're seeing another day of sunny spells. still a few wintry flurries in the north and the west and temperatures up a little bit on tuesday. so around about 4 to 7 degrees. staying fairly chilly but largely dry into thursday, a hint that things turn more unsettled from the west and a touch milder for friday into the weekend. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. martine croxall. they had lined up 2m... martine croxall. they had lined up 2pm- -- -- — martine croxall. they had lined up 2pm--- -- make — martine croxall. they had lined up 2pm... -- make the _ martine croxall. they had lined up 2pm... -- make the headlines - martine croxall. they had lined up 2pm... -- make the headlines set 2pm... —— make the headlines set 2pm... serving metropolitan police officer david carrick has pleaded guilty to multiple sexual offences, including 24 counts of rape against 12 women, over two decades. this is a man who relentlessly degraded, belittled, sexually assaulted and raped women. as time went on, the severities of his offending intensified as he became emboldened, thinking he would get away with it. the met has apologised to carrick�*s victims — after it emerged he was allowed to stay in the police force, despite allegations

about him over many years. it is devastating for the victims that have