sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's chetan pathak. british boxer amir khan has been banned from all sport for two years, after it emerged he tested positive for a prohibitive substance following his fight against kell brook in february last year. uk anti—doping says the former light—welterweight world champion tested positive for the anabolic agent ostarine. khan retired from boxing in may and accepts he broke anti—doping rules but says it wasn't intentional. an independent tribunal has accepted that argument, ruling out "deliberate or reckless conduct" by the 36—year—old. tottenham's interim manager christian stellini says his side need to improve their mentality after they let a 1—0 lead slip

at everton in the premier league. spurs led through a second half harry kane penalty and had a man advantage for around 30 minutes after abdoulaye doucoure was sent off, but a late red card for substitute lucas moura and a 90th minute michael keane equaliser saw spurs throw away three points for the second league game in a row. it is something that we have to improve. it is something we have to work on. it is something we have to improve game by game. it is not an easy thing to do, because obviously you need time to do it, because it is a long process. lawyers representing a group of 100 former rugby league players and 1a former footballers say they'll file claims at the high court for brain damage caused by playing their respective sports. it's part of a legal action already being pursued by over 200 former rugby union players.

in total across the two codes of rugby, and football, 378 former players are pursuing cases against the governing bodies of their respective sports. if you look at most occupations, somebody smirks their head, you have 11 stitches down your head, they would send you home and put you to hospital and things like that. they wouldn't take you out, stitch it back up until you back on the pitch. there comes a point where there may well have been a bit of a problem with that and that is something where everybody has to look at this and look at it properly. and i don't meanjust the players, and look at it properly. and i don't mean just the players, just the pfa, but the fa as well, they have to say yes, maybe we have missed something like this, and find a way ofjust sorting it out.

golf's first major of the year gets under way later this week, with australia's cameron smith saying he believes the masters is an opportunity for those that play in the liv series to dispel the notion "they don't play real golf". smith joined the saudi—funded tour after winning the open lastjuly. though the pga tour has banned golfers who joined the liv circuit, all eligible players are still entitled to play at the four majors. although there've been tensions between players on both tours, smith says the atmosphere at augusta has been good so far. i spent an hour out there and i've seen lots of familiar faces, lots of smiles and hugs, and it has been nice. i don't think there is any kind of hatred going on between the players. we are all happy where we are and i am just as happy for the guys winning out on the pga tour as they are for the live golf as well. and that's all the sport for now.

some breaking news about tik tok, they have been fined £12] million by the information commissioner's office here in the uk, misusing children's data. they found that more than 1 million children's data. they found that more than1 million uk children under the age of 13 were on tick—tock in 2020. contrary to its terms of service. and that personal data owing to children under 13 it was used without parental consent. they said tik tok did not do enough to check who was using the platform and take sufficient action to remove the underage children that work. they have now issued them with this £12] million fine. they have said uk data protection laws say organisations that use personal data when offering information, society serves as the children under 13 must have the consent from their parents

or carers. they said tik tok failed to do that even though it ought to have been aware that under thirteens were using its platform. they said tik tok failed to do adequate checks to identify and remove underage children from its platform. they have had this investigation ongoing for some months now, and this data breach. the ico said there are laws in place to make sure our children are as safe in the digital world as they are the physical world and they said tik tok did not abide by those laws. as a consequence an estimated 1 million under 13 is were inappropriately granted access to the platform with tik tok collecting and using their personal data which means their data may have been used to track them and profiled them potentially delivering harmful inappropriate content at the very next scroll. it's they said tik tok

should have done better. it has now been banned by many countries on the use of government devices. around the world and across the uk this is bbc news. the former conservative politician nigel lawson, who was margaret thatcher's chancellor in the �*80s, has died at the age of 91. he was the longest serving chancellor of the 20th century before he resigned in 1989 over thatcher's choice of economic advisor. political figures have been paying tribute to him. prime minister rishi sunak tweeted this... "one of the first things i did as chancellor was hang a picture of nigel lawson above my desk. he was a transformational chancellor and an inspiration to me and many others. my thoughts are with his family and friends at this time." the current chancellor jeremy hunt said... "nigel lawson was a rarity amongst politicians, someone who transformed our thinking

as well as transforming our economy. since he stepped down as chancellor, his shoes have been impossible to fill, but he inspired all his successors, leaving the country more prosperous and enterprising." and, former prime minister borisjohnson wrote... "nigel lawson was a fearless and original flame of free market conservatism. he was a tax—cutter and simplifier who helped transform the economic landscape and helped millions of british people achieve their dreams." here's more from our political correspondent, helen catt. nigel lawson was the architect of the economic policies that underpinned thatcherism. six years in office saw some of the most far reaching changes ever made to britain's financial affairs. i was asked to be the first city editor for the new sunday telegraph. he began his career as a journalist, editing the spectator magazine and making regular appearances as a tv pundit. nigel lawson. he became an mp in 1970,

earning a reputation as a man of the right. here he was, calling for the end of sanctions against rhodesia, as it was then. the purpose of economic sanctions was to achieve a political end. they have failed to do this, and i think it is clear to all of us now, if it wasn't clear before, that they never will. just this way, sir. in 1983, he became chancellor in mrs thatcher's cabinet, presenting a series of tax cutting budgets. the privatisation of state industries saw him fulfil his vision of a people's capitalism. his relaxation of the rules governing london's stock market was aimed at making the city a successful financial centre. but as inflation and interest rates rose, the government found itself in trouble. lawson's opposition to the poll tax, a measure which led to huge public disorder, soured relations with margaret thatcher. a public row with the prime minister's financial guru, sir alan walters,

was the final straw. good evening. the chancellor nigel lawson resigned tonight, taking the government, westminster and financial markets around the world totally by surprise. his resignation was seen by many as the beginning of the end of the thatcher era. he sat in the lords as lord lawson until last december, during which time he criticised the idea of man—made climate change and argued to leave the european union. the european union, as it is now, half of it is a complete economic basket case and the other half is not all that great. his view had always been that the markets should operate with the minimum of interference, a philosophy that guided one of the 20th century's longest serving and most reforming chancellors.

later this week, england's lionesses will turn out at wembley in blue shorts rather than white — after players expressed concerns of playing while on their period. the change to darker kit — which will be worn when the team hosts brazil on thursday — has already been taken up by several other women's football and rugby teams across the uk. alice key reports. this was the iconic image of the women's euros, a triumphant chloe kelly swirling her england shirt high above her head after scoring the winning goal. but although the result won't be forgotten in a hurry, the lionesses are keen to make their white kit a thing of the past. stars like beth mead and georgia stanway have led the call for their white shorts to be ditched because they say they're not practical for players on their period. it is something that many women in sport have experience of. in my teens and early 20s i had my own challenges with my menstrual cycle on my flow in things like that.

i had an instance where i even, it stopped me from playing. i couldn't play because i was in a lot of pain and i didn't want to have that kind of feeling of i couldn't focus on the game and what i was there to do in terms of performance. and that is actually an everyday reality for a lot of women and girls, who want to play in recreational sport from the grassroots level all the way up to the elite level. as the team's new home and away kits were unveiled this week, it was seen as another significant victory for a squad who have also successfully campaigned for the uk government to offer girls equal access to all sports in school. it is a change that is being echoed across other sports as well, after a similar campaign, female tennis players will now be allowed to wear dark shorts under their wimbledon whites for the first time. the lionesses�* new kit will have its first outing on thursday, when they host brazil at wembley. and as the team begin their world cup campaign,

they will be hoping to be as powerful on the pitch as they continue to be off it. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. it was a cold and a frosty start to the day today. and for some of us, it was also a cloudy and a damp one, more notably in the north and the west. now, if you have an allergy to tree pollen, it's worth mentioning that today across wales and the southern half of england, the pollen levels are high. high pressure is actually in charge of our weather currently. this first weather front has been producing patchy rain. this second weather front will bring in heavier and more persistent rain across northern ireland and western scotland a bit later. and in between them, what we're looking at is some brightness developing, a little bit of sunshine, but it won't last terribly long. whereas for eastern scotland, the rest of england and wales, we will see a fair bit of sunshine today with highs up to about 1k degrees. now through this evening and overnight the weather front sinks a little bit further south and eastwards, the cloud building ahead of it,

but it should stay dry with some clear skies across the far southeast and here locally, temperatures could fall away to minus two. so we will be looking at a touch of frost first thing in the morning, not so anywhere else. so talking of tomorrow, our weather fronts continue theirjourney, pushing southwards and eastwards, taking the rain with them. it should brighten up later in the day for northern ireland and also western scotland, and for the southeast, having started dry with some sunshine, you'll find that as the fronts approach, the cloud will build and the sunshine will turn that bit hazier. tomorrow's temperatures, well, we're looking at again, roughly between about 11 and 13 degrees. as we move from wednesday into thursday, this weather front will still be with us. it will slowly move into the north sea, taking its rain, but it will linger across the northern isles and it will be quite windy during the course of thursday in shetland. behind it, high pressure re—establishes itself and once again, we'll see some showers, but a lot of dry

weather in the west. but some of the showers in the southeast could be heavy and they could also be thundery. and then as we move through thursday into good friday and the easter weekend, high pressure becomes ensconced across the country. we do have weather fronts trying to bump in against it on saturday. they might bring in some patchy rain during the course of saturday to the far northwest, but most of us will stay dry on saturday, on easter sunday. but it looks like more of us will see some rain on easter monday.

hello, you're with bbc news, live from london. a historic day as finland is to become the thirty—first member of nato — a decision prompted by russia's invasion of ukraine. former us president donald trump is in new york to face criminal charges in court. tiktok is fined over £12 million forfailing to protect the privacy of children in the uk. hello, i'm maryam moshiri. finland will become the 31st member of nato in a ceremony in brussels in the next hour. the application to join the western military alliance was prompted by russia's invasion of ukraine.

in response, moscow says the finland nato alliance increases