really good win for cameron norris. - and played some great tennis.now heather watson through. a tough two sets victory. a competent one as well three to the second round. yeah, i'm so pleased — three to the second round. yeah, i'm so pleased for— three to the second round. yeah, i'm so pleased for her— three to the second round. yeah, i'm so pleased for her as _ three to the second round. yeah, i'm so pleased for her as well. _ three to the second round. yeah, i'm so pleased for her as well. it's - so pleased for her as well. it's been tough for her over the last few weeks. we've kept in touch regularly. she was one of 72 players who was in that hard quarantine. it was supposed to be two weeks, 14 days but exactly 15 days for her. she wasn't allowed out of her hotel room. she struggled but she found a way. it wasn't ideal preparation for her but for her to win a match here and a grand slam given the circumstances i think is a fantastic effort. �* . circumstances i think is a fantastic effort. ., . , ., circumstances i think is a fantastic effort. .,

he'll now play this man — cameron norrie — the only singles player left flying the flag for britain.e us open last year and now he's repeated the feat in melbourne. our tennis correspondent russell fuller is part of the team covering it all for bbc radio 5 live — and i caught up with him earlier in the day: he's making a habit of becoming the last british player standing in the singles and a grand slam, he did at the us open in september when he reached the third round, and once again he threw to the last 32 but it's going to be very challenging now as he comes up against rafael nadal. he was the favourite against rome and the russian qualifier, room and i think had been in hardcore and g for two weeks when he arrived in melbourne. and he dealt well with the delays, the match was switched from a different court, he dropped when serving and it might�*ve been pretty but he won the tie—break to be get through to round three. busy day at this trillion open with the women's champion knocked out early. running ofthe champion knocked out early. running of the da 's champion knocked out earl

evans will will play fellow brit cameron norrie in the first round of the australian open on tuesday.tional on the european tour. the world number one shot a final round of 68 to finish two shots ahead of the chasing pack. england's justin rose was joint—second on 13 under. exeter have narrowed the gap on leaders bristol to just two points at the top of rugby union's premiership with a 15—9 victory at newcastle. exeter ran in two tries including this one from alex cuthbert and debutant kyle mayers scored a stunning 210 not out as west indies achieved the fifth highest successful run chase in test history. they chased down 395 to beat bangladesh by three wickets, with 15 balls remaining in the first test in chittagong. get out your nachos and chicken wings. get out your nachos and chicken wings. finally, we are a matter of hours away from the superbowl. it's the kansas city chiefs taking on tampa bay buccaneers, who will be playing in their own stadium. the bucs are led by the veteran tom brady, who will be aiming to win his seventh title at the age of a3. former bucs star ryan russell

dan evans and cameron norrie will play one another in the first round of the on tuesday.ovid—19 restrictions. in the women's draw, francesca jones will make her grand slam main—draw debut against american shelby rogers. heather watson plays kristyna pliskova, and the british number one, johanna konta, seeded 13th, will face slovenian qualifier kaja juvan. meanwhile, rafa nadal�*s preparations for his bid to land a men's record 21st grand slam singles title — which would move him clear of roger federer — have been hampered by a back injury this week. nadal will play laslo djere of serbia in the opening round. i have experience on all of this. of course is not the ideal situation to start a sit go micro tournament with problems, and i think it's but or can dust can or cannot happen during the next few days. the only thing i can do is stay positive, work on and recover all the things i can. and that's all the sport from us for now. hello. very cold out there at the moment, without surround, and of course further snow flurries, particularly in eastern areas. the heaviest of t

has also been made earlier today, the only two british men in the singles draw — dan evans and cameron norrieways going to be a little anxious when you hear about it. i'd say the evening was worse when i think dan andrews was making his press conference considering there was only one case, it was very different to how it has been at home and very serious. so, a bit of a reality check that is. we are really lucky to be over here, and the severity of one case here is such a big thing, and geez, we really are lucky to be out here getting the chance to compete. you know, we are living with covid, it is a big difference to be honest and... but this week's on with the tour events or the warm up events and next week we will feel a bit more if it is back to normal or not soon. andy murray is, of course, missing because of a positive coronavirus test when he was due to travel. but this is how its shaping up for the other british players out there in melbourne. british number onejohanna konta plays solvenian qualifier kaja juven, while heather watson takes on czech kristina pliskova — who she beat in t

elsewhere today, cameron norrie won an all—british clash, knocking out the british number one dan evansnt just last week. but he said he struggled with fatigue, and so it's norrie who qualifies for the second round in melbourne for the first time in his career. franjones — at the top of the screen — was knocked out, in what was her first match in the main draw of a grand slam. she performed well in the opening set against the american shelby rogers, but she couldn't keep pace in the second, losing in straight sets. it leaves heather watson as the only british woman into the second round. despite claims she didn't feel as fit as usual after her 14—day quarantine, she beat kristyna pliskova. let's bring you up to date with some of the other results from melbourne park. and rafa nadal allayed any fears over his fitness with a win over serbia's laslo djere. nadal missed the atp cup last week after struggling with a back injury, but won in straight sets and will play american world number 177 michael mmoh in the second round. arguably the performance of the day came from home favourite ashle

a reminder of our top story tonight- _ cameron norrie is the only singles player left flying the flag's if for tonight. or if you later in the night, but until hello there. it will be another cold night tonight, perhaps not quite as cold as it was last night, more of a breeze blowing. a windy day in the southwest today and any wet weather here should move away at the cloud thickens in northern ireland with patchy snow arriving. snow showers coming into eastern scotland and the northeast of england. that will bring some icy conditions as well as the widespread frost it is to bridge a little bit higher than last night persaud could be down to —13 or lower in the highlands of scotland. some early snow in northern ireland especially in the west that should move away. club should break in wales and the southwest, but more in the way of centring on friday. for many dry and quite sunny, fewer snow showers in the afternoon and of course eastern scotland in the northeast of england. a stronger breeze for many parts of the country bringing in the cold airfor continental europe. feel colder with

nadal beat british number three cameron norrie in straight sets on the first full day the tournamentan keep up to date with the tennis, and races three and four in sailing's prada cup challenger series on the bbc sport website, kate. thank you. that's it for me for tonight. the foreign secretary dominic raab will be on the andrew marr show tomorrow at 9am on bbc one. goodnight. hello. this is bbc news. let's return to the breaking news this evening — that former president donald trump has been found not guilty at his second impeachment trial in the us senate. 57 of the 100 senators voted "guilty" —— not enough for a conviction. in a statement, the former president denounced the trial as a "witch hunt". the republican — senate minority leader mitch mcconnell voted not guilty in the trial — but condemned the former president's actions on that day as a disgraceful dereliction of duty. there is no question, none. the president trump is morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. no question about it. the people stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes an

british hopes in the singles at the australian open tennis are over after cameron norrie was beaten in able to see off norrie in straight sets 7—5 6—2 7—5 on an empty rod laver arena after melbourne entered lockdown yesterday. the 20—time grand slam champion will play italy's fabio fognini next. and sir ben ainslie's british sailing team has been in action in the prada cup overnight. this is the competition to decide who goes up against new zealand in the americas cup later this year. ainslie's ineos team uk are up against the italian luna rossa team, and they've now lost the first two races. still time though, there are 11 races to go. that's all the sport for now. seven leading british scientists are warning that the pandemic will be prolonged — and might take years to bring under control — if the vaccines aren't made available to poorer countries. writing in the lancet, they say that billions of people might not get inoculated this year — which could allow the virus to mutate further and become resistant to vaccines. the experts say production needs to be ramped up worldwide and vac

evans is the 30th seed and will play fellow briton cameron norrie in the first round.r bowl, which gets under way injust over an hour's time. but that's it from me. back to you, mishal. they say laughter is the best medicine, which means we really need it in a pandemic — and in the spirit of "the show must go on", the leicester comedy festival has begun online. it's been running for nearly 30 years, this time via live stream, with more than 100 comedians and audiences getting involved. 0ur arts editor will gompertz dropped in. laughter. there's nothing like a good lockdown laugh. in what has been a miserable year, the chance to chortle is being leapt at by these comedy fans who would fill theatres pre—pandemic to see comics like felicity ward. you had to be in the room, they'd say. yes, this is an adventurous choice of trouser. well, now, you have to be in the zoom. welcome to the first night of the leicester comedy festival 2021! the leicester comedy festival is normally a mixed—bill, multi—venue event. now it's a purely online experience. i know what i have to do, i

has also been made this morning, the only two british men in the singles draw — dan evans and cameron norrielittle bit frustrating that we have to play each other, for both of us, but it is what it is now! so i will prepare properly, once in a statement, and hopefully when! —— hopefully when. the former england rugby league captain sam burgess has been found guilty of an intimidation charge in australia. a court in sydney has ruled that burgess intimindated his former father—in—law mitchell hooke, with the intention of causing physical or mental harm. he's been given a conviction and placed on a two—year good behaviour bond. burgess says he'll appeal the decision. her royal highness, the princess royal, says she hopes the tokyo olympics, can still go ahead in some way, shape or form. organisers insist the re—scheduled games will take place, despite the continuing coronavirus pandemic. princess anne has been talking to the bbc as president of the riding for the disabled association. i think for those who debate about whether, you know, if it is not done and has no spectators, why bother? i th

britian's cameron norrie is through to the third round of a grand slam for only the second time in hislay rafa nadal in the australian open. norrie beat russian qualifier roman safiullin in four tough sets, in a match which was delayed due to rain with norrie leading by two sets to one. he came out and won the fourth set in a tie break to set up a meeting with 20—time grand slam champion nadal. the spaniard eased past the american michael mmoh in straight sets, nadal winning 6—1, 6—4, 6—2 on the rod laver arena. british interest in the women's singles draw is over after heather watson lost tin three sets to the estonian, annett kontaveit. that's despite watson taking the first set. defending women's champion sofia kenin also lost to an estonian, kaya kanepi. kenin was beaten in straight sets in just 64 minutes. england head coach eddiejones has recalled a host of big names for saturday's six nations match against italy, following the calcutta cup defeat at home to scotland last weekend. george ford returns at fly—half, having started on the bench last weekend, while mako vunipola and c

cameron norrie is into the third round of the australian open, where rafa nadal now awaits him.evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. meghan, the duchess of sussex, has won her two—year legal battle with the mail on sunday over the publication of a letter she wrote to her estranged father, thomas markle, after her wedding to prince harry. today the high court ruled that the duchess had had a reasonable expectation that the letter would remain private. in a statement, she thanked the court for holding the newspaper to account and said the damage the paper had done and continue to do runs deep. associated newspapers, the publishers of the daily mail, mail on sunday and mail0nline, said they were surprised and disappointed by thejudgment. here's our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. it contains flash photography. this is a significant victory for the duchess of sussex. meghan, strongly supported by her husband, prince harry, has shown herself to be absolutely determined, robustly to defend her right to privacy. this case began after the mail on sunday published lengthy e

off the court, dan evans and cameron norrie are friends, but their all—british battle proved some scraper winning a tournament at the weekend, and he came roaring back. one set all, but his recent exertions then seemed to catch up with him. norrie reeling off the next two sets for a surprise, but thoroughly deserved, win. for another british hope, though, there was heartache. johanna konta soon having to leave the court for treatment on an abdominal injury. as the 13th seed, she had been expected to win comfortably against kaja juvan and she returned to take the first set. but something clearly wasn't right, and after two more games... unfortunately, due to injury, miss konta is forced to retire. a desperately disappointing end for konta — she later said she was in shock. it was a far better day for heather watson. after recently emerging from two weeks in quarantine, she said her win over christina pliskova was even sweeter. and there was a grand slam debut for britain's francesca jones. the 20—year—old has a rare genetic condition. she was born with three fingers and thumb on each han

cameron norrie — the final british player left in the tournament, is out.hame in that. nadal is the second seed in melbourne, and plays italy's fabio fognini next. the six nations continues today, england host italy at twickenham at 2:15, whilst scotland play wales at murrayfield. scotland are on a really good run of form, and beat wales just over three months ago in the final game of last year's delayed championship. they also had that historic win over england last weekend, but head coach gregor townsend is taking nothing for granted. while it was a great victory and we know what it meant to our country, it is not going to count for much if we don't back it up, if we don't go out and grab this opportunity now to get a second when in the championship. the players have been excellent this week at training. we have to make sure we build on that and keep the progress we have made going for another week. and you can watch scotland against wales in the six nations live from murrayfield on bbc one from 4pm this afternoon. there are four games in the premier leag

dan evans will play cameron norrie in the first round.rnoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. covid infections are continuing to fall in most parts of the uk, with one in 65 people testing positive in england in the last week of january. new figures from the office for national statistics show a drop in scotland and northern ireland — with infections remaining level in wales. it comes amidst calls for the government to give more details on the easing of lockdown measures. in a further development, the government says it plans to give everyone in england who is over 50 or clinically vulnerable at least one dose of vaccine by may. 0ur health correspondent katherine da costa reports. england katherine da costa reports. has made a strong stai the england has made a strong start to the vaccination programme. more than 10 million people have now had their first dose. in the next few weeks, experts say immunisation should have a real impact on reducing deaths and hospital admissions. that has prompted a small number of conservative backbencher

in the men's draw, british number one dan evans is out, beaten by compatriot cameron norrie in an allisappointment for evans after he won his first atp tour title last week. alan shearer has condemned the abuse received by referee mike dean, who's asked to be stood down from this weekend's premier league matches. several footballers were recently racially abused. he has asked to be stood down from the matches this weekend. we stood down from the matches this weekend. ~ . ~ stood down from the matches this weekend. ~ ., ,, ., , weekend. we were talking about this sub'ect five weekend. we were talking about this subject five years _ weekend. we were talking about this subject five years ago, _ weekend. we were talking about this subject five years ago, three - weekend. we were talking about this subject five years ago, three years i subject five years ago, three years ago and we are still talking about the same thing, so do something about it. the government or the social channels do something about it, stop it. it is not simple but thatis it, stop it. it is not simple but that is the a

elsewhere today, cameron norrie won an all—british clash, knocking out the british number one dan evansgainst the american shelby rogers, but she couldn't keep pace in the second, losing in straight sets. it leaves heather watson as the only british woman into the second round. despite claims she didn't feel as fit as usual after her 14—day quarantine, she beat kristyna pliskova. let's bring you up to date with some of the other results from melbourne park. and rafa nadal allayed any fears over his fitness with a win over serbia's laslo djere. nadal missed the atp cup last week after struggling with a back injury, but won in straight sets and will play american world number 177 michael mmoh in the second round. arguably the performance of the day came from home favourite ashleigh barty. the australian was ruthless against the montenegrin danka kovinic, winning 6—0, 6—0 injust 44 minutes. the executive chairman of super league, robert elstone, is set to stand down after offering his resignation. he's been in the post for two and a half years and survived a vote of no confidence in novemb

dan evans and cameron norrie will play one another in the first round on tuesday.al�*s preparations for his bid to land a men's record 21st grand slam singles title, which would move him clear of roger federer, have been hampered by a back injury this week. nadal will play laslo djere of serbia in the opening round. i have experience on all of this. of course, it's not the ideal situation to start a tournament with problems. and a demanding tournament like this one, you know, i think it's what can or cannot happen during the next couple of days. the only thing i can do is stay positive, work on recover, doing all the things i can. and that's all the sport from us for now. hello. very cold out there at the moment, with ice around and of course further snow flurries, particularly in eastern areas. the heaviest of those snow flurries as we go through tuesday, covered by a met office amber weather warning across parts of central scotland. travel, power, communication disruption possible, as those snow levels start to mount up. but it's notjust that, it's the extent of

has also been made this morning, the only two british men in the singles draw, dan evans and cameron norrie it is now. i will prepare properly, once i'm done in this tournament, and hopefully win. the former england rugby league captain sam burgess has been found guilty of an intimidation charge in australia. a court in sydney has ruled that burgess intimindated his former father—in—law mitchell hooke, with the intention of causing physical or mental harm. he's been given a conviction and placed on a two—year good behaviour bond. burgess says he'll appeal the decision. lots of premier league managers having their news conferences today ahead of tomorrow's fixtures. we'll bring them to you throughout the day and of course, updates on the bbc sport website. that's it for now. thank you very much. more sports news coming up later. now we'll be talking about vaccines. because data about the safety of two coronavirus vaccines here in the uk has been published in the last hour. the medicines regulator says shows both jabs are safe and the benefits of the vaccine far outweigh the risks. the vast m

there was a great win for brit cameron norrie in the australian open.atch against italy, following the calcutta cup defeat at home to scotland last weekend. george ford returns at fly—half, having started on the bench last weekend, while mako vunipola and courtney lawes come in to the pack. kyle sinckler also returns, following suspension. there�*s been some heavy cricism of the side after england�*s loss to scotland, especially on social media platforms. speaking to the bbc�*s chrisjones, the england head coach said he didn�*t pay it too much attention. yeah, i heard a great description of what social media is — is the modern version of what used to see on the toilet wall. used to go to the urinal, and someone would say chris jones is a terrible journalist, this is his number. now you find that social media has taken that on. so, the people writing on the toilet walls now are writing on the social media. you make your decision without you respect that, at night. and details of the scotland and wales team annoucements on the bbc sport website. that�*s a

in the men�*s draw, cameron norrie beat dan evans in the all—british first round tie.eral footballers were recently racially abused, while referee mike dean and his family received death threats after he gave west ham�*s tomas soucek a red card on saturday. he�*s since been asked to be stood down from this weekend�*s matches. we were talking about this subject five years ago, three years ago and we are still talking about the same thing, so do something about it. the government or the social channels, do something about it, stop it. it is not simple, but that is the answer to it. we can�*t keep saying something has to be done. we said it many years ago and nothing has been done and it keeps happening. it is about time the government and the social channels did it and stopped it. hege riise has named herfirst squad as england women�*s interim head coach. midfielderjill scott is among the seniorfigures included — she�*s in line to earn her 150th cap for the lionesses in their game against northern ireland in a couple of weeks. arsenal�*s beth mead has been left out — rii

it's a big day for britian's cameron norrie at the australian open., forjust the second time. the match will be played behind closed doors now, after a lockdown to control a small outbreak of coronavirus came into force in the state of victoria. and things have got much closer at the top of the women's super league, after city beat united in the manchester derby by 3—0. lucy bronze and lauren hemp put city two up, before caroline weir scored the pick of the goals with this brillaint chip. so city move into second, a point above united, and nowjust two points behind the leaders chelsea. so much to look forward to today, and i should say that scotland and wales is on bbc one this afternoon, at four o'clock.— wales is on bbc one this afternoon, at four o'clock._ yes. i at four o'clock. four o'clock. yes. since the — at four o'clock. four o'clock. yes. since the day _ at four o'clock. four o'clock. yes. since the day up _ at four o'clock. four o'clock. yes. since the day up perfectly, - at four o'clock. four o'clock. yes. | since the day up perfectly, doe

at the australian open tennis, britain's cameron norrie, has battled back to boost his chances of reaching, anett kontaveit. that's despite watson taking the first set on a tie break before she fell away in the decider. defending women's champion sofia kenin also lost to an estonian, kaya kanepi. kenin lost in straight sets in just 64 minutes and admitted the expectations of being the title holder had been an issue. i obviously felt like i'm not there 100%, physically and mentally, my game and everything feels really off and out of sync. it's not good but i know i guess i couldn't handle the pressure. are not obviously used to this so right now i've just got to figure out how to play at that level that i played at, because today, those matches, it hasn't been there. is weird, i've been practising for two weeks, luckily i was able to practice and i felt fine in practice. ijust practice and i felt fine in practice. i just couldn't practice and i felt fine in practice. ijust couldn't do practice and i felt fine in practice. i just couldn't do that practice and i felt fine in practice. ijust c

dan evans and cameron norrie will meet at tour level for the first time in their careers.w for the other three players, franjones, making her main draw debut, having come through qualifying, will start against american shelby rogers. heather watson plays kristyna pliskova, as she did in the first round of the australian open last year. and katie boulter is up against daria because again. boulter is up against daria because aaain. �* . , boulter is up against daria because aaain. �* .,, ., boulter is up against daria because aaain. �* ., ~ , ., again. and as for the weekend before that, some news _ again. and as for the weekend before that, some news on _ again. and as for the weekend before that, some news on serena _ again. and as for the weekend before that, some news on serena williams'| that, some news on serena williams�* plans? that, some news on serena williams' lans? , , ., ., plans? yes, she had made the semifinals _ plans? yes, she had made the semifinals of _ plans? yes, she had made the semifinals of the _ plans? yes, she had made the semifinals of the warm - p

, but professional athletes are deemed essential workers, but there will be no crowd to stop cameron norrie'say. let's hope so. fans lucky enou:h thursday. let's hope so. fans lucky enou . h to thursday. let's hope so. fans lucky enough to be _ thursday. let's hope so. fans lucky enough to be there _ thursday. let's hope so. fans lucky enough to be there are _ thursday. let's hope so. fans lucky enough to be there are making - enough to be there are making themselves heard as australian favourite nick kyrgios is on court. he is playing a spectacular match against the third seed, the last year runner—up in the us open, dominic thiem. he hasjust broken dominic thiem. he hasjust broken dominic thiem. he hasjust broken dominic thiem to lead the second set 5-4. he dominic thiem to lead the second set 5—4. he looks like he is playing to lift the morale of a state that knows it will be restricted by lockdown for the next five days. he is as animated as i have ever seen him before. dominic thiem, so far, has very little answer. kyrgios is trying to win and do it before lockdown because the last thing

the two british men in the draw — dan evans and cameron norrie — are playing theirfirst—round match, w. to the environment secretary. george eusticejoins us now. thank to the environment secretary. george eustice joins us now. thank you for being with us. good morning. lots of questions to ask you. lots coming in from viewers. quite a bit of interest in the plan to test those interest in the plan to test those in quarantine and in isolation. what more details can you tell us about when those tests will take place? well, look, we have always had a provision that if people are in quarantine, having travelled here, they can have a test to leave that quarantine early if they test clear. i know that this is an issue that is being looked at. i think matt hancock will be saying more about it later today. hancock will be saying more about it latertoday. but hancock will be saying more about it later today. but we are constantly keeping these things under review. there is a case for having a test for people while they are in quarantine so we can identify any of those carrying the virus. matt h

cameron norrie has beaten dan evans in a match between the only two british men in the draw.me for action. really now we're at a stage where we need to be all coming together with the social media companies, collating that evidence and looking at prosecuting people. every circumstance, every incident, is very different, depending on what's been said or how it's been reported into us. however, we need to be looking at a proper prosecute route. it's the only way we can go now. it's been going on forfar too long. the fifth round of the fa cup gets under way tonight and you can watch manchester united against west ham live on bbc one. manchester united knocked out liverpool in the last round and they've also been impressive in the premier league recently. manager ole gunnar solskjaer says any progress is very welcome. you want to go all the way and you want to lift the trophy. that's not be all, end all, of course it isn't. it's the bread and butter in the premier league that is also a measure of how good a team is. to get to a final, sometimes you're lucky with a draw. but to wi

let�*s take you to sunny melbourne where britt cameron norrie leads his opponent two sets to one in thefor the first time in foul years for their upcoming series against india. he has been in prolific form for perth scorchers and comes back into the squad. butler will also return having flown home from the test squad currently in india. the head of the tokyo olympics organising committee is set to step down according to media reports injapan after making sexist comments. his remarks have drawn widespread condemnation from the ioc, sponsors, politicians and the public injapan. it comes less than six months before the delayed games are due to take place. that is all of the sport for now but you can find more on the bbc sports website and you can follow the latest from the australian open where rafael nadal is currently on court. we cannot go on holiday that we can watch all of that if you need a lift and a break. we are going to the us now. democrat prosecutors in donald trump�*s impeachment trial have been showing new footage of the attack on capitol hill. they�*ve accused mr trump of ac

cameron norrie is on court right now, early on, the first couple of games against the russian qualifiergoing on and maybe when they hear the words nhs reform, their eyes slightly glazed over. it's been widely welcomed, i know that. but some people might ask some straight questions, like does it mean i see my gp quicker? does it mean i will get my operation quicker, notwithstanding the covid situation? what are the practical implications of what you are talking about? thank ou ve of what you are talking about? thank you very much- _ of what you are talking about? thank you very much. the _ of what you are talking about? thank you very much. the practical- you very much. the practical implication is that these changes will allow the nhs to work more closely together with the different parts of the nhs, as you mention, and, crucially, with social care and public health colleagues. at the moment, there are rules set out in law that stops some of that working together and we have seen that that has been a problem and the nhs have done an amazing job during the crisis but that has confirmed t