meanwhile roberto bautista agut improved his career record against miomir kecmanovic to six wins frome opening round in estoril, taking this victory in straight sets in an hour and 2a minutes. he'll play either daniel altmaier or pedro martinez in the second round. wild card caroline wozniack returned to the charleston open beating lucky losing mccartney kessler in straight sets. the result was wozniacki's first win on clay courts since her last appearance in charleston in 2019, when she reached the final. the former world number one claimed the title there in 2011 and was also runner—up in 2009. wozniacki will play anhelina kalinina in the second round. british para—canoeist jack eyres used to feel ashamed of his disability, but now says having his leg amputated was the best decision he's ever made. it led to a career in modelling and then elite sport. he's been talking to sally hurst about his journey from catwalk to canoe. owning the catwalk as mr england, the first amputee to win the title. it's hard to believe that just a few years earlier, jack eyres hated how he looked. i was b

he beat roberto bautista agut in straight sets to set up a finalfourtie against argentina's tomas martinhan an hour and a half, was norrie�*s 200th tour win of his career. the england and wales cricket board has announced eight counties that will host professional women's teams as part of a major restructure of the domestic game from 2025. the plans will see the creation of a three tiered domestic competition structure, which the ecb says could lead to an 80% increase in professional women's players in england and wales by 2029. durham, essex, hampshire, lancashire, nottinghamshire, somerset, surrey and warwickshire have all been awarded tieri status, whilst glamorgan and yorkshire joined them in 2027. it's really all. in this country, it means more investment. it means a properly aligned men's and women's system. and i think the regional games be brilliant, but i think what has been missing has been that chance to have equal access all the time at one club. and i think commercially it's going to be really good hopefully for the women's game as well. and the draw for the world snooker ch

cameron norrie is through to the quarterfinals of the barcelona 0pen after beating spain's roberto bautista agutes to four before two early breaks at the start of the second set put him on the way to victory. the brit will face argentina's tomas martin etcheverry in the last eight after he beat brandon nakashima by two sets to one. to the women's six nations now. ireland have made two changes for saturday's women's six nations game against england at twickenham. francesca mcghie will make her first start of this year's tournament for scotland in their game away to italy. that's one of four changes for bryan easson�*s side. all the team news is on the bbc sport website. a reminder of our top story here on sportsday — replays in the fa cup have been scrapped from the first round proper next season. plenty more on that on the bbc sport website. but from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. you're watching bbc news. i'm nicky schiller. let's get more on one of our top stories — the news that the conservative mp mark menzies has been suspended by the parliamentary party after

british number one cameron norrie is through to the quarterfinals after beating spain's roberto bautista agut performance to ease past the spaniard in straight sets. meanwhile, american brandon nakashima is up against tomas etcheverry of argentina. it's going well for the unseeded american. he took the first set 6—3. it is tighter in the second, level at five games apiece. and that's all the sport for now. you can stay up—to—date on all the latest events and news using the bbc sport website and app, but from me, see you soon, goodbye. a post office in—house lawyer, rodric williams, is giving evidence at the inquiry into the horizon it scandal. he says he felt "something was up" when he was invited to film a 2015 bbc interview and feared the programme would feature postmasters�* complaints. between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 sub—postmasters were wrongly prosecuted because of incorrect data from the horizon it system. here he is giving evidence. i haven't yet looked at the detail of the e—mail but see that the bbc want to film. there is a lot happening next week, next. and then not really a l

he beat home favourite roberto bautista agut in straight sets — winning 6—4, 6—4 , to set up a finalfours martin etcheverry. the victory — which came in less than an hour and a half — was norrie's 200th tour win of his career. the england and wales cricket board has announced eight counties that will host professional women's teams, as part of a major restructure of the domestic game from 2025. the plans will see the creation of a three—tiered domestic competition structure , which the ecb says could lead to an 80% increase in professional women's players in england and wales by 2029. durham, essex, hampshire, lancashire, nottinghamshire, somerset, surrey and warwickshire have all been awarded tieri status — whilst glamorgan and yorkshire join them in 2027. it's a cool thing in this country. it's a cool thing in this country. it means more investment, it means properly aligned men's and women's system and i think regional game has been brilliant but i think what has been brilliant but i think what has been missing has been that chance to have equal access all the time at one club. and i

thursday, british number one advanced to the last eight with a comfortable victory over spain's roberto bautista agut reach the quarterfinals where he will face argentine tomas etcheverry. the chicago bulls will face the miami heat for the eighth and final playoff place in the eastern conference after the bulls saw off the atlanta hawks. the heat have one more opportunity after they were defeated by the philadelphia 76ers led byjoel embiid. the reigning mvp, who was named in the dream team for the paris olympics, came to life in the final quarter as the 76ers rallied from 14 points down. embiid, who missed 43 games of the regular season, finished with 23 points and 15 rebounds. he also made this key assist late in the fourth quarter to secure a best of seven playoff series against the second seeded new york knicks. and that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. let's return to one of those headline stories. the scottish government is ditching its flagship climate change target of reducing greenhouse gas emission by 75% by 2030. however, the final goal of reaching net—zero by 2045 will remain.

meanwhile, roberto bautista agut improved his career record against miomir kecmanovic to six wins fromd in estoril, taking this victory in straight sets in an hour and 24 minutes. he'll play either daniel altmaier or pedro martinez in the second round. more on all of those stories on the bbc sport website and app. that's it for now. thank you very much, jane. the harry potter author jk rowling has invited police to arrest her if they believe she has committed an offence under scotland's new hate crime law. from today, it is a crime to stir up hatred relating to someone�*s age, disability, religion, sexual orientation or transgender identity. and ms rowling, who lives in edinburgh, says the legislation is a threat to free speech. but the first minister humza yousaf says it will guard people from what he calls a "rising tide of hatred" in society. here's our scotland editor, james cook. this is a nation struggling to strike a balance between liberty and safety, between freedom of speech and protection from hatred. these protesters think the new hate crime law gets that balance wrong, but

cameron norrie is through to the quarterfinals of the barcelona open after beating spain's roberto bautista agutartin etcheverry tomorrow. interim ufc heavyweight champion tom aspinall has revealed that he will fight at ufc manchester this summer. the manchester native, who beat sergei pavlovich to win the interim title last november, confirmed the news on his social media account. golf will have its second major winner in just over a week on sunday. after scottie scheffler claimed his second masters title. the opening women's major of the year has started today in texas. and just like at augusta, there's an overwhelming favourite to win the chevron championship — nelly korda is on a historic hot streak. let's head to the woodlands course and speak to our correspondent iain carter. what's happened so far? theirform is their form is red theirform is red hot. there's a real sense of anticipation here at the course just north of houston because she is about to tee off in her bid to win a fifth successive lpga title, for an american to do that's you have to go back to the 19705 and nancy lopez who f