especially not in the eye. and itjust turned up a notch. in bahrain on tuesday, with britain's lando norrise sheets. last year and showed they're looking to pick up from than his fellow briton, mercedes driver george russell. year, was more than a second off the pace in 13th overall. world boxing has been granted provisional recognition olympic committee. world boxing was launched in 2023 and now has 78 members across five continents. and keep right across all those results from the premier day wherever you are around the world. bye— bye. hello. wednesday was a pretty active day, weather—wise. we had some fairly heavy showers, some thunderstorms, large hail around, as well. patches around, too. of the uk, parts of scotland. parts of northwest scotland, perhaps northern ireland, too. 9—11 celsius our top temperature — so still not particularly warm, but it is just pushing through into the final day of winter on friday morning. so, friday morning, then, we've got the light winds, extensive first thing. it'll be a chilly start to the day, so temperatures the sunshine has got a little bit more

volatile build up, formula one preseason testing got under way in bahrain on tuesday, with britain's lando norrise sheets. where they left off. than his fellow briton, world champion max verstappen was third quickest for red bull, while lewis hamilton, who is driving for ferrari this year, was more than a second off the pace in 13th overall. world boxing has been granted provisional recognition olympic committee. boxing isn't currently part of the programme for the next games in los angeles in 2028, and the creation of a new global body was the biggest hurdle to the sport's across five continents. league on the bbc sport website and app. day wherever you are around the world. bye— bye. hello. wednesday was a pretty active day, weather—wise. large hail around, as well. down for the next few days. but there'll be some chilly nights for the next few nights, patches around, too. chilly start to thursday across the northern half of the uk, parts of scotland. the exception is across eastern england, where we've got cloud and a few drizzly showers — they'll linger longest around the coast of norfolk, i

the lunchtime practice session is underway now with world champion max verstappen and mclaren's lando norrisssia's foreign minister has rejected calls for european the terms of any peace deal to end to the war there. sergei lavrov said the idea was a �*deceit�* that would allow kyiv to rearm itself. to maintain normality, 22—year—old ukrainian photojournalist nikoletta stoyanova has been covering the frontline since russia's invasion in 2022. capturing their celebrations and moments of beauty amid the destruction of the war. nikoletta told me what motivated her to asa as a young ukrainian, first felt when russia started to in february 2022, this bomb us in february 2022, this is anger, the huge anger that we are trying to believe that if -— j {not do j 77 not do this, russians will not do this, that they are a neighbour country, but they do this. and of course, many people go to the army immediately, they to course, many people go to the army ir money :ely, they to course, many people go to the army ir money for, they to volunteering. 7 volunteering. and volu nteering. and i volunteering. an

of his mercedes replacement, 18—year old kimi antonelli. champion max verstappen and mclaren�*s lando norrisl the sport for now. let's return to that story. a top australian radio presenter has lost his job women's football team. marty sheargold said the matildas reminded him of year 10 girls — those are a few of the less offensive comments. the host has since apologised. to �*mutually part ways'. football australia, as well as current and former players, have condemned the comments. before the programme — i spoke to the to co—host of the espn women's football podcast, the far out — angela christian wilkes. kind of commentary in sport and in women's sport. the degree of, i suppose, directness, i know that chidiac posted on her social media and there was, whereas steph catley, so the matildas captain, was asked by the broadcaster about it and she was pretty, you know, to the point. and just saying that there's no place for this in sport and that it's pretty disappointing. so there's been a lot of responses from both athletes and yeah, just a lot of people in women's but clearly in australia.