the austin halewood reports. latest stage for rugby's c fixture., there has never quite been a calcutta cup like this. none of the fans, none of the atmosphere, but the rivalry neverin the atmosphere, but the rivalry never in doubt. it was scotland that burst the game into life. van der merwe are inches away from an opening try. an international start, inches like that can often make all the difference. but he wasn't made to pay. moments later, he was in again and this time he made sure. scotland off to a flyer, but off on the stroke of half—time, playmaker finn russell sin binned for this trip. 0wen farrell kicking his side back into contention. england could not make the man advantage count. scotland took back control. russell back on the field and kicking his side even further ahead. for all of england's endeavours they could not break through the scottish blue wall. mistakes costing them as they were outplayed on their own patch. a historic win for scotland. their first twickenham for 30 years. —— 38 years. well, let's get over to twickenham no

austin halewood, bbc news.laura robson, who is back home recovering from hip surgery. i asked her how the disruption affected those taking part. it’s affected those taking part. it's been art affected those taking part. it�*s been part for certain players who haven't been able to leave their rooms at all for two weeks, and finally, they get out and manage a few days of practice, but i think a lot of players are looking to be playing a tournament. i think they all feel that way as well, they're enjoying the fact they are playing in a country that is covid free. i think this is a little bit of a bump in the road because australia's manage their covid cases so well, and as faras... manage their covid cases so well, and as far as... this is one positive case, and everyone doesn't have to panicjust yet. it is positive case, and everyone doesn't have to panicjust yet.— have to panic 'ust yet. it is 'ust the one have to panicjust yet. it is 'ust the one case. i have to panicjust yet. it is 'ust the one case. they're i

austin halewood there with anne keothavong, who is part of team on five live sports extra bringing you melbourne, ash barty is one of the favourites in the women's draw, not only is she the world number one but because she lives in australia she's not had to quarantine. and she certainly seemed fresh against danka kovinic. barty, who was a semi—finallist last year and won the 2019 french open, didn't lose a single game, six—luv, six—luv , a so— called �*double bagelling' in the trade. poor kovinic spent two weeks in hard lockdown only to be knocked out in 44 minutes. and rafael nadal showed no signs of the back problems which have been troubling him in the past few months as he saw off laslo djere in straight sets, nadal has reached five finals in melbourne but only won it once, that was back in 2009. some of the days other headlines for you. but we'll stay with tennis. andy murray. he has won his first competitive match in four months. he beat maxmillian marterer in three stes on the challenger tour on the after testing positive for covid didn't allow him the time to quarantine and pr

austin halewood, bbc news.e competing in france alongside fellow briton tayo geoghegan hart — who won't defend the giro title he won last year. and their team boss feels that thomas, who took the yellowjersey three years ago, has a good chance of winning another. it really suits us and his attributes. he is very motivated for. and given his time travelling in the nature of the climbing, and the first week in the crosswinds,, the first week in the crosswinds,, the element lends itself well to his skills and attributes. —— time trial link. it is a great tour for skills and attributes. —— time trial link. it is a great tourfor him on paper. and that's all the sport for now. more action tonight to the football on the bbc sports website. for me in the team, goodbye. hello there. it's turning much colder for the end of the week. certainly into the weekend, it's looking really cold with perhaps some disruptive snow in some places. so, turning colderfor all areas by the end of the week with that mixture of rain, sleet

austin halewood, bbc news.as a good chance of winning another. this tour really suits geraint�*s attributes. he's very, very motivated for it. and, given the time trialling and the nature of the climbing, and the first week in the crosswinds — that element lends itself well to his skills and attributes, as well. so on paper, it's a great tour for geraint. and that's all your sport for now. more reaction to tonight's football on the bbc sport website. but from me and the team, goodnight. hello there. winter is about to ramp up to another gear by the end of this week, certainly into the weekend. it'll be turning much colder with the risk of some disruptive snow in places. so for the next few days, it'll gradually be turning colder for all, and we'll see increasing snow particularly over the hills in the north. now for thursday, we've still got low pressure close by to the uk, it's the weather front across the north bringing further cloud, outbreaks of rain to northern ireland, much of scotland, northern england t

and austin halewood is in the studio for us to explain. he pandemic, and the uncertainty for clubs a huge part of why it's so quiet this time? yes, absolutely right. maybe sad seeing these big name signing behind you. brilliantjanuary seeing these big name signing behind you. brilliant january windows of the year, but this one does not look like it's going to have any of those big names like you mentioned there. not much money at all being spent around the world, this is all because of the global pandemic and to the covid situation that has wreaked havoc to football finances and so much uncertainty. i'm just going to bring this up, only five permanent signings made at this point in the premier league for all of the january transfer windows. not just deadline day with the entire window in the premier league. 0n the five permanent signings, show shows just how all the clouds are looking to loan players and just not take that risk, because there's just so much uncertainty around at the moment. ., ., ., , moment. you look at what is happening —

austin halewood's here with more...rmed. daniil medvedev is the man he was going to try and stop novak djokovic to mike from winning a record extending ninth title which is after it medvedev beat stephan sits a pass. there is only one place to start and it is a semifinal between medvedev and sits a pass. in the end, medvedev quite a comfortable winner. , ,., end, medvedev quite a comfortable winner. , ., , winner. yes, sort of comets was re winner. yes, sort of comets was pretty close _ winner. yes, sort of comets was pretty close nipping _ winner. yes, sort of comets was pretty close nipping talk- winner. yes, sort of comets was pretty close nipping talk in - winner. yes, sort of comets was pretty close nipping talk in that l pretty close nipping talk in that verse says, he had a very good record against him and also technically he was extending the game to perception, perfection, fumbling away against tsitsipas backhand, keeping on him, and just occasionally hitting with authority and it felt like tsitsipas had so muc

austin halewood is here with some more reaction to serena today.been like after serena lost?— what is the reaction been like after serena lost? absolutely that's what all the talk is _ serena lost? absolutely that's what all the talk is been _ serena lost? absolutely that's what all the talk is been about _ serena lost? absolutely that's what all the talk is been about from - all the talk is been about from melbourne park today. were it not taking away a brilliant performance from naomi 0saka. the star at the moment but the headlines all about serena. particularly because of that wave at the end of katie's piece they are. what that meant was serene out waving goodbye to the australian open for the final time. as we say, the talk so bit about that. new york times tennis writer wrote on twitter today, whatever it meant, it was the moment of the tournament so far. we do know that the weight of history has waived pretty heavy on serena shoulders recently. we saw her breaking down in that press conference. that's all because she's jason margaret courts

here with the bbc — former british number one anne keothavong was on duty this morning — and austin halewoodeen another dramatic day at the australian open. novak djokovic and serena williams both safely through to the third round, but there has been a few seeds who have crashed out along the way. the former british number one is here to talk through all of these main points with me, thanks very much for speaking to us. let's start with one of the best matches of the day in the women's draw from a world number two fought back in a really close match. probably a little bit too close for comfort but when she looks backin close for comfort but when she looks back in reflection how good will it be for her to come through such a close match?— be for her to come through such a close match? fantastic effort can be don't want to _ close match? fantastic effort can be don't want to be _ close match? fantastic effort can be don't want to be tested _ close match? fantastic effort can be don't want to be tested like - close match? fantastic effort can be don't want to be tested like this - don't want to

it now leaves tournament organisers with a difficult decision to make, as austin halewood reports.al game before coronavirus brought a halt to the competition. but 12 months later, postponements are back on the table once again. with covid—19 compromising the french bubble, organisers say they will meet on wednesday to decide if the game against scotland can go ahead will submit his after the captain and last year's player of the tournament both tested positive in the last few days, along with eight other france players and even the head coach. they will now all missed the match against scotland on sunday but despite that, france robbie are keen for the game to go ahead. they have called up five replacements into their squad a while those in fact he will return home, they rest of the siebel resume training on wednesday with testing taking place every 24 hours. with the stands still empty and the fans watching at home, this six nations was all about bringing the international game back to our screens. france had without doubt played the most attractive rugby in the tournament so far

austin halewood reports. back in scottish hands and the six nations back with a bang. there is never quite glean a calcutta cup like theirs. none of the fans are none of the atmosphere but the rivalry never in doubt. it was scotland who burst the game into life. winger duhan van der merwe inches away from an opening try but moments later he was in again and this time he made sure. on the stroke of half—time that progress was halted. and scotland never looked back from there, playmaker finn russell in the senate them —— in the sin bin. he kicked two penalties to keep his side ahead and seal a famous 11 points to 6 win for the scots. england were outplayed on their own patch. we england were outplayed on their own atch. ~ ., ., ., ., patch. we wanted to write our own bit of history _ patch. we wanted to write our own bit of history and _ patch. we wanted to write our own bit of history and today _ patch. we wanted to write our own bit of history and today we - patch. we wanted to write our own bit of history an

austin halewood, bbc news. that's all the sport for now. thank you, see you later.as shocked to discover she had severe abnormal cell changes. it was quite scary, especially because i didn't know that much about it. but i'm just so thankful that i went when i did. it could have been different if i'd left it even six months. to help women get tested, the nhs in england is now trialling home smear kits. they will be offered to more than 31,000 women aged 25—64, who are 15 months overdue for a check. it can be quite an invasive procedure for many women, so the idea is women can check themselves in the comfort of their own home at a time which is convenient for them. there are instructions on what to do. there are two options with the kits. you can either do the sample at the gp practice and hand it back in and we send it to the lab, or we can send you the kit in the post and you can do the sample at home and put it in the prepaid envelope into any postbox and it will go back to the lab. the trial is taking place in north london, which has one of the lowest upta kes of

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