while katie boulter is into the last eight in san diego — after an impressive win against the secondmatch — against a player ranked 36 places higher than her in the world standings. a century from cameron green helped australia edge towards a decent first innings against new zealand on the opening day of the test series. the all—rounder is 103 not out. he brought up his second test tonne off the penultimate ball of the day. matt henry took four wickets for the home side in wellington. australia, who were put into bat, will resume on 279 for nine. ireland are on top against afghanistan in their one off test in abu dhabi. paul stirling top scored with 52 as they made 263 to get a first innings lead of 108. afghanistan are batting again and have work to do to keep themselves in the contest. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello, i'm meghan owen. you're watching bbc news. let's get more now on the independent report into the murder of sarah eve

boulter at one stage lost 11 consecutive points, but recovered to win the match in three sets., to help his side reach a competitive total at the close of play. australia were struggling on 89—4 at one stage — but green's innings saw them close on 279—9 in wellington. wales great shoned harries has announced that she is retiring from rugby. harries, 3a, won 78 caps and represented her country at four world cups. herfinal game will be for brython thunder against gwalia lightning in the celtic challenge, on the 3rd of march. the world's best track and field stars are preparing for the world athletics indoor championships, which begin tomorrow. over 650 competitors from 130 nations are in glasgow, battling for world titles and proving their form ahead of this summer's olympics. with much to look forward to across the next few days, all this as the topic of modernisation in the sport remains in the spotlight. laura scott is there for us. i'm here in glasgow where over the next three days, there'll be more 600 athletes competing. among them, 20 world champions and seven olympic gold

boulter came from a set down to beat a player 36 places above her in the world rankings.one footage shows crowds swarming around lorries. the un is tonight discussing the situation. the incident happened hours before the hamas—run health ministry said more than 30,000 people had been killed in gaza since october. we have a special report from fergal keane and will discuss the state of the conflict with jeremy bowen. also on the programme... wayne couzens, who murdered sarah everard, should never have been employed as a police officer — one of the damning findings of an independent inquiry. good evening from rochdale, where the polls have just closed and a colourful, noisy, bizarre by—election. could george galloway be the new mp for here by the morning? formula one's christian horner again denies inappropriate conduct, after a series of messages are leaked. i want to talk to you about the poison you are selling. the trade in deadly poison — we track down one man selling it online from his home in ukraine. four sprigs. and, the tv cook dave myers, one half of the hairy bik

there was good news for the british women's number one katie boulter.he longer distance of 3000 metres on saturday night — but he's excited to be competing on his home track. well, it's a world championships and you have some fantastic africans, you have some fantastic americans, you have great europeans, like, it will just be fantastic across the board and i think i have lots of strength, especially as a championship racer on home turf, but it will be an extremely difficult race. everyone can make their decision on who the favourite is, i don't really care, i am going in with a plan, and if i execute i think i'll be able to go with a gold medal. i am riding this train, and i have a lot of respect for indoors, but i have a massive respect also for the olympics. so just getting the balance right, and it i am ready to go i will be at every major i can be at, but i'm not someone who races a lot, but when i race i'm good to go. that meant that i wasn't racing three or four indoor meets before this, it's just melrose andthis, and i think those are two big ev

boulter came from a set down to beat a player 36 places above her in the world rankings.f world athletics, lord coe, says the sport has to move with the times to keep fans entertained. athletes have criticised the plans to trial a "take—off zone" in the long jump, but lord coe says they must evolve. we do have to future proof the sport, we do have to make sure that young people sitting here over the next couple of days are attracted into our sport. we want them to go out and find athletics clubs, to go off and become coaches, teachers, and hopefully parents that encourage their kids into the sport. everybody�*s got slightly jumpy literally about the long jump take off, but it's one of a whole raft of innovations that we are looking at. and that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. the government is being urged to take an active role, in the debate on assisted dying, withjersey and the isle of man, now considering its legalisation. campaigners for a change in the law, such as the broadcaster, dame esther rantzen, say people should have a choice about the way they

good news though british women's number one katie boulter.squeeze on the isobars are across northern scotland in particular. here, we are looking at girls. as the weather front six south it takes the milder air. then it turns colder as a cold front sinks southwards. the wind changes tomorrow. a northerly component. you will notice that right the way through until monday. on the radar you can see where we have got our two weather front tos. sam hill snow across scotland, the pennines, the lake district, and as this sinks southwards, it will eradicate the hazy sunshine we are starting with. the cloud will continue to build and the rain will turn patchy. for northern ireland some —— scotland and northern ireland, brighter conditions with showers. some of those showers will be heavy, blustery and thundery, and wintry on the hills in the highlands. temperatures six to 10 degrees. as we move through the evening and overnight, the dregs of that weather front clearly south—east of england. taking the cloud, the patchy light rain and drizzle with it.