liverpool defender casey stoney is named in the squad of 28.they will play the three top—ranked teams in the world, the usa, germany and france, in the tournament, starting with the french on march ist in pennsylvania. sport chief executive liz nicholl has warned there is ‘no excuse' forfailures to look after athlete welfare. this comes ahead of a report into british cycling investigating whether or not there was a culture of bullying, favouritism and sexism within the organisation. nicholl has also revealed that they were never given the full details of a 2012 internal review into the sport that may have highlighted some of the current issues being investigated. we were given to believe that actually, we had a very light touch version of it fed to us at uk sport, so we version of it fed to us at uk sport, so we had no indication of the significance of that report. it has only now come to light through a very well—managed independent review led by anne—marie phelps. the six nations returns this weekend with the third round of matches. england h

casey stoney is in the party of 28 after recovering from injury.orway and true to sweden in two friendlies last month. they are going to play the three top—ranked teams in the world. the usa, germany and france. starting with the french on march the 1st in pennsylvania. it's all part of their preparations for the european championships in the netherlands injuly. laura muir is aiming for double gold at the indoor athletics championships last month —— next month. she is in a 31 strong british team. she has been in great form this year, setting a new indoor record in the 1000 metres in birmingham last weekend where she took a second off dame kelly holmes‘ previous record. she will race in the 1500 metres and the 3000 metres. uk sport‘s chief executive says sports can have no excuses for any failure to look after the welfare of their athletes. a report into alleged bullying, sexism in british cycling is expected to be published in the next month. she has also revealed that they were never given the full details of a 2012 internal review into cycling th

and casey stoney is back in the reckoning. make the first by—election gain by a governing party since the 1980s when people in copeland vote for their new mp on thursday. the vacancy in cumbria was created when the former labour mp and jeremy corbyn critic, jamie reed, resigned to take up a job at the sellafield nuclear site. labour have held the seat for more than 80 years. but with a majority ofjust 2,500 over the conservatives, labour's long rule is under threat. jenny kumah's been there to meet the candidates. whitehaven, a coastal town in the constituency of copeland, and it was once the uk's third largest port. now it's the nucleur site at sellafield that is key to the local economy, and looming large on the political map. the conservatives are hoping to overturn decades of labour rule here and they are focusing onjeremy corbyn's past opposition to nuclear. but their candidate's faced criticism for barely mentioning the potential loss of services from the local hospital in her leaflets. i was born at that hospital, my fo

liverpool defender casey stoney returns to the squad following injury. and france — in the tournament, starting with the french on march 1st in pennsylvania. laura muir will go for double gold at next month‘s european indoor championships in belgrade as part of a 31—strong british athletics team. muir showing great form this year, setting a new british indoor record in the 1000m in birmingham on saturday where she took a second off dame kelly holmes‘ previous record. she will race in the 1500 and 3000m. uk sport chief executive liz nicholl has warned there is "no excuse" forfailures to look after athlete welfare. this as british cycling prepares to publish a report into whether there was a culture of bullying, favouritism and sexism within the organistaion. nicholl has also revealed that they were never given the full details of a 2012 internal review into the sport that may have highlighted some of the current issues being investigated. we were given to believe that actually we had a very light touch version of it, fed to us at uk sport, so we had no in

england , that's at least 78% of players who went tested — a figure that surprises england defender casey stoneyd a couple of times. they turn up to games, cup finals, couple of times. they turn up to games, cupfinals, major—league games. i seen them around. you'd expect them may be to turn up once or twice a season. compared to other sports is probably lower than other sports is probably lower than other sports are used to. but i think they do tend to test when you least expect it. but they are there and players are aware of it. claudio ranieri admits he may need to change things at leicester with the premier league champions facing a relegation battle following their 2—0 defeat at fellow strugglers swansea. ranieri saw his side slump to a fifth successive defeat in the league yesterday. and after the 2—0 loss in swansea, ranieri was asked if he's been too loyal to his title winning players. could be. of course it's difficult, no? when you achieve something so good you want to give them one chance, two chance, three chance, maybe now it's too much. that's all for now will have more later. pensi

casey stoney is back in the reckoning, named in the squad of 28. of form. she took a second of dame kelly holmes's recent result. i will be back with more, pies and/or after one o'clock news. see you later. specialist police teams are digging up the gardens of two properties in swindon. one is believed to be the former home of christopher halliwell, who's serving a whole life sentence for the murders of two women, sian o'callaghan and becky godden. duncan kennedy is in swindon for us. why are they digging there? well, we have not been given specific information but all we know is that it was the former home of christopher halley well. an operation is going on behind the black tarpaulin here, about ten feet high and it. police have erected a couple of white tents and there's the tarpaulin over what looks like an extension. it involves two houses. we hear the sound of what sounds like drilling on concrete so perhaps they are taking up a patio. police say it involves gardens and garages but not inside their houses. they are doing it with a full cooper