back—to—back tour titles, following his victory in montpellier last week, won 6—4, 6—1, and he'll now face dan evanshis debut on the main tour at this event three years ago, and was heavily fancied to win this year, but lost in straight sets to aljaz bedene. the world number 52 from slovenia won 7—5, 6—4 and will play canada's felix auger—aliassime in the quarter—finals. there was also a shock defeat for the number 4 seed david goffin. the belgian, who reached the final in 2017, was beaten in straight sets by the italian wildcard jannik sinner, who's ranked 79 in the world. sinner won 7—6, 7—5 to reach the last eight. he'll now face the spaniard pablo carreno busta. on the wta tour, the defending champion kiki bertens is through to the quarter—finals of the saint petersburg trophy in russia. the number 2 seed frrom the netherlands thrashed veronika kudermetova for the loss of just three games. she won 6—1, 6—2 — and now face another russian, anastasia potapova, in the last eight. in the same half of the draw, petra kvitova, who won the saint petersburg trophy in 2018, is also through to the quarter—

after a poor and to last year, the russian sealed his place in the second round where he will place dan evansports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. there really is an awful lot of weather getting thrown our way over the next few days. eventually we'll get into something milder and wetter from the atlantic. right now it's cold air and a cold wind driving across the uk and that's putting in all these shower clouds answer more to come, and that's pushing in all these shower clouds answer more to come, mainly for the northern half of the uk where, earlier on, of course, it was particularly treacherous across parts of southern scotland. now the winds are easing down a little bit, allowing temperatures to fall away close to if not below freezing. ice more likely across scotland, northern ireland, and north—west england. this is where we are seeing showers continuing overnight and into the morning. and again, some snow, even to low levels for a while. gradually through the day we will see the winds easing down a bit.

he'll now face great britain's dan evans who pulled off a shock win over the number 6 seed, andrey rublev, 11—9. and look what it means to him. and, on the wta tour, ashleigh barty is through to the semi—finals of the qatar open in doha. the current world number one beat the former world number one garbine muguruza to go through to the last four. the match went the distance — with barty taking the deciding set 6-2. she'll now face the number eight seed, petra kvitova — who beat 0ns jabeur from tunisia. kvitova — who won this title in 2018 — came through in straight sets, despite both sets going to a tie—break. and, in the other semi—final, svetlana kuznetsova will play arina sabalenka. kuznetsova beat the number 4 seed, belinda bencic in straight sets. while sabalenka — the number 9 seed from belarus — had to come from a set down to beat china's zheng sai—sai, who's ranked 37 in the world. sabalenka won 3—6, 7—6, 6—3 to reach the last four. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, katie shanahan, and the rest of the sport today team, goodb

dan evans is set to move into the world's top 30 after reaching his first top level atp semi—final inv in straight sets to reach the last four. castleford tigers came from behind to win at hull kr and go top of super league. danny richardson amongst the try scorers, who had a personal haul of 16 points in the 28—8 win. and formula one world champion lewis hamilton was only able to complete 1a laps on day two of pre season testing in barcelona, after his mercedes car broke down. promoter eddie hearn says it imperative that anthony joshua and tyson fury meet to unify the heavyweight division. hearn, who isjoshua's promoter, says talks are already under way to make the fight happen. the british heavyweights now hold all of the division's belts between them after fury beat deontay wilder to claim the wbc title in las vegas on saturday. everything that we have done to this day, if you talk aged —— ajay against crisco, unification 80,000, madison square garden, though, and defeat the against ruiz and then the rematch in saudi arabia, it all goes down in history but this moment is the first

another impressive win for dan evans in the dubai championships. world's top 30 after reaching his first top level atp semi final by beating andrei rublev in straight sets. he'll play stefanos tsitsipas for a place in the final. mercedes and lewis hamilton endured the first major gremlins of f1 preseason testing. he suffered an engine failure in the afternoon session in barcelona and was bottom of the time sheets as a result. sebastian vettel‘s ferrari was fastest. adam yates continues to lead the uae tour with two stages remaining. in the red here, he was part of a select group on the final climb, pipped by tadej pogacar. we've done miami, australia next. at the women's cricket t20 world cup, india are through to the semi finals after extending their unbeaten start to three matches. they saw off new zealand, but only just. defending champions australia thrashed bangladesh in the day's other game to move closer to the knockout stages. here's our sports reporterjo currie. well, after a slow start to the tournament, this was the performance australia

britain's dan evans is through to the quarter—finals of the dubai championships.d three match points against frenchman pierre—hugues herbert, before winning in three sets. he'll face the sixth seed andrey rublev next. we've done the irish capital, the spanish capital, next to the australian one where england thumped thailand in their second game at the women's t20 world cup. it was captain heather knight who led from the front for, her century setting up a 98 run victory and taking her side top of their group. jo currie was in canberra for us. outside camera which is hosting to gaina outside camera which is hosting to gain a piece and australian military history. paying tribute to the country to rest. for england's top position in thailand this is not as an opportunity to test them metal i dance the site and the world, a chance to make their nation proud. and they did. topping england's opener as one duck, followed. in the australian heat, england needed a couple of cool heads. they read no doubt. they found the batteries they made 50s in the second row. he though

meanwhile, dan evans came from a set down to beat the fourth—seeded fabio fognini of italy in a matchtes. the briton will face france's pierre—hugues herbert, who beat japan's yoshihito nishioka in the last 16. to the wta event in qatar, where the world number one, ashleigh barty, is through to the third round after a straight—sets victory over laura siegemund. playing the tournament and her opponent for the first time in her career, the number one seed, barty, booked her place in the next round injust over an hour. up next for the australian will be a rematch of her australian open third round against elena rybakina. petra kvitova moved into the third round at the qatar open too, after a three—set win over unseeded carla suarez navarro, the eighth seed winning the clash of the former doha champions after coming from behind to take the victory. kvitova will facejelena ostapenko in the last 16 on wednesday. to the women's t20 world cup now. west indies take on pakistan on wednesday, but before that, england will face thailand. england captain heather knight and her team are expected to

british number one dan evans — at the top of your screen — came from a set down to beat fourth seed fabios championships. in mexico — kyle edmund and heather watson won their opening matches in acapulco. staying with tennis and andy murray could be back in action as early as next month — but says there is also a possibility he may need a further operation on his hip. that would rule him out of wimbledon and the olympics. the former world number one has not played since november. more from our tennis correspondent russell fuller. so this is potentially very good news for andy murray, but it is potentially very alarming news as well because the last thing he needs right now is a further operation. the pelvic bone bruising that was troubling him at the davis cup in november and subsequently made now have easy some he thinks he's got to the root of the problem. it is a problem that is not uncommon after hip resurfacing operation like that when he had at the start of last year. there is some bone growth he thinks in the soft tissue around his new metal hip. as a result, he he is in bed and dis

dan evans lost out to stefanos tsitsipas in the semi finals of the dubai tennis championships.s. tsitsipas will face novak djokovic in the final england's tommy fleetwood is one of three englishmen in contention with the halfway mark approaching in the honda classic in florida. he's three shots off the lead, while luke donald and lee westwood are two shots behind america's brendan steele. and finally for all you club golfers out there how about this for a bit of luck. this is englishman callum shinkwin at the oman open with a shocker of an iron shot. it looks destined for out of bounds and a shot penalty, but after 3 bounces on the rocks amazingly it drops back into play! surely think it's all over, we have really slowed this down so you can say for it and that is the key one. i get that back to where he wanted it. fantastic. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more sport throughout the weekend. there's more on the website to come as well. for me and the team, thanks for watching good night. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorr

british number one dan evans came from a set down to beat fourth seed fabio fognini at the dubai tennisis sixth match point — 3—6, 6—4, 7—5. britain's adam yates has taken the lead at cycling's uae tour with a fine solo victory on the third stage. he's now over a minute clear of the field in the week—long stage race in the middle east. stage race in the middle east. tyson fury has arrived back in manchester following his heavyweight title win over deontay wilder on sunday. hundreds of fans gathered to greet him after he became world champion for the first time since 2015 with the seventh round win in las vegas. wilder says he intends to exercise a rematch clause to try to win the belt back. as you're getting up in the morning, england will be taking on thailand in the women's twenty20 world cup. heather knight and her team are expected to win and win big against the tournament debutants. thailand haven't been playing at the top level for long but, asjo currie explains, they're ready to make an impact on the biggest stage of all. they've come a long way in a short amount of time. the tha

dan evans is getting closer to his first atp tour title. drey rublev. evans will now face either jan—lenna rd struff or stefanos tsitsipas in the finalfour. that's all the sport for now. let's get more now on the news that heathrow airport's plans to build a third runway have been thrown into doubt after a ruling by the court of appeal. it found that the government's heathrow expansion decision was unlawful because it did not take climate commitments into account. heathrow has said it will challenge the decision at the supreme court, but the government has said it will not appeal. with me is craig beaumont — a director of the federation of small businesses, who support the expansion of heathrow. do support it, but plenty of people, climate campaigners, were outside the court celebrating, they were delighted, they see this as a victory and thickness of the final nail in the coffin for the third runway? we have 5.8 million small businesses in the country, our feedback today is that they are quite disappointed by this ruling. this is not the en

— enjoyed a comfortable 6—3, 6—3 victory to seal his place in the second round where he'll face dan evansilashvili in straight sets — 6—2, 6—3, the score. he'll now face alexander bublik from kazakhstan. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. there really is an awful lot of weather getting thrown our way over the next few days. eventually we'll get into something milder and wetter from the atlantic. right now it's cold air and a cold wind driving across the uk and that's pushing in all these shower clouds answer more to come, mainly for the northern half of the uk where, earlier on, of course, it was particularly treacherous across parts of southern scotland. now the winds are easing down a little bit, allowing temperatures to fall away close to if not below freezing. ice more likely across scotland, northern ireland, and north—west england. this is where we are seeing showers continuing overnight and into the morning. and again, some snow, even to low levels for a while. gradua

second seed stefanos tsitsipas meets britain's dan evans in the other last—four tie.e, ashleigh barty, will face the 2018 winner, petra kvitova. barty sealed her place in the last four by beating garbine muguruza in three sets. she won the decider 6—2. and something that has been making the headlines is this superb putt from an 84—year—old woman to win a flash new car. mary ann wakefield held her nerve with the whole crowd watching her at a basketball game during the break as she went on to sink a 94—foot putt. and just look at her reaction. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that is bbc.com/sport. but from me, katie shanahan, and the rest of the sport team, that's your friday sport briefing. bring sport briefing. us up—to—date on the picture bring us up—to—date on the picture in japan. we have seen figures suggesting that now 200 people have tested positive to covid—19. considerable concern about the fact that the numbers aren't slowing down, and there isa aren't slowing down, and there is a lot of consternation prompted by the prime minister, shi

over in dubai, dan evans has had a productive week.s of the dubai championships should take him into the world's top 30 but the wait for a first top level atp final will continue. he was beaten in the last four by stefanos tsitsipas. michael redford watched this for us. we may only be in february but this has already been a year to remember. for quarterfinals weeds, a ranking inside the top 30 expected to be confirmed and the first semifinal of 2020 and a first meeting with a rank number six 2020 and a first meeting with a rank numbersix in 2020 and a first meeting with a rank number six in the world, this was going to be the toughest test yet. the british number one enjoys a battle, showcasing his ability early on. he could do nothing about his opponenfs on. he could do nothing about his opponent's identity. the full range on shell. not once, but twice. in the east to a first centipede. at the east to a first centipede. at the age of 29, he has only reached a tour final twice the age of 29, he has only reached a tourfinal twice in his

but number one dan evans is out of the rotterdam 0pen — he lost at the quarter—final stage to the defendingthy took the ski half—pipe title in calgary, making him the first british man to win the event. he won 0lympic silver in slopestyle at the 201a games in sochi. rory mcilroy is playing in his first event since going back to the top of golf‘s world rankings. and he‘s been pretty impressive so far — he‘s two shots off the pace at the genesis open in los angeles after a second round of 67. the american matt kuchar still leads. there‘s live sport on the bbc this weekend, with one of the most prestigious events on the athletics calendar — the indoor grand prix in glasgow. and we‘re looking forward to seeing training partners laura muir and jemma reekie in action. reekie recently broke three british indoor records in a week — two of them belonging to muir — she goes in the 1,500 metres. and muir has the thousand metres world record in her sights. i‘ve run the1 km before. i‘ve got the british and european record for it. hoping to get the world record for it, to go one step better. i know it wi

but number one dan evans is out of the rotterdam open — he lost at the quarterfinal stage to the defendingl monfils. gus kenworthy has won his first world cup gold since switching from the united states to compete for great britain. kenworthy took the ski half—pipe title in calgary, making him the first british man to win the event. he took olympic silver in slopestyle at the 2014 games in sochi. we're looking forward to one of the most prestigious events on the athletics calendar — the indoor grand prix in glasgow. among the british athletes competing are world heptathlon champion katarina johnson thompson — she's in the long jump — and laura muir, who has the thousand metres world record in her sights. i've run the 1km before. i've got the british and european record for it. hoping to get the world record for it, to go one step better. i know it will be tough, but i feel i am close. i think it will be close, and i hope i am doing the right thing, but that last lap will be difficult. it is essentially to run an 800 m and keep going. so yeah, it's going to be hard, but i'll work my best to

britain's dan evans is through to the quarter—finals of the dubai championships.st frenchman pierre—hugues herbert, before winning in three sets. he'll face the sixth seed andrey rublev next. that's all the sport for now. plenty more in the maria sharapova line on the website. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport tests for coronavirus are being widened to include people displaying flu—like symptoms at 11 hospitals and 100 doctors surgeries across the uk. until now, people were tested only if they displayed symptoms and had recently returned from an affected country. health secretary matt hancock told the commons that new guidance is being provided for schools and employers concerned about possible infection. in the past few days, we have published guidance for schools, employers, first responders, social care and the travel industry on how to handle suspected cases. if anyone has been in contact with a suspected case in a child—care or educational setting, no special measures are required while test results are aw

and dan evans is out of the dubai tennis championships.a strike by school children in bristol. thousands braved rainy conditions to urge world leaders to take more immediate action in tackling climate change, asjon donnison reports. greta, greta. a wet, wintry day but a warm, west country welcome for the teenager has become the face for the fight against climate change. greta thunberg! cheering and applause with a rock star reception, the 17—year—old swede is in defiant mood. i will not be silent while the world is on fire. will you? adamant, her movement can make a difference. if enough people are pushing for change, then change will come and we are those people. and every single person counts. a crowd of thousands braved the mud, many skipping school to turn up. this is such a bigger issue than just going to school. i know gcses are round the corner, but this is so much more important than that. she speaks her words and she speaks our future. we could be in school right now and studying for things to do in the future, but i think this is

dan evans is out of the tennis championship.t test by rule number six. i'll be back with more of those stories at 5.30. we are hearing that the railway station in france is being evacuated because of a major fire station in france is being evacuated because of a majorfire in station in france is being evacuated because of a major fire in the area. we don't know what caused the fire, we don't know which buildings are affected, but we are hearing that the entire major railway station is being evacuated. we will keep you up—to—date with that. flood hit areas of england and wales are preparing for another weekend of bad weather, this time as a result of storm jorge. in one town in east yorkshire, snaith, more than 60 homes have been evacuated. 0ur correspondent danny savage is in the nearby village of east cowick where residents have been warned disruption disruptiocould last "for days". this is becoming an increasingly familiar view in parts of east yorkshire at the moment, flooded homes and flooded streets. and think that the rain

to re-elect dan evans.e add had aspirations. wanted to go to law school. he was thought to be sort of a rising star in the republican party in washington state. >> i think a number of things conspired to make ted bundy, ted bundy. >> when you look at the childhood of serial killers, there are some common themes and i see them in ted's case, where there's dysfunction in the family. and what happens is they grow up with a lot of rage, typically atoney and he wasn't. >> this is a guy who, from the earliest age, was a petty thief. >> tell me when you first realized he was stealing things. >> he stole a pair of ski boots from the student union building on the university of washington campus. and he brought them over to my apartment and he said, "if i hadn't of stolen them, somebody else would've, so i just took them." >> he talks about having been a peeping tom at some point. >> the idea that ted bundy was involved in peeping actually makes sense because it's basically a training ground about how you isolate peo

did take in close to 2 and a half hours to beat germany's strife in 3 sets the next face britain's dan evans. on strippers run of the cats are open has been brought to an end by pressure cricket over. ranked player in the history of the women's game has been enjoying huge support in an off the back of when i've a world number 3 kelly in a place given the chin is in pushed all the way in this quarter final says once what's high break botho won by a place giver and she's into the last 4 or should be taking on world number one bossy. 4 time tour de france when a crisp room says he will continue to race beyond this year after coming back from a serious crash last june the kenyan born brit has to himself in the u.a.e. it's all it seems in the us after months of rehab for multiple fractures he's perhaps understandably down in 71st after thursday stage 5 for him aiming for a sort of runs comeback as well and says his future won't be determined by whether or not any of us retain his services now senior olympic official says the decision as to whether the tokyo games go ahead on july 24th may well be

dan evans also had to come from behind to beat fourth seed fabio fognini and reach the second round of tyson fury and deontay wilder. the big fight was actually in belfast last night. take a look at this. this is belfast toddler daithi mac gabhann taking on 0lympic bronze medalist paddy barnes at the ulster elite boxing finals. the three year old was ruthless from the off, taking paddy out in the first round in his ring debut. daithi was actually born with a heart condition and has already undergone a number of major surgeries, but what a debut for the youngster who deservedly took the belt and the title. paddy taking that one on the chin. that's just about it from me but don't forget sportsday at 6.30, here on bbc news, for all the very latest. back to you. i don't often think of boxing is key to that certainly was. i love it. thanks very much, see you soon. coming up in turn, its the victoria derbyshire programme. good morning, today how to become a detective in just three months. we will bring you exclusive access to police now, the graduate scheme to tackle the shortfall of 5000 de

british number one dan evans came from a set down to beat fourth seed fabio fognini at the dubai tennisround. meanwhile, at the mexican 0pen, british number two kyle edmund continued his good run of form with a straight sets win over spain's feliciano lopez in the first round. cam norrie lost, though, and, in the women's draw, heather watson came from a set down to beat american coco vandeweghe. we'll have more for you in sportsday at 6:30pm. and there's more on the bbc sport website about the potential cancellation of the olympics in tokyo. thank you very much. fears of a pandemic continue to increase, as the government issues new guidance for people returning to the uk from parts of italy affected by coronavirus. let's take a look at the latest figures worldwide. global cases of the virus have passed 80,000 — the vast majority of those being in china. italy is currently the worst affected country in europe, with over 280 confirmed cases. in the last few minutes, it's been confirmed that ten of those have died. in iran, 15 people have died and 95 people have been infected with the viru

british number one dan evans is through to the second round of dubai tennis championships after comingace pierre—hugues herbert later. i'll be talking a little bit about andy murray today as well, more on that later on. it looks like you might have to have more surgery. an operation? that could affect wimbledon, tokyo, where his title could be at risk. thanks, holly. it is 6:14am. we saw some dramatic and funny pictures earlier. matt has all the info. more rain to come later this week especially in western areas. if you're about to head out, get the former jacket out. icy you're about to head out, get the formerjacket out. icy conditions in the north and west in particular. wintry showers in the west at the moment but this is ahead of what is brewing, significant rain, sleet and snow. you can see how the shower pushing their way from north—west to south—east. a significant area of rain sleet and snow in this area. a potentially anywhere. many parts in the east start the day dry and many stay dry with sunny spells throughout. if showers through england and wales as we start to see the w

british number one dan evans is into the quarter finals of the rotterdam open after beaten karen khachanovampionship. she is going to be playing in the premier league, the first woman to do that. we will be hearing a bit more about her. we were chatting but nicknames earlier in snooker and darts. i wanted pocket rocket, but what about holly the hammer hamilton. and what about charlie the chopper stayt? i'm not sure about that one. i got loads more. good! but was probably the best one, though. i'm looking forward to hear them later. we'll get back to you. fly tipping is a blight on the countryside, and now, new research by the bbc shows the number of large scale incidents, where thousands of tons of rubbish are dumped at a time, has more than doubled. organised criminal gangs are being blamed for the continued rise. this report from our environment correspondent david gregory—kumar. just north of birmingham, an example of large—scale fly—tipping. lorry loads of waste dumped on parkland by a housing estate. disgusted. we have to pay a management fee to live on this estate. and yet they've se

british number one dan evans is in action at the dubai tennis championships., kyle edmund, has continued his good run of form with a straight sets win over spain's feliciano lopez in the first round. cam norrie lost, though. in the women's draw heather watson came from a set down to beat american coco vandeweghe. that's all the sport for now. although, thanks. let's get more now on the coronavirus outbreak. one of the worst affected countries outside china is iran, where the deputy health minister has tested positive for the virus. the official number of deaths in iran is fifteen but other reports suggest the realfigure may be significantly higher. the majority of cases appear to be in the holy city of qom, where the authorities have refused to close religious sites. rana rahimpour from bbc persian is here. how widespread is this? it's now from the north to the south, east to the west of the country. until yesterday, there are cases in seven provinces of the country, in the last 2a hours, it's not up to 13 provinces, and it's all across the country, and notjus

dan spent about three hours chatting with everyone in hearing stories. some were tough to listen to. callum evansfinitely is. i noticed you were chatting to dan for some time. what was it like to meet him? it was surreal. i think it was quite touched by the story. he said i've done well to come this far and playing football and stuff like that, so to just keep going. getting the message out there to speak out is huge and i think you can be the brightest person in the room but people never go —— never really know what's going on inside of the ha rd est what's going on inside of the hardest thing is to speak out and i think peter, and mean myself, it's trying to encourage people to speak out, speak to others and don't be afraid to do that peter hill set up the club a few years ago after his best friend took his own life. peter's here to speak with us now. just hearing from so many of the young men, you are changing people's lives. there was the inspiration?m was a negatively tried to turn into a positive way lost my best friend to suicide and it started a stem of suicides in the family. three in th