i am disappointed with coverage of kyle edmonds, they did not even interview his dog. telephone us, you can find us on you can telephone us, you can find us on twitter or you can have a look at our website. that is all from us. we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. cloudy, mild and quite windy weather to come this weekend. not much rain in the far north—west, but later on tonight it will turn wetter as the wind picks up. further east we will have clearer skies for a while. not far away from freezing in a few places. those temperatures left later in the night as the wind begins to freshen. wet and windy weather sweeps its weight eastwards through the morning. through the afternoon it becomes light and patchy. some sunshine in scotland and northern ireland. it will be windy through the day, and despite the cloud the temperatures will not be much higher than they were today. overnight some windy weather in the far north of scotland. patchy rain in scotland, but many other areas will be clear and breezy. this is bbc news. t

paulina edmonds is coming off a rough patch, injury shortened her time to compete, but she skated a clean program as well. >> to be able to come to the championships in my hometown and nail the short program makes me proud and happy. >> to be able to skate a close to clean performance a while ago, i'm extremely happy with that, and it's great it was a solid base for friday. >> reporter: both skaters are chasing a skater who many people never heard of before three weeks ago, a 19-year-old from illinois named brandy tinell, she sits in first place. many people know the name ashley wagner, she's in fifth. garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >>> rain continues from hayward down through union city pushing off to pleasanton after midnight. we're tracking a stronger storm. >>> who's at the door, the activity caught on camera in an upscale south bay neighborhood. >>> tiny but mighty. the four legged critter blamed for a power outage at a local college campus. woman: so, greg, it's a lot to take in. woman 2: and i know that's hard to hear, but the doctors caught it early. hi, blake! my dad has cance

if murray pulled out through injury before the tournament but they wouldn't have thought of kyle edmonde surfer, seeing off grigor dimitrov in the quarter—finals to book a place against marion cilacap in the last four. i don't think about the next match, i think about my current match. i go in there about thinking about my game and not taking anything for granted to. haddien taking anything for granted to. haddi en marche! iran is due to say goodbye to barcelona fans on the pitch ahead of their game on thursday night. —— javier mascherano. he is due to play in china after seven season at barcelona. they need to overcome a 1-0 barcelona. they need to overcome a 1—0 deficit and philip coutinho is due to make his debut. play is under way on the first leg of the dubai classic. players no doubt wowed by the views, spain ‘s raphael caballo w011 the views, spain ‘s raphael caballo won the tournament in 2012 and is among a group of players that tee off at 8:10 a.m.. is a very technical course, you to drive a good off the tee. obviously being smart as well, the greens have gotten smaller but the

edmonds is the kind of guy who lets his tennis do the talking. it's a professional sport.e ill it might be a concern but i am just concerned with getting through. he is through. edmonds's endurance impressed many. andy murray described it as the best win of his career. there will be 16 men left in the australian open. quick, while you can. find some shade. more success down under. they now lead to -c success down under. they now lead to — c rowe heading into sunday's match. after a troubled winter for english cricket suddenly the scene seems a little more surreal. even when faced with batting like this from australia's aaron finch, england's one—day side refused to panic. finch made 100 again, but when he fell, australia stumbled. england taking advantage, taking wickets. chris wo ks advantage, taking wickets. chris woks here, like —— woakes here, calm and creative.

kyle edmond has powered into his first grand slam quarterfinal, beating andreas seppi of italy in the start to win in four sets in melbourne. edmond trailed by one set and a break at one stage but cut down his errors to secure his place in the last eight. he will face australia's nick kyrgios or grigor dimitrov of bulgaria on tuesday. their match is ongoing. number one seed rafael nadal is also through to the quarterfinals after beating argentina's diego schwartzman in four sets. the 24th seed proved nadal‘s trickiest opponent so far, taking a first set of the tournament off the 16—time grand slam champion. nadal will play croatia's marin cilic in the last eight. world number two caroline wozniacki is through to the last eight of the women's draw after a comfortable straight sets win. alexis sanchez is on the verge of joining manchester united from arsenal, after united midfielder henrikh mkhitaryan agreed to be part of a direct swap. the players will both have their medicals today. mkhitaryan‘s paperwork for his transfer was completed yesterday. the length of the armenian‘s contract

kyle edmond has powered into his first grand slam quarterfinal, beating andreas seppi of italy in theow start to win in four sets in melbourne. edmond trailed by a set and a break at one stage but cut down his errors to secure his place in the last eight. he will face australia's nick kyrgios or grigor dimitrov of bulgaria on tuesday. it's great to be in the quarterfinals. it is certainly my best result at a grand slam. you know, it's not easy to win four matches at a grand slam. definitely pleased. it shows i'm improving. lots of ha rd pleased. it shows i'm improving. lots of hard work paying off. you know, like you said, that constant working at everything, my game, on and off the court, and it is good when you get results and it comes together. watford have sacked manager marco silva after just eight months in thejob. the club are blaming everton's approach for the portuguese in november as the "catalyst for this decision". watford's statement said that without "the unwarranted approach" they would have "continued to prosper under his leadership". the hornets have won just one of t

and now kyle edmonds is on the back page of most newspapers.areer title since he turned pro in 2011 and a further as he got in a grand slam was the fourth round. suddenly he is in the semi— final round of the australia and open. only the sixth man, the sixth british man to reach that point. heat has two big marin cilic to get into the final and marin cilic has one grand finals before. e... it is a tall order but he has a chance, absolutely. thank you very much for joining us. stay with us. thank you very much for watching. from me and the rest of the team, goodbye. hello there. wednesday is going to bring some fairly disturbed weather across the country, courtesy of what the irish weather service have named storm georgina. across the uk it will bring gales and heavy rain, which could cause travel disruption. your local bbc radio station will keep you up—to—date with that. here's the storm drifting across the north—west of scotland. notice all the white lines, the isobars on the chart. that shows we will have pretty strong and gusty wind, shower

kyle edmonds is a grand slam semifinal is! —— kyle edmund is a grand slam semifinalist.kyle edmund pulls off a sensational victory at the australian open, to reach his first grand slam semi—final. i'm loving it right now — just the way i'm playing. i'm 23—years—old and my first grand slam semifinal, the first time i played on one of the biggest courts in the world. with the award season in full swing, the oscar nominations are revealed this lunchtime. and coming up in the sport on bbc news, kyle edmund will face marin cilic in the semifinal after rafa nadal was forced to retire with injury, ending their australian open battle. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the foreign secretary borisjohnson has called for millions more in funding for the nhs at this morning's cabinet meeting. it's unusual for a minister to make his views known in this way, —— he was criticised for speaking out of turn by philip hammond and rebuked by theresa may for his demands. she told him it was better to have a conversation about the future of the nhs and private. here our politi

test of temperament and in the melbourne heat dimitrov was first to crack, leaving the door open for edmondsnow heading in his direction —— edmund. this was drama to the last, match point, the call was out but the decision was challenged and the agony of waiting and then the ecstasy of winning. he is through to the semifinals and if he can keep control of those nerves, who knows? edmund must have thought he would be facing rafael nadal in the semifinals of the world number one retired with an injury in his quarterfinal against marin cilic. yet been —— yet been 2—1 up but could not continue. cilic is the sixth seed and a former us open champion. there was also an upset in the women's draw is unseeded belgian elise mertens thrashed fourth seed elina svitolina to reach the semifinals. it is the first time she has beaten a top five player and she goes into the last four on a ten match winning strea k the last four on a ten match winning streak and will face caroline wozniacki next. the remaining men's and women's quarterfinals will be played overnight tonight. you can follow that on the bbc spor

paulina edmonds placed seventh. chen is defending her national title.edmonds competed in the sochi games when she was just 15 years old. >> to be able to come here to the u.s. championships in my hometown and nail a short program makes me so proud and so happy. >> and so to be able to skate a close to clean performance just a while ago was -- i'm extremely happy with that and i'm just -- it was like a solid base for friday. >> as you hear chen mentioning friday, she's talking about tomorrow night when the women's long program is scheduled. 19-year-old brady tin nell from illinois is in first after the short program. >>> coming up next on "today in the bay," we continue covering that overnight earthquake that shook the bay area out of their sleep. >>> plus other news of the day, including a disturbing story in the east bay. a family demanding answers after their dog was attacked viciously at a local kennel. >>> and infighting in washington is just getting worse, the president wants to quash a book. we will have the latest. >>> big news in wall street rig

michael, when i was in the reagan white house, executing an agreement with edmond morris to give hime run of the place but subject to very specific rules about what and when he would write. evidently wolff had no rules set and actually did wander the halls. that is unbelievable. >> it is unbelievable, especially someone like me who covers the white house every day. it is access we would all want. it is revealing the chaotic nature that wolff describes in his book, is reflective of the way he put the book together. again, he upended the white house. that's remarkable for a guy not named trump. >> courtney kube, who is your most important person not named trump? >> he lives a little outside the beltway. i chose kim jong-un as the most important person of the week. i mentioned his new year's statement, his new year's message to his people. it was very telling. every time he does one of these, it's very telling. a lot of people on u.s. intelligence that watch it for signs. he was candid about how sanctions are having an impact on his people and his country. for him to make any kind of ov

what a modern chill it's through to the men's final on sunday the crew at dispatch britain's chi edmond in straight sets turning now to golf and tiger woods will tee off in his first official tournament for more than a year on thursday the americans returning to the sport he once dominated after recovering from his fourth back surgery but can woods ever reach his previous heights again tiger woods getting back into the swing of things again this is the americans latest comeback after persistent back problems and of course controversy his characteristic confidence now somewhat diminished woods admits he's stepping into the unknown i don't know what to expect you know it's go out there and just play and. grind it get in there possibly have the right position make some points and you know try we're working with the board. this torrey pines course holds fond memories for words it was here he won the last of his fourteen major titles the u.s. open back in two thousand and eight but since then the wood star has faded with injuries and negative headlines last year he pleaded guilty to reckless

the pink will get another writing as kyle edmonds showed us just how bright his future could be.satisfaction, the hours you put in in training, there are so many things like that. those type of results make it really feel good and worth it, basically, so yes, really happy. there were a couple of surprises in the women's draw. venus williams has been knocked out, beaten in straight sets by belinda bencic. williams lost in the final last year to her sister serena. the us open champion sloane stephens is also out. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website, that's at bbc.co.uk/sport, and i'll have more for you in the next hour. the future of thousands of workers at the construction firm, carillion, is in doubt, after the company went into liquidation. the government is facing questions about why it handed public sector contracts to the firm after it had issued profit warnings. ministers have insisted public services will continue to be provided, and workers will be paid. our assistant political editor norman smith has been following

kyle edmond has powered into his first grand slam quarterfinal, beating andreas seppi of italy in thein four sets in melbourne. edmund trailed by a set and a break at one stage but cut down his errors to secure his place in the last eight. it's great to be in the quarterfinals. it is certainly my best result at a grand slam. you know, it's not easy to win four matches at a grand slam. definitely pleased. it shows i'm improving. lots of hard work paying off. you know, like you said, that constant working at everything, my game, on and off the court, and it is good when you get results and it comes together. edmund will meet grigor dimitrov in the last eight after the bulgarian ended nick kyrgios' campaign with a gripping four set victory. three of the sets went to tie—breaks. kyrgios was the last australian in the men's draw. world number one seed rafa nadal and women's world number two caroline wozniacki are both through. watford are expected to name their replacement for the fact marco silva, spaniard javi gracia, who last managed rubin kazan. marco silva was dismissed after only eig

. >> to edmond pettis bridge. >> the crowd yelled liar after she said she wasn't sure the president made slur. this coming as jeff flake said it's time republicans started standing up to the president. mark preston cnn senior political analyst. it's time republicans start standing up to the president. they're not. the question is why? >> well, some have. i think we ought to draw attention to that. lindsey graham, we seen from the show. mitt romney. chuck hagle, former defense secretary said it was embarrassing for the country. there are some who are beginning to stand up and more power to them. why don't others do that? politicians on today of both sides of the aisle think it's much more important to save their seats than to save their souls. you find that republicans are looking at those polls. they see 60% of republican dos approve. they don't want to run up against with that. a number of them are growing increasingly incomfortable. it's the same discomfort you see in the white house staff as reported by the wolf book. people are publicly defending the president but are disturbed under

san jose's polina edmonds is currently in 7th. and san francisco's din tran won a silver in the men's division. he grew up in the tenderloin in a small studio apartment with his three brothers, congratulations, din tran. i'm dennis o'donnell. see you tonight. >>> after our overnight earthquake, we are hearing a lot of people's stories about being jolted awake including one man who was actually already awake. he was working in an i coming up. unit. his story next. we're following breaking news: a maginutude 4- point-4 earthquake shook the bay area overnight. i'm kenny choi. and i'm michelle griego. it happened around around 2:30 this morning..... the quake was centered >>> a magnitude 4.4 earthquake shook the bay area overnight. i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. >> the earthquake happened around 2:30 this morning. 2:39 a.m. to be exact. the quake was centered a couple miles southeast of berkeley and that's where we find anne makovec this morning with the very latest near the oakland/berkeley border. anne? >> reporter: 4.4 qua

paulina edmonds was first, the 19-year-old is making a comeback after a serious foot injury.er the performance she described the pressure of competition. >> even though i was happy with each element, i did not fully relax until it was over. >> the competition wraps up on sunday. that is when we know which skaters will represent the us. >>> steph curry bailed out the warriors and they beat the mavericks 125-122. >> he knows he has protection, steph curry from fort worth. >> steph curry led the team with 32 points. eight assists and five rebounds. the stars combine for 100 points and the game came down to the last few seconds with steph curry and the ball. >> this is a freebie. steph curry 43, good. >> steph curry had the game- winner. despite the last-second heroic shot head coach steve kerr admits they did not play their best. >> we walked the fine line between chaos and disorder. we are at our best when we can be loose and free, but we have to have the discipline that goes with that. when we find the balance, we are really really hard to beat.>> the warriors will take on the

sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's lizzie greenwood hughes kyle edmondsme cabbages is something that you have to get used to. the british number two battled a0 degrees heat to reach the fourth round of the australian open equalling his best showing at the grand sum. he is the drop and he had come from two to one down. he will play the italian for a place in the quarterfinals as the second successive day of extreme temperatures. 0rganisers say they will review their policy at the end of the tournament. england's creditors are one. after a troubled winter for english cricket. even when faced with batting like this from australia, england's one—day side refused to panic. when he fell australia stumbled. england took advantage and took wickets. the innings was over. 270 never looked enough. england would have to find a new hero. here he lasted only four balls. even the clatter of quick wicket did little to throw them off their stride. england full of confidence. burnley have agreed a deal to sign him. he still needs to have a medical at burnley but personal t

also paulina edmond of san jose, and in the short dance also taking place this afternoon, alyana of los gatos and her partner athlete. and keeping up with the men, he was able to land his first come by nation, but it is the last jump that was consider ed ed toa much easier element that briefly sent him the ice, chen took fifth in the men's program fwhoushgs way that he is likely or anybody is likely to catch up with nay then chen in first place and considered to be america's best chance at gold in pyeongchang. >> i did a mixed quad and triple axel and a stupid mistake and i got into the program and i had too good of a flow and so i stepped really far over to the left. but other than that, i think that it was great. my footwork felt good and the spin was good. >> and so to the put together a list of the highlights at the events events at the sap center. the sap center opens up at 8:00 this morning for practice, and so the short dance competition opening up, and tickets are still available at skate san jose.com. reporting live outside the sap center, bob redell. >> i hate to see them fall

first up for this night's competition, the women's short program is san jose's own edmonds. the 19-year-old is making a come back after a serious foot injury. she described the pressure of competition. >> even though i was happy with each element that i nailed, i didn't let myself fully relax until the last spin. >> reporter: she tells me her goal is to skate well and make the u.s. olympic team. and the 13-year-old figure skater is also from san jose and placed 7th in the junior competition. >> i like to be able to express myself and the artistry about it. it is fun to try jumps. >> reporter: this is the first time since 2012 that san jose has hosted the u.s. figure skating championships. the performances dazzled on this opening night. >> in terms of jumping and spinning, i love it. >> reporter: the legends have this advice for aspiring olympians. >> be calm, fierce and show your own self. >> have that vision inside of and you follow that and really embrace it and enjoy it. >> reporter: the u.s. figure skating championship wraps up on sunday. that's when we will know which a

i went back to the exact same area i was in the first tour, dashcam -- camp edmonds was the south of the kwang tree area. flew the same areas. didn't go into the assaw valley, but everywhere around there. we flew over north vietnamese aircraft positions. they'd wave at us and we'd wave at them. it was difficult for these young warrant officers over there. they had been trained, and they were looking for a war. and they wanted a war. they wanted a shooting war. and there was no shooting war going on. and that was a bit of a morale problem because they -- they wanted to go out and shoot somebody, to be honest with you. that was not the time we wanted to be shooting. we were basically told. it was also a time that drugs started to come in. we never had a problem with anybody related to drugs my first tour over there. if there was a problem, i wasn't told about it. it was just taken care of and the individual left. i don't know how he left or where he left to and so forth. second tour there were some issues. and they weren't dealt with as well as i at the time they came up thought they s

also, paulina edmonds of san jose, and in the short dance competition taking placele early in the afternoon, there is the pa partners from los gatos. and on sunday, the men's team will be chosen. one local athlete is vincent cho of palo alto. he was able to land the first jump without a problem, and a very difficult quadruple-triple combination, and the last jump the easier element that caused him trouble briefly are sending him to the ice. chen, and joe took fifth in the short program, but no way that he or anybody is going to catch nathan chen who is sitting far away in first place, and considered to be america's best chance at gold in pyeongchang. >> i did a nice quad, and the triple-axel i made a stupid mistake and got way into the program, and i like had too good of a flow, so i stepped really far over to the left, but other than that, i think it is great. my spin is good and my footwork is feeling good. >> take a look at the tv screen, we put up a highlight of the events taking place in the u.s. figure skating championships at the sap enter. in an hour and a half, the rink is going to

san jose's polina edmonds is currently in 7th.nd san francisco's din tran won a silver in the men's division. he grew up in the tenderloin in a small studio apartment with his three brothers, congratulations, din tran. i'm dennis o'donnell. see you tonight. >>> people felt the bay area's early-morning earthquake all over the area and i'm near the epicenter this morning hearing some of their stories including a man working in the icu. next. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: we are live at the usgs headquarters in the san francisco bay area of experts are getting ready and we'll have a live update coming up. >> closed cap tioning for this newscast is sponsored by "living spaces." shook the bay area overnight. i'm michelle griego. and i'm kenny choi. it s ary fourth. >>> we are following developing news. a magnitude 4.4 earthquake shook the bay area overnight. i'm michelle griego. >> good morning. i'm kenny choi. it is thursday, january 4th. we have live team coverage. the earthquake struck around 2:30 this morning centering just a couple mile

. >> kyle edmonds doesn't mind. pink panther attire in the australian open semifinals. looks good on you, though. chillis wins to advance to his first final down under to play either roger federer or chung. >>> remember the brainchild of vince mcmahon? it was going to change the way football was played. it folded after one season in 2001. >> this is the xfl! cities to be determined...the >> wow. >> today mcmahon announced he plans to bring the xfl back in 2020 with eight teams. cities are to be determined. the league won't rely on as many gimmicks this time around, but play faster games in the nfl and will require its players to stand for the national anthem and if you're scoring at home, remember 2020, that's the year the raiders are supposed to relocate to las vegas leaving oakland wide open for the xfl. >> they playing their games in the winter or summer? >> yet to be determined. i'll have more on my blog. >> yeah. and nightbeat, i'm sure. >> usfl invaders, remember that? they played in oakland. it's tough to compete with the big boys in the nfl. we'll see. >> thanks

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. >> brown: another young artist saying yes was john edmonds, who showed a series of photographs of youngis a different way of entering and thinking about politics and you know political art, art that's not blatantly about sort of sending a message but more so inviting the viewer to kind of contemplate on their own sort of mindset. >> brown: do you think an artist has a responsibility to address political issues overtly? >> it's an artist's responsibility to be mindful of the political climate there, because photographs and images they; have a great amount of power. >> brown: that ¡climate' for the people here meant a response to growing divisions within the country. >> for me donald trump has really brought something forward to bear on us all. he's brought forward very clear ideas about what america should and shouldn't be, at a moment and for that reason i think that his election has been absolutely remarkable and necessary because it lays bare the clarity of the moment and how splintered the country is and what people are really fighting around. >> brown: are you worried that this is m

good to talk to you, happy new year, edmond king from the aa, thank you for being with us. insisted there's no crisis in the health service, despite their decision to postpone all non—urgent operations and routine outpatient appointments until next month. officials say they have taken early action to ease winter pressures and avoid last minute cancellations. but senior doctors say pressure has "escalated rapidly" over the festive period. it's estimated tens of thousands of patients could be affected. our health editor, hugh pym, has more. ambulance siren. there's always great pressure on the nhs in the new year. but the strains seem even bigger this year. two ambulance services in england, covering the north—east and east, are on the highest state of operational alert, asking families to use their own transport to bring patients into hospital where possible. the trust running scarborough and york hospitals said high numbers of patients and staff were under considerable pressure. i've worked in a number of different emergency departments around the country and that's the wor

. >> my name is david edmond on the board of the middle east forum. i wonder if the speakers could forecast what they expect palestinian leadership and palestinian governance to look like one year from now and let's say ten years from now. this violates the famous line of yogi berra -- never make predictions, especially about the future. [laughter] >> one year from now it doesn't -- i mean, because of president abbas' age, palestinians are thinking about succession issues. so that's a question one would have to assume he would not ten years from now be the palestinian president and the head of the p.a., plo, and the fatah party. one year from now, you know, the assumption would be it will look pretty much the same. i think palestinians are trying to figure out now how changed is washington? there is a story in "the jerusalem post" today saying that palestinians, that the plo, which is officially the part that negotiates with israel, in charge of foreign affairs, the plo is thinking of saying we're not going to work with the americans anymore, the amer

jingle) >>> that would be a raging gulf fire north of oklahoma city that engulfed a building north of edmondral homes, structures and vehicles were destroyed. warm, dry and windy conditions have triggered a ban on burning in 40 counties in western oklahoma. >>> fema has announced its ending food and water aid shipments to puerto rico. >> they stated the restoration of its food and water supply chain as well as the availability of water supplies. but the puerto rico state coordinating office says they have not heard about any transition plans. he says the government of puerto rico does not agree with the move. we should point out, there are a lot of people still in puerto rico living without power, four months after the hurricane. >>> and a top official at hawaii's emergency management agency has resigned. it's following the false alert of the incoming missile attack. >> a new report reveals that worker who sent that alert thought that an actual attack was imminent. martha has the details. >> this is not a drill. >> reporter: the worker who sent more than 1 million hawaiians into a panic with

four other american soldiers were wound edmond in afghanistan's nangarhar province.enator cory booker says the army identified the dead soldiers as sergeant first class mihail golin of new jersey. >>> rescuers worked late into the night after a bus plummeted off a cliff in peru. 48 people were killed and 6 seriously hurt. a tractor-trailer hit the bus in a dangerous section of highway known as devil's curve about 40 miles north of the capital of lima. the bus fell around 260 feet to the rocky beach below. three people are still missing. firefighters say the search is difficult because there is no direct road to that beach. peru's transportation minister said the speed of both vehicles was apparently a factor in the accident. >>> the long-time president of the mormon church died last night. thomas monson had served at the church's highest levels more than half a century. he kept a low public profile during nearly a decade as president. at the same time as mitt romney's political campaign put a spotlight on mormon beliefs. a church statement says president monson had a

. >> walter, and edmond, thank you very much. and have a good weekend. >> hey google. >> you just turned on about a thousand devices. >>> it is the last day of the world economic forum here in davos, switzerland and the business world has been focused on president trump's closing key note speech. trump made a big sales pitch for investing in america and explained his america first message. >> america is the place to do business so come to america, where you can innovate and create and build. i believe in america as president of the united states, i will always put america first. just like the leaders of other countries should put their country first also but america first does not mean america alone. >> goldman sachs lloyd blankfein just tweeting, said give trump credit for campaigning where there is r no elect or votes his missage, promoting american's interest. doesn't mean withdrawing from the world. agreed now we can stick with international commitments on environment and trade and defense. and trolling at end. and "time" mag

temperaments, and in the melbourne heat, dimitrov was the first to crack, leaving the door open for edmondstasy of winning. edmund through to the semifinals. if he can keep control of the nerves, well, who knows? adam wild, bbc news. so he will face world number four marin cilic in the semifinal on thursday morning. he has beaten world number one rafael nadal in just the last half—hour, nadal forced to one rafael nadal in just the last half—hour, nadalforced to retire with an ankle problem in the fifth set. arsenal manager arsene wenger says alexis sanchez‘s move to manchester united is right for the player. yesterday he signed a deal worth £40 million. wenger says he's going to a great club and the financial aspect of the deal was important for sanchez, who will turn 30 this year. ben stokes won'tjoin up with england for the tour of new zealand until after his court appearance on february 13th. the all—rounder is due at bristol magistrates' court on the same day he was supposed to be making his international comeback in a twenty20 match. stokes has been charged with affray after an inciden

through and it was one game, not set, one game that lasted 20 minutes early in the fourth set which edmondt was mighty tight and played over 3.5 hours in temperatures of 39 celsius. incredible. pretty cold around the uk, lots of snow we know the heat affected johanna konta yesterday — give us a sense for you and the players how bad and brutal it has been. it has been brutal but not quite brutal enough of them to call off play. they have a scientific formula, it depends on the air temperature and when it gets to a0 people talk about the sort of area where there may be a suspension of play that you also have to have high levels of humidity and the humidity is not that high today. there is a little bit of a nice breeze as well from the north, which is the hot wind in australia, it ultimately you put all of those figures into their computer and it was safe to play in the opinion. 0ther computer and it was safe to play in the opinion. other players have spoken out about it, pile wasn't too fast, he said it is one of those things, i accepted fast, he said it is one of those things, iaccepted isn

edmonds through to the semifinals. if he can keep control of those nerves, who knows? retire with an ankle problem in the fifth set. meanwhile, more shocks in the women's game as belgium's elise mertens thrashed fourth seed elina svitolina to book her place in the semifinal. the world number 37 won 6—4, 6—0 — breaking five times and winning 28 of 52 points on the ukrainian's serve. it's the first time she's beaten a top five player and goes into the semifinal on a 10—match winning streak. she'll take on the winner of this match next — carla suarez navarro and caroline wozniacki are on court. it is one set apiece. wozniacki is serving for the match, currently 5—2 in the third set. arsenal manager arsene wenger says alexis sanchez‘s move to manchester united is right for the player. the deal was a straight swap for midfielder henrikh mkhitaryan a player wenger has long admired and says suits the teams style — speaking this morning wenger outlined why he thought sanchez wanted to leave arsenal for their premier league rivals. 29 years old, will be 30 in 2018 and that was