i'm talking about the former england netball coach — tracy neville who, a year after leading her team8, stepped down to have a baby, well i'm delighted to say she's back coaching and and shejoins me now. i thought you were on the screen behind me. but you are in front of me. we are now the performance operation director at manchester thunder. tell us about your newjob and why the club is so special to you? 0bviously obviously i have a massive history with manchester thunder. not only played in the northwest, for the majority of my career, but also it is where probably developed as a coach and did a high proportion of my coaching and successful coaching there as well, so i think for me to go and start myjourney back into netball and into coaching the really exciting prospect for me. the other part for me is working with the board members and i think with the roles come it wasn'tjust board members and i think with the roles come it wasn't just all about coaching, it was about strategic planning and working with school people and trying to put make us try and be more willing i well numbe

the former england netball coach, tracey neville, has taken on a key role with manchester thunder. the newly—created role of technical operations director. neville will work alongside the coaching team on matchdays and she'll be responsible for the club's performance strategy. some of the players who've been in quarantine in adelaide ahead of the australian open have been taking part in an exhibition event. serena williams was given a grand entrance onto court, and she got the better of naomi osaka in a long three—setter. they were delighted to have 4,000 fans there. we haven't played in front of a crowd for over a year, so it's been a really long time, so this is really cool and for having us entrusting us with your loads and we were so happy be here. that's all the sport for now. latest figures from the office for national statistics suggest that the number of people with coronavirus has changed little in the week to the 23rd january, with the number of infections remaining high across the uk. the bbc�*s head of statistics robert cuffe explained more. the rates are just below one

coming up in the sport in the next 15 minutes on bbc news, a return to netball for the former england coachter thunder. as most pupils are still being schooled from home, there are continued concerns that the digital divide is causing some to fall behind. ten months after the start of the pandemic, some schoolchildren still don't have access to a laptop or affordable broadband. fiona lamdin has more. it's a life changer. and it's also a life saver. this was the moment when alawia and khadijia, ten—year—old identical twins, were given a donated laptop. it made a big impact on our lives because you can get more education and you can get more work done. and we can see our teacher on the online lessons on zoom. the live lessons are amazing, actually. sometimes we do fun stuff. it's notjust the lack of devices that's making it hard for some to study. many families are struggling to get online. near the english—welsh border live the bennetts. they're dairy farmers. 0ur internet isn't so good so we don't get to do so much stuff. for their children, drew and megan, home—schooling is a struggle. wit