danny savagejoins me now from headingley cricket ground.d its ground? yes, clive, yorkshire team and its ground? yes, clive. when — yorkshire team and its ground? yes, clive. when the _ yorkshire team and its ground? yes, clive, when the racist _ yorkshire team and its ground? 1a: clive, when the racist treatment of azeem rafiq became public here at yorkshire county cricket club, it wasn'tjust yorkshire county cricket club, it wasn't just a yorkshire county cricket club, it wasn'tjust a pr disaster, it was a financial disaster for them as well. sponsors began to desert the club, there were a number of resignations and then the ecb withdrew the rights for the ground here at headingley to host international matches, and that really was a financial problem for this club because test matches and the one—day internationals fill their stadium behind me with thousands of cricket supporters. but since those revelations were made, there is a new chairman here, a new leader, lord patel, and he has effectively turned the club around, righted many wron

the ban on yorkshire cricket hosting international matches at headingley has been lifted. subject to the club meeting the remaining key requirements — by the end of march. headingley will host a test against new zealand and a one—day game against south africa this summer. and that's all the sport for now. hello again. this weekend, we'll see outbreaks of rain and it's often going to be quite windy as well, but choose your moments — there will be a few brighter and drier interludes around. at the moment, we're seeing rain spread in from the west. we did have an early frost to start the night, but that frost is easing out of the way as those winds pick up and the cloud spreads in. so, these are the figures heading into the first part of saturday morning, and the weather kind of slices and dices three ways. we've got this zone of heavy rain pushing into wales and northern england, showers for scotland and northern ireland, a few brighter and drier moments here. for east anglia and southeast england, you might get away with a dry day. it will be pretty blustery, though, and th

the england and wales cricket board has lifted yorkshire's ban on international matches at headingleyclub made by former player azeem rafiq. the ecb today said it would now overturn the decision subject to the club meeting the remaining key requirements — by the end of march. headingley will host a test against new zealand and a one—day game against south africa this summer. that's all the sport for now. here in the uk, the duchess of cambridge, has recorded a bedtime story for the bbc. she's chosen to read the owl who was afraid of the dark — which follows the story of plop, a baby barn owl who is encouraged by others to face his fears. the duchess described it as one of her favourite books as a child which she now reads to her own children. take a listen. with an encouraging tale, we can all feel scared sometimes to slake our little owl friend. but as mrs barr and i will sit, spare to find out about the things that scare us before we make up her mind. and with the help of others, we can often fix things that worry us. now, it is time for bed. night night and sleep tight. the duchess

there was a terrific game at headingley in rugby league's super league today, with warrington comingleeds rhinos by 22 points to 20. eight time super league champions leeds led for much of the first half before josh charnley scored one of his two tries to send warrington injust two points behind at the break. the rhinos extended their lead in the second half, but with six minutes left on the clock it was 20 points all when connor wrench crossed the line. that left his team—mate stefan ratchford to conquer his nerves. that he did, completing a memorable 22—20 win for the wolves. its currently 16—10 to huddersfield against toulouse. that's all from sportsday. you can catch up with more on the bbc sport website, but from all of us, goodbye. a little bit of brightness to end the day across some parts of the country. but overall, it was a cloudy day with rain at times, and the week ahead is also looking very unsettled, as this powerfuljet stream is expected to send multiple areas of low pressure in our direction — that means bouts of wind and rain, and actually, from midweek onwards, some

there was a terrific game at headingley in rugby league's super league today, with warrington cominghampions leeds led for much of the first half before josh charnley scored one of his two tries to send warrington injust two points behind at the break. the rhinos extended their lead in the second half, but with six minutes left on the clock it was 20 points all when connor wrench crossed the line. that left his team—mate stefan ratchford to conquer his nerves. that he did, completing a memorable 22—20 win for the wolves. later, newcomers tolouse take on huddersfield. that's all from sportsday. i'll be back with you in around an hour. for now, goodbye. can you hear me? hello? yes, can you hear me? are you muted? no, are you frozen? all i'm getting is me back. i can hear me. hang on. sorry! hang on! what have you done? have you dropped the phone? yeah, sorry. i can hear you now. hello? you've got me? yes, there we go. i'm more used to talking to you like this than in real life now. yeah, and i'm more used to talking to you while you're walking up and down wherever you're going. did you

headingley will host a test against new zealand and a one—day game against south africa this summer.alas coming up. the uk economy continued to rebound from the pandemic last year, growing by 7.5% in total, despite a slight dip in december caused by the omicron variant. the chancellor rishi sunak has welcomed the latest figures, which follow a dramatic collapse in the economy of 9.4% in 2020 because of coronavirus. but economists are warning that inflation will continue to rise in the coming months, affecting people�*s spending power. here�*s our economics correspondent andy verity. in sutton in ashfield in nottinghamshire, at this maker of precision components for the likes of rolls—royce and bentley, business has bounced back rapidly, just as it has in the wider economy — up by 7.5% last year, the fastest growth in more than 80 years. it�*s the opposite problem to the stillness of the first lockdown. plenty of work but a struggle getting the staff to do it, and the cost of raw materials threatens to wipe out profits. profit margins obviously were affected in terms of rises in suppl

warrington wolves have started their super league season with a win over leeds rhinos at headingley.r game, huddersfield beat toulouse. it was a big race day at newbury, with a surprise winner in europe's richest handicap hurdle. there was a photo finish, with victory in the betfair hurdle given to the 20—1 shot "glory and fortune", ridden by stan sheppard. trainer tom lacey is now targetring the champion hurdle at next trainer tom lacey is now targetting the champion hurdle at next month's cheltenham festival. we are halfway through the winter olympics and team gb are still without a medal, for the first time in 20 years the british skeleton athletes have failed to reach the podium at a games. there are still hopes in the curling and eve muirhead's team secured an important win against the usa. they lie fifth in the women's standings, with five more matches to play. the top four progress to the semi—finals. great britain's men are third in their round—robin group. day 9 at the winter olympics gets going in the next few hours, you can keep on top of all the action on the bbc sport we

there was a terrific game at headingley in rugby league's superleague, with warrington coming from behind 22 points to 20. warrington trailed for much of the match but drew level when connor wrench crossed the line with six minutes left on the clock. stefan ratchford's conversion secured wolves victory. next to the winter olympics, where there's still no medal for team gb but they've kept their play off hopes on track in the women's curling after the british team won an important match against the united states. the americans went into this unbeaten but despite losing two of their three matches so far — eve muirhead here, vicky wright, jen dodds and hailey duff held off a fightback to win10—5. that means they're back on track in the round robin phase and return to the ice against denmark tomorrow. job done. an impressive win for the scottish quartet. team gb though, have missed out on a skeleton medal for the first time since 2002 as laura deas finished second to last in the final, despite recording her fastest time when she went first in heat four. germany's hannah neise took gold with t

cricket�*s governing body, the ecb, has lifted a ban on test matches being held at yorkshire's headingley following allegations of institutional racism made by former player azeem rafiq. the ecb say the club still needs to make some procedural changes at board level by the end of march, but if they do, then they can stage a test against new zealand and a one—day game against south africa this summer. i have been saying this the last few weeks, that i think in my opinion, under the leadership, the club has shown a real willingness to be different, to change, and to do things in different way, which makes it more welcome for everyone. an additional important when people do show a willingness and a mindset to do the right thing that they are supported, and i'm glad the ecb has taken the right decision today. let's have a quick look at some of the other headlines today. bahrain will host a formula one grand prix until at least 2036. it's the longest deal the sport has with any circuit despite the gulf state attracting strong criticism from human rights groups. it will stage the first race of

headingley will host a test against new zealand and a one—day game against south africa this summer.ng racism, misogyny, abuse, discrimination and homophobia head on. it needs to do so in a really transparent way and it needs to be absolutely honest with the public about what it's doing, how quickly it's going to be able to see changes take effect and what it's going to do, importantly, when people transgress. is there a way of doing that in a way that will satisfy its political masters, the mayor of london and the home secretary? i think there is, i think there is an acceptance that the met under cressida's leadership was shining a light in corners that arguably it should have shone lights in previously. as it shines lights, it's going to find more instances of poor behaviour on the part of officers so the danger, i think, for the met is the situation is going to get worse before it gets better. but if the new met commissioner is upfront and honest with the public about that, it's really clear on the package of measures they are taking to root out inappropriate officers and bring th