paris has become a cold and lonely city for the british after repeated french exit, only heather watsonned at the party against fiona pharaoh, she was guiding drop shots. dodging raindrops. but there was under the peril in the air. —— fiona ferro. ferro powered back preparing the early break and then the tie—break wrestling the set from watson's grass. for now ferro must imagine the appreciative crowd. watson rate several paces before her —— pull her opponent, has failed to win... she fizzled. ferro since her chance in the game, showing me the second round here once before and advance towards it after with sleep. there will be no brits there for the first time in seven years. game, set, match from a chipper chip over and for britain, the french open is already close. —— championship over. patrick gearey, bbc news. better news for world number one novak djokovic. he took the first set six love against his opponent and the next two also went his way, 6—2, 6-3, but next two also went his way, 6—2, 6—3, but his swedish opponent did manage a rather impressive hotdog winning the point by play

heather watson was the last one standing today — but she too was beaten in her opening round match — days. patrick gearey was watching. paris has become a lower city for the british after a repeated french exit heather watson remained at the party. she began brightly, guiding drop shots. perfect. dodging raindrops. but there was another peril in the air. powering back. rappelling in the dominating the tie—breaker, rappelling in the dominating the tie—brea ker, wrestling the rappelling in the dominating the tie—breaker, wrestling the set on the grasp, french for now, she was to mash and the appreciative cloud. and yet to win this since tennis restarted. she fears that she sensed a chance in the seventh game. she's only made the second round here once before but seem to advance towards it effortlessly. there will be no brits there for the first time in seven yea rs. brits there for the first time in seven years. game set match, championship over and for britain, the french open is already closed. after the match watson admitted she couldn't see where future british success would come f

the lawn tennis association has dismissed heather watson's stinging assessment of the british game. out of the french open yesterday, that meant that for the first time in seven years, at any grand slam, there would be no british player in the second round. after her defeat she bemoaned a lack of talent coming through. i think personally that more players need to get help rather than just helping you your selected, i don't know how many there are, but handful of players. and ifeel like know how many there are, but handful of players. and i feel like there needs to be a pull of support and that way you are not spoiled and not given everything at a young age and you can work for an learning the grind of the hard work of the tour and what it takes. this was the response from the lta ceo scott lloyd today. the lta very much at odds with watson. a little earlier i spoke to british player naomi broady. i totally get both sides to it but i agree with heather in the sense that if we can get more people involved in the sport in the country and not just only on telly i will but if people don'

been a great couple of days for british players at the french open — they're all out — except heather watsonay liam broady, who was a qualifier, was beaten by the czech republic'sjiri vesely in the opening round. broady, who was appearing in the main draw at roland garros for the first time, did level the match at one set all but ultimately went down in four. meanwhile, the british number three, cameron norrie looked like he was in for a trouble—free evening as he raced into a 5—love lead in the first set against daniel elahi galan, winning it 6—4. he was two sets to one up, too, but the colombian came back to win in five and make it into the second round. the 12—time winner and defending champion rafael nadal eased into the second round after beating belarus' egor gerasimov in straight sets. it took him a little over a couple of hours to make it past the world number 83. and the man who's lost the past two finals at roland garros to nadal, dominic thiem, is also into the second round as he beat croatia's marin cilic in straight sets. in the women's draw, sixth seed serena williams has taken

heather watson is about to start her first round match in france.t for this players yesterday with brody and norrie knocked out. novakjock affects is back today for the first time since his mistake hitting someone with the ball. essex county cricket club says there trophy celebrations did not meet their values after a muslim player had a beer poured over him at lord's cricket ground following the victory over somerset. the club said they would bring cricket to everybody but further work needs to be done on diversity in society in general. —— novak djokovic. borisjohnson has this morning announced his plans to offer a free, fully funded college course to people without an a level or equivalent qualification from next april. let's listen to some of what he had to say. from next april we will introduce a new funding promise and fund classes for adults equivalent to all teaching skills which are highly in demand. they will let anyone who leave school without a level or equivalent get the qualifications they need when they need them helping people to cha

now, britain's involvement in the french open singles is over as heather watson became the latest toe. watson started well but her french opponent recovered and took the first set to a tie—break which she dominated. again in the second, watson allowed early momentum to fade as the french player took the plate in straight sets. no bricks in round two for the first time in seven years. after the match, watson admitted she can't see where future british success will come from. i think, where future british success will come from. ithink, personally, that more players need to get help rather than just helping your selected, i don't know how many there are, handful of players and i feel like there needs to be a bigger pool of support and then that way, you are not spoiled and you are not given everything out a young age and you can, you need to work for it and learn the grind and the hard work of the tour and what it takes. meanwhile, the fifth seed past four from two sets down against spain to ta ke from two sets down against spain to take his place in the second round. the greek who had

coming up on bbc news, britain's involvement in the french open singles is over as heather watson becomesnumber of people worldwide who have died with covid—19 has passed one million. that comes from johns hopkins university in america which has been keeping a tally of covid numbers. deaths in the us, brazil and india make up nearly half that total. the un secretary—general called it a "mind—numbing" figure. here's our medical editor fergus walsh. every grave marks a life cut short, a mother, father, brother, sister lost to covid—19. this is indonesia, but the impact of coronavirus since it emerged in china late last year has been truly global. these are the five countries which have recorded the most deaths with covid—19. the united states is top, with more than 200,000, followed by brazil, india, mexico and the united kingdom. many of those deaths, especially among the frail elderly, will have been at least partly due to other underlying health problems. 33 million cases of coronavirus have been recorded, and we know the pandemic is accelerating, with 2 million new cases every week. but

and coming up in sport on bbc news, no british players are left in the french open, as heather watsono go out in the first round. good evening. there's evidence of growing confusion among the public about the new covid restrictions being put in place in the north—east of england and that confusion seems to extend to government ministers — and to borisjohnson himself. the prime minister apologised earlier today for failing to give an accurate answer about the new restrictions. he'd been asked to clarify them after one of his ministers said she could not provide an answer. so here's a reminder: these are the areas in the north—east of england where a new law banning households from mixing indoors, including in pubs and restaurants, will come into force from midnight tonight. people who break the rules here will be fined. our north of england correspondent fiona trott is in newcastle with the latest. tonight they are getting ready to change their lives yet again about details of this new law have not yet been published. a complete list of the indoor venues that are included and what is e

jo konta, who beat her compatriot heather watson in straight sets.tart of something special. andy swiss, bbc news. she's already made history in the boxing ring — now the olympic gold medalist nicola adams will do the same in the new series of strictly come dancing. she'll become the first contestant to compete as part of a same—sex pairing. lizo mzimba reports. she has already made sporting history... nicola adams, the first woman to win two 0lympic titles in the boxing ring! soon, double olympic champion nicola adams will be making television history. the first celebrity to have a same—sex dancing partner. nicola, who has already been showing off a few moves on to tiktok, knows that this is a big moment. i think it's really important, yes. it is definitely time for change, it is definitely time to move on and be more diverse. and this is a brilliant step in the right direction. it all comes after this year's series of itv‘s dancing on ice saw former pop star ian h watkins competing alongside professional skater matt evers. although until now strict

heather watson is the only brit remaining in the singles, she plays later today.lped england to another dominant win over the west indies in the fourth t2o as they won by 44 runs to go 4—0 up. jones made 55 from 37 balls, coupled with heather knight's 42 — in what was england's most impressive performance with the bat so far, 19 fours and five sixes. the final match takes place on wednesday in derby. that is all your sport news from a glorious prenton park. back to you, victoria. thank you very much, sally. the health service in england is dealing with a surge of coronavirus cases, while tackling a "huge backlog" of people needing care, with exhausted staff. that's according to the nhs confederation, which represents trusts and other health care providers. they're warning it could be difficult to deliver safe and effective services with the current level of funding. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. the response of the health service to the first wave of the pandemic, quickly reshaping services to cope with a huge number of very ill patients, has be

heather watson becoming the latest to exit the competition after the opening round.ed. and then again in the second, watson allowed early momentum to fade as ferro took the match in straight sets and the frenchwoman ensuring there are no brits around and round two of the singles for the first time in seven years. meanwhile the world number one novak djokovic came through his first round type co mforta bly, through his first round type comfortably, he did six of against his opponent. the next two also went his opponent. the next two also went his way 6—2, 6—3 but his finish opponent did a rather impressive hot dog as it is known, putting a point by playing the ball through his legs. —— his opponent from finland. it is as good as winning, isn't it? macclesfield town have been expelled from the nationally 13 days after they were wound up by the high court. the club had been due to begin their season against bromley on saturday and the national league said ina on saturday and the national league said in a statement that the notice of expulsion would take effect from the

youngster chiago zybutch vilge, and also coverage of the all—british encounter betweenjo konta and heather watsonfifth on stage four, won by one of the race favourites, primoz roglic. britain's adam yates was in the leading pack approaching the stage finish, that means he stays second in the overall rankings. but roglic underlined his tour credentials, with the strongest finish out of all the race favourites. he's up to third place overall. england's newest striker, mason greenwood, says it's a dream come true to be called into gareth southgate's squad for the first time. the 18—year—old's been included for the nations league matches against iceland and denmark having impressed for manchester united — where having started the season as a youth player, he finished as a first team regular. you can be called any time and i was called to some year of league games earlier this season. i took my chance really, i'd just been playing and just took everything as a game. i've just been out there playing my football it's a dream come true. i've been playing for england it's on privileged and honoured to as

it's another big day for the brits today, withjo konta and heather watson meeting in the opening round their teams walking around with masks on. it's alljust very different walking around with masks on. it's all just very different and walking around with masks on. it's alljust very different and a little bit sad, because like i said, the fa ns bit sad, because like i said, the fans are what... i don't know, they give life to the tournaments and everything. and there'll be commentary on that match on bbc radio and the bbc sport website later. murray is due on court at about five o'clock. commentary too on dan evans' first match and the all—british encounter betweenjo konta and heather watson. the former fifa president sepp blatter is being questioned by swiss prosecutors, investigating a payment of over £1.5 million to michel platini in 2011, when he was president of uefa. platini faced the panel yesterday. the controversy led to both men being banned from football five years ago. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. policing, justice, and the recent v

heather watson has said she's worried about the future of british tennis, after becoming the final brit see who's next." she was beaten in straight sets by fiona ferro. she's lost six straight matches since the professional game returned last month. there are no british players in round two at roland garros for the first time in seven years. i think personally that more players need to get help rather than just just helping get selected. i don't know how many there are, and ifeel like there needs to be a bigger pool of support, and then in that way, you are not spoiled and you are not given everything at a young age, and you need to work for it and learn the grind and the hard work of the tour, and what it takes. the newest team in netball‘s superleague, leeds rhinos, have made their first signing. and it's england's most capped player, jade clarke, who joins after two seasons at wasps. she's played 176 times for her country and was part of the team that won gold at the commonwealth games two years ago. the campaign is due to start in february, after the last superleague season was aban

one british woman was guaranteed to go through — becausejohanna konta took on heather watson.a record—equalling 24th grand slam singles title got under way with a straight sets victory over fellow american kristie ahn. you can see all the results on the bbc sport website. well if andy murray‘s comeback wasn‘t enough dramatic sport for you last night, at old trafford there was a gripping finale to england‘s twenty20 series with pakistan. the tourists set an imposing target of 191. mohammad hafeez here top scored with 86 while teenage debutant haider ali added 51. england though looked to be chasing well with moeen ali putting on a brilliant batting display. but they needed six off the final ball and couldn‘t do it, falling just short. meaning the series ends in a 1—1 draw. and finally, it‘s the international break as the home nations prepare for matches across europe. it‘s also the first time some players will get that first call up to play for their country. wolves captain conor coady is one of them. he‘s in the england squad for their games against iceland and denmark. he‘s d

heather watson has said she's worried about the future of british tennis, after becoming the final britrs. i think personally that more players need to get help rather than justjust helping get selected. i don't know how many there are, and ifeel like there needs to be a bigger pool of support, and then in that way, you are not spoiled and you are not given everything at a young age, and you need to work for it and learn the grind and the hard work of the tour, and what it takes. that's your sport. carol has the weather for us this morning from kew gardens. whatever have you got for us? good morning. we are in the temperature house at the moment and we are here because you gardens today are relating the state of the world pla nts relating the state of the world plants and fungi report. we are joined by dr colin clubb, the head of conservation science here at kew gardens. got the report with you and you took part in it. good morning. it's great for you to join us at the temperate house. that's what the plant is all about, unlocking the treasure trove of wild plant and fungal diversity, t

heather watson is the only brit remaining, she plays later today. by 44 runs to go 4—0 up. a really dominant performance from them. jones made 55 from 37 balls, coupled with heather knight's 42 — in what was england's most impressive performance with the bat so far, 19 fours and five sixes. the final match takes place tomorrow in derby. so, that is just about it from me here at prenton park. dan, i heard you talking about that little incident between rory kee and the liverpool boss, juergen klopp. a moment of fantastic passive—aggressive commentary, wasn't it? there was a real moment there. never mind. rory won't bear a grudge, will he? not for too long. but i thinkjuergen klopp heard the word sloppy and rory said it wasn't brilliant. juergen klopp decided to pick up on that. it was quite a takedown, wasn't pick up on that. it was quite a ta kedown, wasn't it? pick up on that. it was quite a takedown, wasn't it? it really was. and rory had said liverpool had played brilliantly. ithinkjuergen klopp would say at that point, there are going to be momen

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and one british woman was guaranteed to go through because johanna konta took on heather watson.nd slam singles title got underway with a straight sets victory over fellow american kristie ahn. you can see all the results on the bbc sport website. well, if andy murray's comeback wasn't enough dramatic sport for you last night, at old trafford there was a gripping finale to england's twenty20 series with pakistan. the tourists set an imposing target of 191. mohammad hafeez here top scored with 86 while teenage debutant haider ali added 51. england though looked to be chasing well with moeen ali putting on a brilliant batting display. but they needed six off the final ball and couldn't do it, falling just short, meaning the series ends in a 1—1 draw. obviously very disappointed. i mean, do not get us over the line, disappointed with that. it doesn't feel the same when you don't win. but, you know, it was nice to come off today after a while and it was just more of a mindset thing. so plenty of great sport about last night, but apologies to the english cricketers. if any murray is i

bbc news: she was made to work for it butjohanna konta has won the battle of the brits, beating heather watsonn the first round of the us open. good evening. we start with the latest measures being imposed by the scottish government at midnight tonight to control the spread of coronavirus. the measures, restricting visits to other households in glasgow and two neigbouring areas, will affect nearly a million people. the first minister, nicola sturgeon, said the number of cases had been

and heather watson has finally begun her campaign at the french open.get those questions in. first of all, this one from carol. do the new restrictions about meeting people apply solely to the areas under the new law? for example i live in county durham but have plans to meet and stay overnight with friends within the rule of six guidance within the next two weeks. would be that considered illegal‘s i think a lot of people who have travel plans like carol will be asking a similar thing. firstly, there are no legally enforcea ble firstly, there are no legally enforceable travel restrictions about around these. these rules will not prevent anyone going in or out of the areas that are mentioned in the north—east. these are legally enforcea ble the north—east. these are legally enforceable restrictions coming into interior indoors and has of mixing. there is strong advice about travel restrictions that is an essential travel only. there is a list of about what essential travel includes, to work or childcare. i will come back to the later. technically, for c