ellen white scored a hat—trick to ensure interim head coach hege riise got off to a winning start.nd the first since phil neville left as manager last month. 0ur women's sport reporter jo currie was there. in difficult windy conditions, a 6—0 win from herfirst in difficult windy conditions, a 6—0 win from her first game in in difficult windy conditions, a 6—0 win from herfirst game in charge, hege riise, the fact that she was hebb able to have four different goal scorers and debuts for different players. after the game she said she was delighted, and i did not say what more they could have done today, theyjust said that they could have scored more goals, they could have scored more goals, the fact that england had not been together as a team to play a match for almost a year, they wondered maybe if they were to look a little bit stale, because there were not playing at their best before, but today they are playing against weaker opposition, yes northern ireland are ranked a3 places beneath them, and even came away looking very sharp. and that match when he ran comes to an end, this

england women's interim manager hege riise will take charge of the side for the first time tomorrow night when they play northern ireland in a friendly at st george's park. the lionesses host northern ireland in their first official fixture in almost a year. games against germany and norway were cancelled due to coronavirus. everyone is dying to get back into england _ everyone is dying to get back into england covers and with the new manager— england covers and with the new manager coming in, ithink england covers and with the new manager coming in, i think everybody was impressed. obviously she is a very quiet— was impressed. obviously she is a very quiet and reserved but when she speaks _ very quiet and reserved but when she speaks you _ very quiet and reserved but when she speaks you listen. i think the type of player— speaks you listen. i think the type of player that she is, she is about an attacking style of play and for us the _ an attacking style of play and for us the last few days it has been good _ us the last few days it has been good to— us the last few days it has been good

in the squad, announced by interim manager hege riise, there's one non—white player.sue campbell has told the bbc the game is not diverse and often things need to change it that grassroots level. miriam walker khan reports... the past few years, women's football has grown rapidly but the number of bame players has decreased year by year since 2007 from six to two at the last world cup. that is compared to 13 in the men's team. anita asante says this is about accessibility.— asante says this is about accessibility. asante says this is about accessibili . ., , accessibility. some of the barriers that we know _ accessibility. some of the barriers that we know had _ accessibility. some of the barriers that we know had existed, - accessibility. some of the barriers that we know had existed, they're still prevalent but they are getting more difficult to get the right accessibility for disadvantaged groups of young girls, people don't have that connection, necessarily, to the game because they don't see visible people that look like them or have their shared lipped experienc

lionesses squad for their friendly against northern ireland in a fortnight. the interim head coach hege riiseturday's qualifying session and replace it with a 100km sprint race to decide grid positions for the. the idea could be trialled this season and introduced next year. the head coach eddiejones has again shouldered most of the blame for england's opening six nations defeat to scotland. his side was heavily criticised after an innefectual performance in their 11—6 calcutta cup defeat, the scots first win at twickenham since 1983. england face italy next saturday. the catch responsible for the teams performance. i'm accountable for it. of course we share response ability in terms of performance. and were all equally disappointed. and were all equally disappointed. and were all it is equally committed to the next game we play a lot better. a little bit like chemistry trying to get the right blend of everything. and sometimes that blend is not right but sometimes the information you're discussing is not right. and your team can look terrible. and that's how we were on saturday. we are not a

it was a friendly at st george's park which saw new interim head coach hege riise take charge for thewas set up by lucy bronze and for her hat—trick, white got on the end of a beautifully weighted ball from jill scott. england's fifth was set up by bronze, who put the ball on a plate for rachel daly, and the sixth was a penalty — a debut goal for ella toone. scotland women have lost their last euro qualifier against portugal. they already knew they couldn't qualify for the tournament, but it was a chance for new interim manager stuart mclaren to get to know his squad. scotland had been dominating the match, but rachel corsie's pass back to keeperjenna fife put her under pressure. her kick was blocked by portugal's ana capeta, deflecting the ball into the back of the net before the half—hour mark. and despite numerous chances and having the majority of possession, portugal got a second in added time when a poor clearance from jen beattie was volleyed in by fatimo pinto. everything else, of course, you can head to the bbc sport website, but thatis head to the bbc sport website, but that

england women's interim manager hege riise will take charge of the side for the first time tomorrow nightany and norway were cancelled due to coronavirus. everyone is dying to get back into england _ everyone is dying to get back into england covers and with the new manager— england covers and with the new manager coming in, ithink england covers and with the new manager coming in, i think everybody was impressed. obviously she is a very quiet—

ellen white scores a hat—trick as england thrash northern ireland 6—0 in hege riise's first game in interimtaking overfrom phil neville. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. so, we now have a route out of lockdown in both england and scotland — and with it comes the challenge of working out exactly how businesses will re—open. in england, some bosses are already saying they might want staff to have so—called vaccine passports — proof that they've had the jab. borisjohnson has ordered a review into the matter, describing it as "a deep and complex issue". more on the scottish lockdown plans in a moment but first our deputy political editor, vicki young, reports on why vaccine passports is such a controversial issue. winning her report contains some flashing images. up and down the country every minute of the day. people are getting some protection from the virus that has changed our lives. this is our way out of covid restrictions. if everything goes according to plan this summer dance floors, theatres and concert venues could once again be packed but should everyone be let throu

england women's interim head coach hege riise said the side was capable of winning a major tournamentame in nearly a year. midfielderjill scott is among the senior figures included. she's in line to earn her 150th cap for the lionesses. but arsenal's beth mead has been left out. riise said in a squad ofjust 20, mead's form didn't earn her a place. she has 25 caps and eight international goals but she's been affected by a lack of game time. riise is holding the fort until sarina wiegman takes over permanently after the olympic games. the international olympic committee has condemned comments made by the president of the tokyo 2020 organising committee, despite saying last week that the matter was closed. yoshiro mori said women talk too much and that meetings involving female board members took a lot of time. he later apologied and the ioc have now issued a strong statement, saying his comments were "absolutely inappropriate" and in contradiction to their reforms to the olympic agenda. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's

it was a friendly at st george�*s park which saw new interim head coach hege riise take charge for thescotland women have lost their last euro qualifier against portugal. they already knew they couldn�*t qualify for the tournament, but it was a chance for new interim manager stuart mclaren to get to know his squad. scotland had been dominating the match, but rachel corsie�*s pass back to keeperjenna fife put her under pressure. her kick was blocked by portugal�*s ana capeta, deflecting the ball into the back of the net before the half—hour mark. and despite numerous chances and having the majority of possession, portugal got a second in added time when a poor clearance from jen beattie was volleyed in by fatimo pinto. everything else, of course, you can head to the bbc sport website, but that is all your sport for now. hello there. wednesday is set to be an exceptionally mild day, particularly where you get to see a little bit of brightness, but even if you keep cloud and outbreaks of rain. that was the picture in the scottish borders during tuesday. there�*s more rain to come on wedne

st george's park in their first competitve fixture in almost a year, under new interim manager hege riise— with tests carried out at school, and more done by parents at home. facemasks will also be needed in some classrooms. the measures will try to counter the expected rise in transmissions as children return — but teachers' unions are worried the government is moving too fast. dan johnson reports. soon these key worker kids will not have the corridors to themselves. everyone is due back from the 8th of march with some extra safety measures. i march with some extra safety measures-— march with some extra safety measures. ~ . ., , measures. i think wearing masks in lessons will — measures. i think wearing masks in lessons will be _ measures. i think wearing masks in lessons will be better _ measures. i think wearing masks in lessons will be better because - measures. i think wearing masks in lessons will be better because it. lessons will be better because it will keep us safe and testing, you get tested at school at the moment and i think doing that ourselves will be better because then

it was a friendly at st george's park which saw new interim head coach hege riise take charge for thete pouncing on a mistake from the northern ireland defender to get england's first. her second was set up by lucy bronze and for her hatrick, white got on the end of a beautifully weighted ball from jill scott. england's fifth was set up by bronze who put the ball on a plate for rachel daly and the sixth was a penalty, a debut goal for ella toone. heige riise was very pleased with the performance. 0bviously, six goals, four players getting their first cap, and we pushed over 90 minutes and we wanted more goals. we tried to find the pocket in between, run at them, and we showed character. scotland women have lost their last euro qualifier against portugal. they already knew they couldn't qualify for the tournament, but it was a chance for new interim manager stuart mclaren to get to know his squad. scotland had been dominating the match, but rachel corsie's pass back to keeperjenna fife put her under pressure, her kick was blocked by portugal's ana capeta, deflecting the ball into the b

hege riise was very pleased with the performance.nfortunately. and you can watch this game on the bbc sport website and app. tottenham managerjose mourinho says he's determined to turn around the club's poor run of form, which has seen them fall away from the top four. spurs have lost five of their last six premier league games, and are now nine points away from fourth placed west ham — who they lost to on sunday. iam my i am my emotions. —— iam my emotions. —— i i am my emotions. —— i am calm and in control of my emotions. i cannot switch off, my nature doesn't change. if i lose a game of course i'm not happy but maturity helps. and ifeel very i'm not happy but maturity helps. and i feel very confident. i'm not happy but maturity helps. and ifeel very confident. i believe we are going to improve and i believe that i will be in tottenham history for good reasons and not for bad reasons. a decision will be made by six nations organisers tomorrow over whether scotland's match against france can go ahead, following the coronavirus outbr

it's hege riise's first game as interim manager.game on as long as it's medically safe, the first game of the hundred this summer will be a women's fixture. the month—long tournament will feature double headers with men's and women's teams playing on the same day at the same venue. meanwhile, england's women have beaten new zealand in christchurch to take a 1—0 lead in the three—match one—day international series. nat sciver scored the winning runs as they won by eight wickets. that's all the sport for now. back to you, victoria. sally, thanks very much. on the week where prime minister borisjohnson announced the country's roadmap out of lockdown, we are hosting a series of leaving lockdown interviews. we'll be speaking to a number of high profile names across a variety of sectors, industries and aspects of society to get their thoughts on what we've learnt over the past year and what their hopes are for the future. today we're hearing from dr alex george about the importance of looking after our mental health. dr alex was recently

england�*s interim manager hege riise initially left mead out of the squad, sayinig herform "hasn�*tly, on reflection, i didn�*t need to be in it, and i was ok in dealing with it away from there. and probably when i did take the time off, i could recover my mind better, took a few weeks out and actually mentally feel so much more refreshed and ready to go. whereas i think dealing with it at the time, just keep trying to push as much as i was, but feeling like i was just failing at every attempt. fulham manager scott parker says the surprise birthday party thrown for defender terence kongolo was "not acceptable". and he won�*t feature in the squad for tomorrow�*s game against sheffield united. it�*s alleged that kongolo returned to his flat in the early hours of monday morning after their win at everton, to find a group of friends there. parker says the club will investigate the matter. the chair of football�*s anti—discrimination group — kick it out — says he supports the decision of crystal palace striker wilfred zaha to stop taking a knee before matches. sanjay bhandari says he und

hege riise has named herfirst squad as england women�*s interim head coach. has outlined new measures for travellers in to the uk from overseas who will now be required to get tests on days 2 and 8 of a 10—day quarantine period, which must be spent at home or in a hotel. you�*ve been sending your questions on the new rules and to answer them. i�*m joined by traveljournalistjill starley—grainger and also sean tipton a spokesman for abta, who represent 90% of package tours sold in the uk, and 80% of travel agents. good afternoon to you both. lots of questions on this, as you can imagine. let�*s kick off with claire, who writes and from surrey. and she asks how the double testing for all arrivals on day two and day eight will sit alongside the present five day test to release scheme. does she mean that someone who wants to stop self isolating after five days will need to take retests on day two, day five and 88? complicated. jill. so we five and 88? complicated. jill. 6r we can't get clarity about this from we can�*t get clarity about this from the government, o

following the departure of phil neville, it's hege riise's first game in charge as interim manager.ustralia. and australian news will be restored to the facebook platform. and facebook has committed to entering into good—faith negotiations with australian news media businesses in seeking to reach agreements to pay for content. this follows a series of intensive negotiations with facebook since their actions last thursday, it involved the minister, the prime minister, the head of the accc treasury and myself. we have agreed to make some clarifications to the code. so, an agreement of sorts. the bbc�*s shaima khalil is in sydney. facebook has ultimately agreed to restore its news feed on its platform here in australia in the next few days. we don't know exactly when. essentially, what they have agreed on, i think, are two main things. one, it's something that has been bothering facebook specifically in that news—media bargaining, called the law that is in front of the senate as we speak, which will potentially force tech giants like facebook and google to pay for news content, which i

it's hege riise's first game as interim manager.gst the players to ten. a decision on whether the game can go ahead will be made tomorrow. scottish rugby say they want the game on as long as it's medically safe. france have been really struggling with that outbreak, it will be interesting to see how they manage that. thank you so much. let's have a look at the weather, carol has the details. good morning. another mile day today in prospect today but it is going to be windy wherever you are. —— another mild day. especially windy in the west and rain in the north—west. some snow above 600 metres this morning will last till mid morning and then fade, but the rain will not, heavy rain today across parts of northern ireland, north—west england and scotland. we could see some light rain across parts of the south—west of england with some drizzle, as heavier rain moves in across the north—west of wales. the south—east brightening up after a dull start. talking of the rain, and amber weather warning is being issued for this come up to 120 m