one of the rising stars of british tennis, jacob fearnley, has won his first overseas grand slam match he's played, while kyrgios was making his return from injury. andy murray also returned to the australian open — this time as novak djokovic's coach. djokovic won in four sets. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. but cloud and rain across the west of scotland but it was meyer. sometimes just getting up to 14 celsius, in sharp contrast to the three celsius that we had in north yorkshire. coupled with that, we still have a lot of snow on the ground across the north york moors, and when the wind blows across that it delivers the temperatures, that is why it has been a bruising across parts of north yorkshire. we have a band of rain and beat with a front pushing south, taking the reins from scotland and northern ireland into northern england and north wales overnight. there might be the odd nip of frost across the north—east, but otherwise increasingly mild across the north of the uk. the next few days dominated

rising british tennis star jacob fearnley called it the "best match he's ever played" — after beating home favourite nick krygios in straight sets, to make the second round in melbourne. former wimbledon finalist kyrgios was making his first appearance at melbourne park since 2022 after a string of serious injuries. he struggled through, with signs of the abdominal injury which had affected him in the run up. kyrgios — who is due to play in the doubles alongside thanasi kokkinakis — reiterated it could have been his australian open farewell as a singles player. ididn't ididn�*t want i didn't want to throw in the towel or walk off or retire, i was hurting physically, but a respect my opponent, the fans who have come to see me play. realistically, i can't see myself playing very much again. the defending men's champion — jannik sinner — was pushed hard in his opening victory. the italian came through against nicolas jarry, in straight sets, but taken to a tie break in the first two. sinner eventually winning 7—6, 7—6, 6—1. sinner extending his winning streak to 16 matches dating back to

rising british tennis star jacob fearnley called it the "best match he's ever played" — after beatingmake the second round in melbourne. former wimbledon finalist kyrgios was making his first appearance at melbourne park since 2022 after a string of serious injuries. he struggled through, with signs of the abdominal injury which had affected him in the run up. kyrgios — who is due to play in the doubles alongside thanasi kokkinakis — reiterated it could have been his australian open farewell as a singles player. ididn't want i didn't want to

fellow brit jacob fearnley was unable tojoin draper in the fourth round.sh number three, playing in his first overseas grand slam, lost in straight sets to world number two alex zverev. that covers the british men, and as we mentioned, jack draper plays spaniard carlos alcaraz next — alex fletcher takes a look at his progression into the fourth round, along with a few of the other big names in the tournament. a man on a mission in melbourne. carlos alcaraz, back on the hunt for a career grand slam and the early signs were positive. despite his opponent hitting back, rhat only served as motivation for the spaniard, who went on to take the fourth set 6—2, sealing his place in the last 16. plenty to love about his third round performance. here to see a ten time champion... third round performance. the crowd firmly on the side of novak djokovic and after racing through the first, he served out the second set to seize control against thomas makatsch and there was still time to finish with a flourish. straight set simplicity for the serbian. his place in the nex

spearedheaded by british number one jack draper, jacob fearnley, harriet dart and jodie burridge alsojokovic with ten aussie open titles to his name is also through, coming from being a set down to beat american wild card nishesh basavaredy. it's djokovic's first win with new coach andy murray in his corner. he knows tennis as well as anybody out there, he's a legend of the sport. he understands the highs and lows that you go through on the court, notjust game wise but mentally, physically. so i don't need to do much explaining, you know? he gets everything, he gets everything i'm going through. i really enjoyed it. i really did enjoy it. i think he's a great guy and someone who is a pleasure to have him in my corner. it's day two of the masters snooker at alexandra palace and the former champion ding junhui is through to the quarter—finals. he beat anotherformer winner mark williams, coming through in a deciding frame to win 6—5, despite trailing 5—4. ding last won the event in 2011 and will face eitherjudd trump or barry hawkins next. and that's all the sport for now. thanks so much

there were wins yesterday forjack draper, jacob fearnley, jody burrage and harriet dart with emma raducanuatie boulter progressing today. raducanu says her serve �*had a mind of its own�* after a scrappy straight sets win over russia's ekaterina alexandrova. raducanu hit 15 double faults and lost her serve six times. she faces amanda anisimova of thre us next. of the us next. i'm very pleased to have come through that match. it was difficult, it was quite hot out there, getting quite sunny, and obviously playing against a really experienced and seeded opponent, who is playing great tennis. and i think, yeah, i'm very proud of how i fought and how i overcame certain situations in that match. katie boulter is the highest british seed in the women's draw. she too had a tough opening match but dug deep to beat canada's rebecca marino in three sets. she's up against russian veronika kudrmetova next who has a point to prove aferfailing to make it past the second round of any of the grand slams last year. it wasn't all good news for the british players though. cameron norrie is out after losing i

there were wins yesterday for jack draper, jacob fearnley, jody burrage and harriet dart, with emma raducanuhas a point to prove afer failing to make it past the second round of any of the grand slams last year. it wasn't all good news for the british players though. cameron norrie is out after losing in four sets to italy's matteo berrenttini. the british number two says he could "barely practise" before his opening match because of sickness. new england rugby union captain maro itoje says he's ready to give his all to serve the team and the fans. the saracens forward replaces his club team mate jamie george to lead england at the six nations. george and bristol prop ellis genge will serve as vice—captains in steve borthwick�*s 36—strong squad. you need in any really good team i have been involved in, you have a number of excellent leaders, and i think we are really developing that within the squad, and maro is a guy i think everyone can see he is a world—class player, an incredible professional who they have immense respect for, and ifeel they are really developing a good depth of leadersh

have made it through to the second round of the australian open, and that includes 23—year—old jacob fearnleyvourite and former wimbledon finalist nick kyrgios, who was clearly hampered by injury. but fearnley kept his focus, and composure, to win. patrick gearey reports. a star signs. jake of fernley will get probed plenty of autographed practice, there is a vacancy for a scottish tennis hearing, in a sea of ozzie hostility because of the other end was home favourite nick kyrgios. returning from an injury that may have ended his career. he took the first set and a tie—break but kyrgios was clearly uncomfortable. the problem, not his troublesome wrist but the abdomen. until recently, fearnley had no ranking, he is now in the top 100, he dominated a flagging kyrgios who took two medical time—outs. i come backin took two medical time—outs. i come back in the third, kyrgios wincing, melbourne willing, but in the tie—break fearnley finish the job. the straight sets but straightfaced, he said this is his greatest win. fearnley fever starts here. patrick gary, bbc news. also through to the second r

and coming up on bbc news, we'll have all the latest from the australian open as jacob fearnley has beened out of the tournament by second seed alexander zverev in straight sets. good afternoon. the israeli government is expected to approve a ceasefire and hostage release deal after negotiators from israel and hamas both signed an agreement earlier today. the deal, which would come into effect on sunday, would see a pause in fighting in gaza and allow for the release of about 30 israeli hostages, in exchange for hundreds of palestinians being detained by israel. 0ur correspondentjon donnison has the latest. the ceasefire may be coming but the war is not over yet. 0vernight, israel continued to pound gaza. this morning, palestinians were again burying the dead. more than 100 have been killed in israeli strikes, including at least 20 children, since the deal was announced on wednesday. this tent encampment in southern gaza among the areas hit. translation: we ask god - for the truce to be implemented because the people are really tired of a life of death, a life of killing and a life of de