. withdrawing from most recent tournament ——jo konta. jo konta not to add to that. plans to create a new ‘northern forest‘ stretching from liverpool to hull have been announced by the government. it's providing £5.7 million to increase tree cover along a belt spanning manchester, leeds and bradford. the woodland trust is running the project, which will cost 500—million pounds over 25 years. most of that money will need to be raised by the charity itself. 0ur correspondent roger harrabin has more. the bare hills of the north. one of the most denuded parts of a country which itself has less woodland than almost anywhere in europe. the land stripped over centuries fortimberand farming, scarred by industry, overgrazed by sheep farming. at smithils near manchester, things will be different. planting has begun for what will be known as the northern forest. we think the northern forest will be a pathfinder for extending forest and woodland right across country. we think trees and woods can add value in many different landscapes. we just want to

the british players might feel their draws could have been worse — jo konta against american madisonn‘s yulia putintseva. — so with all the details — here's our tennis correspondent russell fuller from melbourne. johanna konta has won only four of their —— one of theirfour johanna konta has won only four of their —— one of their four matches. she's an awkward opponent, she is 83 places below johanna konta but ifjohanna konta makes progress to the second week, she will have some very challenging matches. but given how she finished last season, losing five matches in a row, she would relish that opportunity. she has a very good record. she could play karolina pliskova in the next round and current world number one simona halep in the quarterfinals. that's a conversation for another day. heather watson starts against the world number 50, a player ranked slightly higher than she is. cameron norrie was defeated earlier today. it willjust be kyle edmund for great britain. it is tough against kevin anderson. they ultimately lost in five sets, but the advantage is if he is one of these peopl

gulrajani watched her straight sets defeat to the world number 123, bernarda pera. in the purpose, jo konta'ser. that was the plan to put it right. early on she stuck to it, but the american qualifier, bernarda pera flourished. she stole the first set. questions forjo konta and her coach. she started to answer them in the second, but she could not look herself. bernarda pera took full advantage, wiping outjo konta's early leads to take charge of the set. not long after, she had the match in her sights, three match point all saved. had the comeback started 7 point all saved. had the comeback started? a break of serve at her back on level terms, but simple m ista kes back on level terms, but simple mistakes were back, and the match slipped away. bernarda pera stepped up slipped away. bernarda pera stepped up to claim a memorable victory. another early exit li—macro one, a feeling that are starting to feel all—too—familiar. it's a bit frustrating but also i think, i'm still taking good stuff from this. i don't feel by any means that it is a massive catastrophe. obviously, i play every event to b

jo konta, i think you said it earlier on, people seek out certain use. —— joe it earlier on, people seeke people have certain royalty. that this is in the context of africa, but the question is taking you bring about change?” think the question is hyper partisanship of politics and news media debate. i think the idea of non—partisan facts, even science, it is itself even questioned are subordinated to partisan politics. he will believe what i can your political leader or spokesman said you what to believe about climate change, about the performance of the economy, about what is happening in your own community... the idea of having a truly independent, fact —based for democratic discussion has been eroded in recent years. so that tribal loyalty has become a breeding ground... it has become all, rather than less, important. that is an enormous dilemma for a messy media, which is not as major partisan. we cannot, by our nature, truly satisfy the demand for that kind of you know, tribal affiliation and identity based. in the united kingdom, you have the daily telegraph, which is famously tor

jo konta staying positive about the future despite the shock exit from the australian open.rld number 123 to be knocked out in the second round in melbourne. bed mistake. antonio conte left angered by the video referee system despite his team reaching the fa cup fourth round at the expense of norwich city. and arsene wenger believes alexis sanchez could move to manchester united in the next 24—48 hours, with mkhitaryan moving as pa rt hours, with mkhitaryan moving as part of that. i will be back with more after half—past. thank you. woody allen's adopted daughter has appeared on cbs this morning to talk about her sexual assault claim against the director. allen was investigated over a 1992 claim by dylan farrow that he sexually assaulted her at the family's connecticut home. prosecutors did not charge the film—maker and he has always denied the allegations, which he claims had been fabricated by his former partner mia farrow. she said she wants to bring woody down. this is really what she was trying to do. bring him down. why should i not want to? why should i not be angry?

let's get some sport now with hugh, who can bring us up to date with the australian open — and jo kontaould enjoy the heat she has. she beat american madison brengle 6—3, 6—1, ten nudging a0 degrees in melbourne but konta called it a nice, sunny day. she grew up in australia. she enjoys the heat. she reached the australian open semifinals in 2016, the quarterfinals last year, both times losing to eventual champion. she is the ninth seed this year, under her new coach, michaeljoyce, she very much enjoyed herself against madison brengle. next up is another american, bernarda pera, who just next up is another american, bernarda pera, whojust ranked next up is another american, bernarda pera, who just ranked 123 in the world. konta was able to focus despite a blueberry tobacco on a recent shopping trip! i went to the supermarket to buy drew brees, i only bought blue breeze, two permits. i left umaga benneteau blooper is there. that is $5i benneteau blooper is there. that is $5 i will not get back, but it is more the betrayal of my own mind that i felt so upset about the blueberries, i was s

and when andy murray was not able to play in the australian open, jo konta went out, kyle edmund has works best against the blue background of the court. we can speak now to paul layfield, who is a coach at kyle edmund's former tennis club in hull. good morning. good morning. fantastic news. absolutely delighted. i have unfortunately not seen delighted. i have unfortunately not seen the end of the match, because i am staring at the camera at the moment but we are absolutely over the moon. and then you had to listen to us talking about at all and you have not been able to see the final point. have you been able to see the rest of it? what have you made of kyle ‘s performance this morning? rest of it? what have you made of kyle '5 performance this morning?m has been fantastic, i have had it on the radio ready much all morning, and have been to help with the bbc and have been to help with the bbc and stuff and it has just been fantastic. well deserved. i mean, he has had a long journey to get there. it has been small steps, but he thoroughly deserves everything he has got. in the last t

jo konta, she has dropped out in the second round.layer you'd expect a breeze past normally. the ninth seed out of the australian open. she was beaten by the 123 and number player in the world. joanna konta struggled to find her game. chelsea beat norwich on penalties 5—3 in a dramatic fa cup replay at stamford bridge. eden hazard scored the winning spot kick after his side were reduced to 9 men in extra time. earlier willian was booked for diving and the referee appeared not to consult var, even though replays suggested he might have been clipped. chelsea will face newcastle next. the shock of the night though came at league one side wigan, who put in a dominant performance to beat premier league side bournemouth 3—0, securing themselves a home tie against west ham in the fourth round. elsewhere, swansea beat championship leaders wolves 2—1 to progress. the ecb say ben stokes is available for their tour of new zealand. their decision comes two days after stokes was charged with affray folllowing a nightclub brawl last september. stok

he was under — after andy murray pulled out with his hip injury before the tournament began and jo kontaing how much potential he has — former world number! mats wilander said he stayed cool under pressure. andy murray's coach tweeted remarking upon his growing belief in himself and andy murray himself tweeted this in response to his victory — quite simply "wow kyle edmund". so let's wait and see if he can reach his first final at tour level — set your alarm for thursday morning. let's put the kiss of death on this and suggest he could go all the way and suggest he could go all the way and win this. well, he'll have to get past marin cillic first — he'll face the world number 4. if he goes on to win the tournament, that would make him the first british player in history to do isa is a new start and merging. you could have forgiven kyle edmund a few nerves but if they were there they were not clear to see, breaking the server of grigor dimitrov in the very first game, but carrying the hopes of a nation brings a special pressure. parring his weight to the first set suggested it isn't yet t

rusedski, who gave us his view on konta winning a maiden grand slam title — and also the prospect of andy murray returning later this year after hip surgery. ifjo is if joy to possibly go all the way this year, because she had a little scare in brisbane where she hurt her hip. i hear that she's fully fit and ready to go. if you look at her section, there's a wonderful opportunity because she's got halep and pliskova, but she a lwa ys got halep and pliskova, but she always plays well in australia. mentally she's stronger and tougher. you have to have the dedication, drive, will power to be the best. jo's been as high as numberfour in the wore. she's been to the semis of wimbledon, the australian, many major titles. she's progressing nicely. now is to get over the hump and intoa nicely. now is to get over the hump and into a grand slam final. maybe this is the tournament she can do it. it's been a really tough time for andy murray. he's already missed six months of his tennis. tried to do it without surgery. he's had surgery do it without surgery. he's had surgery less than a week ago to his hip. that's probably another six months away from the game. its