katie boulter, that was going to be a tough one for her against the 12th seed.rd but ultimately lost in straight sets 6—3, 6—3. a tough day for many of the british players in melbourne.— tough day for many of the british players in melbourne. thank you, aood to players in melbourne. thank you, good to speak — players in melbourne. thank you, good to speak to _ players in melbourne. thank you, good to speak to you. _ players in melbourne. thank you, good to speak to you. we - players in melbourne. thank you, good to speak to you. we will. good to speak to you. we will continue with the australian opening. the women's number one iga swiatek progressed, but former wimbledon champion elena rybakhina is out — she lost an epic to anna blinkova — the final—set tiebreak at 42 points becoming the longest in a singles match in grand slam history. no such dramas for men's world number two carlos alcaraz — who won in four sets against lorenzo sonego. the spaniard — who was pegged back at 1—1, giving credit to his pre—match music routine, to get fired up and into the zone. b

earlier, there was good news, too, for her compatriots katie boulter and cameron norrie.oll as he sprinted straight for the nearest bin. dan evans is unfortunately out, but for raducanu, though there are tougher tests ahead, for now, it's just a joy to be back. natalie pirks, bbc news. the weather is not quite that hot here. here's stav daneos. good afternoon. many northern areas woke up to snow, parts of northern england to northern ireland, this was salford in greater manchester earlier. it stays very wintry across the northern half of the country, further snow likely, cold and sunnier further south. we further snow likely, cold and sunnierfurther south. we have had a couple of weather fronts moving on, some less cold air pushing in, so the rain, sleet and snow across northern ireland turning back to rain, similarfor northern england with snow becoming confined to the mountains but this more significant bunch of snowfall spreading across northern scotland will sink southwards into the central belt in southern gotland later this evening which could cause issues. snow acr

it was a better day for katie boulter, who knocked out 6th seed jasmine paolini at the linz open in austriaa in the last 16. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. temperatures will continue to fluctuate through the rest of this week. on sunday, of course, we saw temperatures in highland scotland of 20 celsius. and after a frost, typical temperatures monday afternoon were 6 celsius. highest temperatures this time were across southern parts of the uk. cloud breaking up here and there to give some sunshine and 1a degrees in cambridgeshire. in between, we had thicker cloud on these weather fronts, an area of low pressure, bringing some wet weather, that's moving away into the north sea. so it is turning drier. keeping more cloud, though, for england and wales. that'll keep the temperatures up. clearer skies for scotland and northern ireland. it could be a frosty start early in the morning, but the promise of more sunshine for scotland and norther

in the women's draw british number one — katie boulter was tested, but came through in straight sets yuan, while a lot of the focus was undoubtedly on 2021 us open champion emma raducanu, back in grand slam action for the first time in 12 months. she beat american shelby rogers in what she described as an "extra sweet" win. raducanu has missed eight months of action after wrist and ankle surgeries but looked confident and in control in the straight sets win over rogers, who's also had her injury troubles over the past year. raducanu taking the first set 6—3. the former british number one, now ranked 296th in the world, didn't face a break—point in the match and served strongly throughout in front of a packed outside court. she took the second set 6—2 to win the match and will face china's wang yafan in the next round. soa so a good day, then, for emma raducanu who will meet —— ——so a win for raducanu — who will meet katie boulter in the third round if they both win their next matches.as for the men —jack draper, who was unwell after his match, said it was down to psychological stress

she could face british number one katie boulter in the third round.n etcheverry — murray was the only british player, to land a seeded player in the draw. but britain's francesca jones hasn't made the draw — a tearful end to qualifying for her as she had to be helped to walk off court after retiring in her match against germany's ella sydel. she was leading 4—0 in the deciding set before cramping up in her left leg. the problem flared up when she was serving at 11—2 and had to stop before leaving the court in distress. harriet dart and ryan peniston also lost in qualifying — and oliver crawford was the only british winner. the united states—born 24—year—old recently switched allegiance to britain — he beat italy's francesco passaro in three sets and will face the czech world number 132 vit kopriva in the final round of qualifying. and the quarterfinals of the masters snooker has just got under way at the alexandra palace — and the crowd are in for a treat — they're watching the world number one ronnie o'sullivan. he's taking on world number 15 barry h

katie boulter and jack draper also lost but one man is still standing.ren grow up playing with a doll�*s house — but not one like this. this doll�*s house was made complete with electricity, running water and working kitchen implements! it was built for king george v and his wife, queen mary, as a gift from the nation after the first world war. now it's going on public display, to celebrate its 100th anniversary. our royal correspondent daniela relph has been to see this miniature marvel. forget any ideas of a traditional doll�*s house you play with. this is the bigger royal version that's now 100 years old. made for queen mary, king charles�*s great grandmother, it reflects a lavish lifestyle. this is the wine cellar. these bottles, the size of thumbnails, really are filled with wine. in the miniature playroom, there is a miniature train set and toys. in the library, the shelves are filled with books created by the most popular authors of the time. a copy of country life magazine has been casually cast aside. when you get to the kitchen, even the produc

katie boulter is there too after a tough opening test against china's yuan yue.seed zheng qinwen in the next round, before a possible third—round meeting with raducanu. in the men's draw, cam norrie led the way earlier. he showed no sign of any wrist issues as he won 6—4, 6—4, 6—2 against peru'sjuan pablo varillas. before the match, norrie says he was "concerned" by a problem with his left wrist which forced him to pull out of an atp event in auckland last week. but britain's highest—ranked singles player, is safely through. he'll now face the italian qualifier, giulio zeppieri next. it is massive to work yourself into the tournament and i felt like i didn't do anything that special today, i did at the basics and the fundamentals very well. i think that was enough. i think playing again some of the other seats, you have to really raise your level to have a chance with them. nice to work yourself into the tournament, it was a decent day. i want to improve a lot of things tomorrow. but, yeah, it is a big goal to do well in these slams this year. i can do that by pr

there was disappointment for katie boulter, beaten in straight sets by romania'a ana bogdan at the adelaideaper at the same tournament who looked impressive on the way to a 6—1, 6—3 win over argentina's sebastian baez. interesting to recently hear comments from draper, saying how much he's been inspired by andy murray. he's stilljust 21 and became the youngest brit since murray to reach an atp tour final last november. meanwhile, emma raducanu's been working with british tennis coach nick cavaday in melbourne, ahead of next week's australian open. raducanu — who made her comeback from injury in auckland last week — has known cavaday since she was a junior. the 2021 us open champion has slipped to 299 in rankings, after several months out — but had a two—hour session under the roof at rod laver arena, before taking on naomi osaka in a charity match there tomorrow. ireland wing mack hansen has been ruled out of the six nations after dislocating his shoulder. he's undergoing surgery today after getting hurt in connacht�*s win over munster on new year's day. he'll be out for three to four month

canjack draper, katie boulter and emma raducanu do the same? good morning.en, a lot of dry— and west coasts. in between, a lot of dry and — and west coasts. in between, a lot of dry and sunny conditions. all of the details later on in the programme. it's thursday, 18th january. our main story. the prime minister has succeeded in getting his key rwanda vill through the house of commons, after a conservative rebellion failed to materialise. it's been called a "major step" forward in the government's plan to stop migrant boats crossing the channel. our political correspondent peter saull has more. the ayes to the right 320, the noes to the left, 276. a government victory, in the end by a relatively comfortable margin. but at times this was in doubt. 61 conservative mps tried but failed to change the legislation, including the former home secretary. this bill needs to work. it is our last chance. if we get it wrong, the british people will not forgive us and they would be right to do so. most of her colleagues fell back into line, but she was one of 11 conservat

tsurenko in the first round. competition in adelaide was supposed to play against the british katie boulter, but withdrew from the match. elina svitolina held her debut final in the new year. the day before, the first racket of ukraine was lost to the americans koriho u the decisive match of the wta 250 tournament in auckland. the tense confrontation lasted three sets. the ukrainian won the first game on a tiebreak 7-6, but the american won the next two games 6-3-6-3. beating svitolina. the us open champion also defended her title in oakland. on the way to the final, svitolina won four victories, including over two grand slam champions: denmark's caroline wozniacki and britain. he was called kaiser franz, it was almost impossible to pass him on the field, well oleg blukhin passed, and he plays perfectly in the center of the field and in the attack franz beckenbauer, he is gone, the king of german football without exaggeration, literally an hour ago it became known that franz beckenbauer, the legendary football player of bayern munich and the national team... of germany, died. he was 78 year

jack draper and katie boulter are also out — but cameron norrie came back from two sets down, to wind western lowland gorilla has been born at london zoo. the tiny infant was born yesterday following an eight month pregnancy. the sex has yet to be confirmed. the number of western lowland gorillas in the wild has declined by more than 60% over the past 25 years. last night was the coldest of the winter for many parts of the uk — with temperatures dropping to minus 13 degrees celsius in parts of scotland. but the icy conditions have delighted whale watchers off shetland — with a rare sighting of a beluga whale in the icy waters asjothohnston reports. with shetland's shivering and freezing conditions, perhaps it was no surprise that a visitor well used to arctic temperatures would choose to venture into nearby waters. this lone beluga whale was spotted off the coast of hillswick, to the delight of seasoned local whale watchers. we arrived to a beautiful big bay, but in absolutely freezing, arctic conditions, and we were there for maybe five minutes, looking out on what was really dark w

and the 21—year—old, who had wrist and ankle surgeries last may, could play british number one katie boulterurne, will start against china's yuan yue, with 12th seed zheng qinwen potentially looming in the second round. jodie burrage, who'll be making her debut in the australian open main draw, takes on german world number 81 tamara korspatsch. burrage reached the second round of wimbledon and the us open last year. but sadly, there'll be no franjones in the main draw. she had to retire from her qualifying match. she led four love in the deciding set against germany's ella seidel before cramping up in her left leg. jones missed the second half of last season through injury. agonising pictures here as she has to be assisted off court at the end. andy murray's hinted that this could be his last year before retiring from tennis, he turns 37 in may. it's another tricky grand slam draw for him in australia. he's the only british player to land a seeded opponent in the opening round — murray, 44th in the world now — will play argentina's tomas martin etcheverry — who unlike him is seeded — he's th

victory over romania's jaqueline cristian, who's ranked 13 places above her. the british number one katie boulterve seen some very strong winds across northern areas of scotland today, and with those severe gales came some pretty big waves pummelling the coastline of shetland. but it wasn't shetland where the strongest winds in this storm were. no, they were in the core of storm ingunn, and that moves straight across the faroe islands to our northwest. now, landsverk is the public authority that runs the infrastructure in the faroe islands. they reported a gust on one of their weather stations of 155 mph. in relatively well—sheltered torshavn, they had a top gust of 120 mph there in the capital of the faroe islands. thankfully, those really powerful winds stayed well away from our shores. we had a top gust of 75 in lerwick — not far behind that in the highlands and the hebrides. now, overnight tonight, we've got a band of rain, a cold front pushing southwards across england and wales, bringing some rain. that will clear later in the night, and with clearing skies and lighter winds, one or two mis

but there was disappointment for the british number one katie boulter in adelaide, as she was beatenelined for much of 2023 after ankle and wrist surgeries. she's had a sequence of short lived coaches since turning professional but is now teaming up with cavaday who she worked with as a junior. another british player who'll be at the australian open is lily mills, who'll be competing in the draw for players with intellectual impairments. lily, who's 23, excelled at the special olympics so earned a wildcard spot for australia. her story is all the more remarkable because as a baby she was so ill, doctors only gave her a 50/50 chance of survival. in islington north london there is a famous face that is lily mills. five days of the week you will find her training. we watched one of the final sessions before herflight to the australian open. his tone is the most important thing in your life? yes. y? because i don't do independent travel and i don't really, through tennis i have lots more friends. it gives me confidence. it gives me an opportunity. and you are very good at it. thanks. lil

who could play katie boulter , who could play katie boulter, who's the british number one. from going out of the australian open. so it seems very doubtful that there is going to be a radacanu. boulter third round game. who knows whether either of them are going to be there. cameron norrie he's one beat jqu cameron norrie he's one beat julio zeppieri from italy. correct. how did you guess to know my tennis. two sets . down know my tennis. two sets. down one five 1 in 5. jack draper's lost to tommy paul of the usa. and one more for you. and that's iga swiatek from poland . correct iga swiatek from poland. correct >> honestly you are quite good at this . at this. >> it is very good. so iga swiatek , i'm not as stupid as i look. >> she was playing danny's pretty danielle collins of the states. >> and this is how you prove a champion. she's the world number one. i think we've got just a little bit of this here. fine. there we are. this little more interesting than the chat that we've heard. but she was down four one in the third set, all ready to go home. you're thinking it's a

she could face british number one katie boulter in the third round.f the damage that has been caused. you we have seen some of the damage that has been caused.— has been caused. you can imagine the feelin: has been caused. you can imagine the feeling when — has been caused. you can imagine the feeling when your— has been caused. you can imagine the feeling when your home _ has been caused. you can imagine the feeling when your home is _ has been caused. you can imagine the feeling when your home is an - has been caused. you can imagine the feeling when your home is an estate l feeling when your home is an estate and you want it fixed as soon as possible so you get in touch with the insurance and all the paperwork but now rogue traders are seeing an opportunity. we are going to be looking at this. people come round, they say, we can fix that, fix the tiles on your roof, and reports of work being offered to be done and it hasn't been done. get in touch all are a very good morning and welcome to bbc london. i'm thomas magill. the family of a young woman

in the last hour katie boulter has seen off the challenge of the chinese player yue yuan. going to be a huge amount of pressure on the premier league to clear up these cases as quickly as possible and of course the independent commission, and fans will be biting on their fingernails so to speak with an outcome of these cases. and hope, really, that a breach of profitability and sustainability or ffp doesn't actually cost their football club its place in the premier league or indeed those clubs that are going to come up from the championship come may. keep an eye out for eastleigh tonight, one of the lowest ranked teams left in the fa cup as they face newport in their replay with manchester united lying in wait in the fourth round. brentford who drew with wolves last time out are also in action. it could mean extra time and penalties tonight, so a nervous night all round. this is the only all premier league replay. there are three others later, with championship side bristol city hoping to pull off an upset against west ham united. that game is live on bbc one from 7.45pm.

disappointment for katie boulter, beaten in straight sets by romania'a ana bogdan at the adelaide internationalyear you will remember that we followed emma webb, who set herself the extraordinary challenge of pulling a life—sized horse for 157 miles, all in memory of her teenage daughter brodie, who took her own life. emma walked from brodie's favourite showground in chepstow to the london international horse show london to raise awareness of mental health in young people. let's take a look back at her journey. it took more than two weeks, crossing hundreds of miles from wales to england. emma and her resin horse capturing the hearts of everyone she met. all in memory of emma's daughter, brodie, a rising star of the showjumping world who spent every spare minute with her beloved horse, archie. she took her own life in 2020, aged just 16. the route saw emma and miles walk the 158 mile stretch from brodie's favourite showground in chepstow to the london international horse show. and prince william was among those who showed support. reaching london, emma navigated christmas shoppers along oxford