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she's taken on a technical role with her old team manchester thunder.ncerns that the digital divide is causing some to fall behind. ten months after the start of the pandemic, some schoolchildren still don't have access to a laptop or affordable broadband. fiona lamdin has more. it's a life changer. and it's also a life saver. this was the moment when alawia and khadijia, ten—year—old identical twins, were given a donated laptop. it made a big impact on our lives because you can get more education and you can get more work done. and we can see our teacher on the online lessons on zoom. the live lessons are amazing, actually. sometimes we do fun stuff. it's notjust the lack of devices that's making it hard for some to study. many families are struggling to get online. near the english—welsh border live the bennetts. they're dairy farmers. 0ur internet isn't so good so we don't get to do so much stuff. for their children, drew and megan, home—schooling is a struggle. with maths and english, it's really hard because we can't watch the videos so we just hav

the former england netball coach, tracey neville, has taken on a key role with manchester thunder. the newly—created role of technical operations director. neville will work alongside the coaching team on matchdays and she'll be responsible for the club's performance strategy. some of the players who've been in quarantine in adelaide ahead of the australian open have been taking part in an exhibition event. serena williams was given a grand entrance onto court, and she got the better of naomi osaka in a long three—setter. they were delighted to have 4,000 fans there. we haven't played in front of a crowd for over a year, so it's been a really long time, so this is really cool and for having us entrusting us with your loads and we were so happy be here. that's all the sport for now. latest figures from the office for national statistics suggest that the number of people with coronavirus has changed little in the week to the 23rd january, with the number of infections remaining high across the uk. the bbc�*s head of statistics robert cuffe explained more. the rates are just below one

tracey neville has taken on a key role with manchester thunder.e club's performance, and strategy as well. tennis fans have been welcome back for the first time for almost a year in an event in adelaide which is where some of the players have been in quarantine. it was quite a welcome for the number one novak djokovic who pulled out with a blistered hand but then appeared in the second set. he said he was sorry he did not play from the start but he did not play from the start but he hoped everybody enjoyed the show. they were all taking part down there. that's all the sport for now. i will be back after the 1pm news. britain formally left the european union a year ago, but it was only last month that it came out of the key economic institutions, the eu's single market and customs union. that was a pivotal moment of change for businesses on both sides. just days ahead of that deadline britain and the eu did manage to seal an agreement. but it has not all been plain sailing — even allowing for disruption caused by the pandemic. 0ur economics corresp