after 7,817 days, everton eve rto n get everton get their first win in the merseyside derby thanks toe weighed down by the pressure as she cements her place as the star of the women�*s tennis by winning herfourth grand slam. welcome along to sportsday — lots to bring you — but there�*s only one place to start and that�*s with the merseyside derby. everton have not won at anfield this century... until today. carlo ancellotti�*s side were 2—0 winners against liverpool in the premier league and, with it, moved level on points withjurgen klopp�*s side in the table. joe lynskey reports. the biggest fixtures feel the most empty, but everton knew the anfield silence brought opportunity. they had not won here for two decades but faced a liverpool side in turbulence. they had lost their last three here and have a patched up defence, so everton went at them. through to richarlison. _ everton went at them. through to richarlison, first _ everton went at them. through to richarlison, first chance _ everton went at them. through to richarlison, first chance for - richarlison, first chance for ever

affected areas, certain postcodes in london, the west midlands, hertfordshire, kent, surrey and merseysideged people in these areas to stay at home unless they "absolutely have to leave", and to get a covid test. health officials are confident the current vaccines will be effective against the south african strain, but probably not as effective as they are against the others. 0ur health editor hugh pym has the latest. new mobile testing units have moved in to some communities in england, part of a drive to track the spread of the south african variant of the virus. all this after a handful of cases were discovered which could not be linked to arrivals from south africa or other countries. around 80,000 people aged 16 and over in eight areas — most in the south east of england and one in the west midlands — have been asked to take tests regardless of symptoms. positive cases will be analysed to see if they're caused by the variant. if you live in one of these postcodes where we're sending in enhanced testing, then it is imperative that you stay at home and that you get a test even if you do

carried out in the affected areas of london, the west midlands, hertfordshire, kent, surrey and merseysideicials are confident the vaccines will work against the south african variant but probably not as well as they do against the existing strains in the uk. meanwhile, the government has reached its target of offering a vaccination to all people in eligible care homes in england — though not all care staff have yet had the jab. our health editor hugh pym has the latest. new mobile testing units have been moved to some communities in england, part of a drive to track the spread of the south african variant of the virus. all this after a handful of cases were discovered which could not be linked to arrivals from south africa. the government message is that the existing vaccines should prove effective against this new strain. around 80,000 people in eight areas mostly in the south—east of england and one in the west midlands have been asked to take tests regardless of symptoms. if been asked to take tests regardless of symptom-— of symptoms. if you live in one of these postcodes _ of symptom

story from the premier league today is that everton have won for the first time at anfield in a merseysidel. all of the reaction is on the bbc website and app. but from me and the rest of the team on sportsday, have a lovely saturday evening. bye—bye. hello, there. last saturday, temperatures struggled to get above freezing. today, we've been up above 15 degrees, but, with the mild weather, for some of us, there has come some very wet weather. enough rain across some parts of the uk to give some issues with flooding. so there are flood warnings in force across parts of england, wales and scotland. check those on the bbc weather website. you can see where the wettest of the weather has been. this is 2a hours�* worth of rainfall. rain has been piling in across the south—west of england, parts of wales, at times through the north—west of england, northern ireland and scotland. it's been dry and very mild down towards the south—east. pretty blustery as well. strongest winds through the night become confined to the far north—west of scotland and much of the rain will ease off as well. we will k

everton are still leading liverpool 1—0 in the merseyside derby, 58 minutes gone, you can follow it on sport website and app. i will be back at 7:45pm with more from sportsday. next on bbc news, it's time for ros atkins on covid—i9 and schools. this week, i want to talk about covid—i9 and children. we are at a defining moment for the world's children and young people. the decision of governments and partners taken now will have lasting impacts on hundreds of millions of young people and on the development prospects of countries for decades to come. governments around the world are going to have to decide whether children can be at school. it is one ofjoe biden�*s top goals. it should be a national priority to get our kids back into school and keep them in school. it's the same in the uk. there's nothing i want to do more than reopen schools. _ and most children want to get back to. want to get back too. we've lost a bit of the mentality to want to learn, because, last time, we were all heads down doing it and now, it's, like, well, how long am i going to be doing this for now? i think

underway right now is the merseyside derby. everton have not won at anfield this century.ting them ahead in just the third minute. it just the third minute. has just kicked off in the sec half, it has just kicked off in the second half, still 1—0 to everton. fulham host sheffield united at eight o'clock. in the scottish premiership the top two sides — rangers and celtic — play tomorrow. rangers and celtic — in today's matches, there were wins for aberdeen, hibernian and stjohnstone, while the match between st mirren and livingston ended i—i. brentford's miserable run in the championship continued today. they've now lost three games in a row — all in the space of six days. this time, they lost 2—0 at coventry, who had gone five games without a win themselves. tyler walker scored both goals, the first with a penalty and then the second ten minutes after half time. brentford are still second, but are now seven points behind leaders norwich, who beat rotherham i—o. there was drama in rugby union's premiership this afternoon where exeter missed the chance to go top of the table

they won the merseyside derby 2—0 thanks to an early goal from richarlison and a late penalty from theirliverpool's domestic woes continue. that's four league defeats in a row, and they've lost four successive matches at home for the first time since 1923. everton are still seventh, one place behind liverpool, but only on goal difference now and they have a game in hand. we are really happy, i'm really pleased. after a long time, everton is able to win at anfield. that, i think it was, it's a good gift for our supporters. the performance was good. we were focused. we worked hard. and when we had the opportunity, we were clinical. from time to time, like each human being, you need, like, this little light where thingsjust happen. so, like, maybe you score a goal and you just shoot, close your eyes and it's in. so these kind of things didn't happen to us for ages. so, if you play well, it's not sure that we win. if you play not good, we lose 100%. that's the situation at the moment, and we have to... and even if you play well, we can lose. so that's not good. but, again, that's the job now

primary school children started to return today. 0ur education editor branwen jeffreys reports from merseyside about time. the kids need the routine. and if we don't start getting normal soon whole generation of children will have social problems that we are not going to be able to fix. ., ,. ., fix. from the school and bakery. _ fix. from the school and bakery, food _ fix. from the school and bakery, food deliveries i fix. from the school and l bakery, food deliveries for parents. first up is tracy. ready for her son to go back. i think it would be betterfor the children. i think they need to be in school and mixing again. to be in school and mixing aaain. ~ ., to be in school and mixing a.ain_ . ., ., again. we need to get back to normality- _ again. we need to get back to normality. but _ again. we need to get back to normality. but joanne, - again. we need to get back to normality. but joanne, with l normality. butjoanne, with fora term, told me she is less certain. i fora term, told me she is less certain. ., . , certain. i would rather they sta ed certain. i would rather they stayed off

later at 5.30 the big match of the day is at anfield where liverpool take on everton in the merseysideed. in the scottish premiership the top two sides — rangers and celtic — play tomorrow. there are for games this afternoon. —— there are four games this afternoon. aberdeen are ahead against kilmarnock. hamilton academical are down a man — and down a goal to hibs. a 3 goal lead for st. johnstone at motherwell. st mirren and livingston are drawing at the moment. covid—19 is continuing to spread within the french squad ahead of their six nations game against scotland next sunday. winger gabin villiere and prop mohamad haouas are the latest players to test positive. it follows the news yesterday that scrum half antoine dupont had returned a positive test. earlier in the week, head coach fabien galthie and assistant william servat began isolating following the news they both had coronavirus. harlequins have leapfrogged sale into third place in rugby union's premiership after beating them 24—12. quins ran in 3 tries with joe marchant stunning sale when he crossed the line twice in three fir

they beat liverpool 2—0 in the merseyside derby.mpions. there were draws at southampton and burnley, and fulham beat sheffield united. there were wins for aberdeen, hibernian and stjohnstone in the scottish premiership. st mirren drew with livingstone. rangers and celtic both play tomorrow. there was a bizarre end to exeter chiefs match against northampton saints in the rugby union premiership. sam simmonds had this conversion to win it for the champions, but he took too long to kick the ball after starting his run—up and saints players managed to get there first. they won 13—12. also in the premiership, there were wins for harlequins and leicester, and in the pro14 victories for scarlets, ospreys, connacht and munster. the two time rugby world cup winner and one of the game's greatest players, dan carter, has retired at the age of 38. the new zealand fly—half was capped 112 times and helped the all blacks become world champions in 2011 and 2015. he scored a record 1,598 test points during his international career. great britain's m

later at 5.30 the big match of the day is at anfield where liverpool take on everton in the merseysidein the scottish premiership, the top two sides rangers and celtic both play tomorrow. there are for games this afternoon. you can see the latest there on your screen... not much to tell you about. hibernian havejust taken the lead against hamilton. livingston are ahead at st mirren. harlequins have leapfrogged sale into third place in rugby union's premiership after beating them 24—12. quins ran in 3 tries withjoe marchant stunning sale when he crossed the line twice in three first half minutes. two games kicked off at 3 pm. second placed exeter host northampton saints. saints leading 7—nil. leicester 5—nil up against wasps. naomi osaka said she was gratefulfor the energy of the crowd, after winning the australian open. that is her fourth grand slam title, and it maintains her 100% record in majorfinals. she beatjennifer brady in straight sets, as adam wild reports. ata time at a time where literally tennis has felt certain, the threat of naomi osaka is perhaps one of the few constants

our education correspondent elaine dunkley has been to one school on merseyside, where head teachersry in wallasey. morning gorgeous. a school at the heart of the community. morning. we've got 107 on average in school each day, out of our 309. we're not turning children away, but we're obviously needing to do what we're expecting to do in keeping our numbers small, but it's a really hard job. 0k, morning guys, can everyone see? the workload that the teachers are doing has, without question, increased significantly. essentially tripling what they are doing. you know, they've got their live learning, they've got the google classroom and then they have the paper learning, if you like. lockdown has been a challenging time for staff and pupils. i would say the children are quite anxious. they are feeling like when is this going to end, what's going to happen? we can't socialise with anyone, - and school is very different because we have different restrictions. i come into school because i haven't got any devices or laptops at home. my teachers are really kind to me and ijust like it in sc

primary school children started to return today. 0ur education editor branwen jeffreys reports from merseysideto normal. it's about time. the kids need the routine, they need the structure to the day. and if we don't start getting back to normal soon, a whole generation of children will have massive mental health, social problems that we're not going to be able to fix. that's the last one, though... from the school and a local bakery, food deliveries for parents. first stop is tracy... morning! ..ready for her son to go back. thank you very much! i think it will be betterfor the children. i think they need to be in school learning and they need to be mixing again. they need to get back to normality. butjoanne, with four at home, told me she's less certain. if it's not safe, i'd rather they stayed off, i really would. i'd rather keep them at home if the time's not right for them to go back. for primary pupils — no testing. instead, continued testing for staff to keep schools open. secondary schools already testing staff are gearing up for pupils. so, we've got four desks set, ready for testing

fill the educational gap. 0ur education correspondent elaine dunkley has been to two schools on merseysidendemic has made worse many of the challenges children here face, and there is concern that lockdown and lost learning will have a lasting legacy. we've got children in school at a primary age that have missed key elements of their learning, and we can try and help them catch up as best we can, but each year, the curriculum builds on the foundations of the knowledge from the previous year. ultimately, the children that come to our school are coming to school with an awful lot of barriers to learning already. this is going to have an impact on many of them for the rest of their lives. school life is very different now. part of our pe curriculum is live lessons with the children. here, the challenges have been met with resilience and imagination, but today's report by the institute for fiscal studies paints a bleak picture. it's predicting that those in education now could — on average — be £40,000 worse off across their working lives because of the pandemic. i felt very, very flat, _ and

he's their multi—million—pound brazilian who grew up in a favela, now writing his name in merseysideoblems keep appearing without warning. jordan henderson went down and onto the missing list. another player at centre—back, another injury. but everton�*s defenders were holding firm, with liverpool's second half pressure meaning last—ditch tackles and brave goalkeeping. the away side soaked it up, then countered. it's a penalty kick to everton! trent alexander—arnold couldn't get out the way. how he stopped calvin—lewin wasjudged enough for a penalty. gylfi sigurosson scored it. job done! the celebrations can start, gylfi sigurosson scores! it is a good gift for our supporters, the performance was good, we were focussed, and when we had the opportunity we were clinical. we were pretty much alone in front of goal, and we didn't use it. who can you criticise for that apart from yourselves? we lost the game, we feel that deeply, but from tomorrow on i have to use that. everton's only regret was that they did it in the silence, but for liverpool, this will hurt. their title defence looks

merseyside derbies are always very exciting. jorgen klopp might be scratching his head.d it. job done! the celebrations can start, gylfi sigurosson scores! was good, we were focussed, and when we had the opportunity we were clinical. we were pretty much alone in front of goal, and we didn't use it. who can you criticise for that apart from yourselves? we lost the game, we feel that deeply, but from tomorrow on i have to use that. everton's only regret was that they did it in the silence, but for liverpool, this will hurt. their title defence looks over, and for them this season, like anfield, feels empty. at the bottom of the table, there was a good win for fulham who beat sheffield united 1—0. that edges them a little closer to newcastle who are fourth bottom. elsewhere chelsea drew with southampton and burnley played out a goalless draw with west brom. britain'sjoe salisbury has lost in the final of the men's doubles at the australian open. the men's singles final is just about to start in melbourne. novak djokovic is playing russia's daniil medvedev, who's looking to

and in another merseyside move — josh king hasjoined everton from bournemouth until the end of the seasonir title challenge back on track — not that ole gunnar solskjaer will allow such talk. it's good that we talk about it, we highlight it again, but it's unacceptable behaviour, and it happens all across the society, and we should, of course, we work with the authorities and it has to be stopped. this way of discrimination on social media, we, we can't do a lot, can we, so we have to work with the, the platforms, and they've got to be more stronger to make sure that we stop this. the president of the tokyo olympics says the games will go ahead in the summer, regardless of the covid—19 situation in the country. yoshiro mori did admit, though, that they were looking at new ways of hosting the event. it's looking likely that the japanese government will extend the state of emergency covering tokyo by a month, which would take it to march 7th — just four and half months before the games are due to begin. the prime minister will make a final decision after hearing from an expert panel today.

at whiston hospital on merseyside, they described him as their hero.the captain tom train pulled into london's paddington station, as staff formed a guard of honour. so, how should he be more permanently remembered, the prime minister was asked at the downing street covid press conference? on the issue of a statue for captain tom moore, a public memorial of some kind to captain tom, i'm absolutely, of course, open to that. i know that everybody — that's the kind of thing that people would want to support, and we'll be working with his family to see what they feel is most appropriate, and be taking that forward. the six o'clock kick—off allowed for manchester city and burnley footballers tojoin in. one of his most cherished accolades was being named honorary colonel at the army foundation college in harrogate. and serving soldiers of the royal irish regiment honoured a former soldier in the loudest way they could. back in his home village in bedfordshire, the applause was not only for captain sir tom, but also the family that had supported him throughou

our education correspondent elaine dunkley reports from one school in merseyside.ally hard job. morning, guys, can everybody see? good morning! the workload the teachers are doing has without question increased significantly. essentially, they are tripling what they are doing. they've got their live learning, they've got the google classroom, and they've got the paper learning, if you like. lockdown has been a challenging time for staff and pupils. i would say the children are quite anxious. they are feeling like, when is this going to end, what's going to happen? you can't really go anywhere or play. | and that's a strugglel for you because we're all used to going out. we can't socialise with anyone and school is very different because we have different restrictions. i come into school because i haven't got any devices or laptops at home. my teachers are really kind to me and ijust like it in school. this area has high levels of deprivation. one of the biggest concerns is that children will go hungry. round this vicinty, around most of the wirral and liverpool, it

at whiston hospital on merseyside, they described him as their hero.ople in every part of our society, and in cities across the uk they took a minute to say thank you. the captain tom train pulled into london's paddington station, as staff formed a guard of honour. so, how should he be more permanently remembered, the prime minister was asked at the downing street covid press conference? 0n the issue of a statue for captain tom moore, a public memorial of some kind to captain tom, i'm absolutely, of course, open to that. i know that everybody — that's the kind of thing that people would want to support, and we'll be working with his family to see what they feel is most appropriate, and be taking that forward. the six o'clock kick—off allowed for manchester city and burnley footballers tojoin in. one of his most cherished accolades was being named honorary colonel at the army foundation college in harrogate. and serving soldiers of the royal irish regiment honoured a former soldier in the loudest way they could. back in his home village in bedfordshire,

institute for fiscal studies. 0ur education correspondent elaine dunkley has been to one school on merseysidels. morning, guys, you 0k? egremont primary in wallasey. morning, gorgeous. a school at the heart of the community. morning. we've got 107 on average in school each day, out of our 309. we're not turning children away, but we're obviously needing to do what we're expecting to do in keeping our numbers small, but it's a really hard job. 0k, morning guys, can everyone see? the workload that the teachers are doing has, without question, increased significantly. they're essentially tripling what they are doing. you know, they've got their live learning, they've got the google classroom and then they have the paper learning, if you like. lockdown has been a challenging time for staff and pupils. i would say the children are quite anxious. they are feeling like when is this going to end, what's going to happen? we can't socialise with anyone, i and school is very different because we have different restrictions. i come into school because i haven't got any devices or laptops at home. my teac

we will also be talking about one of the huge games this weekend, the merseyside derby when liverpool in the table. in terms of manchester city, they take on arsenal this weekend and that game is tomorrow. also on the programme we will hear from nathaniel clyne, who was a superstar defender at liverpool but is now at crystal palace. we will also speak to our pundits about taking the knee and whether it is maybe time to rethink the gesture. as you said there, has it become a little bit like wallpaper, do we need to think more about the way we do things? mark has been to see crewe alexandra who are pushing for the play—offs in league1 who are pushing for the play—offs in league 1 at the moment. as part of lgbgt history this month we are looking at fans, trying to make the game more inclusive. and we will be live in italy. inter are currently just one point ahead of ac milan. we will be talking about that with our guests. we have all missed so much about live football over the last few months, and the football fanzine is so much about support experience. there was one fantastic one from

pupils that need it most. 0ur education correspondent elaine dunkley reports from one school in merseysidedo what we are expecting to do in keeping our numbers are small. but it is a really hard job. morning, guys, can everybody see? good morning! the workload the teachers are doing has without question increased significantly. essentially, they are tripling what they are doing. they've got their live learning, they've got the google classroom, and they've got the paper learning, if you like. lockdown has been a challenging time for staff and pupils. i would say the children are quite anxious. they are feeling like, when is this going to end, what's going to happen? you can't really go anywhere or play. | and that's a strugglel for you because we're all used to going out. we can't socialise with anyone and school is very different because and school is very different because we have different restrictions. i come into school because i haven't got any devices or laptops at home. my teachers are really kind to me and ijust like in school. this area has high levels of deprivation. one of the

joining us now is margaretjones, who is the director of public health in sefton on merseyside, one ofmely good news. also in that period we found that about two thirds _ period we found that about two thirds of— period we found that about two thirds of —— fewer people were less at risk— thirds of —— fewer people were less at risk of— thirds of —— fewer people were less at risk of passing on to other people _ at risk of passing on to other people. that is a big reduction in the number of individuals on the committee would be able to pass on to others _ committee would be able to pass on to others. ., , .., , to others. 0k. how significant is that and how — to others. 0k. how significant is that and how would _ to others. 0k. how significant is that and how would that - to others. 0k. how significant is that and how would that stop i to others. 0k. how significant is| that and how would that stop the progression, how will it work? weill. progression, how will it work? well, that could have _ progression, how will it work? well, that could have a _ progression, how will it work? well, th

and in another merseyside move, josh king hasjoined everton from bournemouth until the end of the seasonould talk until we had carol. . , ., ., ., i promise you i would talk until we had carol-_ l i had carol. and you have done it. i ho -e we had carol. and you have done it. i hope we have _ had carol. and you have done it. i hope we have got _ had carol. and you have done it. i hope we have got carol! - had carol. and you have done it. i hope we have got carol! you - had carol. and you have done it. i hope we have got carol! you are i had carol. and you have done it. i - hope we have got carol! you are much more than a gap filler. you are a crucial part of this programme. goodness me, lots going on today. morning, carol. goodness me, lots going on today. morning. carol-— morning, carol. there certainly is. good morning- — morning, carol. there certainly is. good morning. some _ morning, carol. there certainly is. good morning. some lovely- morning, carol. there certainly is. i good morning. some lovely weather watchers pictures. snow falling on leeds. the met office still has a number w