hopefully moeen ali is ok. but he faces ten days of self isolation in his hotel room.ed to his door. it also knocks him out of the first test match, which he might not have played, but he is there as the third spinner in that squad, but now having spent ten days in his room, there is no way he'll be fit to play in ten days‘ time. this is obviously the series that was scrapped nine months ago that england i'm not honouring. all those feelings must be coming back for all those cricketers. they have went to this summer being fairly well behaved and those bio bubbles for the most part. but what a horrible start for them also be going through to the new year. absolutely. they are trying their best. i think cricket it is trying to help everybody within the game. i know the ecb are very grateful last year for the west indies, pakistan and i'll show you coming in the middle of the pandemic and i do think they feel they owe some back in return. —— and australia coming. i gave south africa the best shot but it didn't end well and now this was hasn't started well. you're up again

moeen ali is ok. he faces ten days of self—isolation in his hotel room.t allowed out of his room. so he has got ten days ahead of him i suspect he would rather not have. it also knocks him out of the first test match, which he might not have played, but he is there is the third test spinner in that squad, but now having spent ten days in his room, there is no way he'll be fit to play in ten days' time. snooker‘s masters event — which starts on sunday — has been moved from the alexandra palace to milton keynes so that strict covid—19 regulations can be followed. the tournament features the world's top 16 players, with stuart bingham defending the title against the likes ofjudd trump, ronnie o'sullivan, neil robertson, john higgins and mark selby. all players will be tested the day before their first match, and will remain within the bubble as long as they are participating in the tournament. the netball series between england and jamaica later this month has been called off because of covid—19. extended restrictions to international travel between the uk a

moeen is still displaying mild symptoms and is definitely out of the match. my first full yesterday, when the ice have been bowling for nearly a week more than i have, which puts me back a little bit. the chances

some brighter new for england's cricketers in sri lanka, though moeen alli remains in isolation withhere's been no outbreak. a second round of tests for the rest of the squad came back negative and they have started restricted training ahead of next weeks‘ test series in galle. no chris woakes though. he was negative but because he came into close contact with moeen, they shared a carjourney in the uk on the way to the airport, he's self—isolating for now as a precaution. let's just stay with cricket because another series has just finished in christchurch. new zealand beating pakistan by an innings and 176 runs for a 2—nil series win. that's also taken them to the top of the test rankings for the first time. plenty for pakistan to work on, but also a lot to look forward to this year. particulalry their home series in october when england tour their for the first time since 2005patrick gearey reports tour their for the first time since 2005. patrick gearey reports for pakistan, this was the end. resounding victory for new zealand. but zoom out for what happened, pakistan looks to be

moeen is still displaying mild symptoms and is definitely out of the match.certainly up against it in terms of time. i only had my first full yesterday, when the ice have been bowling for nearly a week more than i have, which puts me back a little bit. the chances of me player quite slim we have not played much cricket leading into this either. it probably would be an injury risk, but that decision has not been made, i don't think, just yet. and it's been confirmed today that test match special will have exclusive radio commentary of england's test series in sri lanka. coverage starts from the 14th of january. meanwhile, the australian cricket captain, tim payne, has defended steve smith over claims that he deliberately scuffed up the crease during the third test match with india. smith was seen on the stump camera scraping the crease with his boot during the drinks break — something that the former england captain michael vaughan said was "very, very poor". smith, remember, was banned over his part in australia's sandpaper scandal, but his captain says he's

moeen ali is ok. he faces ten days of self isolation in his hotel room. first test match, which he might not have played, but he is there is the third test spinner in that squad, but now having spent ten days in his room, there is no way he'll be fit to play in ten days' time. the netball series between england and jamaica later this month has been called off because of covid—19. extended restrictions to international travel between the uk and jamaica mean it is not currently possible to stage the fixtures. it's hoped the four match series can be rearranged for later in the year. that's all the sport for now. on the new measures being taken in england to deal with the surging pandemic. the covid threat level in the uk has been raised to the highest, level five, meaning the nhs is at risk of being overwhelmed. there will be tighter restrictions in england, and schools will close. we'll bring you the full address live from number 10 downing street, as well as reaction from around the uk. leaders of the four uk nations have been meeting to discuss the respon

but the poor fact is poor moeen ali. we hope he's going to be ok, of course.ed out of his room. so he has got ten days ahead of him i suspect he would rather not have. it also knocks him out of the first test match, which he might not have played, but he is there is the third test spinner in that squad, but now having spent ten days in his room, there is no way he'll be fit to play in ten days' time. snooker‘s masters event — which starts on sunday — has been moved from the alexandra palace to milton keynes so that strict covid—19 regulations can be followed. the tournament features the world's top 16 players, with stuart bingham defending the title against the likes ofjudd trump, ronnie o'sullivan, neil robertson, john higgins and mark selby. all players will be tested the day before their first match, and will remain within the bubble as long as they are participating in the tournament. the netball series between england and jamaica later this month has been called off because of covid—19. extended restrictions to international travel between the uk and jama

the england squad was tested on arrival with moeen ali being the only member to test positive, he mustelf isolation in his hotel room. chris woa kes has been isolation in his hotel room. chris woakes has been deemed to be a close contact so he will also observe close contact and further testing. who scored a self isolating and their roots with food delivered to their roots with food delivered to their doors, but following a further round of testing they hope to start training on wednesday. the captain joe root insisted the show must go on if possible, including in the event of positive tests stop. joe denly struck a half century as brisbane heat beat sydney thunder by five wickets in the australian big bash. fellow englishman alex hales hit 46 offjust 26 balls as thunder seat the heat 175 to win. denly started slowly but got sixteen off three balls to bring up his 50 injust his second game in this year's competition. brisbane reached their target in the final over. the world's best t20 batsman, dawid malan, was powerless to prevent hobart hurricanes losing to melbourne stars. he made 2

moeen ali is ok. he faces ten days of self isolation in his hotel room. it also knocks him out of the first test match, which he might not have played, but he is there as the third spinner in that squad, but now having spent ten days in his room, there is no way he'll be fit to play in ten days' time. joe denly struck a half century as brisbane heat beat sydney thunder by five wickets in the australian big bash. fellow englishman alex hales hit 46 offjust 26 balls as thunder set the heat 175 to win. denly started slowly but got 16 off three balls to bring up his 50 in just his second game in this year's competition. brisbane reached their target in the final over. snooker‘s masters event — which starts on sunday — has been moved from the alexandra palace to milton keynes so that strict covid—19 regulations can be followed. the tournament features the world's top 16 players, with stuart bingham defending the title against the likes ofjudd trump, ronnie o'sullivan, neil robertson, john higgins and mark selby. all players will be tested the day before their

woakes is out of self—isolation after being deemed a possible close contact to moeen ali, who testedmild symptoms and is definitely out of the match. i am certainly up against it in terms of time. i only had my first bowl yesterday, will oversee the guys have been bowling for pretty much the entire week. -- when obviously the guys. that is obviously frustrating from my side of things, just put me back a little bit, the chances of me playing a quite slim, you haven't played and getting leading into this. it's potentially an injury risk. that position hasn't been made just yet. and finally, to a shock at the masters snooker in milton keynes, where the former champion, neil robertson, has been knocked out in the first round. the australian had led 5—3 against china's yan bingtao who was making his debut there, and despite needing only one more frame to reach the quarter finals, it was bingtao who staged a big comeback to clinch the decider and win 6—5. more reaction to that over on the bbc sport website, as well as tonight's football. but from me and the team, that's all your support fo

our top story, a positive covid test for moeen alli in sri lanka, england awaiting the next batch of ahead of their test series that starts next week. i will be back on bbc news with an update in the next hour. until then, goodbye. hello. you are watching bbc news with me, ben brown. borisjohnson is set to announce new coronavirus—related restrictions for england, in a televised broadcast at eight o'clock tonight — in an attempt to stem the rising number of infections across the country. the bbc understands the measures — which will include schools being closed again for most pupils , will amount to a lockdown similar to that in march. we'll bring you that announcement in a special programme starting at 7.35. earlier, the labour leader keir starmer told our deputy political editor vicki young there was an urgent need to put the measures in place: have national restrictions and bring them in the forest as soon as possible. those restrictions are not necessary to get the virus back under control, to protect the nhs, which is near breaking point this january, but critically to create th

woakes is out of self—isolation after being deemed a possible close contact to moeen ali, who testedwhen obviously the guys have been bowling for pretty much the entire week. that is obviously frustrating from my side of things, just put me back a little bit, the chances of me playing a quite slim, you haven‘t played and getting leading into this. it‘s potentially an injury risk. that position hasn‘t been made just yet. not been made just yet. and finally, to a shock at the masters snooker in milton keynes, where the former champion, neil robertson, has been knocked out in the first round. the australian had led 5—3 against china‘s yan bingtao who was making his debut there, and despite needing only one more frame to reach the quarter finals, it was bingtao who staged a big comeback to clinch the decider and win 6—5. more reaction to that over on the bbc sport website, as well as tonight‘s football. but from me and the team, that‘s all your support but from me and the team, that‘s all your sport for now. have a good night. hello there. the next couple of days are looking pretty wet f

he was deemed a close contact to moeen ali, who tested positive in sri lanka. up match was abandoned due to rain. the first of two tests start on thursday. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website, including in—play video highlights, from those fa cup third round games as the goals go in. that's bbc.co.uk/sport thank you very much. that is brilliant. just to pick up on what gavin was saying, rain stopping play, doesn't that feel like a phrase that is almost consigned to antiquity at the moment? if play is stopped and it does at least mean that there is a chance of it going ahead. allies of president trump have condemned twitter‘s decision to close his account as an attack on free speech. the firm said it had removed his profile because of the risk of further incitements to violence following the storming of the us congress on wednesday. 0ur north america correspondent, david willis, reports. the most powerful man in the world no longer has access to one of his most valued assets — twitter. donald trump's pref

he was deemed a close contact to moeen ali, who tested positive in sri lanka. warm up match was abandoned due to rain. the first of two tests start on thursday. the favourite secret reprieve eased to victory in the welsh grand national at chepstow. ridden by adam wedge, secret reprieve was under little pressure after the finaljump — giving trainer evan williams his fist welsh national win. the two amigos came second, with yala enki in third. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website — including in—play video highlights, from those fa cup third round games — as the goals go in. all the action right there for you. viewers on bbc one will be joining us viewers on bbc one will be joining us at ten past five. plus all the sporting headlines. authorities in indonesia say a boeing 737 passenger plane is suspected to have crashed shortly after taking off from jakarta. 62 people were on board. the sriwijaya air flight was en route to pontianak in west kalimantan province. a fisherman told the bbc he saw the plane plumm

but, after a second round of testing, moeen alli has returned a positive result.ohannesburg, sri lanka will be keen to carry on their fight back from day 2 of the 2nd test against south africa. the home side were bowled out for 302 in reply to sri lanka's 1st innings total of 157. dean elgar made 127, while vishwa fernando took five wickets. the tourists will resume on 150 for 4 with skipper dimuth karunaratne 91 not out. sri lanka have to win the match to level the series. finally, the frenchman yannick bestaven continues to lead the vendee globe. after 57 days at sea, he's now on the home straight in the south atlantic. the epic non—stop solo race sees sailors travel around 50,000 kilometres around the globe. bestaven has a lead of around 380 kilometres ahead of the rest of the field. finally, the dog that invaded the pitch of during a football match in bolivia on christmas eve has been adopted by one of the players involved in the game. cachito made his entrance during the second half of the match between the strongest and nacional de potosi. he was chewing one

we reported yesterday that moeen ali had tested positive and he will be leaving the england base todayhotel near galle, where the two test matches will be played. sri lanka are not in the best of form right now. they've just lost their two—match test series against south africa 2—0 earlier today. south africa comfortably winning the second test on day three by ten wickets. new zealand captain kane williamson showed why he is the world's top—ranked test batsman, with a masterful double—century against pakistan in christchurch. he batted for 9.5 hours, in a mammoth 369—run partnership with henry nicholls, as they took control of the second test. the black caps are closing in on a 2—0 series sweep. they declared on 659—6, giving them a lead of 354 at stumps on the third day. the health and leisure industry has called on the government for urgent financial support to safeguard "the physical and mental wellbeing of people across the uk". all indoor and outdoor facilities have been forced to close again, under the latest coronavirus restictions. the lawn tennis association will be asking the

coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news: within hours of arriving in sri lanka, moeen aliositive for covid—19 and will have to isolate from the rest of the squad. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. with coronavirus running out of control across much of the uk, new restrictions to our daily lives are coming in. the prime minister will make an announcement at eight o'clock tonight, setting out further steps in england. schools will close again for most pupils, and it's expected people will be told again to work from home unless they're key workers, or if it's not possible for them to do so. the threat from coronavirus is to be raised to the highest level five across the uk, meaning health services are at risk of being overwhelmed and a new lockdown will be imposed. scotland has already announced its own lockdown, which includes shutting schools for all of january. there'll be more on that in a moment. our deputy political editor vicki young is at westminster. the situation is changing fast. it is, and for months and months, coronavirus has dominated our lives,

moeen ali is isolating after testing positive. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one.le of the uk facing another period of strict lockdown we appear to be back where we started. we'll have to stay at home, schools are closed — and even if you do venture out there's not much you can do to cheer yourself up. few shops, no restaurants, and no pubs. and that'll be the case for weeks — wales is already in lockdown and northern ireland is expected to go the same way. england's rules come into force tomorrow — scotland's started at midnight. when will it end? well much, of course, will depend on the success of the government's vaccination programme. there was some good news for businesses. chancellor rishi sunak saying they will receive support grants worth up to £9,000 to help them survive the latest covid lockdown. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. the heart of london today. still stop the pace of life flowing again. new restrictions coming into force right across the country. quiet in downing street, at the centre of this national emergency from where

moeen is still displaying mild symptoms and will not feature.ms of time. i nearly had my first bowl yesterday —— my only had my first bowl yesterday, will oversee the guys have been bowling for pretty much the entire week. that is obscene frustrating from my side of things, just put me back a little bit, the chances of me playing a quite slim, you haven't played and getting into this. it is potentially an injury risk. that position has been made and —— might think that position has not been madejust yet. next, the latest from the first round of the masters snooker, where former champion neil robertson is currently in first round action. we can bring you some live pictures 110w we can bring you some live pictures now from the arena in milton keynes. he is currently leading 4—3. six frames needed for a place in the quarterfinals. you can watch him and the rest of his match on bbc two at the rest of his match on bbc two at the moment and by the bbc sport website. just thinking that red which he does. beautiful. that's all the sport for now. amongst

they were all retested — after moeen ali's positive result on monday.oday in hamba ntota, but players and staff will need to have a third test tomorrow, ahead of the start of the first test match next thursday. big news from the english football league this afternoon — all 72 clubs will now be tested twice a week to halt the spread of the virus. over 50 matches have been postponed due to outbreaks — with league one clubs particularly badly impacted. efl sides — unlike premier league clubs — test at different times in the season, rather than every week. the professional footballers association will pay for these tests which get underway on monday. arsenal women have asked for their wsl game against aston villa on saturday to be postponed after an unsanctioned trip to dubai led to a coronavirus case. three players, who have not been named, visited the united arab emirates over christmas — without telling the club beforehand. 0ne tested positive for covid—i9 after returning, leading to others self—isolating. arsenal say the trips were made for commercial r

despite strict coronavirus protocols, england cricketer moeen ali has tested positive for the virus,'s likely to miss the first match, which starts on the 14th. his team—mate chris woakes has been deemed as a possible close contact, so he'll now have to self—isolate before a further test. not much concern about that series. england have travelled with seven reserves just in case they were positive tests. fingers crossed it can go ahead. it should do. then there will be test cricket to watch. it's not all doom and gloom are. seven reserves, that is something! thank you very much. charlie gets and whether? yes. carol said it would be chilly in various parts through the week. there you go, perfect example, good morning. we don'tjust throw this perfect example, good morning. we don't just throw this together! good morning, everybody. these are the temperatures at the moment. you get the picture. it is a cold start to the picture. it is a cold start to the day. it is going to be a cold day generally. most of the weather fronts are being ke pt most of the weather fronts are being kept at b

after he tested positive, moeen ali will leave the england base this afternoon and head to the quarantines atp cup, ahead of the australian open. djokovic and the serbia team are the defending champions, with the event halved in size and reduced to 12 teams, because of the coronavirus. it'll take place in the first five days of february and it's been moved to melbourne, so players can stay in a covid—safe bubble before the australian open starts on the 8th. that's all the sport for now — now on bbc news, it's your questions answered. with me is paul hunter, professor of medicine at the university of east anglia and peter drobac, infectious disease specialist from the university of oxford. great that you are both with us, we have had a lot of questions so let's get straight to it. peter, if i start with you, lives in sheffield asks our support bubbles are still allowed for single parents? yes, support bubbles are still allowed, some of the criteria has changed, they certainly are allowed for single parents, one adult with multiple children in the household, for single adults and four adult

they were all re—tested after moeen ali's positive result when they arrived on monday.s all the sport for now. the european union could authorise a second coronavirus vaccine in the coming hours. the european medicines agency is considering giving the green light to the us—made moderna vaccine. the pfizer/biontech vaccine was approved for use across the 27—member bloc two weeks ago. the european medicines agency has been criticised for moving more slowly than other regulatory organisations. it's based in the hague, in the netherlands — the last eu country to begin coronavirus vaccinations — and our correspondent anna holligan is there. let's talk about this moderna vaccine, a lot of expectation today. and a huge degree of pressure on the ema to authorise a second vaccine for roll—out across the eu and the attraction with the moderna vaccine is that it doesn't need to be refrigerated at —75 celsius. to be transported. so it makes it easier to distribute. there is a lot of pressure at the moment because countries are struggling to administer these vaccines. there was so a

they were all re—tested after moeen ali‘s positive result when they arrived on monday.urfaces across northern ireland, eastern scotla nd across northern ireland, eastern scotland and northern england down towards the watch. there will be some sunshine to look forward to today. we still have some rain or some snow showers in the forecast. the high pressure that has been in charge of our weather of light drifting into the atlantic, allowing low pressure and its front to come our way later on. we start off with the showers across the south—east into the channel islands. some of them are wintry. mostly on higher ground. we have seen some at lower levels. it is the same across eastern scotland and eastern england. some of those showers are wintry, mostly on higher ground, and most of the showers through the day will tend to ease. a few rogue ones left behind. a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine. it is going to be culled. we have got lighter winds today than yesterday. and by the end of the afternoon this next weather front will introduce some cloud and rain into wes

they were all retested after moeen ali's positive result on monday.ip to dubai led to a coronavirus case. three players, who have not been named, visited the united arab emirates over christmas without telling the club beforehand. 0ne tested positive for covid—19 after returning, leading to others self—isolating. arsenal say the trips were made for commercial reasons in line with permitted business travel at the time. saturday's fa cup third round tie between southampton and shrewsbury is in doubt after a significant number of shrewsbury players and staff tested positive for coronavirus. their league one derby against crewe was called off due to the outbreak with all affected now self isolating. all teams are being tested 72 hours before matches. the club's league game agaisnt lincoln next weekend is also thought to be in doubt. and derby county will play their under—23 and under—18 squad players to ensure their third round match at non league chorley goes ahead. the club's first team and their interim manager wayne rooney are currently self isolating

we reported yesterday that moeen ali had tested positive and he will be leaving the england base today wickets. new zealand captain kane williamson showed why he's the world's top—ranked test batsman with a masterful double century against pakistan in christchurch. he batted for nine and a half hours in a mammoth 369—run partnership with henry nicholls, as they took control of the second test and closed in on a 2—0 series sweep. williamson finished with 238. the black caps declared on 659—6, giving them a lead of 362 at stumps on the third day. world number one novak djokovic will lead the field at next month's atp cup, ahead of the australian open. djokovic and the serbia team are the defending champions, with the event halved in size and reduced to 12 teams, because of the coronavirus. it will take place in the first five days of february and it's been moved to melbourne, so players can stay in a covid—safe bubble before the australian open starts on the 8th. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. the first race of the formula 1

moeen ali is 0k. he positive one affairs. moeen ali is ok.eir target in the final over. the world‘s best t20 batsman, dawid malan, was powerless to prevent hobart hurricanes losing to melbourne stars. he made 26 as the hurricanes fell 11 short of their target of 184. managerjoey barton has left fleetwood town with immediate effect after nearly three years in charge. the former manchester city and newcastle midfielder leaves the league one side with the club 10th in the table, just three points off the play—off places. he was initially appointed in 2018 and led fleetwood to last season‘s league one play—offs. the club has thanked barton for his work. premier league champions liverpool can move three points clear at the top of the table with a win at southampton tonight. southampton will be without goalkeeper alex mccarthy, who has tested positive for coronavirus, but manager ralf hassenhuttl returns after having to complete a period of self isolation. as for liverpool, their boss jurgen klopp says with only four points separating the top six,