tonight's win against spain's nicolas almagro didn't come easily though, as tim hague reports.r: on an arabian night, fit for a knight, sir andy murray look to continue his run of competitive wins but with 26 in the bag, number 27 looked a bit unlikely when nicolas almagro broke in the opening game. while mistakes make murray a moody man he couldn't complain about what followed, the spaniard having the answer to any question asked. the world number one is ranked 43 places above his opponent and he began to make it so, first breaking back with the usual sweet shots and then taking the set in a tie break. you'd expect him to build on that in the second, but it wasn't so simple. despite an early break, almagro broke serve himself and generally gave murray a tough time and even when the best don't have the best day, they find a way to win and that's what murray did. the crucial break was 5—5 and he took the match. 27 wins in a row but after this, time for a night's sleep. hull city have appointed the former sporting lisbon and 0lympiakos coach marco silva as their new manager. he r

that's 26 straight wins, now, for murray, who now plays nicolas almagro of spain in the quarter—finalsha, is also true to the quarter—finals. he won in under one hour, 6—3, 6—4. afterwards, the man he had just beaten asked him for a selfie. what is going on? let's leave you with this, a fantastic story. robert marchand has set a world record by riding just over 22.5 kilometers in one hour. the key to this story — he's 105. the frenchman, who was told once that he'd never achieve anything on a bike, took to the veldrome. that was a couple of years after he had done it before. in the —— 2012 we set a record in the over—100s category. afterwards he said he was slightly disappointed with his performance! one of his trainers put it down to the fact that he had given up eating meat recently. you can get more on that story at our website. see you soon. hello there, good morning. quite a widespread frost to start the day today. most of us are firmly in some really quite cold air coming down from the north. and the cold feel to things is accentuated by the northerly breeze along the eastern coa

the world number one beat spain's nicolas almagro in two tough set sets. 7—5, and he'll now play tomas berdych, who beat jo—wilfried tsonga. earlier, djokovic — the world number two — came through in straight sets against radek stepanek of the czech republic. djokovic, who's the defending champion in doha, won 6—3, 6—3. he won the title last year without dropping a set, and he is yet to do so this year. djokovic now plays spain's fernando verdasco. elsewhere, there was an upset at the brisbane international, where the women's world number one angelique kerber suffered a shock defeat in the quarter—finals. she was beaten in three sets by the ukrainian elina svitolina. the number four seed garbine muguruza is also through to the semi—finals in brisbane. the french open champion beat svetlana kuznetsova in straight sets. muguruza won 7—5, 6—4 and will now meet the unseeded frenchwoman alize cornet, who knocked out the number two seed, dominika cibulkova. the manjudged the man judged by the manjudged by many to be the greatest tennis player ever unveiled a sta

and sir andy murray's in a tight 2nd set against nicolas almagro in the quarterfinal of the qatar openank you forjoining us. hull city have appointed marco silva as their new manager, a man they hope can keep them in the premier league where hull are currently rock bottom. silva's on 39 which makes him the 2nd youngest manager in the league. he's been labelled the "new mourinho" by many after a spell in portugese football with sporting lisbon and last season having led olympiakos to the greek title. if you are not an expert on european football you've probably never heard of the new manager. he's marko silva and he swapped the mediterranean sun for a chilly training ground near hull. i think it is good. a lot of teams are going young and foreign much those that have done it have been successful. let's hope it'll work for us. i hope he can bring in new talent, ideas, brighten the team up, get good attacking—style playing to win some matches in the premier league. well, hopefully we're going to be ok. what do we know about marco, silva. he is portugese and 39. he played rightback for his

sportsday on bbc news, sir andy murray's through to the qatar 0pen semi—finals after beating spain's nicolas almagroeitherjo—wilfried tsonga or tomas berdych in the last four. good evening. american intelligence officials have given a stark warning about the threat posed by russian cyber attacks. the outgoing us national intelligence director, james clapper, told a senate hearing he hasn't come across a more aggressive campaign to interfere with an american election than russia's actions in last year's race for the white house. mr clapper — who will brief donald trump about his findings tomorrow — said the hacking of democratic party emails had been ordered by the kremlin. washington is investigating what could be the biggest political break—in since watergate. in the 70s it was the building belonging to the democratic national committee that was burgled. in 2016 it was the computer system at the party's present headquarters. a robbery in cyberspace rather than in person. and us intelligence believes it was orchestrated by vladimir putin, from the kremlin, to help donald trump win the election. i wa

sportsday on bbc news, sir andy murray was an early break down in his qatar open quarterfinal against nicolas almagrogainst the world the way domestic violence cases are dealt with in family courts in england and wales looks set to change. the justice secretary wants to stop the growing practice of abusers questioning their own victims — adding to their ordeal. one woman in four can expect to experience domestic violence during her lifetime. at the moment, two women are killed every week in england and wales by a current or former partner. now, a home office—backed pilot scheme has brought northumbria police and several other agencies together in a new way of tackling the problem, and as our uk affairs correspondent jeremy cooke reports, the early signs are encouraging. they're on the road. and on the doorstep. i'm just going to try around the back. northumbria police, tracking down those guilty of a crime often unseen — domestic violence. the lad we're going to see is no stranger to the police anyway. it's a volatile relationship, erm, so there's physical violence, emotional violence. this time, he'

sir andy murray is through to the qatar open semi—finals after beating spain‘s nicolas almagro in straight but at 5—5 the world number one broke his opponent and served out the victory. he‘ll face tomas berdych next. the welsh rugby union say it‘s made the best offer it can to bring leigh halfpenny back from toulon. the wales full—back‘s contract with the french club expires at the end of this season. cardiff blues and scarlets are thought to be interested in signing him on a national dual contract, with the welsh rugby union paying 60% of his salary. we remember him paddling down to the medals in the summer, but now richard hounslow has retired from the sport. the 35—year—old won two silver medals in the canoe double with partner david florence at london 2012 and rio 2016. he said it had been a true honour to represent his country at the highest level. he has been canoeing since he can remember, so at 35 you can understand why he has had enough of sitting in those tiny boats, hurtling down the rapids. he said he loved some of it, but hated some of it. and he isn‘t going to retire? everybo

will look to extend his winning run to 27 competitive matches, a career best, if he can beat nicolas almagror third wta final. she's into the semifinals of the shenzen open in china following her victory against katrina pliskova in three sets. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. an update on the situation in izmir where there has been an attack which has left two people dead and several injured. it happened outside a courthouse in izmir. we heard from the governor of izmir who said the attackers struck when police approached their car, tried to search the car which prompted a shoot out with police, and it seems a car bomb was detonated, killing a police officer and a member of the courthouse staff as well, and injuring others. this follows the nightclub attack in istanbul on new year's eve which left 39 people dead. that was believed to be the work of islamic state. this is believed to be the work of the kurdish militants the pkk and the deputy turkish prime minister has said that actually a much larger attack was being planned. that's according to evidence from th

will look to extend his winning run to 27 competitive matches, a career best, if he can beat nicolas almagrorld number 10 johnna konta, who is one win away from reaching her third wta final. she's into the semifinals of the shenzen open in china following her victory against katrina pliskova in three sets. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. let's return now to that warning about children and young people being allowed roam the internet ill—prepared, as the children's commissionerfor england has put it. anne longfield has called in a report for much tighter privacy laws and social media digital rights education for children. with me is carolyn bunting, general manager of internet matters, an independent not—for—profit organisation which helps parents keep their children safe online. that is easier said than done, isn't it? we were talking earlier about how young people often know more about internet technology than their pa rents, about internet technology than their parents, so what is the role for pa rents parents, so what is the role for parents and trying to ke

will look to extend his winning run to 27 competitive matches, a career best, if he can beat nicolas almagroing her third wta final. she's into the semifinals of the shenzen open in china following her victory against katrina pliskova in three sets. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. as we've been hearing, the campaigner for the rights of victims of sexual violence, jill saward has died, aged 51. she waived her right to anonymity after she was raped during a burglary at her father's vicarage in ealing in london in 1986, she was the first rape victim in the country to waive that right. she died in hospital in the west midlands this morning after suffering a stroke. in the last few moments the attorney generaljeremy wright has paid tribute to her saying her tireless campaigning opened the ice of many politicians and helped ensure that victims are now placed at the heart of the criminal justice victims are now placed at the heart of the criminaljustice system. —— opened the eyes of many politicians. 0ur correspondent phil mackie has been looking back at her life. it

looking to extend his winning run to 27 competitive matches — a career best — if he can beat nicolas almagroe already through to the last a that‘s all sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. that‘s bbc dot co dot uk slash sport and i‘ll have more in sportsday. thank you. people who live near main roads may be at greater risk of dementia. according to a decade—long study by scientists in canada, one in ten cases could be linked to living near a major road. the researchers say more work is now needed to understand the link. our health correspondent robert pigott reports. arterial roads carry the lifeblood of cities such as toronto but are, apparently, the source of disease, too. a study of nearly 2 million people in ontario over 11 years, suggests that among people living within 50m of a major road, as many as 11% of dementia cases could be the result of traffic. tiny particles from exhaust and tyres could be part of the reason. this is a really important study, because it reinforces previous studies that indicate that air quality is very importa

he'll face spain's nicolas almagro next.cking time bomb'. uk sport have suspended her funding while she takes part in the programme — in which participants learn to ski jump. on social media, cox said her diagnosis, of ms, had changed her outlook on life, so she was going to enjoy ski—ing. ms dhoni has stepped down, as india's one day captain, ahead of the, od! series against england, which begins later this month. and, england's one day captain eoin morgan, will be hoping in that series, to replicate his big hits, that he's been managing, in the big big bash league in australia. his sydney thunder side, needed a six off the final ball of the match to win against melbourne thunder, and under pressure, he smashed it into the stands. it was morgan's final appearance in the big bash, before hejoins england in india. now we all know, as we get older, keeping fit takes a bit more effort — which makes the achievements of frenchman, robert marchand even more impressive. at the age of 105, he's set a new record for the furthest dist

he beat spain‘s nicolas almagro yesterday for his second match in a row.at is all for now. we will be back in the next hour. president barack obama has described the torture of a mentally disabled man in chicago, which was streamed on facebook live, as a ‘despicable‘ hate crime. the four suspects are seen assaulting a man with special needs, while making anti—white racial taunts. the victim was found wandering the streets traumatised, after being held bound and gagged for up to two days. they‘re due in court today accused of aggravated battery with a weapon. a third of hospital trusts in england have warned urgent action is needed to cope with the pressure of patient numbers — according to figures seen by the bbc. however new figures from nhs england show slightly fewer patients attended accident and emergency departments in england the week between christmas and new year, as compared to earlier in december. however the pressure of the number of people admitted to hospital prompted a third of hospital trusts in england to warn that urgent action was needed