richard watson, bbc london.ulture in 2021. organisers say that they've been working on a flexible festival because of the pandemic. the start of the year—long programme has already been postponed until may. church bells ringing. coventry, famous for reinventing itself after the blitz has revealed some of its plans to transform the city again. today, organisers announced the first taste of what's to come, promising a programme rooted in the people of the city, including literature, theatre and a three—day festival curated by terry hall of the specials. the city will also play host to the turner prize exhibition. there is no doubt that it's been a very challenging time, you know, notjust for us in planning a programme like this, but for everyone in the world. i think what we've tried to do is bring our creativity, our innovation, flexibility to really try and reimagine what a uk city of culture during a global pandemic might look like. today's announcement in coventry is about showing the city's determination to p

watson. good afternoon. we will begin as they are. players chris robshaw and richardellation of sunday's match with england. the rfu have since discovered a second breach of covid rules by the squad, forcing the fixture to be called off. andy swiss reports. you had this really interesting statement from the rfq. because they we re statement from the rfq. because they were already investigating a breach of the rules on wednesday when i immerse a number of the barbarians players had left their hotel bubble without permission and had gone out for dinner at a restaurant in london. during their investigations, they discover there had actually been an earlier breach of the rules on tuesday when i get a number of barbarians players had gone out from the hotel without permission. and they said that because those players did not isolate afterwards they have had no alternative but to cancel the game against england. bill sweeney, the head of the union, said they we re the head of the union, said they were all incredibly frustrated and disappointed at the actions of a number of

in the leeds camp, it‘s richard agar, while for the red devils of salford, it‘s ian watson. everyone being on board and on the same page and that is the big plus of salford at this present time, especially within all the tough times with the covid situation at the moment. yes, it must be such an emotional day for you after a lifetime wanting this. you use that emotion to inspire the players or do you try to put that one side to ensure calm, so in a way the occasion doesn‘t really affect anybody? you can use emotion, but sometimes a lot of people use emotion in the wrong way. it is probably best being used to inspire, rather than let the emotion takeover and you on that emotion something generally goes wrong normally, so it is keeping that emotion in check and using it to help inspire you as the tea m using it to help inspire you as the team as you face the challenges like we do today with leeds. lets‘ bring in richard. 5 years since the rhinos were in the final, and won, but this is a final like no other because of the lack of fans. yes, absolutely, but at the same time we f