highways england says the four areas are: on the m1 between sheffield and rotherham, also in the northst. there are two stretches in the midlands too, on the m6 between junctions six and seven. and finally on the m5, between junctions one and two. 0ur correspondent danny savage is by the m1 near rotherham. if you let by a motivate chances are that at times their pollution around you will be quite high, especially if there is no breeze or if there is a trafficjam. if there is no breeze or if there is a traffic jam. what if there is no breeze or if there is a trafficjam. what highways england have done is identify the four stretches of motorway as areas of particular concern whether levels can be quite high. they believe that introducing a 60 mph speed limit, reducing it by ten mph, will reduce the pollution levels. new levels come into place before the end of the month on those four stretches of motorway. the key thing is that they are 24—7, they will be in place all the time. if you passed through that stretch and it is quiet there will still be the 60 mph speed limit. there won't be t

one of those stretches is behind me here on the m1 in south yorkshire between sheffield and rotherham the m602 that comes into manchester for the west and liverpool. and two stretches of motorway on the m5 and the m6, just stretches about four miles long or less, around birmingham where those speed restrictions will come into place. the difference is, we are all used to temporary speed limits on motorways at times. but this will be a permanent one. some time between now and the beginning of october, those speed limits will be introduced. they will be in force 24/7, so even if the road is quiet, you won't be able to drive at 70 mph. there is an awareness campaign that will need to be done as well, and this is part of it, to actually say to people, please don't think that the default speed limit, which is a 70 on the motorway, will be in place if those roads are quiet. those stretches of motorway will have a permanent 60 miles per every speed limit. if you break that limit, you run the risk of a fine and penalty points. so, this will take place for a year, potentially, 12 months, until

one of those stretches is behind me here on the m1 in south yorkshire between sheffield and rotherham comes into manchester for the west and liverpool. and two stretches of motorway on the m5 and the m6, just stretches about four miles long or less, around birmingham where those speed restrictions will come into place. the difference is, we are all used to temporary speed limits on motorways at times. but this will be a permanent one. some time between now and the beginning of october, those speed limits will be introduced. they will be in force 2a/7, so even if the road is quiet, you won't be able to drive at 70 mph. there is an awareness campaign that will need to be done as well,

one is here over the viaduct between sheffield and rotherham.ound the centre of birmingham. we are all fairly familiar if we use motorways with temporary speed limits being in place. the thing here is that there will be a permanent speed limit in place. for the first time, the default speed limit will not be at 70 mph on uk motorways. u nfortu nately limit will not be at 70 mph on uk motorways. unfortunately motorway in england, it will be 60. even in the dead of night, you cannot do 70. people will need to be aware of that when using those motorways. because if you do drive at 70 in a 60, you will get a £100 fine. this is to reduce air pollution. it is an experiment for a year to see whether it works, to see whether it brings the quality of error in those stretches and those communities around those four stretches of motorway. —— air. around those four stretches of motorway. -- air. what difference do they want to make in the figures? government has set its targets of where it once it's to be. highways england says this will help go towards tha

elsewhere in the championship today there was no fairytale start for wycombe — beaten by rotherham thanksere wins for two of the sides relegated from the premier league last season as bournmouth beat blackburn and norwich edged past huddersfield. the big signings keep coming in the women's super league as the usa's alex morgan has moved to spurs, making her the fifth member of the world cup winning team to sign for a team here. and this how the north london club announced it. very little she hasn't achieved in the game — she moves from orlando pride in the national women's soccer league and joins tottenham for the rest of the season, pending a visa. meanwhile, on the pitch this evening, arsenal humilated their london rivals west ham, hamering them 9—1 in the women's super league. jill roord scored a hat—trick for the away side. the win moves arsenal top. in just over an hour's time in new york — naomi osaka and victoria azarenka will battle it out for the women's title at the us open... the first grand slam to be played since the pandemic hit... and a little earlier i spoke to the bbc‘s t

one of those stretches is behind me here on the m1 in south yorkshire between sheffield and rotherham. there is another one in northern england over the pennines — the m602 that comes into manchester for the west and liverpool. and two stretches of motorway on the m5 and the m6, just stretches about four miles long or less, around birmingham where those speed restrictions will come into place. the difference is, we are all used to temporary speed limits on motorways at times. but this will be a permanent one. some time between now and the beginning of october, those speed limits will be introduced. they will be in force 21w, so even if the road is quiet, you won't be able to drive at 70 mph. there is an awareness campaign that will need to be done as well, and this is part of it, to actually say to people, please don't think that the default speed limit, which is a 70 on the motorway, will be in place if those roads are quiet. those stretches of motorway will have a permanent 60mph speed limit. if you break that limit, you run the risk of a fine and penalty points. so, this will take

highways england says the four areas are: on the m1 between sheffield and rotherham; also in the northrpool and the west. there are two stretches in the midlands too, on the m6 between junctions 6 and 7, and finally on the m5 between junctions 1 and 2. it 5 just over a week since schools in england reopened for the new term, and there have already been a number of instances where pupils have been sent home to prevent possible covid infection. schools are required to isolate suspected cases and as a last resort, to close a school. our education correspondent elaine dunkley has been to a school in darlington which had to send home a teacher and 20 pupils as a precaution. who has got a new skill from being in lockdown? it's distance learning for primary school children. today, mrs craghill is teaching year three by video link. she's currently self—isolating, but lessons continue at heathfield primary school. well, obviously, it wasn't the way i wanted to start the year with the children. i wanted to be in school, but circumstances happened. so it has been really beneficial for myself and

the district of wealden and rotherham that are my constituency, that have recorded just for covid—i9sk the prime minister? e said that palpable progress will have to be made if this is not to last six months in terms of the new measures, can he consider those areas with lower rates being freed from this restrictions earlier if progress is made across the nation? of course and that is why we are confiding our hopes and our confidence in a local regional approach rather than a blanket one size fits all national approach. we hope to be... and we hope those areas complying with the rules and those who are applying with the rules will be able to see the opportunities he describes. the prime minister calls it nhs nhstest and trace, but wouldn't it be more accurate to call it outsourced. it has been outsourced to friends of tory mps lining their pockets whilst taking these public for a ride. in spite of the record of failure, last week this company was handed another test and trace contract worth £45 million. these private companies put public that we might profit before public that we migh

rotherham also beat wycombe.te and app. a big signing has been confirmed in the women's super league this afternoon. usa's alex morgan has moved to spurs. and here's how the north london club announced it. very little she hasn't achieved in the game — the two—time world cup winner moves from orlando pride in the national women's soccer league. she joins tottenham for the rest of the season, pending a visa. to italy next, where lewis hamilton has qualified on pole for sunday's tuscan grand prix. the world champion beat his mercedes team mate valtteri bottas byjust five hundredths of a second to claim the 95th pole of his career. the race will be ferrari's 1000th in formula one, but charles leclarc will start from fifth while sebastian vettel is down in 14th. it's finals weekend at the us open and dominic thiem will take on alexander zverev in the men's singles on sunday after their overnight wins. second seed thiem beat daniil medvedev in three sets, but was made to work for it after cruising through the first set

championship is also back — there was no dream start for new boys wycombe, beaten 1—0 at home by rotherhamrentford — so close to promotion last season — were beaten 1—0 by birmingham city. there are loads more 3 o'clock games under way in the efl and in the scottish premiership. all the latest scores are on the bbc sport website an app. big signing confirmed in the women's super league in the last few minutes. alex morgan has moved to spurs. she's a two—time world cup winner and moves from orlando pride in the national women's soccer league. she joins tottenham for the rest of the season pending a visa, according to the club. to italy next, where lewis hamilton has qualified on pole for sunday's tuscan grand prix. the world champion beat his mercedes team mate valtteri bottas byjust five hundredths of a second to claim the 95th pole of his career. the race will be ferrari's 1000th in formula one, but charles leclarc will start from fifth while sebastian vettel while sebastian vettel is down in 14th. there will be a new men's tennis grand slam champion for the first time since 2014. dominic