tom curran is the latest player to pretty much say they've had enough of this strange existence, opting, and interestingly his club, the sydney sixers, saying they are aware of the toll it is taking on players. because a bigger issue of player welfare. yeah, if you consider that there are players going on to play in australia in the big bash, these tests, these confirmation tests come back tomorrow positive, that means that the entire england group, players and management, will probably have to stay in south africa for ten days quarantine. now, if you are going off to go and play in the big bash, you then fly to australia, where you have to do a further two weeks in solitary confinement, as it were, in quarantine before you go into your teen‘s bio—bubble, which is basically being in quarantine again, secured together. this is the way that cricket at the moment is being played, and it was very clear from the message today, from the announcement that both boards are taking the mental welfare of players very seriously, and in fact at the end of last summer, the ecb recognised that the stri

tom curran has done exactly the same.n south africa to then go to australia, to have that two—week quarantine period. i was meant to be in australia this winter and i didn't go because i didn't want to put myself through that. if this carries on for much longer, i think teams are not going to have two teams. a team that plays the t20, a team that plays the 50 overs... potentially three teams, a team to play the test match. if this carries on, it is going to be very difficult to keep them locked up as they have done. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. the uk has become the first country in the world to begin a mass vaccination programme for coronavirus with a fully—tested jab. a grandmother from coventry, margaret keenan, was at the front of the queue for the injection, developed by pfizer and biontech. professor stephen powis, the medical director for nhs england, was there, and he spoke to our health editor, hugh pym. todayis today is a h

three england players have pulled out of the big bash, with tom curran and tom banton putting that downrain of life inside the strict biosecure bubbles cricket's had in place in 2020. but these are the players from england and around the world that will feature, although liam livingstone and dawid malan are among a group who'll have to wait until after christmas because of australia's quarantine rules. back to you. we will leave it there and head straight back to the news tea m and head straight back to the news team in london. we wa nt we want to let you know that the prime minister boris johnson we want to let you know that the prime minister borisjohnson has just left the ambassador's residence in brussels as he heads for that meeting. these are the live pictures from brussels and we did just see the prime minister stepping into his carand he the prime minister stepping into his car and he will be arriving at the commission building very shortly because it is not a huge distance there. he is due to meet ursula von der leyen along with key players on their staffs, lord frost and miche

two young england players wary of bubbles, tom banton and tom curran, decided to go home rather thanjoingiles says other mental health screenings will happen before upcoming tourists and dawid malan welcomes that. especially when i started you just think i'm a tired and not playing well and there is no real awareness when you are actually feeling really burnt out and you felt mentally drained and the pressure that comes with playing international sport with county cricket, scrutiny of the year under now with social media commentators, everyone has an opinion these days. 4—5 years ago people didn't really realised. dawid malan hits a peak at 33 and even in twenty20 it's all about timing. chase that success but not at any price. joe wilson, bbc news. to formula one now and his mercedes team have announced that lewis hamilton has been passed fit to drive at this sunday's abu dhabi grand prix. that's after he tested negative for covid—i9 following a period of self—isolation. the world champion missed last week's race in bahrain after a positive test the week before. onto snooker and ronnie o

two young england players wary of bubbles come the tom banton and tom curran, decided to go home rathere big bash. the ecb says other mental health screenings will happen before upcoming tourists and dawid malan welcomes that. especially when i started you just think i'm a tired and not playing well and there is no real awareness when you are actually feeling really burnt out and you felt mentally drained and the pressure that comes with playing international sport with kenny cricket, scrutiny of the year under 110w cricket, scrutiny of the year under now with social media commentators, eve ryo ne now with social media commentators, everyone has an opinion these days. eventually it does get to you and i think probably even for five years ago really realised. dawid malan hits a peak at 33 and even in twe nty20 hits a peak at 33 and even in twenty20 it's all about timing. chase that success but not at any price. how to see more of those performances in the big bash this year. a campaign group called gymnasts for change has been launched with the aim of wiping out abuse in the sport. jenni

tom curran is in that england squad and was due tojoin up with the sydney sixers for the big bash latert of six months playing in the tightest of restrictions with england, and also the indian premier league, he has opted to return home to be with his family. the sixers say, "the varying conditions we are asking our players to play cricket in worldwide is taking its toll and we understand tom's need for a break." and it's been confirmed that ‘breaking', a form of break dance, will be included in the olympic programme at the 202a olympic games in paris. it's part of the ioc‘s drive to appeal to younger audiences. it willjoin other urban sports such as skateboarding, freestyle bmx and 3v3 basketball, which are set to be retained after debuts at the delayed tokyo olympics. parkour, that involves running, jumping and climbing over obstacles, has been overlooked. and that's all the sport for now. hello, there. fog is set to cause travel headaches for some parts of the uk during tuesday morning, particularly across southern and eastern counties of england and up into the midlands. some of the

tom curran is in that england squad and was due tojoin up with the sydney sixers for the big bash lateraustralia. but after spending the best part of six months playing in the tighest of restrictions with england and also the indian premier league, he has opted to return home to be with his family. the sixers say... "the varying conditions we are asking our players to play "cricket in worldwide is taking its toll and we understand "tom's need for a break." let's take a quick look at some other sport making the news today. newcastle united's training ground is still closed after a covid outbreak at the club. their game at aston villa last friday was postponed because of a significant increase in the number of cases. it's not yet known whether saturday's game at home to west brom will go ahead, although newcastle are hopeful that players can return to training tomorrow. leaving sports news there for the moment and head right back to bbc news channel in just a moment, but just ring you right up to date, you can stay right across all the latest sport news at the bbc sport website. that is w

two young england players weary of bubbles, tom banton and tom curran, decided to go home rather thanjoins that. —— before upcoming taurus. especially when i started you just think i'm tired and not playing well and there is no real awareness when you are actually feeling really burnt out and you felt mentally drained and the pressure that comes with playing international sport, county cricket, scrutiny of the year under now with social media commentators, everyone has an opinion these days. eventually it does get to you and i think probably even 4—5 years ago people didn't really realise. dawid malan hits a peak at 33 and even in twenty20 it's all about timing. chase that success but not at any price. joe wilson, bbc news. to formula one now and his mercedes team have announced that lewis hamilton has been passed fit to drive at this sunday's abu dhabi grand prix. that's after he tested negative for covid—19 following a period of self—isolation. the world champion missed last week's race in bahrain after a positive test the week before. onto snooker and ronnie o'sullivan has beaten robbi

a bio—bubble too far for england's tom curran. he opts out of the big bash to be with his family.fternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. with the clock ticking, both sides in the brexit trade negotiations agree on one thing — we're entering the end game. lord frost and his eu counterpart michel barnier are meeting in brussels in what is a final push to see if they can break the stalemate. the cabinet office minister michael gove is there too for seperate talks. no—one outside the talks really knows where they've got to, but the mood music suggests there's still considerable discord. at four o'clock boris johnson and european commission president ursula von der leyen will talk on the phone and assess whether a post—brexit trade deal can be salvaged. nick beake reports from brussels. have you made progress? good morning. three good mornings but there are three big problems to solve if there is to be a brexit trade deal. michel barnier gave what was described as a gloomy update on the state of the talks to the ambassadors of the 27 eu countries. they say they want an agreement

the former england captain michael vaughan says he can understand why tom curran and tom banton haveo put myself through that. if this carries on for much longer, i think teams are not going to have two teams. a team that plays the t20, a tea m teams. a team that plays the t20, a team that plays the 50 overs, potentially three teams, team to place the test match. it is very difficult to keep them locked up as they have done. just one other cricket line. the one—day series against south africa was called off yesterday because of a number of coronavirus cases. the two tests england were waiting on have come back negative, so the touring party will all be able to return home together on thursday. all the details of that story on the bbc sport website. german prosecutors have insisted they are building a compelling case against the man they suspect of murdering madeleine mccann, who disappeared during a family holiday to portugal in 2007. the convicted child sex offender ‘christian b‘ was identified as a suspect six months ago — but he has not yet been charged. 0ur berlin correspondent j

well, tom curran is in that england squad and was due tojoin up with the sydney sixers for the big bashons with england, and also the indian premier league, he has opted to return home to be with his family. the sixers say, "the varying conditions we are asking our players "to play cricket in worldwide is taking its toll and we understand "tom's need for a break." and it's been confirmed that "breaking", a form of break dance, will be included in the olympic programme at the 2024 olympic games in paris. it's part of the ioc‘s drive to appeal to younger audiences. it willjoin other urban sports such as skateboarding, freestyle bmx and 3v3 basketball, which are set to be retained after debuts at the delayed tokyo 0lympics. parkour, that involves running, jumping and climbing over obstacles, has been overlooked. and that's all the sport for now. hello, fog set to because travel headaches for parts of the uk to see morning across southern and eastern counties of england and up into the amendments. some pretty dense and slow to clear through the day across parts of east and get up until linc

tom curran is in that england squad and was due tojoin up with the sydney sixers for the big bash latero the indian premier league, he has opted to return home to be with his family. the sixers say, "the varying conditions we are asking our players "to play cricket worldwide is taking its toll and we understand "tom's need for a break." qpr say that their players will take a knee as a show of solidarity with millwall before their match tomorrow night. millwall condemned a section of their supporters that booed the anti—racism gesture over the weekend before their game against derby. club officials are meeting with kick it out and other anti—discrimination groups later today. qpr's policy this season has been to not take a knee, with the club's director of football les ferdinand saying that the gesture had lost its impact and become simply a pr exercise. but in light of the events at millwall, the rangers players‘ request to reverse the policy has been granted. newcastle united's training ground is still closed after a covid outbreak at the club. their game at aston villa last friday was

tom curran is in that england squad and was due tojoin up with the sydney sixers for the big bash laterturn home to be with his family. the sixers say... "the varying conditions we are asking our players to play "cricket in worldwide is taking its toll and we understand "tom's need for a break‘" in the last few minutes it's been confirmed that breaking, a form of break dance will be included in the olympic programme at the 2024 olympic games in paris. it's part of the ioc‘s drive to appeal to younger audiences. it willjoin other urban sports such as skateboarding, freestyle bmx and 3v3 basketball, which are set to be retained after debuts at the delayed tokyo olympics. parkour, that involves running, jumping and climbing over obstacles, has been overlooked. they wanted to be included, but they've missed out. breaking will be included, if only it had been an olympic sport when i was around, because i surely would've been up for a metal. let's just because i surely would've been up for a metal. let'sjust take because i surely would've been up for a metal. let's just take you back to that

tom curran is in that england squad and was due tojoin up with the sydney sixers for the big bash later in bio—secure bubbles he has opted to return home to be with his family. the sixers say, "the varying conditions we are asking our players to play cricket in worldwide is taking its toll and we understand tom's need for a break." in the last few minutes it's been confirmed that a form of break dance will be included in the olympic programme at the 2024 olympic games in paris. it's part of the ioc‘s drive to appeal to younger audiences. it willjoin other urban sports such as skateboarding, freestyle bmx and three v three basketball, which are set to be retained after debuts at the delayed tokyo olympics. parkour, that involves running, jumping and climbing over obstacles, has been overlooked. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. mike ashley, who founded sports direct, has confirmed he is working on a possible last—minute rescue plan for debenhams. but his company — frasers group, which also owns house of fraser and jack wills — says di

one of the england squad, tom curran, was due to head to australia after the series, to join up with but a pit—lane mix up saw him given the wrong tyres, and he then suffered a puncture in the closing laps. he finished ninth, with racing point‘s sergio perez getting the win. russell could deputise again in the last race of the season if hamilton doesn‘t recover in time. we had the win in the bag today, everything was under control. i was just managing my tyres, i felt great in the car, and obviously it went away from us once, came back through, then it went away from us again. so, yeah, i don‘t know. there was a late finish at the snooker, as the uk championship final went to a deciding frame, the australian neil robertson beating the world number one, judd trump, just before one o‘clock this morning. robertson‘s play in the final frame was painfully slow, he took over four minutes for one shot, but came out on top for his first triple crown title in five years. and also a cheque for £200,000. hgppy and also a cheque for £200,000. happy christmas! that‘s all the sport for now. with l