uk athletics has clarified its position on transgender participation in athletics in the uk.ange the law to ensure the women's category is reserved for those registered female at birth. and they're calling for an open category to replace the current men's category. let's speak to our lgbt and identity correspondent lauren moss. lauren, gave us lauren, gave us more lauren, gave us more details. well, reeta, uk athletics _ lauren, gave us more details. well, reeta, uk athletics has _ lauren, gave us more details. well, reeta, uk athletics has made - lauren, gave us more details. well, reeta, uk athletics has made its i reeta, uk athletics has made its position pretty clear tonight, saying it wants the men's category to become an open category in which transgender athlete would be able to compete, saying it would enable for the women's category to be for women who are registered female when they were born. in a 13 point statement, uk athletics as it does not agree with suppressing testosterone for transgender women because it says there is not enough data showing that male advan

but there is a problem looming, they say — the chairman of uk athletics says he fears they would loseegal challenge, and they want to change the british equality laws because of the gender recognition act, which allows people with gender recognition certificates to be allowed to be treated as females for all purposes, and that includes sport. now, some have said the 2010 equalities act addresses that issue and it does allows for the protection of the female category in sport, but clearly uk athletics are not convinced by that. in a statement, the lgbtq+ campaign group stonewall say... meanwhile, fair play for women say... ukraine's top female tennis player and olympic bronze medallist elina svitolina is calling for sanctions on russian and belarusian players to continue. the ioc is under pressure from the un not to discriminate against athletes and allow them to compete under neutral flags, but svitolina doesn't agree. i don't think that the neutral flag is changing so much anything. for me, it's more about, we should sanction as much as possible the people from russia and belarus, be

— uk athletics.at scientific evidence shows that suppressing natural levels of testosterone does not remove the physical advantage of people who have gone through male puberty. so what they want to do is have an open category, which would include men and athletes of all sexes while restricting women's events to those who were born female. but there's a problem — they're not sure it'll withstand legal scrutiny, they think they'll lose legal challenges because of the country's equalities laws, although the country disputes that. whilst this is in line, the uk line is in line... with banning transgender woman from female events. it is at odds with the sport's global authority, global athletics have said recently that their preferred option is to allow transgender woman to continue in the female category, but with their testosterone levels limited to 2.5 nanomoles per litre. they've said that that is open to discussion and consultation, and a final decision will be made in march.— will be made in march.

participation in athletics in the uk.egory is reserved for those registered female at birth. and they're calling for an open category to replace the current men's category. let's speak to our lgbt and identity correspondent, lauren moss. give us more details. that is right, reeta, uk athletics has said it wants the men's category to become an open category in which transgender women can compete. the women's category for women registered female when they were born. this is similar to what the british triathlon federation announced last month, and in its statement uk athletics says it does not think there is enough evidence that suppressing testosterone for trans women eliminates male advantage, and each out, ian beattie, says he wants the sport to be welcoming and also fair. the news has been welcomed by some, fair play for women say they are glad for the need of a category based on birth sex has been acknowledged, but others, like gendered intelligence, which supports people who are transgender, has courted this outing an

but clearly uk athletics are not convinced by that. ve the legal clarity they need." the start of the six nations is now less than a day away, and england are making theirfinal preparations for their calcutta cup match against scotland. it will be new head coach steve borthwick�*s first match in charge. england are looking to beat scotland for the first time since 2020. borthwick says he's picking his squads based on club form and that's meant a return for 35—year—old prop dan cole, who could win his 96th cap more than three years after his last appearance. you get older and your life and your career, and you realise you haven't got many games left, so to play in the first game of the year of the tournament for us is very exciting, there's definitely a buzz when you play at twickenham. you feel that anticipation in the air. looking forward to that buzz again. britain's men's tennis team have one of their toughest tests this evening. and over the weekend, they're playing columbia in the davis cup near bogota, which means it's at altitude

but clearly uk athletics not convinced by that.- but clearly uk athletics not convinced by that.tosterone for a two—year period at least. there was a lot of pushback on that and they did say that they would be open to other proposals and that consultation has gone out to the national governing bodies. a decision is expected in march and some insiders have suggested that the end of the process what they will have indeed are two categories, for men and all sexes and anotherfor are two categories, for men and all sexes and another for women born female at birth. erik ten hag has asked players to focus on football after mason greenwood had all criminal charges against him dropped. greenwood denied the charges of attempted rape, assault and coercive in controlling behaviour. the 21—year—old had been due to face trial this year. greenwood said he was relieved and thanked his family and friends for supporting him. man united say they will conduct their own process before deciding what to do next. erik ten hag was asked about greenwood earlier. no. nothing. i can add nothing. i refer to

running for the first time at the uk athletics indoor championships in the 1500 metres — the 24—year—oldtly. it was a great race for me and the british title and to get a championship record is well wasjust wild because ijust did not expected and ifeel wild because ijust did not expected and i feel really happy this morning. it's slowly sinking in. the 1500 metres _ morning. it's slowly sinking in. the 1500 metres before, the coach wanted you to do it to help with your 800 metres. what was your realistic expectations going into that race? going into it, going into the championship with the aim to win. every athlete does. but i note that more of a development season for myself because i haven't really done 1500 metres. and it was very new to me but ijust enjoyed every second of it and i think every wrinkle we aim to win and i'm still the regardless of it being new to me, i think it's something that i really want to go for, go for gold and that i knew would be hard but my plan paid off in yes, i got the belt in the end. �* ., ., paid off in yes, i got the belt in the end. �* . ~ ., the end

fair enough and move on to the independent and uk athletics on track for fairness. re going to they're going to they're going to ban trans the uk said the uk athletics is supporting backing a ban on trans women from female i'm not sure don't quite stop because they're going to have an open category but that's for men and anyone else that's like the lgbt will take anybody you know we're desperate for conversation. i'm going nick as well. yeah, you going to nick as well. yeah, you will. because the guy. will. because you're the guy. and going be next and then you're going to be next to got, you know, to a guy who's got, you know, new what we to new boobs. what are we going to do? that going mean, do? what's that going to mean, scott? think scott? but don't you think this is obviously fair insofar women's sports. know women's sports. yes know if they're against they're competing against someone been through male puberty . there are quite puberty. there are quite significant advantages. if significant advantages. but if a near tie just say i'm doing near tie it's just sa

fair enough and move on to the independent and uk athletics on track for fairness. ng to they're going to they're going to ban trans the uk said the uk athletics is supporting backing a ban on trans women from female i'm not sure don't quite stop because they're going to have an open category but that's for men and anyone else that's like the lgbt will take anybody you know we're desperate for conversation. i'm going nick as well. yeah, you going to nick as well. yeah, you will. because the guy. will. because you're the guy. and going be next and then you're going to be next to got, you know, to a guy who's got, you know, new what going to new boobs. what are we going to do? going mean, do? what's that going to mean, scott? don't this scott? but don't you think this is obviously fair insofar women's sports. if women's sports. yes know if they're against they're competing against someone been through male puberty . there are quite puberty. there are quite significant advantages. if significant advantages. but if a near tie just say i'm doing near tie it's just say i'm

championships in birmingham as well as the world indoor tour final, uk athletics championships and theoe billingham is the former inspector of her majesty's constabulary. this was truly unprecedented to give out private, personal information 20 days into an investigation, most people would be wondering how on earth is this going to help the police in their bid to bring nicola home? and if it was relevant in any point in the investigation, why wasn't it released in an appropriate way without going into all that personal detail much earlier on? and it caused me to think, why are the police releasing this information in this way now? it smacked either of panic or even a deliberate decision on the part of the force to think about how they can maintain their reputation, and that's quite disturbing on so many fronts. if you look at the chronology of yesterday, the senior investigating officer, who i thought did a really good job at the conference to explain where the police have got to, she specifically refused to answer questions about the details relating to nicola that have now come in to

now the uk indoor athletic championships are taking place in birmingham this weekend.metres. she won the time of 7.17 seconds, claiming a place in the european indoor championship sport. prescott has his place confirmed to with his win and the men 60 metres. prescott won in a time of 6.5a seconds. that's a sport for now but as always there is much more on a website. but for me it's goodbye. turning to iran now — and a woman who threw her headscarf away on stage at a public meeting is reported to be facing prosecution. this video — circulated widely online — shows the woman throwing her headscarf to the ground during a meeting of the engineering association in tehran. initial reports say she was disqualified from standing as a candidate for election to the local branch because she was not wearing her headscarf. the current wave of anti—government protests in iran was triggered in september — by the death of a young woman who'd been detained for allegedly not wearing her hijab correctly. protests have surged again in the past few days. this was the scene on friday in zah

the uk indoor athletics championships are taking place in birmingham this weekend.has his place confirmed too — with his win in the men's 60m, prescod won in a time of 6.511 seconds. finally, as part of lgbtq+ history month, warwickshire county cricket club have teamed up with an inclusive cricket team in the uk to promote allyship in the sport. the birmingham unicorns are one ofjust two such cricket teams in the uk, and they took part in a training session at edgbaston. we ta ke we take it for granted the times that everyone doesn't feel safe and some people do feel excluded and anything we can do to help, we will. the partnership developed over two years— the partnership developed over two years and _ the partnership developed over two years and this started as a conversation for let's do something for lgbt_ conversation for let's do something for lgbt history month and is like, why do— for lgbt history month and is like, why do we — for lgbt history month and is like, why do we do a training session, we did it _ why do we do a training session, we did it two _ wh

the uk indoor athletics championships are taking place in birmingham this weekend. of 6.51; seconds. finally, as part of lgbtq+ history month, warwickshire county cricket club have teamed up with an inclusive cricket team in the uk to promote allyship in the sport. the birmingham unicorns are one ofjust two such cricket teams in the uk, and they took part in a training session at edgbaston. we taken for granted the times or we don't feel safe that some people do feel excluded so anything we can do to help, we will. the partnerships has slowly developed and this came on the back of a conversation where we are like, let's do something for lgbt history month. we we are like, let's do something for lgbt history month.— we are like, let's do something for lgbt history month. we did this two ears auo lgbt history month. we did this two years ago and _ lgbt history month. we did this two years ago and it _ lgbt history month. we did this two years ago and it went _ lgbt history month. we did this two years ago and it went so _ lgbt history month. we did this two years ago

and that's so this open category , athletics uk open category, athletics uk has said that what they wantnd i think that said for and i think that was said there'll be a male category female and an open category where anyone can participate irrespective of their sex. do you could work on a you think that could work on a practical ? well, it would practical basis? well, it would actually category in actually be a female category in an category. an open category. no male category. so mean, category. okay. so i mean, i think personally, i, i personally that's a great solution right now to compete they'd have to suppress testosterone levels to certain levels with an open category. i'm wondering if they do away with that so they could keep biological, you know, testosterone levels normal say for that per individual and i think that would be a great idea , you know, to let them be included, but not, you know, put women at a disadvantage. yes. and do you think with all these other developments that are happening when happening in scotland when it comes gender recognition comes the gender recogni

and that's so this open category , athletics uk open category, athletics uk has said that what they wantnd i think that said for and i think that was said there'll be a male category female and an open category where anyone can participate irrespective of their sex. do you could work on a you think that could work on a practical ? well, it would practical basis? well, it would actually category in actually be a female category in an category. an open category. no male category. so mean, category. okay. so i mean, i think personally, i, i personally that's a great solution right now to compete they'd have to suppress testosterone levels to certain levels with an open category. i'm wondering if they do away with that so they could keep biological, you know, testosterone levels normal say for that per individual and i think that would be a great idea , you know, to let them be included, but not, you know, put women at a disadvantage. yes. and do you think with all these other developments that are happening when happening in scotland when it comes gender recognition comes the gender recogni

the uk is among 30 countries that have pledged support to an ongoing ban on russian and belarusian athletesrnational sporting events amid russia's invasion of ukraine. it follows a summit involving all 30 nations earlier this month, including france, germany and the united states. the international olympic council is "exploring a pathway" for athletes from the two nations to compete as neutrals. but uk culture secretary lucy frazer says the ioc�*s plans are "not credible". super league champions st helens have arrived back from australia today after defying the odds to win the world club challenge. they beat penrith panthers in sydney to become the first british side to win in australia in almost 30 years — as adam cottier reports: if winning four super league titles was not enough, now they have in their grasp a trophy that signifies a monumental achievement for the sport of rugby league in this country. arriving home from sydney today, there was a huge sense of pride among the centre team. with the self belief within the group work, we always knew what we capable of doing that and hard—wo

threats to boycott the olympics in paris poland announces the creation of a uk coalition against the participation of our athletes and the nomination ultimatum could the latvian olympic committee announced the boycott of the games with the participation of russia and the president of lithuania compared the admission of russia to the olympics with a shot in the leg, the ukrainian authorities went the furthest, promising to boycott the 2024 olympics and in fact, accusing the head of the ioc of corruption, could strongly reject this and other slanderous statements. they cannot form the basis for any constructive discussion. a boycott from ukraine is possible, which was threatened by the minister of sports vadim goodside. in this case, not corresponds to our mission. we know the point of view of ukraine, which not only wants to isolate russia as a state, but wants to completely isolate all russians. it doesn't match the value. we are the missions of the olympic charter is. athletes, because of their passports, are also advised to boycott the olympics by some russian representatives of sports and politics, which cause

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athletes have been forced to a changing room with biological males. william thomas ibnng biological males. william thomas i bring you a uk, who was in that very locker room and is calling separate, changing facilities for trans athletes. she speaks about her experiences with me live at 1020, but first as the march towards net zero continues, is lee anderson right to say that ordinary brits are growing tired of eco extremism? my growing tired of eco extremism? my super saw panel give their thoughts on that. plus, we'll have tomorrow's have the first of tomorrow's newspaper we're newspaper front pages. we're back in just 2 minutes time. is 10 pm. i'm dan wootton. tonight after four afghan boys who arrived in the uk on small boats are arrested for an alleged rape is the channel invasion threat to the safety of brits? fleet street icon calvin mackenzie says the prime minister must react to what is a watershed moment . he's minister must react to what is a watershed moment. he's on council. we're on it at 1040 as a swarm of the country's most busy. ramona's gathered for a cross—party summit on how to boost ties with the eu .

athletes have been forced to a changing room with biological males. william thomas ibnng biological males. william thomas i bring you a uk, who was in that very locker room and is calling separate, changing facilities for trans athletes. she speaks about her experiences with me live at 1020, but first as the march towards net zero continues, is lee anderson right to say that ordinary brits are growing tired of eco extremism? my growing tired of eco extremism? my super saw panel give their thoughts on that. plus, we'll have tomorrow's have the first of tomorrow's newspaper we're newspaper front pages. we're back in just 2 minutes time. is 10 pm. i'm dan wootton. tonight after four afghan boys who arrived in the uk on small boats are arrested for an alleged rape is the channel invasion threat to the safety of brits? fleet street icon calvin mackenzie says the prime minister must react to what is a watershed moment . he's minister must react to what is a watershed moment. he's on council. we're on it at 1040 as a swarm of the country's most busy. ramona's gathered for a cross—party summit on how to boost ties with the eu .

athletes. who are the citizens of nato is either the us or the uk because, unfortunately for me, military armedflicts always occur all year round and all over the globe. what kind of match is being prepared for arina sobolenko in her homeland, in what environment did the minsker manage to win the australian open how the sanctions affected the development of tennis in our country, see the big interview with sergei rutenko in the sports shots program on wednesday morning on belarus 5 tv channel or live. now on youtube, dmitry tikhon left the post of head coach of the handball club bags brest, the contract was terminated by agreement sides specialist headed southerner. the course of last season under his leadership. the team won the fourteenth championship title and for the first time in history became the owner of the country's super cup. tikhon has already said goodbye to the team, the name of the new coach will be known in the near future, but in the meantime, vasily ostrovsky will be acting. checking the nearest reserve. this is the main goal of the training camp of the women's basketball team

including the usa, germany, france, the uk and japan have unanimously agreed to demand that the international olympic committee ban russian and belarusian athletes. their president — volodymyr zelensky — has been addressing the gathering before which britain's culture secretary lucy frazer said that russian athletes "shouldn't line up alongside team gb and everyone else on the world stage". the international olympic committee has been trying to develop a pathway enabling russian and belarussian atheletes to compete as neutrals under strict conditions, following russia's invasion of ukraine. the consortium that has taken over worcester warrors and rebranded the club as sixways rugby says they may think again about the name change. the club have withdrawn their proposal to play in the championship, with the government saying the decision was "devastating news for rugby fans across the midlands". the new owners insists they couldn't accept a number of clauses in the contract they'd have to sign with the rfu, but are willing to change their plans on the new club's branding. there is parts within our control and one element of that is the brand as su

athletes to compete. it comes as 30 nations including the uk have signed a pledge to support to an ongoing ban on russian ish supermarket chains are restricting the amount of some fruits and vegetables that customers can buy, in response to recent shortages of fresh produce. shoppers at asda and morrisons will face limits on the number of cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes that they can take home. the supply problems — which are also affecting ireland — have largely been caused by extreme weather conditions in northern africa and southern spain, the regions from which the uk gets a large part of these products at this time of year. our business correspondent, marc ashdown, has more. if you've been to do your weekly shop in the past few days, you might have noticed a few gaps. social media has been awash with pictures from frustrated shoppers of empty shelves in the fresh fruit and veg aisle. now, some of the big supermarkets are taking steps to protect supplies. in asda, you can now only buy three each of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, salad bags, broccoli, cauliflower and raspberries. and in morriso

ministers, chaired by the uk, which is being held to discuss russian participation in next year's paris 0lympics. the international olympic committee wants russian and belarussian athletes those athletes take part. the launch of the most powerful rocket system in history is a step closer after spacex said it had carried out a successful static test of its super heavy booster for its starship craft. a live stream showed the engines firing at the launch site on the texas—mexico border. the company's billionaire owner, elon musk, tweeted that the power was enough to reach orbit. yahoo has become the latest big technology firm to announce job losses. it says it will cut more than a fifth of its workforce by the end of this year by restructuring its advertising department. a thousand jobs will go this week. hogwarts legacy, a big—budget video game set in the world of harry potter, has been released today. it's expected to sell millions of copies, but some campaigners are calling for a boycott because of the authorjk rowling's views on transgender issues and how they effect women's rights. it's being billed as the hottest ticket in town — 10,000 people are being given the cha

president has addressed a uk led summit to discuss russia's participation in next year's olympic games in paris. the international olympic committee says it's considering allowing athletesm russia and belarus to compete as neutrals. but the lithuanian sports minister says all 35 countries in attendance agreed with volodymyr zelenskyy that russian and belarus and athletes should be banned altogether . europe to date athletes should be banned altogether. europe to date on tv onune altogether. europe to date on tv online in derby plus radio. this is gb news. now it's back to dewbs & co with . dewbs& co with. michelle thanks for that. bethany elsey michelle dewberry. and i'm keeping you company right through until 7:00. the evening alongside me my friday favourite political consultant alex dean and paul embry , the author, and paul embry, the author, firemen and trade unionist. good evening. good evening to you. i was just saying at the start of the program, that's about laughing out loud. so i was putting pressure on you, too. so ihope putting pressure on you, too. so i hope you've come up with your finest dirt right now as we've been implementing. we've been for a long ti

ministers, chaired by the uk, which is being held to discuss russian participation in next year's paris 0lympics. the international olympic committee wants russian and belarusian athletesose athletes take part. one of the justifications vladimir putin gave for invading ukraine was the need to protect russia from what he claimed was a threat to national security. in fact, his so—called special military operation has left many in russia feeling less secure. in recent months, there have been drone attacks on military bases deep inside russia, while regions bordering ukraine now come under regular shelling. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, has been to russia's belgorod region to see how life there has changed after a year of war. this part of russia, more than any other, feels like a warzone. near the border with ukraine, they are digging trenches, building fortifications. a year ago there was none of this. or this. close by, a market has been hit by a mortar. the people here say they now live in constant fear of ukrainian shelling. but they forget to mention that it was their country that invaded ukraine. translation: almost every day there are booms, bangs. - people h

uk led summit to discuss russia's at next year's olympic in paris. the international olympic committee says it's considering allowing athletes from russia , allowing athletest attended summit agree with volodymyr zelenskyy that russian and belarus athletes should be banned. and belarus athletes should be banned . this has gb news. we'll banned. this has gb news. we'll bnng banned. this has gb news. we'll bring you more news as it happens. now, though, it's back to . to. patrick massive out of this. ladies and gentlemen, with you all the way through till 6:00, a little later on, i'm going to be talking to the one and only kelly kane. she's big women's kelly kane. she's a big women's rise, course. and that's rise, of course. and that's in relation to what nicholas is doing north of the border. the latest polling as well latest polling data as well suggesting is in suggesting sturgeon is in trouble also trouble about that. i'm also going having a discussion going to be having a discussion about anderson, the tory about lee anderson, the tory backbench mp, deputy. the policy now isn't say yesterday all the chart was about him thinking about bringing back the d

participation of athletes from russia forty in the olympics. states that oppose the idea could bring the russians back to the game in the middle of the willing eu countries and the ukwill be a tough stance that will oppose the participation of representatives of russia and belarus in the olympic games the strongest cards and the final decision is ignored. here on the side of aggression, when we watched the russians win awards in tokyo and in beijing, in fact, we supported the russian army, it was suddenly reforged and the mayor of paris en hidalgo, hosting the olympics , just 2 weeks ago, this madame spoke in the spirit that the russians should be allowed to play, they say the passport, this is not a reason to remove from the competition. now also sang in a different way, but i would like them not to be there while this war is going on - this is russian aggression against ukraine , it is impossible for the russian delegation, as if nothing had happened, to come to paris while ukraine continues to pour bombs. i am against the arrival of the russian delegation to the olympic games in paris if the war at that time will still continue. at the same time , not all wester

the uk is among 30 countries that have pledged support to an ongoing ban on russian and belarusian athletesm the two nations to compete as neutrals. andy murray is back in action, winning his match in the first round of the qatar 0pen against lorenzo sonego. the scot was playing his first match since his marathon run at the australian open injanuary, and after losing the opening set, murray bounced back to take it in three, he will face fourth seed alexander zverev. and who would play you in a play or a movie? i dread to think! i don't know! gareth southgate is set to have name in lights, he is going to be played byjoseph fiennes. he is going to be played by joseph fiennes. , ., �* fiennes. they don't look quite similar, i— fiennes. they don't look quite similar, i would _ fiennes. they don't look quite similar, i would never- fiennes. they don't look quite similar, i would never have i fiennes. they don't look quite i similar, i would never have thought that. . . similar, i would never have thought that. , ., , the show is called dear england, and it's set for a run at the national theatre

uk in november, mina, persia and arifa have been training twice a week. graham satchell went to meet them. a cycle track in west london and a group of afghan athletesights high. they are aiming for the olympic games in paris next year. they want to be a symbol of hope for the millions of women forced to endure the taliban regime in afghanistan. graham satchell, bbc news. we�*re joined now by cyclists mina, persia and arefa and charity worker yvette hoyle who supported the three women in getting to the uk. good morning all of you. morning, thank you- — good morning all of you. morning, thank you. tell— good morning all of you. morning, thank you. tell us _ good morning all of you. morning, thank you. tell us a _ good morning all of you. morning, thank you. tell us a little - good morning all of you. morning, thank you. tell us a little bit - good morning all of you. morning, thank you. tell us a little bit if - thank you. tell us a little bit if ou can thank you. tell us a little bit if you can about _ thank you. tell us a little bit if you can about what _ thank you. tell us a little bit if you can about what it - thank you. tell us a little bit if