and former great britain rugby league player and coach johnny whiteley has died at the age of 91. whiteley was part of test series wins over australia with the lions as both player and coach, and was part of three world cup squads between 1954 and 1960. he also won the championship and played in challenge cup finals with hull for whom he scored 156 tries in 417 games, and coached both hull fc and hull kr. we'll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. police are hunting a sex offender who escaped from jail in boston, in lincolnshire. paul robson, who's 56, was serving a life sentence after being branded �*a menace to females' but was in an open prison. for more on this, we spoke to our reporter, caroline bilton.