Liverpool move to plug a hole in their defence. The premier League Champions bring in ben davies from preston, as well as a loan signing on a quiet transfer deadline day. Its not quite with the weather today, and Weather Warning for heavy snow across parts of Northern England. Valid until lunchtime. Widely three to eight centimetres above 200 metres we can easily see 15 centimetres to Sow Destruction is likely. All the details later in the programme. Its tuesday the 2nd of february. Our top story. Urgent tests are being offered to 80,000 people in england after cases of a new South African coronavirus variant were found, with no links to travel. People across eight areas are being asked to take tests, whether they have symptoms or not, after the government said the uk must Come Down Hard on the variant. Andy moore reports. 10,000 Home Testing Kits delivered to a fire station in woking in surrey. From today, the operation to deliver them door to door will begin. Across england, 80,000 p
President ial election, which is certain to hand ballots have been cast over Vladimir Putin another six years in power. Ballots have been cast over three days. There has been some vandalism and a number of arrests at Polling Stations, but the final result is not in doubt as mr putin has no credible opponent. It comes as supporters of the late Opposition Leader, Alexei Navalny, have urged people to turn out en masse at midday in each time zone and vote for any candidate other than mr putin or spoil their ballot papers. The Rolling Protest has been dubbed noon against putin. One of the main issues that voters are thinking about, is the war in ukraine. On that, here are two voters from an area just north of moscow. Translator | wish This I Special Operation would end as soon as possible. It is a pity people are dying, what a pity. Can you imagine how many people died, and now ourfront line regions are suffering . I am an elderly person but im really worried about this. I came to vote for
The fa cup semi finals. Chelsea come alive in injury time to knock out leicester and make the last four. Is it now a two way race in the wsl . Manchester city and chelsea are level pegging once more. Also coming up on sportsday. Matt fitzpatrick leads the british hopes in the final round of the players championship in sawgrass. And can Carlos Alcaraz claim back to back titles in indian wells . Hello again. Sometimes we can be a little prone to hyperbole with the fa cup. But this weekends quarter finals. Well, three of them, have matched every cliche and more, with none beating the drama at old trafford. Amad diallo s 120th minute winner ended a game that captivated and confounded. Manchester united 4, liverpool 3 was the score. Patrick gearey has the story. A rivalry that began with a canal is now channelled through football. Manchester united versus liverpool, a local grudge gone global. Both sides arrived in very different places, uniteds position the weaker, perhaps their need was g
Certainly deserved something from the game. After the opponent touched the ball, he dived in. So it was the judgment of the var, of the ref. Lucky for us, no penalty. So, yeah, of course we are happy with that. But i think also you can debate about it but i dont think its a penalty. It looked like a foul. Yeah, ijust think if you go for the ball and you miss it and clatter into an opposing player that hard, i dont see how its not a foul. I think they were fortunate to get away with that one probably. Yeah, disappointed it didnt go our way, because it would have been the least we deserved, really, to score a last minute equaliser and leave 1 1. Lets stay in the Premier League. Moises caicedo has completed his move from brighton to chelsea for an initial fee of £100 million. With add ons, thats set to rise to a british record £115 million. A deal with liverpool had also been agreed for very close to that amount, but the ecuadorian had always fancied a move to stamford bridge. That was
However. A bit of everything, there you go and some payouts for the Insurance Company thank you. Thats it. Ill be back at ten. And you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. But the news continues here on bbc one, as wejoin our hello and welcome to sportsday this monday night. Im chetan pathak. Coming up on the programme. All eyes on old trafford with protests expected ahead of tonights 80 clock kick between Manchester United and wolves. Is the deal finally done . Brightons star player looks to be heading to chelsea for a british transfer record fee. And Tammy Beaumont makes history hitting the first hundred in the womens hundred but was it enough for victory . I dont Know Whatjust happened for the habit absolute day out. Its great to put on a show for the fans. Its great to put on a show for the fans. Also coming up on sportsday before 7. Andy murray returns to great britains davis cup team. Well bring you the full line up for next months tournament in manche