And we re starting at the us open tennis where britain s jack draper has scorched into the quarter finals of a grand slam for the first time in his career. Draper hasn t dropped a set all tournament and he kept up that record in his victory over tomas machac in new york. Adam cottier reports. After the retirement of andy murray, here comes jack draper. On top of his game after a superb fourth round win in new york. He looked sharp from the start against machac and in a blink of an eye he powered through the first two sets in the type of form that suggests he has the potential to go even further. The 22 year old left hander won his first career title injune and with box office stars novak djokovic and carlos alcatraz already out of the open, his ruthless edge could serve him well. He took his place in the final eight afterjust one hour and 42 minutes. He went four games without dropping a set now at flushing meadows and is the first british man to reach the quarter finals in new york si
So lots for you tonight and we re starting at the us open tennis where britain s jack draper has scorched into the quarter finals of a grand slam for the first time in his career. Draper hasn t dropped a set all tournament and he kept up that record in his victory over tomas machac in new york. Adam cottier reports. After the retirement of andy murray, here comes jack draper. On top of his game after a superb fourth round win in new york. He looked sharp from the start against machac and in a blink of an eye draper powered through the first two sets in the type of form that suggests he has the potential to go even further. The 22 year old left hander won his first career title injune and with box office stars novak djokovic and carlos alcaraz already out of the open, his ruthless edge could serve him well. He took his place in the final eight afterjust one hour and 42 minutes. Draper went four games without dropping a set now at flushing meadows and is the first british man to reach th
So lots for you tonight and we re starting at the us open tennis where britain s jack draper has scorched into the quarterfinals of a grand slam for the first time in his career. Draper hasn t dropped a set all tournament and he kept up that record in his victory over tomash ma hatch in new york. Adam cottier reports. After the retirement of andy murray, here comes jack draper on top of his game after a superb fourth round win in new york. The british number one looked sharp from the start against thomas. . In the blink of an eye, draper powered through the first two sets on the louis armstrong court, in a type of form that suggests he has the potential to go even further. The 22 year old left hander won his first career title in stuttgart injune, and with box office stars novak djokovic and carlos alcaraz already out of the us open, draper s ruthless edge could serve him well. He secured his place in the last eight in just one hour and 42 minutes. Draper has won four games without dro
A minutes silence to commemorate the life of a minutes silence to commemorate the life of sir tom and to respect the life of sir tom and to respect the lives the life of sir tom and to respect the lives lost through covid. Remembering captain sir tom moore a minutes silence is observed in the House Of Commons. And the nation is urged to clap for him at 6pm tonight. Good afternoon. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, says Research Suggesting the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine may reduce the spread of coronavirus is superb and will help us all to get out of the pandemic. A study, which has yet to be Peer Reviewed, has shown the jab could cut the spread by two thirds. Its the first time a vaccine has been shown to reduce transmission. It comes as a new study shows that 88 of people who tested positive for the virus retained antibodies for the full six months of the trial. Awarning, a warning, this report contains some flashing images. Its been the Great Unknown would vaccines stop coronavirus
Beyond mid february. Buy now, pay laterfirms face stricter controls following fears over young shoppers debts. A Court In Moscow is due to decide shortly whether to jail president Vladimir Putins leading critic, Alexei Navalny. Also coming up heavy snow hits parts of Northern England with the met Office Warning some Rural Communities are at risk of becoming cut off. This morning. Door to door 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 and find every case. 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 people over the age of 16 will be swabbed to find the true extent of the new variant. Theres no