Horse racing track before the driver a p pa re ntly horse racing track before the driver apparently lost control on a bend. The foreign secretary borisjohnson is in bangladesh where he has met Rohingya Refugees who have escaped violence in neighbouring myanmar. Now time to cross to the bbc Sports Centre for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me, hugh woozencroft, and Lizzie Greenwood hughes. The headlines this evening. Hoping to erase the painful memories of four years ago, Elise Christie puts in a world Class Performance to make the 500 metres short track quarter finals at the Winter Olympics. A game of fine margins going on at twickenham, we will have the latest as england host wales in the six nations championship. Unstoppable ireland run away with victory against italy, good evening. Welcome to sportsday plenty on the way but well start in south korea where day 2 of the Winter Olympics has provided who put on a stellar show to reach the quarter final 324,7zzg;mar rzfi
The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is in bangladesh, where hes been meeting rohingya refugees, whove escaped violence in neighbouring myanmar. Now time to cross to the bbc Sports Centre for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me, hugh woozencroft, and Lizzie Greenwood hughes. The headlines this evening. Jonny may is the hero for england as they keep up their perfect start in they keep up their perfect start in the six nations with victory over wales. Unstoppable ireland run away with victory against italy with Jacob Stockdale scoring two of their eight tries. Hoping to erase the painful memories of four years ago, Elise Christie puts in a world Class Performance to make the 500 metres short track quarter finals at the Winter Olympics. And a full round up of the day s football as it is goal scoring ioi from harry kane as he teaches arsenal a lesson, spurs winning the north london derby. And australia demolish england to reach the final of the world twenty20 tri series down
Since lockdown began. As global infections from coronavirus pass ten million, a leading scientist advising number ten says the uk is on a knife edge in the pandemic, and he expects a rise cases in the coming weeks. Professor sirjeremy farrar, whos a member of the governments sage advisory committee, also told the bbc, he also expects a second wave of infections in the winter. The latest figures show that in the last 2a hour period 36 more people died, having contracted the virus in the uk. That takes the total number of deaths to 43550. It comes as the home secretary, priti patel says the government is considering imposing a localised lockdown, on leicester, after a surge of coronavirus cases in the city. Our health correspondent, Richard Galpin has the latest. Leicester city, home to hundreds of thousands of people, a large, diverse community, enjoying the freedoms brought about by the governments increasing easing of lockdown restrictions. But now the government is considering toughe
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