andy murray will be on court in a couple of hours, and novakjokovic starts his bid for the championship later on tuesday. we speak to the woman who s run 150 consecutive marathons and just completed an epic run across australia. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. we begin in the uk where the government has decided to block a controversial scottish bill designed to make it easierfor people to change their legal gender. it is the first use of a section 35 order, which can block scottish laws. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon called the move a full frontal attack on the scottish parliament and vowed to oppose it. here s our political editor chris mason. this is the ceremonial mace. it represents the scottish parliament s authority. we re seeing it here at the opening of its sixth session the year before last. and next, the crown of scotland, a symbol of royal authority. but power is shared in the
andy murray will be on court shortly at the australian open in melbourne. novakjokovic starts his bid for the championship later on tuesday. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the uk where the government has decided to block a controversial scottish bill designed to make it easierfor people to change their legal gender. it is the first use of a section 35 order, which can block scottish laws. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon called the move a full frontal attack on the scottish parliament and vowed to oppose it. here s our political editor, chris mason. this is the ceremonial mace. it represents the scottish parliament s authority. we are seeing it here at the opening of its sixth session the year before last. and next, the crown of scotland, a symbol of royal authority. all the laws that are passed here are checked to make sure they don t contradict with laws for the whole of the uk.
doll holds. a difficult to make | a busy day for you, and please play tennis sometime, i think a match is in orderfor the two of us. always wonderful to have you on the programme. you know what they say, an apple a day keeps the doctor away but what about a marathon a day? well, i m not sure i can say i d do that, but someone in australia has done just that and for 150 days straight, no less. 32 year old marathon runner erchana murray bartlett has finally finished her 6,300 kilometre journey on foot from the northern tip of australia, to the country s southern edge. her effort sets a new world record for the most consecutive daily marathons by a woman. earlier, i asked erchana why she decided to run this marathon. i was inspired to run this because here in australia, we unfortunately have a biodiversity loss crisis, so we are world leaders in biodiversity loss. our deforestation rate s up there with the amazon, and unfortunately we have almost 2,000 native species, plants and ani
i was very inspired to run this because here in australia, we unfortunately have a biodiversity loss crisis, so we are world leaders in biodiversity loss. our deforestation rate s up there with the amazon, and unfortunately we have almost 2,000 native species, plants and animals, that are in danger, on the endangered list. i grew up running through these places, i grew up running through parks and mountains, and i thought it would be a really good idea back then to counteract a good world record with a bad world record, and that s where tip to toe was born. that is a great way to address something that, as you say, is worrying so many people. but it also involves a lot of discipline and dedication. just talk us through how you prepare for something like this. i have a background in running i was a road marathon runner prior to tip to toe, so i had a lot of