who were mixed doubles curlers, bruce and jen who were childhood friends in scotland. . , who were childhood friends in scotland. . v , who were childhood friends in scotland. ., , ~ , who were childhood friends in scotland. ., , a scotland. that s right. as you say, more success scotland. that s right. as you say, more success overnight scotland. that s right. as you say, more success overnight for - scotland. that s right. as you say, l more success overnight for britain s curlers. bruce and jen in the mixed events, they beat canada to make it two victories out of two so far and they are the reigning world champions, one of britain s biggest medal hopes at these games and have certainly got off to a very impressive start and i remember the games don t officially open until tomorrow but there s so much curling going on they had to try and cram in a few games before the opening ceremony takes place tomorrow and as you say, the action also gets under way in the mountains inj
made the right decision. he also said the football authorities need to consider how we deal with cases of footballers, where there has been rape and violence against women. so strong words from gordon brown. the crime writer at mcdiarmid withdrew her sponsorship. crime writer at mcdiarmid withdrew hersponsorship. she crime writer at mcdiarmid withdrew her sponsorship. she said she welcomed the statement from raith rovers, but she did say it is just the first step on a long road back. the raith rovers women s team are said to be devastated by this. they are playing on sunday but they want to change their name and their strip and they want to change where they play. and they want to change where they .la , . . and they want to change where they play. alexandra mckenzie thank you very much- after a troubled and controversial build up, the 2022 winter olympics are getting under way in beijing. almost 3,000 athletes from 91 nations will compete, with over a hundred gold medals on offer
hello and welcome to sportsday knight rides to the rescue in canberra. is rafa nadal ready to stand alone at the top of men s tennis. and as novak djokovic is honoured in montenegro, doubts emerge over the positive covid test he used to enter australia. also coming up in the programme: who will conquer the playoffs with the super bowl? and bouncing back in beijing we are with the curlers with the winter games a week away. obviously very disappointed we came forth at the last olympics so it makes you hungry to go back to another game and get on the podium again.
the cost of living a bbc poll suggests around a third of uk adults working full time are struggling with bills with nearly 30% saying they d skipped meals in the past six months to save money. millions of people are already feeling the squeeze. energy bills are set to soar again. i am in leicester speaking to people about the rising cost of living. disarray in northern ireland as the first minister is set to announce his resignation later today it comes after one of his ministers orders staff to stop checks on goods coming from the rest of the uk. at the winter olympics, team gbs mixed curlers continue their perfect start to the games with victory over canada. and a vaccine that could save the lives of young elephants vets at chester zoo embark on a world first trial.
and i m not condoning him. they were diabolical. but he is cleared to play and will stand by that. it s been a mixed day for team gb at the winter olympics. the men s curlers bounced back to beat norway in the round robin stages but there was disappointment in the sliding as for the first time in the history of the games there won t be a skeleton medal for great britain. our correspondent andy swiss rounds up day 7 in beijing. she s the olympic bronze medallist. can she find a little bit of magic here? another day when british hopes seems slide away. laura deas won bronze four years ago in the skillet in which britain has skeleton dominated in recent years but not here. she is on 21 place. for the first time this century, britain s skeleton athletes set to leave an winter olympics empty handed. hopes in cross country skiing also