the uk economy rebounds with 7.5% growth last year. president biden tells american citizens remaining in ukraine to leave, saying he would not send troops to evacuate them should russia invade. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to set off on a half term getaway in the coming days, as covid testing for fully jabbed travellers returning to the uk is scrapped. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s gavin. good morning, there s a lot to bring you up to date with from the winter olympics team gb s curlers are continuing their bids to reach the semi finals but britain s 20 year run of skeleton medals is coming to an end. andy swiss is in the mountains outside beijing for us andy, what went wrong on the skeleton track?
amanda selby s19 year old brother admits her manslaughter. the defence secretary holds a press conference with his polish counterpart and says the uk will send 350 more troops to the polish border amid ukraine tensions. medical pioneer the spinal implant that has helped a paralysed man become a dad. sport and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. team gb s mixed doubles curlers will have to settle for a bronze at best after losing their semi final at the winter olympics. bruce mouat and jen dodds started their match against norway well but their lead was wiped out on end six with norway scoring three points. they then needed a simple draw on the hammer of the eigth and final end to claim the 6 5 win with gb now heading to a bronze medal playoff against sweden tomorrow morning.
world rankings, so they could be a possibility there. kirsty muir goes in the slopestyle and came fifth in the big air, and a huge young talent for tv team gb and you mention the curlers but it s not looking too good as the men are currently 2 1 down against italy and eve muirhead who won a brunch eight years ago, she is back at the games but the women s rink lost their first match to switzerland won a bronze. so while the team gb bosses are not panicking yet, they will beginning to wonder when the games will get going for the team. to wonder when the games will get going for the team. thanks. we will let ou io going for the team. thanks. we will let you go up going for the team. thanks. we will let you go up to going for the team. thanks. we will let you go up to giving going for the team. thanks. we will let you go up to giving us going for the team. thanks. we will let you go up to giving us some i going for the team. thanks. we willl let you go up to giving us some h
you wouldn t want to go to a comp and just cruise. i really wanted to go for it. not that i am not definitely a bit disappointed. her team mate katie summerhayes meanwhile finished ninth, with gold going to switzerland s mathilde gremaud. solid run and, i tell you what, that is it. well amid all the thrills and spills, it wasn t to be for kirsty muir and for katie summerhayes here. what that means, of course, is britain s long wait for their first medal of these games goes on. she once again picked up three for great britain. so what hopes are left? britain s curlers are going well. the women s team reviving their chances with a crucial win over japan. advantage japan. indeed it wasn t japan s day. just seconds from gold in the speed skating when. oh, it has all gone wrong forjapan. that tumble on the very last bend
is, let s hold fire. you mentioned the curlers. what sort of expectations on their shoulders and how they dealt with that today was impressive. surely this has to be a medal help. they got the job done and could potentially get gold for that they were leading the round robin phase. that they were leading the round robin phase- that they were leading the round robin hase. ,, , ., robin phase. everyone is looking for ou. the robin phase. everyone is looking for you- they will robin phase. everyone is looking for you- they will be robin phase. everyone is looking for you. they will be very robin phase. everyone is looking for you. they will be very aware. - robin phase. everyone is looking for you. they will be very aware. they l you. they will be very aware. they will have known exactly what was expected of them. to come in and do it when it counted against the americans who are formidable opponents is great. it will give a boost to eve muirhead s team. better late than never. b