hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. the bye bye blues. the tick is removed, sending social media into meltdown. but what does it mean for the future of twitter. and our trust in it. for many of you the blue bird has flown the nest? well the blue tick anyway. if you are a twitter user, you might have had one of those ticks on your account, to authenticate who you are. but now they come at a cost, and yesterday by virtual tweezer, many of the ticks were being removed. the pope, beyonce, jk rowling, christiano ronaldo among many high profile users who ve been hit. the cost for annual subscription at least through android is £11 a month. but some are getting it free, lebronjames, william shatner the author stephen king. not that stephen king knew about it my twitter account says i ve subscribed to twitter blue. he said. there is, though, a serious side to all this. no longer will you have that certainty that the person you follow is who they
pumped in millions of pounds to try and get the club back to the football league. so this will be followed all over the world by new fans as they try to -et the world by new fans as they try to get back the world by new fans as they try to get back into the league. she was pivotal in helping england s women footballers win that euro 2022 final at wembley against germany last summer but now captain leah williamson is set to miss this summer s world cup and the rest of the current season with an anterior cruciate ligament injury. acl injuries typically see sports players sidelined for six to nine months. williamson went down injured in the first half of arsenal s i nil women s super league loss to manchester united on wednesday. she becomes the latest injury setback for the lionesses who are already expecting to travel to the world cup in australia and new zealand without some key players. there had already been quite a bit of back and forth between ronnie 0 sullivan and hossein vafaie
gaygan hart wearing green finished fifteenth, but claimed the overall victory ahead of fellow brit hugh carthy. tributes were paid to irish driver craig breen before the croatia rally got underway earlier today. his hyundai team, and fans held a moment of silence for the 33 year old who died last week after a crash during testing. his team mate thierry new ville s car carried the colours of the irish flag in tribute and the belgian driver ended the day with a five second lead over ronnie 0 sullivan is in control of his second round match against hossein vafaie at the world snooker championship. there s been a bit of needle between the two in the past year, and vafaie astonished the crucible audience by blasting a pub pool table style break in the second frame. but the defending champion was far from intimidated. he duly compiled a frame winning break and 0 sullivan leads the match by six frames to two.