and herzegovina at stjames park, with the tournament just 11 days away. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one, live from salford. the conservative party is promising to tackle what it calls the confusion over the legal definition of a person s sex, if it wins the general election. equalities minister kemi badenoch said her party wants to crack down on what she described as predatory men who claim to identify as female to gain access to women only spaces. with more details, here s our political correspondent ione wells. should only biologically female be able to use women s services? just people who are biologically female, also those who have change their legal sex on a birth certificate? conservatives say that women s services should be able to refuse any one of is biologically male without facing legal challenges. it is quite clear that the intentions in the law are being misinterpreted just because of changes, social changes, and what we are trying to do is reemphasise
we start though with the tributes to leeds rhinos legend rob burrow. as you ve been hearing, burrow, who d been battling motor neurone disease, has died at the age of 41. the rugby football league say they are finalising plans to celebrate his life at the challenge cup finals next saturday. tributes have been flooding in from the world of sport including from wigan warriors, a team rob played against many times, who said they are deeply saddened at the news. rugby union side leicester tigers, where burrow s close friend kevin sinfield worked as a coach, said rob inspired communities across the world. and chris sutton, who played for blackburn rovers and celtic amongst others, said rob had done so much to raise awareness for the debilitating illness. jamiejones buchanan, who played alongside burrow at leeds rhinos spoke to bbc breakfast this morning, and paid tribute to his former teammate. we spoke many times about how small he was, and how people, as a young person, doubted his abilit
of the other sports news stories making the headlines today, staying with cricket. a boost for england s women, as pakistan claimed their first women s world cup win for 13 years, beating the west indies by eight wickets. that puts a dent in the west indies semi final hopes, but it s good news for england they re likely to make the last four if they win their two remaining group games, against pakistan and bangladesh. richard agar has left his position as head coach of leeds rhinos the superleague side have won just once, in their opening six games. agar took over in 2019 and led the side to the challenge cup the following year. assistant coach jamiejones buchanan will take interim charge for saturday s cup tie against castleford. michael matthews won the opening stage of the tour of catalunya in spain. his team mate britain s simon yates will be aiming for overall victory in the race which finishes in barcelona on sunday.
their first trophy since 2017. assistant coach jamiejones buchanan will take interim charge for saturday s challenge cup tie against castleford. so the dust has settled after the opening race of the new formula one season. charles leclerc won in bahrain for ferrari s first victory since 2019 but max verstappen retired and lewis hamilton had to fight back from fifth on the grid to sneak into third. team principal toto wolff has said mercedes are not in the running this season due to issues with the new car. here s formula one journalist inga stracke. there wouldn t be world championships of so many a time world champion if they didn t know what to do if they have a problem. and i trust that they will be in the mix pretty soon and lose some with his driving skills as well. they do have problems with the car, after going up and down, it s all down to the new regulations
once, in their opening six games. the 50 year old took over in 2019 and led the rhinos to the 2020 challenge cup, their first trophy since 2017. assistant coach jamiejones buchanan will take interim charge for saturday s challenge cup tie against castleford. so the dust has settled after the opening race of the new formula one season. charles leclerc won in bahrain for ferrari s first victory since 2019 but max verstappen retired and lewis hamilton had to fight back from fifth on the grid to sneak into third. team principal toto wolff has said mercedes are not in the running this season due to issues with the new car. here s formula one journalist inga stracke. there wouldn t be world championships of so many a time world champion if they didn t know what to do if they have a problem. and i trust that they will be in the mix pretty soon and lose some with his driving skills as well. they do have problems with the car, after