divided between those expressing sympathy for the couple and those calling for them to be stripped of their titles. we ll be looking at the latest royal rift and asking if anyone comes out of it well. also this lunchtime. millions of children in england go back to school borisjohnson describes it as an important first step towards a sense of normality . we all need to get back to some sort of routine. i have every confidence in the school and the way this has all been set up, and how it is going to get tested regularly. holding hands at last care home residents in england are now allowed one person who can visit them indoors, but no hugs yet. on international women s day we look at new technology being introduced to help female athletes perform better. and coming up more on the bbc sport study which finds the majority of sports now offer equal winning prize money to men and women but the biggest gaps remain in football, golf and basketball. good afternoon, and we
intruded upon, the same thing everybody else in the world wants, and that there is a difference between privacy and intrusion and being able to have boundaries. millions of children in england go back to school borisjohnson describes it as an important first step towards a sense of normality . we all need to get back to some sort of routine. i have every confidence in the school and the way this has all been set up, and how they are going to get tested regularly. holding hands at last care home residents in england are now allowed one person who can visit them indoors but no hugs yet. on international women s day we look at new technology being introduced to help female athletes perform better. all families have their disagreements but nothing quite like this. once again, the royalfamily is at the eye of a global storm over its treatment of the duchess of sussex, over the fall out between prince harry and his father, and over the issue of race. and all in an inte
and drizzle around. as we go through the day, the winds will start to strengthen and we see rain pushing into northern ireland in western scotland. a mild day, 9 12 c. windy across western areas tomorrow evening, gusts of 40 15 mph, may be 70 mph gusts across north west scotland. a weather warning for that. the blustery and wet weather will sink south east into the first part of wednesday. it will try to clear but you can see another pulse of rain pushing in from the south west, and with that, the winds will once again strengthen. that takes us into wednesday night. this will be our stormy spell of weather. a very deep area of low pressure. gales are likely. that will cause some disruption. the wind is only slowly easing towards the end of the week. sophie. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m jane dougall. still significant gaps between men and women s prize money in some sports including football, but a bbc study finds the majority now offer parity at the top level. a decade
laura scott reports. michael smith, world champion at last. twice he had come agonisingly close, but third time did prove a charm for the man from st helens. now he has finally won it, it s clear he s not taking his eyes off this prize. i clear he s not taking his eyes off this rize. ., clear he s not taking his eyes off this rize. ~ ., this prize. i think i left about uuarter this prize. i think i left about quarter past this prize. i think i left about quarter past 12, this prize. i think i left about quarter past 12, half - this prize. i think i left about quarter past 12, half past i this prize. i think i left about quarter past 12, half past 12, j this prize. i think i left about i quarter past 12, half past 12, to come back to the hotel. hotel bar was shut at 11 so ijust come back to the hotel. hotel bar was shut at 11 so i just went straight to my room and stirred up the trophy for seven hours. three time champion michael van gerwen was the man to beat, and the dutchman had
clearly this is a very, very difficult situation, and winter is really only just difficult situation, and winter is really onlyjust beginning. hugh really only ust beginning. hugh . m, really onlyjust beginning. hugh pym. thank really onlyjust beginning. hugh pym. thank you- english rugby union s governing bodies, the rfu and the english premiership, are giving evidence to mps today following the collapse of two top clubs, worcester warriors and wasps last month. they both went into administration and have been suspended and relegated from the top division of english rugby. 0ur sports news correspondent laura scott reports. it s been tough in many ways, obviously financially, more importantly emotionally, really. the way we were made redundant was pretty brutal. i don t think anyone saw it coming. someone putting theirl hand up would be nice. some responsibility for whoever needs to take responsibility. - this is the human impact of rugby s financial crisis. until last month all th