martin yip, bbc news, hong kong. olly foster now has the sport. many thanks indeed, nancy. we ve had eight fa cup ties and we ve had the biggest upset of the third round. league two stevenage were trailing with two minutes left on the clock, but won 2 1 against premier league side aston villa. villa have now been knocked out for the seventh time in a row at this stage. they were so close to winning, but substitute dean campbell was pulled down for a late penalty which was duly dispatched by jamie reid. while villa park was still reeling from that equaliser, campbell was given the time and space to send stevenage into the fourth round, and send the visiting supporters into raptures. it is really special. i think it is probably the chairman just said to me the greatest day in his life and he has been at the club for 26, 27 years. a fantastic day for the town. but we will not kid ourselves, this
businesses in time for the new year luna holiday. businesses in time for the new year luna holiday- luna holiday. martin, thank you for “oininu luna holiday. martin, thank you for joining us- ukrainian officials say at least one person was killed as russian bombing of cities continued overnight. minutes after the supposed ceasefire ended, the north east region of kharkiv came under attack. in a further development, russian media has claimed two thermal power plants were attacked by ukrainian forces in the russian controlled donetsk region. with the latest, here s our ukraine correspondent hugo bachego in kyiv. ukrainian officials say russia continued to attack city is over continued to attack cities over after the end of that ceasefire that was announced by russia to coincide with orthodox christmas. kharkiv, a region in the north east of the country, came under attack apparently minutes after the end of that truce. the governor said one man was killed and he accused russia of ter
gathered at border crossings between hong kong and the mainland on sunday to take advantage of the latest relaxation. here s what some of them had to say. translation: i m so happy, so happy, so excited. - i haven t seen my parents for many years. my parents aren t in good health and i couldn t go back to see them even when they were ill, so i m really happy to go back and see them now. i can t wait to go back to the mainland. it s been three years. we have no time to delay now the board is unimpeded. the boarder is unimpeded. last time i came to hong kong i had to wait for two weeks. in the end, i had no choice but to go back to turkey . because i couldn t enter china. our reporter, martin yip is at the hong kong zhuhai macau bridge checkpoint. martin, you are there where people are boarding shuttles to get into mainland china. is it that simple now the quarantine has been dropped, are there no test can theyjust head
china has reopened its borders to international visitors for the first time since the start of the pandemic. people entering the country will no longer need to quarantine but will need to provide proof of a negative covid test, and chinese citizens are once again allowed to go overseas. there have been emotional reunions at airports and the mainland s border with hong kong. this latest lifting of coronavirus restrictions coincides with the country s busiest travel season marking the lunar new year. our correspondent, martin yip, sent us this report. time to go home, finally. here at the hong kong checkpoint, travellers came streaming on again this sunday morning heading for the western province. this is in mainland china. the crowd is much smaller in size than before, but still lively after almost three years of covid restrictions. even though the risk of catching covid is still high. translation: i m pretty excited.
more susceptible. we really appreciate getting - more susceptible. we really appreciate getting your- more susceptible. we really - appreciate getting your thoughts today. the prime minister has said the government is willing to talk to health unions about their pay demands. rishi sunak said the government was happy to discuss pay which was responsible and affordable for the country. the leader of the royal college of nursing said the comments offered a chink of optimism. talks between unions and the government are due tomorrow with more strikes due to take place later this week. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. a health service in urgent need of care itself claims hundreds are dying each week because of delays means this is perhaps the most pressing issue for the prime minister. the first question for rishi sunak, is this a crisis? the nhs is undeniably under enormous pressure. until now, his government has said it won t talk to nursing unions directly about