Hello, youre watching bbc news, this is a sportsday, heres whats coming up. England kick themselves back into six nations Title Contention, beating ireland at the death at twickenham. There are tears ofjoy for the azzurri italy celebrate a rare six nations win in rome, as the scots titles hopes are dashed. In the late winner for arsenal, their back on top of the Premier League for at least 2a hours. Another late winner. But its all over for englands cricketers a 4 1 test Series Defeat as they disintegrate in dharmashala inside three three days. Also coming up on sportsday. Teenager 0llie Bearman makes history by becoming the youngest briton to start an f1 race. And after a knockout win for anthonyjoshua, hes gunning for fury or usyk. I think both of them are very credible fighters and i would love the opportunity to face them at some stage. Welcome. Wow, its been an incredible day in rugby unions six nations, and the championship is going down to the final weekend. That certainly wasnt
Hello and welcome to sportsday coming up ireland are looking to clinch the six nations title, but its a tense finish at twickenham. Tears ofjoy for the azzurri, italy celebrate a rare six six nations win in rome, beating scotland. Arsenal are looking to head back to the top of the Premier League but theyre not having at all their own way. Its all over for englands cricketers, a 4 1 test Series Defeat as they disintegrate in dharmashala inside three three days. Teenager Ollie Bearman makes history by becoming the youngest briton to start an f1 race. And after a knockout win for anthonyjoshua, hes gunning for fury or usyk. I think theyre both credible, i would love to fight them. Well start with rugby union, because ireland, the reigning champions, are looking to clinch the Six Nations Championship with a game to spare, theyll do that with a win over england at twickenham, its been tight, but with a few minutes to go they lead. Well bring the result and show you some of that game when it
it s wednesday, 31st january. our main story. scotland s former first minister, nicola sturgeon is due to give evidence about the decisions she took during the pandemic, when she appears before the covid inquiry today. ms sturgeon, who led the scottish response to the coronavirus outbreak is expected to face questions surrounding lockdowns, and missing whatsapp messages as the inquiry continues sitting in edinburgh. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. 1,044 positive cases were reported yesterday. nicola sturgeon was at the helm throughout scotland s pandemic response. as head of the scottish government, she was the key decision maker and first in the firing line when things went wrong. we will have made mistakes on all aspects of the handling. now about to be questioned on that handling and how decisions the truth, the whole truth. the former first minister s closest political ally amongst those who admitted texts between the pair no longer exist. are those t
a university degree. only around one third of her class have found full time jobs. she is taking a job in sales, not her dream career, but she is determined to make the most of every opportunity. do you think it is more difficult now than when your parents were growing up to get a job? translation: yes. the fact is that there are lots ofjobs. the trouble is whether you are willing to lower your expectations. these jobs don t have good prospects for your future. they offer low salaries and you are easily replaceable. that is why most people would rather stay at home than choose one of these jobs. some disillusioned graduates posted photos on social media suggesting their degrees were worthless. others lay on the ground, lying flat it is called, a term used by young people opting out of the competition of modern life. as the number of young, unemployed people continued to rise, the chinese leader, president xi, came up with an idea. for decades, young people have left rural are
victory overjason kubler, whilst elina svitolina came from a set down to beat raducanu our tennis correspondent russell fuller has more on both matches. he s playing well, and its referent meadow, a previous champion. i ve been played matches already and having a third againstjordan thompson, three measures in two days, than for matches in five days, it s exactly what you need when returning to the tour having had a year away. there were two hours and 15 minutes on the part when the third set began my soul being realistic, if you have been out since april and had a few operations, you are going to tie in the third set of a match of that quality and physicality. she was really going for shots, we know this away she plays and wants to play. her defence was very good, and again it s been a encouraging few runs for her, certainly above expectations, given she s had so little tennis in 2023. india have won the second test against south africa in cape town afterjust a day and a h