the uk economy rebounds with 7.5% growth last year. president biden tells american citizens remaining in ukraine to leave, saying he would not send troops to evacuate them should russia invade. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to set off on a half term getaway in the coming days, as covid testing for fully jabbed travellers returning to the uk is scrapped. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s gavin. good morning, there s a lot to bring you up to date with from the winter olympics team gb s curlers are continuing their bids to reach the semi finals but britain s 20 year run of skeleton medals is coming to an end. andy swiss is in the mountains outside beijing for us andy, what went wrong on the skeleton track?
of arbitration for sport, after it came to light that she tested positive for a banned substance back in december. the ioc has already appealed against the lifting of her suspension by the russian anti doping agency, which allowed her to compete at the games. she helped her team win gold on monday but the medals have not yet been awarded. she s due to skate in the individual competition on tuesday. team gb freestyle skier izzy atkin has pulled out of slopestyle competition, having already withdrawn from the big air. atkin won britain s first ever olympic skiing medal when she took slopestyle bronze in pyeongchang in 2018. she broke her pelvis in an event in colorado in december, but she had been hopeful of competing in beijing. atkin s younger sister, zoe, will make her olympic debut in the halfpipe next week. we re still waiting for news of british success after more disapppointment today. the curling teams are struggling in their bids to reach the semifinals, and britain s 20 year