hello and welcome. 12 weeks of lockdown in england have begun to ease. from today, friends and families will be reunited and team sports will resume in a major relaxation of restrictions to allow far greater freedom outdoors. prime minister borisjohnson has warned that with rising cases of infections across europe we must remain cautious. here s our political correspondent chris mason. alchemist and in derbyshire and it has just alchemist and in derbyshire and it hasjust gone alchemist and in derbyshire and it has just gone midnight. alchemist and in derbyshire and it hasjust gone midnight. the rules now mean outdoor sport in england is legal again. and the cycle club here are making the most of it with a nocturnal pedal. ali give us a wave and a shout! in england from today the stay at home rule is gone. it means up to six people or two households can meet outdoors, including in private gardens. in scotland, the stay at home rule will change to stay local from the second o
air is trying to sneak in towards the end of the week and that we can, but it looks ultimately that it may fail. a reminder of our top story. while testing continues for new variants of the government says the south african strain is unlikely to become the dominant virus here over the next few months. anyone over 70 in england who has 0n on bbc 0n bbc want you canjoin 0n bbc want you can join the bbc news teams where you are. bye bye. hello, i m 0lly foster, here s what s coming up on sportsaday this evening. the australian open gets underway against the odds, but what affect has covid had on the first grand slam of the year. the first test is going england s way but have they left themselves enough time to bowl india out on the final day. and time still hasn t caught up with tom brady, the legendary quarterback is a superbowl champion once again. evening, the australian open was one of the last major events to take place in 2020 before the pandemic struck. 0rganizers in melb
and could the current european champions miss out on a world cup place a draw in belfast leaves italy s hopes hanging on the play offs. hello and welcome. details have been emerging about the man who died when a home made bomb exploded in a taxi as it pulled up outside liverpool women s hospital on sunday. it s understood that 32 year old emad al swealmeen was an asylum seeker from the middle east who converted to christianity since arriving in britain. four men arrested in liverpool following the explosion have been released. last night, police said the investigation was continuing to move at a fast pace as simonjones reports. what it what it what led emad al swealmeen to get a taxi to liverpool women s hospital on sunday carrying on in this improvised explosive device? his motive isn t clear. the consequences are. the taxi driver managed to scramble out of the vehicle. emad al swealmeen didn t. within moments, the taxi is engulfed in flames. emad al swealmeen was
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are natalie fahy, the senior editor of the nottingham post, derby telegraph and lincolnshire echo and rachel watson, the deputy political editor of the scottish daily mail. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. we ve pages, starting with. had a few more in the last hour. we ve had a few more in the last hour. the metro focusses on the work the mp geoffrey cox has been doing away from parliament. the paper reports labour are calling for an offical inquiry. the times has the same focus. it claims to have an image showing mr cox using his parliamentary office for legal work. the care sector is facing an acute shortfall in workers, according the i. it s partly down to rules over vaccinations kicking in. that s partly because of vaccination kicking and particularly nottingham. malala on her wedding day on the telegraph. nine years after the taliban tried to murder her. according to th