ever achieved it. a very busy time for preet when ever achieved it. a very busy time for preet when she ever achieved it. a very busy time for preet when she learned - ever achieved it. a very busy time for preet when she learned here | ever achieved it. a very busy time | for preet when she learned here in just over an hour. thank you very much. we are going to be talking to azeeem rafiq later. azeem rafiq. this report concludes there is a deep seated issue of racism in cricket and warns that public funding, so potentially government grants, and money from sport england could be witheld unless the england and wales cricket board showed real progress in its efforts to eradicate rascism in the sport. the committee which made the report, praised the courage of the former yorkshire player azeem rafeeq, who told of his own experiences of rascism during his time at yorkshire, to the digital, culture, media and sport select committee. that was back in november.
from former yorkshire player azeem rafeeq. we will be speaking to him after 7.00. a shorter self isolation period in england. businesses hope going from seven to five full days will ease staffing pressures. some companies are also changing their sick pay rules for the unvaccinated. i ll have all the details. and i ll tell you about the weather. good morning. it s friday 14th january. our main story staff at downing street have been accused of holding two leaving parties inside number ten on the eve of the duke of edinburgh s funeral last april. restrictions in england at the time banned indoor mixing between different households. it comes as the prime minister continues to face calls for his resignation
australia cancels tennis star novak djokovic s visa just days ahead of the start of the austrailian open. cricket must tackle racism, or risk losing public funding. that s one of the main recommendations from a parliamentary report into the crisis in the sport, after the powerful testimony from former yorkshire player azeem rafiq. we will be speaking to him after 7.00. and i ll tell you about the weather. good morning. it s friday 14th january. our main story staff at downing street have been accused of holding two leaving parties inside number ten on the eve of the duke of edinburgh s funeral last april. restrictions in england at the time banned indoor mixing between different households. it comes as the prime minister
that is the conclusion of mps after they had powerful evidence from across the game, which convinced them that discrimination is endemic. despite acknowledging there are grounds for optimism, they issued the starkest of warnings to the england and wales cricket board, if this watershed moment does not bring significant improvements. i would like to see public money withheld from cricket if the measures the ecb come up with in terms of trying to ensure that racism, the scourge of racism, is removed from the game. if they fail to meet those targets, then there should be a stopping of public money to the game, very simple. the committee praised the former yorkshire player azeem rafiq for his courage in lifting the lid on problems within cricket. and a crisis engulfing the sport. rafiq commended what he called the sensible action of the committee, saying it shows just how seriously politicians are taking an issue that too many people ignored for so long. the committee understands how impor
green is on 57 and australia look to be on top. they are just they arejust coming they are just coming back after an interval. 220 5 early in the final session in hobart. a parliamentary report on racism in cricket has been published and has warned that the sport could have public funding withdrawn unless the england and wales cricket board show continuous, demonstrable, progress in eradicating deep seated racism. the report praised the courage of the former yorkshire player azeem rafeeq, who gave emotional testimony to a committee of mp s in november, recounting his experiences in two spells at the county. yorkshire have since made a raft of changes, with a number of sackings. rafiq says that the threat of losing governemnt funding across the sport could be the prompt that s needed for the ecb to seriously address the issues of racism. we need to see actions and it s important that we keep them to