Than the past. Chelsea start the defence of theIr womens super League Crown later agaInst aston vIlla. The blues are lookIng for a sIxth tItle In a row, but begIn a season wIthout Emma Hayes In the dugout for the fIrst tIme sInce 2011. SonIa bompastor has the unenvIable task of followIng In her footsteps. Graham arnold has left hIsjob as Head Coach of australIa wIth ImmedIate effect. He was the longest servIng coach In the Socceroos HIstory and led them to the last 16 of the 2022 world cup. 7 on hIs decIsIon to leave arnold saId he felt It was best for the natIon. IndIa are on course to set a bIg target for bangladesh after closIng day two of the fIrst test In chennaI on 81 for 3. After bowlIng out the tIgers for 149 In the fIrst InnIngs, they lost both openers In the early overs, before VIrat KohlI was trapped lbw for 17. IndIas lead Is currently 308. Elsewhere SrI Lanka have buIlt a 202 Run Lead over New Zealand In theIr second InnIngs. On the ThIrd Day of the fIrst test In galle, ha
there is the wreck of the mary rose. it has come to the surface. and it s exactly a0 years since henry 8th s flagship the mary rose was raised from the bottom of the solent, after 437 years under the sea. the bank of england has been forced to intervene once again in the markets warning of a material risk to financial stability. the emergency move this morning will see the bank buy a wider range of government debt, in order to restore conditions in the markets. it follows on from yesterday s announcement of further meaures aimed at ensuring an orderly end to its emergency bond buying scheme. today the institute for fiscal studies think tank warnted the chancellor will need to make big and painful spending cuts to put the country s finances on a sustainable path. it suggests the chancellor could increase working age benefits in line with average earnings, limit public investment to 2% of national income and cut the budgets of every government department except he
good morning. the prime minister borisjohnson will visit belfast today to urge the main northern ireland parties to resume power sharing. the largest unionist party, the dup, is currently refusing to take part in the government of northern ireland because of the post brexit trading arrangements with the eu, known as the northern ireland protocol. the uk government is expected to introduce legislation which would allow ministers to override parts of that protocol. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. boris johnson will arrive in northern ireland later to find a political system which is stuck. despite elections earlier this month, there s no new government. sinn fein finished top for the first time ever, but the democratic unionist party the second largest at stormont won t agree to power sharing until the brexit deal is changed. they re worried about checks on goods travelling from great britain to northern ireland. even though many parties accept these arran
on valentine s day, a month on each embrace as under scrutiny. days after this, the squad had a covid outbreak. they were meant to be in a strict bubble. now, 27 days later, their six nations resumes, and with two wins from two, they re still on for a grand slam. the papers say the french public are still with them. they still have a very, very positive image because this generation of players, people like the way they play, they like the solidarity. if there are some responsibilities, it will be on the staff, people at the french rugby union, not on the players, not on the team. do we know yet how this outbreak happened in the french squad? some people have been careless, the players have been careless, but the big problem is that the manager, fabien galthie, has been careless. he went outside the bubble. there are a lot of question marks about his behaviour. now france go where they ve not run in m years, but this tournament s ended one twickenham curse. the first win for s