now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. our headlines this evening. fran kirby kick starters chelsea s season as the wsl champions get their first win. early wickets holt england s progress as they try to take a 3 1 lead in the t20 series against pakistan. and joe joyce announces himself as the latest heavyweight talent with a world title shot on the cards. hello again, welcome to sportsday. the wsl season is riding a wave of popularity as the women s game enjoys a post euro buzz, but so far it has been pretty unpredictable. to teams who surprisingly lost their opening match is at last weekend played this afternoon, with the champions chelsea beating manchester city to belatedly get their first victory of the campaign. having lost their opening game of the season, there was little room for error for there was little room for error for the champions against manchester city and they nearly had the perfect start. fran kirby could not take advant
facing a target of 230 herbert losing the early wickets suggested otherwise. the dismissal proved decisive, hitting 3a from just 16 balls. he was then caught out but forced to watch on as pakistan s harris ralph removed debbie tenant 0llie stone with his next ball and with a dramatic finish, topsy turvy game of cricket ended and the series tied at 2 2. meanwhile, cricket s lawmakers have reiterated the rule that charlie dean fell foul of yesterday in england s women s 0di defeat to india when she was run out at the non striker s end. the mcc have formalised the relevant law and it will come in officially next month but in the meantime have called for batters to remain in their crease until they say they have seen the ball leave the bowler s hand. the reaction has been widespread and pretty passionate on both sides, as stuart broad noted. very happy for others to feel differently. a pragmatic approach from him, perhaps not from liam livingstone who highlights the confusion t
divided between those expressing sympathy for the couple and those calling for them to be stripped of their titles. we ll be looking at the latest royal rift and asking if anyone comes out of it well. also this lunchtime. millions of children in england go back to school borisjohnson describes it as an important first step towards a sense of normality . we all need to get back to some sort of routine. i have every confidence in the school and the way this has all been set up, and how it is going to get tested regularly. holding hands at last care home residents in england are now allowed one person who can visit them indoors, but no hugs yet. on international women s day we look at new technology being introduced to help female athletes perform better. and coming up more on the bbc sport study which finds the majority of sports now offer equal winning prize money to men and women but the biggest gaps remain in football, golf and basketball. good afternoon, and we
intruded upon, the same thing everybody else in the world wants, and that there is a difference between privacy and intrusion and being able to have boundaries. millions of children in england go back to school borisjohnson describes it as an important first step towards a sense of normality . we all need to get back to some sort of routine. i have every confidence in the school and the way this has all been set up, and how they are going to get tested regularly. holding hands at last care home residents in england are now allowed one person who can visit them indoors but no hugs yet. on international women s day we look at new technology being introduced to help female athletes perform better. all families have their disagreements but nothing quite like this. once again, the royalfamily is at the eye of a global storm over its treatment of the duchess of sussex, over the fall out between prince harry and his father, and over the issue of race. and all in an inte
and drizzle around. as we go through the day, the winds will start to strengthen and we see rain pushing into northern ireland in western scotland. a mild day, 9 12 c. windy across western areas tomorrow evening, gusts of 40 15 mph, may be 70 mph gusts across north west scotland. a weather warning for that. the blustery and wet weather will sink south east into the first part of wednesday. it will try to clear but you can see another pulse of rain pushing in from the south west, and with that, the winds will once again strengthen. that takes us into wednesday night. this will be our stormy spell of weather. a very deep area of low pressure. gales are likely. that will cause some disruption. the wind is only slowly easing towards the end of the week. sophie. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m jane dougall. still significant gaps between men and women s prize money in some sports including football, but a bbc study finds the majority now offer parity at the top level. a decade