a devastating second wave of coronavirus has seen indian hospitals overwhelmed and widespread shortages of oxygen and medicines. there were 320,000 new infections recorded there today, and deaths are now close to 200,000 in total. for now, however, cricket continues. like today s ipl match between delhi capitals and royal challengers bangalore. for some it s a welcome distraction in a bio secure bubble and keeps people watching indoors for others. it s simply unthinkable that it s still being played. despite the indian cricket board saying the ipl will keep going, several players have pulled out including australian cricketer andrew tye who decided to leave the rajasthan royals on sunday and return home because of the impact covid i9 is having. he s been speaking to alison mitchell. i v e i ve seen going forward. not far from finishing now. probably close to halfway. but yeah, you ve seen with pakistan super league because of covid affecting the players. a lot of players we
liverpool which has been turned into a massive entertainment venue as it prepares to open its doors later this week. a huge day for england at the women s world cup. they play nigeria in the last 16. lam i am live in brisbane where we was be speaking to england fans ahead of that match. it is the first knockout game that match. it is the first knockout game at that match. it is the first knockout game at the world cup. a disappointing end for england at the netball world cup. they say they re gutted but still grateful, as they re forced to settle for silver after losing to australia in the final. good morning. a day of sunshine and scattered good morning. a day of sunshine and scattered showers. many of us missing scattered showers. many of us missing their showers altogether. leter missing their showers altogether. later the missing their showers altogether. later the cloud will build in the south west and we will the light and patchy south west and we will th
they want to raise rates, keep them on hold or cut them. just explain that shift because it gives a sense of what could happen next.- that shift because it gives a sense of what could happen next. there are nine oli of what could happen next. there are nine policy members of what could happen next. there are nine policy members on of what could happen next. there are nine policy members on the - of what could happen next. there are l nine policy members on the committee and they all get a chance to decide whether they want rates to go up, down or stay the same. in the previous meeting in december, three of the nine wanted rates to go up, six would like to hold. to date you wanted to go up, one wanted to go down and six wanted to hold. this was a surprise to markets. markets basically expected a nod and wink from the bank of england to say that rates are properly going to come down this year. so the fact that one member has said we need to lower rents today provides a much
cloud, particularly in the west. one or two showers. most places should see a decent amount of sunshine. while the temperatures do not look spectacular, given the sunshine it will not look too bad. into the start of april it will slowly through the weekend become drier and brighter. good news. thanks, ben. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. hello, and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. our headlines this evening. michael vaughan is cleared of using racist language towards a former yorkshire team mate after a panel decided that on the balance of probabilities, the charge wasn t proven. wimbledon s u turn it lifts the ban on russian and belorussian players for this year s championships a decision one ukrainian politician has called immoral . maybe not the title decider of r
politicians in iran are insisting that wearing headscarfs should be enforced rigorously they re demanding that judges enforce the law. across the country, a growing number of women are going out without hijabs in public. earlier, i spoke to bbc s parham ghobadi and asked what prompted this latest move. in big cities like in tehran and in other major cities, they just walk around on the streets without headscarf and without her job and without hijab, it s not only headscarf, it s also a kind of trench coat that for four decades, iranian women had to wear in order to walk on the streets. so now we see, especially younger women walking on the streets without any sort of hijab and iran. iranian politicians and iranian heart that has frustrated iranian hardliners. and so iranian regime is in a really difficult position because they have this tiny margin of supporters that are hard liners, and these are the people who are willing to pick up arms and defend the regime. now, they