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the chairman of middlesex county cricket club has apologised for comments he made today at a parliamentary hearing on tackling racism in the sport. mike o farrell suggested that players from an african carribean background were more attracted to rugby and football, and that south asian people sometimes preferred to focus on education rather than cricket. our sports correspondent joe wilson reports. english cricket s south asian action plan, one initiative the ecb was keen to highlight today in front of a select committee. but when it came to explaining the barriers to diversity in the professional game, the chair of middlesex county cricket club said. the football and rugby world becomes much more attractive to the afro caribbean community. and in terms of the south asian community there is a moment where we are finding that they do not want necessarily to commit the same time that is necessary to go to the next step because they d prefer, i am not saying they all do it ....
we have got to look at some of theissues we have got to look at some of the issues taking place in the uk, and that is the change of fictions with regards to covid itself. people arriving in the uk from abroad will no longer have two takeover tests if they are fully vaccinated. the changes will come in on fabree ii changes will come in on fabree 11 in time for the half term break. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin has the details. even a day of less than glorious weather couldn t dampen the mood of tourism businesses in this corner of southern spain today. they hope a further easing of travel restrictions will mean more brits come over for half term. it s going to make such a difference to so many people, to the travellers, to the people with businesses over here and obviously in other countries as well. from february 11, fully vaccinated people will no longer have to pay to take a covid test after arriving in the uk. yes, fantastic. to the relief of passengers we ....
a former metropolitan police counter terrorism detective has been jailed for three years for secretly filming models during fake photoshoots. neil corbel pleaded guilty to 19 counts of voyeurism, committed in hotel rooms and rented accommodation across the uk. he used cameras in tissue boxes, phone chargers and in glasses to film women, as anna adams reports. they thought they d been booked for a modelling assignment but instead, dozens of women were secretly filmed by an off duty police officer while they were undressing. he called himself harrison and said he was a pilot but in fact, he was detective inspector neil corbel from the met. he covertly recorded 31 women between 2017 2020, and stored the images on his police laptop. corbel, who has now resigned from the met, admitted to 19 counts of voyeurism. he was sentenced to three years in jail. the judge said his actions had seriously undermined public trust in the police . he was tracked down by fellow officers af ....
hello. buckingham palace has announced that with the queen s approval and agreement, all of prince andrew s military titles and royal patronages have been returned. the duke of york is facing a civil lawsuit in new york in which he accused him of having sex with a teenager trafficked by the disgraced financierjeffrey epstein. an accusation he strenously denies. prince andrew has been mostly out of the public eye for the past year but he had retained his honourary military roles with a number of british regiments. let s bring in our correspondent danjohnson he will be defending this case, this civil case as a private citizen? it looks that way. he will no longer be a functioning representative or a working member of the british royal family. what happened today effectively ends his formal role in the well family. he will step back from the honourary positions that he maintains, notjust in army, navy, and air force regimens in the uk but also various commonwealth countries an ....
encounters this year. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are george eaton, senior online editor of the new statesman and rosamound urwin, media editor of the sunday times . tomorrow s front pages, starting with. the i reports that the number of covid 19 patients in hospital is climbing but serious illness from omicron remains lower. the daily telegraph writes that the nhs test and trace is incorrectly telling people to isolate for ten days, despite official guidance cutting it to one week. the guardian reports that uk households are being warned of the year of the squeeze as cost of living soars. the daily mirror writes new year, new hope adding that there is a growing belief that omicron will not swamp the nhs, despite the huge surge in cases. the financial times reports that is was a blockbuster year for markets as companies raised a record $12 trillion by selling stock and issuing debt and loans ....