at the australian open, with dan evans through and heather watson out, and attention now turning to andy murray and emma radacanu, both due on court soon. good morning. it isa it is a cold enough cold and frosty starter. a few showers. for most it will be dry with lengthy sunny spells. details later in the programme. good morning. it s thursday, the 20th of january. our main story. secondary school pupils in england will no longer need to wear face coverings in classrooms from today, as the government s plan b measures are phased out. advice to work from home has also ended, and from next thursday, mandatory face masks in public places and covid passports will both be axed. simonjones has the details. face to face learning, but it will now be without the masks. from today, face coverings in the classroom in england can t come off, though unions are warning that coronavirus remains a challenge, with large numbers of staff and pupils absent. but the government is keen for us
is our responsibility to reduce our impact on the planet as much as possible. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. we start tonight with netball because england are looking to win their first quad series title this evening. they re playing australia in the final at the copper box in london and our reporter emily croyden is there for us. good evening, emily. before we jump into the final, england played australia last night, england are no strangers to drama and incredible scenes last night against australia? and incredible scenes last night against australia? they won the commonwealth against australia? they won the commonwealth games - against australia? they won the commonwealth games gold - against australia? they won the commonwealth games gold on | against australia? they won the i commonwealth games gold on the against australia? they won the - commonwealth games gold on the final whistle in 2019 and last night had trails about, they were trailing the diamonds
through to the knock out stages. this has been a dream of mine as a little kid, tojust be here at this has been a dream of mine as a little kid, to just be here at the world cup, let alone everyone score, so, i couldn t have done it without my team mates, the staff, the fans, the philippines as a whole. it is just amazing right now, to feel this way, this energy in this stadium, it isjust amazing. is just amazing. i know how much it means isjust amazing. i know how much it means for them to be here, i know how much it means for them to be here, and i know how much it means for them to be here, and to play in front of their be here, and to play in front of their friends and families and fans, so it is their friends and families and fans, so it is heartbreaking but this is not over so it is heartbreaking but this is not over yet. we have still one game to go. not over yet. we have still one game to go. and not over yet. we have still one game to go, and we still have
more of a south westerly breeze, where we still have a bit of sunshine across eastern areas, temperatures higher than today and could make 2a degrees. a south westerly breeze bringing the cloud and rain. that moves its way through overnight. low pressure continues to shape our weather through hello and welcome to sportsday. the philippines put the boot in, in wellington, as they shock co hosts new zealand at the women s world cup. we arejust going we are just going to keep going we arejust going to keep going up from here, it is the fighting spirit of the philippines and we just keep fighting the matter what. kylian mbappe, with take the path to riches in the saudi arabian pro week the ashes may be gone but england made a level of the series at the oval, that could be a moral victory over australia. so entered that swimming was banned from 100 years. now paris it s got 12 months to clean up in time for the olympics. brought back down to earth by the philippines. the football