of removing unsafe cladding in england sparing flat owners. reports the prime minister is working on a plan for how the uk will live with covid by march. also a pudding fit for a queen a new nationwide competition to mark the platinum jubilee. hello, a very good morning to you and welcome to bbc news. the tennis world number one, novak djokovic, has won his court battle to stay in australia and defend his grand slam title but ministers have threatened that they might exercise powers to cancel his visa anyway. there are reports of a significant police presence at the office of his lawyers in melbourne. earlier, a judge in melbourne ruled that he must be released immediately from immigration detention. djokovic arrived at the airport last week to defend his australian open title, which begins next monday. he was initally granted an exemption from covid vaccination rules, after recovering from the virus last month. djokovic s lawyers argued that cancellation was unreas
england trail 3 0 in the series with one test to play. good afternoon. the education secretary has said he would support cutting the coronavirus self isolation period from seven days to five in england if the move was recommended by experts at the uk health security agency. nadim zahawi said the reduction would help with staff absenteeism. and he denied that there were plans to stop supplying free lateral flow tests after a report in a sunday paper. our health correspondent dominic hughes has more. the good news is that booster jabs are holding fast against the omicron wave. even as new cases have surged, hospital admissions remain a long way off the peak seen this time last year. but each day, hundreds of thousands of people are having to isolate for at least seven days, so now there s a suggestion that period could be cut to five days instead. it would help with staff absenteeism, hence why i think if the experts, and i have to defer to the uk health and security agency, de
that killed 164 people. the golden globe awards take place tonight in hollywood, but there s no red carpet, no stars and it s not on tv. more on all those stories, of course, coming up at 7pm. right now, though, all the latest in the road of sport. it s sportsday. world of sport. it s sportsday. world of sport. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. so close, but ultimately spurs are too strong for morecambe. that and the latest from the fa cup third round to come. the shock of the season in the wsl, though struggling birmingham beat top of the table arsenal. england survive an ashes whitewash by the skin of their teeth, after clinging on for a draw against australia in sydney. and a sting in the tail, as leicester lose their unbeaten record to a jubilant wasps in the premiership. hello there, and welcome along to sportsday. plenty to tackle on this evening s show, and what better place to start than with another fantastic day in the fa cup third round? sp
this wasn t spurs strongest team, but it still had the likes of dele alli. still, there was no way through. time for reinforcements. with the heavyweights on, the punches kept coming. eventually, harry winks breached morecambe s defence. legs now heavy, hearts soon broken, as lucas moura dashed their dream with just five minutes to go. moura around the goalkeeper, and that is brilliant from the brazilian! harry kane made sure of the result. there may still be magic in the cup, but in north london, little room for sentimentality. there was symmetry at anfield, though. to give league! to give league 1 shrewsbury the lead! liverpool s youngsters were staring at an infamous defeat, but 17 year old kaide gordon had other ideas. his first start, the club s second youngest goal scorer. at 28, fabinho carries experience and expectation. the responsibility of putting liverpool ahead was no burden. like spurs, liverpool could add firepower from afar. roberto firmino came off the bench
and in the dramatic final moments of the fourth test, england deny australia a clean sweep in the ashes. good evening. a tennis champion with a title to defend, a government insisting he is not exempt from rules that foreign visitors have to be vaccinated. a judge in melbourne will begin hearing the case of novak djokovic versus the australian government in an hour s time. he is trying to avoid being deported having been held in a hotel since he arrived in australia four days ago. live now to shaimaa khalil at the court in melbourne. in less than an hour, a judge will hear arguments on both sides, novak djokovic s lawyers saying he had every reason to believe that he was entitled to enter australia and take part in the tournament to defend his title. the government says he had been given no guarantee that his exemption would be accepted. the anger and confusion this has caused continues. for days, they ve been showing their solidarity on the streets of melbourne. no court app