with our families. the warning comes as two of the biggest teaching unions have called for tougher covid measures in schools in england to combat a rise in infections. a welcome from england s city regions outside london for an announcement of nearly £7 billion to improve their transport networks but they say more money is needed. a warning that some dog owners are pretending their lockdown pets are strays in order to get rid of them. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. no gayle force, as england blow away the west indies to win their opening match at the t20 world cup. mounting a title challenge mason hits a hat trick as chelsea put seven past struggling norwich. and a clean sweep across the channel. england s men s and women s rugby league teams brush aside france. hello there and welcome to the programme. england produced a ruthless performance at their opening t20 world cup match today. they bowled west indies
fa cup final in a row. good morning. the warmest day of the year so far on good friday with temperatures soaring to 23.1; degrees in london. today it will be cooler, there will be sunshine and showers and strong winds developing across the north west. all the details throughout the programme. it s monday 18th april. our main story. russian air strikes have hit multiple targets across ukraine it s as residents of the eastern luhansk region are being urged to evacuate immediately. meanwhile, ukrainian forces are holding on in the besieged port city of mariupol that s despite ignoring demands from the kremlin to surrender. sean dilley reports. mariupol has not yet fallen technically. ukrainian troops who had until recently defended the now occupied streets are held up in the city s vast azovstal steelworks, despite an ultimatum by president putin s forces to surrender no later than yesterday. russian troops know that ukrainians are waiting inside, ready to welcome them wit
and as scientists say a new strain of the omicron variant has reached northern ireland, we ll hear from an immunologist later this hour. in south africa, the search continues for victims of catastrophic flooding in kwazulu natal. hello and welcome. there has been a missile attack this morning on the western ukrainian city of lviv, which until now has largely escaped unscathed since the russian invasion began. the latest reports say six people have been killed and eight wounded. residents spoke of hearing five explosions on the outskirts of the city and smoke was seen rising from residential areas. overnight there s been an apparent intensification of the russian bombardment, with multiple targets across ukraine targeted by airstrikes and shelling five people have reportedly been killed and 13 injured in shelling of the city of kharkiv, while in mykolaiv, near the port of odesa, the governor reports continuous rocket attacks. of the shattered city of mariupol, ukraine s foreig
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