and britain s andy murray is out of the australian open. he lost to spain s roberto bautista agut in four sets in what could be his last time at the tournament. the uk conservative party chairman, nadhim zahawi, has responded to reports that he had to pay a penalty as part of a multi million pound tax settlement. in a statement, the former chancellor said the tax office had disagreed about the exact allocation of shares his father had in the polling company yougov which mr zahawi founded. he said the uk s tax authority, hmrc, had concluded it was a careless and not deliberate error, and that he had paid what was due. labour had earlier called for mr zahawi to resign over the matter. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, has more on today s statement. for almost a week, nadhim zahawi has been under pressure to give more detail about his tax affairs. there is one central question at the heart of this scrutiny and that is whether he used an offshore entity to hold shares
Premier Daniel Andrews is again being pressured to scrap a new payroll tax on general practitioners which has been labelled as a “desperate cash grab” aimed at repairing the state’s debt.
The most-played fixture in the history of the Women s World Cup is set to be played out for a seventh time after the United States failed to win their First Round group.
Liverpool and chelsea were both languishing in mid table before they met in the premier league earlier. and the cause of neither would have been greatly improved by the goalless draw they played out at anfield. they started 9th and 10th in the table. and at least liverpool s point takes them a place higher for the time being. it wasjurgen klopp s1000th match as a manager. while chelsea brought on their new 62 million pound signing mykhailo mudryk. .. who came closest to breaking the deadlock. four more games are into the second half. west ham scored twice throutharrod bowen to lead a crucial match against another team who are in the relegation zone. southampton s match against aston villa was delayed after a drone was spotted at st mary s. at the australian open, a tale of two 35 year old men. one through to the fourth round. the other defeated after a tumuluous week in melboune. after andy murray s two marathon matches. including in the last round one that finished at just before 4am