the world s top tennis player is spending the weekend in an immigration detention hotel. his supporters have turned up for a third day. this is novak djokovic arriving in melbourne on wednesday. the documents his legal team presented to the court state he d received the exemption from tennis australia with a follow up letter from the home affairs department saying he was allowed into the country. i explained i had recently been infected with covid in december 2021, and on this basis i was entitled to a medical exemption in accordance with australian government rules and guidance. his legal team added that onjanuary the 1st djokovic received a document ist djokovic received a document from home affairs telling him his responses indicated he met the requirements for quarantine free arrival into australia. what is becoming clear is the break down in communication among those making the decisions, and what the judge communication among those making the decisions, and what thej
these are the pictures live at nasa and in space. nasa will fully deploy it s primary mirror on the james webb telescope, marking the end to the most complex space telescope deployment yet. hello, good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. welcome to bbc news. novak djokovic has applied for leave to remain in australia on the grounds that he had covid last month. his lawyers said he was given a medical exemption from the country s vaccine rules by the organisers of the australian open. but he was refused entry by immigration officials when he landed in melbourne on wednesday. a court hearing will decide on monday whether he should be deported. but on the day that novak djokovic s legal team says he tested positive for covid, serbia s post office presented him with postage stamps in his honour the men s world no one tweeted about it the day afterwards, on the 17th. it comes as renata veracova, a czech doubles player, left australia this morning after her visa was cancelled because
there will continue to be a few showers into the evening and overnight in the far north and west. but as skies continue to clear, well, temperatures will fall away and we could see some icy stretches with a few showers lingering here and there. showers most chiefly to the far north and west and with any elevation they will be wintry as well. so it s going to be a chilly start to our sunday morning for many of us. but it will be a sunny one. we will keep some sunshine throughout much of the day into sheltered eastern areas, central and southern england. a few scattered showers moving through western scotland, maybe across the peaks and pennines and maybe some rain gathering down to the south west by the end of the day. blustery winds to begin with. slowly easing as the afternoon continues. temperatures, well, ranging generally between five to eight celsius. a little bit milder in the far south west. some rain arrives to the west for the start of monday. cloudier skies in the s
jess softley, bbc news. last season s beaten finalists chelsea are safely through after thrashing non league chesterfield 5 1 at stamford bridge. callum hudson odoi with a lovely finish for chelsea s second. romelu lukaku also got on the scoresheet for the first time since being dropped for giving a controversial interview. everton are being pushed all the way by championship side hull. the match is live now on bbc one hull went ahead. everton scored twice to go in front, then hull s ryan longman scored an equaliser so they re into extra time and everton have reclaimed the lead, thanks to this long range effort from andros townsend. he s got a history of producing goals of this quality. it s also live on the bbc sport website and app the games at birmingham, swansea, and yeovil are also into extra time. a big a5 a big 45 minutes to come for everton. crystal palace narrowly avoided a similar fate. playing away at millwall of the championship, an early goalkeeping error saw
and to laugh or not to laugh. a warning that cancel culture could wipe out comedy. hello and welcome to bbc news. people with covid in england can now stop self isolating after a week following two negative lateral flow tests effectively opening up christmas for thousands of people. the health secretary says it s to ease disruption to people s lives, and comes after the prime minister ruled out imposing further covid restrictions in england at this stage. so, from today, in england, self isolation for those who have tested positive will be cut from ten days to seven days as long as they receive negative lateral flow test results on day six and seven of their isolation period and have no symptoms. people ending isolation on day seven are strongly advised to limit contact with vulnerable people, not visit crowded or poorly ventilated spaces, and work from home. if they can. health secretary sajid javid said it would minimize disruption caused by the rapid spread of the om