more than half of them will pretend to be a christmas parcel delivery. i ll look at how you can spot the real ones, from the fakes. on a dramatic night of league cup football, liverpool stage a late fight back against leicester, to eventually reach the semi finals in a penalty shoot out. good morning. it isa it is a cloudy start to the day. some rain around, they heaviest of what is coming in from the west. but for most of us it will be unseasonably mild. details coming later. good morning. it s thursday, the 23rd of december. our main story. the omicron variant may cause milder illness than delta, according to two early studies, with patients less likely to need hospital treatment. scientists say the research is good news to a degree , but a big wave of infections in unvaccinated people could yet overwhelm the health service. the government says it is continuing to monitor coronavirus data. here s our health correspondent, katharine da costa. early data from south africa, a
garcia lost 6 4, 6 1 to wang yafan. last year s runner up from tunisia, ons jabeur, is bidding to go one better in 2023 and land her first grand slam, and she is through to the second round. the fifth seed had to overcome breathing difficulties in a gruelling match with colombia s camila osorio, and even had treatment from medical staff in the first set, however she came through 7 5, 7 6. on the men s side, triple grand slam winner andy murray is through to the second round with a straight sets win over frenchman corentin moutet. third seed daniil medvedev needed just 7a minutes to cruise past attila balazs. the 2021 champion hit 41 winners as he beat the hungarian 6 1,6 1,6 0. probably the fastest three set match i played, even though i m not sure but probably. i felt not bad on the court, quite well, looking forward to next round. i think the goal is always to try to play better and better every match. because every match is going to be tougher and tougher. let s see how th