cold enough for snow to full anywhere in the country. 0k, thank you. and that s it. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time hello, and welcome to sportsday this friday night i m chetan pathak, coming up on the programme. former england captain michael vaughan gives evidence for the first time at the yorkshire cricket racism hearing. in bangladesh jason roy s century helps england seal a one day series win. can anyone stop max verstappen and red bull we ll be in bahrain ahead of formula one s season opening grand prix. also coming up on the programme before 7pm. after 100 games and 44 goals for wales, helen ward tells us why she s retiring from international football.
the welsh government take the bull by the horns and develop a system that is robust enough to hold sporting governing bodies to account. um. will that happen? i don t know. the mp wants a senedd inquiry into the wru, on a par with yorkshire cricket. she s also written to the wru s most famous patron about what women have told her. the prince of wales needs to know that this is a real issue. the well being and mental health of people that have worked at the wru is a concern, and it should be a concern for him. the wru said how sad it was to hear how individuals in this programme felt, and said it will continue to work with staff to ensure they feel valued and listened to.
was a wales international. she s now a welsh mp. she says it was never easy playing in the women s game, but she d hoped, 20 years on, things would be different. there are still issues around misogyny and sexism in rugby. there is a massive problem. this is at different levels. three completely different people came to me with a complete. ..with concerns around governance and the way that women are being treated. and.but from three different perspectives, and those different perspectives is what convinced me that i needed to take this further. this is on a level of gymnastics. this is on the level of what s happened in cricket. allegations of abuse in gymnastics and racism at yorkshire cricket led to independent inquiries
and misogyny aired as part of a bbc investigation. let s speak now to our correspondent wyre davies, who s in cardiff for us. just tell us more. the welsh rugby union has admitted just tell us more. the welsh rugby union has admitted its just tell us more. the welsh rugby union has admitted its facing - just tell us more. the welsh rugby union has admitted its facing an i union has admitted its facing an existential crisis ever since those revelations by bbc wales about alleged sexism and a toxic culture inside the body. that reflected in many ways the racism crisis at yorkshire cricket and allegations of bullying in british gymnastics. and today, appearing before a senate macro committee in cardiff bay, nigel walker, the interim head of welsh rugby union, the interim chief executive, said he admitted they had turned a blind eye to many of these allegations for a long time and that the union really had to sort itself out so they said they had made some personnel changes at the top,