hello and welcome. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has given his first tv interview of the year to the bbc s laura kuennsberg. mr sunak addressed concerns over nurses strikes and said he will talk to the royal college of nursing union about pay but does not commit to increasing wages now to end their strike action. we want to have a reasonable, honest two way conversation about pay and everything else that is relevant. you do want to have a conversation about pay? because up until now. well, that s different. that s always been the case. the door has always been open to talk about things that the nurses want to talk about and the unions want to talk about more generally, which is why actually we just wrote to all the unions from across the public sector inviting them into the talks. inviting them in for talks. and those talks are happening in many sectors on monday, which is great. and when it comes to pay, we have always said we want to talk about things that are reason
women s nations league on tuesday with plenty still to be decided, nowhere more so than at hampden, where england are hoping to beat scotland emphatically to book their place in the knockout stages. but there s more to it than that. england are trying to qualify for next summer s olympics on behalf of team gb, so defeat for scotland on tuesday night could actually benefit some scottish players who want to be part of the great britain squad. not that they re thinking about it that way is joe curry now reports. that way as joe curry now reports. it s been a qualifying campaign of twists and turns for the lionesses, but now they re one game away from taking a big step towards securing team gb a spot at next summer s olympic games. itjust so happens to be against a very familiar foe, scotland. not only do you have to win it, but you have to score like this. there s goals that come along with it. it s notjust how you win. you win the game, and it s done. we re going to have to rea
cardiff ten minutes into the second half. derby county have progressed after beating fellow league one side barnsley 3 0. tom barkhuizen with the pick of the goals. and they ll be in the fourth round draw at four o clock. bristol city and swansea will go to a replay after a 1 1 draw. the welsh side were gifted the lead early on joel piroe with a tap in, punishing a lax pass. nigel pearson admitted his position as bristol city boss was under threat so antoine semenyo s header, which ultimately earned his side a replay, will have been a source of relief for the home team who ve now failed to win in eight successive games at ashton gate. those are three of the eight ties today. later the game of the round at the etihad where manchester city meet chelsea for the second time in a week. that s live on bbc one. while in the other 2pm kick offs: stoke have a commanding lead at hartlepool, blackburn lead at norwich, and a ligue 2 phase goal is