A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda, from the team at Foresight News. Delivered to your inbox on Fridays.
Leading the week
Monday (February 16): Covid-19 inquiry Module 10 hearings begin; Nigel Farage rally in Romford.
Olympic highlights: men’s slalom, featuring the final Games for Dave ‘the Rocket’ Ryding; pair figure skating; women’s freestyle skiing, featuring Team GB’s Kirsty Muir; women’s short track speed skating; and women’s ice hockey semifinals.
Tuesday (February 17): Employment and wage data released; Gisele Pelicot memoir published; Chinese New Year.
Olympic highlights: two-man bobsleigh featuring Team GB’s Brad Hall and Taylor Lawrence; men’s freestyle skiing; women’s snowboard slopestyle, with Mia Brookes looking to become Team GB’s first Olympic champion on snow; speed skating.
Wednesday (February 18): Inflation data released; Mark Zuckerberg may testify in California social media addiction lawsuit; Danish King Frederik X visits Greenland.
Olympic highlights: women’s slalom; women’s freestyle skiing, featuring Chinese five-time Olympian Xu Mengtao; short track speed skating; men’s snowboard slopestyle; men’s ice hockey quarterfinals.
Thursday (February 19): Trump’s Board of Peace holds inaugural meeting; Yvette Cooper chairs UN Security Council discussions on Sudan and the Middle East; London Fashion Week begins.
Olympic highlights: women’s single figure skating, where reigning world champion Alysa Liu is looking to become Team USA’s first gold medal-winner in the event in 24 years; women’s ice hockey gold medal game; men’s speed skating.
Friday (February 20): Public sector finances data released; Scottish Conservatives conference begins; US Q4 GDP.
Olympic highlights: men’s curling; freestyle skiing, featuring 19-year-old world champion Finley Melville Ives; speed skating; men’s ice hockey semifinals.
Saturday (February 21): Six Nations: Wales v Scotland, England v Ireland.
Olympic highlights: men’s curling gold medal game, where Team GB would hope to win their first gold since 1924 if they advance to the final; freestyle skiing, featuring Beijing 2022 medallist Eileen Gu from China and Team GB’s Zoe Atkin; men’s ice hockey bronze medal game; speed skating.
Sunday (February 22): BAFTAs; Six Nations: France v Italy; Winter Olympics concludes.
Olympic highlights: four-man bobsleigh, with Germany’s Francesco Friedrich looking to become the first athlete to win five Olympic bobsleigh golds; women’s curling gold medal game, which Team GB won in 2022; men’s ice hockey gold medal game closes the Olympics.
