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tv   Sportsday  BBC News  February 2, 2024 1:30pm-1:46pm GMT

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celsius, the bulk of england seven celsius, the bulk of england and wales closer to ten or 11 celsius, and about nine celsius in belfast. tomorrow's forecast, a pattern we have been seen for a while, those i suppose you just saw basically sends these west and winds right across the uk, very gusty ones as well, particularly to the east of the pennines, a bit like today, a0 or 50 mph gusts, to be again another blustery one. brighterfor or 50 mph gusts, to be again another blustery one. brighter for scotland and the lakes, but south of that across england and wales, cloudy with some rain at times. for wales, the six nations, cloudy, about 11 celsius, not terrible, could be worse. sunday, some rain reaching scotland and northern ireland, general of the north—east of the uk, drier little bits and pieces of rain to the south and mild. but i want to point out this weather front, because this is the beginning of a very wet spell for western and north—western scotland. in fact, the
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met office warned there could be 50 millimetres of rain, 100, 150 in some spots through here, that is sunday into monday, is that weather front graces the north—east the uk. but south of it, we are in that south—westerly airstream, so again glasgow 12 celsius, about that in birmingham, and also in plymouth. here is the outlook into next week, staying very mild indeed, there are indications that perhaps from wednesday onwards until thursday, we will seek colder weather coming in from the north, some uncertainty about that, but it will not be quite as mild as at the moment. back to you. thank you, tomasz. and that's the bbc news at one. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc news website. now it's time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday.
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debutant shoaib bashir picks up two wickets as england cling on, on day one of the second test match in india. in marseille, ireland prepare to begin the defence of their six nations title as they face france. and rory mcillroy falls foul of a rule change, which costs him dear at pebble beach. we start in india with day one of the second test match and it was quite a day for 20—year—old england debutant, shoaib bashir. he picked up two wickets, his first was the indian skipper, rohit sharma. but the star of the show was 22—year—old opener yashasvi jaiswel. at close he was 179 not out with india on 336—6. patrick geary reports.
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shoaib bashir is the thoroughly modern selection, first noticed by encompass my captain through a clip on social media. 6.5 months later he was bowling in a test and dismissing india's captain. rohit sharma his first wicket, a moment like than shared. jimmy anderson first played for england before he was born. shubman gill was his 691st test wicket. england 89—2, not quite in need of rebuilding but certainly repairing. yashasvi jaiswel because my dad just to run a hardware shop. he crafted his way past 50 and beyond, far beyond. that shot part of the celebrations of the majestic century. the 22—year—old gave india control, but england chipped away. through tom hartley and ben foakes. through tom hartley and ben foakes. through rain ahmed, too. this ball
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thatjust wouldn't be blocked. india were kept from retreat by yashasvi jaiswel. a century became 150 and he took his country beyond 300. other older england spinners might have wilted, but not shoaib bashir. he is just 20. rain ahmed is younger still, he took the set wicket for england. india's young opener was unconquered. india's young opener was unconquered. staying with cricket, closer to home, yorkshire's members have approved a controversial takeover of the cash—strapped club by a consortium led by former chairman colin graves. it means the 76—year—old, who was chair of yorkshire from 2012—2015, is set to return to the role. graves' time at yorkshire was part of the period for which the club was fined for failing to address the systemic use of discriminatory or racist language. the deal now needs approval from the financial conduct authority.
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this year's six nations kicks off later with the two top ranked teams facing each other, with france hosting ireland in marseille. ireland are the defending champions, but both countries are missing some familiarfaces. france are without antoine dupont — he's decided to focus on sevens rugby ahead of the paris olympics, while ireland are getting used to life afterjonny sexton, who has now retired. he's been replaced as captain by peter 0'mahony. every opportunity you get to play for ireland is huge, but this one seems particularly special. that's just for me because under my circumstances, but for the group, big games, big opportunities for guys, big opportunities for everyone of us, you know, to continue ourjourney on. and, you know, what a place to do it. steve borthwick�*s england will be hoping to improve on their fourth place finish last year. fraser dingwall will make his debut against italy in rome on saturday and there is also a first call—up
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for ethan roots. marcus smith is out injured, so george ford starts at fly—half, as coach borthwick looks to change his sides approach. we have a mix of those experienced players, the senior players and the sponsor are new to test rugby. we want to integrate as quick as we can, get together as fast as we can. i never thought i would be naming five new caps in the 23, but that tells you a lot about what is required. we want to attack this game. we want to attack this game. a young wales team are gearing up for their first match of the tournament against scotland in cardiff on saturday. centre george north will miss it though because of a shoulder injury. instead, 0wen watkin takes his place. dafydd jenkins becomes wales' second—youngest captain atjust 21, while cardiff full—back cameron winnett will make his wales debut on saturday. no better competition in the world, is there, than the six nations? a new look squad. a lot of boys
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getting their opportunity to play their first six nations and no better way than to start at home against scotland in a packed principality stadium. don't write us off, whether it is new faces or not. when you prolong that welsh jersey you have a job to do in ourjob is to get a victory over scotland. we will take it game by game and go from there really. we will take it game by game and go from there really. as for the scots, kyle rowe will start at full—back in cardiff after blair kinghorn was ruled out with a knee injury. finn russell will captain the side. scotland won their opening two games last year, eventually finishing third. toto wolff said he was surprised by the speed of lewis hamilton switching to ferrari happen. he is leaving after 11 years with the team to join leaving after 11 years with the team tojoin ferrari for the leaving after 11 years with the team to join ferrari for the 2025 season. he secured six of the seven world
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championships with the team. if you told me two — championships with the team. if you told me two days — championships with the team. if you told me two days ago _ championships with the team. if you told me two days ago that _ championships with the team. if you told me two days ago that he - championships with the team. if m. told me two days ago that he would be going to ferrari, i wouldn't have thought it was possible. situations and things can change quickly, contracts are only as good as the driver or the teams. who knows what is happening in the driver market. who knows what is happening in the driver market. rory mcilroy suffered a dramatic late first round round collapse after leading the at&t pebble beach pro—am after 1a holes. but the world number two dropped five strokes in his final four holes, including a triple bogey at the par—five seventh after he fell foul of a rule change which cost him a two—shot penalty when he dropped his ball after an unplayable lie. mcilroy is eight shots off the lead, held by belgium's thomas detry who's nine—under par. i wasn't aware that rule was changed again in 2023 so i took a drop thinking of the 2019 rules when everything was changed,
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not knowing that the rule was changed again in 2023 so i got a two—stroke penalty. the president of the confederation of african football, patrice motsepe, says the standard of football across the board it is improving. he was speaking ahead of quarterfinals of the africa cup of nations, which get under way later. three—time champions nigeria are up against angola in the first of them. motsepe believes the increased investment in prize money and academies is bearing fruit. we have increased the prize money, and with the prize money it means some of that money is going to go
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into the pockets of the players who need it. so the future looks bright, there is still a lot of work to be done but at the end of the day we are alljudged by our results. when an african nation is champions of the world, then we'll get the acknowledgement we deserve. more than 85 of the uk's top football clubs, including every premier league club, are coming together for the green football weekend, to raise awareness of the impact of climate change on football. they aim to announce new sustainability commitments and support the fans to make a difference on climate. one man with a keen eye on the environment is former arsenal midfielder, mathieu flameni. i think it is about looking at what is possible. we are not asking for the guys to play in the champions league take a train to germany. it is about looking at the options and going in the direction of the
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greener option when it is possible. i think there are some easy actions that can be done, like offsetting carbon or having a football stadium without plastic or offering a vegetarian option to the fans. it is having the topic on the table, making sure there is a discussion and that the organisation is football played their part. it is a journey. nobody is going to be perfect for one day to the other part already thinking about what can be implemented and starting tomorrow. it is a good start. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye.
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hello and good afternoon. you're watching bbc news. let's start with a major manhunt that is still under way in london and across the north—east of the country for the man wanted in connection with a corrosive liquid attack on wednesday evening. a woman and her three—year—old daughter had been left with potentially life changing injuries her older daughter, eight, is also injured. it emerged that abdul shokoor ezedi, who is 35, he is a convicted sex offender who despite this was granted asylum to stay in the uk having twice been refused. let's get more from corresponding charity rose who is close to the scene in south london where this attack happened. bring us the latest on this manhunt. the suspect has been at large now for more than a0 hours. this
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suspect has been at large now for more than 40 hours.— more than 40 hours. this is not a large-scale _ more than 40 hours. this is not a large-scale manhunt _ more than 40 hours. this is not a large-scale manhunt involving . more than 40 hours. this is not a i large-scale manhunt involving three large—scale manhunt involving three of the uk's biggest police forces. the metropolitan police, the british transport police and northumbria police, because the suspect, abdul shokoor ezedi, has next to newcastle. today some details have been emerging about abdul shokoor ezedi's past. he has been —— the bbc has been told he is a convicted sex offender, also that he was granted asylum here in the uk following two previous failed attempts. in the last day the metropolitan police have released a picture of abdul ezedi, believed to be the last known sighting of him, in north london at a tesco express. abdul ezedi in that picture is seen wearing a blue t—shirt, carrying a water bottle and he seemed to have what looked like very serious injuries to the right
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side of his face. those injuries may well have been caused by the substance he is accused of using in this horrific attack. police say abdul ezedi should not be approached. anyone who sees him should dial 999. they are appealing for anyone who has information, dash cam footage, cctv to get in touch with them as they carry out this large—scale investigation. they are hoping someone may have seen the suspect in this attack flee the scene, because it took place in a very busy area, very busy part of london, one of its busiest parks, in a busy time of day, 7:30pm. they are hoping there will be some witnesses who can come forward and help the police with their investigation. regarding the victims of this attack, at 31—year—old mother and her two young daughters, aged eight
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and three. they are still in hospital this lunchtime being treated for injuries. the youngest of the two girls, the three—year—olds, and her mother, police say may well have suffered life changing injuries. he police say may well have suffered life changing injuries. life changing in'uries. he mentioned there that this — life changing injuries. he mentioned there that this was _ life changing injuries. he mentioned there that this was at _ life changing injuries. he mentioned there that this was at a _ life changing injuries. he mentioned there that this was at a busy - life changing injuries. he mentioned there that this was at a busy time, | there that this was at a busy time, a lot of people would have been at their homes just behind you. a lot of people would have been at their homesjust behind you. a a lot of people would have been at their homes just behind you. a lot of people came out and help this mother and her two daughters following on from the attack and they are being hailed as heroes. yesterday, sergeant gabriel cameron from the metropolitan police praised the people who came to the aid of the people who came to the aid of the mother and the two young children. neighbours, passers by, they also sustained injuries and were taken to hospital. they have now been released. 0ther were taken to hospital. they have now been released. other witnesses told the bbc some quite horrific,
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worrying details.

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