this hello and welcome to sportsday. joe root was at the heart of england's fight back on the first day of their fourth test against india in ranchi. he reached his 31st test century and his tenth against india, which is a record. that has put him on top of a list also including steve smith and mam; also including steve smith and many other greats- — england started well enough, but there was a clatter of wickets before lunch. zak crawley made a bright 42, but he was one of three victims root had been short of runs in the series and his shot selection attracted criticism during england's thrashing in the last test, but here he was back to his best, although it was the slowest hundred scored in the �*bazball era' under stokes and coach brendon mccullum. really encouraging start for england as they look to draw level in the series. a phenomenal knock.

he is probably the only bloke in our team who could have done that knock. he is our best player and he stepped up when we needed him to. we needed him to get a score and he got a score, like he has done for so many years now. australia beat new zealand in their t20 match. new zealand's ferguson taking four wickets but australia had more than enough, adam zampa with figures of 4—34 and new zealand were bowled out with three overs to spare, australia winning by 72 runs, head of the final t20 on sunday. they then play a couple of test matches. we've had the draws for the last 16 in europea league and europa conference league. five british sides are still involved in the second and third tier uefa competitions. premier legaue leaders liverpool

will face the czech champions, sparta prague, in the europa league. brighton will face roma. the 2022 finallists rangers are up against the portuguese champions, benfica. west ham have german opposition in freiburg. the first legs will take place on march 7th. aston villa are the sole british representative in the europa conference. they have got ajax in the last 16, who are having a tough season and winning this competition could be their most realistic route back into europe. after a fortnight break, the six nations is back this weekend. table—topping ireland host wales tomorrow, while england will be looking to maintain their 100% record this campaign when they take on scotland at murrayfield. victory against wales with a controversial defeat to france in their last match at murrayfield. they have won the last three calcutta cup contests against england. the last time they won four in a row

was almost 130 years ago. going back to my first game for scotland, it was a massive game, one of the biggest games in the calendar, but now we have got to agree a position where they are all kind of similar. we are not satisfied by beating just one or two teams in this competition. it is still a massive game and the history behind it, but for us, we have to approach it as just another game, another chance for us to get a victory. the funeral has been held in kenya for the marathon world record—holder kelvin kiptum, who died in a car crash last sunday. kiptum, who was 2a, was one of the most exciting prospects to emerge in road running having broken the world record last october in only his third appearance in an elite marathon. kenyan president william ruto and world athletics president sebastian coe were both in attendance in the rift valley village chepkorio where kiptum had worked as a herder and trained as an electrician before discovering his talent as a runner. his rwandan coach, gervais hakizimana, was also killed in the crash in western kenya.

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. a big military operation is under way right now in plymouth to move an unexploded world war ii bomb from a back garden. this is the map of plymouth and the unexploded bomb, a german bomb, and the second world war, is in a back garden in a house and it needs to be taken towards the water where it will be taken out to sea and exploded. a delicate operation to say the least. bomb disposal experts are on the scene and this is what will happen, basically a convoy, one of the largest ever peacetime evacuation, because all those houses nearby

welcome at the request has gone out for everyone to get out of their homes, thousands of people, and it will be moved through a military convoy to a rolling 300 metre exclusion zone, so thousands of people are impacted. the plymouth city council said the bomb would be taken to the very slipway. army experts decided it was too dangerous to detonate the bomb where it was found in the back garden. the explosion clearly could destroy a number of homes nearby which is why they are having to do this big operation. we can speak to a former army bomb disposal officer, lucy. thanks forjoining us. how do you make a bomb like this save? trier? make a bomb like this save? very carefully is _ make a bomb like this save? very carefully is the _ make a bomb like this save? very

carefully is the answer! _ make a bomb like this save? - carefully is the answer! 30 years ago we could have drilled into the fuse and immunised it so it is safe to move on the back of a lorry, but now the fuse will be so corroded that you cannot safely draw into them and so this is why they will have to move a bomb that is live without the fuse being made safe or immunised. �* , ., ., without the fuse being made safe or immunised-— immunised. let's have a look at the rocess of immunised. let's have a look at the process of moving _ immunised. let's have a look at the process of moving it. _ immunised. let's have a look at the process of moving it. is _ immunised. let's have a look at the process of moving it. is this - immunised. let's have a look at the process of moving it. is this on - immunised. let's have a look at the process of moving it. is this on the | process of moving it. is this on the back of a vehicle, very safely, how does it work? it back of a vehicle, very safely, how does it work?— does it work? it will be embedded with water bags _ does it work? it will be embedded with water bags or _ does it work? it will be embedded with water bags or sandbags - does it work? it will be embedded i with water bags or sandbags because the danger is shock or heat or friction so they will be going very carefully and it will be sitting on a bed of sand, probably, to keep it as stable and to reduce any vibrations from the vehicle and they will also have planned the route very carefully. they will need to stop the railway because of the

vibrations from railways. they also needed to take into consideration things like the gas mains and make sure you are not going to drive it down the gas main. in certain circumstances, aircraft as well, as the blast goes up as well as sideways. you need to have this complete exclusion zone for the entire length of the journey. the difficult bits is putting it onto the vehicle, very careful move, then getting it on so a boat of some sort. ~ . ., , ., getting it on so a boat of some sort. ~ ., ., , ., , ., getting it on so a boat of some sort. . ., , ., , ., ., sort. we have a beautiful shot of the coastline _ sort. we have a beautiful shot of the coastline so _ sort. we have a beautiful shot of the coastline so they _ sort. we have a beautiful shot of the coastline so they will - sort. we have a beautiful shot of the coastline so they will take i sort. we have a beautiful shot of the coastline so they will take it | the coastline so they will take it from the residential area and exploding it out at sea, so the pinch point is getting it from the vehicle on land out to sea? the? vehicle on land out to sea? they would have _ vehicle on land out to sea? they would have made _ vehicle on land out to sea? they would have made sure _ vehicle on land out to sea? tie would have made sure that vehicle on land out to sea? tie1 would have made sure that they vehicle on land out to sea? tij:1 would have made sure that they are able to slide this and move from the

vehicle to the boat and it is normally a boat which you can toe and then they need to put explosives on board in order to detonate it when they get it out there so they will tow it out otherwise you end up with the boat being at risk itself. that is really the situation. we almost at _ that is really the situation. we almost at the _ that is really the situation. we almost at the end of the journey of the bomb so now we are out to sea, now what happens? the? the bomb so now we are out to sea, now what happens?— now what happens? they can put a simle now what happens? they can put a simple charge _ now what happens? they can put a simple charge next _ now what happens? they can put a simple charge next to _ now what happens? they can put a simple charge next to it _ now what happens? they can put a simple charge next to it so - now what happens? they can put a simple charge next to it so they i simple charge next to it so they will put a charge near the fuse and any small charge will set it off but blasts can go in different directions, in water orair, so blasts can go in different directions, in water or air, so they need to be at a good enough distance from it themselves. imilli need to be at a good enough distance from it themselves.— from it themselves. will that be under the water? _ from it themselves. will that be under the water? it _ from it themselves. will that be under the water? it depends i from it themselves. will that be | under the water? it depends on, basicall , under the water? it depends on, basically, what _ under the water? it depends on, basically, what we _ under the water? it depends on, basically, what we sea _ under the water? it depends on, basically, what we sea bed i under the water? it depends on, j basically, what we sea bed looks like, whether you have sand, come

you had better think about marine life, so there are different computations as to how you detonate it safely. irate computations as to how you detonate it safel . ~ ., ., ., ., ., it safely. we are going to have a look at the _ it safely. we are going to have a look at the map _ it safely. we are going to have a look at the map again _ it safely. we are going to have a look at the map again if - it safely. we are going to have a look at the map again if we i it safely. we are going to have a look at the map again if we can. | it safely. we are going to have a i look at the map again if we can. how unusual is this? this is a german bomb dropped on plymouth during world war ii and it has been sitting there for a long time. how common is this? it there for a long time. how common is this? , ., , ., �* there for a long time. how common is this? , ., , ., ~ ., there for a long time. how common is this? , ., ., ~ ., ., this? it is fairly common. a lot of the naval bases _ this? it is fairly common. a lot of the naval bases from _ this? it is fairly common. a lot of the naval bases from the - this? it is fairly common. a lot of the naval bases from the second | the naval bases from the second world war, from liverpool down to bristol, southampton and plymouth, they were heavily bombed during the war and many of the bombs are still there but while they are buried, there but while they are buried, there is no danger, but the danger comes from when you dig them up. or in some way interfere with them and thatis in some way interfere with them and that is what happened here, someone has been digging for an extension and they have come across this

device. it now needs to be removed very carefully and it takes about 36 hours to do these things. a great deal of planning, thousands of people have been involved in the planning of this from the council to the army to the railways. it is a big operation. the army to the railways. it is a big operation-— big operation. absolutely fascinating. _ big operation. absolutely fascinating. lucy - big operation. absolutely fascinating. lucy lewis, i big operation. absolutely i fascinating. lucy lewis, thanks big operation. absolutely - fascinating. lucy lewis, thanks for joining us. i can quickly show you the map again. this is all down in plymouth. it is in the back garden in st michael avenue and will be winding its way south to get to the waters edge before being detonated out at sea. plenty more coverage coming up.

hello there. we haven't got the persistent rain today, but there are still quite a few showers around for western areas and some developing inland and further east, as well, as the cloud has tended to increase. we've also got some chillier air today, so temperatures come the early evening probably sitting at six or seven degrees. it will get cold quite quickly. we still have some showers around, but most of those inland will fade away. we'll keep some going around these western coasts and some heavier showers come into the south—west of england. there could even be a bit of winteriness over dartmoor, as well. it will be a colder night more widely. we had a frost last night in scotland. it will be very cold in the north—east of scotland and temperatures close to freezing elsewhere, as well. some mist and fog patches in the midlands in particular in the morning. 0therwise, some sunshine around. as the cloud builds up, we'll see a scattering of showers developing here and there. most of the showers running away from south—west england heading into the south—east of england by the afternoon.

temperature—wise, still nine, maybe even ten degrees, so on a par with what we had today. the winds are going to be very light. there's going to be hardly a breath of wind for the six nations rugby, the game in dublin and then at murrayfield, where there could be one or two showers around here. the sun setting on another chilly evening and some frost is likely again on saturday night. but not towards the south—west because here we've got this area of low pressure coming in, bringing some wetter, windier weather. the position is still subject to change. it looks like the rain may be a bit further north, into more of southern england, especially later on in the day, by which time it will be turning quite windy, as well. elsewhere, a lot of dry weather. there may well be a lot of cloud around as well. most of the sunshine in the east, one or two showers in the far north—west of scotland. again, those temperatures typically eight or nine degrees. let's look at that area of low pressure for the start of next week. it's going to track its way into continental europe. still hanging around towards the south—east.

a lot more isobars, the winds will be stronger for many of us, but there will be a lot of dry weather. some cloud coming into northern scotland. most of the cloud will be across east anglia and the south—east, where we've still got the chance of some rain hanging on through the day. it's across these areas that it will be particularly windy. strong to gale force winds are quite likely, which will, of course, make it feel that bit colder. we're still in the same sort of air mass. temperatures around average for the time of year at eight or nine celsius.

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