can england keep their momentum going heading into day two of the third ashes test against australia? roger federer is the bbc overseas sports personality for 2017. and we show you what it's like to compete in one of the world's toughest yacht races. well, there's only one place to start and that's at the third ashes test between australia and england in perth. play on day two is set to start within the hour — england will resume on 305/4 after a positive first day for the tourists. our correspondent andy swiss is at the waca for us. can england pick up where they left off? just when they needed it most, they

produced their best day of the ashes tour so far. they won the toss, chose to bat, lost alistair cook early. his struggles with that continue. they lost captainjoe route. mark stoneman battled really well against some hostile australian building —— bowling. when he eventually went to 56 given out by the umpire caught behind, england we re the umpire caught behind, england were in some trouble. they dragged the initiative back, thanks to wonderful partnership between johnny ba i rstow wonderful partnership between johnny bairstow and david milan. david milan unbeaten on 110, his first test century in an ashes test in front of his parents who are watching. it was some day to him. england in a strong position.

australia will have a few thoughts about what they can do. this third testis about what they can do. this third test is so pivotal for the series. it is, really, because england a 2— you're down in this ashes series. they know that if australia win, they will regain the ashes. it is a huge day to them. the aim is to push on towards a big score. setting up a potentially match— winning total. still a long way to go in this match but england have given themselves a chance. and he will keep us updated throughout the day two of that ashes test. as the english premier league heads towards its busy festive period — one team seems to have the title race almost wrapped up. manchester city extended their top flight record to 15 games unbeaten after crushing swansea four nil on wednesday. but how does their winning streak rank in the history books?

our football reporterjohn bennett has been looking back through the records. these players have a lot to smile about, must be great to be a manchester city player or manager or fan. they can't stop winning. 15 premier league wins in a row. they beat the likes of manchester united and arsenal and chelsea and liverpool, 49 goals in those 15 games, conceding just ten goals. how does it compare to winning runs from the past? this is the all—time winning runs from the english top—flight. manchester city at the top. they have overtaken tottenham from 1960, 61 and down the bottom, the most recent winning run before manchester city, conte's chelsea,

went on they to win the title. it compare with europe? guess who the manager was by a munich? pep guardiola. their manager was also pep guardiola. two equal, city would have to be totte n ha m two equal, city would have to be tottenham and bournemouth and newcastle and crystal palace. what about the start of the season points wise? after 17 games, manchester city are top with 49 points. those double winners again. chelsea, 2005, 2006. the original invincible ‘s are there. all of these teams on the list went on to win the title. arsenal won the title in that

season. arsenal won the title in that season. can manchester city continue their winning run? let's leave the final word with one of the players. posting a picture of the team and he said the word "unique. it's six months since the terrible fire that destroyed grenfell tower in london, claiming the lives of 71 people, and shocking the world. dale youth, the amateur boxing club of world champions james degale and george groves, was located in the tower. rhia chohan has been to find out what became of the club. not —— the night before the fire, we we re not —— the night before the fire, we were actually training in our gym. we finished here about 9:16 p.m., ten o'clock and then i got a phone call at a:45am from one of the trainers who trained with me saying, i drove by the tower block and its infla mes i drove by the tower block and its inflames and spoke and it —— smoke

and it's terrible. we only came out here. i went and had a look. it was just horrendous. dale youth was a focal point of this community and is used to producing champion. it was located in the lower floors of g re nfell tower. located in the lower floors of grenfell tower. they relocated from newly refurbished facilities to a car park gym nearby with no heating and they could be that the two yea rs. and they could be that the two years. it makes you very sad because obviously it the families you've got to think. 0bviously obviously it the families you've got to think. obviously we lost a friend is asi to think. obviously we lost a friend is as i say, we can go over there because we've got all the lads that was in the new gym. there are lots

of boxes on here, lots of champions. despite everything, the club is still arriving. six weeks after the fire, we have already had four national championships this year. we are still here training so it's showing the trainers are putting the work in. we are pushing each other and getting those results. there would be nothing stopping this club. as long as we got even a small shed with a couple of bags in, we will just carry on. nick and his club aren't going anywhere and like the people of grenfell tower, they are still fighting. the 19 time grand slam winner roger federer has been voted the bbc‘s 0verseas sports personality of the year for 2017. federer was crowned the winner

from a shortlist of six, david 0rnstein reports. the crowning glory of yet another historic season for roger federer. the first man to win wimbledon eight times, extending his record to 19 grand slams titles and 35, proving age is no to greatness. ravaged by injury in 2016, federal‘s best days looked behind him however the legendary swiss was back on swarm at the australian open, renewing his rivalry with rafael nadal and coming out on top, the first major success in 11.5 years. roger federer skipped the clay—court season to prepare for grass and how it paid off on the lawns of s w 19, the oldest mail champion in the open era, for the loss of not a single set. the target is being wimbledon have been for a

year and australian open champion and you name it. i was very content with 17 in australia so i was going to be happier at 18 and even happier at 19 but 17 was an arm —— was a wonderful number. previously roger federer was level with muhamed a—league and use same bolt as a 3— time winner of overseas sports personality. now he's in a class his own. now, we're used to seeing some great goals and skill when real madrid and barcelona meet in el classico in spain and it seems it's not confined to the football teams. this is the pair meeting in the euro league on thursday. and as three pointers go — this surely is one of the best. that's real madrid's luka doncic — and they went onto win 87—75. and no doubt appreciate that win a little more. you can get all the latest sports

news on the website but to me in the rest of the team, goodbye for now. well, the cold snap's not quite over yet. of course, the snow has stopped, mostly that is, but it's still pretty chilly out there and in some parts of the country we still have a little bit of snow lying around here and there, presumably this is from a snowman. there's also the risk of some ice also first thing on friday morning, a really messy picture, by that i mean there's a lot of cloud, there's showers of rain, there's hail, sleet, snow falling across the hills and with temperatures freezing or below freezing outside of town there's the risk of iciness. you can see carlisle above freezing, couple of degrees above zero in manchester and some of those country lanes will be pretty cold. you know what happens at this time

of year after a clear night, the air temperature might be just above zero, two or three degrees, but the road surface, the ground, is below zero, it's frozen, so with rain showers moving through, you get that risk of icy patches, so take it steady. in terms of the weather on friday, there will be some sunshine around in many western areas, beautiful weather in the lowlands, southern scotland, cumbria, lancashire, throughout wales and the south coast but these eastern areas will continue to have some showers. the wind from the north is blowing in the cloud and showers and only five expected in newcastle. friday night is going to be cold, a frost on the way once again. you can see it developing across scotland, the north of england, all the way down to the south as well, so that means first thing on saturday it's going to be cold. one thing that is going to be happening during saturday is milder air starts to move in off the atlantic but it's a slow process, after days of colder weather, mild air often doesn't march in, it sort of moves in very, very slowly. on saturday, still pretty cold,

a frost around in places in the morning and those temperatures struggling, 2—3, a bit milder in western areas, six expected in belfast. then the south—westerlies kick in by sunday, with that cloud and rain, often happens. look at those temperatures, 11s or 12s, glasgow getting up to around 10 degrees. those south—westerly winds all the way from the southern climes will continue to blow in during the course of monday, so that milder trend certainly continues into next week. how are we doing compared to other parts of europe? you can see london is on a par with paris during the course of the weekend. elsewhere across the continent, athens in the high teens with some showers on the way. bye— bye. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley.

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