hello and welcome to the programme. a harry brook century gave england the upper hand on day one of the second test against new zealand. you are england lost early wickets but brook then steadied the ship, a continuing his excellent form, away from home, with 123 runs from just from 115 deliveries. ollie pope also made 66 as england were bowled out for 280. new zealand struggled in reply, brydon carse taking two wickets as the black caps finished the day 86 for 5 trailing by 194 runs.

. obviously for 26—3. . obviously for26—3. i'm . obviously for 26—3. i'm glad . obviously for 26-3. i'm glad that i put _ . obviously for 26-3. i'm glad that i put my _ . obviously for 26-3. i'm glad that i put my attacking - . obviously for 26-3. i'm glad that i put my attacking model . obviously for 26-3. i'm glad i that i put my attacking mode on and really took it to them and put them under pressure. luckily, they had to try and brought stamps earlier and i felt like the time to run down was then and cashed in with it being full. it's a bit harder when you will run out. i think only a bold one when i ran down and ifelt like it was only a bold one when i ran down and i felt like it was about1 million miles an hour so yeah, i do try to take them off the line and defend them from boiling at the stamp really. he is world—class, he is right up there — is world—class, he is right up there. today, he came to take they— there. today, he came to take they came _ there. today, he came to take they came what we are trying to do is _ they came what we are trying to do isjust— they came what we are trying to do isjust out 30 they came what we are trying to do is just out 30 wicket... they came what we are trying to do isjust out 30 wicket... we are still— do isjust out 30 wicket... we are still trying to hit the top of the — are still trying to hit the top of the stumps and he showed today— of the stumps and he showed today that we are boiling quite well and — today that we are boiling quite well and try to get a of our links— well and try to get a of our links by— well and try to get a of our links by using seats. you played _ links by using seats. you played some ridiculous shots. so nathan smith full of praise for harry brook, let's get more on his performance from the bbc

commentator henry moeran. he's an extraordinary cricketer harry brooke. he is made to several shots away from home. this is done bad men charity. this is done bad men charity. this is done bad men charity. this is really unprecedented for a cricket out to be reaching those sort of house in this error. he will have a dip in his career overseas, every quickest does but the fact that you quickest does but the fact that w“ pay quickest does but the fact that you pay so consistently with such freedom in this england line—up is such a boost to ann inge side which has shown a run abilities at the top of the order. harry brooke space with exceptional clarity of thought. he says after the game, it does not think too much about the tuscany does not worry too much about those sort of leadership decisions when he is not involved in a leadership group and he is not involved in a leadership group and he's happy jesus freaks on his batting was of the way that he paid, hitting sixes down the gradually unruffled and it was a remarkable ending and of the hundreds that he is good, there

was a triple in pakistan, this was a triple in pakistan, this was arguably his best. the first day of the second test between australia and india hasjust drawn to a close. it's a day—night match in adelaide and australia have fought back back after losing in perth last week. mitchell starc was in fine form with the pink ball, taking a wicket with the first ball of the match and going on to take five more. nitish reddy was the top—scoring indian batter with 42, as they got to 180 all out. in reply india were 86 for one at close there had been plenty of drama ahead of the final formula one race of the season already. charles leclerc has been handed a 10—place grid penalty at the abu dhabi grand prix the ferrari driver was quickest in first practice but he had to have a new battery pack fitted, taking them beyond their permitted allowance for the season. it is a major blow to ferrari,

who trail mclaren by 21 points in the constructors' championship with a maximum of 44 points available. tottenham manager ange postecoglu had an exchange with angry fans after his side lost to bournemouth in the premier league. they were beaten 1—0 on the south coast, a defeat that leaves them 10th in the premier league table, one place below the cherries. it was spurs' sixth league defeat this season, with only five sides in the top flight having lost more games than them and some fans made theirfeelings known to postecoglou.

american cameron young leads after the opening round at the hero world challenge, the golf event hosted by tiger woods in the bahamas. woods isn't playing this year, but young put together an opening round the 15—time major champion would have proud of. eight birdies and no bogeys gave him an opening 64. that means he leads by two from fellow american justin thomas. after five defeats in a row, the golden state warriors are back to winning ways in the nba. they beat the houston rockets 99—93 in san francisco — jonathan kuminga getting a career—high points points haul of 33. warriors were missing starters steph curry and draymond green because of injuries, but both are likely to return against the minnesota timberwolves on friday. and that's all the sport for now.

a former british paratrooper who has pleaded not guilty to two murders and five attempted murders on bloody sunday back in 1972, will stand trial. ex—paratrooper soldier f, who cannot be identified, is accused of murdering james wray and william mckinney when members of the parachute regiment shot dead 13 civil rights protesters on the streets of londonderry. his lawyers were attempting to have the case thrown out due to what they say is a lack of evidence. but thejudge in belfast said that was for the trial to decide. we will have more on that story. you have more in the story. you have more in the story throughout the day on bbc news. rail chiefs have told the bbc they've found the cause of a fault causing delays and cancellations nationwide and it's being fixed.

engineers say a new hardware card installed as an upgrade is the source of the problem and it's affecting communications between train drivers and signallers. they say the system's being rebooted. passengers are being advised to check services before they travel, with trains to several airports affected. traveljournalist simon calder says the delays have impacted thousands of people. i have come in from heathrow airport on the elisabeth line, which was one of the lies affected earlier. it was actually unaffected by talkative passages and stuff coming out from heathrow early this morning, they found that they had passengers struck trains had been cancelled because of communications. here in london patenting and through the west of england and south of wales, got lots and lots of

great trains, of trains in weston—super—mare, a large from swansea and cardiff, on a day like this, when lots of people are making long distance journeys, it is a real worry. —— here in london paddington. every day, emergency service phone operators across the uk answer tens of thousands of calls for help. while most callers are respectful, reports of sexist, homophobic and racist abuse towards staff have increased by more than a third since 2019. our reporter daniel 0 donoghue has been speaking to operators at a 999 call centre in manchester. you want to do this, you really want to do this, stupid bleep? yeah, i've got questions to ask, so can you... you little bleep, you little bleep, aren't you? this is a recording of a 999 call received by james just an hour into his morning shift. i took a particular call for a gentleman whose mum had an itch.

the gentleman spoke about me arranging a taxi. happens all the time, we remind people that we're not a taxi. it must have frustrated him. he just started hurling abuse at me. you horrible, dirty bleep! i'm going to, i'm going to tell you one more time... bleep! it doesn't normally faze me, but on this particular call, it became personal, it was very homophobic and i could barely get a word in. and all i was doing was triaging his mum. are you done? you little dirty dog, you are. remember what you are, yeah? a you're a dirty, dying dog. i was shocked. you get called all sorts and you tolerate certain things and certain words, and there's certain buzz words that will affect certain people differently. but by the end of this call, i mean, i came off the phone and i was shaking. what impact did that call have on you? i'm a bit more apprehensive about sort of my tone of voice and things. and obviously with this guy being homophobic, i got quite self—conscious.

do i sound gay? ambulance service, is the patient breathing? over the last 11 months, more than 250 abusive calls were logged by staff who work in the north west's three emergency call centres. ambulance service, is the patient breathing? and it doesn't take long for one call to turn abusive here in manchester. you have called an emergency line. ok, you've come on the line and started swearing at me and calling me names. right, again, i'm going to ask you not to take that tone with me, ok? i am only trying to help you. how does it make you feel when you're on a call like that? it makes you feel worthless. it makes you feel like you're not doing yourjob properly. it does make you feel like you don't want to do it any more. it's something that natalie is trying to tackle in her role as head of violence prevention. it's an emotional time needing an emergency service, needing an ambulance. and i think there's that

frustration, certainly in the call centres, we have to go through a set of questions to make sure we get the right care to people, and that brings a level of frustration. and we just ask, really, for the public to stick with the questions and just answer them as calmly as they can. and what we don't want to do is for our staff here at northwest to come in and feel in fear to work. james's abuser was identified as 36—year—old mahendra singh from trafford. he got a £500 fine, 100 hours of unpaid work and a suspended prison sentence. i don't need to listen to this, ok? yeah, because you're a bleep, because you're gay, you're a bleep. one more time, i'm going to clear the line, ok? james never got to look his abuser in the eye, but this is what he would have said. the comments reminded me of slurs and insults i received whilst i was at school, when i was coming to terms with my sexuality when i was younger. this made me feel personally attacked. i don't think it's acceptable in this day and age in 2024 to be homophobic. attacks and abuse may be on the rise nationally, but our emergency services remain ready and on hand to help.

dan o'donohue, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett at the weather with darren. hello there. storm darragh is heading into western parts of the uk this afternoon, but things will take a turn for the worse overnight and into saturday. it's then that we have this red wind warning from the met office, meaning a danger to life. the winds are going to be gusting 90 miles an hour across western and southern parts of wales through the bristol channel. the warning is from 3:00 tomorrow morning to 11:00 on saturday morning. and as well as a danger to life, there's going to be some travel disruption. there may be some power cuts and there'll be some large and dangerous waves as well. it's all happening out in the atlantic, but getting closer to us, that area of cloud deepening into this area of low pressure and that is storm dara bringing some wet and windy weather already into some western parts of the uk and pushing into cooler air. temperatures are not going to be as high as they were yesterday. as follow the track of

the storm, it's going to push right the way across the uk, sweeping rain in from time to time, bringing a spell of heavy snow over the mountains across northern parts of scotland as the centre of the storm pushes away into the north sea, so those north to north westerly winds really strengthen, which is why we've got this red wind warning from the met office. but there is a larger area that's covered by an amber wind warning, where the winds are going to be gusting 7080 miles an hour. that lasts for longer during saturday and some disruption across these parts of the uk as well. and on top of that, given all the rain that we've had and more rain to come during saturday, this part of wales could see some flooding effects as well. so let's see what's happening then. during saturday we've got this wet and windy weather sweeping across many areas. a bit more snow over the scottish mountains as well. the centre of the storm is out into the north sea, so it's pushing in those very strong north to north westerly winds everywhere. it'll be windy everywhere and during the afternoon the winds really pick up along those north sea coasts as well. temperatures very similar to those of today. there's the storm.

it is eventually going to push out into continental europe. still lots of isobars on sunday. it's going to be windy on sunday again. probably not quite as windy though as on saturday, but the stronger winds probably going to be down the eastern side of the uk. and this is where we'll see most of those showers streaming in. further west it is looking largely dry with some sunshine, the winds continuing to ease down in these areas, but it may be a bit colder to end the weekend.

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