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hello from the bbc sport centre. let's start with cricket, where another harry brook century gave england the upper hand on day one of the second test against new zealand. the tourists lost early wickets, but brook then steadied the ship, continuing his excellent form, on overseas pitches, hitting 123 from just 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.
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obviously 26—3 whatever it came in at, bph is doing a bit, and i'm just glad i put my attacking mode on and put them under pressure. luckily they had to try and pull the stumps early on and had time to run down was then and cash in without being, it's harder when you bowl a bouncer and i think henry did when i ran down and it felt like it was about 1 million miles an hour. ijust try to take them off the line and stop them pulling the stumps really. he's world class. he's right up there. today he was keen to take the game on as well and it paid off for him. but you know what we're trying to do isjust out there. it's a wicket that's going to offer you a little bit. so we're just still trying
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to hit the top of the stumps. and he showed today that, you know we're bowling quite well. and he tried to hit us off our links by using his feet. and he played some ridiculous shots to full credit to him. across the tasman sea, australia are in charge against india after the opening day of their second test. it's a day—night match in adelaide and australia have started to fight back after losing in perth last week. mitchell starc was in fine form, getting his career—best test bowling figures with six wickets for 48 runs. nitish reddy was the top—scoring indian batter with 42, as they got to180 all out. australia closed on 86 for one — 94 runs behind. there has been plenty of drama ahead of the final formula one race of the season already, the latest, charles leclerc has been given 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. lando norris was quickest
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in second practice tottenham manager ange postecoglou says he's not interested whether fans back him, after a confrontation with suppporters. his side were beaten 1—0 at bournemouth on thursday and there was an angry exchange between him and the travelling fans after full—time. spurs are currently tenth in the table and have a london derby against second—placed chelsea on sunday. they are buying the club, i am not interested whether they are behind me. last night, you have got to figure the ones to travel to bournemouth are fairly hardcore supporters, they were not happy with what they were not happy with what they saw, they felt like they need to give some feedback, i took the feedback on board and we move on. two days after leaving ineos grenadiers, great britain's tom pidcock has joined the 036.5 pro cycling team. he's signed a three—year contract and willjoin his new team for a preseason training camp
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in spain injanuary. the double olympic champion, who retained his mountain bike title in paris this summer left ineos despite signing a five—year contract in 2022. it's been over two years since nick kyrgios last played in a grand slam, losing in the 2022 us open quarterfinal, however the australian is set to return early next year, using his protected ranking to secure a place in the main draw of january's australian open. he has not competed sincejune 2023, with a series of knee, foot and wrist injuries having interrupted his career. britons jack draper, cameron norrie, katie boulter, emma raducanu, sonay kartal and jodie burrage have also been confirmed on the main draw list. and that's all the sport for now. let's bring you up—to—date with the archbishop of canterbury
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who has made an apology for his resignation speech in the house of lords. yesterday, he was criticised for being tone deaf about his resignation. he has put out a statement saying i would like to apologise wholeheartedly for the heart that my speech has caused. i understand the things i said and those i admitted to say have caused further distress and continue to be halved by john smythe�*s heinous brute abuse and far—reaching effect of other perpetrators of abuse. i feel a of other perpetrators of abuse. ifeel a profound of other perpetrators of abuse. i feel a profound sense of shame at the church of england's historic failures. the archbishop of canterbury justin welby who has resigned from his position apologising for the tone of that speech
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which has been criticised by some. a man who used so—called slapping therapy as an alternative treatment for serious illnesses has been jailed for 15 years for the gross negligence manslaughter of a woman from sussex. the court heard how hongchi xiao, who had no medical training, failed to intervene when his 71—year—old client, danielle carr—gomm, went into a diabetic coma at his slapping therapy workshop in wiltshire in 2016. duncan kennedy reports. it's called paida lagin, meaning slapping or stretching, and supposedly clears the body of everything from back pain to cancer. but the prosecution said there was little scientific or medical evidence to back up those claims. yet followers around the world are willing to endure these sessions, even if it leaves some covered in bruises.
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one of them was danielle carr—gomm, from lewes in east sussex. she suffered from type 1 diabetes but feared the daily injections of insulin. thank you all for coming here. so in 2016, she turned to hongchi xiao, who ran slapping therapy workshops. but his only training was in finance. i find that i've been able to reduce my insulin by half... danielle, here at one of his workshops, was convinced he could help. you can see the bruises on her arm from the slapping, and she praises hongchi xiao with an almost religious devotion. you're definitely a messenger sent by god — that i'm sure of. but four days into a slapping workshop at this retreat in wiltshire, danielle died. she had stopped taking the insulin for her diabetes, believing everything that hongchi xiao had claimed.
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in previous interviews, he'd always maintained his methods worked. it has a healing effect, number one, on diabetic one, diabetic two, and also on all the heart diseases, all kinds of... also high blood pressure. it works. it works so well that people love it. hongchi xiao admitted to the court that he wasn't medically trained and that he wasn't a doctor, but that slapping was all about self—healing. but the prosecution said that he had a responsibility towards danielle when she was at one of his slapping workshops, and that he had a duty to take care of her. injuly, hongchi xiao was convicted of her gross negligence manslaughter. today, he was sentenced. the result is that the total sentence is 15 years. - this comprises a determinate sentence of ten years - and an extended licence period of five years _
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you will be released. from custody no later than two thirds of the way through the determinate i sentence, namely six i years and eight months. hongchi xiao's brand of alternative therapy clearly attracted many desperately seeking solutions to their serious medical conditions. but he now stands convicted and sentenced, responsible for the death of a woman who put her trust in him and his questionable practices. duncan kennedy, bbc news, at winchester crown court. to paris now —
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where in the midst of political turmoil — president macron is preparing to play host to international dignitaries for the official re—opening of notre dame cathedral. the iconic building was devasted by fire — five years ago. and ever since — experts have been working tirelessly on its renovation. todayit looks like this. this weekend there will be a succession of ceremonies to breathe life back into the cathedral and celebrate the recovery of this landmark building. high points will be the ritualised reopening of the cathedral�*s massive doors — and the celebration of the first mass. donald trump will be amongst the leaders attending that ceremony, prince william will travel to france on saturday on request of the uk government and a kensington palace spokesperson said he will travel to paris to attend the ceremony marking the reopening of notre dame, president
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zelensky from ukraine we are hearing may also be there. as they gather for that one full day in paris. 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 mph across western and southern parts of wales, through the bristol channel. the warning is from three o'clock tomorrow morning to 11 o'clock on saturday morning. 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 darragh, 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.
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let's 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 70, 80 mph. 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
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on sunday. it's going to be windy on sunday again, probably not quite as windy though as on saturday, but the stronger wind's 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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live from london, this is bbc news. the rebel advance in syria continues at pace, they have taken control of hama and now they are closing in on the crucial city of homs. we speak live to robert ford. romania's top court annuls results of the first round of presidential elections. officials say the whole process must be rerun. new york, says police are on the right track but that the man who killed a top exec to on the run.
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