andy swiss, bbc news, adelaide.ill resume here in a few hours‘ time, 268 runs ahead, with six wickets remaining. england will be hoping they can skittle them out, give themselves a chance, but australia still favour itself to go 2-0 australia still favour itself to go 2—0 up in the series. that would be a long way back for england. thanks very much. that‘s all for tonight. now it‘s time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday — i‘m jessica creighton. coming up this evening. a glimmer of hope for england — they rip through australia‘s top order in the second ashes test, but it‘s the aussies who are still in control. the fa cup third round draw throws up a merseyside derby — everton will travel to liverpool next month. the fallout from the russian doping scandal continues — former british heptathlete kelly sotherton is set for an olympic bronze medal, 11 years after the beijing games. good evening, welcome to the bbc sports centre, lots to come over the next ten minutes. but let‘s start with england

and england take the second ashes test against australia to a decisive final day in adelaide as they look to level the series. hello and welcome to the programme. lots to get through. but we start with the news that russia has been banned from competing at next year's winter olympics. the international olympic committee fronted the media in lausanne earlier and explained their decision after a 17 month investigation headed up by the former president of switzerland, samuel schmid. here's the president of the international olympic committee thomas bach. the report clearly lays out an unprecedented attack on the integrity of the olympic games and sport. the report includes, in particular, the manipulation of the anti— doping lab retreat at the olympic winter games at sochi 2014. the ioc executive board, after following a few processors, has issued proportional sanctions for this systemic manipulation while protecting clean athletes. so those clean athletes from russia will still be able to compete in south korea next year. the ioc stopped short of banning all russian athletes. our sport

it began a peaceful adelaide.tuesday, but turned into the tensest ashes nailbiter was that england began with barely a flicker of hope. they needed early wickets and found them,jimmy of hope. they needed early wickets and found them, jimmy anderson taking five as his team—mates clung onto their catches. australia's lead was growing, though. england kept chipping away. if only they had bowled like this in the first innings. by the time australia were all out for 138, england's target was still a massive one, 350 four. they would need a record run chase and as alastair cook is then passed the 50 mark, england dare to dream. but then a reality check. both went in quick succession and another soon followed, james vince wafting his wicket away, not what the occasion called for. but under floodlights and pressure, dafydd malan and joe root hang in there. australia kept appealing. india kept surviving, just. it was pure sporting theatre. root reached a gutsy half—century as the pair rekindled england's hopes, but ten min

andy swiss, bbc news, adelaide.one—day squad to face australia in the new year and is still waiting —— waiting to hear if he will face charges for an incident outside a bristol nightclub in september. he is currently playing for canterbury in new zealand. alex hales has also been included in the squad who was with ben stokes at the time that the incident in bristol and although he will not face any police charges, he may face an ecb disciplinary hearing also also back in the mix is fast bowler mark wood who has returned from injury. six members of the test squad are in the including captain joe members of the test squad are in the including captainjoe root. eoin morgan will skippy the team —— skipper the team. vladimir putin has called the decision of the ioc to ban russia from the winter olympics politically motivated. but he has not called a boycott to stop clean russians competing at the games as neutral athletes which they are allowed to do. former british heptathlete kelly sotherton is set to be given a bronze

the rain disturbed the cricketers in adelaide. it has been a dismal and cricketers in adelaide.ne. this is how the day ended at ramsgate in kent. hopefully tomorrow will see more brightness. we have an amalgamation of week whether france slipping southwards. it is dreary out there, gray, misty and damp. —— week weather fronts. in the north east england scotland, it will be clear. it brightens up. the week whether front players from all the parts of northern ireland, the west wales and the south west of england as well. —— the week weather front players. although chillier in the north east compared with today, we will see something milder across the south and east of the uk. quite cold throughout the day. once the mild air arrives, it looks set to stay for the beginning part of the week. benign conditions but there will be some fog. this is bbc news. the headlines at seven. donald trump describes the actions of his former national security advisor as lawful, but says he had to be sacked for lying. the bill is passed. republicans celebrate getting their tax reforms through the us

but there are perhaps some reasons for optimism in adelaide — as andy swiss reports. as adelaide prepares for a day night match england are preparing for revenge. a defeat in the first test was marked by australia's vocal targeting ofjonny was marked by australia's vocal targeting of jonny bairstow was marked by australia's vocal targeting ofjonny bairstow over an incident in a bar with one of their players. afterwards as australia's skipper steve smith was in tears of laughter, and that has left england skipper unimpressed.” laughter, and that has left england skipper unimpressed. i think looking at the whole situation, if that is not motivation to get the lads up for this week i don't know what is. i would like to think that it was about the situation, i don't really know steve that well, but i'd like to think that he has a bit more respect for our team than to be mocking us, because in cricket there are those situations which can come back to bite you. smith insists he was not mocking england and hit back at claims from bowlerjimmy anderson that australia are bulli

a very early start in adelaide. it starts at 3:30am.more respectable 9am our time, it's the rugby league world cup final. sam burgess will captain england against the hosts and defending champions australia. he replaces sean 0'loughlin, who has a thigh strain. england are hoping to win a world title for the first time. is it's not ideal to lose sean. it isa is it's not ideal to lose sean. it is a huge part of our success in getting here. not ideal to lose him and it's a bittersweet moment, really. i'm very excited and proud to captain the team tomorrow. i really enjoy doing it. not a lot of change tomorrow for me. got a group with great players, a full squad, staff and everyone in the rotor tomorrow. it might still be the same throughout the whole tournament. what's that on bbc one from 8:30am. a last gasp try helped newcastle to a dramatic win at northampton in rugby union's premiership. a fifth straight defeat for the saints but it looked like they might win at franklin's gardens before nili latu crossed over in the final play of the

here in adelaide there are much cooler temperatures now. good news for england.eat in the first test in brisbane. since that last has been a certain amount of tension between the two teams. mainly because of the sledging ofjohnny ba i rstow because of the sledging ofjohnny bairstow during england's second innings. that was related to that meeting between johnny innings. that was related to that meeting betweenjohnny bairstow innings. that was related to that meeting between johnny bairstow and the australian opener cameron ba ncroft the australian opener cameron bancroft in a bar in prep for weeks ago where bairstow rather curiously greeted bancroft with his head. australia clearly enjoyed all the turmoil. captain steve smith was in tea rs of turmoil. captain steve smith was in tears of laughter at the press conference at the end of the first test alongside bankrupt. but england's skipperjoe root has been less tha n england's skipperjoe root has been less than impressed.” england's skipperjoe root has been less than impressed. i would like to think that steve has

brain has actually stopped play in adelaide.y wicket as they chase more than 400. the aussies declared on 442—8 and put england into bat under the floodlights. an unbeaten century from shaun marsh was the base for australia's strong position. england lost opener mark stoneman — he made 18 before being trapped leg before wicket by mitchell starc. still around half an hour's play left on day two. australia are well on top and favourites to go two up in the five match series. ben stokes has been back in action. don't get too excited though, he's not in adelaide but in new zealand, where his much—anticipated return to cricket with the bat was disappointingly brief for canterbury. he was dismissed forjust two runs. the all—rounder, who's suspended pending a police investigation for an alleged assault, didn't take any wickets either. and while they struggle with the rain in adelaide at least they didn't have this to contend with this. this is the third test between sri lanka and india in delhi, where a thick smog has descended over th

and it's honours even in adelaide, as england's cricketers make key breathroughs on the opening day ofond test, the first day—night match in the history of the ashes. in half an hour here on bbc news, one hundred women takes a look at the issue of harassment on public transport. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. criticism is growing over the actions of two former police officers accused of leaking allegations that legal pornographic images had been found on a work computer of the cabinet minister, damian green. the former chief constable of greater manchester, sir peter fahy, strongly rejected suggestions that it was in the public interest to disclose information allegedly found during the course of an unrelated investigation in 2008. he stressed that the officers were entering "dangerous territory". here's our political correspondent, tom barton. when police raided damian green's office in 2008, no—one would have imagined the implications would still be resonating nine years later. the raid was part of an inquiry into home office leaks, and no—one was charged. but unrelated alle

and, australia remain in command of the second ashes test in adelaide despite a fightback by england.nd coming up the fa cup third round draw throws up a merseyside derby. everton will travel to neighbours liverpool in january. good evening. there was no deal agreed in brussels today to move on to the next phase of the brexit talks, despite all the expectation that agreement was on the cards. the prime minister is believed to have broken off from talks with the president of the european commission — after an intervention by the democratic unionist party of northern ireland — mrs may's parliamentary partners. they were raising concerns about a possible solution to the issue of the border between northern ireland and the republic. further talks will now take place later this week, as our political editor laura kuenssberg reports from brussels. here to reveal the deal, or was it slipping away? the prime minister didn't exactly look delighted, but after weeks of trying to grip a deal, it seemed it was on. she'd only parked up for lunch, but it turned into a long lunch, and then later and

andy swiss in adelaide.er he will face charges or not for assault. he played in his first match for canterbury in new zealand today and he was bowled forjust canterbury in new zealand today and he was bowled for just two canterbury in new zealand today and he was bowled forjust two runs as they lost to otago in the one—day cup. the england all—rounder also bowled nine overs but failed to take a wicket. their next match is on wednesday. manchester city can regain their 8—point lead at the top if they beat west ham. it should be a formality against the hammers who are in the bottom three. but they were stunned just before half—time despite having most of the possession. angelo ogbonna headed west ham in front. but they brought on gabrieljesus after the break and his cross found its way to nicolas otamendi. a couple of fine saves. it was 1—1 between bournemouth and southampton. eddie howe turned a0 this week. today a chance for the bournemouth manager to mark the occasion by having the neighbours round. if he w

of regaining the ashes after a comprehensive i20 run win over england in the second test at the adelaidee their last 6 wickets forjust 57 runs with the hosts leading 2—0 heading to perth for the third test of the five match series starting next thursday. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss is in adelaide. england now know they have a mountain to climb if they are to retain the ashes. they now have a 2— day warmup game in perth this weekend before the third test gets under way next week and they a bit of australia win that test, they will regain the ashes and just to make it even more daunting, england haven't won in perth since 1978. one man who is not here with england is ben stokes, currently playing domestic cricket in new zealand. and we've had news that ben stokes has been named in england's1— day squad forjanuary. he is waiting to find out whether he will be charged over an incident in bristol in september and despite being named in this squad, he is currently unavailable for selection until the crown prosecution service decides whether to charge him and until the england and wales

from adelaide, and useless in this report.d, day two was to prove even tougher, as first their hopes of restricting as australia'ss batsmen were emphatically dashed. shaun marsh has had a stop start career. he seemed a strange selection for many, that as he completed a brilliant century, it suddenly made sense. vindication for him, euphoria for the adelaide crowd. and when he did finally offer up a chance, this pretty much summed up england's day. alistair cooke and james vince with a moment they'd both rather forget. a symbol of england's struggles as marsh simply piled on the misery. australia eventually declaring an 442—8. leaving england with the cricketing mountain to climb. under floodlights, and the fiercest pressure, their openers needed a solid start. they did not get it. mark stoneman trapped by mitchell starc for just 18. australia in utter control. it was cricket at its most compelling. cooke surviving another big appeal. england were jittery, but then, in the next time, the rain arrived, ending play for the day, b

but cricket first, england had another difficult day in adelaide. root‘s decision to bowl first was again under scrutiny, as australia declared on a42 for 8 on day two of the 2nd ashes test. england, who are already one down in the series, closed on 29 for 1. our sports correspondent andy swiss has more. a strange solution to many, but as he completed a brilliant essentially, it suddenly made sense. was £5? was éétheéf "si n ”7—7 7777 ‘ii 5; %%;'%'f'z' “54“~;*l; fzia gaggle —7————~» 7 ,, play $7757};- -&4«—;*l; 7:77 7:43.47 7—7—777 7 7 play for the day and we the indian play for the day and we the visitors fixing a huge batting challenge. —— facing a huge batting challenge. it's not impossible to score runs. there's a lot of time left in the game. it'll be up to one or two of our case to go out and make a big score, notjust a0 or 50. for england, a frustrating and deflating day. they now need to bat at their very best if they are to save this match and, realistically, save their ashes hopes. ben stokes‘ involvement in the ashes is still dependent on

a wicket in adelaide, england are 29-1. that's all the sport for now.our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us today. with me is the political commentator james millar and sian griffiths, education editor of the sunday times. the observer leads with news that theresa may's social mobility tsar, alan milburn, has resigned in protest against the government's policies. the sunday times goes with the same story, reporting that mr milburn accused ministers of betraying the people who voted for brexit. the mail on sunday says a labour peer has been wrongly claiming expenses — the peer says he will pay some of the money back. the sunday telegraph reports on dissent within the conservative party over the role eu courts will play in the uk after brexit. and the sunday express claims the upcoming royal wedding will lift the economy by half a billion pounds and boost the uk's diplomatic relationship with the united states. let's start off, alan milburn quitting along with the rest of the social mobility team. is it a surprise? i don't think it is c

not unusual for rain to stop play as we heard about in adelaide. but how about smog?d final test between india and sri lanka. the majority of the sri lankan players returned from the second day's lunch—break wearing facemasks, as the seasonal haze affecting the region thickened over the stadium. lahiru gamage and suranga lakmal both left the field at one point after finding it difficult to breathe. in scoring terms, sri lanka will resume on 131 for three in theirfirst innings. that was in reply to india's 536 for seven declared. india's captain virat kohli made 2113 his sixth double century in just over 17 months as india lead the series 1—0 and if they avoid defeat, they'll achieve a record—equalling ninth straight series win. in wellington, the west indies are facing an uphill battle to save the opening test of their series against new zealand. the visitors resumed on "214 for two" on day four in their second innings and have moved up. kraigg brathwaite adding just 12 to his overnight total before being dismissed for 91. john higgins is through to the third round. h

andy swiss, bbc news, adelaide. except it's not a city, it's a town — the first town ever to make it on the shortlist. it's competing against coventry, stoke, sunderland and swansea for the title. the winner, to be announced this week, will host a year—long celebration of arts, music and culture, which has proved a huge economic success for the current holder, hull. in the second of our five profiles, lorna gordon has been meeting spoken word poets of paisley. i love paisley. they're creative, pretty, full of magic and fun. this tired, weary, brownfield site. you were built on threads that had been ripped apart or taken away to lands anew. one, two, three... hi! they are the poets of paisley. their verse, the town through their eyes. people have this kind of perception of the working class, like, it's just all grey and dull and scraping by, but i think like culture or something, it's kind of helped me kind of become who i am today. yeah, we've lost all these old things, and there's been a lot of decline and a lot of

welcome to the adelaide oval. through their paces. —— behind me. earliertoday, england trained in sweltering conditions, temperatures into the 30s, although they are forecast to drop significant leak over the next two days. by the time play gets under way on saturday, temperatures should the down into the high teens, which you can imagine will be more to england's liking. as they were beginning training, news came through of ben stokes signing for the new zealand side canterbury. he could make his debut on sunday, which, intriguingly, is the second day of the test here. it does seem increasingly unlikely ben stokes will feature for england in this ashes series. he might need to wait avril weeks before he finds out whether he will be charged. —— weight several weeks. the ecb will wait for that position before any review of whether he can play for england. what do the england players make of it? is this turning into a distraction for them? earlier on we heard from england fast bowlerjimmy anderson. it isn't somethin

a few days ago we thought england needed to win in adelaide but now we would take a draw.alia are building a strong position in the second test. broad trapped peter handscomb leg before wicket to reduce the aussies to 209—5. but they recovered. tim paine made 57 before craig overton had him caught by moeen ali. and then not long after the first interval, broad struck again, mitchell starc caught by james anderson. shaun marsh has also passed 50. australia are 380—7. -- 386-7. ben stokes is back in action, don't get too excited, though, he's not in adelaide but in new zealand where his much—anticipated return to cricket with the bat was disappointingly brief for canterbury. he was dismissed forjust two runs, with his team stranded on 8—3. the all—rounder, who's suspended pending a police investigation for an alleged assault, didn't take any wickets either. some people had been complaining about the weather in adelaide, but at least they didn't have this to contend with. this is the third test between sri lanka and india in dehli where a thick smog has descended over the gro

andy swiss, bbc news, adelaide.d they estimate the fossilized remains are more than three million years old. andrew harding reports from johannesburg. so these are the sterkfontein caves, west ofjohannesburg. they have become a real treasure trove for scientists trying to find the origins of modern humans. a huge number of skeletons, some intact, some partial, have been found in this cave system in recent years. what‘s being revealed today is the complete, nearly complete skeleton of little foot. now the theory goes that nearly 4 million years ago a small ape—like creature fell through the cracks here, down into this cave system, was covered in sediment which hardened into rock. and then in the 19805 and then the 1990s, in a series of extraordinary coincidences, scientists managed to find the bits of little foot, put her back together. and over the last 20 years what we‘ve had is this painstaking process with scientists slowly reconstructing this tiny ape—like creature. although this is all about science, about our

these are our headlines tonight: england are on the back—foot in the second ashes test in adelaide.hester city, but the winning run continues with another late show, this time against the hammers. and history for hewett, he's the first british singles champion at the wheelchair masters. some late goals, a late try and ronnie 0'sullivan coming up but we'll start with another difficult day for england's cricketers. joe root‘s decision to bowl first was made to look even more foolhardy on the second day in adelaide as australia declared on a42 for 8 in the 2nd ashes test. england, who are already one down in the series, closed on 29 for 1. here's our sports correspondent andy swiss. shaun marsh has had a stop start career. he seemed shaun marsh has had a stop start career. he seemed a shaun marsh has had a stop start career. he seemed a strange selection to many but as he completed a brilliant thing today, it suddenly made sense. in the kitchen for him and euphoria for this pretty much summed up england's today. a moment they would rather forget. a symbol of england balls struggles as

they chase more than 400 runs in adelaide.nd, in half—an—hour here on bbc news, dateline london discusses why ireland's border could be a brexit barrier, come monday. good morning and welcome to bbc news. all four board members of the government's social mobility commission have stood down in protest at what they say is a lack of progress towards a fairer britain. ex—labour minister alan milburn, who chairs the commission, said he had little hope the current government could make the necessary progress. the resignations also include the former conservative cabinet minister gillian shephard. downing street insists it is working to provide opportunities for all. here's our political correspondent, alex forsyth. when theresa may became prime minister she stood in downing street and made a promise. the government i lead will be driven, not by the interests of the privileged few, but by yours. when it comes to opportunity, we won't entrench the advantages of the fortunate few. we will do everything we can to help everybody, whateve

andy swiss, bbc news, adelaide. andy swiss, bbc news, adelaide. on points with second placed manchester united, with a win over newcastle this lunchtime. the visitors haven't won in six weeks, but dwight gayle put newcastle ahead, just as he did at old trafford last month. but chelsea equalised nine minutes later through the belgian eden hazard. and alvaro morata has now put chelsea ahead. that's all the sport for now. but stay on bbc one for live snooker from the uk championship in york, followed by the last of the rugby union autumn internationals, wales againt south africa, at 2 o'clock. the next news on bbc one is at five to six, bye for now. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. two former police officers who leaked allegations that pornographic images had been found on the work computer of the now first secretary of state, damian green, were in "flagrant breach" of their own code of conduct, according to the former attorney general, dominic grieve. the comments come as mr green repeated his insistence that he didn't view pornographic mater

as adelaide prepares for a day/night match, england are preparing for revenge.bal targeting of jonny bairstow over an incident in a bar with one of their players. afterwards, australia skipper steve smith was in tears of laughter, and that's left england's skipper unimpressed. i think, looking at the whole situation, if that's not motivation to get the lads up for this week, i don't know what is. i'd like to think that it was about the situation. i don't really know steve that well, but i'd like to think that he has a bit more respect for our team than to be mocking us because in cricket those sort of situations can come back and bite you. smith, though, insists he wasn't mocking england, and hit back at claims from their bowlerjimmy anderson that australia are bullies. i think it's interesting, coming from jimmy, calling us bullies and big sledgers. i think he's one of the biggest sledgers in the game, to be perfectly honest with you. to me, in particular, i remember back in 2010 when i first started and wasn't any good. he was pretty happy to get stuck into me

from adelaide, andy swiss reports. of aa2 for 8 declared.d, a demoralising day. of aa2 for 8 declared. for the ashes, a potentially defining one. and yet, the visitors began it so brightly. third ball, peter handscomb led before. —— leg before. handscomb led before. stuart broad quite enjoyed that. handscomb led before. but england didn't enjoy what followed. tim payne and shaun marsh both given out, both reprieved by the video umpire with match—changing results. out, both reprieved by the video payne went on to 50, marsh an outstanding hundred. he had seemed a strange selection to many people, not any more. selection to many people, when he did finally offer up a chance, this moment pretty much summed up england's day. a chance, this moment pretty alastair cook and james vince's calamatous collision, a symbol of their struggles. calamatous collision, marsh simply piled on the misery. calamatous collision, australia declaring on aa2—8. calamatous collision, england, remember, had put them into bat. now they had a mountain to climb under floo

andy swiss, bbc news, adelaide. won and for city with a late winner, their third victory in a week, they restore their 8—point lead over neighbours manchester united, the two sides will meet at old trafford next week. bournemouth and southampton drew 1—1. rangers moved above aberdeen to go second in the scottish premiership after beating and the second time in a week. josh windass scored what turned out to be the decider at pittodrie following the decider at pittodrie following the 3-0 the decider at pittodrie following the 3—0 win at ibrox on wednesday. alfie hewett has become the first british singles winner at the end of season wheelchair masters. he beat compatriot gordon reid in the final in loughborough. the 19—year—old won in straight sets 6—3, 6—2 to become the first british champion in 23 years of the event. reid took the first 3 games but hewett soon found his form. he also won his first grand slam title at the french open this year. there was disappointment though for great britain‘s andy lapthorne in the

in adelaide, straightaway arisaig —— there is a positivity.vity is there anything in there and have bowled with aggression and a plan but australia has just started to get on top of this. it looks great behind you in the pub in london. just take us back to your days, when people were sledging in australia, because jimmy anderson said it was the worst he had known. how that might affect the ashes tour? once you got through the airport in australia, it starts. the media are on your back, and you realise there will be a battle from start to finish. and the young lads in the first tents, they will do absolutely superb. the only ones who will be angry will be our tail and when they got stuck in... they got stuck into route, and big players for us, so an ethical ready yards in again, from england, you have seen and aggression to smith, the captain, they attacked smith. trying to get on top and show that. you should see... iam on top and show that. you should see... i am drinking on top and show that. you should see... iam drinking ipa on top and sho

particularly sydney hitting the forty three mark in the western suburbs middle thirty's and melbourne adelaide so going back down to normal recently but there is still heat in the middle for crossfire springs remains at forty degrees and given that wind is coming sas we're up to thirty seven in adelaide and i would say twenty six the warmth hasn't reached percy or on shore breeze is much too strong for that to happen at least almost sunday but week monday but by that time melbourne shot up to thirty four and adelaide's is approaching the forty mark once again it's been a real hot couple of weeks and it looks like it not be repeating itself down a bit further east and usually we watch to see what comes out of australia and affect new zealand it's going to increase the cat a little bit and we might find some light rain in south and on the west coast but look at the temperatures twenty seven tries church and twenty three you know can this rather hard to complain about that so i was sort of ignore well until monday night in christchurch now let's go straight some fluctuation winters tucked in prob

they collapsed on day three of the second ashes test in adelaide., bbc fourin 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss has been watching the action. australia have the upper hand heading into day four in. the home of the great, the fans when it comes to batting, adelaide have seen the best. the home of the great, the threw away their wickets, their hopes and perhaps the descending on the oval were about to see how not to do it. as england threw away their wickets, their hopes and perhaps the ashes, and the captain went tamely. england were staring at humiliation. if they were brittle, australia were brilliant. and the captain went tamely. england were staring at humiliation. if they were brittle, australia were brilliant. nathan lyon's dazzling caught an even better one. mitchell starc showing the reflexes of a juggler as australia tightened their grip. by the time the final wicket fell, england was still a massive 215 behind. game surely over. but then a twist. australia could have made the visitors bat again but decided not to. bad choice. underthe flo

spring's remains at forty degrees and given that wind is coming sas we're up to thirty seven in adelaide melbourne search went to six the want hasn't reached percy or on shore breeze is much too strong for that to happen at least from sunday that week monday but by that time melbourne's shot up to thirty four and adelaide's is approaching the forty mark once again it's been a real hot couple of weeks and it looks like it would be repeating itself down a great further east and usually we watch to see what comes out of australia and affect new zealand it's going to increase the cat a little bit and we might find some light rain in south island on the west coast but look at the temperatures twenty seven tries church and twenty three you know can this rather hard to complain about that so i was sort of ignore on monday night in christchurch. now that's just some fluctuation winters tucked in probably you might expect office it seems now opposite sides of the equator and it's a pretty snowy picture sunday for most of honshu a good part of her card.

andy swiss reports in adelaide. a tense end to a dramatic day. wickets in the first session, including joe root and alastair cook. then australia we re and alastair cook. then australia were inspired. an incredible quart bowl from mitchell starc. were inspired. an incredible quart bowl from mitchell sta rc. england rallied with craig overton guiding them to something approaching respectability but their final total of two to seven meant they trailed by 215. australia could have enforced the follow—on, asking him battered again but they decided not to, it controversial decision because australia last four early wickets. the bowlers of england seemingly inspired onto the floodlights, two wickets forjimmy anderson and two for chris woakes, including the prize scalp of the australian captain steve smith. england ending the day on a positive note the australia still very much in the driving seat. england have a sliver of hope and chris woakes was delighted with how his team responded. we fought back well. we pushed australia back tonight which is good

it is an early start in adelaide our time.ne a:m., the rugby league world cup final. sam burgess will captain the hosts. england hope to win a world title for the first time. it is not ideal to lose sean. years been a huge part in our success to lose sean. years been a huge part in oui’ success over to lose sean. years been a huge part in our success over the last few yea rs. in our success over the last few years. it is not ideal to lose him. —— he has been. i am super excited and proud to captain the team tomorrow. i do not take thejob lightly. i really enjoy doing it. if iam lightly. i really enjoy doing it. if i am honest, lightly. i really enjoy doing it. if iam honest, not lightly. i really enjoy doing it. if i am honest, not a lot will have changed model for me. we have a group of great players and a full squad, staff, everyone. we have our role to do tomorrow. england's first rugby league world cup final in 22 yea rs rugby league world cup final in 22 years is live on bbc one. the build—up from brisbane starts at half

andy swiss, bbc news, adelaide. back home now, let's catch up with the weather.e start with sunshine, yesterday we had snow showers, this is from the south—west of england, cornwall. beautiful blue skies. we still have snow around, and here is one from scotland, very snowy scene here, but the snow will be melting over the next couple of days, because it will turn that little bit milder over the next 2a hours. let's look at the big picture. this is happening right now. the jet stream picture. this is happening right now. thejet stream coming picture. this is happening right now. the jet stream coming from the north, just about dragging in cold air. a big wedge of warmth across the north atlantic, and that will come oui’ the north atlantic, and that will come our way later today. the wind will shift vibration and things will turn milder, even through the course of this evening. let's look at the scene around 6pm tonight. the temperature in northern ireland getting up to six or seven. in the lowla nds getting up to six or seven. in the lowlands of scotland, three, a

andy swiss, bbc news, adelaide.culture 2021. tonight we look at stoke—on—trent, most famous for its ceramics industry. the city is up against coventry, paisley, sunderland and swansea. the winner, to be announced on thursday, will host a year—long celebration of arts and performance. sima kotecha reports. six towns brought together in the early 20th century to form stoke—on—trent. fondly known as the potteries, for centuries ceramics has been at the heart of what they do here, giving its bid as the city of culture a creative backdrop. today, hundreds of businesses still make carefully crafted pieces for a global clientele. it's been sort of the last 300 years that we've had a significant pottery industry and when an industry is that important and a city is that reliant on a particular industry, then it obviously has a big impact on culture and everything that's about us. but other than pottery, what more does the city have to offer? some of the people living here in stoke say that its image is tainted by its post—in

could the day—night match in adelaide provide england's best chance of winning an ashes test?ere in just a few hours‘ time. good evening. theresa may's deputy — damian green — is under renewed pressure tonight, after claims that he accessed pornography on his commons computer. a retired detective says he found "thousands" of pornographic images on a computer in mr green's office nine years ago, and that it was "ridiculous" to suggest that anyone else could be responsible. mr green — the first secretary of state — has again insisted that the allegations are false. our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, has this exclusive report. he's theresa may's oldest and most trusted political ally, now battling for cabinet survival over claims he watched pornography on his work computer. can ijust ask you to leave? the allegations, which he denies, centre on computers seized in this police raid over leaked documents from the home office. now, a detective involved in the inquiry has given his account of what he discovered. i had ihad an i had an exemplary record. neil lewis spent 25 ye

our sports correspondent andy swiss is in adelaide. history and a decent waterproof. very english weather, so might it help england's bowlers? joe root put australia in to bat. risky. as the hosts cruised out of the blocks, it looked a strange decision but england found an unlikely breakthrough. cameron bancroft run out for ten. when woakes induced a david warner waft, the temperature began to rise. new batsmen steve smith and stuart broad exchanged pleasantries. spilled by stoneman on the way to his half—century. england were barely clinging on. as day turned tonight, enterjimmy anderson. anderson strikes. what followed was better as craig overton did this to the world's number one batsman. smith out for a0. easy this test cricket, isn't it? soon england were reminded it is anything but as australia passed 200 at the close. the visitors still with plenty work to do after a day of mixed fortunes. it was a good day for craig overton, making his test debut for england in the ashes. what a first wicket to take! the world number one batsma

it's advantage australia at the end of day one of the second ashes test in adelaide.ngland's bowlers failed to make the impact he hoped for in the first ever day—night ashes test. england were gifted with an early breakthrough after confusion between the australian openers saw cameron bancroft run out by chris woakes. england then got the wicket of dangerman david warner, three runs short of his half century. a 50 from usman khawaja settled down the hosts but under the floodlights, james anderson sent him back to the pavilion where he was joined by captain steve smith — craig overton getting a huge wicket for england on his test debut. australia will start day two 209/4. to rugby union, and there was a nail—biter in wales‘ final test of the year. they almost threw it away against south africa in cardiff but ended their autumn series with a narrow win. two tries by hadleigh parkes on his debut helped wales lead 21—3 after 30 minutes. warrick gelant‘s try before half—time changed the momentum and handre pollard and jesse kriel‘s touchdowns after the break edged the spri

england have been fighting back in the second ashes test in adelaide.first five—wicket haul in australia. england finished on 176—4, still needing 178 to win on what could be a nail—biting final day. andy swiss has been watching the action. it began a peaceful adelaide tuesday that turned into the tensest nailbiter. england began with barely a flicker of hope. they needed early wickets and found them, jimmy anderson inspired, taking five in total as his team—mates clung onto their catches. australia's lead was growing all the time though. england kept chipping away, if only they'd bowled like this in the first innings. by the time australia were all out for 138, england's target was still a massive one. 354, they would need a record run chase. as mark stoneman and alastair cook eased them past the 50 mark, england dared to dream. but then a reality check, both went in quick succession and another soon followed. james vince wafting his wicket away — not what the occasion called for. under floodlights and the fiercest pressure, dawid malan and joe root hu

and england struggle to take hold of the opening day of the second test in adelaide, the first day—nightn the history of the ashes. and in half an hour here on bbc news the travel show goes to the usa to meet competitors in a unique international championship. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the us senate has approved a sweeping tax reform bill, putting president trump on course for his first major legislative achievement since he took office. these changes are the biggest tax overhaul since the 1980s and would see a sharp cut in corporation tax — bringing it down from 35% to 20%. the democrats voted against the plans, but the republicans won a narrow victory, by 51 votes to 49. mr trump's legislative success comes just hours after us media reported that his former national security adviser is prepared to give testimony that implicates the president's son—in—law, jared kushner. the white house says mr flynn has implicated nobody but himself in the investigations into alleged collusion between moscow and mrtrump‘s team before he came to power. michael flynn, a retired three—star gen

welcome back certain looking summary across much of a straight here at the moment and through monday adelaide is going to be enjoying some really warm weather but that will change we have got a front just pushing through the bite and so temperatures will drop away low pressures also affecting parts of western australia so we could see some storms pushing into personally as i move the forecast through to choose day and it becomes largely dry in perth but there's a big drop in temperatures for adelaide as that front moves through but ahead of it we've got a warm trench those sydney thirty seven degrees and rising now as you move across into new zealand weather conditions across the north island generally looking rather cloudy with some showers now the south island seeing the best the weather thinks in the course of monday and then on tuesday probably reverse there will be some showers pushing up on the flow into the south on the north on and should be largely dry and fine right away temperatures looking quite good into the low to mid twenty's as we head up into northeastern parts of asia the fl

let's go to andy swiss in adelaide.they needed early wickets and found them. jimmy anderson inspired, taking five in total as his team—mates clung onto their catches. the australian lead was growing. england kept chipping away. if only they bowled like this in the first innings. by the time australia were out, england's target was still matter. 354, they would need a record run chase. as mark stoneman and alistair cooke eased them past the 50 mark, england dared to dream. then a reality check, both went in quick succession. then james winds check, both went in quick succession. thenjames winds wafting his wicket away, not what the occasion called for. but under floodlights, dawid malan and joe root hung on in there. but england surviving. it was pure sporting theatre. joe root reached a half—ce ntu ry theatre. joe root reached a half—century but ten minutes from the close, a final twist. dawid malan, gone. australia are still favourites but england, 178 runs will need something very special. this has been some fight bac

a reminder of our top story — australia are in control on day three of the second ashes test in adelaideage of that resumes on slive sports extra at 2.45 in the morning. can england turn it around? you wouldn't want to miss it. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. more now on our more now on oui’ main more now on our main story, the eu and uk has failed to reach a deal today to progress to the next stage of brexit negotiation. jean—claude juncker said that progress has been made but theresa may said differences remained on a couple of issues but what the micro talks could conclude positively. that and gentlemen, the prime minister, myself, we had a friendly and constructive meeting today. it's a lwa ys constructive meeting today. it's always a pleasure to meet by minister theresa may because our relation is one of the most excellent to exist for the european union. but i have to say that she is a tough negotiator. not an easy one. she is defending the point of view of britain with all the energy we now she has. and i'm doing the same on the side of the europ

andy swiss, bbc news, adelaide.n england and scotland are coming up later on bbc1 depending where you are watching. if you keep watching now...you'll get the results. rangers are now second in the scottish premiership after beating aberdeen 2—1 and manchester city are 8 points clear in the premier league again after beating west ham by the same scoreline. they came from behind to equal the top—division record for consecutive league wins in a row, it's now 13. elsewhere bournemouth against southampton finished 1—1. teenager alfie hewett has become the first british singles champion at the season ending wheelchair tennis masters. he beat compatriot gordon reid in the loughborough final. hewett, who is 19, also won his first grand slam title this year at the french open. fellow briton andy lapthorne lost in his quad final. there was just the one game in the rugby union premiership. it was a good one for harlequins as they came from behind to beat saracens 20—19 — the winning points coming from tim visser‘s try in the l

breeze this one little bit of cloud there maybe want to showers heading towards south australia adelaide gets up to twenty eight celsius so we go through monday for the warmth there across the eastern side of the country a little bit of cloud just making its way to the south of victoria heading across tasmania and running across the tasmanian sea running towards new zealand surfer but a cloud just pushing in here but still plenty of heat in the forecast over the next couple of days to twenty eight celsius the cries to us or sunshine chilled by the mountains lovely weather twenty two celsius there for all clear this similar values as we go on through monday a possibility of one of two isolated showers just topping and tight in the country meanwhile showers along the spells of frame possibility of some wintry weather to making its way across the korean peninsula slowly but surely heading this way towards japan. growing green bacteria in a board tree and super heated gas escaping from book on this is really the whole innovation in the for what happened to experiments both exploring and inef

that is sad news from adelaide. dan is in that is sad news from adelaide.ather. barely cloudy with some brighter breaks but as we head into the mid—week period, wet and windy, particularly windy in the north. with some of us seeing some snow. we got the odd pocket of fog. again, nothing too sinister at all. and the odd shower. we do have some rain across the northern isles. breezy, not particularly so. that will strengthen as we go through the course of the day and it will become windy. when the rain sets in the north—west, we've got it notjust the rest of the day, and the most of the rest of the day, and the most of the uk, it will be dry. we will see some breaks developed in the cloud. do this evening in overnight, the rain, still quite gusty winds. again, we have reason the southee. patchy mist and fog. not a particularly cold night. tomorrow, to weather fronts coming our way. after a dry start to most, the first weather front comes in from the west. the rain will go through quite quickly. things will start to liven up. rattling through quickly on the wi

we have just completed a complete and thorough research on adelaide stephenson, and i intend to give that picture on a nationwide network. after i give that picture of themenson, the history of since the time he entered the agricultural department, and after i give that history, if the american people want him, they can happen, but i don't think they will want him. >> i gather from what you say that it is fair to confer that you do not avoid personalities. senator mccarthy: i will never avoid giving the facts to the american people. it is so easy to talk about communism generally, to talk about the sellout in china and korea generally. unless you call the rule of the traders and those responsible for the suicidal foreign policy -- it is a waste of the speaker's time and the audiences time. i do not intend to get up and talk about treason and sellouts. treason is created by men with faces and names. those of us who are elected by the american people and command the watchtowers must possess the intelligence. if i may use a word we use in wisconsin, unless we have the guts to name them,