in the county championship, and it was a start to forget for england's highest test run scorer, alastair cookan unbeaten 84 from their captain tom westley steered their recovery. essex were 206—3 when bad light stopped play. some of england's top cricketers will be playing in the dynamic indian premier league which gets under way tomorrow. jofra archer, ben stokes and jos buttler among them. however, the pandemic has cast it's shadow, no crowds will be watching on with cases surging again in india. earlier i spoke to the deputy editor of ndtv, rica roy and began by asking her if the league had no choice in the matter? each team bubble and the 18th some there is 70—80 people kept and tested every day. so they are able to conduct the tournament. we have heard of covid cases in the bronchus team among players, those cases had to be isolated on top of that, if they have to get a crack, there would be another trouble. they wanted to avoid that and make it a tv only format and because it is a tv only format and because it is a tv only format and because it is a tv only format and there is night cur

the potential role of the israeli secret service in all of this with the former m i 6 age and alastair cook you can catch the video in full on our website that is a taste of what is said. netanyahu has been stark along on one track on iran by 20 years saying iran is only a few months away or 2 years away at most from a nuclear weapon and he's his policy is basically been one of containment compay forever containment not just containment but forever. that policy is not work and has to be working and israeli officials have started to question it and for the 1st time we've heard explicit public pushback from senior security and intelligence officials saying you know actually we'd like to go back and j.c. . and what's more we want to go back and we suggest we go back without adding anything to it no questions including missile or other aspects into the negotiation . j p p o if we want to go back to that israel was safer at that time than it is now and these are senior officials former heads of mush that talking about it and if you are saying that former mossad people maybe are in touch with the

february 1990 three, many of you will remember it was announced that russell baker would replace alastair cooks the host of public television's masterpiece theatre. when that was announced, buchwald decided he was going to write a letter of congratulations to his friend russell baker, thrilled he had launched a new career in television. he wrote this on february 24, 1993, congratulations on getting the job with masterpiece theatre. i turned it down because i couldn't stand the sex and violence on the mcneil layered newshour. i suggested you as a second choice. i think you made the right decision. writing for a living is old hat and nobody gives a dam anymore about the written word. the baby boomers love a pretty face and god knows you have one. i have experience with television so i would like to give you tips. always look into the camera, even though you know your fly is down. pretend you are talking to one person instead of the millions who have nothing better to do. don't worry if you get the title of the play wrong because 50% of all pbs audiences go to the bathroom when the hostess talkin

some big names spring to mind when it comes to famous cricketing debuts — alastair cook at nagpur in to help allendale's second 11 to victory over mitford cricket club — something the club described as the start of a glittering cricket career. owen and his mum, helen, join me now. good afternoon. owen, huge congratulations. you are probably still reeling with the shock of having performed so well. what did it feel like when you took that fourth wicket? it it feel like when you took that fourth wicket?— it feel like when you took that fourth wicket? . , . ., ., ., fourth wicket? it was amazing and a bit surprising. _ fourth wicket? it was amazing and a bit surprising, to _ fourth wicket? it was amazing and a bit surprising, to be _ fourth wicket? it was amazing and a bit surprising, to be honest. - fourth wicket? it was amazing and a bit surprising, to be honest. just - bit surprising, to be honest. just talk us through it as the wickets fell. tt talk us through it as the wickets fell. ., , , talk us through it as the wickets fell. . , , ., ., ., fell. it was 'ust at the end of an ove