england captain has said he is thrilled ben stokes is back for the series in australia and he has not mental wellbeing. the squad travelled ahead of the first test in brisbane on december the 8th. . fin of the first test in brisbane on december the 8th. ._ of the first test in brisbane on december the 8th. . on a personal level, december the 8th. . on a personal level. l'm — december the 8th. . on a personal level, i'm absolutely _ december the 8th. . on a personal level, i'm absolutely thrilled - december the 8th. . on a personal level, i'm absolutely thrilled that l level, i'm absolutely thrilled that he's in a place where he can enjoy the sport again. and i can imagine it's been very difficult for him being out of the game and it will be exciting to hear him when we've spoken. more recently for stub economics hear him smiling down the line which i think the greatest thing for my perspective. the rugby union is out — thing for my perspective. the rugby union is out of— thing for my perspective. the rugby union is out of this _ thing for my perspective. the rugby union is out of this

because if you want to change it into the mental health issue and he can look at ben stokes, for example, who can take time out for mental health and see murphy can do that. and i'm of course, maybe a high profile football, but i can the average person take time out with the average person in the street be the agent black female. take time out and say i want support, i want to be heard. no, they can't say it's okay. for an elite person to be able to do that, but this is not the answer for the average person because they will not be supported. and what's the good from the men, the assuming the fakes evidence was moving as well as hobbling. and it was quite clear that even the ca harden politicians on the committee was affected by the people he was naming and shaming. left perspective with some of them, no doubt with bad people. but as he made the point, some of them of good people that didn't realize what that will do and is that possible in today's society, people don't realize what the window behaving in a racist man. absolutely. 100 percent. martin luther king said in 1963 that is the

england captain has said he is thrilled ben stokes is back in the squad for the series in australia and8th. on a personal level, i'm absolutely thrilled that he's in a place where he can enjoy the sport again. and i can imagine it's been very difficult for him being out of the game and it will be exciting to hear him when we've spoken. more recently, you can almost hear him smiling down the line which i think the greatest thing for my perspective. the rugby union is out of this week in the test against the all blacks due to a shoulder injury. 36 short of the field early in the 5a the 16 to feature new zealand and cardiff while they're also over the shorter issue as they look to bounce back against the roads number one ranked team. england have their own injury concerns, marcus smith could miss the game against tonga after a minor leg injury limited his training. max has been brought out while freddie stewart has doubts that they expected to form a 10—12 partnership with the experienced 0wen in the absence of george ford, head coach eddiejones says he does expect to see his team beside h

ben stokes has _ society and better the game. ben stokes has also _ society and better the game.merican tommy ford. you can keep up—to—date with that and the rest of the day sports news including news of the england rugby union team to face australia. mana manu tuilagi making a bit of a surprise switch to the wing. full detailed so that squads on the website. defence secretaryjohn wallace said the three mps put their house in a difficult position. 0ur political correspondent chris mason has more on this for us. what is the latest. this was 15 mps on this flight to gibraltar the other day. all part of a scheme to ensure that mps have a decent working knowledge of how the armed forces do their thing. and this allegation, corroborated by a witness who has spoken to the bbc, has witnessed three mps, drinking in the airport lounge prior to setting up, continuing to drink on the plane out to gibraltarfor the up, continuing to drink on the plane out to gibraltar for the couple of hours that that flight takes from london and being drunk when the plane landed in gibraltar. charlotte nicho

joe root also said today that all—rounder ben stokes should be available for the first ashes test, whichjuly to focus on his mental health while recovering from a broken finger. he's been fully involved in training and root said he loooked to be on track to make the side, although the captain stressed they wouldn't be pushing him too hard. there was a huge upset in the second semifinal of cricket's t20 world cup, with the favourites pakistan being knocked out by australia. pakistan had gone unbeaten for the whole of the tournament, while the aussie's lost heavily to england in the group stages. they won by five wickets in dubai and will now meet new zealand in the final on sunday. joe wilson was watching. the uae from necessity has been a second home to pack as any cricket. he looked like he could back into by his whole life. the crowd knew they were watching the best in the game, and so did australia — exactly why they loved getting him out forjust 39. but they followed in innings of sheer exuberance from mohamed rizwan, office sickbed to hit for sixes. that was just a warm—up — 55 off

meanwhile, ben stokes has been training with his england teammates, after a six—month lay—off from the to recover from mental—health issues, as well as a finger injury. he was a late addition to the ashes squad, but was right in the thick of it here on queensland's gold coast. the first test starts in brisbane on 8th december. dan evans has been knocked out of the stockholm 0pen at the quarter—final stage by francis tiafoe. evans started the match in brilliant form, taking the first set, 6—1, but that was a good as it got for the british number two, as tiafoe came roaring back, winning the match in three sets. andy murray will be in action later at the event against america's tommy paul. meanwhile, kyle edmund is set to play his first matches for over a year when england take on scotland at the battle of the brits in december. the 2018 australian open semi—finalist had an operation on his left knee in march. marcus smith will start at fly—half for england against australia on saturday, with captain 0wen farrell shifting to inside centre. it will be smith's third start in stest matches.

absolutely, you look at the world cup in 2019, we had eoin morgan from ireland, ben stokes from new zealandustry —— west indies. look at the level of players there at the elite level. when you embrace diversity and other cultures you can perform even better as a team and as an organisation, this will definitely be a huge concern to think that why yorkshire county cricket club have not taken any disciplinary action and this is going to put huge pressure is on people on board and the chairman to give us some answers, what is your understanding on the terms of racial words? why have you termed them as banter? thank you very much for talking to us. let's return to the cop26 climate summit — which is turning its attention to global finance, with firms what measures will be taken to control plastic pollution? good to have you with us. we have heard a lot of discussion already and it has only just started lot of discussion already and it has onlyjust started really lot of discussion already and it has only just started really about all sorts of different subjects like deforestation and getting low

ben stokes has been training with his team—mates after a six month lay off from the game. here on queensland's gold coast. the first test starts in brisbane on 8th december. relief for arsenal's women, who got a much—needed win in the women's champions league. steph catley steadied the nerves, with first, a perfect free kick as, they beat danish side kurg, 5—1 last night, to keep up the pressure on group leaders barcelona.....there were four more the pressure on group leaders barcelona. there were four more goals in the second—half. jordan nobbs rounding things off. the new newcastle manager, eddie howe, says his team do have the ability to stay in the premier league. howe was speaking to the media for the first time afterjoining with the club, next to bottom in the league. he refused to be drawn on the controversial saudi—backed ownership of the club, and insisted he took the job for football reasons only and has benefited from, over a year out of the game. once covid rules allowed, i've been here and there are everywhere and i sit here a better manager than i was. people

england captainjoe root has said he is 'thrilled' ben stokes is back in the squad for the ashes seriesn almost hear his smile back down the line, which i think is the greatest thing from my perspective. and in england's group at the t20 world cup — their next opponents south africa have boosted their hopes of reaching the semi finals by beating bangladesh by six wickets in abu dhabi. put into bat, bangladesh were bowled out forjust 84. south africa wobbled chasing that small target but captain temba bavuma steadied things and they knocked off the runs with more than six overs to spare. that result puts bangladesh out. england play south africa on saturday. meanwhile in the other group, the unbeaten pakistan are playing the lowest ranked side namibia in abu dhabi. pakistan won the toss and chose to bat. mohammad rizwan hammered 79 off 50 balls, including 24 in the final over, as babar azam added another 70 for pakistan to post 189 runs, losing just two wicklets. so namibia now into bat — they've lost an early wicket — michael van lingen bowled by hasan ali. they are currently 54 for one

captain eoin morgan described it as one of buttler�*s best ever performances in an england shirt and ben stokesf the two remaining spots at the season—ending atp tour finals. he beat federico delbonis in straight sets in his opening match of the paris masters and could join the world's best in turin with a decent run here. while the british number two dan evans is out, along with andy murray, who blew seven match points in his match against lucky loser dominic koepfer, the german taking the final set tie—break 11—9. he put in a lot of work for that. andy murray will be disappointed, seven match points. mas andy murray will be disappointed, seven match points.— andy murray will be disappointed, seven match points. was not his day. kee -s us seven match points. was not his day. keeps us entertained _ seven match points. was not his day. keeps us entertained with _ seven match points. was not his day. keeps us entertained with the - seven match points. was not his day. | keeps us entertained with the drama. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. dan was outside in his big coat but the

number ten does not want an outright ban on second jobs, but it has stoked this focus on probity and politics and the work done by our mps. benof yorkshire county cricket club, andrew gale, has been suspended as part of an investigation into a tweet he sent in 2010. thejewish news reported that he published a post containing an anti—semitic slur. gale told the newspaper that he was "completely unaware" of the offensive nature of the term and deleted the post as soon as he was made aware. the mother of the ten—year—old boy, killed by a dog in caerphilly yesterday, has said she's heartbroken by the loss of her son. jack lis died yesterday afternoon while visiting a friend's house. police say the animal was large, powerful and extremely aggressive, and was shot dead by officers. the european union says it will impose additional sanctions on belarus, because of what it describes as president lukashenko's "gangster—style approach" to the migrants gathering at the polish border. his regime has been accused of attracting migrants to belarus, from the middle east and beyond, in order to send them into the eu, in retaliation for europ

number ten does not want an outright ban on second jobs, but it has stoked this focus on probity and politics and the work done by our mps. benrned that the world is still heading for dangerously high global temperatures by the end of the century — even if countries stick to their promises made in glasgow at the cop26 summit. the aim is to keep global temperature rises below 1.5 celsius but the researchers say it will be impossible to reach that goal based on the pledges that have been made so far. from glasgow, here's our science editor david shukman. this is what the talks are all about, keeping the planet safe to live on. when astronaut tim peake filmed this view, he was really struck by what we keep adding to the air, and what that is doing to the climate, so, he's come to the conference in glasgow to spell out the dangers. every sunrise and sunset, we see earth's atmosphere, just 16 kilometres thick, and you realise, that's it, that's what protects all life down here on the planet. and, if we put things into the atmosphere here, for example, wildfires, you see them covering entire continents, and the smoke disperses, and

number ten does not want an outright ban on second jobs, but it has stoked this focus on probity in politics and the work done by our mps. bennt from work with a stress—related illness. lord patel, the new chair at yorkshire, says he hopes to have a process in place by the end of the week for whistle—blowers to come forward to share any other instances of discrimination. tabassum bhatti, who is now 37, signed a contract at yorkshire at the age of 1a. he has told the bbc about his experience. it's become clear that it's been going on for a long time, and, yes, it has been brushed under the carpet. like i said, i was there in 1998. there were incidents prior to me being there, and there's been things happening in the last 20 years up to the present. so, i think that's pretty clear that it has been overlooked. hopefully the select committee can try and identify and come down on yorkshire. everything one is still treading on 999 everything one is still treading on egg shells to be honest with you. what would be one of the things you want to see? how strong do they need to be in terms of what they do? they need to come down, i do