but chris woakes might feel disappointed to lose his place given that it is the batting which has beenave swapped the order of their batsmen to make things a bit better for them at the top, they hope. joe denly moves into the openers, while jason roy is now moved to number four, the openers, while jason roy is now moved to numberfour, but his captain still has faith that roy can put ina captain still has faith that roy can put in a good innings for him. he is a competitor. you know, you saw him come into ashes cricket on debut and straightaway looked very much at home. he got himself in a battle, andi home. he got himself in a battle, and i expect him to dojust home. he got himself in a battle, and i expect him to do just that this week. he has got good control, good skills, moves the ball off the straight and i expect him to cause some issues for the aussie batters. and now to iconic batsmen, steve smith and ben smokes now —— ben stokes now in the thick of this series. england are the team with momentum, but old trafford could come down to how these two individuals fair. —— fare. form

if stokes isn't able to bowl, he'll play as a specialist batsman with england able to call on chris woakesl—rounder. england can still level the series, even though australia have already retained the ashes although england haven't lost an ashes series on home soil since 2001. with less than a year to go before the tokyo paralympics, this week's para—swimming world championships in london are a huge event on the way to japan. the para athletics worlds will be in dubai in november but swimming is the other big sport at the games. competition has been taking place on monday at the london aquatics centre, and with 25 golds decided on the opening night there were five world record and kate grey has the pick of the action. the thursday of action here in london has provided plenty of exciting racing with multiple world records broken and 13 nations winning golds, just proving the international breadth of paris. three time paralympic champion from canada won her nation's first gold of this championships in the s—10 freestyle, but ever the perfectionist, she wanted more from the race. i wanted to

chris woakes comes back in the place of over ten.ck—on effect of this, jason roy loses his place in the test match team. he has had four chances to prove himself as a test match batsman and i think we have to say there is an experiment which has failed. it could be a long way to get back into the test match. i asked joe root, england's captain today, whether there were a number of england players here who were playing for their england feature. you are playing for your country, that as the fundamentals of it. you have some passionate guys who are proud to represent england. however you motivate yourself, whether getting yourself on a winter tour, trying to get yourself a home test, doing everything you can for the guys magic, whatever it is that best motivates individuals, it is important they harness that this week in and take it forward. joe root seem pretty wary today and he is a precious asset for english cricket. by contrast with australia's captain tim paine, look back to before the start of the series, he was tense, concerned

chris woakes comes on in the place of 0verton, and the knock—on effect of all this?lace in the test match team. he's had four chances, but it could be a long way for him to get back into the team for him to get back into the team for now. i asked joe root whether in fa ct for now. i asked joe root whether in fact there were a number of england players who were playing for their england future. you're playing for your country, you know? that's the fundamentals of it. we've got some very passionate guys that are very proud to represent england. however you motivate yourself, whether it is getting yourself on a winter torah, trying to get, you know, trying to get yourself a test 100, doing everything you can for the guys around you, whatever it is that best motivates the individual, it's very important they harness that this weekend and it forward —— whatever it is you're trying to get. the contrast i think with australia's captain, tim paine. looking back to the start of the series, he was suddenly concerned about his own place. now here's than asses retaining —— he is

sam curran and chris woakes come into the side, with jason roy and craig overton dropped.0 over world cup isa to win the first 50 over world cup is a huge achievement for english cricket, so, absolutely, it should be seen as a successful year. we have a chance to level the series and make it slightly better than it looks right now. that is the full focus of the group. we have got to make sure we win this game. australia lead the five match series 2—1, so a win would see them win the ashes outright. and that, they say, is their number one goal. we came here to win the ashes, not just retain them. we have spoken about it a lot as a group, last week's result was brilliant, we played very well, but all the guys are fully aware that this test match is bigger than that one, this is the grand final, we want this testjust as much as we want any other test we are fighting in this series. and of course you can follow the action on test match special, on 5 live sports extra from 10.25. there's a great picture of jason roy on the back of the times this morning. they've captured him in

the series with victory in the 4th test in manchester craig robinson also announced sam curran chris woakes are back in the starting 11 as england aim to avoid an outright series defeat with victory at london's oval stadium. fully focused on making sure we do everything we can to finish the series to all. terms of my cap to see him and know the direction or take this team in forward and it's about. starting that now and not after the series trying to make sure that we. we use this is a stepping stone this win this game and then have a really strong winter and move forward as a group. steve smith has been australia's came out on his return to that same following a ban for his involvement in illegally tampering with a match ball last year smith also lost the captaincy in cricket australia have banned him from all leadership roles and so next march his replacement simpang now has the chance to lead that seem to a 1st series win in england since 2001. we already spoken a lot about it we came here to win the ashes not just to retire and. you know we've spoken about it a lot as a group that. last

up in the series with victory in the 4th test in manchester craig overs and also some current chris woakes are back in the starting 11 is in england aim to avoid an outright series defeat with victory at london's oval stadium. fully focused on making sure we do everything we can to finish the series to all. terms of my cap to see him i know the direction or take this team in forward and it's about. starting that now and not after the series trying to make sure that we. we use this is a stepping stone this win this game and then have a really strong winter and move forward as a group steve smith has been australia's came out on his return to that same following a ban for his involvement in illegally tampering with a match ball last year smith also lost the captaincy in cricket australia have banned him from all leadership roles and so next march his replacement tim payne now has the chance to lead the team to a 1st series win in england since 2001. we already spoken a lot about it we came here to we know she's not just to retire and i'm so you know we've spoken about it a lot as a group tha

up in the series with victory in the 4th test in manchester craig i was and also some current chris woakes are back in the starting 11 is in england aim to avoid an outright series defeat with victory at london's oval stadium. fully focused on making sure we do everything we can to finish the series to all. terms of my own cat to see if i know the direction to take this team in forward. and it's about. starting that now and not after the series trying to make sure that we. we use this is a stepping stone this win this game and then have a really strong winter and move forward as a group steve smith has been australia's came out on his return to that same following a ban for his involvement in illegally tampering with a match ball last year smith also lost the captaincy in cricket australia have banned him from all leadership roles and so on next march his replacement simpang now has the chance to lead the team to a 1st series win in england since 2001 we already spoken a lot about it we came here to win the ashes not just to retire and. you know we've spoken about it a lot as a group that.

so smith was may be running out of partners and the man who came to get rid of him was chris woakes.this delivery to get rid of smith, this is the kind of dismissal england had imagined getting right through the series. this time he missed it so that was smith out for 80. you almost felt like thejob was smith out for 80. you almost felt like the job was done but it wasn't because that was just eight wickets down for 187. the man who came into clean—up was jofra archer, down for 187. the man who came into clean—up wasjofra archer, his fifth and sixth wickets the final of the day. final wicket to four. owed so much to rory burns. he did had to come out and bat again as england's opener and survived a tricky session before the close of play. they will resume in the morning. nine without loss in the second innings so that gives them a lead of 78 which standing here right now feel significant. thank you very much. sir dave brailsford has revealed he's had surgery for prostate cancer. the team ineos principal, who's 55, was diagnosed with the disease injuly and will find out tomorrow if th

somerset pace bowler craig overton will win only his fifth test cap as he replaces chris woakes.teve smith, who makes his comeback at old trafford after recovering from concussion. overton was called into the squad oncejimmy anderson was ruled out of the series, which stands at 1—1. scotland have named their rugby world cup squad. centres hquones and rory hutchinson are two surprise omissions. stuart mcinally, who led scotland to victory in the calcutta cup in the six nations championship earlier this year, will captain the side injapan. the edinburgh hooker has been chosen as skipper ahead ofjohn barclay and greig laidlaw. coach gregor townsend has left out forwards josh strauss, matt fagerson and magnus bradbury. that's all the sport for now. hello there. for the rest of this week, temperatures will be around or a little below the seasonal average, and infact a little below the seasonal average, and in fact wednesday will be one of those days where the temperatures will be below the seasonal average. and in fact, with strong winds it is going to feel quite cool, especially acro

chris woakes' wicket.victory. jofra archer finished with six fast bowling wickets. this one can only be appreciated slowed down. rory burns held it. england will resume 78 ahead and it is this way to the weekend. joe wilson, bbc news, at the oval. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm chetan pathak. coming up: europe have the edge, with a one—point lead over the united states after day one of the solheim cup at gleneagles. six wickets forjofra archer — as england bowl australia out for 225 on day two of the final ashes test. and it's an unlucky friday the 13th for london broncos, as they're relegated from rugby league's super league. thank you forjoining us. first to golf, where europe have a one point lead over the united states at the solheim cup. they'll take a 41/2—31/2 lead into the second day at gleneagles.

have been dropped from the england team for the fifth ashes test at the oval, with sam curran and chris woakesulder injury, will still go into bat. australia have retained the ashes after victory at old trafford gave them an unassailable 2—1 lead in the series. joe wilson reports. sky high injuly, sunk in september — that's the ashes. jason roy was dropped from england's test team today, while he was a world cup winning hero on the same spot eight weeks ago. the oval was where england celebrated their world cup success, white ball, one—day cricket — the fulfilment of a long—term dream. now, is that really what mattered? whatever happens this week, do you think this deserves to be seen as a successful year for english cricket? absolutely. to win the first 50—over world cup is a huge achievement for english cricket. so, absolutely it should be seen as a successful year. but we have a chance to level the series and make it slightly better than it looks right now. well, in truth, there are a number of england players who now have a last opportunity to show their best form, and if england win this

somerset pace bowler craig overton will win on only his fourth test cap as he replaces chris woakes. australia in the last ashes overton actually made his debut against australia in the last ashes series and took the wicket of steve smith, who makes his comeback at old trafford after recovering from concussion. overton was called into the squad oncejimmy anderson was ruled out for the rest of the series. he isa he is a competitor. we saw him come into ashes cricket on debut and straightaway he looked very much at home, got himself in a battle and expect him to do just that this week, he has good control and skills and moves the ball off the straight and moves the ball off the straight and expect him to cause some issues for the aussie batters. scotland have named their rugby world cup squad. centres hquones and rory hutchinson are two surprise omissions. stuart mcinally — who led scotland to victory in the calcutta cup in the six nations championship earlier this year — will captain the side injapan. edinburgh hooker has been chosen as skipper ahead ofjohn barclay and greig laidlaw.

in the series with victory in the 4th test in manchester craig iverson also out sam curran and chris woakes back in the starting 11 single name to avoid an outright series defeat with victory at london's oval stakes. fully focused on making sure we do everything we can to finish the series to all. terms of my captaincy and i know the direction to take this team in forward and it's about. starting that now and not after the series trying to make sure that we. we use this is a stepping stone this win this game and then have a really strong winter and move forward as a group will stay smith has been australia's came out on his return to the same following a ban for his involvement in illegally tampering with a match smith also lost the captaincy and cricket australia have banned him from all leadership roles and so on next march his replacement same pay now has the chance to lead it seems her 1st series win in england since 2001 we already spoken a lot about it we came here to win the ashes not just to retire and so you know we spoken about it a lot as a group that. last week's result was was

chris woakes and sam curran come into the side.pportunity to come in and play test cricket. it hasn't gone how he liked, but i'm sure he'll go away, work extremely hard and come back again. that is what you expect of guys when they get left out. i'm sure he'll have that attitude and want to try and prove a point and get himself back into the side. have you spoken to him personally about it? yep yep, when you leave them out you obviously have those conversations. you know, he's very, very aware of where he is at and what he needs to do to get himself in the best place to perform in his cricket. there've been three gold medals for great britain on the third day of the world para—swimming championships in london. britain's alice tai has won her third gold of the championships. she finished first in the 100 metres butterfly, just ahead ofjessica long of the united states. and more british success with maisie summers—newton winning gold in the 200 metres individual medley. she smashed the world record in the process, clearly happy with

that wicket was taken by chris woakes, with smith making a rare mistake. many times so much earlier in the series. we also have the impact of sam curran who plays his county cricket here for surrey, making his ashes debut, his left arm swinging, cummins had an impression, maybe smith thought at one stage he would run out of partners. england was making openers survived a tricky spell, they will be back on saturday morning, and england will hope to end their long summer on ashes high, evenif end their long summer on ashes high, even if we know the owners going down under. —— the urn. london broncos have been relegated from rugby league's super league. before tonight's matches they were one of four sides that were threatened with going down. broncos lost 19—10 at wakefield trinity, who were one of the other sides in danger of the drop. hull kingston rovers also lost, but they survive by virtue of a superior points difference. the other team in danger, huddersfield giants, beat catalans dragons. that's all the sport for now. the kind of weather you should exp

in the last few minutes, smith trapped leg before, the first ball after drinks, by chris woakes.stralia are trailing by 93. remember the day, steve smith out. you can follow both of those big events you can follow both of those big eve nts o n you can follow both of those big events on our sports website. golf highlights on bbc two at seven p:m.. sportsday is coming up at 630. let's ta ke sportsday is coming up at 630. let's take a look at a few other new stories. domestic violence deaths are at their highest level for five years. figures obtained by bbc news show there were 173 domestic killings across the uk last year — an increase of 32 on 2017. the majority of victims of violence in the home are female. several of the victims were stabbed, leading one criminologist to describe them as the "invisible victims of knife crime". the government says it's fully committed to tackling domestic violence, and ministers have promised legislation when parliament returns next month. tom symonds reports. rodrigo giraldo killed his wife, margory villegas, then put her body in the boot of thi

they've brought in sam curran and chris woakes for the match with australia leading the series 2—1.reat britain have won three more gold medals at the para—swimming world championships in london. maisie summers—newton beat her own world record in her 200m medley to take a world title for the first time. in the women's champions league, it was a bad night for hibs as they were beaten 4—1 at home by slavia prague. glasgow city, though, did manage to win in moscow. and the italian rider matteo trentin leads the tour of britain after stage 5. the race heads for a 9—mile time trial in worcestershire today. one little sideline away from sports news today, congratulations to former england netball coach tracey neville, who has announced she's pregnant three months stepping aside to start a family. great news. many congratulations to her! so can we expect more warm weather in the run up to the weekend? matt taylor is in london's little venice for us this morning. looking so lovely there this morning, matt. hello. hello. let's try again. it's looking beautiful down there in little venice, a

but once chris woakes removed him, jofra archer took over, finishing with 6 wickets for 62 runs, includings in their second innings. it would mean a lot for the team obviously there is still a lot to play for as it has championships and even our own personal game, you know, so although the ashes is lost we still have got a lot to play for. now, it was billed as friday 13th fright night in the super league, as one of four teams faced relegation in the final round of fixtures. in the end, it was london broncos whose luck ran out. they were beaten by wakefield, whose19—10 win saved them from relegation. for the broncos, they return to the championship after one season in the top flight. huddersfield and hull kr also survive. after the international break, the premier league returns today. leaders liverpool are the only side with a 100 % record — they kick the weekend off at lunchtime, at home to newcastle. newcastle will fight like crazy and like they did against tottenham for example and they had kind of a good result and now for us the game will bea result and now for us the game will be a

australia captain joe root will have a fast bowler craig overturned back in his team as a replacement chris woakes england recorded an unlikely one wicket victory in the last test thanks to an unbeaten century from ben stokes a 5 match series is the level of $11.00 of the 2 tests remaining. what it has done is make it a very special week this week and grab 2 need for us to build on what was a fantastic win. and carry that forward very special last hour so the way we performed in the 2nd innings was more what we. were about as a team. and steve smith is back in the australian team after missing the 3rd test due to a concussion injury a former captain has also regained his position at the top of the world's batting rankings smith is averaging more than a 100 and this series so far and that is all your sport for now it's now back to felicity and london. thanks so much now america's love affair with electronic books appears to be ending for the 4th year sales of e-books a down. up hundreds of castro looks at why the paperback is making a comeback. it was a shared love of books that brought derek young

captain joe root will have a fastball or craig overturn back in his team as a replacement for chris woakes england recorded an unlikely one wicket victory in the last task thanks to an unbeaten century from ben stokes a 5 match series is the level of 11 of the 2 tests remaining what it has done is make it a very special week this week and grab 2 need for us to build on what was a fantastic win. and carry that forward. very special less than ever so the way we performed in the 2nd innings was more what we. were about as a team and steve smith is back in the australian team after missing the 3rd test due to a concussion injury a former captain has also regained his position at the top of the world's batting rankings smith is averaging more than a 100 and this series so far is everyone in the world is looking for divorcing steve smith we always do. and again i think steve's missed one test match. being out for 12 months i came back from a 12 month layoff pretty well so i expect to handle 6 days pretty well and that is all your support for now more later. miral by the famous street artist bank

if stokes isn't able to bowl, he'll play as a specialist batsman with england able to call on chris woakess on home soil since 2001. there's been british success on day one of the para world swimming championships in london. reece dunn broke the s14 200 metres freestyle world record to lead home a british clean sweep of the podium. thomas hamer and jordan catchpole took silver and bronze respectively. in the women's race, 4 times paralympic champion bethany firth took silver ahead of jessica jane applegate. firth wasn't even sure she'd make it to the championships after recovering from a shoulder injury. iamjust so i am just so happy to be here coming back from injury. i was not sure a few months ago if i would be able to make it and getting the injection in the shoulder was tough. i'm so glad to be here. five time paralympic champion ellie simmonds won bronze in the s6, 400 metres freestyle, finishing just ahead of her british teammate maisie summers—newton. china'sjiang yu—yan took gold, setting a new world record. great britain's tayo geoghegan hart finished second on stage 16 of the vu

chris woakes and sam curran come into the side.re he will go away and work extremely hard and come back again and that's what you expect of guys when they get left out and i'm sure he will have that attitude and want to try and prove a point and get himself back in. have you spoken to him personally about it? yep. when you leave someone out, you obviously have those conversations and he is very aware of where he is at and what he needs to do to get himself in the best place to perform in test cricket. well, in contrast to joe root‘s thoughts on roy, cricket writer and broadcaster, simon hughes, believes flaws in the surrey batsman‘s style means he will never be a force in test cricket. he has the technique for test cricket at the moment —— i do not think he has the technique. that is just not long enough to build a really big test match innings and i do not think he has got the technique for it at the minute, he has been bowled five times in ten te st has been bowled five times in ten test innings, sol has been bowled five times in

then the ultimate smith mistake, chris woake's wicket.a archer finished with six, this one can only be appreciated slowed down. rory burns held it. england will resume 78 ahead, this way to the weekend. they are back on at 11 o'clock this morning. now it was billed as ‘friday 13th fright night‘ in the super league — as one of four teams faced relegation in the final round of fixtures. huddersfield and hull kr survived. but it was london broncos whose luck ran out. they were beaten by wakefield, whose19—10 win saved them from relegation. for the broncos they return to the championship after one season in the top flight. maybe in a couple of days' time we can have a look and say... ..we had a good crack but to come so close and he fell at the last hurdle is devastating. we worked so hard. to come up short like that is painful. after the international break, the premier league returns today. leaders liverpool are the only side with a 100 % record — they kick the weekend off at lunchtime, at home to newcastle. newcastle will fight like crazy

the series with a victory in the 4th test in manchester craig overton also out sam curran and chris woakes are back in the starting 11 as england aim to avoid an outright series defeat to victory at london's oval stadium. fully focused on making sure we do everything we can to finish the series to all. terms of my cap to see him and know the direction or take this team in forward and it's about. starting that now or not after this series trying to make sure that we. we use this is a stepping stone this win this game and then have a really strong winter and move forward as a group will stay smith has been australia's key man on his return to that same following a barren for his involvement in illegally tampered with a match ball last year smith also lost the captaincy as a consequence of cricket australia have banned him from all leadership roles until next march his replacement tim pain while he now has the chance to lead the team so a 1st series win in england since 2001. we already spoken a lot about it we came here to we need is not just to return and so you know we've spoken about it a

chris woakes and sam curran come into the side.he captain. he's had an opportunity to come and play test cricket, get a feel for it. it's not quite gone how he would like, but i am sure he will go away, work extremely hard and come back again. that's what you expect of quys again. that's what you expect of guys when they get left out, and i'm sure he will have the attitude and wa nt to sure he will have the attitude and want to try and prove a point and get himself back in. have you spoken him personally about it? yes. when you leave someone him personally about it? yes. when you leave someone out, you obviously have those conversations. and he's very, very aware of where he's at and what he needs to do to get himself at the best place to perform in test cricket. there've been three gold medals for great britain on the third day of the world para—swimming championships in london. britain's alice tai has won her third gold of the championships. she finished first in the 100 metres butterfly, just ahead ofjessica long of the united s

craig overton replaces chris woakes for england.o—deal brexit at the end of next month. they want to force boris johnson to ask brussels to delay britain‘s exit again, if an agreement can‘t be reached. mps vote tonight to start that process of instructing the prime minister to ask the eu for another delay to the brexit deadline. downing street has warned the prime minister will push for a general election on october the 14th if the government loses. but the government can only win a vote to hold an election if it‘s backed by at least two thirds of mps — meaning labour mps would have to vote in favour of holding one. our political correspondent, iain watson, has this report. a very british protest — people with competing views on brexit standing side by side outside parliament. inside, though, the atmosphere is turning nasty. rebel conservative mps are being threatened by borisjohnson with being turfed out of their party. and the opposition and some of those rebels will back emergency legislation today as a first step towards stoppin

if stokes isn‘t able to bowl, he‘ll play as a specialist batsman with england able to call on chris woakesiday, who are also vying for one of the two qualification spots and are three points beheind michael o‘neill‘s men. there are teams around europe, there isa there are teams around europe, there is a middle tier of teams which i think we are in. but these are the top teams, the top eight, ten teams in europe so that‘s the challenge, so in europe so that‘s the challenge, so if we can come out of this group at the expense of either germany or holland, i think that will be an amazing achievement. also tonight, scotland‘s slim hopes of automatic qualification now rest on taking points from the world‘s top—ranked team — belgium. you can listen to that match on bbc radio scotland. northern ireland against germany will be on five live and bbc radio ulster. wales‘ friendly against belarus is on bbc radio wales. all those games kick off at quarter to eight. rafael nadal says beating roger federer‘s total of 20 grand slam singles titles doesn‘t drive him on to play tennis. he was speaking after c

ben stokes is not fit to bowl, so in comes chris woakes and sam curran.r — england must win at the oval to level the series at 2—2, and avoid a first home ashes defeat in 18 years. reaction from both camps at 2:30pm. thanks, ben. darren has all the weather. we have some sunshine developing more widely across the uk, also some tropical air, we will look at what that means later on, also looking out of the rain in spain which is mainly falling in majorca. thanks, darren. also coming up — what happens if you fall asleep in a self—driving car? we sent our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones, to find out. hello, everyone — this is afternoon live, i'm simon mccoy. just when you thought the brexit crisis couldn't get even more complicated — scotland's highest court has ruled it was unlawful for the borisjohnson to suspend parliament. judges at the court of session in edinburgh overturned an earlier ruling, saying they were unanimous in their belief that the prime minister had been motivated by the "improper purpose of stymying parliament." a small number