darren gough will be the new managing director of cricket, until the end of next season.he club, says he wants to play his part in rebuilding it and making everybody associated with it feel welcome. up to 1,200 workers at tesco distribution centres across the uk are set to strike in the run up to christmas. the workers, including warehouse staff and hgv drivers, are based at sites in antrim, belfast, didcot and doncaster. they're angry the supermarket has offered a 4% pay rise, which unite said amounted to a "real terms pay cut" because of inflation. tesco maintains the deal is fair. a british teenager who survived a crocodile attack in zambia says she is "very, very lucky" to be alive. 18—year—old amelie osborn—smith was white—water rafting on holiday when the crocodile clamped onto her leg and tried to drag her under the water. she's now recovering in hospital. louisa pilbeam has the story. amelie osborn—smith was on a gap year trip of a lifetime in zambia. but in the waters near victoria falls, the 18—year—old was attacked by a crocodile. she suffered such serious inju

staying with cricket where root has given his seal of approval to darren gough who is back at yorkshireof 16 people to leave the club last week after former player, azeem rafiq was found to be a victim of "racial harassment and bullying" at the county. gough says he's aware of the "wider responsibilities" of taking on the position. gough spent 15 years at the county over two spells and will be the managing director until the end of the 2022 season. the danish golfer thorbjorn 0lesen has appeared in court today, accused of committing a number of offences, including sexual assault, on a flight between the us and london in 2019. the ryder cup winner has denied the charges. here's our senior sports news reporter laura scott. (vt) 0n the 31st ofjuly 2019, thorbjorn 0lesen had been travelling first class from nashville to london heathrow on a british airways flight after competing in a golf tournament in memphis. a woman on the flight said the danish golfer had been unsteady on his feet before he kissed her hands, nuzzled his head into the nape of her neck and then grabbed her breast. a membe

"rebuilding cricket in yorkshire" is one of the reasons that darren gough has given as to why he wanted interim managing director of yorkshire county cricket club. the former england fast bowler replaces martyn moxon, who was one of 16 people to leave the club last week after the former player, azeem rafiq, was found to be a victim of "racial harassment and bullying" at yorkshire. gough spent 15 years at the county over two spells and will be in the position until the end of the 2022 season. he says he is aware of the "wider responsibilities" of the position. both england and australia have had to deal with controversy, quarantine and bad weather affecting their preparations for the first ashes test but it is almost time for the first ball to be bowled. australia have named their starting xi for the first test which begins in brisbane at midnight tomorrow but england's captain joe root still has a few key decisions to make, not least whether to start with ben stokes who has been away from competitive cricket since july — he took a break to prioritise his mental health while recovering f

the former england international darren gough has been announced as yorkshire's interim director of cricketants to play his part in rebuilding the club. 16 members of the coaching and medical staff left yorkshire last week after a report found former player azeem rafiq had suffered racial harassment and bullying. mel brooks, one of the great legends of hollywood — the man responsible for films such as the producers, blazing saddles and young frankenstein — is now 95 and he's just written a comprehensive autobiography called "all about me" which chronicles eight decades of life in entertainment. he's been talking to the bbc�*s alan yentob. i know the word can be overused, but mel brooks is a legend. a movie legend, a musical legend and a comedy legend. oscars, emmys, baftas, tonys, grammys. he's won them all, many times over. # springtime for hitler and germany... mel brooks was fearless. he broke every rule. but he kept to the ones for lockdown, even telling his son max to go away. i'm going, i'm going. love you! he's been locked in, writing his autobiography, and after some persuasion, let

staying with cricket where root has given his seal of approval to darren gough who is back at yorkshirethe position. gough spent 15 years at the county over two spells and will be the managing director until the end of the 2022 season. the danish golfer thorbjorn olesen has appeared in court today, accused of committing a number of offences, including sexual assault, on a flight between the us and london in 2019. the ryder cup winner has denied the charges. here�*s our senior sports news reporter laura scott. on the 31st ofjuly 2019, thorbjorn olesen had been travelling first class from nashville to london heathrow on a british airways flight after competing in a golf tournament in memphis. a woman on the flight said the danish golfer had been unsteady on his feet before he kissed her hands, nuzzled his head into the nape of her neck and then grabbed her breast. a member of the cabin crew said the five—time european tour winner had appeared highly intoxicated and totally spaced out. another said she had never come across such bad behaviour on board a flight in 27 years of service and th

let's stay with cricket, because the former england fast bowler darren gough has been given the rolee'll replace martyn moxon, who was one of 16 people to leave the club last week as the county continues to deal with the claims of institutional racism at the club, let's get more on this from our sports correspondent katie gornall katie, we've heard from gough in the last hour or sowe know that he's been giving his side of things and he spoke in typical open and honest fashion saying that initially, yorkshire cricket club offered him a position a few months ago but he turned that down and over the weekend, he was offered a more hands—on role out of the blue. now, he is going to meet with them on when it and sit down and discuss the future direction of the club and the staff that is taken place last week at yorkshire was something that i can buy suppress in some ways. but he may have to take more hands—on role in terms of coaching once they get that side of things sorted out. he also described the role as a big rebuilding job and acknowledged how badly yorkshire had handled the racism

yorkshire cricket club have appointed the former england fast bowler, darren gough as its new managingp year trip of a lifetime in zambia. but in the waters near victoria falls, the 18—year—old was attacked by a crocodile. she suffered such serious injuries to her leg, she feared she'd never walk again. when the accident happened, i fully accepted the fact that i was going to lose my foot. and i accepted that, and i said to all of my friends, it's fine, i've lost my foot, i'm still alive. and then i was told that my foot is going to be fine and i would get to walk again which is, it's such a relief. the accident happened on the zambezi river while amelie was white water rafting with a group. she was airlifted 214 miles to the capital lusaka where surgeons performed a life—saving operation and saved her leg. people say, like, you see your life flash before your eyes but you don't. you just think, how do i get out of this situation? and your brain just goes into overdrive and you think how to get out. but i was just very, very lucky. her condition was so severe, her grandmother was allow

staying with cricket where root has given his seal of approval to darren gough who is back at yorkshirefound to be a victim of "racial harassment and bullying" at the county. gough says he's aware of the "wider responsibilities" of taking on the position. gough spent 15 years at the county over two spells and will be the managing director until the end of the 2022 season. the united states has announced a diplomatic boycott of next year's winter olympics and paralympics in beijing. the move won't affect athletes who've qualified to compete with the white house saying no official delegation would be sent to the games because of concerns about china's human rights record. translation: without being invited, american politicians _ translation: without being invited, american politicians keep _ translation: without being invited, american politicians keep hyping - translation: without being invited, american politicians keep hyping the l american politicians keep hyping the so—called diplomatic boycott of the beijing winter olympics. which is purely wishful thinking and grandstanding. polit

and we've heard in the last five mintues or so that darren gough has been appointed managing directorckling drug use in england and wale. it's promising to break up more criminal gangs, andit�*s warned that warning poeple who take drugs socially or at the weekend could lose their passports or driving licences. really interested to hear from you this morning about your fears on the strategy and we will feed that into the conversation. our home editor mark easton is here with me now. what do we know about what is in it? it is interesting. with the drug debate you will remember there are two broad views. 0ne debate you will remember there are two broad views. one is that we should see this as a criminal justice issue, beat tough and crack down on the other week we should see it as a public health issue and look at treatment and prevention and recovery. all the sorts of pre—briefing, we don't actually get the details until this afternoon, all the pre—briefing has been about being tough, telling people they could lose their driving licence, about £300 million for the criminal justice syste

former england fast bowler darren gough says he wants to make yorkshire "a better and more inclusiveg room for 14 years had helped him in his education. there was a stunning comeback from everton in the premier league, an injury time strike from demari grey giving them victory over arsenal and theirfirst win in nine games. some everton fans showed their frustration by walking out after 27 minutes, to highlight the 27 years it's been since they last won a trophy. and not long afterwards, martin odegaard put arsenal ahead. richarlison had two goals ruled out by var but there was nothing wrong with his equaliser. and then came grey's superb winner. what a reward there was for chesterfield, for reaching the third round of the fa cup. the national league leaders were hoping to be drawn against a big name and they'll face last season's runners—up chelsea at stamford bridge. you can find details of all the ties on the bbc sport website. the united states has announced a diplomatic boycott of next year's winter olympics and paralympics in beijing. the move won't affect athletes but the white