england have done it. a third successive grand slam. the champions are england's red roses.ns champions. champions of the world, or so they claim were the kansas city chiefs. super bowl winners again sharing the headlines with their most celebrated fan. winners on the world stage two in february were wigan warriors, the first silverware of their stellar year. wigan and a world cup challenge winners. the formula one season, meanwhile, began amidst controversy. allegations of inappropriate behaviour by red bull team boss christian horner. he was later cleared. the team are very together. they're very focussed . on on the season ahead and have been— tremendously supportive. whilst february also brought the first - trophy of the domestic football season, the last, as it turned out, forjurgen klopp at liverpool as they beat chelsea in the league cup final, an extra time goal which coincidentally was the same story in the women's final, chelsea beaten this time by arsenal's late winner. glasgow hosted the world indoor athletics championship in march. the champion is coming home go

england taking the final five wickets for just 22 runs.ended to 145 by the close of play as england closed on 31/1 at stumps. there'll be a moment of history at next year's ryder cup as members of the us team will be paid to play for the first time in the 98—year history of the competition. the 12 players will each receive $500,000 with 300,000 of that donated to a charity or charities chosen by each member of the team. the pga of america, which organises the event, approved the package, despite saying "no players asked to be compensated". and we've only had two days of the world darts championship but there's already been a big shock in the opening round. four—time semifinalist and 16th seed james wade is out. he was beaten 3—0 byjermaine wattimena of the netherlands — a player ranked 20 places below wade. he could play the two—time world champion peter wright next. he plays his first—round match on tuesday. and finally, elite sport funding body uk sport says it'll invest a record $330 million in britain's olympic and paralympic sports fo

in to the southwest of england and wales later on.westerly wind developing in scotland and northern ireland, things are going to get colder as we head through the day and temperatures will be falling. overnight, we've got that rain coming in from the southwest to push across england and wales, it should've cleared away from the southeast by thursday morning. and then, we're all going to be feeling the effects of these brisk northwesterly winds, and it will feel colder on thursday. showers, too, and those could be wintry over the hills across northern scotland. quite a few showers for northern ireland, over the irish sea into wales, perhaps the west midlands, and the southwest of england, and again, a bit of wintriness over the hills. more sunshine, though, further east, where it should be dry. we'll all going to feel colder in those brisk winds, temperatures 6 to 8 degrees, but at least there'll be more sunshine around. pretty chilly overnight for a while before we see this rain coming in from the northwest on friday. that rain pushes

england won by 323 runs to seal their first away test series for two years.a new—look side. jacob bethell, for example, has more than shown his promise, scoring plenty of runs. when the 21—year—old made his debut in the opening match in christchurch, it was the first time he'd batted at number three in his first—class career, and he scored an unbeaten 50. the left—hander then backed that up with a 96 in this game and his captain ben stokes says he's proved he belongs in international cricket. a young lad with so much potential and so much talent, why not let him go out there and expose himself to test cricket at its toughest? if it hadn't have gone well for him in his first two test matches, that wouldn't have changed anyone�*s mind in our dressing room, or myself or baz�*s perception of him as a player. if he hadn't have been batting in the top three, he wouldn't have come into this game with that confidence of, you know, smacking 50—odd, which i've got no doubt has led him into this game with the confidence to go out there and play the way that he did in ou

hamilton is where it ends for england's men. test matches is done, but what conclusions? well, joe root is still essential. obviously made another 50 in england's second innings. and how now to dislodge this batter? that's called advancing your case. jacob bethell scored 76 and he seized his test chance. new zealand came fast at harry brook. will o'rourke was too good with that delivery. a down to earth kind of match for brook. the world number one made one. and what to make of ollie pope's dismissal? an end of year feel to that. teams rarely lose by a bigger margin — 423 runs. brydon carse last out, four wickets for mitchell santner. ben stokes didn't bat. he was waiting to be scanned. the hamstring he injured again bowling on day three as stokes waits for a full diagnosis. remember, england won the series two one but hard to celebrate after this defeat. sustained success is what they seek. the last goodbye to new zealand's tim southee, retiring after 16 years of tests. well, see you for christmas, dad. joe wilson, bbc news. we

which is one of the _ south-west of england. which is one of the major _ south-west of england.ajor rail _ south-west of england. which is one of the major rail helps. - midlands, the north and london as well as south wales. most of those services between bristol and cardiff have been delayed, or now cancelled the most of the rest of the day. specific lines themselves, no trains gwr says between plymouth and penzance until at least one o'clock today. between bristol temple meads and portsmouth, no services because of debris on the line near westbury. those delays are likely to get worse as we hear about more blockages on the line in the next few hours, gwr, the operator which runs trains throughout this area, has been persistently saying passengers should wherever possible try to rearrange their travel plans ought not to at all. we have spoken to people who are hoping to keep their plans this weekend, one a man who hasn't seen his daughter in many months and is trying to get to swindon today but doesn't hold out much hope in getting their and is worried about the journey back th

we have the bank of england meeting as well today. we start in the us where the central bank did what most analysts predicted and cut interest rates for the third time this year. but it was whatjerome powell had to say about next year — the chair of the federal reserve — that spooked markets. the rally on wall street came to a dramatic halt as investors digested the prospect of fewer rate cuts in 2025. so now in the worlds biggest economy the key lending rate is in a target range of 4.25 to 4.5%. that's despite us inflation hovering at around 2.7% which is some way above the fed's target rate of 2%. jerome powell explained the decision, suggesting it was a tricky balance to strike. i would say today was a close call but we decided it was the right call because we thought it was the best decision to foster the achievement of both our goals and the maximum employment price stability, we see the risks is resided and moving too slowly and undermining economic activity in the labour market and remove to quickly. we are trying to steer betw

england won by 323—runs to seal theirfirst away test series for two years.side. jacob bethell for example has more than shown his promise scoring plenty of runs. when the 21—year—old made his debut in the opening match n christchurch, it was the first time he�*d batted at number 3 in his first class career and he scored an unbeaten 50. the left hander then backed that up with a 96 in this game. and his captain ben stokes says he�*s proved he belongs in international cricket. a young lad with so much potential and so much talent, why not let him go out there and expose himself to test cricket at its toughest. if it hadn�*t have gone well for him and his first two matches that wouldn�*t have changed anyone�*s mind in our dressing room, or myself or others. he wouldn�*t have come in with the confidence of smacking 50 odd which i�*ve got no doubt has led him into this game with the confidence to go out there and play the way that he did in our second innings. a young lad, i was devastating for him to not get that three figures but i walked in and i said, it�*s o

england are in pot 2 and wales are in pot four so could be drawn together.t few teams at the moment. we only know the first few teams at the moment. it's live now on bbc two. meanwhile, england women's cricketers are looking to build a big lead, in their one off test against south africa. the hosts resumed on 17 without loss on day two in bloemfontein, but england performed well with the ball, bowling south africa out for 281 england taking the final five wickets for just 22 runs. that gave them a lead of 114 — which was extended to 145 by the close of play — as england closed on 31—1 at stumps. it's not going anywhere near as well for england's men, in their third and final test against new zealand. ben stokes�* side are on the verge of a huge defeat in hamilton. new zealand's captain kane williamson starred on day three, hitting 156 — as his side were bowled out 453. that set england a target of 658 to win — and that looks a long way away — as they closed on 18—2 — still needing a massive 640 runs to win. to make matters even worse for england — it looks a

a tidal wave of flu is sweeping england's hospitals say nhs bosses. we do what we can to try and deliver the best care we can do. but if you were to ask me, would i be happy for my mother to be cared for in a corridor, i would say no. police searching for former england rugby player tom voyce, whose car was swept away after storm darragh, say they've found a body. an american missing for months is found wandering in syria after rebels freed him from jail. and, your voice your bbc news — your thoughts on the difficulties of buying a home as the government unveils sweeping changes to england's planning system. on bbc london... a court hears how the day before a teenager stabbed elianne andam, and coming up on bbc news. an all british clash in the europa league at ibrox as rangers look to cement their status in the top eight. they take on tottenham at ibrox. the prime minister says questions need to be answered over the death of ten—year—old sara sharif, after her father and stepmother were found guilty of her murder yesterday. he said increased protecti

ben duckett the first of four early wickets — as england fell to 43—4. changed the momentum with an attacking change of intent — scoring 123 offjust 115 balls. a parternship of 174 with ollie pope, who made 66 dug them out of a hole, before they were eventaully all out for 280. and by the close, the balck caps were five down, brydon carse with two wickets, and a long way off england's first innings total, 86—5 — still 194 runs behind. but it was brooks stunning knock that stole the day one headlines obviously, 26—3, or whatever came in, the pitch was doing quite a bit in, the pitch was doing quite a bit in the scene, entering into, and i put my eye tracking mode on and really took it to them and put them under pressure. luckily, they had to try to bowl at the storms early on, and i thought the time to run down was then and catching it, it's a bit harder when you run down and the bullet foster, i think henry boiled one down and it was felt like it was i i one down and it was felt like it was i i million miles an hour, ask her to take them off the lines of

local councils in england are _ welcome back. local councils in england are being _ welcome back.d - welcome back. local councils in england are being told how - welcome back. local councils in. england are being told how much they will receive of nearly £i.6 they will receive of nearly £1.6 billion of funding set aside to fix potholes. the conservatives accused the government of not being on the side of the transport secretary has promised that people will start to see an improvement on the roads. let's speak to jake cousins, heads of group policy at the aa. is this enough money and is it being used in the right way? arguably, there are so many potholes but we have been hearing from mr pautova himself who said that the roots just need to be resurfaced. certainly any cash injection is a good start. if you look at the bigger picture, just to get our roots back up to a standing start it would cost £16 billion just to get our roots back to where they should be. this funding is very much welcome. you're right, the challenge to local authorities across england and south we get the best

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faisal islam at the bank of england. today has - year. faisal islam at the bank of england. at the bank. of england. today has seen the annual pre—christmas tradition in moscow, an hour—long marathon news c0 nfe re nce news conference by vladimir putin in which he takes questions from journalists, tv viewers and invited guests. president putin said he had not yet made with the serial�*s ousted president assad but does have plans to do that. he denied that asad's defeat was also a treat for russia. he said he is prepared for talks and compromises over the future of ukraine but the ukrainian authorities should also be prepared to compromise. i rush editor steve rosenberg was at the news conference and he asked the president if he thinks he has been successful as russia's leader. translation: . , ., , translation: executive 25 years a . o translation: executive 25 years auo boris translation: executive 25 years ago boris yeltsin _ translation: executive 25 years ago boris yeltsin who _ translation: executive 25 years ago boris yeltsin who retired - ago boris yeltsin who retired

the one—off test between south africa and england is evenly poised on day two.felt they were on top when sophie ecclestone trapped opener and captain laura wolvaardt lbw for 65. south africa were 138—3 at that point, but they've recovered well since then in reply to england's first innings total of 395 for 9 they're 271 for 6. kansas city chiefs latest victory came at a cost as quarterback, patrick mahomes, limped off. he left the field late on with an ankle injury, the extent of it isn't yet known, though coach, andy reid, said it isn't broken. the reigning superbowl champions cruised to 21—7 win over the cleveland browns 21—7. lebronjames scored 18 points as he returned from a two—game absence in the los angeles lakers�* 116—100 win against the memphis grizzlies. the 39—year—old took a total of 8 days off because of "personal reasons" and a sore foot. bust james displayed little signs of rustiness as he finished with 18 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists in 3a minutes. the dallas mavericks and golden state warriors combined for an nba—record 48 3—pointers. golde

and just listen to the ceo of homes england who said in a leaked e—mail that it england who said in aked e—mail thatitis england who said in a leaked e—mail that it is a two parliament objective rather than being deliverable in this parliament. the office for budget responsibility said cities will insert 1.1 million homes in this parliament. and across the uk only1.3 homes in this parliament. and across the uk only 1.3 million homes, lower than we delivered in the last parliament. another broken promise from labour. as a wee of the opposition science, we will still be 0pposition science, we will still be there, for him and a secular state when she fails to deliver that promise. this planning framework pushes development of rural areas, concreting over green belts, green fields and our green and pleasant land. ratherthan fields and our green and pleasant land. rather than focusing and supporting building on urban areas, where we need to build the most. and to what ends? due to the loosening of the restrictions on the visa requirement such as the salary threshold and the scrapping of th

as well as down here in wales and into the south—west of england as well.ust how strong that wind is. when it picks up, it can be very difficult to stay stable because of how strong it has been. places like here are closed and they will be throughout today because of that weather warning in place, people being told do not travel unless it is absolutely necessary. 0li constable in bangor. this is somerset in the south—west of england, watchet, you can see the heavy winds battering that part of the country. also, pictures coming in from prestatyn in the north wales and as we have been hearing, wales is one of the worst affected areas of the country. we understand at the moment that we have around 60,000 premises, homes and businesses, that are without power, and that is according to the national grid. northern ireland in particular, there are reports that 16,000 premises there are without power, as of about three hours ago, so, of course, a worrying situation in many parts of the country at the moment. another aspect of this story is that, now there are flood

now, england looked to set up the clean sweep.ho look most at home. this was harry brook navigating the boundary, a catch he set up to take inside the ropes. harry brook, you're outrageous! they may have won the series, but england aren't slowing down. joe lynskey, bbc news. day two gets under way in the next few hours. let's get some reaction now from both sides after that first day, starting with one of england's wicket—ta kers, matthew potts. there's periods where we do go through a phase of not taking any wickets, but if you look at the fielding input and the energy that they give to all the seamers that are toiling away, perhaps not doing the nicejob, kind of grafting away, as you would say, and not being rewarded for it, it's backed up by the fielders. and we know that if we do stick to our guns and we are meticulous with it, that it will come our way eventually and, you know, kind of wrestle the day back a little bit for ourselves. having won the t20 and one—day series, england women are preparing for a one—off test match a

contrasting fortunes for england's cricketers. men have won their series, but new zealand are on top in hamilton in the final test, but england's women have made a strong start to the one off test against south africa, with two centurions on the first day in bloemfontein. evening, we'll get to that thrilling old firm scottish league cup final at hampden in a moment, but we'll start with the big derby in the premier league. manchester city's slump continues, they were a few minutes away from beating manchester united, but conceded twice, and lost 2—1, at the etihad as well. ruben amorim's first taste of a manchester derby couldn't be sweeter, but for guardiola, he's now overseen a wretched city run with just one win in their last 11. jane dougall reports. the last time these two met, it was ruben amorim who went out with his former club. for his first manchester derby he made some big calls, two players conspicuous by their absence. soon he had another player problem not by choice, the injury plagued mason mount visibly upset as he

it's quite gloomy and murky and a little damp in other parts of england and wales.not quite as extensive as it has been. and through the rest of the weekend, the breeze picks up a little, that mist and patchy fog will be lifting, promising some brighter skies more widely tomorrow, although there will be some rain still in scotland. the mist and fog is closer to this area of low pressure which is affecting other parts of europe as well, that weather front weakening as it moves south, and another band of rain heading into northern scotland by the end of the day. but temperatures in scotland and northern ireland in double figures. where it's grey and gloomy through the midlands, south—east england, it's going to be a chilly five or six degrees here, again. and still some extensive low cloud, some patches of mist and fog into the night, tending to lift from the north, as the breeze picks up, and we see some rain arriving across more of northern scotland, particularly towards the highlands. where we do see a few breaks in the cloud further south, temperatures could get c

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not as cold across england and wales with more cloud. of that cloud, really, throughout the day on tuesday for england and wales. but it's fog in some central, southern areas of scotland and northern ireland which could linger on for much of the morning, only slowly clearing away. and where the fog doesn't clear, it's going to be pretty cold. there'll be some cloud affecting the far north of scotland during tuesday afternoon, perhaps a few spots of rain for the northern isles, but really for most of scotland, lots of blue skies and lots of sunshine. but temperatures will struggle, especially where you keep that fog. so, for example, in glasgow, 0 degrees celsius as a maximum temperature. sunshine for northern ireland, perhaps parts of north—west england, west wales getting some breaks in that cloud as well. elsewhere, fairly cloudy. perhaps still some outbreaks of rain, some drizzle affecting the far south—east of england with a bit of a breeze here. and then as we go through the night on tuesday and into wednesday, that high pressure re

the sea between france and england has been calm for the last few days.ense of security for those making the perilous journey across, boats often completely overloaded. emergency services were called to a small boat in trouble before the sun even rose this morning. they saved 45 people, but three others died. translation: unfortunately, the toll is very high. _ we've just had another person brought to us who has died. and we believe there may be more, as the beach is still being combed by helicopter and off road vehicle. we always expect the worst and it happened again today at sangatte. on land, wrapped in emergency blankets, those who survived the bitter temperatures. dame angela eagle, the uk minister for border security, said the government was supporting the french authorities and this afternoon was among those blaming criminals for overloading people into unseaworthy vessels. translaion: there was a group of around 50 people _ who were due to take the boat, and there's another group who came on the boat. this created panic and overloaded the boat, a

that's england recruit. as mechanic goes up and running, his gold seems to mention with england suddenly dominance. the equalizer soon followed to the minute watch was suddenly drumming with confidence, taking the deed for the 1st time by their opinions would not lie down spell of precious. finally bringing it to 3. 0, then it must be intense physical battle. and all simple incident changed everything the mckinney was sent to the england full to the end, but just couldn't hold on mexico. eventually one, it made me start with a 65 when that is so i couldn't get over the line, the experience of a different culture and city and the chance to meet people from all of the world was invaluable to mckinney. stuck in london, the pain of the defeats still stings as i'm being very santa and those are fine. i was expecting the window to the one week and very half so it was like then the session i've been thinking unfortunately was, was to come soon after 9 doing the kelly was told he'd been evicted because his landlord

we of england to bring interest rates down.— of england to bring interest rates down.own. we make these predictions about _ rates down. we make these predictions about what - rates down. we make these l predictions about what might happen next year and of course there is a whole load of unknowns, not least the trade war between the us and china and the tariffs that the eu have slapped on some goods and the geopolitical uncertainty that will continue and that could change the equation for so many things.— could change the equation for so many things. geopolitics is art of so many things. geopolitics is part of what — so many things. geopolitics is part of what we _ so many things. geopolitics is part of what we go _ so many things. geopolitics is part of what we go through i so many things. geopolitics is part of what we go through in | part of what we go through in the markets every day now and donald thomas it is ministration and the additional changes in policy he brings creates more uncertainty —— donald trump and his administration. and the likely have more volatil

while england are in group k and will play serbia, albania, latvia and andorra.he either or ties are down to the nations league quarters—finals. lets get reaction from the managers... we have to take this very seriously, it is the first fixture with latvia, i think, england and latvia, so don't make a new challenge for all of us. -- is —— is so new challenge for all of us. and then we are clear favourites, of course, against andorra, but qualification is key now, qualification is a top priority. we have to be serious, we have to be determined, and we have to show what we are for in this group of five to win it. we expected to be in a 14 group, because obviously we have the qualifier against greece in march. so, we knew that was what we were going to face, tough matches, difficult opponents. it doesn't matter what one team it is, it will be tough. greece will get to know very well over the next year, and obviously belarus is a part four team and is a tough place to play. it has been a good period. it is a good draw. but i would accept that . if he would have given

, bowling south africa out for 281, england taking the final five wickets forjust 22 runs.m a lead of 114 — which was extended to 145 by the close of play — as england closed on 31—1 at stumps. it's not going anywhere near as well for england's men in their third and final test against new zealand. ben stokes�* side are on the verge of a huge defeat in hamilton. new zealand's captain kane williamson hit 156 as his side were bowled out 453. that set england a target of 658 to win — and that looks a long way away — as they closed on 18—2 — still needing a massive 640 runs to win. it's always tough on the back end of the game and news zealand are wrecking up the runs. it is tough when you are that far behind the game after our two first innings. it is never easy, but we wanted to try and get more wickets this morning, and obviously then it set ourselves something that would be realistically that we could smash down, but we are still with in an opportunity but it is going to be pretty tough. there has been quite a lot of test cricket which has been, you know, really nice. the b

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so we will see the coldest air across parts of south—east england and eastern england into tomorrow morning north—west and through northern ireland. all of that cloud and rain gradually tracks southwards and eastwards across england and wales through the afternoon. but some sunny spells behind and also some showers. already windy, and that is milder with those westerly winds. it stays mild on saturday, but it's going to turn even windier, particularly across north—west scotland, caithness. we could see gusts of up to 80 mph. there will be brightness and blustery showers, cloud and rain further south across england and wales. on sunday, the winds will be picking up further south. you can see a tight squeeze on the isobars and niches the winds are now coming from the north—west, so much colder conditions and there will also be some wintry showers, particularly over higher ground. very strong winds, particularly towards western coasts. will the wintry showers last into christmas? no. cold and then turning milder. 6 days until christmas. this is bbc london. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm

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