hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm james pearce. the headlines this evening. for england in the test and the series against india it's 4 wins out of 4 for watford as they come from behind to beat spurs thinking they're going to wendell lea k thinking they're going to wendell leak now, both got four winds, and we need to get going. and lewis hamilton beats both ferraris to win their home grand prix in italy hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm james pearce. england's cricketers have beaten india in the fourth test at southampton and now have an unassailable 3—1 lead in the series. man of the match moeen ali took 4 wickets for englad as india fell short in their quest for the ms runs that they needed to win. the home side were victors by 60 runs. james burford reports. as the dust settled on a frantic morning session, they put their heads together, formidable as ever they set up a frustrating england's bowlers. the man of the series, another box office 50 from india's captain. brilliant shots, running circles around england's attack. england have a mantle of his

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm james pearce. the headlines this evening. of an era as former england captain alastair cook announces his retirement from international cricket. just 18 years old and about to become the youngest formula one driver in british history. lando morris will compete for mclaren. and move over messi. mo salah makes the shortlist for the fifa's men's player of the year award. there's no room for the barcelona star. and novak djokovic moves a step closer to a blockbuster us open quarter final against roger federer with victory in the 4th round. hello and welcome to sportsday. so it's the end of an illustrious 12 year innings for alastair cook. england's leading run scorer announced his retirement today. the 33—year—old won four ashes series over a 160—test career. he's played the last 159 of those tests consecutively — that's a world record. in a statement, the former captain said he had nothing left in the tank to carry on. our correspondent andy swiss looks back at his career. winning the ashes series 2015, england... for more than

sport now, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's james pearce. good evening.ve an unassailable 3—1 lead in the series. they were victors by 60 runs. india, chasing 2115 to win, made a very poor start, slumping to 22—3. they did, though, always have hope while kohli was at the crease. he'd survived two big lbw appeals before he was caught by alastair cook on 58. after that, wickets tumbled again. ashwin the last man out, lbw to the bowling of sam curran. a big victory for england. credit to india, they've played some really fine cricket throughout, not just this game but the whole series. you look across it, it must have been great viewing for people at home to see the way especially in the first two games things went... sorry, the first game and this one, how tight they've been and how it's one both ways, i think it's a really good sign for test cricket. watford have maintained their 100% start to the season with their first top flight win over tottenham, coming from behind to win 2—1. spurs took the lead just after the half time break thanks to an own goal, b

to deal with militant groups sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's james pearcees. they were victors by 60 runs. india, chasing 2115 to win, made a very poor start, slumping to 22—3. but they always had a chance while kohli was at the crease. he'd survived two big lbw appeals before he was caught by alastair cook on 58, wickets then tumbled. shami was the ninth batsman to fall, caught by anderson. and then it was all over when aswhwin fell lbw to the bowling of sam curran. england victorious by 16 runs. lewis hamilton has produced one of the best drives of his career to win the italian grand prix at monza. hamilton had started the race in third position on the grid, but passed sebastian vettel following a first lap collision, and then overtook kimi raikkonen with 9 laps remaining. nick parrott watched the action. before the lights went out, victory must‘ve felt improbable, if not impossible for lewis hamilton. lining up behind his rivals, he'd need a fortune on his side to except the odds double victory. the architect of his own downfall, despite edging ahead at

sport with james pearce. good evening.former england captain will play his final test at the oval against india, which starts on friday. he's now 33 and his statistics hold up against any batsman — he's scored 12,254 runs and made 32 centuries in 160 tests — all england records. here are some more details on cook's career. he made his test debut in 2006. and became test captain six years later, taking over from andrew strauss. he led england for a record 59 tests, winning ashes series in 2013 and 2015. and became england's record run—maker in tests, when he surpassed graham gooch's mark of 8,900 in may of 2015, before becoming the youngest cricketer to reach 10,000 test runs a year later. he resigned as test captain, making way forjoe root in february of last year, saying it was "an incredibly hard decision" taken at the "right time" for the team. cook has confirmed he'll continue to play for his county, essex. and another former essex and england captain graham gooch, one of those former england record holders that cook s

james pearce will be here in the next hour with more.nd such a landmark. yes, if you think of liverpool, there are buildings like the labour building on the waterfront, the two cathedrals of the city, but the littlewoods building, a big art deco building, very grand, it has been there 30 years. it has been derelict since 2003. overnight a blaze took hold of the west wing in the upper floor of the roof. it has caused considerable damage. as i will explain ina considerable damage. as i will explain in a minute a main be entirely catastrophic but firefighters really had their work cut out. structural safety inside the building was in great so we had to pull out firefighters very early on into the incident and deal with external fire fighting only until we got for control of it. we have done a story on this before about the plans for this building, because it was going to be a big tv and film studio. what does it mean for those plans? speaking to the owners today hopefully it may not be entirely catastrophic because the structure of the buil