james vince was a surprise selection but he justified the faith of the selectors. nd vince on 83, brilliantly run out by nathan lyon, a superb piece of fielding from him, backing up his trash talk from earlier in a week with a piece of individual brilliance. england lost their fourth wicket before the close with captainjob fourth wicket before the close with captain job root out fourth wicket before the close with captainjob root out lbw to pat cummins. initially given not out, but the decision was overturned on review. england four down at the close. a day of fluctuating fortunes, but no doubt in england's start of the day, james vince. at the moment it's reasonably even. the first hour tomorrow will dictate how we look back on day one. a good hour in the morning with the guys we have got left to come in who can score quickly. getting through that new ball early in the morning and then hopefully building up towards 300, 350 or 400 if we play well. a lot of people questioned your selection in the squad at the start of the tour. how satisfying visit to prove your dou

but they rebuilt, thanks toa collapses but they rebuilt, thanks to a century partnership between james vincentually went 453 . selectors. stoneman eventually went 453. vince went 483. brilliantly ran out by nathan lion. a superb piece of fielding from him, backing up his trash talk earlier in the week. england lost their fourth wicket before the close, captainjoe root to pat cummings. he was initially given not out but that this is was overturned on review. england fought an abbey close, a day of fluctuation fortu nes an abbey close, a day of fluctuation fortunes but no doubting england's star of the day, james vince. i felt calm ifelt calm considering i felt calm considering the occasion. like i said, try to enjoy it as much as anything but maintain figures out there, try and enjoy the occasion of playing in an ashes test match at the gabba, without letting it get on top of me. i thought i got the balance quite right today. evenly poised. i think it kind of depends what happens the next morning. they batted the whole day, did not really get away from us. i think they batted quite well and f

james vince made a fluid 26 before being caught —— first 100 in an england shirt.the batsmen, especially their century on, it was a satisfying day. a decent touch. -- especially their centurion. i am fairly happy, everything has gone well. in practice. it feels like my game is in good order. it will be tested at hell of a lot more to come next week for sure, no doubts about that and everyone is aware of it. but as far as things go i am happy. some useful runs then for england, especially with the openers. they know next week will be an entirely different challenge, but this can only help their confidence. andy swiss, bbc news. meanwhile england's women start the first of three vital twenty20 matches against australia in the morning. they need to win all three t20 matches, or win two and tie the other, if they are to regain the ashes, mark robinson's side trailing the multi—format series. were aware of the risks last night and again we arejust taking it were aware of the risks last night and again we are just taking it day by day, so with more around we will probabl

not many expected james vince to be picked for this tour but he set about showing why, as australia's much hyped attack looking toothless until this. stoneman in statically bold for 53 before a moment of brilliance in the field from nathan lyon. after his pre—ashes fighting talk, some way to back it up. vince ran out for 83 and suddenly the pendulum had beard australia's way. joe root surviving an lbw decision but not for long. the review showed he was out, the skipper gone for 15. before a view morale boosting blows from moeen ali help to guide england through to the close. for the fans, a first day of fluctuating fortunes. england's impressive start followed by australia's late resurgence. the early signs suggest this could be a competitive series. i think about moment it is reasonably even. the first hour tomorrow will determine how we look back at day one. getting through that new ball early in the morning and hopefully building up towards 300, 350, 400 if we go well. and absorbing start to the ashes but england know the hard work has only just begun. satellite images of the earth

james vince and mark stone. vince looking very elegant. he has scored lots of 20s, 30s on the tour. the first time he converted that start to a decent score of 83, eventually brilliantly you run out by nathan lyon. stoneman was less fluid, he hung in there, gotti 53. the century partnership between them was absolutely crucial during them. the late wicket will have given australia conference. getting the prize scalp of captain joe root just before getting the prize scalp of captain joe rootjust before the close. both sides know to date could be crucial to the outcome of this match. a good day one, still a lot to do. without ben stokes in the batting line—up for mccann england do what they need to get enough runs and put the aussies under pressure? that is the big question. no ben stokes in this side. how much will this affect them? dawid malan and moeen ali doing well. jonny bairstow still to come, chris woakes, the more responsibility on his shoulders in the absence of ben stokes. both sides know, whatever happens over the course of the morning, the course of today can it could be p

james vince talking to the bbc‘s charles dagnall there.go until the start of the 2018 winter olympics. greece officially handed over the olympic flame on tuesday to the organisers. it will now travel across south korea, before arriving at the opening ceremony in pyeongchang, on 9 february. the classification system which underpins paralympic sport is not fit for purpose, and athletes have been bullied into keeping quiet — that is according to 11—time paralympic champion baroness grey—thompson. she was speaking at a parliamentary hearing in the united kingdom into claims athletes were cheating the system. it also heard from the father of one paralympian, who named another person that he says has been competing in the wrong category. here is our sports editor dan roan. britain's established itself as one of the world's leading paralympic nations. but behind the glory there is growing concern that the classification of athletes according to disability is being manipulated for medals. 11 time paralympic medallist baroness grey—thompson deliver

it is england's new guard that is performed so well, mike stoneman, james vince, dawid malan.was the likes of alistair cooke and joe root that have not delivered runs so far in this match. jake ball, without a lot of experience, bowled well yesterday. england will be pleased with the way the newcomers have adapted to the pressure and adapted to the situation here at the gabba. the question is now, can a push on toward victory? australia have this incredible record at the gabba, they have not lost a test year that anyone for 30 years, and not for england for 30 years. it looks like a tall order. if they can get steve smith early and getting to that the struggle entail they have a real chance. we will keep our fingers crossed, many thanks indeed. england women have done well in qualification. the first fixture as an interim manager saw them win over bosnia tonight. masterminded in part by captain steph horton who scored the opener. the manchester city forward double the advantage shortly after half—time before there was a second—floor steph horton. and the third with well taken

despite that moment, james vince says he has answered some of his doubters.three deliveries after he took the new ball the players were off. england ended on 196-4 in players were off. england ended on 196—4 in theirfirst players were off. england ended on 196—4 in their first innings, they will be content. good to get runs only, conditions are bit different to expected, there wasn't a huge amount of pace in it for the start of the day, it got better as the day went on. they bowled quite well, didn't give us they bowled quite well, didn't give usa they bowled quite well, didn't give us a lot, i think the morning is crucial, if we can get through the first hour and edge our we to the first... it was a good pick—up, he bowled pretty well and deserved something. disappointing, no matter what score a batsman gets he always wa nts what score a batsman gets he always wants more. it would have been nice at the end of the day but stuff like that happens in cricket. keep up—to—date with the ashes on radio five live extra, the programme begins at 1130 tonight, play beg

performed so their new players who have performed so well, the likes of dawid malan, mark stoneman, james vinceree have half centuries. it was the likes ofjoe root and alastair cook who haven't delivered so far. jake ball, a man with not a great deal of experience, he bowled well in yesterday's session so england will be pleased with the way their newcomers have adapted to the pressure and adapted to the situation at the gabba. the question now is can they push on towards victory? australia have this incredible record at the gabba, they haven't lost a test here to anyone for nearly 30 years and they haven't lost to england here since 1986 so on paper it looks like a tall order for the england players. but if they can get steve smith early this morning and get into the australian tail, they have a real chance. we will keep those fingers crossed. thanks for the moment in brisbane, andy swiss. england's women maintain their winning start in world cup qualifying after beating russia in mark sampson's last match in charge. macro tattoo marley in her first match oversaw a 4—0 win over bosnia—herzegov

james vince make 26 before being caught.eree disagreed. shortly after that, into the ground but the referee disagreed. shortly afterthat, mark stoneman was caught and bowled for 111 . stoneman was caught and bowled for 111. in truth, the opposition was limited. joe root. to an unbeaten 50 but, for almost all of the batsmen, a satisfying day. decent touch, it's been well—documented, and everybody is critical of the opposition we face but, in terms of how i played in the conditions and the opposition i was facing, i am quite happy. everything went well in practice so it feels like my game is in good order and it will be tested a lot more come next week, that's for sure, no doubt everybody is aware of that. as far things have gone, i'm happy. that. as far things have gone, i'm happy--~ that. as far things have gone, i'm happy. some useful runs for england, especially the openers. they know that next week will be a different challenge, but this can only help their confidence. and there will be live test match special radio and t

alistair cooke and james vince both out.tarted early on in the day well, they took three early wickets. they looked to be heading for a lead, but then a brilliant innings from steve smith, 141, not out, he guided australia with a little help from pat cummins, who‘s scored an important 42. australia edging ahead, thanks to a stunning performance from steve smith. they will now feel that they have the advantage going into day for. if they can getjoe root‘s wicket early, they have got a strong chance of winning this test match. finally lewis hamilton‘s hopes — of ending the formula one season with a win have taken a blow. he‘s been beaten — by his mercedes team—mate — in qualifying for the abu dhabi grand prix. valtteri bottas smashed the track record at the yas marina circuit — to claim the top spot on the grid by more than one tenth of a second. it's it‘s just felt really good in the car, and the lap was really good, so that was enough, so i‘m really happy. i was iwas upa i was up a tent and a half, and i'll lost that in turn

james vince has reached his half century — the team are now on 101 runs for one wicket.sport briefing. coming up,jose hello. welcome to sport briefing. coming up, jose mourinho says manchester united could have scored five. a ended up losing by one. what happens when you are on a hat—trick but your wife is about to give birth? we will let you know. arsenal are flying high at the moment after are flying high at the moment after a 2—0 win over rivals tottenham in the derby last sunday. they are in action again next thursday, this time in the europa leak. arsene wenger needs to qualify top spot in group h with the game to spare. cologne, playing in europe for the first time since 1992, are low on confidence. bottom of their group and also sit at the foot of the bundesliga table. they have special songs here in cologne. looking forward to listening to them before the game and the whole atmosphere is heated and passionate and one of those clubs who are really, you can feel they are different. americans will be celebrating thanksgiving on thursday and in a sporting sense, that

it is england's new guard that is performed so well, mike stoneman, james vince, dawid malan.ball, without

again — he fell to a bouncer from josh hazlewood for just 7 and hazlewood struck again to remove james vince one season with a win suffered a blow after being beaten by his mercedes team mate in qualifying for the abu dhabi grand prix. valtteri bottas smashed the track record at the yas marina circuit to claim the top spot on the grid by more than a tenth of a second from the new world champion. it's the fourth pole of the season for the finn who has a outside chance of finishing second in the championship. to do that he needs to win sunday's race and hope ferrari's sebastian vettel finishes no higher than ninth. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on bbc news throughout the evening. johnny mercer, the mp for plymouth, said that a cohort of mps words of determined to fill their duty to maintain written‘s defence capability. the budget may well be out the way, butjust capability. the budget may well be out the way, but just another example of pressure for conservative mps on funding. gas, and there was a real frustration, that in their view, defence did not get enough of a m

james vince next. 17 for two as australia's paceman piled on the pressure.nhurt. he clung on to the close but england are up against it. tomorrow will be slightly different. a day which began so promisingly for england has ended with them under huge pressure. after two days of level pegging, it's now australia with the upper hand. match of the day follows on bbc one. you can get full analysis and news from the premier league and the scottish premiership on the bbc sport website. that's it. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. from me and the team, have a very good night. hello. wherever you spent the day it was on the cold side, wasn't it? some of our weather watchers reported the first snows of the season. elsewhere, if you didn't have snow, there was just that raw beauty of november to admire. we will keep showers going overnight across northern and western parts of the british isles, some running down over the irish sea to the north midlands. quite a a conservative mp has said that he is leading a campaign to hold the govern

james vince next, 17—2 as australia's pace men piled on the pressure.nal dramatic session, a torrid one. the paceman was steaming m, torrid one. the paceman was steaming in, the crowd were getting on their back, good old —fashioned in, the crowd were getting on their back, good old—fashioned ashes cricket. mark stallman and joe root clung on until the close and stuart broad believes that could prove very significant. crucial. the council easily lose 45 wickets and that is a test match gone. for someone who has bowled as period it is a wonderful time to ball, you have a brand—new ball and your flesh and can charge in and you can't really lose anything in that hour, so i think obviously a bit disappointed to lose two wickets but as could have been a lot worse. earlier there was no doubting the star of the show, brilliant innings from steve smith. 141 not out but practised really into the lead and afterwards he admitted it was one of his best innings. it will be up there, definitely. obviously with the team ina bit definitely. obviously with the team in a

a day of fluctuating fortunes but no doubting england's star of the day, james vince.nsidering the occasion. it was my first not in test cricket for a little while. like i said, try to enjoy it as much as anything but maintain focus out there, try and enjoy the occasion of playing in an ashes test match at the gabba, without letting it get on top of me. i thought i got the balance quite right today. the former england rugby league international rangi chase has been banned from all sport for two years after testing positive for cocaine. the 31—year—old was suspended by his club, widnes vikings, in august after he failed a drugs test following a defeat by wakefield. the 2011 super league ‘man of steel‘ will not be eligible to return untiljuly of 2019. captain dylan hartley has been left out of england's starting xv for the first time under eddiejones, for saturday's match against samoa at twickenham. hartley drops to the bench as hooker jamie george gets his first start, while chris robshaw and george ford are named co—captains. exeter number eight sam simmonds makes a s

positives so far from england have been the batting performances of newcomers mark stoneman and james vinceaking half centuries, for vince his highest test score. toby roland—jones — who missed out on the tour due to injury says he hasn't been surprised by their performances. with guys like that, most of them have played the county game for a long time and been successful over a long time and been successful over a long period so when you go on a tour as difficult as this, understanding the game is an important part of it and all of those guys are in a good place so, yeah, i think people are used in these glamorous names of these other guys that have consistently performing well and it showed to value when they have put their hands up of various points in their hands up of various points in the first test. to do this as a cou nty the first test. to do this as a county cricketer you want to be competing in the international arena said to fear like you can make that step up and really makes it with the quys step up and really makes it with the guys that you have seen on the tv is a feeling th

not many expected james vince to be picked for this tour, but he set about showing why. 53, before a moment of brilliance in the field from nathan lyon. after his pre—ashes fighting talk, some way to back it up. vince ran out for 83 and suddenly the pendulum had veered australia‘s way. joe root surviving an lbw decision, but not for long. the review showed he was out, the skipper gone for 15. before a few morale—boosting blows from moeen ali helped guide england through to the close. for the fans, then, a first day of fluctuating fortunes. england‘s impressive start followed by australia‘s late resurgence. the early signs suggest this could be a competitive series. an absorbing start to the ashes, then, but england know the hard work has only just begun. andy swiss, bbc news, brisbane. time for a look at the weather. here is tomasz schafernaker and the cold weather coming back again? it certainly is and it‘s going to stay cold until the end of the month so stay cold until the end of the month so chilly for all of us, right down towards the south coast. it‘s already been

not many expected james vince to be picked for this tour, but he set about showing why.ld from nathan lyon. after his pre—ashes fighting talk, some way to back it up. vince run out for 83 and suddenly the pendulum had veered australia‘s way. joe root surviving an lbw decision, but not for long. the review showed he was out, the skipper gone for 15. before a few morale—boosting blows from moeen ali helped guide england through to the close. for the fans, then, a first day of fluctuating fortunes. england‘s impressive start followed by australia‘s late resurgence. the early signs suggest this could be a competitive series. an absorbing start to the ashes, then, but england know the hard work has only just begun. yes, england will resume on 196—a. they are actually starting play half hour early because of yesterday‘s rain delay. with the game so finely poised, there is a real sense that today‘s first session could be crucial. thanks very much, and andy swiss looking forward to the game tomorrow. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. here‘s evan. do animals feel pain or have em

half centuries from debutant mark stoneman and james vince yesterday.ll in hand. the england selectors feeling very vindicated at the moment. england will take a first innings lead of 137 runs into day three. australia with six wickets in hand. andy swiss was watching in brisbane. what an enthralling day we have had for that the pendulum has swung to and fro that ended with honours pretty much even. england have begun the day in a decent position. they batted really well for an hour and a it all went wrong. they lost their last six wickets for 56 runs in barely an hour. 302 all out. australia seem very much in the ascendancy. england's bowlers helped them to fight back. australia subsided to 76—11 at one stage. then a recovery , subsided to 76—11 at one stage. then a recovery, thanks to the captain steve smith and shaun marsh. they guided australia through to 165—11 at the close. another day of fluctuating fortunes but the match is intriguingly poised going into day three. in brisbane, ballantyne homes scored six tries as australia beat fiji by 511—6 in

james vince has gone so england, 17—2.n top. this match as ebbed and flowed one way and then the other and in an hour i could be saying england have wrestled back the initiative. let's hope so! a chilly weekend in store for many. ben is having a look at the weather. the weather watchers always make it clear what the weather is doing, but not always as clear as this. there is frost. this was a picture sent to us is frost. this was a picture sent to us from norfolk. some places waking up us from norfolk. some places waking up to us from norfolk. some places waking uptoa us from norfolk. some places waking up to a covering of snow. we've had wintry showers in western areas. through the day it will remain cold and windy. a mixture of sunny spells and windy. a mixture of sunny spells and wintry showers. the showers packing in on the wind. this area exposed to the breeze. in northern and western scotland, the showers, a mixture of rain, sleet and snow and the potential for icy stretches on untreated roads. eastern scotland getti

alastair cook and james vince the men out, mark stoneman on his way to a half—century. recent hurricanes, thinks england will miss ben stokes's influence. having someone like stokes, who is pretty strong in himself about how he feels, the confidence that he brings, it is going to be quite crucial down under. i was hearing that it was a little touch and go whether he is going to be down under or not, but let me say this. without a ben stokes down under, the english tea m a ben stokes down under, the english team is going to look like kittens. the next few days could decide whether england's women have any chance of regaining the ashes. they are preparing for the test match which starts tomorrow in sydney. if australia win, then they will be certain of retaining the ashes. so the pressure is on england, who are two points behind them under the series' scoring format. but they have told us they won't be going into their shells. we wa nt we want to be positive anyway, in any game that we play. but i think it's really crucial that, in a four day game like this, that you don'

james vince helped england recover. he moved past 50. play. it was all going so well until england lost the fourth wicket. it's bad. i was watching the cricket but you pulled me out here. i don‘t know who is out. a bit of a disappointment. better safe the key thing is, the gabba is notoriously difficult for any test team. they haven‘t won there since 1986. the key thing is that england to get up toa key thing is that england to get up to a good start. 0bviously, to a good start. obviously, a lot of talk before the test match. the early loss of alistair cooke. vince and stoneman played very well. very impressed with the way they handled their business. australia bowled well. australia has just got back into the test match. 160/ three. we have got a lot of power in the lower order. they can take the game away from australia. you are part of that successful tea m australia. you are part of that successful team which won in 2005. you then made the return trip a few yea rs later you then made the return trip a few years later that were part o

climb to new record highs joining us to talk more about it is vince rheinhart from standish melon, a subsidiary of bny melon. our guest is james lu. vince, welcome let's talk about the u.s. economy. that's been a driving factor not just the u.s. economy but the global economy has been positive that helped push us to record high >> the last spot told us why you have the largest economy in the world in purchasing power parity terms growing at 6.5% that's an anchor for all the countries around the pacific rim that are levered to it it's an anchor to commodity prices.chor to emerging markets. we're in the spot where we'll probably get three quarters in a row where the u.s. real gdp increases 3% >> what could mess that up >> lots of things can mess it up normally first on my list is politicians. we have heard about the tre veiveil travails of tax reform there is always international relationships. it was love and kisses in china. when you read the president's speech you understood what peter navorro has been doing for the last couple of months. it was very much confrontational in terms of there has to be something to be fixed. >> i

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and mark stoneman, james vince was a surprising selection but he justified the faith of the selectorsland lost their fourth wicket before the close, the captain, joe root come out, lbw to pat cummins, initially given not out but that was overturned on review. england are four down at the close, fluctuating fortunes but no doubting their star of the day, james vince. nice to get early runs, the conditions were different to what we expected, there was a huge amount of pace at the start of the day and we came onto the bat better today as it went on and we bowled pretty well, they did not give us a huge amount, i think the morning is crucial, if we get through the first hour and edged towards a big score. it was a good pick up and throw, you bowled pretty well and deserved something from the day. disappointing, obviously, no matter what score of the batter gets, they always want more. it would have been nice to be there at the end of the day but yes, that happens in cricket. the former england rugby league international rangi chase has been banned from all sports for two years after testi