out, that fell to joe root. but archie did not get matthew wade out, that fell tojoe root. with his batting that he would lie but he made an impact in this match with his wickets and with his final catch to end things in the early evening. now, is it possible that both teams end the series feeling happy? australia retain the ashes but england levelled the series and this was the summer when they also w011 this was the summer when they also won the world cup. a final thought, these five test matches have been played in front of huge crowds and the ashes significant to the whole concept of test match critic seems as important as important and as valuable as it ever has been —— test match cricket. there were two matches in the english premier league on sunday, including a thriller at bottom of the table watford. they fought back from 2—0 down at half time to draw 2—2 all with arsenal at vicarage road. roberto pereyra rolled in a late penalty to secure watford's second point of the season in quique sanchez flores' first match since being reappointed manager. and there were four

mitchell marsh fell tojoe root but matthew wade was defying england. rising at his contest withjofra archer was suddenly frozen in time. anyone blinking? no. on 117, wade fell, not to pace, but to guile, to root, bairstow‘s stumping. the final moment was also the captain's — root‘s catch for the match. the ashes remain in australia's hands but the series is level and england's long summer ends with another smile. joe wilson, bbc news, the oval. to the premier league, where watford fought back from two goals down at half—time to draw 2—2 at home to arsenal. quite some start for quique sanchez flores in his first match since being reappointed watford manager. pierre—emerick aubameyang scored twice in the first half to put the visitors in front, but they really unravelled after the break. tom cleverly taking advantage of some incredibly sloppy play by the gunners. that made it 2—1 before roberto pereyra rolled in a late penalty to help watford take only their second point of the season. in the second half, we're tried to ta ke in the second half, we're tr

mitchell marsh fell tojoe root but matthew wade was defying england. denly frozen in time. anyone blinking? no. on 117, wade fell, not to pace, but to guile, to root. bairstow‘s stumping. the final moment was also the captain's — root‘s catch for the match. the ashes remain in australia's hands but this series ends level and england's long summer ends with another smile. joe wilson, bbc news, the oval. to the premier league then, where watford fought back from two goals down at half—time to draw 2—2 at home to arsenal. quite some start for quique sanchez flores in his first match since being reappointed watford manager. pierre—emerick aubameyang scored twice in the first half to put the visitors in front, but they really unravelled after the break. tom cleverly taking advantage of some incredibly sloppy play by the gunners. that made it 2—1 before roberto pereyra rolled in a late penalty to help watford take only their second point of the season. elsewhere in the premier league, two goals from callum wilson helped bournemouth to a 3—1 victory over evert

now matthew wade was defying england. her was suddenly frozen in time. anyone blinking? joe root needed someone else to get rid of wade — him. wade finally gone for 117. the need to resume. the final moment belong to england's upton, rue's as for the match. england levelled the series but the ashes own remains with the holders, australia. so on the final evening of this longest summer was, what should they be? this was the summer they won the world cup but didn't lose the ashes. they deserved that final smile. he has been a paine really, for me. he is obviously the number one batter in the world —— paine. for a reason. number one batter in the world —— paine. fora reason. in difficult conditions he has stood up and done something very special. and been the difference, really. to the premier league then, where watford fought back from two goals down at half—time to draw 2—2 at home to arsenal. quite some start for quique sanchez flores in his first match since being reappointed watford manager. pierre—emerick aubameyang sco

matthew wade, close to a catch but agonisingly short.un out, not quite. england's pressure paid off, wait misgiving somewhere into the stratosphere, all eyes onjoe root. —— wade. and wade was gone for 16, england kept chipping away but smith would not budge, the world number one batsmen lived up to his billing, just before lunch, he completed his third century of this ashes, a remarkable feat from a remarkable talent, but for england, but will not be much consolation. the existence of the loch ness monster is one of scotland's oldest myths. now scientists say the creatures behind repeated sightings could be giant eels. researchers from new zealand have tried to catalogue all living species in the loch by extracting dna from water samples. our correspondent iain macinnes is on the shores of loch ness for us. this has been a long awaited announcement, to an even longer running mystery, the first sighting of that strange creature, in the lock here, back in the sixth century, and we are still talking about it. —— loch. today, science made my

and in the last few minutes, matthew wade hasjust got and in the last few minutes, matthew wade has justr league action, then — two games today. we'll have news of arsenal against watford in just a moment. but first, bournemouth got their first home win of the league season with a 3—1 victory over everton. two goals from england striker callum wilson doing the damage, on what turned out to be a pretty comfortable afternoon for eddie howe's side. that victory lifts them up to eighth in the table. ryan fraser with the other goal after dominic calvert—lewin had equalised for everton. everton now slip to 11th in the table. psychologically, hugely important that we win that first home game as quickly as possible. that's why today was a huge moment in our season. we are indebted to our goalkeeper who made a couple of really good saves as well, that should not go without mention, and we took our chances at the times when the game was in the balance, the second goal was a huge moment in the second goal was a huge moment in the match, we had to start the second half well, and that really swung it

mitchell marsh fell to joe root but matthew wade was defying england.e fell, not to pace, but to guile, to joe root, bairstow‘s stumping. the final moment was also the captain's joe root‘s catch for the match. the ashes remain in australia's hands but the series is level and england's long summer ends with another smile. joe wilson, bbc news, the oval. there has been a thrilling finish at golf‘s solheim cup. europe have beaten the united states to regain the trophy. suzann pettersen, currently ranked 665th in the world after onlyjust returning to the sport after having a baby, winning one of the final two matches. sarah mulkerrins is at gleneagles, and it was a dramatic ending wasn't it sarah? it was a sensational sunday here under the scottish sunshine. remember, it's six years since europe last won this and they were led by local woman catriona matthew, a major winner in her own right but she said if they were to win here it would eclipse all else. this victory was hard —fought, would eclipse all else. this victory was hard—fought, the teams started t

matthew wade has offered some resistance with a half century.eboard changing all the time. here is the latest. europe are up in 11th, 11—9 over the united states, up in two and down in five, very delicately poised there, drawing to its conclusion at gleneagles. to the days premier league action then, two games this afternoon. quique sanchez flores returns to the watford dugout, as they travel to arsenal. that games kicks off in around ten minutes‘ time. in the other game bournemouth ran out 3—1 winners at home to everton. two goals from england striker callum wilson doing the damage. that‘s their first home win in the league this season and lifts them up to eighth in the table. ryan fraser with the other goal after dominic calvert—lewin had pulled one back for everton. they now slip to 11th in the table. in the women‘s super league, everton continued their 100% start to the season with a 2—0 victory over bristol city. manchester city are also two wins from two. they saw off reading this afternoon thanks to a couple of goals from pauline bremer.

but matthew wade was defying england.e blinking? joe root needed someone else to get rid of weight, hidden, bestialstamping and wage gone for 117. then the tumble resumed. rich called for the match, england levelled the series but the ashes urn remains with holders australia. —— ridge called for the match. this was a summer england won the world cup and did not lose the ashes. they surely deserve that final smile? after three days' play, it all came down to the final putt in golf‘s solheim cup, with europe beating the united states by 14.5 points to 13.5 points. suzann petersen, currently ranked 665th in the world after having a baby, sank the winning putt and then promptly retired from golf. sarah mulkerrins reports from gleneagles. six years since europe won the solheim cup, six and a half points was the target for victory. if the players were feeling the heat it was not showing. scott catriona matthew skippered the side, and with georgia whole of england proving a cut above, early momentum went their way. at the power

england did not let them get close a strenuous best batsman steve smith out for just $23.00 despite matthew wade century stuart broad and jack leach took 4 we could see each in and winning by $135.00 runs to draw the 5 match series to 2 minutes the 1st time that has happened in 47 years. absolutely. so the pharmacist who it was a lot closer to where we want to be as a template moving forward in test cricket. so we drove the game pretty much the whole time from. from that 1st session and on day one and it's really pleasing you know we got served in a position of strength and no point do we really let them back in. the formal way all the rugby captain gareth thomas says he is living with h i v thomas says he was forced to make the announcement after a british newspaper threatened to publish a story about his diagnosis thomas also came out as gay back in 2009. i'm livin with hiv. now you have that information that makes me extremely vulnerable but it does not make me weak now even though i've been forced to tell you this i choose to fight to educate and break the stigma around this subject kenyan r

well, no they couldn't, asjoe denly was brilliantly caught by matthew wade.save their ashes hopes. andy swiss, bbc news, old trafford. it was a huge moment. obviously i think that is my third now and my second against england and the second against england and the second time i have gone out on a reverse swee p to second time i have gone out on a reverse sweep to joe root second time i have gone out on a reverse sweep tojoe root on 200 so i think reverse sweep tojoe root on 200 so ithinki reverse sweep tojoe root on 200 so i think i will put that one away. obviously really proud to score a double hundred for australia and to put us in the position we are now. obviously yesterday was a tough start with the weather and then today, we turned up and it was a decent day and fair play to the way that smith came out and played. he obviously has the bit between his teeth and is in great form. you must give him credit for the way he has applied himself and gone out to score the runs he has. northern ireland warmed up for their euro qualifer against germany on monday w

england did not let them get close astray as best batsman steve smith out for just $23.00 despite matthew wade century stuart broad and jack leach took 4 wickets each in winning by $135.00 runs to draw the 5 match series to 2 minutes the 1st time that has happened in 47 years. absolutely. so the pharmacist who it was a lot closer to where we want to be as a template moving forward in test cricket. but we drove the game pretty much the whole time from from that 1st session and on day one and that's really pleasing you know we got serves in a position of strength and no point do we really let them back in before more wales a rugby captain gareth thomas says he is living with h i v thomas says he was forced to make the announcement after a british newspaper threatened to publish a story about his diagnosis thomas also came out as gay back in 2009. i'm livin with hiv. now you have that information that makes me extremely vulnerable but it does not make me weak now even though i've been forced to tell you this i choose to fight to educate and break the stigma around this subject kenyan runner jeffr

england did not let them get close astray as best batsman steve smith out for just $23.00 despite matthew wade century stuart broad and jack leach took 4 we could see each in a winning by $135.00 runs to draw the 5 match series to 2 minutes the 1st time that has happened in 47 years. absolutely. so the pharmacist who it was a lot closer to where we want to be as a template moving forward in test cricket. but we drove the game pretty much the whole time from. from that 1st session and on day one and that's really pleasing you know we got serves in a position of strength and no point do we really let them back in the former wales or rugby captain gareth thomas says he is living with h i v thomas says he was forced to make the announcement after a british newspaper threatened to publish a story about his diagnosis thomas also came out as gay back in 2009. i am livin with hiv. now you have that information that makes me extremely vulnerable but it does not make me weak now even though i have been forced to tell you this i choose to fight to educate and break the stigma around this subject kenyan r

when matthew wade, the first man to swim across the switch of water, struggled sitejo assured, —— struggledimes. when sarah came ashore she could not quite believe it. it was a remarkable combination of personal stamina and determination, but as john stamina and determination, but as jothonathan stamina and determination, but as john jonathan reports, sarah stamina and determination, but as jothonathan reports, sarah was a woman animation. —— as john donaldson —— asjohn donaldson reports, sarah was a woman on a mission. in the early others of monday morning, sarah thomas set off on her aquatic odyssey. to swim the channel once it's hard enough, four times in a row, unheard of until now. today, after 54 hours and ten minutes, she staggered out of the water, finally back on dry land. sara, you must feel ecstatic? i feel a little sick. iam not feel ecstatic? i feel a little sick. i am not surprised, but you are still eating. exhausted and in need of chocolate, she described crawling ashore. i was reallyjust putting them, there were lots of people on them, there were lots of people on the beach

well, no they couldn't, asjoe denly was brilliantly caught by matthew wade.tling to save their ashes hopes. andy swiss, bbc news, old trafford. 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 sarah mulkerrins. durr headlines tonight. —— durr headlines tonight. -- your headlines tonight. a double hundred from steve smith puts australia in control of the fourth ashes test. northern ireland warm up for their euro qualifier with some friendly help from luxembourg. we hearfrom nicola adams, in herfirst interview since becoming a world champion, without stepping into the ring. hello and welcome to sportsday. let's start with cricket where england yet again, struggled to find the an answer to steve smith. a double century from the australia batsman put the tourists in prime position to retain the ashes, and left england demorilised after day two of the fourth test at old trafford. smith made 211 as australia declared on 497—8. andy swiss has the story of smith's day. once again, it was australia

travis head out lbw to stuart broad, and matthew wade caught off the bowling of jack leach. lunch. they will be back under way in about ten minutes' time. rafael nadal is through to the semi—finals of the us open as he edges towards his 19th grand slam title. but in the women's draw, a teenager continues her rise to the top of the game, asjoe lynskey reports. right now in charge in new york as a man from majorca, playing rafael nadal can feel like an onslaught and after the rally... getting swept away in the cauldron was diego schwartzman, one of the shortest players on tour at five foot seven but with the buenos aires diet. rafael nadal has made the semifinals of all four grand slams this year. his opponent said it felt like he had played against a lion. this was a quarterfinal but felt like a final. it is one of the keys of success. final. it is one of the keys of success. i have been a good fighter on court with a good character, positive character and i am not the only one. there are a lot of ones that fight good. this tournament now seems set up for the spaniard, the th

matthew wade resisted for the aussies — he made 117 — his duel withjofra archer was one of the highlightswas one of two wickets forjoe root and the skipper also took the winning catch, victory by 135 runs rounding off a very satisfying summer in which they also became 0ne—day world champions. that world cup was incredible. for it to finish how it did, some of the games in it made for fantastic viewing, notjust the england games but across the board, there was some fantastic contests. and to be backed up by such an evenly matched ashes series, again, we were blessed with brilliant support throughout. but the cricket itself was pretty gripping. leinster centre robbie henshaw is almost certainly out of ireland's rugby world cup opener against scotland next sunday but he will stay with the squad injapan. he has a hamstring problem, picked up during training on saturday. ireland are the top—ranked team in the world cup — following a scan the medical team are hopeful that henshaw will be able to play a significant part in theircampaign. i think it is reasonably positive in terms of what we saw.

travis head trapped leg before, before matthew wade swiped into the stratosphere and was eventually snaffledies...and remember — he missed the last match with concussion. truly remarkable. england, meanwhile, were starting to unravel. tim paine was twice dropped, but that was nothing compared to this. on 118, smith finally seemsed to have gone. the replays show jack leach had overstepped, and it didn't count. could you believe it? they did eventually find a breakthrough. craig overton removed paine for 58, but smith was simply unstoppable as he notched up his double century. cricket‘s closest thing to a run machine, and he's put his side firmly in control. well, once again, it's been australia and steve smith's day. england now face a battle to stay in this match and save their ashes hopes. andy swiss, bbc news, old trafford. time for a look at the weather. here's nick miller. there is a bit more rain to come at old trafford, it looks like arriving later in the night and lasting into the morning but as the day goes on tomorrow it will turn drier and brighter, and the weekend is looking settl

. >> reporter: matthew wade helped oversee the project. used to be a liberty gas station. the whole thing had to be redone so they could take out the petroleum pipes underground. charging your car almost all the way will take about half an hour, but it'll cost just $7. >> for me a super chaj is the way to go. >> reporter: he owns a tesla and made a special trip for today's ribbon cutting ceremony. he says he's excited to see more options for helping the environment. >> definitely feeling good about doing my part, and this is just one way to do it. >> reporter: the idea of electric cars lighting up police stations, too. >> gasoline cars are, you know, spewing carbon dioxide into the air which makes it hard for everyone to breathe and electric cars aren't doing that. >> reporter: when it comes to helping the environment this new charging station helping folks move full speed ahead. there are more than 20,000 electric registered vehicles in maryland. americans are unprepared for the new real idea crack down. a report found almost 40% of americans still don't have a real i.d.

matthew wade helped oversee the project. used to be a liberty gas station. whole thing had to be redone to take out the petroleum pipes underground. >> it's something people will look to. >> reporter: charging your car all the way will take about half an hour but cost just $7. >> for me the super chargers are the way to go. >> reporter: j.d. owns a tesla and made a special trip for today's ribbon-cutting ceremony. he said he's excited to see more options for the environment. >> definitely feel good for doing my part, at least part of it. this is just one way to do it. >> reporter: the idea of electric cars lighting up police stations, too. this sergeant drives one. >> gasoline cars are spewing carbon dioxide into the air. >> reporter: this new charging station helping folks move full speed ahead. there are more than 20,000 registered vehicles in maryland. >>> chuck schumer is challenging president donald trump to move forward on universal background check legislation. despite the impeachment inquiri. schumer urged the president not to allow the nra to call t

matthew wade resisted for the aussies.win by 135 runs, to round off a remarkable summer. that world cup was incredible. for it to finish how it did, some of the games in it made for fantastic viewing, notjust the england games but across the board, there was some fantastic contests. and to be backed up by such an evenly matched ashes series, again, we were blessed with brilliant support throughout. but the cricket itself was pretty gripping. that story dominates this morning's back pages. the guardian showjoe root shaking hands with steve smith. genuine mutual respect there, you feel. "what a summer it's been", the headline. not quite so friendly in the express. "you can kiss it goodbye next time", says root, vowing to win back the ashes in australia. and even less friendly in the times, with that glare between jofra archer and mattew wade. "see you down under in 2021" the headline there. quique sanchez flores will have been impressed with his side, in his first match back as watford manager. arsenal took a 2—0 lead — both

well, no, they couldn't, asjoe denly was brilliantly caught by matthew wade.andy swiss, bbc news, old trafford. it was a huge moment. 0bviously — i think that's my third now, and my second against england, and second time i've gone out reverse sweeping tojoe root on 200, so i think i'll put that one away. but yeah, obviously really proud to score a double hundred for australia and put us in the position we're now. all eyes on the manchester again today as england resume their innings. it is expecting that there could be some rain before lunch but hopefully the rest of the day will not be affected. serena will have another chance to win a record—equaling 2a grand slam singles after she cruised through to the final of the us open. she beat elina svitolina in straight sets. williams is aiming to equal margaret court's total of all—time grand slam singles titles. she will face 19—year—old, bianca andreescu in tomorrow's final. audreescu was born just nine months after williams won her first title in new york, in 1999. no final forjamie murray and his doubles partn

matthew wade resisted for the aussies — he made 117 — with things getting a little bit fiery with bowlerjofrar fantastic viewing, not just the england comment made for fantastic viewing, notjust the england games but across the board, there was some fantastic contests. and to be backed up fantastic contests. and to be backed up by fantastic contests. and to be backed up by such an evenly matched ashes series, again, we were blessed with brilliant support throughout. but the cricket itself was pretty gripping. i think that is the understatement of the summer. quique sanchez flores will have been impressed with his side, in his first match back as watford manager. arsenal took a 2—0 lead — both goals from pierre—emerick aubamyang. but the gunners unravelled in the second half, and watford took full advantage — tom cleverly starting the fight back as they drew 2—2. every single match in premier league we know is different and will be tough. the most important thing now is we got some points, one point, against a very tough team. it is good for our confidence in the way we go is important. also t

sam curran got matthew wade but smith grinds relentlessly on.things that have not been quite right. there‘s been racing success for frankie dettori today — as he eased to victory in the doncaster cup. dettori rode the 9—1 on favourite stradivarius to victory — finishing ahead of cleonte and max dynamite. the win is a 10th successive victory for stradivarious — an unbeaten run which stretches back nearly two years. that‘s all the sport for now. now on afternoon live — let‘s go nationwide — and see what‘s happening around the country — in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. let‘s go to newcastle where look north‘s dawn thewlis is talking about an unusual piece of research. and north west tonight‘s rogerjohnson is in salford talking about a remarkable story that has emerged about australia‘s batsman steve smith. so first dawn, what is this research about? we learn all sorts of things from the animal kingdom and researchers at newcastle university have in studying a predator who think that football teams who wear stripes could have a

matthew wade resisted for the aussies — he made 117 — his duel withjofra archer was one of the highlightsch, victory by 135 runs rounding off a very satisfying summer in which they also became one—day world champions. that world cup was incredible. for it to finish it dead, some of the games within it made for fantastic viewing, not just the games within it made for fantastic viewing, notjust the england games but across—the—board there were some fantastic contests. and to be backed up fantastic contests. and to be backed up by fantastic contests. and to be backed up by such an evenly matched ashes series, we were blessed with brilliant support throughout, but the cricket itself was pretty gripping. quique sanchez flores' second spell in charge of watford started with a draw at home to arsenal, they were 2—0 down at the break to two pierre—emerick aubamyang goals but the gunners threw it away in the second half, tom cleverly starting the fight back. the arsenal midfielder granit xhaka said they were scared of watford. england striker, callum wilson, scored twice as bournemouth won at home

matthew wade caught for 16. smith was on 118 when england thought they had him.ow it all on 5 live sports extra with the test match special team. rafael nadal is through to the semi—finals of the us open for the ninth time in his career as he edges towards his 19th grand slam title. in the women's draw, a canadian teenager continues her rise to the top of the game — asjoe lynskey reports. right now, in charge in new york is a man from miyako. it can feel like an onslaught. after the rally, comes the roar of the crowd. getting swept away. he is one of the shortest players on tour. five for seven, but with the boy in a series gail. his opponent said he felt like he played like a lion. this was a quarterfinal that felt like a fight. that is one of the keys of the success. i was a good fighter on court with a good character, positive character. there area character, positive character. there are a lot who fight a lot. this tournament now seems set up for the spaniard. the three players left with him having got this far before. his next opponent had to come through an

matthew. >> it is. we've been wading through the documents. not just the transcript but also this incredible whistleblower report, which has been rich in giving us some indication of how this all works. out of all of it, it's this figure that's emerged as central. he was the prosecutor general of this country. wasn't just some random guy who walks in off the street. he was the main point of contract. not sourcing all of the humors. the rumors of joe biden's contact. not sourcing those rumors. but crystallizing them for the trump administration, in the form of one man. he must have reached out to rudy giuliani or talked to rudy giuliani, and said, i'm going to help you get the rumors into the public, prove them and get them into the public. why did he do that? was it to damage president trump? was he lying to cause damage? no. he was trying to save his only job here in ukraine. he was facing the possibility of dismissal. he wanted to make himself valuable to the ukrainian government. hey, i'm in with the americans. when the current president of

matthews tell us about lutsenko and what specifically he is questioning. >> reporter: he is the former ukrainian prosecutor general. he has emerged after wading the missile blower testimony as perhaps the key figure out of ukraine, liaising with rudy giuliani. out of all these theories you've been hearing about, including the role that ukraine play in the 2016 election, specifically that allegation against former vice president joe biden and the propriety of his interventions of having a former prosecutor taken away from his post, lutsenko it seems was the main source, or crystallized the rumors in a way that giuliani was supposed to talk about. remember, this is the prosecutor general of this country. he's saying that many of the allegations or things that have been said in the whistle-blower report are not true, but he hasn't specified which of those things he doesn't agree with. >> that's an important specifics to make. matthew chance, thank you. much more on the whistle-blower scandal, after this. what's going on? it's the 3pm slump. should have had a p3. oh yeah. should have had a p3. need energy? get p3. with a mix of meat, cheese and n