english cricketer, shoaib bashir, has been forced to fly back to the uk — in order to sort the visa delays joining the england squad in india. there's growing concern about the treatment of the 20—year—old british muslim who is of pakistani heritage, and was the only member of the team to experience significant delays. number ten has weighed in saying it "expects india to treat live now to our political correspondent, harry farley. and harry do we know why his visa hasn't been approved? we don't know for sure why shoaib bashir didn't get a visa along with the other members of the glen cricket squad, what we know is this isn't the first time that a cricketer of pakistani heritage has had difficulty getting it visa to india. the australian opening batsman had difficulties around this time last year when australia toured india, the bb sports on commentator has had difficulties as well —— bbc sports. so, not the first cricketer to experience difficulties, not the first cricketer of pakistani heritage to have such difficulties, india and pakistan have not played a bilateral match against georgi

in cricket, spinner shoaib bashir has returned to the uk in order to sort the visa delay which is preventingin india. the uncapped 20—year—old, who is of pakistani descent, was initially left in abu dhabi when the rest of the team travelled on sunday. the somerset off—spinner is still to receive the visa and will not be in india until at least the weekend, meaning he will miss the first test in hyderabad, which begins on thursday. in the uk, the government has released a statement saying the armed forces of the united states and united kingdom — with support from australia, bahrain, canada, the netherlands, and new zealand — carried out additional strikes against eight targets in houthi—controlled areas of yemen. it goes on to say the strikes were conducted in self—defence, because any iranian—backed houthi attacks on commercial and naval vessels threatens all countries that rely on international maritime shipping. our defence correspondent jonathan beale has this report. is this to become a recurring mission? rafjets loaded with guided bombs flew from cyprus last night, for the second time

the somerset spinner, shoaib bashir, who is of pakistani descent and who was en route to india with thee to do so. bashir was initially left in abu dhabi and won't arrive in india until at least the weekend. he'll also miss the first test that starts on thursday. middlesbrough's hopes of a fairytale return to wembley were brought to a halt this evening after a 6—1 thrashing by premier league chelsea in their league cup semi—final tie at stamford bridge. chelsea will meet either liverpool or fulham in the final next month. joe wilson watched the action. middlesbrough's official allocation, just over 4,000 tickets. the buses heading south represented so many more supporters. it's teesside versus that side. hey, big spenders. what does £1 billion get you in football these days? well, chelsea's new american owner would expect, surely, a trophy. remember, in this semifinal, middlesbrough actually led 1—0 from the first leg. well, that lasted 14 minutes. commentator: chelsea level the tie! this was premier league against championship, a division between the teams, and a world cup winner there

. _ just one other line out of the england camp, spinner shoaib bashir is still in abu dhabi, where theose parents are of pakistani heritage, will be able to join the tour in the next 24 hours. and glenn hoping that the bcci, the indian board and others can put pressure on border control authorities in india. let's stay with cricket because serious questions remain about the sport's culture. a landmark report last summer demanded urgent reform after finding that discrimination was " widespread and deep rooted'. our sports correspondentjoe wilson visited county side warwickshire to see how they are developing the next generation of cricketers. a winter's night at edgbaston seeking inspiration. cricket is sexist, racist, elitist. so concluded last summer's equity report. here, those words were welcomed, because the consequences must be positive. if we use the national game of football, if we use that as an example, it's played every day in every school, up and down the country. and no other sport can say that. people that have never played cricket before, or people who are currently playi

ben stokes says he is devastated that spinner shoaib bashir�*s visa issues are preventing him from travellingist spinners in his squad for the match in hyderabad tomorrow. donald trump has won the new hampshire primary — the second contest to decide who will be the republican nominee in this november's presidential election. he beat his last remaining rival, former us ambassador to the un nikki haley, but she vowed to fight on despite the defeat. nomia iqbal sent this report. it was an election result donald trump accepted. well, i want to thank everybody. this is a fantastic state. this is a great, great state. new hampshire gave him a big win, but not a blowout. leaving his rival, nikki haley, still on for the fight to secure the republican party's presidential nomination. well, i'm a fighter. and i'm scrappy. and now we're the last one standing next to donald trump. that was a comment that trump really didn't like. and she was up and i said, "wow, she's doing like a speech like she won." she didn't win. she lost. the race to win new hampshire was seen as a real test for donald trump's stre

well the other key absentee on that teamsheet is this man 20—year—old shoaib bashir, who has today finally in next week's second test, but the way this whole episode has been hard to take for him and his captain. now they hope back to india, it has all been hard to take. iam i am pretty devastated that he has had to go through this. yeah, as a leader, as a captain, when one of your team—mates is affected by something like that, you obviously do get a bit emotional for them. hopefully we are going to see him over the weekend, but there is never a chance that we are not going to travel, but they know that. he has had our full travel, but they know that. he has had ourfull support travel, but they know that. he has had our full support throughout this whole thing. from the india perspective, of course, a huge loss, and still india have to be the favourites because of that formidable home—wrecker they've got. that formidable home-wrecker they've lot, ., ., , , that formidable home-wrecker they've iot_ ., ., , , ., , got. formidable is the word. they have a historic _ got. formidable is the wor

leach had an issue with his knee in hyderabad... and could be replaced by shoaib bashir...e. the strategic sports group, who are a consortium of us—based sports franchise owners have invested more than a billion pounds, an amount that could eventually double, amd from which players on the tour will benefit. the deal allows for a possible future agreement with liv, about whom rory mcilroy says he's changed his tune, claiming players shouldn't face punishment if they leave and then return to play on the pga tour. mcilroy had prevoiusly been one of liv�*s fiercest critics. i think it's hard to punish people, i think it's hard to punish people, i don't think there should be a punishment for... , obviously i have changed my tune on that because i see where growth is an ac that having a diminished pga tour and a diminished live tour and anything else is bad for both parties, much better being together and moving forward together for the good of the game, and that is my opinion of it. to me, the faster we can all get back together and start to play, start to have the strongest fie

uh tomorrow i mean but shoaib bashir shoaib bashir is a 20 bashir now shoaib bashir is a 20 year spinimportant over in very important playing over in india. he's very important to india. so he's very important to the what's the england team. but what's happenedis the england team. but what's happened is that because he is of pakistani heritage, he's born in surrey , england. player in surrey, england. player should have been sorted. there shouldn't be any problem. but as far as visas are concerned . so far as visas are concerned. so it's all affected him going into india. so they were in the united arab emirates then. he wasn't allowed to fly into india. so it was thought, okay, we'll try and sort this visa problem out. he's now got to go back to the indian high commission london and commission in london to try and sort this out. why this is taking so much time. it really shouldn't happen because of his pakistani shouldn't happen because of his paktotally. he's got full >> totally. and he's got a full british >> totally. and he's got a full brithe's a full british >> he's got a full b

stokes says he jokingly suggested that the team should refuse to travel to india while spinner shoaib bashirhas gone home to the uk instead. stokes says he's "devastated" and hoping the matter�*s resolved quickly. so the first test in hyderabad will go ahead then, as india prepare to defend their extraordinary home record. they've lost just three of their past 46 tests in their own conditions and have not lost a series since england caused an upset back in 2012. captain rohit sharma says they'll have to play their best cricket to win, while he's also sympathetic to the bashir situation. i feel for ifeel for him. honestly, he is probably coming for the first time with the england set up. not easy for anyone. that could be one of our guys who wanted to come to england and has been denied or not able to get the visas. unfortunately i don't sit in the visa office to give you more details on that. but, yeah, i hope he can make it here quickly and enjoy our country. the hope he can make it here quickly and enjoy our country-— hope he can make it here quickly and enjoy our country. the team news ha

bowler shoaib bashir has been left behind from the rest of the squad and forced to return to the uk tolmost a year. he's reclaimed the wicketkeeping gloves from jonny bairstow, who's also included, but only as a batter. and we'll finish on some amazing pictures from portugal, where the latest big wave challenge event has taken place. the famous coastal town of nazare has some of the biggest rideable waves in the world, partly due to an underwater canyon three miles deep near the shoreline. i say rideable, lots of people finding their condition tough going. shows how tough the conditions are, have the waves are. not for the faint—hearted. some spectacular surfing and spectacular wipe—outs, as we have fancy that? no. let's stick to the easiest surfboard, i think. imagine that on your lino! wouldn't work, would it? no. the black sabbath frontman ozzy osbourne is birmingham born and bred. and, according to his wife, sharon osbourne, he wants to perform his final shows in his beloved home city. but first, sharon — a television personality and music manager in her own right — will take to th