england have been training in temperatures up to 35 degrees in syd ney temperatures up to 35 degreesteam as they prepare to face lebanon. we know we have to play well and do things more consistently. the things we are getting right we need to do ona we are getting right we need to do on a consistent base. so that we do need to think about them byjust do them. sam burgess should be back sooner them. sam burgess should be back sooner than that but he will still be missing for this week's game as england take a step into the unknown. sydney may provide a very familiar backdrop for the players but they are up against very unfamiliar position. they play at lebanon for the first time ever this weekend. —— they play lebanon. they are captain by an nrl superstar in robbie farah but they are mostly part—timers say their win against france gave coach brad fittler real pride. the fact that they won in the last ten minutes, i thought the problem with our team, given that they are not all professionals and not used to playing 80 minutes and having to concentrate or 80 minutes, other than tough pa

and then melbourne and syd ney in perth. and then melbourne and sydney be. under 11 hours, the final match of the women's ashes will get underway in canberra. australia have already retained their title but england are determined to win the final t20 and ensure the actual series finishes level. i think ithink in i think in the context of the series, it will be good. the girls fought really hard. if in getaway, we will draw well. brighton and stoke drew 2 all in an entertaining contest in monday night's english premier league. stoke went ahead in the first half through eric choupo—moting before pascal gross equalised. butjust a minute later stoke were 2—1 up thanks to kurt zouma. after the breakjose izquierdo made it all square. brighton remain 9th, stoke 15th. i don't think there are too many occasions to brighton have been able to open the door and get the shots off and play from our point of view, we have to be happy with that. that is to away games. reasonably happy, i suppose. now some goals are great, some are just a bit of a disaster, some combine the

at least gave them a chance, but it proved a mere flicker, as australia dispatched them into the syd neyd them into the sydney night. a couple of wickets briefly revived england's hopes, but they ultimately only postponed the inevitable. they retain the ashes and they've done it with two games to spare. england might be the world champions but in this series they we re very champions but in this series they were very much second best. you could see it on the faces of the girls at the end of the game. there's not a lot —— a lot of emotion around tonight. we are disappointed. i thought we had a chance when we got 130. i thought we had a chance to be on again, but credit to australia, they've played better cricket this series. with the men's ashes starting next week, australian fans already have plenty to cheer. absolutely spectacular and i can't wait to next thursday to win it again. really good to see. a great venue. the girls are playing such great cricket. the men's are coming up and it's going to be amazing. it's going strong. and so a yearin amazing. it's going strong. and so a year i

least gave them a chance but it proved a flickr as beth mooney said about despatching them into the syd neyto the sydney night. a couple of wickets revived hopes that they ultimately only postponed the inevitable as mooney struck the runs to retain the ashes and they had done it with two games to spare. england might be world champions but in this series they were very much second best. you could see it on the faces of the girls at the end, a lot of emotion around tonight. we are disappointed with how we played today, i thought we had a chance with 130 to be in the game and credit to australia because they played better cricket than as this series. with the men's ashes starting next week, for australian fans are already plenty to cheer. absolutely spectacular can't wait for next thursday to win it again! but it's really good to see, a great venue it again! but it's really good to see, a great venue and the girls are playing such a great standard, it's awesome. it's going to be awesome. go australia. a year in which england scaled the heights of the world cup when i've ended in disappointmen

tuitt that it never did and igota lady at tuitt that it never did and i got a standing ovation at the syd neyydney opera house and trust me nobody in hollywood cares one bid. it seems to be in a position where you are bringing in big crowds in big arenas around the world and you cannot get a gig in the us. and no one will lift a finger. we will see, never say never but the point that no one will lift a finger hurts. i have never been more on my home and yet i have never had more fun with the material. we will get back to the material. we will get back to the way it so best works in the us because it raises questions but sticking to the personal for the moment. you talk about how you take the dark stuff and spin it around until it is comedic as well as painful but you do that to an extreme. you pick apart your life and some of the darkest corners in yourup ringing in and some of the darkest corners in your up ringing in a way that i cannot think of many other people would be able to do, including abusive behaviour inside your family. my brother is a paedophile. all the harvey weinstein things

but it proved a mere flicker as beth mooney of australia said about despatching them into the syd neyk the i’u ns inevitable, as mooney struck the ru ns to inevitable, as mooney struck the runs to retain the ashes. they did it with two games to spare. england might be the world champions, but in this series they we re champions, but in this series they were second best. you could see it on the faces of the girls, there is a lot of emotion around tonight. disappointed with the way we played today, i thought we have a chance when we were going from 16-4 to 16—4 to get 16-4 to get 130, 16—4 to get 130, but credit to australia, they have played better cricket than is this series. with the men‘s ashes starting next week, for australian fans, plenty to cheer. spectacular, i can't wait until next thursday to win it again. twice we will be doing it this year. a great venue, the girls are playing such a great stander, it is awesome. the men's coming up, it will be great. what a time to be australian. so a yearin what a time to be australian. so a year in which england scaled the heights of a w

in the syd ney captain heather knight.blossoming and australia seemingly wilting. but as the shadows began to lengthen, so the fortunes began to turn. beaumont was finally out for 70 and with the pink ball under the floodlights, australia dazzled. ellyse perry might not have seen it but she still somehow caught it, to remove sarah taylor, as england's middle order struggled. by the end, a day which they had controlled for so long was left delicately poised. tomorrow morning, maybe the first hour or two will be really important so hopefully if we can bat through the session, the lights will come on later and we will be able to get the ball nipping around and hopefully have a decent amount of runs on the board to put some pressure on australia. 50 an historic day board to put some pressure on australia. so an historic day for cricket at a slightly frustrating one for england. from such a promising position, they know australia are right back in this. andy swiss, bbc news, sydney. what a night it's going to be in belfast, it'

in the win over tonga and england‘s women were thrashed 52—4 by new zealand in their semifinal in syd ney scored to stop it is 2—1 against huddersfield in the premier league and some tennis news... france have beaten belgium in the last few minutes to win this year‘s davis cup. all of the sport for now. more on all of the sport for now. more on all of the stories on the website. now, it is time for me to the author. a christmas thriller with the ghost stories of mrjames and carols of kings thrown in. nicola upson takes her investigator to cambridge in the 1930s where, as is her habit, she helps the police with two different investigations, both dark and complicated. nine lessons, subtitled some wounds never heal, readers will realise a conscious tribute to the english detective tradition, not least becausejosephine in real life was a formidable, now though largely forgotten, writer of old style thrillers herself. welcome. if anyone doubted the debt you feel to the traditional story, they would be left in no doubt after this book, cambridge 1930s, ghost stories, a very traditional story, i

england's women have their rugby league campaign after winning start in syd ney campaign after winningur. the government's pledging to build "more homes more quickly" as part of moves to fix what it calls britain's "broken housing market". the communities secretary sajid javid is promising new measures in next week's budget to tackle the shortage of affordable accommodation. our chief political correspondent vicki young is in westminster for us now. sajid javid is talking about new measures. labour say based on what they have heard today, this is all old news? this is an issue bubbling around for a very long time with politicians on all sides saying it is the priority. to —— today, theresa may will see it as her personal mission to build more houses. politicians are aware this isa houses. politicians are aware this is a generational divide. sajid javid giving his analysis of what he thinks the problem is. the so—called baby boomers are sitting in houses and they have made money. he said a third of men in their 30s are still living at home because the cost of housing has gone up so much

in syd ney the bbc sport website as well. development secretary last night over unauthorised meetings with senior israeli figures, and her departure has fuelled opposition accusations that the government is in chaos, and mrs may is getting weaker by the day. let's speak to our political correspondent eleanor garnier, who is at downing street. how serious is this? put it like this, victoria. theresa may hasjust lost two cabinet ministers in a week. her deputy in all but name damian green is facing allegations and an investigation. allegations he strenuously denies, but an investigation over those. her foreign secretary borisjohnson is facing calls to be sacked or resign over what many say was an extremely serious diplomatic gaffe. then she's got the battle with brussels and the brexit negotiations. added together it doesn't make for a comfortable background in which to do a reshuffle. they aren't easy at the best of times but now theresa may has priti patel, an ardent brexiteer campaigner, potentially pretty angry on the backb

to take his own life when he was a teenager for the and canadian rapper, drake, stopped his gig in syd neyf todays news. police believe they have now found and identified the bodies of everyone who died in the grenfell tower fire. they put the final number of victims at 71 including a stillborn baby. in the immediate aftermath of the blaze, 400 people were listed as missing. police say footage showed 223 people escaping the fire, while others were not at home on the night of the fire in june this year. they said the search and identification operation had been "meticulous." when i went into grenfell tower a few days after the fire which had been put out, having seen it with my own eyes , been put out, having seen it with my own eyes, i honestly thought that it was likely we would not find everybody who had died. i'm so pleased for the families and loved ones of all those that died that we have been able to find all those who died, recover them, have been able to find all those who died, recoverthem, identify them, return as much as we possibly can back to their families. the future of zimb

jermaine mcgillvary has been cleared of whiting the lebanon captain in the rugby league group game in syd neyme minister is also the head of the rugby union. world rugby have pointed out that they have given £1.5 million towards samoan rugby in 2017. they pay for the players to fly over for their tours at this time of the year. but there are issues that need to be resolved between world rugby and the samoan rugby union. as for the games this month, they are not in doubt. world rugby will underwrite any issues such as insurance and logistics. england will also contribute some costs as a goodwill gesture. so, the test in november will certainly go ahead. going forward, however, some issues to be resolved to make sure this great rugby nation stays as strong as it can be. that‘s 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. tara mills is in belfast. just remind people what happened 30 yea rs just remind people what happened 30 years ago in that horrific attack in enniskillen. it wa