they've lost the ashes, they are trying to stop the whitewash.d this three weeks ago. trying to stop the whitewash. they needed this three weeks agom trying to stop the whitewash. they needed this three weeks ago. if you have the answer to this you wouldn't be coaching the england cricket team. why is it called a double century? 100 runs is a century, he got 244, so he got a double century plus. if you'd got to 300, it would bea plus. if you'd got to 300, it would be a triple century, have we piqued your interest? indeed. i'm going to go back and do some research and start watching it. we'll practice. sta rt start watching it. we'll practice. start at 3:30am. if anybody has a bat and ball we could have a go in the corridor. there is a nice long corridor, we can try. that is it the papers, if you come back with black eyes, you'll know we didn't manage to hit the ball much. cyberchondria and david will be back at 11:30pm for a second look at the papers because it is christmas. —— dina and david will be back. great evening, snow and ice has already

no win for england's cricketers but no whitewash either.oot says he's proud of his players after their melbourne draw. there's also a draw in the old firm match, but not for want of trying... and there's an injury scare for manchester united in the last of today's premier league matches. lu ka ku is stretchered off at old trafford. good evening, we'll have a close look at the football in just a moment and also today's rugby union results but we'll start with a a chnage in fortune for england's cricketers. victory may have been beyond them but they have avoided an ashes whitewash. they had hope heading into the final day but another century from the australia captain steve smith saw the 4th test peter out into a draw. patrick gearey reports from melbourne. england fans were the noisiest and most visible element today. they we re most visible element today. they were hoping to see a first dramatic victory of this ashes series. in the end steve smith got in the way, batting australia through for a draw and scored another century. it was and sc

there is talk now of a potential 5—0 whitewash. can they avoid that?icult final two matches forjoe root and his team. so let's have a look at some of the reasons behind why england perhaps lost the third decisive ashes test and with it the urn. we will hear the thoughts of the former england captain michael vaughan ina the former england captain michael vaughan in a few minutes. let's start by looking at the bowling and batting stats. that is where the problems were, particularly when it comes to england's seniors players. this is looking at the batting scores for both alastair cook and joe root. between them, they scored 256 runs where steve smith, the australian captain, scored a26 runs alone. and he only batted in four innings, whereas cook and root batted six each. if we look at england's bowling stats as well, lots of questions being asked about the front line bowlers. stuart broad and moeen ali, only eight which is between them. compare that to the australian bowler nathan lyon, who took 15 wickets on his own. big questions are being asked and mi

he's through to the semi—finals after whitewashing darren webster 5—0.et to the quarterfinals and will now face either phil taylor or gary anderson in the last four. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. goodbye for now. hello. it has been an improving picture for many of us this afternoon, plenty of sunshine round, and a few showers as well. this evening and overnight the next batch of rain pushes up from the south—west, turning to snort of the high ground of wales and certainly in northern ireland, but that will be transient, —— turning to snow over the high ground. further south, much milder temperatures, 5—7dc. this mild air across england and wales on saturday, and through sunday, where you can see the blue colours for scotland and northern ireland where it will tend to remain chilly. saturday, when the for all especially across the south and west, snow falling over the higher ground in scotland, and further rain across southern and south—western england, but in between there is a good slice of su

so what's the chance of a third whitewash in four test series down under?ngland captain michael vaughan. i look at ali and think, the minute he does not get in as the batsmen anti—social does not get in as a bowler to have to bring in a spreader —— and he certainly does not get them as a ball. what several injuries you have to look to someone different so if i wasjoe good i will looked to those two games and try and go for a little bit of difference because what he has gone with here and in adelaide and brisbane has not worked so he might as well use these last two opportunities to blunt a couple of players. west ham midfielder manuel lanzini has been charged with successful deception of a match official following the award of a penalty in saturday's premier league game at stoke. west ham converted the penalty to take the lead in their 3—0 win. he has until 6pm tomorrow to respond. crystal palace midfielder jason puncheon's been charged with carrying a weapon after a fight near a surrey nightclub last night. the 31—year—old was arrested in the early hours o

the first time higgins has whitewashed 0'sullivan in a match in 23 years.ronnie, somebody just said, the last time i whitewashed him was 1994. that was on the way to my first tournament. i can remember, i played in the quarterfinals. a great result for me. the british number two tennis player aljaz bedene is switching back to his country of birth, slovenia. he took british nationality in 2015 but a change in rules m ea nt nationality in 2015 but a change in rules meant he's never been allowed to represent britain at an olympics davis cup. he will represent slovenia from january the 1st next year. here is russell fuller. he's big ambition is to play the tokyo olympics and he realised that the aid of 20 at its best to put the british passport in the draw and ta ke british passport in the draw and take out the slovenian one. i don't detect any bitterness from within the lta, i think frustration and his lack of communication over the last couple of years, perhaps the opaque nature of some of his responses about his future intentions. ultimately, it is a plan th

the task for england is to avoid a 5—0 whitewash in the ashes series but so far, melbourne is being kinderlia. some parts of the uk officially had a white christmas but what can we expect this boxing day? philip has the weather. good morning. yes. at least for some, there was a white christmas. i will have all the details on whether many more of you will see something a bit like this. good morning. first, our main story. the universities minister, jojohnson, will use a speech today to give his clearest warning yet that academic institutions must protect free speech. he'll say students must be able to both hear and challenge controversial views during their years of study. some universities and student groups have refused entry to speakers, edward curwen reports. the body said it would not allow legitimate debate to be stifled. millions are expected to head out to the boxing day sales, marking the start of a what has traditionally been a crucial period for retailers across the uk. our reporterjohn mcmanus is on oxford street in london. there aren't many people here. 300 shops are here on 0x

have already been lost, but it looks like they have a good chance of making sure they can avoid a whitewash. patrick: they do have a decent chance. everyone in australia is keen to point out that the ashes have been decided. this is the back page of one of the newspapers -- "all too late," they are saying. england's effort has come after the series has been decided. it has been a good effort for england. alastair cook, the former captain who had been under some pressure -- he had not even scored 50 before this inning -- scored an excellent 100. he was dropped on 66 by the australian captain, steve smith. they are in a good position now. they are still behind australia's total, but they have 8 first-inning wickets in hand and if they bat well today, they can put australia under real pressure for the first time in this series. sharanjit: why do you think the momentum has changed in this match? patrick: part of it is to do with the fact that the series is decided and australia says they are determined to get that whitewash. a lot of it has to do with injuries. an australian bowler was ruled ou

we‘re talking ashes, at least in the a whitewash. morning. no, the whitewash. morning.issed a great chance to claim one back in the series. reporter: are you getting tired of batting at any point? no, i'm enjoying it. shame we had to call it off in the last hour there. i could have had another hour out there. it was good fun. no, look, i‘m enjoying it at the moment. i feel like was good fun. no, look, i‘m enjoying it at the moment. ifeel like i‘m hitting the ball really well. yeah, hopefully i can end the series really well in sydney as well. it's the way he went about it, you know, to come off three very difficult games and put in a performance like that is very pleasing. that's what we're about as a side. that's a fair reflection of what we're capable of as a team. on a very unresponsive wicket to perform how we did on the first and second day with the ball was outstanding. that‘s the boxing day test done and dusted. the football continues. the christmas break is over for dan walker. football focus team are back with us. what have you got coming 7 with us. what have y

now the aussies target a 5—0 whitewash.e than eight million of us will live till we're 100, but how do we stay healthy? and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, we'll be looking back at a night of sporting celebrations and surprises after mo farah is crowned bbc sport personality of the year. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. an official report into the case of an iranian refugee who was murdered in bristol has concluded there was institutional racism on the part of the authorities who dealt with him. bijan ebrahimi was killed by a neighbour in the summer of 2013, and his body set alight. today's report, by the safer bristol partnership, found that avon and somerset police and bristol city council repeatedly sided with those who had abused him over a period of years. but while the report found evidence of collective failure, it said that individuals were not intentionally racist. jon kay reports. he came to britain for safety, but bijan ebrahimi was brutally beaten to death and his body set on fire. don't you

england's cricketers prepare to face australia in the fourth test — can they avoid a whitewash?half an hour, here on bbc news — dateline london looks back at a turbulent 2017 in europe, america and the middle east. good evening and welcome to bbc news. north korea has described the latest united nations sanctions as an act of war and tantamount to a complete economic blockade. the un security council imposed the measures drafted by the us on friday in response to pyongyang's ballistic missile tests. north korea has vowed to strengthen its nuclear deterrent to frustrate america. sophie long sent this report from the south korean capital seoul. north korean state television broadcast the first reaction to the sanctions. it described the un resolution as an act of war that violates peace and stability on the korean peninsula. please raise their hand. pyongyang promised to punish those that voted for the us—drafted resolution. that includes china, north korea's main ally and trading partner. beijing urged restraint on all sides. it's previously called for an end to joint us—south ko

the draw means england avoid a whitewash.halfan in half an hour on bbc news, the travel show explores the diverse communities, histories and traditions that form a constantly changing map of india. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the former beatles drummer ringo starr, barry gibb of the bee gees, and the former deputy prime minister, nick clegg, have all been knighted in the new year honours list. starr said it was "great" to be acknowledged for his music, while gibb said the knighthood was as much his brothers‘ "as it is mine". stars from the world of sport who are recognised include the wales and lions rugby union captain, sam warburton, and the world cup winning england cricket captain heather knight, who both receive an obe. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has more details. # twist and shout! # twist and shout. more than 50 years after beatlemania, the fab four‘s drummer has been honoured with a knighthood... # what would you do if i sang... # tragedy! former bee gee barry gibb said he was humbled and ve

in fact, what the president is trying to do is to whitewash his civil rights record. his civil rights record is really not a matter of not doing -- i should say, doing too little. or not going fast enough. but doing too much, going in the wrong direction. this is a president whose attorney general stands against the use of consent degrees to prevent police brutality and protect civilians from police misconduct. this is a president who supports a voter fraud commission which perpetuates the myth of voter fraud while turning a blind eye to voter suppression. this is a president, on a regular and re curing basis, uses language and rhetoric and political speech -- i should say political tweets to divide americans. to refer to mexicans as rapists. to refer to nfl players as sons of bs, to demonize and diminish the legacy of black women. and so the point being here is his visit to mississippi does in no way obliterates, in no way whitewashes his record on civil rights which is precisely why people are so offended by his trip to the museum. >> for those who do support the pr

in sport — avoiding an ashes whitewash is england's task now but australia have dominated the openingthe fourth test in melbourne. david warner with his first century of the series. some parts of the uk officially had a white christmas but what can we expect this boxing day? philip has the weather. at least for some, there was a white christmas. i will have all the details on whether many more of you will see something at it like this injusta will see something at it like this injust a few will see something at it like this in just a few minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the universities minister, jojohnson, will use a speech today to give his clearest warning yet that academic institutions must protect free speech. he'll say students must be able to both hear and challenge controversial views during their years of study. some universities and student groups have refused entry to speakers, edward curwen reports. time spent at university must open minds, not close them. that is the view ofjo johnson, the minds, not close them. that is the view ofjojohnson, the universities

the last time i whitewashed him was 1994. played in the quarter—finals so... there is hope for me.e is switching back to its country of birth. he took british nationality in 2015 but a rule change meant he has never been allowed to represent britain in the davis cup or the olympics. his big ambition is to play the tokyo olympics and he has realised that the age of 28 his best to put the british passport in the draw and ta ke british passport in the draw and take up the slovenian one. i don't detect any bitterness. just frustration over his lack of communication and the opaque nature of his responses about his future intentions. ultimately it is a plan that has not worked out. the former head of cycling's international governing body has told the bbc that chris froome's adverse drug test is a disaster for the sport that could lose tea m a disaster for the sport that could lose team sky it could ability. chris froome has won the tour de france four times was found to have elevated levels of an asthma drug. the president of the uci to eight yea rs the president of the uci to eight yea

that report is particularly angry it publishes own report saying was this a blacklist all was it a whitewash its own argues that had the e.u. applied its own rules to its own member states then for european countries would be on that list including mull to luxembourg ireland and the netherlands the shoulder we're talking about there justification with the third party countries if you will let's talk about those because what does that even mean for the government of a country to be named on the black list the list is not only include just some small vacation islands but also important trading partners like say south korea that's quite right and you're picking up actually on another one of the concerns that's been raised about this and now it's meant today and that is the fact that there are currently no concrete sanctions for countries found to be in violation of rules regarding taxation that could change its there's some speculation that member states might be able to impose their own sanctions but as it stands it's only really some e.u. funding that is risk in fact a commissioner of attacks

no chance of the 5—0 whitewash.land can force victory whether england can force victory whether they have the time. they have the time, potentially do they have the time, potentially do they have the time, potentially do they have the ability? they need to bowl australia out pretty quickly? absolutely key getting one of both warner and sniff out. the two australian batsmen. 0nly occasionally did they get to the boundary, because england tied them down. they need to get one of them out. then they are into the australian middle order. england will fancy their chances of making further progress. big day for the england bowlers, james anderson and stuart broad, the most experienced and successful english bowling partnership. there will be some attention on the english use of the ball. they were born for deliberately throwing the ball into the ground when fielding in order to scuff it up and generate reverse swing. england have angrily denied any accusations in the australian media of serious interference in the ball. th

australia target a series whitewash after regaining the ashes with a thumping victory over england inerth. and american rapper, puff daddy, is ready to pounce for the carolina panthers in the nfl. hello, and welcome to the programme. we start with the footballing news that everton have made it four wins from their last five played as they continue their resurgence in the english premier league. sam allardyce's side beat bottom placed swansea city 3—1 at goodison park and move up to ninth in the table. leroy fer had opened the scoring in the 35th minute for the visitors but dominic calvert lewin scored from the rebound after a wayne rooney penalty was saved. then gylfi sigurdsson grabbed a super goal against his former club to compound their misery before a late rooney penalty means manager alla rdyce is yet to lose since taking over at the beginning of the month. to turn around so quickly is great credit to everybody. notjust me for coming in now, but everyone working so coming in now, but everyone working so hard behind the scenes and the players on the pitch, turning a desperate sit

a draw meant that england would not have to suffer the embarrassment of a 5—0 whitewash but they didictory they felt their performance deserved and i asked the england captain whether his main emotion was pride or frustration. i am very proud of the way they went about it. came off three very difficult games and putting in a performance like that is pleasing and that is what we are about as a side. it is a fair reflection of what we are capable of asa team. on a very unresponsive wicket, to perform the way we did on the first and second day was outstanding. there has been criticism of this pitch which has been slow and has not allowed free scoring or easy wicket taking and even steve smith who scored so many runs on it said it was not an ideal surface. i don't mind if they are flat as such but they need to have some pace and carry in them. this wicket has none of that, it skids through basically and if you look at their caper and slips through out the game, we are standing so close and i don't think it is good for anyone. let us get more reaction from geoffrey boycott. i think everyo

australia will not complete a second straight five no whitewash over year against england. —— 5—0.om alastair cook. a remarkable innings in a careerfull of them. he batted for 12 and a half hours, he called it his most emotional knock given the doubts that surrounded him going into the match. he moved beyond brian lara in the all—time run scorer list in the course of doing so. some achievement. he added a few more i’u ns achievement. he added a few more runs this morning. england had one first innings wickets left. the majority of day four will be about the england bowlers and how what they can do to dismiss the bear second innings. any signs the pitch might change from being friendly to the bowlers? very little, it's been criticised, this mcg pitch, it's a dropping wicket because they used the surface for australian rules football. england also criticised it earlier in the match. they will point out they dealt with it better than the australian bowlers. anderson and australia can't exploit pace as they have in some of the other wickets around australia. england might feel greater

the walls are now whitewashed, the artwork is off the walls, and any of sorts are coming in to gamble. that's when richard canfield swoops in. he buys them out in 1894. he decides he is going to bring this building up to what it is. now the building is, even though it's officially called the clubhouse, most people start to collect canfield's casino. even he refers to it as a casino. canfield is a lover of art, and he starts to bring the building back to its victorian era. the gamblers are starting to come back here. john gates was probably one of the most famous people to come to saratoga springs. there's a story where he was at the racetrack during the day and he lost somewhere around $350,000. he came here to play, and they say by the end of the night, he was down another $100,000. he asked canfield to raise the stakes. by the morning, he was only down $150,000. he said it was a good day. to give you an idea of the outrageous the amount of money spent. jim brady, who was one of the most colorful characters of the 19th century, he was a jovial guy, very wealthy, wore diamond jewelry,

he is just plate —— they want a whitewash. he isjust 20, plate —— they want a whitewash.20, and he may become plate —— they want a whitewash. he is just 20, and he may become the youngest specialist spinner to debut for england in 19 years. at least the hampshire player has some experience in australia. but when he was playing that this time last year, did he think he would be coming back with england?m year, did he think he would be coming back with england? it never really crossed my mind. i like to kind of live in the present. at that moment in time, i wasjust worried about the next game and where i was going from there. it never crossed my mind last year. as we've got closer, i guess it's become a bit more real. like i said, i've got to prepare as if i'm going to play the same in every game. i'm going to have to get my head around it and train hard. he is a leg-spinner, and the mcg, actually home to the greatest of all time, shane warne. no pressure, then! although mason crane has at least had the chance to talk to shane warne already on this tour. we've had a couple

australia target a series whitewash after regaining the ashes with a thumping victory over england into pounce for the carolina panthers in the nfl. hello, and welcome to the programme. we start with the footballing news that everton have made it four wins from their last five played as they continue their resurgence in the english premier league. sam allardyce's side beat bottom placed swansea city 3—1 at goodison park and move up to ninth in the table. leroy fer had opened the scoring in the 35th minute for the visitors but dominic calvert lewin scored from the rebound after a wayne rooney penalty was saved. then gylfi sigurdsson grabbed a super goal against his former club to compound their misery before a late rooney penalty means manager alla rdyce is yet to lose since taking over at the beginning of the month.

that report is particularly angry it publishes own report saying was this a blacklist all was it a whitewash it argues that had the e.u. applied its own rules to its own member states then for european countries would be on that list including multiple luxembourg ireland and the netherlands the show you were talking about their justification with the third party countries if you will let's talk about those because what does that even mean for the government of a country to be named on the black list the list is not only include just some small vacation islands but also important trading partners like say south korea that's quite right and you're picking up actually on another one of the concerns that's been raised about this and now it's meant today and that is the fact that there are currently no concrete sanctions for countries found to be in violation of the rules regarding taxation that could change its there's some speculation that member states might be able to impose their own sanctions but as it stands it's only really some e.u. funding that is risk in fact e.u. commissioner of attac

mural and the person just comes out live, right, and they start speaking about i'm going to be whitewashed one day, because that's the other problem that we have, is we've been fighting just to keep the current murals that we have in the mission there because people are starting -- i'm sure you read it in the mission local or in the chronicle or the examiner, our murals are being whitewashed. it's like erasing our history, erasing our coexistence, so in addition to the arts, i think what's really important is to have art space. as you know with the beast on bryant, right across the street, they gave 10,000 square feet as part of our negotiation with them. what are we getting here today? thank you. >>vice president richards: any additional public comment? seeing none, opening it up to commissioner comment. commissioner melgar. >>commissioner melgar: thank you. so i had a question about miss wilson. so you have been doing this for a while? >> correct. >>commissioner melgar: and in your experience, is it common to have a community benefits package that's not signed, like an mou or attached to

report is particularly angry it published its own report saying was this a blacklist all was it a whitewash it argues that had the e.u. applied its own rules to his own member states then for european countries would be on that list including mull to luxembourg ireland and the netherlands the shoulder we're talking about there justification with the third party countries if you will let's talk about those because what does that even mean for the government of a country to be named on the black list the list is not only include just some small vacation islands but also important trading partners like say south korea that's quite right and you're picking up actually on another one of the concerns that's been raised about this and now it's meant today and that is the fact that there are currently no concrete sanctions for countries found to be in violation of rules regarding taxation that could change its there's some speculation that member states might be able to impose their own sanctions but as it stands it's only really some e.u. funding that is risk in fact e.u. commissioner of attacks h

. >> there can be no whitewash at the white house. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> i think what we have to do is feel ite going to have to find out what the mood is. >> in 1972, richard nixon is very much at the top of his game and is in a position to achieve his goal of being the greatest president in american history. >> the comments before about mao and joe. >> he had desegregated all the southern schools, he had ended the draft, he had created the epa, the cancer institute, and he had the greatest arms control agreement in american history. not a bad record, and the american people thought so. >> air force one has just landed at peking international airport. it is an historic moment, the official beginning of his visit to china. >> china was considered almost a different planet. and the idea that any american president would go to china was considered a fantasy probably at best. in terms of foreign policy, it was sort of a moon landing. >> i think one of the results of our trip, we hope, may be the walls that are erected, whether they are physical walls like this or whether they are other walls of i

cricketers prepare to face australia in the fourth test. prepare to face australia can they avoid a whitewasht homeless after a tropical storm in the philippines that left more than 200 dead and dozens missing. left more than 200 dead authorities are trying to provide food and shelter to those who've been displaced, with rescue teams struggling to reach some of the affected areas. with rescue teams struggling our world affairs correspondent richard galpin reports. at richard galpin reports. last, some aid now getting those at last, some aid now getting to those most in need, after this latest storm to hit the philippines begins to subside. troops helping deliver supplies here in the southern region of mindanao, which lay right in the path of the storm. reaching these impoverished areas has not been easy. they were hit by a landslide, landslides, caused by an inordinate amount of rainfall that caused the ground to move and killed people innocently. it swept people out of their homes and killed many others as well. the speed with which the rivers were turned into lethal torrents over the weeken

england has got to be careful it is not a whitewash in the ashes.yed throughout the serious, but with two test still to go, england will need to come back strong. we will get more on this from our correspondent. back strong. we will get more on this from our correspondentm back strong. we will get more on this from our correspondent. it has been coming for some time. it is not any the less sweet or the less painful for england. am emphatic victory for england. a 3—0 lead. an unlikely lifeline for england. overnight rain created damp patches on the wicked. it caused three—hour delays when they tried to dry out the damp patches. however, australia did not waste much time. very first ball of the day. next ago forjust 11, his torrid tour continues. at half century, england's hopes left with him. the wicked witch won the ashes, pat cummins. a celebration. they have outplayed england in the serious. the ball have been more durable. england cannot complain about the score alone. australia have regained the ashes in emphatic style. west ham midfielder manue

the draw means england avoid a whitewash.

of those who died in the grenfell tower fire are warning that the public inquiry risks becoming a whitewashointed to oversee the proceedings. they are petitioning theresa may to intervene. they say the chairman, sir martin moore—bick, should sit with a range of people who understand the issues facing those affected by the disaster. the argentine navy has said there is 110w the argentine navy has said there is now no hope of rescuing the 44 crew members of the submarine that disappeared in the south atlantic a fortnight ago. they have said a smaller scale search for the wreckage of the san juan smaller scale search for the wreckage of the sanjuan will continue. eight former ministers in catalonia's government and two separatist campaigners are to ask spain's supreme court to release them from prison. they were jailed a month ago on charges of sedition and rebellion following the declaration of catalan independence. the region's former president, carles puigdemont, remains in belgium, where he is fighting extradition to spain on the same charges. prince harry and meghan markle are to carry ou

should we use the word whitewash? dimension white was, it is too soon!ered and i havejust mentioned it —— don't mention whitewash. it was only two words long but it heralded the dawn of a new era in commununication. 25 years ago today the very first text was sent. it said "merry christmas". it was an early merry christmas! as if there aren't enough reminders at this time for those who have started christmas shopping that some people are more organised. so was the engineer at the time! billions of messages are sent every day and a recent survey found that more than a third of young people prefer texting to speaking on the phone. we've been finding out why we're buzzing about sms. ijust don't like the phone, simple as, i hate it, iwould rather text, because then you don't have to find out how people are feeling, whether you stop them doing an importantjob and they're going to be cross. so yes, that's what i do. i text my friends to make arrangements. ican friends to make arrangements. i can refer back to it to check i've got the right time and place and th

disseminated oho with sports news as well straight here to go in search of a second straight home ashes whitewash over england. to this news hour. sunni and christian leaders have rejected the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital calling it dangerous and an insult to christians and muslims alike a declaration follows weeks of palestinian protests across the occupied territory since president trump's announcement at least fifteen palestinian protesters have been killed one hundred have made has more from bethlehem. the festive mood has been somehow dampened ever since the jerusalem declaration by chubb some three weeks ago now no archbishop did but the step is the highest roman castle legal authority not only in the holy land but also in the middle east has said that after the declaration that has been many cancellation pilgrims it was supposed to come and spend christmas eve at the church of their divinity well i have decided to stay away this year business down but only most fifty percent in this city now r.g.p. should be set by the homes of one foot or he said that no one ca

australia are looking to take a step closer to claiming a second story home ashes whitewash when they face england and the fourth tests which begins on choose a australia have already won the five match series having taken the three games a so far they've also up the ante in melbourne and mitchell starc has been ruled out of the fourth test and will be replaced by jackson bird poked fun at england's bowlers after james anderson suggested australia's bowling attack lack depth not quite humorous actually. twenty we could see in the series. and we have been and they have the cricket out at. all it's certainly wouldn't walk by saying oh i don't watch i suggest giving the nets. forward to seeing what it can do to the english that is throughout this test match if one's working hard to try and win this test match. you wouldn't expect anything different from from the group of honest bunches of players you know they're willing to do whatever it takes to try and get it which you know put a hell of a lot hard work i know we haven't got much for it but you know we really really hoping that we can

england's cricketers have avoided an ashes whitewash but a win was just beyond them in melbourne.lia captain steve smith. a day in which england will have hoped to complete a dramatic and exciting first victory of this ashes series ended in a somewhat anti—climactic draw because of steve smith the australian captain who scored his third century of this series and he has now scored more than 600 runs in the series. he batted australia through to see out a draw. england had a glimmer of hope when david warner tried to slog joe root‘s bowling. it went up in the error and gave root a wicket on his birthday. england then got rid of shaun marsh thanks to a good catch from jonny bairstow and had real hope of getting into the australian lower order. the scoring was very slow, the pitch lifeless, and the atmosphere drained out of the mcg. so, there won't be a 5—0 ashes win for australia, as two of the previous three england trips here have seen, but england didn't get that morale boosting win either. we now go to sydney to see if england can get that first series win, and we will all hope

the good news for england, it will not be a whitewash. patrick kielty is in melbourne.n which england to have completed a dramatic and exciting first victory of this ashes series ended in a somewhat anti—climactic drawl. the familiar obstacle steve smith, the australian captain who scored his third century of of this ashes series and has now scored more than 600 runs in the series. he batted australia through to see out a draw. england had a glimmer of hope earlier in the day when david warner gave route a wicket on his birthday. then england also got rid of shaun marsh before lunch through jonny also got rid of shaun marsh before lunch throuthonny bairstow. but smith then batted alongside mitchell marsh to see a straight through the rest of the day. the scoring was slow, the pitch lifeless and the atmosphere drained out of the mcg. so no 5— neal asher ‘s win for australia but england did not get that morale boosting win either. we now go to sydney to see if england can pick up their first victory of the series and we will all hope it isa the series and we will all hope

panorama and guardian's whitewash of u.k. government funding terrorists in syria so while that's going on in yemen and we've got involvement there we are also involved in helping militants who i suppose the british government hopes will overthrow assad in syria still even after the us dollar dog the geneva talks finally the b.b.c. would have long denied it and they continue to use pictures from the white helmets and so over. finally a panorama program in water that is no watches as we had times about what's the point to an extent because there's a whole list of things they didn't mention not they didn't mention the white helmets involvement with others it's either they think that the public don't understand it or it's just not palatable either way well ten out of ten for beginning to talk about it two out of ten for the depth with which you did it and i should say also i did see the program at least the former chair of the british foreign affairs select committee speaking very well about it weighs in the former chair of the b

there are even whitewashed mud constructions that look like vast grand palaces.as the first metropolis. it's the very first film footage of yemen. from the air, you see the extraordinary landscape of the hadhramaut, which is an area full of wadis, where water would flow down and enabled human habitation from prehistory onwards. and what you're seeing is what i think is one of the most extraordinarily sophisticated developments of urban living, because you have people living in adobe—constructed, mud—constructed multistorey habitations. the first skyscrapers. they're often described as the manhattan of the desert. in the actual manhattan, during the late ‘60s, eastern mysticism was popularised by the hippy culture of the time. young people in many western countries were inspired to find love, peace and harmony in their lives. but these ideas have their roots in asia, from films shot in the 1930s across the himalayan ranges, of journeys through bhutan and tibet. the men who shot this footage thought they had discovered paradise among the himalayan mountains. george

are off the bottom of the table beating watford 2—1 england's cricketer‘s have avoided an ashes whitewashbut tookjust the two wickets, and with an unbeaten century from the australia captain steve smith, the match was drawn. england have already lost the series and trail 3—0. to come off three very difficult games and put in a performance like thatis games and put in a performance like that is very pleasing, and that's what we're about as a side. i think thatis what we're about as a side. i think that is a fair reflection of what we are capable of as a team. saracens are up to second in the rugby union premiership after beating worcester. there were also wins for gloucester and newcastle. almost 78,000 were at twickenham as harlequins scored seven tries against northampton. tim visser with two of them in the 50—21win. that's seven league defeats in a row for saints. glasgow's pro—14 derby match against edinburgh was stopped for half an hour when a fire alarm saw the scotstoun stadium evacuated during the first half. glasgow eventually won the match 17—0 — leejones with the game's only try

australia are looking to take a step closer to claiming a second straight home ashes whitewash when they face and wind in the fourth test which begins on choose day australia have already won the five match series having taken the three games so far they've also upped the ante and mel ben mitchell starc who's been ruled out of the fourth test and will be replaced by jackson bird poked fun at england's bowlers after james anderson jested australia's bowling attack lacked depth now it's quite humorous actually taking twenty wickets in the series so. we have been and they have the cricket out at depp's us all it's certainly when you walk by see or don't want to suggest given that it's so difficult to see what it can do to the english that is throughout this test match if one's working hard to try and win this test match. you wouldn't expect anything different from from the group on his punches of play as you know they're willing to do whatever it takes to try and get a complete with which to put a hell of a lot hard work i know we haven't got much for it but you know we've really really hop

the task for england is to avoid a 5—0 whitewash in the ashes series

actor liu yifei to play mulan in an upcoming film, following accusations against hollywood of whitewashingaptation of the 1998 animated movie will tell the tale of the famed chinese heroine hua mulan. several hollywood films have faced criticism in recent months for featuring white actors in asian roles. translation: this is the first time i've heard of a chinese woman playing the lead role, so i'm very much looking forward to this. translation: i think now china is growing stronger and stronger in various fields. just like — who was it, the us president's granddaughter, who was singing chinese songs. this is something great for china. the pakistan cricket board is seeking $70 million in compensation from its indian counterpart for not honouring an agreement to play test matches. the two countries have not played on a bilateral basis since the mumbai attacks nine years ago, which india and the us blame on militants based in pakistan. a chinese commuter who was fed up with delays in his commute took matters into his own hands and painted new road signs. he told the police that the straight