the best of the sunshine in southern england. scotla nd sunshine in southern england. scotland heavy showers. flipping things tomorrow and scotland seen the best of the sunshine, southern england cloudier. not such a widespread frost tonight. already a touch of frost developing in places, temperatures dropping where skies are clear. some areas of father brown. some of us may go in and out of frost. a few showers for northern ireland, england, scotland. even in a relatively low levels. cloud increasing in wales. rural spots see the lowest temperatures. saturday morning, some of us start with frost. blustery showers in the north and northern isles, but also sunshine. spells in northern ireland. showers working southwards across northern england. that would clear, some sunshine, a cold, frosty start away from towns and cities. east anglia, north—east england, cold. patchy rain working eastwards across the midlands, east anglia, much of southern england through the course of the day. cloudy, damp and that will be cold feeling. cloud in northern ireland, mainly dry, sunsh

england on 196—4 at the close. they won the toss and chose to bat back, getting off to a terrible start with alastair cook out on just two, caught at slip by mitchell starc. at that point we wondered if there would be an old—fashioned england collapse. —— caught at slip off mitchell starc. but they rebuilt thanks to a century partnership from james vince and mark stoneman. james vince was a surprise selection but he justified the faith of the selectors. stoneman going on 53 and vince on 83, brilliantly run out by nathan lyon, a superb piece of fielding from him, backing up his trash talk from earlier in a week with a piece of individual brilliance. england lost their fourth wicket before the close with captainjob fourth wicket before the close with captain job root out fourth wicket before the close with captainjob root out lbw to pat cummins. initially given not out, but the decision was overturned on review. england four down at the close. a day of fluctuating fortunes, but no doubt in england's start of th

the stronger sunshine in northern england. sunny spells in east anglia and the south—east may not last too long. wales has cloud. that will spread east. outbreaks of rain as well. especially south wales and the long southern england into the afternoon and evening. some persistent spells for some of us. north—east england has plenty of sunshine. across scotland, showers in the far north. dry but cloudy in northern ireland. milder in south—west england. not that way with the cloud and rain elsewhere. single figure temperatures. cold air still with us on saturday night. rainfora time still with us on saturday night. rain for a time in south wales and southern england. more of us are clear in sunday morning. more widespread frost, a sharp frost for some, especially through scotland, northern, central and eastern parts of england. western areas could have bob on sunday. here we have cloud and patchy rain advancing north—east, maybe feeding into the west midlands, north—west england, south—west scotland, before dark. els

temperatures at the maximum of 1a, england. temperatures at the maximum of 14, 15. england. temperatures at the maximum of 1a, 15. this evening and overnight, rain persists in the north, going eastwards to east anglia. the next area pushes to northern ireland, and the north—west of england. temperatures falling to an overnight low of 10—13. cooler in the north. winds pick up. tomorrow morning, largely dry. temperatures around about six, seven. starting to see some rain pushing to southern scotland, northern ireland and north—west england. far north wales. elsewhere, cloudy start. breezy. temperatures about 13, 1a. mild start. as we move through the daily for england and wales, gusts of 50/60. on the coast, we could have 17mph. rain heavy for north west england, temperatures in the south east at a maximum of 15. more rain moving to the west. and then as we move to dusty, starting to drag this cool air from the north. move to dusty, starting to drag this cool airfrom the north. going to continue to go south and east. some small to start the day on dusty for the north of

play has ended on day one with england 278 for 8. still to come in the programme: emerging markets or neglecting old friends? what next for samoan rugby after they were declared bankrupt today? and uk antidoping could be going the same way if a legal battle with heavyweight boxer tyson fury goes against them. let's take a quick look at some of the other stories around today. jonathan browning is standing down as chairman of british cycling after less than a year in the job. earlier this year he apologised for "failings" after a series of bullying and doping scandals. browning will now resume his previous role as a non—executive director. olympic champion alex danson will captain the england women's hockey team for the squad's next three major international competitions including the commonwealth games in april. danson had led the squad on a tournament—by—tournament basis since previous skipper kate richardson—walsh retired. and england wingerjermaine mcgillvary has been cleared of biting lebanon captain robbie farah during sa

joe wilson has been with the england camp today. england's rugby union players have moved from their leafy luxury of their traditional training camp in surrey to this very nice hotel on the outskirts of twickenham, as they build up to their game against australia. it's all part of eddie jones's idea of getting the team accustomed to moving and locations, because that is what they will have to do in the world cup, and he tries to do in the world cup, and he tries to look after every detail. of course, as england coach, he has been very successful. last time against argentina, england were less than fluid. although they won, it drew criticism. running back owen farrell into midfield should help with the fluency, but doesn't a coach's job with the fluency, but doesn't a coach'sjob begin with the fluency, but doesn't a coach's job begin and with the fluency, but doesn't a coach'sjob begin and end with with the fluency, but doesn't a coach's job begin and end with the word victory? i put that point to jones earlier. does it ever matter h

both england and scotland played and they both won, england got the better of argentina, 21-8, england got the better of argentina, 21—8, and there were 11 tries in edinburgh, scotland beating samoa 44-38. edinburgh, scotland beating samoa 44—38. john watson reports. the rugby world cup injapan, now 678 days away. plenty of time for players to stake their claim for selection. 90 seconds all that stuart hogg needed, seizing a lucky bounce after an unlucky summer following injury. samoa needed a response and found one. josh tyrell in there somewhere to touch down. expansive exciting rugby is the wont of the scotland head coach gregor townsend. he saw it here along with the pace and power of hquones. man of the match stuart mcinally scored twice, as the scotland lead grew so did the samoan attacking instincts. samoa continued to test the scottish defence. hopes of victory punctured by peter horne collecting a clever pass to make it six tries for the scots who start with a win. new zealand to come. at twickenham all eyes on england's evolution, against argentina, their series up and ru

england cool their feet before the ashes first test. brighton and stoke share the points in a tight monday night premier league contest. tributes from around the world for former wimbledon champion jana novotna who has died aged 49. hi there. wherever you are around the world, welcome to sport today. it's about time we got a bit more fuel for the fire, some stoking of the ashes. england batsmanjames vince says australia need to back up their chat two days out from the ashes first test. earlier aussie paceman josh hazlewood spoke of opening the "scars" from the 2013—14 whitewash of england. our sports correspondent andy swiss watched the teams train at the hostile ground often knicknamed the ‘gabbatoir‘. welcome to the gabba, behind you we can see as australia gets ready to the test starting here on thursday. england's players have been taking things relatively easy. earlier on, some of them were here at the gabba, looking resplendent. including jake ball. he is looking to england's final bowling spot in the team. he says he is now

, but england's debutants alone england, but england's debuta nts and the alone england, but england's debutants and the team as a whole have equipped themselves well in these opening days? they have. lots of people were writing england off ahead of the gabba, the australian media were having lots of fun when they arrived, calling them the players with no name, and it is their new players who have performed so their new players who have performed so well, the likes of dawid malan, mark stoneman, james vince, all three have half centuries. it was the likes ofjoe root and alastair cook who haven't delivered so far. jake ball, a man with not a great deal of experience, he bowled well in yesterday's session so england will be pleased with the way their newcomers have adapted to the pressure and adapted to the situation at the gabba. the question now is can they push on towards victory? australia have this incredible record at the gabba, they haven't lost a test here to anyone for nearly 30 years and they haven't lost to england here since 1986 so on paper it looks like a tall order for the

this time last year england faced scotland. and the other home nations displayed the p°ppy on other home nations displayed the poppy on their armbands as a mark of remembrance. they were subsequently fined by the firm for doing so. they deemed it as a political display —— they were subsequently fined by fifa for doing so. the home nations argued that these were marks of remembrance. the rule has been relaxed. england will wear poppies on armbands and germany have decided tojoin them, because on armbands and germany have decided to join them, because that is a nice touch, with the traditional rivals who are normally divided, tonight showing they are united. enjoy the match, david. i mentioned england's injuries, wales are in a similar position and will be without a number of key players for their friendly in france — including real madrid's gareth bale. it's their first game since failing to make the world cup play—offs last month. manager chris coleman hasn't decided whether he'll stay in charge beyond the end of his c

they think gradual as the bank of england wants us gradual as the bank of england wants us to portray. we touched on where it‘s going to stay, the consensus seems to be that the bank is sticking to what it‘d said, any rises will be gradual, and not done ina hurry, rises will be gradual, and not done in a hurry, basically? that is what we have got. at the moment, we had the next point rise in november, next year, and then, in fact, the next year, and then, in fact, the next one after that could even be two years away. so we may only have one or two hikes based on market expectations so the bank has raised rates but it'll be gradual and the markets will no believe that. thank you. it‘s a busy day for the traders and economists here at lloyds. just what historic davises, the first time the bank of england has raised interest rates for a decade. the last time, 2007, gordon brown is premised, the iphone model had just been released and umbrella was number one in the charts. you've a nswered number one in the charts. you've answered all the questions. thank you very much indeed in the

match and is a doubt for the rest of it adding to england's injury list england have started their second innings and have a lead of 65. their ashes series begins two weeks today. also coming up in the programme... england head coach eddiejones tells us why lions duo 0wen farrell and maro itoje will be rested for the saturday's autuem international against argentina. and bouncing back — literally — we meet the british trampolining champion who's overcome injury to compete on the world stage... let's have a look at some of the other stories around today. fifa has been urged to make more effort to address risks to workers' rights on world cup stadium construction sites in russia and qatar — the hosts for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments. it's one of 33 recommendations in the first report of the governing body's new human rights advisory board. there's been criticism of conditions for migrant labour in both countries. britain's dimitri coutya has picked two gold medals at the wheelchair fencing world championships in rome.(ani) the 20—year—old world number one beat anton dat—sko of

england are a young and inexperienced squad. they have now had held the world champions, germany, and the five—time world cup winners brazil two goalless draws in a matter of days. for brazil this was their first real test on european soil since their qualification for the world cup. they have really been resurgent under their new manager, qualifying for the world cup in style. but dig tests await. we saw the likes of neymar tonight, jesus, and coutinho playing together, and they will go to the world cup is favourite so they will want to step up their preparations in the 2018. what a night for manchester united striker romelu lu ka ku. he became belgium's all—time top—scorer, on 31, after scoring the winner in his side's1—0 victory overjapan in in bruges on tuesday. russia held spain to a 3—3 draw in a pulsating friendly in st petersburg. jordi alba put spain ahead first. yuri zhirkov made it 2—2 for the russians early in the second half. and, after a sergio ramos penalty had made it 3—2 to spain, fyodor smolov sco

whether he stays in northern england 01’ whether he stays in northern england or not. you can't blame players, i mean, who would have thought... for all the of the all blackjersey, which in ourfour goes. all the of the all blackjersey, which in our four goes. and this is the issue. i'm not saying anybody is right or wrong, but what i am saying the market will dictate, the market forces, whether it is football, cricket now, with t20, rugby, the market will determine where the asset ends up. and not the pride of the jersey. well, not if you are talking about millions of pounds, which are life changing. and this would clearly... in the amateur era, none of this ever happened. but i suppose it is one of the consequences of going professional. and did we all have a crystal ball 1995, when it went professional? you couldn't see this coming? well, maybe we should have done. but even then,in maybe we should have done. but even then, in 1995, remember, the premier league soccer had only been running since 1982. so the premier league soccer is only 25 years old and could any of

england's try. it's looking as if it will be england in the semifinal. but the drama was just beginning. tonga's fans sing hymns from the stands and now the team had found something almighty. the chorus inspired them to three tries in the last seven minutes and in the final seconds, they were on charge for the line. fifita has lost it! he has lost it and england have won it! tonga may never get so close to the top of world sport, but in the end england's cruise control became survival instinct. tonga trauma overcome, it is australia next for the title. it was a great feeling. plenty of young kids home watching this and they have been waiting a long time. 0ne they have been waiting a long time. one of the best games i have ever played in. it is unbelievable and you can see tonight they keep fighting to the end and they are passionate. now we're off to the final. have finally was how the's hopes of ending with the formula 1 season with a win suffered a blow after being beaten by his mercedes team—mate qualified with abu dhabi grand prix. he smashed the t

drier for the north—west of england. some showers into wales and the northwest temperatures not too much, mid single figures. dry weather for much of central and southern england. some breezy as well. as we go through this evening and overnight, we continue to seek showers down east coast, extending further south, summer east coast, extending further south, summer showers persisting for northern ireland and southern parts of wales and western parts of the south—west. dry weather around, clear skies, feeling cold, patti frost developing improved spots, one oi’ frost developing improved spots, one or two patches of ice where we see showers passing through. showers for eastern coastal regions tomorrow, a lot of brightness around, the best of that south—west scotland, wales and south—west of england. scattering of showers for northern ireland, parts of wales and elsewhere, temperatures in single figures, feeling a little bit cooler than today. the setup, moving into thursday, high—pressure out to the west, continui

showers on and off in south—east england, not as lengthy as yesterday —— south—west england. the same in wales with gaps between them and sunshine. if anything, the showers will be fewer into the afternoon. showers come and go through the day in northern ireland. sunshine in between. and uk wide today, temperatures down on yesterday, at best around 4—7, maybe eight or nine in the far south. in the evening, showers inland will fade away. they continue across northern and eastern coasts and one or two across western wales and south—west england. that will give the risk of ice through the night. it is frosty elsewhere and raw wind blowing into the start of wednesday morning across eastern scotla nd of wednesday morning across eastern scotland and eastern england. eastern scotland and england will see showers through the day. some turning increasingly into sleet and snow even not just turning increasingly into sleet and snow even notjust on the hills into the afternoon. further west, west of wales and south—west england most likely to see showers. many other parts will be d

play ended on day one with england 278 for 8. chelsea ‘s women had taken a big step towards the champions league semifinals. they beat the swiss side and the lasix team match. the blues we re and the lasix team match. the blues were totally dominant in the first half, then they went ahead just after half an hour. their second arrived midway through the second half. a third goal means that the tea m half. a third goal means that the team now has a big advantage going into the second leg next week. with a huge match coming up and the chance of a place at next summer's world cup in russia. windsor park will be in full voice as northern ireland host switzerland in their play—off first leg tomorrow night. joe wilson looks ahead from belfast. the tactical subtleties will merge, but we can imagine it will revolve around defending their goal. it is their ability to keep clean sheets which defined their qualifying campaign and got into play—off. theirform campaign and got into play—off. their form results went off the boil by thei

where will england be playing? where will england be playing? we will get another ins and outs of the different groups ahead of the start of the tournament in june. of the start of the tournament in june. england are in the second part. what does that mean for them? well, what it means is they were not seeded high enough to get into the first group which would have perhaps given them an easier path to the early stages. but they do share a group with spain, switzerland, columbia, the likes of mexico, uruguay, croatia and perrot. some very strong teams in there. we will find out in due course. england not finishing with enough points to make the first part. plenty of people will be doing their best and worst case scenario calculations. have you been crunching the numbers? case scenario calculations. have you been crunching the number57m case scenario calculations. have you been crunching the numbers? it is fascinating! there have been rehearsal draws this week. gary lineker took the master of ceremonies roll. in one of those rehearsals, england ca

into the england side. born within three minutes of each other, the overton twins have never been far apart. that is, until now. craig overton back on. nice and smooth. while craig is in australia, younger brotherjamie will be watching. 10,000 miles away, back in taunton. the only times when we are in different classes, because mum and dad wanted us to be split up. because if we are together we cause a lot of trouble. we have played literally every sport together. we have always been in the same team. so he will properly find it pretty strange that i am not there, but we spend so much time together, it is nice to get some known. both brothers were tipped the great things. at school they were already tall, and bowling a lot faster than anyone else, so it wasn't long before somerset‘s academy took notice. i can remember the first timei notice. i can remember the first time i saw them, they were tall, they were gangly, they want to do everything, they wanted to bowl, that can keep wicket, both of them. so it

england lost their way in the second. jermaine mcgillvary didn't, finding the line as he often does. small in stature, but a giant on the wing for huddersfield. nine tries, nine matches. three now stand between england and world cup glory. papua new guinea next. they're a great team. they've played well the last few weeks and it's going to be a tough challenge. but for us, it's about what we do, making sure we do the job done individually. if we do that, we will get the job done. ireland and wales had both already the irish finishing with a flourish, with six tries. time to take the weight off. for the quarterfinalists, the wait continues. the tennis atp finals are under way in london, and six time champion roger federer opened with a straight—sets win overjack sock, the ideal way for federer to get used to the playing conditions again at the o2. there's always a struggle because of the conditions. you are not quite used to how the ball is flying. it was just not quite connecting. after a while, i was happy to hit some

in sport, england get on top, down under. after davvide malan, made a half—century for england, in the opening ashes test, the bowlers are now having an impact — they've taken four wickets already. and nick has the weather. it may be black friday that this weekend's weather is brought to you by the colour blue. it's going to be a cold one. the bully on wintry showers but quite of the blue sky. it is colder this morning. some icy patches to watch out for. more coming up. good morning. first, our main story. in the next few hours, zimbabwe is preparing to swear in a new president, after ten days of extraordinary drama that culminated in the resignation of robert mugabe after 37 years in power. 60,000 people will gather at a sports stadium in harare to witness emmerson mnangagwa taking control of the country. the opposition is urging him to end the culture of corruption. tom burridge has this report. the reaction when robert mugabe resigned shows how high expectations are about what comes next in zimbabwe. with a crumbling e

my beloved england they play their old nemesis the germans and money now is all about scoring that fixture and face woke up seeing generally smock allowing the school to forty five club goals won the palme d'or and scored forty goals for england including for world cup finals themselves i sat down with a team south to talk with the ninety nine will cope. if you've joined us on the show. wanted to interview a fright because it's a pall mall in korea overlaps with the one to keep coming through little is watching. the wimbledon guy. on quince was in the mix so yes liverpool everybody knew about you within the club and you come on in school you firstly go against wimbledon. you're always confident always in your own ability but did you belief that for a minority ninety seven. ninety ninety eight. did you foresee that you knew that you would then go on well it's always hard to say. but throughout my life i always succeeded in every you know game i played in. you know schoolboys in my you know every big game i always. succeeded really i call into the national scale of excellence and then go in

anyway it goes to london to plead the case of new england to say new england must be left alone by london and he makes a great speech to the commission on plantations and they read there would be no more appeals. edwards simply can't leave and the fact that the ships had been abolished leads into the idea that the millennial is coming and at the same time in england herbert palin who was an old friend of edwards in boston returned from boston being the first treasure of harvard to take up land in suffolk through his first wife and he discovers that edward is related to one of the best-known figures of the civil war. they think edwards life changes and i think both portraits -- the portrait of penelope shows a different lifestyle, very different from plymouth that edward and josiah had. he lives in london but he starts importing in exporting and josiah comes to spend quite a lot of time in london and elizabeth, edward stalk her also comes over because he gets very miserable in london. he just can't leave it alone. he's been promoted to one of the revolutionary commissions and he has actual

showers first thing across north—west england, wales and down into south—west england so if you are going to the cenotaph in london it should be a fine start, breezy and cold but plenty of sunshine. if you're going to other services, despite some showers in the south—west and a cluster of showers through wales, i'll swear it will be cold, dry and predominantly sunni. a good slice of sunshine through the spine of the country, is scattered showers across the east of northern ireland and scattered showers still wintry flavour. 56 degrees of the strong wind on the coast making it feel pretty chilly. the wind could clip a few showers that there could be showers to wales and south—west england through the day but sandwiched between them, dry, settled, sunny, a little colder than it has failed in recent days, 6—10d are high. as we move out of sunday high pressure will nudge a little further east and the winds should be like the temperatures expected to fall away quite sharply. that will be noticeable first thing on monday morning, a hard frost likely, in rule parts of scotland, we could se

the spotlight will be on england in more ways than one. this will be the first day—night test, men's or women's, in ashes history. for the players, a whole new ball game — or a pink ball game, to be precise. easier to see under the lights, never previously used in women's international. but england and australia are no strangers to innovation. after all, they played the very first women's test more than five years ago. now, they will share another piece of sporting history. both teams are looking forward to it. we don't play a lot of test cricket and you only have the opportunity to be part of history once, so i think both teams will be extremely excited about it. but it is australia who is on the front foot. win here, and they retain the ashes. england will have to hope they do not live up to their billing. now, she may not have an olympic medal, but yusra mardini was one of the stars in rio last year. she was part of the ioc‘s refugee team less than a year after she fled from syria, where she was quite literally forced to swim for

i don't think anybody in england would accept that. if i offered you the quarterfinal of the world cup next summer now, would you take it? not now, no. but we haven't won a knockout match since 2006, so our last two tournaments have been a disappointment. so we've got to remember where we are starting from with this group of young players. equally, they are fiercely ambitious. the evolution of the england squad and southgate has seen an emphasis on younger players, and the manager says he has been impressed with their sense of unity. they've got so many foreign players at their club that i think coming together with other english players is actually a strength. it's something they look forward to. so, the environment we have is very healthy. this has been an unprecedented year of success for england's youth teams, with both the under—17s and under—20s crowned world champions. southgate must now hope such achievements rub off on his young squad, as he prepares for his first major tournament in charge. dan roan, bbc news, moscow. new

england we re very important european cup. england were paying germany. a lot of injuries, so a new look side. pay is missing out, as often happens with a friendly. our correspondent david ornstein is at wembley for us. i guess considering the number of rookies this wasn‘t a bad result? that‘s right. germany weren‘t at their best, but take nothing away from england, this was a positive night and the manager gareth southgate will be pleased. the most impressive performance was perhaps ofjordan pickford in goal, coming infor ofjordan pickford in goal, coming in for the previous goalie who broke a finger. he had a number of swine says that would have given southgate selections headache heading into the world cup. —— fine saves. after the brazil friendly they have two more matches before that squad is announced. those matches are both in march. the midfield was steady. the chelsea midfielder is currently on loa n chelsea midfielder is currently on loan at crystal palace. upfront tammy abraham, just 20 and also on loa n tammy abraham, just 20 and als

and scotla nd priest in courts of england and scotland too. that is the weather. ina in a motorcar and this evening but now good evening, i'm holly hamilton and welcome to sports day — live from the bbc sports centre. coming up on the programme. as australia take the lead in the ashes series — england face questions about jonny bairstow‘s actions away from the field. he's back in the frame — sam allardyce is back in talks with everton about the manager's position hello and welcome to the programme. plenty to get through but let's start with the cricket and it wasn't the ideal start for england in the ashes series — after a hard fought first test — it's australia who take the lead. the hosts needed just 56 runs to win on day five — that was done and dusted by lunchtime. but it was an incident off the field that's attracted most of the focus today as andy swiss reports. welcome to brisbane where on the pitch it was predictable as australia wrapped up victory inside an hour. of but it e took it. there was certainly no malice in his

england's ashes have begunin bit smarter. england's ashes have begun in defeat and controversy. what was already a tough challenge has become a whole lot tougher. andy swiss, bbc news, brisbane. and tonight, speculation mounting over ben stokes after he was seen at heathrow airport. the ecb says he's making a private trip to new zealand to spend time with family — and have denied he's on his way to the ashes or any other training camps within the england set—up. stokes is still waiting to find out whether he'll be charged after an incident outside a bar in bristol in september that led to his suspension from the national team. that case remains ongoing. sam allardyce is back in the frame to be everton‘s new manager. he had ruled himself out of the job, but following their 4—1 defeat to southampton yesterday, everton‘s search to fill their vacancy has become increasingly urgent. here's our sports correspondent david ornstein. sam alla rdyce sam allardyce was the initial favourite for the job but he publicly ruled himself out of contention because everton delayed making

will mean england have no excuses. says the favourable draw will mean england have no excuseslj says the favourable draw will mean england have no excuses. i think it isa england have no excuses. i think it is a great start for us. you have to wind the four games anyway, but to play tonga and the usa at the start, then france and argentina at the end, it is great for us, and we are playing some great cities, a real variety in the cities we play for and it willjust be stimulating for the players and great for the fans. it might include fly home on friday, a couple of days at home before returning to camp on sunday night and gearing up for the match against argentina on the 11th of november —— england will fly home on friday. argentina on the 11th of november —— england will fly home on fridaym is those injuries chris was speaking about in the england camp that have added to the focus on the demands being placed on players at the moment this season. the leicester and england centre manu tuilagi has called the pla

a victory for england against lebanon on. they are up and running for the tournament, but now it is off to perth to face france in a week's time. still to come on sportsday: the curtain is raised, ready for the autumn internationals, as the all blacks beat the barbarians and canjustin rose make it two tournament wins ina row? four england cricketers hit half—centuries on the first day of the opening match of their ashes tour. it's a two—day game in perth, against a western australia xi. henry moeran is there for us. england will be satisfied with their first day of competitive cricket during this tour, four of the batsmen that england are looking for to get into form did so. half centuries for vince, mallan and ballance stoneman to reassure the selectors. the two failures for cook and root won't be too much of a concern. they have proved their quality before. tomorrow, we will see what england's bowlers have got. henry moran the bbc news in perth. england's women were also in action down under this morning, against a cric

brightness 200 in northern england and eastern scotla nd northern england and eastern scotland but rain spreading into the far north—west of scotland and the north—west of northern ireland by the end of friday. if you are heading out on friday evening any firework displays, for many, it should be dry actually. some patchy rain in western scotland, north—west england and the north—west of wales that for many, dry with some cloudy skies but into saturday, this weather system rings heavy rain. milderair weather system rings heavy rain. milder air behind it. weather system rings heavy rain. milderair behind it. colderair spreading eastwards through the weekend so notably colder as we go into sunday especially. outbreaks of rain on saturday. that world largely —— that will gradually clear away and then at mixture of sunshine and showers. turning quite chilly. saturday evening not too bad if you're going to firework display. sunday, a dry day for many with sunny spells. notably colder. 8—10. those temperatures coming down by a few degrees. that is it from me. bye— bye. back to

england face canada in a three—test series starting on friday. ronnie o'sullivan has had a busy day at the shanghai masters. he came through notjust one but two rounds of the tournament today. after a quick dash from coventry he dispatched of gary wilson first before disposing ofjoe perry here to progress to round three. bulgaria's grigor dimitrov did a demolitionjob on david goffan beating him in straight sets to reach the last four of the atp finals in london. dimitrov thrashed the belgian seventh seed 6—luv, 6—2. sixth seed dimitrov made it two wins out of two with the dominant performance in the pete sampras group. peru are taking on new zealand with the game goalless from the first leg. and these are the lengths peruvians will go to to reach their first finals since 1982. here's a group of shaman performing a ritual they hope will see their country reach the finals and at the same time curse their opponents. new zealand are trying to make the finals for a third time. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. for

england's try. it's looking as if it will be england in the semifinal. but the drama was just beginning. tonga's fans sing hymns from the stands and other team from the stands and now the team had found something almighty. the chorus inspired them to three tries in the last seven minutes and in the final seconds, they were on charge for the line. fifita has lost it! he has lost it and england have won it! tonga may never get so close to the top of world sport, but in the end england's cruise control became survival instinct. tonga trauma overcome, it is australia next for the title. it's a great feeling. one of the best games i have ever played. unbelievable. they are passionate and they keep fighting to the end. staying in the south pacific — day three of the opening ashes test has seen england take a slim lead — but it was australia who really turned up the heat in brisbane in the final hour. the visitors started the day brightly, as stuart broad off his own delivery, one of three wickets for the broad, well, if the first two days of this test matc

yes, england will resume on 196—4. they are actually starting play half hour early because of yesterday's rain delay. with the game so finely poised, there is a real sense that today's first session could be crucial. thanks very much, and andy swiss looking forward to the game tomorrow. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. here's evan. do animals feel pain or have emotions? dog owners know the answer to that. but it's been a raging controversy this week. mps have been accused of denying that animals can have feelings. could they really believe it? or is itjust fake news? join me now on bbc two. here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. welcome to sportsday. coming up on the programme, england hope to build a decent first day of ashes cricket, live in brisbane on day two. the latest from the europa league. arsenal top their group despite losing in cologne. england captain dyla n losing in cologne. england captain dylan hartley left out of the starting 15 for the first time under eddiejones as they prepare to

england will be all too aware of the danger posed. both sides joining together at the end of the game in a traditional fijian show of mutual respect and thanksgiving. take a listen to this. england will want to silence that aussie attack if they reach the final. although they have a flying winger of their own, jermaine mcgilvary, who has been in fine form with 11 tries in 11 england matches. and they may well have to silence the tongan support too. david woods is in auckland. the support of the tonga is fanatical fans event in downtown auckland this week, thousands came just to see their heroes and grab a memento. england's task is to match the emotion and they will need to produce their best form of the world so produce their best form of the world so far. there is a real excitement, the potential organ can be involved in and do and we have not hit 100% yet but we feel there is more in us and if we can get that, especially this week, we will put ourselves in the final and it is a special form. there have been a couple of minor scares

england are through, 20—18. what a finish. how did england hang on? unbelievable, it went to a maelstrom. the kiwis were 16—18 and all of a sudden the emotional wave that came from this crowd, they got one score at all seven with seven minutes to go, that is a nice consolation. bang bang, two more, and the whole place was bouncing. it wasjust euphoria and the whole place was bouncing. it was just euphoria that took them down the field, and the drama rated a very debt. what a seven minutes and let's not take away from england and let's not take away from england and how well they played in this game. i was going to see england can ta ke game. i was going to see england can take a heck of a lot from that when they face australia the world champions next week. 8096 of the game they were excellent. a little lapse in concentration but they will go and very confident next week, they defended their life of the majority of the game very well. they need to improve their kicking game, there we re improve their kicking game, there were some unforced errors in

maybe into wales in south—west england. for many of us, pa rt south—west england. for many of us, part two of the weekend on sunday, we will get season sunshine, but have a look at pictures. well down into single figures, add on that window that will be a chilly day. that begs the question, do you prefer your weather at this time of year cloudy, damp and mild, or do you prefer it's sunny and chilly? that is your choice. i'm not offering to change things over the weekend, but that is what is coming up weekend, but that is what is coming up on sunday. let's take a look at today's papers. the front page of the times. foreign minister stoked stories about priti patel, so say allies or supporters of her. they've accused pro palestinian ministers, stoking stories about so—called secret meetings with israeli figures. the front page of the times has a picture of kevin spacey. the film is being reshot and edited as we reported yesterday, to take it out of the film. lead story is that david cameron claimed a £500 million investment deal, with which he may ta ke investment

drierfor of england falling onto something drier for a of england falling onto something drierfor a time. and we are of england falling onto something drier for a time. and we are still in this mild air. looking ahead to the rest of the week, a wet and windy week than we have seen recently. driest in the south and east and all the possible something —— see something a little milder. this is bbc news. we are live in harare, the capital of zimbabwe, on an historic day. a momentous decision taken by zanu—pf, the ruling party, to dismiss robert mugabe as the party leader after 37 yea rs. mugabe as the party leader after 37 years. also, to strip his wife, grace mugabe, of her position in the party, accusing her of promoting hate speech and divisiveness. robert mugabe has now been given a deadline, an ultimatum, by his own

in england. the australian batsmen are very poor against the swinging ball, hence the last english ashes, the ball swung in three test matches. england trounced australia in those game. the two games where it didn't swing, where the conditions were similar to australia, australia won those two games. hence, australia are favourites in australia because the ball won't swing. their batsmen are clueless when the ball swings through the air. they're very good players when it's up and down. steve smith, especially. the best player in the world against a ball. not even in the top 20 there. there's a view and maybe you expressed it yourself. smith and david warner really are all that they've got to rely on, but then of course, england only have alastair cook and joe root. you could argue that the top fives are similar. they've got two world class players in both top fives. the captain and a left—handed opener. 0bviously, cook and warner are different players but they bring the same sort of thing to a

a big moment to come for england. one man who has no shortage of silverware in his career is lionel messi. he has got his hand on yet more. another award, the barcelona forward has been presented with the golden shoe for being the top scorer across european leagues last season. he scored 37 la liga goals, enough to pick up the award for the fourth time in his career. he was handed by luis suarez. that was at an awards ceremony in barcelona. that is all from sportsday, coming up in a moment the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are henry mance, political correspondent at the financial times and claire cohen, editor of telegraph women. tomorrow's front pages... the financial times says europe's banks have removed more than £350 billion worth of assets from the uk in the last 12 months, after the vote to leave the eu. the times claims a defence minister is threatening to quit if the military is forced to impose more cost cutting measures — includin

a positive night for england. they'll be back here on tuesday to meet the mighty brazil, then only two games, both in march, before they name their squad for the world cup in russia next summer. elsewhere tonight wales were beaten 2—0 by france. also in a friendly. goals from antoine griezmann and olivier giroud. all eyes turn this weekend on sunday to northern ireland who play their second leg of their world cup play—off against switzerland in what is possibly the biggest game in their recent history. naomi campbell — one of the biggest names in modelling for the last three decades — has been a vocal critic of the inequalities in the fashion business. she took vogue to task for its lack of diversity prior to the appointment of its first black editor. will gompertz has been speaking to her in new york about her views on diversity and sexual harassment in the industry — and her own sometimes controversial behaviour. i think it's a positive message to put out, an all—black cast for the pirelli calendar.

, and the depth of talent, then england should do well, is my view. and i said that before the 2015 world cup and i stick with it. that doesn't mean to say that things won't go wrong with team selection or all the rest of it. well you're aware that there are critics of your time at twickenham. stephenjones especially, writing in the times, said it was disastrous reign in senior positions at twickenham. he pointed to four failed previous appointments, martin johnson, andy robinson, brian ashton and stuart lancaster, and then, of course, and you have already referred to 2015, the world cup — it was an absolute disaster — the first home country not to qualify for the knockout phases. "if there was a car crash, then it was andrew that was sitting behind the wheel," writes stephen jones. yeah, well, stephen's got... he is a well—respected writer. he is a very well—respected writer. by some... but not by you! there you go. look, i think he has had an agenda for most of his career, as far as i'm concerned. an anti—andrew agenda? yes, no question ab

a try for him for the 10th straight england match and by half—time england had it under control. garreth widdop grounding it, his team looking safe and sound. bateman's bird scored looked to have sealed it. a crow commentator england's tried. it's looking now like it's going to be england's semi—final. but the drama was just beginning. tonga's fans sing hymns from the stands, now the team had found something almighty. three tries in the final seven minutes of the match and with ten minutes to go they were on charge for the line. fifita's lost it! tonga will never become so close to the top of the world sporting stage but in the end england's cruise control became survival instinct. it's australia next for a shot at the title. joe lyns key, next for a shot at the title. joe lynskey, bbc news. it maybe a big weekend of rugby union autumn internationals but it's still a busy one for club sides. gloucester are up to third in rugby union's premiership after beating newcastle 29—7. they ran in four tries,including this from henry purdy, showing off his footballing skills to give ne

with the ball, england were on top throughout. regular wickets for jenny gunn and katherine brunt, and arrested the bowling unit. they go into the final game on tuesday with the potential of finishing level on points, though australia will be retaining that ashes trophy. we came out here to win the ashes and we didn't do that, we have to hold our hands up and say australia played better cricket than us up until this point. to go home and have won the t20 series means we can leave with pride. regardless of the result in the final match of this women's temperament series, england will head home disappointed not have the trophy in their possession. mark robinson and his side set high standards for themselves. they know anything other than victory would be anything other than victory would be a disappointment. but they proved today they can go toe to toe with australia and that these two sides are very closely matched. the england men's team have arrived in brisbane ahead of the first test which starts on thursday. still without ben s

should england fans be worried this morning? probably not. england are that good. be under no illusion, they lost to australia last week, they lost to australia last week, the scoreline flattered australia, england have a lot of growth and they are coming together and they have one of the best coaches in the world if not the best. your tempting fate now. what happened last week, why did they do so badly in terms of the result against australia? why did they do so badly in terms of the result against australia7m why did they do so badly in terms of the result against australia? it was the result against australia? it was the first half, the rabbit in the headlights thing, they spent 35 and it's defending but in the second half after so much defence they dominated australia. with england they have so much potential, that happens in a world cup, your team gets better and your combinations come together and this is why the game against lebanon is so important because it gives time for your combinations in the right places, the spine, the halves, move the big boys aroun

frost and sunny spells for east anglia and south—east england, not lasting long. mild for some for wales and into south—west england to begin the day, but cloud and some patchy rain, and that is going to extend eastwards across other parts of southern england and a few spots perhaps into east anglia. but brightening up in northern england, keeping the sunshine in scotland but the blustery wind and showers in the far north, wintry on the hills and a lot of cloud in northern ireland but mainly dry. some of us technically milder than wales and the south—west, not feeling that way perhaps with the cloud and heavy rain but most of us, it's another single—figure, chilly day. saturday evening, saturday night, the rain becomes confined to far south—west of england. elsewhere, clearing skies. temperatures drop away again and the frost will be more widespread going into sunday morning. as ever, temperatures are lower than this in rural spots. but where you with that frost, you'll have some sunshine and it will continue for much of the day, we think, across scotland,

she has been with the england programme for three years and already team gb under 21 trials.|j see her as my daughter and i am so proud of her. she sort of caddies in the family ethos which is to never feel through lack of effort. both in sport and academically. she is a hell of an athlete as you'd imagine being related to her father and that is her biggest asset. have hockey skills are as good as they need to be to be people with that amount of pace. she has something about her, and determination that sets her apart from some of the younger girls that you see. i have big aspirations. i would like to play hockey at the highest level. i have a long way to go to reach anything here that but i would love to win olympic gold, i think that is everyone's dream. she is at the nightclub. the olympic gold medal winning team contained eight players who played for leicester but no pressure from dad. i am the polar opposite of a pushy parent. this is her driving have aspirations to play hockey. it is not parents, not me. it isa hockey. it is not parents, not me. it is a debrief and the c