if england wa nt to not been good enough. if england want to hang on to the coat—tails of those moments, and there was one or two, just one or two, the gulf in class between the england team and australia, in these conditions, is massive. 19 out of 25 they have lost in the 21st century in these conditions. they have to have a reality check and be realistic. to come back in four years and be competitive, if few things need to change. the selection process needs to change, the style of cricket required to be successful here, it has to start now. do you think england's attack was inadequate from the start? i do. italk england's attack was inadequate from the start? i do. i talk about a tool box. the captain is only good as the twill boxy has in his hand. joe root was missing a spanner and screwdriver, he did not have a spinner or quick bowler. his best player was in new zealand. that situation with ben stokes was very difficult for england to cope with. the best player is not here playing, he would have made a little differenc

some good news for england cricket fans. they've beaten australia in the opening one day international, with jason roy hitting 180. that's the highest one—day international score by an england player. and after the test side's recent thrashing in the ashes series, it was an impressive and much—needed five wicket victory by the tourists, as adam wild reports. for english cricket, a time to rebuild, recover, restore some respect and some reputations. a fresh start, then, and it soon became a rather good one for england. early wickets falling. but this is australia and, after dominating all winter, they weren't about to go easy on their old rivals. a century from aaron finch helping them towards a total of 304. in days gone by, such targets were imposing. now, for this england one—day side, it was merely inviting. jason roy taking up the challenge with the kind of relish missed by england in recent months. brilliantly belligerent, he bludgeoned his way to a magnificent 100. taking the game away from australia, the highest

ben stokes is set to play for england again next month. the star all—rounder found out earlier this week that he will be charged with affray after a brawl outside a night club last september. he was left out of the ashes as the police investigation took its course. now that charges have been brought by the cps, the ecb have decided that he can play for england and is set to feature in new zealand injust over five weeks' time. let's speak to our sports correspondentjoe wilson, who is at lords. the former england captain michael atherton says the ecb's decision is illogical if stokes gets a date for a court appearance, yes, andi yes, and i can't take that point because you might say what has changed? because you might say what has changed 7 there are because you might say what has changed? there are still criminal proceedings ongoing, still a presumption of innocence before guilt, a key part of our legal system. the ecb would say they are waiting to see what the cps were going to decide, so we had this decision to charge ben stokes and i t

you only have to look at this test match, on the thursday england we re test match, on the thursday england were 220—3 and going well and they lostjoe root were 220—3 and going well and they lost joe root and were 220—3 and going well and they lostjoe root and jonny bairstow quickly together and that switched the momentum of the match. england will say they've been competitive against australia for periods of test matches but they keep losing those crucial moments and in test cricket that is crucial. if you don't have players that can produce a bit of brilliance when you need it, you're not going to win matches and england have had not enough to win in australia. patrick gearey, we will let you get back to the heat because you look like you're enjoying it with a bit of sweat on your forehead but thanks for your time! day four of the game between india and south africa is due to resume in the coming our. south africa are 65—2 in their second innings after day two was a complete washout. the top two sides in the world meet in this three test series. now to football and the news that h

pa rents parents in england are subsidising free nursery ca re parents in england are subsidising free nursery care because it hasn't been properly funded by the government according to a survey published today. the report, by the pre—school learning alliance, found nurseries providing 30 hours of free childcare are having to ask parents to cover the cost of nappies and lunches. the government says the funding was never intended to cover the cost of meals or additional services and it is investing 6 billion pounds in childcare by 2020. the only person that this policy is free to as the government. it is not free to providers. we are subsidising this policy. it is not free to the parents of their children because we are having to ask for additional contributions to cover parts of what we offer that the funding does not cover. we would love the word free to be replaced by funded or subsidised. there are calls for all women over 30 to be screened for a faulty gene related to high rates of breast and a very and cancer. testing is said to prevent thousands of patients developing cancer an

no joy for england's cricketers... they look to be heading for a 4—0 ashes series defeat after another dominant day for australia. the tourists ending day four in sydney on 93 for four... still 210 runs behind the aussies. patrick gearey is at the scg... it has cooled quite considerably now but this was a day of unforgiving heat and unforgiving australians. we always knew given the match situation that they would make england work hard and they made them toil under the boiling sun. when australians say it is hot, it is hot. the weather of the outback at the end of england's arid ashes. take shade, take water, take wickets if you can. not easy, shaun marsh hadn't even sweated when he went to a century. the celebration a family do with his brother, mitchell marsh, who would soon celebrate going to his own century. they almost forgot to run they were so keen to hug. this was about physical and mental disintegration. punishing england in a0 degrees heat. the aussies declared mercy on 649—7. england 303 runs behind, the

no joy for england's cricketers... chelsea ladies have gone top of the women's super league after beating arsenal 3—2. it was 1—1 until the hour mark whenji so—yun put chelsea ahead for the second time in the game... arsenal drew themselves level again — dominique janssen scambling the ball over the line after the west london club had failed to clear. chelsea then produced the winner — but it was more a case of a goalkeeping errorfrom sari van veenendaal which saw the arsenal keeper carry the ball over the goal line. chelsea came out on top in that one. no joy for england's cricketers... they look to be heading for a 4—0 ashes series defeat after another dominant day for australia. the tourists ending day four in sydney on 93 for four... still 210 runs behind the aussies. patrick gearey is at the scg... it has cooled quite considerably now but this was a day of unforgiving heat and unforgiving australians. we always knew given the match situation that they would make england work hard and they made them toi

beat england! beat england! it still matters. every opportunity we get to play on this ground is special. it is another ashes test match. the quys is another ashes test match. the guys need no is another ashes test match. the guys need no more is another ashes test match. the guys need no more motivation, a great opportunity to try to win the test match and win the series 4—0. ashes series take a long time coming around. england must wait two years to try to reclaim it. four years for another chance over here. the aim for now is to turn the wheeljust a little in their direction. i have given up trying to predict the weather, it is so constantly changeable. what i think we can say is that this will be a better test match than the one in melbourne. that is partly because of the pitch, partly because it is a test in honour of the cancer foundation. looking around this place gives a sense of how special this ground is for both sets of players. they will wa nt for both sets of players. they will want the series to get a big finish a

this has been england's ashes trouble from tranquillity. nowjosh hazlewood thought he had alastair cook. the umpire didn't, but the technology backed the bowler — marginal and maybe crucial. so root, who had earlier chosen to bat, had plenty of it to do. this was 50 — handy, but the celebration told of an unfinished job. by now, the conditions had been transformed from drizzling to sizzling. dawid malan was dropped but shuffled on to his half—century. whisper it, but england were comfortable. only an illusion. third ball with the new ball, almost inevitable, another 100 missed, root didn't need telling. now things started to unravel. instead of a nightwatchman to see out the final balls, jonny bairstow went out, got out and handed the day to australia, a day which encapsulated a series. i think it sums up where we've been this tour. we've been on top for so long in games and we make one or two mistakes and suddenly we let the aussies back in. so england finish the day once again in shadow, the same shadow which has stalked them all ov

the england tea m selection once again. the england team still getting over 4—0 ashes thrashing down under. for both players and fans, the site of one of the world's best players returning to their ranks will no doubt be with great relief. south africa have won their test series against india after victory in the second test at centurion. india's chase in their second innings looked doomed, when they lost three early wickets. and on day five, things didn't pick up. they were bowled out for 151. debutant lungi ngidi took 6—39, his best—ever figures, and was named man of the match. to be honest, it is actually difficult to describe. it is not something i am used to, so, you know, every time it really does hit me, you know, you get goosebumps, you get nervous all over again. in that time you are in the middle of the game. but it really is an honour, i mean, to have people appreciate the work that you are doing out there. so yes, i mean, it is hard to describe, but it really is hard to describe, but it really isa is hard

they did get rid of england short of 350. they arejust rid of england short of 350. they are just about still in this match. this next session, how important could this be to this test match? is this the important session that england could get in this series? it's a crucial session. australia have shown they can bat england out of matches. england has a lot to ——a lot of work to do. it is starting to spina lot of work to do. it is starting to spin a bit. we might see a bit of mason grane as the matchwinners on but it is a very important session. if australia can get through to tea, they will feel they are right in the box seat but england, because of that fighting spirit, will feel they have a chance. enjoy the sunshine. virat kohli has become the indian premier league's highest—paid player after being re—signed by the royal challengers bangalore. they've paid $2.67 million to retain his services. but kohli's immediate focus is on india's test series in south africa. the world's top two teams go head—to—head in a three—match series which starts in cape

semi—final against for england's kyle edmund came to an end. semi—finalagainst marin for england's kyle edmund came to an end. semi—final against marin cilic was a step too far. the croatian was rarely challenged in the first. the second more competitive. marin cilic two experienced and in the end, too good. taking the match in straight sets to book his place in a second grand slam final out of three. marin cilic is waiting for the winner of the second final between roger federer and hyeon chung. and the contrast in experience could hardly be greater. federer — who beat tomas berdych to reach the last four — is the defending champion, and remains on course to win a record—extending 20th major. he's aiming to reach a 30th grand slam final and this will be his 43rd semi—final. by contrast chung is playing in his first grand slam semi—final. in fact, it's the first time he's made it past the third round of a major. the world number 58, who beat novak djokovic and both zverev brothers to reach the last four, still can't believe he thr

, wales and the south—west of england, wales and the south—west of england, gradually moving east. there could be breaks in the club by afternoon, particularly in the far south—west of england, south west wales. east wales, the midlands, north—east england, it remains cloudy with rain. some brighter skies in eastern areas, and that is where it will feel particularly mild this afternoon. some breaks in the cloud across northern ireland and in the north—east of scotland. elsewhere in scotland, it will be cloudy with rain showers. most of us getting into double figures across the south—east of england. with some brightness, those temperatures could reach 14 or 15 celsius. through the night, it will stay breezy for many of us. further rain spreading to northern ireland, scotland, northern england, wales and the south—west. the south—east should stay dry and temperatures there should stay in double figures. through wednesday, this area of low pressure moves across the north. look at the squeeze in the isobars there, that indicates a windy day. there will be some gales, if no

if england wa nt to not been good enough. if england want to hang on to the coat—tails of those moments, and there was one or two, just one or two, the gulf in class between the england team and australia, in these conditions, is massive. 19 out of 25 they have lost in the 21st century in these conditions. they have to have a reality check and be realistic. to come back in four years and be competitive, if few things need to change. the selection process needs to change, the style of cricket required to be successful here, it has to start now. do you think england's attack was inadequate from the start? i do. italk england's attack was inadequate from the start? i do. i talk about a tool box. the captain is only good as the twill boxy has in his hand. joe root was missing a spanner and screwdriver, he did not have a

england's main task now is to slow the game down, so australia down. they probably cannot get victory anymore, england, australia will want to score quickly and get into the batsman, take a ten wickets they need to make his 4—0 to england will be looking to show some character perhaps, perhaps salvage a draw. show a bit of character, is that our england can get back any pride at the end of this final ashes test? babble maybe get some pride but

ij whether he felt their momentum had switched towards england... i think it is given confidence moving forward , it is given confidence moving forward, the work that we've tried to do and the things that we try and put in place early in the series, they've eventually come through to a degree, but ultimately we want to wina game degree, but ultimately we want to win a game of cricket on this tour. there are few things more symbolic of australia than the sydney opera house but as for the cricket team, they will be determined to beat england, that is the marketing slogan for this ashes series but now that they cannot win it 5—0 and have already big dramatic the ashes, that would drain some motivation from them. it's from those who say they should rest mitchell starc, he missed the last test with a bruised heel missed the last test with a bruised heel. the bowled increasingly sharply but australia with the series against south africa coming up, some say that playing mitchell sta rc up, some say that playing mitchell starc is too much of a risk but au

very strong wind with rain across the rest of england and wales, costing 50, 60 mph, maybe england and wales, costing 50, 60 be up england and wales, costing 50, 60 mph, maybe up to 70 in some spots. disruption overnight and into the morning, certainly possible to travel, whether it is from snow with a strong wind, or the icy conditions we started the day within scotland, northern ireland and northern england. i think you will be struck by this picture at 8am, which shows the bulk of the weather system overnight has cleared away at this stage. of course, it is the problem that has left behind, why you should be checking the travel situation near you before you head outjust about anywhere, whether you have had the snow or the very strong wind overnight. we still have further sleet and snow showers coming towards western scotland, northern ireland and north—west england. none of the snow initially on hills, it will be rain showers in south—west england. as we go through the day, some of the showers will turn to snow. many southern and eastern parts, bar the odd stray shower, will hav

england closed day one and 233—5. patrick geary has beenin day one and 233—5. patrick geary has been in sydney covering this. patrick, it is becoming a familiar story. england coming out on top, they make a good start but late wickets have left them in a precarious position again? yes, holly. it was their series encapsulated in a day. where there is hope they seem to find trouble. those wickets tilted the balance in australia's favour. england batted in murky conditions. they lost careless early wickets. in joe in murky conditions. they lost careless early wickets. injoe root and dawid malan they started to rebuild their innings. malan was dropped by steve smith. both batsmen went to 50 and both look pretty co mforta ble went to 50 and both look pretty comfortable as england got to 220—3. with the third ball of the new ball joe root hit it's straight to mitchell marsh. you could see how disappointed he was. it was such a big wicket. instead of sending a night watchman in to see at the end

the church of england is the church back home. it is the state church in most of the southern colonies and new york, and the anglicans in america have a problem. clergyman, you have to be anointed or consecrated by at bishop.e all the bishops are back in britain. you're a pennsylvanian, and you want to be a minister in the church of england you've got back across way the ocean, an expensive and angerous trip, for the laying on of hands. to be r clergymen have englishmen and scotts men sent over here. to have be a lot easier an anglican bishop right here in he colonies so a lot of the anglicans in america start asking for one. now, you would think, who cares, right? if you're a presbyterian or a anything, nalist or why do you care? how easy it is for the anglicans to get clergymen. but remember, the church of england is part of the government. in the house of lords. politicians, ally not religious people. anglican minister is another piece of patronage used o corrupt people using public liberty but instead they are looking out for

highest temperatures across southern england. further north, some sunshine and wintry showers in the far north—west of scotland. this is bbc news, our latest headlines: police say a car involved in a fatal crash, which killed three teenagers at a bus stop in west london last night, is believed to have been travelling at high speed. a man has been arrested. the attorney general has acknowledged that "very serious mistakes", over the disclosure of evidence by prosecutors, have led to the collapse of recent trials in england and wales. a bomb hidden by the taliban in an ambulance in kabul has killed at least 95 people and left more than 150 injured. it comes a week after a major taliban attack on a hotel, in the afghan capital, left more than 20 people dead. paris is on high alert for flooding. water levels are continuing to rise along the river seine, following some of the heaviest rain for a century. now on bbc news, sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me olly foster and katherine downes. these are the headlines toni

ben stokes can resume his england career next month. the ecb said he is available for selection in their tour of new zealand, just two days after he was charged with affray following and nightclub brawl last september. he was left out of the ashes tour while a police investigation was going on. here's joe wilson. a lot of people thought the ecb would wait until criminal proceedings against ben stokes had finished before considering him for selection. we now know that ben stokes has been charged with affray and will come before magistrates at some point in the future, and in that context the ecb decided it would not be reasonable not to consider him for selection while they wait for those proceedings to reach their conclusion. the poll may ask what has changed in terms of ben sto kes‘ ask what has changed in terms of ben stokes' status, now that he is available to go to new zealand but wasn't for the ashes. maybe it is practicalities, the level of scrutiny from the media and public that he might have faced in new zealand would have bee

some outbreaks of rain in northern england and towards northern england and towards northern england. there should be dry and bright weather for east anglia and southern england through the morning. more showers pushing into the south—west of england and wales. some of them fairly heavy, with squally winds. through the day those showers push from west to east. there should be sunshine developing along the south coast and for parts of north—west england and northern ireland. temperatures around for— i degrees, but further rain and hill snow in the north—east of england and the central scotland. through friday night we have the northerly breeze developing, so it will be a cold night than recently. frosty for many areas. mist and fog in central and southern parts of england and wales. through the weekend the main theme will be the dipping temperatures. the winds continue to push on from the north 01’ continue to push on from the north or north—east as high pressure builds across the country. through the day on saturday northern ireland, scotland and northern england have the

england sent outjonny bairstow. england must somehow try to make the competitive total, but on those closing hours, has the damage already been done. on those closing hours, has the damage already been donelj on those closing hours, has the damage already been done. i think it sums up the tour. we make some mistakes and suddenly we have let them back in. to be five down, it is obviously not ideal. what do you think the competitive total is going to be? the position tonight before those, we would have been looking to get 400, 450. losing these wickets has put us back a bit. no reason that we cannot get another 150. has put us back a bit. no reason that we cannot get another 150m was great to get the reward, as the bowling group. those sessions related things out of us. to get those last few chances, it was great for the confidence. hopefully we can get stuck in. also coming up in the programme... manchester city's women's newest star... from afghanistan. and from the bottom of a ruck to in front of an easel — we me

of england for first low across the north—east of england forfirst thing on low across the north—east of england for first thing on thursday and that could give disruption thanks to snow and heavy rain and the strength of the win. strong winds and high tides mean coastal flooding is the win. strong winds and high tides mean coastalflooding is possible. thursday, generally a quieter day as the low heads off into the continent. we should see some decent sunshine, but there will be showers around and it will continue to feel cold. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: bonus payments to carillion's directors — including severance pay to former executives — have been stopped. court documents show carillion had just £29 million in cash when it collapsed on monday. it owed lenders £1.3 billion. fresh warnings of persistent heavy snow for many northern parts of the uk. hundreds of schools across scotland and northern ireland are closed. more than 200 motorists were stranded overnight on the m74. ‘haemorrhaging' nurses — new figures show one in 10 leaving the nhs in england each

beat england. beat england. beat england! it matters still. every opportunity we have to play on the ground is special and it is another test match. we need no motivation. ashes series take a long time coming around. england have to wait two yea rs around. england have to wait two years to recover the urn. the aim for now is to turn the wheel of little in their direction. the england head coach eddiejones has said he wont be replacing dylan hartley as england captain ahead of the six nations. hartley and his club northampton have had a disappointing season so far butjones says that's irrelevant and certainly isn't intending to lighten the skipper‘s workload either. listen to this. if he does less for england, he won't be with us. in terms of team meetings and all of the things that come with being captain. he has a clear role at england and that is to be captain and to be the leader. he understands that. there is no reason why what happens at northampton... it is like you come home, you come from your home and you have had a bad day, you kno

england have been disappointing from the start. they have not completely fallen apart, but they simply haven't competed often enough in enough test matches in this series. if australia can com plete in this series. if australia can complete this victory, questions will be asked about what went wrong for england over here and how english cricket can stop it happening again. patrick gearey at the sydney cricket ground, many thanks. match of the day follows the news. there were only four 3rd round ties in the fa cup but there was plenty of drama...if you want to know what happened, then here come the results. the holders arsenal are out, beaten by nottingham forest. arsene wenger, who made nine changes to his team, has won the fa cup a record seven times and had never lost in the 3rd round before. managerless forest are in mid table in the championship but won 11—2 at the city ground. newport county from league 2 are into the 11th round draw for the first time in almost a0 years. they beat championship side leeds united 2—1, thank

the england and wales cricket board said stokes, who hasn't played for england since the incident, is expected to join the squad in february. 0ur sports correspondent joe wilson is at lord's. why can he play now when he couldn't play in the ashes? it isa it is a good question, and it may well seem illogical to some cricket followers. the ecb were waiting to see what the cps decided before they took their next step. we know there isa took their next step. we know there is a charge for ben stokes of affray that he is indeed contesting, and in that he is indeed contesting, and in that context of the ecb are faced with a decision. whilst they wait for the trial, which could be a year ahead, do they let their star player, who they are paying centrally, to sit on the sidelines? they have said they do not think it is there or proportionate to do that, and so he is available for selection again. we have seen him playing club cricket in new zealand already, whilst under investigation. clearly representing england is a significant step up. there is the image that it projects, but also the pract

this wasn't the day england wanted. they hoped their spinners might run through australia and even preserve some sort of first innings lead. as it was, they had to toil in the heat on what was a special day here in sydney. after a series of fiercely partisan colours, a shared shade. syd ney partisan colours, a shared shade. sydney has worn pink one speedier for a decade in honour of the breast cancer charity co—founded by jay mcgraw, the late wife of the great glen. steve smith was the uncrackable code. but moeen ali's eureka moment came. smith left a void and mason crane filled it with an appeal. first they check the noble and there the case closely top—heavy umpire felt the boot was behind the line, he would have had his first test wicket. england needed energy. it came from crane. he had in for 171. in the baking temperatures, the marsh brothers turned england into their stooges. a draining day in every sense. australia well in charge, england feeling tired. let's hear from both charge, england feeling tired. let

day four, ending with england 93-4, it was day four, ending with england 93—4, still it was day four, ending with england 93-4, still 210 it was day four, ending with england 93—11, still 210 runs behind. patrick geary has been following the action. it has cooled considerably now but this was a day of unforgiving heat and unforgiving australians, they are and unforgiving australians, they a re close and unforgiving australians, they are close to winning the ashes 4—0, in reality they need only one wicket. the day started in the ever climbing temperatures, shaun marsh went to his 100, emotional celebration with his brother, mitchell marsh, they went to his own 100 and they were so taken with hugging each other, they almost forgot to run. mitchell marsh was bowled on the next delivery, but already it freed up the remaining australians to free up england. shaun marsh, tim paine and the tail adding the moralising runs for the

a fourth of the population of england herself. more people than you have in some european countries. now, if you had to do it, you can certainly imagine you could make a go of it as your own nation. and along with growing population comes a growing sense of -- what would we call it? -- political competence. the local elite people like ben franklin, people like william bird, we talked about him a couple of weeks ago, these are the folks who dominate the local elected assemblies, and if you remember, the assemblies are getting more and more powerful and the governors who are appointed from overseas are having less and less authority as the years go by. by the time you get to the middle of the 1700s, you have got pretty much local self-government in almost every colony. so not only is population reaching the level where you can imagine an independent country would work, you've got a governing class that thinks, by george, if they have been running their colony for the last few decades, they ought to be able to run a country. the econ

day four, ending with england 93-4, it was day four, ending with england 93—4, still it was day four, ending with england 93-4, still 210 it was day four, ending with england 93—a, still 210 runs behind. patrick geary has been following the action. it has cooled considerably now but this was a day of unforgiving heat and unforgiving australians, they are and unforgiving australians, they a re close and unforgiving australians, they are close to winning the ashes 4—0, in reality they need only one wicket. the day started in the ever climbing temperatures, shaun marsh went to his 100, emotional celebration with his brother, mitchell marsh, they went to his own 100 and they were so taken with hugging each other, they almost forgot to run. mitchell marsh was bowled on the next delivery, but already it freed up the remaining australians to free up england. shaun marsh, tim paine and the tail adding the moralising runs for the england fielders, they decided to put them out of their misery at 649-7. 303 put them out of their misery at 649—7. 303 ahead, the temperature in parts of sydn

iforgot into southern england. i forgot to mention as well that some of those snow showers coming into western scotla nd snow showers coming into western scotland will also be accompanied by rumbles of thunder. overnight, heavier bowls of snow for scotland, northern ireland and northern england, and by the end of the night we could see a frostjust about anywhere, and certainly looks like ice will be a big issue. taking the road first thing in the morning, there will be difficult conditions. another windy day to come on wednesday as well. still showers to come for scotland and northern ireland, but fewer than we have seen today. a lot of sunshine across england and wales. temperatures, on the face of it not looking so severe, but adding in the wind chill and for the northern part of the british isles will feel subzero. not much betterfor british isles will feel subzero. not much better for the south. british isles will feel subzero. not much betterfor the south. wednesday night into thursday, here comes this deep ar

north—east england. and we're going to be keeping the wet weather across north—east england and some snow over the hills. to the south, scattered showers west to east, but less windy than thursday. some sunshine developing. bright day for northern ireland and sunny spells for south england. on saturday, it is going to become colder. a lot of sunshine across the north of the country, predominantly dry. to the milder. south, 2—7. bye. you're watching beyond 100 days. donald trump threatens legal action against steve bannon after his former aide is quoted in a disparaging book about the white house. the president's lawyers are now trying to stop the book from being published, but lots of people already have copies. welcome to the latest episode of the reality tv presidency. reporting in this book has angered the administration and taken everyone by surprise. what's it like to get hit by a bomb cyclone. well, it looks like this and it's freezing the east coast of america. also on the programme: if americ

dentists warn of a tooth decay crisis amongst children in england. a record 43,000 operations to remove rotting teeth were carried outlast year. ministers say they're determined to tackle the problem. good morning, it's saturday the 13th of january. also this morning: african leaders demand an apology from donald trump, after he's accused of making "vulgar and disparaging" comments about poorer nations. a ban on credit and debit surcharges comes into force today, but there are concerns companies could raise their prices in response. é $— m u .; awrzf 7” , "w w and sarah has the weather. it is another cloudy day today and things are going to turn increasingly wet and windy from the west. i'll bring you all the details in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story: there were nearly 43,000 hospital operations to remove teeth in children and teenagers in england last year, equating to 170 a day. the british dental association says england provides a second—class service compared to scotland and wales, and has accused government ministe

the england cricketer, ben stokes, will be available for selection for england's tour of new zealand despite being charged with affray following a fight outside a nightclub in bristol last year. the england and wales cricket board said that stokes, who hasn't played for england since the incident, is expected to join the squad in february. north and south korea have agreed to march together under a single flag at the opening ceremony of the winter olympics next month. the two countries have also announced they will field their first ever joint team for the women's ice hockey event at the games being hosted by the south. it's the result of the first diplomatic talks between the neighbours for more than two years. 0ur correspondent, sophie long, is in seoul. sophie, what is your reading of the significance of what's been announced ? significance of what's been announced? well, huw, they are sending a large delegation, some 550 people. there will be 230 cheerleaders. 140 artistic performers and 30 strong taekwondo squad. the most significant importance is this announcement that they wil

rain, sleet, hail for wales and south—east england. but running to the pennines more at times there heavy sleet and snow showers, so further accumulations in places, and another cold day. saturday, early rain, perhaps the sleet clearing from the south of england. then a quieter day. sunshine, a fewer showers but then wet and windy weather spreading north and east on sunday. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. a deal to create closer military and security co—operation between france and the uk — the prime minister and president macron sign a new treaty on border security which will see the uk spend £44 million on beefing up security at calais and other channel ports. the uk is in the grip of the worst outbreak of flu for seven years, say health officials. all parts of the country have seen increases in the infection rate. patient safety in wales is being put at risk because of cuts in services — a group of doctors claim in a letter to the first minister. they say nhs wales and social care are severely under—resourced. th

more nurses left the nhs in england than were recruited last year. the government says there are more nurses working now than in 2010. heavy snow causes travel disruption in parts of scotland, northern ireland and the north of england. in the business news... the boss of the gmb union has described the government's response to the carillion crisis as "inadequate and inept". the construction giant went bust on monday putting thousands ofjobs at risk. the support for private sector firms that were working with carillion is due to end today. shares in rival services and construction firm interserve slumped by more than 9% this morning, it's now recovered a bit. it's down around 2.9%. it happened as reports suggested interserve could also be in financial difficulty. but the company has said they expect 2017 performance to be in—line with expectations and 2018 operating profit to be ahead of current market expectations. three—fifths of new cars should be electric by 2030 if the uk is to meet its greenhouse gas targets. the committee on climate change

an england victory. alex gulrajani, bbc news. rory mcilroy finished second at the dubai desert classic. it was nip and tuck for most of the final round — the northern irishman drawing level with the chinese leader and eventual winner li haotong. a couple of waywrd shots cost mcilroy though. a final—hole birdie saw him finish on 22 under but that was one shot behind the winner. if someone had told me at the start of the year you would finish third and second in your first two events i would have said i will take that. but being in the positions i've been in, and having two close calls the first couple of weeks of the year, it's a little difficult and i think the competitor in me is very disappointed right now, i wanted to win, i always want to win. and i didn't do enough when i needed to. england's netballers beat south africa to claim the runners up spot in the quad series. they held off a fightback injohannesburg to secure their best ever finish in the tournament. world champions australia beat new zealand earlier to regain

england coach trevor bayliss has admitted that england have the opportunity to experiment with their side in the final match, with the series already lost. uncapped spinner mason crane has impressed opener mark stoneman throughout the tour. faced me a few times. balls out nicely, revs on it. real competitor. you have got to be to be one of the leg spinners. it is one of the most of the to master. always once the opportunity. that's all for now. more at half ten. thank you. strong winds of 90mph our expected to hit the united kingdom this evening. the threat level has been upgraded to amber, across northern ireland and south west scotland. roads have already been closed in parts of galway. it is already proving to be devastating in ireland? we havejust been watching the reports coming from the irish republic, and it is 97mph! that is not on the coast. well inland. it is not great news. that is an indication of the power of the storm. 0ver that is an indication of the power of the storm. over the direction of the irish sea, moving across northern ireland and then slamming through the n

england 180 01’ ashes squad is now over. england 180 or out in theirfinal ashes squad is now over. england 180 or out in their final innings. nothing left except the hows and whys. we know we have to improve in a lot of areas and i'm sure the management will be thinking the same. there are an improvements eve ryo ne same. there are an improvements everyone can make. we are all there to improve, particularly after a loss. what next? the big thing for english cricket is to prepare players for a very different hemisphere. never mind a0 degrees, it is about four here in loughborough. the future mightjust be behind me. this is england's pace programme, with youngsters in winter training. england don't have fast bowlers, do they? we are hurting and we will review ourselves, here. i am already doing that with the fast bowling programme anyway, but i am absolutely convinced that what we are doing right, and people may say, where are they then? we have got them. will they get in the team? james anderson and stuart broad have led england's bowling for a decade. they can't go on indefinitely.

and so nhs england has taken action. before christmas, it had already told hospitals they could cancel all nonurgent operations and outpatient appointments for the first two weeks of the new year. now it has extended that until the end of the month. with respect to patients, i want to apologise for the fact that we have had, regrettably, to postpone a number of operations. we are trying to do it differently this year. last year, we cancelled a lot of operations at the very last minute, so people got a call the day before to say their operation wasn't going ahead. that is obviously very undesirable, so we wanted to do it in a much more planned way. but our hope is that the total number of cancelled operations will be significantly higher this year than last year. during this time, hospitals will not be penalised if they put patients on mixed six wards. it operations for cancer and other times and stiff conditions will still go ahead. we know the system is going to get difficult. rather than cancelling patients at the very

but for much of england and wales are roads. but for much of england and wales a re pretty roads. but for much of england and wales are pretty dismal early morning rush hour with some quite persistent rain. it stays quite persistent rain. it stays quite persistent across north wales and through northern england. then heading over into the isle of man and northern ireland, some sleet or wet snow possible across the higher ground. a cold and frosty start across the far north—east. an improving picture to england and wales with some sunny spells. the weather front grinds to a halt but again some wet snow to the higher ground. it is going to be a cold day on friday. friday we have showers and longer spells of rain across the country and temperatures between four and country and temperatures between fourand 9 country and temperatures between four and 9 degrees. the wind now coming from the north across the far north of scotland and is colder air will be the story as we head towards the weekend. descending right across the weekend. descending right across the country into the weekend.

—— demoralised the england camp?m tour the england camp now? —— demoralised the england camp? it was ha rd demoralised the england camp? it was hard watching, brutal heat, they have only taken two wickets all day, they are 133 runs behind. it was the pink day, when a lot of the crowd wear pink in honour ofjane mcgrath, wife of the bowler glenn mcgrath and her battle with cancer. moeen ali got him, caught and bowled. england thought they had khawaja, as well, but it was a no ball, the lbw didn't stand. khawaja moved onto 171, and it gave licence to the marsh brothers, who then tucked into the bowling and started moving the game away from england, shaun marshjust short of his century. australia in this strong position in the test, 133 runs ahead, six first—innings wickets still in hand. so what will england say to each other overnight? is it about saving grace, any crumbs of co mfo rt ? is it about saving grace, any crumbs of comfort? to go 3—0 down instead of comfort? to go 3—0 down instead of 4—0 is something, but we are a long way off 3—1. of 4—0 is something, but

a storm has broken over sydney, but way too late to save england. they we re way too late to save england. they were done by mid—afternoon. coming to the ground today with only six wickets in hand, they knew this would be a tough day. for the captain in particular, it was sickening. england have had three weeks to prepare for these pictures but that will make them no easier to watch after a stomach churning series, queasiest of all, joe root who arrived at the ground having spent the morning in hospital with a stomach bug. moeen ali took his place, batted for an hour then met a familiar end, dismissed for the seventh time by nathan lyon. incoming, the outpatient, joe root nursed himself to 50 but it was hard going. at lunch, he retired. his series ended not by an aussie but by his belly. australia removed jonny bairstow not long later, the rest was nasty, brutish and short. this was the sort of ruthless cricket that has allowed australia to dominate england and win the series with four big victories to none. emphatic stuff from australia,

england are 233—5 at close of play. and andy murray pulls out of the first grand slam of the season, the australian open, as he continues to struggle with a long—term hip problem. i'll be back with more on those stories at 5.30pm. one of britain's most prolific sex offenders, who raped and sexually assaulted women who were passengers in his black cab, has been approved for release from prison. john worboys, who is 60, was convicted of 19 offences in 2009, although police believe he carried out many more attacks. he'll be released on licence at the end of this month, following a successful parole hearing in november. our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, has been following the story and explains case. he drove his black cab around london, picked up women in the west end, offered them champagne saying that he won money on the lottery and he wanted to share the celebration with them, but he would lace the drink with sedatives and then he would sexually assault the women, rape the women when they were, you know, alm

we have had some sparkling weather across parts of wales, southern england in the north—west of england. across northern ireland, the fog has been reluctant to clear. it will become more of a problem tonight, more of a widespread problem tonight. we have a week weather from close to the east coast which willjust weather from close to the east coast which will just about weather from close to the east coast which willjust about hinder a frost forming here. the rain will ease a little. elsewhere, it will be cold enough for some frost in rural parts, possibly even some freezing fog. that will be the main hazard tomorrow morning. notjust fog. that will be the main hazard tomorrow morning. not just for england and wales, but parts of northern ireland and southern scotland. it should be a little brighter. a widespread frost. a cold start with the frost over parts of north—west england in particular. there could be a few holes at lower levels to allow the fog to form. affecting the major motorway networks tomorrow morning. and very slow to clear away. little energy in the sunshine at this ti

he is a gamble for england but at this stage england have to take gambles. thank you. you can listen to commentary on five live sports extra starts in just underan live sports extra starts in just under an hour's time. 0nto a story of one athlete fighting his way back to competition after a potentially life—threatening injury. devon's andrew cotton is used to competing in some of the world's most dangerous environments — he's a big wave surfer. and in november, a massive wipe—out on a 60 foot wave in portugal left him with a broken back, and no guarantee he'd get on a board again. over the last two months andrew's been having intense physiotherapy to start walking and, he hopes, surfing again. the bbc‘s emma thomason‘s been given exclusive access to his progress. he thought it was going to be the wave of his life. it was one of the days of the year, maybe the best i have seen in a couple of years, and those are the days you take the risks. it looked like it was going to be the perfect left, but then as i got into it, it changed shape. i was committed and i ca

wilson next fourjudd trump, and all—england semifinal. a tough match because wilson is on his way up and judd trump will put him in his place. we will see you then, goodbye for now. as we saw a little earlier shaun murphy had more to contend with than just the skills of his opponent. this was murphy midway through fourth frame when he was at the table, and was forced into evading a wasp. i'm not sure it's quite the season for wasps. certainly caused him a few difficulties. a new year and a new rory mcllroy, one free of injury he hopes. after three months away recovering from a fractured rib the former world number one has returned to action at the abu dhabi championship. he starts the year outside the world's top ten for the first time in seven years. but he's in contention at the halfway stage in what could prove to be a defining season in his career. our golf correspondent ian carter has been watching. it had to be patient. in fact he needed the patience of a saint today because his play from tee to green was absolutely immaculate. almo

another big lesson was the value of the new england soldiers. there was this wide difference between local society and virginia society, which was reflected in how they went to war. new england was more egalitarian, militiamen chose their officers by election. if officers were no longer going to be in command, that thought they were owed something. washington worried that arrangement made officers too indulgent. was thatt impression they obtained a character which they by no means deserved. although they are an exceedingly dirty and nasty people. the new general was very concerned with hierarchy and discipline and uniformity. he issued orders for how the officers should distinguish themselves with their hats whereas the new englanders saw enlistment in the army as a contract. they demanded that the army honored its provisions so that when their turn -- term was up, they could go home. washington felt that if you are needed, you had a duty to stay. reenlistedo had not wanted to go home. washington worried the british would take that opportunity t

across parts of north—east england, just through the first part of the morning. showers packing in across scotland but look at the temperatures, five and six degrees in edinburgh and glasgow. we didn't get anywhere near that even through the middle of the afternoon on sunday. northern ireland, starting off mainly dry — pretty cloudy, but some sunny breaks, and we'll see some sunny breaks developing across wales, and the west midlands, as well. rain in the south will disappear into the near continent very quickly through the morning. we'll keep some showers going across northern scotland. but generally speaking, not a bad day. the cloud breaking up to give some sunshine, and those temperatures much higher than they were on sunday — in many places at 6—11 degrees. during monday night, things are pretty quiet. the south—westerly winds continuing to bring the milder air in our direction. 3—9 degrees, those are your starting temperatures for tuesday morning. and really, on tuesday, it is all about us being in the thick of this mild air, pumping all the way u