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Englands james wade is also through. the world number 4 thrashed martjn kleermaker of the netherlands by 4—0 sets. australian batter travis head has tested positive for covid and will miss the fourth ashes test against england in sydney, which starts late tuesday evening uk time. hell remain in melbourne and isolate for seven days in line with health requirements. head is australias leading run—scorer in the ashes, a series theyve already won with two matches still to play. imean, not i mean...

Boulder county, colorado. wind gust evidence more than 100 miles per hour fueled the flames, destroying everything in its path, including nearly 1,000 homes. >> there are ashes in the sky and fire in the ground. so pretty scary. >> reporter: a scary scene at this costco store shows shoppers evacuating into the stores parking lot. >> i cant get this door open. >> reporter: inside this chickee cheese, panicked parents and children rushed for the exits as large clouds of smoke rush in but struggled...

Last year starting on the 8th of april and, amazingly, ending on the second of october — thats the latest the season has ever finished, and there was a large gap for the shorter formats in the middle too. now, thats meant that english batsman have rarely got to play in the conditions they come up against in test cricket and the results have been there for all to see in australia. they were bowled for less than 150 eight times last year, olly. thats a joint record with bangladesh. australia mus...

Performances. the ashes already lost and too much still to go and he says now is not the time to feel for themselves. this now is not the time to feel for themselves.— now is not the time to feel for themselves. ., , ., , themselves. as a group of players we have to take — themselves. as a group of players we have to take pride _ themselves. as a group of players we have to take pride in _ themselves. as a group of players we have to take pride in what _ themselves. as a group of players we ...

Hello, welcome to bbc news. im victoria derbyshire with your latest headlines from the uk and around the world. englands education secretary backs reducing covid isolation down from seven days to five. novak djokovic prepares for a court hearing after saying he has a vaccine exemption to enter australia because he had covid last month. russian troops arrive in kazakhstan as order is restored following six days of violence. the afghan baby separated from his parents in kabul during the chaos of t...

Todays adelaide strikers v sydney thunder game is going ahead, despite four thunder players testing positive. theres live commentary now on radio 5 live sports extra. meanwhile, seven players and eight support staff at the melbourne stars have tested positive, putting their next match on 2nd january in serious doubt. away from the big bash, australia batter travis head has tested positive for covid and will miss the fourth ashes test against england in sydney, which starts late tuesday evening u...

At the world darts championship. james wade has sailed through to the last eight at ally pally, sweeping past dutch player, winning 4—0. england are expected to have 0wen farrell available for the beginning of the six nations, the fly—half required surgery on an ankle injury suffered in the win over australia in november. hookerjamie george and centre manu tuilagi are also hoping to be fit for englands opening game against scotland at murrayfield at the start of february. englands cricketers...

To add to their growing injury list. vardy, leicesters top scorer this season, suffered a hamstring injury in their 1—0 win over liverpool on tuesday and faces a month on the sidelines. leicester boss brendan rodgers said the extra demands placed on players during the festive period had a played a big part in vardy�*s setback. huddersfield town continued their excellent season in the championship. theyve moved into the play—off places after a 1—0 win over nottingham forest. forest have a...

He had it down, written in stone, so that no—one could change it, even if we wanted to. and why would we want to? because he was, yeah, loud and boisterous, but he was simple. desmond tutu is to be cremated. his ashes will be interred at the st georges cathedral where he served as south africas first black archbishop. nomsa maseko, bbc news, cape town. the hong kong pro—democracy media outlet stand news has said its shutting down after hundreds of national security police raided its office o...

Champion in the event. and you can follow the final day of the fourth ashes test in sydney on the bbc sport website. play gets underway shortly with england needing to bat well to get something from the test. thats it from me. you can see more on all of todays stories on the bbc news channel and tomorrow on the sunday morning programme at 9am — sophie raworth will be joined by guests including the education secretary, nadhim zahawi. goodnight. hello again. it was quite a wet and windy start to...