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Covid restrictions are to be lifted in wales, over the next two weeks. and a heros welcome for polar preet, challenging stereotypes after her solo expedition across antarctica. and coming up on the bbc news channel on sportsday... a swashbuckling century for travis head helps australia take hold of the final ashes test in a new venue — hobart. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. downing street has apologised to buckingham palace, after it emerged two parties were held at no 10, th...

Below that, as well. but... it�*s really important that we... we use last week in a really positive manner and leave here 3—1. ronnie 0�*sullivan said he was looking forward to "the ashes" of snooker, after setting up a meeting with australia�*s neil robertson in the quarter—finals of the masters at alexandra palace. 0�*sullivan was roared on by a boisterous crowd in london, as he outclassed jack lisowski to win 6—1. of his meeting with robertson he said, "this is the ashes, here w...

County cricket is the butter of all the issues. and i dont believe that county cricket is the only issue. i think theres a lot of issues hes sorting out. i think county cricket has produced a lot of good players over many, many years. i dont think the pictures are as bad as everyone talks about. its not ideal, and the two areas were very short in in this country and in terms of producing our spin bowlers and opening batters. theyre the stuff is —— the toughest. there is some merit. i think w...

After an ashes nightmare for englands men in australia, its now the turn of the womens side wholl be hoping for better. the womens ashes is a multi—format competition — wins mean points, starting with the first of three t20s in adelaide. theres also a test match and two one dayers 0ur cricket reporter henry morean is out there and has been speaking to alex hartley whos also played for england and is part of the bbc commentary team. hello and welcome to adelaide, the ashes roadshow has moved ...

The -- >> i did not even know where his ashes were scattered. i do not know that. >> well, they had not been scattered at all. here is the earn on the shelf of the house. >> and that might have been the end of it really, except for the deep freeze that split the family. but it was not the end of it. because, not long after, said the, a strange thing happened. two of marks friends came forward and claimed mark -- >> i think shes going to shoot me. mark hesitated, and then added, and she wont mess...

Autralias batsman rallied to reach 2&1—6 by the close. heres our sports correspondentjoe wilson. england have never lost a test match in tasmania. 0k. this is their first test match in tasmania. but recognise the team? five changes including 0llie robinson, recalled and rejoicing. warner caught by zak crawley for 0. next, marnus labuschagne dropped by the diving crawley on 0. ah! englands captain chose to bowl first in very helpful conditions and joe root himself caught usman khawaja. then ste...

About a potential move to spurs this summer. the 29—year—old is out of contract at old trafford at the end of the season. for mistake captain retired there are 500 ties for stowe, one in the backin are 500 ties for stowe, one in the back in 2012. hes recently been playing for inter—miami in the mls. but a back injury has pause time on his career. the final ashes test starts in hobart on friday. its a day—night test. australia have already clinched the ashes after winning the first three....

Cricket, and englands hopes of fighting back in the third ashes test already look to be in trouble. theyve lost a couple of early wickets on the first day of the boxing day test in melbourne. a few moments ago, they were at 36/2. australia hold a 2—0 lead in the series. for millions of people around the world, christmas day has drawn to a close but for millions more, there are still a few hours left to enjoy. its been another difficult festive season as the 0micron variant of coronavirus sprea...

But then tahlia mcgrath stepped in. three wickets from her swung the match in australias favour. and mcgrath then starred with the bat, dominating the england bowlers. a partnership of 144 runs with meg lanning steered australia towards victory. mcgrath was 91 not out, lanning unbeaten on 64. i dont wish to alarm you know, alex, but ive got a slightly scary statistics, and that is because australia have the ashes already, england have to win the series outright. a test match is normally a draw i...

To celebrate her birthday. and england bat their way through a nervous final session in sydney to draw the fourth ashes test. lawyers for the tennis champion novak djokovic are preparing for the next round of their legal fight to overturn the cancellation of his australian visa. the tennis world number one is currently being held in a detention centre — as he waits to see whether he can play in the australian open amid a row about his covid vaccination status. his team released documents yeste...