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Big does australians lead me to be before they feel comfortable? how much strength to england have left to take the six remaining australian second innings wickets? heartbreak for mark cavendish who came so close to winning stage seven of the tour de france, and with it a record breaking 35th stage victory. with about 800m to go, cavendish came out to surge into the lead, butjasper philipsen got in his slipstream, and accelerated past him for his third win of the race. so near and yet so far for...

There is an awful lot of hype around it. from the leaked images of the actors who star in it, ryan gosling and margot robbie, who play ken and barbie, to this pink oceanside barbie house in malibu, which ken has reportedly posted on airbnb. if pinks your thing, then this is supposedly available from mid july. for toymaker mattel, barbie is the crown jewel, driving about a third of its $5 billion in annual sales. but more recently, the glitzy heels have gone out of fashion. and so mattel have tur...

Anniversary. both facing serious health issue. the former president has been in home hospice since february, and the former first lady has dementia. more than $1 billion in lottery jackpots at stake. $450 million mega million lottery. and if you strike out, theres still the power ball drawing on saturday night. that jackpot is more than $615 million with a cash value of $310 million. when we come back, the family reunion tradition thats 100 years strong. breztri gives you better breathing, s...

File reports 20 confirmed shark attacks in new yorks recorded history, but 8 happened last year, and officials say this years attacks prove a new reality. >> reporter: last summer was not an aberration, but that what were looking at is likely a new normal here. >> reporter: linsey, officials say those drones will go on multiple daily sweeps, and theyre also going to have life guards on wave runner to keep a closer look. >> linsey: trying to keep swimmers safer. trevor, thank you. a new headlin...

The department for transport has spent more than eight years planning, designing and re—designing the new hs2 station at euston. anyone who has been there will have seen it is now a building site but construction has been paused since march after it was revealed the station alone could now cost nearly £5 billion, twice the original budget, which todays report from the public accounts committee says was always completely unrealistic. it also says that even now the full cost of completing hs2 a...

Gangs claimed the life of an innocent young woman. 0ver—budget, delayed and without a clear plan, thats what a new report has said about the hs2 station at euston. mp5 call on the government to decide what it wants to achieve with the £5 billion project. good morning from headingley where the third ashes test is delicatley poised after a rollercoaster opening day. while at wimbledon, murray rolls back the years on centre court after liam broady causes the shock of the tournament so far. good ...

If your childs physics class isnt taught half the week, if your childs primary class has got a succession of temporary staff instead of a permanent staff, if your childs got special needs and the special needs support assistant has left the school to work in a supermarket because the pay is better, those parents know that their childs education is disrupted every day. and thats what were on strike about. the government says the strikes are causing more disruption for parents and children at the ...

To the picket line for the second time this week, in a row over pay and conditions. members of the national education union say the action is a last resort, and have called on the government to return to negotiations. vanessa clarke reports. a strike with no end in sight. today will be the seventh national day of action by teachers in england. they are calling for a pay rise thats above inflation and one that doesnt come out of school budgets. if your childs maths class doesnt have a maths teach...

Because the pay is better, those parents know that their childs education is disrupted every day. and thats what were on strike about. the government says the strikes are causing more disruption for parents and children at the end of the school year and that schools are receiving an extra £2 billion over the next two years. an independent pay review body has advised the government on what the pay rise should be. unions want it published now, but the government says it will be published in the u...