level on points, you could not make it up. and i hope i have an accursed the cricket, they are still at the crease, malan and root. mike, thank you very much. i hope i have not cast the cricket. cursed. a former royal marine, who was the victim of an arson attack nine months ago, has returned to his home in wingate in county durham.sean ivey escaped the fire with his wife and two children. it s thought he was targeted after posting videos on social media and speaking out about anti social behaviour. jonathan swingler has more. have you been waiting to get back home all day? yeah. so finally, the house was rebuilt, and our home. it s just great to be back. almost nine months since the arson attack on our property. sean is a former royal marine who served in iraq and afghanistan. life changed for him
and offering some dogged resistance, on day three of the opening ashes test. although the tourists lost both opeing batsmen in the morning session, the partnership of captainjoe root and davide malan has given england renewed confidence. both have hit half centuries, and between them they ve added over 120. they still face a mountain to climb, because of australia s huge first innings total of 425, but it could be so important for morale, looking ahead to the rest of the series, and if they can stay batting all day, well, then they might start thinking mission impossible, but for now, england are 185/2, 93 runs behind leicester city are out of the europa league after losing 3 2 to napoli.
good morning. england s root to recovery continues, as captainjoe and davide malan stand up to the australia attack to give their side a glimmer of hope in the first test in brisbane. and weather wise, whilst it might be a bit on the chilly side today with one or two showers in the west, this weekend it gets milder but be prepared for some of you a good deal wetter. all the details here on breakfast. it s friday, the 10th of december. face masks are now compulsory in most indoor public venues in england under stricter measures to slow the spread of the 0micron variant. theatres, cinemas and places of worship will require people to wear face coverings as part of the government s so called plan b restrictions, along with shops and public transport, as leboo diseko reports. a night out in london s west end. at this theatre, covid measures are already familiar. but from this morning,