The waiting is finally over for the start of the ashes. Im at edgbaston, where ive been speaking to england captainjoe root ahead of the first test against australia. It starts today, as england look to claim the ashes back. Having lifted it for under cooky, and to see what its been like on the other end of it as captain, it makes me want to be up there on the podium at the oval hopefully with a massive smile on my face. We could get a shower at the oval, especially in a line from north east scotla nd especially in a line from north east scotland to east anglia, where it could be heavy, thundery and slow moving. More in 15 minutes. Its thursday the 1st of august. Our top story flood warnings are still in place across the north west of england and yorkshire after a day of heavy rain left people stranded and caused damage to buildings, roads and rail lines. Overnight, the water levels did begin to recede in some of the worst hit areas, but people are preparing for another downpour of rai
And restoring power sharing. And coming up on the programme well hear from a climate scientist in denmark about how the effects of last weeks heatwave are reaching as far as greenland, which is home to the worlds second largest ice sheet. Good evening. An inquiry has found that hundreds of children were sexually abused while in council care in nottinghamshire by the very people who were supposed to be caring for them. And the abuse went on for more than four decades. 350 people came forward and said they had been physically or sexually abused but the inquiry says the true number of victims is likely to be much higher. The damning report said the councils had failed in their duty to protect children in their care and still hadnt learned from their mistakes prompting concern about some children in care now. Our Midlands Correspondent sima kotecha reports. For some, it was here where the nightmares began, at beechwood childrens home, where Vulnerable People who were supposed to be protect
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The baby hurt in the Duxbury, Massachusetts, family homicides has died, prosecutors said Friday, bringing the death toll to three. The 8-month-old died at 11:18.