Except that this summer, england have already achieved their goal, already made history. Joe root held the world cup. So, iasked him, does that leave the ashes less significant . I think you speak to anyone thats captained england and is on the verge of an ashes series, to say that it doesnt mean as much as any other event, i dont think any of them would agree. I think its huge. Its a great opportunity. I think cricket in this country is probably at an all time high. Its probably got interest that its not had for a long time, and weve got an opportunity as a team to make this summer a very memorable one. So could this be a friendly ashes series . Well, australias captain says they have been motivated by a quote they think came from winston churchill. In short, behaviour never lies. Bear in mind, in this australia squad well find smith, well find warner, well find bancroft all three of the men who were banned for their part in the ball tampering sandpaper scandal. So, if you do fancy bo
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
Played here before, they got checked into the oddities but they also give back, and i think those who could deal with it i think will have a better time than those who cannot. Archer through hidden self and training the being held back, there are five ashes test matches, and english eyes will linger on the site at this bowler in full flow. James anderson at 37, he is Getting Better said the captain. One of australias all time bowling greats, Glenn Mcgrath has been speaking ahead of the series. Mcgrath has always predicted a 5 nil scoreline infavour of australia ahead of previous ashes series, but this time hes hedging his bets. Both teens have strengths at boeing, and its the biting thats a bit iffy, and to me except to the team that bats better and handles the pace and attack from both teens. Its going to win the series, and england had been struggling for a little bed, the top three bats have not bats that had not scored any rounds in i know scoring set seven against ireland, it coul
Weather into Northern Ireland and the south west. But large parts of the south west. But large parts of the uk will have a drier day on monday and there will be some sunshine at times. Those temperatures into the low to mid 20s. To look further afield we need to look at the jet stream. This is a fast moving ribbon of air and it is ina more fast moving ribbon of air and it is in a more southerly position than we would hope for at this time of year. There is a stronger arm of the jetstrea m there is a stronger arm of the jetstream from newfoundland. It picks up areas of low pressure, of course. The next one coming in on the back end of next week looks unusually deep and unusually far south across the uk for this time of year. Essentially it will keep the u nsettled tea m year. Essentially it will keep the unsettled team going well into next week. Nothing particularly extreme but a little unusual for august. Urban canoeing the most effective way to get across town. Hello. This is bbc news
i wonderfor the flying i wonder for the flying weather will be like tonight. time for a look at the weather here s darren bett. it isa it is a fine and late spring day. for many parts of the country it stays dry today because we were close to the area of high pressure. more cloud coming in to bring rain to northern scotland tomorrow and that weather front has brought more clout from the north across scotland and this is actually where we have seen most of the showers. northern scotland should improve this afternoon and showers move down into northern ireland, northern england. further south you may squeeze a shower from the cloud but on the whole it is dry and a little bit warmer, not quite as breezy and the temperatures peaking at 17 degrees. some showers this evening and they could affect eastern parts of england before fading away, we are left with cloud across the east and more cloud coming into the north west of scotland. maybe not quite as chilly as last night, temper