it s very bad. hello, i m hugh ferris. england are out of the women s t20 world cup, succumbing to a shock defeat by hosts south africa in cape town. chasing 165 to make the final against australia, england fell short by six runs to end a tournament they had every hope of winning, asjo currie reports. england s army army, in expectation below an army. high in expectation. they gave the crowd plenty to cheer and england a real headache. even when they finally saw her off, tasman rick took up the mantle. by the time their bowlers started firing, the damage was already done. england took their frustrations out on the ball, but the pro tears weren t splitting their advantage slip to the fingers. heather knight dug in, but those on her collapse. devastation for england but dug in, but those on her collapse. devastation for england dug in, but those on her collapse. devastation for england but this is an landmark devastation for england but this is an landmark moment. devas
time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. hello, chris. hello. most of us some sunshine. certainly a lovely end for the day. this was the west midlands, birmingham, sutton coldfield, with the setting sun as you can see over the setting sun as you can see over the slate. it was like that everywhere. after a sunny morning in scotland the cloud limit clouds gathered through the afternoon, and a rather dark and moody scene with the wind picking up on rain from these weather fronts. moving southwards at the minute. rain getting across scotland and eventually moving into parts of northern england, northern ireland as well. most of the rain quite light and patchy. it will increasingly leave any frost limited towards southern parts of both england and wales where you might get off to quite a nice sunrise tomorrow morning before cloud tends tomorrow morning before cloud tends to spread southwards as this front continues its journey south across england and wales as well. a
this comes from recommendation letter. the government has said, the english game remains one of the uk s greatest imports, which clubs around the world of the uk s greatest exports, which clubs around the world modelling on their success which is why the government has taken targeted steps to ensure it continues for generations. financial mismanagement led to bury s expulsion from the football league in 2019 they now play in the ninth tier north west counties league and say an independent regulator is badly needed: bury has become the poster boy of footballing failure in some respects. we are tired of it. we want to move on, we also want to make sure other clubs don t suffer the same fate. everyone in the ground today has suffered from what has happened in the past. we think an independent regulator is crucial, it is the only thing that has teeth and will make the other proposals and suggestions in the future actually happen and mean something. without that, things will fal
ash wednesday will be cooler with outbreaks of rain around. the weather is changing but perhaps only briefly. a colourful end today in yorkshire with the clouds thickening up yorkshire with the clouds thickening up and bringing some rain. the clouds moving up from northern france bringing the first rain for quite awhile across eastern england. also thickening cloud bringing rain across scotland, northern ireland, heading into wales and western parts of england. lots of cloud and rain developing over many areas overnight and temperatures probably staying at five or six by the end of the night. quite a change in the weather. we will see the back of the rain in eastern scotland in the morning and then for scotland and northern ireland we ll get some sunshine, a scattering of showers, cold enough for wintriness over the hills in scotland. we keep some showers and longer spells of rain across england and wales, particularly cloudy across eastern england. temperatures as a result w
as president putin begins drafting new troops in the fight in ukraine. some flights out of russia have sold out. also in the programme. the bank of england raises interest rates to their highest level for m years it warns the uk may already been in recession. and a fracking ban in england is lifted in a bid to increase energy production but critics say the move could harm the environment and trigger earthquakes. the us secretary of state has said russia s president, vladimir putin, can t get away with shredding international order over his invasion of ukraine. he was speaking at a special meeting of the united nations security council. here s what else he had to say. even the number of nations that maintain close ties with moscow have said publicly that they have serious questions and concerns about president putin s ongoing invasion. rather than change course, however, president putin has doubled down, choosing not to end the war but to expand it. that expansion he was