Coach of the mens team, will know that there is plenty of room for improvement. This summer the one day world cup victory was followed by a drawn ashes campaign which saw austrlaia retain the urn. But what do we know about the man wholl be leading the team in theirforthcoming tour of new zealand . Well, before he was an england coach, he was an england player. It was never an exceptional stint in International Cricket he played only six tests. But hes enjoyed success as coach. He led essex to the county championship title two years ago. During his time at chelmsford his record was unblemished two seasons, two trophies promotion one year, the title the next. And he will be a familar face in the england set up hes been the bowling coach for the past two years so has already formed strong relationships within the squad particualrly his fellow yorkshireman joe root. Earlier our cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew told my colleague holly hamilton hell be a popular choice with the players.
There wasnt really the religious nuance, but what you see at that moment is people saying, actually i live here, this is my country, i belong here, im going to spend the rest of my life here and my children are going to grow up here, so if i dont like something im going to raise my voice. The festival is hosting a series of events, with contemporary authors reflecting on the politics of writing three decades on from Salman Rushdies controversial novel. Would your books, which are about muslim dating and putting a mosque in a british village would those have been published, 30 years ago, and would they have created a reaction if they were . No, i dont think they would have been published and certainly not a book about a mosque in a village, because that conversation wasnt even happening and i dont think we were part of things in that way. I think a writer should be allowed to write whatever they want to write about, that is just categorical. What i do think, though, is that you have a r
A third man is being treated for shock. After the hong kong protests, chinas Ambassador Says his countrys relationship with the uk has been damaged over what china calls interference. Obesity now causes more cases of bowel, kidney, ovarian and liver cancer than smoking according to Cancer Research uk. At the cricket world cup englands bowlers make steady progress as they take on new zealand hoping for a place in the semi finals. A match winning moment, maybe hello, good afternoon. Our main story at five the baby of a heavily pregnant woman who was stabbed to death in south london at the weekend has died. Kelly fauvrelle, who was 26 and eight months pregnant, was attacked in her home on saturday night. Her baby, named riley by her family, was delivered by paramedics at the scene, but died in the early hours of this morning. The police have released footage of a man seen running away from the house that night. They say they are still unclear about the motive. Sarah campbell has sent this
The cricket world cup that chases on for new zealand but they are making a meal of against south africa. Also coming up in the programme, it was a brilliant Clay Court Season but it is another k0 for konta in birmingham. And just is another k0 for konta in birmingham. Andjust bumps is another k0 for konta in birmingham. And just bumps and bruises, thankfully Geraint Thomas says he will be able to defend his Tour De France title next month. Good evening. Tomorrow night well know who plays who in the last 16 at the womens world cup. England are there no matter how they get on againstjapan tonight. Well head live to nice injust a moment. But for scotland, its win or bust against argentina in paris. Jane dougall is at the parc de princes. Such a crucial match tonight here at the parc des princes. A loss or draw will not do, scotland need to beat argentina. That will not be an easy thing to do because argentina despite being ranked 37 in the world have had a great world cup so far. They had
The new conservative Party Chairman brandon lewis, has told the bbc, that the government is doing everything it can to ensure the serial sex offender, john worboys, stays in prison. The former black cab driver was jailed in 2009, for drugging and sexually assaulting 12 women, but Police Believe he may have committed more than a hundred attacks. Ministers are considering seeking judicial review into the parole boards decision to release him. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent danny shaw. Hes known as the black cab rapist. John worboys is believed to have drugged and sexually assaulted more than 100 women, yet the parole board has decided that after ten years in custoday, its safe for him to be released, and hes due out by the end of the month. The government wants to stop that happening and is looking at the possibility of legal action. Anybody out there will appreciate just how awful this must be for the victims to see what has happened, to think about somebody like that being out on