Hales for a time making it seem possible. But for that to happen they needed to keep their big hitters in the middle. And that in this series has been the of england. Dawid malan offered some hope as well but this was england falling short. They may have reached new zealand but they have brought their t20 problems with them. That is all from the programme. Highlights from the Winter Olympics coming up shortly on bbc two. I will have more sport throughout the evening. Bbc news has learned that the commonwealth has begun considering who might succeed the queen as the head of the organisation. Member states could choose anyone as the ceremonial leader, as the role is not hereditary. The bbc has been told 53 Member States have established a High Level Group to look at how the commonwealth is governed and its been meeting for the first time today in london. Our Diplomatic Correspondent james landalejoins us now. Quite a sensitive issue. Hugely sensitive and that is why it is a debate that m
At the pyeongchang games. A jury has found the former football coach Barry Bennell guilty of multiple counts of sexual abuse. His victims were young footballers, boys aged between eight and 15, groomed by bennell, who claimed he could fulfil their dreams of becoming professional footballers. During the trial, he was described as a child molester on an industrial scale. In total, the jury at Liverpool Crown court returned guilty verdicts on 36 counts. They are yet to reach a verdict on seven further counts. Joining me from Liverpool Crown court is our correspondent, ben ando. What happened in court this afternoon . This has been a four week trial, the jury this has been a four week trial, the jury has been directing for three days. They have reached verdicts on some of the towns facing Barry Bennell, who was a very highly respected football coach with clubs like stoke city, Manchester City and Crewe Alexandra in the 1980s. Up until 1990. Thats what we heard. In total, bennell faced 48 c
Northern ireland. I mild day, between ten and i3 Northern Ireland. I mild day, between ten and 13 degrees. Cool in the east with the rain and drizzle. That will still be around tomorrow night. You can see the main areas of rain kind of converging. The cloud breaks later in Northern Ireland and across western scotland. Perhaps not wales and north west england as well. There will be a breeze. Mild under the cloud as we head into tuesday. Rob lee a chilly wind blowing across the midlands, east anglia and the south east. Some outbreaks of rain on tuesday. That slowly peters out, and further west across england and wales, more likely to season sunshine at times. Still some decent temperatures at ten or ii still some decent temperatures at ten or 11 degrees. Colder in eastern england. We will find things drying up england. We will find things drying up because High Pressure is building in across the uk. It will keep the weather front at bay. We havent seen much High Pressure in the last few
As skeleton winners, Lizzy Yarnold and laura deas are presented with their gold and bronze medals. And africa express, a unique train journey between tanzania and zambia, thats in the travel show, in half an hour here on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Save the children, says the widower of the murdered labour mp, jo cox, resigned from a senior role at the charity in 2015 before an inquiry into a complaint of inappropriate behaviour was completed. Brendan cox this morning stepped down from two organisations set up in her memory after admitting he had behaved inappropriately three years ago. But he rejects a separate allegation he assaulted a woman at Harvard University in 2015. Charlotte gallagher reports. The murder ofjo cox by a far right extremist stunned the nation. The labour mp and mother of two was shot and stabbed in the week before the Eu Referendum in 2016. In the months after her death, her widower, brendan cox, vowed to campaign in his wifes memory, and se
Assess who has one and who are taking home the statuettes tonight. Come here on a rather more political night than usual, from the albert hall it is good night. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me damian johnson. The headlines this evening drama in the fa cup as bottom of League One Rochdale score an equaliser in injury time to force a replay again premier league tottenham. Winter olympics agony for britains james woods as he slides out of the medal postions in pyeongchang. And a narrow victory for england over new zealand in hamilton but they still fail to make the t20 tri series final. Rochdale scored a dramatic equaliser in injury time to earn a 2 2 draw with tottenham and a money spinning fifth round replay. League ones bottom club looked to be heading out of the competition after trailing to the premier League Giants but then came a thrilling late fightback. Joe lynskey reports. A pitch more like a beach. This was watch dale 0 week ago, but they have been busy. The mud might h