Bess took five wickets in various ways. Test match rhythm meant england were now batting. Playing it with wonderful control. A bird scattering sweep from the captain as they thrived. Root 66, bairstow a7. England 127 2, and the view getting better. Joe wilson, bbc news. Have a back, with louise lear. Lets get back to reality it is really looking like the weather is going to be keeping us on our toes over the next few days. Many of us waking up to a Winter Wonderland but with some heavy snow in parts of scotland as you can see here and in northumberland and parts of north yorkshire. Lying snow in excess of ten centimetres in some places. I have just put this spot in lincolnshire on the chart because
there is a centimetre of snow and there is a centimetre of snow and there could be more this afternoon. There has also been some heavy rain today, over 50mm in greater manchester, which has brought some localised flooding. There is the rain over the last few hours, you can see clearly where