James anderson getting gill. Hes nowjust one away from a landmark 700th test wicket. There was also a half century from debutant devdutt padikkal. There are always going to be thoughts in your head and noises around so that was still there. I got igota i got a message saying that there was a possibility that the next night. I was nervous about that game. It was a tough night of sleep, but that is how it is, and that is something you also enjoy at the same time, you look for those days, so i was really happy. Well, england captain ben stokes bowled for the first time in eight months and took the wicket of rohit sharma with his first ball. He isa he is a freak, isnt he it was almost written in the star that he was going to bowl it, when he bowled out sharma. We all know how he can round out our takeout, especially in conditions like these where youve got usually two spinners, two seamers and you want your third as stokes. A nice to see him back at the crease, which is to be careful that
Hannah miller, has the story. In homes across the country and Public Services on the ground, it can seem like everyone is crying out for cash. We have got roads full of potholes. Are you confident that the chancellor will be persuaded to give you more money to spend on housing in the budget in a few weeks time . Well, im doing everything that i can. I mean, short of laying siege to his own home. Well, i want us to be, you know, l Cutting Taxes in a responsible way. Under pressure from backbenchers and with less money to play with than hed hoped for the chancellors scrabbling around for ways to pay for a tax cut on a scale that voters will notice. Today, mr speaker, im going to cut the main 12 rate of Employee National insurance. Last year, he chose to cut National Insurance contributions and its thought he may do that again. A tax cut for workers that brings no benefit to pensioners. The Number Crunching going on inside number 11 is not just about the state of the nations finances its
But the final test at least gives them the opportunity to end the tour on a high. Theyve made one change for the match in daramsala, mark wood coming in for ollie robinson. Heres our sports correspondentjoe wilson. Seven weeks on tour, and england find themselves at the summit of the cricketing world. Topographically. The territory of daramsala offers all sorts of different perspectives. Some met the speeches spiritual leader of buddhism. We expect the dalai lama remains neutral. Englands captain has his perspective on that. I think thats not. I look at it differently with completely different angles. I think weve definitely progressed as a team. Although weve not got the results we wanted. But you know, 3 2 sounds better than 3 1 or 4 1. We look to win every game we go about and play. Its not worked out that way in terms of results, but weve got one last push here. India always is tough when you play five games. Weve got one last big push here. Yeah, theyre excited for this week. For
Of the uk, dry conditions but the amount of cloud will vary. Missed across the midlands is still hanging around. Stilla across the midlands is still hanging around. Still a lot of cloud but generally the best of the sunshine is across western areas. We have had some lovely sunny skies in west scotland, nairn in highland, next to this weather watcher. Through the rest of the day, for the vast majority of uk it is dry. Could see the odd spit of drizzle falling across the eastern slopes of the pennines and a vanishingly small chance of a shower elsewhere across england and wales but for the bulk it is just a england and wales but for the bulk it isjust a dry england and wales but for the bulk it is just a dry day. Cold temperatures in birmingham, around six at the moment, not rising much past that. But 10 12 in the warmest spots possible today. Overnight tonight, a lot of Cloud Feeding in from the north sea affecting East Scotland and a good part of north east england, probably some drizz