england clung on for a tense draw on the final day of the fourth test in sydney to end australia s hopes of an ashes 5 0 whitewash. needing to bat out the final day, england didn t make it easy they rarely do but with just one wicket in hand they got themselves over the line as patrick gearey reports. the relentless march of the australians on day five, they hunt. ten wickets to get. all too often, haseeb hameed goes first. that s got him. yet there was a strange calm about sydney, and about zak crawley. under pressure for his place, but batting for a bubble, untroubled. he made 77 before it popped. that s out. three down, but look up. it was getting darker. the rain took seven overs out of the match. having been helped by the clouds, england needed their stars. the injured ben stokes batting in such pain that every run stung and joe root, their captain, but half an hourfrom tea. 0h, he s got an edge on that. that was big. root knew it, england had to forget it. after
there will continue to be a few showers into the evening and overnight in the far north and west. but as skies continue to clear, well, temperatures will fall away and we could see some icy stretches with a few showers lingering here and there. showers most chiefly to the far north and west and with any elevation they will be wintry as well. so it s going to be a chilly start to our sunday morning for many of us. but it will be a sunny one. we will keep some sunshine throughout much of the day into sheltered eastern areas, central and southern england. a few scattered showers moving through western scotland, maybe across the peaks and pennines and maybe some rain gathering down to the south west by the end of the day. blustery winds to begin with. slowly easing as the afternoon continues. temperatures, well, ranging generally between five to eight celsius. a little bit milder in the far south west. some rain arrives to the west for the start of monday. cloudier skies in the s
the africa cup of nations kicks off tomorrow, with hosts cameroon taking on burkino faso. but the build up to the match has not been straightforward for burkino faso, after they found out a handful of players and a coach had tested positive for covid 19 and are now not available to be involved in the opening match. translation: we waited all day. at the beginning. translation: we waited all day. at the beginning. it translation: we waited all day. at the beginning, it was translation: we waited all day. at the beginning, it was in translation: we waited all day. at the beginning, it was in the - translation: we waited all day. at the beginning, it was in the morning| the beginning, it was in the morning that we had to pass these tests. then it was postponed to the afternoon. finally it was during the night that we did the tests and they were not pcr tests, but antigenic lateral flow tests. this morning we were told that some players are positive mama and therefore t
jess softley, bbc news. last season s beaten finalists chelsea are safely through after thrashing non league chesterfield 5 1 at stamford bridge. callum hudson odoi with a lovely finish for chelsea s second. romelu lukaku also got on the scoresheet for the first time since being dropped for giving a controversial interview. everton are being pushed all the way by championship side hull. the match is live now on bbc one hull went ahead. everton scored twice to go in front, then hull s ryan longman scored an equaliser so they re into extra time and everton have reclaimed the lead, thanks to this long range effort from andros townsend. he s got a history of producing goals of this quality. it s also live on the bbc sport website and app the games at birmingham, swansea, and yeovil are also into extra time. a big a5 a big 45 minutes to come for everton. crystal palace narrowly avoided a similar fate. playing away at millwall of the championship, an early goalkeeping error saw
good evening and welcome to bbc news. more than 150,000 people in the uk have now died within 28 days of a positive covid test. another 313 deaths have been reported in the latest daily figures. the uk is the seventh country to pass this number of official deaths, afterthe us, brazil, india, russia, mexico and peru. 0ur health correspondent, katharine da costa, has been telling us about the significance of passing the milestone of 150,000 deaths in the uk. depends how you re measuring it, but looking at this measure within 28 days in a positive test, the uk is not a seventh within 28 days in a positive test, the uk is now the seventh country that has passed 150,000 reported deaths, joining the likes of the united states, brazil, india and russia. each one of those deaths is a tragedy, it leaves a grieving family. now, the uk hit 100,000 deaths injanuary of last year, so it s taken 12 months to get to 150,000, and that slow down is thanks in large part due to the vaccinatio