beat? a new report says many have not even seen a uniformed officer on their streets in the last year. good morning. have you finished your festive spending yet? fewer shoppers hit the high street for the boxing day sales but as ever, more of us went on line, so i ll be taking a look at how happy the retailers are. good morning. in sport, it s been another good day for england in melbourne. a double century from alastair cook gives them a first innings lead on day three of the melbourne test. good morning. first, our main story. there are warnings of treacherous driving conditions this morning, as sub zero temperatures cause disruption for a second day across large parts of the uk. hundreds of people have spent the night at stansted airport after flights were cancelled or delayed. the met office has issued 15 weather warnings. we ll get the latest from carol in a moment, but first andy moore reports. the snow had long gone by the time these images were taken it stands these i
welcome to sportsday with me, james pearce. the headlines this evening: can england finally get an ashes test win? double century for alastair cook has given them a great chance to do so at melbourne. 3 point arsenal at crystal palace in the evening premier league match. and phil taylor powers his way into the quarter finals of the pdc world darts championship. good evening. in less than an hour s time alastair cook will return to the crease in melbourne on 244 not out. it s a double century that s given england the upper hand in the fourth ashes test, and a chance to restore some much needed pride. the tourists are 491 9. that s a first innings lead of 164. there s still of course plenty of work for england to do, and having lost the first three tests they won t be taking anything for granted. let s cross live to melbourne and speak to our reporter patrick gearey. good morning. is this a winning lead? the australia coach darren lehmann in his press conference last night admi
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evening on bbc news. in beyond 100 days, katty kay and christian fraser will looking at the damage caused by hurricane irma in the caribbean. they ll be hearing from the captain of a royal navy vessel that s helping with uk relief efforts. as the government announces its lifting the cap on public sector pay, but only for police and prison officers in england and wales, we ll be getting reaction from a nurse. and talking to a charity that helps victims of modern day slavery as nine are members of one traveller family are jailed for enslaving vulnerable adults. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. good evening and welcome. jose mourinho and antonio conte lead their teams into champions league action for the first time tonight. we ll look ahead to tonight s action. and mark sampson the england women s manager tells the bbc he s not a racist. yes, neymar, mbappe and edinson cavani paris saint germain‘s expensively assembled forward line. and one that is expected to take s
the earthquake in mexico. more than 200 people are known to have died in the disaster. most of the casualties are in mexico city the epicentre of the quake was to the south of the city, in puebla state, approximately 120 kilometres away. the rescue operation continues most urgently at the enrique rebsamen primary school in the south of mexico city. aleem maqbool tells us what he can see. we have travelled across mexico city and have seen lots of places where there are piles of rubble and soldiers and volunteers trying to find signs of life in those places and we have seen volunteers, regular people with shovels by the side of the road when they hear there might be people trapped, they try to hitch lifts to places to try to help people. but this is where there is the greatest activity, whether primary school is and it is just a couple of blocks back but this is where there are the most volunteers and soldiers, we have seen rubble being removed but there are lots of people