of scotland being part of a strong united kingdom. even before the pandemic, the snp was facing criticism of its record on health, education and drugs deaths, and this budget underlines that covid has sharpened all of those challenges, with a deadly virus now looming over every decision. james cook, bbc news. day three of the first ashes test gets under way shortly in brisbane, with england s captain already desperately searching for inspiration. the hosts are firmly in control, as our sport correspondent joe wilson reports. various scenarios are still possible in brisbane, but they all basically look the same. classic australia ashes takeover. for a moment, ben stokes had dismissed david warner cheaply. the replay showed he d overstepped a no ball, not out, a big deal because warner was free to leap onjack leach s bowling,