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side at bramall lane. hello there and welcome along to sportsday. it s fair to say england s approach to test cricket has been nothing short of entertaining, and high octane at the best of times. today, their swashbuckling attitude backfired they were beaten heavily by india in the 3rd test, losing by 434 runs. and they go 2 1 down in the series. patrick geary reports. test cricket can be an endurance sport. it takes you to hopeless places and asks if you really still believe. england were more than 300 runs behind, india hurtling towards the horizon. returning from a bad back, felling them forward, battering english spirit. he had a joint record 12 sixes. 556 runs ahead was enough, thought india s captain, so they sent a tired england to the bottom of an unclimbed mountain. too late to turn back for ben duckett, days of watching the test getaway took their toll. crawley didn t make lunch and just after, they really crumbled. spinning around a dizzy england, joe root, ....
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areas have told the bbc that children are going without food for days, and they re using animalfeed to make bread. one in four households is facing a catastrophic lack of food, according to the un, because of renewed fighting and aid convoys being regularly blocked from reaching some areas. 0ur middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, has this special report. in the middle of a war, a battle for survival. men sent to fight over cans of beans and sacks of flour. the un is warning that famine is coming fast, to gaza s northern areas, as aid arrives more slowly. this, the first aid to arrive here for 11 days, brings crowds surging close to israeli forces. who fire to push them back. in northern areas, residents say children aren t eating for days. in some places they are tapping waterfrom underground pipes. translation: we are back to the stone age, 30, - 40, 50,000 years ago. we dig water out, filter it from sand and use it for cooking. the un says israel s army blocke ....
it s wednesday, 31st january. our main story. scotland s former first minister, nicola sturgeon is due to give evidence about the decisions she took during the pandemic, when she appears before the covid inquiry today. ms sturgeon, who led the scottish response to the coronavirus outbreak is expected to face questions surrounding lockdowns, and missing whatsapp messages as the inquiry continues sitting in edinburgh. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. 1,044 positive cases were reported yesterday. nicola sturgeon was at the helm throughout scotland s pandemic response. as head of the scottish government, she was the key decision maker and first in the firing line when things went wrong. we will have made mistakes on all aspects of the handling. now about to be questioned on that handling and how decisions the truth, the whole truth. the former first minister s closest political ally amongst those who admitted texts between the pair no longer exist. are t ....
a well equipped infrastructure of long and branched out tunnels in which the army says senior hamas members moved and operated. in central gaza, more than 150,000 people were ordered to evacuate two of the area s biggest refugee camps. and this is where they were told to go for safety the area of deir al balah, itself reeling from the aftermath of strikes. translation: we were sitting in our homes peacefully - and all of a sudden a missile hit and destroyed my house, my neighbour s house, the whole neighbourhood. my children are displaced now, we don t know where to go. have mercy on us, help us. it s a devastating situation. people are sleeping on the streets. in rafah, now gaza s most densely populated city, according to the un, there s no let up in the bombardment. children were killed here, 26 people were killed here. i m terrified. i m scared and the thought of me being killed or my other brother being killed, it s just crossing my mind repeatedly. i already lost ....