You really dream of. You train hard and you should be rewarded eventually in the game. I thought that we brought that as a team as well as lords and if you keep bowling like that, you will get wickets and luckily enough for us, it happened today and i thought we were going to lose a day of cricket but we were on the field long enough to actually force a first innings result. Weve got to come out tomorrow and hit the right lines and lengths. think the weather is quite hot and it could try to work it out a lot. Its a fast scoring outfit as well. Weve got to hit the right line and length, as i said, and try and shut the scoreboard down but for us, its about discipline. They had the right favours today, they had the conditions in their favour but they put the ball on the right spot all the time so that is the challenge. In colombo, they will be hoping for Better Weather too ahead of the second days play, in the 2nd test between sri lanka and new zealand. It gets underway in a few hours. On
Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. One of the worlds biggest coronavirus vaccination campaigns has begun in india. Prime minister Narendra Modi has said such an ambitious project has never been attempted before. The huge inoculation programme aims to reach 300 Million People by august. Healthcare staff and frontline workers will be among the first to receive the doses. Since the pandemic began india has confirmed over 10 million cases thats the second highest number in the world. Rajini vaidyanathan reports from delhi. In a nation of 1. 3 billion, sanitation worker manish kumar became the first to receive the covid vaccine. Translation the fear in my mind has gone. I everyone should get the vaccine because this is how we save our country. The countrys Prime Minister used a virtual address to kick off what he described as the Worlds Largest immunisation programme. Front line and Health Care Staff take priority in this initial roll out. At another hospital
More help is needed. Nasa fires up the engines of its megarocket, which it hopes will send american astronauts back to the moon. Socially distanced celebrations in the premier league. James maddison and Leicester City show that the message is getting through, as they move up to second in the league. Good morning. It is a sundae of sunny spells for many of us. A bit more of a breeze north and west, and thatis more of a breeze north and west, and that is where we will see most of the showers. I will have all the details coming up shortly. Its sunday the 17th of january. Our top story ten new Mass Vaccination Centres across england are set to open tomorrow to help meet the governments target of offering vaccines to the most vulnerable groups by the middle of february. Theyjoin seven other regional hubs already in operation. Our science correspondent Rebecca Morelle has more. Blackburn cathedral, transforming from a place of worship into an nhs mass Vaccination Centre. Last minute preparat
This is bbc news, the headlines. Mass vaccinations begin at another ten centres in england from tomorrow as countries around the world. Step up their roll outs. Cities across the United States are on alert for possible violent protests, ahead ofjoe biden s inauguration. In a fresh blow to the Afghan Government and their attempt to maintain security, two female judges have been shot dead in kabul. An engine test for nasas megarocket ends early but the space Agency Denies it was a failure. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, john watson. Starting off with a cricket. Yes, good morning. Englands hopes of an innings victory have been dashed by sri lanka on the fourth day of the first test match although the touring side are still in a commanding position in galle thanks to a couple of wickets in the last half an hour. Sri lanka resuming on 156 for 2, Lahiru Thirimanne brought up his second test century as england toiled in the humidty. He was eventually out for 111 of
The latest bond film is delayed again, dealing another blow to ailing cinemas. We start with some breaking news this hour the reproduction number, known as the r value of coronavirus transmission has fallen slightly. Its now estimated to be between 0. 8 and one across the uk. Thats according to the Government Office for science and the Scientific Advisory group for emergencies, or sage as theyre better known. Its first time in over a month the r number has fallen below one and means that on average every ten people infected will infect between eight and ten other people. It comes as official figures also show Coronavirus Infections are still high but are decreasing in most of the country. London and the north east still have the highest rates of infection. Lets talk to robert cuffe, the bbc s head of statistics. Good afternoon. The latter are has emerged in the last little while. A significant drop since the last time we had these figures. What are your thoughts . It is we had these fi