West bromwich albion claim a premier league scalp in the fa cup. We have all the results of the matches from the fourth round. And manchester is blue after a five goal thiller in the womens fa cup derby. Also coming up in the programme nick kyrgios wins an epic five set thriller to set up a last 16 match against top seed and frenemy rafa nadal at the australian open. And, the former premier league footballer, now hoping to mark his card on the professional golf tour. But who is it . Hello and welcome to the programme. All the days fa cup games, to come, but we start with the cricket. England are in a fantastic position at the end of day two in the fourth and final test against south africa. After posting an impressive 400 in theirfirst innnings at the wanderers theyve pinned the South Africans down, restricting them to a lowly 88 6 in their reply so far. Patrick gearey has the best of the days play. Test crickets a delicate balancing act important to remember where you are in the wider
Ticket prices have risen twice as fast as wages in the last decade. Im here to talk about another year of rising prices. Peter sna kebite wright has won his first pdc World Championship title. The scotsman completed a superb 7 3 victory over world number one, Michael Van Gerwen a fairly cloudy day in prospect for us. A fairly cloudy day in prospect for us. Wendy as well and we have some rain coming in from the north west slowly pushing south east was. And the predictions come true . Picking up power from and the predictions come true . Picking up powerfrom anywhere on the wall. Its thursday the 2nd of january. Our top story a seven day state of emergency has been declared in New South Wales due to the ongoing australia bushfire crisis. Thousands of residents and tourists have been told to leave, as forecasters predict the fires will get worse in the coming days. Our sydney correspondent, shaimaa khalil, sent this report from lake conjola, one of the towns affected. The extent of the da
Serene music. So, in hong kong, 2020 has struck. You can see the laser displays, the fireworks have begun, the music and various buildings, spectacularly illuminated. Whats not entirely clear at this point is whether this is the exact display that was previously planned. With a heavy Police Presence and talk of human chains forming at major sites across the territory, the annual firework display, we were told, had been cancelled because of Police Warnings about security threats. It may be that youre not watching what had been planned in advance but clearly there is a spectacular acknowledgement of the turn of the year, nonetheless. Those are the scenes live in hong kong as 2020 strikes in that part of the world, at the same time as it does in beijing, taipei and other major cities. We may be able to show you pictures from their later. Thousands of people in south eastern australia have been forced to seek refuge on beaches and boats after becoming trapped by advancing bush fires. In th
For our new years day swim. Further along the east coast, crowds gathered at whitley bay, dressed up and ready to go and despite the dip no longer having an official organiser. The time honoured tradition continued on the isle of man this morning. In penzance, it was the first new years day dip at the jubilee pool. Fabulous to see so many people down, getting cold, getting rid of the hangover and having a splash and some fun. Its really special, the start of the new year, everyone swimming and enjoying themselves, and lets hope it goes on like this with the pool because its a fabulous iconic pool. A chance to reboot, shake off the cobwebs and get those endorphins pumping. For many, a new years day dip is a perfect start to the new decade. Well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers dawn foster from the guardian and Katherine Forster from the sunday times thats coming up after sportsday. Hello im olly foster heres whats coming up on sportsday tonight. The foxes are
Music. Dubai always puts on a good show, doesnt it . That is a world class tactile list building, the worlds tallest building, with the fantastic skyline as a backdrop to the fireworks. The new year has arrived in the United Arab Emirates. Music. You may recall as we were saying on the screen there, when 2015 became 2016 there was a huge fire that engulfed part of a luxury hotel in dubai very close to where those people gathered to watch the fireworks display and that particular year brought under control without any fatalities but that fire lit up the side of the address Downtown Hotel close to the city centre and scattering bysta nders city centre and scattering bystanders into a nearby shopping mall. But thankfully everything has passed off calmly but beautifully in dubai. Four hours ahead of us. Lots of controversy about whether fireworks display should be taking place and all parts of the world particularly australia. Thousands of people in south eastern australia have been forced