On the hour mark before steph catley sealed the 4 0 win from the penalty spot in stoppage time. we know we may not have the best team on paper, we may not have the most top players and top clubs in top leak but we have something else that no one can take away from the team and that is the identity and the dna in the belief. and then being on home soil with support from the fans we have something unique which means we know we can beat anyone any given day when we come out with our aching. a game. so, the matildas finish top of group b, with six points. they ll face the runners up from england s group which concludes on tuesday. a goaless draw with the republic of ireland was enough for nigeria to also make it through, but canada are out eliminated at the group stage for the first time since 2011. japan showed why they re among the favourites by thrashing spain 4 0 to finish top of group c. the 2011 champions were 3 0 up at half time, with two goals from hinata miyazawa. substitute
In intensive care. the 64 year old, was due to begin a seven month greatest hits world tour in the coming weeks, but had to postpone it after falling ill. the latest from the ashes test england very very close because australia currently 309 8 and five wickets in the last little while and 30 runs. hello there. this month has certainly been a wet one for many, also cool with temperatures below average across much of the uk. for the rest of this week as we head into the first part of august, there ll be very little change with it staying unsettled and remaining on the cool side. now today we ve had this area of low pressure moving across the country. it s brought lots of cloud and spells of rain. some of it s been quite heavy at times, but as it s pulling away into the north sea, we should see something a little bit drier and quieter as we move through the night. there ll still be some areas of rain northern england,
Scene rather than early august. we ll see gales through the channel, gusts in excess of 50 miles an hour here. 30 to 40 miles an hour, further north. across england and wales, inland, some heavy rain as well. but again, northern parts of scotland will see the driest and the brightest of the weather. there s the wind gusts on the chart. just to give you an idea, they re 30 to 40 mile an hour gusts in the south. and of course, that will impact the temperatures. high teens in the north, maybe just about making 20 or 21 degrees in the south. it won t feel like that with the wind and the rain. that area of low pressure clears away on thursday, opens the floodgates to a cold northerly wind or a cool northerly wind, i should say. so it ll be a mixture of sunshine and showers both thursday and friday with that cool northerly wind. and then another area of low pressure arrives just in time for the weekend.
Teachers in england from the national education union vote to accept a 6.5% pay rise and call off their strikes. and it s 55 years since britain s first black female tv reporter made her debut we hear the inspiring story of barbara blake hannah. all of the stories here in a moment but first let sport and for a full but first let the drum of the series is continuing to the final day england have had a brilliant last hour. the aussies began the last day with the fifth and finest test at the oval meeting 249 to win. the aussies began the last day day of the fifth and final test at the oval needing 249 to win but lost the wicket of david warner leavng them 140 1. steve smnith should also have been on his way before lunch too but was dropped