The waiting is finally over for the start of the ashes. Im at edgbaston, where ive been speaking to england captainjoe root ahead of the first test against australia. It starts today, as england look to claim the ashes back. Having lifted it for under cooky, and to see what its been like on the other end of it as captain, it makes me want to be up there on the podium at the oval hopefully with a massive smile on my face. We could get a shower at the oval, especially in a line from north east scotla nd especially in a line from north east scotland to east anglia, where it could be heavy, thundery and slow moving. More in 15 minutes. Its thursday the 1st of august. Our top story flood warnings are still in place across the north west of england and yorkshire after a day of heavy rain left people stranded and caused damage to buildings, roads and rail lines. Overnight, the water levels did begin to recede in some of the worst hit areas, but people are preparing for another downpour of rai
And after more than five hours on court and a 25 game final set, Novak Djokovic beats Roger Federer to retain his wimbledon title. Live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Hello and a very warm welcome to the programme. Its 7am in singapore and midnight here in london, where englands cricketers are celebrating after winning the mens world cup for the very first time. They beat new zealand in one of the most incredible matches ever played. After a period of overtime the super over the teams were tied again with england winning because theyd scored more boundary hits. The outcome sent crowds at lords Cricket Ground in london into wild celebrations. Joe wilson was there. Announcer england in the Historical Centre of a global sport, the cricket world cup had, as the song goes, finally come home. But, my, what a staggering journey over a match that stretched everything. When england were bowling, it all seemed pretty straightforward three wickets f
It is a cooler and a cloudier weekend for all of us. There will be some rain around too, some of it quite heavy, but its not going to be a complete washout for all of us. Join me laterfor all the details. Its saturday 27th july. Our top story donald trump says the uk and United States are working on what he called a very substantial post brexit trade deal. The president spoke with borisjohnson on the phone yesterday and claimed trade could be worth up to five times what it is now. Boris and i just spoke. I congratulated him and hes all set to go. Hes gonna be i think hell be do a greatjob. Were working already on a trade agreement. And i think it will be a very substantial trade agreement. You know, we can do with the uk we can do three to four times we were actually impeded by their relationship with the european union. We were very much impeded on trade. Lets get more on this now from our Political Correspondent tom barton, whos in our london newsroom this morning. President trump is
With the reported wage, a Million Pounds a week. There will be some rain around but not a complete wash out for all of us. Not a complete wash out for all of us. Jointly later for all the details. Its saturday 27th july. Our top story. Donald trump says the uk and United States are working on what he called a very substantial post brexit trade deal. The president spoke with borisjohnson on the phone yesterday and claimed trade could be worth up to five times higher than current levels. Boris and i just spoke. I congratulated him and hes all set to go. Hes gonna be i think hell be do a greatjob. Were working already on a trade agreement. And i think it will be a very substantial trade agreement. You know, we can do with the uk we can do three to four times we were actually impeded by their relationship with the European Union. We were very much impeded on trade. Lets get more on this now from our Political Correspondent tom barton whos in our london newsroom this morning. What is the re
Set, Novak Djokovic beats Roger Federer to retain his wimbledon title. Live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 8am in singapore and 1am here in london, where englands cricketers are celebrating after winning the mens world cup for the very first time. They beat new zealand in one of the most incredible matches ever played. After a period of overtime, called the super over, the teams were tied again with england winning because theyd scored more boundary hits. The outcome sent crowds at lords Cricket Ground in london into wild celebrations. Joe wilson was there. Announcer england in the Historical Centre of a global sport, the cricket world cup had, as the song goes, finally come home. But, my, what a staggering journey over a match that stretched everything. When england were bowling, it all seemed pretty straightforward three wickets for Liam Plunkett 1a years after his england debut. 241, a winning score for new zealand . Seemed unlikel