Gloucestershire in Pictures: Graduating triplets and rainbows
The power of three: Gloucestershire triplets Rose, Maudie and Grace Orgill, 21, have been celebrating after all graduating from Cardiff University. They now plan to go travelling before taking their next steps.
Nice day for it: Crowds have once again been flocking to the College Ground in Cheltenham this week for a rare chance to see first-class cricket in the town.
Orange skies: Colesbourne looking stunning with this early morning sunrise, thanks to weather watcher 'Stormin' for sending this in.
Biking champions: Two rising stars from the Forest of Dean have returned home as newly crowned national champions after racing at the Lloyds National Downhill Championships. Frankie Windebank and Cooper Cassells stormed to victory in their Youth categories (15–16 years), despite it being their first year racing at that level.
Colourful: Weather watcher 'SantaSusuie' took this beautiful shot of a rainbow breaking through the clouds in Berkeley.
Getting green: Young eco-champions across the Forest of Dean are celebrating after eight local schools achieved the Eco-Schools Green Flag. The schools earned the award by completing the Eco-Schools' seven-step programme, where pupils lead real change through projects focused on sustainability, climate awareness, and biodiversity.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
BBC News
an hour ago
- BBC News
Weather Watcher summmer pictures of the North East and Cumbria
Summer is in full swing and people across the north-east of England and Cumbria have been flocking outside to enjoy the warmer summer ends on 31 August before the autumn months draw Weather Watchers have captured some of their adventures so are some of our favourites. Find out how to join in with Weather Watchers here. Or send your photos to Look also ensure you take your pictures safely and you submit an image, you do so in accordance with the BBC's terms and conditions. Follow BBC North East on X and Facebook and BBC Cumbria on X and Facebook and both on Nextdoor and Instagram.
BBC News
2 hours ago
- BBC News
Atkinson removes Nair to give England another opening in fifth Test
Update: Date: 56 overs Title: Ind 239-5 Content: Ravindra Jadeja is rapid. He pierces a gap in the covers and collects three. Expect plenty of running from India's sixth-wicket pair. Update: Date: 55 overs Title: Ind 234-5 Content: Yashasvi Jaiswal had some hamstring trouble on the stroke of lunch and he's reached for his left leg again after crunching a drive through the covers. His latest partner is Ravindra Jadeja, who has scores of 29*, 69*, 61*, and 107* in the second innings this series. Update: Date: 14:36 BST Title: Post Content: Michael VaughanFormer England captain on BBC Test Match Special It is a bit of extra bounce. It is such a timid stroke. All teams can challenge Karun Nair in and around that off stump. Joe Root is having a good chat to the team and he will be saying, 'Look lads, this pitch is doing plenty. We could probably bowl India out in an hour or two'. Update: Date: 54.3 overs Title: WICKET Content: Nair c Smith b Atkinson 17 (Ind 229-5) This video can not be played Karun edges behind off Atkinson Fortunately for England, Jamie Smith has a safe pair of hands behind the stumps. Karun Nair can't capitalise on his lifeline. He is undone by that extra bit of bounce that Gus Atkinson keeps finding in the surface. Update: Date: 54 overs Title: Ind 225-4 Content: Sheepish faces all around in the England camp. Update: Date: 14:33 BST Title: Post Content: Michael VaughanFormer England captain on BBC Test Match Special Jamie Overton squares Karun Nair up, on the back foot and it goes low down to Harry Brook's right and Zak Crawley puts him off by going to his left. That is probably the hardest of the five that England have put down. Update: Date: 53.4 overs Title: Nair dropped on 12 Content: This video can not be played Karun put down by Brook at slip Oh dear. It's another drop in the slips for England. It's low down in between second and third slip. Zak Crawley, left hand outstretched, dives across Harry Brook. The ball carries to Brook but he can't hold on. Karun Nair didn't even start running for the single until the ball hit the ground. Update: Date: 14:29 BST Title: How's stat?! Content: Kieran ParmleyCricviz analyst Yashasvi Jaiswal is the fifth opening batter to register two or more centuries in a Test series in England before turning 24 years old. The four others: Len Hutton, Alastair Cook, Graeme Smith and Tamim Iqbal. Update: Date: 14:29 BST Title: Post Content: Michael VaughanFormer England captain on BBC Test Match Special Looking at Karun Nair - has he got a gear where he can go up? I am waiting to see that. I think he is quite nice to bowl to. Update: Date: 53 overs Title: Ind 224-4 Content: India's lead has gone beyond 200. It now stands at 201 runs. Is the Test match gone for England as Mark (@14:26) says? What would they be happy chasing? Update: Date: 14:26 BST Title: Get Involved Content: #bbccricket, via WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (standard network charges apply) This Test match has gone, and so has another five-match series. England are simply not good enough, especially in the bowling department. Could easily be a whitewash down under this winter. Mark - Bournemouth Update: Date: 52 overs Title: Ind 221-4 Content: Jamie Overton returns to the attack, replacing Josh Tongue. His third ball is signalled a wide and Yashasvi Jaiswal follows it up with a boundary. Tale as old as time, as Mrs Potts sings in Beauty and the Beast. Update: Date: 14:21 BST Title: Post Content: Michael VaughanFormer England captain on BBC Test Match Special Realistically, England need to be batting tonight if they want to win the game. Update: Date: 51 overs Title: Ind 216-4 Content: Karun Nair's first boundary (in the 49th over) was unconvincing. His second was probably the best shot of his innings so far. Tickled off his pads and around a diving Jamie Smith for four. Update: Date: 14:20 BST Title: Post Content: Michael VaughanFormer England captain on BBC Test Match Special This video can not be played Fielding to forget - England drop three catches in final session Brilliant from Yashasvi Jaiswal. A wonderful player for India. Those dropped catches from last night are costing England. Update: Date: 14:18 BST Title: Post Content: Andy ZaltzmanTest Match Special statistician Yashasvi Jaiswal's century: Update: Date: 50.2 overs Title: 100 for Jaiswal Content: This video can not be played Jaiswal makes century as England pay for two dropped catches He isn't on 99 for long! A single brings up Yashasvi Jaiswal's sixth Test century. He leaps in the air, runs a mile, places his helmet and gloves on the ground, makes a heart shape with his fingers, and hugs Karun Nair. Friends again. We've seen three flavours of Jaiswal throughout his innings. Last night, he breezed to his half-century. This morning, he was composed and scored steadily. After lunch, he's been chaotic. But, he's made it to three figures and he's still batting. Update: Date: 50.1 overs Title: Ind 211-4 Content: Yashasvi Jaiswal runs two and moves to 99. He wanted three and is yelling to Karun Nair, who turned the run down. Update: Date: 14:14 BST Title: Post Content: Michael VaughanFormer England captain on BBC Test Match Special This video can not be played Atkinson traps Gill lbw with first ball after lunch It looks to me that England have had a talking to at lunchtime. Getting Gill first ball gives you a boost, but this last 20 minutes England have bowled with more intensity. Update: Date: 50 overs Title: Ind 209-4 Content: Yashasvi Jaiswal starts the over with some sensible running to move two runs closer to three figures... and then the wild wafting returns. He's 97 not out from 125 balls. Maybe he'll settle down again if he makes it to 100.
The Independent
3 hours ago
- The Independent
Toothless England attack struggle as India build 166-run lead by lunch
England's hopes of a series win against India were in danger of going off the rails after a toothless morning on day three of their fifth Test decider. The home attack, lacking the injured Chris Woakes, managed just one wicket in two insipid hours – that of nightwatcher Akash Deep for a career-best 66. Having been sent in late on the Friday evening to shield Shubman Gill, he went on to score the majority share in a game-changing stand of 107 with Yashasvi Jaiswal. He should have been dismissed on 21 but was shelled at slip by Zak Crawley, his second drop of the innings and England's fourth. India reached lunch on 189 for three, already 166 ahead and with plenty of power to add as they look to square the scoreline 2-2. The tourists' lead was a containable 52 overnight but England were short of their best from the very start, unable to generate danger or tie down the scoring. The tone was set when part-timer Jacob Bethell took the first over, allowing Gus Atkinson to change ends, with Deep helping himself to a slogged boundary from the third ball of the day. He continued chancing his arm, heaving Atkinson across the line and angling Josh Tongue wide of the slips with soft hands, and should have come unstuck in the eighth over of the morning. Tongue came close to having him lbw, DRS denying him on umpire's call, and took the outside edge with the next delivery. Once again, England's catching let them down as Crawley fumbled at third slip. That was as close as they came to parting the duo as they lost control in a dispiriting passage of play that saw India add 52 runs to the total. England produced a few false shots after drinks but to no avail, with at least three edges skimming into the same gap wide of third slip. Deep advanced to an unlikely fifty with three fours off the tiring Atkinson – showing off unexpected range with a square cut, an uppercut and a pull. Overton finally ended his fun with the lunch break moving into view, digging in a short ball that took the leading edge and popped to backward point. It was a handy delivery but, after 28 wicketless overs on a helpful pitch, the Surrey quick owed his side one. Gill and Jaiswal engaged in a familiar bout of time-wasting just before the interval, the latest act of gamesmanship in a contest that has descended into severely strained relations.
