morning and cloud conditions for glasgow, and the remnants of that frost still across the south. here is a cold front moving through northern england, into the midlands by the time you get to the afternoon, wales catching some spots of rain. the best sunshine tomorrow is across northern ireland, sunshine scotland, and the lake district enjoying fine weather and further south it will be cloudier and notice the rain reaches east anglia and the south east in the evening and clear the kent coast by the time we get to around ten or iipm. the kent coast by the time we get to around ten or pm. in this large area of high pressure, sort of mango shaped, it noses into the uk for thursday, which should be a nice day for many of us. a bit more a breeze on the north sea coast, maybe one or two showers, but on the whole a fine day for many of us. let s have a look at the outlook. those temperatures starting to rise into double figures across western areas of the uk, variable amounts of
glasgow warriors have terminated the contract of full back rufus mclean with immediate effect after he pleaded guilty to domestic abuse charges. the club suspended the 22 year old winger last week after he appeared in court in edinburgh, but following an internal disciplinary hearing with scottish rugby the club confirmed they d sacked the player on grounds of gross misconduct and breach of contract. he has the right to appeal. around this time last year we were talking about american skier mikaela shiffrin s nightmare 0lympics where she failed to win a medal. today she became the most successful woman in world cup skiing history with the 83rd victory of her career, taking her past the mark set by lindsey vonn, who s now retired. 0ur senior sports news reporter laura scott has more. mikaela shiffrin and her skis, and
and there are seven each for belfast and west side story. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s gavin. hello, nice to see you. great britain s search for a medal at this year s winter olympics in beijing continues. it was an olympic debut to remember for 17 year old kirsty muir, despite finishing outside the medal spots in the big air. and disappointment in the curling mixed doubles bronze medal match. jen dodds and bruce mouat lost 9 3 to sweden. 0ur senior sports news reporter laura scott reports. a bronze medal in their sights, the target was clear. but it proved a painful punishing day said bruce mouat and jen dodds. sweden inflicting a hammer blow. sweden in father s form. halfway, britain
filip helander and kemar roofe the other scorers for rangers as their bid to win 34th scottish cup continues. earlier, hearts and livingston was goalless after extra time, with the hosts going through on penalties. motherwell, st mirren, and dundee united are also through to the last eight. to the winter olympics in beijing still no medals for team gb, with nothing to show in the skeleton for the first time in 20 years. there was some good news for britain s curlers though on day eight, as they beat the united states. 0ur senior sports news reporter laura scott is there for us. there is both soul searching and head scratching within team gb s skeleton squad after a dismal couple of days here at the sliding centre. skeleton has been the linchpin of great britain s winter olympics success in recent years with gold medals at the past three games, medals at every olympics since 2002, but none here.
to cricket now and the second test between england and west indies is underway in barbados, england won the toss and chose to bat. 0pener zak crawley was out for a duck so captain joe root is at the crease with alex lees. there are two debuts today for england, bowlers saqib mahmood and a last minute surprise inclusion for yorkshire s matthew fisher with craig 0verton a late withdrawal. at lunch england are 47 for 1. good news for england at the women s world cup, they are still in it after beating india by 4 wickets in mount maunganui. after three straight defeats it s their first win of the tournament and means they re still able to qualify for the semi finals but can t afford any more slip ups. 0ur senior sports news reporter laura scott was watching: their backs against the wall, what else could england do but come out swinging? in the field, they look to