a deepening area of low pressure. this has been named storm otto, named by the danish weather service for likely impacts in denmark. but for likely impacts in denmark. but for others across the northern half of the uk it is going to bring some very strong and gusty winds. for the time being, relatively quiet this afternoon. a few glimmers a brightness for england and wales, splashes of rain for northern ireland and scotland and it is mild. through this evening we will see rain across northern ireland, scotland and parts of northern england and the winds are starting to ratchet up, very windy across these northern areas. further south breezy, mostly cloudy and it is going to be a mild night. if he had travel plans late into tonight and early tomorrow morning across scotland, we could see wind gusts of 80 mph, but easily getting to 70, 70 five miles per hour elsewhere. the other place where the winds will cause problems is across the tops of the pennines and just to the east of
hello, and welcome to sportsday this saturday night i m chetan pathak coming up on the programme: it s not over, but it s not looking good for wales and their hopes of playing at next summer s european championships. hat trick hero laurenjames helps chelsea move six points clear of the women s super league. and lighting up las vegas charles leclerc takes pole for sunday s grand prix. also coming up on sportsday before seven, we ll be in nottingham. for a special memorial match for adam johnson the ice hockey player who died after being struck by a skate during a game three weeks ago. it s not looking good for wales and their hopes of automatic qualification for euro 2024 next summer. they went into today s game in armenia knowing that victory would keep their fate in their own hands. but a 1 1 draw, and the fact croatia curently lead latvia, now leaves them with a mountain curently lead latvia 2 0, now leaves them with a mountain to climb if they re to play in germa