On women in afghanistan, banning them from working for the ngos, just days they were banned from studying at university. Hello and welcome to sportsday im gavin ramjaun. Leicester come back to take the honours against gloucester and win the first ever slater cup in the premiership. Brentford get frank. The dane commits to another contract at the club ahead of the Premier Leagues big boxing day return. And we meet the sailor who picked up some of his crew from the pub whos preparing to lead britains entry in one of the Worlds Toughest yacht races even if the seas make him a little queasy. Hello there and welcome along to the programme. The premiership match between leicester and gloucester had extra meaning today to honour theirformer player it slater. Player ed slater. The 34 year old retired from rugby this summer, after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease. And it was leicester who fought back the win the first ever slater cup. The victory a first for their new Interim Head Coa
from the end, by layvin kurzawa proved to be the winner for fulham despite a spirited display from their championship opponents. harry wilson and andreas pereira were also on target at the stadium of light. arsenal women are through to the final of the league cup after beating manchester city. the game finished goal less after 90 minutes before stina blackstenius struck in the first period of extra time to seal the win. they ll meet either west ham or chelsea in next months final. meanwhile england goalkeeper mary earps has made the shortlist for women s goalkeeper of the year at the fifa best awards. the manchester united stopper started every game for england as they won the euros last summer and became the first keeper to keep 50 clean sheets in the women s super league. she s made the shortlist alongside chelsea s ann katrin berger and lyon s christiane endler. wales women s head coach gemma grainger has named a 27 player squad for the pinatar cup. defender gemma evans co
here s louise lear. the weather in the uk has been quite recently but we have seen rain today for the debris so far has been quite dry but this was highland a few hours ago the you can see how heavy and persistent rain is. if we take a look, you can see how widespread it was across scotland today, accompanied by gales and severe gales at times. the white stuff is snow across the mountains, but if we push sequence on over the last couple of hours, you can see how quickly it fragments and weakens, now pushing its way into north west england across the lake district. that band of cloud and light, drizzly rain will sink in south but we will continue to seek a rash of showers across scotland, which could lead to some ice first thing in the morning on untreated roads. it looks likely the cloud continue to push south and east, so if rust free start to the morning, taken off a bit of drizzle. you can see weather weatherford sits through east anglia towards the south west but it will
you re watching bbc news. now it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. another win. another bonus point. ireland stay on course for a six nations grand slam. after a week when their own captain described wales as the laughing stock of world rugby, can ken owens galvanise his team to their first six nations win of the season against england? arsenal s lead at the top of the premier league is five points. but for how long? manchester city are hoping to match the gunners win at leicester. also coming up in the programme. a0 years old and the number one in the world. james anderson helps england take control of the second test in new zealand. another british record, but gutted not to break the world s best mark. keely hodgkinson wins the 800 metres at the world indoor tour final. hello and welcome to sportsday, i m hugh ferris. welcome along to sportsday. it wasn t as convincing as many expected, but ireland are still