by the chair, which will be its centrepiece. nicholas witchell, bbc news, westminster abbey. time for a look at the weather. here s darren bett. chilly today but there is colder weather on the way as we head into next week. today is the first day of meteorological spring, it s also st david s day and it s been pretty cloudy. the cloud is thick enough to give us more showers around today. still got high pressure close by so the really wet weather is being deflected into southern parts of europe. that s the storm that brought all of the rain we saw in majorca, that s moving away. just to the north of that there is clear skies. it looks like we will tap into some of that tonight and tomorrow, so may be some changes on the way. today the winds are coming in from off the north sea, picking up in from off the north sea, picking up a lot of cloud. that s pushing our way. the best sunshine in western scotland. the cloud still ringing quite a peppering of showers in those temperatures
inflatable excitable. it s this sense of occasion which makes and remakes the fa cup s reputation, we re all reminded of its purpose because we can see how much it means to grimsby. league two grimsby wore salmon pink, premier league brighton in stripes. they keep finding and developing exciting players. evan ferguson, 18 years old, scored twice. surely a club with trophy potential. we all felt a little bit cruel when the score got to 5 0, but swapped the haddock for a seagull. the significance just changes hands. and goal of the day how about this from tommy doyle for sheffield united to knock out blackburn 3 2. he said it was his best goal ever. and who d argue? joe wilson, bbc news. here is the fa cup semifinal draw. manchester city, who hammered burnley 6 0 yesterday, will play championship side sheffield united, who beat blackburn 3 2 and brighton, who beat grimsby 5 0, will face manchester united. arsenal have extended their lead at the top of the premier league to ei
goal of the day. tommy doyle. here is the fa cup semifinal draw. manchester city, who hammered burnley 6 0 yesterday, will play championship side sheffield united, who beat blackburn 3 2 and brighton, who beat grimsby 5 0, will face manchester united. arsenal have extended their lead at the top of the premier league to eight points after beating managerless crystal palace at the emirates, in the only match in the premier league on sunday. the gunners got off the mark thanks to a smart finish by gabriel martinelli. and that lead was doubled thanks to bukayo saka. arsenal were comfortable in the second half. granit xhaka made it three before palace, who sacked former gunners midfielder patrick vieira this week as their head coach, pulled one back. saka then completed the win, to make it 4 1 with his second of the day. mikel arteta s side now well clear of their nearest rivals, manchester city. the desire and the energy right from the beginning of the game, we were really deter
beat my former team. a special event for pep guardiola, but the pressure is mounting on manchester city to win the champions league, as you know. manchester city supporters will have a little smile with that draw. staying with manchester city for a minute, defender kyle walker will not face criminal charges after the allegation that he indecently exposed himself in a bar. cheshire police had been investigating an alleged incident in south manchester earlier this month but they say the matter is now closed . it said a 32 year old man attended a police station voluntarily for questioning yesterday and was dealt with by an out of court disposal . manchester united remain favourites to win the europa league, despite being drawn against the team that have won it more times than anyone else sevilla. it s going to be tough because they are really experienced in the europa league so many times. so i don t know the team now in detail, i don t know. i have to focus on that. manches
there was a storm in a water glass, how do that in english? a storm in a teacup. there wouldn t be anything bad coming there is anything bad and making sponsorships from saudi arabia, from the us, from brazil, india, as far as we are concerned. the second time i came i was told, you know, we all love you, brentford s striker ivan toney has been called up to gareth southgates first england squad since the world cup. toney is the only uncapped player included ahead of the euro qualifiers against italy and ukraine. he s the second highest english goal scorer in the premier league this season, with 16 goals just behind harry kane. however, he is facing a potential ban having accepted breaking fa betting rules. that fact is he is paying for his club, he is available for his club. in he has not been to trial as yet for any judgements, so i don t know on what basis we wouldn t pick him, really. he is playing really well. i like the way he is present in games. he is going to arsenal