i come here mainly to walk the dog in the morning and in the afternoon, and then also, it s a great place to just clear your thoughts. i ve come to london to meet gurinder chadha, a pioneering figure in the film industry the first british asian woman to direct mainstream features in the uk. films that have won major awards and become international hits. in her movies, some eight feature films in all, from her best known bend it like beckham. no one can cross a ball or bend it like beckham. ..to her more recent musical drama blinded by the light. stay away from the girls! ..she has brought the screen to life with authentic stories using appealing actors, music. # she s a lady! ..and humour to portray british asian life. the asian experience in the uk has long been herfocus. born in nairobi, gurinder chadha came to the uk as a young child and grew up in southall in west london, home to a big asian community. i m always in southall, still got the best kebabs anywhere in london
stays fine and largely dry into the weekend and the warmest weather towards the west and a little bit cooler towards eastern areas. take care. thanks, stav. and that s bbc news at six. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team it s goodbye, the news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday, i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evning will london irish be the third premiership rugby club to fall into the financial abyss? with their future on the line, they re given more time to complete a takeover. the world number two beaten by the world number 172 the french open has its first big shock. a gang who made millions by illegally streaming premier league football to thousands of people have beenjailed. also coming up on sportsday. adam peaty, on what he calls his self distructive spiral in an interview with the bbc and
disruption. gales or severe gales. it will be windy wherever you are. cloud and outbreaks of patchy rain in the west moving south, from the north, a return to sunshine and blustery showers, perhaps a bit of wintriness over the higher ground of scotland and temperatures up to about 13 in london but only five in aberdeen. moving ahead towards friday, it will be another blustery sort of day but not as windy as it will be tomorrow. thanks, sarah. and that s bbc news at six. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. good evening to you. hello, and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. santo, just in time for christmas nottingham forest turn to nuno. there s one more place left in the efl cup semi finals. it ll go to either liverpool, or west ham. and liverpool, orwest ham. police and liverpool, or west ham. police investigate after a i’u ns and police investigate after a fan runs onto the pitch and into the newcastle goalke
north easterly breeze, but we have introduced drier airfrom norway. so the cloud is broken up, just a little bit of cloud running onto those coastal areas of england, particularly towards east anglia and the far south east, but lots of sunshine around across the uk. still breezy in the south east and because the breezes from the north sea along the breezes from the north sea along the east coast, it is a little cooler. heavier inland, it warms up and the highest temperatures in the western side of the uk, widely 20 widely 20 or 21 celsius. it might be one when the sun is out, but it gets quite chilly at night and well we see some cloud coming in across eastern areas of england, it is quite thin, bit of cloud and well we see some cloud coming in across eastern areas of england, it is quite thin, bit of cloud in northern scotland, generally skies will be clear and it doesn t work and wales, perhaps 4 or 5 degrees. some cloud to begin with cross parts of england, it retreats
the women s football world cup and no place for the european championships player of the tournament. beth mead is not included having not fully recovered from an anterior cruciate ligament injury suffered back in november. however, millie brightened lucy bronze who have also had injury problems are both included. bright will captain the squad in australia and new zealand. striker beth england has earned a call up after 12 goals in 12 games for tottenham hotspur. we games for tottenham hotspur. - approach as always like we want to be at our best. we are a little bit in transition now so some changes in the team but i still think we are really good and with a very talented players. we are just going to make sure that we are going to be at our best and then we see how far we get. be at our best and then we see how far we get. meanwhile there is a big cloud how far we get. meanwhile there is a big cloud hanging how far we get. meanwhile there is a big cloud hanging over- how