over the pennines, increasingly across the north of scotland over the hills, turning back to rain as the hills, turning back to rain as the milder air moves on. very blustery, gales in the southwest, surveyor tails inaughty scotland and northern ireland, heavy and persistent rain severe gales in north west scotland. double figures later in the day, increasing for the rest of the country, as the rain moves north. very wet and windy weather confined to the northern isles tonight. many places turning clearer with blustery showers, mostly in the north and west. a frost free night to come for most. i milder start to friday. some sunshine, plenty of showers, longer spells of rain in northern and western areas, fairly strong winds. south east england, faring best with drier and brighter weather. temperatures, double figure play mat in north london, much of england and wales. feeling noticeably milder double figures for northern ireland. sunday, another low, heavy rain and stro
stays unsettled. further bouts of rain moving on but it is not going to be a wash out. there will be some sunshine from time to time. but saturday morning starts off very wet. look at the bright colours, some quite intense rainfall initially. it does move through north eastwards fairly quickly so by the afternoon there will be some sunny spells, a couple of showers but england and wales. the rain spreading to central scotland. the sunshine in the south, temperatures 13, much milderthan sunshine in the south, temperatures 13, much milder than it has been i3, much milder than it has been recently. eight ninths further north. sunday, we do it all again, another area of low pressure moving in. with that the fronts and further outbreaks hello and welcome to sportsday this thursday night, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme. chasing down the champions can tottenham move level on points with manchester city? west ham will be the team trying to stop them. new
and former prime minister boris johnson is expected to apologise to the uk covid inquiry acknowledging that the government did not get everything right during the pandemic. hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night. i m chetan pathak coming up on the programme. finding out theirfate next summer s european championship will begin with scotland playing germany on the opening night. we are up against, its nice to be involved in the first game and hopefully we can set up on a good match. a kinder draw for england on paper at least you ll hear from gareth southgate as they hope to go one better than runners up. the team to catch at the top of the premier league table again are arsenal as they edge past wolves at the emirates. also coming up on sportsday. ronnie rockets into the final of the uk snooker championship in york. and adelaide strikers beat brisbane heat to become back to back women s big bash league winners. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. wi
hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night. i m chetan pathak coming up on the programme. finding out theirfate next summer s european championship will begin with scotland playing germany on the opening night. we know what we are up against, its nice to be involved in the first game and hopefully we can set the tournament off on a good match. a kinder draw for england on paper at least can gareth southgate s side go one better than runners up this time? the team to catch at the top of the premier league again are arsenal as they edge past wolves at the emirates. also coming up on sportsday. ronnie rockets into the final of the uk snooker championship in york. and adelaide strikers beat brisbane heat to become back to back women s big bash league winners. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. with six months to go until euro 2024 kicks off in germany the draw for next summer s tournament has been made in the last hour and scotland will play the very firs
Buenos aires, to begin the new year in shanghai, apparently becoming the worlds highest paid footballer. £32 million a season in the csl, its rumoured. Trevor watkins, a sports lawyer whos worked in china, told me these deals will force the world to pay attention. We have a situation where the csl is commanding the way in which the Transfer Market is moving. They are the ones with the big money, the ones prepared to put it down on the table. They have a slightly different Transfer Window to european football, and arguably they are distorting, or actually advancing the european market. Consider oscar, 25, at his peak, and leaving chelsea tojoin a different shanghai side. So, are chinese clubs now a threat to the Premier League . Sam allardyce said today hed rejected a chance to manage in china, but thinks more players will go there. With their population and the fact that the people will go out and watch football at that level, only time will tell whether its the right thing to do or n