we will have showers around but it will not be a wash out with some usable weather around but the same picture for sunday and monday, with most of the showers in western areas. if you are heading to glastonbury, pressure and breezy. back to you. thanks, helen. and that s bbc news at six on thursday 23rd june. the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodnight. hello, thanks forjoining us on sportsday this evening. the wickets all count for england, however you take them. we ll be live at headingley on day one of the third and final test between england and new zealand. jack draper comes out on top in the battle of the brits at eastbourne, but did any of the others have much to celebrate in the last eight? and we ll look ahead to northern ireland s only warm up match ahead of next month s women s euros. and that s not all. we ll bring you the story ofjeremy so on, hoping to strike it b
Japan. Magnitude 6. 1 has hit of the east coast of japan. The authorities have not issued a tsunami warning. It struck about 175 miles east on the largest japanese island. It struck about 175 miles east on the largestjapanese island. The shallow depth of about ten kilometres according to the Us Geological survey. An earthquake, 6. 1 magnitude on the east coast of japan. More on that throughout the evening on bbc news. Now, it is time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Its bronze for chris froome in the time trial at the World Championships. And two paralympic World Championships that were due to take place in mexico later this month have been postponed following yesterdays earthquake. Within the past hour the Football Association has confirmed that mark sampson has been sacked as head coach of the england lionesses. Hes been at the centre of allegations of bullying and racism which he denies, and cleared in two inquiries, but todays departure is due to fresh allegations tha
Stronger. Scientists develop a gene test informing women how likely they are to develop Breast Cancer. It could soon be used on high risk groups. Also this hour the race across australia, fuelled by sun. Teams from around the world compete in ani,800 mile solar powered chase. It aims to Show Technology which could one day be used on our roads. In sport, Northern Ireland seals a place in the world cup play offs but theres disappointment for scotland. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Hundreds of thousands of people were on the streets of barcelona in a huge show of support for the unity of spain and against plans for the independence of catalonia. Spains worst political crisis for decades was sparked a week ago by a referendum on independence for the wealthy North Eastern region. Its home to around seven million people. Its government had said it planned to go ahead with a declaration of independence in the wake of the vote. But spains Prime Minister has warned of drastic action if
High speed rail aid ran new Education Centre designed to help close and engineering skills gap. I will talk to some of the students a little later. In sport, scotland say goodbye to their hopes of playing in next years world cup in russia. They needed a win in slovenia to guarantee a place in the playoffs, but could only manage a 2 all draw. That result for scotland means Northern Ireland are through to the play offs, despite losing to norway in oslo. What do you think is your better film . Godfather one or what do you think is your better film . Godfather one or godfather what do you think is your better film . Godfather one or godfather to . That is a true story. Dustin hoffman talks to us about his new film, fatherhood, and being mistaken for al pacino. And sarah has the weather. Good morning. Bit of a great start to the day to day. Some drizzly rain moving eastwards that some of us will see glimpses of sunshine in the mix. Details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story.
Decided his tenures over. He walked into thejob decided his tenures over. He walked into the job five years ago full of hope. Im proud of myself and my family are proud of me being able to come to be scotland manager. From promising begins, things seemed to go well for the new man. A win over republic of ireland in 2014 raised hopes until a damaging defeat in georgia ultimately meant scotland failed to reach euro 2016. The bid for the world cup started badly with heavy defeats to slovakia and england. He stayed on, didnt lose any of his seven matches this year but still failed to make the world cup play offs. Despite that, the man he replaced felt he deserved more time. Everybody looks inwardly first and foremost to see if they could do things better. I genuinely believe theres been progress. Maintaining that will be for the next scotland boss. Since craig brown took scotla nd boss. Since craig brown took scotland to the 1990 world cup six managers have come and gone. Gordon strachans