the opportunity to give some of his star names a rest and take a look at the club s talented youngsters. it was a really important experience. good performances as a team. it is an unfair assessment, because they are top of the table in belgium, it is really difficult, but i thought we would give it a go and that is ok for me. aston villa are into the last 16 of the europa conference league. they could only draw at the bosnian side zrinjski mostar, but that was enough to seal the top spot in their group. unai emery had made eight changes from the side that beat arsenal last weekend. aberdeen were already out of the competition, but they managed their first group stage victory in nearly 16 years after beating bundesliga giants eintracht frankfurt 2 0. it was a frustrating night for chelsea women, who missed out on the chance to top their champions league group. they were held to a goalless draw by the swedish side hayken, who stay top ahead of chelsea by two points with three
extra time was needed againstjuventus with sevilla then scoring two goals to give them a 2 1win on the night, 3 2 on aggregate. the final is at the end of this month. west ham united are into their first european final in nearly 50 years after beating dutch side az alkmaar in the europa conference league. having won the first leg at the london stadium 2 1, west ham scored a stoppage time winner to go through 3 1 overall. but their celebrations were marred by an incident where west ham players confronted alkmaar fans, who appeared to attack an area in which friends and family were watching. it will be italian side fiorentina you can see there that they will meet in the final after they beat basel 3 1 after extra time. 4 3 on aggregate. the final is in prague on the 7th ofjune. on the tenth ofjune, the third italian team i was talking about inter milan, of course play manchester city in the champions league final. well, it s over 20 years since newcastle united played i
people do we want to? what skills do we want them to have? or be happy to have doctors and nurses coming? or be happy to have fruit pickers coming because my cleaners? social care workers? what countries are we going to get them from and what limits are going to put on those visas? that s all very fair, reasonable questions. that s a separate question from how you deal with illegal migration and asylum seekers and asylum claims which is what we are seeing with people crossing the channel in the small boats and we absolutely see it as a tragic situation in various migrant processing facilities in kent. what you ve got to remember about asylum seekers and illegal crossings is that there are two main reasons that people do this, one that they are chancing their luck and they think that they might be able to make a serious asylum claim tickets excepted, but the other reason is that they are genuine refugees fleeing all kinds of situations, some of them climate related, geopolitic
equal fourth warmest on record, and quite alarmingly with only two months to go we are on track for one of the warmest years on record. some of the warmest years on record. some of us need rain, but only northern ireland were substantially above normal. there will be some over the next 2a hours, but it is the wind that will feature tomorrow night. widespread gales, and potentialfor disruptive and damaging gusts of wind. all linked into this area of cloud. that s a developing area of low pressure. a gap between that and the showers we have at the moment. lively showers this evening. they are clearing off, clearing skies, a few showers later on in the south and west. most will become dry and clear. not the coldest mornings tomorrow morning, two or three degrees in parts of rural scotland, but a bright start for many ahead of this. an area of low pressure i was mentioning. it will be slowly pushing from the west. the wind picking up through the day. for many, the driest and brig
in the europa league final before. but they re just 90 minutes away and in a good position too. defending a 1 nil lead in the second leg of their semi final tonight at old trafford. but there s notjust a possible cup at the end of this particular rainbow. as our correspondent andy swiss can tell us as he joins us now from old trafford. andy. jose mourinho has made it pretty clear he has another prize in mind. it is this manager is the most important in the club s history. it iszisa bit ofan important in the club s history. it is z is a bit of an exaggeration but it is the most important of the season it is the most important of the season because winning the europe league is now their best chance of qualifying for next season s champions league. they could yet qualified by finishing in the top four of the premier league, of course, but that looks increasingly distant. they are now down to sixth lace after that defeat by arsenal at the weekend. place. winning the europa lea