Lovely to have you with us. We start with football, where its been confirmed that euro 2028 will be hosted by the uk and ireland. The five nation bid ran unopposed and european footballs governing body, uefa, confirmed the selection on tuesday morning. That was in switzerland. Wembley is set to host the final with cardiffs Principality Stadium likely to have the opening match. Northern irelands Casement Park is also included and is the only stadium in the bid to be built from scratch. Their Chief Executive says being involved is a huge moment for irish football. This is fantastic news. We have been part of the bed from the beginning. We are looking forward to hosting part of the worlds third biggest sporting tournament in five years time and it will be transformational for northern ireland. People would have laughed if 25 years ago we had said we would be hosting part of what is a fantastic Football Tournament in our country. So, it is going to transform the country, it will be good ne
Stadium likely to have the opening match. Northern irelands Casement Park is also included and is the only stadium in the bid to be built from scratch. Their Chief Executive says being involved is a huge moment for irish football. This is fantastic news. We have been part of the bed from the beginning. We are looking forward to hosting part of the worlds third biggest sporting tournament in five years time and it will be transformational for northern ireland. People would have laughed if 25 years ago we had said we would be hosting part of what is a fantastic Football Tournament in our country. So, it is going to transform the country, it will be good news and were looking forward to it. England were one of the 11 countries to host euro 2020, with wembley hosting the final. But that game was overshadowed by trouble pre match which saw over 2000 people get into the stadium illegally, after breaching disabled access gates and emergency fire doors. Fa chair Debbie Hewitt insists the organ
Lovely to have you with us. Lets start, then, with football, where it has been confirmed that euro 2028 will be hosted by the uk and ireland. The five nation bid ran unopposed and european footballs governing body, uefa, confirmed the selection on tuesday morning. Wembley is set to host the final, with cardiffs Principality Stadium likely to have the opening match. Northern irelands Casement Park is also included and is the only stadium in the bid to be built from scratch. Their Chief Executive says being involved is a huge moment for irish football. This is fantastic news. Weve been part of the bid from the beginning. Were looking forward to hosting part of the worlds third biggest Sporting Tournament in five years time, and it will be transformational for northern ireland. And people would have laughed if, 25 years ago, wed have said, were going to be hosting part of what is a fantastic Football Tournament in our country. So its going to transform our country, its going to be good ne
Seen a drop of rainfall this month but that is in sharp contrast to what has been happening in scotland where in aberdeenshire we had well over a month of rain. Hundred and 20 of average rainfall and we are only a third of the way through the month so far. Today we had big contrasts, 25 degrees in warm sunshine for london butjust 13 degrees in lerwick and shetland and the reason it is cooler here because weve seen a cold front moved through and over the next few days the cold air is going to push its way south across the uk and i say colder but for many of us those temperatures will be returning close to average for the time of year. Here is the cold front, Clearing South so dry in scotland where weve seen flooding the concerns and the rain eventually ending the night moving across Northern Ireland and ending up in Northern England and north wales. Mild for england and wales but a colder night for the north of the uk. Into tomorrows forecast we have heavy rain to come, particularly acr