get better and better, so that is exciting for us. and again, to work with the players that are already here and the players coming back from injury, we feel we have got a good group of players, a very strong group of players, absolutely. so now we need to gel and become a really good team, and that is where the work is. manchester united manager erik ten hag says he wants his side to focus on matters on the pitch, ahead of tomorrow s match with crystal palace at old trafford. it s after one of the club s players mason greenwood had all criminal charges against him dropped. greenwood denied the charges of attempted rape, assault and controlling and coercive behaviour. he d been due to face trial in november this year and said he was relieved . manchester united say they ll conduct their own process before deciding what to do next. this was ten hag s response when asked for a comment about greenwood at his press conference earlier. no, nothing. i can add nothing. i refer to
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but stayed mild, five to 8 degrees. mild but cloudy is how we start. this is how saturday looks. it may be the cloud breaks a little bit across parts of the midlands and southern england as we go through into the afternoon. a little more in the way of sunshine. at the same time, this band of rain pushes in across scotland and into northern ireland. ahead of that rain band, it is very mild again, ten, 11, i2 is very mild again, ten, 11, 12 degrees. behind that rain band, something of a change. it starts to feel a little chilly because this band of rain is associated with a cold front. as that pushes south east, the air turns cold. at the same time, we see this big area of high pressure building on top of the uk for sunday morning, so we start sunday, the second half of the weekend, on a colder know, but a brighter know. a very different feeling, but very different looking day. when you look at the map and you don t see cloud, that is where we expect sunshine. and they should
corner of the studio, but a story in two parts, the weekend weather, it starts with a lot of cloud but a mild feel. it ends on sunday with something a little bit chillier but much brighter. but certainly right now we have got a lot of cloud out there, that cloud actually thickening up enough to produce drizzle, some mist and murk of a high ground, limited clear breaks. but with that cloud cover, temperatures not dropping too far, 6-9 , temperatures not dropping too far, 6 9 , so i really might start to saturday morning, but a cloudy start for most. if you look closely at the map, some breaks appearing in the cloud, there will be some spells of sunshine, but equally, for northern ireland and scotland, this band of rain pushing in from the west, eventually with something brighter following on behind. 9 12 degrees. but as the band of cloud and rain sinks further south and east during tomorrow night, the rain will weaken but we will start to introduce something colder behind this