south, seven to m celsius. quite a messy weather chart as we had to thursday. a couple of different weather fronts likely to bring some outbreaks of rain. still some uncertainty about where exactly the wettest of the weather will be. it is likely we will have one band of rain across scotland, one moving northwards across england and wales. but if you are in this dryer slice across the heart of the uk i cannot completely rule out some rain here either. temperatures starting to climb and for the end of the week we will bring some slightly warmer air author warmer air northwards. not like spain and portugal, but warmer thanit like spain and portugal, but warmer than it has been but not dry because there will be showers at time. thanks, ben. and that s bbc news at six. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. from the six team it s goodbye. hello and welcome to sportsday this tuesday night. i m chetan pathak. coming up on the programme: leicester pl
the rain yesterday. we are seeing sunshine come through and we will see it brighten up across a good part of england, wales and northern ireland with one or two showers in northern ireland but a warmer day pretty much everywhere. temperatures a bit lower where we keep cloud across parts of scotland, but it could make 18 in the south east of england. stilla could make 18 in the south east of england. still a few showers this evening but many places overnight will turn dry, a quiet night with breaks in the cloud leading to mist and fog patches. keeping more cloud in scotland away from the far north of the country where it will be quite chilly. maybe rain across mainland scotland and temperatures similar to last night, 4 7. tomorrow, staying cloudy across much of scotland away from the far north and north eastern england as well with the chance of rain. elsewhere across the uk, we will see the cloud break with sunshine coming through and maybe a few more showers coming in the af
purcell. the 20 year old chinese debutant is above the five sessions. the belgian who knocked out ronnie o sullivan in the court is really lost his cool in the ninth frame. look at that. he is well on course for the final. from the returns this weekend after a four week break. qualifying is currently under way for sunday s azerbaijan grand prix. there is also a sprint race on saturday with qualifying for that on the same day. away from the track there has been driver speculation with ferrari shallow clay has refused to rule out a move to mercedes next year but that could depend on how they contract talks go with the seven time world champion lewis hamilton. he says he loves his team and has been reassured by the progress mercedes have made since he finished second at the australian grand prix at the start of the month. it grand prix at the start of the month. , , ., ., ., month. it will be the start of a new ath for month. it will be the start of a new path for us- month. i
the world championship semifinals continue in sheffield. mark allen was maintaining his two frame lead over the four time champion mark selby. he was 5 3 overnight. let s go to the crucible for live pictures. they are just re racking because mark selby has pinched the frame back. mark allen now leads 6-5. the frame back. mark allen now leads 6 5. the scheme is quite a difficult watch and pretty cagey. mark selby has got the better of the second session. two years ago he won the last of his four titles. it s the first to 17. in the other semifinal sijiahui is well under first to 17. in the other semifinal si jiahui is well under way against luca brecel. the chinese debutant is 11-5 luca brecel. the chinese debutant is 11 5 up after two sessions. the belgian really lost his composure at the end of one of the frames after failing to get out of the snooker. he got a warning. he hasn t come close to the form that saw him stunned defending champion ronnie o sullivan in the quarters