be a few inches. falling on saturated ground. this will exacerbate any flooding issues. we can see the extent of the rain moving east. the northern half of scotland staying cold with a few wintry showers. mild further south where we have the wind and rain. very blustery, wet morning for saturday. that rain should slowly clear away and the brighter skies across the north and west will eventually wind out. then showers, wintry on the hills across scotland. increasingly turning colder in the north and west. we just hold on to the dregs of the milder air in the south west but we can see the cold air went out for part two of the weekend. northerly winds, these fronts enhancing shower activity. one frontier bringing showers to northern ireland and wales, perhaps into central south western parts of the country. wintry showers affecting the north of scotland exposing the northerly wind. quite a bit of sunshine abound on sunday but the temperatures you will notice, 3-8. the temperatur
and we celebrate a0 years of christmas classic, the snowman, and its iconic soundtrack, walking in the air. good morning. it s christmas eve. our top story. around 250 million people in the us and canada are under severe weather warnings, as an unprecedented winter storm sweeps across north america. from alaska to texas, bone chilling temperatures, blizzards and icy winds have caused widespread disruption and left more than a million homes and businesses without power. at least 12 deaths have been linked to the conditions. tom brada reports. once ina once in a generation whether out of the worst possible time. ice, wind, rain and extreme cold are wreaking havocin rain and extreme cold are wreaking havoc in the build up to christmas. trees have been ripped from the ground and power lines have been knocked out across the country. from maine to texas, more than i million people are without electricity. people are very frustrated because we pay our bills. all day it has been goin
hello and welcome to sportsday i m sarah mulkerrins. coming upfor coming up for you this evening. we will start in paris. it s cruise control for iga swiatek and coco gauff, as they both make the women s final of the french open with ease. what a start to england s new chapter in cricket. great bowling in the morning, but this evening, familiar trouble with the bat. also coming up in the programme: inspired byjake daniels. two scottish referees have have become the first to come out publicly as gay. we get the reaction from grassroots football in scotland. i think we will probably look back at this moment and sort of say they were the people who helped us create something big. welcome along to sportsday. lots to come. we are going to talk cricket in a moment, but we are going to begin in paris. four became two. iga swiatek continued her dominant run with a straight sets victory over daria kasatkina. she will face coco gauff. here is russell fuller. she is on this dominant r
only played six games for england. in a statement, sale said a summer of rest and a full preseason is the best course of action . golf s us women s open is under way in north carolina. australian minjee lee, who won the first major of the year, the evian championship, has made a good start. she has just finished her round she hasjust finished her round on four under. this long range putt one of her seven birdies today. she sits one off the lead, alongside swede anna nordqvist, winner of last year s women s british open at carnoustie. this was one of her five birdies on the back nine. but it s another swede on top of the leaderboard, amateur ingrid lindblad s six birdies seeing her set the early pace in north carolina. here s the current leaderboard. england s georgia hall tees off soon, as does charley hull. scotland s gemma dryburgh finished on two over for the day. you can follow it all with the leaderboard live on the bbc sport website and the app. that is where you ll fi
And belief has always been important in their cricket. It allows them to clear hurdles. But few expected the sheer force gurbaz unleashed in the opening overs, he hammered englands bowlers unsparing, unsettling. Time to change direction. And thats adil rashids area, their lead spinner, their match turner with skill and the Helping Hands of his captain, jos buttler, he halted the afghan charge. Others followed along his curving path, notablyjoe root. England back on top. But the sun had not yet set on afghanistan, finishing as they started. They smashed themselves up to 284, a total far more than it might have been. So in the Delhi Darkness they had something to conjure with. Get root early and you know youre in business. Getjos buttler too. Well, they tell you the significance. England four down, nearly 200 short, more wickets fell. Harry brook was left trying to steer through the crisis, but without support and against an increasingly irresistible force. Yeah the magic mujeeb knew. Ev