And extend their lead at the top. In the womens super league, Everton Score a cracker against Manchester City. Also coming up on sportsday. Well have all the latest at the World Athletics Indoor Championships as home Favouritejemma Reekie makes it through to the 800m final. Hello there, and welcome along to the programme. A day of drama in the football to come, but we start with formula one, and the season opening bahrain grand prix. With all the drama off the track for red bull, the team and defending champion Max Verstappen picked up where they left off last season. Verstappen leading his teammate in a dominant win. Our correspondent laura scott reports. If there is one person keen to get a grip on the narrative, it is christian horner, having spent weeks denying allegations of inappropriate behaviour, he arrived for the first race flanked by his wife and former spice girl geri horner. A display of unity in the desert amid the drama. It is light out and away we go who better to diffu
hello there. welcome along. thank you forjoining us. here s what s coming up. we start with football because manchester united have qualified for next season s champions league after thrashing chelsea 4 1 in the premier league at old trafford. erik ten hag s side needed only a point, but secured all three in style. casimiro scored his second goal in two matches to send them on their way when he opened the scoring with a header in the sixth minute. marcus rashford scored the fourth after anthony martial and a bruno fernandes penalty had put the home side firmly in control. it means united are now guaranteed a top four finish and a return to europe s premier club competition. so we finalised the season and that was our objective. we achieved it and that s huge, especially in this league because there are many competitors who also have the same objectives and they have all good squads and teams. so when you achieve it, it s a massive performance and we are really happy with it.
we start with football because manchester united have qualified for next season s champions league after thrashing chelsea 4 1 in the premier league at old trafford. erik ten hag side needed only a point, but secured erik ten hag side needed only a point, but secured all three in style. casimiro scored his second goal in two matches to send them on their way when he opened the scoring with a header in the sixth minute. marcus rashford scored the fourth after anthony martial and a bruno fernandes penalty had put the home side firmly in control. it means united are now guaranteed a top four finish and a return to europe s premier club competition. so we finalised the season and that was our objective. we achieved it and that s huge, especially in this league because there are many competitors who also have the same objectives and they have all good squads and teams. so when you achieve it, it s a massive performance and we are really happy with it. i think it was an open game a
hello to you. and welcome to the programme. is the bloody battle for bakhmut over? the head of russia s wagner mercenary group says its forces will hand over the city to russian forces as it declares victory and withdraws. kyiv, though, says it still controls pockets of the city. also in the programme: migration is not out of control. the uk prime minister says the number of people coming to the uk is still too high after new figures show net migration hit a new record high. as business demands more workers, we ll assess proposals for a new skills based visa system. armed officers descend on central london after a car crashes into the gates of downing street. police say a man was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving, but the incident is not being treated as terror related. and after a storm of racist abuse against real madrid s vinicius junior, the president of la liga denies that the spanish football league is racist, but he calls for new powers to
as though we may not even hit the mid 20s towards the end of the month. so it s a little on the cool side. those are the temperatures we will have had first in the morning tomorrow. a weak weather front will bring if you spits and spots of rain to parts of scotland, may be the northern coast of northern ireland, but for the bulk of the country, further south it s looking warm enoughin further south it s looking warm enough in the sunny spells, temperatures widely in the high teens, low 20s across southern parts of wales, southern england, throughout yorkshire also, temperatures pushing 20. and strong sunshine, as i mentioned, look at that, high uv values even in parts of eastern scotland as well. so a high pressure with us, winds blowing around it like so, so air coming from the north atlantic. so i make this outlook, so monday is the 29th, i think, 29th of may, wednesday will be the 31st. it does not look like it will get much warmer than that but look at those sunny spells.