that he heading our way? that s a very good question. i ll answer that question later. iberia stands out like a source and temperatures and grenade are currently 35 degrees, 39 would be a record temperature for april. it s going to be the peak of the heat probably today, andalusia a popular holiday spot, people may be heading there over the next few days. it s not going to be quite as hot, not as hot as it is at the moment and still a drought there and it s going to stay dry. here at home we are seeing rain developing particularly coming in from the south where in scotland temperatures are still only 7 8 in the north of the country. could make 15 or 16 in england. this evening rain around in many areas, heavy for a while and eastern parts of england but the worst of the rain just moves away out into the north sea. it becomes a bit drier in most places later and there will be a lot of cloud so a mild night, milder than it s been of late across a good part of scotland. into fir
the australian entertainer, barry humphries dies at the age of 89. he was best known for performances of his alter egos dame edna everage and sir les patterson. and eyes are on hollywood star owned wrexham, which hopes to return to the english football league for the first time in 15 years. hello, i m samantha simmonds. we start in sudan, where the army says foreign nationals from the uk as well as the united states, france and china are to be evacuated in the coming hours . these are saudi state tv pictures of a boat reported to be carrying saudi citizens and some other nationals arriving injeddah, across the red sea from sudan. other ships are said to be due to dock injeddah later. the head of sudan s military agreed to facilitate the evacuation, as fighting in the capital khartoum enters its second week. the saudi broadcaster says the evacuees were carried in a convoy of vehicles to port sudan from where they boarded ships tojeddah. the most intense fighting in sudan
ten others are injured. you re watching bbc news. now its time for sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night i m chetan pathak coming up on tonight s programme a mahrez hattrick as manchester city take another step towards the treble a huge win for leicester city in their fight for premier league survival they re out of the bottom three and eight tries for england who thrash ireland to stay on course for a grand slam in the women s six nations also coming up on sportsday. into the quarter the finals of the world snooker championship the rocket ronnie o sullivan blasts his way past hossein vafei welcome along, thank you forjoining us. who can stop manchester city? the answer is not sheffield united. the championship side, on the verge of premier league promotion, were looking to reach the fa cup final. but city were too good, 3 0 winners at wembley thanks to a riyad mahrez hattrick. our correspondent natalie pirks was watching:. pep pirks was watc
12 others are injured. wrexham football club whose takeover by hollywood stars gained worldwide attention are celebrating their return to the english football league. in the last half an hour, the owners ryan wendell sandblom mcaleny watched the club beating boreham wood 3 1 to win the national league title. prince william has tweeted his congratulations on the official twitter page. let us get more on this and talk to our sports presenter who has been watching all of the action. for those of us who don t know the story behind this, i think the first thing to do is explain to us why we are giving this relatively small club in wales such huge attention. the s-aotliht wales such huge attention. the spotlight has wales such huge attention. tue: spotlight has never wales such huge attention. tte: spotlight has never been on the national league in the way that it has been over the last few and that s because of the two names you mentioned. ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney, t
the former president of pakistan, pervez musharraf, has died at the age of 79. general musharraf took power in a coup in 1999, and served as president for seven years from 2001. you re watching bbc news. coming up in a few minutes is the travel show, but first here s sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m chetan pathak coming up on tonight s programme. harry kane makes history as tottenham stop manchester city from closing the gap to arsenal at the top of the premier league. france fight back in rome to avoid one of the great shocks in six nations history. and after a wait of more than eight decades, can great britain s four man bobsleigh team bring home a medal? hello and welcome to sportsday. totte n ha m tottenham have boosted their hopes for a finish but they have done their north london arsenal. arsenal s lead at the top remains five points, despite their defeat at everton yesterday. after a win at tottenham. spurs took the lead after 15 minutes pierre emile