after video footage appeared to show the country s president wetting himself. you re watching bbc news. now its time for sports day hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night it s fa cup third round weekend and no shortage of drama coming up on the programme: championships strugglers blackpool hit forest for four knocking out the premier league side non league chesterfield score three against west brom only to be denied a famous win a first half hattrick helps newcastle falcons beat the champions leicester in rugby union s premiership and also coming up on the programme before 7 we hear from the skier defying the odds and making history welcome along, thank you forjoining us on a bumper fa cup third round weekend. no doubt where the most eye catching result so far has come. blackpool might be third from bottom in the championship but they ve shown why league form counts for little in the cup knocking out premier league nottingham forest 4 1. whilst leicester
and treasury ministers discuss the challenges facing the national health service. iran is facing international condemnation for hanging two more people said to have been involved in nationwide protests. the uk called their executions abhorrent . as ukraine celebrates the orthodox christmas, russian backed forces there say they ve downed a drone lauched in breach of a temporary ceasefire. it appears to be another sign that the temporary truce called by president putin has been ignored. you are watching bbc news.. now it s time for sports day hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night it s fa cup third round weekend and no shortage of drama coming up on the programme: non league wrexham score four at coventry knocking out the championship side championships strugglers blackpool hit nottingham forest for four as the premier league team are knocked out a first half hattrick helps newcastle falcons beat the champions leicester in rugby union s premiership and also
now thanks for watching. hello there. saturday has provided a blustery first half of the weekend. there ve been some heavy downpours around as well. in fact, the winds have been strong enough to whip up some quite rough seas around some of our coasts. it s a big area of low pressure that is dominating right now. this is the satellite picture from earlier on, this swirl of cloud. here s the centre of the low. that s where it was earlier on this afternoon. and as we go through tonight, the centre of this low will be passing to the north west of scotland. very strong winds continuing to affect many western parts. gales are likely around some western coasts of england, wales, northern ireland, most especially western scotland, with gusts of 60 70mph for a time through the night. there will be further showers, some of which will be heavy, some clear spells as well, partly because of the strength of the wind, it is not going to be a cold night, 4 to 8 degrees. so into tomorrow,
and treasury ministers discuss the challenges facing the national health service. iran is facing international condemnation for hanging two more people said to have been involved in nationwide protests. the uk called their executions abhorrent . as ukraine celebrates the orthodox christmas, russian backed forces there say they ve downed a drone lauched in breach of a temporary ceasefire. it appears to be another sign that the temporary truce called by president putin has been ignored. you are watching bbc news.. now it s time for sports day hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night it s fa cup third round weekend and no shortage of drama coming up on the programme: non league wrexham score
that s all from sportsday. hello there. saturday has provided a blustery first half of the weekend. there ve been some heavy downpours around as well. in fact, the winds have been strong enough to whip up some quite rough seas around some of our coasts. it s a big area of low pressure that is dominating right now. this is the satellite picture from earlier on, this swirl of cloud. here s the centre of the low. that s where it was earlier on this afternoon. and as we go through tonight, the centre of this low will be passing to the north west of scotland. very strong winds continuing to affect many western parts. gales are likely around some western coasts of england, wales, northern ireland, most especially western scotland, with gusts of 60 70mph for a time through the night. there will be further showers, some of which will be heavy, some clear spells as well, partly because of the strength of the wind, it is not going to be a cold night, 4 to 8 degrees. so into tomorrow,