we start saturday, a lot of cloud across east wales and is scotland. that will tend to get nibbled away back towards the north sea coast and most of us will have some warm sunshine to into the afternoon. temperatures in the high teens to the low 20s. could reach 22 in northern ireland, which would make it the warmest day of the year so far. on sunday, a cold front moves in, bringing cloud and rain across north western areas and dropping the temperatures here. across central and eastern england, it should be a bit warmer, with temperatures again reaching the low 20s. that is how our weather is looking this weekend. however, i thought we would take a quick look at what is going on in the bay of bengal, where we have a dangerous looking cyclone. it is set to make landfall on sunday around the border between bangladesh and myanmar. this is the region that is currently housing hundreds of thousands of rohingya refugees. the weather looks serious and we could have some catastrophic
hello there. welcome along to sports day. southampton have been promoted to the english premier league after winning the championship play off final at wembley. they beat leeds 1 0 in a match between two teams, hoping to return to the top flight at the first attempt and in what s called the richest game of football. joe lenski was there. such a painful match to lose, isn t it? the championship playoff final where 90 minutes can really shape a club s future. it is southampton going back up to the premier league and leeds united staying for at least one more season in the championship. and it was typically for this occasion tense and settled by a single moment. adam armstrong in the first half, given so much space in the leeds penalty area, southampton s top scorer scoring the goal that in the end sealed his team promotion. now leeds came here with so much expectation, they won 90 points in the regular season, which in most campaigns would have been enough to seal automatic pro
what has been described as a minor issue, the first match with the ashes starts onjune 16. england s record test wicket taker james anderson wasn t able to bowl for lancashire on day two of their county championship match today with what s being described as a minor issue. the first match of the ashes starts onjune the 16th. there was a home winner on stage 7 of the giro d italia. davide bais won the second of the mountain stages on a tough day for the riders in the rain and headwinds of the gran sasso d italia. just like in the football league, rugby union is about to begin its playoff phase. the premiership is at the semi final stage this weekend, and all four coaches have named their teams today. saracens, who came top of the regular season table, have recalled six england
all draw at home to dundee united. celtic went ahead through liel abada, but the visitors hit back within two minutes through ian harkes. celtic s first dropped points at home leaves them in sixth place. hibernian are up to second after beating stjohnstone and st mirren beat aberdeen. in the women s super league, arsenal are the new league leaders after thumping manchester city 5 0. kim little scored twice to keep up the gunners 100 per cent start to the season played three, won three so far. defending champions chelsea are fourth in the early season table after thrashing manchester united 6 1. lewis hamilton is top of the championship standings after winning the russian grand prix. but his triumph in sochi, meant heartache for fellow briton lando norris, who was on the verge of a maiden victory when he slid off in torrential rain. hamilton became the first driver to win 100 formula one races. he now leads title rival max verstappen by 2 points after the dutchman fought back from la