centimetres into major cities, manchester and sheffield and a bit more than that put out more on the hills but were most concerned about the amber warning area in the peak district northwards where we could see up to a0 centimetres of snow by the time we reach friday morning. it is slowly improving through friday, a brief respite with them some time before more rain, sleet and snow at the weekend. thanks, stav. and that s bbc news at six on wednesday the 8th of march. the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday i m laura mcghie. coming up on wednesday s programme. a substantial government package which will seek to offer equal access to sports for girls is announced. we speak to the olympian who was mis diagnosed, sectioned and put in an induced coma, as she targets a return to playing rugby on the world stage. i cannot go outside for a walk or could not
you have trees that are down, you have a lot of hazards right now. we do anticipate a lot of the water will subside in some of the barrier islands and some of the coasts but some of those inland places of rivers and these inlets, you are likely to have standing water there throughout all of today and even in the days ahead, so that is a hazard and just please be aware that that is something that if you have weathered the storm to this point, going on doing and getting involved in that is totally not worth it and we want to minimise any harm to anybody as a result of what we are seeing right now in the streets. it s gonna be put to use, i don t think we ve seen in effort mobilise for this minutes rate rescues this quickly, but we appreciate and we will make good use of it. we want people to be safe, those people who are in need of life supports, health is on the way help. they are able to see the areas that were hardest hit, and they are focusing assets there. obviously the
across england and wales. a drier slice of weather, but then the rain returns. it could become quite heavy, particularly across the western areas. it s all about the storms, loads of them tonight. that is bbc news at six. have a look at the bbc online, all of the latest analysis and development is there, building on the news stories. and, of course, cross the nations and regions our colleagues are waiting with the news where you are. but from all of us here on bbc news at six, thanks for watching and goodbye. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. our headlines. chelsea sack their manager seven games into the season and less than 18 months after thomas tuchel won them the champions league. keira walsh becomes the world s most expensive female footballe but manchester city lose another star as the lionessjoins barcelona. and alex hales has returned to the england fold for the first time in three years when he was dropped because of an off field incident that s kep
as we start to pick up northerly winds, it will start to turn cooler and by sunday we could even see some showers in the forecast as well, so i think saturday is looking like being the driest day of the weekend. you can see why, our area of high pressure is drifting northwards allowing these northerly winds to dig down, pushing down across the country, which will also spark off some showers. saturday the best, driest day. 20 degrees in the south. as we head into sunday, it will be more cloudy and cool it with scattered showers, more cloudy and cool it with scattered showers, particularly more cloudy and cool it with scattered showers, particularly in the east. thank you very much. that s all from the bbc news at six so it s goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. we put the spotlight on the rise in incidents of fan violence within football. we hear from the players football association and ask what can be d
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