hayfever sufferers, be in the low 20s. not good news for hayfeversufferers, it be in the low 20s. not good news for hayfever sufferers, it is the peak of the grass pollen season with high levels across many parts of england and wales. heading into the weekend, and wales. heading into the weekend, and that low pressure will slowly pull away from the uk, the winds will ease. it will still be quite windy for many of us on saturday, probably the windiest of the next couple of days with gales in the far north of scotland. again some sunshine and showers, most of them again in scotland and northern ireland, and the temperature is again reaching 22 degrees. the second half of the weekend, the winds won t be a strong and it will be a dry day in scotland and northern ireland. may stay completely dry for much of england and wales. if anything it is cooler with highs of 21 celsius. with highs of 21 celsius. darren, thank yom that s all from the bbc news at six so it s goodbye from
poulter are among the british i poulter are among the british players to be suspended, met with neither side appearing to back down, the power struggle around the future of golf looks set to ramble on for some time to comment. our golf correspondent iain carterjoins us live from the centurion club. iain, a shotgun start and shots fired from across the atlantic. the response from the us pga was swift, but probablyjust what greg norman and this liv series wanted. i think that as you heard there in that report the liv series golf enterprise is branding the pga tour action of announcing the suspensions as divisive but they were not a bit surprised by it. the players will have been surprised by an those who resigned the membership in the pga tour, they are not facing the prospect of not being able to play as sponsor invites which of you will thought that might have been their way of getting around any possible suspensions. so it is a draconian action taken by the pga tour and
evening. we ll start with golf because for the last few days on sportsday, we ve covered the build up to the saudi backed breakaway series that started today in hertfordshire. the controversy, the pros and cons and the possible consequences for the a8 strong field playing for the biggest prize pot in the sport s history. well, some of those players found out after they had teed off in the first round that they had been suspended by the pga tour. we ll speak to our golf correspondent iain carter in a moment, but first imran sidat reports on the first day of the liv series that aims to change the landscape of professional golf. as some of the world s best golfers descendent on centurion club, the fallout from their dissipation in the new liv series has deepened. on thursday, the pga tour made their
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move and announced a suspension on all players taking part in the new lucrative event. in a statement, they said. they will still be able to produce a pay in golf s major events, but some in the game think severe punishment of the only way forward to protect the integrity of the sport. we of the only way forward to protect the integrity of the sport.- the integrity of the sport. we are now in a position the integrity of the sport. we are now in a position with the integrity of the sport. we are now in a position with us - the integrity of the sport. we arej now in a position with us is about power, and i think most tour pros at this point i don t think it s an exaggeration to say potentially fighting for survival. this is very different to anything we ve ever experienced as a tour, and so i would say they have no choice but to act with as much my as they feel they need to. act with as much my as they feel