james landale, reports from kyiv. munitions explode. this is bakhmut, or at least what s left of it, after some of the fiercest fighting since russia invaded ukraine. for more than six months, as the bbc has reported, ukrainian forces have held off a ferocious onslaught. but now russian commanders are growing increasingly confident, including the leader of the mercenaries known as the wagner group, which have been at the heart of the assault. translation: we have - almost surrounded bakhmut. there s only one road that remains in and out of the city, the pincers are closing. before, we were fighting against the professional ukrainian army, but now we fight against old men and boys. ukrainian forces are still defending the city street by street and reports suggest reinforcements are being sent in. but these russian troops, say the ukrainian army, is destroying bridges like these, potentially to prepare for what western analysts call a controlled fighting withdrawal from parts
time for a look at the weather, here s ben rich. good afternoon. we had split fortunes temperature wise in the last few days. it has been cold in the south of the uk and another frosty start this morning but temperatures will slowly creep up a little over the next few days. this is aberdeen where yesterday it was close to 16 degrees. really mild in the north of the uk but here temperatures will be dropping away a little so essentially we end up whole in the same boat. things are starting to change because of this cold front, behind that the air is relatively cold so temperatures coming down a little in the north of the uk. this area has been stubborn in the south and will start to get pushed out of the way so we had that slight rise in temperatures but not just yet. very cold and gloomy in the south and east of england to the rest of the day and then this band of rain and behind that some spells of rain and behind that some spells of sunshine. through tonight we keep some sho
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Afternoon. Now on bbc news sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday im jessica creighton. Coming up on the programme. It went down to the final day of the Premier League, but arsenal miss out on the Champions League for the first time in 20 years. Celtic supreme they end the Scottish Premiership season unbeaten, and now eye the domestic treble. And djokovic continues to faulter, losing in the final of the italian open. But announces a new grand slam winning coach for his next tournament. Good evening. The final day of the Premier League was all about the Champions League positions. And for the first time in 20 years, arsenal have missed out on qualifying, despite their win against everton today. Results went against the gunners, as both Manchester City and liverpool won their matches to finish in third and fourth respectively. For liverpool, their win means Champions League football for the First Time Since 2014. Patrick geary has the details. Bob marley gave the team talk at anfield.