settled for a while now. it s a little on the nippy side for most of us, in fact, quite cloudy. a touch of frost on the way tonight and tomorrow night. next week is looking very different because this high pressure isn t going to hang around for very long. just a few days three days or so. it is also quite cloudy, high pressure, there s very little wind across the uk right now to move the clouds around. but it s not one continuous layer of grey. in fact, farfrom it. there have been big breaks in the cloud. eastern scotland, northern ireland, broadly the south western portion of the uk. so some of us have had some very lengthy sunny spells today. but the vast majority stuck underneath the cloud. 0nly around four, five celsius. it has felt nippy and will continue to do so. now, tonight, it s a different story in the north west of scotland. weather fronts are sneaking in. they re just brushing the north west of the uk so it will be mild and damp here for example, in storno
lunchtime kick off. and rangers are now a point from a first top flight title in a decade but fans defy government advice to turn up at ibrox. hello, and thanks for being with us here on sportsday. england s cricketers fell apart again in india after batting collapse that s become all too familiar on their tour so far. they were beaten in the fourth test, by an innings and 25 runs. england bowled out for just 135, on another disappointing day in ahmedabad. india didn t even need to bat again, to seal the 3 1 series win. joe wilson reports. one consolation for england. it s finally all over. no more must they endure trying to bat in india. zak crawley began the final collapse. jonny bairstow soon followed, another nought for him. ben stokes had only just finished bowling. he was batting briefly. two runs from him, too much asked of him. and what of the burden onjoe root? the batsmen who put win into england s winter made 30. then a familiar looking lbw. when dom bess lunge
as a matter of urgency. jane nickerson says that two thousand swimming pools are coming to the end of their lifespan and unless they are refurbished or replaced, the nation s success in aquatic sports is at stake. here s our sports correspondentjoe wilson. marshall street baths were built for victorian london, preserved, improved, and still used. exceptional. the big picture is bleak. swimming pools everywhere desperately need refurbishment or replacement, say swim england. it s the thing that keeps me absolutely awake at night. we know that by the end of this decade we could lose 40% of our pool stock. that is 2000 swimming pools. put that in context, that s millions of people that will lose out doing this wonderful activity which is brilliant for everybody. covid has accelerated the decline, especially with local authorities under huge financial pressure. over 200 pools which closed in england alone during the pandemic have not yet reopened. and yet in the summer, all this.
irrespective blinken had to say. it s also urgent irrespective of blinken had to say. it s also urgent irrespective of ceasefire blinken had to say. it s also urgent irrespective of ceasefire to - irrespective of ceasefire to dramatically increase the humanitarian assistance getting to people humanitarian assistance getting to people inside gaza. the situation for children and women and men who are caught for children and women and men who are caught in for children and women and men who are caught in the crossfire is unacceptable and unsustainable. israel unacceptable and unsustainable. israel has unacceptable and unsustainable. israel has to maximise every possible israel has to maximise every possible means, every possible method possible means, every possible method of getting assistance to people method of getting assistance to people who need it. method of getting assistance to people who need it. meanwhile on the round and people who need it. meanw
what exactly do we know about tomorrow s budget? let s look at the bi icture tomorrow s budget? let s look at the big picture and tomorrow s budget? let s look at the big picture and then tomorrow s budget? let s look at the big picture and then the tomorrow s budget? let s look at the big picture and then the detail. - tomorrow s budget? let s look at the big picture and then the detail. the l big picture and then the detail. the economic reality, the economy is stagnant. we are in recession. albeit a shallow one. taxes are through the roof by any recent historic standard. and family finances feel squeezed. then there is the political reality, the conservatives have been in government for yonks and there has been more than the odd economic and political calamity and their ratings, their popularity, is really poon ratings, their popularity, is really poor. so, enter the chancellor. ratings, their popularity, is really poor. so, enterthe chancellor. no pressure then for