Mikel arteta, as their next manager. It is so easy to leave me all alone with the memory. One of Andrew Lloyd Webbers most famous musicals transfers to the big screen today well ask why so many critics have their claws out for cats. Iamat i am at Somerset House. Indoors enjoy the sights of the gingerbread centre. Outdoor, rain, particularly in Eastern England. Yourforecast coming up. Its friday the 20th of december. Our top story the Prime Ministers brexit divorce deal will be put before Parliament Later. It comes in a year where theresa may, then mrjohnson, wrestled with mps over their plans. Today is expected to feel very different as the government now has a strong majority. Officially known as the eu Withdrawal Agreement, it is the legislation needed to make brexit happen. This week, it was announced that the government would add a clause to rule out any extension beyond december 2020, ending what Boris Johnson calls years of deadlock, dither and delay. Now, with a majority of 80,
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he has been chosen by chelsea to turn the club around. in a statement, they said. this club has just had its worst season in 29 years, where they lurched through three different managers. thomas tuchel left in september, and graham potter came in and signed a five year deal he lasted six months. frank lampard then took temporary charge, but in nine league games, he won just one. chelsea finished 12th. all this for a club who got a new owner last year. todd boehly has now spent half a billion on players and wants a coach to bring results. what will the minimum expectation be for him in this first season at chelsea? the owners have not paid 2.5 billion and promised two billion more to finish fourth. they want the title. i think with his style and the way that can have that man management, it s a perfect fit for the club. since he left tottenham, pochettino has managed at paris saint germain, where he led their superstars to three trophies. at his new club, he has preseason to
the 11th of may. it has rained a little more recently in parts of northern ireland and scotland. most of are going to remain bone dry through the week. not the case across southern europe, the rain accumulating over the next five days. the reason, thejet stream running a long way to the north, taking weather systems into scandinavia. one a long way to the south, nojet scandinavia. one a long way to the south, no jet stream anywhere inside close to our shores, is a high pressure remains blocking the weather pattern and keeping things largely dry. there will be variations, warmest and sunniest in the west. eastern parts cloudy and cooler. just as we have right now and the cloud will be melting away across the midlands eastern england and the north of scotland, staying pretty cloudy through the afternoon. breeze blowing in off the sea and temperatures for norwich, 14 degrees. 2a in the glasgow area and tonight, we bring all of this cloud in the east, roll it westwards and many a