wildfires are continuing to burn in algeria in north africa, california and parts of greece. and under threat sea horses off the coast of dorset. divers put this screw anchor into the sea bed, then connect it to these rubber pieces here, dense rubber, this is what replaces the chains on a traditional mooring that are said to do so much more damage. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel. the premier league s chief executive says he s fully behind players taking a knee when the new season begins on friday. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. there are calls for an overhaul of the way a levels are assessed and graded in the future, after this year s results saw record numbers given top marks. almost 45% of entries in england, wales and northern ireland were awarded a or a , fuelling concerns that soaring grades risk undermining confidence in the system. ministers are reported to be looking at replacing the traditional a to e grades with numbers, similar
we ll look ahead to what could be a defining week at the top of the table. after protesters disrupted the world snooker championship, we ll tell you how security s being stepped up at the crucible. i ll be very surprised if the protocols that were in place at the crucible yesterday are in place today. also coming up on sportsday before 7. how a special piece of kit s transforming how one woman s competing at this year s london marathon. we start tonight with the mountain chelsea have to climb if they re to salvage anything from this season. 2 0 down from the first leg, they need at least three goals against real madrid to remain in the champions league. a change of owner, half a billion pounds spent, yet another manager. nothing s transformed chelsea s fortunes so far as patrick geary reports. and so to chelsea s at last remaining bridge, the final road forward in a season of missed earnings runs through real madrid at stamford bridge but they have made things hard for themse
damar hamlin has been cleared to return to play in the nfl, four months after suffering a cardiac arrest on the field. welcome to the programme. fourteen time european champions real madrid are on the march once again. they re through to the semi finals of the champions league after finishing the job against chelsea in london. 2 0 up from the first leg, a brace from rodrygo completed a 4 0 aggregate win. joe wilson was there for another frustrating night for chelsea. based on recent experience how would you imagine this game had panned out for chelsea? a lot of decent early possession, plenty of chances that they could not take? definitely. ultimately undone a team with a more coherent gameplan? absolutely. that was real madrid. today chelsea had a great scorch chance to score in the 10th minute. the wing backs were working. reese james all over, a great save still goalless at halftime and you could sense there lingering belief among chelsea supporters that they knew that one
in the nfl, four months after suffering a cardiac arrest on the field. welcome to the programme. fourteen time european champions real madrid are on the march once again. they re through to the semi finals of the champions league after finishing the job against chelsea in london. 2 0 up from the first leg, a brace from rodrygo completed a 4 0 aggregate win. joe wilson was there for another frustrating night for chelsea. based on recent experience how would you have imagined this game had panned out for chelsea 7 a lot of decent early possession, plenty of chances that they could not take? definitely. ultimately undone by a team with a more coherent gameplan? and quality where it counted? absolutely. that was real madrid. today chelsea had a great scorch chance to score in the 10th minute. the wing backs were working. reese james ball over, a great save. still goalless at halftime and you could sense there lingering belief among chelsea supporters but they knew that one goal f
low pressure slowly starts moving eastwards into the north sea but there will be showers pretty widely overnight and it will remain breezy. a frost free nights with temperatures between 4 9 celsius. the weekend is going to be dominated by that low pressure. it might be moving out of the way but still close enough to bring in some showers. more rain on the way for the second half of the weekend. saturday s forecast, another showery day with a greater chance of seeing showers across northern ireland, parts of northern england, the midlands and east anglia. across wales and south west england the weather should become drier through the afternoon as pressure rises with a bit more sunshine to end the day. temperatures for most still on the mild side but the second half of the weekend sees some cooler air arriving across the north of the uk whereas in the south we have low pressure moving in, bringing a zone of rain across parts of england and wales. further north, we will see show