there will continue to be a few showers into the evening and overnight in the far north and west. but as skies continue to clear, well, temperatures will fall away and we could see some icy stretches with a few showers lingering here and there. showers most chiefly to the far north and west and with any elevation they will be wintry as well. so it s going to be a chilly start to our sunday morning for many of us. but it will be a sunny one. we will keep some sunshine throughout much of the day into sheltered eastern areas, central and southern england. a few scattered showers moving through western scotland, maybe across the peaks and pennines and maybe some rain gathering down to the south west by the end of the day. blustery winds to begin with. slowly easing as the afternoon continues. temperatures, well, ranging generally between five to eight celsius. a little bit milder in the far south west. some rain arrives to the west for the start of monday. cloudier skies in the s
the africa cup of nations kicks off tomorrow, with hosts cameroon taking on burkino faso. but the build up to the match has not been straightforward for burkino faso, after they found out a handful of players and a coach had tested positive for covid 19 and are now not available to be involved in the opening match. translation: we waited all day. at the beginning. translation: we waited all day. at the beginning. it translation: we waited all day. at the beginning, it was translation: we waited all day. at the beginning, it was in translation: we waited all day. at the beginning, it was in the - translation: we waited all day. at the beginning, it was in the morning| the beginning, it was in the morning that we had to pass these tests. then it was postponed to the afternoon. finally it was during the night that we did the tests and they were not pcr tests, but antigenic lateral flow tests. this morning we were told that some players are positive mama and therefore t
jess softley, bbc news. last season s beaten finalists chelsea are safely through after thrashing non league chesterfield 5 1 at stamford bridge. callum hudson odoi with a lovely finish for chelsea s second. romelu lukaku also got on the scoresheet for the first time since being dropped for giving a controversial interview. everton are being pushed all the way by championship side hull. the match is live now on bbc one hull went ahead. everton scored twice to go in front, then hull s ryan longman scored an equaliser so they re into extra time and everton have reclaimed the lead, thanks to this long range effort from andros townsend. he s got a history of producing goals of this quality. it s also live on the bbc sport website and app the games at birmingham, swansea, and yeovil are also into extra time. a big a5 a big 45 minutes to come for everton. crystal palace narrowly avoided a similar fate. playing away at millwall of the championship, an early goalkeeping error saw
The melbourne renegades by 129 runs in the big bash. ireland started well against the west indies in their one day international, taking four early wickets, andy mcbrine with two of them. but the hosts recovered and have set a big target of 270 if they are to win. they are currently 36 1 after ten overs. and nico de boinville rode constitution hill to a commanding victory in the unibet tolworth novices hurdle at sandown, just five weeks after the horse s debut over the same course and distance. constitution hill is now favourite for the opening race at the cheltenham festival. in rugby union, fourth place gloucester beat second place saracens 25 24 in a thriller in the english premiership. and it went to the wire between harlequins and exeter chiefs a try from harlequins andre esterhuizen with 2 minutes to go tied the game,and then it went down to the ice cool temperment of marcus smith to kick the conversion and hand harlequins the win, 14 12.
In the english premiership. and it went to the wire between harlequins and exeter chiefs a try from harlequins andre esterhuizen with two minutes to go tied the game, and then it went down to the ice cool temperment of marcus smith to kick the conversion and hand harlequins the win1li 12. elsewhere, northampton saints beat newcastle falcons. edinburgh put five tries past cardiff to go top of the united rugby championship. it finished 34 10 at the dam health stadium ramiro moyano with the pick of the scores after a flowing move. gloucester hartpury have increased the pressure on the top four in the women s premier 15s with a bonus point win over leaders bristol. ellie underwood crashed over with her second try of the match to seal a 14 36 victory. gloucester are now up to fifth in the table. elsewhere, second place exeter beat sale sharks. now let s return to football and there s not long to wait until the next big tournament gets under way.