north easterly breeze, but we have introduced drier airfrom norway. so the cloud is broken up, just a little bit of cloud running onto those coastal areas of england, particularly towards east anglia and the far south east, but lots of sunshine around across the uk. still breezy in the south east and because the breezes from the north sea along the breezes from the north sea along the east coast, it is a little cooler. heavier inland, it warms up and the highest temperatures in the western side of the uk, widely 20 widely 20 or 21 celsius. it might be one when the sun is out, but it gets quite chilly at night and well we see some cloud coming in across eastern areas of england, it is quite thin, bit of cloud and well we see some cloud coming in across eastern areas of england, it is quite thin, bit of cloud in northern scotland, generally skies will be clear and it doesn t work and wales, perhaps 4 or 5 degrees. some cloud to begin with cross parts of england, it retreats
and that s bbc news at six on wednesday the 18th of january , you can keep up with all the latest hello and welcome to sportsday. coming up on tonight s programme. a dark day for snooker ten chinese players are charged in relation to alleged match fixing. and the night shift for norrie who makes it through to the third round of the australian open. also coming up in the programme. leeds united will be looking for their first win since november tonight, when they take on managerless cardiff city in their fa cup third round replay at elland road. good evening and welcome to tonight s programme. today, the world professional billiards and snooker association confirmed that ten chinese players have a case to answer in relation to alleged match fixing. among the players charged are some big names in the sport. liang wenbo, a finallist in the uk championship in 2015, has been charged with being concerned in fixing matches on the world snooker tour and approaching players to fix
parts of nova scotia in the coming days so we will hear more about the storm system. first we have cloud across the north west of uk moving into scotland and threatening outbreaks of rain but away from the north west for most it is a fine afternoon with variable cloud and sunny spells. the best of the sunshine in southern england, southern wales and parts of eastern scotland. the cloud melting away into the evening with a bit more sunshine ending the day. temperatures up to the high 20s so feeling pleasantly warm. 0vernight tonight a band of rain is slow moving and will take two days to cross the uk. it moves into scotland and northern ireland bringing heavy rain overnight and eventually it starts to move into cumbria. pretty mild, 1a or 15 degrees in the north west. england and wales time, 12 degrees. 0n and wales time, 12 degrees. on thursday the weather front moves into england and wales with heavy rain for a into england and wales with heavy rainfora time into england and
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