drifting. this is the main band of cloud, producing better weather. we saw scarborough early on, this is talky, thick clouds, rain setting in at the moment. we ve got rain coming up at the moment. we ve got rain coming up from the english channel, arriving in the south west of england and pushing up towards wales. the rain in northern ireland easing off later on and further east across the uk. it is likely to be drier and brighter with more in the way of sunshine and it will feel warmerfor way of sunshine and it will feel warmer for eastern parts of england thanit warmer for eastern parts of england than it has done in a while, not as windy and the sunshine makes a difference. through this evening and overnight, we will see the back of the rain for northern ireland, wales, and eventually the south west of england. at the same time, the rain in orkney will push its way into mainland parts of scotland. in between, we will have era skies but not too cold overnight, 3 6 degrees
plenty of rain, but some great success for a very familiar sporting face today. success for a very familiar sporting face toda . ., . , success for a very familiar sporting face today- face today. exactly, sarah. the heavens have face today. exactly, sarah. the heavens have opened - face today. exactly, sarah. the heavens have opened here - face today. exactly, sarah. the heavens have opened here at l heavens have opened here at cheltenham, but little down dampen the spirit of sir alex ferguson. he hasn t had a festival winner before today, and that he had one with him on morale at the start of the day, and that he had second in the ryanair chase. you could see the look on sir alex ferguson s face when he celebrated those two winners. it looked like the joy that we were used to seeing when he was a football manager. i asked dan skelton if he had ever spoken to sir alex about the impact of being a winning owner and what it means to him. of being a winning owner and what it
time for a look at the weather. here s sarah keith lucas. a bit of spring sunshine. of us. this is the picture in east sussex. a little bit hazy if you have blue skies. for most, sky is a little bit more like this, the picture in cumbria. a lot of cloud and for the rest of the day producing showery outbreaks of rain drifting east, but quite mild. particularly in the south and south east. we could see 17 degrees this afternoon, down to the fact the winds are coming from the fact the winds are coming from the south westerly direction, so we have the warmer air mass and weather fronts continuing to produce rain particularly across parts of central scotland, quite persistent here, and northern ireland. heavy showers across parts of england and wales. temperatures, 16, possibly i7 across parts of england and wales. temperatures, 16, possibly 17 in the east of england. typically single figures in central scotland with more persistent rainfall. this evening, still got the rain in ce
welcome to the programme. let s start with the europa league, where west ham have comfortably beaten freiburg to reach the last eight of the competition. west ham were 2 0 up at half time, to take a 2 1 lead on aggregate in the tie, then went on to win 5 0 on the night mohamed kudus with a brace to help them on the way to the win. it means david moyes has led the team to a european quarterfinal for the third year in a row. hugely pleased with the goals and the level of the performance and how well the players did tonight. we were really unhappy from the first game. all the staff, the players, we felt we shouldn t have come out with the result we had. we had to live with that and try and put it right and tonight we did. there were remarkable scenes as bayer leverkusen kept their unbeaten season alive late on to beat qarabag. the visitors were 2 0 up, 4 2 ahead on aggregate, but xabi alonso s side went on to win 3 2 on the night, thanks to two stoppage time goals from patri
then went on to win 5 0 on the night mohamed kudus with a brace to help them on the way to the win. it means david moyes has led the team to a european quarterfinal for the third year in a row. hugely pleased with the goals and a level of the performance and how well the players did tonight. we were really unhappy from the first game. all the staff, the players, we felt we shouldn t have come out with the result we had. we had to live with that and try and put it right and tonight we did. there were remarkable scenes as bayer leverkusen kept their unbeaten season alive late on to beat qarabag. the visitors were 2 0 up, 4 2 ahead on aggregate, but xabi alonso s side went on to win 3 2 on the night, thanks to two stoppage time goals from patrik schick. elsewhere, rangers are out after being beaten 1 0 on the night by benfica at ibrox. liverpool are comfortably through, beating sparta 11 2 on aggregate. brighton s european journey is over that 4 0 defeat in the first leg a