shots ahead of the group of five players. five under par. and cricket s domestic t20 women s competition has been named as the charlotte edwards cup, after the former england captain. eight regional teams are involved, and the action begins this weekend. silverstone will be allowed to have a full capacity crowd for the british grand prix on 18july. the track can hold around 140,000 spectators, which will make it the largest crowd for a sporting event in the uk since the start of the pandemic. lewis hamilton says he s excited by today s news but also worried about the rise in covid cases in recent weeks. james burridge reports. cars, but no crowds. this is what they ve had to get use to. but finally, the green light next month s british grand prix is going ahead with a full house of over 140,000 people, the largest crowd for a sporting event in the uk since the start of the pandemic.- the start of the pandemic. people bein: able the start of the pandemic. people being a
london we might see 18 on saturday afternoon. an awful start to the weekend across northern spain and france, heavy rain and snow over the alps but it stays right across the british isles, it has been a dry april and we keep that breeze going through sunday but with the strengthening wind it will hopefully continue to break up the cloud, potentially more sunshine on sunday, with the exception of the far north east of scotland and temperatures are likely to peak at 18 degrees. my garden is starting to get a bit desperate and there is no significant rain forecast to close out april but has a wind direction changes to wind northerly, it get colder. hello, i m olly foster. here s what s coming up on sportsday this evening. full of sound and fury we ll have the wembley weigh in news ahead of tomorrow night s blockbuster all british world title fight. keeping the dream alive and the return of the top of scottish football could rest on the championship match tonight. we are well o
high teens, elsewhere low 20s for scotland and northern ireland, the mid 20s for large parts of england and wales. as we move through the week you can see its days are sunny, dry and warm, very warm across southern areas for a time. showers starting to push into western errors by the end of the week. that is it from the bbc news at six. it is time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello, and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. as the clock ticks down to football s transfer deadline, attention falls on one of the biggest deals that hasn t happened yet. of the deals that have been made, one of the stars of la liga is making his way to the south coast to brighton. and his new side with a tough draw on their introduction to european football. two of the continent s giants are in their europa league group. we ll have more on today s draws. another strong showing from lando norris, in practice for this weekend s italian grand prix. but can anyone stop the dominant red bull
little bit. and we didn t quite get the press right in the first half. so we addressed it at half time. made a couple of changes and i thought that that made us better in the second half and then getting the early goal to start the second half, definitely helped by giving us that cushion as well. and on another night, it might have been five or six. and we have already looked at poland. we know that they pose a different threat to tonight. it will be a tough test for us, but you know, what more motivation do you need than one win away from the fourth major tournament. the boys have been incredible all week knew the importance of that going into the game. and they ll be ready on tuesday and up for it. so let s take a look at the rest of the playoff semi final results. confirmation wales will play poland, after they thrashed estonia 5 1. ukraine meet iceland in their playoff final. and greece put 5 past kazakhstan, to secure their final against georgia. staying with internation
and they came into it a little bit. and we didn t quite get the press right in the first half. so we addressed it at half time. made a couple of changes and i thought that that made us better in the second half and then getting the early goal to start the second half, definitely helped by giving us that cushion as well. and on another night, it might have been five or six. and we have already looked at poland. we know that they pose a different threat to tonight. it will be a tough test for us, but you know, what more motivation do you need than one win away from the fourth major tournament. the boys have been incredible all week knew the importance of that going into the game. and they ll be ready on tuesday and up for it. so let s take a look at the rest of the playoff semi final results. confirmation wales will play poland, after they thrashed estonia 5 1. ukraine meet iceland in their playoff final. and greece put 5 past kazakhstan, to secure their final against georgia.