scotland, not too much snow. further east it will be dry but turning cloudy. colder than today. and the strength of the wind will make it feel particularly cold across eastern areas, perhaps 6 or 7. on sunday, a colder start for eastern areas, it could be icy in scotland and perhaps northern england. the risk of freezing rain, but more normal rain should come into western areas with strengthening winds, really windy in the irish sea. for many eastern parts of england it will be dry. a very slow rising temperature. where it is wetter, temperatures will rise. on monday, milder air across the whole of the country, temperatures into double figures and it should become frost free. a reminder of our top story. the uk economy suffered a record annual slump of 9.9% in 2020 with output severely hit by covid restrictions. that s all from the bbc news at six. it s goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday i m chetan
big one today. manchester city 11 points of the top, and manchester united behind city. confidence is a strange thing in football sometimes. you can get performances and results likely had on wednesday night, and i know our boys will be up for it. 5.30pm is the start of the game and the players decide who is going to win. the rest, of course, history is huge and the team, the quality of the players they have is always there, always has been there, and you have to try to beat them and we try today to speak a little bit with the players about what they are as a team and what they should do to win. it s semi finals day at he uk snooker championship in york, nigel bond had been rolling back the years this week, the 54 year old knocked out the world champion judd trump, but his quarterfinal against last year s runner up, mark allen, was a match too far. it went to a deciding frame. allen will play stephen maguire. the three time winner john higgins, beaten 6 3 by the chinese teena
alex salmond appears in court accused of sexual offences while he was first minister of scotland. he denies the charges. two metal detectorists have been found guilty of stealing and concealing a viking hoard of coins and jewellry worth millions of pounds much of which is still missing. in a moment, it will be time for sportsday. but first, a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. in beyond 100 days at 7pm, we ll bring you the very latest on the trump impeachment hearing in washington. after 8pm, what now for prince andrew? we ll ask what impact the story has had on the royal family. and at 10.1i0pm and 11.30pm, we ll have a first look at tomorrow morning s front pages in the papers. joining me tonight are our reviewers, nicola bartlett, political correspondent from the daily mirror, and olivia utley, deputy leader writer from the sun. hope you can join hope you canjoin us hope you can join us for that. that s all ahead on bbc news. now, though, it s sport
# i hearjerusalem bells are ringing.# as for coldplay, they have a lot to work out. their last tour used 32 trucks and there was the carbon cost of flights for over 100 crew members. but the band famous for their song yellow are serious about going green. colin patterson, bbc news, jordan. that s it. newsnight is getting under way on bbc two with emma barnett. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello and welcome to sportsday i m connie mclaughlin. the new tottenham manager jose mourinho says he won t make the same mistakes this time that he made at previous clubs. move over, andy. great britain s other murray, jamie, helps them reach the quarter finals of the davis cup. and we ll also hear from antony joshua, who s philisophical about that shock defeat to andy ruinr, as he prepares for their huge re match. welcome to the programme. he s had some interesting press conferences in the premier league over the years there was the speci
warnings that a mega bushfire near sydney that s burning out of control could take weeks to put out. the billionaire businessman elon musk is cleared of defaming a british cave explorer after calling him pedo guy on social media. and coming up in sport. . . it s fight night. can anthonyjoshua win back his world titles from andy ruinunior in saudi arabia later? and coming up at 12:30pm, it s click, which has been meeting the young programmers of the future. borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn have gone head to head in a tv debate for the final time before the general election next week. they put forward competing visions on brexit, the nhs, and the economy, and attacked each other‘s plans but neither scored a knockout blow. more than four million viewers watched the debate on tv last night. our political correspondent, nick eardley, was there. with just a few days until the country goes to the polls, one of the last big chances to persuade voters. how would we be better off