with a two huge matches to get things under way an inspiring story of friendship and hope kevin sinfield has raised millions of pounds for mnd. people living with the disease tell us they can t thank him enough. good morning to you. it s a clear cut tale of two halves this weekend with today largely cloudy and mild and tomorrow chillier but dry with plenty of sunshine. it looks like it was a chilli into next week as well but i will have more of that and the weekend s weather details right later on. it s saturday the fourth of february. our main story us defence chiefs say they have identified a second suspected chinese surveillance balloon, this time above south america. the first balloon was seen yesterday above the state of montana, in the north of the united states. it prompted washington to cancel a high level visit to beijing and accuse the chinese authorities of being irresponsible. china has apologised but insisted it s simply a weather monitoring device which has
father, john garang. the service was part of what s being called a pilgrimage of peace to the country torn by internal conflict. and 18 year old juliette lamour wins 48 million canadian dollars on the lottery, with her first ever ticket. the university student has got financial advice from her dad and says she still plans to finish her studies and become a doctor. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for sportsday welcome to sports day. scotland stunned england in the six nations to make three calcutta cup wins in a row. nowhere near as close to that drama in cardiff. wales are blown away by ireland. and lift off for everton under their new manager as they beat the premier league leaders, arsenal, to make it a winning start for sean dyche. fix, winning start for sean dyche. clean sheet, 1 0, every manager like those. clean sheet, 1-0, every manager like those. , ., those. also coming up on the programme- those. also coming up on the programme. great those. also co
Alexis Galarneau, the top-seeded competitor in this week s Little Rock Open at the Rebsamen Tennis Center, became the first player to advance to the Round of 16 after defeating Hiroki Moriya of Japan in straight sets Monday afternoon on the stadium court.