the scottish national party s chief executive has resigned with immediate effect after they were forced to reveal a dramatic drop in membership this week. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. it s crunch time in dublin as ireland go for the grand slam against england we ll have the latest. earlier france kept alive their hopes of snatching the title, with a win over wales in paris. and reunion at the etihad but will burnley s vincent kompany come away all smiles against his former boss in the fa cup quarterfinals? a blow for f1 champion max verstappen he won t be on pole, for this weekend s saudi grand prix. we ll tell you why. and a big fight at the 02 can we expect fireworks in the ufc, in the rematch between leon edwards and kamara usman? hello there, and welcome along to sportsday. plenty to come, but we start with the six nations and ireland are within touching distance of a first six nations title since 2018. they re on course to
the weather front sweeps through. quite a broad area of rain, all of us eventually get rain, but come the afternoon in places like belfast the weather will improve. a wet and windy night out towards the south east, places like certainly london in for soaking through friday night. this is a broad area of low pressure stretching almost from greenland to scandinavia, so through this area of low pressure we will see a rush of wind pushing in showers, some of them quite heavy out towards the north west of the uk. despite that, temperatures reaching 19 degrees. some uncertaintyjust how reaching 19 degrees. some uncertainty just how wet reaching 19 degrees. some uncertaintyjust how wet it reaching 19 degrees. some uncertainty just how wet it will reaching 19 degrees. some uncertaintyjust how wet it will be in the morning across the south and south east on sunday, the thinking is rain should clear away and then we are in for a decent day with sunny spells and a few showers. all in al
10-13. the north but further south around 10 13. the unsettled weather continues towards the end of the week. we have two more areas of low pressure approaching from the south and the west on thursday. i think many of us seeing some outbreaks of rain at times on thursday. a window of drier weatherfor rain at times on thursday. a window of drier weather for friday but yet again it is looking unsettled, blustery and pretty wet into the weekend. thanks, sarah. and that s bbc news at six. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our hello and welcome to sportsday, with me, olly foster. a man has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and taken into custody over the death of ice hockey player adam johnson. a nine month independent review has found aspects of the welsh rugby union culture were sexist, misogynistic, racist and homophobic. seventh tier horsham will look to reach the fa cup second round for only the second time in their 142 year history when th
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