For Western Scotland and Northern Ireland. Southern britain will be wet. Thundery rain could give rise to localised flooding in places. We are picking up a strong easterly wind as well which will be noticeable across North Sea coast. Temperatures around 20 in the south, may be higher for Western Scotland. That theme continues friday and into the weekend. In the north, best of the weekend. In the north, best of the sunshine here, and in Northern Ireland, Heavy Rain across the south and particularly on friday so stay tuned to the weather forecast. Thank you very much. It is time for the news know where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im 0lly foster. More british medals on the sixth day of paralympic competition in paris, but no golds yet today. Bazball goes multi ball. Brendon mccullum will lead englands cricketers in all forms of the game from next year. And three days before Craig Bellamy s first match in charge, we check in with the wales squad. Also coming up on sportsday fr
thursday. again, a showery day and those showers are heavy, some of them thundery and we still have those brisk south westerly winds dragging up my old iso temperatures for many around ia or 15 degrees, 11 for many around 1a or 15 degrees, 11 and 12 for scotland and northern ireland. thursday we might see some rain skirting into eastern areas of england and it looks wet in the west and the outlook further showers expected. it might get a bit cold in the far north of scotland and may be some wintry showers at the weekend. thanks, chris. and that s bbc news at six on tuesday the 21st of march. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time tojoin our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodnight. thank you, racism, misogyny and homophobia at the heart of the metropolitan police force. tonight on bbc london a special programme on what it means for londoners and what needs to change. the review by baron as casey looked at the culture throug
the sale very soon. max whitlock and becky downie are back in the great britain team for the european artistic gymnastics championships in turkey. three time olympic gold medallist whitlock took a break from competition after tokyo 2020 as he struggled with his mental health. downie returns for the first time since the 2021 world championships. 60 year old jimmy white rolled back the years as he shocked the former world number onejudd trump at the world snooker tour classic in leicester. the whirlwind winning by four frames to two to seal his place in the last 16. now, the end of an era for two legends of women s sport in britian, one is england s most capped rugby union player and the other is an olympic gold medalist, despite having a huge impact on their sports. on their sports, today they ve announced they are calling time on their international careers.
he faces david gilbert in the first round. elsewhere, hossein vafaei will become the first player from iran to compete in the championship. he s got the tough task of facing former world number onejudd trump. the 17 day event gets under way in sheffield on saturday. that s all the sport for now. thanks very much, holly. there are just three weeks to go until voters across the uk go to the polls. voters in england, wales, and scotland will pick who they want to run services that affect everyday life in their local area. those in northern ireland will choose its government. ahead of the vote, we will be profiling some of the key contests in the uk s four nations. today, my colleague martine croxall joins us from the seaside town of rhyl on the north wales coast. lucky you with that view! it is very
cameron norrie has lost in straight sets to the american taylor fritz in the paris masters. the world number 13 had been hoping to get through the third round, and qualify for the atp tour finals in turin which is still mathematically possible, but 24 year old fritz was too strong for him. taking norrie 6 3 in the first set and then 7 6 in the second. so it s the american who advances to the quarter finals and will face the favourite novak djokovic. defending champion and world number onejudd trump eased through to the quarter finals of the english open earlier this evening with a 4 frames to 1 win over scotland s ross muir. the 32 year old was in imperious form with this century in the 4th frame taking him to the brink and he finished the job shortly after to set up a last eight match with english compatriot mark king. and that s all the sport for now.