entirely, with real madrid and barcelona pursuing the venture and today s ruling has found it s anti competitive to stop them. there s been criticism of football s governing bodies for taking the position and saying that it threatens competition laws to threatens competition laws to threaten sanctions. midnight of plans for a revamped european super league which were announced shortly after the european court s ruling. put forward by a 22, the backers of the original european super league, the original european super league, the proposal is for a league system which will include men s and women s clubs. these arejust which will include men s and women s clubs. these are just proposals at this stage. they are not saying if they would approve the breakaway league. real madrid and barcelona have been pursuing the breakaway with barcelona president welcoming the decision today. today, the decision of the european court ofjustice is of great importance for the future of our world
the m6,the manchester orbital ring road, some disruption there, and problems at the airports, these are top gusts from storm pia. gusts into the 70s in parts of scotland and also over the tops of the pennines, so some very strong disruptive gusts of wind. the centre of storm pia is actually quite away from our shores and it will be bringing some damaging winds into denmark as we go through the next 12 hours or so. we ve got these north westerly winds which will continue to feeding, continue to be very blustery through the rest of this afternoon, gusts in the rest of this afternoon, gusts in the range of around 50 60 miles an hour, strong enough to cause some localised disruption and as well as those strong winds macro plenty of showers packing and across north western areas. temperatures for many others reaching double figures today, so on the mild side, but cold air looking across northern scotland where overnight tonight the show is pushing into shetland will turn increasin
thejudgment also the judgment also says that the super league would not necessarily be approved, but the european court ofjustice also said that it is not qualified to make a judgment. and that competition organisers, whoever they may be, whether it is super league or someone else, should be allowed to go away and come up with competitions on their own, and clubs could be allowed to take part in them without the threat of sanction coming from uefa and fifa. this is a huge ruling and has the potential to cause major ramifications for the world of football. this is a developing story. head over to the website to follow the latest. the company who back the super league has launched a new proposal now for men s and women s european competitions. that proposal is a league system with 64 men s clubs across three weeks, participation based on sporting merit it says, no permanent members. the women s competition would include 32 clubs across two weeks. so much reaction coming through
trial, the biggest west midlands police have dealt with. 13 in prison, four awaiting sentence, and four more convicted of less serious offences have been given non custodial offences. i really can t go into the detail of what the crimes were, because they are just so horrific. in fact, west midlands police have described this as a case of shocking and systematic abuse. it first came to light following a hospital admission by one of the young victims, they were all aged 12 years and under, and in that case, safeguarding concerns were raised, that led to a much wider investigation, which ultimately led to the series of trials which have gone on over the last year or so. walsall safeguarding children s board is expected to publish a review in the coming months, and thatis review in the coming months, and that is to really look at whether there had been missed opportunities in this case, and whether or not interventions could have been made sooner. some of the victims who are now
now sport from the bbc sport centre. manchester united are looking for their first premier league win and goal since lifting the league cup at wembley in february. that slump has seen eric ten hag s side drop out of the top four. united host brentford later and ten hag feels some of the attributes that made them top four contenders are missing you have to know why you are where you are. and what brings us to the position. and that was about determination, that was about passion, that was about desire. so, i admit it. when you are a strong opponent, who plays above the levels, and many teams play against man united above their levels, you get killed. brentford head into this one having lostjust once in their last ten games, they could move up to seventh in the table with a win. manager thomas frank says the trip to old trafford will prove a huge test in their challenge for european football. we potentially are going into the most difficult game of the season, with everything t