because we re joined by a friend of the podcast, football correspondent and legendary commentatorjohn murray. hello, john. hello, adam. i always know it s a big football story when i get the call from newscast. well, i mean, we d do medium sized football stories if we had room! but, no, glad to see you. and i know you re about to head off to a completely different sport, aren t you? yes, lam. i m very much getting a change of scenery after, what was it, four or five weeks in germany at the football? yeah, heading off to the open golf championship to commentate on that this week. so i m very much looking forward to that. 0k, well, 12 more minutes of football, if that s ok. and also we re joined by a friend of the podcast, chief political correspondent and chief football fan, henry zeffman. hello, henry. hi. yeah, i don t know what it says about this story that you ve called upon me, but i m very happy to have some people to sort of share in the collective act of mourning with.
time for a look at the weather. it isa it is a good old delve into the mixed bag of weather this week. it is certainly cooler for the south east of england for the flower show, but that will be good for keeping the blooms in top shape. however, there is a lot of clout around today and the cloud comes pouring in across the uk bearing rain for some of us. we never really recover those temperatures that we saw at the weekend. one area of low pressure pushing up from the continent and the weather fronts are trying to tuck down from the north west. the picture across the uk is a bit of a messy one. this area of rainjust to uk is a bit of a messy one. this area of rain just to the east of london at the moment pulling away in the hours ahead. it should be out of the hours ahead. it should be out of the way by teatime, roughly in time for the school run, so hopefully drier conditions. heavier showers in the south west and wales and some nudging into the midlands. showers in scotland
in the south and west. for the rest of us it will be fairly cloudy with sunny spells. but the wind will strengthen widely throughout the day. details later in the programme. good morning. it s wednesday, 18th october. there s been international condemnation after an explosion at a hospital in gaza is reported to have killed at least 500 people. the blast has raised the diplomatic stakes for president biden, who s currently flying to israel to try to prevent the violence spreading elsewhere in the middle east. hamas a group designated as a terror organisation by many western governments says the al ahli hospital was hit by an israeli air strike. but israel has blamed the palestinian group, islamichhad, but it s denied any involvement, describing the accusations as lies. wyre davies has the latest. pictures from gaza last night showed scenes of utter chaos. bloodied, wounded casualties from the partially destroyed al ahli arab hospital. videos many too graphic to broadcas
semi finals, england s hopes ended in heartache. but for venables, it was the defining moment of a remarkable career. the footballer s whole life. yes. he wanted to go on being a hero. yes. and so it proved that teenager was soon knocking in goals for chelsea. but it was as a manager that venables truly blossomed. in 1982, he guided queens park rangers to the fa cup final. before a stunning move to barcelona, where he won the spanish league title and earned the nickname el tel. next came tottenham, where he lifted the fa cup before a clash with chairman alan sugar and controversy over his business dealings saw him sacked. but in 1994, england came calling and venables s coaching prowess reached its peak. 0h, brilliant. oh, yes. yes. at a european championship on home soil. his team made it all the way to the semi finals. carried on a wave of national euphoria. agonisingly defeat to germany on penalties ended their hopes. but venables had given the fans an experience they and