degrees. in the middle part of the week, another area of low pressure is with us, some strong winds with this as well. any overnight rain clears away and again we look at sunshine and showers. those showers will be heavy with some hail and thunder and be driven in by winds gusting at about 40 50 mph. mild again for england and wales, 13 or 14, again for england and wales, 13 or 1a, closerto again for england and wales, 13 or 1a, closer to average for scotland and northern ireland but with low pressure continuing to affect the uk through the rest of the week and at the weekend, we can expect further outbreaks of rain. thanks, chris. and that s bbc news at six on monday the 20th of march. the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. hello and welcome along to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. behaviour towards referees under the spotlight, after red cards for fulham in the fa cup. questions ove
let s have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. staying with international football marcus rashford will miss england s euro qualifiers with italy and ukraine over the next few days. the manchester united forward was taken off towards the end of yesterday s fa cup win over fulham. chelsea s mason mount, and newcastle goalkeeper nick pope have also withdrawn with injuries. leicester city defender jonny evans has withdrawn from the northern ireland squad and will miss their opening euro 202a qualifiers against san marino and finland, due to a hamstring injury. manager michael o neill has named four uncapped players in his latest squad. wigan athletic have been deducted three points for failing to pay players on time. the club had been charged previously. with the punishment, suspended wigan are currently bottom of the championship, without a win in their last seven. there are seven weeks to go until cycling s first grand tour of the year, the giro d ita
of the other sports news stories making the headlines today, staying with cricket. a boost for england s women, as pakistan claimed their first women s world cup win for 13 years, beating the west indies by eight wickets. that puts a dent in the west indies semi final hopes, but it s good news for england they re likely to make the last four if they win their two remaining group games, against pakistan and bangladesh. richard agar has left his position as head coach of leeds rhinos the superleague side have won just once, in their opening six games. agar took over in 2019 and led the side to the challenge cup the following year. assistant coach jamiejones buchanan will take interim charge for saturday s cup tie against castleford. michael matthews won the opening stage of the tour of catalunya in spain. his team mate britain s simon yates will be aiming for overall victory in the race which finishes in barcelona on sunday.
49 year old richard bland s fairytale run at the wgc matchplay in texas is over. he was beaten by dustinjohnson the two time major winner. bland was leading at one point. world number onejohn rahm, and second ranked collin morikawa also went out. richard carapaz timed his attack to perfection as he snatched victory from sergio higuita on the penultimate stage of the tour of catalunya in spain. it moved the ecuadorian who rides for the british ineos grenadiers team up to second overall, just sixteen seconds behind the colombian higuita. josh warrington says he has an opportunity to be the man again and reclaim his ibf featherweight title, when he takes on spain s kiko martinez in leeds later this evening. the 31 year old, who made three defences of the belt between 2018 and 2019, will be fighting in front of a home crowd at the first direct arena. warrington beat martinez in a close points decision at the same venue in 2017,
world number onejohn rahm, and second ranked collin morikawa also went out. richard carapaz timed his attack to perfection as he snatched victory from sergio higuita on the penultimate stage of the tour of catalunya in spain. it moved the ecuadorian who rides for the british ineos grenadiers team up to second overall, just sixteen seconds behind the colombian higuita. josh warrington says he has an opportunity to be the man again and reclaim his ibf featherweight title, when he takes on spain s kiko martinez in leeds later this evening. the 31 year old, who made three defences of the belt between 2018 and 2019, will be fighting in front of a home crowd at the first direct arena. warrington beat martinez in a close points decision at the same venue in 2017, but is coming off a loss and a draw in his two previous fights. it has not been a case of this is