pressure is set to pass to the north of the uk and lots of isobars on the chart, strong winds and a cold front slipping south. a band of cloud and rain and to the sunny spells and showers, some of them are wintry over the high ground in scotland but it is the wind that will cause issues on thursday, widely a windy day with gales in places and we could see 80 mph gusts and some really rough seas around some eastern coasts and some coastal flooding, so some real disruption to travel on thursday and it stays quite windy in the run up to christmas but broadly speaking on the milder side and if you do want some snow on christmas day, i think it is really only likely over hills in the north of the uk. and that s bbc news at six. now its time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. hello there, i m 0lly foster. here s what s coming up on sportsday. farewell to forest, with the team sliding on the stable. steve cooper has been sacked. we ll be at all the quarterfinals incl
the bbc football commentator john motson, who has died at the age of 77. also coming up in the programme. australia hold their nerve to reach their seventh consecutive women s t20 world cup final with a tense five run win over india. hello and welcome to sportsday. we start today s programme with news that a new independent regulator of men s football in england is to be established for the first time. the announcement follows a recommendation by a fan led review last year. the main purposes of the proposed new regulator will be stopping english clubs from joining european breakaway leagues, preventing financial failings at clubs, introducing more stringent owners and directors tests, giving fans more power and ensuring a fairer distribution of money down the english football pyramid. the significant move aims to protect english football s cultural heritage. here s just some of the reaction to the proposals starting with the premier league chief executive richard masters. w
sanctuary in europe. redford again. oh, what a goal! what a goal! radford the scorer, ronnie radford! and legendary football commentator john motson has died aged 77. he covered over 2000 games during his 50 year career. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news, good to have your company this hour. three men have been arrested after the shooting of a police officer in northern ireland. he is now in a critical condition in hsopital. detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell was shot multiple times in front of his son after coaching young people playing football in 0magh, county tyrone. he is well known in northern ireland not least his involvement in investigating organised crime. northern ireland s political leaders have issued a joint statement condemning the callous attack. the irish prime minister and northern ireland secretary have both condemned the attempt on his life. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page has this report. john caldwell is a father who was coaching football
by an mi5 agent takes legal action against the security service. that s all from the bbc news at six, so it s goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday i m olly foster. pitch invasions and police investigations, english football has been struggling to deal with fan disorder. heartbreak on wednesday, now hearts on saturday, can rangers pick themselves up for the scottish cup final. and we ll head live to turin, where barcelona and lyon will contest the women s champions league final. evening, we covered elements of this story yesterday on sportsday. the increase in supporter violence and disorder at football matches. last night there were more incidents, pitch invasions at goodison park and vale park that saw clashes with players and club staff. our sports correspondent fan disorder and violence has marred this has been a really difficult week for english football. earlier in the week week for english foot
looks like danny will be here on sunday but he will have two present the green jacket to the new champion, we reckon. live coverage of the whole weekend begins at 7:30pm, bbc two tomorrow night. we had a runaway leader after day one. he s been well and truly building today. thank you. onto football and after leading celtic to the scottish premiership title manager brendan rodgers has agreed a new four year contract at parkhead. he s been on a rolling i2 month deal since joining celtic last summer but after leading them to a sixth consecutive league title and still on for the treble, rodgers has commited his future to the club calling them the greatest in the world. liverpool s top scorer sadio mane will miss the rest of the season. he suffered a knee injury in last week s victory over everton and managerjurgen klopp said he s pretty sure mane needs surgery. liverpool haven t won all season without mane. meanwhile arsenal manager arsene wenger believes his striker englan