celsius in some places. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. tributes are paid to england world cup winner george cohen one of the heroes of 1966, who s died aged 83. the premier league is back on boxing day and all eyes are on mikel arteta who s arsenal side top the pile. and some more history for sam curran, the star of england s t20 world cup win breaks an indian premier league record, in today s auction. hello there and welcome along to the programme and tributes continue to be paid, to george cohen, one of england s world cup winning heroes of 1966. who has died at the age of 83. cohen played every minute of the tournament, including the famous 4 2 win over west germany. his passing, means there are only two surviving members of that side. cohen, who played for fulham all his career, was also a mentor to former players. very sad at the news today. george was not only a mentor to me but also a good friend. in the club is very sad to hear of his passing
weather. things now look and feel very different. beautiful blue skies overhead here in county antrim but some strong wind feeding in wintry showers. we continue to bring wind down all the way from the arctic. cold air stays with us through the next few days. the picture shows this mesh rash of wintry showers along the coast and parts of scotland, those showers still mostly falling at low levels even as snow. elsewhere a mixture of sleet and snow and some showers feeding into some north sea coasts. windy for all of us especially around the coasts, up of us especially around the coasts, up to 50 miles an hour in places. temperatures reading between three and 7 degrees but factoring in the strength of the wind it feels colder than that. during this evening and tonight the wind using a little, we keep some showers going in western and northern parts where there is the risk of some ice. and temperatures dropping away widely below freezing, perhaps down to 8 in parts of the highl
and that s bbc news at six on wednesday the 18th of january , you can keep up with all the latest hello and welcome to sportsday. coming up on tonight s programme. a dark day for snooker ten chinese players are charged in relation to alleged match fixing. and the night shift for norrie who makes it through to the third round of the australian open. also coming up in the programme. leeds united will be looking for their first win since november tonight, when they take on managerless cardiff city in their fa cup third round replay at elland road. good evening and welcome to tonight s programme. today, the world professional billiards and snooker association confirmed that ten chinese players have a case to answer in relation to alleged match fixing. among the players charged are some big names in the sport. liang wenbo, a finallist in the uk championship in 2015, has been charged with being concerned in fixing matches on the world snooker tour and approaching players to fix
sports. hello and welcome. we begin in washington where the us house of representatives has adjourned in disarray after three failed attempts to elect the republican kevin mccarthy as speaker. it s the first time in a century the procedure has a small number of hardline republicans are refusing to support mr mccarthy. nothing can go ahead in the house until a new speaker is elected. our north america correspondent peter bowes has the story. the heart of us government deadlocked because its members can t agree on who will be the next speaker. the house of representatives is meeting for the first time at the start of the new congress, with the republicans in charge. pursuant to law and precedent, the next order of business is the election of the speaker of the house of representatives for the 118th congress. with a slim majority, the republicans have the votes chris to select the next speaker, but only if most of them agree. kevin mccarthy is the front runner. the republican le
parts of aberdeenshire, northern ireland may be. temperatures into the late 30s, 33 or 30 full celsius in parts of the midlands and west london. it is not hot everywhere, whether friends zow towards the north west of scotland, outbreaks of rain here overnight. 0therwise, clear skies and it is a warmer night than last night. some places a tropical night, lows of around 19 or 20 celsius in parts of south east wales and the south coast of england. this hot air coming in from the near continent on a strengthening easterly breeze on friday. because of the easterly wind it could send low cloud lapping fenati facing coast tomorrow, limiting the temperature here somewhat. it is still cool and cloudy for the north west of scotland, but for most, blue skies, high temperatures and they will be rising. maybe 3a, 35 in the midlands, the south west midlands, the cotswolds and south west london, those places could see 37 celsius by the time we get to saturday, which will probably be the pea