and, more importantly, in a nice warm, dry studio. i'm living a charmed life but with increased technology, our super—duper computers, which can give an accurate forecast many days out, we still have some disparages when it comes to snow and that's what we've got next week so a bit of a question on that, i'll touch on that at the end of this bulletin. good afternoon to you. it's another cold day today, with a lot more cloud around than what we've had the last few days. the best of the sunshine will tend to be towards more northern and western areas. we've lost the nagging strong easterly breeze in the south which did make it feel quite tasty. you can see the extent of the cloud pushing southwards, affecting much of the south—east of england compared to yesterday, which saw quite a bit of sunshine around. probably the best of the sentient south—west england, southern and western wales, north—west england, scotland doing the best with the

sunshine for the rest of the day. temperature wise, may be a degree or so upon what we've had earlier in the week that, five to eight celsius. tonight, we hold onto the cloud across large parts of england and wales. where we have the cloud, not quite as cold as where we have clear skies and for scotland and northern ireland we could see dense fog patch is developing as temperatures fall away as low as —7 or minus eight celsius in central scotland, quite a sharp frost there. western fringes also have a frost but less than where we have the cloud. a gloomy day for large parts, a bit of sunshine breaking through the cloud in the morning but after the very cold start scotland and northern ireland and the far north of england will see the best of the sunshine through the afternoon, temperature struggling to get much above two or three degrees in scotland after that cold start. into the weekend, high pressure retreats to the west, allows the floodgates to open to a northerly wind. behind the weather front which brings bands of cloud and showery rain, we start to see

snow showers piling into northern scotland during sunday. on saturday, it's a mixed day, variable cloud, some sunshine at times. the weather fronts moving south will tend to bring a few spots of light rain or drizzle at times. temperature wise, 6-8 drizzle at times. temperature wise, 6—8 so a little less cold i suppose but by sunday the last of the weather front moves southwards to bring some showery rain behind it, the air turns cold across northern scotland, strong arctic northerly wind, lots of snow showers blowing in, even down to lower levels, accumulations will build by the end of the day so struggling on low single digits there, 6—7 further south. into next week we continue with the snowy theme across northern areas, further snow showers here but we need to keep an eye on this system moving and off the atlantic which could push into southern england to bring as a spell of widespread snow. at the moment it looks like it could be more across france but you have to stay tuned to the forecast. it stays cold, further snow showers in the north, but watch

out, there is snow in the south. stay tuned. thanks, stav. and that's bbc news at one. now it's time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm anne—marie batson. andy farrell is named as the british and irish lions head coach for next year's tour of australia — saying it's an "honour and a priviledge". the former england manager sven—goran eriksson says he has "best case a year" to live after being diagnosed with cancer. i have a cancer where you can't operate and you have to try to slow it down as much as possible. find it down as much as possible. and that is what _ it down as much as possible. and that is what i'm _ it down as much as possible. fific that is what i'm doing.

and the draw is made for the first tennis grand slam of the year — but it's a tearful end in australian open qualifying for francesca jones. welcome to the programme. as expected, ireland head coach andy farrell has been confirmed as the head coach of next years british and irish lions tour to australia. the confirmation brings to an end 12 years of warren gatland in that role, although farrell is no stranger to the lions set—up. jane dougalljoins us to tell us more. no surprise at the appointment? this has been the worst kept secret in rugby union, probably because of his massive involvement already in

the lions. as far back as 2013, he was defence coach for the tour the lions. as far back as 2013, he was defence coach for the tour to australia and four years later he was involved in the coaching setup tour to new zealand. and tellingly, when warren gatland step down, he publicly gave his backing to farrell to become the next coach. so that the seal of approval. but he has so much international experience, he was the assistant coach for england and he has done so well with ireland. last year's world cup may not have gone particularly to plan but ireland are the holders of the six nations, famously winning against england on the last day of the competition. he has been credited to getting ireland to play fast, exciting rugby, he was named world rugby coach of the year the year last year. it was telling that in his latest contract negotiations with ireland, he signed a contract extended to 2027 but there is a

clause in there to coach the lions. no surprise, he has been speaking at the confirmation where he said how proud he is taken that role. to be chosen, proud he is taken that role. to be chosen. it — proud he is taken that role. to be chosen. it is _ proud he is taken that role. to be chosen, it is pretty _ proud he is taken that role. to be chosen, it is pretty magical. - proud he is taken that role. to be chosen, it is pretty magical. it. proud he is taken that role. to be chosen, it is pretty magical. it is| chosen, it is pretty magical. it is definitely— chosen, it is pretty magical. it is definitely for those of us who have been _ definitely for those of us who have been lucky — definitely for those of us who have been lucky enough to go on tour as a swporter. _ been lucky enough to go on tour as a supporter. or— been lucky enough to go on tour as a supporter, or support the lions for what _ supporter, or support the lions for what they— supporter, or support the lions for what they stand for, at home. we all know_ what they stand for, at home. we all know the _ what they stand for, at home. we all know the special place this is for me to _ know the special place this is for me to he — know the special place this is for me to be chosen as head coach is... beyond _ me to be chosen as head coach is... beyond words, to be honest. he knows a lot of the players already and one of them, he knows very well! his son, owen farrell who is england world cup captain. and for the first time andy will potentially be in charge of selecting his son but there are a few issues to take into consideration, we don't know if owen

farrell will be available next summer for the tour to australia because a few months ago his club announced that he would be taking a break from announced that he would be taking a breakfrom international announced that he would be taking a break from international rugby to prioritise his and his family's mental health. there is no end date that break and now he has been strongly linked to a move to a french side, and if he goes to france he is not eligible to play for england. it is not an issue to be selected by the lions for the lions tour. it will be awhile before he has to make that decision, he doesn't come into the role until december. we start with the sad news of the former england boss sven—goran eriksson who says he has "best case, a year to live" after diagnosed with cancer. the 75—year—old from sweden was england's first non—british coach and led them to the quarterfinals of the 2002 and 2006 world cup as well as the 2004 euros. he's been speaking to the bbc.

i have a cancer where you can't operate and you have to try to slow it down as much as possible. and thatis it down as much as possible. and that is what i am doing. when you get a message like that, i think you appreciate every day and you are happy when you wake up in the morning and you feel ok. so that is what i'm doing. and, of course, when i got this message from the doctors, i got this message from the doctors, i stopped full—time, because i can't do it full—time, i have to take care of myself a little bit bubbly than before. well—wishers from across the football community have sent their messages of support on social media. the official england football account said, "sending our love, sven". meanwhile, one of his former clubs, manchester city said, "everyone is thinking of sven—goran eriksson" and have expressed their support to his family and friends.

another player switching england for germany is jadon sancho — the manchester united winger has in the last few hours completed a loan move to borussia dortmund until the end of the season. he moved to old trafford for £73 million two and a half years ago. but hasn't played for united since august after a falling out with manager erik ten hag. moved to germany, he is close to a move to bayern munich for a fee of 4 million euros. the board of yorkshire county cricket club has approved a controversial takeover from a consortium headed up by the former chairman colin graves, paving the way for a potential return to the club. graves was chairman from 2012 to 2015 — his time as chair covered part of the period for which the club was fined for failing to address the systemic use of discriminatory

or racist language, which graves previously denied knowledge of. club members will now vote on whether to approve the takeover. clu b club members will now vote if they will approve the takeover. the chair of the culture, media and sport committee, caroline dinenage, said graves' return would "undermine" the progress that yorkshire has made. in a statement issued today, graves says he apologises "personally and unreservedly to anyone who experienced any form of racism" at yorkshire. he adds that discrimination or abuse based on race, ethnicity or any pretended characteristic will never be acceptable. i profoundly regret some of the language are used when asked about the events when i was chairman, at a time when i was no longer at the club. we are just three days away from the first tennis grand slam, of the year, and in the last few hours, the draw has been made for the first round of the australian open. emma raducanu, makes her return

to a major event against american shelby rogers raducanu, has had, an eight—month, injury lay—off, after having wrist and ankle surgery last may. she could face british number one katie boulter in the third round. five—time finalist, andy murray, plays the 30th seed tomas martin etcheverry — murray was the only british player, to land a seeded player in the draw. but britain's francesca jones hasn't made the draw — a tearful end to qualifying for her as she had to be helped to walk off court after retiring in her match against germany's ella sydel. she was leading 4—0 in the deciding set before cramping up in her left leg. the problem flared up when she was serving at 11—2 and had to stop before leaving the court in distress. harriet dart and ryan peniston also lost in qualifying — and oliver crawford was the only british winner. the united states—born 24—year—old recently switched allegiance to britain — he beat italy's francesco passaro in three sets and will face the czech world number 132

vit kopriva in the final round of qualifying. and the quarterfinals of the masters snooker has just got under way at the alexandra palace — and the crowd are in for a treat — they're watching the world number one ronnie o'sullivan. he's taking on world number 15 barry hawkins and... it is one frame each, these are live pictures from alexandra palace. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. this is bbc news. the family of a young woman who lost her life after an e—bike

caught fire whilst she slept, say they don't want her death to be in vain. sofia duarte who died last year, would have been celebrating her 23rd birthday today. more than 30,000 people have signed a petition, backed by london fire brigade, which calls for tighter regulations for electric bikes and batteries — as tim muffett reports. she's my sunshine. she's the best for me. she enjoy her free time. and it's very difficult to live without her. sofia was staying at her boyfriend's flat in london. on new year's day last year, a bike, that had been converted into an e—bike, caught fire in the flat hallway. she died one metre near the door. i think it's a dream. and i think she stay here. and when i wake up, she's not here.

i'm missing so much. she was lovely. she just loved life so, so much. she kept saying to her mum, i'll have time to sleep when i die. make sure that her name still carry on. sofia was 21 when she died. today would have been her 23rd birthday. her mum, maria, and friend alda, set up a petition last month, calling for urgent action from the government to implement regulations on e—bikes and e—scooters, and the batteries and chargers sold with them. if we can change the law, it means that her death was not in vain. because at the moment that's how we feel. every person that dies because of a bike fire, it's like we have to live the nightmare we felt at that time. e—scooters and e—bikes can be an environmentally friendly, safe way of getting about. they're powered by lithium ion batteries, which contain a large amount of energy

in a small space. but if a cell in a faulty battery heats up uncontrollably, this can happen — thermal runaway, demonstrated here in a lab. the owner of this electric bike was lucky to escape unharmed. in cambridge, last summer, gemma germeney and her children, lilly and oliver died in a fire caused by a faulty e—bike battery. her partner, scott, was badly burned, but managed to escape the blaze. i screamed, "gemma, the kids, pass me the kids." and i heard a voice from her saying, "i can't get out." as well as tougher enforcement of quality control and safety standards, the petition is also calling for clearer guidance on safe handling and potential dangers. this could be preventable. if people knew the dangers,

they wouldn't leave the bike