after the skull of this huge sea monster was put on display — a two—metre long pliosaur — lived over 150 million years ago — and featured in a bbc film with david attenborough. as of yesterday, the etches collection in kimmeridge said it had received nearly 4,900 visitors — almost ten times their usual number for the whole of january. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willetts. thank you. it has been called, hasn't it, this week? it is going to get colder still from sunday onwards. why? a renewed surge of arctic air blasting down from the north will stop stronger winds and a greater risk of snow. i will come back to that. it has been cold enough anyway, we have already seen these frosty scenes in

aberdeenshire. generally speaking, it has not been quite so called from any of this morning because we are stuck under some stubborn cloud. it is trapped under this area of high pressure. once this weather front to the north goes through, it will clear away. the north goes through, it will clearaway. it the north goes through, it will clear away. it is still cold out there, despite temperatures still being 5—6 because of all the cloud. there are some whole sport scotland where we have some stubborn fog. if you drizzly bits coming in through lincolnshire and east anglia. really quite overcast. dry and cloudy sums it up for many parts through the rest of the day. temperatures are lifting as the wind strength and north, head of a weather front. lifting as the wind strength and north, head of a weatherfront. as we go through this evening and overnight, the weather front will bring some rain southwards which will weaken as it pushes its way southwards. we will see some frost but because of all the cloud milling around under the area of high pressure, the frost will not be quite severe and it will not be as widespread. it will still be chilly and there will be some patchy frost by the time we get towards morning, and perhaps an fog in the south. but

then brighter skies follow and a scattering of showers to the north. perhaps a better patchy round on the weakening weather front, perhaps a better patchy round on the weakening weatherfront, but perhaps a better patchy round on the weakening weather front, but a lot of dry and rather cloudy, fairly cold weather. not as cold it is going to be. by the time we get to sunday, we are opening up the doors to that arctic blast. the showers will turn to snow and could start to build up. you can see from the temperature profile here it is a colder day for many, even further south we will feel the effect of that wind. already there are warnings and force personal for northern ireland and scotland, primarily sunday and monday. these are the primarily likely to see so, but they may not be only areas. there is this little runner potentially. we'll have to perm up on details for northern ireland, parts of scotland and northern england. we will have to —— there's a chance of disruptive snow further south midweek, as well as those snow showers continuing to come down thick and fast in the north. the

shaded are the most likely areas to see that disruptive snow fall, but we are certain it is going to get colder next week with stronger ones. feeling bitterly cold with severe night—time frosts. thanks, helen. 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. britain's jack draper reaches the final of the adelaide international, as he looks to win his first title on the atp tour. emma raducanu puts fears about her fitness to one side as she prepares a grand slam comeback at the australian open. i think my level, to be honest, is just too good not to come through if i put it together. through if i put it together. feeling of the pressure of

financial fair play restrictions — newcastle manager eddie howe tells us how he's navigating the transfer window. we're just a couple of days away from the start of the australian open and jack draper is in good form ahead of the first grand slam of the year. he's reached the second atp tour final of his career. the british player is competing at the adelaide international and after knocking out the top seed, tommy paul, in the quarters. he beat sixth seed alexander bublik in straight sets 7—6, (7—2) 6—4 in the semis. draper who was kncoked out at this stage in adelaide last year will now face the czechjiri lehecka. draper is one of seven british players in the main singles draw

at the australian open. oliver crawford was hoping to join them but lost in the final round of qualifying. he was the only british player to make it that far, but lost to the czech vit kopriva in straight sets. crawford is ranked outside the world's top 20 and has only the world's top 200 and has only recently started playing for great britain after switching his nationality from the usa. it's going to be andy murray's i6 appearance at the australian open and he has a tough first round against the seeded argentinian tomas martin etcheverry. murray has reached the final five times in melbourne but never won the title. now 36, with two hip operations behind him, he seems happy with his game. i definitely feel like i am enjoying it better. i think some part of that is, obviously, it's like the mental side of it. tennis is a difficult game in that respect when you're

struggling and you're obviously out there on your own, it can be difficult at times, so part of it as that. also, the way you are playing, when you know you're capable of doing more than you are, if you're not happy with the way you're hitting forehand and backhand and serving on those sorts of things, the technical aspect, as well, fixing those problems has helped me feel better on the court, but yeah, definitely some focus on the mental side, as well and reframing the way you look at things definitely, definitely helps. it will be emma raducanu's first grand slam since last yea r�*s australian open. the former us open champion says she is feeling positive after her long injury lay—off, but says she now needs more time to return to her peak. raducanu faces american shelby rogers in the first round.

i feel a lot lighter now than i ifeel a lot lighter now than i did for a long time after the us open. i feel like i am not playing with the backpack of rocks. i feel pretty lights and happy. i think surrounding yourself with competent and knowledgeable people is of course really important, but also just the type of person and their character is big timejust just the type of person and their character is big time just making sure that you really get on and intentions are really good. i did a lot of good work in the off—season, but i think that regardless of how good i may feel on the court on a particular day or in practice, i think to get that level of consistency is going to require more time. so, yeah, i've been doing the right work, doing it consistently, but ijust need to keep going more and more. buti but ijust need to keep going more and more. but i feel good on court and more. but i feel good on court and in the gym. i think my level, to

be honest, isjust too and in the gym. i think my level, to be honest, is just too good and in the gym. i think my level, to be honest, isjust too good not and in the gym. i think my level, to be honest, is just too good not to come through if i put consistent work together. come through if i put consistent work together. we've heard from the manchester united manager, erik ten hag, for the first time since jadon sancho returned to borussia dortmund on loan. the 23—year—old is back at his old club until the end of the season after being frozen out of the first team squad at united for the last four months. he publicly fell out wth ten hag after he was left out for the match against arsenal in september, claiming that he was being used as a "scapegoat" for the team's failings. i wish him the best of luck. that's it. i hope he is doing well. it is so much more difficult to play for

manchester united and perform for manchester united and perform for manchester united and perform for manchester united as you can do for other clubs, so you need a very strong character to perform and to deal with the high expectations. chelsea's ian maatsen has also joined borussia dortmund on loan until the end of the season. the dutch defender has though signed a contract extension with cheslea until 2026. it's been a fairly busy transfer window so far, but newcastle are unlikely make many signings. if anything, they need to offload players after posting a £73 million loss last season, much of that down to down their spending on the playing staff and to keep within the premier leagues profit and sustainability rules. they've admitted that they may have to cash in on a star player, such as bruno guimares. they have slid down the table after three league defeats in a row and really need to bolster the squad with a string of injuries, but the manager's hands are tied. given the freedom to act, we would have brought players and already,

but we are not in that situation. financial fair play is a problem for us and we are having to navigate around that, so, yeah, that is the position we are in. in regards to your question when does that become a problem, ithink your question when does that become a problem, i think it is already in a problem, i think it is already in a problem, i think it is already in a problem and we are just having to manage our way through rates. —— through it. —— through it. joelinton is the latest newcastle injury. he will miss at least the next six weeks with a thigh problem which he picked up during their 3—0 fa cup win against sunderland on saturday. he's played 23 games this season, scoring three times. eddie howe calling it a "big blow" as they prepare to face manchester city tomorrow . the latest round of premier league fixtures are strung out across the next two weekends, giving every side a mini—winter break. tonight, two of the sides in the bottom three face each other. 19th placed burnley host 18th placed luton town. a win for the hatters would see them move out of the relegation zone. burnley have lost their last two in the league and they are currently five points .off safety five points off safety

i would hope that we like pressure, that we want to be in a pressure environment, what type of career is that, what type of club are you if you don't play with pressure. last year we played four per mesh —— promotion against each other and this year it is the same type of pressure, it's about being able to stay in this league. scottish rugby chief executive mark dodson is leaving the role this summer, saying the "time was right to step aside early". dodson was appointed 12 years ago and his contract was due to end next year. with work ongoing on scottish rugby�*s ten—year strategy, dodson said he thought it was "right and appropriate" for a new ceo to come in. seven—time masters champion ronnie o'sullivan has criticised the tournament's venue, alexandra palace, calling it disgusting and dirty. the world number one made the comments after beating barry hawkins 6—3 yesterday to reach the semi—finals and says he will now take some time to relax. i take it you're off for a little -

bit of a break now and a switch—off? yeah, i'm going to go to champneys. i am going to go back and have a nice chill—out there tonight, massage. maybe a massage tomorrow, a bit of a pedicure, get on my phone, chillax and spend the whole day in my robe. then come up here on saturday and hope for the best. judd trump is facing ali carter right now in the latest quarterfinal at alexandra palace. these are live pictures. trump is the reigning masters champion, ali carter was runner—up in 2020. the winner of this will face either mark allen or mark selby in the semis, they play each other tonight. that is live on bbc two or on the iplayer right now.

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. you are watching bbc news. the scottish national party leader and first minister, humza yousaf, has delivered his first major speech in what is expected to be a general election year. mr yousaf said he aims to "wipe the tories from scotland's electoral map". he also said votes for labour are effectively votes against scottish independence. it comes as mr yousaf admitted the independence cause will move "backwards" if the snp loses seats at this year's general election. the first minister began his speech by addressing the uk's military action against the houthis in yemen. the uk, let's be honest about this, does not have a good track record when it comes to military intervention, particularly in the middle east.

that is why the house of commons should have been recalled today ahead of military action that was taken in order to allow our mps to debate and, yes, to scrutinise the uk government's plans for military action. he went on to discuss his party's aims in this year's general election. sunak is finished. he's done as pm. the tories are done and thank goodness for it. the damage that they have caused to scotland's people is simply unforgivable. this year we can rid ourselves of a tory government that scotland did not vote for. and the snp, as stephen has rightly said, is by far the best placed party to do that.

in every tory held seat north of the border, we are the party in second place and today, therefore, i'm setting out that ambition for the snp, to not only when the general election, but let's wipe the tories from scotland's electoral map by winning every single tory seat in the country. live now to our scotland correspondent lorna gordon. thank you so much forjoining. the snp had quite a rough year in 2023, can they expect anything different in this election year? you can they expect anything different in this election year?— can they expect anything different in this election year? you heard in that speech _ in this election year? you heard in that speech there _ in this election year? you heard in that speech there are _ in this election year? you heard in that speech there are some - in this election year? you heard in that speech there are some of- in this election year? you heard in that speech there are some of thej that speech there are some of the themes that are likely to emerge in any general election campaign ahead. in effect, he was setting out his stall as to why people here in scotland should vote snp. the snp has been a dominant party here in scotland for more than a decades.