we represent england and we would like to bring the trophy, bring it home. the beautiful game, a celebration of how football really can change lives. look at that, boys. look at all these cameras. yasmin rufo, bbc news. looks really good. soggy weather around to be playing football. certainly is. it will turn drier for many of us into the easter weekend. some beautiful crashing waves recorded in devon. very windy across the south coast and the channel islands. gusts of wind up to 60 miles an hour possible for the rest of the day, yellow weather warning in place issued by the met office. windy wherever you are in england and wales, also squally showers gradually pushing further north.

lots of people out and about, the roads and trains, peak travel day, keep up—to—date with the latest on your bbc local radio station. wet and windy because of the low pressure to the west, and the longer spells of rain and showers spiralling around that. we will see more rain perhaps in eastern areas of northern ireland by the end of the day in the form of showers, but it has turn drier here. all of the showers gradually tracking further north across england and wales. they could be hail, thunder, heavy downpours, but brighter spells in between. temperatures for most in the double figures. overnight tonight, it is set to stay showery, clear spells for northern ireland, watch out for icy stretches here tomorrow morning, and also clearer skies for the midlands and into northern england perhaps as well. starting tomorrow with early rain in

the western isles, that will clear. good friday tomorrow, much simpler day of weather, sunshine and showers, but more sunshine, fewer showers, but more sunshine, fewer showers than today, but still windy in much of england and wales and some showers could still have hail and thunder. it will start to feel warmer. temperatures creeping up. the easter weekend, the winds will lighten, low pressure spins away from the west, but another one moving up from the near continent, so this could bring more cloud and outbreaks of rain for south—east england and east anglia on saturday. lots of dry weather around, showers in the north and west, starting to feel warmer, 13—15 c for many. don't forget you will lose an hours sleep, clocks spring forward on saturday and to easter sunday. a lot of dry weather around, sunshine and showers to the north and the west. if you have got plans to do an easter egg

hunt outdoors, get it done on easter sunday because more reliable rain on easter monday itself. spring forward, full backward, the clocks. that's it. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website, hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm jane dougall. "we're ready." emma hayes says her chelsea side deserve to be in the champions league semi—final after beating ajax. she's been away from international duty for a while, butjess fishlock is back in the wales squad and could become the first to reach 150 caps. plus, formerfootballers go back to school, to send a serious message about tragedy chanting.

we start with chelsea manager emma hayes — who's going for a quadruple in her last season at the club before she takes over as usa head coach. she says there's no reason they shouldn't win the champions league after they beat ajax comfortably to get to the semi—finals of the competition. they were 3—0 up from the first leg and that was extended at stamford bridge after myra ramirez scored. that was enough to put them through, despite an ajax equaliser. it means chelsea are still on to win four trophies this season, but the champions league is the only piece of silverware they've never lifted. they could face defending champions barcelona next. barca have a 2—1 lead going into tonight's second leg against norway's brann.

if you look at your record in the champions league, even the last five years, look at it like that, there was only once we didn't qualify from the group and we have made the latter stages every year. we expect to be here, i don't make any excuses we should be at this level and we should be at the semi—finals. of course we have a little bit more depth to be able to do things like make six changes tonight than we have ever had. but, listen, again we haven't won anything. we are in the place we want to be. i don't know who the opponent will be. but we are ready. one of the four titles chelsea are vying for is the league cup and the final is against arsenal at molineux this weekend. arsenal have won it six times and this is a repeat of last season's final, which arsenal won 3—1. we've been speaking to two women

who've played for both teams — former chelsea captain katie chapman, and former arsenal defender anita asanti. i can't wait. i'm going to be at the game, working the game, but two top sides, a repeat of last year's final as well. top quality on display. 23,000 plus tickets sold. it will be a massive occasion in front of a huge audience. this is a trophy they can put theirfocus into. i could give them the extra belief if they're able to get over the line and win this final to push the likes of chelsea and manchester city to the end. the attendance has reflected the interest. so many more people attending the watches, knowing the profiles of the players adds that extra energy and these are the games that players want to play in. they want to play in big stadiums with that kind of

atmosphere as well. arsenal have the psychological edge of being the holders and they will want to use that to their advantage. but i think it will be a tight contest. lease that to their advantage. but i think it will be a tight contest.— it will be a tight contest. love to say chelsea. _ it will be a tight contest. love to say chelsea, but _ it will be a tight contest. love to say chelsea, but the _ it will be a tight contest. love to say chelsea, but the amount - it will be a tight contest. love to say chelsea, but the amount of. it will be a tight contest. love to - say chelsea, but the amount of games they have _ say chelsea, but the amount of games they have played, i think arsenal, this is_ they have played, i think arsenal, this is the — they have played, i think arsenal, this is the trophy they want. it will he — this is the trophy they want. it will be tight. they're in a lot of competitions a and you have to take one game _ competitions a and you have to take one game as it comes and a cup game is a one-oft _ one game as it comes and a cup game is a one—off. they will want to do better— is a one—off. they will want to do better than— is a one—off. they will want to do better than they have and she will want _ better than they have and she will want to _ better than they have and she will want to get her hands on the first trophy~ _ want to get her hands on the first tr0phy~ it— want to get her hands on the first tmphy. it is— want to get her hands on the first trophy. it is who turns up on the they _ trophy. it is who turns up on the they and — trophy. it is who turns up on the day. and the two sides are full of quality— day. and the two sides are full of quality and — day. and the two sides are full of quality and it will be interesting to see — quality and it will be interesting to see thousand game pans out. the manager of wales women, rhian wilkinson has called jess fishlock "iconic". the new head coach has called fishlock up to her squad and the midfielder is closing

in on becoming her country's first 150 cap player. fishlock is 37 and plays in the united states for seattle reign, and she's been included in wilkinson's first squad since she was appointed as gemma grainger�*s successor in february. wilkinson also confirmed sophie ingle will remain as captain for the upcoming euro 2025 qualifying campaign. fishlock will reach the caps landmark if she plays in wales' opening euro qualifiers against croatia and kosovo next month. she's iconic, she is one of the faces that you see when you arrive at the stadium and this what is i hope all of young girls will want to become. all these players that have given so much. she is well respected and recognised as one of the best players to have played in the league with the retirement of rapinoe we will be more the face of that team

until she decides to leave. uefa has reacted to calls from several national team coaches, including england manager gareth southgate, on increasing the squad size for this summer's men's euros. southgate says there's been talk amongst coaches about wanting 26 players instead of 23, similar to the last euros when a larger squad was allowed as a precaution against covid. uefa said they had taken note and would listen to the views at a workshop on the 8th of april. the former england scrum—half danny care will make his barbarians debut against fiji at twickenham injune. care, who's 37, announced his international retirement this week, after earning 101 caps in a 16—year career. he was set to play for the baabaas in the summer of 2022, but was a surprise recall to the england squad, afterfour years in international exile. care said the stars had aligned and he couldn't wait to wear the famous black and white shirt.

the third round of the world rally championship is underway in kenya. the opening stage in the capital nairobi saw drivers go head to head in pairs. britain's elvin evans was up against thierry new—ville. the belgian beat him to take the stage victory. evans' time was only good enough for sixth overall. the event runs until sunday. back to football, but to the ugly side of the game. you may have heard of so—called "tragedy chanting", when fans sing offensive songs about disasters that have struck the opposing team. well liverpool and manchester united have come together to attempt put an end to it. supporters from both clubs have been arrested and convicted of the offence in the past, and former players have been visiting a school in merseyside to talk about the impact it can have. our reporter andy gill was there. at a school in huyton, former liverpool and manchester united players spoke about their experience

of tragedy chanting. this, a rapid response by the two clubs' foundations to some of the alleged abuse experienced at this month's fa cup match between the two teams. it's not right that families, who are still surviving from munich, from hillsborough, should have to listen to all this stuff. it doesn't do anybody any favours. and we'd like to think it stops very quickly. i don't think it will, but we are trying to help that and trying to eradicate it in whatever way we can. and this is the kind of abuse they're trying to tackle. manchester united fans singing the sun was right — a reference to false newspaper allegations about liverpool fans' behaviour at hillsborough in 1989. man united fans have been subject to abuse about the munich disaster. when a disaster is involved, it shows very lack of respect. there's a lot of people get hurt by it. it doesn't do their clubs any favours.

the students from merseyside and manchester have strong feelings about the problem. it makes me feel a bit sad - because i know a family member of mine in it had died. because even though i hadn't met them, it hurts a bit _ more knowing that i may have met them if that hadn't happened. - people have lost loved ones and people don't think what they're saying at that point. and if they put themselves in those shoes that lost those people, how would they feel? they've obviously lost loved ones. you don't know how bad they're feeling. you know, they've probably got mental issues. you never know what could happen between them. so itjust needs to come to an end. margaret aspinall lost her teenage sonjames at hillsborough. she says young people need to carry the message to older generations. it's not the children that needj educating, it's the grown ups. it's not the children, - who are doing the chanting, it's the grown ups. this event comes as two men face

public order charges relating to alleged abuse at the fa cup match. andy gill, bbc news. this weekend sees the return of the premier league after the international break. we have all the latest from the managers on the bbc sport website ahead of a full fixture list on saturday and building up to the showdown between title contendors manchester city and arsenal sunday. that is it for sports day. thanks for watching. that is it for sports day. thanks forwatching. bye. hello, you're watching bbc news, with me catherine byaruhanga. a reminder of our top story — legislation has been published this morning to allow terminally ill people in scotland to have help to end their lives. it's been drawn up by the liberal democrat msp, liam mcarthur, who says it would ease suffering. opponents have raised ethical,

religious and practical objections. the bill is likely to be debated this autumn and potentially voted on next year. earlier i spoke to bbc scotland's political editor, david henderson, and asked him about the background of this legislation. it's come about because right now, helping someone to take their own life is a crime and it's punishable by up to ia years in prison. and campaigners say that is profoundly unjust, because it means that people suffer in the final phase of their life and they're unable to choose the way they die, when they die, where they die. so that's why today liam mcarthur, a liberal democrat msp, has has brought legislation to the scottish parliament to try to change the law. it would allow assisted dying on the nhs in certain limited circumstances.

opponents, of course, warn that there are major problems with it. all sorts of concerns about what this means for people with disabilities and mental health. but supporters here say that the mood has changed, that there's broader public support for this measure than there used to be, and that there is a majority support across scotland for a change in the law along these lines. so, this bill has been brought to the scottish parliament. it'll be discussed, it will be debated and finally it will be voted on by msps in the coming months. and if this law is passed, how will it work? well, there are all sorts of safeguards which are being proposed, but fundamentally, what this allows is for somebody with a terminal illness to gain access to medication and the right kind of support from medical staff on the nhs to allow them to take their own life.