but a similar story on north—west but a similar story on the south coast of england in hastings, the strong continuing but things should improve because the winds and heavy rain that many of us have got will gradually ease and something a little bit brighter will start working in from the west but for the here and now we have low pressure in charge, that's been bringing the strong winds and heavy rain and it will gradually tear into the north sea through this evening and overnight so already something brighter returning to northern ireland, wales and the south—west with shower surround. the heaviest rain lingering across parts of eastern scotland and look at those wind gusts inland, 45 miles an hour, stronger than that around the coasts and big waves with us. temperatures today 8—13 , co—wrote them recently and especially so when you add the wind chill. this evening we wave

goodbye to the no pressure, the rain clearing and some lengthy clear spells and with lighter winds it will be a chilly night especially for central and eastern areas. two or three degrees in towns and cities, call them up in the country for some first and a cold air mass to start the day on wednesday but the orange colours lingering to the west and behind this one from that will spell east through the day bringing more cloud and rain and wind. to start the day have some early sunshine in the east, cloudy in the west and that rain will track eastwards throughout the day, heavier and most persistent in the north west of scotland, there could be flooding, falling on saturated ground. temperatures up a notch on today, belfast is more at 16 degrees so the milder air today, belfast is more at 16 degrees so the milderairare today, belfast is more at 16 degrees so the milder air are starting to move in and heading through into thursday we have the westerly influence to the weather. that means milder conditions but a lingering weather front

milder conditions but a lingering weatherfront in the milder conditions but a lingering weather front in the south could bring low cloud to southern england and wales, breaking up through the day but the best of the brightness in the north and east. pc again but not as windy as the past few days and looking at temperatures, 18 or 19 degrees by thursday. then it looks like the warming trend will continue into friday and saturday, especially in the south, 20 or 21 degrees possible, unsettled for the north and we will notice that and after a brief and warm spell it turns unsettled and colder into next week. thank you so much. and that's bbc news at one. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm jane dougall. the champions league last eight gets under way tonight with both arsenal and manchester city facing tough opposition.

england captain leah williamson is expected to play against ireland after a year out — tonight's match is one of 25 on a busy day of euro qualifying. and, he's said to be looking good — tiger woods is back at augusta and chasing yet another record at the masters. in the last hour, uefa has insisted this week's champions league quarterfinal ties will go ahead as scheduled, following an islamic state terror threat. the french interior minister has confirmed that security will be "considerably reinforced" at tomorrows game in the french capital between paris saint—germain and barcelona. while uefa said they were liaising with the authorities

at the respective venues. well two english teams are involved in tonight's matches. arsenal and manchester city are both trying to move a step closer to the final at wembley injune. arsenal face bayern munich tonight in the first leg of their quarterfinal, whilst the defending champions manchester city are in spain — where the roof will be closed at the bernabeu as they take on the 14—time winners real madrid. joe lynskey reports. a title race on saturday, a knockout match three days later. this point in the season is where the best teams have to juggle. arsenal and city now face europe's elite. the champions league final is, this year, at wembley. the last date pits the premier league against england stars. jude bellingham's real madrid and harry kane's bayern munich. for arsenal, a twist in what's been a painful fixture. their three most recent meetings all finished 5—1 to bayern — but the last was seven years ago, and now the gunners

are the favourites. that's history. when you look at their history in the competition, it's clear, it's a huge step for us to be in this competition and, on top of that, to compete in the premier league the way we are doing. and this is the challenge, but as well we are so excited to be part of that. arsenal sit top of the premier league, while bayern in the bundesliga look set for second — for the first time in 12 years. kane's kept his side of a £100 million summer deal — 38 goals in all competitions — and that london final would be some consolation. it will make him very happy to score. i don't see how anything is holding him back. i feel him very motivated. and of course, harry... harry always helps you to win in any team — for england, tottenham and, of course, now for us. last year, city faced real in the champions league semi—finals, and won 5—1 on aggregate. but this tie, too, has changed.

bellingham moved to madrid in the summer. he's la liga's joint top scorer. to be honest, at the beginning i was a bit surprised because i didn't know much about him, to be very honest. but, wow! like, he is a big personality already in our locker room and this is massive, so he's very mature for his age and so that's why, to be honest, i'm not surprised any more. we know the type of player — he's so powerful, so... strength with ability of going in, arriving at second line and controlling the game. so, yeah, we already know, but i don't like focusing just on one player — i think they have enormous potential in all their lines. it's arsenal's first quarterfinal since 2010, while city go here for consecutive titles. should they both win, they'll face each other in the semis. in these last weeks of the season, it's all high stakes from here. joe lynskey, bbc news. uefa is considering increasing squad sizes for this summer's

european championship in germany from 23 to 26 players. it follows talks with coaches in dusseldorf yesterday. england boss gareth southgate was previously in favour of 23—man squads but recently spoke of a preference for three extra players to cope with a demanding end to a domestic season "complicated" by personnel returning from long—term injuries. england and scotland have two friendlies at the start ofjune before the deadline to submit their final euros squads to uefa on 7june. from the men's euros to the women's where it's match day two of qualifiers with 25 games taking place today. two are already under way, including wales who are away to kosovo. it kicked off 35 minutes ago. wales have just taken the lead 1—0. the goal was set up byjess for schlock.

jess fishlock is captain and has became the first welsh player to earn 150 caps. tricky conditions, 27 degrees but they are making the most of it. the remaining home nations are also in european qualifying action today. fresh from their 1—1 draw with sweden at wembley, the lionesses are in dublin to face the republic of ireland. it's the first time the two nations have met since 1987. the match at the aviva stadium will be particularly sweet for leah williamson. she's expected to start her first game for england in a year after returning from an anterior cruciate ligament injury she suffered last april. it's been a difficult journey, but this is the... i'd be lying if i said this wasn't the thing that i'd sort of had my focus on. this is where i wanted to get back to. i wanted to be good enough to get back into this squad. i've had some of the best memories of my life as part of this team. scotland head coach pedro martinez losa said that his sides' run of matches without a competitive victory is "totally irrelevant" ahead

of today's visit of slovakia. scotland drew their opening group qualifier 0—0 away to serbia on friday. it means they haven't won in eight matches. i don't have to address the games we have played before, what i have to do is make sure we compete at the level that we want to compete. we feel the responsibility of winning every game, it is not about the last ten games or six games. the morale is high, the energy is high, the preparation has been good. we have belief in the players that we have available and that is how every single game we have to present it, to make sure we achieve the objective. and northern ireland are in zenica to face bosnia herzagovina in group b3. northern ireland will be without manager tanya 0xtoby because of illness. they're looking to bounce back from a disappointing 0—0 draw with malta in their opening fixture.

we weren't able to get a win in, it was time to sit back and reflect, we do have a lot of positives to take out of it. we spoke about that it is a process, and we are getting better. so we just need to be patient and believe in the process and the structures and create more chances and get some goals. britain's most successful alpine skier dave ryding says his sport needs to "move with the times" by moving races to higher altitudes. he didn't rule out the possibility of even competing indoors. unseasonably warm temperatures hit the world cup ski season this year, leading to race cancellations, including three out of 13 planned slaloms, which is his speciality. we are definitely going to have to move with the times but as governing body, they have to think about their impact as well. it is something at

the forefront of their plans, changing schedules, making it less travel, etc. it is coming but this year was maybe a season too late. there was praise for tiger woods from his playing partner ahead of thursday's first round of the masters at augusta national. he was practising with will zalatoris who said the five—time winner "looked great". woods has started just one tournament in 2024 — the genesis invitational in february which he had to withdraw from because he had the flu. the 15—time major winner is looking to make the cut at the masters for a record—breaking 24th consecutive time. zalatoris said the 48 —year—old outdrove him a few times and was moving well. it's after woods suffered serious injuries in a car crash in 2021. meanwhile, england'sjustin rose is heading into his 19th masters still looking for his first win. the 2013 us open champion has twice finished second at augusta national and says he can't wait for the year's first major.

i think it is one of those events that transcends golf, it is a type of venue that people who don't follow or enjoy golf, like to watch it. it is magnificent. it is a cross between the chelsea flower show and a golf tournament, to be honest. it appeals to people on different levels. the prestige of it, it is a major championship, presenting the sport is massive. 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. hello, you are watching bbc news. more now on a story we're following. police have arrested a man in connection with the fatal stabbing of a woman who was pushing her baby in a pram in bradford. the man — who's 25 and from 0ldham —

was arrested in the early hours of this morning. kulsuma akter — who was 27 — died in hospital after the attack on saturday. 0ur reporter aruna iyengar updated us on the arrest. yes, there's been some major developments in this police investigation in the search for a man who attacked this woman, kulsuma akter, in bradford. habibur masum was arrested in the early hours of this morning, tuesday, in the aylesbury area that's in buckinghamshire. police had been searching for him since saturday. he has been arrested in connection with the murder of the 27—year—old woman, kulsuma akter, also from 0ldham. she died after being stabbed in the westgate area of bradford on saturday afternoon. this was a particularly tragic incident as kulsuma akter was pushing her child in a pram as she was attacked. the baby is reported to be safe and was unharmed in the attack. due to police having

contact with kulsuma akter and with habibur masum before her death, west yorkshire police has referred itself to the independent office of police conduct. it's also emerged that habibur masum was already on bail for assaulting and threatening to kill, kulsuma akter back in november. both offences were alleged to have happened in manchester. at the time, he pleaded not guilty to both charges at manchester magistrates court back in november. west yorkshire police wanted to thank the public and the media for drawing attention to the case and they also wanted to thank thames valley police for their cooperation in them being able to make this arrest. the brother—in—law of scotland's first minister, has been charged with abduction and extortion following an incident in which a man fell from a block

of flats and later died. ramsay el—nakla, who is 36, is expected to appear at dundee sheriff court today. ryan munro was seriously injured in the fall in morgan street on 10 january and died a week later. three others, aged 38, 50, and a1, were previously arrested and charged over the same incident and appeared in court last week. mr el—nakla is the brother of first minister humza yousaf�*s wife nadia el—nakla. in a landmarkjudgment, the european court of human rights has ruled that switzerland violated the human rights of a group of elderly women in the country — by failing to adequately fight climate change. the court said switzerland's efforts to meet its emission reduction targets had been woefully inadequate. the judgment said the women had also been denied access to justice — as their case had been rejected by all swiss courts. the ruling cannot be appealed. two other cases were ruled inadmissible. in those cases, six portuguese youths and a french mayor

were attempting to force their governments and others