manchester staged a successful games in 2002 with what is now the etihad stadium hosting the track and field events. the velodrome, home to british cycling, and the aquatics centre are also still operational. their offer to the commonwealth games federation could also see the city provide some of the venues in a multi—city bid. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. u nless unless they get into the quarterfinals? m have ! unless they get into the quarterfinals? m have reaction quarterfinals? will have reaction later for you. quarterfinals? will have reaction laterfor you. for now, from all of us laterfor you. for now, from all of us at the bbc sports centre, goodbye. the headlines: theresa may has told mps that her for mps that her timetable for for more triggering for more brexit negotiations by the end of the month remains on track. aid agencies are warning that time

is running out to save more than 20 million people facing famine across africa and the middle east. africa and the middle east. a crew member from a crashed irish coastguard helicopter who died after being pulled from the sea is named as captain dara fitzpatrick. here is how the london and frankfurt indexes finished. and how the american markets are getting on. remember the moment when two young children crashed their father's bbc world news interview while he was live on air? i'm sure you've seen it. it went viral. let's take a look. i would be surprised if they do. the... pardon me. pardon me... my do. the... pardon me. pardon me... my apologies. it's been described as the funniest video of the year, and

now we've spoken again to professor robert kelly. he and his wife spoke to my colleague, james menendez. it's been pretty unreal. we didn't really expect any attention like this at all. we've certainly never had anything like this in our life before. of course, we didn't get a chance to properly meet your family last time. it was under slightly different circumstances, so perhaps you can introduce your lovely wife and children. this is my wife, this is my son and this is my daughter. it's very nice to meet you properly. and to be able to talk to you, rather than just seeing you running around in the background. how has it been for you these past few days? we have

tried to handle it. we are fine, getting better. the reality is, for around 48 hours, you were the most famous family in the world. yeah, we didn't anticipate anything like this. we have had all kinds of commentary and feedback. i had a woman write and ask if i was a psychic, if i could see special numbers in the sky and stuff like that. we had a massive wave of e—mail. to the people in the media that we didn't respond to, we apologise if it seemed like stonewalling. we didn't know how to respond, we've never had anything like this before. when you watched it back, which i'm sure you did, could you appreciate what a perfect piece of physical comedy it was, unwittingly? we did. and we've

watched it multiple times too, and oui’ watched it multiple times too, and ourfamilies have watched it multiple times too, and our families have watched as well. everyone seems to think it is pretty hysterical, so we understand why people find it enjoyable, catching a regularfamily people find it enjoyable, catching a regular family off—guard. it's funny, we understand that. and of course, your wife had a major role in making it funny, flying around the room trying to retrieve the kids. did you find it funny watching it back? yeah, we just laughed and laughed. we were worried a little bit more. we were worried actually that the bbc would never call us again, actually. that was our first response was mortification. we thought we had completely blown our relationship with you. for you surprised by the suggestion that your wife was the nanny and not your wife, an assumption many people may?

we were pretty uncomfortable with it. just, we did not argue about any of those, so i hope people just enjoy it. i am not the nanny. that's not true. so... i hope they stop doing the arguing. were you wearing pyjamas at the time? some people said that you were in your pyjamas and did not have trousers on. yes, i was wearing pants. are things getting back to normal now, at work and with friends? have are things going these days? yell night i went to work today will stop that was nice. there was one nice suggestion sent to me, which was that you

should buy your wife a spa day forever thing she did in that video. yeah, that is certainly true. my wife deserves a medal for taking ca re of wife deserves a medal for taking care of us and ourfamily. i should do that. thank you, good suggestion. professor robert kelly and his wife. quite a bit of child wrangling going on in that interview, but nice to hear from them on in that interview, but nice to hearfrom them again. the chief executive of channel 4 has announced he plans to step down by the end of the year. in a statement, the end of the year. in a statement, the broadcaster said he would remain in hisjob the broadcaster said he would remain in his job until a the broadcaster said he would remain in hisjob until a new chief executive has been appointed and is in post. chris curtis, editor of broadcast magazine is with me. was he going to go anyway, or has the uncertainty over channel 4's future perhaps nudged him in that direction sooner than he intended? seven years isa sooner than he intended? seven years is a long time to be the chief exec

of channel 4, the longest they have had someone in thatjob in their history. if anything, the political uncertainty might have kept david in thejob a bit longer. i think he uncertainty might have kept david in the job a bit longer. i think he was pretty keen to ensure stability, and that when his successor would be appointed, they would be coming into an organisation that was politically, commercially on a decent footing. they haven't quite managed to get that formal commitment from the government yet and there is a bit of uncertainty. the government is considering privatisation. for 18 months, the government has been pondering whether to keep it as a not—for—profit organisation that is state—owned but makes commercial reve nu es state—owned but makes commercial revenues with advertising does it is a strange, hybrid organisation, and some people say that is one of its strengths. they are not —— there is not that certainty there, but the feeling in channel 4 is that the

prospect of full privatisation has quietly gone away and they are confident they will remain on a solid footing. how has it done under david abraham's tenure? it has done quite well. it is a strange beast in that it has to compete with commercial broadcasters out there, while at the same time having a remit to come up with interesting, distinctive programmes that have a slightly different point of view, which is not always uneasy balancing act to manage. they have generally done pretty well. commercially, are ina done pretty well. commercially, are in a decent place. they have been updating how they do advertising sales, and shows like goggle box, educating yorkshire, they have been solid factual shows, so they are in decent health. on occasions like this, we cast our minds for waterloo

might come next and takeover. there will be no shortage of candidates. —— we cast our minds forward to who might come next and take over. it will be interesting to see which way the board goes. the slight feeling at the moment is they may lean towards more of a business leader than a creative leader, but it is an interesting question for the board. chris, editor of broadcast, thank you. children become less active at an earlier age than previously thought, according to research. it was believed that physical exercise started to decline the teenagers, but a study over eight years in the north of england showed that activity levels begin to drop among seven—year—olds, as jane draper reports. children in gateshead wore an

activity monitor for children in gateshead wore an activity monitorfor a children in gateshead wore an activity monitor for a week. physical activity was shown to drop off from the age of seven onwards in boys and girls. the orthodox view is that adolescent decline is not only something that coincides with puberty but also that it particularly affects girls and our study shows that is not the case. in terms of public health programmes and practices, they have to focus only, probably at the time the children go to school. too much time looking at screens and sitting down is storing up health problems for the future, according to public health england. it is campaigning to try to change the fact that one in

five children leaves primary school are obese. jane draper, bbc news. time for a look at the weather forecast. here is nick miller. there is a big storm in the north—east of the usa, snow piling up, particularly inland. the temperature over the next few days will be down to minus seven celsius oi’ will be down to minus seven celsius orso, so will be down to minus seven celsius or so, so a lot of cold air in place. we are not getting that snowstorm here, but we will see the jet stream strengthening over the next few days, which carries weather systems our way. it will bring some towards us by the end of the week. quite a change by then, which i'll show you in a moment. high pressure and control tonight and tomorrow. to the north of this front, we have seen is lovely weather across northern ireland, and this view from the north of yorkshire. a blue sky in ballycastle in county antrim here. temperatures reached around 16

celsius in a few spots. clear skies over night may bring a touch of frost. cloud increases in the west, but by the end of the night, a bit damp and resilient in northern ireland. strong winds in northern scotla nd ireland. strong winds in northern scotland will be easing. dry weather to come tomorrow, dampened drizzly in northern ireland in the morning. 0utbreaks in northern ireland in the morning. outbreaks of rain pushing into western scotland. the far west of wales and england will keep a good deal of cloud, whereas elsewhere will see thin cloud with brakes, and in those spells of sunshine, high temperatures. a pleasant, springlike look and feel to things. there will bea look and feel to things. there will be a few breaks in the cloud at cheltenham, but perhaps not so by the time we get to thursday, with the time we get to thursday, with the stronger breeze. this is the picture going into wednesday evening. a fine evening for many of us evening. a fine evening for many of us will stop outbreaks of rain in northern scotland. on thursday, the weather gets more active, wet

weather gets more active, wet weather working through scotland and northern ireland will stop some of the rain reaches parts of northern england. the south mainly dry. 0n friday, weather systems arrive on the jet stream, pushing from north—west to south—east. a cooler fields of things by the end of the week and into the weekend, the wind picking up as well. wetter weather and nothing —— but nothing on the scale of what we're in the usa. more details online. —— what we're getting in the usa. hello and welcome to one hundred days. the turkish president blames the dutch for one of the worst massacres in modern european history. as the row with the netherlands intensifies, after turkish ministers were banned from political rallies there, president erdogan makes this inflammatory claim.

we know the netherlands and the dutch people from the srebreniza massacre. we know how rotten their character is from their massacre of 8,000 bosnians there. the prime minister of the netherlands says the comments were a vile misrepresentation. the row looks set to overshadow tomorrow's dutch election. the president of turkey is behaving increasingly more hysterical hour by hour and i want him to tone down and to calm down. in washington the republican plan to replace 0bamacare would increase