real this gentle scene of nostalgia. real world war ii veterans were there est—7.74.4. 25k...— 2! afieieefi; ;£;;::—'.:. safari — like bob piper, who recalls her too, like bob piper, who recalls her morale boosting voice as he went off to fight in normandy. her voice came through clear and with it was the story as she sang. it gave you hope of coming home. and it gave you hope of coming home. the bracing winds of the channel didn't deter those like bob from saluting dame vera above the cliffs she sang into immortality. dame vera herself described reaching 100 as an incredible adventure of song, dance and friendship. and adventures she continues to share with a grateful nation. well, dame vera herself is spending the day quietly at her home in sussex, sir paul mccartney said in tribute that she was like family. duncan, many thanks. duncan kennedy. time for a look at the weather — here's john hammond. lemmy dangle the carrot, next week

looks good but before that happens brace yourself it doesn't look that. ,,, , . l and brace yourself it doesn't look that. ll , l l and it will brace yourself it doesn't look thatl lll l l l and it will feel brace yourself it doesn't look thatl lll l l ll and it will feel like winter pretty and it will feel like winter over. next couple of days and over the next couple of days and some cold air gushes down from the g-__- --u .:.. -..-|_-- a-...._ z..-__ ll- north—west, and g-_-- --u -:.. -..-l-- 4-...._ z..-_- ll- north—west, and the cold front responsible for that change in the weather is quite a lot responsible for that change in the weather is - quite a lot of weather is bringing quite a lot of rain, this is the soggy scene in the west midlands as i speak, some very heavy rain tracking down to east anglia and the south—east. it doesn't last for ever, mind you, because the northwest, scotland, northern the skies are more broken sunshine and weather watchers with sunshine and weather watchers have been active this morning. this the sunny singh in the west is the sunny singh in the west highlands, that blue sky is not to be trusted because we have some heavy and wintry showers over the grind as it turns colder, firm" lwfill winds fl””" lwfill winds across the far north strong winds across the far north f; a time forced stop —— high for a time forced stop —— high ground. things brightening up nicely across northern england and wales and in the west midlands it will ‘up later this ‘ up later this afternoon. this cheer up later this efterneenlthie 3pm. cheer up later this efterneenlthis 3pm. the rain will head into counties, east anglia and southern counties, east anglia and the south—east, heavy for a t'i‘lgi the south—east, heavy for a time and

gusty winds so watch out. it will not hang around, it will clear through come the evening time, and tonight the best of the clear skies will be in the southern and eastern areas. frequent and increasingly wintry showers further north and west, the snow getting to lower levels and settling on high ground, icy night over northern ireland and temperatures not far from scotland, temperatures not farfrom freezing wherever you are. first thing in the morning it will be a chilly start, the best sunshine in the south and east but the showers will develop widely, some rain, hail, sleet and snow. most of the snow across the hills in the north and west. wherever you are it will feel cold, temperatures held in single figures for the 7:2{52 part feel cold, temperatures held in single figures for the 55; part and single figures for the most part and where the showers are they will fall several degrees. want watch tomorrow night and into wednesday morning is this band of rain pushing into northern england and southern scotland, where you could see a prolonged spell of stone which could have impact, prolonged spell of stone which could have - impact, something to bear have some impact, something to bear in mind early on wednesday. —— spell of snow. a band rain of snow. a band of persistent rain in some places on wednesday, cold

some sunshine come in a few despite some sunshine come in a few places temperatures will stay in figures. low—pressure single figures. low—pressure responsible . the showers. as i responsible for the showers. as i hinted to retake, the reason for optimism come the weekend, high—pressure beginning to- in. high—pressure beginning to build in. what does that mean in. terms of the what does that mean in terms of the weather? we will have seems like this over the next few days, heavy, thundery around, but this over the next few days, heavy, thundery - around, but at the thundery showers around, but at the end of the week increasing amounts of blue skies and sunshine. but as the filfiflfisr fall — , of blue skies and sunshine. but as the ifi @ fall light watch out of blue skies and sunshine. but as the w fall light watch out for the windies fall light watch out for some frost as well. rita. john, thank you. let's have a look at the sport. the sports minister tracey crouch says she is concerned by the findings of a bbc poll that found that that more than a third of amateur sportsmen and women know someone who has doped, with 8% saying they had taken steroids.

she has asked for governing bodies to do more alongside uk anti—doping to tackle the issue. ukad‘s chief executive says doping across all levels of sport ‘s is "fast becoming a crisis." i have called time and time again for there to be greater investment in the resources we have available to us at uk anti—doping currently. but possibly an exploration of an extension of our powers, which really help us start to address what is fast becoming a crisis for sport when it comes to doping in sport. and someone somewhere needs, e e. ”e. l c. w to put their hand in their pocket and their money where their mouth is, and help start to pay for us to do thisjob, and do it as efficiently as possible. with the england football team, has been asked to appear before the government select committee

next month regarding their inquiry into doping in sport. it relates to his time with british athletics and the leaked us anti—doping report that says he gave mo farah an infusion of l—carntine, a synthesized amino acid, before the london marathon in 2014. instruction from farah's coach by us authorities as eateetie!!¥e'1!ezef§e‘! ' l—carnitine isn't a note for your diary if you're a manchester city or manchester united fan, the derby match at the etihad stadium has been set for the evening of thursday april 27th. won against southampton. the new april date fits

in with the side's fa cup and europa league commitments. the draw for next sunday's women's fa cup quarterfinals has been made, and it's a tight turnaround beacsue they only played the fifth round away to birmingham city. the other ties see last year's runners up chelsea host sunderland, manchester city travel to bristol city and liverpool face notts county. some really tragic news from irish football. the derry city captain, ryan mcbride, has died suddenly at the age of 27. he played as recently as saturday, lchsl ltl'lsgssgssl full? where the team larelunbegtgglle t. f . .. - lu. . - roger federer‘s indian summer continues. after an 18th major win at the australian open injanuary, he's become the oldest player to win an atp masters title. federer, who is now 35 years old, missed a lot of last year