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in aberdeen, there around 0 celsius in aberdeen, but 11 celsius in the southwest of england first thing on sunday. you can see how that rain moves northwards through the date into southern parts of scotland by late morning. the rest of the day actually tends to dry out in the south. sunday is quite a mix of the day, you have showers across the northern half of the uk, then it stays fine in the south, very mild at 14 stays fine in the south, very mild at 1a celsius expected in london. notice how the showers continue through the course of sunday evening gci’oss through the course of sunday evening across the north. one thing worthy of mentioning is the strength of the winds, increasing considerably through the course of monday into tuesday. quite stormy across parts of scotla nd tuesday. quite stormy across parts of scotland this time of the week.
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hello this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. the headlines: the university of york says risk of infection is low, after it revealed one of the two people in the uk to test positive for coronavirus, is one of its students. public health england says 203 people have now been tested — with no additional positive cases.
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after the uk enacts its most profound strategic change in a generation, leaving the european union, after nearly half a century. a 19—year—old man dies and a 22—year—old woman is seriously ill, after they're believed to have taken the drug mdma at a student music event in warwickshire. the acquittal of president trump becomes all but certain, as senators vote against calling witnesses at his impeachment trial. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me ollie foster and lizzie greenwood—hughes. the headlines this evening: the six nations championship is back and the grand slam champions wales turn on the style as they take italy apart in cardiff.
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these reds still unbeaten, liverpool's premier league lead now stands at 22 points. and after a fortnight of surprises in the womens‘ draw, there's another in the final, sophia kenin is the new also coming up in the programme: countdown to the superbowl — will it be the chiefs or the 49ers crowned kings of the nfl? and we catch up with great britain's basketballers, and their shot at olympic qualification. evening. all the football coming up for you in a couple of minutes, but we're going to start with rugby union because the six nations championship is back. we'll have the latest from dublin
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where ireland are playing scotland but the reigning champions wales have opened their campaign with a big win. after 12 years under warren gatland, this was wayne pivac‘s first match as wales head—coach and it couldn't have gone much better. they thrashed italy 42—0 at the principality stadium withjosh adams, top try—scorer at the world cup last year, going over for hattrick of tries. austin halewood was at the match yes, the 2020 six nations are officially under way and it was the perfect start for wales and wayne pivac. they thrashed italy 42—0 here in cardiffa pivac. they thrashed italy 42—0 here in cardiff a bonus point win and wingerjosh adams was the star man, with a hat trick of tries. andy swiss reports. an entrance fit for champions. passion and pyrotechnics
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as wales started their title defence. but the build up was rousing, so was what followed. italy we re rousing, so was what followed. italy were soon chasing shadows. two tries for adams, the second from an outrageous piece of skill. how often do you see this? through the legs by biggar and wales were out of sight by the break. - was no way back by the break. there was no way back for italy, especially after tompkins scoring on his debut. not a bad start for him or wales‘ new coach and after north rumbled over, adams a hat e
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