on dry or brighter first thing on sunday but here is the area of low pressure that is the storm. notice how those tightly patch isobars and stretch all the way across the length and breadth of the uk. safe from the strong winds of the uk and anticipating gusts of 60 to 80 miles anticipating gusts of 60 to 80 miles an hour anywhere across england and wales and fog a central swathe of scotla nd wales and fog a central swathe of scotland later on in the day. the winds could peak at 85 miles an hour. it will be windy throughout the day for scotland and northern ireland. there will be a spell of heavy rain first thing, squally showers with hail and thunder behind but notice how the isobars squeeze through the evening. it is the period of 4pm till 6pm where we could get exceptionally strong winds in what will be an already windy day. elsewhere windy story. a band of rain cleared through during the morning but plenty of showers following behind. localised flooding, coastal flooding following behind. localised flooding, coastalflooding due high tides and this strength of the wind,

damaging wind the big thing to factor in. it could mean a disruption to transport and power cuts and potentially the risk to life. the outlook for monday and tuesday remains very windy as well, perhaps something a little quieter by the end of the week. hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines: 20 people are reported to have been shot dead and several others wounded in a mass shooting in north east

thailand. jakraphanth thomma is a junior army officer, who killed his commanding officer before stealing weapons from a military camp. he is still at large in a shopping centre. five british people, including a child, have tested positive for the coronavirus at a ski resort in france. six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the government's decision to allow huawei to help build the uk's 5g network. 0fficials working on borisjohnson‘s pledge to recruit an extra 20,000 police officers say that they'll actually need to take on more than 50,000 as many are set to leave. the met office issues severe weather warnings for the weekend as storm ciara approaches from the atlantic. now on bbc news it's

time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me katie shanahan and katherine downes. the headlines this evening... grand slam hopes still aflame for fired—up ireland — a six nations win for them, over wales. but a damp squib in scotland — low scoring, heavy rain. england low scoring, heavy rain. edge in at murrayfield. while in the premier league — the evertonian revival continues under carlo ancelotti. they're up to seventh. also coming up in the programme... heather watson does her bit to get britain back into their fed cup qualifier — now it's a must—win rubber for harriet dart. and from chip—shop to champion, tonight terri harper fights for her place in british boxing history.

hello and welcome to the programme. we'll start with the six nations where ireland have sent out a strong message after beating the reigning champions, wales by 2a points to 14. it's a first defeat in nine six nations game for wales — ending their hopes of back to back grand slams. with all the details here's austin halewood. what a statement of intent was for ireland and the new head coach, a resounding win over the defending champions wales here at the aviva stadium in dublin. last weekend against scotland it was all about that first victory for farrell but today was a much more clinical performance, they were much better with ball in hand going forward,

much stronger defensively. last season much stronger defensively. last season irish rugby was a disappointing one, they left the world cup. as for the welsh head coach wayne pivac, it is back to the drawing board. they will not be happy with conceding four tries. as fans waited for the storm to arrive in dublin, all eyes were on events inside the stadium with ireland and wales both aiming to become the force of this year's championship. after both teams won in the first round of fixtures, this was always going to be a tough affair. 90 minutes had passed before the first score, courtesy ofjordan larmour. wales weathered the irish storm and soon responded. tomos williams with a sixth try for his country. the celebrations were cut short, a simple mistake giving possession back to ireland who took full advantage. tadhg furlong, too strong, too powerful, two tries for the home side. it was a sign of things to come.

wales, unable to cope with ireland's force, josh van der flier extending their lead. it was quickly reduced thanks to hadleigh parkes, but replays but replays showed he hadn't grounded the ball, the try was disallowed. nothing wrong with the next score. from andrew conway. bonus points secured. victory secured. even a late try byjustin tipuric could not dampen ireland's spirits. i am proud, i am most proud of them. iam glad i am glad we could play better today, and get over the lines. just another win, that is what matters in this competition. second half started 0k, had we had that try, it would have been better. i think the drive at the end was a little too late. defeat means wales's grand slam dreams are over, i think the drive at the end was a little too late. but not for ireland.

maybe the winds of change are coming to dublin after all. there really was a sense of excitement here in the stadium this afternoon as the match was going on. irish rugby fans feel like something special might be coming around the corner. as for wales, their hopes of a back—to—back grand slams in the six nations are over the season. this was the first big test under head coach wayne pivac, you do not go to plan. he will have lots to ponder as the six nations take a break over the weekend before we'll head back to cardiff to host france and ireland head across the water to twickenham where they take on england, and andy farrell will be plotting the downfall of his son 0wen. the second of the two six nations clashes has been a battle with the wind at murrayfield — and england havejust beaten scotland by 13 points to 6. really stormy conditions — torrential rain too — in edinburgh which resulted in a low scoring first half, the wind affecting the kickers,

0wen farrel finally got one over the posts, and adam hastings drew the scots level after the interval. but england edged their way into the lead with a try from ellis genge — driving his way over in the pouring rain. look at the water on the grass. 13—6 to england. slightly better performance than last week for england, but look at the rain as the storm blows in from the rain as the storm blows in from the atlantic. yeah, grim conditions. just two premier league games today as we enter the first winter break in top flight history. watford are 1—0 up against brighton right now. but earlier everton beat crystal palace at goodison park to continue their resurgance under carlo ancelotti. since the italian took charge in december only liverpool have won more points in the league than everton, while palace edge closer to the relegation zone. lydia campbell reports. when carlo ancelotti took over everton, they were battling against relegation. just two months on they are targeting a european spot.

they lostjust once in the league in ten games and had the lead in this one thanks to some brilliance from bernard in an otherwise poor first half. before today christian benteke had not scored since last april so you can imagine his relief when he pulled palace level. he might have to thank jordan pickford for this one. their reprieve lasted less than eight minutes with richarlison finishing off his own run to restore the lead. they added another with just minutes remaining. dominic calvert—lewin tapping in. the aim for everton must surely now be europe but for palace, they face an uncomfortable winter break looking over their shoulders. honestly, i have to be happy. the players, the club,

everyone did fantastic work, the season is not finished yet. we have a possibility to play for the europa league which is our target for the next games. positives are hard to find when you lose a game because football is about winning and losing and every time you lose, the result colours any sort of judgment. it is very, very difficult to see the game as clear as you would like because your judgment is coloured by the fact you have lost. so everton are up to 7th, manchester city and sheffield united are the only other teams in the top half of the table playing this weekend. a win for the blades against bourenmouth would see them go 5th — into that europa league slot. manchester city host west ham in sunday's other game. that defeat to everton means crystal palace remain 14th. a win for watford at brighton would see them move out of the relegation zone.

it is currently one — zero to watford in that game. preston have moved back up into the championship playoff places, after beating wigan 2—1 in today's lunchtime game. tom barkhuizen opened the scoring with this second half strike from danieljohnson to put alex neil's side 2—0 in front. chey dunkley pulled a goal back for wigan. but preston hung on for the three points. elsewhere in the championship it's still incredibly tight at the top. third placed fulham arejust one point off leeds in second after beating blackburn i—0. while brentford are just two points further back, after snatching a late winner to beat middlesbrough 3—2. at the bottom of the table there were big wins for stoke and huddersfield. rangers are through to the quarterfinals of the scottish cup after thrashing hamilton 4—1. a wave of second half goals quickly ended the tie. scott arfield with this injury time rocket to secure a spot in the next round. the quarterfinal draw takes place tomorrow, following the final tie of the weekend between clyde and celtic. elsewhere, championship side,

inverness are through to the quarter finals, after knocking premiership side livingston out. stjohnstone won 2—1 at ayr. while replays are required for aberdeen and kilmarnock and st mirren and motherwell as they both drew. falkirk face hearts this evening. let's have a look at some of the other sports stories grabbing the headlines... manchester united's new striker, 0dion ighalo will miss the club's training camp in spain. it's over fears that he could be refused entry back into the the uk, due to the coronavirus outbreak. the nigerian international joined united on loan from a club in shanghai. the sydney sixers have won the big bash league, they beat melbourne stars by 19 runs. the match had been reduced to 12 overs due to rain. but the sixes wrapped up the final with some spectacular bowling. melbourne have now lost all three of their big bash finals toronto wolfpack are still to win a game in super league. the canadian side — starring all black legend sonny bill williams — lost by 2a points to 16

to salford red devils in their second appearance in the divison. still to come on sportsday... a stunning last five minutes from great britain's women's basketballers — but was it enough to secure them a place in at the olympics? and we meet the former armed forces personnel finding help for their past, and hope for their future, on the golf course... all that still to come this evening. great britain's fed cup team are fighting to stay in their qualifier against slovakia. they started the day 2—0 down in the five rubber match. heather watson got them off to a good start... she beat rebecca sramkova — ranked just outside the world's top 200 in straight sets. she was due to play the slovak number one, victoria kuzmova. but she had to pull out of the match due to illness.

0n court now is harriet dart she has been fighting in the second set to stay in. it is match point. we just start set to stay in. it is match point. wejust start anna set to stay in. it is match point. we just start anna scmiedlova beating harriet dart, unfortunately a straight sets defeat. look at that, 7-5,. a straight sets defeat. look at that, 7—5,. slovakia go through to april's finals, great britain, i'm afraid, out of the fed cup. great britain's hopes of qualifying a women's basketball team for this summer's olympic games look to be over, after they lost to south korea in serbia. victory for britain would have secured them a place in, but they lost by 82 points to 79. 0ur 0lympic sports reporter,

nick hope is in belgrade. great britain against south korea was dubbed a must win even by the players themselves, and although they are not completely out of contention for a place in tokyo 2020, this defeat means a big opportunity has been missed. the british women have only ever competed at one 0lympics, british women have only ever competed at one olympics, london 2012 where they were gifted a place as the host nation. joe was one of the current squad at the games, but despite their efforts they found themselves 16 points down as the koreans took control. when the gb would have given them a ticket to the olympics and the almost completed in incredible comeback in the closing five minutes but was korea took it 82—79. the closing five minutes but was korea took it 82-79. we only played with urgency with five minutes left, we started to make a comeback will stop we ran out of time and i think we need crucial errors in the last minute. you cannot play like that,

we are playing for an olympic ticket, we are not playing at the ymca. everyone is fighting, you have to play with urgency from the start, not in the last five minutes when uv light is always late. we left it a bit late, we started playing defence in the last quarter. a big difference to come back from. we have to learn, we have another chance tomorrow. we have to learn from our mistakes and come back fighting tomorrow. great britain was they sustain in their qualifying round on sunday. the spanish need to win but themselves to book a place in the olympics. realistically, gb's best chance of qualifying for the game has probably passed. it's been jump racing's super saturday at newbury today, featuring some of the final warm—up races ahead of next month's cheltenham festival. one of the star

names on show was altior — the 3—1 on favourite, ridden by nico de boinville won the game spirit chase. he saw his 19 race winning run come to an end in ascot in november. but certainly impressed out there today. the 2018 cheltenham gold cup winner, native river was also in the winner's circle after taking the denman chase for the third time. jonjo o'neilljunior was on board the 5—2 on winner. the big names doing well today. great britain's men and women have been back in action today in hockey's pro league. the women recorded their first win of the competition after beating new zealand 3—0 in auckland. gold medallist, shona mccallin scoring the third for the olympic champions. look what it means to her. that's her first goal in gb colours. the men meanwhile could only manage a 1—1 draw with new zealand, despite this late equaliser from chris griffiths. anything less than spectacular will not be good enough — that's according to boxer kell brook — who's back in the ring for the first time in over a year tonight. he fights the american mark de luca in sheffield. the former world champion fights the american mark de

luca in sheffield — and he's back with his old coach dom ingle, from whom he split in 2 years ago. so why has he gone back? rob stayton went to find out. ijust i just walked ijust walked in like i walk in my own front door. kell brook is back, in the rain, in the spotlight and in sheffield's the missed gem. in 2018 he left, seemingly to never return. he had a fallout with trainer dominic ingle, just like old times. he spent a lot of time with me and his sons spent a lot of time with me. what do you think, the last person who left under a cloud of dust was not allowed back in the gym. we are still friends with a sense of how we worked over the years. if it doesn't work out, come back. he has been a big part of my life for years. you have to bear that in the back of your mind.

brooke says the final chapter of his career starts when he takes on the american mark deluca. if he is beaten in this one, he promised to announce his retirement in the ring. i don't need to fight again, i have got enough money to retire and sail into the sunset. i don't need to get up into the sunset. i don't need to get up at six in the morning and run, i don't need to but i do it because i am driven and i want to be the best andi am driven and i want to be the best and i have more to give. there comes and i have more to give. there comes an end, the transition from being that boxer into normal life, you need an escape route and something to do, otherwise you are not going to do, otherwise you are not going to last long outside boxing. find other interests. i think it is finally clicking with kell brook. credibility, and go on and enjoy your life. he has devoted his life to boxing for the last 24 years, it

isa to boxing for the last 24 years, it is a lot of time. it is a quarter of a century and we are here to make sure he finishes his career in the best price possible. he will enter the ring for the first time in a year on saturday. he is hoping his strong performance could lead to another world title shot and proof that his return to the ingle gem was the right call. rob stayton reporting there. it's also a big night ahead for the female boxer, terri harper, who will fight on kell brook's undercard. she has the chance to become the wbc super—featherweight champion. but she'll need to beat the experienced eva walstrom, in sheffield and this will only be harper's 10th pro fight. if she wins she'll go down in history as a british world champion alongside the likes of jane couch and nicola adams. tanya arnold has the story. terri harper has taken her seat the top table of boxing just two years into her professional career. monday morning, i wake up and think my life has changed, i have tojuggle my work, i worked has changed, i have tojuggle my work, iworked in has changed, i have tojuggle my work, i worked in a chip shop and now i am in the gym, boxing

full—time. now i am in the gym, boxing full-time. for her and her partner jan it has meant they can plan for the future. next month they move into a new house. it has set me up financially, i can say i'm financially, i can say i'm financially stable through boxing, which many people don't think it can happen forfemales which many people don't think it can happen for females but here which many people don't think it can happen forfemales but here i am, showing it can be part of what terry is doing, as a partner, isjust amazing. she is going onwards and upwards andl amazing. she is going onwards and upwards and i believe one day she will be the new katie taylor. what do you like watching her? the first fight i do you like watching her? the first fight i watched her, i did not eat all day, i did not sleep, i was a nervous wreck, shaking. when the bell rang and i saw her fight, i was just so relaxed. i know what potential she has, and how good she is. she gets in that ring and does the job. saturday night is a big step up for terry, eva walstrom has

held the title since 2015 whilst terry has had just nine professional fights. people like normal people who have gone on and achieved against odds and terri harper has done that. if she does it on saturday, she becomes a real star. i don't know if she is ready for that, she is as quiet as a mouse. if you become the champion, her life will change forever. see how much i have improved injust change forever. see how much i have improved in just the short two years and after every fight i can see improvement. i know stepping into that ring either has not got anything i had not come across before. jan admits she will be screaming and shouting in the front row on saturday night and on sunday they will have the christmas dinner terri harper missed out on what she was preparing for the fight. tanya arnold reporting there. if you play golf, you'll know that a few hours on the course can be a great way to relieve stress —

as long as you're getting the rub of the green. now a special project at the home of golf — st andrews — is helping former soldiers to benefit from that peace and fresh air by training them up as caddies. louise cowey reports. mentally, pretty much never been the same since i came back. it is upsetting, pretty much nonstop, my mind racing all the time. certain sounds will make you remember stuff you have seen, and smell give you memories you do not want to remember. john is a former soldier who served with the us army in afghanistan. he is one of seven ex servicemen from around the world is undertaking a crash course in caddying in st andrews. let's put you on the driver and i want you to aim to the left of the bunkers out here. 0k. the residential caddy school for soldiers was the brainchild of this man. his father was a veteran. he came back from the warand the was a veteran. he came back from the war and the only girl he ever loved

was peggy, who died after giving birth to two boys. i was one of them, my dad was shattered and he slept on her grave. it was his buddies from the war who picked him up buddies from the war who picked him up and try to talk him through his grace. i wanted to do something that would honour those soldiers, the world war ii soldiers but also this new generation. soldiers like bob goodman who was shot on patrol in helmand province. he and the rest of the men are taught under the watchful eye of david gilchrist, twice scottish caddie master of the year. these guys have been through probably the worst atrocities you can ever imagine and we are bringing them here, training them to have a new life. 0h, them here, training them to have a new life. oh, yes. i don't work now, i have struggled since i got out of military to. i have tried a few different things and not really suit

my lifestyle. this is perfect, it is outdoors, it is a nice environment, it is active. it is the second year the school has run. scotty celtic park in 2019 and now has a job. my lowest pa rt park in 2019 and now has a job. my lowest part was when i was in hospital, i didn't care about myself any more. i thought i was basically finished. the school has picked me up finished. the school has picked me up 100% finished. the school has picked me up100%| finished. the school has picked me up100% i can finished. the school has picked me up 100% i can even contradicting that before. just getting on with life again stop —— i couldn't even contemplate doing that before. since last year, dozens of british vetera ns a re last year, dozens of british veterans are believed to have taken their life, in the america, the figure is 28 a. a bid to reduce that

terrible death toll and following on its success in scotland, america will stage its first caddy school for soldiers following the ryder cup later this year. for this newly formed band of brothers, it has already marked a new chapter and a chance to heal their wartime wounds. what a lovely story, just a reminder of the power of golf, which you have never played. no. i have an awful swing anyway. reminder of our top story — in the six nations england beat scotland 13—6 in terrible wind and rain at murrayfield. and ireland beat the reigning champions, wales by 24 points to 14 in dublin. that's all from sportsday. what vote are still 1—0 up over brighton. —— watford. we'll have more at half past seven.

good evening, i am sure you have heard that a storm is brewing, storm keira. it looks as though it will affect most parts of the uk and cause quite a lot of disruption and damage. we have rain moving into the day, this is the storm rushing towards us for sunday, the tightly packed isobars are affecting most parts are packed isobars are affecting most parts a re severe packed isobars are affecting most parts are severe gales and already the rain is upon us. rain and mounting snow across scotland, northern ireland. this is a slow—moving band, not only have we amber warnings but for some of the rivers in particular, in southern parts of scotland, there is concern we will see flash flooding because of the amounts of rainfall coming.

it isa of the amounts of rainfall coming. it is a double—edged sword, we have all that slow—moving band of rain continuing through the night into tomorrow morning. it is mild except in the far north of scotland with some mountain snow but rain will spread to most parts by morning, and he winds just continue escalate. here is storm equity bearing down on us here is storm equity bearing down on us for sunday. it is likely to cause widespread disruption. we have already seen some cancellations to transport, there was severe nails forecast. causing damage, flying debris, there is even a risk to life. we were the potential power disruption, large waves coinciding with the springtime. those gusts of wind, even in land, unusual —— unusual,. we can see that escalating further north, it may be the amber warning is extended further north. there close to lots of showers of

scotla nd there close to lots of showers of scotland and northern ireland, the central lowlands percent up to 85 mass per hour. further south through the day, you can see all that rain moving in, their squally showers following on behind to england and wales. certainly not like it has been today. this gust of wind of 60-80 been today. this gust of wind of 60—80 mass per hour do not happen very often, hence the concern for this dangerous storm. probably once ina this dangerous storm. probably once in a decade for england and wales. damaging winds, potentially bringing down power lines and trees, transport disruption and large ways to coincide with the spring tides as well. continues very windy but much colder by monday and tuesday, then perhaps a low mid week. there are lots of warnings in force, please do check the latest on our website.

this is bbc news. the headlines at seven: 20 people are reported to have been shot dead and several others wounded in a mass shooting in northeast thailand. this is main suspect — a junior army officer, who killed his commanding officer before stealing weapons from a military camp. he is still at large. five british people, including a child, have tested positive for the coronavirus at a ski resort in france. six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the government's decision to allow huawei to help build the uk's 5g network. why would you want to build into your system an organisation that remains a threat? i don't know of