hard for some but it has been pretty hard for some of us today, the highest temperature found in jersey, of us today, the highest temperature found injersey, where we got very close to 31 degrees. plenty of other places not too far behind but not as one for northern ireland or scotland because there has been more in the way of cloud, some patchy rain and, through tonight, that rain is likely to pep up so some heavier bursts pushing through northern ireland and north—west scotland. for england and wales, predominantly dry, may be the odd showerfor wales, predominantly dry, may be the odd shower for south—west wales, the south—west of england and fog patches in the south—east, temperatures between ten and 16. tomorrow, england and wales with another largely dry day, the odd showerfor another largely dry day, the odd shower for the south—west, parts of wales, the north—west of england. drying up with parts of sunshine for northern ireland, dry of scotland, shall re—confined to the far north although it might start to get misty and murky for some north sea coasts, that will be parts of north—east england. 21 for glasgow, 22 per bel per bel per spot somewhere in east

anglia, we could get to 30 but that will be the last very warm day. as this area of high pressure builds down from the north west and the winslow in a clockwise direction, we will start to draw down so much, much colder airfrom the will start to draw down so much, much colder air from the north. will start to draw down so much, much colder airfrom the north. a wea k much colder airfrom the north. a weak frontal system bringing some cloud and the odd spot of rain and again, some mist and merck plaguing north sea coasts but the northerly winds starting to kick in, so look at the temperatures across the northern half of the uk, 13—17. still into the 20s by the side but not as hard as it has been today will be tomorrow and that cooler weather continues as we head towards the end of the week, breezy in the south but mostly dry, sophie. that's all from the bbc news at six, so it's goodbye from me and, on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are.

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm holly hamilton. 9-1, 6-1, 9-0. are the wsl‘s gaping scorelines a sign of a bigger problem in women's football? sticking with the numbers — five red cards. neymar is among those sent off, and says his only regret is not punching the other player in the face. "thiem time" — tennis has a new men's star. but will he shine as brightly when the big three return? also coming up in the programme... everything's coming up rosa for britain's lizzy banks, as she takes a breakaway win on the longest stage of the biggest race in women's road cycling. and we meet one of the stars of sport england's latest this girl can campaign, championing the ways in which women stayed active in lockdown.

good evening — welcome to tonight's programme. we'll bring you the latest from the final games of the opening weekend of the premier league's new season in just a moment with chelsea at brighton later and wolves at sheffield united at the moment — but first we've had a lot of talk of some major signings in the women's super league over the past few days, some big names that are likely to encourage new fans. however, just a couple of weeks into the new season and we've seen some pretty hefty scorelines leading to concerns that the divide between the top and bottom clubs could be a problem for the fa. jane dougall‘s been looking into it.

inc. you, holly. yes, just two games and arsenal have racked up a 6—1win over redding and a 9—1winning over west him. chelsea beat bristol city 9-0. west him. chelsea beat bristol city 9—0. so is there a huge gap between the top of the table in the bottom that cannot be bridged? welcome adjoining us is jane 0'neill, thank you for speaking to us, jane. as someone you for speaking to us, jane. as someone who has followed the game as long as you have, do these results concern you? i think it's only really a concern if it's every round of matches and it's week in, week out, where two weeks into the start of the w sl season, there are hefty score lines. it has caught some people's attention, but as long as there is competition, you know, and there is competition, you know, and there is competition, because beside them join manchester city. you mentioned arsenal, they had longer to prepare for the season of the champions league, exploits in spain. they are more put together over

three years. so it's unfair tojudge things out of context, i think. bristol city, for example, who lost to chelsea got a lot of new developing players. so they are stacked at the top of the league, that's understandable, and when they play well, it's chelsea, for example, then it will be in this match. many people have been describing the english league now is the best league in the world. so when we see these results, are people worried that maybe it's not the best advert for what the women's game? ido, the best advert for what the women's game? i do, yeah. people, fans within the game are a little bit concerned, but the reason why we we re concerned, but the reason why we were so concerned, but the reason why we were so excited over the last week ago or the last few weeks when clubs we re ago or the last few weeks when clubs were making these signings were because they were accumulating more world —class because they were accumulating more world—class stars. as a finite amount of talent in the women's game and we see a lot of it concentrated in thew and we see a lot of it concentrated in the w sl, that's why it's so exciting. clubs like manchester,

chelsea, they are aiming for success on the european level, and you asked me ifi on the european level, and you asked me if i was concerned about w sl results, what was really concerning is that even 3—4 years ago in the quarterfinals, the latter stages of the ua for champions league, we would see 10—11 goals against other champions of nations across europe and that was big because of the inconsistencies in the mismatches. i think we should be pleased that we've got some of the best players in the world and the w sl. it's very difficult to compete with the side that they have been putting together for 8—9 years with the backing of a clu b for 8—9 years with the backing of a club the size of chelsea if you are bristol city. but we are seeing good players being developed, and, you know, as long as we see an improvement across the whole league which i believe we are seeing, then we should be pleased and we are heading in the right direction.

thank you so much for your analysis. holly? thanks, jane. with the start ofa holly? thanks, jane. with the start of a new premier league season last weekend, and it's not over yet. does my games tonight. later, chelsea are at brighton but first two sides who just missed out at the top end of the table last season. it's wolves and sheffield united over at a sunbaked bramhall lane this evening. you can follow that game on bbc radio 5live with commentary from john acres and michael brown. there were some pretty shocking scenes during last night's game that's on the bbc sport website as well. there were some pretty shocking scenes during last night's game between paris st—germain and marseilles — when a brawl broke out in the last few minutes of the match — resulting in five players being sent off. among them — neymarfor punching alvaro gonzalez — accusing him of racially abusing him.

it doesn't end there — a war of words has continued between those two on social media today, with neymar tweeting... "my only regret is not hitting him in the face." let's get more on this now with french footall journalistjulien laurens. good evening, julian. it's an embarrassing for all watching those scenes, for name are, you heard those comments, he's not columns down, has he. ithink those comments, he's not columns down, has he. i think he reacted late in the night to another tweet that he sent saying that there was no room for racism in football, he said neymar... even more angry sounding, again, saying he racially abused him, called him a monkey and other insults, and obviously, so far, we haven't had proper proof from video camera, audio, the media

and friends that were broadcasting the game, and the french disciplinary committee on wednesday night were looking to its. people are not doubting neymar, but obviously he has been saying he's been racially abused, so we will have this investigation and see what happens. it was an ugly game and ugly finished all of those red cards, all of those incidents all of that controversy that french football didn't need so early in the season. as you mentioned, there was a pretty tense atmosphere already even before that brawl broke out, 17 cards shown in total in the game. i mean, that's a record in this century. what is going on?” mean, that's a record in this century. what is going on? i mean it's a huge rivalry between the two, they really hate each other. there was a time back in the 90s where the rivalry in the games between these two were really toxic. for the last 30 years, the rivalry was still there and was growing and growing, but on the page, it was never as bad as bass, and really, the game on sunday really took us back to the

early 90s where there was not much football being played, it was all about being aggressive and kicking each other out basically, and that's why it's a real shame, especially after we saw in august in the champions league. they could've bit on that two inches more people and watching the matches, for example, and that's one of our biggest games, and that's one of our biggest games, and yet, this is not the spectacle you want them to show. obviously, there will be an investigation. you mentioned that these allegations of racist abuse, this is really serious. based on what we have seen in french football in the past, how do you think this will be dealt with was alyes ka do you think this will be dealt with was alyeska varadkar for the french disability —— discipline committee they've had to deal with things like that before france was the target of a few things like that. in the rules, technically, you get a maximum of ten month span for racially abusing. mum but if it's really proven that he racially abused neymar can make a go further than that. it's something that i don't think they will take lightly

at all. it will be very interesting to see what happens on wednesday night. again, if they can prove whether neymar is right, in some way, because this is something that they just can't let way, because this is something that theyjust can't let go. way, because this is something that they just can't let go. we way, because this is something that theyjust can't let go. we shall see. julien, thank you forjoining us on see. julien, thank you forjoining us on sports day. now, we have a new grand slam men's champion — the first since 2014. "thiem time" they're calling it — with the austrian claiming the us open title last night. he'd lost his three previous major finals — two to rafa nadal and once to novak djokovic — but perhaps their absence helped him to achieve what he says — has been a life long ambition. patrick gearey has more. in an unusualyearat in an unusual year at an unusual tournaments, unusual final, unusual winter, but dominic has come back from the cliff face from two sets down might prove to be a big moment for him and his sports. i pulled a lot of work in, i

dedicated my whole life until this point to win one of the four majors. now i did it, so, that's also for myself a great accomplishment. for so long, the team has been a symbol of tamara's rhodes, the next generation to about to seize power in men's tennis and never quite getting around to it. he kept getting around to it. he kept getting close to greatness, second place at this year's australian open as well as to french opens, he last yea r‘s as well as to french opens, he last year's finals. up against alexander in an empty edgy atmosphere new york, he forced himself over the line. the austrian tweeted himself at the final, like his career, had been up and down. so can he now stay 7 been up and down. so can he now stay up? believing you can win a grand slam tournaments, this is the next step, this is the ultimate goal, you dedicate your whole life, yeah? to win that grand slam tournaments, finally, if you can do that, it

frees you up. it makes you feel better, and he can take a lot out of it, and will be dangerous for the next ones coming up. it's thiem's time! the title comes with an asterisk of the three kings went there for a start. novak djokovic knocked himself out when he excellently had a line judge with a shot. roger federer was injured, rafael the doll chose not to play because of concerns over coronavirus. the pandemic is impossible to escape, even trade —— trophy ceremonies must be distance. the runner up tested positive for the disease so couldn't travel to his biggest match. this is tough. that, i mean, i'm sure they are sitting at home and thinking that they are very proud. i wish one day i can bring the trophy home. thank you. surely, he will get another go, maybe with the coming of record to's dream, men's tennis long—awaited new dawn is about to break, and at long last, it might

find a new normal. —— thiem's. patrick gearey, bbc news. well as patrick mentioned, the top three were absent from flushing meadows — although novak djokovic under contorversial circumstances. he was disquaified after hitting a lines judge with a ball. he's spoken about what happened and says he'll learn from his mistakes. of course, it's a bit of a shock to finish in that way, but it is what it is. you know, life goes on. hopefully i can, you know, learn a big lesson from that and move on. you know, i did talk with the lady, laura, and checked on her after the match to see if she was fine, she said she was fine. so, thank god no one was really hurt badly. let's round up some of the day's other sports stories now. former fifa secretary generaljerome valcke and the chairman of qatar—based media group bein sports, nasser al—khelaifi,

have gone on trial over the award of television rights for the world cup and confederations cup. both men deny wrongdoing. formula one bosses are looking into whether lewes hamilton broke rules at the tuscan grand prix yesterday by wearing a t—shirt highlighting police brutality. a spokesman said the matter was "under active consideration" and that the fia was a non—political organisation. huddersfield giants have confirmed head coach simon woolford is to leave the club at the end of the season. huddersfield are eighth in the super league table, but without a win since the season restarted in early august. we've got some premiership rugby tonight, as well, with gloucester taking on harlequins. and some fans won't have to watch that game from their sofas — up to 1,000 people will be allowed to attend the kingsholm clash for the second crowd pilot match. 0ur reporter damian derrick is there.