over. it brings are far from over. jo black, bbc news, bletchley park. time for a look at the weather, here's ben rich. thank you. good evening, it has been a cool day for all of us but in terms of the look of the weather, there have been big variations out there, grey skies outbreaks of rain for a weather watcher in east sussex, contrast with the inner hebrides beautiful blue skies overhead. this is the radar picture, it is turning into a soggy picture in the south—east. we have a band of rain stretching from northern england into wales, various clumps of wet weather will rotate westwards as we go through the night. decent clear spells as well. temperatures generally between five and eight degrees, although some sheltered spots in the far north will get close to freezing. so tomorrow, we are likely to start off with showery rain across parts of southern scotland. maybe clipping into northern ireland for a time. that will tend to fizzle. we will see further showers moving in from the

north sea into the midlands, perhaps getting it to east wales, the west country, maybe towards merseyside. but away from these area, a lot of sunshine and despite a brisk north—easterly breeze, it should feel a bit less cool than today, with highs of 12—16 degrees. now we look ahead to thursday, a fairly quiet day weather—wise. cloud feeding in from the east could provide rain. there will be sunshine, the best in western area, temperatures if anything taking a step backwards, 11—14. as we head through friday into the weekend, high pressure will try to hold op. i think it will be strong enough to fend off the influence of this area of low pressure for the time being. friday, the weekend should be dry, often cloudy, rather cool but a big change to come next week. it turns wetter, windier but milder. ge that is all from the bbc news at six, so goodbye from me and on bbc

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm chetan pathak, coming up on the programme: we hear from the we hearfrom the efl we hear from the efl club warning some teams could disappear within five to six weeks unless they get financial support. joining a growing list of sportspeople, christina ronaldo is now in isolation after their particular and giving to us forward tested positive for coronavirus and also coming up tonight,. you have that she had 90 wins in his fights, he's essentially muhammad ali and the fact that we don't know who he is is shocking.

pa rt don't know who he is is shocking. part of black history month we take a look at the career of elaine johnson, that box who estopped from becoming a british champion because of the colour of his skin. welcome to the show. so lots to come but we start with project big picture. the proposals to change english football have been praised by some, while they've left others frustrated. all of the backdrop of increasing coronavirus cases and restrictions. the question some further down the period —— peer are asking is what happened to change it does not come. one efl chairman is whining at the league decides going bust before the new year. here's the report. all this to last year when a

football ground became a kind of memorial. the expulsion from the english football league serves as a warning from recent history. the remainder of the peril that stocks those in the shadows even before the pandemic. but with covid—i9 keeping the state door is locked, one owner thinks some clubs may struggle to make christmas. i think five or six weeks of the effects and clubs will start struggling. the extra cost of covid—i9 this year is depending on if crowds come back between 1.5 and £2 million but football had a broken financial model anyway am a 75% of clu bs were financial model anyway am a 75% of clubs were losing money before covid—19 and that had to be a reset. the last great upheaval came in 1992 and they severed the link between those at different levels of the latter. the current crisis has

sharpened the focus on that relationship. is it merely a business or do those at the top have an interest in preserving what lies beneath. there were nine of the starting in the and seven of the team the product is the primary of course it's the worldwide brand and in the money driver. livelihoods are on the line here. this week sees the end of the chancellor open at that clu b end of the chancellor open at that club and a long way from the million pound deal of the elites. many players just want to find work. any footballer in the efl will be concerned about their future and it's not a good time to be discussing a contract this summer. the days are long and everybody is working seven days a week. the

boardroom deals can feel distant to those in the divisions below but from the perspective of those at the bottom, if you are set over a trapdoor the worst thing you can is nothing. one club that lost it so far survival plus medical field they had bent over half £1 million and the air expelled from the national league but today marks the start of a new era for them. he bought the assets of the club and intends to be branded and rejoining the pyramid next season. he isjoined by the former wales international. i'm pleased to say they are both joining us now. pleased to say they are both joining us now. come to you first if i can and we will talk michael skilled in and we will talk michael skilled in a second but you have been hearing some of patrick's piece there about project big picture and specifically the concerns, what the make of these proposals? we've had such a busy day

in which the acquisition there's not much time to look into that situation because all my time has been devoted to saving a football clu b been devoted to saving a football club so i would like to talk and look into that situation as i've got to do for the weekend but as you can imagine he's been so busy he acquires a fantastic team around him andi acquires a fantastic team around him and i want to talk about the great news for to give the football fans this community there football. tell us... this community there football. tell us...i this community there football. tell us... i must apologise because you can imagine the last ten days nonstop today and we have been here all day so my apologies on my focus has been for this community and this football club. i live in the area, my son was born in macclesfield hospital i used to watch with my

sons and his father used to stand on the terrace so it's so important we see the heartache and being bruce for a number of years now so with the situation we are living in a good new story and we had tears here this afternoon because football fans are going to be able from next season to watch their football club and they will have new heroes and when he asked me to get involved we have got people back so this man sitting next to me who who has facilitated and enabled football fa ns to facilitated and enabled football fans to come and watch their beloved football club. i will come to you. they also talked about the tears of the fans, what is your message to the fans, what is your message to the support tonight? for me this is

fantastic news and we will obviously be restructuring and building a team with danny whitaker and real estate as of next week for danny to get out and start looking for the new players of next year and is to be clear from the outset and build a more sustainable football club that we can have in the community for years to come. it has been an incredibly emotional time for the supporters is because of time but thank you for your time tonight and we wish them all the best and it's time now for a look at some of the nights of their football news. he is injured meanwhile. ramsey is at the nations match and many feel there is injured. they are

back it up for that family against germany, they have not paid for them last year and the manchester united forward and head coach 28 player squad. lots to come on the programme including a special interview. big news from portugal today. for more and doing correspondent andy. tell us about how chris taylor is doing and the fact that there is this growing list of sportspeople now testing positive. yes. the portuguese football federation say he is doing well and without

symptoms which is obviously encouraging years and will also be relieved by the fact that the other pays have tested positive that's been a real blow for them ahead of their game against sudan tomorrow night. and as you say across the whole of we have seen number of covid—19 cases in recent days will stop at the for example three players had to withdraw from scotland. there also a couple of cases in the israel squad that they we re cases in the israel squad that they were up against and in rugby union, they sharks had to forfeit their final game of the season. they tested positive. that said, christian renaldo is perhaps the most high—profile sports start so far to test positive. we appreciate your time this evening. thank you. as andy says, lots of sports being impacted at the morning. now there are growing concerns there are growing concerns the giro d'italia could be cancelled after two teams pulled out of the event because of coronavirus.

jumbo—visma and mitchelton—scott have withdrawn after six positive results in the latest round of testing. michael hutchinson. what's happened 7 the both of them had a right or test positive for covid—19. the both of them had a right or test positive for covid-19. scott also had members of that task —— staff test positive for covid—19. both of philistines gone. one other writer, michael matthews tested positive. he has been taken off the race but his tea m ke pt has been taken off the race but his team kept going and we have two other positive tests for staff members and other teams. if you look back to the tour de france we have four positive tests and the tour de france team director tested positive and of the city the tory made it to paris perfectly and successfully and

as another round of testing tomorrow andi as another round of testing tomorrow and i think that probably will tell us and i think that probably will tell us where this is heading. if the small number of cases he had so far they have isolated and the virus has not spread within the teams than we are for the beat that to get into it the second and third week of the race. but clearly the risk of it finishing early has increased. 82 of their players tested positive for coronavirus. it is the club's first final in more than half a century and they say two pairs have tested positive. all four are now isolating. they lost exit pretty much against the rovers this afternoon. bbc sport are celebrating

black history month by bringing you some powerful stories from across the bay area sports. today it's boxing and a pair of glenjohnson. he was one of the best in the sport the early 1900s. joshua lewis brunel, huge names in the world of boxing who treated us to some incredible spectacles down the years but would it have been possible without the likes of this man? despite the boxerfrom manchester being considered leading middleweight by experts at that time, lenjohnson was never crowned a champion. the reason? because of the colour of his skin. he was not allowed to fight for british titles because he was mixed race. he had to because he was mixed race. he had to be completely white and he beat many of the middle rates of