a mild day again, but another dose of wet and windy weather. the rain that was here in hampshire is now further east, across eastern part of england. we have wet weather coming to western scotland briefly. showers will continue, particularly across western areas. clear spells developing, breezy out there. temperatures will fall away to three orli temperatures will fall away to three or 4 degrees. tomorrow morning, a case of sunny spells, scattered showers, mostly in the west and in particular affecting western scotland. though showers should become fewer, but only because we have more cloud coming from the atla ntic to have more cloud coming from the atlantic to bring rain into northern ireland. the wind is picking up as well. it will be another mild day. temperatures like today, nine or 12 degrees. you could stay dry with more in the way of sunshine for eastern scotland and eastern parts of england. the rain in the west will push eastwards during tomorrow evening and tomorrow night, and that

it peters out. there is another weather system hot on its heels that will bring more cloud. it will bring more rain on friday. the rain mainly affecting the western side of the uk during the day. some heavy rain over the hills on the south—west of england and wales, south—western parts of scotland. there may be some sunshine in north—eastern scotland, north—east england for a while. generally cloudy and windy out there. a southerly wind. that is why we have those high temperatures and we have those high temperatures and we could make 15 degrees in the north east of wales. the very mild southerly wind and rain pushes away overnight, early on saturday morning, and then we get something a little bit cooler as the weekend goes on. still not cold by any means for this time of the year. but we are back into the mixture of sunshine and showers, most of the showers in the west and some of them will be heavy. back to you, george. 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. football's lawmakers approve extensive trials for permanent concussion substitutes. bilic sacked at west brom — as big sam comes in to rescue the baggies. from the street stalls of athens — how yianny antentokounmpo became the richest player in nba history. also coming up in the programme... and the last chance for k200 gold for liam heath. as the event's dropped from the olympic programme.

hello and welcome to sportsday. good evening. the sight of arsenal's david luiz. head bandaged but returning to the pitch. but from next month concussion substitutes will be introduced allowing the permanent replacement of a player who's suffered a head injury. the rule will be trialled in the fa cup and women's super league to begin with — with the premier league set to vote on implementing it tomorrow. here's natalie pirks. it's one of the most pressing topics in sport right now, head injuries in their long term effects on the brain. today, trials of permanent additional head injury substitutes we re additional head injury substitutes were approved from january. john stiles, who lost his father, world cup winner nobby, to dementia in late october, says it's about time. players welfare should be at the

forefront. this isn'tjust a minor issue. it's not like he's done his knee, keep them out for five minutes, you were talking about the brain. it doesn't matter if you are a millionaire footballer or whatever. you get brain damage, then you get dementia, no money will fix that. former spurs defenderjan vertonghen knows this to his cost. the belgian says trying to play on after a clash of heads in the champions league semifinal last year affected his game for months. translation: i've had a lot of problems with it for a long time. headaches and dizziness. as the first time i've said it. i should not have played on. i was a total for the nine months and they couldn't deliver what i wanted. the fa has already said it could start the permanent additional substitute trial as early as next month and the premier league looks set to agree the timing at a meeting tomorrow. but unlike rugby, the idea of a temporary saab brought on while a

player is medically assessed has been dismissed. -- temporary substitute. this could be windowdressing and nothing in reality could be changed. that's our concern. we can't understand the relu cta nce concern. we can't understand the reluctance of the leaders in sport in introducing temporary substitutes to allow a decent amount of time to assess a player. for families affected, it's too late. but there is some relief the game is taking steps towards helping future generations. we'll be reflecting on all of tonight's premier league action in a moment as first place second in the shape of spurs and liverpool tonight. before that, the top flight saw it's first managerial sacking of the season, slaven bilic dismissed despite their one all draw

with manchester city last night the man in to replace him sam allardyce, back in management for the first time in two and half years. with the baggies second from bottom and a familiar rescuejob on his hands. here's joe lynskey. full time at the etihad, west brom had made a breakthrough, a draw with city was one of their best result of the season, but for the manager the end was still coming. every game we are trying. tonight we are trying, but really you are defending for your life, you are ready to die for each other on the pitch, and that's all i can ask from my team. there was sacked. he was thanked for his achievements, including promotion last season, but football moves on quickly. —— slaven bilic was sacked. sam alla rdyce quickly. —— slaven bilic was sacked. sam allardyce was named the new boss. he has been out of the game for more than two years. sam is a proven manager. he knows the game. because he's been out of a job for so because he's been out of a job for so long i'm sure he has studied all of the squads who have been struggling since the beginning of the season. i think he has a plan

right away. i'm sure it wasn't an easy decision for west brom's board. sam alla rdyce comes easy decision for west brom's board. sam allardyce comes into a side who have shown they can compete. this etihad point was preserved by their keeper. sam johnstone etihad point was preserved by their keeper. samjohnstone may etihad point was preserved by their keeper. sam johnstone may two brilliant late saves. but moments to savour have been too few this season. they have just seven points. in their last match at home they lost 5—1. slaven bilic took west brom back to the top, some think he should get more time. very disappointed. last night was the result of the season. results haven't been good enough. but we've beenin haven't been good enough. but we've been ina haven't been good enough. but we've been in a lot of the games. there's not many games where we haven't been in. ifelt the not many games where we haven't been in. i felt the team was getting better. sam allardyce briefly played for albion in the 80s. he was born nearby in dudley. they hope he takes

to this club quickly. his first matches with their rivals, aston villa. we will be at anfield shortly. arsenal, having lost four home games on the bounce, are trailing at home to southampton. theo walcott with the goal. southampton did move with a win. we canjoin we can join chris waddle who is at anfield this evening. good evening. liverpool have that brilliant home record. they've not been beaten there since 2017. our tottenham the tea m there since 2017. our tottenham the team to end that tonight? -- are. they won't get a better opportunity with all of the injuries liverpool have had. the defence is patched up. alison is back in goal, we know he's

a top keeper. the way tottenham is playing, the confidence among the squad, there is no reason why they can't come here and get a result tonight. it's been interesting to hear from jose tonight. it's been interesting to hearfrom jose mourinho tonight. it's been interesting to hear from jose mourinho this week, hear from jose mourinho this week, he says too much has been made of liverpool's injury concerns. he says from the players they have picked from the players they have picked from its still a pretty good team. they will always put out a good side. they've got a fantastic squad here. we've seen the introduction of a lot of young players coming through. they've had a lot of stop and start with a lot of players, so it is difficult to get the rhythm they had last season. they had a heavy defeat at aston villa. they've had strange results for liverpool, let's be honest, but that team should be good enough to beat totte n ha m should be good enough to beat tottenham hotspur. you can follow it all on five live tonight. thanks,

chris waddle. rangers, 13 points clear of celtic, will play saint mirren. before that, livingston are up against ross county. and we have the uefa women's champions league, as well. manchester city in action against gotoborg. chelsea and glasgow feature as well at a slightly later kick—off tonight. one other football line. sunderland have postponed their next three matches and closed their training ground for ten days following the club's coronavirus outbreak.

the game at shrewsbury town along with home matches against blackpool and hull have all been called off. eight players missed last night's draw with wimbledon. that game went ahead despite one player testing positive for coronavirus on monday — but now a further four cases have been confirmed among players and staff. a quick look at some of the day's other stories... rugby union's also been affected. exeter‘s champions cup match at toulouse on sunday's been cancelled because of a covid outbreak in the holders squad. it means glasgow's match against lyon on saturday's also been called off because the warriors played the chiefs last weekend. chris dobey produced an impressive comeback round of the pdc darts world championships. he was 2 sets down to canada'sjeff smith but won three sets on the bounce to progress safely into round two. and mark selby started his world grand prix campaign with a hard fought win over china's wenbo liang. liang took the match to a deciding frame, but selby wrapped it up just days after winning the scottish open. next up tonight. cesc fabregas, paul pogba, hector bellerin, players who all made their names moving

to the premier league as youngters. but with brexit looming — the signing of 16 years olds will be banned and from january the first any players brought from overseas must be 18 or over. which some clubs feel will put them at a disadvantage. here's manchester united's academy head, nick cox. brexit will impact the way football clu bs brexit will impact the way football clubs in this country recruit. brexit is out of our control. these decisions were made long ago. the impact will be the same for all clu bs impact will be the same for all clubs in this country. it probably puts us at a disadvantage compared to other european clubs. we wish there was a level playing field. but there was a level playing field. but there won't be. there will be movements of those players, but those players will not be able to move to our clubs at the age of 16 as they currently can. it will be

18. we have obviously been aware this could be the case for quite some time. our mandate and our plan has always been to try to recruit the best talent available to us and we absolutely will still continue to recruit the best talent that is available to us, we willjust have to do it in available to us, we willjust have to do itina available to us, we willjust have to do it in a slightly different way. we've had a long time to try and plan for december the 31st. we feel we are in a good place and we know where we are going to head to given the limitations and restrictions brexit will ultimately bring. far reaching applications for everyone. “— bring. far reaching applications for everyone. —— implications. high voltage cricket — that's what india captain virta kohli's promised ahead of the four test series with australia, the first of which begins in adelaide tomorrow. the hosts desperate to avenge defeat in what was a bad tempered series two years ago as australia continued their rehabilitation following the south african ball tampering scandal. jenny culshaw reports.

after a year that has seen sport majorly affected by a global pandemic, cricket has managed to continue at some capacity. teams travelling the world and staying secure in their own bubbles. despite some hiccups, we now have a mouthwatering clash to look forward to. the meeting of two cricket's most powerful nations. australia and india last faced each other in a test series in 2018, and it wasn't a friendly affair. i don't think that things are going to be as personal as they used to be before, also because of the fact that we all understand that we are contributing toa understand that we are contributing to a larger cause. it's the quality of cricket that has to stand out. in terms of what happens on the field, we have to wait and see, we don't go into it planning to have run ins or be overly aggressive, anything like that. victory for india and australia two years ago was their first series success in the country but adelaide provides a new

challenge. india have only