time for a look at the weather. here's matt taylor. thank you. the view across scotland this afternoon, but it's already turned cold, —6 in one or two spots and by the end of the night some parts of northern ireland where we saw the sunshine today could be at a similar value. it is in the west where we see the coldest conditions overnight and in the east a chance of ice with wintry showers continuing and parts of eastern scotla nd continuing and parts of eastern scotland and northern england with a dusting of snow over the higher ground. rain showers continue in east anglia, the south—east and channel islands and temperatures above freezing but it will feel cold in the wind, may be as low as —11 through the glens of scotland to start tomorrow but a crisp start for much of scotland and northern ireland, isolated from patches, the isa continues will slowly drift southwards and with a shift in wind direction inland away from the coast in east anglia and the south—east,

things will turn dry and brighter but the showers continue in the channel islands. a chilly day where the fog lingers in parts of sheltered scotland and we finish with rain across the hebrides which will turn to snow as it works into the mainland and across northern ireland through the night and into thursday so they could be a covering of snow, quite icy but the coldest conditions tomorrow night into thursday will be across western parts of england and wales and it is here that there could be dense patches of fog which could linger all day. if you wintry showers towards east anglia and the south—east but they will gradually ease and much of england and wales will be dry. it will turn bright across scotland and northern ireland after a snowy start with some snow pushing towards the likes of northern england later and there will be another cold day. as we go through thursday night into friday, another weather front that brings the patchy snow across england will work southwards across england and wales, breaking up and could give a few fla kes wales, breaking up and could give a few flakes of snow here and there on friday for england and wales put into the weekend many will be dry, frosty by night, and turning milder and wetter into western scotland.

that's all from the bbc news at six and wejoin that's all from the bbc news at six and we join news teams where you are. hello i'm olly foster, here's what's coming up on sportsday tonight: as amateur sports shut down again, what imapct will another lockdown have at grassroots level.

we will head to tottenham with the covid—i9 curve rising in the polarity and another career cut short by a concussion. the captain says more has to be done. the intricate symptoms of aids, the difference is that it can cause in day—to—day life is needed to be known. hello and welcome to sportsday. good evening, we're into another national lockdown, thankfully elite sport carries on behind closed doors, but from midnight last night we saw restrictions come into force, decimating amateur and recreational sport, gyms, swimming pools and tennis courts are shut. archery and shooting ranges and riding arenas closed. most non—league football,

the womens game from tier three downwards all halted. if you're in scotland you can play golf with one other person but for a third time in nine months courses in england have been forced to close affecting ioo's of thousands of players, here's the chief executive of golf england jeremy tomlinson. again unfortunately we have been asked to shut down or told to shut down. there was no collaboration and to be honest for all golfers the opportunity is missed as i say in excess opportunity is missed as i say in excess of 2 million that community could have been able to exercise in a different way and could have taken some of that strain from public places like parks and go in a regulated fashion sell a real shame. that was at a report about six

months ago in the summer about a third of clubs where having cash flow problems. it's the worry that some clubs could go out of this ebay rely on those membership fees and an awful lot of people in the current economy are going to be feeling the pinch. the back half of last year was favourable to golf. i have to say that was the reality and study have been able to have a reasonable time to stabilise their finances through the back end the past year. the unfortunate thing is as we move into another lockdown, it may go on for a seven, eight, into another lockdown, it may go on fora seven, eight, nine into another lockdown, it may go on for a seven, eight, nine weeks if we are not able to persuade the government to change things endless financial implications on those potential financial cracks come right back again which would be such a shame. i know a lot of golfers we re a shame. i know a lot of golfers were having an enforced break from that game, was that good for mental health? it's so important that side of exercise, just beneficialjust to get out and be able to buy so many

golfers, that is their routine isn't it? it really is. i emphasise case. we see it as part of a solution. population here need to get through this lockdown and i really do have a concern and ca re this lockdown and i really do have a concern and care but how long will be deleted? concern and care but how long will be deleted ? in concern and care but how long will be deleted? in excess of 2 million people being looked after here from a physical and mental well—being perspective and i think it's an opportunity missed. the government can change that and secondly i and other organisations within golf will be trying to help. it's a very uncertain couple of months coming up for golf. it's the first of the league cup semifinal this evening between tottenham and championship side bradford but it will be paid out against a backdrop of rising covid—i9 case is independent leak. our senior football reporter is here. a0 cases 0ur senior football reporter is here. a0 cases of the latest round

of tests by the polarity of payers and staff. that is double the previous week. it is a real worry. yes, it is. i think what it would have done as management have focused on the three clubs that have been affected, manchester city, sheffield united but to put into perspective, those a0 positive tests from just over 2000 over the christmas period and the three previous weeks you have 31 positive tests from just overfour and a have 31 positive tests from just over four and a half hours so it is creeping in by the premier league still maintain they have got faith in their safety protocol. by citing ebay needs to be a higher level of responsibility for certain polarity pairs that we have not seen over the festive period. yes, they are not considering a circuit breakerjust yet but that is a worrying rise of that curve. let us get to the match. the spurs are the favourite against the championship branford. marino says since his first time in charge

it's as biggest one yet. he says that about quite a few matches. the thing is is that this is a competition at jose thing is is that this is a competition atjose mourinho has served him well and his managerial career and he's got to the stage of the competition and got on to reach the competition and got on to reach the final and gone on to win the final ladder and front —— finds little hope this is the case as well. as far as this year is concerned bearing in mind they are looking for their first trophy since 2008. you are right, they are the favourites but i would not underestimate the bra nford favourites but i would not underestimate the branford side. they have knocked out there for premier league teams to get this far. they will be highly motivated as well. they wear. i suspect they will very strong in terms of their tea m will very strong in terms of their team selection as well. it is their first ever major semifinal in the competition in their history sell 13a year history. of course they are playing in a big occasion as well. they are playing in their playoff

final. consider what that is worth that the football club, that's worth £170 million. they know about the high stakes. this is not about the money. this is about the prestige and to reach a majorfinal will money. this is about the prestige and to reach a major final will be a real way and to reach a major final will be a real win for brentford. kick—off is at 7:a5 p:m.. enjoy the match. for this thiem it would be a very, very big step getting to your hands on the trophy. we have developed a lot in the last six months. 12 months from the last semi so of course it's not just months from the last semi so of course it's notjust learning to win families. we have earned the right to feel that we can go all the way.

with our performances. we are confident we are going into the game and conform so there's no excuses. mauricio pochettino has given his first news conference as paris saint germain‘s new manager. out of work for 13 months after getting sacked by tottenham he's returned to the club that he used to captain 20 years ago. in a moment we'll get the view from france, but first here's patrick gearey on the task he's taken on. so the experiment begins. a club populated by some of that richest most powerful footballers in the world now with a manager who has built his career on relentless, selfless teamwork. if mauricio patino needed reminding that life may be a little different, from spurs or southampton, and his first press co nfe re nce spurs or southampton, and his first press conference after more than a year off us asked if he was buying lionel messi. in reply he offered an english straight—backed.

lionel messi. in reply he offered an english straight-backed. trying to adapt to a new club, a lot of meetings, training sessions for sure we're going to have time but any big player in paris andjimmy is we're going to have time but any big player in paris and jimmy is always welcome. he can draw on history as a younger, hairier manner, he played so younger, hairier manner, he played so he might have the credit required for a revolution. the philosophy developed involves perpetual motion. it cannot be applied halfheartedly. the hours of running and pressing can be rewarded in moments of beauty that have not yet resulted in any trophies. in paris that will be expected to change the name are and he has some of the best players on the planet. so how would he mould them into his system? we have an amazing squad and amazing players but that is not new for me, it's not

new for you and overcame and challenge is to put in the best position and try to create a situation. he has little time to work. the coming weeks are peppered with games. psg had barcelona in the champions league next month. if experimental be conducted on the pressure. pochettino's predecessor thomas tuchel won back to back league titles and reached the champions league final, i asked the french football journalist sara menai what the aregentine has to do differently. mauricio has to win hearts. that's what he did not do and it's going to be the biggest challenge of his career. good luck to him because being psg manager is a really tough job. big players at the club wields

a lot of power and he will be coping with huge egos. so he would have to win his changing room and he would have to gain the trust of his new payers. you talk about big egos. is winning the heart of name are key to all of this? of course but also by him back pay and he would have to convince them to stay in paris and to get a contract extension which will be a tough mission for him and he goes by winning the changing room to have them with him to go fight for him and it would be his main mission. the biggest dream is to win this first champions league but at least leading them to the final will be something very important for him. the club spent so much money on signing in the last four years with name are coming and back pay coming and that does not make you a champion winner. we all know that. it will be that we first challenge

for him and we will see what it will do and it does not have much time to prepare this game and does not have much time to know these payers and get to know them but i think he is able to do it. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has questioned whether celtic have a valid reason to be in dubai where they are having a winter break. the club say they received permission to train abroad. here's our scotland sports news correspondent chris mclaughlin nicola sturgeon is never keen to talk about her daily briefings but she had no choice today because of a very critical statement from the scottish government about the training camp yesterday. they were given the go—ahead for that winter training trip back in november and the first ministers said that may be true but she questioned whether or not in the current circumstances celtics really needed to make that

trip. remember people are being told to stay indoors. she's also referring to pictures that are being widely circulated on social media and appears to show players from celtic sitting around having a couple of drinks. those pictures remain unverified and clearly something we can imagine a number of people back here we are being told to stay indoors. my understanding is they will not investigate the decision to make the trip to dubai and it's unlikely that there will be any investigation into potential pictures of social distancing rules but we can imagine there will be plenty of questions for celtic to a nswer plenty of questions for celtic to answer when they return from the weekend. answer when they return from the weekend. quick round—up of some of the day's other sports stories