'all day but mother nature to linger all day but mother nature kept us on our toes a little bit, and i'm quite glad it did because look at this, many of us seeing lovely spells of sunshine, so if we take a look at the satellite picture you can pretty much draw a line from lincolnshire all the way down to the bristol channel, anywhere south and east, beautiful afternoon developed and further north and west the rain has arrived and the wind is strengthening as well and it is pushing the rain through at quite a pace, so ijust want pushing the rain through at quite a pace, so i just want to pushing the rain through at quite a pace, so ijust want to jump pushing the rain through at quite a pace, so i just want to jump forward to tomorrow morning because that weather front, to tomorrow morning because that weatherfront, that to tomorrow morning because that weather front, that is going to be pretty much down where we had the sunshine today, through lincolnshire, down to the bristol channel so here it is likely to stay cloudy with a little bit of patchy rain. behind it, sunshine coming through and into the afternoon we see more widespread showers develop across western scotland and northern ireland. highs of eight to ii in the north but we could see 13 or ireland. highs of eight to 11 in the north but we could see 13 or maybe 14 north but we could see 13 or maybe 1a when the sunshine comes through. thursday will be a case of sunny spells and scattered showers, most

out to the west but still pleasantly mild but it is all change once again as we move towards friday. we've been telling you this the last couple of days. this weather front continues to push in and will drive in cold airand continues to push in and will drive in cold air and a strengthening wind, so a cold air mass pushes across the country and friday will be a bit of a shock to the system, blustery showers, sunny spells, scattered showers and above 200 metres we will have snow as well, a bit of hail mixed in and gusts of wind ranging from 30 to a0 miles an hour which will exacerbate the colder feel in comparison to the last few days. temperatures will struggle to climb into double digits. that's it.— struggle to climb into double diuits. that's it. ., , digits. that's it. time for the news where you — digits. that's it. time for the news where you are- _ digits. that's it. time for the news where you are. goodbye. -

hello i'm 0lly foster. here's what's coming up on sportsday. england come out swinging, but come up short against india to fall behind in the one—day series. it's back to plan a for the lions, but there's no certainty that the south africa tour can go ahead this summer. and remembering the maverick — the magical frank worthington, who has died at the age of 72.

good evening. england's cricketers have lost the first one—dayer against india in pune by 66 runs. chasing 318 to win, jason roy and johnny bairstow put them well on course — but once that opening partenership was broken, the england wickets fell all too regularly. you can hear the thoughts of david gower in a moment. but first, here's our sport correspondent andy swiss with the story of england's defeat. it's becoming a familiar sight — india all smiles, england left to rue and other chastening defeat. earlier, india's batsman had emerged brimful of confidence. when he went for 98, one of three wickets for ben stokes, england seemed to have real demand. but three and a half centuries from kale raul and david hunt helped india retrieve

initiative, and a total of 317 it looked a decent one. not for long, though, asjonny bairstow injason roy got england off to a flyer it — in a flash, they put on 135, and victory seemed firmly in their sites. but suddenly, the wickets tumbled and the wheels came off. bairstow went for 9a, and from there the innings fizzled away as india held their catches in their nerve. another emphatic win for them. for england, a game which at one point promised much but delivered only more disappointment. andy swiss, bbc news. so england are one down with two to play. i spoke to the former england captian david gower about the match, the tour so far, and how difficult it will be for england to leave on a high. 0nce once again, and you have shown a lot of strength and depth with guys coming in for the first time ever in the one—day international, making an impact straightaway. so that is the

trend of this tour, and england are a little bit rusty. that opening partnership, 135, it looked like things were right on track and everything was going very smoothly, like they were countering towards the line. but the simple truth is once anyone has got 300 on the board, even in this modern era, it still takes some getting.— still takes some getting. more chances still takes some getting. more changes for— still takes some getting. more changes for england, - still takes some getting. more changes for england, we - still takes some getting. more changes for england, we had l still takes some getting. more changes for england, we had moeen ali coming back, billings, the current brothers — does this chopping and changing help? there seem to be a lot of changes going on in the england squad. you seem to be a lot of changes going on in the england squad.— in the england squad. you can't do much about _ in the england squad. you can't do much about the _ in the england squad. you can't do much about the changes, - in the england squad. you can't do much about the changes, because| much about the changes, because these are extraordinary times. you'll always have changes between different formats, you've also got bubbles and injuries, and the whole point about this series is that morgan was always going to sets out to try and lead his team to victory, and there is still a chance i could happen with two occasions to come.

it is also a chance to experiment —— two games to come. moeen ali coming in i think is a big asked to say to someone like moeen ali, "you've played virtually no cricket for the last few months, you've been in and out of the country and the bubbles, turn on the magic." it's not that easy, whatever we think of the modern cricketer. but when you're cruising towards victory, all you need is a few contributions from the lower order and you can get there. thatjust didn't happen. today was just a bit of a collapsed.— just a bit of a collapsed. there's been so much _ just a bit of a collapsed. there's been so much expectation - just a bit of a collapsed. there's been so much expectation on i just a bit of a collapsed. there's. been so much expectation on this white ball england team, but do we need to look at the conditions in india? you've played a few one—day years in india, and india should be the favourites on home soil. there's alwa s an the favourites on home soil. there's always an expectation, _ the favourites on home soil. there's always an expectation, if _ the favourites on home soil. there's always an expectation, if you - the favourites on home soil. there's always an expectation, if you are . always an expectation, if you are world cup holders, world champions, than people expect you to do well at all the time. i know morgan still has a very good grip on his side and

still has a very good side. but india at home are always strong, they've proved that time and time again. that pitch today was a very good pitch, and england will rue the fact that they were cruising and let it slip. i won't blame the conditions at all for this particular loss. it was a good contest, lots of rum on the board — or there could have been a good contest with lots of ron on the board. but they lost by 60 odd runs. the challenge is always there in india to outplay them in their own home conditions, and their very well equipped. we've seen the strength and depth of this indian squad over the last few months. firstly in australia, then the test matches, then the t20's, and the 0di, they have players coming through that just seem to walk onto the stage as if they've been there for years. and for them, that's a very good sign. but equally, england have built the squad over the last four years plus, there are always evolving, all these

things always evolving, and they are still a very strong side. at the odd loss, you have to take that in stride and bounce back as soon as you can, that's always been the case. david gower there, who was speaking to me in his role as ambassador for the cricketer magazine, which is in its centenary year. another interesting day in rugby union, the british and irish lions are set to tour south africa as originally planned. the covid—safe contingency of staging the series in the uk appears to have been ruled out. let's speak to our rugby union correspondent chris jones. good evening, chris. we know that things can change quite quickly, but we've had this joint statement and it looks like it's either play in south africa or not at all. i think that's exactly right. this tour has been stranded in confusion, like everything in sport and in society for the last year. there

were a series of contingencies, may be going to australia to have tour in the front of some fans, or having it here in britain and ireland, those were really under discussion. but one by one those contingencies have been scrapped, postponement to next year, 2022, has also been shelved. either it happens in south africa, most likely behind closed doors, or not at all. both the lions and south africa rugby union are hopeful that they'll be able to get this tour on in some shape or form in south africa, but with doubts over the vaccination programme and any kind of future covid waves, there must be an element of caution. in the original tour schedule, i cannot see that going ahead as planned. they won't be travelling all over the country, there might be all over the country, there might be a shortage of matches and fewer venues to try and keep it as covid safe as possible. so is bill sweeney said, the challenge starts now. you

mention to — said, the challenge starts now. you mention to bill _ said, the challenge starts now. you mention to bill sweeney, the chief executive — he spoke about a lot of things today, obviously coming off the back of england's six nations tournament, another really poor one with increased scrutiny on eddie jones's position as head coach. this debrief will go on for a number of weeks, and bill sweeney says it will be brutally honest. he’s weeks, and bill sweeney says it will be brutally honest.— be brutally honest. he's not sugar-coating _ be brutally honest. he's not sugar-coating things - be brutally honest. he's not sugar-coating things today, j be brutally honest. he's not i sugar-coating things today, he be brutally honest. he's not - sugar-coating things today, he was sugar—coating things today, he was very honest about england's six nations failure, losing to scotland, wales and ireland for the first time in a5 years, not since 19 a0 six ave... sweeney said the campaign was massively disappointing, but he stopped short of making any knee jerk reactions. he didn't give eddie jones is full backing, he officially doesn't want to compromise this review in any way, shape or form. the review will include a panel made of rugby experts inside and outside the rf you, it'll be lengthy and

thorough. it won't start until mid april, so it'll be a few weeks before we get any answers. but eddie jones will have to show sweeney and the panel that he is still the right man to lead england forward over the next few years, culminating in that at rugby world cup in france in 2023. bill sweeney also appeared before a dcms select committee today, that are looking at the ongoing issues of concussion in sport. 0ur correspondent laura scott was watching proceedings. it was interesting, we had a mixture of people appearing in front of the mps today, representatives of football, rugby union, boxing, skelton bob sleigh and ice hockey. a mixture of executives and chief medical officers, but also some former athletes. so we heard about law changes in research going into concussion, but also some very moving testimony of fears from those former athletes of them potentially

developing neurodegenerative conditions. chris sutton, the former footballer turned pod says he wants there to be government intervention into the issue of concussion in sport. he feels the football association hasn't had enough and the professional footballers association. he says meetings should have taken place 20 years ago, and he estimated he thinks he headed the ball 72,000 times in his career. he said if something isn't done now, than hundreds, if not thousands of former players will develop dementia in the future. in response to that, the pfa said enough wasn't done in the pfa said enough wasn't done in the past, but that change was under way, and the fa's chief officer pointed to changes that have taken place fairly recently like the introduction of permanent concussion substitutes in football. but the dcms chair said he was appalled she

couldn't provide a figure for the fa's research budget into head injuries. now the former england international karen bracken said he'd been knocked down several times in his career and when he was playing, there was a culture of denial, one where players would play on if they had head injuries. he feels rugby is lagging behind other sports like the nfl. interestingly, bill sweeney was on the panel — he said he wants to preserve the core physicality of rugby but make it as safe as possible. lastly, something that was probably the most moving of the three hour evidence session was team gb ice hockey player and saying she had a recent hospital admission and tests for possible multiple sclerosis, and she says she wished someone had stopped herfrom going back onto the ice after injuries

before maybe it was too late. quick round—up now of some of the day's other sports stories. and andy murray has withdrawn from the miami 0pen with a groin injury. murray said he "struggled to walk" after developing pain overnight. he was due to play in the first round tomorrow. neil robertson leads jack lisowski by six frames to two, after the first session of their quarterfinal at the tour championship at keltic manor. it's the first to ten, they resume later this evening. rory mcilroy is working with a new coach on an official basis as he bids to regain form for the masters. micilroy has previously worked with pete cowen in an informal capacity. a maverick and a rebel. football's great entertainer frank worthington has died at the age of 72 after a long illness. starting his career at huddersfield in 1966, the striker went on to play for over 20 clubs, scoring 266 goals in almost 900 appearances. patrick gearey reports.

some footballers make you nod and applaud. frank worthington had the power to make you gasp. what applaud. frank worthington had the power to make you gasp.— power to make you gasp. what a beautiful worthington _ power to make you gasp. what a beautiful worthington goal! - power to make you gasp. what a beautiful worthington goal! in i power to make you gasp. what a beautiful worthington goal! in a | beautiful worthington goal! in a team game. _ beautiful worthington goal! in a team game. he _ beautiful worthington goal! in a team game, he was one of the most fluorescent of individuals. in his pee, the hair was long, the nights out longer. a former manager called him the working man's george best. he left that kind of thing, doesn't he? ~ ., ., �* , ., he left that kind of thing, doesn't he? ~ ., ., �*, ., ., he? worthington's real hero was the kina. he he? worthington's real hero was the king- he copied _ he? worthington's real hero was the king. he copied elvis's _ he? worthington's real hero was the king. he copied elvis's sideburns i king. he copied elvis's sideburns and swagger. beginning at huddersfield town... in 1972 came the fork in the road. he went up to sign for liverpool but failed a medical with high blood pressure. the subject of plenty of stories since. instead hejoined the leicester city fc of this was a time when being skilful meant being brave. and worthington's ability mark him out as a potential england

striker. he did play for his