there is cautious optimism in government that this could be a summer to rememberforfans of england, scotland and wales. there was another first today from the us space agency nasa — and the company spacex, run by entrepeneur elon musk. and lift off. four astronauts lifted off from cape canaveral in florida — the first crew ever propelled into space by a rocket booster recycled from a previous flight. they're on their way to the international space station, and are due to arrive tomorrow. it's the third flight of nasa's public—private partnership with spacex. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willetts. a chilly start this morning, but suchis a chilly start this morning, but such is the strength of the april sunshine — 21 celsius in porthmadog.

however, it will turn chilly again through the night and it will stay dry for the weekend. it has been dry, so dry this april, and with high pressure this weekend, little sign of rain. more isobars in the south means it will be windy here. changes in the wind direction as well. some hazy cloud in the north, and we will pick up a little more cloud in the coming few days. not thick enough to alleviate the frost. it won't be as harsh as last night, but it will be patchy, so farmers and growers beware. that will be a risk throughout the weekend by night. some fine weather by day. diminishing sunshine potentially. still a lot on saturday, still more cloud in central and eastern areas. the odd shower for the northern isles. strong sunshine and high uv levels in the south today. around the coast, so chilly. just about 11 on the east coast, because the sea temperatures are at their lowest at this time of year. they warm up into the mid teens by the end of the

summer, but that will be notable for saw some north sea coastal areas. more wind across the southern half of the country tomorrow, and generally more wind as we go into sunday. saturday into sunday, under starry skies for most, even with a bit more cloud, that patchy frost risk. potentially more cloud again on sunday compared with what we have been used to. but it should be fairly thin, so bright and dry, the best sunshine in the west, and that is where we will see the highest temperatures, but the breeze becoming more notable from the north—east, and temperatures are on the way down. 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. the venues are confirmed for this year's euros — wembley is a winner — but dublin loses out. ryan giggs won't lead wales at the tournament — he's been charged with assaulting

two women, and with coercive and controlling behaviour. he says he'll plead not guilty. and a stunning senior debut forjessica gadirova — the british gymnast wins european bronze. hello and welcome to sportsday. good evening — and good news for england and scotland fans. wembley stadium will now host an extra euro 2020 last 16 tie — after dublin was removed from the list of 12 host cities for the tournament. its a shame for dublin — but extra good news for fans here, because that last 16 tie will feature the winner of group d — which is the group containing

england and scotland. let's not get ahead of ourselves, though, shall we? so the scene is finally set for the first truely european championship — a tournament that will play out across the continent.

we're getting more of a picture of how the tournament is going to look and feel. this is what we want to see isn't it — a full wembley stadium for the european championship, and it could still happen as soon asjune 22nd when england play the czech republic, the day after the earliest possible date that all restrictions are removed in england. but the fa's chief executive today maybe being slightly more cautious. he said....

but dublin does lose out, doesn't it? they're going to mean that england could end up playing all but one of their matches in this tournament at the national stadium — wembley�*s been given an extra last 16 match which could involve a team who go through from england's group. that means wembley�*s hosting eight matches, including both the semis and final. and that has come about because dublin officially pulled out of being a host city today. the irish government said they couldn't guarantee uefa a 25% capacity at the aviva stadium because of the virus situation in the republic of ireland. bilbao has also not been able to make that guarantee but seville, and the regional government in andalusia has stepped in — they'll host all of spain's group matches. there was a concern that munich wouldn't be able to make that capacity promise either, but that venue has now confirmed it will go ahead with staging germany's three group matches

and a quarter final. what does this mean for the home nations? on for the home nations? the surface, it looks like fa will on the surface, it looks like fans will get to see more matches and maybe go to more matches? let's hope so. it will be a quarter full. maybe go to more matches? let's hope so. it will be a quarterfull. this is how it will look for the home nations. england and scotland are both in group d — neither of them will leave great britain during the group stage. for the last 16 match, they'll play at wembley if they win the group or copenhagen if they come second, more complicated if they go through as one of the best third placed sides. wales have more travelling to do — they're in the azerbaijani capital of baku for their first two games and then they play italy in rome. let's remind ourselves then of all 11 venues now in place, with dublin dropping off our map now, and seville in there instead of bilbao — of the venues

towards the east budapest has already said it could have 100% capacity crowds from the start of the tournament. and spare a thought for sweden who've had to move their base from dublin, where they were set to play two group games, to st petersburg 2,000 miles away. and that maybe shows you what an advantage england and scotland may have as the tournament progresses, that they are keeping the air miles down and staying mostly close to home. it feels slightly like a home euros, doesn't it? essentially, yes. some of the other countries not necessarily happy. not for wales. thank you very much. manager ryan giggs will not lead the welsh team at the euros — he's been charged by police over the alleged assault of two women. the incident is alleged to have happened in november last year — he's also been charged with coercive and controlling behaviour over the three years running up to that time. our sports correspondent andy swiss joins me for more — what more do we know?

well, greater manchester police say that ryan giggs has been charged with causing actual bodily harm to a woman in her 30s and with common assault of a woman in her 20s. both charges relate to an incident last november when police were cold to reports of a disturbance at an address here in manchester. he has also been charged with one count of coercive and controlling behaviour and he will appear at a magistrates�* court here in manchester last week. now, ryan giggs has issued a statement in the last hour or so. he says, i understand the seriousness of the allegations. i will plead not guilty in court and look forward to clearing my name. now, ryan giggs is a former manchester united player. most recently, he has been the manager of the wales national team, but he has not been involved since he was first arrested last november

and the football association of wales say that robert page will now take charge of the wales national team when they compete at this summer�*s european championship. thank you so much for bringing us up—to—date with that. it�*s been a week that has seen football fans protesting outside the grounds of the so—called big six premier league clubs — or even taking their banners to the training ground, in the case of manchester united. fans have been sure to make sure their voices are being heard, even though the proposed european superleage was all but over mere hours after it was announced. arsenal play for the first time since the club joined and then left the superleague — and our senior sports news reporter laura scott is outside the emirates for us this evening ahead of the game against everton. what is the mood there? every scene protests outside the emirates? yes, well, it is important to know i have come to a different side of the emirates to where the protest is going on. when i left around about

20 minutes ago, we estimated around about 1500 fans had gathered outside the emirates, waving banners and letting off flares. it does seem to be predominantly, if not unanimously, a protest against the club�*s owners. lots of banners saying they want them out. we want our arsenal back. i spoke to a number of fans. they said that they are just dismayed by what has happened over the last few days and feel let down by the club�*s hierarchy, that they entered into the european super league without consulting with the fans. and as i say, it is mostly a protest to try to force the owners out. it is interesting to note that last night, the sun of the ownerjoined the fan forum and says he has no intention of selling, but here is what a presenter said when i spoke to her

earlier about the events of the last few days. it earlier about the events of the last few da 5. �* , earlier about the events of the last few da s. �* , ., , few days. it didn't seem anything ”romisin few days. it didn't seem anything promising for— few days. it didn't seem anything promising for the _ few days. it didn't seem anything promising for the lead _ few days. it didn't seem anything promising for the lead that - few days. it didn't seem anything promising for the lead that we i few days. it didn't seem anything i promising for the lead that we have here in england and it seemed like a real big investment by the owners to just find a way of getting money for their own needs. i can see how it could have improved arsenal as a football club, but we have always been a club that prides itself on achieving things without the extra funds that some of their clubs have and to get this easy way into a super league when we are pretty much middle of the table are below and haven�*t even qualified for the champions league and so many years, it didn�*t seem right anyway. it has been a whirlwind of emotions but it has been good to see the fans collectively, notjust arsenal, but all of the collectively, not just arsenal, but all of the fans of the premier league getting together and standing for something full never see that. when there are other issues in football are anything else, you never see people come together. it is a small, niche crowd that does it. so to see so many people, people of influence as well, footballers, come together and make a stand, i feel like it was power of the people that got this to shutdown the

operation. 50 that got this to shutdown the operation-— that got this to shutdown the o eration. , ., ., ., operation. so you heard there from .e . er operation. so you heard there from pepper and — operation. so you heard there from pepper and it _ operation. so you heard there from pepper and it has — operation. so you heard there from pepper and it has been _ operation. so you heard there from pepper and it has been a _ operation. so you heard there from j pepper and it has been a sentiment echoed by many here. they feel that fan power has really risen to the forefront here this weekend we have seen that the government have lodged a firm lead review of football and we expect up to be some governance changes, perhaps even changes to legislation around club ownership. it is interesting that it is now some three days since the european super league collapsed and so many people have gathered outside the emirates this evening in protest. i think central to what they want, from those who i have spoken to, is more say and more involvement in the running of the football club. ok, laura. laura scott there, our senior reporter, outside the emirates stadium. i wonder what the atmosphere will be like at the league cup final between manchester city and tottenham? because fans will be the in—person, the biggest crowd since we went into lockdown last march. the game also pits contrasting

managerial experience — pep guardiola, who�*s won it all, against tottenham�*s caretaker manager ryan mason who�*s yet to reach 30. michael redford reports. the 2021 league cup final. we are to begin? normally, this is the first major trophy on offer in endless domestic season, but this campaign has been anything but normal. the coronavirus pandemic means it is happening to months later than planned, with only 8000 fans allowed. that is just the start. both tottenham and manchester city were part of the european super league announcement this week. both were part of pulling out a couple of days later. and that there is the small matter of spurs sacking their manager. jose mourinho outs, ryan mason in. the former midfielder made 70 appearances for his hometown club before a serious head injury forced him to retire. on sunday, he will be leading tottenham out at wembley, aged just 29. this leading tottenham out at wembley, aged just 29-_ aged just 29. this isn't so much about me. _ aged just 29. this isn't so much about me. it — aged just 29. this isn't so much about me, it is— aged just 29. this isn't so much about me, it is about _ aged just 29. this isn't so much about me, it is about the - aged just 29. this isn't so much i about me, it is about the football club, it is about tottenham hotspur

being involved in these big matches,