“p up and the showers will bubble up and the showers will develop again and if you could be heavy. some of their merging to produce longer spells of rain. disappointing temperatures. we could see 12 or 13 in the warmer sports across central southern england. through friday evening the showers fade away. that will leave a dry, clear and chilly night with a frost by around dawn and some mist and fog patches developing. as we head into the bank holiday weekend it is the more of the same with light winds and a chilly start. a chilly start for gardeners. you can see the pressure pattern is similar to a saturday and sunday and then into bank holiday monday a significant change to the weather, low pressure coming in through the course of the day and that will bring a spell of wet and windy weather. 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. i'm austin halewood. coming up this evening: tonight needs to be the night for arsenal. can the gunners turn their season around in the europa league? and i am here at old trafford as manchester united hope to win their semifinaljinx against roma. concerns grow for the amount of inactive young people as a result of lockdowns over the last year. and darkness doesn't stop play in birmingham. a new league helps cricketers keep playing while observing ramadan. this is great for a lot of us, and wejust want to

this is great for a lot of us, and we just want to spread the wealth that everyone can experience at this. we are just really proud of what is going on, it is good to be part of this. —— spread the word. welcome to the programme. we've had two brilliant games in the champions league, but tonight it's the turn of the europa league to take centre stage. manchester united host roma in the first leg of their semifinal at old trafford. but plenty of eyes are going to be on arsenal's game at villarreal, as rumours of a possible takeover continue to circulate around the club. the gunners face their former manager unai emery, knowing that they'll likely need to win the competition to play champions league football next season. joe lynskey reports. when they signed up for a super league, arsenal were part of a so—called big six. their true place

in the game it could be defined in these next few weeks. to get back in football's elite, they have to win the europa league. the breakaway move intensified feeling towards the club's billionaire owners. so as arsenal play for their future, protest will form the backing track, but change could be coming, as spotify co—owner daniel ek is a arsenalfan and says spotify co—owner daniel ek is a arsenal fan and says he sees an opportunity to set a vision for the p has club legends on board with him, together with the funds to take over, but for now they are waiting. the american owners say they are not selling. we the american owners say they are not sellina. ~ . ., the american owners say they are not sellina. ~ . . , . ., ., selling. we have a very clear and committed _ selling. we have a very clear and committed statement _ selling. we have a very clear and committed statement from - selling. we have a very clear and committed statement from the l committed statement from the ownership and i think that is gone when they show the commitment and desire and they are fully excited and committed to this project and want to push everyone to what we want to push everyone to what we

want to push everyone to what we want to do. want to push everyone to what we want to tie-— want to push everyone to what we want to do. �* ., ~ , ., want to do. before arsenal can look forward, tonight _ want to do. before arsenal can look forward, tonight they _ want to do. before arsenal can look forward, tonight they have - want to do. before arsenal can look forward, tonight they have to - want to do. before arsenal can look forward, tonight they have to meet| want to do. before arsenal can look| forward, tonight they have to meet a coach from their past. unai emery is now at villarreal, his 18 months at arsenal were difficult, but he did reach a europa league final. in spain, they see him as a knockout specialist. emery has won this trophy three times. for now, just one would do for ole gunnar solskjaer. despite his haul as a player, he has yet to win one as united's manager. his side's semifinal is against roma. it will be a dream _ semifinal is against roma. it will be a dream come _ semifinal is against roma. it will be a dream come true _ semifinal is against roma. it will be a dream come true the - semifinal is against roma. it will be a dream come true the day i l semifinal is against roma. it will. be a dream come true the day i can lift the trophy for this club as a manager, of course, that is what we are building for. our ambition this seasonis are building for. our ambition this season is to finish with lifting the trophy and being able to celebrate. i know how much that can mean that a group moving forward. after group moving forward. after manchester _ group moving forward. after manchester city's _ group moving forward. after manchester city's when - group moving forward. after manchester city's when last| group moving forward. after manchester city's when last night, it could be that both european finals between a two english clubs. uefa say the venues in turkey and poland would stay the same, but the

europa league trophy comes with a bonus, they when it goes into the champions league, so while they are in it, arsenalfans have hope that the next few weeks bring a trophy and a new era. so a crucial night for arsenal, but let's get more on manchester united's game against roma. we can speak to our sports correspondent andy swiss now, who's outside old trafford for us. a fifth semifinal for solskjaer at united. he has lost all four before now. he'll be desperate to win this one? that is right, you would imagine united are sick of semifinals now. this is their faith united are sick of semifinals now. this is theirfaith in united are sick of semifinals now. this is their faith in a united are sick of semifinals now. this is theirfaith in a little more than a yearand this is theirfaith in a little more than a year and they lost the previous four, they lost in the carabao cup, the fa semifinal and they lost in the carabao cup semifinal again this season, so ole

gunnar solskjaer will be desperate to reach his first final as the manchester united manager. on paper, there would seem to have a pretty reasonable chance. of course, they are in good form in the premier league, second place, they have one five out of the last six matches in the premier league and the injury news is also pretty encouraging. ole gunnar solskjaer said yesterday that marcus rashford should be fit, despite a recent foot injury, it's a really united would seem to have a pretty decent chance of reaching the final and potentially winning their first piece of silverware since the europa league back in 2017 under mourinho. ., ~ europa league back in 2017 under mourinho. . ~ ., ~ . ., ., mourinho. talking about alec and a social, he mourinho. talking about alec and a social. he has— mourinho. talking about alec and a social, he has not _ mourinho. talking about alec and a social, he has not been _ mourinho. talking about alec and a social, he has not been the - mourinho. talking about alec and a social, he has not been the most i social, he has not been the most popular character in rome. —— ole gunnar solskjaer. that popular character in rome. -- ole gunnar solskjaer.— gunnar solsk'aer. that is right, a little bit gunnar solsk'aer. that is right, a tttte bit of — gunnar solsk'aer. that is right, a tttte bit of a— gunnar solskjaer. that is right, a little bit of a storm _ gunnar solskjaer. that is right, a little bit of a storm in _ gunnar solskjaer. that is right, a little bit of a storm in a - gunnar solskjaer. that is right, a little bit of a storm in a teacup, l little bit of a storm in a teacup, but quite entertaining. after the quarterfinal win, but quite entertaining. after the quarterfinalwin, he but quite entertaining. after the quarterfinal win, he was asked about facing roma in the semifinals and said he had not seen roma play and

some roma supporters took this as a bit of a snob, in fact they put a poster of ole gunnar solskjaer outside the club's training ground and under it they had the message make sure he remembers as. for what it's worth, come in his press he had no intention at all of disrespecting roma. on paper, he should remember some of the players, because some of them played at old trafford and not that long ago. chris smalling, a striker, fans will remember one he played at manchester city not that long ago, so quite a few familiar faces in the roma team, but roma have not been finding life particularly easy in series a. they are in seventh place in the table, so they will start this match as the underdogs. manchester united should certainly be pretty confident of taking a lead out of this first leg into the second leg match which takes place next week.- into the second leg match which

takes place next week. yes, two more bit tames takes place next week. yes, two more big games tonight. — takes place next week. yes, two more big games tonight, looking _ takes place next week. yes, two more big games tonight, looking forward . big games tonight, looking forward to it. andy smith outside old trafford for us there. staying with football, there's been an interesting development today after the failure of the european super league. executives at the english clubs involved have been forced to resign from advisory positions at the premier league. the other 1a top—flight clubs say they felt betrayed by the move and demanded action. manchester united, liverpool, manchester city, arsenal and chelsea will no longer have representatives on the club broadcast advisory board or in advisory roles concerning strategy and auditing. tottenham, who were also part of the breakaway group, didn't have any executives in such roles. but the resignations won't affect the six clubs' voting rights in the premier league. uefa are the latest football organisation to join this weekend's social media boycott. president aleksander ceferin said he'd been "impressed with the solidarity shown by the players, clubs and stakeholders", adding "we've had enough of these cowards who hide

behind their anonymity, to spew out their noxious ideologies". the boycott runs from three o'clock on friday afternoon, untiljust before midnight on monday. and more and more other sports are pledging their support — rugby league said they wanted to amplify the message that nobody should have to suffer abuse, racism or harassment on social media. also today, england and scotland rugby union said they'd be taking part, as well as british horse racing. the number of inactive adults rose by 1.2 million, by the time the country locked down for a second time in november. sport england has found over 12 million people did less than half an hour's physical activity a week, compared to november the previous year. our sports correspondent katie gornalljoins me now with more on this. i think we can hear you. katie, what more can you tell us

about these findings? this survey covers the first eight months of lockdown restrictions, so just to remind everyone of the timeline, that is the period of the spring to mid march, may, after that restrictions are lifted somewhat and we saw organised sport to be introduced and then from mid—september, restrictions were reintroduced and removed to a tier system of restrictions will stop some it is no surprise that all of that has had an unprecedented impact on adult�*s activity levels in england. we are ready knew that in that spring lockdown, 3 million people became less active during that time. what today's results have shown is there has been an improvement, but activity levels are still significantly down. more than 12 million adults are inactive, that is an increase of 1.2 million on the

previous 12 months will stop it also showed that certain groups have been more adversely affected than others, including ethnic minorities. women, 16 to and those from a lower socioeconomic group. that is something that i spoke to sport england's chief executive about. the worst element of this in some ways is the _ worst element of this in some ways is the fact_ worst element of this in some ways is the fact it — worst element of this in some ways is the fact it just confirms what we already— is the fact it just confirms what we already knew, this is not a level playing — already knew, this is not a level playing field for community sport and being active in people's lives. there _ and being active in people's lives. there are — and being active in people's lives. there are barriers in certain parts of our— there are barriers in certain parts of our community that the pandemic has made _ of our community that the pandemic has made worse. definitely social economic— has made worse. definitely social economic circumstance matters. young people _ economic circumstance matters. young people particularly have suffered over the — people particularly have suffered over the pandemic and people particularly have suffered overthe pandemic and i people particularly have suffered over the pandemic and i think we need _ over the pandemic and i think we need to— over the pandemic and i think we need to look very hard at that and why is— need to look very hard at that and why is it _ need to look very hard at that and why is it that i work 16 to 24—year—olds have actually been amongst — 24—year—olds have actually been amongst the most inactive victory over the _ amongst the most inactive victory over the past year. —— amongst the most inactive victory overthe past year. —— most amongst the most inactive victory over the past year. —— most inactive group _ did sport england give any indication as to how long might it

take to recover from this? i think that is something that is very difficult to predict. what they did say is that there is a set of results could have been worse. part of the reason why they were not was many adults who were able to adapted to the situation and took up more formalforms of to the situation and took up more formal forms of exercises such as cycling, walking and running. there was praise for grassroots volunteers that went the extra mile to adapt to research and welcome to people to their clubs so they could continue playing a sports. i think that gives a lot of hope that levels can recover to what they were previously, but all of this also relies on those barriers that the pandemic put in place for some people to exercise. one of those barriers been removed. things like financial responsibilities, care responsibilities, around anxiety

about exercising in groups. it is a conflict situation. this report only covers the first eight months of restrictions. —— complex situation. it could be that activity levels get worse before they get better, but i think there is a real focus worse before they get better, but i think there is a realfocus now worse before they get better, but i think there is a real focus now on helping people to re—engage with activity. for sport england, young people are a particular priority and just trying to make sure people do get back into regular activity and those good habits that were there before the pandemic are not gone for good. before the pandemic are not gone for tood. �* , ., , before the pandemic are not gone for tood. �*, .,, before the pandemic are not gone for tood. h .,, ., ~ before the pandemic are not gone for ood. �*, ., the world number one is out, and now there are just four players left at the world snooker championship. the semifinals got under way today with three—time champion mark selby taking on stuart bingham. kyren wilson starts his match against shaun murphy later on. hazel irvine is at the crucible for us, where the crowd is increasing as the tournament goes on.

sta rt start of the semifinals here and for the first time, 75% capacity in the crucible is being permitted as part of the pilot event. we did not see those numbers this afternoon, but we are confident that they will increase after what we understand is a full house on monday night for the final session of the final itself. there was plenty of newsworthy items at the table. steve, john in particular, a puzzling conundrum for the two players, mark selby and stuart bingham, champion of 2015. explain it, please.— explain it, please. yes, big problems _ explain it, please. yes, big problems in _ explain it, please. yes, big problems in coping - explain it, please. yes, big problems in coping with - explain it, please. yes, big| problems in coping with the explain it, please. yes, big- problems in coping with the table. it was not the table's fault, do not think it is anyone's fault apart when the white ball bounces of the christian is acting strangely indie. they had to white ball changed. —— bouncing off the question. whether there are some turbo polish on the ball, who knows what the answer is,

but players had to try and desperately cope with the new conditions. unusualand desperately cope with the new conditions. unusual and not what they had expensed before. who conditions. unusual and not what they had expensed before. who copes better? stuart — they had expensed before. who copes better? stuart bingham _ they had expensed before. who copes better? stuart bingham is _ they had expensed before. who copes better? stuart bingham is the - they had expensed before. who copes better? stuart bingham is the one - better? stuart bingham is the one who asked to _ better? stuart bingham is the one who asked to change _ better? stuart bingham is the one who asked to change the - better? stuart bingham is the one who asked to change the ball - better? stuart bingham is the one who asked to change the ball and | better? stuart bingham is the one i who asked to change the ball and he came _ who asked to change the ball and he came out— who asked to change the ball and he came out playing better. got the 30 brakes, _ came out playing better. got the 30 brakes, went into a 4—3 lead, so it certainly— brakes, went into a 4—3 lead, so it certainly suited him, but mark selby does what _ certainly suited him, but mark selby does what mark selby does and wins important _ does what mark selby does and wins important frames and it is level at four each — important frames and it is level at four each. we important frames and it is level at four each. ~ important frames and it is level at four each. . _, ,., . ~ important frames and it is level at four each. . . ~ ., important frames and it is level at four each. . ., ., four each. we will come back to that one on a double _ four each. we will come back to that one on a double session _ four each. we will come back to that one on a double session on - four each. we will come back to that one on a double session on friday i one on a double session on friday morning and evening. this evening is the second semifinal which starts with kyren wilson, the only man of the group he was yet to win a triple crown title, it surely has to come soon. up against shaun murphy who like bingham has not been back in this final or semifinal for six years. this final or semifinal for six ears. , ., ., y this final or semifinal for six ears. , ., , ~ ., , ., years. yes, and nobody knows what will happen — years. yes, and nobody knows what will happen when _ years. yes, and nobody knows what will happen when the _ years. yes, and nobody knows what will happen when the two _ years. yes, and nobody knows what will happen when the two clash. - years. yes, and nobody knows what. will happen when the two clash. they will happen when the two clash. they will be watching and word will have got to them that the table is playing strangely, they will be a bit worried about that. a bit frightened, how bad is it? hopefully

it can be rectified, but when you do not know what the problem is, whether