there were parties, headlines, and women. his relationship with liz hurley brought him to the attention of the world, away from cricket. and concern with image came at a cost. in 2003, he was banned for a year for taking a prohibited diet pill. warne used the break to rest and reset. what a wonderful change of pace that was. his game became about tactics as well as physics, brilliant and battling. warne would go past 700 test wickets, still the second most in history and when he retired from tests in 2007, it was, once again, as an ashes winner. since then, then, he's coached and commentated. his spin on the game still beguiling. i was 21 years of age, or 20 years of age, when i first came on the scene. and to achieve some of the things that i achieved as an individual on the way, you know, thatjust blew my mind. it was more than my... you know, i could ever imagine. cricket has today lost one of its greatest.

a man who could make its world spin. let's take a look at the weather. western areas of the uk have the best of bright skies and sunshine. these guys have been familiar to many of us over the last couple of days. this weather front has taken two days to actually gradually crawl its way across the country. having done that, it is now expected to do a u—turn and start coming back westwards, taking the cloud and rain back across parts of central and western england as we go through this weekend. we are not quite done

with this front just yet. at the moment, the front is across eastern areas of england and continues to bring rain and drizzle with some mist and fog patches clearer skies across the northwest will allow a widespread frost to develop. it will be cold. there could be some fog patches in some of the deep valleys in scotland for example. as example. as far as the weekend goes, although for some of us it will start off cloudy on saturday, it is a brightening picture for most with sunny spells developing more widely as the weekend goes by. we still have the weather front on saturday bringing rain across eastern england and it will slowly start to move back west. the cloud is building back west. the cloud is building backin back west. the cloud is building back in across the midlands, central and southern england and perhaps east wales will see some rain but most of the rain will be across east anglia and the south—east. the best of the dry and sunny weather across north—western areas and our temperatures range from 8—10 degrees celsius. the second half of the weekend still a potential for the odd patch of rain in the south—west which will clear and most will see

some sunshine. there will be a chilly wind and temperature is around 8 or 9 but at least the weather is forecast to brighten up for many of us. thank you. let's return to clive in kyiv — clive, you've been there more than ten days, it's a very different city now from when you arrived... yeah, ten days that has seen this world transformed and this vibrant, beautiful european city go into hiding, frankly. gone underground to avoid the missiles and bombs. these streets, full of life when i arrived, are now deserted. there are people who were dead but who were alive when i arrived last tuesday, men, women and children killed in this war across ukraine. there are now over i this war across ukraine. there are now overi million people who a week last tuesday were snug and comfortable in their homes in this land that they love who have now become refugees in other countries,

clutching a few bags with their possessions. a week last tuesday, we all hoped a war could be averted. i think it's safe to say that a week next tuesday, we will all still be praying for this war to end. that's it from me and the bbc team here in kyiv. i'll be back at 10pm, now on bbc one, time

said the world of sport is reeling from the news that one of the greatest cricketers of all time has died today at the age of 52. he was found at his villa in thailand and are said to have passed away from a suspected heart attack. in the australian's 15 year test career

heated the second—highest total in history and still holds the record the most ashes wickets. he loved playing against england, particularly in the ashes. he playing against england, particularly in the ashes. he was an all-time great- _ particularly in the ashes. he was an all-time great. a _ particularly in the ashes. he was an all-time great. a once _ particularly in the ashes. he was an all-time great. a once in _ particularly in the ashes. he was an all-time great. a once in a - particularly in the ashes. he was an all-time great. a once in a centuryl all—time great. a once in a century type cricketer. his records will live on forever. we all grew up watching him, idolising him. so many quys watching him, idolising him. so many guysin watching him, idolising him. so many guys in this team and squad two you know, still hold him as a hero. favourite player. the loss that we are all trying to wrap our heads around is huge. my are all trying to wrap our heads around is huge.— are all trying to wrap our heads around is huge. my experience with someone who _ around is huge. my experience with someone who absolutely _ around is huge. my experience with someone who absolutely love - around is huge. my experience with someone who absolutely love the l around is huge. my experience with - someone who absolutely love the game of cricket _ someone who absolutely love the game of cricket. always a joy to be around~ _ of cricket. always a joy to be around. there's so much energy to the sport— around. there's so much energy to the sport and as a kid growing up, was a _ the sport and as a kid growing up, was a massive idol of mine. some of you wanted — was a massive idol of mine. some of you wanted to emulate. the way he could _ you wanted to emulate. the way he could win _ you wanted to emulate. the way he could win a — you wanted to emulate. the way he could win a game on his own skill level— could win a game on his own skill level was—

could win a game on his own skill level was incredible and you can see isjoy— level was incredible and you can see isjoy and _ level was incredible and you can see isjoy and enthusiasm when he played in it was— isjoy and enthusiasm when he played in it was still— isjoy and enthusiasm when he played in it was still there when you speak to him _ in it was still there when you speak to him even— in it was still there when you speak to him even now, greater chatter about _ to him even now, greater chatter about the — to him even now, greater chatter about the game and very knowledgeable. just wanted again to be played at the peak of its powers. that's _ be played at the peak of its powers. that's go _ be played at the peak of its powers. that's go live to lord's. clearly with what is going on in ukraine, sport seems pretty unimportant, but this really has been a huge shock for everybody, hasn't it? simply one of the best ever and so well liked, what has the reaction been? like you said, such what has the reaction been? like you said. such a — what has the reaction been? like you said, such a shock— what has the reaction been? like you said, such a shock in _ what has the reaction been? like you said, such a shock in such _ what has the reaction been? like you said, such a shock in such a - what has the reaction been? like you said, such a shock in such a huge - said, such a shock in such a huge reaction. current england cricket players say how they've grown up watching on. so tributes online. i will take you through a couple now. shocked, stunned and miserable. we will miss you. never a dull moment with year—round. and definitely that comes through as his personality as something he was so much fun to be around. there are no words. a hero

growing up. the greatest player i ever played against. i cannot believe it. life is so fickle and unpredictable, he says i cannot process the passing of this great of our sport. so much reaction. so much shock. forsomeone our sport. so much reaction. so much shock. for someone who clearly transcended the sport of cricket. sport generally. he was such an extraordinary talent. a student of cricket. some have called him a university of cricket. he concentrated so much on the skills and trying to catch people out and he has inspired a generation of spin bowlers because when he was doing so well spin bowling was not cool. i heard a clip describing it as a greater shame and so seems notjust as cricketer but the way to perform for the crowd. his leg spin, evenly brought that back into fashion. definitely surprising that with him

taking to the pitch. you touch on some of the stats there that he took 708 wickets during his amazing test career with australia. so many tributes coming in. you mentioned his management. families asked for privacy at this time. he leaves behind three children which is extremely sad. 0ne behind three children which is extremely sad. one video circulating this afternoon as his dismissal in 1993 at the ashes. that was described as the bowl of the century so an enormous impact on the world of cricket. it so an enormous impact on the world of cricket. , , ,., ., of cricket. it still is the bowl of the century — of cricket. it still is the bowl of the century and _ of cricket. it still is the bowl of the century and hopefully - of cricket. it still is the bowl of l the century and hopefully always will be. from the home of english cricket. away from the shane warne news, troubled build—up to the winter paralympics but they are under way in beijing. the opening ceremony has taken place. great britain is a team of 2a there. if wheelchair curlers were chosen to be the flag bearers for britain. the

team returned from the last games in seven medals, one of them gold, against the 21 pearl intensive made it to beijing and were given a great reception when they entered the stadium. nine days of competition starts tomorrow. broadcasters in china have a walking coverage of this we can's english premier league because of the competition's support for ukraine. china is a close political ally of russia and rights holders there have informed the premier league they will not be showing any games with more gestures of solidarity with ukraine plan since the invasion several players have shown their support base in the premier league and fa cup matches. a day after formula 1 dropped the russian grand prix the sports governing body are insisting the russian driver must sign a contract forbidding him from supporting the invasion of ukraine if he wants to continue to drive in f1. the russians to be expected to lose his

seat. his father's close links with vladimir putin. they are now asking drivers to sign a declaration adhering to the principles of peace and neutrality. just one other storyline to the russian invasion and it is from cycling. a rider, one of only two russian cyclists in the elite world tour, has announced he will no longer ride under russian flag and he is switching his nationality to france. he grew up in france and said he wanted to make for some time but accelerated the process after the invasion. russian and belarusian cycling where the speed banned all international cycling events. that is all the sport from me for now but you can find much more on our website. thank you so much. let's bring up—to—date.

it is rated prospect finland could form an alliance with native. things have been wary of russia given that they share 830 miles of border and a history of conflict between 1939 and 1944 history of conflict between 1939 and 191m which cost them into territory. earlier we spoke to the world affairs editor here is on the figment russian border and she started by asking how people that are feeling about the invasion of ukraine. , ., , are feeling about the invasion of ukraine. , . , , , ukraine. they have been deeply shocked. over— ukraine. they have been deeply shocked. over the _ ukraine. they have been deeply shocked. over the last - ukraine. they have been deeply shocked. over the last ten, - ukraine. they have been deeply shocked. over the last ten, 20| shocked. over the last ten, 20 years, relations between finland and russia have been really good. people have passed across this border in their thousands, have passed across this border in theirthousands, pretty have passed across this border in their thousands, pretty much every day, to do their shopping in finland, spend their money and then go back home. absolutely no problem whatsoever. in the days immediately before the invasion of ukraine, the

mere thought that finland might be interested injoining nato caused the russian foreign ministry to issue quite a kind of bloodcurdling threat to finland and also to sweden to say, if you do anything like this there could be serious military consequences. what are military consequences? nobody knew. but it did sound like certainly a half threat that they could be some form invasion. and so the opinion in this countryjust swung invasion. and so the opinion in this country just swung around invasion. and so the opinion in this countryjust swung around from the support for neutrality which they pretty much always had, through to, if you arejust pretty much always had, through to, if you are just saying, they support the idea that they should maybe get under the umbrella of nato. the the idea that they should maybe get under the umbrella of nato.- under the umbrella of nato. the of villaues under the umbrella of nato. the of villages meeting _ under the umbrella of nato. the of villages meeting joe _ under the umbrella of nato. the of villages meeting joe biden - under the umbrella of nato. the of villages meeting joe biden in - under the umbrella of nato. the of villages meeting joe biden in the i villages meeting joe biden in the white house at the moment and that

tells us all we need to know about where finland is facing right now. yes. the support of the united states is a really, really important for the finnish a very cautious government. it is learned that over its decades of being in russia's border. very, very unwilling to disorders make a quickjump and say, ok, we will apply straightaway for 0k, we will apply straightaway for nato. but i spoke to a member of the government here who, though he certainly would not say that finland will go for nato membership, he was making it clear they were going to be considering it really, really carefully. part of the idea of getting american support in the event of any kind of threat from

russia. �* ., , event of any kind of threat from russia. �* . , , , ., , russia. are the many russians crossin: russia. are the many russians crossing the — russia. are the many russians crossing the border _ russia. are the many russians crossing the border into - russia. are the many russians i crossing the border into finland? russia. are the many russians - crossing the border into finland? i hear there have been. yes. crossing the border into finland? i hear there have been.— hear there have been. yes. a constant. _ hear there have been. yes. a constant. it _ hear there have been. yes. a constant, it is _ hear there have been. yes. a constant, it is not _ hear there have been. yes. a constant, it is not a - hear there have been. yes. a constant, it is not a flood, i hear there have been. yes. a constant, it is not a flood, byj hear there have been. yes. a - constant, it is not a flood, by any manner of means, but there is a constant flow across. we have seen buses here cross, packed with russians who prefer not to show their faces. russians who prefer not to show theirfaces. i spoke russians who prefer not to show their faces. i spoke to a russian student who came through, very emotional about what is happening. really anxious to get out of the whole atmosphere that is building up in russia. the threat of martial law, at least the rumour that it might happen seems to be driving people out of russia. we might happen seems to be driving people out of russia.— might happen seems to be driving people out of russia. we will hear more from — people out of russia. we will hear more from john _ people out of russia. we will hear more from john on _ people out of russia. we will hear more from john on dateline - people out of russia. we will hear more from john on dateline which | people out of russia. we will hear. more from john on dateline which is at 730 here on bbc news. tens of thousands of people are making their way to the relative safety of the

west of ukraine. my colleague is there. she is indeed a number of people including the editor of the media website who has been trying to combat this information. much of the fighting has been focused on the north, east and west of the country so tens of thousands of people have been making their way to the relative safety of western ukraine and the majority are becoming here. many are women and children, many of the men have had to stay behind and continue to support the ukrainian military. there is martial law here so men between the ages of 18 and 60 are having to stay and fight alongside the military. the other issue that this country and much of the international community is currently dealing with is the misinformation and disinformation thatis misinformation and disinformation that is going on with the resources coming out on both sides of this conflict. we have god with us now

one of the founders of an independent news website you can tell is about how he is dealing with misinformation. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. tell is a little bit more about the independent media programme and website you are running.— website you are running. having a local independent _ website you are running. having a local independent media, - website you are running. having a local independent media, city - website you are running. having a local independent media, city of l local independent media, city of yours or your city. we are focused on serving information error community that we are one of the main media locally and right now during this hard, tough time, we have a lot of requests from people to help them understand where do we have, because there is so much ongoing, like we see here safe city so far with no bombings, as in east ukraine, but we do see many information bombings that are happening every day and we are

trained to deal with it it is overwhelming for our newsroom who we are trained to do today. lanthem overwhelming for our newsroom who we are trained to do today.— are trained to do today. when you sa there are trained to do today. when you say there is _ are trained to do today. when you say there is misinformation - are trained to do today. when you . say there is misinformation bombing. help us understand the kind of things dealing with. they looking at fake videos, for example questioning mainly east of ukraine we see east and south, we see many fake videos that are of course produced by russians but on the other hand here we don't see something like that but we don't see something like that but we can see different manipulated things that are trying to get our attention away, for example, people looking at the last few days for different weird signs on buildings, on the roads, people defined many of

them which were never here before and different experts say different things so someone will say this is a special sign for the russian army, the russian aggressors. some of them say this is just manipulation that wants to take away our attention because everyone in the city is trying to go and see it and it is just a small part of what we really have today. you're notjust dealing with information here, you are also assisting in trying to get the right information to people in kyiv as well. yes, wejust launched, the day before yesterday, we launched our news operations, still not at full scale, and care. where we tried to get real stories from the ground and different people who stay there and also those who left part of the family and moved here. or somewhere

more western. all those who went to fight and to protect their city today. and we are having, we see that these stories are extremely popular and important nowadays because people need to see the community. that is what we have been building here for almost a decade since the revolution in 2014, we were trying to build information, the dialogue and really, the trust in our community. and that is what we are trying to do. we planned to launch our media in the future but now we just came up with the idea that we need to help people because we need to stand for our capital together and to protect it. share we need to stand for our capital together and to protect it. are you findin: together and to protect it. are you finding that _ together and to protect it. are you finding that more _ together and to protect it. are you finding that more and _ together and to protect it. are you finding that more and more - together and to protect it. are you | finding that more and more people are coming to you to seek

information? , . ., , . are coming to you to seek information? ., , . , information? dramatically. we see it from all sides. _ information? dramatically. we see it from all sides. not _ information? dramatically. we see it from all sides. not only _ information? dramatically. we see it from all sides. not only here - information? dramatically. we see it from all sides. not only here but - from all sides. not only here but all the region, from kyiv, because wejust all the region, from kyiv, because we just launched and we have already thousands of people who read our stories and we see the people need correct information and information they can trust. of course it is hard to compare here what is happening here with what is happening in russia where they totally had no access to accurate information and they just disseminate access to accurate information and theyjust disseminate hundreds, tonnes of fakes and total lies. here people are just overwhelmed with what is happening and stressed. as

you can see, so many people trying to get access to information where they can and of course, social media, the internet, various different websites, there was an overwhelming amount of disinformation and misinformation so these groups are trying to assist people in trying to access correct information where they can whether thatis information where they can whether that is here or in kyiv and other parts of the country.— that is here or in kyiv and other parts of the country. let's look at some of the _ parts of the country. let's look at some of the key _ parts of the country. let's look at some of the key aspects - parts of the country. let's look at some of the key aspects of- parts of the country. let's look at i some of the key aspects of russia's advance in this war so far. earlier, i spoke to military expert justin crump from the firm sibylline which carries out country risk assessments — and has been focusing closely on ukraine. i began by asking him to talk us through the bbc map which shows what the current situation is on the ground. the key area we are focused on is clear that the moment so the pincers

are closing on there, the giant convoy which effectively is the troops north of kyiv preparing for operations to circle the capital but we are looking at this trust coming in from the north—east which is trying to poach the weather and it is taking days but they are getting there. the south where they have been advancing very quickly. some of the best russian forces in the south. they are the ones that engage the nuclear power station last night in the battle there. those are the ones pushing to 0desa and donbas which is where the majority of the ukrainian forces were in the south—east before the war. the destruction of those forces is a huge rush and effort. they put a of effect there, trying to capture rates and destroying the ukrainian army. not a lot of reporting from that area but the fighting there is very tense. ii that area but the fighting there is very tense-— very tense. if we look at the map one more — very tense. if we look at the map one more time. _ very tense. if we look at the map one more time. the _ very tense. if we look at the map one more time. the river- very tense. if we look at the map one more time. the river that - very tense. if we look at the map | one more time. the river that runs right through the country, that is a key strategic point and it is not sad enough, in times of war, rivers and bridges are hugely important.

talk as to why they are important. same people seem to forget the geography completely and we do have things like helicopters but the things like helicopters but the thing is like you have got to get your fuel thing is like you have got to get yourfuel up and thing is like you have got to get your fuel up and that comes on tracks and they really go on roads so it is very important because kyiv is really the only river crossing the deeper where it is. there is a hydroelectric dam in the north which is probably the priority russian target by now to capture that. it is the only way across the river that cannot be five or six other bridges and then southbridge. there is a two objectives of the russians. 0therwise objectives of the russians. otherwise the forces are separated from each other. they can other but they cannot connect. and of course also in the south—west the approaches held up there. the next 160 miles up so the russians have to capture the bridge. let's talk about the devastation we've seen so far in

certain parts of the area. civilians are suffering. whether or not they have been strategically targeted as a different story. what more can you tell is about that? about the approach russians are taking because the questions i'm asking are our russians using their full potential and if not when will they start using it? and if not when will they start usin: it? , . . using it? they started fighting the wron: using it? they started fighting the wrong mission _ using it? they started fighting the wrong mission with _ using it? they started fighting the wrong mission with the _ using it? they started fighting the wrong mission with the wrong - wrong mission with the wrong mindset. they thought it would be a peacekeeping task they were told civilians were laid out flowers in front of the tanks and that happen. that is not how the russian military is optimised to work. it is designed to be a weapon and they moved to that now. the way they're actually kind of looking at things is much more dangerous now. they have not got as far as deliberately targeting civilians but they don't care if civilians but they don't care if civilians are in the way settings like the artillery piece which showed, the largest piece in the russian arsenal, the largest vehicle they have. about the size of one of they have. about the size of one of the guns of hms belfast so it is a naval gun, one land platform. the upgraded in 2019 and we might delete make now think might been a reason for that. make now think might been a reason forthat. nuclear make now think might been a reason

for that. nuclear capable. they surely could fire if it ever came to that level, battlefield nuclear weapons which russia hasn't believes in. that about twice the size of the beirut explosion that we remember the beirut port explosion. the destructive power of these weapons is fantastic if they want to go to that. they have not escalated that far yet. they are about halfway up the escalation chamber they don't care about civilian casualties now. what is the way out of the conflict? will ukraine be able to hold out? what is working with for russia? they will be faced insurgency for sure. let's look at the weather. good evening. it has been a day of mist fortunes for many. we've seen a lot of cloud around and yes, it has been wet. this is lincolnshire this afternoon. it never really progressed above that low cloud, misty, murky story and there has

been some rain venting away from eastern scotland but certainly to the east of the pennines down to the south—east corner. behind the front it was quite a clearance. lovely spells of sunshine to be found. this is cumbria. it looks like they've a dry, bright story will wind out over the drier. sunshine around but overnight, frost and fog. could be an issue as we go through the weekend. 0ver an issue as we go through the weekend. over the next few hours that weather front is going to grind to a halt. high pressure builds in behind and that is going to keep those guys clear and temperatures are going to fall away the stone across scotland, northern ireland, northern england and parts of wales. here we will see temperatures just below freezing. down into the south—east corner underneath that cloud in those outbreaks of rain, temperatures holding up at five or 6 degrees but once again it will start off the grey, drab and dreary. some rain may drift further west as we go

through the afternoon. the best of the sunshine to start of our weekend, certainly the further north and west you are. more of a visa times and temperatures are likely to hold up at a maximum of 10 degrees are a little bit underpowered for this time of year. as you move into sunday that high pressure starts to establish itself a little bit more across the country and that nuisance where the front we have seen for a couple of days and eases away. a bit more of a breeze across the south. that could dry and a little more cloud first thing in the morning but hopefully that occurred within and break into the afternoon and temperatures should peak in the drier brighter moments of around eight or 9 degrees. as you move out of sunday into monday morning it is certainly worth bearing in mind that with the clear skies temperatures will fall away. it will be a cold and frosty start for many. monday into tuesday, dry, settled and sunny for most and temperatures in the

chilly side for the time of year.