in meeting herfor the second time. as the last of the dambusters, johnny became well—known, but he insisted he was only doing hisjob in 1943, and always said his public appearances were his way of honouring all the men involved in one of the most decisive moments of the second world war. the first 50p coins bearing the image of king charles have entered circulation today. five million are being distributed to customers via post offices. the sculptor martinjennings used pictures of king charles on his 70th birthday to create the image. he said it's his smallest piece of artwork to date. time for a look at the weather. good

afternoon to you, it has gone from an exceptionally mild autumn to bitterly cold early winter weather, so it is a bit of a shock to the system, but for the foreseeable future it is set to remain cold with temperatures below the seasonal norm. there will be some icy stretches overnight. there could be a widespread shop frost on the many areas, for the next few nights. the winds quite a feature across the north of scotland. the snow showers, we can see. plenty of snow showers across the north and east of scotland, with some thunder. elsewhere around coastal areas there is a peppering, but for the much of the country as you can see it is a sunny, crisp afternoon, a cold one, but at least the sunshine will compensate. but it will not do that much for that temperatures, after that bitterly cold start. factor in the wind across northern areas and it will feel even colder. this evening and overnight, a cluster of

wintry showers across the north—east of england, may be spread southwards down towards the south—east, so we could see a dusting of snow inland. but generally those wintry showers will be peppering coastal areas again, which is where we are likely to see the risk of ice. temperatures again, another bitterly cold night to come. lows typically —3 to five, one or two spots could reach —10, like last night. a very cold start to friday. any places we'll see a lovely, bright, crisp, sunny day with any wintry showers affecting more northern and western areas. another cold day to come, that will take us into another very cold night for friday night, lows could be down to -10, -ii, for friday night, lows could be down to —10, —11, may be more than that in a few locations. into the weekend it stays cold but we start to lose the wind and we could start to have problems with freezing fog which could linger all day in some areas.

you can see the isobars opening out as this week low pressure sits across the uk on saturday and sunday, with lighter winds, still the threat of showers, and staying cold. but some areas particularly on saturday could see some good spells of sunshine. but there could be more cloud around across eastern areas. you can check out online all the warnings for ice and don't forget, head onto the weather app to see the weather where you are or where you are going. it is goodbye from us, and now we join the bbc news teams where you are. good afternoon. it's just after 1:30 and this is your latest sports news. it's the eve of the quarterfinals at the world cup in qatar

and not long to go now until england's encounter with the holders, france. we can head to doha now, and join olly foster, with all the latest for us. a return for raheem sterling, to the england camp, but is he in contention to start in their match on saturday? that's the big question. good news on the face of it is that raheem sterling comes back into the squad. england expecting him to rejoin the party at their base tomorrow. it was last sunday that he returned to the uk after an armed robbery according to his representatives, said there had been an armed robbery at his home in surrey with his family present so he was understandably concerned, that's why he left the base and missed that game in the last 16 against senegal. a subsequent investigation by surrey police and their statement said there had been a burglary but there were no threats of violence at all,

but the family had returned to find several items ofjewellery and watches missing, as now raheem sterling is prepared to come and rejoin england so they are expecting him back tomorrow but will he be in contention if he is on the bench? and of course he will be, but it seems very, very unlikely that after missing a whole week of training and the build—up to the last of the quarterfinals they face the french on saturday evening would he actually start. he missed the last group game against the welsh, he missed the last 16 tie and the way england were playing in that, you feel that other players have cemented forward roles and that marcus rashford would be first in the pecking order if there is any change to get the nod to go into the front three. good news is that raheem sterling comes back into the

ranks but very, very unlikely after missing a whole week that he would actually be in position to face the french. we've seen some managers depart after their sides have exited the tournament. luis enrique, the latest, from spain. pretty inevitable, they started like an absolute train against costa rica, we thought, is this a new generation of spain fans and aspirin that can actually do it? they were the world champions in 2010 but they were beaten by japan the world champions in 2010 but they were beaten byjapan at the world champions in 2010 but they were beaten by japan at the end of the group stages and then the big shockin the group stages and then the big shock in the last 16, beaten by morocco, so luis enrique goes and de la fuente has been announced as his replacement so spain moving quickly to replace him and he won a lot of those younger players in the spain

team, but luis enrique effectively sacked after his four year cycle, his contract was due to come to an end at the end of this year anyway. and just to finish — news of a death of a migrant worker at one of the world cup sites in qatar, what's been the reaction to that? of course, the plight of migrant workers in the reports of so many deaths in the lead up to this tournament has overshadowed it in many ways. the authority is disputing the claim that thousands have died. a filipino migrant worker in his 40s fell from a forklift and died from a head trauma during this world cup, working on the resort where saudi arabia had been staying at the ceo of the supreme committee was asked about that death today. we are in the middle of a world cup and we have a successful world cup and this is something that you want to talk about right now? death is a natural part of life, whether it is at

work or in your sleep. a worker died, our condolences go to his family. however, it's strange that this is something you want to focus on as your first question. he had quite a lot to say, he went on to say that he is very disappointed with journalists pursuing a false narrative about this whole issue of migrant worker deaths. . ~ this whole issue of migrant worker deaths. ., ~ , ., this whole issue of migrant worker deaths. . ~' , ., , this whole issue of migrant worker deaths. ., ~ , ., , . deaths. thank you very much, ollie and doha for— deaths. thank you very much, ollie and doha for us. _ deaths. thank you very much, ollie and doha for us. more _ deaths. thank you very much, ollie and doha for us. more ahead - deaths. thank you very much, ollie and doha for us. more ahead of - deaths. thank you very much, ollie and doha for us. more ahead of the world cup quarterfinals on the bbc sport website and you can also find out more on the news of the release of the us basketball star who was sent to prison by a court in russia in august for possession of cannabis oil. elon musk has defended the company's

decision to install makeshift bedrooms in its san francisco office after the city was investigating building code violations. i question for office workers, what would it take for yourjob to get you to sleep at the office? for twitter staff this is not a rhetorical question, elon musk has put in beds at twitter hq after telling staff they needed to commit to long hours or leave. according to reports, one bedroom has a queen —sized bed, two armchairs, a bedside table and an orange carpet. the tech billionaire is fighting to save his $44 billion purchase of the platform from going bust but within hours, san francisco authorities launched an investigation to see if any city regulations had been violated. it didn't take long for the tech billionaire to fire back, criticising san francisco's mayor for attacking companies providing beds for tired employees. elon musk

has formed. in 2016 he famously slept on the floor of the tesla factory. the man who expected twitter staff to be extremely hardcore, i guess this is his idea of work—life balance. basketball continues to be a male—dominated sport — but one woman in africa is hoping to help change that. sarah chan is the first woman to manage african scouting for a team in the nba — the world's top professional basketball league. she has been featured on this year's bbc 100 women list. ashley leemay went to meet her at a mentoring session in kenya. come on! 0n the hunt for basketball�*s next big star. as the manager of african scouting for the toronto raptors, it's sarah chan'sjob to spot emerging talent and support their development in the hope of leading them to opportunities to play in north america.

being the first african woman to manage nba scouting on the continent it is a huge responsibility. sport is the future of africa, it's the weapon of africa, especially for the girls. it's very important they see somebody like them doing this. sarah grew up in sudan, but fled to kenya with her family during the civil war. it was here she developed a passion for basketball. 0ur parents just continued to look for greener pastures, hence landing a scholarship to a school in kenya, which was the first place that we actually could enjoy the right of playing sports because back in sudan, due to the religious beliefs, sports and seeing a girl or a woman in shorts was a taboo. she played basketball at university in the us and competed professionally in europe and across africa. but it was during a coaching session in kenya that an nba executive

spotted her and she landed herjob with the raptors. she now also mentors players through her own foundation. good job! i have been spat on the face for the colour of my skin in different countries where i have experienced racism in more ways than i would like and that's why i love mentoring because without the foundation, what my family instilled in me, i wouldn't have been able to withstand all of that. one, two, three... the future of girls and basketball on the continent is very bright. in fact, it is my hope that ball gets to the point where there's an african women's league which is a platform like it is now for the men,

that is my dream for these girls, they are not limited by culture and can chase their dreams. encouraging a new generation of female players. time to see what is making the news across the uk. a theatre in southeast london has taken the theme of gentrification and flipped it into a modern version of charles dickens�* a christmas carol. the character of scrooge has become a property developer trying to bring more coffee shops and galleries into peckham and — thanks to the ghosts — questions whether gentrification is the way forward. ross miklaszewicz takes up the story. scroogalicious is pure joy. it takes the original story of christmas carol by charles dickens, flips the switch

on it, places it in peckham, brings some real peckham vibes and caribbean and african vibes to it. who's that? listen, i've been training fora big martial arts competition, so if you want to bring it... 0ur scrooge is this property developer who's trying to gentrify peckham. he thinks he's doing the right thing by bringing new coffee shops, bring new art galleries, all that kind of stuff. he's met by three dappies, which is a caribbean and african term for ghosts. you are a ghost? you seem surprised. it's something that's happening all over london, so i feel like everyone can relate to this and it's happening to peckham. the christmas shows here are the best thing that happens

at the theatre peckham this year because it says everything that we're about. it's about getting young people up on stage, getting them rubbing shoulders with professional artists. i take a lot from them, like how they prep, how they get, how they warm up, how they get ready to go on stage, how they switch characters. they've done a lot of stuff, - so they really know what they're doing and it's really fun. and also a lot of the time, they're really, really lovely people. - so, yeah. a lot of the time! we're building fewer affordable homes than we need and the problem's particularly acute in rural areas. that's been the warning this week from a cross—party committee of mps which found the government's multi—billion pound affordable housing programme isn't meeting its targets. but in north nottinghamshire, a farmer and former doctor says he may have part of the answer with cheap rented eco—homes for local people, as our environment correspondent sally bowman has been finding out.

here's eakring, there's the road... an 18th—century map with a 21st—century vision. that's where we have put the eco—houses. chris parsons was born and went to school in eakring but, after a lifetime in medicine, he never expected to end up back here in retirement. it started when he inherited a farm and 1500 acres. it has ended in building possibly the most energy—efficient group of homes in the country — all marked for local tenants. we knew there was a shortage of available rented properties. what you've got are five two—beds and four one—bed houses. when they were finally finished, they were immediately filled, and 80% of the people that live in these houses have a connection within 400 yards of our office. the other thing is, they are very cheap to run.

i moved in in september, come in and have a look. elaine roper is one of the tenants with eakring connections. before these were built, any children that people might have in eakring, they can't afford to stay in eakring. it's too expensive. it's the same all over. so places like this are ideal for them to live near you. the next step is creating and orchard and wildlife area to make these houses as green outside as they are in. all the space down there will become meadows, and the pond will add to the habitat, with scrubby areas and trees. i think this could be rolled out in every village in england. england are holding a press conference in doha ahead of

saturday's quarterfinal clash. i can't argue, i got to keep working and make sure i get fitter through the weeks i've been training and try to make that impact and be as solid as i possibly can to help the team. declan rice missed training yesterday. if he's not fit and available, are you ready to go? yeah, — available, are you ready to go? yeah, but — available, are you ready to go? yeah, but i _ available, are you ready to go? yeah, but i believe declan is fit, he's back in training today and felt fine. if all goes wrong and he won't be fit, then i'll do my best to complete the 90 minutes. good luck. thank ou. complete the 90 minutes. good luck. thank you. raheem _ complete the 90 minutes. good luck. thank you. raheem sterling - complete the 90 minutes. good luck. thank you. raheem sterling comes . thank you. raheem sterling comes back tomorrow, _ thank you. raheem sterling comes back tomorrow, how _ thank you. raheem sterling comes back tomorrow, how much - thank you. raheem sterling comes back tomorrow, how much of - thank you. raheem sterling comes back tomorrow, how much of a - thank you. raheem sterling comes back tomorrow, how much of a lift | back tomorrow, how much of a lift will that_ back tomorrow, how much of a lift will that be — back tomorrow, how much of a lift will that be for— back tomorrow, how much of a lift will that be for you _ back tomorrow, how much of a lift will that be for you guys? - back tomorrow, how much of a lift will that be for you guys?- will that be for you guys? yeah, a massive lift. _ will that be for you guys? yeah, a massive lift, raheem _ will that be for you guys? yeah, a massive lift, raheem is _ will that be for you guys? yeah, a massive lift, raheem is an - will that be for you guys? yeah, a i massive lift, raheem is an amazing player and how to fly home to deal

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and we that it's whatever we can do for the team, we'll do it, and if one player is not able to do that, obviously the other player will do their best to do so. regards to playing in the euros, it's a little bit frustrating knowing that i've not played as many minutes but i just remind myself that i have come very far to be in this position after getting the operation and i am still trying to build up my fitness even now and obviously when given a chance, hopefully i can build on that as well.— that as well. and france, world champions _ that as well. and france, world champions in — that as well. and france, world champions in a _ that as well. and france, world champions in a quarterfinal - that as well. and france, world champions in a quarterfinal of i that as well. and france, world| champions in a quarterfinal of a world _ champions in a quarterfinal of a world cup. _ champions in a quarterfinal of a world cup. you _ champions in a quarterfinal of a world cup, you must _ champions in a quarterfinal of a world cup, you must be - champions in a quarterfinal of a i world cup, you must be chomping champions in a quarterfinal of a - world cup, you must be chomping at the hit _ world cup, you must be chomping at the hit to— world cup, you must be chomping at the hit to get— world cup, you must be chomping at the hit to get on— world cup, you must be chomping at the bit to get on the _ world cup, you must be chomping at the bit to get on the pitch. _ the bit to get on the pitch. obviously— the bit to get on the pitch. obviously it's— the bit to get on the pitch. obviously it's a _ the bit to get on the pitch. obviously it's a massive i the bit to get on the pitch. - obviously it's a massive game, a very exciting game and it's going to be a very tough game as well. we want to be on the pitch and playing and if you're not, you just try to do your best to support the boys and

when you are eventually involved, hopefully you can play well. i'm just looking forward to the atmosphere and the occasion as well. your lucky enough to play with some of the _ your lucky enough to play with some of the best— your lucky enough to play with some of the best players of the new generation both in your club and country— generation both in your club and country and you're playing against one tomorrow as well so my question is, if you _ one tomorrow as well so my question is, if you had — one tomorrow as well so my question is, if you had to start one, bench one and — is, if you had to start one, bench one and sell— is, if you had to start one, bench one and sell one out of erling haaland. _ one and sell one out of erling haaland, jude bellingham and kylian mhappe. _ haaland, jude bellingham and kylian mbappe, what do you do? | haaland, jude bellingham and kylian mbappe, what do you do?— mbappe, what do you do? i would start... 0h, _ mbappe, what do you do? i would start... oh, my— mbappe, what do you do? i would start... oh, my god. _ mbappe, what do you do? i would start... oh, my god. i'm - mbappe, what do you do? i would start... oh, my god. i'm going . mbappe, what do you do? i would start... oh, my god. i'm going to| start... oh, my god. i'm going to have to say i would startjude, i love erling haaland but i reckon if he came off the bench he would still get a hat—trick anyway, and then kylian mbappe i would sell because he would probably get the most

money. he would probably get the most mone . ,., ., he would probably get the most mone , ., , he would probably get the most mone . ., , ., he would probably get the most mone. ., , ., a he would probably get the most mone . ., , ., a reall money. good answer, thanks! a really secial money. good answer, thanks! a really special moment _ money. good answer, thanks! a really special moment full-time _ money. good answer, thanks! a really special moment full-time with - money. good answer, thanks! a really special moment full-time with sweet. special moment full—time with sweet caroline _ special moment full—time with sweet caroline being — special moment full—time with sweet caroline being sung _ special moment full—time with sweet caroline being sung as _ special moment full—time with sweet caroline being sung as it— special moment full—time with sweet caroline being sung as it was- special moment full—time with sweet caroline being sung as it was in- special moment full—time with sweet caroline being sung as it was in the l caroline being sung as it was in the summon _ caroline being sung as it was in the summon two — caroline being sung as it was in the summer. two games— caroline being sung as it was in the summer. two games now, - caroline being sung as it was in the summer. two games now, it's- caroline being sung as it was in the . summer. two games now, it's starting to feel— summer. two games now, it's starting to feel pretty— summer. two games now, it's starting to feel pretty familiar _ summer. two games now, it's starting to feel pretty familiar to _ summer. two games now, it's starting to feel pretty familiar to the _ summer. two games now, it's starting to feel pretty familiar to the team. - to feel pretty familiar to the team. it's to feel pretty familiar to the team. it's obviously — to feel pretty familiar to the team. it's obviously the _ to feel pretty familiar to the team. it's obviously the support - to feel pretty familiar to the team. it's obviously the support through i it's obviously the support through the group stages that has been amazing but especially in the wales game and the cynical game —— senegal game and the cynical game —— senegal game has been massive for us, i don't want to sound like a cliche but it has been pushing us on and they have been amazing, seeing the reactions of the fans back home has given us a lift as well so hopefully we can keep making them happy and keep helping them party back home and carry on in this tournament. you're playing on the back four really — you're playing on the back four really well and playing in the back three _ really well and playing in the back three during the euros really

helped _ three during the euros really helped. against big teams when it mattered, it helps that you were so consistent — mattered, it helps that you were so consistent. would you be comfortable with the _ consistent. would you be comfortable with the team, switching between different — with the team, switching between different formations at the moment? yeah, _ different formations at the moment? yeah. i_ different formations at the moment? yeah, i think for me when i played at leeds i played under a manager that changed formation every time, every 15 minutes, so i was quite used to changing formation. obviously i played in the deeper number for role obviously i played in the deeper numberfor role —— numberfour, so i changed positions a lot and if that happened during a game or if we needed to change formation, i'd be very comfortable doing it. and needed to change formation, i'd be very comfortable doing it.— very comfortable doing it. and you mention a certain _ very comfortable doing it. and you mention a certain marcelo - very comfortable doing it. and you mention a certain marcelo you - very comfortable doing it. and you mention a certain marcelo you hasj mention a certain marcelo you has also been — mention a certain marcelo you has also been briefing other teams and he gets— also been briefing other teams and he gets all—

also been briefing other teams and he gets all the world, because you are promoted at leeds, but hasn't won a _ are promoted at leeds, but hasn't won a major— are promoted at leeds, but hasn't won a major tournament. gareth southgate — won a major tournament. gareth southgate has england all the way to the semifinals of the world cup in the semifinals of the world cup in the finals — the semifinals of the world cup in the finals of a euros and people don't _ the finals of a euros and people don't think he can make the big decisions — don't think he can make the big decisions. what's your interpretation between marcelo and gareth _ interpretation between marcelo and gareth southgate? the}f interpretation between marcelo and gareth southgate?— interpretation between marcelo and gareth southgate? they are raucously very different — gareth southgate? they are raucously very different but _ gareth southgate? they are raucously very different but i _ gareth southgate? they are raucously very different but i think— gareth southgate? they are raucously very different but i think people - very different but i think people underestimate how good a manager gareth southgate is. for the last three years i've been with england, he's been amazing, he's done really well. this summer, we didn't have great results, but you could put that down many different reasons. but i think what he's done with this team and how he has nurtured the team and how he has nurtured the team into winning games and being one of the best countries in the world and playing football, a lot of people don't give him credit for that and you can't forget that he's

got very tough decisions to make as well with unbelievable players that might be on the bench and not playing and leaving them out as well, so honestly i understand it's a very hard position that gareth is in but i think he's been unbelievable since i've been with england in the way he treats us all, he's an unbelievable man manager and has great coaching staff around him as well which helps us a lot. ii'iin�*n�* as well which helps us a lot. how fast is kyle _ as well which helps us a lot. how fast is kyle walker? _ as well which helps us a lot. how fast is kyle walker? is _ as well which helps us a lot. how fast is kyle walker? is the - as well which helps us a lot. how. fast is kyle walker? is the quickest -la er i've fast is kyle walker? is the quickest player we ever— fast is kyle walker? is the quickest player i've ever seen _ fast is kyle walker? is the quickest player i've ever seen play - fast is kyle walker? is the quickest player i've ever seen play football. | player i've ever seen play football. a lot of people ask that question, how fast is he, but you can't really put into words how quick he is, you've just got to see him out on the training pitch or one versus one against another really quick player

which we will see in a few days. there was a lot of talk about? so are harry— there was a lot of talk about? so are harry maguire but those about the partnership... studio: we are going to leave that they are, that's calvin phillips speaking at an england news conference in doha. that's ahead of saturday's quarterfinal match with france. hello there. it was a very cold start to the day today. we saw temperatures down to —10 celsius in one or two locations. it is likely to stay very cold over the next few days. further snow showers peppering coastal areas, that will lead to icy stretches as we head into the overnight period. and again, we expect to see a sharp frosts pretty much nationwide. you can see why, we are into that arctic air, it has enveloped the whole of the uk. it is likely to persist over the next few days, into the weekend as well. through the afternoon, further snow showers or wintry showers affecting coastal areas.

could see an area of more substantial snow showers affecting the northeast of england later on. we could see some settling snow here over the north york moors, for example. and it will be a cold day wherever you are. despite there being plenty of sunshine around, temperatures will range from around 2—5 degrees. factor in the wind across northern areas and it will feel colder than those temperatures suggest. again, through the evening and overnight, snow showers peppering coastal areas. could see this cluster of wintry showers drifting southwards across the east midlands, down towards the southeast, even london and the home counties could see a dusting of snow in one or two places by the end of the night and it really will be another very cold night. these are typical values for many of us but don't be surprised — a few areas see temperatures in minus double digits. an extremely cold start to friday. watch out for ice along coastal areas, where we have had snow showers. that area of cloud and wintry showers should clear the southeast and many places will be dry with plenty of crisp sunshine around, despite it being bitterly cold. temperatures of 2—5 degrees again, it will feel cold enough —— colder if you are

exposed to any breeze. friday night, another very cold one. widespread sharp frost across the country. one or two locations seeing temperatures down to —10 or even below. it stays cold this weekend as well. we could see increasing freezing fog patches through the weekend. the winds will turn lighter. you can see we are enveloped in the blue colours again through saturday and sunday, so it is very much staying on the cold side. low pressure towards the east of the uk, could generate further wintry showers, but again i think the main risk will be of ice and also freezing fog throughout the weekend. again, you can see the temperatures on the low side, below—average, in fact, for the time of year, but many areas also seeing sunshine. don't forget, you can always catch up on the weather where you are or where you're going by checking out the weather on our bbc weather app. see you later.

this is bbc news. the headlines... the first parts of the much hyped harry and meghan series are released. in it, harry repeats accusations of intrusion of privacy by the british media. this is about duty and service and i feel as though being a part of this family, it is a duty to uncover this exploitation and bribery that happens within our media. they're not standing for something, they are destroying us. nhs england say they have a plan in place to deal with pressures on the health service, after figures suggest an estimated 7.2 million patients are waiting to start