us and today it is cloudy with outbreaks of rain, not a pretty picture. you can see rain bearing clouds spreading across the country. a definite back edge to this cloud, it will arrive but not until later tonight and into tomorrow. so the weather front slowly moving across the uk today. this is how it looks roundabout now, not quite reaching east anglia and the south east. the back edge of that starting to move into northern ireland early this afternoon so the bulk of the rain across the irish sea, the north west of england, wales, northern england. temperatures between nine, 14 degrees really depending on the amount of cloud and when you have. through this evening and didn't chew tonight that band of rain quite happy for a time. hugging the east coast of scotland and england early on thursday morning and out towards the west this sky is clear and it is

relatively mild. and this weather front will still for a little while, slow to clear early on thursday morning. reining across the south—east and then eventually it will move out into the north sea further behind that not completely dry, there will be showers being dragged in by a north—westerly breeze and some of these could be heavy. it is the kind of weather that will chop and change from hour to hour. so a changeable day. a real mixed bag tomorrow. and then good friday, i promised you some decent weather and it looks fine for most of us with some sunshine in northern ireland, scotland and wales but some eastern areas of england could be cloudy for a time. on the whole not bad at around 11, 14 degrees. then the easter weekend we are looking at

the easter weekend we are looking at the wind coming from the west, south—west self relatively mild. it is not going to be particularly cold, although not desperately warm. probably levelling off through the easter weekend around the mid—teens in the southern half of the uk with some sunshine in the north, closer to 13. but none looking too bad. not dry all the time but i thinkjoy most of the time this easter. back to you. a reminder of our top story. a defined donald trump says he's the victim of election interference after being charged with 3a counts of business records. the after being charged with 34 counts of business records.— after being charged with 34 counts of business records. the only crime i have committed _ of business records. the only crime i have committed is _ of business records. the only crime i have committed is to _ of business records. the only crime i have committed is to fiercely - i have committed is to fiercely defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. nicola sturgeon�*s husband, peter murrell, the former chief executive of the snp, is arrested, over the party's finances.

that's it, so goodbye from me. now on bbc one, let'sjoin our news teams where you are. have a very good afternoon. hello, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: back to the bridge, frank lampard emerges as a surprise contender to get the chelsea job until the end of the season. as steve cooper gets the backing of the nottingham forest board, we ask who'd be a premier league manager? and rory mcilroy says he's confident of completing golf�*s grand slam as he prepares to tee off at the masters tomorrow. hello and thanks forjoining us. there's a familiar name in the frame to take over at chelsea. frank lampard, who was sacked as managerjust over two years ago has emerged as a contender for thejob until the end

of the season, with the likes ofjulian nagelsmann and luis enrique still in contention. whoever takes over has a huge job on their hands in terms of european qualification after last night's goallles draw against liverpool left them 11 points off the top four. lampard was at stamford bridge last night, to witness last night, to witness another poor chelsea performance. they did find the net twice, but both goals were disallowed — this kai havertz effort ruled out after var showed the ball had bounced back off his arm. chelsea remain 11th in the table. a couple of days agojurgen klopp was asked for his reaction to the latest managerial departures and he said the elephant in the room was why was he still in his job. klopp is the longest—serving manager in the league and admits he's hanging on because of his past achievements, not liverpool's current form. i wouldn't be manager of liverpool if i were to have a couple of these seasons — that's clear. but we have it now and that's

what we have to get through. and i know nobody wants to listen to that, no—one wants to hear that, but, again, that's how life is and that's how football is — if things don't go your way, you have to fight as long as you change the fortunes again. another manager who's job looks to be in danger is nottingham forest boss steve cooper, but today, club owner evangelos marinakis issued a statement giving him the backing of the board. their 2—1 defeat at leeds was their eighth game in a row without a win, and leaves them just above the relegation zone on goal diffference. marinakis did say "we have all been disappointed with recent performances and it is very clear that a lot of hard work needs to be done to address this urgently." results and performances, he says, must "improve immediately". and the pressures of management is the subject of the latest edition of the football news show, with ben croucher talking to nigel adkins and michael appleton. i think it is so important you have to think about first and foremost your health, because your body

language, everyone is looking at you and waiting on every word you say and waiting on every word you say and you will getjudged whether by a member of staff, player, supporter, someone in the media, everyone will judge you, so to give yourself every opportunity you have to try and stay as healthy as you can. once spoke to sir alex ferguson after the game i said listen, i know we have to win it, that is taken for granted, there the longevity of management, what do i need to think about? and again health is a big thing and stay with the current trends, keep changing your staff, the current trends, keep changing yourstaff, have the current trends, keep changing your staff, have hobbies outside football because you have to switch off, you cannot be on all the time is. , , ., , ., off, you cannot be on all the time is. , ., is. just one thing you said there about whether _ is. just one thing you said there about whether it _ is. just one thing you said there about whether it is _ is. just one thing you said there about whether it is staff, - is. just one thing you said there l about whether it is staff, players, taking _ about whether it is staff, players, taking everything you say, whether it is to _ taking everything you say, whether it is to heart or listening to

everything, i remembervery early, and i_ everything, i remembervery early, and i think— everything, i remembervery early, and i think a — everything, i remembervery early, and i think a player came everything, i remembervery early, and i thinka player came in everything, i remembervery early, and i think a player came in to see me and he— and i think a player came in to see me and he said i needed to speak to you about _ me and he said i needed to speak to you about something you said three weeks _ you about something you said three weeks ago — you about something you said three weeks ago and i am like what's? it was something i said in the press after— was something i said in the press after the — was something i said in the press after the game about one of the performances and it was not that critical _ performances and it was not that critical but — performances and it was not that critical but i forgot the early days how much — critical but i forgot the early days how much every single thing you say, every— how much every single thing you say, every word _ how much every single thing you say, every word you say, whether it is written _ every word you say, whether it is written press, news, whatever it is they listen — written press, news, whatever it is they listen and read it and take it to heart— they listen and read it and take it to heart and bring it up again down the line _ to heart and bring it up again down the line it— to heart and bring it up again down the line. , , . the line. it sounds difficult, i think mortals _ the line. it sounds difficult, i think mortals like _ the line. it sounds difficult, i think mortals like me - the line. it sounds difficult, i think mortals like me would | the line. it sounds difficult, i i think mortals like me would not quite understand how you do it. you are paid very handsomely to do the job you do, sometimes paid handsomely to not do the job you do,

so cannot you see how the farms might not seem too sympathetic towards you guys? —— the fans. you towards you guys? -- the fans. you have to towards you guys? —— the fans. w'm. have to understand there is a different weight package to handle thejob and not different weight package to handle the job and not accept if you lose games you will probably lose your job. asked what the chairman, he was not the owner of the time, he had been that the owner of new ownership came in and he said it is quite simple, she whatever you want to quit the six games and you get sucked. that is the reality. —— do whatever you want, lose six games and you get sacked. which you have to forget about that. the latest episode of the football news show, who would be a premier league manager, is now live on the bbc iplayer. two big games in the premier league tonight.

manchester united will move back into the champions league places if they avoid defeat against brentford at old trafford. and west ham have the chance to climb further clear of the relegation zone against top four chasing newcastle. uefa president, aleksander ceferin, has been re—elected to the post. he was unopposed in the vote in lisbon, so he goes into a third term of four years. he said it was a great responsibility to the association and to football. and the fa chair, debbie hewitt, has been elected as the british vice—president on the fifa council. england women's goalkeeper sandy maciver has withdrawn from the squad for their two upcoming matches. the manchester city keeper is injured and will miss tomorrow's sold—out game against brazil at wembley, as well as the match against australia next tuesday. no replacement has been called up. one of the biggest golf tournaments in the calendar, the masters, gets under way tomorrow. rory mcilroy�*s never won it, but says this year he's got "all the ingredients to make the pie". this will be mcilroy�*s 15th attempt

to win the green jacket and he says he's ready to complete a career grand slam — this is the only major title that's eluded him. he's putting past experiences behind him and says he's staying clear of outside noise as he gears up to tee off at augusta. not every experience is going to be a good experience and that will lead to a pretty boring life. you have to learn from those challenges as learnt from some of that scar tissue that has built up, but i felt last yeari that has built up, but i felt last year i made each other some of that. —— may be shed some of that. mcilroy has the backing of arguably the greatest golfer of all time, tiger woods, who says it'sjust a matter of time before the northern irishman is victorious at augusta. woods has won the masters five times. he looked to be enjoying his practice round. he suffered serious injuries

in a car accident in 2021 and says he can't be ruled out, even though he's obviously not moving as well as he once did. yes, the ability is not where i would like it, but as i have said before, i am very lucky to have this leg and yes it has been altered but it is still mulling. it has been tough little always be tough. now, the former england player luther burrell says he feels proud for speaking out after an rfu investigation found his claims of racist abuse during his time at newcastle falcons were true. he chose not to name players, saying it wasn't about retribution. after looking at the claims, the rfu have released further research which has found that "in every area of elite rugby, players had experienced some form of racism". burrell has been speaking to our sports editor dan roan. luther burrell! on the pitch, luther burrell was a powerful presence, but last year, the former england

centre made an impact off it, claiming he'd experienced racism in rugby. the rfu took over an investigation that had been launched by his final club, newcastle falcons, and an eight—month inquiry is now over. the rfu says its report finds, on balance of probability, the allegations made are true, but there's insufficient evidence to say whether all the allegations occurred at the club, apart from a whatsapp message which contained a racist comment. do you have a sense of relief at that finding? yes, i do. i do, because it's been a tough sort of eight to ten months. i was disappointed initially by the lack of support shown from some of my peers. it was as if my comments were being dismissed. so it was almost like people needed proof. and now this summary has come out, people will understand that. i'm proud of what i've done, what i was saying has been deemed to be the truth. newcastle says it didn't have access to the players�* whatsapp group in which the racist language was posted and that the two other

incidents occurred on a night out and on an away trip. the inquiry interviewed more than 90 past and present employees of the club. to call anybody a slave is not funny. you know? so, yeah, as i said, it was abhorrent behaviour. it was something that affects my dignity as a player. it affects me as a human, as a father. in a statement, newcastle said, had any reports of this nature been made to hr or management... survey was three to 500 people at the top of the sport found discrimination based on class was an issue. does it provide me a sense of closure? i believe so, yes.

you know, this has not been a witch hunt and it's not about retribution. this is about me finally having my voice heard. this has been about generational change within the sport. with burrell not naming those involved, the rfu says it won't pursue disciplinary proceedings, but it is launching a new action plan to tackle discrimination in rugby and has hailed his courage. dan roan, bbc news. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. this is bbc news.

last summer, sir brian langstaff recommended those infected with hiv and hepatitis c because of transfusions in the 1970s and 80s should receive interim payments of £100,000. he now wants the government to make payments to affected family members. early i spoke to tony who at the age of affected family members. early i spoke to tony who at the age 01:14 lost spoke to tony who at the age of ia lost his dad and many relatives due to the scandal. i started by asking him about the lifelong impact. irate him about the lifelong impact. we actuall him about the lifelong impact. - actually lost five members of our family, three all brothers, my father had both my uncles. my dad and my uncle were infected with hiv and my uncle were infected with hiv and hepatitis c, hepatitis b, and my other uncle was infected with hepatitis c, but we also had two other family members who were also infected with hepatitis c, and four of those victims have died, my

father being one