alleagtions including drug misuse and rape which are still being investigated — are completely unrelated to mr danker. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. we have had some lovely sunshine already today, but arguably the best of the day's weather is behind us. these lovely guys in castleton, derbyshire, are increasingly becoming a thing of a past and we have very strong winds on the way, low pressure is finding itself at the heart of an atlanticjet low pressure is finding itself at the heart of an atlantic jet stream, pressure is falling quickly, over 30 malabar pressure is falling quickly, over 30 mala bar falls pressure is falling quickly, over 30 malabarfalls in pressure is falling quickly, over 30 malabar falls in the last 2a others and this low pressure is an example of what some people refer to as a weather bomb which will bring very strong winds tonight and tomorrow. this is a day of clouding over from the west with outbreaks of rain spreading into western areas, eventually rain in eastern england but probably keeping dry weather for

the north of scotland until the end of the day. the winds will be picking up and tonight the first batch of very strong winds comes in from that area of high pressure, gusts of 50 to 70 mph, even stronger in the most exposed locations, likely to lead to localised disruption. the strong winds will blow the band of rain north and east, the rain easing to heavy showers later in the night, cold enough for snow over the hills in scotland, mostly over 400 metres elevation. temperatures tonight between two and six celsius. further heavy outbreaks of rain tomorrow and more strong winds on the way, winds affecting wales and southern england were gust could reach 50 to 70 mph, potentially strong enough to bring down one or two trees. gusty winds for northern ireland, reaching up to 60 mph. as well as the windy conditions we have heavy outbreaks of rain, thundery showers and still

cold enough for snow, any accumulation is probably limited to the higher hills above 400 metres in northern scotland but a blustery day and cold, temperatures between seven and cold, temperatures between seven and i2, feeling even colder due to the strength of the blustery winds. the area of low pressure brings the unsettled weather and slowly pulls away into the north sea on thursday, thursday is a tale of sunny spells and heavy showers, the winds will be lighter and even though the temperatures are still not impressive for the time of year it will not feel as chilly, between 11 and i4 will not feel as chilly, between 11 and 14 for the most part. more rain across the country, particularly england and wales, on friday, showers further north, still a few leftover as we start the weekend but there is a big improvement on the weather and into next week it turns a lot warmer, the first 20 on the charts for this year in london as we head into monday, so after a blustery spell the weather is getting better. the fight at last!

a reminder of our top story... junior doctors in england, demanding a 35% pay rise, start a four—day strike. the government says their demands are unaffordable. ididn't i didn't choose this career to upset anybody, i came in to help people and want to be able to do that and with the support of my colleagues, and be paid appropriately. i with the support of my colleagues, and be paid appropriately.- and be paid appropriately. i deeply recret and be paid appropriately. i deeply regret these _ and be paid appropriately. i deeply regret these strikes, _ and be paid appropriately. i deeply regret these strikes, particularly i regret these strikes, particularly the timing which has been tied deliberately straight after easter. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. hello, i'm will perry, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: manchester city look to take a major step towards their first champions league title as they face six—time winners bayern

munich at home tonight. with 100 days to go until the women's world cup in australia and new zealand, organisers say they're on—course to sell a record 1.5 million tickets for the tournament. almost a century on from swimming in the seine being banned due to toxicity, we take a look at the pre—0lympic clean—up in paris. hello and thanks forjoining us. we start with football and a hugely significant night for manchester city, who face bayern munich in the first leg of their champions league quarterfinal tie at the etihad. pep guardiola is hoping to lead city to their first champions league trophy and lift it for the first time since he was in charge of barcelona 12 years ago. city came close two years ago, when they were beaten by chelsea in the final, who were then managed by the current bayern boss, thomas tuchel. how much do you want

to win this competition? a lot. we are happy to be here. happy to be here. only i can say so. it's not for granted. you have to deserve it. you have to play good two games. in this competition, it's not about the form you are in the premier league or fa cup. this competition is to be good during this 95 minutes. that doesn't count what you have done three days ago. listen, tuesday and wednesday, football is is is the competition where you want to be. football is is is the competition if you are there as a player or you have the possibility to be there as a coach, it's a gift from life. and i appreciate it a lot. and it's an obligation to give my very, very best. one man hoping to play his part tonight is city midfielder rodri. the spaniard believes they could pull off the treble this season. rodri joined from atletico madrid in 2019 and has gone on to make nearly 200 appearances for the club, winning two premier league and efl cup titles in that time. he's been telling bbc radio manchester that, under pep guardiola,

anything is possible. the players, we feel this feeling inside, a bit of nerves, i beti want to play tomorrow, but this is why we are footballers and play these kind of games, its to dream of when we were kids. it isa it is a mixture of feelings, but very satisfied because it makes you feel alive and the emotion to play these kind of games. the hope is always there and we try to push ourselves, so very happy, knowing that we have to beat the best of ourselves to try to achieve the true peace. if i'm honest, iwant ourselves to try to achieve the true peace. if i'm honest, i want to win everything. i don't discriminate or prefer any of them. i imagine myself at home with the three, but i know we have to fight a lot to achieve

it. a, we have to fight a lot to achieve it. ~ ., ., we have to fight a lot to achieve it.~ ., ., , we have to fight a lot to achieve it. a lot of people would have you done is the _ it. a lot of people would have you done is the first _ it. a lot of people would have you done is the first name _ it. a lot of people would have you done is the first name of- it. a lot of people would have you done is the first name of the - it. a lot of people would have you | done is the first name of the team sheet. you have really nailed that position. how does it make you feel? well, very glad, of course. ifeel supported since i came here, the love of the fans to me. it is great. it is great to feel this book is of course we play for ourselves to be better, because we love football, but we also play for the people, dissatisfaction, having this love back. it's becoming a script truly fitting of wrexham's hollywood owners, but not even rob mcelhenney and ryan reynolds would have predicted the show—stopping moments in yesterday's top of the table showdown with notts county, which has seen the welsh club edge closer to a football league return. elliot lee's goal settled a match between two sides, who came into it level on 100 points at the top of the national league. but wrexham needed a save from their 40—year—old goalkeeper in the 96th minute to win it. ben foster keeping out a late county penalty to give wrexham a decisive three point lead

with four games to play. their executive director, humphrey ker, says there's no doubt the club are heading in the right direction. you go back to pre—takeover, the club has been historically a—league football club with a third oldest professional team in the world, we used to play in europe regularly, we play in front of crowds of 35,000, as far as you can use the word deserve in football, because all you deserve in football, because all you deserve to polish what you work for, it is a club that deserves to be higher up the league. for the people of this town who have supported this club through thick and thin and for us to have a right more recently, it is incredibly important for us to deliver on what we think, and i will use that word again, what we feel we deserve. use that word again, what we feel we deserve. from title—chasers to those desperate to avoid relegation. leicester have turned to former aston villa manager dean smith to save their season.

withjust eight games remaining, smith, who left norwich earlier this season was confirmed late last night as the successor to brendan rodgers with the former premier league champions second from bottom. one man on the way out though is paul ince. reading announced this morning that his contract had been terminated with immediate effect. ince was appointed initially as an interim manager in february last year before being given the role full—time after helping them retain their championship status. this campaign has not gone to plan, though. they are without a win in eight matches and recently plunged into a relegation battle following a six—point deduction for financial rule breaches. today marks 100 days to go until the 2023 fifa women's world cup gets under way in australia and new zealand, with organisers saying they are on course to sell a record 1.5 million tickets. around 650,000 tickets have been sold for the event, which begins in both countries onjuly 20th, with the final taking place one month later. 0rganisers predict the month—long tournament will attract a global television audience of two billion viewers and have a significant impact on women's sport

in the host nations. well, england's preparations for this summer's women's world cup continue with a friendly against tournament co—hosts australia tonight at brentford. they extended their unbeaten run to 30 matches under sarina wiegman beating brazil on penalties at wembley last week in the first—ever women's finallisma, a match between the european and south american champions. australia, meanwhile, suffered a surprise loss to scotland the following day. australia is a big country, number ten in the world rankings direct. it is a little different to what brazil did, but very challenging. they are athletic, too. they play with their heart for australia.

they play with their heart for australia. meanwhile, despite the england women's historic european championship success last summer, a new a study out today says that 63% of teenage girls still can't name any of the lionesses. a report by football beyond borders suggested that a lack of diversity in the england's women's team may be another contributing factor. what we have in the men's game if you have things like fifa which boys play all the times, so their interest and love the game is continually built on throughout the year, outside of adjournment. 51% of our teenage girls don't play any football video games said they wanted to play. how do we ensure that they have the access to those means, and keep building their love outside of those major tournaments and have all of the cultural touch point in their life to ensure that that love remains. beth mead is a household name now. she shows up in

our report when we girls who are the players that they could name, beth mead is one of the most prominent names in there. she is killing it, and rightfully so. what we find in this report is because of the lack of diversity in the lioness is, many of diversity in the lioness is, many of our teenage girls in inner cities, many of them are people of colour, they don't have an emotional connection to the squad because they don't look like them, sound like them. that's work has been widely documented. 0rganisations have been working really hard to change. at this report shows there is the emotional engagement consequence of not having a very diverse national team needs in terms of a girls love and connection to the game. the countdown is also on to the paris 2024 olympics — 472 days to go — but there is certainly work to do

when it comes to the venues for triathlon and open water swimming, which are due to be held in the iconic river seine. now parisians used to regularly swim in it, but that, as you can see, was back in the early part of the last century before it was largely closed off for being too toxic for most fish and of course swimmers. after winning the bid for the 2024 games officials in the city vowed to make improvements and organisers hope it will inpire other major cities around the world to clean up their own waterways. it's been a project for decades and for me that there is a fantastic demonstration of the power of the games. thanks to the games we have the possibility to make sure that all of the stakeholders will accelerate their work to make sure that by 2024 it will be possible to swim in the river seine. wales' increasing professionalism will benefit all women's six nations teams, that's according to england centre tatyana heard.

the two unbeaten sides play each other on saturday at cardiff arms park, which is sold out for a wales women's match for the first time. england have been professional since 2019, with welsh players attaining their first contracts in january last year. now world number one side england have not encountered much competition in the 2023 tournament so far, beating both scotland and italy by more than 50 points. wales are improving rapidly as professionals themselves and are also unbeaten after victories over ireland and scotland. just amazing to see people reaping the rewards from getting professionalism, so it is only going to benefit all of us at the game gets more competitive and there are massive games coming up for us throughout the six nations. we want to be competing with everybody and it makes it so much more exciting for the fans as well and obviously we want to grow our fan base, so really exciting to be going to cardiff arms park and that they have

sold all these tickets, it is great to see people investing in the game. it is only getting better, isn't it? it is only getting better, isn't it? it is only getting better, isn't it? it is really exciting to see. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website at that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. welcome back to bbc news. as we've been reporting, thousands ofjunior doctors in england have begun a four—day strike. their union says they've had 15 years of below—inflation wage rises. the government says the pay claim of 35% is unaffordable. across england there have been picket lines outside hospitals, while more senior doctors including consultants are drafted in to fill staffing gaps. the british medical association says there are plans to pull doctors off

picket lines if lives are in immediate danger.