# follow you around, | everywhere in town.# northern soul — and it's far more than just wigan, it's a community that's spread around the world. and, 50 years on, thousands are, this weekend, keeping the faith. david sillito, bbc news, blackpool. the question is is there any northern soul in the weather? here's ben rich. it's a beautiful scene here from the weather watcher, it's a beautiful scene here from the weatherwatcher, but it's a beautiful scene here from the weather watcher, but a chilly night tonight and things turning warmer over the weekend and with that wind and rain for many of us. feeling autumnal. the main driver of the weekend weather is this swell of cloud which you can see on the

earlier satellite, this is a former hurricane nigel, feeding into this area of low pressure which will sit to the north—west of us and that will bring heavy rains, strong winds but we start to draw the air from the south and that will bring something a little bit warmer. at the time being the wind coming from the time being the wind coming from the north and so yes, it feels decidedly cool, a mix of sunshine and showers, some of them heavy, possibly the odd rumble of thunder, generally quite a lot of cloud across scotland, 18 degrees in norwich and london. most of the show is tonight fading, we keep this line of showers running down the east coast but under clear skies we see mist and fog patches and it will turn into quite a cold night, even in the towns and cities, 4—8 , parts of the highlands reaching below freezing. tomorrow sees a decent start, chilly start, spells of sunshine turning hazy from the west, high cloud rolling in and cloud in

the south west england, wales and especially northern ireland tomorrow afternoon with outbreaks of rain. and a strengthening wind. temperatures again between 12 and 18 degrees. heading through saturday night into sunday, this weather front here instead of moving through quickly develops a wave and it sits in place into some quite heavy and persistent rain across western areas. furthersouth persistent rain across western areas. further south and east, you should hold on to sunshine, drier weatherfor east anglia should hold on to sunshine, drier weather for east anglia and the south—east but with the winds from the south, 16—20 , filling warmer and i mention the wind. that will get quite strong across western areas, these are the gusts you expect through sunday evening, 50—60 miles an hour with heavy rain, perhaps mostly in the west of scotland, there could be enough for localised flooding and some travel disruption. heading into next week, a very mixed affair, smorgasbord of

different types of weather fronts, some sunshine, some heavy rain, some strong wind at times. thank you. and that's bbc news at one. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it's time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodbye. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm becky davis. tough times for europe — they are swept aside by the usa in the opening foursomes at the solheim cup. france captain antoine dupont�*s rugby world cup is in doubt — he suffered a fractured cheekbone in his side's match against namibia. julian nagelsmann is back in business — he's named the new germany manager ahead of next year's european championships.

the united states claimed a clean sweep of all four matches in the opening session of the solheim cup to lead 4—0. it is the first time the us have led after the opening session since 2009 and it is just the second time they have swept a session. so europe have a huge amount to do in this afternoons fourballs. otherwise, their bid for a third stright victory could soon be up in in smoke. let's cross to andalusia now and speak to our reporterjane dougall. it couldn't have gone much worse for europe this morning.

there were just too many mistakes from europe, weren't there? they will have to work really hard if they want to build this back. if you look at some of the parents on paper you can see the thinking behind it. there was a lot of experience there, particularly leona maguire and anna nordqvist, but itjust didn't go well for either of them at all. they were just not firing on all cylinders. maguire had a terrible chip on the third. that didn't do much for the irish woman because my confidence. she did pull it back a bit further on in the match but it seemed to be too little too late. her partner anna nordqvist had moments of brilliance, but she wasn't consistent enough and she sent a tee shot into the bushes at the fifth. europe is back patting left a lot to be desired, as well, particularly from charley hull. she

had a terrible one at the fifth and that seemed to set the tone for her match. she missed a couple of easy ones early on as well. she went on to lose 5—4. the americans easily won that match. in contrast, the americans just did everything won that match. in contrast, the americansjust did everything right. andrea lee had a shot of the day with their approach at the 11th and she went on to win her match along with her partner. they were up against celine pta, he was very unfortunate. she played very well in moments throughout her match with her partner, george hall, who wasn't quite as sharp, missing a couple of easy parts. it was a closer match between leona maguire and anna nordqvist. they did lose in the end.

but, yes, this will be a big ask for europe. mil but, yes, this will be a big ask for euroe. �* , , ., ., ., europe. all eyes now fall on the fourbalis- _ all eyes now fall on the fourballs. what hope that europe might be able to turn things round in the fourballs? psychologically, it is very difficult to look at that leaderboard and see how much red there is on it. understandably, the captain has shuffled her pack. she has rested charley hull, which isn't a surprised looking at her performance this morning. she has brought in gemma dryburgh, who has already started in the foursomes, and charlotta sikander hasjust already started in the foursomes, and charlotta sikander has just teed off in front of her home crowd. so hopefully that will be a boost for europe, but it will be an uphill battle for them after a 4—0 shock by the americans on home soil.

in rugby union, it's been confirmed that france captain antoine dupont suffered a facial fracture in thursday's 96—0 win against namibia. dupont, who was named the 2021 world player of the year, was forced off in the second half after namibia'sjohan deysel made a head—on—head tackle and was sent off. the french rugby federation say dupont will remain with the squad and will see a specialist who will determine how long he is likely to be out for. translation: what do you want me to sa ? you translation: what do you want me to say? you can — translation: what do you want me to say? you can substitute _ translation: what do you want me to say? you can substitute 15 _ translation: what do you want me to say? you can substitute 15 players - say? you can substitute 15 players at half—time. we had planned to change three players at the break, then rotate the rest of the squad around the 55th minute. the goal of this game is to give people gametime and not have them inactive for a month, so you could say that if we had not put antoine dupont on in the second half, well, what can you say? the players wanted to play, demanded

to play. the players wanted to play, demanded to play. scotland head coach gregor townsend has made four changes for sunday's world cup pool meeting with tonga in nice. townsend has promoted winger kyle steyn and lock scott cummings from the bench, while centre chris harris and loose—head prop rory sutherland are also handed starts. scotland lost their first match 18—3 to south africa, while tonga were thrashed by ireland. wales meanwhile have reverted to the starting team that beat fiji for their match with australia. victory for wales would guarantee a place in the quarterfinals and leave australia on the brink of exiting a world cup at the pool stage for the first time in their history. julian nagelsmann has been appointed the new manager of germany. the 36—year—old takes overfrom hansi flick, who was sacked earlier this month. nagelsmann has been out of work since leaving bayern munich last season. he's signed a deal until 31stjuly next year, which will see him lead

the team at euro 2024, which is being held in germany. there is another big weekend of football ahead with arguably the biggest match taking place at the emirates, where arsenal take on tottenham in the north london derby. the gunners have been boosted this morning with captain martin odegaard signing a new five—year deal with the club. odegaard has scored three goals in six appearances already this season and follows in the footsteps of bukayo saka, gabriel martinelli and william saliba in extending his stay at the emirates. odegaard joined the club from real madrid permanently in august 2021 for about £30 milllion following an initial loan. it's been four defeats in five for manchester united after their 4—3 loss at bayern munich in the champions league earlier this week. that's their worst start

to a season for 37 years. they travel to burnley in tomorrow's late fixture with the heat starting to grow on manager erik ten hag. it's not always only going up. you will have your gaps and you get strong from it, as long as you stay together, and that is what we are doing. the dressing room, staff, all the staff, coaches, medical, everyone is united, and at united she fights. everyone is united, and at united she fights. max verstappen is back where he has been for most of the season, out in front, at practice for the japanese grand prix. verstappen has a huge 151 point lead over his team—mate, sergio perez, in the standings heading into this weekend's race and is back on form after last weekend's blip in singapore. today's session was ended early when pierre gasly lost control at the notorious degner ii corner,

locking a front wheel before sliding off track and ripping off a front wheel on the barrier. on to cricket and sue redfern is to become the first female umpire to stand in a men's first—class match in england and wales. the as—year—old, capped 21 times by england in the 1990s, has become a trailblazing figure forfemale umpires since retiring from playing. she will umpire glamorgan's county championship match against derbyshire in cardiff which starts on tuesday. it's the most exciting finale to a rugby league, super league season this century, with three teams all vying to finish top of the league in the final set of matches tonight. this will be the end of the regular season before the play—offs decide the champions. the reigning champions, st helens, start the day in third,

but are only behind catalans dragons and leaders wigan on points difference, so there are so many permutations. st helens host hull fc in the easiest looking game on paper. the dragons are at salford, while wigan are away to leigh. radio five live sports extra will have full coverage of the games that decide who will lift the league leaders shield. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app or from our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. the bbc is investigating a claim that comedian russell brand exposed himself to a woman before joking about the incident on his bbc radio 2 show.

it's alleged to have happened in 2008 in los angeles. the woman did not work for the bbc, but was employed in the building where the presenter, who has denied any wrongdoing, recorded his show. graham satchell reports. russell brand is facing a series of sexual assault allegations, including rape and emotional abuse. the latest is said to have happened in this building in los angeles in 2008, where the broadcaster was recording an episode of his radio 2 programme. a woman, who the bbc is calling olivia, claims brand exposed himself to her in this bathroom. brand then laughed about the alleged incident minutes later on his show with his co—host, matt morgan. what made the bbc think that was appropriate to go out like that? ijust don't understand why they didn't investigate this much sooner, given the raunchy, outrageous bits. in a statement, the bbc said...

russell brown's co—presenter at the time, matt morgan, has also issued a statement. he says... it's the russell brand show and here's your host, i am. the latest claims follow an investigation by the sunday times and channel 4's dispatches programme, in which four women allege they were sexually assaulted by russell brand between 2006 and 2013. he has denied those claims but has not responded to this latest allegation. graham satchell, bbc news.