to be born on orford ness — and they came back the following year and brought some friends and we had some more pups, so 66, and then last year we had 133 pups born on site. there are bigger colonies elsewhere in the uk, but any new group, especially with successful pupping numbers, is for many a good conservation story. jo black, bbc news at orford ness. time for a look at the weather. here's simon king. we had a lovely end to the day to day in cumbria where there was a bit of sunshine earlier on, not so in glasgow, they have been stuck under freezing fog where temperatures for most of the day have been minus one degree, and still very cold across scotland, in fact temperatures right now minus eight degrees. meanwhile, in shetland, there has been the warmest place in the uk today,

temperatures nine celsius, but for many of us with grey skies, 3—6 at the moment, but the fog across central scotland will continue through tonight, it has expanded a bit. elsewhere for scotland and northern ireland, clear skies, bit. elsewhere for scotland and northern ireland, clearskies, but otherwise very cloudy overnight and that will act as a blanket which will keep temperatures at 3—6 so not much change from where they are now but across scotland temperatures widely below freezing. on into wednesday, a case of spot the difference, this area of high pressure sticks with us throughout wednesday, so that is what will keep the cloud for most parts. there may be a few breaks to the cloud across wales, the midlands, eastern england, clutching at straws, the best of sunshine across scotland exceptin best of sunshine across scotland except in central scotland where once again that fog will be struggling and once again temperatures will struggle beneath that fog, 0 celsius again in glasgow. elsewhere, 6—9 c. as we go

through the rest of the week, the area of high pressure moves away to the east, there will be some changes, one weather moves south. but it means there will be subtle changes so more in the way of sunshine as we go into the weekend and start to rise a bit as well, so by sunday 11 or 12 celsius. thanks, simon. and that's bbc news at six. now it's time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. can liverpool preserve their perfect record in europe? we'll have the latest from spain where they are playing girona right now. fifa is critcised for a flawed process to choose the 2034 world cup host, with sole bidder saudi arabia set to be awarded the tournament tomorrow. and running out of time,

as new zealand brings an end to greyhound racing, what does that mean for the sport in great britain? also coming up on sportsday: ready for take—off — the world champion and olympic silver medallist kieran reilly, will headline a new bmx event in manchester. and from olympic gold to gridlron, discus champion roje stona is now targeting a career in the nfl. evening, it's an important couple of nights in the champions league. with just two more rounds of matches in the new year, we could see the first couple of sides qualifying for the knockout stage, the last 16, we'll look at some of the permutations in a moment, but liverpool are certainly one of those sides,

the only team with a 100 percent record are playing right now, away at girona, celtic are also one of the early kick—offs, they are at dinamo zagreb, we'll show you a couple of those goals in a moment. aston villa is the other british side playing this evening, they are at leipzig, villa started their european campaign with three wins in a row, but they have slipped down the table into the play—off spots. alistair bruce ball is at the game for 5live. as you is at the game for 5live. can probably tell from the bar as you can probably tell from the bar but it's a chilly want to die for that way here for rb leipzig against aston villa in the champions league put up an opportunity for aston villa to take a big step towards automatic qualification for the last 16 of the champions league in this new look format with the wind here in germany tonight for the commentary on five by the bbc sounds with update kicks off at eight o'clock uk timejohn them to form a england goalkeeper paul robinson alongside me for them to form a england goalkeeper paul robinson alongside me. aston villa have got

back to winning ways with a couple of window glass premier league but some of rb leipzig and yet to win a game in this competition. i don't think we should _ game in this competition. i don't think we should be _ game in this competition. i don't i think we should be underestimating them. you look at life six record, lost all five games for that when you look at it when you look at a loss narrowly against big teams for the i think the drugs of any kind to them. one the last two games as of them. one the last two games as of the villa for that leipzig need to win to stay in the competition for the lid relates to give themselves an opportunity for the villa a point probably sees them into the top 16 for the vitesse again.— probably sees them into the top 16 for the vitesse again. there's been talk and lead _ for the vitesse again. there's been talk and lead up _ for the vitesse again. there's been talk and lead up that _ for the vitesse again. there's been talk and lead up that ali _ for the vitesse again. there's been talk and lead up that ali watkins i talk and lead up that ali watkins and john durrant together i think since durand hasjoined the game. it is only happened twice what would you make about if they did that? interesting to say. had be of full if they did that. he is rarely done, played one of the other. john durrant six goals from the box at the start of the season. he's getting the tag of super sub which no player was hooked up an interesting watch.—

no player was hooked up an interestin: watch. . , ., ., , interesting watch. hats on, gloves on, interesting watch. hats on, gloves on. we're ready — interesting watch. hats on, gloves on, we're ready to _ interesting watch. hats on, gloves on, we're ready to go. _ interesting watch. hats on, gloves on, we're ready to go. both - on, we're ready to go. both commentary on rb leipzig against aston villa for the bbc radio 5 live and sounds apt kick—off at eight o'clock uk time. let's get to those two matches that have kicked off, both involving british sides, liverpool have won five out of five so far and just like the premier league they top the champions league, they are in northern spain in girona, who have just one win in the competition this season, but they are holding their own against arne slot�*s side. bryan gil with the best chance of the first half, but it's goalless at the break. a win for celtic against dinamo zagreb would see them solidify their place in the play—offs. it's 0—0 at half—time in croatia, with celtic�*s paulo bernardo the closest to scoring so far. celtic have eight points from their first five games, but it's over seven years since they last won away from home in the champions league. so a busy night in the champions league, and this new 36 team single league format is starting to become bit clearer, our reporter joe lynskey has been looking

at some of the key games, those teams targetting the top eight and those trying to keep out of the bottom 12. for 36 clubs this is the first of three games and for the champions league reaches the knockout phase, for the first time in the competition the single group stage goes on into the new year. that's as a result of this expanded format. but those teams in the top eight, they go straight through and to avoid the fixture congestion of that additional playoff ground for them if liverpool can win in your own or they will be on the verge of doing just that for the it would move them to 18 points for that by the end of tomorrow there need the side in ninth position to have 11 points or fewer to secure a top a position. you can see how important arsenals match is with monaco tomorrow for the win would give the gunners a significant buffer on their opponents with the aston villa could

move to 13 points tonight, with that they may feel once more when it would be enough to go straight through. you can see there are some huge clubs looking to make their move towards the top as this group sage concludes for the buyer munich, atletico madrid and ac milan for that as we move further down we see manchester city. —— buyer munich for the two points off eight for four points above the line that keeps them in the competition. that's you is facing tomorrow and then the next batch in january is facing tomorrow and then the next batch injanuary city host psg, the french champions down there in 25th, looking to break in to those playoff positions for the lewis and ricci their coach says their match was salzburg tonight feels like a final. rail madrid have that tricky trip to atlanta as they look to climb the table. but celtic in action right now for the update might feel that perhaps four points, maybe even want more wind could be enough to advance from the group stage for the first time for them in 12 years. celtic

are drawing 0—0 at half—time for that we will keep an eye on those two matches when the kick off in the second half. over the past decade or the sporting landscape has shifted towards the middle east, and the huge wealth of the gulf states. saudi arabia's portfolio of events is constantly expanding and tomorrow they are expected to land the greatest prize — the 2034 world cup. it's a controversial choice and how we got to this point is complex. 11; months ago, morocco, portugal and spain were given the green light to host the 2030 tournament, that will also be ratified tomorrow, the opening three matches will actually take place in uruguay, argentina and paraguay that suddenly ruled out a lot of options for the 2034 edition, it couldn't go to europe, africa, or the americas because of fifa's12 year continental rotation policy, the very next day, fifa opened the process for 2034, giving interested parties less than a month to submit bids, saudi arabia were ready with theirs, but potential hosts

australia and new zealand, were caught on the hoof, and ultimately withdrew. a month later, despite long—standing concerns over the country's human rights record, fifa's evaluation report gave the sole saudi bid it's highest mark, and tomorrow the kingdom will be given the keys to the world cup. the norwegian football federation will vote against it, they have been highly critical of the whole process as well as the choice of host, our sports news correspondent laura scott sent us this from oslo. the congress is itself has caused some controversy among the federations instead of the traditional vote by congress or indeed a congress held in person this one will be all held virtually for the people had said the federation will instead endorse the bids via a process of acclamation. that has got a lot of criticism from the norwegian football federation.

its president said she will be abstaining from that process of acclamation because she says that it is a flawed process by fifa. she said the bidding process undermines for his own 2016 reforms for good governance and transparent world cup allegations for her it isn't really about criticizing the host country for both those tournaments but the way that fifa has reached the point where there are too unopposed bids given the recent criticism around saudi arabia, specifically around its human rights record and that 11 of the 15 stadiums for its world cup will need to be built, i asked her she felt that saudi arabia was a suitable host. i’m she felt that saudi arabia was a suitable host.— she felt that saudi arabia was a suitable host. �* , , . . suitable host. i'm 'ust very careful of sa in: suitable host. i'm 'ust very careful of saying that — suitable host. i'm just very careful of saying that we're _ suitable host. i'm just very careful of saying that we're now _ suitable host. i'm just very careful of saying that we're now criticizing the process for the it's very easy for us to be critical of different cultures and our own. we know that the bigger risks generally in our country for example, lack of freedom

of speech, the bigger the risk it will be around big magnets. we don't know that will happen for that we don't know if saudi arabia or portugal will be able to deliver on the promises they made. our criticism now is on the lack of clarity and what fifa asks from bigger nations on the risk on the ground, real risk notjust context analysis which goes for all bids, notjust 20 34th. we analysis which goes for all bids, not just 20 34th.— not just 20 34th. we know that the en . lish not just 20 34th. we know that the enalish fa not just 20 34th. we know that the english fa were _ not just 20 34th. we know that the english fa were discussing - not just 20 34th. we know that the english fa were discussing their i english fa were discussing their stance recently as last weekend. given the uk's prime minister keir starmer was in saudi arabia only this week to strengthen the uk's ties with the kingdom many opposition from the football world could look out of kilter. the congress might lackjeopardy but it doesn't lack significance. we know that saudi arabia had long frayed hosting the world cup and they look set to do to for the people are

looking on the power of sport to drive change they say saudi arabia can host a world—class event. but for 1419 00:13:06,154