the first female appointed efl- many. congratulations again.uch of england and wales it is another one day for the time of year. we don't have the blue skies that we had yesterday as we have quite a bit of dust from the sahara desert in the air at the moment. most of the rain recently has come from that area of cloud, very wet in the highlands of

the first female appointed efl- many. congratulations again. the | first female appointed efl referee. time for a look at the weather, here's darren bett. for much of england and wales it is another one day for the time of year. we don't have the blue skies that we had yesterday as we have quite a bit of dust from the sahara desert in the air at the moment. most of the rain recently has come from that area of cloud, very wet in the highlands of scotland. to the north of that is where we have got cold air and that will move south in the next few days. the rain has eased a bit in the north west of scotland but there is a lot of cloud across other parts of scotland bringing with it some rain and drizzle also affecting some areas of northern ireland. but england and wales have that hazy sunshine through the rest of the day, warm again, 23, 20 4 degrees across eastern areas. a cooler day for scotland and northern ireland and cooler around some coastal areas of callable after that warmth of yesterday. we have missed in low cloud coming in from the se

rebecca welch will become the first female referee appointed to take charge of an efl game on monday.elch has overseen eight national league matches this season, as well as the women's fa cup final at wembley in 2017. she said it was an important step in inspiring young girls who were wondering whether they should take up a career in refereeing. probably two years ago people say that you are a role model for young girls, that never sat comfortable with me but not that i have been doing work for the premier league charity with them and work with people in different areas of the country and people want to hear my story and are inspired by it and when i see that, i am quite happy and then to take on the title of being a role model. it's been five months since england lifted the women's six nations and the tournament is back this weekend, but with a difference. it doesn't overlap with the men's event and a new broadcast deal means no games are being played at the same time. the biggest change will be a shortened format, seeing two groups of three, with a final round of games to decide pos

rebecca welch will become the first female referee appointed to take charge of an efl game on monday.le "model for young girls." that never sat comfortable with me, but now that i've been doing work for the premier league charity where we go out and we work with people in different areas of the country, and people want to hear my story and then are inspired by it. and when i see that, i am quite happy then to take on the title of being a role model. it's been five months since england lifted the women's six nations and the tournament is back this weekend, but with a difference. it doesn't overlap with the men's event and a new broadcast deal means no games are being played at the same time. the biggest change will be a shortened format, seeing two groups of three, with a final round of games to decide positions. the competition's chief executive says this should be a one—off due to the pandemic. we are very happy to have a sort of stand—alone window. that may continue in the future but the actual format i think the dna of the six nation is that round—robin where each team plays agains

rebecca welch will become the first female referee appointed to take charge of an efl game on monday.atch against new zealand in napier thinking they needed 148 from 16 overs after the home side's innings was shortened because of the weather. but after nine balls, the umpires stopped the game to change the target to 170 after someone realised it was wrong. at the end of the 13th over, the target was again revised to 171. new zealand eventually won a confusing match by 28 runs. much more coming up in sports. we'll have more for you in sportsday at 6:30pm. that would help my performance if we got them to revise statistics. it's hard to know how to win if you don't know if you're actually going to win. fairpoint there. course is not the way it's a taking part that's what they always tell us. not for the statistician. lovely to speak with you, i know you'll be back in an hour sews time. thanks very much. thanks very much. scotland's political leaders will face each other tonight in the first tv debate of the holyrood election campaign. they may do a bit of turning back as i did. they may

in just 24 house, salford city's reign as efl trophy winners will possibly be one of the shortest inague two side converted all their spot kicks, with midfielderjason lowe scoring the winner. it's the most prestigious trophy the club has lifted. however, there will be new winners very soon, with the 2021 final being held this afternoon between sunderland and tranmere. very cruel, isn't it. not in front of fans either.— of fans either. you have barely settled in- _ of fans either. you have barely settled in. not _ settled in. not even finished the booze. thank _ settled in. not even finished the booze. thank you _ settled in. not even finished the booze. thank you jane. - it's mothers day, but for many of us the day will be spent separated from our families for a second year, with gifts sent by post and celebrations happening virtually. international travel restrictions also mean many people in the uk will miss spoiling their mums who are living in other parts of the world, as caroline davies reports. there is nothing quite like mums cooking for iran, it has been a long time since bei

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