sport and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre.fter wins for liverpool and manchester city over the weekend it's now down to third placed arsenal to keep themselves in touch in the premier league. they are at bottom side sheffield united, a win at bramall lane would see them move two points off the top. they've won their last 6 in the premier league and the gunners manager was asked what will it take to win the title. i don't know. you might have to win every game. i don't know. we have crazy schedules. it may be different to last season. anything under 90 points it will be difficult. the way i see them training it gives me more reason to believe that we have a chance because we really want it. we have to get that balance right, we can't sit back for 95 minutes. we might get pushed back at times and we have to accept that but we want to be a threat the other way and we want to put attacking players on the pitch as well, so we want to give them some problems as well. but as i said, i don't think it needs much explaining, the form th

you can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sporthe app. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. well, the weather has been very mild in the last day or so. in london, temperatures on thursday reached 18.1 degrees celsius, so spring is definitely in the air. how about friday? i don't think it's going to be quite as warm and if anything, a lot of cloud and a good chance of catching some rain. now, currently, an area of low pressure is crossing us with its weather fronts and that spells a lot of rain—bearing cloud. and in fact, through the night, it will have been a wet picture across many parts of scotland. rain also around the lake district and elsewhere we've got showers crossing the uk. temperatures early in the morning on friday — double figures for london and norwich and many of us around 9—10 degrees. a bit colder there in scotland — 5 for aberdeen. the forecast, then, for friday, and a lot of cloud first half of the day, very few glimmers of sunshine. showers possible through the morning and af

you can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. whilst many of us did have a lot of cloud and showery rain on thursday, not everywhere. so on thursday, not everywhere. spring is definitely ii air. so spring is definitely in the air. how about friday? i don't think it will be quite as warm, and if anything, think it will be quite as warm, and ifanything, a think it will be quite as warm, and if anything, a lot of cloud and if anything, a lot of cloud and good chance of catching some rain. currently, an area of low pressure is crossing us with its weather fronts and that spells a lot of rain—bearing cloud. in fact, through the night, it would've been a wet picture in many parts of scotland, rain around the lake district and elsewhere, showers crossing the uk. temperatures early in the morning on friday, double figures for london and norwich and many of us around 9—10 degrees. the forecast then for friday, and a lot of cloud first half of the day, very few glim

a bbc sport study of over 100 elite british female sportspeople has found that more than a third say ave considered giving up their sport due to the cost of living crisis. the research is part of wide—ranging look into issues facing women athletes in 202a. our reporter katie falkingham has been looking at this and told me earlier about some of the figures involved. this study was in the form of an anonymous questionnaire was sent to 615 athletes and we got 1a3 responses. the numbers are quite stark. more than three quarters of those that responded to us said they earn less than £30,000 from their sport. according to the office for national statistics, that is almost £5,000 less than the average salary in the uk. i think there is this preconception that athletes and a lot of money, but the survey shows thatis lot of money, but the survey shows that is not really the case. only eight of those who responded said to us that they earned more than £100,000 was poor, more than three quarters who responded said as sportspeople, they felt they were not paid as much as their male counterparts.

hello from the bbc sport centre. the wales manager, rob page, was left reflecting on the cruelty of sport as his young side lost their european playoff final to poland on penalties. after 90 minutes and extra time, the match was goalless so it went to the dreaded penalty shoot—out. everyone scored until danjames took wales�*s fifth and final spot kick, only to see it saved, and with it went their dreams of making their third european championship in a row. page knows this will take a while to get over. absolutely gutted for them. yeah, it is a horrible way to go out, isn't it? and it is a cruel game. so i'm really disappointed right now, but really proud of the players. and that was the message to them in the changing room after, you know, for what the campaign overall. i couldn't be more proud and the journey that they're on, so it's a horrible way to go out, but hopefully we learn and become strongerfrom having gone through the horrible experiences of tonight. ukraine came back to beat iceland and seal their spot a

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.ukyou're watching bbc news. let me bring you our breaking news this hour and those pictures again, starship — a powerful rocket owned by elon musk�*s space x company — has taken off from its launch site in south—east texas. elon musk calls this spacex's "most powerful rocket". the launch was closely watched as two previous attempts had technical difficulties. spacex have launched this rocket from its base in texas. at this point we have already passed through— at this point we have already passed through maximum dynamic pressure. cheering _ through maximum dynamic pressure. cheering and applause we are passing supersonic, so we are moving _ we are passing supersonic, so we are moving faster than the speed of sound — moving faster than the speed of sound. we are getting those on—board views_ sound. we are getting those on—board views from _ sound. we are getting those on—board views from the ships cameras. the next _ views from the ships cameras. the next major— views from the ships camer

that squad list is on the bbc sport website. that squad list is on the bbc sport website.ion day, has begun. it's the 100th year of the cheltenham gold cup, the feature race of the festival, which started way back in 192a. that race takes place on friday, with shishkin one of the favourites to win it, but trainer nicky henderson says it could be anybody�*s. i think he's got a very good chance. it's an open goal code, i think. it's an open goal code, i think. it'sjust not a gimme, some people think it is. it's not, it's a horse race, anything can happen. scottie scheffler says it was strange to seejon rahm choose to leave the pga tour for liv golf. the men's world number one was speaking ahead of defending his title at the players championship — which you can follow on bbc sounds this weekend. scheffler admitted he will miss competing against rahm, but says the pga tour must move on without him. john was already someone i loved competing against, and something we talked about after the ryder cup. we've had some gun battles —— good battles, and i was surprised at how competi

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.comat you will notice will be the strength of the wind — it'll be a cold, strong easterly wind blowing across all areas, but we should see more sunshine around than what we've had over the last few days. now, there's some cold air wrapped around that area of high pressure moving out of scandinavia, and that will be blown in. and that strong easterly wind across all areas, pushing some cloud again into eastern, particularly northeastern england and eastern scotland. the best of the sunshine, western scotland, parts of northern ireland, and a good deal of sunshine, i think, for england and wales, so that will compensate. however, the winds really will take the edge off the temperatures — strong and gusty at times, 30—a0mph in exposure, particularly strong along north sea and channel coasts. temperatures 6—7 celsius — you factor in the wind, it won't feel like that, it'll feel colder than these temperatures suggest, despite the sunshine. as we head through friday night, it stays windy. we'll

much more of that on our website and the bbc sport app as well.w. goodnight. hello there. we could see more sunshine around for wednesday than what we had on tuesday, particularly across eastern areas. so i think a brighter afternoon to come, but there will be some scattered showers around, especially across england and wales, and winds will generally stay quite light. we'll have high pressure anchored over scandinavia, low pressure out in the atlantic, trying to push this weather front ever closer towards our shores, but it could reach the west country as we move through the latter parts of this morning. elsewhere, we're starting off with a lot of cloud across the east of the country. that will tend to melt away, though. it stays cloudy for eastern scotland, northeast england. some sunshine for east anglia and the southeast, a few showers into the afternoon, east wales and the midlands, and temperature—wise, up to around 10—11 degrees, single digits along the north sea coasts, where we have the cloud and the breeze. now, as we head through wednes

bbc news, paris. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uks. welcome. more now on the breaking news — a 39—year—old man has become the first person in england and wales to be convicted of the new offence of cyberflashing. sanchia berg was at the southend crown court and has just sent through this report. nicholas hawkes aged 38 had pleaded guilty to sending photographs of his genitals to two women, one in her 60s and the other a teenage girl. he has been sentenced to 66 weeks in prison. and 14 weeks for breaching existing court orders. he had pleaded guilty to sending pictures of his genitals unsolicited to two women on february the 9th. 0ne of his genitals unsolicited to two women on february the 9th. one was a woman in her 60s, the other a teenage girl. 0ne message was sent ijy teenage girl. 0ne message was sent by whatsapp, the other by my message. in his defence, his barrister barry gilbert said mr fox —— mr hogg has suffered from severe post—traumatic stress disorder after being kidnapped and back in 2016. he said this had left him wanti

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye.sing around and stop this psychodrama, according to business secretary kemi badenoch. she spoke out after reports that there were plans to replace rishi sunak with penny mordaunt. kemi badenoch was speaking on bbc breakfast answered questions about frank esther, the conservative party donor, who is reported to have donated £5 million more. he party donor, who is reported to have donated £5 million more.— donated £5 million more. he has apologised _ donated £5 million more. he has apologised for — donated £5 million more. he has apologised for his _ donated £5 million more. he has apologised for his comments. i donated £5 million more. he has i apologised for his comments. that should be the end of the match. this churning around of when and how much the donations were are a distraction from the work i'm doing here today and commentary on small businesses on how to make life easy for entrepreneurs. the prime minister has been working on a package that will improve small businesses and s

news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.combc sport centre, goodbye. hello. an area of low pressure is going to sit around on top of the uk over the next few days, and that will drive some very heavy downpours of rain, with some flashes of lightning, some rumbles of thunder, some of the showers over high ground will be wintry, and we will often have some strong and gusty winds. so here is our area of low pressure. you can think of this as the engine room of the weather, driving things over the next few days. a couple of different slow—moving fronts. one which has been bringing some rain and snow across scotland, that tending to pull away eastwards but leaving a residue of cloud across southern scotland, northern england, northern ireland, some quite murky conditions, damp and drizzly, too. and then another weather front�*s just bringing some rain northwards across central southern england, into parts of the midlands, the southeast eventually getting into parts of wales, something a little bit brighter into the south—west of eng

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — bbc.com/sport. centre, goodbye. hello. we are marking the spring equinox and for some parts of the uk, wednesday will bring some spring warmth just as tuesday did actually in parts of lincolnshire, 17 degrees, with some hazy sunshine in some relatively mild air. now, as we head through the next few days, we are going to start to see a change. the wind direction will change. we'll get into north or north westerly winds and that will bring a much colder feel in time for the weekend, but not just yet. a mild start to wednesday with extensive cloud cover, some mist and murk and some hill fog and some outbreaks of rain. now, in many locations, the rain will turn increasingly light and patchy through the day, and for some, it will brighten up. in fact, if we see some hazy sunshine in the south east of england, temperatures could climb to 18 degrees. but parts of southwest england, wales, the midlands, eastern england are likely to stay grey with some bits and pieces of rain. it may brighten up a little bi

sport. olly foster is in the bbc sort the sport. olly foster is in the bbc sport centre- _ the sport.s in the bbc sport centre. good _ the sport. olly foster is in the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. - shohei ohtani made his long—awaited debut since signing a record ten—year $700 million contract with the la dodgers as his rbi single helped his side overcome the san diego padres 5—2 in seoul. a crowd of almost 16,000 was on hand to watch 0htani's debut in seoul in major league baseball's first game in south korea. the japanese star registered his first hit at the top of the third and then, with the dodgers 4—2 up at the top of the eighth, drove in his first run as part of a four—run inning to ensure his debut was a successful one. i think the bigger picture is significant because you've got such a generational talent that, you know, is on your ball club in a big market in los angeles. you know, there are a lot more eyeballs on the la dodgers and on major league baseball. we got a lot of good players outside shohei 0htani. the fence came alive at the end, so it was a good ball game a

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.come much milder feeling air now with temperatures in the mid—teens quite widely on sunday with a wet start to the day for some of us. but we saw some sunny spells emerging such as here in nottinghamshire, and there's more sunshine on offer as we head through monday — it's a similar looking day. for the vast majority of us, it should stay dry, some low cloud, mist and murk to begin with, but then it will brighten up quite nicely. but overnight there are some weather fronts just gradually clearing eastwards. a lot of the showery rain is starting to fizzle out on the easterly track. and this is how we'll start off the day on monday. temperatures between five and eight degrees. it's a cooler start than yesterday morning across much of england and wales. but still temperatures in mid to high single figures, so mild for the time of year. lots of dry weather around these areas of cloud just pushing further eastwards, the rain fizzling out. a lot of dry weather, some sunshine, clouds thickening

sport and time for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. the world indoor athletics championships have got under way in glasgow, with some of the sport's biggest stars ready to battle it out for gold. none more so than noah lyles. the world 100 and 200m champion at outdoors is targeting a first indoor title in the 60metres. indoor title in the 60 metres. he's safely through to the semi—finals which take place later on friday. everything is to get ready for paris, that is what this championships is for. i know that i have the speed, but have an acceleration go with it... i'm going to go home and not think about it, i'm going to let my massage people do their thing, i'm going to come aggregate is a new race. i had nice warm welcome, and that is always nice and exciting, because, when the crowd is excited, i'm excited. his compatriot _ crowd is excited, i'm excited. his compatriot also won his heat. lyles�* compatriot christian coleman who is world record holder in this event, also won his heat, eight tenths of a second faster than lyles. brit

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.comwell, let's see how the weather is looking. and yes, more rain on the way. it's been raining for such a long time now — i know some of us are starting to complain. it's so soggy out there and further rain clouds heading away. in fact, the north atlantic and much of europe, dominated by a huge area of low pressure with smaller area of low pressures, is embedded within it. and look at all these weather fronts circling this big low, which is approaching us right now. and in fact, some very strong winds on the way for a time on thursday, particularly across southern areas of the uk. so through the early hours we will have had some rain from southern parts of the uk through merseyside, the irish sea into northern ireland. temperatures early in the morning, three, four, five degrees celsuis, maybe colder in some spots where skies will have cleared. but on those winds in the south — exposed areas could see 60 to 65 mile an hour gusts at times. inland, central southern counties there, 50 miles

don't forget — the full draw for the champions league quarterfinal is on the bbc sport website — with the sport. welcome back. some breaking news to bring you — 21 migrants including five children have drowned after a boat capsized off the coast of turkey. this incident happened off turkey's largest island, called imbros, which is in the aegean sea. the victims�* nationalities are not yet known. local officials say two people were rescued by the turkish coastguard and another two managed to make it out of the water on their own. a search and rescue operation has been taking place — involving planes, helicopters and more than a dozen boats. we'll bring you more on this story as we get it. this line, again, came to us. 21 migrants including five children have drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of turkey. sir lenny henry will present his final comic relief tonight after almost a0 years. the comedian, who co—founded the charity, fronted the first programme back in 1988 which built on the success of band aid. it's gone on to raise millions of pounds for good causes. let's see

lots more more on the bbc sport website or your bbc sport app.unday and i think it was the sunshine that kind of offset the coolness of the air. now, there won't be as much sunshine around on monday — low pressure is moving in — and not got much snow in the scottish mountains at the moment but that is set to change over the next 2a hours. low pressure is developing to the west of the uk and this low pressure is going to be bringing outbreaks of rain outbreaks of rain widely over the next 2a hours. the rain already with us in northern ireland will continue to spread northwards and eastwards over the next few hours, reaching across wales, into western and central england, south—west scotland, too. northern scotland, one place where you are likely to see some frost but at least it should be a bright start to the day here. otherwise, a lot of cloud and rain around on monday morning. probably little, if anything, reaching east anglia and south east england, where it might actually brighten up for a time. temperatures about 10—12 degrees for most — tha

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com, goodbye. hello, there. it's going to be turning colder right across the uk as we head through the rest of the week. sunny spells and showers through the day on thursday. lots of rainbow spotted by our weather watchers towards the north. that theme at least is set to continue, so more blustery showers, a brisk northwesterly wind and just some chillier feeling air with a possibility of some nighttime frosts in the more rural sheltered spots. why? well, because this cold front will be sinking southwards and eastwards as we head through the day on friday, introducing that colder feeling air. already a chilly start to the day from north wales, across northern england, scotland and northern ireland — some showers blowing in here. a cold front pushes more clouds towards the far southeast of england and some outbreaks of rain. and the hang—back of that rain is still across parts of kent, sussex into perhaps eastern areas of hampshire. as we head through the afternoon on friday, it will event

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.comhanks very much indeed for watching and we'll see you again next time. hello there. we've still got significant problems with a lot of ground water lying around across the southern half of the uk. there are numerous flood warnings out for that, and as well as some large waves around southern western coast. the warnings are all on the website, but we are in for more rain. it's already been moving in through the evening and overnight across the western part of the uk. this is for the rest of the week — you can see the rainfall totals amounting to perhaps 30—110 millimetres again, for many parts. this is the current arm of cloud that's moving in the next area of low pressure, which will give some wet weather through the remainder of the night and into the start of our tuesday morning. perhaps a little bit of mist and fog in central and eastern areas, a bit chilly here, touch of frost in the north — but this is the main story, really quite wet through the rush hour across parts of northern

there's lots more on that on the bbc sport website and app but from me and the team, see you again soona hiccup along the way, but by and large, for the rest of this week, it's looking better than it has done in recent weeks, with the tendency for most of us to be a good deal drier. things will become windier again as we go through the week and that's because we're stuck in a bit of a tussle between high pressure building across scandinavia — high generally means dry weather — and low pressure out in the atlantic. and, whilst they try to get closer, high pressure will be the dominant feature. tuesday, however, will be a bit of a transition day of sorts. now, we start with a bit of frost across central, western england and wales, certainly frost free towards the east and that's because we've got a weather frontier which has become stranded as we go into the start of the day. cloud, outbreaks of rain, quite misty around hills and coasts, too. it'll sit there all day long around some coastal districts. it may brighten up a touch inland, chance of a few heavier showers and a rumble of thund

hello from the bbc sport centre.ed friendship games "a cynical attempt to politicise sport", describing the event as a "purely politically motivated sports event". the inaugural summer friendship games are reported to be scheduled to take place in september. in a strongly worded statement, the ioc has said... "for all these reasons: the blatant violation of the olympic "charter, the infringement of the respective un "resolutions and the disrespect for the athletes and "for the integrity of sports competitions, the olympic "movement strongly condemns any initiative to fully politicise "sport, in particular the establishment of fully "politicised sports events by the russian government. "the ioc strongly urges all stakeholders "of the olympic movement and all governments to reject any "participation in, and support of, any initiative that intends to "fully politicise international sport." more detail on that story on the bbc sport website. britain's emma raducanu has withdrawn from the miami open with a lower back inju

you can find out more on that on the bbc sport website and app, including the female athletes' attitudeslite sport. head to our website for that. when you lose yourjob, some people might like a bit of downtime before embarking on the next one. well, former roma bossjose mourinho has been enjoying his, for sure, taking in an anthonyjoshua fight and f1 in saudi arabia, are now getting to wave the chequered flag at the motogp in portugal. the special one very much the special guest, as jorge martin won the race. he posed for snaps with a number of the riders and team members too. he says he wants to get back into football management again by the summer. who knew he was such a big bike span? you are up to date from the bbc sport centre. see you again soon. goodbye. since the murder of her daughter by two other teenagers, esther ghey has embarked on a campaign to improve mental well—being for schoolchildren across the country. one of the focuses of her campaigning is mindfulness, and she recently visited a school in liverpool to see out it is helping pupils there. our reporter has the story.

the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye.an appearance over the last couple of days, we have felt some spring warmth. certainly, it has been a mild start to the week, but there is a change on the way. it will turn colder later in the week, and between now and then we have some spells of wind and rain to contend with — the wettest and windiest weather towards the north and the west of the uk. this chart shows the rainfall we are expecting to accumulate through the course of this week. you can see the green colours just showing up there, in western scotland, indicating more than 50mm of rain, and there is a bit of rain to take us through the first part of tuesday along the line of this weather front. notice this front wriggles back out into the atlantic — another pulse of rain to come through tuesday night and into wednesday. but in the short term, the first piece of that weather front, if you like, lingering across parts of southeast england. some clouds, some spots of rain, and then that next pulse of wet weather pushes in ac

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/llo there. march so far has been quieter but colder, and the wind direction has played its part. we've seen an easterly wind so far, and in the last few days, it's brought a lot of cloud in off the north sea and temperatures struggled along those exposed coasts — only around six degrees. but the story is set to change as we go through the next few days. with the wind direction swinging round to a south—westerly, temperatures may well peak into the mid—teens, but there's still a chance of seeing a return to some showers or longer spells of rain. monday, however, will be a quieter story. this weakening weather front still producing cloud thick enough for some drizzle first thing monday morning — a lot of cloud and some fog around as well early on. some showery outbreaks of rain moving out to the far north of northern ireland, into the far north—west of scotland. and still, the wind direction coming from an easterly. here, always that little bit cooler, 8—9 degrees. but out to the west, w

hello from the bbc sport centre. i'mjane i'm jane dougall. there's one english premier league match later on monday with chelsea hosting newcastle in a mid—table battle. both sides have had injury problems, but it was newcastle who were the winners in the reverse fixture in november, beating chelsea 4—1. while chelsea got their revenge in the quarterfinals of the carabao cup, putting them out on penalties. magpie manager eddie howe says they're running out of time to get something from this season, while mauricio pochettino insists chelsea must concentrate on themselves and not their opponents. the most important for us is to work on us. i'm concentrating on our performance and the way that we are going to deal with now maybe two or three starting 11 players in the last game that we need to find different solutions again. of course we know very well newcastle and we can assess newcastle but now i think the most important is the way in which we are going to find the balance of the team to be consistent and to perform in the way that we want to

much more 0llie berman on the bbc sport website but that is all a sport for now.into us from the united states, we've been hearing from the leader of the us senate, the democratic politician chuck schumer, who is the highest ranking jewish politician in the united states. he was delivering a speech on the floor of the senate and he made some remarks that we will share with you. he said that the israeli government should hold new elections, suggesting that israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu rest making the united states are like a pariah. he said at this critical juncture, i believe a new election is the only way to allow for a healthy and open decision—making process about the future of israel at a time when so many israelis have lost their confidence in the vision and direction of their government. that is the scene live in the senate, his speech has wrapped up. he also said israel must make significant course corrections to achieve lasting peace with the palestinians. he also said it would be a grave mistake for israel to reject a two—state solution and