can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app, or at our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centrer. the former first minster of northern ireland baroness arlene foster has said she accepts responsibility for how the executive handled the covid pandemic. the ex—dup leader was giving evidence at the covid inquiry and spoke of her "deep regret" over the covid response. this was arlene foster's response to suggestions that she passed blame onto the department of health. i don't think it was the department of health's fault for what happened during the first wave of the pandemic. it was the virus that caused the damage to northern ireland, and we were trying to deal with what was coming at it because nobody had any appreciation of the scale of what was coming towards us. and actually, in mid—march of the meeting we had with the republic of ireland ministers, in those minutes, you can see that the chief medical officer, our chief medical officer, is saying that he felt that the peak was around 14 weeks from there. so wrongly and i say absolutely wrongly, we felt that we had time and we

can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app, or at our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centrehe isle of man to be helped to die could be a step closer after crucial votes in its parliament on tuesday. the proposed law would give some terminally ill people the right to end their life — but it has been controversial. let's speak to baroness finlay who has been giving evidence to the isle of man parliament this morning and is a professor of palliative medicine, and a crossbench member of the house of lords. what are your concerns about the proposed law? i what are your concerns about the preposed law?— proposed law? i think in a nutshell the way that _ proposed law? i think in a nutshell the way that this _ proposed law? i think in a nutshell the way that this proposed law - proposed law? i think in a nutshell the way that this proposed law is l the way that this proposed law is written, it's unworkable. there... is cleared of the doctors on the isle of man, the vast majority, 70% what don't want it, they don't want to be involved and it —— 74%... and there is absolutely no way o

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye.nsurance cut before the general election. at an event in westminster this morning he said the economy is "back on it's feet" and pledged that taxes will go down under a conservative government. inflation has moved closer to the bank of england's 2% target, and recent economic indicators have showed the uk had returned to growth. joining me now is our political correspondent, nick eardley. he wanted to talk about tax, saying it would go up under labour and he wanted to cut taxes but he didn't say anything specific on that, no specific promise. h0 say anything specific on that, no specific promise.— specific promise. no cast-iron guarantees — specific promise. no cast-iron guarantees as _ specific promise. no cast-iron guarantees as it _ specific promise. no cast-iron guarantees as it was - specific promise. no cast-iron guarantees as it was put - specific promise. no cast-iron guarantees as it was put to i specific promise. no cast-ironl guarantees as it was put to the chancellor that h

can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app, or at our website — that�*s bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centretion. sir keir starmer has announced that. we will bring you a clip of what he has said in the coming minutes. diane abbott is now free to go forward as a labour candidate, that is from sir keir starmer, the leader of the labour party. it comes after a lot of controversy over whether diane abbott was going to be allowed to continue to fight her seat. she was readmitted as a labour mp after an inquiry, the former shadow home secretary had been suspended in april 2023 after saying jewish and irish people don�*t face racism all their lives and has ascension would have meant she could not stand. party officials had tried to broker a deal in return for standing down. she was given the labour whip back but the mp indicated she had been told she was not allowed to fight for her seat for this election. but it seems after days of this dominating labour headlines, a lot of questions about how this has been handled, the leadership has come out and said diane abbott is free to stand as a labour ca

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. ave paris saint—germain at the end of the season. the france captain, widely regarded as one of the best forwards in the game, released a video on social media — saying he would always speak when the time comes. it clears the way for a likely move to real madrid. psg's lost to dortmund this week in the champions league semi—finals.

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mark edwards. llo from the bbc sport centre. we're going to start with football and we know the premier league title race will be decided on the final day, but it could be a very significant night for aston villa — they could qualify for the champions league with victory over liverpool at villa park. but they had a nightmare start, an own goal from villa keeper emiliano martinez as he mishandled a cross after just 64 seconds, but they equalised through youri thielemans ten minutes later. the lead regained by liverpool. cody gakpo has just scored a second for the visitors. a reminder that a win for villa would secure a top four finish and give them a place at europes top table for the first time since 1983. half—hour on the clock, 2—1 liverpool. staying with the premier league, bournemouth manager andoni iraola has signed a one year contract extension through to 2026. in his first season in charge the spaniard has led bournemouth to their best premier league points total, and they could still finish

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's will perry. d 62 to lead by three shots. the american cae up with nine birdies at valhalla to beat jose maria 0lazabal�*s course record set 2a years ago. rory mcilroy is hoping to end his 10—year major drought, he's in the clubhouse four shots off the lead. world number one scottie scheffler got an eagle on his first hole, he's three under through four. four times winner tiger woods is one over, john rahm two over through four. the fight for premier league promotion continues with leeds taking on norwich in the second leg of their chaampionship play—off semifinal.

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. om the bbc sport centre. some big news to bring you from the world of football — kylian mbappe has announced that he will leave paris saint—germain at the end of the season. the france captain, widely regarded as one of the best forwards in the game, released a video on social media — saying he would always speak when the time comes. it clears the way for a likely move to real madrid. psg's lost to dortmund this week in the champions league semi—finals. the team face toulouse in ligue un, at the parcs des princes on sunday, which will be mbappe�*s final home game. it could be a defining weekend in the english premier league for teams sweating on survival down at the bottom. sheffield united are already relegated. so now it's nottingham forest, luton and burnley in the spotlight. forest are three points clear of third from bottom luton, so are favourites to stay up. they would have been safe — if their appeal against a four point deduction for breaking financial rules was upheld. it's b

get all the latest sports news at 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 days, at least for most of us. the weather, on the other hand, a little hit and miss. and in fact, that is the outlook for the next few days. some warm sunshine, yes, but also a chance of catching some rain. now, weather fronts are close by — you can see it here on the satellite picture — and that also means some damp weather through the early hours and into wednesday morning, particularly around the irish sea coasts and also around the north sea coasts. but for most of us, it's a dry start to the day, a little misty and murky in places. here are the temperatures first thing — around 9 in london, 8 in belfast, maybe the glens of scotland around 11—5 celsius. now, many of us will wake up to some sunshine, maybe hazy skies in places. and i think it should stay generally dry through the day, although a few showers are possible inland in central parts of the uk, and also damp conditions at times are possible along the north sea coast where it'll be coolest. temperatures in newcastle, only

get all the latest sports news at 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 centres a little bit of sunshine and some warmth — 2a celsius, or at least very close to it, in parts of northern scotland. compare that with 1a celsius in southwest england, with cloud, with outbreaks of rain — all in association with this area of low pressure and this slow—moving frontal system. now, this weather front is now slowly on the move, northwards and eastwards. you can follow that weather front here for tuesday morning — that's where we'll see outbreaks of rain across parts of eastern england for a time across the midlands, certainly some rain across northern england, southern and central scotland. rain tending to pull away from northern ireland, and for wales in the southwest, it's a mix of sunny spells and heavy showers. northern scotland should see some dry and bright weather. we could well see the highest of the temperatures here, around 21 celsius more generally, 16—20. and then, through tuesday night, here's our weather front continuing its very slow journey northwards and

get all the latest sports news at 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 centretoday but wednesday will be a wash—out for some of us. persistent and heavier rain at times and it's starting this evening. now, here's the forecast. it's already been quite wet in east anglia and the southeast. the rain will spread into the midlands through the night. it will nudge into the peak district and then spread into northern england by the early hours of wednesday morning. could reach eastern parts of wales, too. but scotland and northern ireland, apart from a few showers here and there, actually looking generally dry. so tomorrow's forecast then. this is the morning — a widespread area of rain. we'll zoom in and see what's happening around three or four in the afternoon. by that stage, the heaviest of the rain will have cleared east anglia, the southeast and along the southern counties, blustery winds and occasional showers. so here's that persistent rain from the midlands, wales, the north of england, pretty much almost everywhere. that rain isjust nudging into southern sco

get all the latest sports news at 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 centreday was a particularly miserable day. quite wet, in fact, in hertfordshire and warwickshire, we had a months worth of rain in a 24—hour period, ranging from 55 to almost 65 mm of rainfall. throughout the day, the rain gradually drifted its way steadily north and west. here, it is going to linger for quite some time, so we still have weather warnings out. in fact, the met office has an amber warning now, with the emphasis on the heavy and persistent rain across parts of north wales and northwest england. we could see, to higher ground, as much as 100 mm or more, and that could lead to some localised flooding. so that weather warning and will remain in force until lunchtime on thursday. the brighter colours denoting the intensity of the rainfall. some clearer skies further south, so it could be a misty and murky start, but a relatively mild start to thursday morning. on the whole, quite grey for most of us and some of the rain persistent, but it will gradually start to ease as we go thro

get all the latest sports news at 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 centrewe saw some pretty nasty storms with hail and thunder, gusty winds, and they have been drifting towards us. if we look at the satellite picture over the radar superimposed, the rainfall, you can see these dark blue colors indicating the very heavy rainfall and drifting in from the south towards the uk. so i think through the early hours we will have had some downpours. if they haven't reached you already, they may be on the way, but of course not everybody is going to get them. it's near enough impossible to exactly predict where the storms will be, but north of that, it's a completely different picture across northern england and scotland. some clear skies overnight. now let's have a look at the early hours. this is widespread rain in the south—west. i think the more vicious brief downpours with hail, thunder and lightning and flash flooding in places will be further towards the east. and some of these heavy showers may last through the morning and possibly pop off during the afternoo

can get all the latest sports news at 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 centreweather is set to continue. in fact, thursday, it was warmest day of the year so far. we reached a high of 24.6 celsius in st james�*s park, london. when you round that up to 25, that is 77 fahrenheit. we could see similar values over the next couple of days with high pressure staying with us, but this weak weather front will continue to bring some showery outbreaks of rain and a cooler feel across the northern isles. it'll be a relatively mild start to our friday morning. double digits, some early morning mist and fog quickly melting away, a lot of sunshine coming through. we'll get a little bit of fair weather cloud developing into the afternoon, but on the whole, a promising day. more sunshine as well for scotland in comparison to thursday. top temperatures here of 20 to 22 degrees. we could see 2a further south. into the start of the weekend, we continue with this warm, sunny theme. however, the risk of some sharp showers will start to increase. now, as we go through the early hour

bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, marc edwards, and the rest of the team here at the bbc sport centre, we'll see you soon.quite changeable for many of us, and more of the same in the days ahead. tuesday for many will be a rather cloudy day, rain at times, a bit of sunshine, i think, later on in the afternoon. now, the weather front that's approaching us is already visible on the satellite picture. it's not particularly big, it's not going to be particularly wet, but i think enough of the low pressure to give us a fairly dreary day, at least for a time. now, through the night, cloud and rain will approach western parts of the uk, but towards the east, it's generally clear. so, from norwich to newcastle and aberdeen, i think here, first thing in the morning, some sunshine and temperatures around 8—9 — a bit milder out towards the west where we've got these atlantic winds. so, here's all of that cloud and some rain spreading across the country. later in the day, sunshine developing. certainly, i think the afternoon is looking brighter in northern ireland and there'll be sunny spells in wales and the midlands

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here sarah. e named arne slot as their new head coach. the reds had already agreed a compensation deal worth £9.4 million with feyenoord, a club slot guided to the dutch title in 2023—24 and then to the dutch cup this season. slot will replacejurgen klopp, who had been in charge of the club since october 2015. here's our correspondent andy swiss. arne slot has signed a three—year contract. he“ll officially start onjune one. this after they agreed a compensation deal worth more than £9 million, which gives you an idea ofjust highly they rate him. also worth noting that he has been announced as head coach of liverpool rather than a manager as part of their new look structure

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. llo from the bbc sport centre. straight to a very busy night of women's football, with plenty of european qualifiers taking place right now. one of those teams in action — the defending champions england, they're up against france at newcastle united's st james�* park. and glenn havejust taken and glenn have just taken the lead, beth mead with the goal in the first half. england goalkeeper mary earps coming off injured early there. elsewhere: scotland v israel. 3—0 scotland, as they look to go top of their group. republic of ireland v sweden. 0—1 sweden. those two teams are in the england and france group. portugal v northern ireland kicks off in the next 15 mins or so, both sides unbeaten in their group. wales 0—1 ukraine, wales looking to continue their 100% record in the tournament. away from the uk, there's been plenty of action elsewhere. it was goalless between norway and italy. netherlands v finland goalless. spain won in denmark, 2—0. jenni hermoso with the first in their 2—0 v

bbc sport app, orfrom our website. but from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there.ter for the next couple of days. we should see more sunshine around, lighterwinds, so it should feel a bit warmer as well. friday, it's an improving picture — we should see sunshine breaking through across many areas. and for most areas, it should be dry, just a few showers across northern areas. now, this area of low pressure is continuing to weaken, and the rain is fizzling out, so there'll be barely anything on this weather fronts across scotland, northern england, as we move through friday morning. should see plenty of sunshine developing across southern areas, and some holes appearing in that cloud further north. just the odd shower dotted around, but many places will stay dry. temperatures responding, as well — lighter winds, more sunshine, i9 celsius, maybe 20 celsius, in the south, high teens further north. as we head through friday night, it looks like skies will clear pretty widely, so it will turn chillier. just the odd shower across scotland, a bit more cloud here — so i th

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mark edwards. league title race will be decided on the final day, but it could be a very significant night for aston villa — they could qualify for the champions league with victory over liverpool at villa park. but they had a nightmare start, an own goal from villa keeper emiliano martinez as he mishandled a cross after just 64 seconds, but they equalised through youri thielemans ten minutes later. the lead regained by liverpool.

get all the latest sports news at 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 centreday monday probably came with a rain interruption at some point. it was pretty unsettled. some lengthy spells of rain across the southeast of england, but plenty of showers elsewhere. others, though, managed some sunshine. and in lincolnshire, we had 11 hours of sun, so it wasn't so bad there, whereas others had the downpours. and across parts of northern england, we had a couple of funnel clouds spotted — one over saddleworth moor and another one in the derbyshire area. the weather is going to be improving, though, over the next few days as a ridge of high pressure starts to move its way in and that will tend to settle the weather down. a slow process. we've still got a bit of rain left over across southeast england, one or two showers elsewhere, but these will tend to fizzle over the coming hours. and temperatures as we start off tuesday morning, generally around 8—10, the coldest spots down to about five degrees. and that's probably where we'll have the best of the early morning sun

welcome to the bbc sport centre. let's start with european football. avoid defeat later on thursday and bayer leverkusen's perfect season will have yielded a title and two finals so far. xabi alonso�*s team have won the bundesliga, they've reached the final of the german cup and are in a healthy position to do the same in the europa league. leverkusen have a 2—0 lead in their semifinal heading into the second leg against roma after a victory in italy last week. finishing the job with a draw or better later will not only deliver a trip to dublin, but also extend their unbeaten run from the beginning of the season in all competitions to 49 games, breaking a european football record. there's only a handful of games left for leverkusen to go the whole season without defeat, but roma have made a european final in each of the last two seasons, while in the other semifinal atalanta and marseille are level at 1—1. their second match is in bergamo. the europa conference league already has one finalist after fiorentina got there for the second year in a row, bea

get all the latest sports news at 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 centres to sunday's weather story. on the one hand, it was very warm. in fact, it looks like it was the warmest day of the year so far. temperatures touching 27 celsius to the west of london, but we saw some really intense downpours and thunderstorms breaking up, especially across western and northern parts of the uk, ushering in a change. low pressure taking charge of our weather through this week, which will bring rain at times, not least across the southwest of england, wales and northern ireland through monday. that rain arriving through the morning and then sticking in place right through into the afternoon. could be enough rain to give some localised flooding and travel disruption, — and under the cloud and rain not feeling particularly impressive — 15 or 16 degrees, but for a good part of scotland, central and eastern parts of england, we will hold on to some sunshine and some warmth, maybe 23 or 2a degrees. in fact, for some north sea coasts, it is likely to be warmer on monday after

and all the latest sports news at 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 centrene, but also some really heavy downpours. we saw some flash flooding in parts of eastern scotland during sunday. you can see the showers and thunderstorms that erupted here through the day — quite slow—moving, actually, not much wind to push these showers and storms along. 1—2 locations had close to half—a—month's worth of rain in the space ofjust a few hours. we are currently in the grip of this fairly weak and fairly flabby area of low pressure. so not much wind with that low to push the showers around — where they do crop up again on bank holiday monday, they will be heavy, quite slow moving, but with some spells of sunshine in between. this is how we start the day — the southern half of the uk seeing some areas of mist and fog, some sunny spells developing, but some rain across the south east of england and east anglia, northern ireland and scotland keeping quite a lot of clouds still with some hefty showers across some central and eastern parts of scotland. by the middle of the af

sport. there is panty more on the bbc website and app. thanks very much. —— there is plenty more. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. ases that have been reported by health officials. they have been nearly 2800 cases in england this year. the uk health security agency says a decline in uptake of the vaccine and the very low numbers seen during the pandemic were both factors in the rise. a 22—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was stabbed near a bus stop in edgware in north west london. the woman in her 60s was treated by paramedics but died at the scene. police say it was an isolated incident and no further suspects are being sought. the mother of a teenager who was fatally stabbed is calling for the devastating impacts of knife crime to be taught in secondary schools. 16—year—old max dixon died in hospital after being stabbed close to his home in bristol injanuary. his mum, leanne ekland, is campaigning for bleed—kit training to be part of the national curriculum. our home affairs correspondent fiona lamdin reports. i want max to be remembered for the child that he was, not the child

bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me, marc edards, and the rest of the team at the bbc sports centre, goodbye. hello. notjust yet. the final few days of may will bring further heavy, thundery downpours, albeit with some spells of sunshine in between, so it's not going to be a complete wash—out, just a rather mixed weather story underneath this area of low pressure. that low�*s certainly with us throughout wednesday, driving some pretty hefty showers. so, most places getting off to a mainly dry start, but those showers developing as the day wears on, and as we get into the afternoon, we will see some heavy, thundery ones, particularly across some northern, eastern and central parts of scotland and perhaps down into north—east england, as well, the sort of showers that could deliver a lot of rain in a short space of time, with thunder and lightning, maybe some hail thrown in for good measure. not as many showers further south, and, actually, in the best of the sunshine, feeling relatively warm, at 20—21 celsius. now, this area of low pressure�*s still fairly close by as we head on into thursday, but i

get all the latest sports news at 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 centresome of us will be a washout. persistent rain, heavy at times and it starts this evening. this is the forecast is been wet in east anglia and the renal spread into the midlands through the night, into the peak district and then into northern england by the early hours of wednesday morning, it could reach eastern parts of wales as well but scotland and northern ireland, apart from a few showers here and there actually look generally dry. tomorrow's forecast, this is the morning, widespread area of rain will zoom in and see what is happening around three or fourin is happening around three or four in the afternoon and by that stage the heaviest will have cleared east anglia in the south—east and along the southern counties, blustery wind and occasional showers. this is the persistent rain from the midlands dwells and the north of england, pretty much almost everywhere and that rangers nudges into southern scotland more showers across the highlands look at northern ireland it escapes most

sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, live in new york at the courtroom in a momentsport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's marc edwards. thank you very much. we're going to start at the french open, where an absolutely enthralling contest between defending champion and world—number—one iga swiatek and quadruple grand slam—winner naomi osaka went the distance. in a tense first set, it was the in—form swiatek, with four titles to her name already this season, who took it on a tie—break before osaka dominated the second, overpowering her opponent to take it 6—1. the third set was an absolute nailbiter. swiatek 4—1 down and seemingly out somehow survived breakpoints and even a matchpoint to take the set 7—5. she's now won 16 consecutive singles matches at roland—garros. the dream of achieving three in a row at the french open is alive and well. over on the men's side, carlos alcaraz needed to dig deep to beat inspired qualifierjesper de jong and reach the french open third round. spain's alcaraz looked subdued at times in a 6—3, 6—4, 2—6, 6—2 vic

hello from the bbc sport centre. day two of the french open and it's so far so good for the big names in early action in a drizzly paris. top seed iga swiatek is bidding for a fourth title in five years at roland garros and underlined herfavourites tag with a crushing 6—1, 6—2 victory over home qualifier lolia jea njean. swiatek wrapped up the win in just 61 minutes to setup a mouthwatering second round clash with unseeded four—time grand slam champion naomi osaka. number eight seed ons jabeur, who made the the quarter finals last year, tookjust under an hour and a half to win her match against sachia vickery of the usa. jabeur�*s had injury issues this year — before coming to paris she'd only won six matches and lost nine.

hello from the bbc sport centre. i'm hugh ferris. bayer leverkusen will attempt to continue what's so far been a perfect season later on thursday. having claimed the german bundesliga title now they take on roma in the first leg of their europa league semi final. they still haven't lost a match this campaign. but roma have reached a european final in each of their last two seasons. while having beat many people's favourites to win the europa league liverpool atalanta play marseille. this is an incredibly tough test. stop they needed a last—gasp leveller is to say that match. they are not that far away from 50 games unbeaten. the roper conference league, they got to the final. they are now in the final stages. they are now in the final stages. they are playing a lot of good attacking football is. this is one of their toughest test of the season. the success of the three german teams still left in european competition means they've guaranteed a fifth spot in next season's champions legaue. theyjoin itlay in gaining an extra space... an

hello from the bbc sport centre.xtraordinary story developing. world number one scottie scheffler was earlier detained by police outside the valhalla golf club before the second round of the us pga championship after what they say was "a misunderstanding with traffic flow". 0ur golf correspondent iain carter is in kentucky. we know the world number one golfer was detained by police officers who were dealing with a pedestrian fatality early this morning at 5am at the gates of valhalla leading to major traffic problems. players and coaches teeing off earlier today, scottie scheffler was among those, were allowed onto the property but scottie scheffler went around it is reported as saying the stacked up traffic, was stopped by police, ordered to leave his car and then led by —— away by two officers in handcuffs. social media footage shows him being led away, as i say, in handcuffs. two times have been

shell has also announced plans to spend $3.5 billion buying hello from the bbc sport centre.ttempt to continue what's so far been a perfect season later on thursday. having claimed the german bundesliga title now they take on roma in the first leg of their europa league semi final. they still haven't lost a match this campaign. but roma have reached a european final in each of their last two seasons. while having beat many people's favourites to win the europa league liverpool atalanta play marseille. this is an incredibly tough test. stop they needed a last—gasp leveller is to say that match. they are not that far away from 50 games unbeaten. the roper conference league, they got

from me and the team here at sports day at the bbc sports centre, goodbye. hello there.his week. now, it's a dry and a warm start, with temperatures still above the seasonal average for most. lots of sunny spells around, but it will be turning cooler and then wetter and windier as we head through the middle part of the week. with heavy, more persistent outbreaks of rain, temperatures returning back to the seasonal average. now, this is how we're starting off monday morning. a fresher feel to things. there are some patches of mist and fog around. lots of low cloud, particularly towards these eastern coastal areas. some fret and haar have moved in from the north sea. but the strong may sunshine will get to work on that low cloud and murk. despite the grey start, there'll be some sunny spells coming through — even, perhaps, for eastern areas of scotland, down through northeast england, where it's been cloudy and cool of late. a feed of cooler, drier air. but with the onshore breeze, it's always going to feel a little colder here. a scattering of showers across northern irel

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mark edwards. llo from the bbc sport centre. we're going to start in the english premier league where chelsea and tottenham hotspur go head to head at stamford bridge, the hosts looking to climb into the european places while spurs still on the hunt for a champions league spot. chelsea out of the blocks the fastest bossing the first half an hour, the pressure telling as trevor chalobah headed the hosts in front after 2a minutes. tottenham growing as the half time whistle approached but it's 1—0 at the break. its the semi finals of the europa league and marseille hosts serie a side atalanta. the conquerors of liverpool in the last round taking the lead at orange velodrome. gianlucca scammacca with the opener afterjust 11 minutes, but marseille equalising through chancel mbemba nine minutes later. while in the other semi final bundesliga champions bayer leverkusen are up against roma in the italian capital 1—0. lets not forget that leverkusen are on a european record—extending 46 games without a loss.

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website but from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre the moment, and there's also some rain in the forecast for wednesday — not an awful lot. here's the outlook for the rest of the week — a bit of a mixed bag, a little bit of sunshine, some scattered showers, but at least it'll be relatively warm. now, on the satellite picture, you'll notice this swirl of cloud — that's an area of low pressure. this is the weather front, and this low pressure will stick around really for the rest of the week. so actually, the overall weather pattern won't change an awful lot across the uk, but there will be some regional differences from day to day, of course. here's the morning, then — around 7am, we will have had temperatures between 12—14 celsius, some damp, if not at times wet, weather from east anglia into lincolnshire and along these eastern counties. but elsewhere, it's a bright and even sunny start to the day, and through the afternoon, i think our best weather will be in the north of scotland. some sunshine there in the highlands, and temperatu

you can get more on the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — but from me, will perry, and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centreeather on the way to parts of england and wales with some thundery rain at times. on wednesday, here's the day of sunny spells and passing showers. some of those showers, mind you, were very heavy, for example, here in hebden bridge. but looking at the satellite picture, you can see a stripe of cloud just here, that's a weather front that stretches all the way into europe. there's our fronts. but bumping into that front, we've got this trough here, this line of very intense showers. you might get the sense that these areas of rain are merging together. well, i think that's exactly what's going on. and they will tend to run towards england over the coming hours. so weather wise, over the next few hours, not so much of an issue. we'll have some low cloud effects, some of our north sea coast, a few mist and fog patches here and occasional spots of rain or drizzle. drier weather elsewhere, with temperatures around 10—11 celsius quite widely. the problems with the forecast come tomorrow. i

bbc sport app, orfrom our website. but from me, will perry, and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there.d, to a degree, the far north of england that had the best of the day's weather, with plenty of sunshine. and very warm in the highlands, temperatures reached 25 celsius in altnaharra — that was the warmest place in the whole of the uk, confirmation of the rather beautiful weather we had here. wasn't like that everywhere, though. for northern ireland, england and wales, we had rain or some thundery showers around, and across berkshire and also pembrokeshire, we had photographs sent to us of some funnel clouds there — tornadoes that don't quite make it all the way down to the ground. it was very wet for some. in nantwich in cheshire, we had 25 millimetres of rain. now on into friday's forecast, the tail end of the weather front will continue to feed in quite a lot of cloud across northern england, and we start off certainly with some mist and fog patches around some of our north sea coast. aside from northern england, though, i suspect overall, we're looking at a brighter day on friday

can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app, or at our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centrening in the west midlands. we show you an event a little earlier with the labour leader. ignore the tax on this screen abuts the labour leader was speaking earlier. this is the shadow secretary. they are talking about their plans for the nhs. a key labour policy announced this morning. you can clear —— but you can see keir starmer in the right of this screen. they say they were hits of this nhs circuit within the next five years. this covers anyone waiting for an appointment, a procedure or operation. they haven't been hit since 2016 these targets and a neighbour says when they win the election, —— if they win the election, this will be one of their key focus is. they are talking to one of the key doctors in one of these facilities in the west midlands. rishi sunak is down in call and we have seen lib dems leader ed davey is down in wales. all the political leap leaders across the country. let us talk about the scottish national party who wants to see railways nationalise if it wins th

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 centred killed in a stabbing in hainault has been named locally as daniel anjorin. the 14—year—old who died was a pupil at bancroft�*s school at woodford green in east london. this is the second time in less than a year the school has been hit by tragedy. one of its former pupils, grace 0'malley—kumar, died in a knife attack in nottingham where she was studying at university. the met police is expected to make a statement this afternoon. just to remind you if you are just joining us, the 14—year—old boy who tragically died as a result of a stabbing incident yesterday in hainault has been named locally as daniel anjorin. hainault has been named locally as danielanjorin. more hainault has been named locally as daniel anjorin. more on bbc news. four bbc news channel presenters are to begin legal action against the corporation today. martine croxall, annita mcveigh, karin giannone and kasia madera will start employment tribunal proceedings in london. the court listing indicates that the complain

you are watching sportsday, live from the bbc sport centre.s, with andy murray set to take on stan wawrinka in the first round on sunday. and we'll hear from the sisters calling out abuse in gymnastics, saying it's the most important thing they'll do in their career. when they'll do in their career. we started, everybody we this when we started, everybody was like, this is just how gymnastic is, so to say we have made the sport a better place is... yeah, couldn't ask for any more than that. jofra archer starred for england as they beat pakistan by 23 runs in the second t20 at egbaston. captainjos buttler top—scored with 84 from 51 balls to help england to a total of 183 from their 20 overs. in reply, pakistan struggled for momentum, and on his return to england action after injury, archer took two wickets as they bowled the tourists out for 160. archer's performance will give england a big boost ahead of the defence of their t20 world cup title next month. toulouse have won rugby union's champions cup after beating leinster, but they needed ex

hello, from the bbc sport centre. i'm betty glover.prise candidate for the bayern munich job. bayern have struggled to find a replacement for thomas tuchel, whose exit was confirmed last week after initially being announced in february. kompany, who led burnley to the premier league last season, wasn't able to keep them up this year despite high expectations. he of course spent time in the bundesliga as a player at hamburg, so knows the league well and speaks german. now the news australia didn't want to hear — it's been confirmed that the matildas will definitely be without their star striker sam kerr for the paris 0lympics, in just over two months�* time. she's recovering from an anterior curciate ligament injury, which she got during chelsea's training camp injanuary. kerr is australia's all—time record goal—scorer. she's one of several key matildas players sidelined by injury. meanwhile, bbc sport understands that chelsea are set to announce lyon boss sonia bompastor as their new manager after the champions league final this weeken