thank you martin bentham and sian griffiths. goodbye.be decide slight update from bbc weather as they are watching storm that we can't have another storm approaching the uk. it's not going to just pass right across the uk tha nkfully to just pass right across the uk thankfully that we can't have another storm approaching the uk. it's not going to just pass right across the uk thankfully but it's close enough to bring a strong disrupted name throughout the weekend. had he said it would rain as well. it won't clear until the sunday. met office amber warnings for rain. lots of weather warnings. most high—profile are for rain across southern and western england. in southern scotland where that rain will be coupled with snow. a couple is not the landline and look at the warnings the way you the end of the night veins affecting southern england and wales. drying in the morning, it doesn't last very long before the rain pushes across all pipes and saturday. most persistent rain in afternoon. pushing through mud rain. east england getting windy

thank you, martin bentham and sian griffiths. goodbye. good evening.ts news. just one place to start. manchester city have been banned from european football for the next two seasons after being found to have breached licensing and financial fair play rules. the club say they are disappointed but not surprised by the ruling and intend to appeal. sam lee is the athletic‘s manchester city correspondent. the information coming our way towards the end of last year was that a decision was coming in december and that manchester city would not get a champions league and, potentially not even a fine. pa rt and, potentially not even a fine. part of that was there was confidence at the highest levels of the club that even if they did get a ban from the champions league they would be able to overturn it on appeal and i think that will be potentially hard to three and four of this situation. what surprises me, everything. everything. it did not seem towards the end of last year that city would be banned but now they have been and for two seasons. it is a huge case

with me are martin bentham, home affairs editor at the evening standard and sian griffiths, education many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the mirror leads with a story that prince andrew stayed with a fashion tycoon who's accused of raping ten women. the mail has the same story — of prince andrew links to the billionaire peter nygard. the guardian leads with a new police scheme that has reduced reoffending rates, and could transform how the justice system deals with violent crime. the express looks ahead to storm dennis — which is expected to bring torrential rain and 80 mile per hour gales across the uk tomorrow. the i headlines the same story — as the met office issues weather warnings for large areas of the country tomorrow. the independent says borisjohnson has cancelled a planned trip to the us amid tensions with donald trump over the decision to allow huawei a role in the uk's 5g network. let's start our discussion with the mirror. and also a story being covered with the daily mail. mirror. and also a story being covered with the daily maillj mirror. and also a story

and at 11:30pm, we will be taking another look at the papers with martin bentham, home affairs editorhe evening standard and sian griffiths, education editor at the sunday times. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the premier league champions, manchester city, have been banned from the champions league for two seasons by european football's governing body, uefa. they have also been fined £25 million pounds for serious breaches of uefa's club licensing and financial fair play regulations. manchester city say they are disappointed but not surprised, and will appeal the decision. olly foster has the latest from manchester city's etihad stadium. the main accusation is that they overinflated, how much money in revenue they were getting from the main sponsor, etihad airlines. the convocation, the grey area here, is that etihad are owned by the club's owners, the ruling family from abu dhabi. now, the £25 million fine, they are not going to worry about that. a drop in the ocean really. but what is really going to hurt is european exclusion from uefa competitions, kicked out of the champio

front pages at 10:a0pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are martin benthamtandard and sian griffiths, education editor at the sunday times. it is approaching 7:19pm. the headlines on bbc news... within the last few minutes, manchester said has been banned from competitions for two seasons, and find a £25 million for breaching fairplay rules. the uk prepares for more torrential rain and winds of up to 80 mph. storm dennis is expected to batter the uk this weekend. a landmark free speech victory at the high court, for a man who was warned by police about allegedly transphobic messages on social media. a high courtjudge has ruled that police acted unlawfully when they turned up at a man's workplace after he posted comments online about transgender people. harry miller took the humberside force to court after they recorded his tweets as a hate incident, despite conceding that he'd committed no crime. the judge said the force's actions were "disproportionate" and that britain didn't have gestapo or stasi—style police. clive coleman's been following the case. emer

tomorrow's front pages. 10.40 and 11.30 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are martin benthamrs editor at the evening standard and sian griffiths, education editor at the sunday times. sam lee is with us. thank you for joining us here and bbc news. what surprised you on this decision by uefa 7 surprised you on this decision by uefa? well, where to start? certainly the information flowing my way, our way towards the end of last year was that a decision was first of all coming in december and that manchester city would not be getting a champions league band potentially not even a fine. part of that was there was confidence at the highest levels of the car that even if they did geta levels of the car that even if they did get a band from the champions league, they would be able to overturn it. i guess that will be potentially part two, part three or pa rt potentially part two, part three or part for the situation. but what surprises me, everything. absolutely everything. it did not seem towards the end that city were going to be banned but of course they have been and for two sea