miriam walker—khan, bbc news.ter the first round of the world tour championship in dubai. it's the season—ending event on the european tour and the frenchman, who's ranked 96 in the world, opened up with a 9—under—par round of 63. it's the lowest—ever opening round in the history of the championship. lorenzo—vera leads by one shot from northern ireland's rory mcilroy. tommy fleetwood, who's bidding for back—to—back wins, after his victory in south africa last week began his round with this stunning eagle on his way to a 67. the englishman is lying second in the race to dubai, and he'll be crowned europe's top golfer if current leader bernd wiesberger finishes outside the top two. the austrian is 2—under—par after carding a 70. he's in a tie for 14th overnight. these kind of days when you try to put the ball in play. i played four holes yesterday and i felt that if i relaxed a lot, just swing 70% or maybe less, the ball was still flying pretty well so i tried to do that, relaxed and tried to be pretty clever and no

miriam walker—khan, bbc news. what a great opportunity. that's all from sportsday.course, there's more support on the bbc sport website. but for now, bye— bye. hello there. for many of us, thursday was a pretty cloudy day. there were some places that sought little bit of sunshine peeking through. we had a few brighter moments in the scottish borders for a time. but the picture shows the extent of today's cloud. this is thicker cloud has been bringing outbreaks of rain through the afternoon. but following that, we are seeing shower because being to move in. this evening and overnight and that's only to be pushing northwards. a band of rain moving across england and wales, into northern ireland by the end of the night. following those shower clouds, the clouds heavy. a cloudy night, a frost free night for many of us, the exception if we have a lengthy clear spell. tomorrow, another cloudy day. showers will push northwards initially but then we will see a zone of rain develop across southern counties of england before swinging across into wales and southwest england. t