natalie pirks, bbc news.gue football, where germany have suffered their biggest defeat in 89 years after being thrashed 6—0 by spain in seville. germany hadn't lost a match in overa year but were swept aside by spain. manchester city's ferran torres scored a hat—trick before mikel oyarza bal here wrapped up the win. theyjoin france in the finals with two more places still up for grabs. two former umpires are accusing the england and wales cricket board of institutionalised racism. john holder, who retired 11 years ago, says it looks "more than suspicious" that he's not received a reply from the ecb after offering to be a mentor at the organisation. meanwhile, ismail dawood claims that racist language used in front of senior ecb staff has gone unchallenged. the pair are asking for an independent investigation to be carried out by the equality and human rights commission. i have no reason to doubt that. the decision, the fact that a few non—white umpires, several non—white umpires, have made inquiries about goi

natalie pirks, bbc news.me of the other sports news stories making the headlines today. both rugby codes and horse racing are expected to be among the beneficaries in new bailout measures for sport set to be announced tomorrow. the premier league and the efl are not expected to receive funds as the government belives the sport is wealthy enough to look after itself. clubs in the english football league will be able to use five substitutes a match for the rest of the season. the new rule comes into place from friday. championship sides can now name 9 subs in matchday squads, with those in league one and two allowed seven. glasgow city have reached the women's champions league last 32 after beating valur 11—3 on penalties in reykjavik. scott booth‘s side also won their previous one—off qualifier against peamount united on penalties. in the last hour the scottish football association have confirmed that malky mackay has stepped down from his position of performance director after four years. it comes on the nigh

natalie pirks, bbc news. there's more on the bbc sport website. but from me, goodnight. that's it.e, it's time for the news where you are. goodnight. hello. that was quite the weekend of weather, and to start the new week we find ourselves in between weather systems. so, actually, for a time there will be something drier and brighter. only for a time, under the weather system is coming in with more rain. here it is, that's the one that brought us the wet and windy weather over the weekend, but here is the next one. and in fact we will start the day with a few outbreaks of rain from monday morning, for, particularly, parts of scotland and northern england. and that's going to fade away. it's a cooler start today than we have had recently. and by lunch time much of the uk will be dry, there will be some breaks in the cloud allowing some sunny spells to come through, but remember that next weather system gradually increases the cloud through northern ireland, wales, and the western parts of england. we will get some rain moving in during the afternoon. also reaching into words the sou

natalie pirks, bbc news.rashed 6—0 by spain in seville. germany hadn't lost a match in overa year but were swept aside by spain. manchester city's ferran torres scored a hat—trick before mikel 0yarza bal here wrapped up the win. theyjoin france in the finals with two more places still up for grabs. two former umpires are accusing the england and wales cricket board of institutionalised racism. john holder, who retired 11 years ago, says it looks "more than suspicious" that he's not received a reply from the ecb after offering to be a mentor at the organisation. meanwhile, ismail dawood claims that racist language used in front of senior ecb staff has gone unchallenged. the pair are asking for an independent investigation to be carried out by the equality and human rights commission. i have no reason to doubt that. the decision, the fact that a few non—white umpires, several non—white umpires, have made inquiries about going on the first—class umpires panel or becoming a mentor or liaison officer or whatever a

our sports correspondent natalie pirks reports. world cup aloft, and knobby dancing.e the most endearing images in english football. i am proud of the man and the father that he was. john's father was laid to rest last week, his final years spent battling dimension. with sir bobby charlton's recent diagnosis it means five of the 1996 winning world cup team have suffered with the same disease. john is clear that football killed his father. it's blatantly obvious. heading the ball has given his dementia. all i hearfrom the football authorities is we need more studies, but while they are doing that, the players are not getting the help they need and they need it now. last year one of those studies, co—funded by the players union concluded that players were two or five more times likely to die of a determinative brain condition. for the global game of football we need to wrap its arms around the game and say this is something we need to deal with seriously. this is something we need to put more effort into research and try to mitigate against future problems and none of t

our sports correspondent natalie pirks reports. joy to sir geoff hurst's mastery of the header broughtjoy to english football fa ns header broughtjoy to english football fans in 1966. but every year that passes for him is a reminder of the friends he has lost. it's been quite emotional for me, reminder of the friends he has lost. it's been quite emotionalfor me, to bring it all back, losing my team—mates. we met every year for many years in our reunion, so it's been quite tough. after sir bobby charlton's diagnosis was confirmed recently it meant five of the 1966 world cup winning squad have suffered with dementia. nobby stiles was buried just last week. a study last week found footballers were three and a half times more likely to have the disease and geoff hurst thinks training sessions are a big pa rt thinks training sessions are a big part of the reason. we had a ball hanging from the ceiling in the gymnasium. we would spend half an hour or 45 minutes practising heading a ball, swinging from the ceiling. we would play head tenn

natalie pirks, bbc news.ry wind. the wind from the south—west means it is still relatively mild, particularly so in the south but it is all change, temperatures dropping in the way in the north and behind this next weather front, we change the wind direction to a blast of northerly so the risk of snow is there through the risk of snow is there through the night across the scottish hills, and asa the night across the scottish hills, and as a result, temperatures will bea and as a result, temperatures will be a lot lower than the night we have just had. down to freezing in some parts of scotland, so some icy patches but the wind should help the temperatures elsewhere stay just above freezing. the transference of gales from west to east come the morning and those gales will make it feel much colder. it eases the wind through the day, the showers ease off as well so it becomes a little quieter with more sunshine through the afternoon but the temperatures don‘t respond. these are on the thermometer but on the wind