pip hare is heading around the world again for another grueling adventure. — premier league and championship clubs will be able to offer standing areas at their grounds from 2022 as part of a pilot programme. it would mean an end to the ban on standing in the top two divisions which has been in place for more than 25 years. the football supporters association say there has been an outbreak of common sense. there is a fair bit of football tonight. we saw laura at the chelsea manager earlier, the league cups six more times this evening followed by the draw for next round. details on the bbc sport website but will have an update for you later. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. hello. it's been a day of contrasting fortunes across the british isles, southern and eastern parts dry, fine and sunny for the most part. further north and west, nothing like it. a real absence of sunshine there in the western side of scotland. the reason for that, well, a weather front has crept its way in from the atlantic, and it's produced a wee bit o