regardless of the reasons, it is still a huge surprise at the end of the sale sharks's steve diamond will link arms in a show of solidarity before kick—off in their championship game at the den this evening. the teams will also display a banner to show their collective commitment towards efforts to rid the game of racism. it follows the booing of players at millwall when they took the knee over the weekend, something the fa are investigating, as well as a similar incident at colchester. millwall‘s regular shirt sponsor will also be replaced with the logo of anti—discrimination body kick it out. what they have come up with is something that they feel will create unity in their club and a message that everyone can get behind. now, i disagree with some of the objections to take a knee. i disagree with the compilation with other political movements that people have mischievously been making, but i have to accept that some people disagree with that and if this is something that creates unity, we should be supporting it. paul pogba's agent says the frenchman is unhappy and needs a change o

and sale shark‘s director of rugby, steve diamond, has quit with immediate effectjust three games intoin charge for 10 years and says he's taken the decision to ‘step away from the business' for personal reasons. skills coach paul deacon will take over first team duties. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. there was some sunshine earlier today through the midlands, southeast england and east anglia, still quite a cold day up an awful lot colder the fog persisted here and there. wasn't too much around this afternoon but a few hours thickening up. good day to have an umbrella handy with the rain tumbling down, it's been quite wet across the northwest of england, north wales and showers in scotland, for a while in northern ireland and that what or whether moving southwards into the midlands. heading towards the southeast where ahead of that rain with god some fog and east anglia in the southeast of england. but that will tend to lift as that rain comes in, washing things away, the rain could be quite heavy for a while. showers then do follow on behind, but we will get some clea

and sale sharks director of rugby, steve diamond, has quit with immediate effectjust three games intoe for 10 years and says he's taken the decision to "step away from the business" for personal reasons. skills coach paul deacon will take over first team duties. millwall players aren't taking a knee before their championship game against qpr tonight. they say they'll stand arm in arm instead as a show of solidarity against discrimination. it comes after some of their fans booed players taking a knee before saturday's defeat to derby at the den. i'm joined now by phil. phil, thanks for being with us. a big night for manchester united. what does it mean if they lose this evening? it's a massive night. i think when you talk about manchester united come i think ali said it in the past, they have to win trophies, thereafter back to winning trophies, thereafter back to winning trophies to make it back to challenging the best teams in europe, andi challenging the best teams in europe, and i think this season, they've done well at times in the champions league, but i thank you need to get to

and sale sharks director of rugby, steve diamond, has quit with immediate effectjust three games intostep away from the business‘ for personal reasons. skills coach paul deacon will take over first team duties. and that‘s all the sport for now. hello there. low pressure will continue to bring more unsettled weather to our shores for the rest of this week and very slowly, those temperatures will be creeping up as we reach the end of the week and into the weekend. now for wednesday, we‘ll have some showers across eastern areas. some sunshine will develop, though, behind it is this ridge of high pressure that builds in and then there will be rain pushing to western areas later on all courtesy of this new frontal system. so we‘ll start off rather grey, misty, murky conditions with some showery bursts of rain through this morning. they should eventually clear away, it‘s an improving picture with some sunshine developing though showers holding on across northeastern scotland. later in the day for northern ireland, western fringes of england, wales and practically into the south west we will

just three games into the domestic season, sale sharks' director of rugby steve diamond has quit withter united in germany. it's their final group game in the champions league and they need a point away at rb leipzig to be sure of reaching the last 16. they are level on nine points with the german side, and also paris saint—germain. if united fail to progress, they would drop down into the europa league. it is something that we want, games like this. it is a tradition for manchester united. we never make it easy for ourselves, of course. we look at the games, especially the away game againat istanbul, we could have taken three points, but that is just the way we do things! we do make it hard for ourselves, that has been ever since i played, and that is a long, long time ago. chelsea are also playing this evening, but no pressure on them, they are sure of topping their group whatever happens against krasnodar. that's all the sport for now. let's get more analysis on the breaking news that the uk government says it will withdraw controversial measures, including michel barnier, accordin