to beach. hi there. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. all season, the question asked of the premier league leaders arsenal has been, what happens when they play the champions manchester city? tonight, you get to find out when the top two go head to head in the fourth round of the fa cup. it could give a big psychological edge to whoever who comes out on top for the season ahead. our sports correspondent andy swiss is at the etihad for us ahead of kick off. yes, welcome to the etihad. it should be some atmosphere here later on, because this is a tantalising matchup in so many ways. as you say, first against second in the premier league title race, and of course pep guardiola against mikel arteta, two managers who know each other very well indeed, because before he went to arsenal, arteta of first was an assistance to court he will hear at city for three years, three very successful years during which city won two premier league titles, two league cops and an fa cup
showers. again, temperatures in the order of six or 9 degrees. into the weekend, high pressure to begin with. more cloud from this weather front. into sunday, another weather front. into sunday, another weather front approaches that will bring stronger wind, especially to the north and west of scotland. the emphasis for many is still on dry weather. thanks, matt. that s it. but you can of course keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. but the news continues here on bbc one, as wejoin our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. have a very good evening. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. djokovic is flying at the australian open his next opponent is channelling the former british number one tim henman, ahead of their semi final. and heartbreak for england, losing in a shootout to guess who germany. as their hockey world cup comes to an end. and back where they once belonged can nottingham forest put one foot
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Channel coast. They will develop elsewhere. There is thundering as in the band of rain where it is cooler than recent days but you have a high humidity, lots of miss misty low cloud until fog. Few humidity, lots of miss misty low cloud untilfog. Few showers humidity, lots of miss misty low cloud until fog. Few showers for Northern Ireland, an abundance for sunshine in highland scotland, potentially 23 or 2a but a little cooler for the north east coast including shetland because weve got that misty low cloud which again rolls back in overnight. The rain moved north into Northern Ireland and southern scotland as well, hanging around in southern areas with some mist and fog elsewhere. Its going to be another warm night for most of us under rather grey, cloudy start tomorrow, but the sunshine should come out in eastern areas. However, the rain is with this in the south and west again but it will gradually thing and break up, turning into showers and again as weve seen in recent days torren