For the weekend, temperatures for Northern Ireland and scotland reaching into the low 20s in the warmest spot and perhaps the Mid 20s in the warmest areas of eastern england. So fine weather for the weekend. Thats it. Now, lets join our colleagues for the news where you are. Have a very good evening. Hello and welcome to sportsday im Olly Foster Paris prepares for part two, after the success of the olympics, the paralympics starts tonight and british atheltes are ready i will be ready to fight, and there will be a battle. The Transfer Window closes on friday, italian forward Federico Chiesa has agreed to join liverpool and leading from the front, Ollie Pope says he cant let the England Captaincy affect his batting also coming up on sportsday. Is this the end of The American Dream . Louis Ree Zammit is left out of the chiefs Playing Squad ahead of the Nfl Season two and half weeks after the olympics came to a close, we are just half an hour away from the paralympics Opening Ceremony. 11
it isa it is a fresh start for some of this morning. a day of sunshine and showers. the heaviest across scotland, northern england. wherever you are it will be blustery. details coming up later in the programme. good morning. it s wednesday, 12thjuly. further allegations have been made against the unnamed bbc presenter who s been accused of paying a teenager for explicit photographs. another young person has told bbc news they were sent abusive messages by the male star, while the sun newspaper claims the presenter broke covid restrictions to meet another individual he met on a dating site. charlotte gallagher has the latest. another day of damaging headlines for the bbc and a male presenter who is still unnamed. this morning s front page of the sun bbc star broke lockdown to meet another young stranger . this individual has told the newspaper the presenter travelled to another county to meet them in february 2021. this was during the third national lockdown. the sun says
welcome to the programme. ukraine has been a common theme at two major leaders summits. we will cover it all here tonight on the context. on the first day of their annual meeting injapan, g7 leaders agreed new sanctions against russia. meanwhile in saudi arabia, president zelensky made a surprise visit to the arab league gathering, urging those attending, to support ukraine. also making the headlines at that summit president assad of syria it s the first time he s been invited to the arab league since the devastating civil war, that s blighted the country. and later in the programme we have a special report from the new york times which has uncovered shocking evidence of the greek coastguard abandoning asylum seekers in the sea. but first let s focus in on the g7 summit injapan. the leaders have agreed new sanctions against russia. they said the measures would starve moscow of their technology, industrial equipment, and services that supported its war against ukraine.
song contest gets underway. the event is taking place in the english city of liverpool. britain is hosting it on behalf of ukraine last year s winners. now, on bbc news. it s sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. it s all over for southampton they re relegated from the premier league after losing to fulham. leeds united fight on but it s never easy. they salvage a point against newcastle in their battle to avoid the drop. and notts county are back in the big time. theyjoin wrexham in the football league after a dramatic penalty shoout win in the national league play off final. also coming up on sportsday: british basketball s biggest rivals go head to head, in the playoff final. but can the riders tame the lions in this year s showpiece event? hello there and welcome along to sportsday, on a day southampton fans were dreading, but perhaps thought was inevitable. the club have been relegated to the championship after losing at home to fulham.
the programme. arsenal have kept the premier league title race alive, after they beat newcastle, 2 0, and, with it, closed in to within a point of leaders, manchester city. martin odegaard scored in the first half, and a fabian schar own goal wrapped up the victory. city have a game in hand, on top of their one point lead, as the gunners continue to fight for a first league title in 19 years. newcastle s defeat stalls their charge towards champions league football next season, as their lead over fifth placed liverpool remains three points. we have to continue we ve done for ten months, we have to keep digging every single day. the demands are incredibly high. we are doing what we have to do, when football matches again, performing really well, competing really well, and three games to go and we are still there. we have performed so well through the majority of the season, the players have been incredible for us, the consistency has been there, the attitude and mentality has b