time for a look at the weather. here s nick miller. also starting in australia? might as well, 35 degrees also starting in australia? might as well, 35 degrees in also starting in australia? might as well, 35 degrees in melbourne. - well, 35 degrees in melbourne. today, a hot start to the weekend but it will be cooler and wetter on sunday. on the north island of new zealand they are crying out for drier weather right now. they had an absolute value which earlier on friday, water waste deep, the airport flooded, because nearly submerged under a state of emergency has been declared. they have had a record daily rainfall for auckland of around 261 millimetres, equating to around eight summer s worth of rain in one day so if you know anybody in this part of new zealand and they tell you it has been white, now you know how wet. our weather is not conducive to much rain at the moment because we have a finger of high nosing and across the uk, fingers and noses?! we have a weathe
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
of saturday morning. swedish amateur ludvig aberg has the overall lead on 7 under. now to some success for great britain in winter sports. the men have won gold and bronze at the skeleton world championships in st moritz, switzerland. matt weston triumphed by more than a second over italy s amedeo bagnis with another brit, marcus wyatt, just missing out on bronze. weston becomes the first british man to win a world skeleton title since 2008. britain s scott meenagh has won a silver at the para nordic world championships in the 12.5km penalty time biathlon. it s britain s first ever para nordic world championships podium. that s all the sport for now.