so it's unbelievable. five decades on, they're still arguably the biggest stars eurovision has ever created. fiona lamdin, bbc news. feels like yesterday. time for a look at the weather. here's stav da navos. they don't have any weather name songs, but i thought the windy takes it all this weekend! it will be turning windier, we have a named storm on the way, storm kathleen which has been named by the irish met service for this week at the biggest impact will be across more western parts of ireland. and western parts of ireland. and western parts of the uk have the potential for travel disruption, especially the ferry routes up and down the irish sea. this is a deepening store moving along the

west of ireland, strongest impacts across the republic of ireland but very windy but it will feel bizarre because it will draw in very warm air, could be 2! or 22 degrees across eastern england on saturday afternoon with lots of sunshine. huge temperature contrasts across the country, heavy, disruptive is no across scotland, wet and very mild indeed further west you start the day, the skies have been brightening up day, the skies have been brightening up nicely for england, wales, northern ireland, southern scotland and blustery showers rattling away very quickly, many places staying dry but it stays quite grey and chilly across the northern half of scotland, southern scotland southwards, 16 to 18 or maybe 19th in the south—east. this evening and overnight the rain clears for northern scotland, wet and windy weather spreads from the south, some of it could be quite heavy and will be parked across scotland by the end of the night, temperatures recovering in double figures. mild

towards the south, 1a or 15. early rain, sun heavy, will clear scotland, it will be mild tomorrow morning and we will be into a windy day, lots of sunshine, showers rattling eastwards but many will not make it across the east, staying dry altogether, lots of sunshine but winds 60 or 70 mph around the irish sea, particularly the north channel, this could be disruptive and could cause damage, very windy for all areas but temperatures in the high teens for many, up to 21 or 22 in the east and very mild for scotland. into saturday night saying very windy with further showers, the centre of the storm passes to the north west of scotland is so full sunday western scotland, the hebrides, had severe gales, but a very windy day across the board, more showers in the mix, sun heavy with hail and thunder but the south—east could stay dry and sunny throughout the day. not as one on saturday but mid to high teens is

above the seasonal one. another speu above the seasonal one. another spell of wet and windy weather across the south on monday, perhaps settling down towards the end of the week. thank ou. now towards the end of the week. thank yom now it — towards the end of the week. thank yom now it is _ towards the end of the week. thank you. now it is time _ towards the end of the week. thank you. now it is time to _ towards the end of the week. thank you. now it is time to join _ towards the end of the week. thank you. now it is time to join our- you. now it is time tojoin our colleagues for the news where you are, have a very good afternoon. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm tanya arnold. it's a busy night for the home nations as the european championship qualifiers get under way. defending champions england are at home to sweden. former ufc world champion ronda rousey tells us that she hid "concussions and neurological injuries" for years during her trailblazing career. more needs to be done to remove barriers to sport for disabled people according to a local report.

all the home nations are in action this evening as qualification for next summer's women's euros in switzerland begins. scotland are in serbia, while northern ireland and wales have home games against malta and croatia. for england, they begin the defence of their european crown when they take on sweden tonight at wembley. joe lynskey reports. the weight of the euros —— way to the euro starts again at wembley. england won the last one. the lioness is our defending champions. in switzerland next year they go to win it back. at this time the route is tough. their qualifying group is set up to test them, with three teams ranked in the top six in the world. two go straight through,

while third and fourth placed the play—offs. england start against sweden and there is no space to look back. . . , . . sweden and there is no space to look back. . . , ., ., ., sweden and there is no space to look back. . ., , ., ., ., , back. that was a great moment, but we will move — back. that was a great moment, but we will move on. _ back. that was a great moment, but we will move on. a _ back. that was a great moment, but we will move on. a lot _ back. that was a great moment, but we will move on. a lot of _ back. that was a great moment, but we will move on. a lot of things - we will move on. a lot of things have happened in between that time and now. of course we know sweden very well, they know us very well, too. we are preparing on what we have seen lately from them what people do and how we will play. we no people do and how we will play. we go into every tournament wanting to win it, _ go into every tournament wanting to win it. but _ go into every tournament wanting to win it, but that would be a special part of— win it, but that would be a special part of history to be a team that could _ part of history to be a team that could potentially go back to back. the qualifying tournament is split into tears. england are in the eight k, but three other home nations are really powerful —— below. there is no straight through here to the finals, but scotland, northern ireland and wales will seize the opportunity. i ireland and wales will seize the opportunity-— opportunity. i still don't really uuite opportunity. i still don't really quite understand _ opportunity. i still don't really quite understand how- opportunity. i still don't really quite understand how this - opportunity. i still don't really quite understand how this is l opportunity. i still don't really l quite understand how this is the process. it is going to be really

hard, but i kind of welcome that. i relish that because i know this group and the players we have. i fully believe that we are capable of getting to where we want to get to. our objective is to be first at the end 0ur objective is to be first at the end of— our objective is to be first at the end of the — our objective is to be first at the end of the group. let's see what happens — end of the group. let's see what happens game by game. we are looking for good _ happens game by game. we are looking for good performances, for players to be _ for good performances, for players to be performing at the best level. if we do— to be performing at the best level. if we do that we have more opportunities to win every single match _ opportunities to win every single match. ., , , ., match. for us it is about continuing to progress — match. for us it is about continuing to progress and _ match. for us it is about continuing to progress and to _ match. for us it is about continuing to progress and to challenge - match. for us it is about continuing to progress and to challenge the i to progress and to challenge the group _ to progress and to challenge the group to— to progress and to challenge the group to make _ to progress and to challenge the group to make decisions - to progress and to challenge the group to make decisions for - group to make decisions for themselves— group to make decisions for themselves and _ group to make decisions for themselves and that - group to make decisions for themselves and that comesj group to make decisions for - themselves and that comes with positives, — themselves and that comes with positives, but _ themselves and that comes with positives, but also _ themselves and that comes with positives, but also areas - themselves and that comes with positives, but also areas where i themselves and that comes with - positives, but also areas where they make _ positives, but also areas where they make mistakes _ positives, but also areas where they make mistakes. but _ positives, but also areas where they make mistakes. but a _ positives, but also areas where they make mistakes. but a little - positives, but also areas where they make mistakes. but a little bit - positives, but also areas where they make mistakes. but a little bit of. make mistakes. but a little bit of patience — make mistakes. but a little bit of patience and _ make mistakes. but a little bit of patience and i'm _ make mistakes. but a little bit of patience and i'm 0k— make mistakes. but a little bit of patience and i'm ok with - make mistakes. but a little bit of patience and i'm ok with that. in| make mistakes. but a little bit of. patience and i'm ok with that. in 15 months this — patience and i'm ok with that. in 15 months this is _ patience and i'm ok with that. in 15 months this is the _ patience and i'm ok with that. months this is the destination. patience and i'm ok with thatm months this is the destination. the first match and the final of the euros are in basil. 16 teams make it and there are no easy routes. 16 teams make it and there

are no easy routes. max verstappen was fastest in practice at the japanese grand prix after the weather played havoc with second practice in suzuka. though red bull's verstappen topped the first session, leading team—mate sergio perez and ferrari's carlos sainz, the mercedes pair of lewis hamilton and george russell made big strides forward as they were less than half a second off the pace the best session that we have had this year, the best car has felt this year, the best car has felt this year, the best car has felt this year so it felt really positive and i was excited. this is a circuit that every driver loves to drive and at the last couple of years we have had a really difficult balance, a difficult car and a difficult balance to drive here and given the difficult last few races we have had great work is being done this past week and we seem to have hit the ground in a sweet spot. week and we seem to have hit the ground in a sweet spot. ronda rousey says she hid "concussions and neurological injuries" for years during her time as ufc bantamweight champion. the american became the first woman

tojoin ufc in 2012, defending her title six times before tasting defeat in 2015 to holly holm. rousey says she finds it hard to watch that fight back and that the loss caused her to "self—assess" her career for the sake of her long—term health. it is hard to looking back at footage in that match because i can see in my eyes that i am literally suffering from a neurological injury decades in the making and there is one point where i saw, mind you i don't remember any of these things, i saw that i took a wild swing and i couldn't see where she was and i completely missed and kept going into the cage and fell into the cage. people say that as roger being outclassed. that is my brain not properly working. i was going into that match concussed. i fell down

the stairs, knock myself out, tore my acl two weeks before that fight. i was trying so hard to block everything out and just get through this. activist group animal rising says it will not disrupt the grand national next saturday and is suspending its campaign of direct action against horse racing. last year's national at aintree was delayed by 1a minutes after protesters from the group entered the track. police arrested 118 people on the day of the race, in which the gelding hill 16 suffered a fatal injury. animal rising said it was satisfied its actions had started a national conversation about racehorse welfare. it's been revealed that the reigning tour de france winner, jonas vingegaard, suffered a collapsed lung in a crash yesterday. the 27—year—old dane also broke his collarbone and several ribs on a descent on stage four of the itzulia basque country race. his team say he's stable and had a good night and he remains in hospital. more needs to be done

to remove barriers to sport for disabled people, according to campaigners. a report by northamptonshire sport says there is a gap between the number of disabled people who want to be active and those that are. it's now working with groups across the county to change that. james burridge has this report. nick wilson is a man on a mission to improve access to sport for disabled people. he suffered a spinal injury and has been in a power chair since 2021. forthe and has been in a power chair since 2021. for the last few years he has been filming a video showing the difficulties he faces with day—to—day activities, and they have gone viral. i day-to-day activities, and they have one viral. ~ ., ., , ., gone viral. i know through my social media and my _ gone viral. i know through my social media and my followers _ gone viral. i know through my social media and my followers and - gone viral. i know through my social media and my followers and they i gone viral. i know through my social| media and my followers and they tell media and my followers and they tell me how they struggle. they think they can to anything and if your newly disabled there is a lot of

council culture from disabled. i said to them the best thing is to get out there and give it a go because until you try something you don't know whether you can do it or evenif don't know whether you can do it or even if you will enjoy it or not. according to northamptonshire sport, 41% of according to northamptonshire sport, a1% of disabled people or those with long—term health conditions are inactive. there are other factors, too. in the next or shooting day is marked, and amputee. it is difficult and also you _ marked, and amputee. it is difficult and also you get — marked, and amputee. it is difficult and also you get nervous. - marked, and amputee. it is difficult and also you get nervous. you - marked, and amputee. it is difficultj and also you get nervous. you think you will_ and also you get nervous. you think you will get— and also you get nervous. you think you will get yourself into a situation where you will fall over and make — situation where you will fall over and make a fool of yourself. that is enough _ and make a fool of yourself. that is enough to _ and make a fool of yourself. that is enough to put anyone off. making a full of _ enough to put anyone off. making a full of yourself as a big problem. | full of yourself as a big problem. i think full of yourself as a big problem. think a lot full of yourself as a big problem. i think a lot of it comes down to uncertainty, nervousness about being physically active, concerned that the more active they kept it could relate to benefits being reduced, some of the payments they receive when they are out of work, but also

concerns that the activities they are capable of art accessible to them. ~ . . are capable of art accessible to them. ~ ., ., ., ._ are capable of art accessible to them. ., ., ., ., are capable of art accessible to them. ~ ., ., ., ., ., them. we are a long way away from bein: a them. we are a long way away from being a fully — them. we are a long way away from being a fully inclusive _ them. we are a long way away from being a fully inclusive society, - them. we are a long way away from being a fully inclusive society, but l being a fully inclusive society, but it is something we are committed to working on. nick says he hopes his campaign finds the right target, encouraging other disabled people to try a sport, however challenging it may seem. and to end, something most of us can only dream of doing. take a look at this from the first round of the texas open. jordan speith hit a hole—in—one on the par—three 16th. the tee shot landed some 30 yards short of the hole, but bounced and rolled in, much to the delight of the crowd and the man himself. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye.

a vigil has taken place in hull for bereaved families who have been affected by the legacy funeral directors investigation. humberside police says it's impossible to get dna from the cremated ashes, so hundreds of relatives may never know if they have received the actual remains of their loved ones, as our reporter jessica lane explains. in pickering park in west hull last night, they came together in memory of their loved ones. just some of the hundreds of people affected by the police investigation at legacy funeral directors. michaela is related to one of the 35 people police removed from the building on hessle road. you can't understand it, there's no way to understand exactly what's gone on. and that's the hardest bit, is not understanding and not having no answers. but i know... i know it's going to take a while. and that's the whole point of this. we're not going to forget what's happened. we're never going to forget what's happened, and we're

going to make sure people don't forget what happened. oh, yeah, you've got to feel for them all, haven't you, like, you know? she's come up for a friend of hers because she's that heartbroken she daren't come out, like, you know what i mean? karen used legacy for her mum and dads cremations. she organised the vigil. shocking. really upsetting and... you think you've done your best by your loved ones when you sort these things out for them and give them a decent send—off, or what you think is a decent send—off. it's not great. karen, like hundreds of others, is devastated by the news. i remain committed to keeping bereaved families at the heart of this investigation. whilst the expert opinion provides us with an assurance that proper crematorium processes have been followed, unfortunately, given the high temperature required to carry out cremation, the dna will have been broken down and degraded to such a level that we would not be able to recover a meaningful dna profile. this means that we are unable to attribute any of the human ashes, or identify them.

humberside police say they've also received a number of reports that relate to suspected financial and fraudulent activity. the 46—year—old man and 23—year—old woman who were arrested remain on bail. we wantjustice, we want answers, and we're not going nowhere. they're planning another vigil in a month's time, and another a month later — and every month until the police investigation is finished, and the families and loved ones have answers to all their questions. jessica lane, bbc news, hull. for many of us, reading is a skill we take for granted, but for the seven million people across england who have very low literacy skills it can often make everyday tasks a real challenge. in one of the worst affected areas in the country, the north east, one former teacher is now on a mission to change that. 0ur correspondent sharon barbour reports. books that millions of people across the country can't read.

in england alone more than seven million people struggle