Fingers crossed for weather at the North West 200

The weather could have a big say at today's North West 200 road races in Northern Ireland.

Forecasts suggest at least part of the race programme will take place in wet conditions.

Castletown's Chris Palmer is the best placed Isle of Man rider, having qualified third in the 125cc race.

And, following some wrangling, Conor Cummins has been allowed to compete in the 600s, despite not qualifying because of yesterday's cancelled practice session.

He is thanking the organisers of the meeting for letting him in: