ti2 world snooker champion, ray reardon. nickname dracula, his charisma earned him fans far beyond snooker. applause in 1978, he won his sixth world title at the age of 45 to become the oldest ever world champion. his popularity was undimmed. in the summer, he entertained at holiday camps, taking on stars like ian basson before finally his powers began to wane. his last world final coming in 1982 when he was beaten by alex higgins. but it his influence didn't end there. in 2004 he became a mental to ronnie o'sullivan, helping him to the world title, a tribute to reardon�*s wants as well as his wisdom. —— his warmth. when we met up, it was fantastic, went to shake hands and i disregarded his arm and gave him a hug and that is how the relationship went. and that endearing nature earned him enduring affection, a man whose impact on his sport has few equals. let's bring you some reaction to his death. fellow welshman mark williams, himself a three—time world champion, led the tributes. he said... and jimmy white had this to say.

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that is ray reardon who has died at the age of 91.readful weather has affected play. as you can see it has been changing all the time at the top of the leaderboard and instead of shane lowry having an outright lead as he did at the beginning of the day, he is down to four under 312, instead it is the qualifier at dan brown from england who is leading at a six under through 12. still a long way to go. billy horschel has been chasing behind him. you can find out the latest on that across the bbc, but that is all from sportsday, goodbye. live from london — this is bbc news: israeli fighterjets strike houthi military targets in yemen — in response to hundreds of attacks on israel in recent months. warnings that criminals are trying to exploit the global tech outage — with concerns over the vulnerability of international it systems. joe biden faces growing pressure from democrats to abandon his run for re—election — but top aides vow he'll stay in the race. ceremonies are held to mark the 50th anniversary of turkey's invasion of cyprus — t

when _ and scary stop nothing fazed ray reardon.e have seen pictures of— rapid-fire shot. we have seen pictures of him _ rapid-fire shot. we have seen pictures of him with _ rapid-fire shot. we have seen pictures of him with ronnie i pictures of him with ronnie o'sullivan. the reason we have seen those pictures as you have been talking is because he helped mentor him to his 2004 world title. only ronnie o'sullivan and stephen hendry have more titles than ray reardon, c can understand those two teaming up. why the ronnie sought out ray for those help? the comic ronnie had everything, but ray's tactical game was second to none gimmick. ronniejust ronnie just loved ronniejust loved it when he met ray reardon because of his personality, because of the character that ray was. i think ronniejust loved being around him, and he was infectious. when ray reardon walked into a room, it was amazing the atmosphere that everybody had for him, and that happened even up to recently, because he came along, and there is a lovely photograph ken dohert

ray reardon is a very famous.until the early 80s, and was in many world finals and whatever. but sadly he died on friday. >> that's right. yeah. his wife carol revealed that he'd been suffering from cancer for a while, and she confirmed his death yesterday afternoon. now, six world titles between 1970 and 78, when he won in 78, he was actually the oldest player to win a world title at the time. i think he was only usurped of that by, by ronnie o'sullivan, who, of course he mentored. later on he straddled that era of when snooker was basically a pub sport , and he basically a pub sport, and he used to take money from doing exhibitions. he was actually a miner and he retired in at the age of 58. back in 1991. but he he also moved to help move the sport into the televisual era , sport into the televisual era, >> i'm just laughing at that picture there because that's what he was known for most. his hairstyle, he was sort of regarded as a dracula type character. >> that's what dawn neesom said yesterday. yeah, you said

the six—time snooker world champion ray reardon has passed away at the age of 91.t became popular thanks to the advent of colour television and the bbc�*s pot black competition. after retiring from playing, he became a mentor to ronnie o'sullivan, helping him win the world title in 2004. you can go to our website — bbc.com/sport you can follow qualifying for the hungarian grand prix. soldiers are patrolling the largely deserted streets of bangladeshi cities, under a nationwide curfew after days of serious unrest and more than 100 deaths. there have been sporadic clashes. in one district of the capital, dhaka, witnesses said riot police fired live rounds on thousands of protesters who'd ventured out. students have been demanding that ministers scrap a quota system which reserves many public sector jobs for the relatives of veterans of the country's war of independence. the un has said violence against the protesters has been shocking and unacceptable. maya tudor, from the university of oxford's blavatnik school of government — has been explaining the background to v

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the six—time snooker world champion ray reardon has passed away at the age of 91.ned professional in 1967. he went on to dominate the sport in the 1970s as it became popular thanks to the advent of colour television and the bbc�*s pot black competition. after retiring from playing, he became a mentor to ronnie 0'sullivan, helping him win the world title in 200a. and that's all the sport for now. the bbc understands that an above—inflation pay rise of 5.5% will be recommended for teachers and nhs staff. the figure will represent a challenge for the new government's budget this year. 0ur political correspondent charlotte rose gave me more. this represents the schoolteachers body, and the nhs workers pay review body, and the nhs workers pay review body, representing 1.3 million nhs workers, but importantly, not doctors and dentists. that is a separate pay review body and these discussions are different to the ongoing pay dispute in england with junior doctors. the government is due to resume those negotiations next week. this is about the annual pay review settlement.

and finally, just a bit of breaking news to bring you six time world snooker champion ray reardon has91. that news just into us now here, ray reardon has died at the age of 91, and we'll have more reaction to that news later on in the programme. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you very much, tamsin. now remember let us know all your thoughts on the stories we're discussing today or anything you want to talk about. basically, the message was lit up already, some of them even being nice, discussing all the stories we're discussing today by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay and join the conversation or message me on our socials @gbnews. there's loads more coming up on today's show, so you really won't be going anywhere, downing street has said it will press ahead with plans to give workers a right to switch off from work, not the tv. by the way , is this the tv. by the way, is this the right thing to do, though? are we just a natio

tributes are being paid to one of snooker�*s greatest stars, ray reardon, who's died at the age of 91

the six—time snooker world champion ray reardon has passed away at the age of 91.on to dominate the sport in the 1970s as it became popular thanks to the advent of colour television and the bbc�*s pot black competition. after retiring from playing, he became a mentor to ronnie 0'sullivan, helping him win the world title in 200a. qualifying is due today for the hungarian grand prix. the red bull of sergio perez has crashed, so they are removing the car. you can go to our website for the latest — bbc.com.sport members of the refugee olympic team have arrived in france ahead of this year's 0lympics as they prepare to go for gold at the summer games. it's the largest refugee team to date, made up of 37 atheletes, to date, made up of 37 athletes, and this will be the third consecutive olympic games to field the team. with me is our reporter meghan 0wen. this is the first time many of them are meeting? yeah, it's a bit of team bonding for them. we have to remember, there are 15 countries in this team, and 12 sports. so there is a huge variety of athletes, and this is a c

the six—time snooker world champion ray reardon has passed away, at the age of 91.e popular thanks to the advent of colour television and the bbc�*s pot black competition. after retiring from playing, he became a mentor to ronnie 0'sullivan — helping him win the world title in 2004. and that's all the sport for now. west yorkshire police are continuing to search for people involved in violent disorder in leeds on thursday. five people have already been arrested in connection with the disturbances in harehills, in which a police car was overturned and a bus set alight. the trouble began after social services investigated a child protection issue at a house. the bbc understands that the uk's independent pay review bodies will recommend an above—inflation pay rise of 5.5% for teachers and nhs staff. the figure will represent a challenge for the new government's budget this year. 0ur political correspondent charlotte rose has more. this relates to the school teachers' review body. that represents about half a million teachers, and also the nhs workers' pay review body,

and ray reardon, one of the world's greatest ever snooker players, dies at the age of 91. hello.onsible for the worldwide meltdown, has warned against what he called bad actors, while officials in australia have issued alerts that hackers are sending out fake software fixes.

. >> six time world snooker champion ray reardon has died at the age of 91.e welshman dominated the sport in the 1970s and was widely regarded as one of the greatest snooker players of the greatest snooker players of all time. fellow snooker champion jemmy white has paid tribute to his friend, describing him as a total class act . highs of describing him as a total class act. highs of 26 or 27 describing him as a total class act . highs of 26 or 27 degrees act. highs of 26 or 27 degrees have been forecast for some parts of the uk next week, with the weather to improve for the start of the summer holidays. that's as clouds and cooler conditions have returned this weekend after the hottest day of the year so far yesterday, the met office says. temperatures reached 31.9 degrees in central london, with many escaping the city for a dip at the beach. but heavy rain and bursts of thunder are forecast for wales and south—west england today . well, south—west england today. well, those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tamsin roberts more from me in half

the six—time snooker world champion ray reardon has passed away, at the age of 91.the 19705, as it became popular thanks to the advent of colour television and the bbc�*s pot black competition. after retiring from playing, he became a mentor to ronnie o'sullivan — helping him win the world title in 200a. and that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. microsoft says that the it chaos caused by a flawed update rolled out by the cybersecurity firm crowdstrike affected 8.5 million windows devices. there are warnings that cyber criminals are looking to exploit the global it outage, and that could cause further disruption. cyber agencies in the uk and australia are urging people to be vigilant to fake emails, calls and websites. the boss of crowdstrike warned of "bad actors" that "will try to exploit events like this". in total, more than 9,000 flights have been cancelled since friday. here in the uk, airports, which saw severe disruption, say that systems are working again, but advised people to check before traveling. the software update knocked many computers o

and we look back on the life of snooker legend ray reardon, who has died at the age of 91. >> hello.art to the weekend, but today it is going to be brightening up. however, there is still some rain in the forecast so stay tuned for all your latest details . your latest details. >> 6:01 on this sunday morning. very good to see you. i'm

election campaign , during the election campaign, some sports news now six time world snooker champion ray reardons died at the age of 91. the welshman dominated the sport in the 1970s and was widely regarded as one of the greatest ever snooker players. fellow snooker champion jemmy white has paid tribute to his friend, describing him as a total class act. in other news, highs of 26 or 27 degrees have been forecast for some parts of the uk next week, with the weather to improve for the start of the summer holidays. that's as clouds and cooler weather have returned this weekend after the hottest day of the year so far yesterday. the met office says temperatures reached 31.9 degrees in central london. however, heavy rain and bursts of thunder are forecast for wales and south—west england today. and finally, a blockbuster new film that's just rolled into cinemas looks set to top the summer box office. >> combining . the faster let's >> combining. the faster let's ride twisters took just shy of 33 million usd in its opening friday, putting it almost on par with last year's big money—maker oppenheimer.

election campaign , during the election campaign, some sports news now six time world snooker champion ray reardondied at the age of 91. the welshman dominated the sport in the 1970s and was widely regarded as one of the greatest ever snooker players. fellow snooker champion jemmy white has paid tribute to his friend, describing him as a total class act. in other news, highs of 26 or 27 degrees have been forecast for some parts of the uk next week, with the weather to improve for the start of the summer holidays. that's as clouds and cooler weather have returned this weekend after the hottest day of the year so far yesterday. the met office says temperatures reached 31.9 degrees in central london. however, heavy rain and bursts of thunder are forecast for wales and south—west england today. and finally, a blockbuster new film that's just rolled into cinemas looks set to top the summer box office. >> combining . the faster let's >> combining. the faster let's ride twisters took just shy of 33 million usd in its opening friday, putting it almost on par with last year's big money—maker oppenheimer. >