civilian death in a chemical weapons attack. russia is demanding evidence for the united states's claim that weapons destroyed in a us missile strike at a syrian air base were used in the chemical attack. police in the norwegian capital oslo have carried out a controlled explosion after finding a bomb—like device in the city centre. the area's been sealed off while investigations continue. a suspect has been detained. police in norway began carrying guns in response to the lorry attack in sweden. king carl gustaf has praised the strength and resilience of swedish society following friday's attack in stockholm which killed four people. police say they're increasingly certain the uzbek man they've arrested is the one who drove a stolen lorry into a crowd and rammed it into a department store. two people have died after a fire at a residential care home in hertfordshire. it happened in the early hours of saturday morning. more than 30 other people also had to be rescued at the new grange care home in cheshunt.

from there, andy moore reports. this was home to more than 30 elderly and infirm residents. many of them used wheelchairs. the fire started as they slept. they were unable to make their own way to safety. when firefighters arrived early this morning, they found a fierce fire raging in the roof space, which was spreading to the first floor. as you can see, the roof has since collapsed. a neighbourfilmed the blaze, stretching from end to end of the building and occasionally flaring up. firefighters had to go into the flames to carry people to safety. this being a residential care home, there were over 30 people, some of which were unable to escape themselves, and we ended up carrying out a number of rescues — over 30 — to remove people both with crews wearing breathing apparatus and via ladders. the care home residents were brought onto the street where local people did their best to look after them.

the emergency services were praised for their fantastic response. theyjust kept going in and in, just to get the people, and with no concern for themselves. two people died at the scene, three others were taken to hospital, suffering from minor burns and the effects of breathing in smoke. the cause of the fire is under investigation. andy moore, bbc news, cheshunt. now it's time for enter the dragon. snooker player ding junhui is a superstar in china. in this documentary, we follow him with behind—the—scenes access as he plays in guangzhou at the china championship. if you want to know what it's like to be a sporting icon

in a country with more than a billion people, ding junhui can tell you. there is the sense of national pride when you win a major tournament, there is the media attention — everyone wants to speak to you — a vast television audience watches every match to play. you get invited to glamorous events. your adoring friends are always thrilled to meet you. social media needs to be kept updated, with nearly 5 million people following you. there's also knowing that your success has helped spark a snooker revolution in china — the next generation of stars has been inspired to play because of you. and a new type of snooker luxury club is starting to open. it's the night before the start of the china championship.

the world's top players and officials are gathering in the lobby of their hotel. they're waiting for the bus to take them to the opening ceremony. the first ever staging of this tournament has caused great interest here, as only the winner of the world championship will receive more prize money this season. it doesn't take long before ding junhui is recognised. the bus journey gives the players a chance to catch up. snooker has been a popular sport in china's third biggest city for many years. tonight's destination is the famous guangzhou tower, where the reception is being held. the snooker fans are also making their way to the event. this red carpet event feels more like a movie premiere in hollywood. only in china do snooker players get treated like film stars.

most of the fans here have only seen their stars on television, before, so are keen to get an autograph. soon, it is time to launch the new tournament. after the introductory speeches have been made, the big moment arrives. with the ceremony over, ding quickly becomes the centre of attention. suddenly, it is a media scrum. in asia, no other snooker player receives this level of attention. the ding junhui story begins on the first of april, 1987. i was born in china, jiangsu yixing, and then growing up in that city and also i started to play some pool, at eight years old. he went to junior school here.

the school is very proud of its famous former pupil. snooker is a very popular sport with the children, and played in many schools in china. at the age of 12, ding moved with his family to this city, where many of china's top snooker players are based. my father owned a club when i was starting playing snooker, so it's after that, maybe one two years, and the club is shutting down, with the money problems, and we moved to dongguan, which is the second growing up place to improve my snooker a lot place. this is a big decide to move to — to keep going on with my career, my snooker career. my father was big helps, because at that age,

my brain is like paper. there is nothing on that. so he have to help me to think about the balls positions. every day, he look after me to make sure i played every shot with concentration, because you know that kids always like to play fun, some of these. when ding and his parents moved to this city, they didn't have much money and the help they received has always been really appreciated. the people is very kind. we don't have enough money to — to living well, and they do a lot helps for us. you know, they want to go to clubs, you do not need to pay. and it — they — rent some place to live in, we don't have to pay lots like that things. it's time to make the short journey to the venue where the china championship is being staged.

ding is really excited to be playing in the tournament, given its proximity to dongguan. it's first time i played in the big, big, big tournament here in guangzhou. i living here, this area, for about seven years, and when i was like 12 or 13 years old, the snooker players all come here to play, because there are more tournament here before. so i grew up here, and i think it's good time to back. ding's first—round opponent is another famous asian player, hong kong's marco fu. yeah, it's a big event. you know, me and marco's always the — the most people watching in on the television. it's our match in china. tonight, i'm playing against marco. i think he got the friend from hong kong, it's not far away from here. i think it's like two hours driving. and i have a more friends here, so it's interesting. this security staff are waiting and ding's quickly escorted in. the practice room is where all

the players head before a match. everyone is keen to get a glimpse of the chinese star. even his opponent is keeping close watch. after a brief practice session, he heads to a waiting area, ready to be called for his match. all snooker players need to dress smartly, and ding's keen to look his best. emcee: ding junhui! snooker is a very popular television sport in china, where it is shown by the national state broadcaster. 210 million people watched the 2016 world championship on cctv 5. he's so popular and so famous, so fans want him to win every game he played.

so that's definitely some — something very heavy on his shoulder. so he has to face it. but i think, generally, ding can deal with this. ding tries not to put extra pressure on himself by thinking about the millions of people watching on tv. i playing live in that area. it is quite a few thousand people. that's why i think it's an extra cameraman. but i don't think about how — how many people watching. the hardest part is after the match. winning is ok, but lose is... ..is harder to learn how to make it well. in europe, snooker‘s most popular star is ronnie 0'sullivan. he also understands the pressure of being expected to win. you have to get your head around it. you know, you have to accept it, that that's the situation you're in. you need to embrace that kind

of expectation level. it either sits comfortably with you or it affects your performance. and i don't know, either way, i think you need to be a strong character. you have to have big shoulders and be quite thick—skinned and not allow things to get to you. ding's fans don't get to see him win. it's marco fu that progresses to the next round. defeat can be to take. i am still learning. this is hard — hard part to learn. because when you win, you forget everything, because only happiness with you. and but when you lose, everything is bad. bad tables, bad fans, bad balls. and nothing, nothing good. sometimes, i can't control very well myself after being got beaten by somebody. but sometimes, is ok. every player has to speak to the media after a match, win or lose. in the past, ding has found it hard to deal with defeat,

but the mental side of the game is something he's been working on with a former world champion, who is now a leading coach. everything a player will go — go through out there, mentally, i will have been through it myself. one of the reasons i wanted to coach with the mental side is because as a player, i never had a coach to talk to. so when they are down, i try to keep a little more in touch with them. he knows everybody lose the match is not happy. don't want to talk. he can talk to me next day, or a few days, all when i call him, so it's, he know when... when i talk to him, he tell me the right — right things will be happened, or something already happening, he tell me how to make accept with — with that, and also accept that things, you learn from that. with ding, i think he is very, very willing to learn, you know, both his technique

and on the mental side. he's never happy with his game. he's like all the top players — they're always pushing for some more. ding's talent was obvious from a young age. he was invited to practice in england by keith warren when he was just 15 years old. warren, and his business partner, garry baldrey, manage players from asia and around the world. the first time i coming, i scared to leave home, away that far, by just — just myself. when i first stayed here, i don't talk much. i don't talk much with keith and garry, i don't talk much anybody else. it was only the way i'm going to say i'm happy is standing nearby the table. keith and garry have enjoyed a long association with ding, who is based at the academy they now run in sheffield. he came over when he was 15, to practise with peter ebden for about six weeks.

2002? and he beat peterfor six weeks, every day. and then peter went on and won the world championships. the first time i practised with dingjunhui, i phoned keith that evening and i said "keith, this lad is really, really special." i was thinking, "where has this lad come from?" but it was his maturity as much as anything, which really impressed me. and i was thinking "i have never seen a 15—year—old like this before." in 2003, aged 16, ding turned professional. he moved to wellingborough in england, where his new management team ran an academy. but those early years weren't easy. it was tough. i mean, he couldn't do anything — notjust speak the language or cook, he literally could not do anything himself. i think he'd had everything done for him in china. i don't talk with my family as much. you know, just every day i play, practice after practice.

i going home, stay by myself, just sitting like that, and for, maybe one or two hours, just looking the floors, the tv, and nothing to say. just sit — sitting down there and then it's like a dead man, you know? and it's so boring, so boring. ding is now one of the richest snooker players in the world. but back then, his focus was very simple. he had to keep his place on the main tour and earn a living. i feel the real pressure's coming the first few years. to be pro. i know i have to earn money to be living well, first. and also my family. i need to help my family, my father, my mum. i want them living well. so it's not about first round, second round, i want to win the tournament. but it's difficult. so i know i need to work more harder and also i need to improve quick,

because in that time, it's only one year, one year to stay in the tour, with 96 players, so i feel pressure. ding's breakthrough year was 2005. he beat stephen henry to win the china open in beijing. there was also success in england, when he won the uk championship. you might recognise the player he beat. victory at the 2011 masters tournament in london was another early career highlight. only the world's top 16 players are invited to play. and the final featured two players from asia for the first time. i played good. i played — played great to beat marco. i played him quite a lot of times. i know marco is one — he plays good, he's a tough player to beat. i think for two asians getting

to the final means a lot to the fans back home. all — a lot of the fans really interested and i imagine they stayed up tuned in to watch the whole match, and it was really good for snooker. around 70 million people play cue sports in china each week, including eight—ball and nine—ball and the best young players come to live and practice at the national academy. since 2005, ding's success in winning tournaments has inspired millions of chinese children to play the game. before, there were a lot of snooker fans, but it is not — because nobody can win a tournament, so year by year the snooker fans are leaving that sport, and they are doing something else. and after 2005, i win it, the tv shows more snooker, the people are starting, bringing their skills back to the tables. they are starting to think, oh,

this is a good sport to play. 30 pupils in all, ranging in age from six to 22 years old. they practise from monday to saturday each week, from 9:00am to 5:30pm. someday they can be a professional player, and even be as good as ding. they know there are lots of efforts they have to pay, a lot of time and a lot of energy they have to pay, they have to prepare for that, that day. every day begins with a warmup. the youngsters work with top—class coaches. cutting—edge computer technology is also used to help them improve. the food here is really good, too. mobile phones are kept locked away until lunchtime, to make sure there are no distractions. three players from this academy have qualified for the main snooker tour since it opened in 2013, including these two young stars. they both idolise ding. ding is pleased to see this

new generation of chinese players coming through, and happy to give them the benefit of his experience. i can show them, we can do it, you know, that chinese players, asian players, can win a tournament. the signs of success are already here when it comes to producing top—class players. in the next ten years, china could be the dominant snooker superpower. china hasjust invested heavily in player development, but also in the business of snooker. the country stages some of the most

prestigious and lucrative tournaments in the world. i think itjust shows the significant growth in snooker generally. and globally, particularly here in china, it is... you know, that growth has been consistent, and our events are getting bigger and bigger. 0bviously delighted to see that happening. it is great for our players. they are playing for huge prize pools now. the one tournament china would love to stage is the world championship. it has been held in sheffield since 1977, and the city has a deal to keep it there until 2027. but, in the future, could the tournament ever move abroad? you can never say never. myself, iam passionate about staying in sheffield, because that is what i remember, when the game starts. realistically, can we say it is going to be there in 50 years‘ time? i have no idea. but what we would say is, it is a rather clever commercial twist to say no. because the message is,

you can't buy history, but you can create your own, so go and do it. and i think the chinese are doing it. the snooker club i used to practise at has been in business for over 80 years. it is a popular place, which anyone can afford to visit. but, if you want to see what the world's most exclusive billiards club looks like, you have to come here. the top level of membership is around 125,000 us dollars a year. there are seven expensively furnished vip rooms for the members to use. it is certainly a luxurious way to relax. china's passion for snooker also extends abroad. ding receives great support from the chinese students studying in the uk, like these from cardiff university. even when he loses a match, like he did here, he will make time to meet his fans. i am so proud to be here,

and i am so proud of — as i am a student, and i have a chance to come to here, and i can be a part of this, to cheer him on. and yes, i am so excited. another way ding engages with his fans is through social media. he has nearly 5 million followers on the chinese site weibo. sometimes i want to show when i do funny things. some — you know, for the tournament, after the tournament, what i think, i can share the thinking with snooker fans. the dream of every snooker player is to win the world championship. sheffield's crucible theatre will always be a special place for me, as i won the trophy here six times. sheffield is a city ding knows well. he has lived here for

the past ten years. it is very nice to be here. that is why i like to spend half the time in the uk, half the time in china. sometimes i want to get back to normal life, and i can come here, to stay here, be a normal person. in china, it is impossible for him to walk down the street without being recognised. but here, it is a different story. well, almost a different story. hello. best of luck. thank you. in 2016, the chinese star made history. he became the first player from asia to play in the final of the world championship. the final did not start well, though, and mark selby brought an early lead. it is quite a bad start, big pressure. after 6—0, i started thinking, maybe i lose with a big score. it is like 18—2, or 18—3, or something like that. ding wouldn't give up.

he kept fighting, and started to play well. unfortunately for him, selby was too good, and won his second title. being a champion isn'tjust about talent and hard work. it is also about having the belief that you can be the best in the world. in the end, last match in the final is not about the pressure. it is nothing near that. it is only the faith that you can win. the finals, i learnt a lot. if you go to the last match stages, you have got to believe in yourself, that you can win. that is all you need to do. ding junhui will be playing at the crucible for many years to come, and certainly has the talent to become a multiple world champion.

hello there, good morning. sunny weather at the masters, sunny weather here, too, and believe it or not the temperatures are very similar as well. now, yesterday we had highs widely 20, 21 for england and wales. lovely day at aberystwyth and once again in aylesbury, with the blue skies. and more of that sunshine to come today, too. we are going to see some changes come into the north—west, though. this cloud has been close by over the past day or two, and it will start to move into the uk over the next 2a hours, and bring with it a significant change in the weather. but clear skies ahead of that means it is quite chilly first thing this morning, and maybe one or two mist and fog patches across southern parts of england and into east anglia, but those won't last long at all. but once the sun comes up we're going to find the pollen levels rising, high again across england and wales, probably for the last day in a while. the sunshine will be there in the morning, lifting that mist and fog across england and wales. sunshine to start with across

southern and eastern scotland, but more cloud moves down from the north—west, with some rain, and we could see cloud filling in across the irish sea, too. so a different look to the weather for scotland and northern ireland on sunday. in the afternoon we've got this cloud, the rain becoming light and patchy as it moves south—eastwards across scotland. not much rain for northern ireland, either, but temperatures will be lower. later in the afternoon, we'll see this rain across north—west england, so too west wales. it may arrive a little sooner across cornwall, but you can see in exeter it is still sunny into the afternoon, and for many central and eastern parts of england, lots of sunshine, very warm as well. 2a or 25 degrees in eastern england, just like augusta. a warm day in sunderland for the football, in the premier league, but those changes as that cloud arrives in merseyside. and this is the last of the warm air, on sunday, for quite awhile, i suspect, as colder air comes behind that weatherfront, on a north—westerly wind, once again that weather front producing little or no rain. again, it is dry across the south—east, as it has been for a long time now, and most places will be dry on monday.

there will be more cloud developing than we've seen over the weekend, a few showers here and there, and those showers in northern scotland could be heavy enough to give some wintriness, particularly over the hills. it will be that cold, struggling to make single figures in northern scotland, and a drop of eight, nine degrees across parts of england and wales. a much chillierfeel to the day on monday, and quite a shock to the system, too. that chilly north—westerly airflow gets cut off by high pressure building in from the atlantic. and around the top of that we get a westerly wind, which will blow in more cloud across scotland and northern ireland. quite gusty winds, too. some heavy rain for northern scotland. england and wales, though, should have lighter winds. it should be dry, and once again we will see some sunshine. hello, this is breakfast, with rachel burden and rogerjohnson. the british government toughens its rhetoric over russia's involvement in the syrian civil war. defence secretary michael fallon blames the kremlin for the civilian deaths in tuesday's chemical weapons attack. boris johnson seeks support for a new initiative to end the conflict.

good morning, it's sunday 9th april. also ahead: a rare honourfor murdered police officer keith palmer. his coffin will be taken to the palace of westminster ahead of his funeral tomorrow. a ceremony to mark the centenary of the first world war battle