' the it‘uié: uru over the high ground we may well find further snow shower, this is tuesday, and we are looking at a fairly settled picture with a bit of dry weather in england and wales, leaden skies it has to be said. a sprinkling of showers in the south—west. further rain round about the coasts of scotland, maybe over the coasts of scotland, maybe over the highest ground, again, a further dusting of snow and at this stage, temperatures in the south starting to push towards double figures, not a great deal of change on wednesday, save for some pretty hefty showers for some spots across england and wales and all the while there is that chance of further wintry showers across the very highest ground in scotland. but those temperatures by that stage well in positive territory by day. so becoming milder in the coming week, u nsettled becoming milder in the coming week, unsettled because of the low and if there is any snow it will be mainly on the hills. this is bbc news. the latest headlines. tributes have been paid to sir roger bannister, the first athlete to run a mile in underfour

minutes. he has died at the age of 88. he was one of the cleverest people i've ever met. he was, in equal measure, modest as well false white theresa may urges be you to get on with agreeing what she calls an ambitious but to call vision for post—brexit. more warnings of snow in scotland, northern ireland, and in the north of england. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me damian johnson. the main headlines from us: britain's andrew pozzi strikes gold in a thrilling finish to the men's 60 metre hurdles at the world athletics championships. champions—elect manchester city beat chelsea to go

18 points clear at the top of the premier league table. brighton inflict a fourth straight defeat on arsenal to pile further pressure on manager arsene wenger, and ease their own relegations fears. and bannister has done it. also this evening, we remember the great sir roger bannister, the legend of track and field who became the first man to break the four—minute mile, and who's died at the age of 88. britain's andrew pozzi has taken gold in the men's 60 metre hurdles at the world indoor athletics championships in birmingham. pozzi had qualified as fastest for the final, but he looked to have been pipped on the line

by the american jarrett eaton. there was a photo finish between the two athletes and just a hundredth of a second between them. after a nervous wait, though, victory was confirmed for pozzi in front ofa home crowd in birmingham. the 25—year—old, who's great britain's joint team captain, grew up not far away from the arena itself in straford—upon—avon. it's pozzi's first global title after taking european indoor gold last year. my heart stopped at the end there. i knew at the fifth hurdle i was behind. i just threw my body at the line to get there, and just about got there. this championships has been amazing, and to be voted co—captain has been the biggest honour of my life. every single member of this team has just been perfect. i'm delighted i could win at the end. pozzi shares captaincy duties with shelayna oskan—clarke, who took the bronze medal in the 800 metres final. she was in fifth place coming

into the final lap, but by the last bend moved into third, finishing behind defending champion francine niyonsaba and ajee wilson. mo farah beat kenyan daniel wanjiru in a sprint finish to win the inaugural ‘big half' race in london — with britain's callum hawkins finishing third. the four—time olympic champion was racing the half marathon as part of his preparations for the london marathon in april, where he'll attempt to become the first british male winner since 1993. and britain's charlotte purdue won the elite women's race, with lily partridge second and charlotte archer third. purdue ran a huge personal best, which moves her two best in the ——

tenth in the all—time uk list. manchester city are on course to go 18 points clear at the top of the premier league. they're leading the reigning champions chelsea 1—0 at the etihad stadium, thanks to bernardo silva's goal early in the second half. since losing to chelsea last season at the etihad, manchester city have lost none of their home games. known for spending princely sums on players, both sides struggled to find their rhythm, city crafting a chance through bernardo silva. once pep guardiola's side spring into gear, there's little you can do to stop them. only cesar azpilicueta's goal—line block was enough to stop leroy sane. then silva found silva. city lead. chelsea's best chance

immediately followed. victor moses going for the near post. conte's chelsea crown is slipping. manchester city are not slipping up. brighton have increased the pressure on arsenal manager arsene wenger with their first victory over them in 36 years. brighton won 2—1 to edge them closer to premier league survival and inflict arsenal's fourth defeat in a row. joe lynskey reports. the goodwill has gone, the calls come in unison. for so long, history has been arsene wenger‘s fallback. his teams used to innovate. now they disintegrate. a third defeat this week came to a side fighting relegation. brighton's opener, through lewis dunk, showed the root of the problem. commitment for the ball, composed in execution. everything arsenal don't have. seven minutes in, the amusement had begun. it's arsenal's apathy on the pitch that gets to the fans.

glenn murray's header was the product of koscielny‘s misplaced pass. petr cech mistimes his dive. the arsenal keeper took some of the blame. the home side did meet some resistance through pierre—emerick aubameyang, but arsenal's record signing could not improve the scoreline. they paid the money to take chances when it matters. he hasn't done that yet. when the spending doesn't stop terminal decline, the problem points to the manager. this year, arsenal have lost eight games already, four in a row. a slump barely seen in a generation. now the fans seek the greatest change. they were sharper than us, first on the ball. the second half was mainly all us, but unfortunately we couldn't find the goal. we are going through a tough, tough time. and it's of course difficult at the moment. as tough as you can remember this week?

three defeats back—to—back. never happened to me in my life. we are hit deeply, and maybe on the confidence side we can see that the team maybe struggles a little. rangers beat falkirk at ibrox this afternoon. jason cummings scored three of them. if you are going to take a punt who scored barcelona's winner in their crucial match against atletico madrid, you would guess it was lionel messi. it was an exquisite free quick, but also messi's 600th

goalfor club free quick, but also messi's 600th goal for club and country in an extraordinary career. barcelona's victory moves them eight pounds clear of rivals atletico madrid in second place. they are 15 points clear of real madrid, in third. the keeper had no chance. in the aviva premiership, exeter chiefs have extended their lead at the top after beating second placed saracens at sandy park. exeter took an early lead against the european champions with a second minute penalty before ben earl went on to score the first try of the game. the chiefs ran out 24—12 winners over a depleted saracens who were missing most of their internationals. the final of the welsh open snooker is taking place right now in cardiff and it looks like it's going to be a tight affair. john higgins and barry hawkins are locked together at 4—4. it's been a high quality match — higgins has hit breaks of 138 and 141, whilst hawkins has responded with a break of 131. the match resumes at 7.00pm this evening — the first to nine

frames claims the title. deontay wilder says he ready to take on anthonyjoshua in a heavyweight unification superfight that all boxing fans want to see, that's after the american retained his wbc belt overnight, stopping luis ortiz in the 10th round in new york. our reporter ade adedoyin was there and described the fight. it had shades of anthonyjoshua's victory against wladimir klitschko, where he was hurt but ended with a knockout win. it came to life in the fifth round, when he put louise ortiz down. in the seventh, he had to survive an almighty onslaught from the cuban. it is a wonder how he managed to stay on his feet to make it through. over the next few rounds he recuperated, and in the tenth, he scored that dramatic victory. he said he's going to be in cardiff for anthonyjoshua's unification bout againstjoseph parker.

he says ifjoshua gets through that, discussions have to begin for another unification bout. it is going to be up to you guys, the fans. i've spoken enough. i don't really want to speak about it any more because i've said all i have to say. after tonight, i don't need to say no more. i don't need to prove i'm the best. leicester riders have one basketball‘s bbl trophy for the third season in a row, after a dramatic wind over sheffield sharks in glasgow. sheffield lead with 30 seconds of the match to go. it is a tent trophy for the riders' coach in his ten years in charge. they are on course to win the bblb championship as well. i told the guys, expect the

unexpected. it will be a funny game here. we did that. we knew they are one of the best teams in the league, but our guys did that, just kept going. another trophy for us. and finally, as you may have heard in the news, many of the greats of athletics have been paying tribute to sir roger bannister — the first man to break the four minute mile — who's died at the age of 88. sir roger secured his place in the sport's history when he created the new landmark at the oxford university's sports ground in 195a. patrick geary looks back now on a remarkable life. it isa it is a windy, rainy day in oxford. may the 6th1954. the crowds braved the conditions. they heard a medical student was going to challenge a seemingly unbreakable record, the four—minute mile. the conditions look like stopping roger bannister, but he had a point to prove. two yea rs but he had a point to prove. two years earlier at the helsinki olympics, he expected to win, but

finished fourth. this was key for him as an athlete. when the weather brightened up, bannister set off with two friends acting as pacemakers. first, crisp ratio set the speed, ben chris chat away took over, but when he began to tire, it was bannister to go alone. it drew me compellingly forward. i felt the moment of a lifetime had come false white the everest of athletics was about to be conquered. bannister broke the tape in 3:54.04 seconds. it was a great surprise to me to do it today. i think i was very lucky false white on the track he never topped what happened that day, but bannister had become a majorfigure in british sport. he went on to chair the sports council and introduce the first test for

anabolic steroids. bannister knew he was suffering from parkinson's disease later life, a disease he spent much of his life treating as a neurologist. he was knighted in 1975 for services to medicine and sport. bannister regarded his medical career as the greater achievement, but still had fond memories of his sporting record. i collapsed as i recovered the tape, but then i heard him announcing, "in a time, subject to ratification, will be a new world record, three and after that, the noise of the crowd blitz rated the announcement. sir roger bannister was never a professional athlete, and his record has been bettered by many others, but his run on that may day will remain timeless. that's all from sportsday.

there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. next, meet the author. aida edemariam has written an unusual biography — a rich and engrossing story of a woman of whom none of her readers will ever have heard. the wife's tale is the story of her own grandmother, born 100 years ago, and a picture of her country, ethiopia. it reads beautifully, as if it's told in her voice, a book that will take you gently and unforgettably into another world. welcome. what was the quality of this story, the potential in this story,

that convinced you that people who had never known your grandmother and have never been to ethiopia would want to read it? it was listening to her, it was listening to her language, her words, her stories. i kind of knew that they would translate quite well into english and that they would work. you spoke to her and recorded her over a long period. i mean, not continuously, but you heard her talking. and what's striking about the book is that, although it's narrated by you, it's told by you, the rhythms and cadences of her language, the poetry of her language, the simple poetry of normal day speech, really comes through, and that's what's alluring about it. and that's really what convinced you? yes, it really did.

there are a couple of things. one of them is it's an oral tradition. she didn't read until she was in her 60s. in an oral tradition, stories are remembered and told again. in ethiopia, the effect and the skill with which you tell a story is really important. the other thing that's obvious to anyone who approaches the book is, of course, that it's set in a country which has gone through huge convulsions in the century of the life that you mentioned — she died five years ago. let's just go through that because the world that she grew up in — there was going to be a fascist invasion, there were going to be various political upheavals, the haile selassie years that we all remember, and, i suppose, to the current generation at home, the famines in the horn of africa, which have been such a crisis. so it was always going to be a troubled life. yes, but there's always pockets ofjoy and, for her, dancing. and you tell stories and you find little pockets where you can

chat and enjoy things. in a way, it's a story of perseverance and survival. it is, and those big things happen to ordinary people, and history's lived by ordinary people. and i guess that's one of the things i was trying to get across. you talk about the fact that your grandmother didn't learn to read until she was in her 60s. can you really imagine what life was like for her when she was a teenager, when she was in her 20s? do you find it easy to picture? it took a while. i had maybe 60 hours of tape. i listened, and then i went away and read lots in the british library and read accounts of daily life, and then i went back and listened again. when you've got that lairing, you can start to imagine just the sort of warp and weft of it. because it's quite clear, in the way she must have talked to you, that the descriptive richness

of it was considerable — i mean, the plants, the animals, the sky and so on. she was like that. the way she described cooking, for example, it was incredibly detailed. so there's a sort of party that happened every year, it was massive, and it took up a lot of her life. so the drama would be in describing how you make meat. that was where it was located and therefore i had to try and recreate that somehow. and, also, the shocks to daily life that came about from political