and showers in the west, developing widely, and with heavy hail and thunder and gusty winds, temperatures 11—50d. and for thursday and friday, same values. heaviest showers to the north and west, a bit dry in the south and east. this is bbc news. our latest headlines. social media companies are threatened with new laws by the health secretary if they don't do more to protect children online. he's accused them of "turning a blind eye" to the problems arising from social media use. four british people die and 12 are injured in a coach crash in saudi arabia, the accident happened as the group left mecca during an umra pilgrimage. one family of the girl have contemptuous and the crash. sir mo farah finishes third in the london marathon amid the hottest conditions

on record for the race. verne troyer, who is best known for playing mini—me in the austin powers films, has died at the age of 49. let's get all the sport including more certain football match, in sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, the blue flag flying high, chelsea make it to the fa cup final at the expense of southampton. the long goodbye begins for arsene wenger with a win over west ham at the emirates stadium. banned from the track to the road, still a record breaker sir mo farah impresses yet falls just short breaker sir mo farah impresses yet fallsjust short in breaker sir mo farah impresses yet falls just short in a sweltering london marathon. good evening chelsea came through

their fa cup semifinal unscathed thanks to a 2—0 victory over southampton at wembley earlier, after defeat in last years final a chance of for chelsea boss antonio co nte chance of for chelsea boss antonio conte a. adam wilde has more. a trip to wembley often described as a day out for the fans but these are two clu bs out for the fans but these are two clubs in whom it now means so much more. by their respective standards chelsea and southampton have suffered a stuttering season, a moment at last to celebrate, chelsea ‘s chances were frustrated, frustration in the first half which would only continue. neither side

finding a breakthrough, immediately after it chelsea somehow found their way. the game opening up chances at either end first eden hazard and then for nathan redmond, he at ‘ifi' f’ :i it? foul, ”2 z? , 7 7 7 f’ :i it? foul, has ”2 z? , 7 7 7 i“ :i ‘it 77 foul, has filed zzz , 7 7 7 refereersaw itasfoulaaasjiled close, and it wasn't until the going close, and it wasn't until the introduction of the substitute morata. southampton will return to the battle against relegation, they will need more luck than they had

today, a difficult day out for fans of the saints, chelsea will have another next month. adam wilde, bbc news. this competition is very important in this country, it is the old est important in this country, it is the oldest competition, i am pleased especially for our fans because i think they are the first to deserve this satisfaction. we have had big moments, that is not to say that chelsea didn't deserve to win, they have scored at key moments, i am happy for them but i thought the officials did not help us today, i thought when we were trying to get momentum martin atkinson allowed them to get to a conclusion, i thought we could have done better. arsenal played for the first time since arsene wenger announced he would step down as their manager, after more than two decades at the helm.

the home crowd at the emirates was treated to a 4—1 win over west ham in the premier league and as david ornstein reports, it was the perfect warm up ahead of the europa league semi final. arsenal are a football club synonymous with one man, the image and influence of arsene wenger everywhere. a reign spanning 20 years, now into its final weeks. the start of a farewell to a great of the game. it is a shame because i have only ever known him as arsenal manager but i feel it is the right time to go. sad because 22 years is a long time but happy because things need to change. the manager arrived to hero ‘s welcome, his first since news of his departure at the end of the season. he had to wait until the second half for his team to find form. much monreal opening the scoring, to the approval of his manager. west ham dampened the spirits of the

home supporters, but they were soon rekindled, a defensive mix—up by allowing the cross from aaron ramsey to go in. alexander lacazette struck twice. arsenal finishing the day on a high, and they will hope their manager's tenure does as well. every decision i made in my 22 years was for the good, for the sake of arsenal, it was always my priority, to do well to the club. the focus now turns to the europa league semifinal first leg against atletico madrid on thursday, a chance to end the arsene wenger year in style. david ornstein, bbc news, the emirates. premier league champions—elect manchester city kept a strong line up against swansea, as they have an eye on breaking the 100 point barrier this season. pep guardiola's men cruised to a 4—0 win over swansea, as drew savage reports. they have had a week of being champions already but today was

manchester city's day to celebrate. they won that title last sunday without kicking a ball. it might have felt like an anti—climax so it in the mood to deserve that. swansea reduced to the role of spectators. david silva opened the scoring before raheem sterling made it 2—0 injust the 16th minute. four light blue shirts, an easy tap infor four light blue shirts, an easy tap in for sterling. city might be out of europe god can still break premier league records this season and this is one reason why, spectacular from kevin and this is one reason why, spectacularfrom kevin de bruyne. the faces of both managers telling you how good that was. swansea have improved a lot in the last couple of months but even when gabrieljesus found that the champions can be fallible silva was on hand, 4—0. before the end a quick cameo from yaya toure. jesus got his goal after all. four games to go, 90 points and

counting for the champions, cuba celebrations. the record to beat, by the way, is 95 points. drew savage, bbc news. you have to keep improving ourselves, if we thought, we are champions commit is time to rest, we could not play like we did today. ok we had five games left, you have to try to finish high, and play the way we did this season because if we improve it will be good this season. stoke city manager paul lambert believes there's a lot of twists and turns to come as they bid for premier league survival but he felt they were below par as they held burnley to a draw, i—i still going in front before a sixth goal in eight before ashley barnes for burnley. paul lambert‘s side are just points from safety with three matches to play.

there's been misfortune, some play had to be a bit more careful, we gave everything but the performance has been high, today we fell below the level we've been playing at. we've got to go to anfield to try to get a result, there's still a lot of twists and turns here. rangers have returned to second place in the scottish premiership thanks to a 2—1 home win against hearts. goals from jason cummings and this. daniel canday‘s header saw them home at ibrox. hearts got one back through christophe berra, but they didn't threaten enough to take a point. there was a solid result for manchester city's women in the first leg of their champions league semi—final against the holders lyon. it finished goalless in manchester and was watched byjo currie. manchester city were not just against the defending champions but also arguably against the best team in the world.

they will go into the second away leg in this tie which is very much alive after a hard fought draw. the keeper sarah was tested with a shot in each half but neither side could make the breakthrough. city defended for large periods and had to work hard to get possession but they'll be delighted to have restricted lyon to a handful of chances. we've worked hard this week in training and stopping their good players, getting on the ball, we will go this week and work on our possession, it is important when we regain the ball we might cause them more problems but overall we are happy with the result. city now head into next week's second away leg in lyon knowing a score draw or a win will give them a place in their first ever european final. jo currie, the academy stadium, bbc news. chelsea have it all to do, hosting

wolfsburg, in the first leg of their semifinal, but they are losing 3—1 with ten minutes to play in that one. away from football it was a busy day in london for the 40,000 runners taking part in the marathon. they included, of course, sir mo farah, who set a new british record as he finished third in the men's elite race which was won by kenya's eliud kipchoge for a third time. joe wilson has more. this london marathon began with history. the queen was the official starter. in 1908 the olympic marathon began in windsor, finished in london. on today's start line at blackheath, more registered runners than ever before. in the heat, the advice was to think carefully before wearing fancy dress, that was the advice. for some, whatever the weather, a marathon isjust a stage. mo farah is learning this race. look for his fluorescent sleeves at the back here, trying to find his own bottle at the feeding station. where is my drink? in the early stages,

the refuelling problem seemed to overtake mo farah. the crowd willed farah on, and he fought hard, but he was not in the lead. eliud kipchoge is the london marathon champion in 2018. eliud kipchoge from kenya, as expected, was the winner. back in third, digging deeper than ever before, came the king of the track, mo farah, exhausted. but he had just run the marathon faster than any british man before him. you know, training has been going well, has been going well, conditions were a little hard today, very hot, but i got great support. from the crowd. i want to thank everyone who has come out, cheering my name, being positive, doing the mobot and squirting drink on me, it was all good! kenya's vivian cheruiyot won the women's race in a personal best for her, but paula radcliffe's world record remains safely intact. maddy de rozario of australia won the women's wheelchair race. but look at the blistering finish in the men's event.

the black helmet belongs to david weir, 38 years old, doing it again. london marathon champion for the eighth time. joe wilson, bbc news. fantastic performance from him. not such happy news for great britain ‘s women in tennis. great britain has failed to qualify for the world group ii in tennis's fed cup after being beaten by japan. johanna konta had beaten naomi osaka in straight sets to give great britain a 2—1 lead overjapan but when heather watson lost to kurumi nara, the tie went to a deciding doubles. the top two british players took the first set, but lost to meeyo katto and makoto ninomeeya. the defeat means britain will remain in the europe/africa zone and haven't played at the top level for 25 years. ronnie o'sullivan came through a tough opening round match to beat stephen maguire at the world snooker championship in sheffield. resuming this morning trailing by three frames, he came back to win it 10—7.

o'sullivan is hoping to add to his five world titles, the last of which he won back in 2013. an equally tight match in the afternoon between ali carter and graeme dott, they were tied at 8—8, until carter, through so many challenges in his personal life came through and was pretty happy about it as well. these are live pictures from the crucible. kyren wilson playing mathew stevens, wilson needs just two kyren wilson playing mathew stevens, wilson needsjust two more kyren wilson playing mathew stevens, wilson needs just two more frames to go through to the second round, currently 8—3 up on the other table is marco fu, he's trailing his opponent 7—3. full coverage on the bbc sports website and app. racing 92 are through to the european champion cup final after a brilliant first half was too much for munster. it was the teddy thomas show in bordeaux as he ran in two tries in the opening twenty minutes, and then turned down a hat trick set

up maxime machenaud. munster did recover in the second half, but the damage was done, and it finished 27—22. racing will meet leinster in the final on may 12th in bilbao.