he'll face stephen maguire, who beat defending champion shaun murphy. good evening. the forecast. especially in the west of the uk where it will also be very windy. the rainjust keeps on coming through tonight across the southwest of england. into wales, parts of northwest england as well. the heaviest spots of rain will be over the high ground. a little bit drier with clear skies to the southeast. clearer to the northwest as well for the little bit chilly in northern scotland but the most it tomorrow night and mild start to saturday. through the day the rain just keeps on coming. there's a met office amber warning in force for hills of southern wales. other western parts of the uk getting a real drenching. eastern england we may well still dry with some spells of sunshine. windy for all, gusts of 52 maybe 60 mph for those exposed western coast and temperatures between 11 maybe 16 degrees towards the southeast of england. sunday another relatively mild day. a little bit of rain here and there but for many dry with some spells of sunshine. this is bbc news, i'm kasia

defending champion shaun murphy cruised through, and there was a comfortable first round win too forjuddna's zhaojianbo four frames to 2. fernando alonso has left hospital in switzerland four days after being hit by a car while riding his bicycle... the formula one driver underwent surgery on a fractured jaw... he's due to make his fi comeback this season with the alpine team after two years away from the sport... and mikaela shiffrin became the most decorated american skier in world championships history by winning gold in the alpine combined. the double olympic champion's ninth world medal moves her past lindsey vonn's total of eight. two games in the premiert league this evening. west ham against sheffield united is under way. the hammers could go above liverpool with a win. fourth bottom newcastle go to chelsea who can go fourth top later... the weekend saw more racist abuse of players online. anthony martial was one target after manchester united's 1—1 draw at west bromwich albion yesterday. the frenchman was also targeted last month along with teamates marcus rashford and axel tuan

defending champion shaun murphy and judd trump are both through to the second round of the welsh openum ia7! even his opponent barry pinches felt the pain!! luckily for selby, he still went on to win the match by four frames to one. finally — some slightly better covid related news for you today — as ambitious plans have been revealed to get fans back into sport in britain. it would involve testing and social distancing but horse—racing could lead the way. chester racecourse are proposing to allow up to 15,000 spectators to attend their three—day may festival. earlier we spoke to the chester racecourse ceo richard thomas. ultimately, the sign off is the government, they need to tell us that will be allowed. there were a number of private tests before walked down the did not happen in the end. and i think what we are saying is with the testing as well it gives us extra security that means people can come comfortably. and we want to bring it to the forefront rather than dealing with it as a beacon support, more to be like an open outside area where people will be encouraged to go and me

he'll face stephen maguire in the last four, after he overcame shaun murphy in a deciding frame at celticer of all time... fara williams has made 172 appearances since 2001. now aged 37, she's been telling us she has a rare kidney condition called nephrotic sydrome which has affected herfitness for almost a year. the steroids required to treat it led to weight gain and other side effects which took a toll physically and mentally. williams says she rushed back to action too soon but is hopeful of returning in good health when the time is right: through many different times throughout my career football has been my go to, so maybe i also believe that i needed to be in it to get from this illness but actually on reflection i didn't need to be in it and i was ok in dealing with it ok from there and, probably, when i did take the time off i could actually recover my mind. you know, took a few weeks out and actually mentally feel so much more refreshed and ready to go where as i think being in it at the time just, you know, just keep trying to push as much as i was but feeling like i was just f

there's more on the bbc sport website, including live coverage of the welsh 0pen snooker — it's shaun murphycatch that on the bbc sport website. thank you very much, gavin. good afternoon, you are watching bbc news and i'm going to take you through the afternoon's developments and we'll start the half—hour with the announcement from buckingham palace. the duke and duchess of sussex will not be returning as working members of the royal family. the couple stepped away from formal duties last year to begin a new life in california. they have gone on to sign deals with netflix and spotify and announced they are expecting their second child. arrangements over their patronages had been due to be reviewed next month. katie nicholl is royal editor for vanity fair and author of the book, harry and meghan. she spoke early to my colleague geeta guru murphy. this has been much talked about, and we were told to expect an announcement. came a little bit sooner than i think some of us expected. the end date i proposed was the end of march, this is a little bit ahead of that deadline. but, you know, this re

shaun murphy has just taken the lead.ter's comments after the uk has given 15 million people coronavirus vaccines. he was at a vaccination centre in south—east london. he started by thanking all those involved in the vaccination effort. i think everybody who has been involved in the vaccination programme can be incredibly proud of what has been achieved. and i thank all kinds of people. obviously, i thank the scientists who came up with the vaccines. i thank the people who got it all together, who organised it. but if you look at what has happened in the last few weeks, it has been an unbelievable effort by the nhs and by doctors and nurses, the gp surgeries, the hospitals. of course, the army has been fantastic, the pharmacists have done a greatjob. they have been assisted by legions of volunteers. but i think one of the most striking things about the uk vaccination effort has been the centrality of gp surgeries, of the nhs, and they have done the lion's share of the work, and it has been really very moving to see it. if

defending champion shaun murphy and judd trump are both through to the second round of the welsh opensocial distancing but horse—racing could lead the way. chester racecourse are proposing to allow up to 15,000 spectators to attend their three—day may festival. earlier we spoke to the chester racecourse ceo richard thomas. ultimately, the sign off is the government, they need to tell us that will be allowed. there were a number of private tests before walked down the did not happen in the end. and i think what we are saying is with the testing as well it gives us extra security that means people can come comfortably. and we want to bring it to the forefront rather than dealing with it as a beacon support, more to be like an open outside area where people will be encouraged to go and meet their friends in a socially distanced way. and that�*s all the sport, bye for now. hello. well, it�*s frost free out there again, second night in a row. it�*s certainly turned very mild across the uk. monday was a mild day and tuesday is going to be every bit as mild. but the mild south—westerly winds

he won a final frame decider against shaun murphy to come through 5—4 at celtic manor.jordan brown next. he also won a thrilling final—frame decider on the black ball against former world champion mark selby. that is it from us. we'll have more for you in sportsday at 6.30. see you then. thanks a lot, gavin. the united arab emirates says princess latifa , the daughter of dubai's ruler is alive and being cared for at home by herfamily. it follows a call from the united nations to prove that she is alive. let's speak to the bbc arabic�*s special correspondent nawal al—maghafi who first reported for us on the princess latifa videos, in which she said she was being held hostage. remind us of the background to the story? well, there are so many development to this story. the story begins in 2018 when she was trying to flee to buy and before she made the escape attempt and filmed a video saying if things go badly wrong you are going to be watching this and things did go badly run. she was recaptured on the indian ocean by m of and indian commandos. at the time, the un's worki

he�*ll face stephen maguire, who beat defending champion shaun murphy.th of wales and met office amber warning. because through the course of saturday, over the hills, over the high ground, 100—200mm of rain is forecast. but of course all of that rain falling on the high ground will work down into those river catchments and just increase the risk of seeing some flooding issues then into wales. the rain here is pretty heavy at the moment as well. further north and west, something a little bit drier for a time in scotland and across eastern england. but it is going to be a mild start for the day wherever you are on saturday. so for saturday, most of us will have at least some rain at times. it�*s going to be windy and mild, however across parts of eastern england and perhaps central england as well it looks like it�*s going to be brighter. hazy sunshine around and very, very mild again. so real mixed fortunes from place to place. not a bad start to the day in scotland, probably a nice sunrise to start off across parts of eastern england. further west the r

it's shaun murphy against stephen maguire.ok for life on mars, after landing on the planet last night. the perseverance rover has been sending back images of the crater where it touched down. it will spend the next two years drilling into rocks, to look for evidence of activity by micro—organisms — which would be proof of life. here's our science correspondent rebecca morelle, whose report contains flashing images. perseverance is going about one kilometre per second. a nerve—racking wait at mission control. perseverance is safely on the surface of mars. then celebrations as a signal is received from mars. it's touchdown for nasa's perseverance rover. and these are its first images, a view of its landing site. the rover has even started tweeting. there really is no good way to describe that moment when it's over, and you hear those words, touchdown confirmed. it's just a remarkable feeling of pride in the team, relief, and, and reallyjoy, thinking forward to this remarkable service mission we have coming up. it survived a fien