eric bristow was the ringleader from the beginning. his name is synonymous with darts.all those world titles but massively influential on the world champions that followed, nonetheless phil taylor. of course. i suppose you would say eric bristow and phil taylor are the two legendary names from that era that took sport out of the pubs and onto the global stage, in terms of being now one of the most popular sports in europe. it has come out of a working man's ordinary background game and people like eric bristow academise where the game came from. and had the star quality to take it to the next level —— a bit might wear the game came from. every player playing today should be grateful —— eric bristow epitomised where the game came from. many thanks forjoining us to reflect on that terribly sad news that eric bristow has died this evening after being taken ill suddenly at a darts eventin being taken ill suddenly at a darts event in liverpool. the first golf major of the yea, the masters is under way. they are still out on the course at augusta. but tiger woods has finished

the five—time world darts champion eric bristow dies at the age of 60.wo people are arrested on suspicion of murder following the stabbing of a teenager in east london. julia skripal is getting stronger by the day, she says, she spoke through uk police and asked for privacy but what of the tape passed from a cousin to journalists in moscow, allegedly a telephone conversation between the two women. is it real or is it fake? good evening and welcome to bbc news. yulia skripal, who was poisoned alongside her father sergei with a nerve agent in salisbury last month, has made herfirst public statement since the attack. she said she was getting stronger by the day, and thanked medical staff and members of the public who'd helped them. she described her ordeal as somewhat disorientating. tonight, moscow's envoy to the united nations has dismissed the uk's claim that russia was behind the attack, and said london was poisoning russia's relations with other countries. here's our diplomatic correspondent james landale. it's just over four weeks since sergei skripal

singing # there's only one eric bristow! # there's only one eric bristow! # only one eric bristow!ristow! i want to set up such a high standard, by the time i've finished when someone else comes along and they think he will be the new eric bristow, we will see how bloody good years! he's got to do the business. —— how good he is! thursday not quite as sunny across the uk as per expectations, in fact some rain as well and the skies are hazy, a picture from london early on, up a—level, despite that temperatures reached 17 celsius in st james's park and temperatures reached 17 celsius in stjames's park and making it the warmest day of the year. you can see how cloudy it has been across a number of areas. all this cloud of england was quite thin. the rain bearing clouds were earlier in the day across western areas and that's where got that last bit in the mild and the cooler air, wind is still coming in from the south, still mild airon top of coming in from the south, still mild air on top of us, the warmest weather across europe, into the 20s. the weather for weather across europe, in

as: tributes there to the world darts champion eric bristow, who's died today aged 60.uch more for you on all the news any time on the bbc website. yyou can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter, i'm @bbcmikeembley. we are expecting that sentence shortly from south korea for the former president park toohey. thank you for watching. —— park geun—hye.

there's only one eric bristow!his name last night, many of them had met eric bristow just name last night, many of them had met eric bristowjust a few hours earlier in liverpool at a hospitality event before he was suddenly taken ill. the crafty cockney was king of the oche, a poster boy who helped drag the sport out of the pubs and gave it public recognition. the first of his five world titles came in 1980, rivalries with bobby george, john lowe, jocky wilson marked his dynasty. a boom time for darts. he was the ringleaderfrom the time for darts. he was the ringleader from the beginning. time for darts. he was the ringleaderfrom the beginning. his name is synonymous with darts. eric bristow epitomise where the game came from but had the star quality to ta ke came from but had the star quality to take it to the next level. for that every player playing today should be grateful because he blazed the trail. bristow was also one of the founding members of the breakaway world darts counsel, now the pdc, in 1993. anothe

tributes to the world darts champion eric bristow, who's died today aged 60. reminder of our top story. the russian ambassador to the un has warned britain it is "playing with fire" in accusing moscow of poisoning the former double agent sergei skripal and his daughter. more on our website. thank you for watching. hello. thursday always was set to be one of the best days of this week

as: tributes to the world darts champion eric bristow, who's died today aged 60.'s just bring you these pictures from brazil, we believe in sao paolo, where there is a pro—lula rally being held. the former brazilian president has

eric bristow, who died last night at the age of 60.h up, more cloud around generally, particularly in the west, some of it quite impressive, a lenticular cloud there from a weather

tributes to the world darts champion eric bristow, who's died today aged 60.un has warned britain it is "playing with fire" in accusing moscow of poisoning the former double agent sergei skripal and his daughter. more on our website. thank you for watching. hello. thursday always was set to be one of the best days of this week and so it proved and our weather watchers were very much out in force, probably encouraged by the fact that it was such a glorious day all the way from scotland to the south coast and across the irish sea and into northern ireland, but that's really rather cruel to use that particular picture to bring you the message that it will be on friday another glorious day for many parts of the british isles because, i'm afraid to say, that belfast and indeed much of northern ireland, it won't be that way for you, and the seeds of the destruction of your glorious friday were there being sown on thursday with this veil of cloud moving in from the atlantic and as we get into the first part of friday, well, the rain will already be there, and how, ac

eric bristow is a name in darts. 0f will be. eric bristow is a name in darts.oday was always going to struggle to match up and generally speaking, it is a cloudier affair. the biggest of the cloud is in western areas where we are closest to an area of low pressure. you can see that thinning around here on the satellite picture. this band of cloud pushing in from the atlantic. further east the cloud is that pits the less odour still allowing some hazy sunshine do and in that hazy sunshine it feels very mild. in fa ct, sunshine it feels very mild. in fact, fairly one, i have to say. we‘re during in some very mild air from the salsa not a bad looking day there for a weather watcher in eastbourne earlier on. the best of the hazy sunshine will be found down towards the south—east is after numerous further north—west outpace a pretty heavy rain across western scotland. a little bit brighter for east of scotland and generally a blustery southerly wind. some rain moving through northern ireland but likely to brighten up your two this afternoon. plough through the weste

as: tributes to the world darts champion eric bristow, who's died today aged 60.eing held. the former brazilian president has until friday afternoon to turn himself into police and begin serving a 12—yearjail term for corruption. ajudge has ruled that luiz inacio lula da silva cannot stay free while he goes through further appeals. he is still hoping to register as a candidate from prison. he has long been a favourite to win. this protest in sao paulo. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter — i'm @bbcmikeembley. hello. thursday always was set to be one of the best days of this week and so it proved and our weather watchers were very much out in force, probably encouraged by the fact that it was such a glorious day all the way from scotland to the south coast and across the irish sea and into northern ireland, but that's really rather cruel to use that particular picture to bring you the message that it will be on friday another glorious day for many parts of the british isles because, i'm afraid to say, that belfast and indeed much of nor

the first of bristow's first world titles came in the 19805.set such a high standard by the time i finished, luckily enough i am a young fellow andi luckily enough i am a young fellow and i have plenty more years in front of me that when some other youngster comes along and thinks this is going to be the new bristow, we will see how good he is. he was bettered by phil taylor, the man he meant old, who was to become the greatest of all time. bristow's influence on the sport was huge. he lost hisjob as influence on the sport was huge. he lost his job as a television pundit 18 months ago at following social media comments following comments about the victims of the football abuse scandal, something he apologise for. the darts fans were a lwa ys apologise for. the darts fans were always going to forgive one of their legends. there were tears last night and tributes. they will be many more. eric bristow who has died aged 60. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. we have up to 17 degrees, the warmest day of the year so far, it should stay

eric bristow, who died last night at the age of 60.

five—time world darts champion eric bristow has died at the age of 60.he had died on thursday following a heart attack. bristow, also known as the crafty cockney, was a world champion in1986, he crafty cockney, was a world champion in 1986, he also won world masters titles. don't forget, for all the action on date two of the commonwealth games on the gold coast in queensland, you keep up—to—date if you head to our website. we have full commentary on that one. the 200 metre freestyle heats go off shortly. the south african champion looks to become the swimmer who has won the most in commonwealth games history. he has the overall mark of 18 in his sights. you just remember london 2012, don't you? his father had cancer issue is over the past you also, so many people are wishing him on to get to that mark. don't forget that everything, you can go to that website and see that and everything else of course on the website. but an hourfor me everything else of course on the website. but an hour for me and the rest of this sport survey team, goodbye. —— for now.

in the last half hour, it has been announced, the five time world darts champion eric bristow has dieddominated darts in the 1980s and helped popularise the game on television. he famously mentored and supported phil ‘the power‘ taylor who was to go on and become world champion himself by beating bristow in the 1990 final. the us masters got underway this afternoon with spain's sergio garcia hoping to defend his title, that was until the 15th hole, asjoe wilson explains. wejoin sergio garcia, the defending masters champion on the 15th hole at augusta, and we will remain with him on the 15th hole, that'sjust augusta, and we will remain with him on the 15th hole, that's just the start. that, again, is wet. his idea, get the ball to pick and roll back to the hole. the trouble is, once you go past the flag, there is just the descent. slowly, surely, the slippery slope. sergio... these are not replay is, this is one of the world's best golfers on the cars where he achieved his finest moment 12 months ago. when you fail, it's a penalty. go back and try again. sergio heading into double figur

eric bristow had a heart attack in liverpool last night. was announced. 0ur sports correspondent 0lly foster looks back at his life. # there's only one eric bristow!#. many of the thousands of darts fans who chanted his name last night had met eric bristowjust a few hours earlier in liverpool at a hospitality event, before he was suddenly taken ill. the crafty cockney was king of the oche, a poster boy who helped drag the sport out of the pubs and gave it public recognition. i think eric took it to a different level. i mean, i knew eric when he was 17 years old, we used to go round different pubs and clubs playing for money, in tournaments. he was a good darts player. cocky, really cocky. but that was eric, that was the way he came over. but he was quite good—eyed. the first of bristow‘s five world titles came in 1980. as rivalries with bobby george, john lowe, jocky wilson, marked his dynasty — a boom time for darts. but he was the best. when i've finished playing darts, my name's in the record books. and i want to set up such a high stand

eric bristow! #.ments. he was a good marksman. really cocky. that was eric. he was a good lad. the first of bristow‘s five world titles came in 1980. rivalries with bobby george, john lowe, jocky wilson marked his dynasty — a boom time for darts. but he was the best. when i finished playing darts, my name is in the record books. iwant playing darts, my name is in the record books. i want to set such a high standard by the time i finished. luckily i'm young for it as well, and i've got plenty more yea rs as well, and i've got plenty more years in front of me. when somebody younger comes along they say, he's going to be the new bristow, we'll see how good he is, you know what i mean? he was bettered by phil taylor, the man he meant what, who was to become the greatest of all time. bristow‘s influence on the sport was huge. he lost his job as a television pundit 18 months ago following comments on social media about the victims of barry bennell, something he apologised for. but he was such a popular figu

all chant: there's only one eric bristow!hanted his name last night, many of them had met eric bristow just a few hours earlier in liverpool at a hospitality event before he was suddenly taken ill. the crafty cockney was king of the oche, a poster boy who helped drag the sport out of the pubs and gave it public recognition. the first of his five world titles came in 1980, rivalries with bobby george, john lowe, jocky wilson marked his dynasty. a boom time for darts. he was the ringleader from the beginning. his name is synonymous with darts. eric bristow epitomised where the game came from but had the star quality to take it to the next level. for that every player playing today should be grateful because he blazed the trail. bristow was also one of the founding members of the breakaway world darts council, now the pdc, in 1993. another was phil taylor, who would become the greatest player of all time. bristow was his mentor. his influence on the sport was huge. he lost his job as a television pundit 18 months ago following s

and the top story here in the uk: the five—time world darts champion, eric bristow, has died at the agef 60. the professional darts corporation said he'd suffered a heart attack at an event in liverpool. now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. beating expectations of. south korea's samsun issues forecasts for a bigjump in korea's samsun issues forecasts for a big jump in first—quarter profits to. and 84 members around the world with the common goal of the linkup infrastructure in asia. will look at how china's initiative is gearing two years on the. —— faring two yea rs two years on the. —— faring two years on. welcome to asia business report. was told samsun electronics which is forecasting a 57% jump in its operating profits of the year to nearly 15 billion dollars. the actual results will be announced later this month. samsung did not elaborate on the guidance, many a nalyst we‘ re elaborate on the guidance, many analyst we're attribute the jump to strong demand for its memory chips potentially how that offsetting and potentially how that offsetting the slow

the five—time world darts champion eric bristow dies at the age of 60.ing the stabbing of a teenager in east london. julia skripal is getting stronger by the day, she says, she spoke through uk police and asked for privacy but what of the tape passed from a cousin to journalists in moscow, allegedly a telephone conversation between the two women. is it real or is it fake?

abba mirror has the first interview with the bristow...udd on the brink after deportation memo leak, and another picture of the two leaders of north and south korea preparing to cross the border to ta ke preparing to cross the border to take —— shake hands. preparing to cross the border to take -- shake hands. on the daily mail, car theft cover up is the headline. it is talking about the cover—up from carmakers about a security flaw. i a shop the other day and there was a shell suit for sale. it may be regret ever in in mind. 0ne sale. it may be regret ever in in mind. one was neon purple and yellow with pink stripes. classic, mine was navy blue and white stripes. those we re navy blue and white stripes. those were the days, those flammable outfits were used to wear. so they are back? allah had it the supermodel is pictured in a shell suit. —— bella hadid. supermodel is pictured in a shell suit. -- bella hadid. justin bieber is there... could you imagine if we went out wearing one of those? we could not pull this off. but also of these new

american occupiers we're still waiting for an official reaction to come from tehran so we'll be keeping bristow of the reactions we expect that they'll start coming in the next few hours as the region indeed wakes up to the latest developments the bombing raids on syria come before the international chemical watchdog start their probe into the alleged attack in duma last weekend o.p.c. w.x. due to arrive at the scene on saturday we requested a comment from the organization and we'll bring you that as soon as we get it. meanwhile washington says it's confident that the syrian government used chemical weapons against its own people according to a white house statement their confidence in that is based not on intelligence but on media and geo reports this conclusion is based on descriptions of the attack in multiple media sources the reported symptoms experienced by victims videos and images showing to assess to barrel bombs from the attack and reliable information indicating coordination between syrian military officials before the attack well russia's defense ministry has released a video in whi

eric bristow, who died last night at the age of 60.e for a look at the weather, here's ben rich. well, after the glorious sunshine of yesterday, today was always go to struggle to match up, more cloud around generally, particularly in the west, some of it quite impressive, a lenticular cloud there from a weather watcher in somerset, this is close to an area of low pressure on the satellite picture. further east, drawing in some very mild airfrom the further east, drawing in some very mild air from the south, so temperatures through the afternoon in parts of the south—east likely to climb up to the dizzy heights of 18 degrees. with that, some hazy sunshine, a pleasant enough date for a weather watcher in east sussex. some rain in the north west of scotland, blustery winds as well, eastern scotland is not doing so badly. rain tending to clear from northern ireland, leaving sunshine and showers, cloud for the western side of england and wales, confirmation of hazy sunshine down towards the south—east, temperatures up towards the south—eas

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british ambassador laurie bristow. >> it's important to bear in mind why this crisis has arisen in the first place, it's the use et a chemical weapon on the streets of the united kingdom that has threatened the lives of a number of people in my country. >> reporter: including yulia o'ripal, the daughter of double t ent sergei skripal, who's assassination attempt using a suspected russian nerve agent triggered the worst diplomatic crisis since the cold war. as her condition has rapidly improved, the british government says they'll now consider a request for the russians to see her. whether she wants to see them is another matter. in yet a further escalation: russians are demanding to know ory british authorities searched a russian passenger plane in mendon, something they've called "blalatant provocation," and threatening to searching british planes landing here. errol? >> charlie d'agata in moscow. thank you. president trouble is spending loe holiday weekend in florida president trump is spending the holiday weekend in florida. as he headed off to play golf today, the president again t

rebecca jones spoke to our asia pacific editor, michael bristow, earlier about this remarkable story.died in a car crash, leaving these frozen embryo, the grandparents still wanted the grandchild because their line would have ended there, because these people who died were their only children, and so there was a long battle in the courts, first of all, to get control of the embryo, then to get control of the embryo, then to find a surrogate mother willing to find a surrogate mother willing to carry the child, that mother was found in laos, is travelling to china, had the baby in a chinese hospital. the battlers didn't end there. they had to have where dna test to prove they were related to the child before it was finally handed over to them, a story about the determination of four grand pant pa rents the determination of four grand pant parents who wanted to have a grandchild. you say the baby is with the grandparent, that is what is going to happen to him, he will be raised by them? initially, yes. they said that, i am not going to tell the child in the initial stages, that their par

before we go, in the last hour it has been announced that the five time world darts champion eric bristowd done with it and to some of you, we can match it with another one tomorrow, he said, some loading in his boys. it was a glorious day all the way down to the southern tip of devon and down to the irish sea. there is a cruel bit. it's going to be another glorious day, using the picture as a backdrop. foremost, it says, and northern ireland, you're not going to be in, centre because we have already got the first signs of a weather front pushing in from the atla ntic weather front pushing in from the atlantic and there is all the rain that will push into the western side of scotland. on the eastern side of both scotland and england. you are that bit further away from the frontal system. the low pressure and the front of some good news. some relatively mar out from the western mediterranean, iberia and france and pushit mediterranean, iberia and france and push it up across the greater part of the british isles. it may not seem of the british isles. it may not seem that way but northern i

joining me now is our asia pacific editor, michael bristow. is an extraordinary story, a us you say the story began in 2013 when the couple unfortunately died ina carcrash, when the couple unfortunately died in a car crash, leaving these frozen embryos, the grandparents, still wa nted embryos, the grandparents, still wanted the grandchild because their line would have ended there, because these people who died were their only children, so there was a long battle in the court, first of all to get control of the embryo, then to find a surrogate mother willing to carry the child, that mother was found in laos, she at the end of last year travelled to china, had the bake by in a chinese hospital, the bake by in a chinese hospital, the battle for these grandparents didn't end there, they had to have a dna test to prove they were related to the child before it was finally handed over to them, so a story about the determination of four grandparents who wanted desperately to have a grandchild. you say the babyis to have a grandchild. you say the baby

earlier our asia pacific editor, michael bristow told us about it. were afraid their lines would dieo a process and prove through dna they related to the child. they related to the child. decision to make at some point about what to tell the child. what to tell the child. but that was a difficult decision they will have to face. they will have to face. details of an amazing story there from china. time for a look at the weather. here‘s alina jenkins. to be getting warmer but we have pictures of snow. yes, but this is spain. quite a bit of snow at lower levels. levels. this is in the northern part of spain, a sarah madoff snow. of spain, a sarah madoff snow. footage, as were —— a fair amount of snow. snow. also strong winds, down through barcelona. this is very unusual? very unusual. and we are expecting more snow in the alps as well. that is a good thing? thing? with sunshine that means there is a risk of avalanches. risk of avalanches. what is happening closer to home? happening closer to home? and murky conditions, this is earlier. earlier. moist air flow, but the jet stream change