snooker player ding junhui is a superstar in china.this document tree, we follow him with behind—the—scenes access as he plays in onejob with behind—the—scenes access as he plays in one job at the china championship. —— guangzhou. if you want to know what it is like to bea if you want to know what it is like to be a sporting icon in a country with more than i to be a sporting icon in a country with more thani billion people, ding junhui with more thani billion people, dingjunhui can with more thani billion people, ding junhui can tell you. there is the sense of national pride when you wina the sense of national pride when you win a major tournament. there is the media attention. enron was to speak to you. a vast television audience watches every match to play. you get invited to glamorous events. —— everybody wants to speak you. your adoring friends are delighted to meet you. social media needs to be kept updated with nearly 5 million people following you. there is also the knowledge that your success has helped spark a snooker revolut

it is all to do with ding junhui, really.one of the first major tournaments in china at that time. —— open. stephen hendry, he is bisley to record holderfor the most world champions, the world's most world championship titles. so when he turned 18, the boom started in china and exploded. 70 snooker clubs opened around the country, especially in beijing, where there are is reportedly 1000 clubs. —— so many snooker clubs. ding junhui has inspired so many more young players, many on the tour at the moment. so china is still experiencing a huge boom. and we know he is still young. and even though he didn't quite make it this time, there is hopes that he might still be the world's snooker champion. had you assess his chances? very good. he still young. he is only 30. in snooker terms, that means he has plenty of time. at least ten or maybe even 15 years to go on and win it. but as we have seen go on and win it. but as we have seenin go on and win it. but as we have seen in the past star players like jimmy white or even matthew ste

emcee: ding junhui!elevision 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 exp

ding junhui edges ahead of mark selby at the crucible in their snooker world championship semi—final.atch with so much hype, the manchester derby, city versus united at the etihad, pep guardiola versusjose mourinho, the hunt for champions league football and ultimately a totally underwhelming match. it finished 0—0 and all the morning headlines will be talking about a moment of lunacy from manchester united's marouane fellani. conor mcnamara reports. there were no goals here but no shortage of incident. sergio aguero should have scored. it came off the post from close range. there was an excellent chance before half—time for manchester united but he headed it off target. the talking point of the game was the red card shown to fellaini. he was shown a yellow card for a challenge on sergio aguero moments before. within seconds he was involved with another tussle. for heads clashed in a forehead motion. he showed a straight red card. manchester city brought on gabrielle jesus since card. manchester city brought on gabriellejesus since picking up an injury on the 13th of february but his

now, on bbc news, snooker player ding junhui is a superstar in china. cumentary, we follow ding, with behind—the—scenes access, as he plays in guangzhou at the china championship. if you want to know what it is 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 and 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 five million people following you. there is 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 is 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 are waiting for the bus to

it does not take long before ding junhui is recognised. 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 he

world numberfour ding junhui has one foot in the semi—finals of the snooker world championship.t beaten in a ranking event in over ten years. jamie broughton was at the crucible for us. a national hero back home in china, so a national hero back home in china, so enter the dragon, ding junhui... ding junhui was a history maker here last year when he became the first player from asia to reach the final, and the chinese superstar produced this best form at the start of this match against ronnie 0‘sullivan. he was playing attacking snooker. and scoring heavily when he got the chance. 0‘sullivan needed to respond before this opponent builds a commanding lead, and he did. frame seven produced real drama as it was decided by a respotted black. 0‘sullivan had a chance but couldn‘t ta ke 0‘sullivan had a chance but couldn‘t take it and was punished. this disappointment didn‘t last long, though, as he won the last frame of the session to make it 4—4. the second session started well for ding. he took the opening frame with a break of 63 to settle any nerves. he then claimed two of the nex

ding junhui leads mark selby after the first day. thank you forjoining us., to a boxing press conference with a difference. name calling was left to the politicians today, as anthony joshua and vladimir klitschko were full of respect for each other ahead of their world heavyweight title unification fight. joshua says victory at wembley on saturday would be a stepping stone to greatness while the ukrainian klitschko had a trick up his sleeve. 0lly foster was watching for us at wembley. we heard from wladimir klitschko and anthonyjoshua we heard from wladimir klitschko and anthony joshua ahead we heard from wladimir klitschko and anthonyjoshua ahead of their fight, they were given a grand reception and entrance for their final post fight news conference. wladimir klitschko said it was very refreshing that there were none of those fun and games, the trash talking, the abuse, sometimes, the violent outbreaks you sometimes see in these news conferences before a fight. he said this is how it should be done and anthonyjoshua, you can tally was completely focused on

semi—finals are well under way — as last year's winner mark selby fights back to take a 9—7 lead against ding junhui well under way — as last year's winner mark selby fights back to take a 9—7 lead against ding junhui. the uk economy slowed more than expected at the start of this year — with consumers tightening their belts in the face of rising inflation. figures from the office of national statistics show falling retail sales and a jump in living costs. the economy expanded by 0.3% from january to march. that's down from growth of 0.7% at the end of last year. our economics correspondent andy verity has the details. this sector is now bright spot of our economy — this shrewsbury—based manufacturer makes parts for cars. the drop in the value of pound before and after the brexit vote should have helped business a lot. because it is cheaper for foreign buyers paying dollars are euros to buyers paying dollars are euros to buy the parts. but new order are not growing as quickly. there are customer whs are saying let's wait and see what happens with brexit and whether we can buy from the uk or europe an

first semi—final, between defending champion mark selby and the man he beat in last year's final, ding junhui was selby who had the early momentum in the match, playing shots like this to take a 3—2 lead. but it was ding who managed to regroup, and ended strongly, winning the final three frames, the last of which was a century of 110. they will resume tomorrow at 10am. and in the other semi—final, four—times champion john higgins leads barry hawkins. 5-3. but 5—3. but hawkins fouled the black in an unusual fashion in the seventh frame, which begins one. but hawkins recovered to win the final frame of the night. they resume at 2:30pm tomorrow, so they get a lie in. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentator lance price and caroline wheeler, political editor of the sunday express. tomorrow's front pages. the metro leads with our top story tonight, the terror arrest at westminster. the paperfeatures a picture of the suspect being wrestled to the ground by

mark selby staged an early comeback in his world snooker championship semifinal with ding junhui.t four frames of the second session to build a 7—5 lead in what's a repeat of last year's final. it's been back and forth since then but selby has managed to keep a two frame advantage — leading 9—7 ahead of this evening's session. in the other semifinal, john higgins has extended his lead against barry hawkins — after winning a marathon final frame in the afternoon session, which lasted just over a6 minutes. that puts higgins 10—6 up, first to 17 wins. they start again at 10am tomorrow. sebastien vettel looks determined to increase his lead in the formula one drivers‘ championship after topping the time sheets in practice ahead of this weekend's russian grand prix. the ferrari driver was a quarter of a second ahead of his team mate kimi raikkonen. and more than half a second ahead of the mercedes of valtteri bottas and championship rival lewis hamilton. several teams showed their support for british teenager billy monger who had both legs amputated following a crash in a formula four

but ding junhui battled back brilliantly to win two in a row and get within one.ner edge home. john higgins is just one frame away from a place in the final. his match against barry hawkins resumed this morning with higgins leading 10—6 and the four time champion won 6 out of the 8 session frames to put him in touching distance. but hawkins won the last, meaning they'll be back on the table at 7 this evening to finish the match. exeter moved level on points with leaders wasps in rugby union's premiership with a 36—12 win over northampton saints. they ran in six tries in front of their home fans at sandy park to erase the gap at the top after wasps' defeat last night. centre ian whitten's score helped to make it a record seventh straight bonus—point win in the premiership for the chiefs. nicky henderson has been crowned champion jumps trainer for a fourth time, after his horse altior won the celebration chase at sandown. it had been a race between henderson and paul nicholls to be named trainer of the year — but altior, thought by many to be the natural successor t

five time champion ronnie o'sullivan resumes his match against china's ding junhui around 7 this eveningg's session, ding took a 3—frame lead before o'sullivan won the next three to level the match. ding then potted a re—spotted black to edge ahead again. but o'sullivan took the final frame to go into this evening level at 4 frames all. while mark selby rattled off five frames in a row at the start of his quarterfinal against marco fu, who of course had that late finish last night in beating neil robertson to make the last 8. he did respond with a couple of frames of his own. but selby has since won another to end the session with a 6—2 lead. behind every sports person is a proud parent but now we going to watch a proud dad watching us after watching his son. one of the scorers was liam stewart. rod stewart was very pleased that we mentioned that! great british ice hockey is one the second game in their championship in belfast last night were liam stewart 's son of music legend rod stewart got his first international goal. written joint japan and is when you're at the top of the table.|j

and the other semi—final is a tighter affair between defending champion mark selby and ding junhui, theme in style. but ding won five out of the next seven frames, clearing up with a break of 135 in the last frame to draw level at 12—12. they'll resume at half past two tomorrow. that's all from sportsday. there will be more sport here on bbc news in the morning. from all of us, good night. let's see if the weather will be behaving itself this bank holiday weekend. it is looking a little mixed. the weather is looking pretty decent for most of us on saturday. but on sunday a bit of rain on the way. not everybody will get the rain, so that's why it is looking at little mixed. let's be what is happening in the short term. weather fronts quite close to the uk. just to the west of our neighbourhood, but far enough away to give us a dry night. the rabies fringing in the far north—west. spells for most of us. far north—west. spells for most of us. the temperatures are going —— aren't going to give away too low. we start on a very decent note. there could be areas of clouded a couple of areas, b

ding junhui leads 5—2. ronnie 0'sullivan is already through to the second round.tine win for 0'sullivan. after the match, he vented his frustration with the tournament bosses, having received a letter warning him about his behaviour, after he criticised a referee and swore at a photographer back in january at the masters. i have done 25 years of service to this game. i think i have given after the game and i have helped them but my bet. i don't need that. not at a1. drop me out. i don't need you. you probably don't need me. i just want to enjoy my life and i am not putting up with someone thinking they can billy threatening me. it ain't going to happen. —— they can bully me. we're expecting a reply from world snooker chairman barry hearn at some point today, but he recently told the bbc that 0'sullivan is beholden to the same rules as every other player. ronnie 0'sullivan is a great player and a great advert for our game. he gets us more media, more ratings than anyone else. for that, we love them, of course. we admire his ability. but that is where it ends. there

ronnie 0'sullivan is up against it in his world snooker quarterfinal against ding junhui — the chineseix. they resumed at 4—1! this evening and 0'sullivan spent a lot of it sitting down. ding, who was the beaten finalist last year, won five frames in a row but at 10—5 down the rocket came back with a century break in the last frame of the session. so ding is four frames ahead overnight, first to 13 wins. in tonight's other match john higgins is 11—5 up against kyren wilson. defending champion mark selby rattled off five frames in a row this afternoon at the start of his quarterfinal against marco fu. he of course had that late finish last night in beating neil robertson to make the last eight. he did respond with a couple of frames of his own but selby ended the session with a 6—2 lead. they start again tomorrow morning at ten o'clock. finally, behind every sportsperson there's a proud parent or two but now we're going to watch a very happy dad watching us... after watching his son! earlier today, we reported on the great britain ice hockey team's 5—1 victory against estonia last night

ding junhui made it through by beating friend and five—time champion ronnie o'sullivan.o not see that their cause is not advanced by bullying tactics. sarah says, what about palestinian students, how will they feel if we fail to condemn the abuses on them? and bill says, i'm hugely against the government of israel bosman policies and do not blame british jews for those policies, if some people choose to attack alljews because of this policy that is despicable. keep your thoughts coming in. three years ago diane louisejordan, former blue peter presenter and presenter of songs of praise was issued with —— was accused of harassment, and wants to stay away —— want to stay away from her supposed victims. the woman who harassed has now pleaded guilty to making false charges.” harassed has now pleaded guilty to making false charges. i was issued with a complaint, three years ago, and then another one, from the same woman saying that i physically and verbally abused her which we now know is completely untrue. she admitted in court yesterday that everything that she said was aliv

five—times champion ronnie o'sullivan is out — beaten 13 frames to 10 by last year's runner—up ding junhuimatch was settled by a century from ding — after o'sullivan had made a tournament best break of 146 earlier in the session. o'sullivan warmly congratulated ding at the end who now goes on to met mark selby in a repeat of last year's final. as for selby, he made it into the semi—finals with a clearance of 143, a break which six—times champion and bbc commentator steve davis described as the most astonishing he's ever seen. selby dominated his match against marco fu — winning13—3 with a session to spare. john higgins is through to the semis for the first time in six years. the four time champion began the final session against kyran wilson needing just two more frames for victory — and it didn't take him long to get them. higgins going through 13—6 and will play either barry hawkins or stephen maguire. josh griffiths says he's still coming to terms with being the fastest british runner at the london marathon. griffiths qualified for august's world championships in london as he finished t

world snooker championship, beaten 13 frames to 10 in the quarter—finals by last year's runner—up ding junhuifter o'sullivan had made a tournament best break of 146 earlier in the session. o'sullivan warmly congratulated ding at the end who now goes on to met mark selby in the last 4 in a repeat of last year's final. he isa he is a special lad, a beautiful guy andi he is a special lad, a beautiful guy and i know his family really well so i know he comes from good stock and you know he is all good. he doesn't have a bad bone in his body and you know, he wants to win the title so bad, it wasjust know, he wants to win the title so bad, it was just nice, know, he wants to win the title so bad, it wasjust nice, ten know, he wants to win the title so bad, it was just nice, ten years on from that match, he's hugging me, beating me where as last time it was the other way around, it's a decade on and he's in a great place and his life is great and i wish all best. ding will meet defending champion mark selby, who on his way to the last 4, made a clearance of 143, a break which six—times champion and b

ding junhui is through to the second round of the world snooker championship after beating fellow chinese at the start of tuesday's session but it was zhou who got the better start. this break of 93 made it 7—4. ding continued his quest for a first world title, with a steady recovery to win three of the next four frames. he made history here last year when he became the first player from asia to reach the final. and ding will face his compatriot liang wenbo in the last 16 after he defeated england's stuart carrington by ten frames to seven. four—time champion, john higgins, resisted a martin gould fightback to win10—6. he'll face northern ireland's mark allen in the second round. and now for tennis news. at the monte carlo masters, novak djokovic survived a scare to come through his tie with gilles simon in three sets. this is his first tournament back following an elbow injury which has hampered the world number two's start to the season. after taking the first set, his french opponent hit back to win the second. djokovic was pushed all the way in the decider, with simon breaking him twi

ding junhui edges ahead of mark selby at the crucible in their snooker world championship semi—final.sus united at the etihad, pep guardiola versusjose mourinho, the hunt for champions league football and ultimately a totally underwhelming match. it finished 0—0 and all the morning headlines will be talking about a moment of lunacy from manchester united's marouane fellani. conor mcnamara reports.

five—times champion ronnie 0'sullivan is out — beaten 13 frames to 10 by last year's runner—up ding junhuiafter 0'sullivan had made a tournament best break of 146 earlier in the session. 0'sullivan warmly congratulated ding at the end who now goes on to met mark selby in a repeat of last year's final.

two chinese players will be battling it out on tuesday, last year's runner up ding junhui leads his firstby seven frames to two. the world number four hit three century breaks during the morning session including this 132 in the final frame. a row between ronnie 0'sullivan, snooker‘s best known player, and the sport's governing body has been the talk of the crucible theatre. after winning his first round match on sunday the five—time world champion launched an attack on the game's authorities in which he said that world snooker had used threatening language against him, and adding he would not be bullied. barry hearn is the chairman of world snooker, seen here with 0'sullivan in happier times. he says the accusations directed at him are unfounded. in a statement he's said: the governing body is the wpbsa, the authority actually responsible for any disciplinary action against players. here's what its chairman jason ferguson had to say on the 0'sullivan row. i don't think there's any bullying, any intimidation. we talk about the player's contract, the player's contract with world snooker bi

ding junhui won five of the next seven clear about what the break of 135 in the last frame to draw levelt's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. we will be looking at the papers and but brooking used renewed now. we are hearing from the south korean news agency that north korea is reported to have fired a ballistic missile. it is said to have been fired from an area north of the capital, pyongyang, on saturday. the agency said the type and flight direction of the missile is still being examined, but the united states government is already suggesting initial indications are that this ballistic missile test was u nsuccessful. that this ballistic missile test was unsuccessful. we do not know what kind of the stig missile test it was, what its purpose was. this comes at a time when attention is on the korean peninsula are already escalating. united states is pushing for tougher sanctions to try to curb the nuclear threat that north korea may pose. we will bring you more details later. we hope to speak to oui’ details later. we hope to speak to our correspondent in washingto

also this evening, ding junhui opened up a 9—7 lead over chinese compatriot liang wenbo.to a finish tomorrow as will ronnie o'sullivan and shaun murphy, who won three frames in a row to reduce the 5 time champion‘s lead 9—6. the 16th and final frame of the session could prove vital though. in super league, widnes have picked up theirfirst home win of the season. beating st helens 16 points to m thanks to a dramatic late try. mark percival‘s penalty pulled st helens level just before the break. ensuring the two teams went into half time 12—all. another penalty gave saints a 14—12 lead. but patrick ah van crossed over for the second time in the match to score the winning try ten minutes from time. meanwhile leeds rhinos cruised into the last 16 of the challenge cup with a 64—28 win over doncaster. 17 year—old jack walker scored a hat—trick of tries in the first half. after andy murray lost yesterday, there's been another shock at the monte carlo masters tennis with world number two novak djokovic beaten in three sets by david goffin. the belgian raced through the first set

ding junhui is treated like a movie or pop star.lution. to escape such constant attention, he moved to sheffield, home of the world championship, where he can lead a relatively normal life, unrecognised, well, most of the time. good luck. thank you. i met him this week for a frame at the city's star academy where his private practice room is a world away from all the attention. the 5 million followers on social media and the 210 million who watched his run to the final last year on chinese state tv. the sound is wonderful, isn't it? you like that sound. iam wonderful, isn't it? you like that sound. i am proud. wonderful, isn't it? you like that sound. iam proud. the wonderful, isn't it? you like that sound. i am proud. the little kids come and ask me how to be like you, andi come and ask me how to be like you, and i am very pleased to answer the questions. so yes, i know it is how boring when you practise. it is very lonely. he is certainly not learn any more in sheffield. along with fellow star marco fu, the set the trend. thanks t

five time champion ronnie o'sullivan is playing china's ding junhui. es before o'sullivan won the next three to level the match. ding knocked in a re—spotted black to edge ahead again. o'sullivan hit back though to take the last frame of the session to make it 4—4. the second session is this evening. kyren wilson is taking onjohn higgins at the moment too. higgins leads 4—3. it is the best of 25 frames. cyclist lizzie armitstead says "extremely difficult personal circumstances" led to her missing a drugs test last summer. it was her third missed test in a i2—month period — an offence that could have led to a four—year ban. the court of arbitration for sport decided that the authorities were to blame for the first missed test, and armitstead went on to compete at the rio olympics. i'm entitled to a personal life and a private life. and the circumstances surrounding my third strike were a very personal, very traumatic family experience. and it's not something that i feel necessary to share with people, and i hope that people will respect that. you know, t

after two sessions it's neck and neck between defending champion mark selby and ding junhui, the man 'll resume at 2.30pm. in the other semi—final, john higgins is 10—6 up against barry hawkins after winning a marathon final frame in yesterday afternoon's session. they start again at ten o'clock this morning. and you can follow that on the bbc, on tv and the website. the match between ding junhui and selby was incredible, both coming back, i wouldn't like to call it. it might be like the boxing match tonight! well done for keeping going. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning. the number of victims of breast surgeon ian paterson could run into hundreds — or even thousands — according to solicitors. he was convicted yesterday of carrying out needless operations. north korea has launched another ballistic missile, hours after washington called for a tougher international approach towards the communist state. for the last time, sarah has the bank holiday weather. it is looking good for many of us, this picture was taken in newquay. and many parts of the co

the all—chinese meeting between last year‘s runner—up ding junhui liang led at 10—9 but ding has comepionships in romania today — taking their tally to five for the competition... there were two medals for ellie downie — and an historic achievement in the rings. but injury to becky downie has ruled her out of the final day of competition. david mcdaid has more from cluj. another day of first broke british gymnasts here in romania, as the tea m gymnasts here in romania, as the team won the war medals from four apparatus finals. courtney claimed his own slice of history. the score of 15 plus, plenty enough to give him the country a first major rings medal. so vote for him, on olympic champion. i've just missed out on medals in a few competitions now and ididn‘t want medals in a few competitions now and i didn‘t want that to happen again, so i didn‘t want that to happen again, so i‘ve gone back to the gym and trained so hard. itjust means a lot. ellie downie was back today and she won two more medals. first, as silver in the vault, although slightly down on her qualifying score. then mom

ronnie o'sullivan and ding junhui are into the final session of their match.ten reds, nine blacks. this will be his tent. a break of 80 already, well on course for a maximum. that is all the spot for now. in the next hour we will tell you whether he gets that or not. lance corporal trim and dylan will be jailed for life because he killed his ex—girlfriend after stalking her and he had been aggressive, controlling and manipulative throughout their relationship. she said she told the police he felt harassed, alarmed and distressed by his behaviour. the details of this case were harrowing. , the family described her as a ray of sunshine which touched hundreds of people's lives. the sentence has been handed down in the last few minutes, a minimum of 22 years for lance corporal trimaan dhillon. throughout the trial we heard during their short relationship he had been controlling, manipulative, jealous, all the while cheating on her behind her back. when she found this out she tried to end the relationship that he would not allow it. he stalked her repeatedly, drivi

china‘s ding junhui who had a really tough match against fellow countryman liang wenbo — this break ofving come from behind to level the match three times in the closing stages, ding goes through 13—12. great britain have won three more medals at the european gymnastics championships in romania today — taking their tally to five for the competition. there were two medals for ellie downie — and an historic achievement in the rings. but injury to becky downie has ruled her out of the final david mcdaid has more from cluj. a score of 15 plus plenty to give courtney a first major rings medal. solver for him only bested by the olympic champion. after and have just missed out on the medals in a few competitions now and i didn‘t wa nt few competitions now and i didn‘t want that ever to happen again, so i‘ve gone back to the gym and trained so hard, itjust means a lot. after her own historic all—round gold yesterday, ellie downie was back in one two more medals. slightly down on her qualifying score. moments later, enough forjoint qualifying score. moments later, enough for joint third qualify

mark selby is on course to win consecutive world snooker titles, after he narrowly beat china's ding junhuio resumed at 12 frames all, and it was 16—15 when selby‘s break of 72 got him the victory. he was pretty happy about it too! and the man who will take on the world number one is john higgins. the four time champion needed just one frame to seal victory against barry hawkins in yesterday's evening session and he secured it with the very first of the evening. 17—8 the final score. that's all the sport. now on bbc news it's the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are broadcaster rachel shabi and political commentatorjames millar. let's just take a look at some of the front pages before we speak to them. the mail on sunday focuses on pensions, reporting that theresa may will bring in new laws to prevent a repeat of the sir philip green bhs scandal if she wins the election. talk of pension cowboys. the observer leads on this weekend's meeting of eu leaders saying they want the uk to provide guarantees to eu citizens living in

ronnie 0'sullivan has been knocked out of the world snooker championships, beaten by ding junhui in theuarterfinals. and british number onejohanna konta is through to the last 16 of the stuttgart open tennis after beating naomi 0sacko of japan in three sets. more of those stories at 5:30pm. the businesswoman who took the government to court to force a parliamentary vote on the start of the brexit process has today launched a campaign to oppose what she and her colleagues call an "extreme brexit". gina miller says her best for britain initiative will target marginal seats in the general election to try to return members of parliament who are committed to keeping the brexit options open. a crowd —funded drive has already been backed by nearly 10,000 people and raised almost £300,000. i'll be speaking to gina miller in a moment. but first let's hear some of the remarks from today's launch. we know that people are worried about the future direction of this country. they believe in parliamentary sovereignty and they believe, as we do, that only tactical voting in this election can ensure tha

selby narrowly beat china's ding junhui 17—15, to reach the final, as he aims for back to back titlesand he's looking for a fifth world title to match ronnie 0'sullivan. great britain have won their first ice hockey world championship gold in 2a years, as they beat japan a—0 to clinch promotion in belfast. both sides had won their first four matches in division one group b, and promotion came down to the final game of the tournament. it was gb who ended the tournament unbeaten and having spent the last three seasons in the sports third tier, they now move up to the second level. i have been dreaming about this, a lot. and before we came away i spoke to my wife, parents, and we deserve this. the last two years, what we have experienced, saw us through tonight. it is one of the best groups i have known.” tonight. it is one of the best groups i have known. i am sure those celebrations, continuing. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. in turkey the manager of an iranian television network has been shot dead in istanbul. saeed karimian was driving with a business part

he is trailing 10—6 against china's leading player, ding junhui, in the quarter—finals of the world championship. hong kong's leading player, marco fu, trails the defending champion, mark selby, 6—2 in another of the quarter—finals. both matches conclude on tuesday. president trump has indicated he is willing to delay trying to secure federal funds to build his so—called ‘great wall‘ along part of the us border with mexico. the president has until the end of the week to agree on federal spending plans with congress, or risk marking his 100th day in office with a government shutdown. 0ur north america editor jon sopel has more details. reporter: mr president, are you going to insist on border funding? donald trump made his fortune as a builder. now, the president is staking a huge amount of political capital on the most controversial construction project of his life, a 2,000—mile—long wall to separate the us from its southern neighbour, mexico. and no—one can say it has come out of the blue. it was almost his campaign theme tune. we're going to do the wall, and by the way, who's going to pay for

at midday, defending champion mark selby resumes tied at 12 frames all with ding junhui.erejohn higgins leads barry hawkins ten frames to six. they are still into the first frame. you can watch that now on bbc two. hawkins is just getting control of this frame. hawkins was a finalist in 2013. higgins was last in a final some years ago. great britain's ice hockey team have made history in belfast, beating the netherlands 14—0. colin shields scored a hat—trick and in doing so broke tony hand's record, of a0 for the most international goals by a british player. great britain face japan in the gold medal game tonight, with live commentary on 5 live sports extra, from 7:30pm. great britain play in world ice hockey‘s third tier and have not been promoted since 1993. that's all sport for now. thank you very much. well, as you just heard, heavyweight anthony joshua more than 90,000 people are expected to be at wembley stadium tonight to watch the two go head—to—head for the world heavyweight title. well, as you just heard, anthonyjoshua is the favourite to win in tonight's fight.

but now inspired by the success of ding junhui there's a new superpower on the rise that threatens to been coming is staggering. if we don't professionalise the junior and amateur games in britain we are going to fall way behind. more than 70 million people play cue sports in china every week and this is where the top young snooker players train. in the four years since this academy opened three players have qualified for the main snooker tour, including gambling towel. he beat the world champion mark selby at this you's welsh open. china is doing lots and are streets ahead in terms of development, infrastructure and development. that doesn't make the chinese wrong, it makes them right and it means we have to do something similar if we have the appetite for it. murphy thinks the answer lies in having the feeder to where amateurs could learn their trade before progressing onto a new reduced main tour of 64 players. million pounds would in my opinion sustain a com plete would in my opinion sustain a complete challenge tour of ten events with the winner receives x and at the end of it so

to snooker and ding junhui's quest to become the first asian world snooker champion is one step closers. he now leads against reigning champion mark selby in the world championship semi—finals by 5—3. the contest resumes on friday morning here in the uk. a short time ago i spoke my bbc sports colleague marc edwards about snooker‘s rising star. beginning with a rather fortuitous toilet break aged eight, his father, 18 snooker player himself, he decided to take over the snooker cue and before the elder returned he had w011. and before the elder returned he had won. his parents sold up his grocery business and house, moving to guangdong province where king, who stopped his formal education at the age of 11, he practised for eight hours a day at a training hall. at 15 he started winning national and regional snooker championships and the fast became china's top player, the fast became china's top player, the next decade was spent on the international circuit where he slowly climb the rankings and he won his first majorfinal at slowly climb the rankings and he won his first major final at t

ding junhui is through to the second round of the world snooker championship after beating fellow chinesep. but he was pegged back a bit by his teenage opponent before his experience showed. ding reached the final last year becoming the first asian player to do so — in the next round he'll play fellow countryman liang wenbo who was also a first round winner as wasjohn higgin. prince william has said the death of his mother princess diana was one of the reasons for his involvement in campaigning on mental health issues. the duke of cambridge's comments follow those of his brother prince harry, who revealed he'd had counselling to help him come to terms with her death. both princes have been campaigning for the heads together mental health charity, as our royal correspondent, peter hunt, reports. promoting better mental health is a family affair. after prince harry's frank acknowledgement of the pain he suffered after his mother ‘s death, prince william also went to a screening of a documentary on the subject. 10 million people affected by mental health issues united to run the london marat

at midday, defending champion mark selby resumes tied at 12 frames all with ding junhui.ns ten frames to six. he has missed a routine pot on the pink. but this frame has lasted over half—hour. with john higgins, full—time winner, leading ii—7. but you can see how close this frame is. 49-47. you can watch that now on bbc two. that's all sport for now. time for the weather. it has been a decent looking day so far. we have had a few showers around, but for many, seems similar to this one. some sunshine, patchy cloud around as well, but the cloud thinning and breaking up through the afternoon. through the rest of the bank holiday weekend, things turning slightly warmer, but also breezy with the chance of some rain. all down to this frontal system approaching from the west. high pressure still holding on through the rest of today. things are looking largely dry, but the cloud should thin handbrake. we should see some decent bells of sunshine especially around the course. turning breezy for cornel, pembrokeshire as well, perhaps some sunshine extending along the south coast. te

last year's runner up ding junhui has started his first round match against 19—year—old zhou yuelongr four is looking very comfortable and has won five out of seven frames this morning and has made a break of 136, the highest of the tournament so far. premier league survival and champions league qualification is at stake when middlesbrough take on arsenal at the riverside tonight. the hosts are six points from safety, while arsene wenger‘s side go into the game in seventh, ten points adrift of fourth placed manchester city. we might get there, we might not. but the only thing to get there is too believe we can do it, you know? we have to focus not on the fear of failure, but the desire to make it. that is the only chance we have to do it. 0ne game under way. sheffield united hosting bradford. united 3—0 up. clarke scored the first. and five minutes later, two, sharp with another. after withstanding pressure, blades made it three. clarke again. promotion to the championship already secured, fourth placed bradford could still finish second, the automatic promotion spot. andy murray has

selby narrowly beat china's ding junhui 17—15, to reach the final and is on course to win consecutive fifth world title to match ronnie 0'sullivan. great britain have won their first ice hockey world championship gold in 2a years as they beat japan 4—0 to clinch promotion in belfast. both sides had won their first four matches in division one group b and promotion came down to the final game of the tournament. it was gb who ended the competition unbeaten and having spent the last three seasons in the sports third tier, they now move up to the second level. that's all sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. i'll have more in the next hour. donald trump has marked the 100th day of his presidency with a speech defending his record and attacking the media. addressing thousands of cheering supporters in pennsylvania, he insisted he's delivering his election promises "every single day" and dismissed criticism of him as "fake news". 0ur correspondent laura bicker sent this report from the rally. they came to support their champion, to celebrate

now in snooker — ding junhui's quest to become the first asian world snooker champion is one step closerals. he now leads against reigning champion mark selby in the world championship semi finals by five frames to three. the contest resumes on friday morning here in the uk. a little earlier i spoke to my bbc sports colleague marc edwards — about snooker‘s rising star. the story of his rise apparently beginning with a rather fortuitous toilet break aged eight. ding's father, keen snooker player himself, popping to the loo during a game at the local snooker hall. xiao ding, or little ding, as he's known affectionately by the chinese press, deciding to take over the cue and before the elder ding returned he had won the match. shortly after that his parents selling up their grocery business and house, moving from jiangsu to dongguan city in guangdong province, where ding, who stopped his formal education at the age ofjust11, he practised for eight hours a day at a training hall. age of 15 he started winning national, regional snooker youth championships and then he fast became china's top p

as goffin set up a last—four meeting with nine time champion rafa nadal they say that when ding junhui to their tv sets in china. well you can bet there's even more watching his second round match at the world championship in sheffield, england as he's up against china's number two player liang wenbo for a place in the quarter—finals these are live pictures from the crucible... ding leads 9—6 so this is the final frame of their session before they finish tomorrow meanwhile one of her grandchildren, the duke of cambridge, made a surprise public appearance here at the bbc buildings in london. can he do it again? all will edit shearing reclaim that top spot 13 weeks at number one before harry spoiled his easter. santa milia. laughter —— sounds familiar. didn't they do well? that is it from the programme. cheerio. it looks like many others will have a shot to the system next week as winter makes a return. but funny weekend it will be mostly dry. it will be some ground frost and it will be some ground frost and it will be some ground frost and it will be quite chilly overnight. some sunshin

defending champion selby narrowly beat china's ding junhui 17—15. a break of 72 sealed victory.e one frame he needed to beat barry hawkins 17—8. the first session of the final begins at 2pm. remember you can listen to the big fight between anthony joshua and wladimir klitschko right now. it's over on bbc radio 5live. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. pope francis has held a mass in front of thousands of people in cairo on the second day of his visit to egypt. the pontiff warned against religious fanaticism as he addressed the crowd of around 15,000 faithful at the city's air defence stadium. he has now left egypt after the visit, which was aimed at building ties with muslim leaders and supporting the country's christian community. the bbc‘s martin bashir was travelling with the pope and gave this assessment. pope francis arrived in egypt, with a christian community under siege after those twin bomb attacks on palm sunday three weeks ago. but here at the air force stadium there's a sense of celebration at his arrival and i think that, overall, it has been

selby narrowly beat china's ding junhui 17—15, to reach the final, as he aims for back to back titlesry hawkins to book his place, and he's looking for a fifth world title to match ronnie 0'sullivan. it is going to be a fantastic occasion. the first final, ten years ago was against higgins. here we are. to win it twice was more than i wished for. a third... i can only dream of that. hopefully that is going to come true. i definitely to raise my game. need probably do the same as! raise my game. need probably do the same as i was against mark allen, but the good thing is that i know i have got to do this. one massive game at the end of the season. see where it takes me. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. in turkey, the manager of an iranian television network has been shot dead in istanbul. saeed karimian was driving with a business partner when masked gunmen opened fire on their vehicle. mr karimian‘s network, gem tv, broadcasts foreign and western shows in iran. 0ur correspondent geear gol sent this update from istanbul. at this moment, police have been conduc

plus there's coverage of the semifinal between ding junhui and mark selby at the world snooker championshipently winning 8 frames to 7. i'll have more in the next hour. thank you very much indeed. good afternoon. nicholas 0wen here. we have just been hearing afternoon. nicholas 0wen here. we havejust been hearing in afternoon. nicholas 0wen here. we have just been hearing in the last few minutes this bit of news. breast surgeon ian paterson has been convicted of 17 counts of wounding with intent and three counts of unlawful wounding by a jury at nottingham crown court after being accused of carrying out a series of unnecessary operations. dominic hughes reports. surgeon ian patterson, well liked and trusted by patients, facing the frightening prospect of breast cancer but for some of them it was an entirely false diagnosis. 0ne some of them it was an entirely false diagnosis. one such patient is francis perks, who underwent a series of operations and a mastectomy, all unnecessary. how can somebody do that? and say things that he did knowing that you didn't need these operations? how can any

champion mark selby is on the table tonight continuing his world championship semi—final against ding junhuiast cancer surgeon has been found guilty of carrying out completely unnecessary, life—changing procedures at private and nhs hospitals in the west midlands. nottingham crown court heard that 59—year—old ian paterson lied to patients, and exaggerated or invented the risk of cancer, to convince them to go under the knife. the charges related to nine women and one man, but there are hundreds of other victims. police say it's still not clear why he did it. he was bailed today and will be sentenced next month. sophie hutchinson reports. surgeon ian paterson, described as charismatic and charming, but who lied to his patients in order to deliberately wound them on the operating table, pretending they were at risk of cancer when they were not. today, some of his victims, who thought the surgeon was saving their lives, showed their relief after the jury at nottingham crown court found paterson guilty of 17 counts of deliberately harming patients. i've been left physically damaged, ifeel like i