and he is proving _ assured champion and judd trump and he is proving the fact he could be going _ hehis year. judd trum- going paperless this year. judd trump really — going paperless this year. iicc trump really struggled going paperless this year. jicc trump really struggled in the opening round. he has never done better than a 10—8 victory and 10—9 when he went on to win the title. i wonder how differently in various sets for the rest of the championship? j sets for the rest of the championship?- sets for the rest of the championship? sets for the rest of the cham-iionshi? ~ ., , sets for the rest of the chamionshi - ? ~ ., , ., championship? i think he has got used to being _ championship? i think he has got used to being the _ championship? i think he has got used to being the favourite. - championship? i think he has got used to being the favourite. it. championship? i think he has got i used to being the favourite. it may be the big thing for him coming in with all the hype about him but he's gotten used to it now. he just deals with it and i think it showed in the first round

against former champion neil robertson, next up for wilson will be either the world number one judd trumpfellow 3 time champion mark williams with a session to spare, he was 6—2 up overnight and went through 13—3. selby says he hopes that is a good omen, he beat maco fu13—3 in the 2017 quarters and went on to win the title. selby will face stuart bingham in what promises to be another great crucible match up. bingham pulled through in an epic quarterfinal against anthony mcgill, bingham won by xxx you may have seen over the last week, the german gymnast sarah voss and some of her teamates at the european championships, competing in full—body suits, not traditional leotards. the german gymnastics association said that the move was a stand against sexualisation. voss has been speaking to the bbc. the reason we did it was to feel more comfortable and be a role model for young gymnasts who don't feel very safe in every situation when they compete especially limited to scripts and jumps and sometimes the leotards are not covering everything so some girls click this point, yes this beautiful sp

elsewhere, uk championship winner neil robertson starts against liang wenbo, while the world number one judd trumpfter winning gold and setting a new british record in the 200 metre breaststroke, at the olympic trials in london. renshaw finished in two minutes and 20.89 seconds to knock just over a second off the previous record. second—placed abbie wood is likely tojoin her injapan. scotland will be without captain rachel malcolm for their six nations match against italy this weekend. evie gallagher comes in to take her place, for her first start. that's one of four changes by the scots. the winners on sunday will go on to meet either france or ireland in a third—place play—off. and that's all the sport for now. have a very good night. hello there. it's turning chilly quickly this evening, but it was a fine spring day for much of the country. the sun was certainly out across western scotland, and it was in the west of scotland that we saw highest the temperatures, around 15 celsius. quite a bit cooler, though, in the north easterly breeze for the southeast of england and east anglia, where we saw

judd trump cruises into the last eight of snooker�*s world championships.astics, with some athletes swapping a leotard effect a new body suit. i athletes swapping a leotard effect a new body suit-— new body suit. i think it 'ust gives ou a lot new body suit. i think it 'ust gives you a lot more h new body suit. i think it 'ust gives you a lot more choices _ new body suit. i think itjust gives you a lot more choices and - new body suit. i think itjust gives you a lot more choices and i - new body suit. i think itjust gives you a lot more choices and i feell you a lot more choices and i feel empowered that we have this option where we can choose to cover up. now, the women's six nations musn't be "hamstrung" by the format of the men's tournament — that's according to the chief executive of the rfu, bill sweeney. england's women beat france to lift their third title in a row this weekend, after the competition had been altered because of the pandemic. instead of the traditional round—robin format, the teams were split into two groups with the best two sides me

one man who is buzzing about the crowds being at the event is - the crowds being at the event is judd trumping forward to having an atmosphere there, he said. is there a case forjudd having one more world titles, effectively, he has won so many ranking titles, hasn't he?— has won so many ranking titles, hasn't he? yes, and we sat for a while it was _ hasn't he? yes, and we sat for a while it was a _ hasn't he? yes, and we sat for a while it was a while _ hasn't he? yes, and we sat for a while it was a while before - hasn't he? yes, and we sat for a while it was a while before the l while it was a while before the overall penny drop withjudd, it took him a while to the overall winner, and his tactical play is now right up there with the best of them. he can match it with all of them. he can match it with all of them. that was one of the things that took a while to get there. he won the championship, he got close when he lost a few years ago, and then eventually wanted. he of that nonsense of the crucible last year which everybody has said. no defending champion has come back and done it. so

elsewhere, uk championship winner neil robertson starts against liang wenbo, while the world number one judd trump*s run of three consecutive stage wins at the tour of turkey has come to an end as the race reached the mountains on stage five. the manx missile, who led the race this morning, will get his next chance at a stage win on stage 7 on saturday. it wasn't going to be a day for the sprinters, with two category one climbs towards the end of the stage. jose manuel diaz of spain won to take the overall lead by four seconds. with fewer than 100 days to go until the tokyo olympics, adam peaty has given us a taste of what he's capable of. competing at the british olympic selection trials, he won the 100 metre breast stroke with ease. his time of 57.39 seconds was more than a second quicker than anybody else — and he's now recorded the 20 fastest times in the history of the event. scotland will be without captain rachel malcolm for their six nations match against italy this weekend. it's one of four changes made by scotland, with evie gallagher coming in to make herfirst start in place of malcolm.

champion shaun murphy was also a 13—7 winner over china's yan bingtao and he'll face world number one judd trumpwebsite — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me tulsen tollett and the rest of the team that's your sports news for now. our thanks to tolson tollett and the scene. —— team. before we go, we've got some incredible pictures of the first supermoon of 2021. a supermoon refers to a full moon that occurs when the moon's orbit is closest to earth — making it appear larger than life. this is how it appeared in istanbul on monday evening, over the city's galata tower at dusk. it was also seen in many other places around the world. these pictures come from venezuela. and earlier the supermoon was also seen in australia — these shots were taken at sydney's bondi beach. according to nasa this month's supermoon is set to be at peak illumination on april 27 or tuesday, so if you haven't caught itjust yet, there's still time. on my way in, in the earliest hours of this morning, i didn't look out the window. i was busy reading all the news as you do so i missed that. i might pop out in a moment. hello ag

world number one judd trump is out of the world snooker championship after losing his quarter—final matchiding frame before missing this red. former champion murphy edged the closely contested match 13 frames to 11 and will play last year's beaten finalist kyren wilson for a place in the final. and three—time winner mark selby is also into the final four. he started the day 6—2 ahead of another former champion in mark williams but lost just one more frame, on his way to a commanding 13—3 win. he'll now play stuart bingham who beat anthony mcgill13—12. to tennis and the top seed alexander zverev is safely through to the quarter—finals of the bmw open in munich. the world number 6 and home favourite beat lithuania's lucky loser ricardas berankis in straight sets to reach the last four. zverev — a two—time former champion — won 6—2, 6—4, and will now face the belarussian qualifier ilya ivashka. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport.but from me tt and the rest of the team that's your sports news for now michael collins, one of the three us astronauts who

round of the world snooker contiunues this morning with stuart bingham taking onjamiejones, and judd trumpn the battle of former champions yesterday, it was mark williams who came out on top. the three time champion beat john higgins 13—7 at the crucible theatre in sheffield. williams will play mark allen or mark selby next. last year's runner up kyren wilson is also through to the quarterfinals. he beat barry hawkins by 13 by ten frames to ten. wilson will face neil robertson next. shaun murphy leads yan bingtao 6—2 in last night's other match — they'll resume today. there was more success for great britain at the european gymnastics championships in switzerland with a second medal in as many days for 16—year—old jessica gadirova. she won silver in the vault, going one better than the bronze she took in the all—around event. home favourite guila steingruber claimed the gold medal in basel. and joe fraser and amelie morgan won bronze medals on the pommel and uneven bars respectively. you can watch highlights of those european championships right now on bbc two but right now here it is time

elsewhere, uk championship winner neil robertson starts against liang wenbo, while the world number one judd trumpfive. the manx missile, who led the race this morning, will get his next chance at a stage win on stage 7 on saturday. it wasn't going to be a day for the sprinters, with two category 0ne climbs towards the end of the stage. jose manuel diaz of spain won to take the overall lead by four seconds. formula one returns to imola for the second season in a row this weekend. in a current survey on formula 0ne's official fan website 82% are pleased the italian circuit is back on the calendar. but red bull driver sergio perez doesn't think the race will excite them. the race is not so interesting for the fans if it is a normal race without the safety cars, it can end “p without the safety cars, it can end up being a one—stop race, boring for the fans. but, yeah, hopefully we are there in the mix from thereon, from day one, and it works, and hopefully we take another step in the right direction. scotland will be without captain rachel malcolm for their six nations match against italy this weeken

elsewhere, uk championship winner neil robertson starts against liang wenbo, while the world number one judd trumpons match against italy this weekend.— italy this weekend. edie gallagher comes in to _ italy this weekend. edie gallagher comes in to make _ italy this weekend. edie gallagher comes in to make her— italy this weekend. edie gallagher comes in to make her first - italy this weekend. edie gallagher comes in to make her first start i italy this weekend. edie gallagher comes in to make her first start in comes in to make herfirst start in place of malcolm. the winners on sunday will go on to meet either france or ireland in a third—fourth place play—off. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. we'll have more for you in sportsday at 6.30pm. the northern ireland protocol was designed to help the country's smooth post—break that translation. instead there is a disorder not seen since signing the good friday agreement which brought the troubles to an end more than 20 years ago. both the northern ireland secretary and the foreign secretary

uk championship winner neil robertson starts against liang wenbo, while the world number one judd trump also a surprise inclusion in the bible of cricket. kent's darren stevens has become the oldest person since 1933 to be named as one of wisden's five cricketers of the year, and the fourth oldest recipient of all time at 44 years old. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you very much, john. in three weeks' time, voters across england, scotland and wales will go to the polls for a series of elections. they'll be increased safety measures due to the pandemic and it will take longer to get the results. across bbc news today, we're looking ahead to those elections and taking a look at the role local and devolved government plays in society. let's take a look at what's happening where. it's the biggest election day until the next general election, and due to the cancellation of last year's local elections on may the 6th, thousands of seats across the uk are up for grabs. in england, they'll be voting in 143 local council authorities, with about 5,000

and the world number one judd trump cant wait. if there's no one there to see it. but when you've got that crowd there, the excitement and that pressure just helps my concentration a little bit. you can believe that, that reassuring member of the crowd. this has to be the story of the day. the paint company dulux has been forced to apologise for a series of tweets relating to their new commercial partnership with tottenham. after spurs revealed the supplier as their latest sponsor, the dulux twitter account replied to other users' tweets by mocking the club's lack of recent silverware, posting a picture of an empty trophy cabinet and suggesting the company's dog mascot could "do a better job" at centre—back. the company has since apologised, and are said they will be investigating what happened. spurs say they'll "gloss over it". which was very nice, i thought. they appeared to see the funny side of it. it is funny. any publicity is good publicity, that is what people say. it has got people talking about the company and the club.

judd trump and shaun murphy were tied at 4—4 going into this session.ance to elect their local councillors, who are responsible for running services such as schools and bin collections. 0n the same day there will be a by—election to elect a new mp in the uk constituency of hartlepool. victoria derbyshire is spending the day there for us, but first she's been taking a closer look at the demographics of the town. just over 90,000 people live in hartlepool, and it's a town that has had a labour mp since the seat was created in 1974. hartlepool is one of the most deprived areas in the country. over 33% of children in the town are eligible for free school meals. average earnings in hartlepool are 7% lower than the national average. life expectancy is also below the national average, and the hartlepool by—election will be a key focus on may the 6th, and it's an election that could test political ties and potentially send shock waves far beyond the town's boundaries. and we can cross to victoria now. good afternoon. today we have spoken to the labour candidate

world championship at the crucible is just getting under way with former winners mark selby and judd trumpgie. on the other table it was just as tight with shaun murphy trailing mark davis by a single frame. britain's simon yates has retained the lead at the tour of the alps after stage three, as he prepares for the giro d'italia next month. italy's gianni moscon, in the dark blue of the british ineos grenadiers team, was fastest to finish from a breakaway to win stage three. yates finished safely in the main group, saving energy for the hardest stage of the race tomorrow. he currently leads by 45 seconds. that's all the sport for now. president biden has urged americans to come together to confront systemic racism, after a white police officer was found guilty of murdering an unarmed black man george floyd. mr biden said the conviction of derek chauvin could be a giant step forward in the march towards justice in america. chauvin had been filmed kneeling on the neck of mr floyd for more than nine minutes during his arrest in the city last may. the sentencing is due to take place in eight

this afternoon, world number one judd trump begins his campaign.islative options to ensure these proposals are stopped. let's get more on all of this with the football finance expert, roger bell. roger, iam not expecting you to talk about the legal ins and outs of it all, but ultimately, is it inevitable that the owners of these big, big clubs will get what they want? that is a very big question. it is football romance meeting hard business reality. there is a gross misunderstanding about what the state of the economics of the game are at the moment, which are probably not sustainable. tell us your thoughts on the economics of the game. he said they are unsustainable? clu bs clubs have gone through an economic loss of £3.8 billion. the big six, that we are talking about being in the dock at the moment, since 2008—9 have gone through 2.2 billion of economic losses. losses on the scale are not sustainable. we have been seeing, and i don't want to be an apologist for what is going on at the moment, but we have been predicting a development along these

this afternoon we've got four former champions in action — mark selby v mark williams and judd trumpix hours later. his friends and family have described him as a "hero" and called for him to be honoured. jon donnison reports. tributes to a young man considered by many a modern day hero. folajimi 0lubunmi—adewole dived into the thames at night to try and save a stranger. she was rescued, along with another man who also jumped in. jimi's parents, heartbroken, told us they wanted to talk about how proud they were of their son. he is my friend. if i am at home, he always come to me, and we are really friends. this is my son's clothes. i can't sleep since friday. i use his clothes to cover myself and smell folajimi's body on his clothes. jimi's friend bernard was with him and saw what happened. i could hearjimi screaming my name. it was just pitch black everywhere. i was just trying to see if i could see him. he just kept screaming my name. i got on the cliff, but all i could hear was my name just echoing. atjimi's old school this week, pupils and teachers gathered to clap for two minute

judd made my point. dagen: maria spoke to former president trump on this program yesterday about his future in politics.ain, mr. be president, in 2024? >> yes, 100%. and the polls show it and everybody wants me to do it. 100% i'm thinking about running and we will i think be very successful. we were very successful. dagen: congressman, your reaction? >> well, i don't think anybody should be surprised. but i think the way maybe to measure this right now is to talk to and look at the actions of the enemies of the united states of america. look at the actions of china, of russia, of iran. they see a weak biden administration, as you know, weakness is provocative, whether it's russia massing troops at the border of ukraine, whether it's iran trying to extort us yet for more untold billions and hundreds of billions of dollars to get back into the jcpoa, only to reach nuclear capacity from a weapons and delivery standpoint or whether it's china posturing against taiwan or the united states. i think that those enemies of the united states are very much interested in getting as much done as they can in these fo

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paid which will be a currency crisis due to inflation >> judd, look, you know me i don't love debt either we had the conversation with president trump under president bush and this conversation under president obama. >> not under president bush. you had an aggressive effort to get spending under control the average deficit under president bush was $250 billion. we are talking average deficits over $3 trillion that's a big difference. >> can i mention that george w. bush inherited a balanced budget almost a balanced budget >> from bill clinton >> decreased taxes that did not need to happen given the state of the economy you know, let's be careful and actually at the end of george w. bush -- >> let's stick with president biden. >> the pullback was so deep, you could not climb out of it without investment in infrastructure and without tarp. you know, let's not rewrite history on the george w. bush term >> let's not relitigate the history. the point i was making is the person in office and we had the conversation you have been supportive of taking on debt versus the prior administration the point i would ask you, we have to get more rev

judd and he sees a real disparity between the outrage to what we see now. listen to what he told us earlier today. >> they are deplorable conditions and it makes me sick that under the trump administration they were politicians yelling and screaming about kids in cages but yet we are putting these kids in the exact same facilities and it's mom. that lets you know this is politics, it doesn't matter how these kids -- what condition these kids are under, it's politics and that's disgusting. >> john: sheriff dannels, just a few seconds left. is there a double standards in terms of what we are voicing in outrage at the border? >> i would agree. this is theater. on the backs of humanitarian public safety -- >> john: all right, good to talk to you. >> sandra: president biden set to issue an executive order creating a panel to study changes to the supreme court and that could mean packing the courts. george washington university law professor jonathan truly joins us now. he's also constitutional law expert. from what we know so far, what should we take away from what we are learning about this commission will study changes involving three dozen people, mostly academics with a co