education imaginable, but that's not true in your case, in the sense you're state educated, in kilmarnocks a little bit about that background and what it says about the royal air force, that you have been able to make the journey you've made. i think it is a really important thing about the royal air force. from the very start we have been open to all, we have been a merit based organisation, really not interested in where people come from, we are just interested in what they can do and what their potential is. that is what i felt throughout my royal air force career, is that it's just that merit principle that has been at the forefront. in terms of my background, then i would describe my background as typical for a young boy growing up in kilmarnock, and i went to the local school, and i had a good education there, and that gave me the springboard to then join the royal air force, as well as the air training corps, which gave me that love of flying. those two things together, i guess that is what brought me here today. how would you class your performance in terms of achieving targets, v

of my background, i would just described my background is typical for a young boy growing up in kilmarnockthe local school, and i had a good education, there. and that gave me the springboard to then join the royal air force. as well as the air training corps which gave me that love of flying. as those two things together, i guess that is what brought me here, today. how would you cast your performance in terms of achieving targets? very important targets for diversity across the board in the raf? so, we have had oui’ board in the raf? so, we have had our best year in the last year for recruiting in the raf and we have had for the last eight years. that is against the highest targets of the past eight years. our recruiting is successful. we need to make sure that we are representative in a society that we serve, and we have government targets set upon us. but, i want to do so much better than that. some examples of that would be women in the royal air force. we have got a government target of 15%. at the time, but that target was that, the raf had already surpassed that, the raf had alread

they beat kilmarnock. ross county and motherwell drew 0—0.the baggies distillate points off of safety. to be relegated tomorrow if swa nsea safety. to be relegated tomorrow if swansea pull off a shock. here is conor mcnamara. the good news for louisville is that they came through this game unscathed in terms of injuries. no knocks picked up by any of their players at a very huge champions league semi final. first coming up on tuesday against roma. the bad news is to bite finishing this game and putting all the stars the second half they can try to throw away a two goal lead. selah is the favourite to be named player of the year tomorrow. seemingly indispensable jurgen klopp retained him against next weeks game. danny was his first goal in over two years. it took over an hour for the second courtesy of the man who just keeps on scoring. selah chalked up his 31st goal of the season chalked up his 31st goal of the season drawing him level with deliverable record. suddenly jake livermore and pulled a goal back. now it was all west brom. the game

elsewhere, kilmarnock beat hamilton in the day's only premiership match.prix. championship leader sebastian vettel snatched pole on his final lap in shanghai. lewis hamilton was over half a second slower and will start fourth on the grid. there's plenty more on the bbc sport website including the day's rugby union news. good night. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me. goodnight. good evening. that was the kind of spring day that many of us have been waiting for. wherever you look across the country there was at least some sunshine. a beautiful scene in ullapool in the scottish highlands, and dorset seeing beautiful skies this afternoon, and this is the view from space. there was a bit more cloud in northern england, northern ireland and scotland. one or two showers developed in the south in england and wales in the late afternoon. overnight we will see a few showers in east anglia, but most areas will be dry with some clear spells. down to the south—west the first sign of a change. beginning cloud, outbrea

there were also wins for kilmarnock and hibs. on top after day three of the second and final test against new zealand in christchurch. james anderson and stuart broad got all new zealand's ten wickets between them as they removed the remaining batsman at the start of the day to give the visitors a 29 run first innings lead. 0pening batsman alastair cook fell cheaply again but the rest of england's top order steadied the ship as england lead by 231 runs. the masters at augusta is less than a week away and britain's ian poulter knows he has to win this weekend's houston 0pen poulter knows he has to win this weekend's houston open to qualify for the first golfing major of the year. ian poulter is rising to the challenge in texas with a share of the lead in the final round later today. a brilliant third round featuring seven birdies means he is 14 and apartheid with the american. two shots clear of the field —— and he is 14 under par. charley hull is within touch of the lead in california. hull runner—up in this event is two years ag

kilmarnock won at partick1—0 and there were draws at ross county and stjohnstone.day at the commonwealth games with more medals for england, scotland and wales on the third day of competition in australia. the hosts lead the way in the medal table but one gold was always heading england's way. from the gold coast, here's our correspondent, hywel griffiths. commentator: here he is, the defending champion, the olympic champion. undefeated for four years, and the holder of every title going. adam peaty came to these games for a different challenge, to bring his own 100 metre breaststroke world record under 57 seconds. this time it wasn't to be, but there was yet another gold medal for his collection. it's nowhere near my best, but sometimes it's about the race. and again, four years undefeated, can't complain. this is exactly the kind of moment the games' organisers want everyone to see. world champions pushing for records. but behind the scenes, they have had some problems. 400 out of 4000 security guards have quit their posts. but so far, the sport has carried on un

stuart findlay scored for kilmarnock as they beat partick1—0, ross county drew 1—1 with hibs and stjohnstoned of the masters is under way at augusta, patrick reed has just rocked a shot, but he still leads by one shot from marc leishman —— just dropped. rickie fowler and rory mcilroy dhawan further shot back at six under par. rory mcilroy began five shots off the lead but he is already two under par for the day. making this birdie on the fourth, as he hopes to win his first green jacket. four—time champion tiger woods finished level for the day. but he is well off the pace having started on four over. lovely tee shot helping him to a birdie on the 16th, there. more success for england, scotland, wales and northern ireland at the commonwealth games. earlier we saw gymnasts nile wilson and james hall give england a one—two in the men's all—around gymnastics final. golds as well for england'sjoe townsend and jadejones in the mens and womens para triathlon. adam peaty was made to work really hard for his gold by england teammate, james wilby but peaty managed to hold on for the win, with wilby g

stuart findlay scored for kilmarnock as they beat partick one zero, ross county drew one all with hibsded goaless. leaders celtic are at hamilton tomorrow. let's head down under now to the commonwealth games where there were more golds for england, scotland and wales on the third day of competition on the gold coast. england's swimmer adam peaty, a double olympic champion and world record holder, was in final action for the first time. joe lynskey reports. adam peaty successfully defended his title in the 100 metres breaststroke. world record—holder was not happy with his time but he is now unbeaten in the events for four years. adam peaty is england's rock star swimmer. in breaststroke he deals in domination. to get his first gold down under, he said a new games record but it was closer than he hoped. if that's the bar even higher. it's my second time this season. it was all about the race tonight, it's not about time. that's four years undefeated. cycling's points race has its own kind of chaos. gold for a welsh track cyclist, the first in three decades. it was really special. i've n

they face rangers while hibernian are hoping to finish in second place after their 5—3 win over kilmarnockdeen. there were also wins for hamilton and motherwell, while saintjohnstone and partick thistle drew i—i. spare a thought for brechin city. their defeat today means they have not won a league game for the entire scottish championship season. ronnie o'sullivan has become the latest big name to be knocked out of snooker‘s world chamionship, beaten this evening by ali carter. o'sullivan had only lost once to carter in their 17 previous meetings but carter, who has had lung and testicular cancer, as well as crohn‘s disease, finally prevailed 13—9 in a tense second round match at the crucible. adam wild reports. five times champion of the world, the rocket, ronnie o'sullivan! he is one of the finest the game has ever seen. whilst ronnie o'sullivan‘s castis seen. whilst ronnie o'sullivan‘s cast is peerless, his future here was precarious. ali carter came into the session with a two frame lead, but he, too, bears the burden of history. twice a finalist in sheffield, twice beaten by a souther

dundee beat st johnstone, aberdeen are second after their 2—0 win at kilmarnock. failed to reach rugby union's europen champions cup final after a heavy defeat to leinster in their dublin semi final. johnny sexton scoring one of the tries. it could be an all irish final with munster facing racing in the other semi final tomorow just like last weekeknd's grand national at aintree, there was a photo finish in today's scottish grand national at ayr. the race was given to the outsiderjoe farrell. the 33—1 chance, ridden by adam wedge, beat the fast finihsing ballyoptic by a nose. there's been a shock on the first day of the world snooker championship. the defending champion mark selby was knocked out in the first round. joe perry beat him 10—11. selby was chasing a fourth crucible title in five years. you can follow all the snooker on the bbc sport website, and from 4am tomorrow morning you can watch great britain's fed cup tie againstjapan, their world group play off is tied at 1—1. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from m

quite a game at easter road as hibs beat kilmarnock 5 3.2 1, while it finished 1 all between saintjohnstone and partick thistle. coming up also in the programme... sebastien vettel continues to dominate hamilton in the azerbaijan grand prix. great britain look to reach the elite division of the ice hockey world championship. the big names keep falling at the snooker world championship. ronnie o'sullivan was knocked out in the second round by ali carter. amat that contain plenty of needle. he was beaten by carter 13—9 at the crucible meaning his wait for a world title goes on after his last success was in 2013. huge news from the crucible, the world number two and the five—time event winner this year, ronnie o'sullivan is out, he has been downed by the captain and how would you sum up that performance from ali carter today? tenacious, feisty and one of the best he has had in his career. there was lots went on, there was a bit of needle between there was a bit of needle between the players but he stood up to him and he made one of the best cl

elsewhere, hibs beat kilmarnock 5 3, motherwell beat dundee and it was i i between stjohnstone and partickeason has come to an end with confirmation of an unenviable record. they are the first senior scottish team to go through a whole campaign without winning a single match since 1892. promoted to the championship last season, they have finished on just 4 points. they lost their final match of the season 51 at home to queen of the south. our reporter jonathan sutherland was there and i asked him a short time ago what's gone wrong for brechin. the big problem for brechin city is that they were promoted to the championship from league i and they remaina championship from league i and they remain a part—time club. they are coming up against clubs like dundee, st mirren, falkirk, clubs with premiership experience, there is only one other part—time club, dumbarton and they have been punching above their weight for some time. really, that is the bottom line. that is why they struggle, they have got guys here who are bricklayers and carpet layers, coming up against professional players and it wa

aberdeen are now upto 2nd after they beat kilmarnock 2—0.o in the most convincing way, thrashing bolton wanderers 4—0 at the macron stadium. the win takes them 13 points clear of fulham but crucially 15 clear of cardiff in third who have a couple of games in hand but now cannot catch wolves regardless of their results. at the bottom, sunderland have suffered a second straight relegation after losing at home to burton. they‘ll be replaced by wigan athletic promoted from league one. the wait for a welsh winner of the european champions cup will continue for another year after pro 14 champions scarlets were convincingly beaten by leinster in the semi final. nick parrott reports. despite a dragon on their shirts they were underdogs against leinster. the irish have won this competition three times since the welsh last reached a semi final. that did not bother them. the only man in red from eight winners medal was cool and composed. the defence was cool and composed. the defence was not. the pressure from the blue shirts finally breaching the dam

there were also wins for kilmarnock and hibs.e the visitors a 29—run first innings lead. 0pening batsman alastair cook fell cheaply again, but the rest of england's top order steadied the ship as england lead by 231 runs. the masters at augusta is less than a week away now and britain's ian poulter knows he has to win this weekend's houston open to qualify for that first golfing major of the year. and poulter is rising to the challenge in texas — he has a share of the lead going into the final round later today. a brilliant third round featuring seven birdies means he's 14 under par, tied with american beau hossler. they're two shots clear of the field. munster twice came from behind to beat toulon to reach the semi—finals of the european champions cup. the irish side left their best till last with a magnificent try from ireland winger andrew conway. this individual effort setting up an easy conversion to give them victory byjust a point at thomond park. now, if you expected zlatan ibrahimovic to bejetlagged on his debut for the

quite a game at easter road as hibs beat kilmarnock 5 3.s beaten by carter 13—9 at the crucible meaning his wait for a world title goes on after his last success world title goes on after his last su ccess was world title goes on after his last success was in 2013. a little bit of a needle between the players, but carter said he would not let that affect him. you can see he was pretty pleased to have knocked out ronnie 0‘sullivan. pretty pleased to have knocked out ronnie o'sullivan. in the past i have been guilty of ronnie intimidating me, like probably has done to a lot of other players. he turned me over here four times, twice in the final and it is nice to get one up. i feel like a different person now since i last played him in 2012. i have been through so much in my life. i am delighted to win and get through. it‘s been a dramatic day in the aviva premiership. bath travelled to gloucester for the west country derby knowing that nothing short of a bonus point victory was needed to keep alive their hopes of playing in the champions cup

elsewhere, kilmarnock beat hamilton in the day‘s only premiership match. on the grid. there‘s more on the bbc sport website including the latest between liverpool and bournemouth. but from me, goodnight. that‘s it for now. there‘s continuing coverage of the air strikes on syria on the bbc news channel. i‘m back here on bbc one at ten o‘clock. now though, it‘s time for the news where you are. goodbye. good evening. that was the kind of spring day many of us have been waiting for. just about every year looked the country there was at least some sunshine, a beautiful scene in ullapool in ullapool in the scottish highlands. dorset seen blue skies overhead this afternoon, a beautiful day for a walk close to the coast. this is the view from space, there was a bit workload across northern england, northern ireland and scotland. summer show was developed across england and wales through the late afternoon. as we go through the night, we will see some shower is going into east anglia. most areas are dry with clear spells, some mist and fog patches. going to the sou