british playwright is enjoying a purple patch, acknowledged by the best new comedy 0livier. for labour of love expectom the bbc sports centre. coming up, patrick reed claims are the masters and a first—ever major title. chelsea lose ground in the race for the top four. a frustrating day for them against west ham. sebastien vessel keeps up his winning start to the formula 1 season, —— vettel. welcome to the programme. a lot to get through that lets begin with golf. patrick reed has won the masters by one shot at augusta national. the first major title for the 27—year—old american who began with a three stroke lead. he held off a late challenge. rory mcilroy was hoping

purple patch, acknowledged tonight by the best new comedy olivier for his political sendup, labour of love. expecton a melting river in northeast china. it looks beautiful but it also has a valuable purpose: to prevent potential ice blockages, which could pose a danger to nearby residents in spring. the blasts break the frozen surface along a five kilometre stretch of the heilongjiang river, along china's border with russia. reminder of our top story, western leaders expressed their outrage at a suspected chemical weapons attack in syria. united nations security council is due to meet in an emergency meeting. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. i'm @nkem|fejika. hello. for much of the week ahead, our air is coming from the east but don't worry, it doesn't look particularly cold, as we'll see. not so much sunshine in the week ahead as we enjoyed in cornwall, though, on sunday. it looked pretty nice too in inverness, broken cloud and sunny spells. scotland and northern ireland will see the best of the sunny spells as we go on through monday. some fog around to start the

purple patch in the west end, won the best new comedy olivier for his party political send—up labour of love. expect charity instead. the couple have personally selected seven organisations which represent a range of issues that they are passionate about, including sport for social change, women's empowerment, conservation, the environment, homelessness, hiv and the armed forces. we'll bring you that news conference from denmark as soon as it gets under way, but first the weather. quite mixed across the country right now, a lot of us have fine weather, blue skies around. that is across the northern half of the uk, for the south that has been cloudy and dreary since yesterday and it is at case of rain at times for the rest of the day. the rain will wax and wane and might come back, so chances are you will need your umbrella if you're out. here is the rain drifting out of the south, here is the weather front that is plaguing southern parts of the country, outbreaks of rain now reaching the midlands whereas in scotland it is a lot better. still relatively fresh across the country compared to the rest o

purple patch in the west end, won the best new comedy olivier for his party political send—up labour of love. expectf france, moved across the channel, this is where the rebel front is during the middle of the afternoon, across the south, the further north you are the better the weather will be. the air over us right now is slightly cooler, you can see the blue, the real warmth has drifted into much of central and eastern europe. let‘s see what is happening for the rest of the afternoon. we have that rain across the south which will be very slowly moving northwards. eventually reaching the peak district by the middle of the afternoon, perhaps later. despite the cloud and the damp weather, 12 degrees isn‘t going to feel that cold, it is still relatively mild air coming out of the continent. in the north through the continent. in the north through the evening it will be quite dry, particularly in scotland, but look at the rain, if anything it turns heavier across some southern, central and eastern areas. also heavy for cornwall and devon. so on tuesday we have rather fronts across the uk, this low her