brought the safety car out and lewis hamilton in for fresh tyres. 0n lewis hamilton in for fresh tyres'd deliberately held at daniel ricardo. he regained third place but was given a five second penalty. and it got worse for hamilton. ferrari's smarter strategy delivering vettel the lead. 0n fresh tyres, hamilton passed valteri bottas. but he could not catch vettel, galloping tooheys wind. —— galloping to his win. 0n the pga tour wesley bryan completed a bogey—free back nine bryan completed a bogey—free back nine to win the rbc heritage in south carolina on sunday by a stroke finishing on 13 under. but without doubt the best shot of the day was from another american peter malnati who managed a hole in one on the par three 17th as the balljust cleared the front bunkers and edged its way into the cup to help him finish on two under. england's luke donald finished second handing him a fifth runner—up finish at the event but he did console himself with this miraculous bunker shot for birdie on the 11th. but it was bryan who with this tap—in par on the 18th secured his first pga tour victory

but there was disappointment for his teammate lewis hamilton. our f1 reporter tom clarkson is in sochi. every sport loves to have a new hero. and formula one got one today, when bottas swept aside. eyeing a maiden f1win, today was valtteri bottas‘s time to shine. with team—mate lewis hamilton off the pace this weekend, it was up to the finnish driver to take the fight to ferrari. he had to to get past two of them on the grid and he dispatched them in two corners. the second of those corners proved tricky for the british driverjolyon palmer, whose race ended in a tangle of tyres. the seemingly unflappable finn, so comfortable leading for so long, flapped with his first win in sight. this mistake allowed sebastian vettel to hunt him down over the remaining few nerve—racking laps. it was edge of your seat stuff. sebastian vettel‘s ferrari hustled, but the prize would be won by valtteri bottas — a grand prix winner of the 82nd attempt. yes! brilliant! well done. some questioned if valtteri bottas would play number two to lewis hamilton this season.

lewis hamilton kept his calm and kept trouble behind him. but sebastian vettel‘s ferrari was slowly fighting its way back. he would eventually regain his second place, but that was as close as he could get to hamilton, who led from start to finish. the pair are, hamilton, who led from start to finish. the pairare, now hamilton, who led from start to finish. the pair are, now level on points, and in the wet shanghai, this duel continues. wasps moved clear at the top of by wasps moved clear at the top of rugby union's premiership after raid dramatic late victory over northampton saints. they hope that they had done enough to win it after taking a 5—point lead with just 12 minutes to go, but sustained pressure from wasps led to paul doranjones, pressure from wasps led to paul doran jones, who was pressure from wasps led to paul doranjones, who was on a one—week loa n doranjones, who was on a one—week loan from gloucester, scoring in overtime to level it at 30—30. that then meant a subsequent easy conversion which clinched victory. 32-30. what a

but there was disappointment for his teammate lewis hamilton.sochi. every sport loves to have a new hero. and formula one got one today, when bottas swept aside. eyeing a maiden f1 win, today was valtteri bottas's time to shine. with team—mate lewis hamilton off the pace this weekend, it was up to the finnish driver to take the fight to ferrari. he had to to get past two of them on the grid and he dispatched

lewis hamilton and sebastian vettel‘s rivalry is fast becoming the story of the season. k but pole position here does not mean necessarily an easy position. rain is forecast and when rain comes in formula 1 anything can happen and it usually does. it is exciting, more exciting than ever because we are really fighting these guys. it's amazing and i think that's what racing is all about. it really pushes us to have to raise the bar every time you go out, which i love. british rally driver kris meeke who was leading the tour of corsica has been forced to retire with mechanical problems. the northern irishman led by 16 seconds going into the sixth stage. but towards the end of it smoke started pouring from the back of his citroen, forcing him to retire. and with it went his chances of successive victories in the world rally championship after his triumph in mexico, in this the fourth stop of the series. great britain are out of the davis cup, beaten by france in the quarterfinals. after losing both singles matches in rouen yesterday it was left to doubles partners jamie murra

sebastian vettel has won formula one's bahrain grand prix, beating britain's lewis hamilton in to secondiven a five second penalty while his mercedes team—mate, valteri bottas, eventually finished in third, having started on pole, in what proved to be an eventful race. nick parrot reports. lewis hamilton found himself in an unfamiliar place on the grid in bahrain, behind his new mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas. the finn was on pole for the first time, and when the lights went out, he didn't blink, beating everyone to the first corner. but hamilton cisse sebastian vettel as his main rival this year, and the german took the fight to the britain in the desert, roaring past into second. before the dust had settled, carlos sa i nz into second. before the dust had settled, carlos sainz shook things up. his crash brought the safety car out, and hamilton in forfresh tyres. but on his way to the pits, he deliberately held at daniel ricciardo. he regained third place after the restart, but would have five seconds added to his finish time. and it got worse for hamilton. ferrari's smartest shoute

lewis hamilton finished second for mercedes, but this was further evidence that mercedes' recent dominationested this season. nick parrott watched the race. lewis hamilton found himself in an unfamiliar place on degrading bahrain, behind his new mercedes team—mate, valtteri bottas. the finn was pulled position for the first time and when the lights went out, he did not blink, beating everyone to the first corner. hamilton c sebastian vettel as his main rival this year and the german took the fight to the britain in the desert, roaring past into second. before the dust to settle, carlos sainz shook things up. the crash brought out the safety car and hamilton in for fresh tyres. on his way to the pit lane, he deliberately held up daniel ricciardo. he read in third place after the restart but would have five seconds added to his finish time. it got worse for hamilton, the smarter strategy for ferrari delivering vettel the lead. on fresh tyres, hamilton passed botes, but he could not catch vettel‘s prancing horse, galloping to a 7—point lead in the championship. rugby union, and bristol have be

but there was disappointment for his team—mate lewis hamilton. here's ben croucher.n fi win, today was valtteri bottas's time to shine. with team—mate lewis hamilton off the place this weekend that was up to the finnish driver to take the fight to priory. he had to to get past of the grid and dispatch them into corners. the second of those proved tricky forjulian palmer, whose race ended in a tangle of tyres. the seemingly unflappable finn, so comfortable leaving for so long, flat with his first win in sight. this mistake allowed sebastien better all to hunt down over the defining few nerve—racking labs. it was edge of your seat stuff. as sebastien bethell‘s ryrie hustled, but the puzzle would be won by valtteri bottas, a grand prix winner of the 82nd attempt. yes! brilliant! well done. some questioned of valtteri bottas would play number two to lewis hamilton this season. today, at least, he was very much number one. today, at least, he was very much number one. that's all sport for now, but just to say you can watch continuing coverage of the final of the world sno

some questioned if valtteri bottas would play number two to lewis hamilton this season. croucher, bbc news. john higgins is still comfortably ahead of mark selby halfway through their world snooker final. the scot was leading the defending champion and world number one 8—11 at the mid—session interval in sheffield. and the latest from the crucible is that higgins is 10—6 up, looking for his fifth world title. it's the first to 18 frames. the match concludes tomorrow. one of the most prominent figures in world football has resigned after being linked to a corruption scandal. sheikh ahmad al—fahad al—sabah was a senior official at fifa — football's world governing body — but has recently been linked to a fraud case. he strongly denies any allegations of wrongdoing. and that's the sport. that's it. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. do stay with us on bbc one — it's now time for all the news where you are. have a very good night. hello. this is bbc news. a new report says best—before dates on food should be scrapped, because they are unneces

well, vettel was fastest in both and lewis hamilton was only tenth and fifth quickest. expect lewis to go very well this weekend but he will have a firm charge from ferrari and red bull. it will be a great weekend of action. great britain's cyclists have finally won a gold at this year's track world championships. it's in the women's omnium and it was won by katie archibald. the omnium is a multi event decided by points over four different races. archibald, who's the olympic champion, was second going into the final event, the points race, but she did enough to beat australia's amy cure. it's the second world title of her career but her first individual gold. i feel ifeel in pain primarily, but i feel privileged, to kind of pull it all in the en. that was a grippy race, i thought i had lost it in that middle point, ofjust chasing and being attacks, and got back on in the end, and pulled it out of the bag. exeter are joint top of rugby union's premiership after a bonus point victory over play—off hopefuls harlequins tonight. quins were hoping to sneak into the last avail

and, vettel‘s victory in the bahrain grand prix gives him a clear lead over lewis hamilton in formulagood evening. turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan has declared victory in a controversial referendum granting him sweeping new powers. he said tonight that the country had opened a "new page" in its democracy. the country had opened but opponents say the result amounts to one—man rule, with the president now able to abolish the role of prime minister and, if necessary, dissolve parliament. it was a close vote, with widespread support for the constitutional changes in rural areas, but with many rejecting the proposals in the bigger cities, including istanbul. in the bigger cities, including opponents are alleging voting fraud and say they'll challenge the result. fraud and say they'll john fraud and say they'll simpson reports. tonight, the victors were out in force, celebrating as though they had won by a big majority. in force, celebrating as though instead of by a whisker. in force, celebrating as though in fact, here in istanbul and in turkey's two other largest cities, izmirand

mercedes‘ lewis hamilton has won the chinese grand prix in shanghai, beating ferrari's sebastian vettel second. and coming up in half an hour — dateline london. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, has said moscow is responsible for the civilian deaths in what he called the barbaric gas attack in syria on tuesday. 88 people, including 33 children, are believed to have been killed in the rebel—held town of khan sheikhoun. jonathan blake reports. president trump's decision to launch air strikes president trump's decision to launch airstrikes in president trump's decision to launch air strikes in syria was designed to send a clear message. the syrian government should not expect to use chemical weapons without consequences. syrian military commanders inspect the damage the us air strikes caused on the ground, meanwhile, the diplomatic fallout of american military action continued. syria denies using chemical weapons in an attack on civilians. the us and its allies blame russia for backing syrian president basha al—assad. the uk defence secretary

mercedes‘ lewis hamilton has won the chinese grand prix in shanghai, beating ferrari's sebastian vettelshed second. and coming in half an hour: click looks at whether voice—controlled personal assistants live up to the hype. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. breaking news cullen in the past few minutes, swedish police have said that one of the victims of friday's terror attack in stockholm was british. two swedes and a belgian also died. 0fficers british. two swedes and a belgian also died. officers say their main suspect, is believed to be the truck driver, had expressed sympathy with extremist islamic organisations including islamic state. a service will take place this afternoon to remember the victims and those injured. is all national operational resources a re injured. is all national operational resources are being tasked to support the counter terrorist unit and the national bomb squad, and also the helicopters that we use. we are working very closely together with all the police regions that are supporting stockholm in this incident, and we are also working, of course, ve

it is vallteri bottas who will start on pole rather than team—mate lewis hamilton., as our reporter reports. formula 1 has a new star, valtteri bottas, brought in to replace outgoing champion nico rosberg is in pole position for this weekend's borini grand prix. nick parrott reports. when valtteri bottasjoined mercedes after world champion nico rosberg retired, few thought he would pose much threat to hamilton. the briton is a triple world champion and household name. the firm had never won a race or claimed pole in his previous four seasons in the sport. it was vettel who was expected to make life difficult for hamilton after the ferrari driver went fastest in the practice on friday but when it mattered he couldn't get close to the mercedes. hamilton seemed in control and on course for pole position after topping the time sheets in the first two sessions of qualifying he set the benchmark in the battle for the top spot. valtteri bottas had only managed third on the grid and the best ever finish third this season but showed he is getting to grips with mercedes beati

lewis hamilton and sebastian vettel, battle lines drawn. hamilton's mercedes starting in front.r a time confusion and chaos that reigned. staying on the track was, for some, proving a bit too difficult. the early la ps proving a bit too difficult. the early laps stifled by accident. a pit stop leaving sebastian vettel down the field. hamilton kept his calm and kept any trouble behind him. teenager max verstappen, having started in 16th, now up to second, but sebastian vettel‘s harare slowly fighting its way back. he would eventually regain his second place, but that was as close as he could get to hamilton. he led from start to finish. the pair are now level on points and, in the wet shanghai, this duel continues. sergio garcia now leading the masters on the final day at seven under. you can follow all of that on bbc radio 5 live. for now, that's all the spot. more for you later on. police in manchester have launched extra patrols in the city centre, after receiving a surge in calls about people passing out from taking the banned drug spice. it's been reported that the substance

here, battle lines drawn, lewis hamilton and sebastien vettel, there is little between them. do was stay there. whilst the track was dry, it was for a time confusion and chaos that reigned. staying on the track, that reigned. staying on the track, that was for some proving a little too difficult. the early laps stifled by accidents, a pit stop leaving sebastien vettel down the field. hamilton keeping his calm and keeping any trouble behind him. teenager max verstappen having started in 16th now up to second, but that all but‘s ferrari was slowly fighting his way back. he would eventually regain his second place but that was as close as he could get to hamilton who led from start to finish. the pair are now level on points, and leaving the web of shanghai, the duel continues. the final round of the masters is perfectly poised, with england'sjustin rose and spain's sergio garcia joint leaders on 6 under par. there are plenty of big names just behind them as well at the augusta national. tim hague reports... the third round of the masters is known as moving day and justin rose mo

lewis hamilton has finished on pole position in qualifying for the chinese grand prix. the opening race of the season two weeks ago. hamilton is popular with the fa ns ago. hamilton is popular with the fans in shanghai and this is his sixth consecutive pole position. harry kane could be back to start for spurs when they take on spurs in the lunchtime kick—off. he already has 19 goals for spurs this season and missed the last three matches with an ankle injury. we know he is ready and he feels good, fully recovered, and i think it is very good news first of all for him and then for us. he is an important player for us, then for us. he is an important playerfor us, and then for us. he is an important player for us, and he then for us. he is an important playerfor us, and he will be available again to head the team, it is fantastic. third-place liverpool are at stoke this afternoon with man city hosting hull west ham will hope their recent slide will come to an end when they take on third from bottom swansea. leaders chelsea are at bournemouth in the tea—time kick—off. gre

charge from championship leader sebastian vettel for his maiden win. from championship leader lewis hamiltonh. with only finish fourth. his eye on a major win, it was va ltteri with his eye on a major win, it was valtteri bottas's chance to shine. it was up to the finnish driver to ta ke it was up to the finnish driver to take the fight of harare. he dispatched them into back corners. the second of those proved trickier for britain's jolyon palmer, the second of those proved trickier for britain'sjolyon palmer, whose race ended in a tangle of tyres. as hamilton struggled his way to fall, the seemingly unflappable finn, so co mforta bly the seemingly unflappable finn, so comfortably leading for so long, flat with his first win in sight. that left sebastian vettel to hunt him down the final few nerve—racking laps. it was edge of your seat stuff as vettel‘s harare and hustled, though the castle would be won by bottas, a grand prix winner at the 82nd attempt. yes. well done! today, he was very much number one. john higgins has made a strong start in the final of snooker‘s world championship in s

raikkonen and more than half a second ahead of the mercedes of valtteri bottas and championship rival lewis hamiltonoth legs amputated following a crash in a formula four race a fortnight ago. more than £750,000 has been raised to help his recovery. john higgins is close to reaching the final for the first time in six years at the world snooker championship in sheffield. the four—time world champion extended his lead against barry hawkins after winning a marathon final frame in the afternoon session to go 10—6 up. they start again at 10am tomorrow. and the other semi—final is a tighter affair between defending champion mark selby and ding junhui, the man he beat in last year's final. selby began the session 9—7 up and won the first frame 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

some sport now and lewis hamilton has won the chinese grand prix.in shanghai as wet conditions played their part. race in shanghai as wet but hamilton's mercedes led from the start to take the chequered flag. from the start to take ferrari's sebastian vettel was second, with max verstappen third, despite starting in 16th place. the prince of wales, president hollande and the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau all gathered in northern france today to mark one of the bloodiest battles of the first world war. more than 3,500 canadian troops died in four days of fighting at the battle of vimy ridge. duncan kennedy is at the site now. battle of vimy ridge. vimy battle of vimy ridge. ridge is a place of loss and remembrance. vimy ridge is a place of loss and remembrance. the canadians fought, died, and eventually took the hill behind me. and in nearby arras, where thousands of scottish troops we re where thousands of scottish troops were also roman but, major acts of commemoration of the first world war —— were also remembered. it was the battle that d

to motor sport and lewis hamilton has won the chinese formula 1 grand prix after dominating in shanghai first win of the year. it gives him a share of the championship lead with sebastian vettel, who finished in second, with red bull's max verstappen moving up from 16th on the grid to finish third as the teams now move to bahrain for next weekend's third race of the season. to two wheels and in the motogp championship yamaha rider maverick vinales has won the grand prix of argentina extending his lead in the world championship having also triumphed in the season—opener in qatar. the spanish rider inherited the lead on the third lap when world champion and pole—sitter marc marquez crashed out on his honda. italian valentino rossi, racing in his 350th grand prix, took second place on his yahama ahead of britain's cal crutchlow on a honda. a difficult race because i start quite good but already marc was pushing so hard hard, i was trying from the third lap to make my own pace, then i saw he crashed and then i thought i should get all the points i can at home because it was important to get

british formula one stars lewis hamilton and jenson button are among those who have helped raise over2a hours to help a 17—year—old racing driver who had his lower legs amputated after being involved in a crash. rising star of formula four — billy monger — hit a stationary car during the race at donington park in leicestershire on sunday, and was airlifted to hospital. british touring car driver tom ingram helped set up it's incredibly humbling to see how many people got involved and this will help him so much. i'm sure speaking for everybody, everyone is so speaking for everybody, everyone is so grateful for the support. day six of the world snooker championship at sheffield's crucible theatre and the 2015 winner stuart bingham has started his second round match against last season's quarterfinalist kyran wilson. and wilson made a brilliant start in this one. he actually led 5—0 thanks to several decent breaks. but the former world champion fought back after the mid session interval. — winning three in a row. he trails 5—3 and they'll be back tomorrow. neil robertson is through to th

but lewis hamilton said there must be a rethink in procedure, so that racing can still go ahead in badelling chase, was won by fox norton. the seven—year—old, trained by colin tizzard, finished well ahead of the pre—race favourite sub lieutenant. fox norton's win marked another success forjockey robbie power, who won the cheltenham gold cup last month. that's all from sportsday. there will be more sport here on bbc news in the morning. from all of us, good night. rory mcilroy is hoping to move up with the leaders in augusta. garcia tied for fourth. with the leaders in augusta. garcia tied forfourth. go with the leaders in augusta. garcia tied for fourth. go to the website to learn more about that. killer that, good evening. and for a weekend in early april we are in for a treat, because there is going to be plenty of strong april sunshine out there, and those temperatures are going to respond. it is going to turn quite warm, particular across central and eastern areas. having said that, it is turning quite cold the eastern areas, and temperatures dropping away. by the end of the note i

but lewis hamilton said there must be a rethink in procedure so that racing can still go ahead in badetting ever closer but on ladies day, fox norton won the big race, thejlt melling chase. the seven—year—old, trained by colin tizzard, finished well ahead of the pre—race favourite sub lieutenant. fox norton's win marked another success for jockey robbie power too, who followed up his cheltenham gold cup victory last month. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. ben andi ben and i are feeling a bit too tall, shall wejust get ben and i are feeling a bit too tall, shall we just get on with it? this is bbc news. we will be taking a look at tomorrow morning ‘s papers injusta a look at tomorrow morning ‘s papers injust a moment. we've even a look at tomorrow morning ‘s papers in just a moment. we've even lost the music, we've been going on so long! first, our headlines. america's air strike on a syrian government airbase has drawn strong condemnation from syria's ally, russia. 59 missiles were fired by the us at the target is said to be the us at the target is said to

raikkonen and more than half a second ahead of the mercedes of valtteri bottas and championship rival lewis hamiltonlly monger who had both legs amputated following a crash in a formula four race a fortnight ago. more than three quarters of a million pounds has been raised to help his recovery. they've reached the semi—final stage at the world snooker championship in sheffield, and john higgins is close to reaching the final for the first time in five years. the four—time world champion extended his lead against barry hawkins, after winning a marathon final frame in the afternoon session, which lasted just over 46 minutes. so higgins is 10—6 up, first to 17 wins. they start again at 10am tomorrow. the other semifinal is a tighter affair between mark selby and a changing way. the man he beat in the final last year. sobhi began the session 9—7 up and one of the first print in style. ding junhui won five of the next seven clear about what the break of 135 in the last frame to draw level at 12—12. they will resume at half past two tomorrow afternoon. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the

lewis hamilton was obviously a bit ofa lewis hamilton was obviously a bit of a threat towards the end. —— ferrari. the fighting‘s over for bristol in rugby union‘s premiership. the south—west side relegated with two rounds still to play after losing 36—21 at home to wasps. that bonus point win for wasps means they‘ve secured themselves a home tie in the semi—finals. sunday‘s other match was a thriller, defending champions saracens winning it in the final few minutes at northampton saints, marcelo bosch with the decisive try as his side won 27—25. ronnie 0‘sullivan is through to the second round of the world snooker championship. the five time winner beat qualifier gary wilson ten frames to seven, his win included the highest break of the tournament so far, a 12a. after the match, he hit out at snooker‘s hierarchy, in particular world snooker chairman barry hearn. 0‘sullivan received a letter from disciplinary chiefs after he criticised a referee and swore at a photographer back in january at the masters. 25 years of service to this game. i think i have given enough to this game. i thi

battle lines have been drawn, and lewis hamilton and sebastian vettel have little between them. s for a time confusion and chaos that range. staying on the track was, for some, proving a little too difficult. the early laps were stifled by accidents, a pit stop leaving sebastian vettel down the field. hamilton kept his calm and kept trouble behind him. max verstappen having started in 16th, got up to second. sebastian vettel‘s ferrari was slowly fighting its way back. he would eventually regain his second place, but that was as close as he could get to hamilton, who led from start to finish. the pair, now level on points, continued the duel in shanghai. wasps moved clear at the top of by wasps moved clear at the top of rugby union's premiership after a victory over northampton. saints have they had done enough to wood after taking a 5—point lead with 12 minutes to go but sustained pressure from wasps led to paul doranjones, on loan from gloucester, to score in overtime. uneasy conversion clinched victory by just 32—30. overtime. uneasy conversion clinched victory byjust 32—30. th

lewis hamilton was second, va ltteri bottas prix. police in west yorkshire are issuing a warning to drug users following two deaths in the area on saturday. it follows the deaths of three men and a woman at separate addresses in barnsley on good friday which are believed to be linked to heroin. south yorkshire police said it was not officially linking them at present, but warned drug users to be careful. dave edwards reports from leeds district police headquarters at elland road. police were called to compton view in leeds yesterday morning, where they found the body of a 36—year—old man. four people have been arrested in connection with his death. then yesterday afternoon, paramedics were called to park green in normanton, where a 27—year—old man was suffering breathing difficulties. he died at the scene. west yorkshire police have told us they believe both deaths are related to class a drugs. it's after four deaths were reported in the barnsley area on friday, and south yorkshire police said those may be linked to heroin use. both

, and a mercedes driver has got pole position for tomorrow's bahrain grand prix, but it isn't lewis hamiltonas of finland, snatched the front spot in the dying seconds of qualifying this afternoon. it's bottas's first pole position of his career. hamilton will start from second on the grid. more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we will be back with more later this evening. good evening, this is bbc news. let's get more on the attack in syria, the car bomb that has hit a convoy of coaches carrying evacuees from government—held towns in syria, killing at least 43 people. ourarab affairs our arab affairs editor told me what was known about the attack. this was a convoy of coaches, 70 coaches, and the pictures bodies lying on the side of the road, children among them, presumably many bodies inside. we may see a much higher level of casualties than we are already hearing. these were people coming from two villages, mainly shia villages in idlib province, which is largely controlled by the rebels. they were being evacuated in port is quite a complex deal, which has been tried before

ferrari's sebastian vettel has won the bahrain grand prix, as lewis hamilton's hopes were hit by a penalty for driving deliberately slowly on pit entry and holding up red bull's daniel ricciardo. he was unable to claw back the deficit. vettel‘s win giving him a seven—point lead over hamilton in the championship, while his mercedes team mate valterri bottas completed the podium. five—time world champion ronnie 0'sullivan has said he won't be bullied by world snooker after winning his opening match at this year's world championship. the 41—year—old started the afternoon session leading gary wilson 5—4. he moved onto 7—5 with this break of 124, the highest of the tournament so far. wilson didn't make life easy for 0'sullivan, but he's safely through to the second round, winning10—7, although he was visibly shaken when talking after the match about his perceived grievances. he has only replied to questions from the media by one or two word a nswe i’s. i phoned barry up for weeks ago and said, i have done with you and your board of people, i have a good friend who said, just my lawyers deal wit

he'll start from the front for today's bahrain grand prix, after out—qualifying his teammate lewis hamilton's sebastian vettel and daniel ricciardo of red bull are on the second row of the grid. i am really happy. it is the first pole position in my career. my first now in formula i. it took a few races but i got it and hopefully it is the first of many. defending champion mark selby thrashed qualifier fergal o'brien in his opening match at the world snooker championship in sheffield. the world number one threatened a whitewash as he wrapped up victory by 10 frames to 2. he now has almost a week off before his second round match when he'll play either wales‘ ryan day or china's xiao gudong. ronnie o'sullivan is finding things a little more difficult in his first round match. he was 5—1 up at one point with this, the first century break of this year's tournament — but qualifier gary wilson has battled back and is now only a frame behind. that match will conclude this afternoon — you can follow that across the bbc. now, there was a bit of a fright in store for england's after his stray tee sh

lewis hamilton is our most nine seconds ahead of sebastian vettel in second. . now back to the masters and the battle for the green jacket intensified overnight. england‘s justin rose tookjoint lead with spain‘s sergio garcia. professional golf coach, richie marsden, joins us. good morning, richie, thank you for joining us, it is perfectly poised, what will make a difference? joining us, it is perfectly poised, what will make a difference ?|j joining us, it is perfectly poised, what will make a difference? i can see it happening on the greens, if both justin rose see it happening on the greens, if bothjustin rose and sergio garcia do well in the putting they could claim victory. it could come right to the wire. they will all be watching to see whatjordan spieth is doing like some other players who are in good form, charl schwartzel, adam scott, both previous masters winners. it looks benign but the weather has played a part. yes, on thursday and friday, i have not seen it affect the course as strongly as it affect the course as strongly as it did on those days

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sebastian vettel has won the bahrain grand prix in his ferrari with lewis hamilton second.ted from third, behind the two mercedes, but ferrari‘s smarter tyre strategy saw vettel claim the chequered flag for his second win of the season. it moves him seven points clear of hamilton in the drivers‘ championship. valtteri bottas was third in the other mercedes. bristol have been relegated from the aviva premiership with two matches still to play after they lost 36—21 at home to wasps. that bonus point win for wasps means they‘ve secured themselves a home tie in the semi—finals. today‘s other match was a thriller, saracens came back in the final few minutes to sneak a win at northampton saints — 27—25 the final score. luke donald has finished second in the pga event in south carolina. he was a stroke behind the winner wesley bryan from the united states. donald produced one of the shots of the day. how about this for a birdie at the 11th. out of the bunker and into the hole. it wasn‘t quite enough to earn him a pga tour victory. ronnie o‘sullivan is through to the second round o

lewis hamilton could be in for a tough afternoon at the russian grand prix after qualifying well offourth. championship leader sebastian vettel qualified on pole position in sochi, alongside kimi raikkonen. hamilton — for the second race running — was out—qualified by his teammate valterri bottas andy murray is still searching for the impressive form he was in last season, after returning from an elbow injury. he's been knocked out of the barcelona open at the semi—final stage. murray, who's still the world's number one, was broken three times in the opening set by dominic thiem, ranked ninth in the world. murray did recover somewhat to win the second, but lost the deciding set 6—4. thiem will play rafa nadal in the final later today. home favourite lizzie deignan has won the women's tour de yorkshire. the former road race world champion and london olympics silver medallist crossed the finishing line in harrogate 5a seconds ahead of the chasing group. on the radio my team manager was saying when you have got this. i saw that k to go banner and i thought, i have not got this was you d

ferrari team mate kimmi raikonnen was third, lewis hamilton fourth. red dirt of barcelona to win his tenth title in the city. the king of clay beat the austrain dominic thiem in straight sets with a masterclass on sunday afternoon. it finished 6—4, 6—1, giving him a 51st clay court crown. last week, nadal also won his tenth title at the monte carlo masters. john higgins leads mark selby 8—11 in the world snooker championship final. higgins ran away with the final four frames after the interval to lead 6—2 at the end of the first session. since then, he's moved on to a 8—11 lead in this best of 35 frame final. it'll be a stern test for them. it's on the bbc sport website. if he is making shots like that, he stands a very good chance of building on the lead that he has already established over mark selby. he looks pleased with that. that's all the sport. thank you. ten years after the disappearance of the young british girl madeleine mccann, her parents have told the bbc they will do "whatever it takes, for as long as it takes" to find their daughter. m

lewis hamilton has perished in pole position in qualifying for the chinese grand prix. he was almost two tenths of a second faster than sebastian vettel who won the opening race of the season who won the opening race of the season in australia two weeks ago. hamilton is popular with the fans in shanghai. the defending champion will still be at the masters this week can but only as a spectator. danny willett missed the cut. year after his famous victory at augusta. he will be handing the jacket to the new champion tomorrow night. the leading british player isjustin rose. he is type the sixth. he bogeyed the 18th. sergio garcia is infine form. bogeyed the 18th. sergio garcia is in fine form. could this finally be his year? he has never won a major but is tied in the lead. his year? he has never won a major but is tied in the leadlj his year? he has never won a major but is tied in the lead. i want to get my first major. i try not to make it a problem or an issue. i'm out there giving it everything i have and giving it my best and that's really all i can ask. i would loved

one, and a mercedes driver is on pole position for tomorrow's bahrain grand prix, but it isn't lewis hamiltonttas, snatched the front spot in the final seconds of qualifying. it's bottas‘ first pole position of his career. hamilton will start from second on the grid. great britain have claimed four medals at the world track cycling championships in hong kong after elinor barker and emily nelson took the silver in the madison. it was the first time women have competed in the event at the world championships. belgium won the gold medal. it was judgment day in rugby union's pro12 with the four welsh teams in action in back—to—back matches. cardiff blues beat ospreys for the first time in seven years. scarlets defeated newport gwent dragons 21 points to 16. and munster are guaranteed a place in the play—offs after victory over ulster. in the premiership, leicester boosted their hopes of finishing the season in the top four by thrashing newcastle 30 points to three. there were also wins for worcester and gloucester. and the five—time snooker world champion ronnie o'sullivan has a slender five fram

a mercedes driver is on pole position for tomorrow's bahrain grand prix, but it isn't lewis hamilton.ust two hundredths of a second in qualifying. it's the first pole of the finn's career. hamilton will start from second on the grid, with ferrari's sebastian vettel third. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. james, thank you. everton football club has banned sun newspaper journalists from its ground following an article written by the paper's columnist and former editor kelvin mackenzie. in it he compared the intelligence of everton footballer ross barkley to that of a gorilla. the mayor of liverpool has called for the newspaper to sack mr mckenzie for making what he called "racial slurs". from goodison park, frankie mccamley reports. the footballer in the centre of it all, everton midfielder ross barkley, whose grandfather was nigerian, compared here to a gorilla. and the man who wrote it, kelvin mackenzie, now suspended. he also claims the only other people in liverpool earning as much money were drug dealers. i've reported it to merseyside police and they'

but it isn't lewis hamilton. —— bahrain.t is the first pole position in my career. it took a few races, but i got it. hopefully it is the first of many. i was losing quite a bit and this was my weak point. i will work on a per tomorrow. but they have found some great pace through the per sector. the second and third were quite good. but overall, a little bit down. but a great battle, and that is how close i think what i should be. mark selby progress to the second round of the world snooker championship. he built delic beat fogel o'brien. —— he beat. in this game, wilson battled back and now only trails 5—1. the match will conclude tomorrow afternoon. the first of ten goes through. and finally, alligator delays play. it might not be had time you have heard many times before. but that happened the ian poulter. —— headline. have a look at this in south carolina. the alligator was lying in wait after a strea ky alligator was lying in wait after a streaky shot on the 10th hole. konta was waiting what to do. pretty baby shot? you

and britain's lewis hamilton broke the shangai track record to earn pole position for tomorrow's chinesee more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. but from me and the rest of the team, have a very goodnight. there are some changes on the way for some of us tomorrow but it has been a superb start to the weekend, not quite make hay with the sun shines but this tractor was in shropshire and the outlook for farmers was clear, blue skies across much of scotland today, we have seen some cloud lingering in the far north of scotland towards the northern isles, otherwise clear skies. this cloud could push back to northern ireland later in the night, otherwise it is as you are but we will see mr and fog forming a southern counties of england and it will be chilly after the warmth of delay. looking at these temperatures in towns and cities, take some degrees for rural areas but warming up degrees for rural areas but warming up quickly, the fog clears quickly, sunshine for england and wales, eastern scotland also and here is the change, cloud and rain from the north west and eventuall

lewis hamilton will start tomorrow's chinese grand prix on pole after a record breaking lap in qualifyingeason two weeks ago, the mercedes driver will be hoping to hit back in shanghai. hamilton was happy and felt it would go well tomorrow. it is exciting, more exciting than ever because we are really fighting these guys. it's amazing and i think that's what racing is all about. it really pushes us to have to raise the bar every time you go out, which i love. there've been games at twickenham and wembley in rugby union's premiership this afternoon, with saracens keeping up the pressure on league leaders wasps with a convincing 40—19 victory against london rivals harlequins. there were more than 70,000 fans at the national football stadium to see this one. sarries went in front through chris ashton winning that tussle against his former england team mate mike brown. and mike rhodes sealed it with this run and score for sarriers' third try of the game. the win seals their place in the end of season play—offs but they stay third. quins have work to do to secure the last play—off place in the

he was fastest in both practice sessions, three tenths quicker than lewis hamilton, despite his ferrarihe 2009 world champion jenson meanwhile it has become firm to the 2009 world championjenson button will be making a brief comeback next month. he has agreed to replace fernando alonso from mclaren at the monaco grand prix. but britain is still contracted as it —— but it is still contracted as it —— but it is still contracted as a reserve driver for mclaren. let's move on to football. it has been a busy day in the football league with seven —— several promotion and relegation permutations. no promotion party for writing just yet. they have taken another big step towards the premier league. the host began the better side before brighton to control and anthony knockaert scored near the end of the first half. wolves dominated possession after the break with its saves from david stockdale before knockaert sealed the victory. brighton will be as good as promoted if they beat wigan at the max on easter monday. newcastle a re easter monday. newcastle are closing in on promotion, playing leeds

lewis hamilton's weekend has been a struggle so far.'s russian grand prix, behind his teammate valtteri bottas. ferrari's return to form has continued though. championship leader sebastian vettel is on pole, closely followed by his teammate kimi raikkonen. it feels fantastic. i'm glad i got it back. it's a team effort. it's a great result for us to have both ca i’s great result for us to have both cars in the front row. the mainjob is to model but for now, it is an important step and we managed to improve a little bit and the circuit came oui’ improve a little bit and the circuit came our way as well. it's a very good result and i'm sure everyone is very happy and very proud. world number one andy murray has been knocked out of the barcelona open at the semi—final stage despite recovering to win the second set murray lost the decider on a tie break. thiem will play rafael nadal in the final tomorrow. 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 tri

mercedes‘ lewis hamilton has won the chinese grand prix in shanghai, beating ferrari's sebastian vettelshed second. and in half an hour, charting the rise of china's snooker superstar, in enter the dragon. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a british man was among four victims of thursday's terror attack in the swedish capital, stockholm. two swedes and a belgian also died. officers have revealed that the main suspect, a 39—year—old man from uzbekistan, was an asylum seeker who was facing deportation. he had also expressed sympathy with extremist groups. police have said that more officers will be deployed in stockholm to protect citizens. full national operation resources are being tasked to support the police region in stockholm, the counterterrorist unit, and the national bomb squad and also the helicopters that we use. we are working very closely together with all the police regions that are supporting the police region of stockholm in this incident. we are also working very closely together with the security service in exchanging information and intelligence. approximately 100

his ferrari suffering a breakdown in second practice — he was still three tenths quicker than lewis hamilton'smotion and relegation permutations. in the championship, huddersfield's 3—2 victory over preston meant no promotion party for leaders brighton just yet. although two wins from their last five games would almost certainly be enough to go up. the first test is at wolves in a match that got under way at five o'clock. brighton are leading 1—0 with championship player of the year antony knockeart the scorer near the end of the first half. 61 minutes on the clock there. so here are today's earlier results. brentford thrashed derby 4—0 while bristol city beat qpr 2—1. confirmation of huddersfield's 3—2 win over preston which means brighton's will have to wait to seal promotion. there were away wins for fulham and blackburn rovers. relegated rotherham drew with birmingham while sheffield wednesday beat cardiff1—0. coventry city have been relegated from league one after they drew 1—1 with charlton. but better news for plymouth argyle, who are all but promoted from league two. they would have be

lewis hamilton secured his second pole position in two races as he edged out sebastien vettel in qualifyinglmost two tenths of a second faster than the german driver, who won the opening race of the season in australia two weeks ago. hamilton a popular figure with the fans in shanghai hoping to bounce back with his first victory of the season. it is exciting. more exciting than ever, for me, because we are really fighting these guys. you know, it's amazing. everything. that is what racing is about. and it really pushes you to have two push to raise the bar, every time you go out, which i love. and the double olympic gold medallist nicola adams has won her first professional fight on points. she looked pretty comfortable from start to finish as she beat argentina's virginia carcamo, a0 to 36 at the manchester arena. having dominated in the amateur ranks, she turned professional earlier this year, signing with promoter frank warren. and tonight made a winning start. justin rose now has a share of the lead at the masters. he is tied on six under par with charley hoffman. rose just six under pa

lewis hamilton has bounced back from defeat in the opening race of the season to win the second in china was a lower six after mistiming a pit stop there was no stopping hamilton. red bull's driver recovered to complete the podium, hamilton and bethell are locked and a3 points at the top of the drivers‘ standings. there were two gays in the premier league, for leicester go to everton. —— there we re leicester go to everton. —— there were two games in the premier league. the lunchtime kick—offjust kicked off sees david moyes‘ sunderland take on his former side manchester united. david moyes is‘ sad attempt went on safety, one change the sunderland, for united luke shaw starts after been criticised

ferrari's sebastian vettel won the bahrain grand prix as lewis hamilton's hopes were hit by a penaltyving deliberately slowly on pit entry. vettel‘s win gives him a 7—point lead over hamilton in the championship after three races of the new season. ronnie o'sullivan is through to the second round of the world snooker championship. the 5—time winner beat qualifier gary wilson 10 frames to seven. his win included the highest break of the tournament so far - a 124. but, after the match, he hit out at snooker‘s hierarchy, following a series of incidents he's been involved him that have got him into trouble with the game's authorities. until now, flying cars have been the stuff of science fiction. for decades, inventors have been competing to make them a reality. now, a dutch start—up say they've done it — all in line with the existing air and road regulations. our correspondent anna holligan takes a visit to the hanger where fancy flying machines are stored. built like a gyroplane, the lift comes from this rotor blade on top which is powered by the wind, and the whole forward push motion