a gutsy performance from lisowski has sent him through the quarter 13-12. rts starts tomorrow afternoon. never had a name like starts tomorrow afternoon. never had a game like that _ starts tomorrow afternoon. never had a game like that my _ starts tomorrow afternoon. never had a game like that my life. _ starts tomorrow afternoon. never had a game like that my life. the - starts tomorrow afternoon. never had a game like that my life. the share i a game like that my life. the share right at the end. i'm completely drained, get that everything i had come everything. is the best player in the world at the moment of the way he came back at me tonight, it felt like he was punching me. i was losing all the energy out of my body. but then i'vejust losing all the energy out of my body. but then i've just drowned losing all the energy out of my body. but then i'vejust drowned on the self i've learned in thinking about the hard work i put in. the 2019 winnerjudd trump has also been involved in a long and late night tussle this evening. his match with anthony mcgill

he will face eitherjack lisowski or matthew stevens, that one paused with lisowski leading six framesnd match. thailand's thepchaiya un—nooh leads five frames to four after the first session. it was locked at four four until un—nooh reached a break of 100 and 1a to edge ahead and give himself a chance of reaching the second round for the first time. the match resumes on wednesday, and that's all the sport for now. if your garden and planters are looking a little bit parched at the moment and you mist out on some of the showers we saw on tuesday, you want to grab the watering can with the west of this week. a few showers across western areas but notice how high—pressure is dominating the weather charts in and around the uk. low pressure systems down towards iberia time and time again to stop to the big, the breeze will be strengthening. that breeze tonight across england and wales into the morning which means it will be quite as chilly as it has been but scotland and northern ireland, patchy mist and fog we should clear by the end of the morning rush hour. cloud drifting westwards acro

crucial time in an epic second round match too, with robertson fighting back against england's jack lisowski, and this match going on late into the night in the united kingdom. so robertson, despite making that 147, ended up losing the match and is out. a gutsy performance from lisowski, who won in an final frame decider, 13—12 which sent him into the quarterfinals, which won't be an easy one. it's the small matter of a match against four—time champion john higgins. the 2019 winnerjudd trump was also involved in a long, late night tussle. his match with anthony mcgill also going right down to the wire, with trump eventually sealing it 13 frames to 11. he'll face stuart bingham, the 2015 winner, in the quarter finals. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, and the rest of the sport team, goodbye. the venice art biennale opened over the weekend, and the british artist, sonia boyce has won the top prize, the so—called golden lion. she'd already made history as the first black woman to represent britain at the international art exhibition. the

jack lisowski was just hanging _ thing. jack lisowski was just hanging on tojohn higgins, 5—3.hes are very important. they continue at seven o'clock tonight. they continue at seven o'clock tonight. leah williamson says she is honoured to have shared a pitch with her. a class act says helen ward. carly telford calls her a special player. now, after a 19—year career, england defender is to call it a day. she is retiring with quite the cv too, having won 71 caps, played in the olympics and was part of arguably the greatest female team england has produced when she won the quadruple with arsenal in 2007. now with aston villa, she's been reflecting on her career with jo currie. smothered by brighton. aston villa will take the leads, and it is an anita asante who puts them ahead. i anita asante who puts them ahead. i have had a really long career in the game _ have had a really long career in the game and — have had a really long career in the game and i— have had a really long career in the game and i feel fortunate to have had such— game and i feel fortunate to have had such an opp

he will face eitherjack lisowski or matthew stevens, that one paused with lisowski leading six framesf reaching the second round for the first time. the match resumes on wednesday, and that�*s all the sport for now. from me and the rest of the team. bye—bye. hello. for the keen gardeners out there, if your garden and your planters are looking a little bit parched at the moment and you missed out on some of the showers we saw on tuesday, you are going to be grabbing the watering can for the rest of this week — very little rain around. there will be a few showers across western areas, but notice how high pressure is dominating the weather charts in and around the uk, pushing rain bearing low—pressure systems down towards iberia time and time again. through the week, the breeze will be strengthening. in fact, a bit more breeze tonight across england and wales into the morning, which means it won�*t be quite as chilly as it has been. for scotland and northern ireland, a touch of frost and patchy mist and fog around. that should clear by the end of the morning rush hour. there will be some

a gutsy performance from lisowski has sent him through the quarter 13-12.ing. he is the best player in the world at the moment of the way he came back at me tonight, it felt like he was punching me. i was losing all the energy out of my body. but then i've just drowned on the self i've learned in thinking about the hard work i put in. the 2019 winnerjudd trump has also been involved in a long and late night tussle this evening. his match with anthony mcgill also going right down to the wire, with trump eventually sealing it 13 frames to 11. he'll face stuart bingham, the 2015 winner, in the quarter finals. remember the shortlived but highly controversial european superleague which provoked fury among football fans? and clubs such as bury fc collapsing through financial mismanagement? now the government hopes to put a stop to all that by giving english football fans a greater say in decision making in their clubs and appointing an independent regulator. joe wilson has the details. this is football outrage. fans who pay whatever it takes to support their club

continues his bid for a place in the quarterfinals later, but he needs to make up ground against jack lisowski the crucible in sheffield. they resume at seven o'clock and they'll play to a finish first to 13 wins. judd trump, the 2019 champion, is in better shape. he leads anthony mcgill by ten frames to six. two other matches have just restarted. stuart bingham leads kyren wilson 9—8. john higgins is 12—5 up against noppon saenghkam. you can follow the action on the bbc sport website, and there's coverage on bbc two. i'll be back with more later. let's get more on the labour leader, sir keir starmer, condemning a newspaper report, about the party's deputy leader, angela rayner, as "rank sexism and misogyny". an article in the mail on sunday claimed some conservative mps had suggested ms rayner tried to distract the prime minister in the commons, by crossing and uncrossing her legs. lucy fisher is chief political commentartor at times radio and described her shock to my colleague victoria derbyshire at hearing the comments about angela rayner. i would hope it was a joke, very much, and ill pla

on the bbc news channel, the favourite for the world snooker title, neil robertson, trails jack lisowskiatch at the crucible. the widow of a sub—postmaster who took his own life, after being wrongly accused over money going missing from his till, has been speaking for the first time, about the effect the allegations had on him. martin griffiths died in 2013. he was one of hundreds of post office workers wrongly accused, with some going to jail. here's coletta smith. martin, i married in 1982. we had two children. we decided to look into buying a post office. hope farm road came on the market and we decided to go for it. for 14 happy years, martin ran this cheshire branch of the post office while gina ran the shop side of the business. but in 2009, everything changed. and then all of a sudden, money started going missing. we had to pay the money back in order to carry on trading or otherwise they would have closed us down. the money was shown to be missing from the branch by the computerised till system called horizon. it had been rolled out to post offices across the uk from the year 200

but will his 147 break be enough to beat jack lisowski? good evening.ive train stations in central and western ukraine have been hit by russian missiles. ukrainian officials say at least five people have been killed and 18 others wounded. the railways have become a key target for russian forces, as they're crucial for both bringing in supplies and evacuating civilians. today's attacks follow last month's strike on a station in eastern ukraine, which left 50 people dead. meanwhile, unrelenting russian attacks continue in the eastern donbas region. there's been fighting there since 2014, between ukrainian troops and separatists backed by moscow. russian artillery has been targeting towns and cities, where mainly women and children, the sick and elderly, have been sheltering in basements, short of food and water. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale has travelled close to the front lines and sent us this report. birdsong. explosion. the first sounds of spring, now drowned out by heavy shelling. in eastern ukraine, their battered flag still flying. but

he faces jack lisowski or matthew stevens in the next round.t 2.30pm this afternoon. dillian whyte has decided to skip today's open workout ahead of his highly—anticipated world heavyweight title fight with tyson fury on saturday. this was set to be the first time fury and whyte had been in the same room since the all—british wbc title fight was announced. whyte also missed he unveiling press conference in march. former tennis world number one ashleigh barty has fuelled speculation she may attempt a top—level career in a third sport by signing up to for a golf exhibition. the aussie announced her shock retirement from tennis in march aged just 25. she is a keen amateur golfer with a reported handicap of four. she will play in the icon series injuly, alongside manchester city boss pep guardiola and olympic champion swimmer michael phelps. barty had previously turned her hand to professional cricket, playing in the women's big bash league in 2015. i'll have more for you in the next hour. let's get ore now on ukraine and the new russian offensive

he went out to a gutsy performance from lisowski, who took a final frame decider to win13—12 and setl is the best player in the world at the moment and the way that he came back at me tonight, you know, it felt like he was punching me, i was like losing all the energy out my body. but then i've just drawn on the stuff i've learned and thinking about the hard work that i've put in. if you're wondering what happened on the other table, another long, late—night tussle went the way ofjudd trump, winner of the title three years ago. he held off a determined push from anthony mcgill to win13—11. he'll face stuart bingham next. it is a clash of two heavyweights in the champions league semi—finals this evening, as manchester city go for that elusive first european cup, host the team who've won it 13 times. real madrid are the visitors to the etihad for the first leg. city's manager says they'll need perfect performances across both games to reach the final for a second straight year. we have to do two exceptional games to reach the final. and hopefully, we can do it. we can do the games, be

where he'll face either neil robertson or england's jack lisowski.ere leads by nine frames to seven. robertson's the crucible favourite this year after wins at the masters and the tour championship earlier this month. much more on the fan led review and what it means for football fans around the country in sportsday at 630. but that's all the sport from me for now. a man has been arrested on man has been arrested on suspicion man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after four people were stabbed in south london. officers were called to reports of a disturbance at a house in bermondsey in the early hours of this morning. the victims, three women and a man, were all pronounced dead at the scene. one of the victims has just been named as dolet hill, who was in her mid 60s. the niece of one of the women who died paid tribute to her aunt and said she "didn't deserve this". she was very loving, very kind, very generous. she would do anything for you. she worked very hard in this country to support our two girls and our two grandkids. so she does not d

lisowski just won the 13th frame, but higgins leads 8—7.13—5. if 0'sullivan wins the title, it'll be his seventh, which will take him level with stephen hendry as the most successful player in the tournament's history. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much, see you later. five metropolitan police officers will face disciplinary charges in a gross misconduct hearing over the stop and search of the team gb sprinter bianca williams and her partner in london two years ago. it follows an investigation by the police watchdog, the independent office of police conduct. 0ur correspondent adina campbell is following the case. well, we now know the five officers involved are an actin police sergeant and four police constables. they're all facing gross misconduct proceedings after bianca williams and her partner ricardo dos santos were stopped in july 2020. now, the iopc, that's the police watchdog the independent 0ffice of police conduct, they have been looking at a number of allegations which include whether reasonable force was used agai

he'll face either neil robertson or england's jack lisowski.es, we will deal with that in a moment. it's a busy day for p&o news, they've received reports that new seafarers have been taken on an employee by p&o agency have been offered cheaper contracts than the ones they originally agreed four weeks ago after those 800 people were sacked quite unceremoniously, so these new seafarers complained, saying they were offering us cheaper wages, please help us, come aboard, we need to get inspected and we need this to be sorted out. it was reported to the maritime coastguard authority, they went and inspected the spirit of britain vessel, and found they had been offered less money on lower contracts. there's been a dispute about this, and p&o hit back pretty categorically saying they were not offered lower wages, but they came back and said there is going to continue to uphold the investigation on the finding that it has found on—board the vessel, and that it has found on—board the vessel, and thatitis has found on—board the vessel, and that it is st

lisowski just won the 12th frame, but higgins leads 7—5.r woods of snooker dominating the sport. it would be an honour for me to share seven because he has taken it to a new level. promoter barry hearn says he doesn't believe tyson fury will retire. he expects him to fight the winner of the anthonyjoshua — oleksandr usyk rematch, which is happening injuly. hearn says a fury—joshua match—up would be an incredible fight and the prize money on offer would be too much for fury to refuse. have you any idea how much money there is on that fight? it's like 100 million plus. i don't care how much money you've got, it's one more fight to make sure your family are protected forever. he's a great entertainer, tyson, he deserves everything he gets and he is a difficult guy to fight. there's only one way to beat tyson fury, and that is you have to attack him and knock him out. if the joshua turns up if thejoshua turns up against usyk they did last time and uses the same tactics, it's the same result. usyk against tyson fury not as big as tyson fury agai

four—time championjohn higgins and jack lisowski on table two, higgins leading by fourframes to threeyou want to keep following the action. gavin ramjaun will have more for you in sportsday at 6.30pm. a p&o ferry that began drifting in the irish sea after losing power has managed to dock safely at larne harbour in northern ireland. tug boats were deployed to help the stricken ferry, the european causeway, after it suffered what the company called a "temporary mechanical issue". our correspondent in belfast danny savage spoke to us earlier and brought us up to date with what happened, well, the european causeway was plying its regular route from scotland to northern ireland earlier today. it left cairnryan at about midday. that crossing should normally take about two hours, but when it was just a few miles short of its destination in larne this afternoon it seemed to have lost all power about five miles off the coast. it was adrift, we understand, for about 90 minutes without power. there was a cruise liner on standby, two local tugs were sent out, a helicopter was sent to the scene, b

and jack lisowski currently leads matthew stevens 9 frames to 8, with the winner of this match goingi a frames to 3. there are live updates on the bbc two website and bbc sport website if you want to keep up with those. before i go, legendary west indies all—rounder kieron pollard has called time on his international career. more in an hour. will get a little more reaction to that wimbledon decision will get a little more reaction to that wimbledon is banning russian and belarussian tennis players from this summer's tournament because of the war in the ukraine. and broadcaster qasa alom will be at the tournament for the bbc this summer, and hejoins me now. what's been the reaction in the tennis world to this decision by wimbledon? this tennis world to this decision by wimbledon?— tennis world to this decision by wimbledon? ~ , , ., ., ., tennis world to this decision by wimbledon? ~ , ., ., ., wimbledon? as you can tell, a lot of anuer wimbledon? as you can tell, a lot of anger from — wimbledon? as you can tell, a lot of anger from the _ wimbledon? as you can tell, a lot of anger fro

john higgins and jack lisowski secured their spots in the next round, but kyren wilson managed to narrow—round match—up. ding, the former world no 1, built momentum all morning, but wilson rallied back at the end of the session to leave the match tightly contested with wilson trailing ding 5—4. and as you can see from these pictures, kyren wilson and ding junhui are under way in this evening sessions where ding junhui leads six frames to five. 0n table two noppon saengkham is two frames up on luca brecel. you can follow all the snooker live on bbc two and the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. the prime minister has ignored calls from labour to apologise to the archbishop of canterbury and the church of england in the wake of a row about the government's immigration plans. during prime minister's questions, borisjohnson was pressed on comments he is said to have made at a meeting of conservative mps last night — when he claimed that the church had been more critical of his plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda than it had been of president putin. 0ur deputy political edito

more places to be decided withjudd trump up against stuart bingham and john higgins taking on jack lisowskisport website and iplayer. former england hooker tom youngs has retired from professional rugby union with immediate effect at the age of 35. the leicester tigers veteran has been on leave since october to care of his sick wife — tiffany. he played 215 times for leicester, won 28 england caps and featured for the british and irish lions. youngs said he always planned on this season being his last and that he had no regrets. tigers fans will get to say goodbye on saturday — he'll lead the team out ahead of their premiership game with bristol. we are nowjust days away from a real moment of history. on saturday night, the world famous madison square garden in new york will be headlined by female fighters for the very first time. ireland's katie taylor will go toe to toe with the puerto rican amanda serrano — in a bout billed as the biggest fight in women's boxing history. i think this is probably the biggest fight in boxing right now. it's obviously a history making moment as well. the fi

winning the last eight frames, in a row to clinch their quarter—final — whilejohn higgins beat jack lisowskime to the uk, around 27,000 people had arrived in the uk under the visa scheme is of monday according to government figures. the ukrainian government figures. the ukrainian government has told the united nations that more than 500,000 of its civilians have been forcibly deported to russia including 120,000 children. the kremlin says ukrainians are willingly moving to russia but the bbc has had the ukrainian government has told the un that more than 500,000 of its civilians have been forcibly deported to russia, including 120,000 children. the kremlin says ukrainians are willingly moving to russia. but the bbc has heard from the families of some of those taken captive by russian forces, and civilians who ve been returned from russia on prisoner exchanges, who refute these claims. yogita limaye reports. still in disbelief that he is back home. this red cross volunteer was deported to russia, captured as he was evacuating people from war hit areas near kyiv. translation: we were beaten j

england's jack lisowski says he will wave a ukrainian flag if he beats neil robertson at the world snooker he "wasn't allowed" to show support for the country at the tournament as he is not from ukraine — and that the sport cannot be used as a "political platform". well, lisowki faces robertson in the second round tomorrow — and 2019 championjudd trump will also be in action. he booked his place in round two after beating hossein vafaei — the first iranian to reach the world championship — by ten frames to four. ronnie o'sullivan plays mark allen in their second round match shortly — coverage is live on bbc 2 from 10am. and great britain's track cycling team will be hoping to pick up where they left off on day two of the track nations cup in glasgow. both the men's and women's team pursuit teams won silver on the opening day. gb�*s women finishing second to germany — as they did at last year's olympics. gb�*s men were beaten by france. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much, thank you. britain and india have signed a new defence cooperation agreement today. the uk prime minister

the 2010 neal robertson champion trails jack lisowski by 9—7 at the crucible in sheffield. the governor says two rockets of pets and town in the region and there are dead and wounded. and town in the region and there are dead and wounded. victims of sexual offences are facing the longest waits on record for their cases to go through court. data obtained by the bbc, from a freedom of information request, shows that crown court cases that finished between july and september had an overall average length of 266 days. campaigners say this could result in victims dropping their cases altogether. sexual offence cases in leicester took around 15 months on average to go through the justice system. this was the highest for any court in england and wales. the lowest was in plymouth, where people waited 76 days on average, making the difference between the courts over a year. let's speak now tojeffrey de marco, the director of knowledge and insight at victim support. tell us what you make of these lengths of time?— tell us what you make of these lengths of time? good morning, victoria

jack lisowski. ... that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. thank you very much indeed. let's turn out to our breaking news, the billionaire elon musk has agreed a $44 billion deal to buy the social media giant, twitter. it took to this technology analyst, are you surprised by this? i this technology analyst, are you surprised by this?— this technology analyst, are you surprised by this? i feel like with elon musk. _ surprised by this? i feel like with elon musk, nothing _ surprised by this? i feel like with elon musk, nothing is _ surprised by this? i feel like with | elon musk, nothing is surprising, surprised by this? i feel like with i elon musk, nothing is surprising, so no, but i also would not have been surprised if he had pulled out at the last minute either. what surprised if he had pulled out at the last minute either.- surprised if he had pulled out at the last minute either. what do you make of his — the last minute either. what do you make of

and in the afternoon sessions, jack lisowski leads matthew stevens 8—6, with the winner of this matchles, like mark and heather easton from rugby in warwickshire. they brought their daughter sophie home to the uk just two weeks before the war started. since then, they've been trying to help their surrogate family to safety. now, after weeks of wrangling, they've finally arrived. zoe conway has been to meet them. vita lysenko and heather easton have a very special friendship, born of adversity. vita is the surrogate who saved heather from the grief of infertility. heather rescued vita from the war in ukraine. she means a lot to us. and we just couldn't imagine anything bad happening to her. and she has a three—year—old, so we didn't want him to see the war or experience anything negative. the two families became close during the pregnancy, and so by the time sophie arrived injanuary, they were expecting to meet again, someday. but then the war broke out, and vita was messaging them from a bomb shelter. the war is a terrible thing, so if we can just help one family, you know, it's good.

let's go live to the crucible now where jack lisowski and matthew stevens are going head to head.....rt website. 2-0 at anfield now. liverpool now top of the league if it stays like this. 2-0 against manchester united. back to you. mark, thank you very much. thank you. russia has launched a major offensive in eastern ukraine after pulling back its forces from near the capital — kyiv. moscow claims to have struck more than i2—hundred military targets overnight as part of efforts to establish full control over the donetsk and luhansk regions — known collectively as the donbas. in mariupol, a strategic port on the edge of the donbas, russian—backed separatist fighters have been trying to storm an industrial complex. the city's last defenders have been holding out inside, along with hundreds of civilians. our correspondent catherine byaruhanga sent this report from a village close to the eastern front line. the front line is getting closer to nosivka. this small bomb squad has been called in to defuse unexploded ammunition after heavy shelling. they have to work carefully, but quickly. an

four—time championjohn higgins and jack lisowski on table two, higgins leading by three frames to twode a specific criminal offence. june kelly reports. it�*s a hidden danger on a night out, and spiking will remain an invisible crime unless more is done to improve awareness and support victims. this is the message from mps, who are calling for a better response from pubs, clubs, police and health services. they say there�*s a culture of viewing victims as having had one too many. this was the experience of former love island contestant sharon gafka when she was a spiking victim. when the paramedics turned up, they automatically said that, you know, she�*s had too much to drink, she just needs to go home and sleep it off. but my best friend who was with me is a doctor, has known me for many years, knows exactly what i�*m like as a person — with or without alcohol — told them, no, this is not normal. the mps say venues with bad spiking records should face the threat of losing their licences. they believe that spiking should be made a specific criminal offence, and they want better data

the pre—tournament favourite was fighting back in his match against jack lisowski.ffered their congratulations. robertson won this tournament in 2010. he said he'd achieved everything he could ever dream of 100 times over. but it wasn't enough to win him the match. he went out to a gutsy performance from lisowski, who took a final frame decider to win13—12 and set up another tough test, a quarterfinal meeting with four—time champion john higgins. i've never had a game like that in my life. the cheer when i potted the red at the end, i'm just completely drained. i gave that everything i had, literally everything. neil is the best player in the world at the moment and the way that he came back at me tonight, you know, it felt like he was punching me, i was like losing all the energy out my body. but then i've just drawn on the stuff i've learned and thinking about the hard work that i've put in. if you're wondering what happened on the other table... another long, late—night tussle went the way ofjudd trump, winner of the title three years ago. he held off a determine

england's jack lisowski says he "wasn't allowed" to pay tribute to ukraine at the world snooker championshipitical platform." interesting he said in the second round, if he wins, he will waive a ukrainian flag. interesting to see how that develops. sport is a constant political battle. and whether it can be used or not to say you do not want to make a political port, it is a real tension and it is eroding a lot more because of what is going on in the world. it happened to me too with black lives matter. we are going to talk later. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. it is looking pretty nice in most places. not bad at all. a continuing story. yesterday there was a bit more of a breeze around. quite chilly, especially in the east was that there will be sunny spells. for some it starts cloudier. cloud spreading across england and wales. high pressure in the north and low pressure in the south bringing rough conditions in spain and portugal today. the east north—easterly wind brought in the cloud overnight. as we go through the middle part of the morning, midlands towards wales a

the pre—tournament favourite, fighting back in his match against jack lisowski.ch 13—12. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. police are continuing to question a man in his 20s, on suspicion of murder, after four people were stabbed to death in south london. the victims — three women and a man — were found at a house in bermondsey, in the early hours of yesterday. tom symonds reports. about a quarter to two, we were woken by the helicopter and a load of flashing lights and that. 0ther neighbours heard screaming. very quickly, the street was filled with police who forced their way into the house where four people had been stabbed. a large team of paramedics were unable to save them. venecia reid is a close relative. she said her aunt, dolet hill, was one of those who died. she's very loving, very kind, very generous. she'd do anything for you. she worked very hard in this country to support her two girls and two grandkids. yeah. so she does not deserve this. the victims haven't been formally named. officers have been speaking to o

neil robertson trails jack lisowski by nine frames to seven at the crucible in sheffield. and be a "president for all" after being re—elected as the country's leader. he secured more than 58 per cent of the vote to beat his far—right rival, marine le pen. let's speak now to catherine nicholson, european affairs editor at france 24. welcome, thank you forjoining us. so the margin of the victory does not tell the story, does it? tell us your all sorted key headlines from what has happened here. absolutely, 16 percentage — what has happened here. absolutely, 16 percentage point _ what has happened here. absolutely, 16 percentage point gap _ what has happened here. absolutely, 16 percentage point gap between - 16 percentage point gap between macron and marine le pen, looks like a handy win for the president and he is also got that accolade ofjust a handy win for the president and he is also got that accolade of just a select few french presidents who has got himself re—elected back into office. neither his predecessor francois haarland and nicolas sarkozy managed to do that. h

he faces jack lisowski or matthew stevens in the next round.orld heavyweight title fight with tyson fury on saturday. this was set to be the first time fury and whyte had been in the same room since the all—british wbc title fight was announced. whyte also missed the unveiling press conference in march. ido i do things properly. these guys want to mess about and penny pinch and this and that and offer me tickets, three orfour and this and that and offer me tickets, three or four tickets, and this and that and offer me tickets, three orfour tickets, and economy, so i have got to break my training camp, go to england, and then come back again, and there is also covid, as well, there's a high risk of me or my team getting infected and missing the whole fight. these guys are stupid. former tennis world number one ashleigh barty has fuelled speculation she may attempt a top—level career in a third sport by signing up for a golf exhibition. the aussie announced her shock retirement from tennis in march aged just 25. she's a keen amateur golfer with a

he faces jack lisowski or matthew stevens in the next round.ir first session. they'll play to a finish later this morning. world heavyweight champion tyson fury has vowed to retire after saturday's fight with mandatory challenger dillian whyte at wembley stadium. fury said last month that he would quit after facing his fellow brit and reiterated the claim after yesterday's public work—out, despite saying last week he would only decide his future after the showdown. i said this is my last fight and it will be. it will be. i've got dillian whyte to deal with myself and do i want the winner? no, because i am retiring after the fight. dillian whyte skipped yesterday's open work—out, ahead of that highly anticipated world heavyweight title fight with tyson fury at wembley on saturday. it was to have been the first time fury and whyte had been in the same room since the all—british wbc title fight was announced. whyte also missed the unveiling press conference in last month. speaking to the bbc, he explained why. i do things properly, you know? these

winning the last eight frames in a row to clinch their quarterfinal, while john higgins beat jack lisowskiith immediate effect at the age of 35. the leicester tigers veteran has been on leave since october to care for his wife, tiffany. he won 28 england caps and featured for the british and irish lions as well as playing 215 times for leicester. youngs said he "always planned this season being my last," and he "had no regrets." tigers fans will get to say their goodbyes on saturday. he'll lead the team out ahead of their premiership game with bristol. mike, thank you very much. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. what is that behind you? beautiful there. it is the northern light, a picture from one of our weather watchers taken last night in aberdeenshire. and another one also from aberdeenshire, taken this morning, saw some beautiful pictures coming in of the northern light. of course, aberdeenshire and eastern scotland as the crow flies over towards the west, we have wildfires in kyle of lochalsh which have been burning for the last 2a hours, everything has been so dry a