ding junhui edges ahead of mark selby at the crucible in their snooker world championship semi—final.atch with so much hype, the manchester derby, city versus united at the etihad, pep guardiola versusjose mourinho, the hunt for champions league football and ultimately a totally underwhelming match. it finished 0—0 and all the morning headlines will be talking about a moment of lunacy from manchester united's marouane fellani. conor mcnamara reports. there were no goals here but no shortage of incident. sergio aguero should have scored. it came off the post from close range. there was an excellent chance before half—time for manchester united but he headed it off target. the talking point of the game was the red card shown to fellaini. he was shown a yellow card for a challenge on sergio aguero moments before. within seconds he was involved with another tussle. for heads clashed in a forehead motion. he showed a straight red card. manchester city brought on gabrielle jesus since card. manchester city brought on gabriellejesus since picking up an injury on the 13th of february but his

world number one mark selby has beaten wales's mark williams 10—8 to claim the china open in beijing.tory for williams would have given him an automatic qualification spot in this month's world championship in sheffield, but instead he'll now have to play three best—of—19 matches to get there. it's selby‘s fourth ranking event win of the season. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. more now on the death of broadcaster

mark selby feet —— beat ding. the repeat of the 2007 setup. mark selby feet -- beat ding.casion. i played john higgins ten years ago. and here we are. winning twice as more than i could have wished for. but to go for ita could have wished for. but to go for it a third time is something i can only dream of, so fingers crossed over the next couple of days that dream will come true. live coverage from the crucible on bbc two from 2pm. there is now live coverage of the russian grand prix where botass has the early lead, hamilton is back in fourth position. now on bbc news, it is time for the travel show. this week, celebrating gha na's 60th birthday. i'm drinking to the country's independence. sparring with the locals. boxing is massive, they love it here. and meeting some of its cutest residents. i am amazed how much banana a little monkey like that can eat. busy, bustly, noisy and lots of fun. i could be in any of the big, lively west african capitals, but i've come to one country that is celebrating a very special anniversary. news reel: the name gold coast passes, long liv

he now faces the defending champion mark selby, in the semifinals. i think he is consistent.hot at the same. whether it is matchpoint 01’ the same. whether it is matchpoint or not, it's the same. he is resilient. he plays every shot and treat every shot with the same respect which is very, very hard to do. i think that's the most consistent way to do it no matter where you go, the crucible especially, you need a great frame of mind to have success. i think mark certainly has done that. pakistan captain misbah ul haq became just the sixth batsman in test history to be left stranded on 99 not out as pakistan were dismissed for 407 on day four of the first test against the west indies in kingston. after resuming on 201 for four at the start of the day pakistan debutant mohammad abbas was trapped lbw denying misbah an 11th test century. in response the hosts have struggled to 93 for four trailing by 28 runs with yasir shah taking all four wickets in the final session to leave the west indies in disarray. that is all we have time for. until next time, i've now. —— goodbye for 110w

latest from the world snooker championship now and the first semifinal between defending champion mark selbyat in last year's final ding junhui — and ding leads 5—3 after the first session. but it was selby who had the early momentum in the match playing shots like this to take a 3—2 lead. but it was ding who managed to re—group and ended strongly winning the final three frames — the last of which was a century of 110. they will resume tomorrow at 10am. john higgins faces barry hawkins in this evening's session. after her win in stuttgart yesterday in her first match since her doping suspension, maria sharapova has won again — against another russian, ekaterina makarova. the former world no1 won the first set 7—5, the third successive set she has won in her comeback. and she went on to comfortably win the second, 6—1 to clinch her place in the next round. johanna konta is out of the event though after she was beaten by anastasija sevastova. the british number one, who was the sixth seed for the tournament, was defeated in straight sets by the latvian who is ranked 26th in the world. 6-3, 7-5

he faces that defending champion mark selby in —— fora that defending champion mark selby in —— for aitson has broken the record for the number of days spent in space by an american. president trump telephoned her to congratulate her on beating the previous record of 534 days. greg dawson reports. white house? this is mission control, houston. like so many long—distance calls, it got off to a slightly awkward start. do you hear me? after a few pauses to work out the delay on the line... yes, sir, we have you loud and clear. ..the president was on script as he congratulated dr peggy whitson. today, commander whitson, you have broken the record for the most total time spent in space by an american astronaut. 534 days, and counting. earlier this month, dr whitson was made commander of the international space station for the second time in her career. she made her maiden spaceflight 15 years earlier. so what could she teach the self—confessed germaphobe president about the practicalities of space? water is such a precious resource up here that we also are cleaning up our urine and making

defending champion mark selby is through to the quarter finals of the world snooker champoinship afterwith a 10—6 lead against his chinese opponent. and rattled off the three frames he needed in under an hour. he made a century break at the cruicible for the first time this year in the first frame of the session and just missed out on another as he clinched the match by 13 frames to six. 10—6, you still have a comfortable lead but xiao will be looking for a 3—1, 11—9, and then he could be back in the match. but to win that 13—6 was great. barry hawkins willjoin mark selby in the last eight of the championship. he tookjust under hour this lunchtime to complete a 13—6 victory over scotland's graeme dott and reach his fifth consecutive quarterfinal where he'll now face another scot stephen maguire. it sounds to suspect faulty grammar, but i played solid enough. —— it sounds disrespectful to graham. i was not scoring as heavily as you would like, really, but i'm winning and that's the main thing. it was a moment that caught the attention of many — among 40,000 runners at yesterday's london

he now plays the defending champion mark selby in the semifinals.arco fu13—3. in the other semi—final, the former champion john higgins, who beat kyren wilson 13—6, will play barry hawkins. he beat the unseeded stephen mcguire 13—9. the semi—finals start on thursday and they're the best of 31 frames. and that is all your sport for now. but from me, marc edwards, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello again. our weather is set to turn a little bit milder over the next few days, quieting down in many respects. but before we get there, yesterday we had some really big thunderstorms hanging around. this one brought hail in west hampsted. thanks to our weather watcher for sending that picture in. you can see the extent of the showers as they have worked in. the showers have tended to die away overnight. just one or two left over working towards central, southern england. by and large, today we are looking at quite a cloudy weather picture for many of us. and there will be some showers knocking around as well. ok, let's take a look at how th

ding will meet defending champion mark selby, who on his way to the last 4, made a clearance of 143, avis described as the most astonishing he's ever seen. selby dominated his match against marco fu — winning13—3 with a session to spare. the other semi is between four—times champion john higgins and barry hawkins. that's all from sportsday with me will perry. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentator, jane merrick and martin bentham, home affairs editor at the london evening standard. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. the financial times leads with the white house's pledge to cut taxes and ‘unleash‘ the us economy. white house's pledge to cut taxes and 'unleash' the us economy. the i reports on the news that two football clu bs reports on the news that two football clubs have been raided as pa rt football clubs have been raided as part ofan football clubs have been raided as part of an investigation into allegations of tax fraud. a poll on the front of the metro suggests that theresa may is brita

john higgins leads mark selby 8—11 in the world snooker championship final.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. madeleine was 3—years—old when she went missing on holiday in portugal, while her parents were eating at a nearby restaurant. speaking to the bbc‘s fiona bruce, kate and gerry mccann have been talking about the pain they continue to face. every day is another day without madeleine. i think it's just that number. that ten—year mark makes it more significant. it's a reminder of how much time has gone by, and obviously ten is a big number. i

mark selby, the defending champion is just mark selby, the defending champion isjust one mark selby,antage, it could be him. let's see who he could be playing. john higgins is also one frame away from a place in the final. his match against barry hawkins resumed this morning with higgins leading 10—6 and the four time champion won 6 out of the 8 session frames to put him in touching distance. but hawkins won the last, meaning they'll be back on the table at seven this evening to finish the match. rugby union's premiership season is almost over. teams just have one or two games left. european places and play off home ties still up for grabs. today, exeter beating northampton. they have gone top of the table with wasps, thanks to a seventh straight bonus point win. they beat northampton 36—12. saints drop down to seventh in the table, meaning they would miss out on qualifying for the champions cup. let's have a look at the other results. the only game of the day so far in the pro 12 is between ospreys and ulster. both sides are keen to maintain their european spots and ospreys boosted

he beat the world champion mark selby at this you's welsh open.ucture and development. that doesn't make the chinese wrong, it makes them right and it means we have to do something similar if we have the appetite for it. murphy thinks the answer lies in having the feeder to where amateurs could learn their trade before progressing onto a new reduced main tour of 64 players. million pounds would in my opinion sustain a com plete would in my opinion sustain a complete challenge tour of ten events with the winner receives x and at the end of it some people get and at the end of it some people get a tourcard. and at the end of it some people get a tour card. perception is everything so you never cut the size of the two, because commercially people say, the game is going backwards. whatever the answer, british snooker faces a fight to remain the sport's world superpower. jamie broughton, bbc news. leicester tigers have strengthened their hold on fourth place in rugby union's premiership with a bonus point win over newcastle at welford road. england scr

mark selby, the dividing champion, up against fergal o'brien, who was involved in that record—breakingt year. the longest frame in history, two hours, three minutes, a1 seconds. no problems for selby today, in com plete problems for selby today, in complete control. that is all the sport from now. let's get the weather forecast. time to update you on the weather prospects for the holiday weekend. it was going to be something of a mixed bag, just a little bit cool in the breeze. there will be sunny spells around, some rain as well, and that message is a whole has not changed. the rest of saturday proving to be one of the better days of the weekend. accommodation of sunny spells and showers —— a combination. we come further south, it is essentially a dry picture. word to the wise about scotland, the cause of you get into the high ground, things will be decidedly wintry. the wind will be strong, will force, very strong gusts, so the wind—chill quite a factor. at lower levels, sunny spells and showers, northern ireland, the north of england. further south, the odd shower that you may have

on bbc news: snooker‘s world championship semi—finals are well under way — as last year's winner mark selbybc news: snooker‘s world championship semi—finals are well under way — as last year's winner mark selby fights back to take a 9—7 lead against ding junhui. the uk economy slowed more than expected at the start of this year — with consumers tightening their belts in the face of rising inflation. figures from the office of national statistics show falling retail sales and a jump in living costs. the economy expanded by 0.3% from january to march. that's down from growth of 0.7% at the end of last year. our economics correspondent andy verity has the details. this sector is now bright spot of our economy — this shrewsbury—based manufacturer makes parts for cars. the drop in the value of pound before and after the brexit vote should have helped business a lot. because it is cheaper for foreign buyers paying dollars are euros to buyers paying dollars are euros to buy the parts. but new order are not growing as quickly. there are customer whs are saying let's wait and see what happens with b

mark selby has made a blistering start to the defence of his world snooker title at the crucible in sheffielde title in two of the last three years and the world number one soon swept up the first two frames....//his opponent, the world number 114, was becoming something of a stranger to the table with the next three frames also going to selby. for 0'brien, it was beginning to look less like a question of could he win the match, and instead whether he could win a single frame. at last he took one but he trails selby 8—1 in a best of 19 contest ..they‘ll resume at 7pm. ronnie 0'sullivan is having a more testing time against gary wilson, you score the first century break of the championship and was leading 5—1 at one point but wilson has battled back winning three frames in a row and is now trailing by only one frame, 5—4, 0'sullivan leads at the moment, the match will conclude tomorrow afternoon and it's the first to ten. leicester tigers have strengthened their hold on fourth place in rugby union's premiership with a bonus point win over newcastle at welford road. england scrum—half ben young

he was involved in an absolutely thrilling mac with mark selby in the semi—final.d tuck until the end. —— absolutely thrilling match. he got through in the end, as he inevitably does. it was disappointing for ding junhui, but another strong performance in the world championship. we were watching some clips of the game now. tell us a little about why snooker is so popular in china. for instance, it is not very popular where you are, in south korea, or other parts of asia. so why china? it is all to do with ding junhui, really. because in 2005, he won the china open as a wildcard when he turned 18. that was one of the first major tournaments in china at that time. —— open. stephen hendry, he is bisley to record holderfor the most world champions, the world's most world championship titles. so when he turned 18, the boom started in china and exploded. 70 snooker clubs opened around the country, especially in beijing, where there are is reportedly 1000 clubs. —— so many snooker clubs. ding junhui has inspired so many more young players, many on the tour at the moment.

last year and is 7-2 war i mark selby last year and is 7—2 against his chinese opponent.mark allen from northern ireland 8—7 up againstjimmy robinson. all to play for but the ronnie 0'sullivan story, i have no doubt that will roll album throughout this tournament. and he very much, very interesting tournament and we will have the full coverage throughout the bbc sport website. it was the boston marathon earlier. and as often happens, thousands took part, twe kenyans won. edna kiplagat, too, the women's race. geoffrey kirui, the men's. great stuff in the wheelchair race too. manuela schar and marcel hug both set new world—best times. the reason it's not a world record is that the course is not an official marathon. it's too downhill and with the possibility of supporting tail—wind. arguably, the story of the day came from 70—year—old kathrine switzer. a legend of the boston race. seen here in training. in 1967, she became the first woman to formally compete. it was a men—only event back then. in this photo, from the boston herald, you can see an official trying to drag her

three tests before a finger injury forced him out of the final match of the series world number one mark selbyaim the china open in beijing victory for williams to claim the china open in beijing. victory for williams would have given him an automatic qualification spot in this month's world championship in sheffield but instead he'll now have to play three best of 19 matches to get there. it's selby‘s fourth ranking event win of the season. charley hull's hopes of winning the first golf major in the women's calendar — the ana inspiration — have fallen away going into today's final round in california. she had been in touch with the leaders, but a round of 71 yesterday has left her eight shots behind leader lexi thompson of america. hull gets herfinal round under way at 20 to nine uk time — this evening. following johanna konta's victory in the miami open yesterday it's the men's turn today. and it's a repeat of the australian open final with roger federer taking on rafa nadal. federer won that day and claimed the first set here 6—3 with a solitary break. he is serving for the title as we spea

and we're down to the business end of snooker‘s world championship as last year's winner — mark selbyo lead ding junhui in their semi—final. evening, welcome to wembley on the eve of what promises to be a very special night in the history of british and world boxing. the ring behind me is for the heavyweight champion anthonyjoshua and wladimir klitchko in the strange position of being a challenger. let's hope we don't have poor weather. we're going to analyse both fighters. it has been such a busy couple of days, the head—to—head news conference, a public work—out, today's weigh in, let's remind ourselves of what happened in fight week. it doesn't matter who i'm fighting. ijust enjoy it doesn't matter who i'm fighting. i just enjoy what i it doesn't matter who i'm fighting. ijust enjoy what i do. i embrace every opportunity. no fear. no fear trembles through my body. every opportunity. no fear. no fear trembles through my bodylj every opportunity. no fear. no fear trembles through my body. i am a challenger again. i feel young, hungry, humble and totally obsessed. on that first bout w

they resumed at 12-12, but mark selby looked to have won things.n a row and get within one. a breakfrom 72 in the 33rd frame saw the two—time winner edge home. john higgins is just one frame away from a place in the final. his match against barry hawkins resumed this morning with higgins leading 10—6 and the four time champion won 6 out of the 8 session frames to put him in touching distance. but hawkins won the last, meaning they'll be back on the table at 7 this evening to finish the match. 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 tries in front of their home fans at sandy park to erase the gap at the top after wasps' defeat last night. centre ian whitten's score helped to make it a record seventh straight bonus—point win in the premiership for the chiefs. nicky henderson has been crowned champion jumps trainer for a fourth time, after his horse altior won the celebration chase at sandown. it had been a race between henderson and paul nicholls to be name

barry hawkins willjoin mark selby in the last eight of the championship.ll now face another scot stephen maguire. that's all sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. i'll have more in sportsday at 630. let's talk a little more about the presidential election in france. voters now face just under a fortnight of intense campaigning, between emmanuel macron and marine le pen, who emerged last night as the two remaining candidates for the presidency. let's take a look at how the vote was split vertically across france. here you can see marine le pen, leader of the front national, won votes across the east of the country — particularly in the north east. meanwhile emmanuel macron, who is running with his new party en marche which he set up a year ago, picked up votes in the west of france and central regions. very strong in paris. it is a country divided as we have shown on the map. this is a race that's transformed the old patterns of french politics. with me is drjoseph downing, a fellow at france's national cent

defending champion mark selby is through to the quarter—finals of the world snooker championship afterthree frames he needed in under an hour. he made a century break at the crucible for the first time this year in the first frame of the session and just missed out on another as he clinched the match by 13—6. it isa it is a comfortable lead. to win that first frame and get settled was nice and to win it in one visit was even better. barry hawkins willjoin mark selby in the last eight of the championship. he tookjust under hour this lunchtime to complete a 13—6 victory over scotland's graeme dott and reach his fifth consecutive quarter—final where he'll now face another scot stephen maguire. it sounds disrespectful to graeme, i played solid enough. i did some good clea ra nces played solid enough. i did some good clearances when i needed to. i had a few breaks. not probably scoring as heavy as you would like really, but i'm winning and that's the main thing. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. hugh, thank you very much indeed. labour will "never, ever apologise" f

take a 6-2 won five frames in a row to take a 6—2 lead over the world one and defending champion mark selbysion. higgins isa into tonight's second session. higgins is a four—time winner at the crucible. it is the first 18 frames to ta ke crucible. it is the first 18 frames to take the title. and that is the sport. back to you, clive. lizzie, sport. back to you, clive. thank you for that. hello. this is the bbc news. priceless egyptian artefacts that were badly damaged during the second world war are once again going on display at liverpool's world museum, for the first time in more than 70 years. a gallery expansion and extensive restoration work means they're now part of the largest egyptology collection outside of london, as lindsey prosser reports. from the everyday to the beautifully decorative, these objects reflect the rise and fall of ancient egyptian society. it is our most ambitious exhibition we have done for egypt. we've got a whole range of artefacts, right from the prehistoric period, we have stone vases and stone tools, all the way through the christianity in egypt. so we've g

while mark selby rattled off five frames in a row at the start of his quarterfinal against marco fu,hat late finish last night in beating neil robertson to make the last 8. he did respond with a couple of frames of his own. but selby has since won another to end the session with a 6—2 lead. behind every sports person is a proud parent but now we going to watch a proud dad watching us after watching his son. one of the scorers was liam stewart. rod stewart was very pleased that we mentioned that! great british ice hockey is one the second game in their championship in belfast last night were liam stewart 's son of music legend rod stewart got his first international goal. written joint japan and is when you're at the top of the table.|j think tim hague of bbc sport is just as proud. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. television advertisements that will personally call you by name are to be introduced by the broadcaster, channel four. the advertisements will be broadcast to the 15 million viewers who use the channel's all 4 catch—

he responded with a couple of frames but mark selby has ended the session with a 6—2 lead.kipedia is launching an online news service to help combat fake news. jimmy wales says that wikitribune will use both professional journalists and what he's described as ‘community contributors‘ to produce fact—checked articles. the site will be free to use — but will accept donations from supporters. our media editor amol rajan reports. fake news has gone global. whether deliberate distortions dressed up as real news or clandestine political advertising that targets you on social media, voters in america, germany and france have been hit. the question now is — could this new form of campaigning online be coming to britain ahead of the general election? if political messages are broadcast during an election campaign, they are subject to regulation. but what about messages that are published online? i rang up the law commission. they said to try the electoral commission. i rang up the electoral commission. they said, "that certainly would not be us." i rang the advertising standards age

latest from the world snooker championship now, and the first semi—final, between defending champion mark selbyui, and ding leads 5—3 after the first session. but it was selby who had the early momentum in the match, playing shots like this to take a 3—2 lead. but it was ding who managed to regroup, and ended strongly, winning the final three frames, the last of which was a century of 110. they will resume tomorrow at 10am. and in the other semi—final, four—times champion john higgins leads barry hawkins. 5-3. but 5—3. but hawkins fouled the black in an unusual fashion in the seventh frame, which begins one. but hawkins recovered to win the final frame of the night. they resume at 2:30pm tomorrow, so they get a lie in. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentator lance price and caroline wheeler, political editor of the sunday express. tomorrow's front pages. the metro leads with our top story tonight, the terror arrest at westminster. the paperfeatures a p

and the other semi—final is a tighter affair between defending champion mark selby and ding junhui, theme 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 looking a little mixed. the weather is looking pretty decent for most of us on saturday. but on sunday a bit of rain on the way. not everybody will get the rain, so that's why it is looking at little mixed. let's be what is happening in the short term. weather fronts quite close to the uk. just to the west of our neighbourhood, but far enough away to give us a dry night. the rabies fringing in the far north—west. spells for most of us. far north—west. spells for most of us. the temperatures are going —— aren't going to give away too low. we start on a very decent note. there could be areas of clouded a couple of areas, b

dong plays world champion mark selby in the second round.ot i just think of the plot, the second round. when i hit the shot ijust think of the plot, this is close for me, it is very difficult for everyone. and also the venue difficult for everyone. and also the venue is very good and the people — eve ryo ne venue is very good and the people — everyone knows snooker, yeah, so, it is good for the players, more concentrate for the game. senkam is only the fourth player from thailand to play at this iconic venue and there was a warm welcome from him as he was introduced to the crowd. playing on the greatest age for the first time can be daunting and the star made in the start. neil robertson is a former world champion and he punished his opponent's mistake. after going 4—0 down, senkam had his first frame of the match to give him some confidence, but he couldn't build on that and robertson continued to dominate proceedings. the australian is now closing in on a place in the second round. in basketball‘s nba play—offs, there are three more games

defending champion mark selby will face fergal 0'brien, who won a deciding frame which lasted more thanin qualifying! also, five—time champion ronnie 0'sullivan will play terry wilson. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment on bbc news, it is time for the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are laura hughes, political correspondent at the daily telegraph and the journalist james rampton. the telegraph leads with suggestions that government no longer sees prisons as places for punishment, after the phrase was excluded from the first legal definition of a jail‘s purpose. according to an investigation by the times, staff at one of the world's leading drug companies discussed destroying supplies of life—saving cancer medicines. the i reports new claims that more british youngsters than ever are caught in a so—called "age of anxiety". holiday costs fall by 20% is the headline in the express. the paper claims summer breaks in europe are now the cheapest they've been since 2012. that's it for the papers tonight. don

defending champion mark selby rattled off five frames in a row this afternoon at the start of his quarterfinalate finish last night in beating neil robertson to make the last eight. he did respond with a couple of frames of his own but selby ended the session with a 6—2 lead. they start again tomorrow morning at ten o'clock. finally, behind every sportsperson there's a proud parent or two but now we're going to watch a very happy dad watching us... after watching his son! earlier today, we reported on the great britain ice hockey team's 5—1 victory against estonia last night. one of the scorers was liam stewart. recognise the surname? well sir rod was particularly pleased our own tim hague mentioned it. the steward, son of rod stewart, scored his very first international goal... my boy! that is all from sir rod and all from sportsday. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rachel cunliffe, deputy editor of the political news website reaction, and matthew syed, columnist at the times. the telegraph reports that britain will be paying

defending champion mark selby is through to the quarter finals of the world snooker championship after 10—6 lead against his chinese opponent, and rattled off the three frames he needed in under an hour. he made a century break at the cruicible for the first time this year in the first frame of the session and just missed out on another as he clinched the match by 13 frames to 6. 10-6 10—6 you have still got a co mforta ble 10—6 you have still got a comfortable lead but he will still be looking to win. to win the first frame and get it settled was nice and to win it in one frame was better. selby will face the winner of this match — these are live pictures from the crucible where neil roberston is playing marco fu. they resumed this evening's session at eight frames all. it has been a lengthy evening session. marcus fu is one frame from victory that neil robertson has a chance to salvage it himself so it will go on late, by the looks of things here. you can follow this on the red button and the bbc sport website. barry hawkins is also through to the quarter finals. he tookjust under ho

of course, defending champion mark selby.fa cup quarter—final with anderlecht, but could only draw. jose mourinho's side went ahead before the break, thanks to this goal from henrikh mkhitaryan. but they missed some good chances to extend their lead, and five minutes from time, leander dendoncker grabbed the equaliser. the second leg is at old trafford next week. if you arrive into a situation where mathematically it is not possible, top four, then easy decision. rest them, and go with them in europa league if you are still in competition. but at this moment we are ina competition. but at this moment we are in a position where we have two matches in hand. if we win both matches in hand. if we win both matches we are direct into the top four. we have to fight for every game. the six—man shortlist for pfa player of the year is out, with chelsea's n'golo kante the favourite. he helped leicester lift the premier league trophy last season, and looks on course to do the same with chelsea this year, and possibly also win the fa cup.

john higgins has the advantage over defending champion mark selby in the final of the world snooker championshipseld. in the opening session, selby took the lead twice in the opening three frames but only to see higgins draw level at 2—2, and in doing so hit a break of 1m in the fourth frame. higgins then ran away with the final four frames after the interval to lead 6—2 going into this evening's session. well, let's take you live to the crucible now for the latest from that evening session. first to 18 frames... selby reacted well. 6—3 down. higgins, fourtime selby reacted well. 6—3 down. higgins, four time champion. last one, 2011. compelling contest. that's all from sportsday. i'll be back with more sport on the bbc news channel through the evening faith and reason, and the gothic imagination, the ingredients of sarah perry's bestselling novel, the essex serpent. we're in the 1890s and cora seaborne, newly widowed, leaves london for the country, where she encounters a community terrified by the apparent return of a fabled monster. her interest in nature leads her to believe that it's real. the

ding junhui edges ahead of mark selby at the crucible in their snooker world championship semi—final.sus united at the etihad, pep guardiola versusjose mourinho, the hunt for champions league football and ultimately a totally underwhelming match. it finished 0—0 and all the morning headlines will be talking about a moment of lunacy from manchester united's marouane fellani. conor mcnamara reports.

o'sullivan warmly congratulated ding at the end who now goes on to met mark selby in a repeat of lasts for selby, he made it into the semi—finals with a clearance of 143, a break which six—times champion and bbc commentator steve davis described as the most astonishing he's ever seen. selby dominated his match against marco fu — winning13—3 with a session to spare. john higgins is through to the semis for the first time in six years. the four time champion began the final session against kyran wilson needing just two more frames for victory — and it didn't take him long to get them. higgins going through 13—6 and will play either barry hawkins or stephen maguire. josh griffiths says he's still coming to terms with being the fastest british runner at the london marathon. griffiths qualified for august's world championships in london as he finished the marathon 13th overall in two hours 1a minutes 49 seconds. the 23—year—old, who aims to continue coaching himself, says he only had his national record on his mind on sunday. i was iwas aiming i was aiming for two hours 16 which was the we

the other semifinal is a tighter affair between mark selby and a changing way.—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 papers. we will be looking at the papers and but brooking used renewed now. we are hearing from the south korean news agency that north korea is reported to have fired a ballistic missile. it is said to have been fired from an area north of the capital, pyongyang, on saturday. the agency said the type and flight direction of the missile is still being examined, but the united states government is already suggesting initial indications are that this ballistic missile test was u nsuccessful. that this ballistic missile test was unsuccessful. we do not know what kind of the stig missile test it was, what its purpose was. this comes at a time when attention is on the korean peninsula are already escalating. united states is push

defending champion mark selby will complete his match with china's xiao guodong on monday afternoon with—finals. 2013 finalist, barry hawkins, celebrating his 38th birthday finished 9—6 up against 2006 winner graeme dott. they'll also complete their match on monday afternoon. and the winner of that match will play scotland's stephen maguire who was a comprehensive 13 frames to three winner against rory mcleod with a session to spare booking his place in the last eight for the first time since 2012. lebronjames lebron james got 32 lebronjames got 32 points to have a a—game sweep of indiana. that is it. from me and the rest of the marvellous sport team, that is goodbye for now. hello there. we've got a bit of a taste of winter for the new working week. the cold front is going south across the uk introducing colder conditions. so, through the week ahead, a chance of seeing wintry showers. gardeners, take note, also some frosty nights over the next few nights too. we are already seeing colder conditions moving in across scotland with sleet and snow showers, mostly over the high ground, but s

the defending champion mark selby will face fergal o'brien and the five—time champion ronnie o'sullivanwilson. coverage from the crucible is across the bbc. it's the a0th year the crucible in sheffield has hosted the event, as mark ansell reports. he is breathing heavily as he comes down to this final pink. that is it, the world snooker champion, 1981. over the last a0 years there have been many magic moments at the crucible. 26. fast forward 32 years and today cliff thorburn made the draw for the tournament. he won it in 1980 draw for the tournament. he won it in1980 and draw for the tournament. he won it in 1980 and feels sheffield is the spiritual home of snooker.|j in 1980 and feels sheffield is the spiritual home of snooker. ijust cannot believe how wonderful place this is. it is perfect for snooker. there are two tables. i cannot say anything else, but this is america. if we look at the commercial value of the reputation and image of sheffield that goes around the world, it is the bargain basement plays of the season. the commercial value of the event, they are making a huge profi

earlier in the session. 0'sullivan warmly congratulated ding at the end who now goes on to met mark selby

a repeat of last's final, between mark selby and dingjunhui. of last's final, between mark selby and he level at 2-2, century break to leave the level at 2—2, and you can watch that on bbc two and the bbc sport website. that's all the sport. thanks. let's return to the election now and with six weeks to go, what do voters make of the campaign so far? 0ur west of england political editor paul barltrop has been to gloucester for us. this is a very key seat indeed, during the labour years, from 1997 until 2010, gloucester was held by labour, indeed down the road, so was stroud, across the river severn, the forest of dean, they took that in 1997 in the landslide as well. since then, things have gone badly for labour, they lost the forest of dean a while ago, they lost stroud in gloucester in 2010, they have devastated by 2015, sirjeremy: those that keep —— jeremy corbyn knows to make it he has to make it into the hearts and minds of people in gloucester. been talking to people today. undoubtedly, the biggest single sentiment we are hearing from people is cynicism. biggest single sentiment

at the world snooker championship, the world number one mark selby is through to the quarter finals afterde a century break at the crucible for the first time in his career in the first frame of the session and just missed out on another as he clinched the match by 13 frames to 6. 10-6, 10—6, you have still got a co mforta ble 10—6, you have still got a comfortable lead, but he will still be looking for 3—1, then he would be backin be looking for 3—1, then he would be back in the match. to win the first roman get settled was nice and to win it in one go was even better. —— to win the first frame just to get settled was nice. barry hawkins won his fifth consecutive quarterfinal to face maguire. that is all the sport for now and we will be back in the next hour. thank you. the centrist candidate emmanuel macron and the far—right national front leader marine le pen have made it through to the second round of the french presidential election. macron, who has never run for political office, told his supporters they had changed the face of french politics and it was his job to reconcile the cou

barry hawkins willjoin mark selby in the last eight of the championship.consecutive quarter—final where he'll now face another scot stephen maguire. it sounds disrespectful to graham. i played solid enough. i did some good clea ra nces played solid enough. i did some good clearances when i needed to. i had a few breaks. not probably scoring as heavy as you would like really, but i'm winning and that's the main thing. former british heptathlete kelly sotherton is set to be upgraded to her third olympic bronze medal. it comes as a result of the international olympic committee disqualifying russia's tatyana chernova for testing positive for a steroid at the 2008 games in beijing. chernova's positive test is only the latest in a long line from the ioc‘s re—analysis of stored anti—doping samples from the 2008 and 2012 games. that's all sport for now. hugh ferris will be with you later. will, thank you very much indeed. four drivers have admitted falling asleep while operating trams in croydon, where seven people were killed after a tram derailed in november 201

he will face either kiran wilson world number one mark selby in the final.for the moment is all the sport. 0ver final. and that for the moment is all the sport. over on the bbc website at the moment you can watch the world figure skating championship live from finland at the moment, the men's free skating happening at the moment. that is all from me at the moment, back to you, julian. john watson, thank you very much. now on bbc news it is time for that click. this week: adventures in sound with posh cams, invisible speakers and cloning brian eno‘s brain. today i'm in the lair of the wizard who likes decibels, who likes to write a book or two, a wizard called brian eno. don't know if i should show you how this works. let's just find the... these are just not bits of speakers, they are working speakers? yes. on my gosh. and it is sound that this man is best known for. big sound. the former member of roxy music has added production sounds to the biggest acts in the world — u2, coldplay and some chap called bowie. he is a self—proclaimed non—musician who uses t

reigning world sneak champion, mark selby has breezed into the semifinals after beating marko fu 13-3—3 with a session to spare. and maria sharapova thank you very much. surrey police have been strongly criticised for returning a collection of shotguns to a man who went on to kill his partner and her daughter. 82—year—old john lowe shot christine and lucy lee at his puppy farm in farnham in 2014. a report by the independent police complaints commission has found serious failings at the surrey force. here's duncan kennedy. the white—haired figure ofjohn lowe moments after he shot dead christine and lucy lee at his puppy farm in surrey. christine, who was a partner, and her daughter lucy were killed with a shotgun. this shotgun. that had been returned tojohn lowe by surrey police. john lowe, seen here at the police station, was jailed for life. today the independent police complaints commission said that surrey police had made a series of errors in handing the gun back to him. but there were lessons for all police forces. we found systematic failings for the local force and also we feel

defending world champion mark selby will lead to some event against julie back.e months of the year. figures show a rise of nought point three per cent, with the service and retail sectors particularly affected. our correspondent andy verity reports this sector is now the bright spot of our economy. this manufacturer makes internal parts for cars from land rovers to the nissan qashqai. the drop in the value of the pound before and after the brexit vote should have helped business a lot because it is cheaper for buyers using dollars and euros to buy the cars that these parts go into. but even here, new orders are not growing as much as they did a year ago. there are potential customers with orders who say, let's wait for 12 months, see what happens with brexit, see what happens with tariffs, see whether we can buy from the uk orfrom europe. we are saying we will continue to invest and grow. what we need is more commitment from the government to get deals done. business leaders keep trying to tell politicians that brexit—led uncertainty is slowing down new orders f

world number one mark selby leads mark williams 5—4 after the session at snooker‘s china open final.he first to ten frames. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. a former government advisor is calling for a change in the law to force doctors to tell the authorities when a patient is no longerfit to drive. the campaign started after the death of three—year—old poppy—arabella clarke who was killed crossing the road by a pensioner who'd been warned to stop driving because of poor eyesight. barrister daniel sokol who has advised the ministry of defence and ministry ofjustice says the authorities shouldn'tjust rely on the honesty of the patient. if the patient is, of course, doctor, i will stop driving, and does not, then that usually is not followed up. you may have someone on the roads at the moment who is as blind as a bat, or who may have an epileptic seizure, and could cause tremendous harm to other people. and could cause tremendous harm to other people. the group that calls itself islamic state took control of iraq's second largest city mosul two—and—a—half yea

can keep up—to—date with all those stories and keep track of snooker‘s china open final, where mark selby will have more in the next hour. the first minister of gibraltar has dismissed a suggestion by the eu that the uk would need to agree a deal with spain about its future after brexit. 96 present people into balta voted to remain in the eu. the european council says the status of the territory should be decided by both the uk and spain. with me is our political correspondent heavy price. you were watching these exchanges on the andrew marr show this morning. an unexpected development, this. nobody was talking about gibraltar at all this week and suddenly on friday, it seemed burst out of nowhere. yes, we have talked about the article 50 letter that theresa may wrote to the eu, then the reciprocal eu draft guidelines from the european council about how they might like to former negotiations and suddenly, as it would seem, out of nowhere, gibraltar exploded, where it seems that spain would be given a veto over any future eu trade deal with gibraltar. clearly, as you mention, that has upse

mark selby is through to the semifinals of the world snooker championship.t astonishing he had ever seen. he dominated his match against marco fu winning13—3 with a session to spare. 143 is the highest of the tournament so far and the world number one himself called ita the world number one himself called it a freak break. it was good practice because i was never in position, i kept putting silly balls from nowhere. i ported a black in the middle and read down the rail. at about 200 miles an hour. when i got to the black i was more nervous than in any other part of the match. iam than in any other part of the match. i am really happy to have knocked that final black in and it was a frea ky that final black in and it was a freaky break. ronnie o'sullivan and ding junhui freaky break. ronnie o'sullivan and dingjunhui are freaky break. ronnie o'sullivan and ding junhui are into the final session of their match. the rocket began 10—6 down and is now 11—8 down and he looks like he is on course for a 147. ten reds, nine blacks. this will be his tent. a break of 80

he will face mark selby, whoever wins this, in the semifinal. told congress that an advanced missile defence system will be operational in south korea in the coming days. in recent weeks the us has deployed warships and a submarine to the peninsular. that is prompted an angry response. the head of the pacific command, admiral harry harris, told the house armed services committee that the united states did not want to topple the north korean leader, kim jong un. he called on china, pyongyang's closest ally, to face up to its responsibilities. recent actions by beijing are encouraging and welcome but the fact remains that china is as responsible for where north korea is today as north korea itself. in confronting the reckless north korean regime it is critical that we are guided by a strong sense of resolve, privately and publicly, but diplomatically and militarily. as president trump undersecretary have made clear, all options are on the table. we want to bring kimjong options are on the table. we want to bring kim jong un options are on the tabl

defending champion mark selby thrashed qualifier fergal o'brien in his opening match at the world snookerne 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 shot from the tenth hole at the rbc heritage in south carolina. this alligator was lying in wait clearly eager for a slice of the action. poulter had to take penalty drop for his ball going into the water and was worried the alligator might snatch his club, or maybe something more substantial... webb simpson's caddy managed to scare the reptile away. poulter unsurprisingly double bogied the hole. but