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10—6 up against chinese youngster yan bingtao after the afternoon session — on the other table mark selby which gets under way at 7pm across the bbc. now to a stand out performance from 16 year old jessicca gadirova at the european gymnastics championships. who picked up gold in the floor today, it was her third medal of the event in basel, adding to the silver she won in the vault and the bronze in the all around. as gb finished second on the medal table. i caught up with former british gymnast beth tweddle earlier to get her reactions on her perfromance. absolutely incredible. going into this championship, we knew she had the potential wejust this championship, we knew she had the potential we just never know, 18 months of the competition and she moved from junior to senior. it can be very different. but yes, she started of solid and qualifications and to be honest, shejust got more and to be honest, shejust got more and more confident throughout the championships and to hear that national anthem today was really special. national anthem today was really secial. ., ., . ., special. you

mark selby, has the advantage over mark williams of wales after the first session of their match — thecester�* is 6—2 up in that one. and anthony mcgill, who knocked out ronnie 0'sullivan in the last round, is giving stuart bingham a run for his money. mcgill won the last frame of the morning session to square the match at four—all. they'll start again at seven o'clock — live coverage across the bbc. with just two months to go until the start of wimbledon, the all england club has been laying out its plans for this year's championships. it was the only grand slam last year to be cancelled because of the pandemic — this year organisers say they're hoping to allow at least ten thousand spectators each day. we've also been told that from next year — there'll be no traditional rest day on the middle sunday. i've been speaking to our tennis correspondent russell fuller, who started by telling me about this summer's plans for a crowd. we have a minimum figure in that there will be at least 25% of the spectators inside the all even club come the end ofjune. all being well. but the hope from t

mark selby raced through his quarterfinal against fellow 3 time champion mark williams with a session he hopes that is a good omen, he beat maco fu13—3 in the 2017 quarters and went on to win the title. selby will face stuart bingham in what promises to be another great crucible match up. bingham pulled through in an epic quarterfinal against anthony mcgill, bingham won by xxx you may have seen over the last week, the german gymnast sarah voss and some of her teamates at the european championships, competing in full—body suits, not traditional leotards. the german gymnastics association said that the move was a stand against sexualisation. voss has been speaking to the bbc. the reason we did it was to feel more comfortable and be a role model for young gymnasts who don't feel very safe in every situation when they compete especially limited to scripts and jumps and sometimes the leotards are not covering everything so some girls click this point, yes this beautiful sport. so that's why it's a great option for everyone to stay in the sport they love and don't think about anything else

the last of mark selby�*s three titles at the crucible was four years ago but he looked to be in good005 champion shaun murphy leads yan bingtao10—6. more live action this evening on bbc two and the bbc sport website and app. sometimes in sport you have those days where everything goes right and ravindra jadeja definitely had one of those for chennai super kings today in the indian premier league. he equalled the competition record for most runs by a batsman in an over — hitting 37 in the final over against royal challengers bangalore which included five sixes. he also took three wickets and had this direct—hit to run out dan christian as chennai won by 69 runs to go top of the ipl. not a bad days work! that's all from sportsday. thank you for your company. the cracked thank you for your company. dry the cracked ground, very dry and particularly across england and wales, through the week ahead, a few scattered showers in the forecast but once again, things are turning cold showers in the forecast but once again, things are a rning coldm w, seen for a while. making its way to thew--.”

three—time winner mark selby is through. o a commanding 13—3 win and will play 2015 winner stuart bingham for the right to play the decider. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. it took till the into the month before they started to make an appearance, but april showers feature quite heavily in the forecast through the rest of this week and into the weekend. and don't expect things to warm up as we see april out and go into may. it is going to be on the chilly side. area of low pressure with this weather front, which brought rain to end wednesday across southern counties. continues to push away eastwards, opening the door to north to north easterly winds for all, all the way from the arctic. the blue colours indicating that cold air in place, and once again this morning, a fairly widespread frost away from the towns and city centres. that makes it every day in april so far, somewhere in the uk has seen a frost. lovely bright start, though, for many. one or two early showers, wales and the southwest, but the bulk of

three—time winner mark selby is through to the quarterfinals of the world snooker championship after another three—time winner mark williams for a place in the last four. 2005 champion shaun murphy was also a 13—7 winner over china's yan bingtao and he'll face world number onejudd trump who progressed earlier on monday as did stuart bingham. everything else you can find on the bbc sport website. and that's all the sport for now. hello again. this month has been a really dry month, particularly across parts of england and wales, where we've just recorded five millimetres of rainfall so far. and that's left the ground completely dried out, desiccated and cracked in places. but there are changes on the way. on monday, we started to see low pressure move in across scotland, and that brought some thicker cloud and finally some rain. and looking at the rainfall amounts that we're expecting through the rest of this week, we'll get around 5—10 millimetres of rain. in the grand scheme of things, that's not a huge amount, but it's easily doubling what we've seen for many so far this month. but

at the world snooker championship three—time winner mark selby eased through to the second round withoing the hard work prior to it missed. and that left selby an easy finish to confirm his place in the next round where he'll face northern ireland's mark allen. and its four frames all between ronnie 0'sullivan and anthony mcgill in their second—round contest, after scotland's mcgill won the last two frames of the session — to pile the pressure on the six—time world champion 0'sullivan. they'll continue play tomorrow morning. everything else, of course, the bbc sport website. but, that's all the sport for now. hello. it may have been warm in the sunshine today, it's another chilly night on the way. many of us, there is a risk of frost. it looks to be coldest across parts of eastern england. could be —1i into the morning. some areas of cloud in the far north east of scotland and the chance of a shower in the northern isles, still quite windy through the english channel and channel islands and into south west england. so, where that wind is strongest, you will avoid frost, but many of us

, and it's been a tight start so far between 2015 winner stuart bingham and three—time champion mark selbyrame of the afternoon session to level the match at a—all, with the first to 17 claiming a place in the final. while kyren wilson will take a 6—2 lead into tomorrow afternoon's second session of his semifinal against shaun murphy. after losing the opening frame last year's beaten finalist wilson reeled off five in a row before 2005 champion murphy stopped the rot, but wilson claimed the final frame of the evening to hold the upper hand. wigan warriors have continued their 100% start to the superleague season with victory over hull fc. but there will now be an investigation after an allegation of on—field racist comments aimed at the hull player andre savelio. the referee placed the incident on report. wigan went on to win the game 16 points to iii, winger jake bibby with the final try. poppy cleall has been voted this year's women's six nations player of the championship. the england backrower is the first player to win the award voted for by the public. the red roses won the title for

meanwhile, you can follow all the action in the other semifinal between mark selby and stuart binghamwith high pressure dominating, that's led for some chilly nights and i can confirm now that april 2021 was the frostiest on record. those clear skies also lead to plenty of sunshine and it could be one of the sunniest along with the driest on record as well. you with the driest on record as well. may avoid the sh anywhere you may avoid the showers but almost anywhere could catch a passing shower. some of these heavy showers bringing hailand shower. some of these heavy showers bringing hail and thunder later on. most of them should fade away overnight. it is going to be another frosty night. for some of us, a touch of frost first thing sunday morning. again, a lot of sunshine and similarto morning. again, a lot of sunshine and similar to saturday. the cloud will tend to bill during the afternoon. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. tragedy in israel — at least 45 people were killed in a stampede at a religious festival. all of a sudden,

looking out for the usual suspects, players you are looking out for the usualsuspects, really, mark selbyo has produced a performance, that was nothing short of magnificent. so he's got to be in there. john higgins will have a good run, he is attend to one—shot for most people, if anyone is into having a little dabble with something to watch my think higgins is matched, but he is as good as any he has played this season. so he is and with a big shout, and you know what you are getting with him. so of the usual suspects you would expect, but always a few shocks here and there through the tournament. i think it will be one of the big boys who will be winning. john parrot talkin: to who will be winning. john parrot talking to me — who will be winning. john parrot talking to me there _ who will be winning. john parrot talking to me there ahead - who will be winning. john parrot talking to me there ahead of. who will be winning. john parrot| talking to me there ahead of the world snooker championship. no fans for tennis. britain have won both of their opening message of their playoff against m

in the early stages between mark selby, the three—time world champion and mark allen.t the european gymnastics championships in switzerland. 16—year—old jessica gadirova has won silver in the vault, going one better than the bronze she took in the all—around event yesterday. a brilliant performance from her. home favourite guila steingruber claimed the gold medal in basel. amelie morgan has won bronze in the uneven bars, with russia's angelina melnikova taking gold. and there was also bronze forjoe fraser in the pommel, with gold going to artur davtyan of armenia. some good stories are there for great britain in the gymnastics. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. i will be back with another update a little later on this afternoon. medical experts are recommending that people who lose their sense of smell due to covid—i9 are offered smell training, rather than being treated with steroids. they suggest patients sniff different odours over a period of months to retrain the brain to recognise smells. professor carl philpott is a smell loss expe

and in the last few minutes, mark selby has clinched his place in the semi—finals. ad of a fellow former world champion mark williams, and lostjust one more frame, winning 13—3. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. i will see you again in the next hour. thank you very much. more and more uk towns and villages are being left without a bank branch or free to use cash machine because of closures. now some are starting back, starting up their own community banking hubs. our personal finance correspondent kevin peachy has been to one of them. it's market day in rochford, but since the last bank left town more than three years ago, locals and traders have had to travel miles to withdraw and deposit cash. until now. this former carpet shop is five banks in one, with a regular counter and mainstream bank staff visiting once a week for trickier transactions. we've had one lady that came in and said, "thank you, you've changed my life. " and that's not an understatement when they said we've got vulnerable members of the

at the world snooker championship, three—time winner mark selby eased through to the second round withafter doing the hard work prior to it he missed, and that left selby an easy finish to confirm his place in the next round where he'll face northern ireland's mark allen. and it's four frames all between ronnie o'sullivan and anthony mcgill in their second—round contest, after scotland's mcgill won the last three frames of the session to pile the pressure on the six—time world champion o'sullivan, and they'll be back on the table in the coming hours. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the team that's your sports news for now. elon musk has launched a one hundred million dollar prize to coincide with earth day to find new ways to remove carbon and put the brakes on global warming. it comes as many countries mark this annual environmental day in their own way, as mark lobel reports. a dazzling display for earth day. buddhist monks on zoom congregate virtually and 300,000 candles. translation: we came up with the theme

three—time winner mark selby is through to the quarter—finals of the world snooker championship after, winning four of the five frames in monday's evening session and will play another three—time winner mark williams for a place in the last four. 2005 champion shaun murphy was also a 13—7 winner over china's yan bingtao and he'll face world number one judd trump who went through earlier on monday as did stuart bingham. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me tulsen tollett and the rest of the team that's your sports news for now. our thanks to tolson tollett and the scene. —— team. before we go, we've got some incredible pictures of the first supermoon of 2021. a supermoon refers to a full moon that occurs when the moon's orbit is closest to earth — making it appear larger than life. this is how it appeared in istanbul on monday evening, over the city's galata tower at dusk. it was also seen in many other places around the world. these pictures come from venezuela. and earlier the supermoon was also seen in australia — these shots were

and coming up in the sport, on the bbc news channel — three—time winner mark selby is among the challengersmi—finals of the world snooker championship get under way in sheffield. good evening. people facing huge bills to replace flammable cladding on their flats have criticised a new fire safety law which came into force today. the new law is aimed at making homes safer following the grenfell tower fire, in which 72 people died. but campaigners argue it does nothing to help current leaseholders whose homes have dangerous cladding and are having to bear the huge cost of removing it from properties. the government has set up a £5 billion fund to help pay towards the costs — but only for the tallest buildings. others are now being offered loans. our business correspondent sarah corker reports. who should pay to fix britain's dangerous buildings? from london to leeds, merseyside to manchester, hundreds of thousands of leaseholders are living in flats wrapped in flammable materials. after grenfell, they never thought they'd have to foot the bill. we are determined that no leaseholder should have

and three—time winner mark selby is also into the final four. n his way to a commanding 13—3 win. he'll now play stuart bingham who beat anthony mcgill13—12. to tennis and the top seed alexander zverev is safely through to the quarter—finals of the bmw open in munich. the world number 6 and home favourite beat lithuania's lucky loser ricardas berankis in straight sets to reach the last four. zverev — a two—time former champion — won 6—2, 6—4, and will now face the belarussian qualifier ilya ivashka. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport.but from me tt and the rest of the team that's your sports news for now michael collins, one of the three us astronauts who flew to the moon in 1969, has died at the age of 90. it was his job to keep the apollo 11 command module orbiting the moon, while his crewmates neil armstrong and buzz aldrin stepped onto the planet's surface for the very first time. you neil armstrong, buzz aldrin, and michael collins achieved you hael collins achieved something extraordinary that, even

three—time champion mark selby is the favourite out of the last four and he's in action now.ctures from sheffield. selby is up against 2015 champion stuart bingham who has taken the first frame. it's the first to 16 frames played over three days. you can watch on bbc two or the bbc sport website. tonight sees kyren wilson against shaun murphy. executives at clubs involved in the failed european super league have been forced to resign from advisory roles at the premier league — the other 1a premier league clubs have felt betrayed by the move and demanded that the clubs�* representatives step down. manchester united, liverpool, manchester city, arsenal and chelsea will now no longer have representatives on the club broadcast advisory board or in advisory roles concerning strategy and auditing. tottenham, which were also part of the breakaway group, didn't have any executives in such roles. the resignations won't affect the six clubs�* voting rights in the premier league. the number of inactive adults rose by 1.2 million, by the time the country locked down for a second time, in

lot tighter in the other semi—final, which resumes at 7 o'clock — they were level overnight and mark selbyre, media and sport, oliver dowden says the process of allowing fans in to the crucible is going �*really well.�* this year's world snooker championship has been used as a test event for getting spectators back to live sport — with capacity set to be at 100 per cent for the final. and the chairman of world snooker, jason ferguson, says it's great to have fans back. i think for us as a monumental moment and to see fans again coming back year after year. we ran this event behind closed doors last year and it has been a really emotional to see people who have come here and actually seeing people that they met two years ago for the first time in a long time. for them, two years ago for the first time in a long time. forthem, it two years ago for the first time in a long time. for them, it is been great, for our players in the sports as well. and year after year, week after week, as well. and year after year, week afterweek, being as well. and year after year, week after week, being very yo

the world snooker championship semifinals are continuing today with mark selby and stuart bingham currentlyr were tied at 4—1; overnight. it's been tight but selby, who is chasing a fourth world title, just has the edge leading 9—7. it's the first to 17 frames, they'll be back this evening. this afternoon's session sees last year's finallist, kyren wilson, and shaun murphy in the other semifinal. wilson leads 6—2. valtteri bottas looks determined to make up for crashing out of the last f1 race in italy. he topped the time sheets in first practice for this weekend's portuguese grand prix. the finnish driver was two hundredths of a second quicker than red bull's max verstappen around the undulating circuit in portimao. but his mercedes team mate and championship leader lewis hamilton was almost a third of a second slower in 5th place. jodi ewart shadoff and bronte law are the highest placed brits after round 2 of the women's world championship in singapore. they are tied for 12th on 6 under. south korean pair hee young park and inbee park are currently tied in the lead on 11—under, with hee y

four—time winner mark selby and stuart bingham and continuing theirfinal selby and stuart bingham andas the edge. he is leading by 9—7. the first of 17 frames will reach the final. 0n the other semifinal, last year's finalist leeds against shaun murphy. they resume tomorrow morning. nas grenadiers have will increase their lead of the tour... after stage four in switzerland. they take the stage victory and move into the overall... it is up to second place and he is 14 places behind. crash cost is to make the leap. that is all spot for now. good evening. the weather for the month of april has been pretty quiet, hasn't it? with high—pressure dominating, that's led for some chilly nights and i can confirm now that april 2021 was the frostiest on record. those clear skies also lead to plenty of sunshine and it could be one of the sunniest along with the driest on record as well. one of the reasons we cannot firm up on that, well, that's because we've seen some april showers in the last few days, so those rainfall totals need totting up and as you can see quite clearly, earlier on, there's

three—time winner mark selby is through to the quarterfinals of the world snooker championship after as also a 13—7 winner over china's yan bingtao, and he'll face world number onejudd trump, who progressed earlier on monday as did stuart bingham. everything else, you can find on the bbc sport website. but that's all your sport for now. hello again. this month has been a really dry month, particularly across parts of england and wales, where we've just recorded five millimetres of rainfall so far. and that's left the ground completely dried out, desiccated and cracked in places. but there are changes on the way. on monday, we started to see low pressure move in across scotland, and that brought some thicker cloud and finally some rain. 5—10 millimetres falling fairly widely. in the grand scheme of things, that's not a huge amount, but it's easily double what many of us have seen so far this very dry month. now, over the next few hours, some of that rain will be trickling its way southwards across northern ireland into northern england, the north midlands, north wales. with the cloud,

two former champions, mark selby and stuart bingham, battle it out for a place in the final of the world championship. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. at least 44 people have died, and at least have been injured, in a crush at a religious festival in the north—east of israel. the prime minister benjamin netanyahu has described it as one of the worst disasters in the country's history. tens of thousands of orthodox jews attended the lag b'omerfestival, which takes places every year at the foot of mount meron, making it the largest event in the country since the coronavirus pandemic began. a warning that you may find some of the images in yolande knell�*s report distressing. a celebration about to turn into tragedy. men and boys were leaving the religious festival when sam slipped on steps, causing the deadly crash. in their desperation, some tried ripping away metal barricades. all of a sudden we saw paramedics running by, doing cpr on kids. one after the other started coming ambulances. we understood something was going on here. fine ambulances. we understood something

three—time winner mark selby is through. showers feature quite heavily in the forecast through the rest of this week and into the weekend. and don't expect things to warm up as we see april out and go into may. it is going to be on the chilly side. area of low pressure with this weather front, which brought rain to end wednesday across southern counties. continues to push away eastwards, opening the door to north to northeasterly winds for all, all the way from the arctic. the blue colours indicating that cold air in place, and once again this morning, a fairly widespread frost away from the towns and city centres. that makes it every day in april so far, somewhere in the uk has seen a frost. lovely bright start, though, for many. one or two early showers, wales and the southwest, but the bulk of the showers will be north east england, eastern scotland, northern ireland. some of these could be heavy with hail and thunder. just watch how they develop to the day — become a bit more widespread, pushing a bit further southwards.

meanwhile, you can follow all the action in the other semifinal between mark selby and stuart binghamare lot of us. cloud bubbling up through the day. bringing hit and miss heavy showers of the afternoon. you may avoid them but almost anywhere could catch a passing shower. temperature is about seven to 13 degrees, some of the showers bringing hail and thunder later on. most of them should fade away overnight as we head into sunday. with light winds clear skies and cold air mass, it's going to be another frosty night. for some of us, a touch of frost first thing to sunday morning. a lot of sunshine, very similar to saturday. during the afternoon, the cloud will be billed, bringing that scattering of heavy showers. feeling this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. finau is begin for the victims of the stampede in israel. at least 45 people died at a crowded jewish festival. several states in india report they're running out of vaccines. the us will now restrict travel from the country starting next week. the actor noel clarke says he's deeply

, and it's been a tight start so far between 2015 winner stuart bingham and three—time champion mark selbylead into tomorrow afternoon's second session of his semifinal against shaun murphy. after losing the opening frame last year's beaten finalist wilson reeled off five in a row before 2005 champion murphy stopped the rot, but wilson claimed the final frame of the evening to hold the upper hand. wigan warriors have continued their 100% start to the superleague season with victory over hull fc. but there will now be an investigation after an allegation of on—field racist comments aimed at the hull player andre savelio. the referee placed the incident on report. wigan went on to win the game 16 points to 14, winger jake bibby with the final try. poppy cleall has been voted this year's women's six nations player of the championship. the england backrower is the first player to win the award voted for by the public. the red roses won the title for the third consecutive year and they face france in a friendly tomorrow in a repeat of last weekend's final. britain'sjohanna konta has made a good

at the world snooker championship, three—time winner mark selby eased through to the second round withames of the session — to pile the pressure on the six—time world champion 0'sullivan. they'll continue play tomorrow morning. everything else, of course, the bbc sport website. but that's all the sport for now. hello. another cold night out there for april, another frost to start friday for many, temperatures as low as —3, —4 in a few areas. frost—free in the far north of scotland. this is where we'll start the day with some cloud, the cloud sitting in place through the night. maybe the odd shower from that cloud during the day across parts of shetland, but for most, it's the story of clear blue skies. and then the high cloud develops, which could turn the sunshine little bit hazy. now, for many of you, it's another day of light winds, feeling pleasant in the sunshine, but around the south coast and in towards the southwest, we could see winds gust 30—40, maybe 45 mph. that'll limit the temperature rises here, but across some western areas, particularly northwest england and north wale

williams will play mark allen or mark selby next.he quarterfinals. he beat barry hawkins by 13 by ten frames to ten. wilson will face neil robertson next. shaun murphy leads yan bingtao 6—2 in last night's other match — they'll resume today. there was more success for great britain at the european gymnastics championships in switzerland with a second medal in as many days for 16—year—old jessica gadirova. she won silver in the vault, going one better than the bronze she took in the all—around event. home favourite guila steingruber claimed the gold medal in basel. and joe fraser and amelie morgan won bronze medals on the pommel and uneven bars respectively. you can watch highlights of those european championships right now on bbc two but right now here it is time for the papers. hello and welcome to our look at what's in the sunday papers. with me to discuss them are arejames rampton, who's features editor at the independent, and sian griffiths, who's education editor at the sunday times. good morning, both of you. we have got plenty

mark selby at the snicker championships made his way through after easing to a victory.st two frames of the session to put the pressure on the six—time world champion 0'sullivan. they will continue to play tomorrow morning. how is your snicker? anchor: pretty lousy to be honest. thank you. documents released at the high court today have shed more light on how ppe contracts were awarded at the start of the pandemic last year. they suggest there was a controversial vip route that allowed certain companies to fast track the process. our special correspendent lucy manning has more. well, over the last year, the bbc has revealed details of millions of gowns and facemasks that couldn't be used because they didn't meet the right standards, and there's been concern over this vip route. this was where mps, ministers, officials could refer companies, and they would get on this route and many of them did get more contracts to supply ppe. well, the good law project, a campaign group, took the government to court over some of these deals. there's been a hearing today. e—mails have be

mark selby and stuart bingham resume later this evening. match on bbc two from 7:30. ineos grenadiers have relinquished their lead of the tour of romandie after stage four of the race in switzerland. a late breakaway by marc soler saw the spaniard take the stage victory and move into the overall lead. britain's geraint thomas finished in the chasing pack and is up to second place, but is fourteen seconds adrift. a crash cost his ineos team mate rohan dennis the lead. we'll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. one of our main stories here today. it's emerged that boris johnson's personal mobile phone number has been available online for 15 years. it appears on a press release from 2006, when the prime minister was a junior member of the shadow cabinet. the labour leader keir starmer says the pm's number being in the public domain �*carries a security risk.�* the chancellor rishi sunak says part of the prime minister's appeal is that he�*s �*incredibly approachable.�* the revelation comes amid heightened scrutiny of access to poli

on the other table, mark selby leads mark williams 6—2.ng in the 80s. hurricane higgins, rememberall that? {371 80s. hurricane higgins, remember all that? , ., , �*, that? of course, of course. there's still some — that? of course, of course. there's still some good _ that? of course, of course. there's still some good action _ that? of course, of course. there's still some good action to _ that? of course, of course. there's still some good action to be - that? of course, of course. there's still some good action to be seen i that? of course, of course. there's| still some good action to be seen in modern snooker, give it a try. absolutely i take your word for it because i know you're a demon with a pool you. the queen has been photographed carrying out an official public engagement, the first since the death of her husband the duke of edinburgh earlier this month. the monarch, who's 95, held virtual audiences at windsor castle via video—link earlier today with the ambassadors of latvia and the ivory coast. our royal correspondent daniela

of snooker�*s world championship at the crucible is just getting under way with former winners mark selbybutant sam craigie. on the other table it was just as tight with shaun murphy trailing mark davis by a single frame. britain's simon yates has retained the lead at the tour of the alps after stage three, as he prepares for the giro d'italia next month. italy's gianni moscon, in the dark blue of the british ineos grenadiers team, was fastest to finish from a breakaway to win stage three. yates finished safely in the main group, saving energy for the hardest stage of the race tomorrow. he currently leads by 45 seconds. that's all the sport for now. president biden has urged americans to come together to confront systemic racism, after a white police officer was found guilty of murdering an unarmed black man george floyd. mr biden said the conviction of derek chauvin could be a giant step forward in the march towards justice in america. chauvin had been filmed kneeling on the neck of mr floyd for more than nine minutes during his arrest in the city last may. the sentencing is due to take

on the other table mark selby leads mark williams 6—2 with the evening session under way where there'st for now. my my daughter's favourite colour is the colour of your tire. i will try and get one myself. somebody actually gave me this. another reason. your doctor has good taste. i want to claim it as my idea but somebody else by thank you. that's your daughter has good taste. the latest government figures on coronavirus show 2,685 new infections in the latest 24—hour period — which means an average of 2,332 new cases per day in the last week. and there are just over 16 hundred people in hospital with coronavirus — the number continues to fall. 17 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours — of people who'd had a positive covid—19 test within the previous 28 days. these figures are often lower on a monday the average number the total number of uk deaths is now 127,451. onto vaccinations, and a total of nearly 34 million people have now had their firstjab. the overall number who've had their second jab, is now 13 point two million. our health editor hugh pym has been looking at how each

and mark selby is also in the final four. trump and shaun murphy were tied at 4—4 going into this session. anthony mcgill led stuart bingham 9—7 overnight. that's live on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. next thursday, people in many parts of england will get the chance to elect their local councillors, who are responsible for running services such as schools and bin collections. 0n the same day there will be a by—election to elect a new mp in the uk constituency of hartlepool. victoria derbyshire is spending the day there for us, but first she's been taking a closer look at the demographics of the town. just over 90,000 people live in hartlepool, and it's a town that has had a labour mp since the seat was created in 1974. hartlepool is one of the most deprived areas in the country. over 33% of children in the town are eligible for free school meals. average earnings in hartlepool are 7% lower than the national average. life expectancy is also below the national average, and the hartlepool by—election will

three—time world champion mark selby became the last player to secure his place in the last eight wither take it for granted that it is a really difficult thing to talk about, so i am grateful. this is from nicola who says, thank you for giving us the opportunity to share our experience of miscarriage. in december i had my miscarriage, despite my pregnancy symptoms had completely stopped at around eight to nine weeks. having had a miscarriage the year before. i know it is normal to have varying symptoms in pregnancy, so i do not blame the midwife, but it would have been good to have an early scan rather than wait for the devastating news at 12 weeks. this was just the beginning of a horrible experience as after multiple scans i was told there was no baby, just empty pregnancy sacks, possibly twins, and they suspected it to be a partial molar pregnancy. then lock down two so all my appointments were cancelled. eventually i was booked in for surgery almost a month after my 12 scan. now, more than four months later, after i found out i had lost my baby is i still do not know what happened

championship and it's been a tight start so far between 2015 winner stuart bingham and three—time champion mark selbyen wilson faces shaun murphy in the second semi later this evening. the number of adults in england classed as inactive had risen by 1.2 million, as the country was locked down for a second time in november. sport england has found that over 12 million people did less than half an hour's physical activity a week, compared to last year. their chief executive tim hollingsworth says more must be done to help encourage people from all backgrounds to get active. the worst element of this, in some ways, is the fact that it just confirms what we already knew, that this is not a level playing field for community sport and being active in people's lives. there are barriers to entry for certain parts of our community which the pandemic has made worse. definitely, social economic circumstance matters. young people particularly have suffered during the pandemic and i think we need to look very hard at that and why is it that our 16—24—year—olds have actually been one of the least active groups ove

the last quarter final match is between mark allen and mark selby.ir anthony hopkins took home the award for best actor, while daniel kaluuya won best supporting actor, and emerald fennell scooped best screenplay for promising young woman. nomadland took home several awards, with chloe zhao becoming the first woman of colour to win best director. the pandemic meant it was a pared down ceremony, as our entertainment correspondent colin paterson reports. the year the oscars were held in a train station best picture went to a film about a van. nomadland. francis mcdormand plays a woman who has lost herjob and her husband and takes to the roads to find work and community. no, i'm not homeless. i'm just houseless. she celebrated by encouraging people to go back to the cinema and then paid tribute to the film's sound mixer michael wolf snyder, who took his own life last month. we give this one to our wolf. she howls. she also won best actress for a third time, while the film's director chloe zhao became only the second woman in the 93 year history of the o

mark selby and stuart bingham are tied at 4—4 going into the morning session of their semifinal at thehaun murphy was left twiddling his thumbs and hardly had a look in. so, wilson has a 6—2 lead going into this afternoon's semi—final at the world snooker championships, but it's a new day and he still needs 11 more if he is to make the final. that's all the sport for now. around a third of all the people in the uk are living in areas that have not reported any covid deaths in april, according to bbc news analysis. health experts welcomed the progress but said we should remain cautious to avoid another wave of cases. naomi grimley has been looking at the numbers. getting back to normal is something we all want to do. and some areas of the country already seem in a good place. take plymouth, for example. home to more than a quarter of million people, it's not seen a covid death in the last 58 days. oxford has not reported a covid death occurring in the last 60 days. in fact, as this map by the bbc�*s data unit shows, more than four out of ten uk councils have not reported any covid death

this afternoon we've got four former champions in action — mark selby v mark williams and judd trumpix hours later. his friends and family have described him as a "hero" and called for him to be honoured. jon donnison reports. tributes to a young man considered by many a modern day hero. folajimi 0lubunmi—adewole dived into the thames at night to try and save a stranger. she was rescued, along with another man who also jumped in. jimi's parents, heartbroken, told us they wanted to talk about how proud they were of their son. he is my friend. if i am at home, he always come to me, and we are really friends. this is my son's clothes. i can't sleep since friday. i use his clothes to cover myself and smell folajimi's body on his clothes. jimi's friend bernard was with him and saw what happened. i could hearjimi screaming my name. it was just pitch black everywhere. i was just trying to see if i could see him. he just kept screaming my name. i got on the cliff, but all i could hear was my name just echoing. atjimi's old school this week, pupils and teachers gathered to clap for two minute

mark selby and stuart bingham were in action this morning, resuming at a—a. a junior member of the shadow cabinet. the revelation comes amid heightened scrutiny of access to politicians, following the recent controversy over lobbying. i�*m joined by data security consultant and founder of ka—zient privacy experts, jamal ahmed. it's it�*s good to see you, jamal, thank you for being with us on bbc news. how much concern should we all have about the fact that the prime minister�*s personal mobile number has been out there for so long? thank you for having me, clive. the fact that the prime minister�*s phone number has been publicly available for 15 years now is absolutely ridiculous and raises alarm bells across all security levels. if you think back to last year, whenjeff bezos had his phone hacked and he did an urgent investigation into that. the reason he had his phone hackedis that. the reason he had his phone hacked is because somebody in his contact sent him a message, he clicked on that link and all of his private messages about his divorce and other sens

mark selby and stuart bingham were tied at four frames a piece overnight, and it's still very tight. as fans were welcomed back to the event a year after covid—19 forced it to go to a virtual format. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. bafta has suspended the actor and director noel clarke just weeks after he received one of its top awards — following allegations of sexual harassment and bullying. sky television also says the actor will not be involved in any of their future productions, as well as vertigo films. the actor — who appeared in films including "kidulthood" and tv shows like "doctor who" — vehemently denies any misconduct or wrongdoing. tim muffett reports. viewpoint, itv�*s new police drama starring noel clarke. the actor made his first tv appearance more than 20 years ago. and there have been many more since then. but it's his work behind the camera that has won him huge critical acclaim with the likes of the hood trilogy of kidulthood, adulthood and brotherhood. earlier this month, he received an outstanding contribution award from ba

with mark selby and stuart bingham's tied at 4—4, going into the morning session. he can watch line of duty on the other side because he is a big fan and he made it clear on social media when he said he is a big fan of dcs carmichael. if you do not watch it, he seems to be one of the baddies. we don't know. inside, snooker, we will take you outside. we are going to northern ireland. that is beautiful. the reason the cameras are there is because things are opening up in connection with restrictions. fora moment, opening up in connection with restrictions. for a moment, are you looking at this, matt? a beautiful scene. skies like that across most of the uk at the moment but can i contrast it with the image behind me here. it is made tomorrow. snow on the ground in the north—east of scotland this morning. a crazy month, april. frost every morning somewhere in the uk. today, while we have sunshine in northern ireland, we have showers also. a beautiful rainbow captured here. we are watching what is happening to the west, and this will bring more wet weather into monday.

mark selby started the day 6—2 ahead of mark williams and he has stormed further ahead, taking the firstts following the resignation of alex allan from the post in november last year. according to the government, he has agreed with the prime minister that he will begin by ascertaining the facts surrounding the refurbishment of the downing street flat and advise the prime minister on any further registration of interest that might be needed. this comes hot on the heels by the announcement by the electoral commission that it is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence or offences may have occurred in relation to the refurbishment of that downing street flat. there is lord geidt the crossbench peer appointed as the new independent adviser on ministers' interests. back to that statement from the electoral commission. we have been in contact with the conservative party since late march and have conducted an assessment of the information they have provided to us. we are satisfied they are reasonable grounds to suspect an offence or offences may have occurred, ther

first up at the crucible is mark selby against stuart bingham.abour leader sir keir starmer who said the affair is becoming "farcical". we can speak now to professor david howarth, a former member of the electoral commission and a former liberal democrat mp. none welcome. thank you very much forjoining us. yesterday said the electoral commission was satisfied that there were reasonable grounds to suspect an offence or offences may have occurred. what do you think about that, coming directly before this all kicks off?— this all kicks off? well, i have no insiiht this all kicks off? well, i have no insight on _ this all kicks off? well, i have no insight on what _ this all kicks off? well, i have no insight on what is _ this all kicks off? well, i have no insight on what is happening, - this all kicks off? well, i have no| insight on what is happening, but this all kicks off? well, i have no i insight on what is happening, but it sounds to me as if it's the ordinary normal process that the commission goes through when a complaint arises when it see

williams will play mark allen or mark selby next.ns to end her season in style — including one aboard frodon, who she rode to victory in the king george chase last year. there was more success for great britain at the european gymnastics championships in switzerland with a second medal in as many days for 16—year—old jessica gadirova. she won silver in the vault — going one better than the bronze she took in the all—around event. home favourite giulia steingruber claimed the gold medal in basel. joe fraser and amelie morgan won bronze medals in their individual events. a bit ofa a bit of a slow start in the gymnastics but we are finally getting on the podium but this appointment for max whitlock, olympic champion in the all—round and pommel horse. he went to focus on the pommel horse and fell in qualifying and did not make it through. qualifying and did not make it throu~h. , ., through. oh, my. not in'ured? 0k? apparently nothing _ through. oh, my. not in'ured? 0k? apparently nothing to _ through. oh, my. not injured? 0k? apparently

three—time world champion mark selby is through to the quarterfinals of the world snooker championship the season. in a career that has spanned two decades, williams represented england 172 times. she has won the wsl twice with liverpool, alongside winning the fa cup with everton and arsenal. former england team mate karen carney says that williams is one of the best. for me, it was probably the most technical player i've ever played with and i think... how she saw the game and was actually too quick for her own good at times. and i think in her new career, everyone will be able to see how she sees the game, how intelligent she is as a player. she had it all. talking about fara williams who announced yesterday she will continue with her coaching badges and hope media career. it will be very interesting to see her in management.— very interesting to see her in manauement. ~ ., �* ., ,, very interesting to see her in manauement. ~ ., �* ., management. wouldn't it? thank you ve much. management. wouldn't it? thank you very much. incredible _ management. wouldn't it? thank you very much. i