emma raducanu has — coaching staff or visitors.ve l coaching staff or visitors. emma - raducanu has made a massive name for herself, she has parted company with a coach. what did she have to say? she will be looking for a fourth coachin she will be looking for a fourth coach in just she will be looking for a fourth coach injust nine months after the decision to part company with her german coach. he has had a great deal of success grand slam level. it has been a very short partnership. they have been hindered by a few injury problems, the fact that she cocked covid just before christmas and that meant that pre—season preparations were runes. it is another very swift decision to move on. these decisions are driven by herfather, that on. these decisions are driven by her father, that may not be hugely surprising given that she has only relatively recently turned 19 and played on a first full year on tour. by played on a first full year on tour. by making these decisions, it means she is not getting that extra stability she might need

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it's also the first time raducanu has won back to back matches this year. o'sullivan has made a good start in his second round match against mark allen — the six—time champion leads 6 frames to 2. three—time champion mark williams is already into the quarterfinals. he thrashed jackson page in their second round match — winning 13 frames to 3 — which also included six breaks above 100. i'll have more for you in the next hour but that's all the sport for now. the prime minister is on an official visit to india, where he's announced plans for a new defence and security partnership. borisjohnson said he'd told negotiators to complete a bilateral free trade deal with new delhi by the autumn. but at a news conference, he continued to face questions from journalists over his leadership, after mps demanded a parliamentary investigation into whether he misled them over lockdown breaches. did you ask prime minister modi to use his influence? on trade, the free trade agreement, considering the number of party investigations, are you sure you will be still be prime min

raducanu fought hard to win it 7—5, 7-5. raducanu fought hard to win it 7—5, 7—5.he procession, the vatican's version of what happens there in bethlehem, marking the procession that christ took before he was executed by the romans. the birth of christianity there. here, we see rome's version of that inside the vatican. they sing. pope francis praying. it is interesting that as a result of what is happening in ukraine, the pope who is described —— has described weapons' who is described —— has described weapons�* purchases as who is described —— has described weapons' purchases as stains on humanity, said in an interview today, head of the ceremony, via crucis, i do notjustify buying arms, but i understand governments that do it because we have to defend ourselves. you're watching bbc news. hello. many of us have had some pretty good weather in the last couple of days. today, friday, will miss day of the year so far with highs of up to 22 degrees in london. 20 degrees reached in many other areas and saturday should be about as warm again with sunny spells on the way

and emma raducanu rises to the occasion as she wins her first professional match on clay in the billiejeancome along to sportsday. after five years as england captain, joe root�*s time leading the team has come to an end. root holds the record for the highest number of matches and wins as skipper, but he has now stepped down, citing the toll the role has taken on him. patrick gearey reports. sometimes you don't need schools or even words, just a face. this was joe root at the end of england's series defeat, their fourth joe root at the end of england's series defeat, theirfourth in a row, and that would prove to be the end of his captaincy. this morning a statement closed the end of five year innings. he said... eventually, ou do year innings. he said... eventually, you do start — year innings. he said... eventually, you do start to _ year innings. he said... eventually, you do start to realise, _ year innings. he said... eventually, you do start to realise, however- you do start to realise, however passionate you are about the job, those jobs grab you. one of the things you have to say is

raducanu fought hard to win 7—5, 7—5. that's all the sport for now.ty have discovered that cats can remember the name of their owners and their feline friends. joining me now is celia haddon, an author and cat expert from gloucestershire. tell us more about this research and what it shows. it’s tell us more about this research and what it show-— what it shows. it's the culmination of various bits _ what it shows. it's the culmination of various bits of _ what it shows. it's the culmination of various bits of research - what it shows. it's the culmination of various bits of research which . of various bits of research which shows cats can recognise their names compared with random words and they can recognise their names from the names of other cats and then they started showing photos and the cats looked more carefully when the name did not match the photos. it's a possibility that if they were shown a picture of the owner and the wrong name that they also may have had some recognition of the owner's name. i don't think it means that they have a very

and emma raducanu rises to the occasion as she wins her first professional match on clay in the billiejean

raducanu fought hard to win 7—5, 7—5.after having wrist surgery. the american fractured a bone in his hand and injured his hip when he slipped on a marble floor while playing table tennis in february. he will be out for around two months and is unlikely to feature in the us pga in may. that's all the sport for now. brain tumours are the most common cancer killer in people under 40. brain tumour patients at addenbrooke's hospital in cambridge are having their cancer genomes — the entire dna — sequenced. the aim is that tumour mapping will lead to more accurate diagnosis. a warning — this report from our medical editor fergus walsh contains images of brain surgery. i've got a rough idea of what's going to happen. i'm going to be partially awake, but i'm going to be woken up during the surgery. daniel is just 34. he's on his way to theatre for brain surgery. i think that's the most scared about is being awake and having someone rooting around in my head. daniel has a large brain tumour, the round white area at the top of thi

raducanu — playing herfirst tour match on clay — won comfortably 6—1, 6—2. the third—highest number of test runs scored in a calendar year. that came despite england winning only four tests in 2021, with root stepping down from the captaincy last week. you can see who wisden�*s named as its five cricketers of the year on the bbc sport website, but from all of us here that's all your sport for now. he's a world—renowned biologist, environmentalist and veteran broadcaster of more than 60 years standing. sir david attenborough becomes an official "champion of the earth" on thursday as he receives a lifetime achievement award from the united nations environment programme. sir david's new honour celebrates his career—long efforts to protect and restore nature, as our climate editor, justin rowlatt, reports. and let me just say that we are deeply honoured to... like so much of life today, this award ceremony was conducted over the internet, but there was nothing virtual about sir david's delight. oh, you have the award, wow! and i am truly, truly extremely honoure

it's the first time raducanu has won back—to—back matches this year."illogical". the russian — who's through to the quarter—finals of the serbia open — is one of three top—10 players, along with fellow russian daniil medvedev and aryna sabalenka of belarus, who cannot play in south west london this summer. wimbledon made the decision to ban the players because of the invasion of ukraine. swimming's world governing body fina has suspended russian olympic gold medallist evgeny rylov for nine months after he attended a rally in moscow in support of russia's military campaign in ukraine. rylov, who won gold in 100 and 200 metres backstroke in tokyo last year, was among several athletes who attended the rally hosted by president vladimir putin. fina has already cancelled all its events that were set to take place in russia, and has barred russian and belarusian athletes and officials from taking part in its competitions until the end of the year. england's jack lisowski says he will wave a ukrainian flag if he beats neil robertson at the world snooker champ

a blister prevented emma raducanu playing after her earlier defeat to marketa vondrousova, so with thethe czech pair came out on top, 6—1, 7—5, on a very cold day in prague. snooker�*s world championship has got under way today. the defending champion is mark selby, and he's in action right now at the crucible in sheffield. you can watch it live on the bbc. selby led welshmanjamiejones 6—3 after the opening session of the tournament this morning. they will play to a finish this evening. selby looking for a fifth world title. that's on bbc four and the iplayer. it's also on the bbc sport website and app. selby leading 8—3. also in action and also on the website is the match between last year's runner—up shaun murphy and scotland's stephen maguire. it's 1-1. early stages of that. thatjust got under way this evening and will conclude tomorrow. that is all from us here on sportsday. thanks for watching. you can stay up—to—date on all the latest with the bbc sport website and app, but for me and the team, thatis and app, but for me and the team, that is all. hello. it was another glorious d

a blister prevented emma raducanu playing after her earlier defeat to marketa vondrousova, so with thep, 6—1, 7—5, on a very cold day in prague. britain could yet make the finals, as they are among the countries bidding to host this year's edition. defending champion mark selby has made a good start to his attempts to retain the world snooker championship in sheffield. selby has opened up a 6—3 lead over welshmanjamiejones in the opening session of the tournament, which runs for the next 17 days. ronnie 0'sullivan has also got his quest for a record equalling seventh title under way. the rocket lost the first three frames against dave gilbert, but won the next six to lead by 6—3 after the first session. they'll play to a finish tomorrow afternoon. the evening session starts at 7pm. you can watch it on bbc four, the red button, iplayer, the bbc sport website and mobile app. everywhere, really! mark selby in action again this evening. the second—ever women's edition of the paris—roubaix cycle race has been won by elisa longo borghini. the italian rider broke away from the field with arou

emma raducanu has won herfirst match since splitting with coach torben beltz earlier this week.st time since missing out on qualification for the tokyo olympics. the four—time olympic champion, will take part in the vitality london 10k race on monday. the 39 year old has previously said he wants to continue to race on road and track. that's all the sport for now. hello. this bank holiday weekend weather is looking mix. yes there is a made in the forecast, not that much for england and wales but he could still be a bit of a nuisance factor on sunday. there will be quite a bit of sunshine around for england and wales on saturday under this area of high pressure, low pressure will be sweeping into scotland and northern ireland through the day. he returning and windier, heavy rain for scotland maybe a rumble of thunder. start england off with frosted mist and then plenty of sunshine through the day including eastern england which is been pretty great the last few days with a top temperature 17 or 18 degrees but a bit cooler for the north under the cloud and rain. a reversal of fortu

vondrusova with a comprehensive win over harriet dart — and currently it's world number 12 emma raducanumartinsova. they're in the first set and it's 5—5. i'll have more for you in the next hour. plans to send some asylum seekers who arrive in the uk to live in rwanda have been described as "absolutely chilling" by charities and politicians. britain's home secretary priti patel — who travelled to rwandan capital kigali to sign the deal — said the "vast majority" of those arriving in the uk "illegally" would be considered for relocation to rwanda. the government says the system would reduce people—smuggling and discourage people from trying to reach britain in small boats. but the united nations�* refugee agency said people fleeing conflict and persecution deserved compassion and empathy — and should not be traded like commodities. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent — jonathan blake — who gave us the latest. this is an attempt from the government to demonstrate they can do something to limit on and stop small boat crossings or stop small boat crossings coming across the englis

earlier emma raducanu struggled with an injury as she was well beaten by marketa vondrousova in praguea fruhvirtova and she managed it in three sets. 6-0, 5-7, 6-2. the tie now goes to a deciding doubles match which is just getting underway. defending champion mark selby has made a good start to his attempts to retain the world snooker championship in sheffield. selby has opened up a 6—3 lead over welshmanjamiejones in the opening session of the tournament, which runs for the next 17 days. you can follow that right across the bbc. ronnie o'sullivan has just started his quest for a record equalling seventh world title. o'sullivan the top ranked player is facing david gilbert. and o'sullivan is in a bit of early trouble, he is 2 frames down. it is first to 10. you can follow that live on bbc two. harlequins were knocked out of rugby union's european champions cup by a single point over two legs of their last 16 tie against montpelier. after being beaten in the first leg in france, they won 33—20 at the stoop — but marcus smith missed a late conversion, which would have seen them progress

what next for emma raducanu? she splits with her coach.or a fourth coach in a year believes any training model as needed. presidents and prime ministers use it, as do actors and activists, but what will the social media platform twitter look like under its new owner? elon musk, the world's richest man. mr musk, who founded the electric car company tesla, has said he plans to relax twitter�*s restrictions on some content, sparking fears that the move would open the way the misinformation and abusive comment. here is our technology editor. elon musk�*s big ideas include colonising mars and implantable human brain machines. his successes include the tesla electric car and the payment giant paypal. now, he has set his sights on his favourite social network, twitter.— sights on his favourite social network, twitter. this is not a way to make money- — to make money. my to make money. my strong intuitive sense is that having a public platform that is maximally trusted and broadly inclusive is extremely important to the future of civilisation. he

britain's number one against the world number one as emma raducanu plays this evening.afternoon. welcome to the bbc news at one. borisjohnson, on a trade visit to india, has insisted he will still be prime minister in six months�* time. he met his counterpart narendra modi in delhi this morning, but his trip has been dogged by the continuing controversy about lockdown parties in downing street, and questions about his leadership. yesterday, mps gave the go ahead to an inquiry into whether borisjohnson misled parliament about the issue. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. feeling jonathan blake reports. the heat on the world stag boris feeling the heat on the world stage, borisjohnson and his counterpart narendra modi met in the glare of the morning sun in delhi on day two of his visit to india. the pair agreed a new defence deal aimed partly at reducing india's reliance on russia for arms and energy. mr johnson said a post—brexit trade deal could be reached by the autumn. an ambitious timescale, particularly given pressure on the prime minister at westmi

in the meantime, the lta will work with raducanu at the madrid open this week.ecretary-general?— why has he agreed to meet the un secretary-general? we do not know for certain but _ secretary-general? we do not know for certain but vladimir _ secretary-general? we do not know for certain but vladimir putin - secretary-general? we do not knowj for certain but vladimir putin seems to enjoy meeting various western leaders and representatives who have turned up here in the last few weeks. most recently the austrian chancellor who like everyone else came away in effect empty—handed. i suppose it gives vladimir putin a chance to show russian people he is serious about looking for peace but you have to question that assertion, for all sorts of reasons. first of all, russia has said there will be no ceasefire in ukraine until a peace deal is finally signed, right at the end of the process. secondly in the last few minutes, according to state newswires, russia has announced joint drills, military drills, with the belarusian air force. thirdly, let's look at the aggressio

in the meantime, the lta will work with raducanu at the madrid open this week.released by wigan last week after a troubled spell, which included him being stood down for "failing to meet expected standards". hardaker won three grand finals, two challenge cups and the 2015 player of the year with leeds, before leaving to join castleford and then wigan. the quarterfinals are under way at the world snooker championship. the six—time champion ronnie 0'sullivan leads stephen maguire 3—1. and these are live pictures from the other table at the crucible — mark williams is 2—1 up against yan bingtao. you can follow both matches on the bbc iplayer and red button, as well as the bbc sport website and app. they'll have to go a long way to match the excitement of last night, when neil robertson made only the 12th maximum 147 break in the crucible's history. this was the moment. the pre—tournament favourite, fighting back in his match against jack lisowski. the crowds reaction obviously alerted the players on the other table to what had happened and they offered their congra

and emma raducanu has won herfirst match since splitting with coach torben beltz earlier this week.ah will race for the first time in nearly a year in monday's vitality london 10,000 metres. the four—time olympic champion hasn't featured since failing to qualify for the tokyo games lastjune. the 39—year—old has said he wants to continue to race on road and track. west ham say two fans been identified after german, teachers were allegedly attacked during the europa league semifinal against eintracht frankfurt last night. the commentators had their headsets ripped off and thrown on the floor. chelsea women have announced that ji so—yun will return to south korea at the end of the season. the midfielder has scored 68 goals in her eight years with the club and also won 11 major trophies. staying with football. the football writers' association have named the winners of their footballer of the year awards for this season. the men's winner is liverpool forward mohamed salah, who previously won it back in 2018. the egyptian is having a remarkable campaign — scoring 22 goals and contributin

emma raducanu has won herfirst match since splitting with coach torben beltz earlier this week. olympic champion will take part in the vitality london 10k race on monday. the 39—year—old has previously said he wants to continue to race on road and track. that�*s all the sport for the moment. now time for the weather. hello. the sunnier skies that many of us saw today not necessarily a sign of things to come this bank holiday weekend. in fact, there is actually a bit of rain in the forecast. that may be a good thing in some areas. here�*s a bit of blue sky that we enjoyed during friday. high pressure has kept us dry for quite a while now, but here comes low pressure, weatherfronts and, yeah, this is some rain into northern ireland and scotland during saturday. now, overnight, the cloud will increase in northern ireland and western scotland along with the breeze, and so here that will keep frost at bay. whereas elsewhere, through southern scotland, wales and england, you can see the blue here. there�*ll be a patchy frost and the colder spots will be down below freezing going into

emma raducanu has won herfirst match since splitting with coach torben beltz earlier this week.on monday. the 39 year old has previously said he wants to continue to race on road and track. that's all the sport for now. hello. this bank holiday weekend weather is looking mixed. yes, there is a made in the forecast, not that much for england and wales but he could still be a bit of a nuisance factor on sunday. there will be quite a bit of sunshine around for england and wales on saturday under this area of high pressure, low pressure will be sweeping into scotland and northern ireland through the day. here turning and windier, heavy rain for scotland maybe a rumble of thunder. start england off with frosted mist and then plenty of sunshine through the day including eastern england which is been pretty great the last few days with a top temperature gray for the last few days with a top temperature 17 or 18 degrees but a bit coolerfor the north under the cloud and rain. a reversal of fortune on sunday, the cloudiest damp weather will be pressing her to wales, some patchy light rain

and emma raducanu has won the breakthrough of the year award at the 2022 laureus world sports awards.finals at the world snooker championship they had resumed at 8—all, but bingham prevailed in a tense finish, and he'll play either judd trump or anthony mcgill next, their match concludes this evening. the quarterfinal mist is clearing in the final picture is beginning to emerge here on day ten because a wonderful afternoon shared in the company of two former world champions, first of all, john higgins due to his 16th quarterfinal at the expense, but what excitement, the young thai almost at a maximum. almost coming out to the very last read, _ almost coming out to the very last read. all— almost coming out to the very last read, all watching it, willing him to get— read, all watching it, willing him to get the — read, all watching it, willing him to get the shot. higgins had a chance — to get the shot. higgins had a chance that one as well, interesting that the _ chance that one as well, interesting that the three session matches, higgins — that the three session matches, higgins was

raducanu booked her place in the last eight — beating germany's tamara korpatsch in three sets.nd seven in ten people, 70.7% of the population have had at least one infection since the end of april 2020. in wales, 56% of the population are likely to have had covid—19 in that time. in scotland, just over 51.5% of the population, and in northern ireland, the equivalent of 72.2% of the population are estimated to have had covid—19 in that period. all of these figures are for private households and as the data runs up to february the 11th this year, does not include people catching covid—19 since then. an interesting overview of how many people have had covid—19 around the uk since the early days of the pandemic. the world's largest particle accelerator is restarting after a three—year shutdown during which it has received a major upgrade. researchers at the large hadron collider on the swiss french border believe that the new machine will discover particles that are completely new to science. our science correspondent, pallab ghosh, has had exclusive access to the detectors deep un

raducanu will now face the world number one, iga swiatek.e through his grandfather, and has wore a ukraine badge on his waistcoat in previous tournaments. the world championship organisers said the sport cannot be used as a "political platform." interesting he said in the second round, if he wins, he will waive a ukrainian flag. interesting to see how that develops. sport is a constant political battle. and whether it can be used or not to say you do not want to make a political port, it is a real tension and it is eroding a lot more because of what is going on in the world. it happened to me too with black lives matter. we are going to talk later. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. it is looking pretty nice in most places. not bad at all. a continuing story. yesterday there was a bit more of a breeze around. quite chilly, especially in the east was that there will be sunny spells. for some it starts cloudier. cloud spreading across england and wales. high pressure in the north and low pressure in the south bringing rough con

when _ the summer will be emma raducanu when she _ the summer will be emma raducanu when she takes tostle have all but secured their safety in the top flight, with a 1—0 win over crystal palace — miguel almiron with the goal. eddie howe's side move up to 11th. some good news forjoe root. last week he resigned as england test captain after a woeful series of results , but he's been named the world's leading men's cricketer by wisden. root s departure ended an up and down five—year tenure during which the 31—year—old scored more runs than any previous england test captain. reflecting on that move by wimbledon this morning to ban and exclude those _ this morning to ban and exclude those russian and belarusian players from this— those russian and belarusian players from this summer's tournament, it is a move _ from this summer's tournament, it is a move that — from this summer's tournament, it is a move that reflects something which was seen _ a move that reflects something which was seen more widely across sport. we saw— was seen more widely across sport. we saw russia banned from compet

it's the first to 10 at this stage emma raducanu is in stuttgart ahead of her first wta tournament ondoubt but she's been limbering up ahead of her first match against the australian storm sanders who is ranked 16th in the world. she's had a shaky start to life on tour after her us open triumph last year. lots of ups and downs, she should be used to that supporting tottenham. that's all the sport for now. south africa is deploying 10,000 soldiers to assist search and rescue efforts after mudslides killed 443 people and caused widespread damage to infrastructure. the weekend's heavy rainfall has eased in kwazulu—natal province on the country's east coast, but 63 people remain missing following the flood waters. some areas haven t had any official help yet, leaving residents to dig through the debris themselves. our correspondent vumani mkhize has this report. at the kwa—santi township south of durban, this community is still trying to come to terms with the flash floods that devastated this area. this search and rescue team is on a recovery operation. they are looking for a woman swept

emma raducanu's run at the sttutgart open has come to an end, beaten by world number one iga swiatekht sets, 6—4, 6—4. in the women's six nations, wales were thrashed 33—5 at home as france continued their 100% win record. laure sansus scored two tries in a dominant first half for france and the dominance continued after the break, as the french got a bonus point win at cardiff arms park and now sit top of the standings. and italy taking on scotland this evening. and then on sunday, england face ireland at wellsford road. it will be an emotional match for one of the england players, emily scarratt who will get her 100th cap, at welford road, a ground she visited often as a child. if you were to write it out and make it the best it could possibly be, this would be the script. so i don't know who is writing my prescription at the moment but i definitely owe them a drink or two, i think. it is amazing. we sell season tickets there, when i was growing up. and finally, there was an unexpected visitor to the crucible during the defending champion mark selby�*s second round match. have a lo

one of britain's top hopes at wimbledon this summer will be emma raducanu — and she's enjoyed her firstqualifier storm sanders in straight sets. to football and manchester city took a step towards another premier league title. they beat brighton comfortably 3—0, which restored their one—point advantage over liverpool in second. bernardo silva with city's final goal. eddie nketiah scored twice as arsenal boosted their champions league hopes with a 4—2 win away at chelsea. they're level on points with fourth placed tottenham. chelsea stay third. everton got what could be a massive point in the battle to avoid the drop. they drew 1—1 at home to leicester city. richarlison rescued the point for frank lampard's side in injury time. they're now four points clear of the relegation zone. and newcastle have all but secured their safety in the top flight, with a 1—0 win over crystal palace. miguel almiron with the goal. it moves newcastle up to 11th with 40 points. here are the club's owners celebrating with the players. what a turnaround it's been. they were 19th in the table and five points fro

captain anne keothavong says raducanu is ready to embrace her position.rs fans, west ham fans, those flights. what a night it's going to be. whilst that your wavy warning hand you did there? sort of, yeah. be warned, people. be warned. the fans find out last night. warnings about the weather. what is your weather signal? about the weather. what is your weathersignal? i about the weather. what is your weather signal? i don't know, something sort of maybe... what is that? a cloudy shower and a dollar but it is sunny today. sarah has got one, surely. but it is sunny today. sarah has got one. surely-— one, surely. yes, it's all about the “azz one, surely. yes, it's all about the jazz hands — one, surely. yes, it's all about the jazz hands today. _ one, surely. yes, it's all about the jazz hands today, i _ one, surely. yes, it's all about the jazz hands today, i think— one, surely. yes, it's all about the jazz hands today, i think when i one, surely. yes, it's all about the jazz hands today, i think when the | jazz hands today, i think when the weather like th

a blister prevented emma raducanu playing after her earlier defeat to marketa vondrousova — and in heris quest for a record equalling seventh worth title underway. the rocket lost the first three frames against dave gilbert, but won the next six, to lead by six frames to three after the first session. they�*ll play to a finish this afternoon. what a day of rugby�*s european champions cup yesterday. there are just two english sides left in though after harlequins and exeter both lost in the last 16. leicester tigers did make it through, they beat clermont auvergne. exeter were beaten by munster, whilst harlequins would have progressed had this conversion from england�*s marcus smith made it over. he missed meaning the premiership champions lost to montpellier on aggregate byjust a point. and there was also heartbreak for ulster in belfast. they were narrowly beaten by last years champions toulouse. the french side had antoine dupont to thank as he went over for a converted try five minutes from the end. that gave them just a one—point advantage over ulster across the two legs. there was

emma raducanu has won herfirst match since splitting with coach torben beltz earlier this week.dedoyin has more. the best facing the best. katie taylor, amanda serrano... neither wanted to blink first — the weigh—in was an event in itself. both have had their names in lights all week, the pair reaching new heights here in new york — a photo op on the empire state building ahead of this landmark moment in boxing. i think tonight could be the best fight of my career. there's definitely something different about tonight. this is a moment in history. the first women to headline madison square garden. ireland's former olympic champion is the crossover star. serrano, a seven—weight world champion, is the co—star looking to steal the show. 13 years as a pro—fighter, i have struggled and fought my way to this spot right now. and i want to go out there and just secure that victory. and the target — the undisputed lightweight title and a place in history. a chance to join the list of all—time greats who have secured milestone wins at this iconic venue. so what can we expect on fight night