a kid whojoins the tour is operating under the same rules as ronnie o‘sullivan. rules as ronnie thatt how he sought counselling in his mid twenties to help cope with the death of his mother princess diana. the guardian say that there are calls for a recount following a ‘yes‘ vote in turkey giving president erdogan the power for major constitutional reform. the times lead with what they call north korean defiance in the face of pressure from the us. the i also lead with the tension in north korea —— saying that china and america are working together to find a solution. the mirror continues with north korea, with president trumps message that he is poised to strike if necessary. the mail lead with the deterioration in uk—russia relations — saying they are at an all—time low. and the ft focuses on us commerce secretary wilbur ross rubbishing international monetary fund claims of us protectionism. special services have been held around the world this easter sunday. here, the queen and prince philip attended a service at windsor castle, accompanied by several members of the royal family,

ding jun hui has beaten ronnie o'sullivan for the first time in a ranking event in over ten years. lace in the semi finals of the snooker world championships in sheffield. jamie broughton was at the crucible for us. dingjun hui. ding jun hui. ding jun hui is trying to become the first player from asia to become the first player from asia to win the world championship. the chinese superstar lost in the final last year and he is determined to lift the trophy this campaign. he went into the final session of this match and leading by ten frames to six but wasn't able to settle first. dingjun hui, six but wasn't able to settle first. ding jun hui, six. ronnie o'sullivan quickly hit top form and threatened to make a comeback. ding might have let the pressure facing a sullivan get to him in the past but not any more. there is a new mental toughness about him and he won the next frame. o'sullivan never gives up, though, and always wants to entertain the crowd. applause. the five—time champion had the chance to make a 147 thin and break, he was enjoying himself and even saying to the referee

ronnie o'sullivan is three frames away from a place in snooker‘s world championship quarter—finals.llie downie becomes a history maker at 17, she's the new european queen of gymnastics. hello again. england manager gareth southgate sez the death of his friend and former teammate ugo ehiogu is difficult to come to terms with. the two played together at both aston villa and middlesbrough, and paying tribute today southgate says he's stunned and deeply saddened at his passing. former wales international striker dean saunders spent three years alongside a young ugo ehiogu at villa. asa as a person he was like, you know, i've describe him as he could have been a doctor or policeman, he was one of them type characters who was methodical in everything he done, really dedicated. but on the training pitch hejust... you wanted him in yourteam, training pitch hejust... you wanted him in your team, you training pitch hejust... you wanted him in yourteam, you didn't want to play against him. a bit like playing against martin keown, quick, strong, aggressive, and he had the knack of hurting you i

from my point of view, there is nobody loves watching ronnie o'sullivan than me. he's a genius.i am more than happy to sit down with him and discusses issues and take them up with barry if they are reasonable. today's action on the third day of the world championship. shaun murphy has beaten the chinese player to secure his place as world numberfive. player to secure his place as world number five. he looks player to secure his place as world numberfive. he looks pretty co mforta ble numberfive. he looks pretty comfortable it was just 17 years old. he certainly wasn't overawed, he fought back and was just one frame behind. murphy eventually came through 10—8. earlier the 2015 champion stuart bingham secured a place in the second round. he beat peter ebdon who was leading 5—4 this morning but won all but one frame this evening. 10—5 at the end. he will face kyren wilson next. in super league, the tigers suffered their second defeat of the season, 26-22 at their second defeat of the season, 26—22 at saint helen ‘s. they bounce back after wigan. wigan made it two from two over this

ronnie o'sullivan was leading 5—1 but wilson fought back winning three frames ina but wilson fought back4, the score to o'sullivan and that much will be concluded tomorrow afternoon. the first to ten frames. one of the matches from this evening, defending champion much is obvious having an easier time against qualifier fergal o'brien, selby won all but one frame in the afternoon session and is doing well in the evening session, he's leading 9—1 against o'brien who is at the table at the moment. the match has just resumed and will conclude this evening. you can watch the match on bbc two. james o'brien— fergal o'brien hasjust the match on bbc two. james o'brien— fergal o'brien has just taken another frames are now it is mine— two. the comeback starts here! this year marks 40 years of the crucible venue, the world champion is to be crowd in 16 days' time. british players have started well today and have traditionally dominated the event. we've gone from essex debating to find out if that will continue. for almost half a century places like this have helped britain produce a steady stream o

he beat five time champion ronnie o'sullivan in the quarterfinals.ampionship semi—finals by 5—3. the contest resumes on friday morning here in the uk. a short time ago i spoke my bbc sports colleague marc edwards about snooker‘s rising star. beginning with a rather fortuitous toilet break aged eight, his father, 18 snooker player himself, he decided to take over the snooker cue and before the elder returned he had w011. and before the elder returned he had won. his parents sold up his grocery business and house, moving to guangdong province where king, who stopped his formal education at the age of 11, he practised for eight hours a day at a training hall. at 15 he started winning national and regional snooker championships and the fast became china's top player, the fast became china's top player, the next decade was spent on the international circuit where he slowly climb the rankings and he won his first majorfinal at slowly climb the rankings and he won his first major final at the china open with a victory over stephen hendry, he was only 18 in

the chairman of the governing body's point of view and a former player, nobody loves watching ronnie o'sullivanues. i am more than happy to sit down with ronnie and discuss these issues and ta ke ronnie and discuss these issues and take them with barry as well. to today's action then on this the third day of the championship. they're well into the afternoon session at the crucible and shaun murphy, who won this title 12 years ago now, has just taken an 8—5 lead against yan bingtao of china, who's just 17 years old. the world number five the world numberfive had the world number five had a co mforta ble the world number five had a comfortable seven century breaks. you can follow the conclusion of the match on the bbc sport website. earlier the 2015 champion stuart bingham secured his place in the second round, beating another former winner peter ebdon. he was leading 5—4 coming into this morning's session, but won all but one frame today for a comfortable win in the end, by 10—5. he'll face kyren wilson next. castleford tigers suffered just their second defeat of the season as they were beaten 2

five time champion ronnie o'sullivan resumes his match against china's ding junhui around 7 this eveningg's session, ding took a 3—frame lead before o'sullivan won the next three to level the match. ding then potted a re—spotted black to edge ahead again. but o'sullivan took the final frame to go into this evening level at 4 frames all. while mark selby rattled off five frames in a row at the start of his quarterfinal against marco fu, who of course had that 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

ronnie o'sullivan and ding junhui freaky break. ronnie o'sullivan and dingjunhui are freaky break. 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 already, well on course for a maximum. that is all the spot for now. in the next hour we will tell you whether he gets that or not. lance corporal trim and dylan will be jailed for life because he killed his ex—girlfriend after stalking her and he had been aggressive, controlling and manipulative throughout their relationship. she said she told the police he felt harassed, alarmed and distressed by his behaviour. the details of this case were harrowing. , the family described her as a ray of sunshine which touched hundreds of people's lives. the sentence has been handed down in the last few minutes, a minimum of 22 years for lance corporal trimaan dhillon. throughout the trial we heard during their short relationship he had been controlling, manipulative, jealous, all the while cheating on her behind her back. when she found this out she tried to end

ronnie o'sullivan is through to the second round of the world snooker championship.the five—time worldleading gary wilson 5—4. he moved onto 7—5 with this break of 124, the highest of the tournament so far. wilson didn't make life easy for o'sullivan, but he's safely through to the next round 10 frames to 7. iam happy i am happy to be here, it is nice to be in sheffield. i am looking forward to being around the venue. ifido forward to being around the venue. if i do not win, i will go back to london and do some eurosport. the future looks good. 2015 champion stuart bingham leads 5—4 in his match against another former champion, peter ebdon. it was ebdon who was celebrating at the end of their session though. he somehow found a way to win the ninth frame despite having needed four snookers and potting a respotted black to do it. that match concludes tomorrow morning. earlier, kiren wilson booked his place in round two with a 10—6 win over david grace. wilson, a quarter—finalist here 12 months ago, converted his overnight 5—4 lead into a convincing victory. there are two first—round matc

onto the world snooker championship and five—times champion ronnie o'sullivan is out — beaten 13 framesst year's runner—up ding junhui. a fantastic match was settled by a century from ding — after o'sullivan had made a tournament best break of 146 earlier in the session. o'sullivan warmly congratulated ding at the end who now goes on to met mark selby in a repeat of last year's final. as 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 w

they'll play to a finish tomorrow as will ronnie o'sullivan and shaun murphy, who won three frames ince the 5 time champion‘s lead 9—6. the 16th and final frame of the session could prove vital though. in super league, widnes have picked up theirfirst home win of the season. beating st helens 16 points to m thanks to a dramatic late try. mark percival‘s penalty pulled st helens level just before the break. ensuring the two teams went into half time 12—all. another penalty gave saints a 14—12 lead. but patrick ah van crossed over for the second time in the match to score the winning try ten minutes from time. meanwhile leeds rhinos cruised into the last 16 of the challenge cup with a 64—28 win over doncaster. 17 year—old jack walker scored a hat—trick of tries in the first half. after andy murray lost yesterday, there's been another shock at the monte carlo masters tennis with world number two novak djokovic beaten in three sets by david goffin. the belgian raced through the first set to take it 6—2 against the number two seed early in the second djokovic lost his balance and stumbled

five—times champion ronnie o'sullivan is out of the world snooker championship, beaten 13 frames to 10unhui. a fantastic match was settled by a century from ding — after o'sullivan had made a tournament best break of 146 earlier in the session. o'sullivan warmly congratulated ding at the end who now goes on to met mark selby in the last 4 in a repeat of last year's final. he isa he is a special lad, a beautiful guy andi he is a special lad, a beautiful guy and i know his family really well so i know he comes from good stock and you know he is all good. he doesn't have a bad bone in his body and you know, he wants to win the title so bad, it wasjust know, he wants to win the title so bad, it was just nice, know, he wants to win the title so bad, it wasjust nice, ten know, he wants to win the title so bad, it was just nice, ten years on from that match, he's hugging me, beating me where as last time it was the other way around, it's a decade on and he's in a great place and his life is great and i wish all best. ding will meet defending champion mark selby, who on his way to the last 4,

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

five—time champion ronnie o'sullivan has finished his first session against china's ding junhui. d in a re—spotted black to edge ahead again but o'sullivan hit back though to take the last frame to make it a—alljohn higgins leads kyren wilson 5—3 too. it's the first to 13 frames. reigning champion mark selby is currently playing marco fu in their quarter—final. these are live pictures after what was a late night for fu. his match against neil robertson didn't finish until nearly 11pm. and he's trailing 3—0 to selby at the moment. cyclist lizzie armitstead says some "extremely difficult personal circumstances" led to her missing a drugs test last summer. it was her third missed test in a 12—month period — an offence that could have led to a four—year ban. the court of arbitration for sport decided that the authorities were to blame for the first missed test and armitstead went on to compete at the rio olympics. i'm entitle to a personal life and a private life and the circumstances vournding my third strike were very personal, very traumatic family experience and it's not something

ronnie o'sullivan is finding things a little more difficult in his first round match. 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 he ended his round just three shots off jason dufner‘s lead on ten under par. that's all the sport. now on bbc news it's time now for the papers hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentator vincent moss and the journalist sean dilley. today's

ronnie o'sullivan has had to battle back from behind to keep his world snooker quarter final level afterullivan won the next three to get back to all square. ding knocked in a re—spotted black to edge ahead again but the five time champion hit back once more to take the last frame to make it 4—4. john higgins leads kyren wilson 5—3 in the other last eight match that was under way this morning. it's the first to 13. that is to reach the semifinals. meanwhile reigning champion mark selby is currently playing marco eu in their quarterfinal. one way traffic so far. selby 5—0 up after more than 250 points unanswered. marco fu played neal robertson last night, so perhaps something of a hangoverfor him. night, so perhaps something of a hangover for him. on night, so perhaps something of a hangoverfor him. on the night, so perhaps something of a hangover for him. on the other table, barry hawkins is leading stephen maguire 3—1. cyclist lizzie armitstead says some extremely difficult personal circumstances led to her missing a drugs test last summer. it was her third missed test in a 12—month per

ronnie o‘sullivan was his usual entertaining self after reaching the quarterfinals of the world snooker i think snooker is a little bit like you are a pop star. if you can make a brilliant album every year, you're doing well. but if you don't produce an album, you go missing. so i've decided just to play a lot of exhibitions and do a lot of work. it's taken the pressure off me. i don't feel i have anything to prove, so don't feel i have anything to prove, sol don't feel i have anything to prove, so i have given myself six weeks to practice for this. it might have made a difference, it might not have. but i put a little bit more practice into this, because i hadn't played for the year, basically. it's just 17 days of the year, we have to go, it's not fun, because it's really tough mentally. i struggle me ntally really tough mentally. i struggle mentally and my weakest spot is that, have to work on it. the all—chinese meeting between last year‘s runner—up ding junhui liang led at 10—9 but ding has come from behind three times to draw level — this break of 132 made it 12—all, to take it to

good morning for sub snooker‘s world championship is underway in sheffield, and ronnie o'sullivan is n. the crucible has played host to the tournament the a0 years, and it seems that ronnie is keen to lift that famous trivia game. everyone looks forward to going here every year. it should be a great tournament. it is still the crucible. great tournament. if you get to pick up the trophy at the end, it is amazing. we will bring you news later of what is going on. mark selby, the defending champion at the moment, at the mid—session interval is three frames up. with chelsea not playing until tomorrow, tottenham have the opportunity to narrow the gap at the top to four points. their manager is not letting his players think about the title race. it is important to be ready on saturday, tried to give our best, and try to win. and then, what will happen will happen in different games. it is true that it can provide us with the possibility to narrow the gap, but we must focus. there are six other games in the premier league ‘s day, crystal palace host leicester, stoke face hull, watford play

ronnie o'sullivan is comfortably through to the quarter—finals of the world snooker championship.umed this morning against former champion shaun murphy and he hit a century break on his way to a 13—7 win. meanwhile john higgins, who's hoping to win his fifth title at the crucible, came through a high—quality match against northern ireland's mark allen, winning it by 13 frames to nine. he'll play kyren wilson next. on the other table this evening world number one mark selby finished his session against xiao guodong of china — 6—2 up. they'll resume at half past two tomorrow. that's all the sport for now. thank you, james. you have the paper review coming up at 1130 but before that, a quick look through. the mail on sunday claims the conservatives opinion poll lead has been slashed in half because of theresa may's plans over tax and pensions. this is how the sunday mirror reports that polled, giving the tories their highest lead since 1991. the paper says jeremy corbyn highest lead since 1991. the paper sasteremy corbyn is planning to slash the pay. theresa may parks her battle ta n

ronnie o'sullivan had a much more testing afternoon against qualifier gary wilson.is year's world championship and was leading 5—1 at one point. but wilson battled back, winning three frames in a row and now trails by only one — 5—4 the score to o'sullivan at the moment. that match concludes tomorrow afternoon — it's first to ten. a mercedes driver is on pole position for tomorrow's bahrain grand prix, but it isn't lewis hamilton. his new team mate this season, valtteri bottas, snatched the front spot byjust two hundredths of a second in qualifying. it's the first pole of the finn's career. hamilton will start from second on the grid, with ferrari's sebastian vettel third. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. james, thank you. everton football club has banned sun newspaper journalists from its ground following an article written by the paper's columnist and former editor kelvin mackenzie. in it he compared the intelligence of everton footballer ross barkley to that of a gorilla. the mayor of liverpool has called for the newspaper to sack mr

five—time champion ronnie o'sullivan is in action against fellow englishman gary wilson, in the afternoone crucible has played host to the tournament for a0 years, and o'sullivan is in the mood, to lift the famous trophy again. it was a great event, it's a good tournament and we have been looking forward to going on for years. should be a great tournament again, whether the 40th or 215t or 215t or 140th. great tournament. you get to pick the trivia at the end, it's an amazing feeling. —— the trophy. so there are two first round matches already under way. mark selby begins the defence of his world title against fergal o'brien. selby lifted the trophy for the second time last year with victory over china's ding junhul o'brien came through qualifying with a final—frame win over david gilbert, which included the longest frame played in professional snooker history — two hours, three minutes and 41 seconds. you can see there, selby is 5—0 up. on the other table there's an all scottish tie between anthony mcgill and stephen maguire. maguire has just taken the lead in that match 3—2. super—light

in europe, snooker‘s most popular star is ronnie o'sullivan.ssure of being expected to win. you have to get your head around it. you know, you have to accept it, that that's the situation you're in. you need to embrace that kind of expectation level. it either sits comfortably with you or it affects your performance. and i don't know, either way, i think you need to be a strong character. you have to have big shoulders and be quite thick—skinned and not allow things to get to you. ding's fans don't get to see him win. it's marco fu that progresses to the next round. defeat can be hard to take. i am still learning. this is hard. a hard part to learn. because when you win, you forget everything, because only happiness with you. but when you lose, everything is bad. bad tables, bad fans, bad balls. and nothing, nothing good. sometimes, i can't control very well myself after being beaten by somebody. but sometimes, it is ok. every player has to speak to the media after a match, win or lose. in the past, ding has found it hard to deal with defeat, b

ronnie o'sullivan is through to the second round of the world snooker championship.his win included the highest break of the tournament so far - a 124. but, after the match, he hit out at snooker‘s hierarchy, following a series of incidents he's been involved him that have got him into trouble with the game's authorities. until now, flying cars have been the stuff of science fiction. for decades, inventors have been competing to make them a reality. now, a dutch start—up say they've done it — all in line with the existing air and road regulations. our correspondent anna holligan takes a visit to the hanger where fancy flying machines are stored. built like a gyroplane, the lift comes from this rotor blade on top which is powered by the wind, and the whole forward push motion comes from this propeller at the back. it is powered by a 100 horsepower engine in here, in fact, there are two of them for extra safety. they allow you to travel at speeds of 110 miles an hour in the air, 100 miles an houron the miles an hour in the air, 100 miles an hour on the road and it will

the quarterfinals of the world snooker championship are under way as five—time champion ronnie o'sullivanrly 30 years since tracy edwards and her crew made history by becoming the first all—female team to complete the whitbread round the world race. the 12—strong crew crossed the world's oceans in a yacht called maiden, but after the race, the boat was sold and ultimately abandoned overseas — until now. john maguire reports. after nine months at sea, tracy edwards leads the crew back home and into the record books. the first all field team in the whitbread round the world race and finished second overall —— all female. 27 years on, tracy and many of the original crew are back, reunited with the yacht, maiden. why? i heard she was abandoned in the seychelles about four years ago. it was at a time in my life i was looking for something to do, i thought, this beautiful boat that did so much and so famous, it cannot rot away. we started fundraising, we did crowd funding. we are going to do a three—year world tour promoting the rights of girls to have an education. back in british waters today

and the five—time snooker world champion ronnie o'sullivan has a slender five frames to four lead over the world championships at the crucible. that's all from the bbc sport centre. kate. there may be more cause for concern this time because north group's nuclear capability is perhaps one step closer towards completion. therefore, that is a cause for concern for the rest of the world. it does seem that kim jong—un is pushing that line, pushing towards that red line. what does he want out of the us? is itjust attention or is something more behind this? it is attention as a means to an end. north korea wants a few things. it wa nts to north korea wants a few things. it wants to ensure its own regime's survival, it wants to be taken seriously, it was to be regarded as a nuclear power by the rest of the world. and it wants to be seen, to be seen to be treated with what it sees as respect of the international community. one of the things that i heard repeatedly in my dealings with north korean officials was, why would the americans treat us like pakistan? through the north koreans see as ha

world snooker chairman barry hearn says ronnie o'sullivan's accusations of intimidation and bullying. the five—time world champion made the comments after his first round win at the world snooker championship yesterday. this is is what hearn has had to say: so barry hearn not taking this lightly. these are the exact words from o'sullivan yesterday which prompted such a strong response. 25 years of service to this game. i think i have given enough to this game. i think think i have helped and done my bit. i don't need that. i don't need you and you probably don't need me. i just want to enjoy my life and i am not putting up with someone who feels they can bully me. ain't happening. to today's action then on this, the third day of the championship. the afternoon session at the crucible is under way and shaun murphy, who won this title 12 years ago now, is leading in his first round match against yan bingtao of china, who's just 17. he is leading 8—5. these are live pictures. this isjohn this is john higgins this isjohn higgins against martin gould. john higgins is a fourth frame lead,

news, we'll have the latest from the crucible, including the battle of two former champions, as ronnie o'sullivann murphy's expense. a court has heard how a teenage computer hacker unleashed nearly two million cyber attacks on websites around the world using a program designed in his bedroom. adam mudd, who is now 20, admitted creating the program and selling it to criminals. the case comes as a new report by the national crime agency reveals that the average hacker is just 17. it's been looking at ways to stop young people being drawn into online crime, as our correspondent angus crawford reports. simple, effective, illegal. in german: die website, titaniumstresser. net. the titanium stresser, a cyber weapon designed to shut down websites unless their owners paid a ransom. it bombarded targets with data, using ddos, or distributed denial of service, attacks, and it was created by adam mudd when he wasjust 16. internationally, this tool caused a considerable amount of damage... mudd sold it to other criminals, making hundreds of thousands of pounds. but after a massive attack in the us, the softw

next up is ronnie o'sullivan, who earlier this week accused world snooker chairman barry hearn of bullyinging he says either. and to claim that he's been bullied by the governing body is, in my opinion, quite inaccurate. and for one young fan having made the long trip from london and for one young fan having made the long trip from london to middlesbrough to watch arsenal last night. i don't think he would have minded thejourney home having got his hands on alexis sanchez‘s shirt. the goalscorer picked him out after the match. everybody wanted it but the little fella got it. very cute. he varies specifically gave it to him. how nice is that? p is still wearing it this morning i reckon, probably hasn't taken it off —— he is. this morning i reckon, probably hasn't taken it off -- he is. bet he hasn't taken it off -- he is. bet he hasn't even watched it! thanks very much. more from john and also carol later. "all out war". those were the words used by a senior official in pyongyang as north korea warned it would carry out a pre—emptive nuclear strike if it suspects america is planning militar

ding junhui made it through by beating friend and five—time champion ronnie o'sullivan.o not see that their cause is not advanced by bullying tactics. sarah says, what about palestinian students, how will they feel if we fail to condemn the abuses on them? and bill says, i'm hugely against the government of israel bosman policies and do not blame british jews for those policies, if some people choose to attack alljews because of this policy that is despicable. keep your thoughts coming in. three years ago diane louisejordan, former blue peter presenter and presenter of songs of praise was issued with —— was accused of harassment, and wants to stay away —— want to stay away from her supposed victims. the woman who harassed has now pleaded guilty to making false charges.” harassed has now pleaded guilty to making false charges. i was issued with a complaint, three years ago, and then another one, from the same woman saying that i physically and verbally abused her which we now know is completely untrue. she admitted in court yesterday that everything that she said was aliv

but ding junhui, as you said, he beat ronnie o'sullivan, the star player of the sport, in the quarter—finals never having won the world championship. he was involved in an absolutely thrilling mac with mark selby in the semi—final. he led early on, before the world ‘s number one came back and it was nip and 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 open

he'll meet the winner of the match between ronnie o'sullivan and ding junhui.his afternoon. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all of those stories on bbc.co.uk/sport. i'll have more in the next hour. many thanks that. firefighters tackling a large fire at the christie hospital in manchester. it broke out in the roof of the cancer research building and there were fears gas tanks can explode at the hospital says all staff are safe and some areas, including all patient areas, have been evacuated. let's get more from judith moritz. what is the latest picture? greater manchester fire and rescue service tell us that they are bringing this blaze under control. it started inside a research facility here, which is part of the main hospital complex but is not an area in which patients are being treated. the chief executive of the hospital is with me now. if you could just start off by telling me... as i understand it, all patients and staff have been accounted for? yes, i'm very pleased to say that all patients and staff are safe. the fire, which continu

and the five—time champion ronnie o'sullivan will play gary wilson.the bbc. that's all the sport for now. the men's scratch race continues on bbc two with a0 odd laps to go. coverage also on the bbc sport website. i will be back with possibly a result on that in the next hour. would rather people said watching this to be honest, but thank you! you're watching bbc news with simon mccoy. the education secretary justine greening says she wants a new model of grammar schools in england which are open for everyone. she says she particularly wants to make sure there are stronger educational outcomes for what she refers to as ordinary working families and not just the privileged few. but new analysis from the government shows a majority of selective school places go to more affluent families. justine greening says she wants to create schools that are "truly open to all". i believe selection in new, 21st—century state grammar schools will add to the options available to young people, to truly help make the most of their talents. i don't accept the arguments f

ronnie o'sullivan was his usual entertaining self after reaching the quarterfinals of the world snookereak on his way to a 13—7 win over murphy before explaining his current approach to the game. before explaining his current approach to the gamelj before explaining his current approach to the game. i think snooker is a little bit like you are a p0p snooker is a little bit like you are a pop star now. if you can make a good album every year you will do well. if you don't produce an album you go missing. i've decided to play a lot of exhibitions, do a lot of work, and it has taken the pressure off me, really. i don't feel i have anything to prove. i thought, i will give myself seven weeks to practice for this. it might have made a difference, maybe not, but, yes, i've put in more practising for it, but i haven't played for a year, basically. great britain are trying to get back into the world group of the fed cup for the first time since 1993. they are playing romania. joe konta is set up against sabrina could stay in the second singles match. she needs a win to level the tie after heath

five time champion ronnie o'sullivan is playing china's ding junhui.mes before o'sullivan won the next three to level the match. ding knocked in a re—spotted black to edge ahead again. o'sullivan hit back though to take the last frame of the session to make it 4—4. the second session is this evening. kyren wilson is taking onjohn higgins at the moment too. higgins leads 4—3. it is the best of 25 frames. cyclist lizzie armitstead says "extremely difficult personal circumstances" led to her missing a drugs test last summer. it was her third missed test in a i2—month period — an offence that could have led to a four—year ban. the court of arbitration for sport decided that the authorities were to blame for the first missed test, and armitstead went on to compete at the rio olympics. i'm entitled to a personal life and a private life. and the circumstances surrounding my third strike were a very personal, very traumatic family experience. and it's not something that i feel necessary to share with people, and i hope that people will respect that. you know,

ronnie o'sullivan is just three friends away from a places with the gap is like world championship quarterfinalsan queen of gymnastics. england manager gareth southgate says the death of his friend and former hayemaker are one is difficult to come to terms with. the two played together at both aston villa at middlesborough, and paying tribute today southgate says here stunned and saddened that at his passing. former wales international striker dean saunders spent years alongside ugo ehiogu at villa.|j described him as being like a doctor ora described him as being like a doctor or a policeman. use one of those characters who was... methodical in everything he did. dedicated. on the training pitch, he used you wanted him in yourteam, training pitch, he used you wanted him in your team, you training pitch, he used you wanted him in yourteam, you didn't want to play against them. it was like... quick, strong, aggressive. he had a knack of hurting you in training every day. he was a great character, i can't believe we are even talking about this. there was a tribute to the former england internation

ronnie o'sullivan has spent a lot of time sitting down, during his world snooker quarter—final against they resume at 2.30pm and its live on bbc two. that's it for now, victoria. so with a general election in six weeks time you're going to be hearing quite a bit about politics. new research out today suggests that most of us aren't all that engaged in politics. just a third of us are satisfied with the system we have for governing the country and the vast majority think we have no influence in decision—making. so we took two people who are not really bothered by politics, don't think it represents them, and between them have only voted once to spend a day in parliament. we played the full film earlier. here's a short extract. i feel that politicians make decisions for people they don't know anything about, because a lot of the lives people live are nothing like the lives politicians live. here you are literally in a bear pit. it was quite intimidating. emotional. massively different than i expected it to be. i've come away feeling like i've got a good grasp of how politics works.” feel

championship and the main attraction has been on the table this afternoon — the five—time champion ronnie o'sullivan'sullivan with a four frame lead overnight and he has maintained that. ..murphy put together something of a comeback winning three frames in a row and was 9—6 down at one point... so the final frame of the session turned out to be vital for both players — mistakes from both men but eventually o'sullivan was able to take advantage when murphy missed a simple green. he's restored his fourframe lead — 10—6 the score. that match concludes tomorrow morning first to 13. heather watson will play the world number five simona halep in tomorrow's opening match of great britain's fed cup world group play—off in romania. the game is live on radio 5 live sports extra and on the bbc sport website. british number one johanna konta will then face irina—camelia begu in the second singles — it will be her first game of the year on her least favourite surface, clay. iam i am really looking forward to playing as many matches as i can on the surface. i think i've got a great challenge this weekend against

onto events at the crucible theatre in sheffield where former champions ronnie o‘sullivan and shaun murphyducing his arrears to 9—6. the 16th and final frame of the session was vital, murphy missed a simple green and o‘sullivan was able to take advantage, 10—6 ahead going into tomorrow‘s final session. ellie downie has become the first british woman to win gold in the all around at the european gymnastics championships. she was leading qualifier for this afternoon‘s final in romania... and was in second place going into herfloor routine. her final discipline of four.she beat hungary‘s sofia kovacs into second place. it‘s also the 17 year old‘s first title representing great britain and will compete for medals in all the individual finals too. that‘s all sport for now. olly foster will have more in sportsday at 6.30. thank you. our main story, developments in paris and the aftermath of last night‘s attacked by a gunman who shot dead a policeman and wounded two others. the gunmen has officially been named as karim cheurfi. the paris prosecutor said that although he was well known to police a

ronnie o'sullivan is finding things a little more difficult in his first round match. only a frame behind. that match will conclude this afternoon — you can follow that across the bbc. thank you very much, hugh. an attempted missile test by north korea has capped off on the most eventful weeks in foreign events in yea rs. as eventful weeks in foreign events in years. as crisis talks on syria, an aborted trip by borisjohnson and us bombing in afghanistan also made headlines. but speaking out to the former foreign secretary. thank you former foreign secretary. thank you for your time this morning. first of all, the missile test that appears to fell by north korea. can we breathe a sigh of relief? well, the first question is why it failed. it could have failed because the system is not yet competent enough to make it work but there is a strong belief that the americans, through cyber methods, have been successful on several occasions in interrupting these sort of tests and making them fatal. so if the americans are able to do that, that is probably quite encouraging. that

five—time champion ronnie o'sullivan is in action against fellow englishman gary wilson, in the afternoon, and o'sullivan is in the mood, to lift the famous trophy again. sheffield is a great event. it's a good tournament and everyone looks forward to going there every year. so yeah, it should be a great tournament again, whether it's the 40th or the 21th or the 140th. its still the crucible. it is still seven days there. a great, great tournament. if you get to pick the trophy up at the end, it's an amazing feeling. if you asked to name the top alpine skiing nations, you might think places like switzerland. however, i went to the british championships to find out how british skiing is being brought in from the cold and been let —— and being led by one man in particular. the dawn of what many believe could be a gold new era for british skiing and leading the way, on top of the world, dave ryding. he specialises in slalom and this season stunned the world by coming second in a world cup race in austria. there's no way i can keep up with dave. following in his wake like many others indeed,

ronnie o'sullivan is also through. my my goodness. what a busy saturday of sport it was.gham. london will be their sixth marathon in six states. they have made £11,500. also, a message from christopher. today we will see this amazing man complete his challenge of 100 marathons, wait for it, in 100 days. he has raised over £50,000 so 100 days. he has raised over £50,000 so farand 100 days. he has raised over £50,000 so far and still counting. good luck. that is from gary, i should say. the e—mail was from a man called christopher. paul cousins is running dressed as a helicopter for cancer research. “— running dressed as a helicopter for cancer research. —— cousins. should we find out how the preparations are going in greenwich? the big preparations. it looks like they almost have the start line ready. yes. they are just winching it into place and have almost finished constructing it. there is notjust one. there are three in blackheath, south london. it gives you an idea of how big the scale of operations is. paul, you just heard about him running as a helicopter. how are y

ronnie o'sullivan is in action at the moment. see you later. thank you. more now on our top story.ng repeated its warning to the united states not to take any provocative actions. robert fox is the evening standard defence editor and a little earlier he gave me his thoughts on rising tensions between north korea and the west. it's feeling pretty dangerous. we haven't got to this level for quite some time, we are a slight way off, i think, the cuban missile crisis of 1962, but we are edging closer to it, i think for one reason particularly. both sides have been talking about a first strike, exercising the first strike option, and that's really dangerous. and there could be another nuclear test within a few days. it seems that this is what the trump administration has said, if they are not using expressions like red lines, because they genuinely have taken on board where that went terribly wrong for obama in 2013, with chemical weapons and bashir al—assad. but i think that, as laura was just saying, they've made it clear through the chinese, they are not going to tolerate a nuclear a

five—time champion ronnie o'sullivan is in action against fellow englishman gary wilson, in the afternoond o'sullivan is in the mood, to lift the famous trophy again. sheffield is a great event. it's a good tournament and everyone looks forward to going there every year. so yeah, it should be a great tournament again, whether it's the 40th or the 21th or the 140th. it'ss still the crucible. it is still seven day there is. a great, great tournament. if you get to pick the trophy up at the end, it's an amazing feeling. if you were asked to name the top alpine skiing nations... is it switzerland? how about great britain. great highland mountains in scotland's, but pretty much a flat country. but imagine, do remember how citing the transformed? partly thanks to a sky called dan hunt. he has been brought on board tojoin the ski team and he is hoping to turn britain into a top skiing nation. i went along to the championships to find out how the jewish skiing is being brought in from the cold. —— find out how british skiing is being brought in from the cold. the dawn of what many believe could b

ronnie o'sullivan is finding things a little more difficult in his first round match.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 he ended his round just three shots off jason dufner‘s lead on ten under par. obviously wise enough not to try and get it out of the water. i loved his face, the alligator. just airing at him. apologies for the sound effects during your sports bulletin. sneezing away. thank you. it's the moment millions of people around the world have been waiting for... as we can see here, after months of

and the five—time champion ronnie o'sullivan will play gary wilson.re in the next hour. a bit more? a bit! thanks! now, yes, right! it's me! president assad claims that the there was no use of chemical weapons by his regime. even if we had them, we would not use them. we have never used our chemical arsenal in our history. so what happened? we cannot ta ke history. so what happened? we cannot take it seriously, but our information is that the united states are hand in glove with the terrorists and fabricated the story. it is one event, stage one, the play that we saw on the social networking and on tv, and the propaganda. stage two, with a military attack. that is what we believe is happening, because it's only 48 hours between the play and the attacks. no investigations, no concrete evidence about anything. the only things were allegations, propaganda, and the air strike. so, who, according to you, is responsible about this alleged chemical attack? al-qaeda. we don't have too investigate who, they announced it. our diplomatic correspondentjoins us. w

five—time champion ronnie o'sullivan is in action against fellow englishman gary wilson, in the afternoonnt and tournament that everyone looks forward to going to every year. it should be a great tournament. whether it's the 40th of the 21st of a 140, it is still the crucible. still seven days great tour. if you get to pick up the trophy at the end, an amazing thing. and you have a qualifier. one frame, ten hours and three minutes. you can run a marathon. thank you very much. i'm wondering if it's actually going to be the weather for snooker. if it's actually going to be the weatherfor snooker. phil can if it's actually going to be the weather for snooker. phil can tell us. should we be staying indoors? look, that's beautiful. it is beautiful and i can claim none of the credit other than i picked it out of the early weather watcher pitch that have been flooding in. —— pictures. just as the weather front was brought some rain into southern areas overnight, albeit not very much, you will notice quite a number of isobars on that chart, 75 mph gusts. wintry showers on the high ground in scotl

and five—time champion ronnie o'sullivan will resume his second round match this morning against anotherritish woman to win all round called a european championships. she was in second place going into the floor routine. the final discipline of four. she beat her hungarian opponent into second place. ellie downie will compete in every individual finals downie will compete in every individualfinals over downie will compete in every individual finals over that weekend. i studied the bowl differently this time. that went well, the bar went well, the dean was british a key and on the floor i try to not what anyone else and go up and focus on myself. after the second stumble pass i was like, i'm not sure if it is enough. but i would have been happy with second, then when the school came through i was speechless. i don't have words. she says she is speechless, but she still has load of finals to come because she is in the finals of all of the other apparatus! she is a great young talent. shias. the thing i really like about her is she is a lovely person as well. —— she is. very humble. what a

and the five—time champion ronnie o'sullivan will play gary wilson. grand prix. alonso is skipping the race to take part in the indy 500. button retired from formula one at the end of last season, but is contracted to mclaren as a reserve driver. that's all sport for now. will have more in the next hour. it will be good to see a winner! syria's president assad has given his first interview since last week's suspected chemical weapons attack. he's said reports of the attack by his forces are "100% fabricated". he's also claimed that syria's military has given up all chemical weapons. so there was no order to make any attack. we don't have any chemical weapons. we gave up our arsenal two years ago. even if we had them, we wouldn't use them, and we have never used our chemical arsenal in our history. so what happened? as i said, the only source is al-qaeda. we cannot take it seriously, but our impression is that the west, mainly the united states, is hand in glove with the terrorists. they fabricated the whole story in order to have a pretext for the att