ronnie o'sullivan's desire to form a "champions league—style" breakaway series of snooker events is "ry hearn. o'sullivan said yesterday he was unhappy with the number of events and the travelling required. he clarified his comments speaking to hazel irvine along with steve davis and ken docherty on the bbc earlier. i'm not looking for some breakaway, but hundreds of thousands of pounds onjust a but hundreds of thousands of pounds on just a platform where you can play against good players because i enjoyed to play. i like to practice and get ready and like to play in front of a crowd so i don't want to stop that but i can see myself lasting and doing myselfjustice on this tour if i pick and choose and played a schedule but i think is fair because there will someone who will play dirty events and he's going to make it into the 16 and i will be thinking, i'm better than him. but because i choose to not go in every tournament. i'm having to sit at home and watch it. so i would rather not be part of it is that is how it is. and just go and have some fun and place of exhibitions, doesn't o

and defending champion ronnie o'sullivan is through to the quarterfinals at the uk championship in yorkome along to sportsday. chaotic, probably best describes the 2—2 draw between manchester united and arsenal in the premier league this evening. the gunners twice went ahead in the game, before the hosts quickly levelled on both occasions. despite chances late on, with heavyweight boxer tyson fury at old trafford, neither could land a knockout punch. patrick gearey reports ona night like on a night like this, traffic appeared that the fortress appeared once was, with spiritjust for point, and when bolstered, the technology and human error. that left them on the bench, his sites two most expensive players, he needed a response and here it was. less tha n needed a response and here it was. less than five minutes later, but followed was what he recognised as an energy—saving middle round, waiting for the guard to drop and just about of goal, but who's, who knows? the defence was still wondering what they said about equalising immediately. they hurtled towards a chaotic conclusion, saving u

let's hearfrom the man himself, then ronnie o'sullivan, who says he has nothing to fear — whoever he and won four finals in the semi, possibly, as i gained my confidence. i need to be playing more but, you know, just look at my strike rate and might one add two, three at six, four out of eight... more football, holly. manchester will have half an hour to climb back to the top. to scotland, where kilmarnock fans dreamed of ‘doing a leicester‘ as their side sat top of the premiership mid—week, it didn't last though. thumped 5—1 by celtic. four goals in the first half for brendan rodgers side with james forrest putting his second away after the break to put the champions back at the top. elsewhere in the scottish premiership livingston's great season continues as they beat st mirren. they're now comfortably mid—table after being promoted last season. aberdeen can't keep any kind of consistency, they lost to stjohnstone. hibs and hearts both won as well. it's tight at the top of the championship. norwich still lead after they beat bolton. but leeds are still hot on their heels after they

to the barbican theatre in york next where ronnie o'sullivan is still on for what would be a record seventhne and the team were watching on. through to a uk final and is fourth ina row through to a uk final and is fourth in a row after a 6—1win through to a uk final and is fourth in a row after a 6—1 win today, how did you rate his performance? in a row after a 6—1 win today, how did you rate his performance7m in a row after a 6—1 win today, how did you rate his performance? it was very competent and functional, the score line, i would say it flatters ronnie, but harsh on tom. yet opportunities that he didn't quite manage to take. ronnie came to the table and it was low but harsh, but listen, ronnie did what he had to do. and he was competent enough. amazing work that he had but he knows that he's going to have a real tough final against either stuart or mark allen, both are major winners themselves, world champions, but is your feeling about the kind of madura by devon the second semifinal. lu a cracking match, but big breaks, between both players but so disagreeable to them, i think it's

ronnie o'sullivan wins a record seventh uk snooker championship.n wins on home soil. well, river plate will be waking up in madrid this monday as champions of the copa libertadores. they will begin making their preparations to join real madrid at the club world cup in abu dhabi injust a couple of weeks's time. juan quintero's extra time strike helped river plate come from a goal down to record a historic victory over io—man boca juniors in madrid, and win the trophy. gonzalo martinez ran the ball into an empty net with the last kick of the game, that ended a dramatic extra time period, which had started with the sending off of boca midfielder, wilmar barrios. well, as you can imagine, river plate fans who had made the journey to madrid were over the moon with their team's win. this match was moved to spain after boca's team bus was attacked by rivalfans in buenos aires, and it may not be over. boca failed to get the fixture suspended at the court of arbitration for sport on saturday, but their attempts to have river disqualified could continue this

let's see what is going on, ronnie o'sullivan at the table, seven frames to four, he leads.e is the defending champion, back—to—back titles on the four 0 champion, back—to—back titles on the four o sullivan. you can follow that live on the bbc sport website and on bbc two, but thatis sport website and on bbc two, but that is all the sport for now. the fa says it's supporting chelsea and the metropolitan police in their investigations into claims of racist abuse against raheem sterling. the manchester city player was allegedly targeted by fans at stamford bridge yesterday. he's accused newspapers of helping to "fuel racism". we can speak now to the journalist and social commentator, kiri kankhwende. thank you forjoining us. how different do you believe newspapers are in their portrayal of black and white footballers? it is like night and day. using the example that raheem sterling cited, when he bought a house for his mum, the way it was reported was very different to how a young white player was reported when he bought a house for his mother. the coverage of him has a lwa ys

ronnie o'sullivan is into the third round of the uk snooker championship with a hard fought 6—5 win over trailing but pulled off aframes in a row for a 5—4 lead. doherty pulled one back before o'sullivan rallied to take the decider. you can of course get all the latest sports news on oui’ you can of course get all the latest sports news on our website at bbc.com/sport but from me, mark edwards and the rest of the team, more sports news are you in the next hour. see them. goodbye. more rain for parts of england and wales in the day ahead. tuesday, quieterforall, but then the weather gets pretty busy again from wednesday, as we will see. a chilly start the further north you are as monday begins and in scotland, the risk of ice on untreated services because we had wet weather overnight clearing away, allowing temperatures to dip away. as we go on through the day, this is the area of cloud. showers and outbreaks of rain moving through england and wales, producing heavy bursts, squally winds, south wales and south—west england too. northernmost counties of northern england and northern irelan

and ronnie o'sullivan puts aside talk of a snooker revolution — to cruise into the fourth round of theship. hello and welcome to sportsday. welcome along. the decade of domination is over. cristiano ronaldo and lionel messi have won every edition of football's coveted ballon d'or award since 2008 but tonight that duopoly has been broken by luka modric. he guided croatia to the world cup final and helped real madrid win a third successive champions league title. we can hear from we can hearfrom him now. we can hear from him now. people are now finally... they wanted to look at something else and i think this isa at something else and i think this is a victory for football tonight and i'm happy that i have the winner but this award is for all these players that probably deserved to win it but they didn't. the lyon and norway striker ada hegerberg won the inaugural women's award. she's had a brilliant year, scoring in the champions league final as lyon won it for the third year running. there was controversy though, when she was asked to twerk by the host, have a watch. just in the last f

he'll now face defending champion ronnie o'sullivan in the last eight. the match out. it was a bit nip and tuck probably, a bit of a scrappy affair today. it would be fair to say ding didn't play his a—game obviously. but ijust was hanging on and fighting out there and i got better as the match went on. and world number six barry hawkins is also out. he was beaten 6—2 by fellow englishman kyren wilson — he'll now face stuart bingham in the quarter—finals. one of the oldest welsh rugby clubs has had a winding—up order dismissed — but that's not the news some of its supporters wanted. neath were once one of the most famous teams in club rugby but have got into debt. a group of fans wanted the club to be wound up so they could take it over but a judge ruled paperwork about the case was ‘unclear.’ (00v) and world number six barry hawkins is also out. over but a judge ruled paperwork about the case was ‘unclear.’ it just shows you itjust shows you that it just shows you that the itjust shows you that the problems with professional rugby and it has gone from t

ronnie o'sullivan is through to the fourth round of the uk snooker championship.a's zhou yuelong by six frames to nil. but of course o'sullivan is never too far away from controversy, and has made more headlines for suggesting he wants to start a breakaway champions league—style snooker tour, because of the number of events and the amount of travelling on the current schedule. it is the people who lose early because they get home for 910 days, but if you look like somebody like selby or higgins or williams, they go deep in the tournament. it does not see them —— nine or ten days. it —— eventually they will crash and burn. it will be five or six different trips. it will be one week in china, the next in coventry, the nextin in china, the next in coventry, the next in china. it catches up with you when you end up with someone like higgins who has burned out. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. quick reminder of the top story, luka modric has won the 63rd edition of the ballon d'or. but from me and the rest of the sport today

defending champion ronnie o'sullivan remains on course for a record seventh uk championship title, after1 to reach the semi—finals. o'sullivan will now take on tom ford in the last four after ford defeated joe perry 6—2. in the evening matches there were comfortable victories for mark allen who saw off stephen maguire 6—1 whilst stuart bingham defeated fellow englishman kyren wilson by the same score. a rematch between deontay wilder and tyson fury will be for the heavyweight title after the world boxing council announced it'll sanction the fight. britain's fury and american wilder shared a controversial and thrilling draw in los angeles last weekend. wilder's mandatory challenger is dominic brezeale, but the wbc‘s decision means he can fight fury next without being stripped of his belt. boxing now, and the nerves may well be building for wbo world super—bantamweight champion isaac dogboe. the 2a—year—old, who describes himself as "born in ghana, made in britain" fights mexico's emanuel navarrete tomorrow. but he does seem a rather relaxed individual. he's been talking to bbc sport about

ronnie o'sullivan put the headlines behind him and got on with thejob headlines behind him and got onuld have liked, he will be disappointed with that performance but ronnie 0'sullivan generally gets the job done these days against players further down the ranking and he is in good shape to win this tournament. ronnie is the man to beat? he is the bookmakers' favourite and he is at the business end of every event and it would take something pretty good to be him. stephen maguire winning a thrilling this afternoon. crazy match between him and mark williams and who would have thought at 4—0 in front that stephen would win 6—5. amazing turnaround. mark will be wondering what happened because stephen maguire went ballistic after the interval, century breaks all over the place. from stephen maguire's perspective he must be delighted, mark williams, he put up a good show but stephen maguire is the one. thank you forjoining us. that's it from us. more coverage from the uk championship at 7pm and highlights on bbc two. jason muhammad and the gang there. in sport the prize money on offer can b

ronnie o'sullivan is two wins away from a record seventh uk snooker championship title.ord in the semi—finals — you can watch it live on bbc one from one o'clock and a 7.00pm this evening, it's stuart bingham against mark allen on bbc two. that's all the sport for now. this week: can tech save the world? we've got plastic soup, solar islands and recycled cars. planet earth is under attack... from us. we are depleting its resources, contaminating its waters this week, world leaders have come together once again at the un's climate conference in poland. on the agenda, the latest findings from the inter—governmental panel on climate change, which contain damning results. we are failing to meet the targets to slow down global warming. if we do not take action, the collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon. meanwhile, some at the highest levels of power a re still not convinced. yeah, i don't believe it. no, no, i don't believe it. this, despite rigorous scientific models and increasingly vocal warnings from nearly all of

ronnie o'sullivan is bidding for his seventh uk championship title.e is taking on mark allen. latest score from york is 9—4. the uk title is considered the second most prestigious title on the snooker calendar. that's all the sport for now. thank you. now, how do you give fossils a future? well, you put them online, and that's exactly what london's natural history museum and washington's smithsonian instritution in the us, have set out to do. our science correspondent victoria gill, has the story. so we're in our brachiopod collection. tucked into thousands of drawers, the entire history of life on earth. there's dozens of things in every box in every draw. wow! yes, yes. there are 40 million fossils stored here at the smithsonian museum and a team is carrying out the mammoth task of digitally recording every single one. we have drawers here in the collection that haven't been opened in decades. the data held within the museum drawers is trapped and we are bringing that trapped data out into the light. we are mobilising it for research. photographing

and defending champion ronnie o'sullivan's in action against martin o'donnell — the man who beat ding on the other table, it's joe perry against tom ford. you can watch live now on bbc two, and via the bbc sport website. i'll have more for you in the next hour. the mobile network 02 says all of its data services have been restored. the company said a review will be carried out to discover why 32 million uk customers were unable to get online yesterday. our correspondent, jon donnison, has more. for many these days, life without a fully—functioning smartphone is almost unimaginable. the cameras might have been working at this christmas market in manchester, but for 32 million 02 customers, not much else was. we've not been able to use facebook. the thing is, i don't think you can send messages on imessage either. train times, to get us home. just not good, basically. in london, bus arrival screens which work off the 02 network were also out of action. a first world problem, you might say, but also very much one of our time. it's a digital catastrophe of the 21st century. we are out of

ronnie o'sullivan is into the third round of the uk snooker championship with a hard fought 6—5 win overling... but reeled off four frames in a row for lead 5—4. doherty pulled one back before o'sullivan rallied to take the decider. another comeback from ding junhui, who trailed world number 60 matthew selt 4—2 before recovering to take his match in finalframe decider. he'll likely need to improve with a high break ofjust 56. laura kenny and emily nelson have won their second gold of the cycling world cup in berlin, taking victory in the women's madison. the pair were part of great britain's triumphant team pursuit on friday and added more silverware today. laura's husband jason goes in the men's individual sprint this evening too. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. one of the most important topics that we cover regularly here on click is tech which can assist disabled people. as the cost of prototyping and innovating has come down, and as disabled people have become more involved in the design, we've seen some amazing projects over the last few years. thi

india are closing in on a first test victory in australia for 10 years after the fourth day ronnie o'sullivan at the barbican in york. he's up against mark allen in the final and leads 6—2 after winning five frames in a row in the afternoon session. o'sullivan only needs to win another four frames and the title will be his. coverage of the evening session is on bbc two from 7o‘clock the european cross country championships have been taking place in tilburg in the netherlands, there are various age groups, we hadn't planned on showing you the men's under 23's. but this is the frenchman, jimmy gressier, he already had the flags, he knew he was going to defend his title, the first man to do that, so how to cross the line, to mark such an achievement, steve cram takes up the commentary. jimmy and find style coming away to win the gold medal... jimmy, it jimmy,jimmy. whatare win the gold medal... jimmy, it jimmy, jimmy. what are you doing? his big moment and he fluffed it. anyway, he ran brilliantly well,. we'll have more sport throughout the evening. next on the news channel it's the film review.

and, ronnie o'sullivan takes a step closer to a record seventh title at the uk snooker championship inello, and welcome to sportsday. we start with what the england and wales cricket board will hope is the final chapter of a saga that has lasted well over a year for their players ben stokes and alex hales. stokes was cleared of affray after an incident outside a bristol nightclub in september of last year but today both players faced sanction from the independent cricket disciplinary commission. our sports editor, dan roan, joins me now. dan — just tell us exactly what the cdc had to say today? and alex holes were handed bans and fines. this stems back to a brawl outside a bristol nightclub in september of last year. following which, ben stokes was charged with affray. he was found not guilty at a criminal trial. both men which are by the ecb for bringing the game into disrepute. in the case of ben stokes, he was handed a age—matched ban and a £30,000 fine. of those bands, he doesn't have too said any more because of the panel decided because he missed the ashes series last winter, he

ronnie o'sullivan is into the third round of the uk snooker championship with a hard fought 6—5 win overbut reeled off 4 frames in a row for lead 5—4. doherty pulled one back before o'sullivan rallied to take the decider. laura kenny and emily nelson won their second gold medals at track cycling world cup in berlin. they trumphed in the madison, to add to their first place in the team pursuit on friday. jason kenny could only manage 13th in the individual sprint. the leader of ukip, gerard batten, has survived a vote of no confidence held by the party's national executive committee. mr batten had faced strong criticism over his decision to appoint the far—right activist, tommy robinson, as an adviser. the committee said it did not endorse the appointment. the fashion group, ted baker, has promised an independent investigation into claims that its chief executive forced staff to let him hug them. the announcement follows an online campaign by some employees, accusing 62—year—old ray kelvin of verbal, physical and sexual harassment. the company says such claims are entirely at odds with it

ronnie o‘sullivan looks on course to win a record seventh uk championship title at the barbican in yorkonly needs to win another four frames and the title will be his. coverage of the evening session is on bbc two from 7 o‘clock. the european cross country championships are underweay in tilburg in the netherlands, there are various age groups, we hadn‘t planned on showing you the men‘s under 23‘s, but this is the frenchman, jimmy gressier, he already had the flags, he knew he was going to defend his title, the first man to do that, so how to cross the line to mark such an achievement? steve cram takes up the commentary. infine in fine style coming away to win the gold medal. isaid in fine in fine style coming away to win the gold medal. i said in fine style! jimmy,jimmy,jimmy! gold medal. i said in fine style! jimmy, jimmy, jimmy! whatare gold medal. i said in fine style! jimmy, jimmy, jimmy! what are you doing? his big moment and he‘s loved it. he ran brilliantly well.|j doing? his big moment and he‘s loved it. he ran brilliantly well. i think he was going for a triumphant knee slide b

ronnie o'sullivan will play mark allen in the final of the uk snooker championship.frames to one this afternoon in york to reach his eighth uk championship final — that gets under way from one o'clock tomorrow afternoon. that's all the sport for now. six people have been killed in a stampede at a nightclub in northern italy. the crush happened in the early hours of this morning in the town of corinaldo near ancona on the adriatic coast. james reynolds reports: the blue lantern nightclub was packed for a rap concert. suddenly, at 1am, the air fills with what may have been pepper spray. translation: we were together. we started seeing everyone rush towards the emergency exits. at the beginning we didn't understand why, but then we started to cough and thought there might be a fire or something, so we decided to leave. but at least one exit route was blocked. in the crush to get out of the club, a railing collapsed, causing dozens of party goers to fall. translation: since 3 this morning, we we re translation: since 3 this morning, we were close to the bodies and the re

ronnie o'sullivan says he wants to keep breaking records.ionship for a seventh time. he had been level on six with steve davis. he beat mark allen 10 frames to 6 in york last night and that also took him to 19 triple crown titles, he also has five world and seven masters crowns. it had been a joint record of 18 with stephen hendry. i played very well today, you know, and i'm still having to convince myself to believe that i could win, you know, because that's how hard it felt a match. but, yeah, great to create history, great to beat the nugget‘s record. amazing to beat my hero's record, stephen hendry, who is the ultimate player. i've still got eight world titles to get, so i'll be chasing that one! that's another thing altogether. mark cavendish says he's looking forward to returning to competive cycling after taking time out to recover from illness. the british rider had been competing for over a year with the epstein—barr virus, which causes fatigue. you never know with the condition — it can hang around especially as it was not managed

ronnie o'sullivan is into the third round of the uk snooker championship with a hard fought 6—5 win overpulled off four frames in a row for lead 5—4. doherty pulled one back before o'sullivan rallied to take the decider. england's netballers completed a 3—0 series win over uganda after beating them in the final match at the copperbox. england won 66—37 in the last match for this year with head coach, tracey neville, hoping to use this game to further assess her squad ahead of next year's world cup which will take place in liverpool. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. i'll have more for you at around 5:30pm. hedging your bets! we all know that things can change around you. three astronauts will blast off to the international space station tomorrow, two months after the dramatic failure of a soyuz spacecraft sent the previous crew hurtling back to earth in an emergency capsule. russia suspended all manned flights after the accident — the first of its kind in over 30 years and a blow to moscow's pride in its space programme. but the soyuz is still the onl

there's more on the bbc sport website, including ronnie o'sullivan being on course for a record seventhtories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me. hello. this is bbc news with martine croxall more now on the news that amber rudd has become the first cabinet minister to openly back an alternative to theresa may's brexit deal if she can't get it through the commons next week. the work and pensions secretary says the "norway plus" option is a possible plan b. it would mean the uk staying in a customs union with full access to the single market. earlier this evening — i spoke to the labour backbencher stephen kinnock who's been championing the "norway plus" plan for brexit. he began by telling me about his recent discussions with amber rudd on this subject. when amber was a backbencher, which of course just recently she has been brought back into the cabinet, she was part of our group, we have a cross party group of mps called the norway plus group and she was part of those discussions and we had very good conversations about the norway plus option. is it a very literal title, a goo

he will now face defending champion ronnie o‘sullivan in the quarter—finals.sh rugby clubs has had a winding up order dismiss but that is not the new summer supporters wanted. they were once one of the most famous teams in club rugby but have got into debt and a group of fa ns wa nted have got into debt and a group of fans wanted the club to be wound up so that they could take it over, but a judge ruled the paperwork about the case was unclear. itjust shows you that, the underlying problems with professional rugby, club rugby in wales. it has gone from a fortress, club rugby was a fortress in wales to regional rugby, which has been a transition and a successful international level, but obviously we need to make sure that grassroots rugby is there for the future generations. and that is all the sport for now. good night. hello there. we are looking at a turbulent end to the week with high—pressure racing towards our shores and it is set to bring some very high winds particularly to scotland, where there is the risk of some severe gales. that is not the only pla

ronnie o'sullivan are going for a record seventh title at the uk snooker championship leading 4—2 ine more on all those stories in the next hour. now back to brexit. there have been a number of demonstrations going on today — the founder of the english defence league, tommy robinson, joined a pro—brexit march in cental london, organised by ukip. a counter—protest against so—called far—right extremists was also being organised to take place at the same time. both demonstrations took place close to one another. our correspondent richard galpin was with the pro brexit demonstators. this is just one of severral rallies and marches taking place here in london today, two days ahead of the all—important vote in parliament on brexit. in which, obviously, they will decide whether they accept theresa may's deal which she's agreed with brussels. now, this has been organised by ukip, the uk independence party, a right—wing party which is very much behind brexit, but they're not happy with the deal which the british prime minister has agreed with brussels and they want to get out of the eu comple

defending champion ronnie o'sullivan faces mark allen in the final of the uk snooker championship inan breezed past tom ford six frames to one. that semifinal was very one—sided. allen beat stuart bingham in the other semifinal. o'sullivan is on course for a record seventh title. just as long as you play well, competing. you know, in one tournament hopefully your name will be written on it. that's how i look at it. you can play brilliantly and lose sometimes but that's just snooker. i have just got to try and be consistent, competitive, enjoying it, and when a win comes, you're over the moon. he is certainly worth watching at the moment, the rocket. he is on form. that final is on bbc two and it starts at one o'clock. i will be back on bbc news in the next hour with more sport, but now it is the papers with ben. hello and welcome to our sunday morning paper review. with me arejoel taylor, deputy news editor at the metro, and broadcaster shyama perera. the dream team. thank you for being with us. let's take a look at the front pages. let's begin with the sunday telegraph and the headl

ronnie o'sullivan is one win away from a record seventh uk snooker championship title. he'll face either masters champion mark allen, or stuart bingham in the final tomorrow. there are currently in action right now. that's all the sport for now. the work and pensions secretary, amber rudd, has become the first government minister to openly discuss an alternative brexit strategy, if the prime minister's deal is rejected in the commons on tuesday. she said she still supported theresa may's withdrawal agreement but it could be chaotic if mps didn't back the plan. you know what it's like in the run—up to christmas. you will be told that great deals are available, but you're tempted to wait for the january sales. and one cabinet minister is telling mps that if they don't like the prime minister's brexit deal, then a different one could come onto the market. amber rudd supports theresa may's deal. she says it is the best option but if it is defeated... if the house is not going to support the deal any to come forward with an alternative deal. and i have seen that there is a l

defending champion ronnie o'sullivan is facing jack lisowski. the first to six frames at this stage. 1-1. o'sullivan has just taken one back. jack lisowski won the open. world champion mark williams is playing stephen maguire on the other table. you can watch this on bbc two or through the bbc sports website. and how about this for one of the best saves you'll see this year? this happened in the argentinian third tier. goalkeeper tried to clear, but look. unbelievable. that was his howler. pawed away. just goes to show that a dog is a goalkeeper‘s best friend i'll have more for you in the next hour. as the prime minister enters a second day of debate hoping to convince mps to back her brexit withdrawal deal, has she done enough to convince the electorate? 7 nina warhurst has been on a 400 mile tour of the north west of england talking to voters about whether they support the deal, and if they've changed their minds on how they voted two years ago. 7 she starts in barrow in furness in cumbria. b is for barrow in furness, where 60% voted leave. un

and ronnie o'sullivan is through to the quarter—finals of the uk snooker championship in york.sist career century break, as he beat his practice partnerjack lisowski. sullivan saying he turned down the chance to be in the jungle sullivan saying he turned down the chance to be in thejungle because he wants to be the duke of york. sorry, what was that? he turned down the chance to be on celebrity because he wanted to win another title in new york. —— in york. and carol is in york, isn't she? she is, at another beautiful location. and your christmasjumper! you can't beat it at this time of the morning. i'm in stunning castle howard in north yorkshire, as mike and charlie were saying, castle howard took 100 years to complete, there were 145 rooms, we are in the music room and let me show you around. drummers drumming, rehearsing for the big bash on 12th night, popped out for a tea but they have left everything behind, the uniforms, the drums, two robbins sitting here and a lovely real fire, nice and toasty. if you're stepping out, what you will notice is it's not as cold as it was

ronnie o‘sullivan says he want‘s to keep breaking record. that also took him to 19 triple crown title that surpassed stephen hendry‘s previous record. i played very well today, you know, and i still having to convince and i‘m still having to convince myself to believe that i could win, you know, because that‘s how hard it felt a match. but, yeah, great to create history, great to beat the nugget‘s record. amazing to beat my hero‘s record, stephen hendry, who is the ultimate player. i‘ve still got eight world titles to get, so i‘ll be chasing that one! that‘s another thing altogether. mark cavendish says he‘s looking forward to returning to competive cycling after taking time out to recover from illness. the british rider discovered that he‘d competing for over a year with the epstein—barr virus, which causes fatigue you never know with the condition, a -- it you never know with the condition, a —— it can hang around if it is not managed properly. hopefully it is behind me now. the whole point that it was mismanaged proves it is difficult. it

ronnie o'sullivan is into the third round of the uk snooker championship with a hard fought 6—5 win overrty pulled one back before o'sullivan rallied to take the decider. these are live pictures from york with ding junhui taking on world number 60 matthew selt. ding trailed 4—2 but managed to take it to a decider — you can watch proceedings on the bbc red button and the bbc sport website and app... that's all the sport for now. up next on bbc news, it's the film review. hello there, and welcome to the film review here on bbc news. taking us through this week's cinema releases. it is mark kermode. what have you got? very strong week. disobedience. new film by sebastien. the rocky franchise continues in creed ii. and truth is stranger than fiction in three identical strangers. disobedience, a woman comes back to here hometown. back to her hometown. father's funeral, rekindles a love affair, it's had mixed reviews. you've basically done myjob. rachael weisz is ronit, comes back to new york and discovers her two best friends, david, played by alessandro nivola. and esti, played by rachael mc

ronnie o'sullivan looks on course to win a record seventh uk championship title at the barbican in yorkwin another four frames and the title will be his. coverage of the evening session is on bbc two from 7o'clock the european cross country championships have been taking place in tilburg in the netherlands, there are various age groups, we hadn't planned on showing you the men's under 23's but this is the frenchman, jimmy gressier, he already had the flags, he knew he was going to defend his title, the first man to do that, so how to cross the line, to mark such an achievement, steve cram takes up the commentary. to win the gold medal! jimmy, jimmy, jimmy. what are you doing? to win the gold medal! jimmy, jimmy, jimmy. whatare you doing? his to win the gold medal! jimmy, jimmy, jimmy. what are you doing? his big moment and he fluffed it, he ran really well. between new that's all the sport for now. the headlines on bbc news. downing street says mps will vote on theresa may's brexit agreement on tuesday — as borisjohnson insists the uk can negotiate a better deal. a body is found by poli

ronnie o'sullivan is true to the final of the uk snooker championship.de more headlines for suggesting that he wants to start a breakaway champions league style snooker port because of the number of events and the amount of travelling on the current schedule. exudes the people but was only because they get on for 910 days and they look forward for the next one but if you look at someone like mark selby, then obviously they are going deep into tournaments so it really doesn't suit them and at some point they will crash and burn and it is notjust one trip they will crash and burn and it is not just one trip to china, they will crash and burn and it is notjust one trip to china, it is five or six different trips and that can be one week you are in china and then in coventry and then you are backin then in coventry and then you are back in china and eventually that does catch up on you and you end up with people like agents who are burnt out. i'll be back with more on those stories later. let's return to our top story and the attorney general, geoffrey cox,

defending champion ronnie o'sullivan faces mark allen in the final of the uk snooker championship inopefully your name will be written on it. you can play brilliantly and loose sometimes, but that is just snooker. you have got to be consistent, competitive, enjoy it, and when the wind comes you are over the moon. i know what i am doing this afternoon, that final on bbc two at one o'clock. —— win. and that final is on bbc two — it starts at one o'clock. now on to the world of extreme sports — and the mayhem that is crashed ice racing. this is injapan — the first event of the season — and after the competitors speed down that ice track, you can see where the sport gets its name — they literally crash into the barrier. flat out but he did win. it was an american 1—2. this is the women's race. far more graceful. where is the camera? there it is. even crossed the line on one knee. and some champagne. i like the look of that. you would need plenty of padding. i have got some built—in. i would be right. thank you. thank you. around 10,000 people slept out in parks in four scottish cities la

defending champion ronnie o'sullivan faces mark allen in the final of the uk snooker championship inr a record seventh title. just as long as you play well, competing. you know, in one tournament hopefully your name will be written on it. that is how i look at it. you can play brilliantly and lose sometimes but that is just snooker. i have just lose sometimes but that is just snooker. i havejust got lose sometimes but that is just snooker. i have just got to try and be consistent, competitive, enjoying it, and when a win comes, you are over the moon. and that is my afternoon sorted. the final is on bbc two and it starts at one o'clock at the barbican in york. now on to the world of extreme sports and the mayhem that is crashed ice racing. this is injapan — the first event of the season. and how do you stop? that handy padded wall! he is flat out and he is the winner. the american won. where are the cameras? smile! and they have got on—board cameras as well so we should maybe get footage of that. i skating makes me wince because i have got an interesting scar. you know the serrated en

he'll now face defending champion ronnie o'sullivan in the last eight.o, tim henman's been involved, he says they need "lightning speed, endless endurance and good concentration". know that it way to teach a dog and do it yourself. —— no better way. they were retrieving the balls, any dogs i have tried to teach to fetch, thatis dogs i have tried to teach to fetch, that is the problem, getting it back off them again. i do think they would work well in tennis.” off them again. i do think they would work well in tennis. i took my cat to play fetched. i have two cats that can play fetch. they struggle with a tennis ball, presumably. what do you get them to use? tiny little play in mice. it is 6:39 a.m.. this morning we're remembering buzzcocks frontman pete shelly, who has died suddenly at the age of 63. in a tweet, the band described him as "one of the uk's most influential and prolific songwriters" — a sentiment held by music journalistjohn robb, who joins us now. good morning john. you knew him well, didn't you? anything about his health, did you know he

the defending champion, ronnie o'sullivan, is taking onjack lisowski. o'sullivan is 4—1 up.ire, i think it is 4—0. i will be back in the next hour on bbc news but now it is time for ask this. now, throughout the day we've been asking you for your brexit questions, specifically on immigration and security, to reflect the areas on which today's brexit debate in parliament is focused. joining me is the criminologist dr alison wakefield, who's also chair of the the professional body the security institute, and our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani. thank you for coming in. we will kick off this will —— with this one. david morgan via twitter asks, "what are the risks of dropping out of galileo?" my my first question is, what is galileo. it is an interesting and important question. it is the european satellite system in which we have invested i believe 1.2 million. we rely on that system for the likes of mobile phone signal, satnav and importantly military gps navigation. we have had eight state in its development, british companies have been involved in its building bu

and ronnie o'sullivan is through to the fourth round of the uk championship but would snooker chairmankaway tour are nonsensical. what a great word that is. nonsensical. excellent. what are you thinking? we chatted about his neck a debate yesterday. i think that is right as well. ronnie said that sometimes when he turns up into something like barcelona playing leyton orient. how awful to feel as good as barcelona. that is part of his charm. i think he is brilliant, but that comment of him is less than brilliant. that is why we like. that is why he is box office. you never know what he will say. talking of box office... miss kirkwood is back. good morning. to a. this morning if you are stepping out your notice it is a cold start to the day. —— good morning to everyone. for many of us, it will be bright with the fed that of sunshine. there is a risk of ice on untreated surfaces. today we are under the switch of high—pressure. the weather front in the west enhancing showers across south—west scotland, it is later we see this weather front coming in cross cornwall and the isles of scilly i

defending champion ronnie o'sullivan in action against martin o'donnell.the other table, it isjoe perry against tom ford. tom ford with a lead in that one as well. you can watch live on bbc two and via the bbc sport website. we will to be updated on all the live action from the hockey world cup and the barbican theatre in york but that is all for sport. next tuesday mps will have to decide whether to approve theresa may's deal with the eu ahead of the uk's departure on the 29th march 2019, or reject it — which could open up a number of possibilities. mps have been debating in the parliament all week and will resume the debate on monday. to discuss some of the premutations of the vote, we're joined by bbc reality check‘s chris morris. a greek next week. —— big week. a greek next week. -- big week. big week every week. so what could happen? we assume it will not be disbanded because that is what is being said behind the scenes that one possibility is that looks unlikely as parliament approves the deal, what then would have to happen is that it would have to

coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news: ronnie the record—breaker — seven uk championships now, 19 triple crown titles. what now for o'sullivanon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the bbc understands this lunchtime theresa may has delayed the crucial commons vote tomorrow on her brexit deal, amid specualation she was about to lose it heavily. the prime minister will address mps this afternoon, after consulting her cabinet this morning. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has described the decision to postpone the vote as a desperate step at the 11th hour. our political correspondent chris mason reports. first thing this morning, peterhead fish market, and the big sell was still on. when a cabinet minister is wearing a baseball cap, white coat, a pairof wearing a baseball cap, white coat, a pair of wellies, holding a fish with cameras and all, you can be sure they are hawking something. it was the government's eu withdrawal agreement and he sounded pretty definitive. do you think there should be a delay? the prime minister has been clear the vote is going ahead and i believe it should going ahead and i believe it should go ahead.