and could 1000—1 outsider rory mcleod dump trump out of the world snooker championship?he pre—tournament favourite is just a frame away from a shock defeat. hello again. the british and irish lions squad for the tour to new zealand has been selected. sam warburton will lead them this summer as both he and coach warren gatland try to emulate their success from four years ago. the squad is bigger that the tour to australia, and it might have to be better, too, with the mighty all blacks lying in wait. our sports correspondent katie gornall was at the squad announcement in london. warren gatland said he only finalise the squad last night, and there were lively debates over the selection, but today he announced the 41 players he will take on tour. as predicted, the majority were english, 16, although not perhaps some of the names you might have expected. no room for dylan hartley despite the fact that he has led england to their second successive six nations title. prop kyle sinclairand six nations title. prop kyle sinclair and centre ben keogh are included despite the fact

favourite judd trump, has been knocked out of the snooker world championship by world number 54 rory mcleodrst—round ten frames to eight by the 46—year—old1000—1 outsider, while earlier in the day former world champion graeme dott earned a tense 10—7 victory over two—time finalist ali carter. jamie broughton has the rest of wednesday's action from the crucible in sheffield. dong is making his second appearance at the world championship, and he played well to reach the tournament in qualifying, and he made a confident start to this match. the early frame saw him play well against his more experienced opponent and he raced to a full frame lead. ryan day has already appeared in one ranking event this season appeared in one ranking event this season and he showed why as he fought back —— four frame lead. they couldn't keep the momentum going and while dong punished him to win the final two friends of the opening session, the chinese star continue to play well in the second session of the match and it was a long for him to complete a comprehensive victory. —— it wasn't long. dong plays world cha

will play scotland's stephen maguire who was a comprehensive 13 frames to three winner against rory mcleodime since 2012. lebronjames lebron james got 32 lebronjames got 32 points to have a a—game sweep of indiana. that is it. from me and the rest of the marvellous sport team, that is goodbye for now. hello there. we've got a bit of a taste of winter for the new working week. the cold front is going south across the uk introducing colder conditions. so, through the week ahead, a chance of seeing wintry showers. gardeners, take note, also some frosty nights over the next few nights too. we are already seeing colder conditions moving in across scotland with sleet and snow showers, mostly over the high ground, but some wintry precipitation getting down to lower levels. further south across the uk, we've got quite a lot of cloud. a few outbreaks of rain. but still into the milded air. looking at the weather for monday morning. 8am. largely dry in southern counties. some sunshine in the south coast towards london. so, a relatively fine start to the day. heading our way further north, one or two

judd trump has lost in the first round to the 1000—1 shot rory mcleod.ld number 5a needing just one frame to go through. and he managed it in the second of the night, completing a 10—8 victory to set up a second round match against stephen maguire. trump, the world number two and runner up from 2011, refused to do a post—match press conference. olympic champion adam peaty narrowly missed out on breaking his own world record as he won the 50 metres breaststroke title at the british swimming championships in sheffield. peaty already won the 100 metres on tuesday and eased to victory in the 50 metres, finishing six hundredths of a second outside of his world best. he described the time as very frustrating. even i'm a little tiny bit disappointed, i know everyone is going to hate me for saying that, but that's the way i work, if i'm not improving and trying to get those times, i automatically field is appointed. i go back to training even more and i want that. andy murray has made a winning return to competitive tennis after a month out with an elbow injury,

elsewhere, stephen maguire thrashed rory mcleod 13—3 to reach the quarter—finals with a session to spare the year. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much, james. first, let's have a quick look at some of the front pages. the ft leads with the french elections, and former banker, emmanuel macron, going head—to—head against the far—right leader, marine le pen, in the race to become france's next president. the guardian says macron is now favourite to win as the result redraws the french political divide. the times says voters in france have humiliated the country's two established political parties. while the daily mail describe it as a new french revolution. the i features the former labour leader, tony blair, telling voters to put aside party loyalty for the sake of the best brexit deal. the daily telegraph questions labour's credibility on defence after they say jeremy corbyn ruled out ever using britain's nuclear deterrent. the daily express claims a foreign aid row broken out over claims taxpayers' cash was being given to a government which funds terrorists. and the daily m

coming up in sport, the 1000 to one outsider rory mcleod is a frame away from knocking of pretournament of the world snooker championship at the crucible. prince harry says he has been amazed by the response over the last few days after he spoke up for the first time about his difficulties dealing with his mother ‘s death. this morning he officially opened the london marathon expo where runners taking part on sunday go to collect their race numbers. his brother prince william also opened up about dealing with the death of diana saying that the shock of losing his mother is still within 20 years later. this report contains flash photography. harry and his little helper melissa, getting the london marathon preparations underway. it's a race which, this year, has a special focus on a princely passion — mental health. prince harry has attracted widespread praise this week for his honesty when he spoke of the anguish and the anxiety he suffered for years after his mother's death. it was only right to share my experience, to help, to hope and to encourage others to come forward, and sort of r

trump is just a frame away from a first—round world championship defeat against world number 5a rory mcleodnces, but managed to fight back to 6—6, before mcleod pulled away into a 9—7 lead when the match had to be stopped prior to the afternoon session. the pair will play to a finish after the first of the two evening matches finishes with the first to ten heading into the second round. these are live pictures from the crucible, former world champion neil robertson of australia up against thailand's noppon saeng—kham. robertson two frames up. there's coverage on bbc two, the red button and the bbc sport website. that is all the sport for now. back to westminster and simon. welcome back to westminster, where in the last hour parliament has approved the prime minister's call for a snap general election in seven weeks' time. mps voted overwhelmingly in favour of a general election which will take place on june the 8th. the vote 522—13. theresa may's decision not to take part in any televised debates has been widely criticised by the opposition parties. during pmqs the prime minister denied tha

trump is just a frame away from a first—round world championship defeat against world number 5a rory mcleoddered by a shoulder problem. missing a series of simple chances, he managed to fight back to 6—6, before mcleod pulled away into a 9—7 lead when the match had to be stopped prior to the afternoon session. the pair will play to a finish later with the first to ten heading into the second round. there's coverage on bbc two, the red button and the bbc sport website. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. hugh ferris, thank you. welcome back to westminster where this afternoon parliament has approved the prime minister's call for a snap general election in seven weeks' time. mps voted overwhelmingly in favour of a general election which will take place on june the 8th. joining me is the snp's westminster leader, angus robertson. today you were fairly happy in pmqs with theresa may saying she would not take part in a tv debate —— fairly unhappy. a lot of people get their news through the media we are discussing, we have had them in scotla nd discussing, we have had them

favourite judd trump is just a frame away from a first—round world championship exit to world number 5a rory mcleodlead, and seemed hindered by a shoulder problem, missing a series of simple chances, but managed to fight back to 6—6, before mcleod pulled away into a 9—7 lead when the match had to be stopped prior to the afternoon session. the pair will play to a finish later with the first to ten heading into the second round. these are live pictures from the crucible. formerfinalist barry hawkins is taking on tom ford. tom ford two frames to one up, it could be developing into another shock in sheffield. the first two ten goes through to the next round. that is on bbc two, the red button and the bbc sport website for audio snooker coverage. “— bbc sport website for audio snooker coverage. —— all your snooker coverage. andy murray has made a winning return to competitive tennis after a month out with an elbow injury, beating gilles muller at the monte carlo masters. the world number one was broken in the first game of the match, but came back to take the opening set 7—5. much to the dismay of mulle

and the man that beat him, 1000—to—one shot rory mcleod. n you are playing snooker. calm and collected. yes. thank you. if you're going to work this morning, you may want to cycle in. research by the university of glasgow has found getting on your bicycle to the office means you're less likely to develop cancer and heart disease. we asked people in manchester why they chose to commute on two wheels. i have been cycling to work for about two years. it started when i got a job about two years. it started when i gotajob in about two years. it started when i got a job in the city centre. i have a lwa ys got a job in the city centre. i have always wanted to cycle to work. i have a nice route to work on the canal. it was a nice reason to get started. i have been riding a bike for nearly two years because work is about five miles away. it is faster than catching the bus. about five or six years. they have a bike to work scheme at the office. it is a good way to get a bike. it is cheap, it is good exercise and it clears your head in the morning. abo

he was beating fellow englishman rory mcleod 4—0 but the world number 54 — who's the oldest player lefting his race at the british swimming championships, 0lympic chanmpion adam peaty has given his british medal away to a boy in the crowd. peaty secured his place at the 2017 world swimming championships after the british 100 metre breaststroke title in sheffield. he finished in under 58 seconds ahead of ross murdoch and james wilby. and he says he gave the medal away to inspire the next generation. if it was any medal, i think i'd offered to give it away because you get so many of them but for me, i don't want to sound arrogant or anything but for me, the race is what matters, the process and going to board a pest, this is qualifying. hopefully getting a medal along the way will inspire him to train harder for his career and even if it's a week already, you have inspired someone. he has got quite a collection of medals. 0lympic medals, world titles. let us get more in our main story. theresa may says it was a walk in wales with her husband that finally made up her mind to ask permission