stephen hendry is the man out in front with seven title, with the trio of ronnie o sullivan, steve davisll on six. and i'm delighted we can speak to the world champion now. hi, mark. hi, you 0k? hi, you ok? i am good for stop we are seeing — hi, you ok? i am good for stop we are seeing all— hi, you ok? i am good for stop we are seeing all those _ hi, you ok? i am good for stop we are seeing all those wonderful - are seeing all those wonderful pictures of you celebrating with family, when i was watching last night, i thought it must�*ve been such a privilege to be able to celebrate that world title and the wind for you in amongst all the stands. it wind for you in amongst all the stands. . , wind for you in amongst all the stands. ., , ., , ' ., ' stands. it was. the last 12 to 15 months have — stands. it was. the last 12 to 15 months have been _ stands. it was. the last 12 to 15 months have been difficult - stands. it was. the last 12 to 15 months have been difficult for| months have been difficult for everyone in sport and around the world, so to play over the last 12 months in front of

it is the last day here in the crucible theatre, we have stephen hendry and the world number one at theess the eight frames played this afternoon? ~ , ., .., afternoon? i think you could tell the intensity. — afternoon? i think you could tell the intensity, the _ afternoon? i think you could tell the intensity, the pressure - afternoon? i think you could tell the intensity, the pressure wasl the intensity, the pressure was building from yesterday. it is the business day of the final now, the end is in sight. i think in the end shaun murphy will be not too disappointed as he was at the start of the day because there were stages in the final when it looked like mark selby was taking over and gone have had an unassailable lead coming into tonight. have had an unassailable lead coming into toniaht. ~ , , ., have had an unassailable lead coming into toniaht. ~ . , ., into tonight. murphy gained some traction in the _ into tonight. murphy gained some traction in the match, _ into tonight. murphy gained some traction in the match, still- into tonight. murphy gained some traction in the match,

his 18—15 victory hands him a fourth world title and at 37 could see him go on to challenge stephen hendrys joe lynskey. in front of a capacity crucible crowd... . the seats were full, the sound was real. this is sport in the uk with a capacity crowd, the first we have seen since last march. a step out of lockdown and a platform for two snooker players. shaun murphy feeds off the crowd, but he came into the last session three frames behind. every time he crept back in, mark selby found a way. crowd cheers. selby has won the world championship three times before. through this year's tournament, he's been consistent and clinical. the crucible holds 980 people. the players hear every gasp and groan on the table. gasps from crowd. oh, so close! one mistake is often enough for mark selby, his snooker has been unforgiving. there he goes! this now was his fourth world title, and his first for four years. a few years ago, i had some really, really dark days, you know? and, yeah, times were tough. so obviously, all the family, and everyone who is close to me will understand obviously what i'm going

coming up on the bbc news channel, why world snooker champion mark selby could go on to challenge stephen hendrycrucible theatre last night. voters go to the polls across scotland, wales and england on thursday, in the biggest test of opinion outside the general election. more than 100 councils are being contested in england, and the members of the welsh and scottish parliaments will be elected. my colleague clive myrie is at holyrood for us. hello from a rather soggy edinburgh. actually, it's only northern ireland that won't be going to the polls on thursday. everywhere else in the uk, elections will include local councils, police and crime commissioners as well as the welsh senedd. the results across the country will show what impact keir starmer�*s leadership of labour is having. and here in scotland, elections to the holyrood parliament, that could see an snp overall majority and possibly a mandate, the party says, for another independence referendum. our correspondent lewis goodall has this assessment of all thursday's votes. we've got a mammoth set of elections on may 6th. let's have a loo

his 18—15 victory hands him a fourth world title and at 37 could see him go on to challenge stephen hendryar's tournament, he's been consistent and clinical. the crucible holds 980 people. the players hear every gasp and groan on the table. gasps from crowd. oh, so close! 0ne mistake is often enough for mark selby, his snooker has been unforgiving. there he goes! this now was his fourth world title, and his first for four years. a few years ago, i had some really, really dark days, you know? and, yeah, times were tough. so obviously, all the family, and everyone who is close to me will understand obviously what i'm going through, so this has been a special one, you know? to win it four times, it's just something i could only dream of. sport is nothing without the fans, and, you know, we have been so thrilled to have everyone back this last fortnight. a full house tonight, and listen, guys, on a personal note, it has been a very tough year for me on tour, as i say. travel restrictions and stuff like that, a lot has been made of it, but you have brought me back. thank you. applause. thank yo

not many people can say they've got that. john higgins, ronnie o'sullivan, steve davis and stephen hendry_ the same coach. what does the courts do in that situation? it happens - the same coach. what does the courts do in that situation? it happens in - do in that situation? it happens in so many sports. ——coach. as long as one of their players when's they are happy it is a win when situation. champagne in the fridge later. just coming up to ten to nine. we are off to liverpool in a minute. but before that the weather. ben is with us. a mixed day today with sunshine and showers and i will show you two scenes from the north west of england. this was cheshire with some innocuous strata cumulus cloud breaking up to reveal sunshine but not too far away and cumbria are big threatening cumulonimbus cloud delivering a heel showered. it really is one of those sunshine and showers days. you see it on the satellite picture, that innocuous cloud starting to break up and this big lumpy cloud pushing and off the irish sea and wales one of the first places today to see some showers. a few across the no