now, what stop also through is stuart bingham. now. what a — stop also through is stuart bingham.n he produced. now, what a stunning final session he produced-— he produced. won the first for frames gained _ he produced. won the first for frames gained a _ he produced. won the first for frames gained a wonderful- he produced. won the first for. frames gained a wonderful lead, he produced. won the first for- frames gained a wonderful lead, he played _ frames gained a wonderful lead, he played really well today. scored well and — played really well today. scored well and kept it together at the end when _ well and kept it together at the end when he was starting to get a little bit nervous, little bit twitchy, but he held _ bit nervous, little bit twitchy, but he held himself together and made a nice clearance. this is only a sport quarterfinal. — nice clearance. this is only a sport quarterfinal, so in contrast, it's a bil quarterfinal, so in contrast, it's a big difference, but someone will have _ big difference, but someone will have to — big difference, but someone will have to

he'll face stuart bingham, the 2015 winner, in the quarter finals.l fans? and clubs such as bury fc collapsing through financial mismanagement? now the government hopes to put a stop to all that by giving english football fans a greater say in decision making in their clubs and appointing an independent regulator. joe wilson has the details. this is football outrage. fans who pay whatever it takes to support their club forgotten. the reaction when the richest clubs try to break away to join a european super league. elsewhere, clubs, so often the heart of communities, have been mis—run towards extinction. derby county, once english champions, on the brink of liquidation. bury fc, in existence since the 18805, expelled from the football league and in financial crisis. there are other examples. the government now says an independent regulator must oversee the game. do you think we had reached the point where you simply cannot trust football to run itself? unfortunately, we have been waiting quite a long time for football to sort out some of these issues

he awaits the winner of the match between stuart bingham i superb.inst stephen maguire?_ how good he looked for you against stephen maguire? probably the worst of his three matches _ stephen maguire? probably the worst of his three matches in _ stephen maguire? probably the worst of his three matches in terms - stephen maguire? probably the worst of his three matches in terms of- of his three matches in terms of standard apply and certainly the last night his every shot time was 22 seconds which for ronnie is pedestrian. but like mark he finished off the match in style with too beneficent breaks and it's ominous for the rest of the feel of the way he is playing. but i still think mark is playing a little bit better than ronnie so far, but ronnie is the man to beat. awaiting the match between _ ronnie is the man to beat. awaiting the match between jack _ ronnie is the man to beat. awaiting the match between jack was - ronnie is the man to beat. awaiting the match between jack was asking | the match betweenjack was asking who is one from behind against

that's after trump won the last eight frames of his quarter—final against stuart bingham having beenllivan also looked his place in the semi—finals. he finished with a break of 126 to beat scotland's stephen maguire13—5. if 0'sullivan wins the title it'll be his seventh, which will take him level with stephen hendry as the most successful player in the tournament's history. we all aspire to be like stephen. he set the benchmark for everyone, davis did but he took it to another level, were alljust trying to be... stephen is the all—time legend for me, greatest player. there is a one—man dominated the spot like tiger woods said. it’s one-man dominated the spot like tiger woods said.— tiger woods said. it's a different level. it's an _ tiger woods said. it's a different level. it's an honour _ tiger woods said. it's a different level. it's an honour to - tiger woods said. it's a different level. it's an honour to be - tiger woods said. it's a different level. it's an honour to be here i for the worcester warriors will face london irish in the premiership rugby cup final after a 39—25 vi

the other match is a real battle between two former champions, judd trump and stuart bingham.ht but bingham won the first four frames this morning to take a 7—5 lead. however, the second half of the session went trump's way and it's now 8—all. they resume at 7 o'clock. there's coverage from sheffield on bbc two, as well as the bbc sport website and app. promoter barry hearn says he doesn't believe tyson fury will retire, and he expects him to fight the winner of the anthonyjoshua — oleksandr usyk rematch, which is taking place injuly. hearn says a fury—joshua fight would be a bout like no other and the prize money on offer would be too much for fury to refuse. of course he doesn't mean it, have you any idea how much money there is on that fight, 100 million plus. it is one more fight to make sure your family are protected forever. he is a great entertainer, deserves everything he gets and that is only one way to beat tyson fury and you have to attack him and 0kamoto stop at turns up and uses the same tactics it is the same result. against tyson fury is not as big as tyson fury

he'll face stuart bingham, the 2015 winner, in the quarter finals.bbc.com/sport. but from me, and the rest of the sport team, goodbye. the venice art biennale opened over the weekend, and the british artist, sonia boyce has won the top prize, the so—called golden lion. she'd already made history as the first black woman to represent britain at the international art exhibition. the other golden lion for the best artist was won by another black artist, america's simone leigh. here's our culture editor, katie razzall. the british pavilion at the venice art biennale has been transformed to the sound of five black female musicians. it's a hugely noisy, but hopefully joyously noisy experience. sonia boyce's work here, called feeling her way, is the latest stage in a wider project that tells the stories of black women singers and musicians. you are the first black female artist to ever represent britain. i wonder what you feel about that. um, i mean, of course it's an enormous accolade. but i also think, why has it taken so long? i mean, there are so many b

stuart bingham leads kyren wilson 9—8. john higgins is 12—5 up against noppon saenghkam.t website, and there's coverage on bbc two. i'll be back with more later. let's get more on the labour leader, sir keir starmer, condemning a newspaper report, about the party's deputy leader, angela rayner, as "rank sexism and misogyny". an article in the mail on sunday claimed some conservative mps had suggested ms rayner tried to distract the prime minister in the commons, by crossing and uncrossing her legs. lucy fisher is chief political commentartor at times radio and described her shock to my colleague victoria derbyshire at hearing the comments about angela rayner. i would hope it was a joke, very much, and ill placed very much, an ill placed and ill thought out one, but the idea that angela rayner would be genuinely using such a ploy struck me as frankly ridiculous. and secondly, the other comments reported by this unnamed conservative mp suggesting she lacks the education, having not been to oxford and trained at the oxford union debating society, lacks the rhetorical skills

that's after trump won the last eight frames of his quarter—final against stuart bingham having beename china's yan bingtao 13 farmes to ii. ronnie o'sullivan also looked his place in the semi—finals. he finished with a break of 126 to beat scotland's stephen maguire13—5. if o'sullivan wins the title it'll be his seventh, which will take him level with stephen hendry as the most successful player in the tournament's history. we all aspire to be like stephen. he set the benchmark for everyone, davis did but he took it to another level, were alljust trying to be... stephen is the all—time legend for me, greatest player. he was the tiger woods of smoker. it's a different level. it's an honour_ it's a different level. it's an honour for me. worcester warriors will face london irish in the premiership rugby cup final after a 39—25 victory over gloucester at kingsholm. after a tightly contested first half, a strong worcester side ran away with the game in the second half, gareth simpson scoring two of the warriors' six tries to send them into the final, which takes place next month. we are

he'll face stuart bingham, the 2015 winner, in the quarter finals.l fans a greater say in decision making in their clubs and appointing an independent regulator. joe wilson has the details. this is football outrage. fans who pay whatever it takes to support their club forgotten. the reaction when the richest clubs try to break away to join a european super league. elsewhere, clubs, so often the heart of communities, have been mis—run towards extinction. derby county, once english champions, on the brink of liquidation. bury fc, in existence since the 1880s, expelled from the football league and in financial crisis. there are other examples. the government now says an independent regulator must oversee the game. do you think we had reached the point where you simply cannot trust football to run itself? unfortunately, we have been waiting quite a long time for football to sort out some of these issues and unfortunately they have failed, so we have had to intervene. there is a lot of support for the changes we are announcing today from fans up and down

and on the other table is former world champion judd trump with stuart bingham this is live on bbc twoo ferry that began drifting in the irish sea after losing power has managed to dock safely at larne harbour in northern ireland. tug boats were deployed to help the stricken ferry, the european causeway, after it suffered what the company called a "temporary mechanical issue". our correspondent in belfast danny savage spoke to us earlier and brought us up to date with what happened, well, the european causeway was plying its regular route from scotland to northern ireland earlier today. it left cairnryan at about midday. that crossing should normally take about two hours, but when it was just a few miles short of its destination in larne this afternoon it seemed to have lost all power about five miles off the coast. it was adrift, we understand, for about 90 minutes without power. there was a cruise liner on standby, two local tugs were sent out, a helicopter was sent to the scene, but after about an hour—and—a—half it seems that the european causeway did manage to get its power going

there are two more places to be decided withjudd trump up against stuart bingham and john higgins takingables on the bbc sport website and iplayer. former england hooker tom youngs has retired from professional rugby union with immediate effect at the age of 35. the leicester tigers veteran has been on leave since october to care of his sick wife — tiffany. he played 215 times for leicester, won 28 england caps and featured for the british and irish lions. youngs said he always planned on this season being his last and that he had no regrets. tigers fans will get to say goodbye on saturday — he'll lead the team out ahead of their premiership game with bristol. we are nowjust days away from a real moment of history. on saturday night, the world famous madison square garden in new york will be headlined by female fighters for the very first time. ireland's katie taylor will go toe to toe with the puerto rican amanda serrano — in a bout billed as the biggest fight in women's boxing history. i think this is probably the biggest fight in boxing right now. it's obviously a history making momen

will face mark williams, for a place in the final after trump came back from 8—5 down, against stuart binghamnow. we arejust we are just eating from the government about the visa scheme for people from ukraine wishing to come to the uk, around 27,000 people had arrived in the uk under the visa scheme is of monday according to government figures. the ukrainian government figures. the ukrainian government has told the united nations that more than 500,000 of its civilians have been forcibly deported to russia including 120,000 children. the kremlin says ukrainians are willingly moving to russia but the bbc has had the ukrainian government has told the un that more than 500,000 of its civilians have been forcibly deported to russia, including 120,000 children. the kremlin says ukrainians are willingly moving to russia. but the bbc has heard from the families of some of those taken captive by russian forces, and civilians who ve been returned from russia on prisoner exchanges, who refute these claims. yogita limaye reports. still in disbelief that he is back home. this red cross volunteer was dep

well, after stuart bingham became the latest former champion to make it to the quarter—finals of theh a conclusion this evening. in the last few minutes, a remarkable moment for neil robertson, who is up against it, trailing to... jack lisowski. .. he still trails by ten frames to nine and in the other match anthony mcgill trails. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. thank you very much indeed. let's turn out to our breaking news, the billionaire elon musk has agreed a $44 billion deal to buy the social media giant, twitter. it took to this technology analyst, are you surprised by this? i this technology analyst, are you surprised by this?— this technology analyst, are you surprised by this? i feel like with elon musk. _ surprised by this? i feel like with elon musk, nothing _ surprised by this? i feel like with elon musk, nothing is _ surprised by this? i feel like with | elon musk, nothing is surprising, surprised by this? i feel like with i elon musk, nothing is surprising, so no, but i also would not have been surprised if he had

he'll face stuart bingham next.ll need perfect performances across both games to reach the final for a second straight year. we have to do two exceptional games to reach the final. and hopefully, we can do it. we can do the games, be ourselves, and it is not necessary to say how much we respect real madrid, how good they are. and that's all. leeds won a precious point in their fight against relegation from the premier league, in a goalless draw at crystal palace. neither side had many chances, although wilfried zaha could have won it for palace with ten minutes to go. leeds are now five points clear of the dotted line. the day before her 37th birthday, aston villa and former england defender anita asante has announced she'll retire from football at the end of the season. asante won 71 england caps, played at two world cups, three euros and represented team gb at the 2012 olympics. she was also part of the arsenal team that made history in 2007 by winning four titles. and she has big aspirations for the future. lots

and on the other table is former world champion judd trump with stuart bingham.rom the world snooker. that�*s at bbc.co.uk/sport.— more from me in the next hour. see you then, holly. thank you. mps are warning that spiking will remain "an invisible crime" in england and wales, unless more is done to improve awareness and support victims. spiking involves putting drugs or alcohol into someone's drink, or in some cases using a needle to inject the person without consent. the home office says it is considering whether spiking should be made a specific criminal offence. june kelly reports. it's a hidden danger on a night out, and spiking will remain an invisible crime unless more is done to improve awareness and support victims. this is the message from mps, who are calling for a better response from pubs, clubs, police and health services. they say there's a culture of viewing victims as having had one too many. this was the experience of former love island contestant sharon gafka when she was a spiking victim. when the paramedics turned up, they automatically said

winner mark williams, for a place in the final, after trump came back from 8—5 down, against stuart bingham has beenjailed for the gross negligence manslaughter of her seven—year—old son, who was asthmatic and who was found dead in a garden at their home in birmingham, so his mother, laura heath has beenjailed for 20 in birmingham, so his mother, laura heath has been jailed for 20 years for gross negligence, manslaughter, the court heard she pry ticeed her drug addiction over the wellbeing of her young son, seven—year—old hakim who was found dead in the garden of their home. he has suffered from severe asthma. it's been confirmed russia has cut off natural gas supplies to poland and bulgaria, dramatically escalating its response to western sanctions. before the current conflict, some countries moved to reduce their dependency on russian gas. lithuania isjust 700 kilometres from the russian capital. just eight years ago, 100% of its gas came from russia. that same year, it started producing its own liquefied natural gas from a floating terminal off the country's baltic coast. recently the li

he'll face stuart bingham next.oing for that elusive first european cup, host the team who've won it 13 times. real madrid are the visitors to the etihad for the first leg. and city's manager says they'll need perfect performances across both games to reach the final for a second straight year. let's now try to be ourselves, compete good, we have to do two exceptional games to reach the final. and hopefully we can do it. we can do the games, be ourselves, and it is not necessary to say how much we respect real madrid, how good they are. and that's all. leeds won a precious point in their fight against relegation from the premier league, in a goalless draw at crystal palace. neither side had many chances although wilfried zaha could have won it for palace with ten minutes to go. leeds are now five points clear of the dotted line. the day before her 37th birthday, aston villa and former england defender anita asante has announced she'll retire from football at the end of the season. asante won 71 england caps, played

on the other table, stuart bingham is fighting back againstjudd trump. organisation is prepared to evacuate civilians stranded in the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol. speaking during a visit to moscow, mr guterres said thousands of civilians there are in dire need of lifesaving humanitarian assistance. it s been one week since russian forces allowed a humanitarian corridor out of mariupol in southern ukraine. our correspondent catherine byaru—hanga is in the town of zaporizhzhia where she s been speaking to families who crossed enemy lines to leave mariupol. smoke billows from the giant azovstal steelworks. ukraine says russia continues to bombard the plant, despite saying it wouldn't. the controversial nationalist azov regiment, which defends the facility, posted this video of an injured woman online. it says up to 1000 civilians are trapped in the azov style bunkers. but president putin insists there are no ongoing attacks and accuses ukrainian soldiers of using civilians as human shields. the united nations is calling for humanitarian access to ma

that's after trump came back from 8—5 down against stuart bingham, winning the last eight frames in a. former england hooker tom youngs has retired from professional rugby with immediate effect at the age of 35. the leicester tigers veteran has been on leave since october to care for his wife, tiffany. he won 28 england caps and featured for the british and irish lions as well as playing 215 times for leicester. youngs said he "always planned this season being my last," and he "had no regrets." tigers fans will get to say their goodbyes on saturday. he'll lead the team out ahead of their premiership game with bristol. mike, thank you very much. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. what is that behind you? beautiful there. it is the northern light, a picture from one of our weather watchers taken last night in aberdeenshire. and another one also from aberdeenshire, taken this morning, saw some beautiful pictures coming in of the northern light. of course, aberdeenshire and eastern scotland as the crow flies over towards the west, we have wildfires in kyle of lochalsh whi