he beat the cypriot michael georgiou six frames to two to stay on course for his third uk championshipliott brown powered his way to silver in the men's tumbling final after his second passe scored high on difficulty — to place second in this event for the second year in a row. his team mate jaydon paddock placed fifth. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. now it is time for a quick stop —— click.

he beat the cypriot michael georgiou six frames to two to stay on course for his third uk championshipit's the final day of the trampoline and tumbling world championships in tokyo and there's another medal for great britain. elliott brown powered his way to silver in the men's tumbling final after his second passe scored high on difficulty — to place second in this event for the second year in a row. his team mate jaydon paddock placed fifth. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. now it is time for a quick stop —— click. i lost my sight seven years ago. navigating the world can feel like a huge challenge, even with my gorgeous guide dog, olga. i usually use my guide dog willow to get around, but today, we're trying out a new device — the wewalk smart cane. i think olga's a bit confused with the cane. laughs. the device has a round sensor to detect obstacles. i've paired it with my smartphone and airpods to send me directions. so my airpods pick up the information from my phone and the navigation system reads it out to me. when we got there it said, "starbu

victory at the tournament for trump would see him become the first player since 2003 to win the uk championshipeat the cypriot michael georgiou six frames to two to stay on course for his third uk championship title. england's netballers have lost the final test against south africa in cape town. the roses, who had already won the series, were 16—10 down after the first quarter and were never able to recover — losing the match 54—48. it's the first defeat in six matches for new coachjess thirlby. it's the final day of the trampoline and tumbling world championships in tokyo and there's another medalfor great britain. elliott brown powered his way to silver in the men's tumbling final after his second passe scored high on difficulty — to place second in this event for the second year in a row. his team mate jaydon paddock placed fifth. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. next

he beat the cypriot michael georgiou six frames to two to stay on course for his third uk championship after they came from seven points behind at half—time to beat the nets in brooklyn. goran dragic led the heat with 2a points, as miami shot at less than 40% but held the nets to just 41 points after half—time. the slovenian guard also provided six assists in a match that saw his side score the last 10 points of the game to close out the win. that is about all we have time for. just to remind you, the new england patriots are currently in action in the nfl. that hasjust patriots are currently in action in the nfl. that has just got under way. for everything else, of course, you can go to our website, where you would pick up everything you could ever imagine, trust me. that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. we have more frosty weather around at the moment. not exactly in the same place as it was last night, mind you, because although we have this cold area of high pressure just drifting a little bit further south, allowing milder at

snooker, where ronnie o'sullivan is through to a last 16 clash against china's ding junhui at the uk championshipeat thailand's noppon saengkham 6—2 in the third round, dropping his first frames at this year's event. victory in the championship would see o'sullivan win the trophy for an eighth time but he struggled with a foot injury. iamjust i am just hopeful i will be all right to play my next match. is that with —— running? right to play my next match. is that with -- running? maibach gets sore, my foot is in agony. i have been doing it for the last two or three days. it is a running injury but hopefully i will be ok to play. seven nb eight matches taking place. the champions from last season and miami currently leading. —— nba. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. we got quite a mixture of weather coming our way for wednesday. a stripe of weather is approaching that will bring some rain. this is a weather front that's going to be bringing rain across western areas through the day. further south and eastwards, high pleasure still influencing

third time is not a charm, as rocket ronnie is dumped out of the uk championship.nd he may be lighter, but anthonyjoshua says he hasn't lost any power ahead of his rematch with andy ruiz. i tell you, i'm itell you, i'm punching i tell you, i'm punching like a horse kicking back right now. hello, and welcome along to the programme. this thursday feels like it has turned into a waiting game over the future of marco silva as everton manager. his side dropped into the relegation zone last night after a 5—2 defeat by liverpool in the merseyside derby. the club's board have been meeting today — with the owner farhad moshiri travelling. —— travelling up from london for those crunch talks. our reporter katie shanahan is at goodison park for us. marco silva is facing the sack, where did it all go wrong? marco silva has probably known this has been coming for quite some time, as everton‘s results have gone from bad to worse, especially last night where everton were thrashed 5—2 against their rivals, liverpool. marco silva looked deflated in the dugout, he didn't even acknowl

and ding junhui beats ronnie o'sullivan to set up an all chinese quarter—final at the uk championshipwelcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. there was no fairytale first home game in charge for freddie ljungerg — the arsenal interim boss has seen his side beaten 2—1 at home by brighton in the english premier league. nine games without a win is arsenal's worst run since 1977 and they remain ten points off the top four. alistair bruce ball was watching at the emirates: triton celebrated the first ever away against arsenal and it is abundantly clear that this will not bea abundantly clear that this will not be a quick fix for whoever gets this job full—time. visitors deserve their half—time lead. they dominated their half—time lead. they dominated the ball in the first half and adam webster thump them in front as arsenal's defender stood and watched when the ball broke loose in their box. arsenal flew out of the blocks after the break and got level when alexander's had floated past the keeper and they seem to re—establish control but the defence was lax as a cfoss control but the

and there's a huge shock at snooker‘s uk championship as world number onejudd trump is out — beaten 6world number 98 nigel bond. what now for lewis hamilton? can mercedes carry him to another world title and how real are those ferrari rumours? hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm olly foster. there one more day to go on england's tour to new zealand. it looks as though they are going to lose the test series but there is one big plus to take home with them — joe root‘s double century. just when the voices were getting louder about his form and his captaincy he responded with 226 runs. michael redford reports. block, scamper. .. a block, scamper... a desperate dive. the end result, the first double century forjoe root, his work in this test is far from done. he resumed day for "4, his job was to guide england to a big first innings total. things are always easier if you get to share the load, ollie pope playing his part, performance of patients in power and the first test half—century. from patients and power to panic, nearly run out as root ran through. an apology first from the england

victory at the tournament for trump would see him become the first player since 2003 to win the uk championshipcourse for his third uk championship title. england's netballers have lost the final test against south africa in cape town. the roses, who had already won the series, were 16—10 down after the first quarter and were never able to recover — losing the match 5a—a8. it's the first defeat in six matches for new coachjess thirlby it's the first defeat in six matches for new coachjess thirlby. it's the final day of the trampoline, tumbling & dmt world championships in tokyo and there's another medalfor great britain. elliott brown powered his way to silver in the men's tumbling final after his second passe scored high on difficulty — to place second in this event for the second year in a row. his team mate jaydon paddock placed fifth. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news it's time for click. i lost my sight seven years ago. navigating the world can seem like a huge challenge. i usually use my guide dog willow around. this day we are using a new device. she is confused with the cane

snooker‘s uk championship is continuing at the york barbican with seven time champion ronnie 0'sullivankham. 0'sullivan has won the last two uk championships despite struggling with a foot injury picked up running, still managed breaks of 97, 76 and 65. he'll play two—time champion ding junhui next. right now — world number six mark selby is taking on england's martin 0'donnell. they shared the first two frames. you can watch this one on the bbc red button. go listen the premier league games. plenty more on the website. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. -- still —— still scoreless in the premier league games. thank you. more on the election now and throughout the campaign we've been focusing on parts of the uk where seats are expected to be closely contested. today, we're in the northern irish constituency of fermanagh and south tyrone. it's on the border with the irish republic — which has been a huge issue in the brexit process. clive myrie is in the market town of enniskillen for us this evening. we are here in the most westerly const

snooker‘s uk championship is continuing at the york barbican with seven time champion ronnie o'sullivantwo uk championships despite struggling with a foot injury picked up running, still managed breaks of 97, 76 and 65. he'll play ding junhui, twice a winner of the tournament, next. world number six mark selby is also through. he came through a tight battle with martin o'donnell, taking the final two frames in a 6—3 win in the evening session. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. from all of us at the bbc sport centre. we have quite a mix coming our way for wednesday. the satellite picture shows a string of cloud coming into western areas. the weather from bringing rain across western areas through the day. further south in eastwards, high pleasure influencing the weather. sky relatively clearer. a bit of ratemaking into western areas with strengthening south—westerly winds. a relatively mild start to the day. england and wales with clearer skies and patchy cloud. in the countryside, a few p

there's been a shock at snooker‘s uk championship — where world number onejudd trump has been knockedond — who's ranked 98th in the world. 54—year—old bond, who reached the 1995 world championship final, was 3—1 down in the match — but won five successive frames to take it 6—3. he's the man of the moment and i'm 5a. what am i doing? i have played some good stuff really. took a little bit to settle, but once i settled, i felt good out there. in tonight's evening session, there were wins for mark allen and neil robertson, whilejohn higgins beat ian burns 6—1. now, she may not have won the ballon d'or tonight, but arsenal's vivianne miedema was a worthy nominee to be featured in the top ten. and yesterday, she showed why she was included. arsenal beat bristol city ii—i — miedema scored six herself and set up four of them. arsenal went top of the women's super league in knost ballpark to the work of the dutch woman —— in no small part. here's miedema. never in doubt for the dutch international. just too easy. miedema again. lisa evans! it's another for miedema. mitchell! emphatic, prolifi

for his third uk championship title. england's netballers have lost the final test against south africa in cape town. the roses, who had already won the series, were 16—10 down after the first quarter and were never able to recover — losing the match 54—48. it's the first defeat in six matches for new coachjess thirlby. it's the final day of the trampoline and tumbling world championships in tokyo and there's another medalfor great britain. elliott brown powered his way to silver in the men's tumbling final after his second passe scored high on difficulty — to place second in this event for the second year in a row. his team mate jaydon paddock placed fifth. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. next up it is the travel show. we are starting off a iceland this week. here, just off the eight —— right coast of iceland we are searching. because apparently there is something in the water. notjust one of them, either. there are 23 species of them. every now and then, the whole by rushes over tryin

and ding junhui beats ronnie o'sullivan to set up an all chinese quarter—final at the uk championshipwas no fairytale first home game in charge for freddie ljungerg — the arsenal interim boss has seen his side beaten 2—1 at home by brighton in the english premier league. nine games without a win is arsenal's worst run since 1977 and they remain ten points off the top four. alistair bruce ball was watching at the emirates: triton celebrated the first ever away against arsenal and it is abundantly clear that this will not bea abundantly clear that this will not be a quick fix for whoever gets this job full—time. visitors deserve their half—time

ronnie 0'sullivan said he had no complaints after his uk championship title defence was ended by ding title and third in a row, 0'sullivan trailed 4—1 at one stage before levelling it a 4—all. the chinese cueman then took the next two frames to knock the rocket out on his 44th birthday and finally, we've all seen some good celebrations in sport. some iconic. not too many involve props and a membership of the magic circle. south african spinner tabrez shamsi stunned us all after taking a wicket in their t20 competition, wait for it... abra cadabra. .. ta daaa! !! good job he took a wicket or that would be have been wasted on us all. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers.( coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster david davies and the political correspondent for the daily mirror. nicola bartlet. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the metro says the bbc‘s andrew neil has issued an unprecedented on—air challenge to borisjohnson to appear on his s

defending champion ronnie o'sullivan is through to a last 16 clash against china's ding junhui at the uk championshipfootballing news that manchester city have narrowed the gap on premier league leaders liverpool to eight points after a crushing 4—1 win over burnley at turf moor. pep guardiola's side can ill afford to lose anymore ground on their title rivals and it was a double to brazilian international gabrieljesus that set them on their way to the victory. isaid, the i said, the last

today's action at the uk snooker championship is under way in york.orgiou for a place in the third round. world number onejudd trump is also in action right now. these are the live pictures from the barbican centre as he continues his quest to win a second uk championship and hold all three triple crown titles in one year. he's taking on china's mei xiwen. you can also watch this match over on bbc two this afternoon. and there was another medal for great britain on the final day of the trampoline, tumbling & dmt world championships in tokyo. elliott brown powered his way to silver in the men's tumbling final after his second passe scored high on difficulty to place second in this event for the second year in a row. his team mate jaydon paddock placed fifth. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. time for me to tumble out of here, have a good afternoon. steady as you go! thank you, holly. it's been revealed that a loud bang heard by people living in parts of south east engl

defending champion ronnie 0'sullivan is out of the uk championship at york.ntrol to win the next two. 0'sullivan had won this tournament the last two years. 4-1 4—1 down, he hadn't missed a ball, andi 4—1 down, he hadn't missed a ball, and i thought that this could be 6-0, 6-1. on and i thought that this could be 6—0, 6—1. on my birthday, it couldn't have gotten worse. i twitch to the red, and he played well towards the end. i've got no complaints. we'll have more for you in sportsday at 6.30pm. join me then. the speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi, has announced that impeachment proceedings will go ahead against donald trump. she said he had abused his power for personal gain at the expense of us national security. well, impeachment is the mechanism by which a sitting president can be removed from office for high crimes and misdemeanours. the first stage is a vote in the house of representatives, which has to be carried by a simple majority. it's expected this will happen by the end of the year. if that is carried, then the articles of i

also, it's the semi—finals of the uk snooker championship today... tting all the right spots as he chases a third uk title. it's been billed as "the clash on the dunes". we are just a couple of hours away from the biggest heavyweight fight of the year. anthonyjoshua and andy ruinunior will battle it out in saudi arabia in a re—match after the mexican stunned joshua to take three of his world titles injune. the undercard is already well under way at the diriyah arena just outside the capital riyadh. ade adedoyin is there for us. ade — before we get into the boxing, let's talk about the weather, because, despite being in the desert, it's been raining. yeah, we do it only rains an average of 17 days of the year and on the night when the country is hosting its biggest sporting event, it had been raining heavily all day. i wa nted been raining heavily all day. i wanted to speak to you from outside the stadium, but i had to beat a hasty retreat inside. alongside me is former middleweight champion of the world in which he would hold. one positive detector an

we're into the last 16 of the uk championships at the barbican centre in york.nnie 0'sullivan against ding junhui. there's been some big names knocked out early this year. 0'sullivan will be keen to avoid a slip—up today. he is trailing 2—0 at the moment. the first to six in that best of ii. you can follow it on bbc two and the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. we will talk a little bit more about the election. there s only one week to go until polling day for the general election and we ve been following the online battleground closely. there s been fake news, disinformation, doctored videos and millions spent on adverts. our digital election reporterjoe tidy has been taking a look at how the campaign has been playing out on social media. whilst the rules of engagement on the physical campaign trail are semi—defined, online, it's a free—for—all and, so far, we've pretty much seen it all. the election got off to a controversial start with this conservative party video of keir starmer. the video was edited to make it seem as if the labour shadow br

snooker‘s uk championship continues in york. judd trump is in action.e triple crown titles at the same time. these are live pictures from the barbican where trump is playing nigel bond in the third round. trumnp won his first world title at sheffield's crucible theatre in may, having won the masters in january, so this would complete the set. will he pocket the black? there you 90, will he pocket the black? there you go, yes he did. there you go, yes he did. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. vigils have been held in london and cambridge for those affected by the knife attack at london bridge on friday. boris johnson and jeremy corbyn stood side by side at guildhall yard in london and were joined by mayor of london sadiq khan, who called for london's residents to come together with this defiant message. we come together this morning as londoners to remember, to honour and to mourne the innocent lives lost as a result of the horrific terrorist attack this friday. our thou

ronnie 0'sullivan's hopes of winning a third successive uk championship title are over — after a thrilling mental health patients in england, desperate for help, are being left in limbo even after they have started treatment — that's according to research carried out by the bbc. last year more than 1.5 million referrals were made by gps to a flagship talking therapy service. that's an increase of more than 10% in a year. but one in six people waited longer than 90 days between their first and second sessions. nhs england has acknowledged that pressure on the system is causing delays but insists that when patients are treated many of them show a significant improvement. dominic hughes reports. from day to day, most of my governing thoughts were around about whether i should make it through the next day or not. paul has struggled with his mental health ever since he developed post—traumatic stress disorder, following a violent attack while working as a police officer. he relies on talking therapies provided by the nhs, but sometimes the wait for treatment to begin has been too long and dange

there's been a shock at snooker‘s uk championship — where world number onejudd trump has been knockedth in the world. fifty four year old bond, who reached the 1995 world championship final, was 3—1 down in the match, but won five successive frames to take it six frames to three. he is the man of the moment and, i'm 54, he is the man of the moment and, i'm 5a, what am i doing? he is the man of the moment and, i'm 5a, whatam i doing? i have he is the man of the moment and, i'm 5a, what am i doing? i have played some good stuff really, a a little bit to settle but once i once i settled i felt good bit to settle but once i once i settled ifelt good out bit to settle but once i once i settled i felt good out there. and there's more live snooker this evening — john higgins and mark allen are both in action. you can follow those matches — and also keep up to date with the countdown to the ballon d'0r on the bbc sport website. in the last few moments the usa's megan rapinoe has won the women's ballon d'0r. reaction to that and the winner of the men's trophy will that's bbc.co.uk/sport. a par

he won his third uk snooker championship, beating scotland‘s stephen maguire 10—6 in the final in yorkvent win in two years and is worth more than $250,000 in prize money. anthonyjoshua says he won‘t run away from anyone after regaining his world titles. he‘s heading back to britain after winning back all three heavyweight belts from andy ruinunior in saudi arabia. he‘s been speaking to our sports editor dan roan. backin back in boxing‘s big time, this is how much it meant to anthonyjoshua last night, having reclaimed his crown here on the outskirts of riyadh. the british fighter‘s discipline proving decisive as he dominated opponent andy ruiz to restore his reputation. today, back at his hotel, joshua told me he wasn‘t getting carried away. at his hotel, joshua told me he wasn't getting carried away. when i keep on breaking down each barrier and keep on getting over each hurdle, sooner or later i will be looking directly at the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world and i will be more than ready. so looking far out sometimes blurs the vision and you forget the steps in front

three time winnerjohn higgins has been knocked—out of the uk snooker championship in the quarterfinalsgoes on to play ding junhui in the last four. the other quarterfinals are going on right now. these aer live pictures — northern ireland's mark allen is playing the veteran nigel bond. it's best to 11 frames. allen leads 5—4you can watch that on the bbc sport website and the red button. and on the other table scotland's stephen maguire is playing welshman matthew stevens. 4—all. the former world number one tennis player — caroline wozniacki has announced she's retiring after next month's australian open. she was the first scandinavian player to top the rankings. and says she's giving up having "accomplished everything she could ever have dream of on the court". i think she has more than fulfilled her potential. i think a lot of people would've said the opposite, that she has actually overachieved, because you know, she was a great competitor, and you remember, she got some fineness of the usa i believe when she was 19 years of age. she was world number one at the age of 20. and the one

there's been a big shock at the uk snooker championship, the world number onejudd trump's been knockedd by 54—year—old nigel bond. the englishman was runner up at the world championship in 1995 came from behind to win six frames to three and end trump's bid to become the fourth man to hold all three major snooker titles at the same time. he's the man of the moment and, you know, it's just — he's the man of the moment and, you know, it'sjust — i'm 5a, what am i doing? i played some good stuff, really, probably took a bit to settle, but once i settled, ifelt good, missed one or two, which obviously helps, but i was just going out there to give a good account of myself, really and just show people that i can still play when it's there, you know? now you may think being a 20—time grand slam tennis champion, means you'll be minted. and you would be right! roger federer has become the first living swiss person to feature on one of the country's coins. the swiss mint has released these pictures of the very special coin being made. the 20 franc coin went on sale on monday and the website strug

it's the final of the uk snooker championship today.ile since ding junhui or stephen maguire had their hands on it. it was ding, champion in 2005 and 2009 who got off to the better start in york, 4—0 up by the mid session interval before 2004 winner maguire hauled himself back to within a frame. ding claimed the last frame of the afternoon session to lead 5—3. "7-3. first to 10 is the winner. that's all the sport for now. 0n the red button and bbc sport website right now you can watch the final day of the european short course swimming championship. lots more reaction to all the day's top stories too. bbc.co.uk / sport. now it's time for click. this thursday, the general election will give more than 45 million people their chance to decide on the uk's future. is it the brexit election? is it the nhs election? is it an election that will show new divisions that no longer lie along party lines? we'll soon know. amidst all this there is the usual mudslinging towards candidates. but with social media now in the mix, much of it has transferr

defending champion ronnie 0'sullivan is through to the last 16 of the uk snooker championship after beatingullivan will play ding junhui next. lionel messi was the winner of the men's ballon d'or in paris last night and there's been little controversy over the decision. however, america's megan rapinoe took the womens award and— the purists of the game have been taking issue with her getting the honour. rapinoe wasnt at the ceremony but sent a video message. i cannot believe i am actually the one winning it in this field, it has been an incredible year and women's football is lucky to have every single one of these amazing players every year. it pushes us and pushes me to be the best player i can. the best that she can be. well, she's arguably the best known women's footballer in the world, but is she actually the best? rhia chohan has been looking at the stats. as you said jane, megan repino is undoubtedly the most well known player internationally in the women's game. and that's where some of the controversy lies. former us international ella masar tweeted last night... "we've come s0 far

seven—time champion ronnie o'sullivan shrugged off a foot injury to progress to the last 16 at the uk snooker championshiphe york barbican. right now, world number six mark selby is taking on england's martin o'donnell. 5-3, 5—3, selby leads, and he is up at the minute in the tenth frame. you can watch this one on the bbc red button. 2014 winter olympic freestyle skiing silver medallist gus kenworthy is switching allegience from the united states to great britain. born in essex to a british mother, he's targetting the 2022 games in beijing and said it was an incredible opportunity to join a first class team. now, cast your mind back a few months. it was the same night as the champions league final when andy ruinr stunned anthonyjoshua for one of the biggest upsets in boxing. they're both in saudi arabia to do it all again in the rematch on saturday. it's billed as the clash on the dunes and joshua has been tell 5live's boxing podcast that he has learnt lessons from the first time around. it was an unknown test, i give the man his credit, he was victorious, and well done to him for that. now it's my turn t

yan bingtao has stunned neil robertson at the uk snooker championship in york.efeat. anthonyjoshua says he's not travelled to saudi arabia for entertainment — just to win back the three world titles he lost to andy ruinunior earlier this year. the two faced off at the pre fight press conference ahead of their eagerly awaited heavyweight rematch. joshua has been talking about the ‘challenger mindset‘ that he's needed to prepare for the fight. andy as a respected heavyweight knows you always have to have a challenge mindset. all of these quotes, reality, challenging mindset andi quotes, reality, challenging mindset and i have always said that. this is the challenge of mindset. i caught it back to 16, back to my 16th write, hungry, determined and focused on the goal. it has been a long three months income, training really ha rd long three months income, training really hard for this moment, just like during the first. i made my dreams come true, i made history and the important thing is i think to remain to make history december seven. saudi arabia. lots more at bb

and ronnie 0'sullivan's quest for a record—extending eighth uk championship came to an end as he was now. will have a look at the inside pages in a few minutes. they have them ready for you. matt is out and about. here was in the studio or the office with us was in the studio or the office with us this morning and then here disappeared. let's see where here has gone. you are in a tunnel of light! | has gone. you are in a tunnel of light! i was banished, has gone. you are in a tunnel of light! iwas banished, banished outside. lovely, isn't it? what better way to brighten up a dark, damp friday morning and bring you a bit of colour and brightness. we are at the lightwave ‘s festival in media city in salford. as the eighth year it is going. this one is called spiro, from blackpool and here eliminations, inspired by a cresting wave showering you in light and also visual sound as well. there will be more of these throughout the morning. trying to brighten up your friday morning. as dull and about thatis friday morning. as dull and about that is dealt with. if we look at the forecast for t

the last 16 of the uk snooker championship is well under way with wins for scotjohn higgins and northernazel irvine and the team have been watching. two dramatic gains in their own right this afternoon at the start of the last 16 phases of the united kingdom championship, and the one shot i think it's going to stay with us shot i think it's going to stay with us today, kurt macklin. ranked in the 40s up against number seven, mark allen. this was in effect the shot to win this match, and knock him out. to knock him out, and was forced to triple crown series quarterfinal was at stake, and unfortunately, for kurt, mystics, and gave the opportunity to mark allen. you could say he was brave to take it on, but we are saying he was a bit silly. he is definitely thinking about that one. and when you think about the way mark allen was able to get the head down and complete that match and you stop to pop the boss and he showed real courage to do so. yeah, i think everybody thought that would bea i think everybody thought that would be a close match from the start commander shows the top boys can p

and there was a huge shock at the uk snooker championship in york — 54—year—old nigel bond beating thedominated by images of the victims of the london bridge attack. the guardian leads with an article written by jack merritt‘s father, david, who says his son would be "livid" that his death has been "used to further an agenda of hate" after the terror attack on friday. "andrew's new tv humiliation," is the daily mail's headline as it details virginia giuffre's allegations on panorama about how she was trafficked to london aged 17 by convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein to have sex with the prince. prince andrew of course has denied the allegations. the daily telegraph says senior conservative mps have demanded that labour explain how it obtained leaked documents which allegedly showed the nhs was "for sale". labour says releasing the dossier was "clearly in the public interest". the i newspaperfeatures a large composite image of newspaper headlines about the general election campaign. "the media won't decide this election, you decide", he talked about he voted for the ballon d'or and

ronnie 0'sullivan is a step closer to successfully defending his uk championship title.y in the championship would see 0'sullivan win the trophy for an eighth time. 0'sullivan will face china's number one ding junhui next — who survived a scare against ali carter. junhui led 4—0 and 5—2 before carter fought back to make it 5—4. but a break of 116 sanunhui win the next frame and move into the fourth round. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. we'll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. five women who accused the convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein, of abusing them, are calling on prince andrew to testify in their cases. their lawyer told the bbcs panorama programme that he plans to try to compel the duke legally to give evidence. the programme centred on an interview with the woman who says she was forced to have sex with the prince when she was 17. prince andrew denies any such relationship. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. the pressure on andrew shows no sign of easing. his reject

ronnie 0'sullivan said he had no complaints after his uk championship title defence was ended by ding third in a row, 0'sullivan trailed 4—1 at one stage before levelling it a 4—4. the chinese cueman then took the next two frames to knock the rocket out on his 44th birthday. i was 4—1 down, he had not missed the ball and i was sitting there thinking it could be 6—0, 6—1 my birthday and take it you cannot get any worse and i managed to win a few frames and twitch the red and he played well towards the end. i've got no complaints. there are two more last 16 matches this evening you can watch live coverage of mark selby against matthew stevens, and stephen maguire v michael white on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport more for you in sports day at half past ten. lovely, much of france has been brought to a standstill today as a result of one of the biggest public sector strikes for years. the strikes have been called in opposition to president emanuel macron's plans to reform pensions. lucy williamson reports. tear gas today masked the real danger facing president macron. not t

ronnie 0'sullivan is safely through to the last 16 of the uk championship in york.ere. my foot is in agony —— in my back it is they are. it's just an old running injury, and —— in my back it is they are. it's justan old running injury, and i justan old running injury, and i just haven't felt 0k to play, you know? fingers crossed. the 2014 olympic silver medallist gus kenworthy has announced he's switching his allegiance from the usa to compete for great britain ahead of the 2022 winter olympics. kenworthy, who was born in britain has denied claims he's only switching now because he might not make the american team in three years' time. the chelmsford—born skier says there is no doubt in his mind he could get back into the team but doesn't want to fight his american friends for this part. he also wants to pay tribute to his mother and ski for britain for his mother. should we catch up with the weather this morning? i'm feeling it's not quite so chilly this morning? not quite, it is still in the chilly side this morning. a bit of rust across england and wales to start

there's been a shock at snooker‘s uk championship, where world number onejudd trump has been knockedhe world. 54—year—old bond, who reached the 1995 world championship final, was 3—1 down in the match, but won five successive frames to take it six frames to three. he is the man of the moment and it was just... he is the man of the moment and it wasjust... i'm 5a he is the man of the moment and it was just... i'm 5a what i he is the man of the moment and it wasjust... i'm 5a what i doing? laughter i played some good stuff. robert took some time to settle but once i settled i felt good robert took some time to settle but once i settled ifelt good out there. that's all the sport for now. i will be back at 6:30pm. unlike football managers, you can rely on 0lly still being here in another‘s time. i hope so! more now on the climate summit that has opened today in madrid, and the warning from the head of the united nations that rapid and deep changes are needed to combat global warming. antonio guterres said humanity faced a stark choice between reaching what he called the point of no retur

snooker‘s uk championship is continuing in york. to north west tonight's rogerjohnson in salford, where the team have given out the first bbc north west tonight christmas star. first of all, tell us a little about what a christmas star is. that is a good question. it is something we started five or six yea rs something we started five or six years ago on north west tonight, basically to celebrate people who do kind things across the region. they can be small acts of kindness, grandiose gestures, but we have done it for about seven years now and it gives us some human interest stories, the ones that we did last year. when we first started doing them, nobody knew what was going on. we were giving them these bits of star shaped glass, but now it has been going for so many years here in the north west of england that when you do it and when you turn up and somebody pulls out a star to give to somebody, they know what it is and they know what it means. it has become a really nice fixture of our december output on bbc one in the north wes

at the uk snooker championship, defending champion ronnie 0‘sullivan is in third round action againstime grand slam tennis champion means you‘ll be minted, and you would be right! roger federer has become the first living swiss person to feature on one of the country‘s coins. the swiss mint has released these pictures of the very special coin being made. the 20 franc coin went on sale on monday and the website struggled to cope with initial demand and iwill be followed by a 50 franc version next year. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that‘s bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team, that is your tuesday sport briefing. on a cold day, many japanese people swear by a long dip in a hot spring water. they‘re not alone. dozens of monkeys in the country‘s northernmost prefecture of hokkaido do exactly that. the monkeys are at the hakodate tropical botanical garden. it pumps water into its monkey park every december and the temperature is maintained at a0 degrees celsius. the monkeys can enjoy the hot spring water until early may next year. t

ronnie 0'sullivan is a step closer to successfully defending his uk championship title.with very strong views about the president, i'm joined by a few of them now. you teach magda because students and very concerned by the nhs but president trump has said he doesn't want it? he has said he doesn't want a lot of things but then turns around and get them anyway. i don't think it is a case of deeds not words. words are cheap. ——ido of deeds not words. words are cheap. —— i do think. big campaigns for the nhs, do not believe borisjohnson has said the nhs will never be for sale? he lies, you know that. he gets away with it. he is above the law. borisjohnson is... honestly. he would say i am telling the truth and i'm not going to sell the nhs. if you believe that... he lies, lies, lies. daniel, you are 21 and a student studying in london, why don't you like a president? obama did such a good job and when president trump came into office he brought so much racism and what took so long to... he is not giving the opportunity for people to come to our country and build a life for

the uk snooker championship final is continuing right now.eads stephen maguire 9—6. that though is all from us for now. thank you. firefighters in australia are trying to contain more than 1a0 fires before very hot and windy conditions return to fan the flames in the next few days. australia is experiencing a devastating start to its fire season due to the effects of climate change. courtney bembridge reports. authorities are calling it a mega fire. five fires have merged and it has become too big to tackle. the front is 60 kilometres long and so far more than 300,000 hectares of bush has been burnt. the fire is now the size of australia's largest city, sydney. firefighters say it could burn untiljanuary or even february unless there is some heavy rain soon but with none in the forecast, emergency services are being stretched to the limit. we have got literally, more than1 million hectares burning across new south wales at the moment and we have gotjust under 2000 firefighters and personal walking on these fire grounds and we have got communi

ding junhui has beaten fellow chinese player yan bingtao 6—2 to reach the final of the uk snooker championshiput raced into the lead against yan, building a 3—0 lead. yan managed to fight back to trail 4—2, but that was as close as he got and ding wrapped up a 6—2 victory. he'll play 2004 champion stephen maguire, who beat mark allen 6—nil. henrik stenson has won golf‘s world challenge in the bahamas after tournament host tiger woods' challenge fell away. woods held the lead early in the final round but could only find one birdie on the back nine to finish 4 shots behind stenson. the swede eagled the 15th to take him to 18 under par, a shot clear of spain'sjon rahm. don't worry. we've not forgotten about the boxing. anthonyjoshua and andy ruinunior in that colosal heavyweight rematch is taking place right now in saudi arabia. they are in the second round. you can follow that one blow for blow on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. thank you. if you think you are getting into the christmas spirit, i doubt you to challenge this family. the christmas spirit has most certainly arr

he won his third uk snooker championship, beating scotland's stephen maguire 10—6 in the final in yorkter of a million dollars in prize money. arsenal will hope to end their worst run league since 1977 when they travel to west ham on monday. the gunners, who are 10th in the table, have now failed to win any of their last nine games in all competition. last week's home defeat to brighton leaves new interim manager's freddie ljungberg's side ten points away from the champions league places. we needed to change this downward spiral, they have great fans, it is going to be a great occasion. maybe thatis going to be a great occasion. maybe that is good for our players, they can relax a little bit and just concentrate on the game and hopefully do what they did when we came out in the second half. the 2019 presidents cup at royal melbourne golf club tees off this week and the players have been arriving down under. the biennial tournament sees the usa go head to head with an international team. the americans, have had a stranglehold on the contest over the years, winning the last seven edition

stephen maguire is through to the quarter finals of the uk snooker championship. his title defence was ended by ding junhui. chasing a record extending eighth uk title and third in a row, 0'sullivan lost 6—4 on his 44th birthday. i was just i wasjust thinking i was just thinking that this could be six nil, 61 on my birthday. i thought it might not get any worse and then i got a few friends, and he played well towards the end so i have no complaints. that's all the sport for now. it is going to be fairly unsettled to end the week. we have low pressure taking over bringing a smell of wet and windy weather for many of us what you will notice, it will feel much milder with air coming in from the south—west. mild start between england and wales on friday, outbreaks of rain clearing in the south and east and we see sunshine develop and plenty of showers in the north and the west, some of them pushing further east. 11— 13 degrees in the south, a little fresher for scotland and into northern ireland. enter saturday, a brief ridge of high pressure to settle things down bef

nigel bond's run at the uk snooker championship is over, he knocked out judd trump this week but waswas beaten by last year's runner—up mark allen. it went to a final frame decider. he goes through 6—5 to the semifinals and will play stephen maguire. another big shock. had a lot of them at york. three—time winnerjohn higgins knocked out by the chinese teenager who had already beaten world a neil robertson. he will now ta ke world a neil robertson. he will now take on his compatriot in the other semifinal, ding junhui. you can watch that on bbc two and the mcguire and mark allen match is at 7pm. i will be back in the next hour. more now on that anthonyjoshua fight this evening where he's hoping to win back his heavyweight world titles. let's speak now to charlie edwards. he's a boxer himself and a friend of anthonyjoshua. have you spoken to anthonyjoshua about this fight in the past few days? not in the past few days. he isa days? not in the past few days. he is a busy man and will probably cut off all social media and focus on the fight. i was with him before he got out in camp and w

beaten fellow chinese player yan bing—tao by six frames to two to reach the final of the uk snooker championshiput raced into the lead against yan, building a 3—0 lead. yan managed to fight back to trail 4—2, but that was as close as he got and ding wrapped up a 6—2 victory. he'll play the winner of the other semifinal between stephen maguire and mark allen. maguire leads that 4—0. that's all the sport for now. just a reminder, we are less than an hour away now from the big fight in saudi arabia between anthonyjoshua and andy ruinunior. we're expecting them to enter the ring around 9pm. live text and 5 live commentary on the website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. nearly 300 people have been killed over the past two months and 2 million others are having to cope with unusually heavy rainfall and flooding in eastern africa. in kenya, more than 100 people have died and thousands have been displaced. at least 12 people have been confirmed dead in western uganda. and in somalia, cyclone storm pawan has made landfall on the coast. a huge bushfire that's burning out of control near sydney may take weeks to p

it's semi—finals day at he uk snooker championship in york, nigel bond had been rolling back the yearshis week, the 54—year—old knocked out the world champion judd trump, but his quarterfinal against last year's runner up, mark allen, was a match too far. it went to a deciding frame. allen will play stephen maguire. the three—time winner john higgins, beaten 6—3 by the chinese teenager yan bingtao, who'd already knocked out world number four neil robertson. a lot of big names falling by the way. bingtao now takes on his compatriot ding junhui. that's the first semi—final today and you can wathc it live on bbci from 1.15pm. that's all your sport — now on bbc news it's time for click. this week, the programmers of the future. i felt like steve jobs. the cities of the future. and the ugly politics of today. this thursday, the general election will give more than 45 million people their chance to decide on the uk's future. is it the brexit election? is it the nhs election? is it an election that will show new divisions that no longer lie along party lines. we'll soon know. amidst all this

scotland's stephen maguire will play ding junhui of china in the uk snooker championship final in yorka look—in as he thrashed him 6 frames to nil in their semi—final. ding reached the final after seeing off yan bingtao. he's bidding to win a third uk title following triumphs in 2005 and 2009. you're up to date from the bbc sport centre. have a very good night. there's fresh warning that climate change and nutrient pollution are diminishing oxygen levels in our oceans. that's the conclusion of the biggest study of its kind, undertaken by the group the international union for the conservation of nature. while nutrient run—off has been known for decades, researchers say that climate change is making the lack of oxygen worse , and is having an impact on certain species of fish. earlier, i spoke to kaveh madani, an environmental scientist and senior fellow at yale university. he previously served as the vice president of the un environment assembly bureau. he says governments must take steps now. telling us that we have another big victim of climate change that we have overlooked, we are k

semi finals day at the uk snooker championship at the york barbican.p was just a match too far for him. he did go to a deciding frame. alan is now going to play stephen maguire. three—time winner john higgins, he was beaten 63 by the chinese teenager. he had already knocked out the world number four. his opponent now takes on a compatriot. that is going to be the first of the semifinals from york. that is going to be live on bbc one oi’ that is going to be live on bbc one or you can watch it through the bbc sport website. a little bit later you can have all the build—up to the big fightjust outside riyadh. between anthonyjoshua big fightjust outside riyadh. between anthony joshua and big fightjust outside riyadh. between anthonyjoshua and andy ruiz. very shortly you will get the tea m ruiz. very shortly you will get the team news ahead of everton and chelsea, the first of the five premier league matches today. now it‘s time for all your weather with susan powell. hello, it‘s all downhill from here on in really in terms of our weekend‘s whether, as low—

the final session of the uk snooker championship final is under way at the york barbican. 2 time winnerlead 8—11 at the mid session interval at the york barbican. bbc two, online and connected tvs to keep watching this. first to ten is the winner. that's all the sport for now. let's return to the general election now and as the parties place considerable emphasis on their social media campaigning, community groups set up to discuss local issues on facebook have become hotbeds of political discussion. 0ur media editor, amol rajan, reports from hastings on the south coast on the role online forums are playing in the election. you have probably heard a bit about the election today, and chances are, you read about it on facebook first of all. research by bbc trending, the bbc social media investigations unit, shows how much of the election conversation around the country is happening in facebook groups. hastings and rye, a marginal, illustrates this story. a closed facebook group called hastings 2020 decides aims to be impartial. it was founded by plant biologist, russell hall, who keeps it