danny savage in wakefield, thank you. the time is 18:15.the murder of the tory mp sir david amess. the french presidential election — a last frantic fortnight of campaigning by emmanuel macron and marine le pen. coming up in sportsday on the bbc news channel: uefa have ordered a partial closure of atletico madrid's stadium for their champions league match against manchester city. it's after atletico's fans were charged with discriminatory behaviour and the throwing of objects. teachers have called for lessons to be made more relevant to children from all racial backgrounds at the national education union conference. the government has promised to draw up a new, more inclusive history curriculum for england and, meanwhile, many schools are already reviewing how they teach subjects ranging from art to english literature. but there are warnings that new government guidelines on impartiality, introduced in february, could make dealing with subjects such as race harder. our education editor branwenjeffreys has been to bristol to find out how thi

thank ou, wakefield in the long term. thank you.ng is culturally inclusive. that's the call from the national education union conference today. it comes after the government promised to draw up a new more inclusive history curriculum in england, but some schools are already making changes to ensure content is relevant to all their pupils. our education editor branwen jeffreys reports from bristol almost two years since edward colston came tumbling down. the statue of the slave trader rolled to bristol's docks. a controversial act of protest, a challenge to the city's teachers to address racism. cheering i went to school in bristol and there wasn't hardly any representation of people that looked like me within schools. tanisha is one of a tiny minority of black teachers in bristol. the emotional imbalance is so big. like, you think the only history you're taught is that we come from slaves. imagine that. that you're taught that your history and your background and where you come from is slavery. and that you're... everybody else come

by—election in the next few weeks. a wakefield by-election in the next few weeks. , , ., ~ few weeksyou very much _ few weeks. yes, interesting. thank you very much indeed. _ let's see what the weather is doing, how is it looking? i'm behind you! it is not looking too bad, easter weekend is nearly upon us and plenty of dry and pretty decent weather for most of the country. as we head into easter sunday, a bit of question mark how much rain northern and western parts will get back should stay dry and warm. through to night showers will fade, thick cloud rolling into many southern and western areas, some clearer spells through the spine of the country, this is where we could see some of the lowest attempt is, otherwise not particularly cold night for anyone. into good friday, plenty of sunshine from the word go through essential areas, there is more cloud around the coasts and certainly inter northern ireland more cloud, maybe the odd shower, could be the odd shower further east as well but many places in the sunshine and a warm day to come, can see 22 degrees somewhere in the south—ea

*big battles�* to come against russian forces in the east of the country the conservative mp for wakefieldad khan is found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15—year—old boy afterforcing him to drink gin at a party in 2008. two visions for france as marine le pen and emmanuel macron make it through to the second round of the presidential election. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a jury at the old bailey has found 26—year—old ali harbi ali, guilty of murdering the mp sir david amess and preparing acts of terrorism. the islamic state group fanatic carried out the "cold and calculating" murder at the veteran conservative backbencher�*s constituency surgery in leigh—on—sea, in essex last october. matt graveling is outside the old bailey for us now. the the old bailey for us now. 26—year—old told police was the 26—year—old told police that he was a supporter of the islamic state group and he wanted to go to syria to fight but when that was not possible, he wanted to send a message here. he chose to do that by killing an mp. you look for many different mps before deciding upon 69—year—old s

the wakefield — happened since then? that's right. the wakefield mp _ happened since then?imself and he got a lot of flakfor that minister himself and he got a lot of flak for that statement. government ministers distanced themselves from it. opposition mps who sit on a cross—party lgbt group were very unhappy he made the comments. he has since retracted them and has apologised for that statement, and stressed he did not mean to cause upset and he respect the integrity of the justice process and he has now resigned as chair of that cross—party group on lgbt rights, for mps and members of the house of lords. . ., ,, ., ., ,, lords. david wallace lockhart, thank ou. workers here have seen living standards fall for the third month in a row. that's because, while wages are rising, prices are still rising faster, according to the latest officialfigures. in the three months to february, average pay in the uk went up by 4% compared to a year earlier. but real wages fell by 1% when you take inflation into account during that time. last month, inflation hit 6.2%, and figures out tom

huddersfield giants bounced back from successive super league defeats to win14—12 away to wakefield trinity hand ian watson's side victory which lifts them up to fourth. for more on that and everything else she could head to the bbc sport website. and that's all the sport for now. hello. much of the uk's been stuck under cloud today, and especially for the midlands and northern england, it's felt quite cold. just single figure top temperatures in a few spots here. whereas in some sunshine in north east scotland, up to around 16 degrees. high pressure still here. that gives another mainly dry day tomorrow. weatherfronts, though, approaching for the weekend, so there are some changes on the way. we'll look at that in a moment. some of the cloud that's built today will clear into tonight. keeping quite a bit, though, through eastern parts. northern and eastern scotland and perhaps south east england, the chance of seeing a shower, but most here will stay dry. in terms of frost, well, the blue indicating where there's a chance into the morning, northern ireland, southern scotland and northern e

. >> wakefield the system might come up mike as a republican good morning. >> good morning. representative, i disagree with your posture, your position on climate change. with what the citizens are going through right now, the shock to our economy with high gasoline prices and kind of forcing us to go into electric powered cars and trucks, it is not realistic. the materials needed for the e batteries come from our enemies, china, russia, these are rare elements are also very damaging to the environment. i am for clean air, clean environment. but, what is going on now is shocking for the economy. thank you very much. >> thank you for your points. your expression and concern about the pride of gas we are all experiencing it. home heating oil was up. over five bucks a gallon per that is really hard on folks. now, why is that? factors.t of it's covid and the supply chain disruptions we have had cicely putin's war in ukraine that is really disrupted the flow of energy. hopefully that was short-term. with the transition for clean energy the think that can be done is not a shock at

the yorkshire post leads on the news that wakefield's tory mp, imran ahmad khan, has been convicted of sexual assault. the daily mail writes that emergency plans are being drawn up in bid to avert easter airport chaos. meanwhile, the daily telegraph says gps are being told to work late to avoid a&e chaos. and finally, the guardian's front page has a story about keir starmer, who has said sunak is an "out of touch" hypocrite over tax avoidance. let's begin. lovely to see you both. we are going to start with the front page of the telegraph. this is for you to kick us off with, please. the preventive scheme has been criticised. preventive scheme has been criticised-— preventive scheme has been criticised. , . ., criticised. yes, indeed. we had the verdict on the _ criticised. yes, indeed. we had the verdict on the death _ criticised. yes, indeed. we had the verdict on the death of— criticised. yes, indeed. we had the verdict on the death of the - verdict on the death of the wonderful mp last october who was killed by a man who had been singled out by the police and had been part of the pr

mirfield in west yorkshire — a busy town between wakefield and huddersfield which fell silent duringn. an area of northern england where people we spoke to say they stuck to the rules concerning coronavirus restrictions. they shouldn't have broken the rules anyway. they made them. everyone else was adhering to those rules, and they didn't. i think he should resign, personally, yeah. i think he should. he's asking us to obey one rule, and then he's doing something completely different, the opposite. it's not right, it's not fair, it's not british. no point resigning. pay the fine and get on with it, - and obviously don't do it again. - you stuck to the rules? absolutely. they didn't. how does that leave you feeling? well, i'm actually angry. i'm angry. i've never been into politics, but itjust made me so angry. it's like one rule for them, and one for us. but will today's headlines damage the conservatives in a forthcoming general election? to be fair, the people we spoke to here today weren't sure. but some of their gains in 2019 have very slim majorities, like here, where they won b

mirfield in west yorkshire — a busy town between wakefield and huddersfield which fell silent duringrthern england where people we spoke to say they stuck to the rules concerning coronavirus restrictions. they shouldn't have broken the rules anyway. they made them. everyone else was adhering to those rules, and they didn't. i think he should resign, personally, yeah. i think he should. he's asking us to obey one rule, and then he's doing something completely different, the opposite. it's not right, it's not fair, it's not british. no point resigning. pay the fine and get - on with it, and obviously don't do it again. you stuck to the rules? absolutely. yet they didn't. how does that leave you feeling? well, i'm actually angry. i'm angry. i've never been into politics, but itjust made me so angry. it's like one rule for them, and one for us. but will today's headlines damage the conservatives in a forthcoming general election? to be fair, the people we spoke to here today weren't sure. but some of their gains in 2019 have very slim majorities, like here, where they won byjust over 1,5

it'll still take time before any of what happened to melanie wakefield's cousin devin stanford at lake merritt. wednesday night will make any sense. still doesn't feel real. it doesn't feel like it's it actually happened. devin was a father and had a love of music fashion and the great outdoors. he and his partner of six years meredith lear were taking a walk when he was shot and killed in a robbery attempt for what meredith told me a louis vuitton bag, but i just was so devastated by the news and i don't know how to process it zooming in from their hometown atin, tas. melanie says devin fell in love with the bay area on a road trip across the country, but never let the distance get in the way of their tight-knit relationship or taking care of others. he just was incredibly generous loving caring man who had the heart of gold. he would have give you the off his back. yeah. sorry. devin's passing marks the third deadly shooting in the area since november and the city's 31st of 2022 oakland's police chief held a press conference thursday promising more officers a sentiment echoed to me f

timing of the by—election, there is another by—election, there is another by—election coming up in wakefieldes next in terms of the reputation of parliament, hard to see and this comes in a week or we have had all sorts of stories and claims and focus on sexism and misogyny in parliament. senior mps have come forward with their own stories of intimidation and harassment and it has been a bad week for the reputation of parliament once again and i think perhaps this will again be a moment where parliament looks hard at itself and asks what sort of culture is it fostering about people being able to do this by writing to vote in the chamber. == being able to do this by writing to vote in the chamber.— being able to do this by writing to vote in the chamber. -- waiting to vote. i vote in the chamber. -- waiting to vote- i know _ vote in the chamber. -- waiting to vote. i know you'll— vote in the chamber. -- waiting to vote. i know you'll be _ vote in the chamber. -- waiting to vote. i know you'll be keeping - vote. i know you'll be keeping us across the reaction of this throughout the day. the la

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mirfield in west yorkshire, a busy town between wakefield and huddersfield which fell silent during lockdowny stuck to the rules concerning coronavirus restrictions. they shouldn't have broken the rules. they made them. everyone else was adhering to those rules, and they didn't. i think he should resign, personally, yeah. i think he should. he's asking us to obey one rule and then he's doing something completely different, the opposite. it's not right, it's not fair, it's not british. no point resigning. | pay the fine and get on with it, j and obviously don't do it again. you stuck to the rules. absolutely. they didn't. how does that leave you feeling? well, i'm actually angry. i'm angry. i've never been into politics, but itjust made me so angry. it's like one rule for them and one for us. but will today's headlines damage the conservatives in a forthcoming general election? to be fair, the people we spoke to here today weren't sure. but some of their gains in 2019 have very slim majorities, like here, where they won byjust over 1,500 votes. what is clear is that partygate has cut through

it means a by—election in his wakefield constituency, where he was elected for the first time in 2019 wants to hold down council tax rates and look at extending the school day, to help pupils catch up with learning missed during the pandemic. you have until midnight tonight to register to vote in council elections in england and wales, and the assembly election in northern ireland, which take place on may 5th. in scotland, you have until april 18th to register. the number of people waiting for routine hospital procedures in england has risen to a new record, according to the latest figures. the data from the nhs shows 6.2 million are now on the waiting list to start routine hospital treatment — that's one in every nine people. and over 22,500 patients had "trolley waits" in accident and emergency of 12 hours or more for a bed, after being told they needed to be admitted. our health editor hugh pym reports. the emergency department at university hospital coventry today — they say it's never been busier. some sick patients are enduring long waits on trolleys, before beds in the wards ca

imran ahmad khan, the mp for wakefield, was found convicted at southwark crown court yesterday and iswas this case about?— was this case about? yes, imran ahmad khan _ was this case about? yes, imran ahmad khan was _ was this case about? yes, imran ahmad khan was the _ was this case about? yes, imran. ahmad khan was the conservative was this case about? yes, imran - ahmad khan was the conservative mp for wakefield in 2019, the first conservative to be elected in that patch for a very long time. but then he was accused and charged with sexually assaulting a 15—year—old boy at a party back in 2008. yesterday at southwark crown court in london, he was found guilty of the crime. his solicitor said he is going to appeal. depending on his sentencing, if he gets more than a year's sentence in prison, he would automatically be expelled from the house of commons. if it is less than a year his constituents could sign a petition recalling him and if 10% of the voters signed that petition, that would trigger a by—election. he could in theory stand again, but not as a conservative because he has n

huddersfield giants bounced back from successive super league defeats to win14—12 away to wakefield trinity dry month up and down the country, that's because we've had high pressure dominating the weather scene. now, as we head into the may bank holiday it looks like this area of low pressure will bring some rainfall, some of it heavy across the northwest as it spread south across the uk, it will tend to weaken. but high—pressure will bring another fine day for friday, a chilly start, mind you across northern and western areas with plenty of sunshine here. again, more cloud for east and southeast england and northeast scotland. here we will see if you showers into the afternoon, the odd one across the far southeast. and temperatures will reach highs round the mid teens for many of us but we could see 17 or 18 through the central belt of scotland. now, winds will be light but still fresh through the channel. as we head through friday night under largely clear sky. certainly for england and wales, it will turn quite chilly but we will start to see the first signs of that area of low pressure

dion: it will still take time before any of what happened to melanie wakefield's cousin at lake merritt wednesday night will make any sense. >> still doesn't feel real. it doesn't feel like it actually happened. dion: devon was a father and had a love of music, fashion, and the great outdoors. he and his partner of six years were taking a walk when he was shot and killed in a robbery attempt for what meredith told me, a louis vuitton bag. >> i just was so devastated by the news, and i didn't know how to process it. dion: zooming in from their hometown of austin, texas, melanie says devon phelan load -- fell in love with the bay area, but never let the distance get in the way of their tight knot relationship or taking care of others. >> he was a generous, loving, caring man who had a heart of gold. he would have given you the shirt off of his back. sorry. dion: devon's passing marks the third deadliest -- their deadly shooting since november. oakland's police chief held a press conference thursday, promising more officers. a sentiment echoed friday by city council president vicki fortuna

it'll still take time before any of what happened to melanie wakefield's cousin devin stanford at lake merritt. wednesday night will make any sense. still doesn't feel real. it doesn't feel like it's it actually happened. devin was a father and had a love of music fashion and the great outdoors. he and his partner of six years meredith lear were taking a walk when he was shot and killed in a robbery attempt for what meredith told me a louis vuitton bag, but i just was so devastated by the news and i didn't know how to process it zooming in from their hometown of austin, texas. melanie says devin fell in love with the bay area on a road trip across the country, but never let the distance get in the way of their tight-knit relationship or taking care of others. he just was incredibly generous loving caring man who had the heart of gold you want to give you the shirt off his back. yeah. sorry. devin's passing marks the third deadly shooting in the area since november and the city's 31st of 2022 oakland's police chief held a press conference thursday promising more officers a sentiment ech

in july, this wakefield will be ready for harvest as a crucial part of ukraine's economy. however, will they be able to get this wheat onto a boat and out to international markets, given the situation, russia has blocked ports on the black sea and the sea of as of about 13500000 tons of wheat and $16000000.00 tons of corn of sitting in the docks, combined with the war and the sanctions against russia, that's led to food prices rising everywhere. and the longer this conflict goes on, the higher they'll get em, ranken al jazeera met vien, keep reaching you as president joe biden has held virtual talks with india's prime minister and are modi. the white house, as the war and ukraine was discussed, including india's energy purchases from russia, and he is foreign and defense ministers are also in washington for meeting with their u. s. counterparts. olson jordan joins us now live from washington. rosalind talk us through was likely to be to be discussed in those meetings. well, simply a continuation of the bite and loading meeting on monday morning of virtually a video confere

dion: it will still take time before any of what happened to melanie wakefield's cousin at lake merrittednesday night will make any sense. >> still doesn't feel real. it doesn't feel like it actually happened. dion: devon was a father and had a love of music, fashion, and the great outdoors. he and his partner of six years were taking a walk when he was shot and killed in a robbery attempt for what meredith told me, a louis vuitton bag. >> i just was so devastated by the news, and i didn't know how to process it. dion: zooming in from their hometown of austin, texas, devon fell in love with the bay area, but never let the distance get in the way of their tight knit relationship or taking care of others. >> he was just incredibly generous, loving caring man who , had a heart of gold. he would have given you the shirt off of his back. sorry. dion: devon's passing marks the third deadly shooting in the area since november and the city's 31st since oakland's 2022. police chief held a press conference thursday, promising more officers. a sentiment echoed friday by city council president vick

than we think robert salmons is a senior researcher for commercial real estate firm cushman and wakefield. he says 65% of the company's tenants across san francisco are tech companies and several big ones are eyeing new leases for more space in the coming weeks case in point. 640,000 square foot building in soma that salmon says could bring significant impacts to the market that when these deals transact over the next few weeks that it's going to be a much more of an optimistic view on san francisco. now wet salmon's means by optimistic view as we may see an increased demand for smaller companies to make a commitment to san francisco if these larger tech tenants make the move to expand. if these deals close down in the coming weeks it could help reduce the vacancy rate across the city, which did increase modestly this quarter to around 21% and to put that in perspective. that's up from around 5% pre-pandemic steph while we're talking about the vacancy rate. what about most of those big skyscrapers downtown that defines so much of the city skyline is the vacancy increase affecting those bu

so she is also running after 30 party subpoenas for people like wakefield who did the appraisals for. that is another thing you do. you chase down these non parties, that are not part of litigation, that have relative discovery and you basically served motions, sorry serve subpoenas. and if they do not supply, you serve the motion. so what we are seeing here right now, it has teeth, let me be clear. the judge does not want to have his orders ignored. and if trump does not comply and he does not pay the fine, he could end up in jail eagle for civil content. >> michael, are trump's actions here from a political standpoint something that the democrats can and should still campaign on his corruption, the legacy of corruption that he left behind, not to mention his attempt to overthrow the elections. kevin mccarthy said that he would disband the january six committee and it gets me wonder, whether or not that is something that voters would actually care about going to the polls? >> you know, if democrats have any chance on winning, any chance on being taken seriously, they really have to

this wakefield will be ready for harvest as a crucial part of ukraine's economy. however, will they be able to get this wheat onto a boat and out to international markets, given the situation, russia has blocked ports on the black sea and the sea of as of about 13500000 tons of wheat. and 16000000 tons of corn are sitting in the docks combined with the war and the sanctions against russia. that's led to food prices rising everywhere. and the longer this conflict goes on, the higher don't get american how to 0 med vin. he region, israeli army has arrested 14 palestinians and a 3rd day of operations around g name and they occupy west bank. the rates follow a series of gun battles and the rest in the city. hundreds of people moved through the streets of gin and for the funeral of a palestinian teenager. he died overnight one day after being shot by israeli forces. tensions in the occupied west. bank of been rising after a series of attacks in israel killed 14 people in just 3 weeks. these for palestinians have died in recent, it's really great. israel has approved a

, but we don't know yet the timing of the by—election, there is another by—election coming up in wakefield look forward to. where goes next in terms of the reputation of parliament, hard to see. this comes in a week or we have had all sorts of stories and claims and focus on sexism and misogyny in parliament. senior mps have come forward with their own stories of intimidation and harassment, it has been a bad week for the reputation of parliament once again and i think perhaps this will again be a moment where parliament looks hard at itself and asks what sort of culture is it fostering that an mp felt able to do this while waiting to vote in the chamber. joining me now is tim montgomerie, who is a former socialjustice advisor to borisjohnson. he is the founder of conservativehome. thanks for coming on the programme. what do you make of this? resignation, is this bowing to the inevitable? i resignation, is this bowing to the inevitable? ~ , . inevitable? i think it is and i auree inevitable? i think it is and i agree with _ inevitable? i think it is and i agree with what _ inevitable? i th

imran ahmad khan was elected as a conservative mp and - elected as a conservative mp and wakefield ins expelled. one of his friends as the former prisons minister crispin blunt who purchased statement on his website last night saying the trial had been a miscarriage ofjustice and his friends was a victim of outdated tropes about lgbt identity in the muslim community. that was met with quite a lot of controversy so the conservative party said it did not agree with those comments, a series of opposition mps resigned from lgbt+ global issues group that crispin blunt was the chair of this morning we had conservative sources saying they had spoken to crispin blunt overnight and expected him to retract what he said, thenjames heappey the armed forces minister completely distance the government from what crispin blunt had said. they are not something that i associate myself with, and they are certainly not the view of the government. the government recognises that mr khan was found guilty yesterday in a court of law and that guilt, therefore, is proven. whatever he goes on to do in terms of

if those elections do not go well for the conservatives, both the may local elections and the wakefieldconservatives? that could be the final— that from conservatives? that could be the final straw _ that from conservatives? that could be the final straw if _ that from conservatives? that could be the final straw if you _ that from conservatives? that could be the final straw if you put - that from conservatives? that could be the final straw if you put it - that from conservatives? that could be the final straw if you put it on - be the final straw if you put it on top of everything else. conservative mps are most concerned about winning the next election and staying in power and if they see electoral evidence that things are not going in their direction and this situation is causing them to lose votes, that could change their thinking. but in some ways many voters have already made up their minds about the party gate scandal and what the fines did just confirmed the fact they thought the prime minister was there and there were parties and if you look at some of the explanations he has

the conservative mp for wakefield imran ahmad khan is found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15—year—oldhe ended up coming second to scheffler — and after several birdies and an eagle, said he hopes his form can carry on into the season ahead. i don't think i have ever walked away from this tournament as happy as i am today. i have played a really good round of golf, it is my best everfinish in augusta. it is not quite enough, but... ..i will certainly look back on this day with very fond memories and, as i said at the start, it gives me confidence going forward, not only into the next masters next year, but to the rest of the season as well. football now, and ahead of their must—win champions league quarterfinal game against real madrid tomorrow, chelsea manager thomas tuchel claimed that "although unlikely, it is still worth trying" to overturn their two goal deficit. the holders were beaten 3—1 by the spanish side in the first leg and travel to the bernabeu for the return leg. not for the return leg. the biggest chance, given the first not the biggest chance, given the first game's re

the judge also ordered a real estate firm, kushman and wakefield to comply with the a.g.' former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, former majority counsel during trump's first impeachment trial, all-around guru on all things legal and trump. what is the significance, and what do you think will happen with this sort of fine of $10,000 a day? we know trump has a lot of money to defend himself, that he sort of built from republican donors, but does this have an impact? does it force people like trump to change course? >> i think it will if they don't appeal it. but as with all litigation involving donald trump, the goal is not to win. the goal is just to delay. you can almost roll out a robot as his lawyer now, because they make the same arguments in every single different matter, you know, oh, it's overbroad, it's a fishing expedition, it's political, and the judge did a very good job today of just dismissing those out of hand, because there really are relevant to the court process. at the end of the day, it may be that this attorney, who said sh

so is it your sense that it's only at the ballot box in the elections in may, the wakefield by—electionthe pressure from them? there is no sign the prime minister _ pressure from them? there is no sign the prime minister or— pressure from them? there is no sign the prime minister or the _ pressure from them? there is no sign the prime minister or the chancellor l the prime minister or the chancellor are going to resign. at the moment there isn't a clamour of mps on the conservative benches calling for that, so in that sense it doesn't feel like there is an imminent threat in the next few days. to borisjohnson. however, you make a really good point, because the thing a lot of tory mps have done over the last few weeks and months with this story and will continue to do is listen to their constituents. there was a lot of anger back injanuary when these stories were dominating the headlines, that was reflected in a lot of the frustration you heard from tory mps. a lot of the frustration you heard from tory mp5. i think a lot of them will wait to see what happens over the next few days. and

a hat—trick from jai field helped them thrash wakefield 30—6.y liverpool game that finished 2—2. it was a cracking game. so often we hide these games up and it is a drab affair. it was significantly hyped. it was always going to be a draw? 2—2, exactly what it was early in the season so just one point in it. keeps the excitement going. thank you very much indeed for now. nhs leaders are warning that the government risks "abandoning" the health service if it doesn't make serious changes to its �*living with covid' plan. the nhs confederation, which represents health care in england, wales and northern ireland, says hospitals are already feeling the pressure of rising cases. let's take a look at some figures. over the past week, 20 nhs accident and emergency departments in england issued diverts, meaning patients were taken elsewhere. meanwhile, those a&e departments still taking new patients have seen long delays, with more than a quarter of ambulances waiting at least 30 minutes to handover patients. there are more than 20,000 people with covid

huddersfield giants bounced back from successive super league defeats to win 111—12 away to wakefieldory which lifts them up to fourth in the table. the world snooker championship has reached the semi—final stage, and it's all square between ronnie o'sullivan and john higgins, who have ten world titles between them. o'sullivan came back from 3—1 down to level the match at 4—4, delighting his fans as he finished the evening session with a century break. play will resume in that match this afternoon. while the 2019 champion judd trump will start the morning with a lead of 7—1 against the three—time winner mark williams. that's live on bbc two from 10.00. 17 frames needed for victory. we'll use prevail over experience? thank you, mike. —— will youth prevail? the koko nightclub in camden was where madonna held her first ever british gig, and the venue where prince liked to play secret shows when he came to london. it closed three years ago for a major renovation, before being struck by fire, a flood, and covid. tonight, it'll reopen with a concert by the rock band arcade fire. our music c

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