and covered it in orange powder. another protester tried to glue herself to a table. a man and a woman were later arrested by police. jamie broughton was at the crucible in sheffield. the evening session was just getting under way when a man and woman from the protest group stop oiljumped over the barriers here from the seats into the auditorium and the man climbed onto the table where robert and joe perry were playing their first round match. he then opened a packet of orange powder and emptied it onto the table before security intervened and the woman tried to get on the other side, on the other side of the barrier, at the moment where mark allen was playing. but the match referee stopped her before they could do any damage to the table. play resumed, but the other match was not able to continue as the cloth on the table needed to be replaced. i can tell you there was a lot of anger from those behind the scenes and the fans there about what had happened. have we seen anythi
Civil war brewing . Our deputy Political Editor, tom hannood there for us. An audacious proposal here in manchester. Might the Prime Minister be taking the largest spender decision of his tenure in office, potentially tens of billions of pounds of Rail Infrastructure to hang in the balance, although at least one conservative mayor andy street, is not happy. Ill have the is not happy. Ill have the latest. Latest. The home secretary will also be taking to the podium today with everything from policing to migration on the agenda. And well be speaking to the justice secretary later this hour. Secretary later this hour. Weather forecast courtesy of alex deakin this morning. Alex deakin this morning. A bit of a wet start in places this morning, but most of us will have a bright and breezy day. Therell be some sunshine. There will also be a fair few showers. Join me later for a full forecast and sport courtesy of paul coyte. How about this , chelsea have how about this, chelsea have won a gam
Along to the programme. It was always going to be tense coming into a merseyside derby, with plenty at stake for both teams. Everton and liverpool both desperate for victory, and the honours went to everton, who won 2 0 at goodison park, dealing a huge blow to liverpools Title Ambitions injurgen klopp s last season in charge. Sean dyche s side went ahead thanks to a scrappy goal from jarrad branthwaite, which trickled in after alisson initially made the save. More relaxed defending in the second half from liverpool allowed Dominic Calvert lewin to head home. A much deserved win for everton as they put more distance between them and the bottom three. For liverpool, though, they missed the chance to move back level with arsenal at the top. And with four games to go, a tall order perhaps to get back in the running. What we need now is better football from our side and bad football from two other sides. So thats how it is now. They have to lose games not only one, but better, two. Historic