people from their cars and some people had to spend the night in community centres. and there are still weather warnings to come. now on bbc news amol rajan interviews the man playing for his eighth uk snooker title, ronnie 0 sullivan. ronnie o sullivan is generally regarded as the greatest player ever to pick up a snooker cue. a son of essex, he s broken record after record and he s as exciting away from the table as he is on it. a child prodigy, he became the youngest player to ever win the uk championships. he s compiled more century breaks than any other professional. cheering and applause commentator: i mean, the boy is such a genius, he really is. ..and his unbeaten 147 time of five minutes and eight seconds is one of the most famous moments in all sporting history. what a break! what a fantastic maximum break that is! in 2022, he went after stephen hendry s record of seven world championship titles. he ll have dreamed of this moment, equalling. but what is the true
maximum break that is! in 2022, he went after stephen hendry s record of seven world championship titles. he ll have dreamed of this moment, equalling. but what is the true price of victory for him? o sullivan has battled addiction to alcohol and drugs, fought a continuing battle with his mental health and, at 16, had to overcome an unimaginable trauma his father sent to prison for murder. but overcome it, he has. today, the father of three is still the number one player in the world uncowed and outspoken. i don t get appreciated on the snooker circuit. none of the top players do, in my opinion. how did the rocket, as he came to be known, stay at the top of the game? and where are he and snooker going next? ronnie. good to see you. how are you? you all right? come and take a seat. thanks for inviting us over. it s all right, mate. this is where the magic happens, is it? sometimes. how do you choose which table you go? that used to be my favourite one, when i first start
does feel much colder. that wind will continue to blow in one or two showers into the night. more cloud across northern parts of scotland but away from these areas we will have clear skies overnight. temperatures will fall away very quickly. we will have the first widespread frost of the autumn. not desperately cold but we could see temperatures as low as minus four or minus five in some rural areas. a much colder start to tomorrow. but a sunnier day to come from many of us. still the odd shower blown in a long nose sea coasts, particularly norfolk and suffolk but it won t be as windy on saturday. there will be more sunshine, dry weather around as well. after the trustee started temperatures might be a bit lower than today. only struggling to about five or six at best. things start to change pills top of the weekend because this area of low pressure is slowly ambling in from the atlantic to bring with it more cloud. maybe a bit of light rain coming into northern ireland. even
into northern and western scotland. under clearskies, quite into northern and western scotland. under clear skies, quite cool, single figures in some rural spots. where we have the cloud, 10 13. this ridge of high pressure continues to bring fairly dry weather as we head into tomorrow. tomorrow doesn t look too bad to start with. there will be some early sunshine, some cloud in spots of rain across eastern england. that should tend to clear away. there will be some showers pushing into scotland, northern ireland, perhaps north west england in the afternoon. england and wales, the book should stay dry, variable cloud commerce may be sunshine. 16-20 cloud commerce may be sunshine. 16 20 again, below par. tomorrow, better chance of staying dry, could see some bright spells. wednesday looks more unsettled with low pressure pushing in. i think there could be more disruption to play on wednesday. here it is, a rather cloudy picture, outbreaks of rain pushing into northern and weste
lone piper plays. tonight at 10:00, a vigil in normandy here at the bayeux war cemetery to remember the fallen on the eve of the 80th anniversary of d day. more than 4,000 gravestones are lit up one by one a tribute to those who never returned. in portsmouth, the king tells the last surviving d day veterans, we are eternally in your debt. more than a0 british veterans have travelled here to normandy i ve been speaking to one of them. all these memories of d day and all the men in the water, swimming, sinking, scrambling ashore in the sands and the other main stories on tonight s programme. wales s first minister, vaughan gething, gets emotional and loses a confidence motion after barely two months in the job. scientists say may was the hottest on record globally, as the un chief warns the world is playing russian roulette with the climate. and how president putin s war economy is funded by the countries buying russia s oil. and join us later for bbc london, when we l