tell the bbc they feel abandoned the government says it s doing all it can to help those still there. more than £200 million of money earmarked to help children catch up after covid lockdowns hasn t been spent the finding of a bbc investigation. and the aim was to receive 105 cards for his 105th birthday but this world war two veteran who now has more than 4,000 and counting. and coming up on bbc news, the latest from the world snooker championship. robert milkins and jack lisowski aim to follow in the footsteps ofjohn higgins and secure their place in the next rounds. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc s news at one. the former strictly come dancing head judge len goodman, has died at the age of 78. he had been diagnosed with bone cancer and passed away on saturday at a hospice in tunbridge wells in kent, surrounded by his family. the dancer and choreographer became a judge on the first show in 2004 and continued as head judge until his final appearance in 2016.
show no signs of ending. the violence has been happening for more than a week now, worsening the country s already desperate humanitarian crisis. we have pictures of a spanish personnel and citizens being evacuated overnight. other countries have also moved their diplomatic staff to safety but foreign civilians have been reporting difficulties trying to leave the country. some have been travelling by road in convoys heading to the red sea, as well as north to the border with egypt. it has been very difficult to reach people because of the internet is down and that means people cannot get the information they need from their embassies, they can t find out how safe are certain roads are, so it is a very difficult and tricky situation and that has made a lot of the people i speak to quite anxious. one man in the city, the twin city across the nile from khartoum, was speaking to me while there was heavy gunfire right outside his door on his street. he had visited the country with
two. let s round up the sport, first. let head to the bbc sport centre and over to govan. yes, thanks indeed. china s sijiahui is through to the quarterfinals of the world snooker championship in sheffield. the 20 year old from china is the lowest ranked player left in the tournament, ranked 80th in the world. he started the day 11 5 frames up against robert milkins. the englishman tried to claw his way back, but has lost in the last few minutes, with the chinese player clinching the game. mark selby s he clinched the match by a 13 7. mark selby s match with gary wilson will also resume this evening. he saidi he said i am sabrosso surprised to get into the quarterfinals and even surprised by myself making it into the crucible stage. ten chinese snooker players face match fixing charges, as an independent panel considers the evidence against them at a hearing that begins on monday. the allegations include manipulating games, approaching players to cheat, betting on snooker and
was organised electronic voting in the us election. and the former strictly and dancing with the stars judge len goodman has died at the age of 78. now more on the crisis in sudan as there is growing frustration among british civilians in the country. dual mats have been evacuated but civilians speaking about feeling abandoned by the government as its thaw upward of 4000 britons are in sudan given the strong historic links between the two countries. 0n the ground, there is no sign of a cease fire. we have seen rebel forces there moving around the capital so let s head to amsterdam where we are joined by a british sudanese writer born here in london and raised in khartoum where his family remained until 1990. welcome to the programme. when you watch what is happening there in sudan, no sign of any pause despite the repeated pleas from the international community. what do you make of the situation? this international community. what do you make of the situation? make of the s