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
the cold air is firmly in place and will be difficult to shift. we start with a frost in scotland and northern england on wednesday, much more cloud further south. some sunshine around but again cloud building up. some showers across northern england. at thick enough to bring some light rain or drizzle and temperature is not really changing much on wednesday. for the rest of the week, it is going to be dull with a lot of cloud around. an increasing chance of some rain especially across southern parts of uk but slowly it becomes a little less cold. and that s bbc news at six you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website from the six team it s goodbye. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i m jane dougall. the challenge cup draw will be taking place here injust a few moments time. keep watching to find out who plays whom in the sixth round of rugby league s most prestigious cup competition. after tottenham s most humiliating defeat in a decade, will they lose
are being instructed to shelter in place as western governments try to figure out a means to safely evacuate them. also tonight, scientific censorship in china. crucial genetic sequencing that could have helped with the fight against covid, was deleted, covered up or withdrawn under pressure from party officials. we will speak to the new york times investigators. what about the transition to clean power? nine countries meeting in belgium today have commited to building an entire electricity system in the north seas, based on renewable energy. and we will talk about the global addiction to cheap clothing 10 years on from the rana plaza disaster in bangladesh have we improved conditions for some of the poorest workers in the developing world. but first to sudan, a country fast coming apart at the seams. in khartoum it is now a stark choice between hunger and deprivation indoors and the risk of being killed in the street battles outside. there are tens of thousands of foreign
weather. things now look and feel very different. beautiful blue skies overhead here in county antrim but some strong wind feeding in wintry showers. we continue to bring wind down all the way from the arctic. cold air stays with us through the next few days. the picture shows this mesh rash of wintry showers along the coast and parts of scotland, those showers still mostly falling at low levels even as snow. elsewhere a mixture of sleet and snow and some showers feeding into some north sea coasts. windy for all of us especially around the coasts, up of us especially around the coasts, up to 50 miles an hour in places. temperatures reading between three and 7 degrees but factoring in the strength of the wind it feels colder than that. during this evening and tonight the wind using a little, we keep some showers going in western and northern parts where there is the risk of some ice. and temperatures dropping away widely below freezing, perhaps down to 8 in parts of the highl
senior ukrainian government minister has died in a helicopter crash in kyiv that has killed at least 1a people. we ll be live in somerset where a major incident has been declared because of the risk of severe flooding good afternoon, here, too. good afternoon. good afternoon, here, too. good afternoon. mr good afternoon, here, too. good afternoon, mr davies! and the 100 year old war veteran whose latest mission is to help children in cheshire learn to read. and coming up on the bbc news channel: the world of snooker reacts as ten chinese players are charged in connection with alleged match fixing allegations. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the biggest day of strikes in the nhs so far is now set for monday 6th february, after ambulance workers announced today that they would walk out on the same day as nurses in england and wales. tens of thosuands of nurses in england are already on strike again today in their dispute over pay affecting a quarter of