into the box. i think that is pretty clear. i don t think we can go much further than what we do with that. the last bit is sometimes confidence. the world snooker championship gets underway this weekend and ronnie o sullivan will begin the defence of his title against chinese debutant pang junxu. the world number one is aiming to lift that trophy for a record eight time at the crucible in sheffield and faces one of the rising stars of snooker in pang, who reached his maiden ranking final last month. elsewhere last year s beaten finallistjudd trump takes on former semifinallist anthony mcgill, mark williams will play jimmy robertson, and 2005 champion shaun murphy opens up againat sijiahui. four time championjohn higgins takes on david grace, who last week was battling just to save his tour card. and another four time winner, mark selby, faces another englishman in matthew selt. history made for great britain s gymnasts their first ever women s team gold at the european cha
by the effects of strikes by public sector workers. the office for national statistics said that a rise in construction activity had been offset by walkouts by teachers and civil servants. it follows a surprise 0.4% jump in economic growth injanuary which brings the uk economy, finally, to a point where it is bigger than it was pre pandemic. the value of sterling rose to its highest level since june of last year, with £1 getting you i dollar and twenty five cents. despite february s flatlining the chancellor described the outlook as brighter than expected . let s get more now with victoria scholar, head of investment at interactive investor. investor. investor. the investor. the last investor. the last few investor. the last few minutes investor. the last few minutes we investor. the last few minutes we had investor. the last few minutes we had at the in the last few minutes we had at the elite has production data from the elite has production data from the euro is aime
you re live with bbc news. sport and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s kasa. hello from the bbc sport centre. we ll start with football and real madrid boss carlo ancelotti insists their champions league tie with chelsea is not over, despite a comanding 2 0 victory in their quarterfinal first leg in the spanish capital. goals from karim benzema and marco asenscio gave the defending champions a big advantage ahead of next week s second leg at stamford bridge. chelsea meanwhile have gone four games without scoring for the first time in 30 years. when i consider the work that we do, we worked a lot on at the last third in terms of finishing and crosses, and the idea of how we want to get
you re live with bbc news. sport and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s kasa. hello from the bbc sport centre. we ll start with football and real madrid boss carlo ancelotti insists their champions league tie with chelsea is not over, despite a comanding 2 0 victory in their quarterfinal first leg in the spanish capital. goals from karim benzema and marco asenscio gave the defending champions a big advantage ahead of next week s second leg at stamford bridge. chelsea meanwhile have gone four games without scoring for the first time in 30 years. when i consider the work that we do, we worked a lot on at the last third in terms of finishing and crosses, and the idea of how we want to get