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
more will watch on television. there will be those, though, demanding that this annual spectacle comes to a finish. john maguire, bbc news, liverpool. time for a look at the weather. here s ben rich. hello, thank you, good afternoon. much, than it was this time yesterday on the south bank of england, the wind is much lighter, beautiful scene from a weather watcher on the coast in dorset. but that s not the whole story. while we do have some sunshine will also have some showers and some of those are on the heavy aside, and if you haven t seen one today there may still be one and it could even contain some hail and thunder. the shower is widespread across parts of scotland and into northern england. a little breezy for some of us but not as windy as it was yesterday. still feeling really rather cool for this time of year at a 9 13 c. it will get quite chilly overnight tonight with clearing skies and light winds. still some showers around particularly across scotland, northern i
also coming up on sportsday. what a routine, what a performance! what what a routine, what a performance! what a competition! jake jarman adds another medal to his growing haul. a silver in the european all around in turkey. hello again. amateur boxing has had a big break up. one that some hope will get it back together with the olympics. a large number of national federations. including britain s. have split from the current world governing body in an attempt to overturn a decision by the ioc not to include the sport in the 2028 games in los angeles. the international boxing association run the amateur game right now. but they. and their russian president umar kremlev. ..are mired in scandal. an independent investigation accused the iba of fixing fights at the rio olympics, selecting judges and referees to manipulate the results the same report detailed decades of financial mismanagement and deception and it led to the interntional olympic committee stripping the iba of it
who were arrested by the taliban in afghanistan earlier this year. coach travellers in dover are still facing long delays sometimes up to 8 hours, despite extra ferries being laid on overnight to try and help clear the easter getaway backlog. you re watching bbc news. first is sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. brendan rodgers pays the price at leicester city, he departs afterfour years in charge. newcastle move above manchester united into third after beating them at st james park and who can stop england another record extending womens six nations victory, with italy no match today. also coming up on sportsday. max verstappen wins a delayed australian grand prix after three red flags and a bizarre and confusing climax. and who s next for anthonyjoshua after victory at the 02, talk turns to whether he ll face tyson fury. hello there and welcome along to sportsday. the battle to avoid relegation from the premier league is set for an excitin
in afghanistan earlier this year. coach travellers in dover are still facing long delays sometimes upto 8 hours, despite extra ferries being laid on overnight to try and help clear the easter getaway backlog. the port said pver 100 coaches were waiting to cross the port said over 100 coaches were waiting to cross the english channel earlier today. and pope francis has led mass in st peter s square in front of more than 30 thousand people, kicking off the year s easter services, just a day after leaving hospital in rome following treatment for bronchitis. you re watching bbc news. coming up. click. but first, sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. brendan rodgers pays the price at leicester city, 0n he departs afterfour years in charge. newcastle move above manchester united into third after beating them at st james park and who can stop england another record extending womens six nations victory, with italy no match today. also coming up on sports