to glue herself to a table. a man and a woman were later arrested by police. jamie broughton was at ahe crucible in sheffield while the evening session was just getting under way when a man and woman from the protest group to stop oiljumped over the barriers here from the seeds into the auditorium and the man climbed onto the table were robert and joe perry were playing their round match then opened a packet of orange power and entered it onto the table before security intervened and the woman try to get on the other side on the inside of the barricade format at the moment were marked atwood was playing. by were marked atwood was playing. by the match referee before they could do any damage to the table and play them a resume between allen but the other match was not able to continue as the cloth on the table needed to be replaced i can tell there was a lot of anger from those behind the scenes the fans there about what it happened. have we seen anything like this before and
invasion of ukraine. and the lengths people will go to to get around schemes that are supposed to reduce coming up on bbc news the fallout from the grand national is the death of three horses across the three day meeting, protest and arrest part of the best spark debate. good evening. the nhs in england said it had to cancel almost 200,000 operations and appointments last week during the four day strike by junior doctors, heaping four day strike byjunior doctors, heaping yet more pressure on the health service. over the past five months, almost half a million appointments have had to be rescheduled, and the nhs national medical director says with each strike, it becomes harder. and he wants the impact on patients and staff will continue to worsen. he warns. our health editor hugh pym reports. trying to get back to normal. are you comfortable as you are, lying on the bed? they are assessing patients who have come through this hospital s emergency department. fully staf
welcome to the programme. yes, worldwide condemnation today of the 25 year sentence handed to kremlin critic vladimir kara murza. extraordinary courage from a man who had already been poisoned twice and still refused to relent. also tonight, we ll head to france to get reaction to emmanuel macron s speech to the nation on those controversial pension reforms. the president s approval ratings at rock bottom. and freezing on the big stage elon musk s spacex postponing this afternoon the launch their biggest ever rocket, the starship, over problems with a pressure valve. jonathan amos will be here to tell you all about it. but we are going to start tonight with the problems piling up for rishi sunak. there was news today than 196,000 hospital appointments had to be cancelled because of the junior doctors strike in england last week, with more nursing strikes now scheduled for the may bank holiday. on top of that, we learnt today the prime minister is under investigation by the