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people from their cars and some people had to spend the night in community centres. and there are still weather warnings to come. now on bbc news amol rajan interviews the man playing for his eighth uk snooker title, ronnie 0 sullivan. ronnie o sullivan is generally regarded as the greatest player ever to pick up a snooker cue. a son of essex, he s broken record after record and he s as exciting away from the table as he is on it. a child prodigy, he became the youngest player to ever win the uk championships. he s compiled more century breaks than any other professional. cheering and applause commentator: i mean, the boy is such a genius, he really is. ..and his unbeaten 147 time of five minutes and eight seconds is one of the most famous moments in all sporting history. what a break! what a fantastic maximum break that is! in 2022, he went after stephen hendry s record of seven world championship titles. he ll have dreamed of this moment, equalling. but what is th ....
maximum break that is! in 2022, he went after stephen hendry s record of seven world championship titles. he ll have dreamed of this moment, equalling. but what is the true price of victory for him? o sullivan has battled addiction to alcohol and drugs, fought a continuing battle with his mental health and, at 16, had to overcome an unimaginable trauma his father sent to prison for murder. but overcome it, he has. today, the father of three is still the number one player in the world uncowed and outspoken. i don t get appreciated on the snooker circuit. none of the top players do, in my opinion. how did the rocket, as he came to be known, stay at the top of the game? and where are he and snooker going next? ronnie. good to see you. how are you? you all right? come and take a seat. thanks for inviting us over. it s all right, mate. this is where the magic happens, is it? sometimes. how do you choose which table you go? that used to be my favourite one, when i first ....
perhaps into scotland. but here is where we are starting to see the cold air. 3 7 in northern scotland and central areas, further south of the front, we stilljust hang on to double digits. it is not going to last, the front sinks steadily south. not that much in the way of rain on it as it does say but it will open the back door for those temperatures to fall away and that cold, arctic air to be really quite a dominant feature. on friday, quite a dominant feature. on friday, quite a quiet start. there will be some sunshine around. wendy with gail s unexposed north and east coast. sunny spells but a notable noticeable difference on friday, feeling quite cold. as we going to saturday, the wind will fall lighter so we could see our first widespread frost for the start of the weekend. lots of sunshine on saturday but the potential for some lots of sunshine on saturday but the potentialfor some rain lots of sunshine on saturday but the potential for some rain on sunday. a ....
and the latest world surf league event. let s return to the referendum in turkey. this result means president erdogan could be in power until 2029. earlier in his career, mr erdogan said, democracy is like a bus. when you come to your stop, you get off. evidently, his stop is some way down the road. and even before this result, he was a giant of turkish politics. in 2001, he founded thejustice and development party of the akp, and development party, or the akp, as we often call it. he became prime minister in 2003 and then president in 2014. that was a year after nationwide protests at the alleged authoritarianism of his style of government. there was international condemnation over the government s response to the protests. then lastjuly, there was the attempted coup, and a widespread crackdown has followed. while all of this has been playing out, turkey has taken in hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees. it s also experienced an increase in terrorist activity, pr ....