the triumphant return of tennis star emma raducanu, after eight months out through injury. and coming up on bbc news. already £100,000 richer, 16 year old luke littler aims for an even more bigger prize tonight at alexandra palace a place in the final of the world darts championship. this is a pliosaur, a massive sea monster that terrorised the oceans millions of year ago one of the most fearsome predators that ever lived. this computer generated image shows you what it would have looked like. its huge skull was discovered recently off dorset s jurassic coast and today it went on public display for the first time. our science editor, rebecca morelle, reports. coming face to face with a jurassic sea monster. a colossal fossil is unveiled to
wayne rooney has been sacked as the manager of birmingham city, afterjust 15 games in charge. the football club is currently languishing towards the bottom of the championship table. the former england captain says he now plans to take a break from the game. in tennis, britain s emma raducanu has won on her return to the game, after eight months out with injury. the former us open champion, who s on the comeback trail following surgery on both hands, and her left ankle, won herfirst round match at the auckland classic. katie gornall was watching. announcer: emma raducanu! it s been 259 days since emma raducanu last walked out to play a competitive match. for her, this felt like a fresh start. the past eight months have been tough for the former us open champion. three surgeries on both her wrists and ankle left her needing a wheelchair. as she recovered, her ranking tumbled to 301 in the world.
so how would she hold up in auckland? well, the early signs were encouraging against romania s elena gabriela ruse she took the first set 6 3. ruse would fight back to level the match, but raducanu showed grit, grace and glimpses of her best. oh, yes! how about that from raducanu? the 21 year old claimed to feel reborn coming into this match free from the burden of her us open win. still, there was understandably some rustiness. two match points came and went before she finally clinched it. she s back! the tougher test of second seed elina svitolina awaits, but first, raducanu will want to savour this. that winning feeling has been a long time coming. katie gornall, bbc news. a huge night ahead for 16 year old luke littler as he attempts to make history in the semi final at the pdc world darts championship in london. he s already the youngest player to win a match in the tourmament. tonight he s taking on the 2018 champion at alexandra palace. could he go all the way and lift the t