neil robertson has knocked out mark selby to reach the last four.een in fine form all week at milton keynes, beating selby 6—2. here's a round—up of the day's action so far with seema jaswal. we have reached the quarterfinal stage here at the uk championship, and we saw a really intriguing match today between neil robertson and mark selby, but just today between neil robertson and mark selby, butjust to go to. he was an imperious form today, along success was an imperious form today, along success of 90%, his stats. almost impossible to play against, but there was a chance in the match, when mark selby could have got on level terms, a sort of unforced ever in position, but neil robertson was just awesome today. big breaks, high—scoring frames, just what we associate with mark robinson —— neil robertson now. even some of the frames he did lose, but his long game was phenomenal, his safety was great, but his scoring all the winter was fantastic. it was nearly a perfect match of sneaker he played a. he looks like he really enjoyed himself today. over o

he'll face either mark selby orjamiejones in tomorrow's final.ere's a car on pole for a formula one race that isn't powered by a mercedes engine. red bull's max verstappen pulled off a surprise in qualifying in abu dhabi by beating valtteri bottas and lewis hamilton to the top spot on the grid. nick parrott reports. they've dominated for the last six yea rs. they've dominated for the last six years. lewis hamilton was hoping to go on to win for a third year in a i’ow. go on to win for a third year in a row. he missed will last weekend's race with coronavirus and although he said it was taking him time to get back into the swing of things, he talked through the time sheets in the first two sessions. would it matter in this final section, his mercedes team—mate got the better of him. not once but twice. thejoy mercedes team—mate got the better of him. not once but twice. the joy was short—lived. the red bull verstappen was behind them on the tracks, but in front of them by the time of the dutchman reach the chequered flag. in front of them by the t

he'll face either mark selby orjamiejones in tomorrow's final.ole for a formula one race that isn't powered by a mercedes engine. red bull's max verstappen pulled off a surprise in qualifying in abu dhabi by beating valtteri bottas and lewis hamilton to the top spot on the grid. nick parrott reports. with the sun setting on the strangest of formula i seasons, mercedes were probably expecting to sign off in style. with the sun setting on the strangest of formula i lewis hamilton was hoping to take pole and go on to win the third year in a row. he missed last weekend's race with coronavirus and although he said it was taking time to get back into the swing of things, he topped the time sheet in the first two sessions of qualifying. but when it mattered in the final session, his mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas got the better of him, not once but twice. the finn's joy was short lived, the red bull of max verstappen was behind him on the track but in front of them in the pecking order by the time the dutchman reached the chequered flag. i didn't re

and mark selby started his world grand prix campaign with a hard fought win over china's wenbo liang.ame, but selby wrapped it up just days after winning the scottish open. next up tonight. cesc fabregas, paul pogba, hector bellerin, players who all made their names moving to the premier league as youngters. but with brexit looming — the signing of 16 years olds will be banned and from january the first any players brought from overseas must be 18 or over. which some clubs feel will put them at a disadvantage. here's manchester united's academy head, nick cox. brexit will impact the way football clu bs brexit will impact the way football clubs in this country recruit. brexit is out of our control. these decisions were made long ago. the impact will be the same for all clu bs impact will be the same for all clubs in this country. it probably puts us at a disadvantage compared to other european clubs. we wish there was a level playing field. but there was a level playing field. but there won't be. there will be movements of those players, but those players will not be able to move to ou

and world number four mark selby is into the quarter—finals of the world grand prix snooker in milton2 as he looks to take two titles in a row after winning the scottish 0pen last weekend. the british wheelchair rugby team got three million pounds of uk sport funding in the run—up to the rio paralympics but after failing to win a medal — they had all their support withdrawn for tokyo 2020. despite that, the team's won the last two european titles and risen to numberfour in the world. tomorrow they're hoping uk sport will restore funding leading to paris 202a. kylie grimes is the only woman in the british wheelchair rugby side, which is a mixed sport, and has been telling us what a difference funding would make. training, hotel costs, equipping costs, all of that stuff, and it does rack up, it costs a lot of money, so does rack up, it costs a lot of money, so yeah, itjust takes some of the worries away from interpersonal level, but, you know, the team is working so hard within the team is working so hard within the top four teams of the world, we are so the top four teams of the world,

earlier, neil roberston beat mark selby.essional century to win 6—2. he'll play china's zhou yuelong who beat jack lisowski 6—4. and that's all the sport for now. just boxing news and, billyjoe saunders has defended his wbo separate title, hippie martin murray ona separate title, hippie martin murray on a points decision, but that's all the support for now. to me hello there. it's been a very wet day across some central rank in the also some sleet and snow mainly over the high ground, the strong which would have had north and west areas will gradually become more confined towards the west and the southwest. slowly easing down through the course of the night. now, it looks like much of the southeast will stay dry, clearing quite cold here, but further north and west, lots of showers, longer spells of rain, some snow for the pennines and over the higher ground of scotland. those temperatures then ranging from around —1 or —2 celsius in the east to around 4 or 5, so we could see a touch of frost across some eastern areas to gre

at the uk snooker championship from milton keynes, with good wins for two—time champion champion mark selbyren wilson, plus news of a thrilling comeback. let's join jason mohammed now, who's alongside john parrott and alan mcmanus. we'll come back to milton keynes with mark shall be through to the last 16 and itjob done today. with mark shall be through to the last 16 and it job done today. not pretty before the interval with hard snicker of book came out and played much better after eight cracking along reading got over the line. we have seen it so many times, have we not? c gas struggle in the first four frames and could be a tough few days but always a bump with mark because he has produced it so often in the past so actually popped his head and the pressure at 2—2 is said did you enjoy that frame and so we took it in good heart and came out and played really strong in the last four frames. barry hawkins next so it should be fascinating. the real barry hawkins turning up finally and isa barry hawkins turning up finally and is a wonderful match player but not just been a great form but hi

neil robertson stormed into a 3—0 lead but mark selby has come back.ow. i'll have more for you in the next hour. you've been sending in your questions on conditions around travelling across the christmas period. there is that five—day window where people are allowed to visit their families, no more than three households at once. let's go through as many of your questions as we possibly can. here to try and answer some of them is traveljournalist, jill starley—grainger and associate professor in cellular microbiology at the university of reading, simon clarke. thank you both for your time. a whole range of questions. goodness. we expect you to be experts in all form of this policy! no pressure. jill, a question from sylvia who is asking about travelling generally within the uk at christmas. will trains be able to safely manage social distancing, how much do we know about that? what the government has said is they've put on... they have freed up the timetable. there shouldn't be much in the way of works. so most trains should be running. about 95% will b

now. with a match up between two former and we can bring you live pictures of the match between mark selbythe marshall arena. robertson taking the opening frame to lead i—0. you can watch this match on bbc two and via the bbc sport website and app. and lebronjames has signed a new two year contract with nba champions los angeles lakers, worth a reported £63 million. james helped the lakers to their first nba title in a decade in october, and his new deal will expire in 2023, 20 years on from his nba debut. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories, and the latest from first practice at of the sakhir grand prix, on the bbc sport website. good afternoon. i'm here to take you through the next few hours of coronavirus coverage. i'm keeping an eye on the brexit talks as well. we will start with coronavirus. just in the last few moments in fact, we have just been sent the latest are a number. the r value now standing at between 0.8 and one. so a slight improvement on last week which was between 0.9 and one, so it now stands between 0.8 and one. we are going to talk mor

neil roberston has beaten mark selby.ees judge trump tonight seesjudge trump against callu m tonight seesjudge trump against callum wilson and... all on the bbc sport website. that is it from me. lizzie greenwood hughes will be here at 6:30pm with sportsday. sarah, thank you for that. they have named the victims imac or they are... one other person was injured and is now at home. —— they have named the victims. want to bring some newsjust have named the victims. want to bring some news just into us that the mayor of liverpool, joe anderson, has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation. he was among five people arrested as pa rt was among five people arrested as part of a year—long police investigation into the awarding of building contracts in the city. merseyside police have said, and i'm quoting now, five people have been arrested by detectives today, in connection with offences of bribery and witness intimidation, in relation to building an element contracts in liverpool. the

ronnie 0'sullivan said he had no complaints, after being well beaten by mark selby in the final of thes title. there was an extraordinary finish to the european golf season, with lee westwood winning the race to dubai — that's the title given to the best player on the tour. another englishman, matt fitzpatrick, won the final tournament, but westwood finished second to take the prize for the first time in 20 years. i didn't know what to expect at the start of the year because i hadn't played a lot, and i came out and won. and coming into this week, i hadn't hit balls for more than half an hour, 45 minutes because i've had a bad back. i only played nine holes practice. so, you know, i'm a little bit better when there's no, kind of, goal and anticipation there. and the us women's open will be played to a finish today, after round four was suspended due to dangerous weather in houston. the leader, japan's hinako shibuno, had yet to tee off. she is one clear of the field, on four under. my my money would be on her to do it, she is a steely contender, i watched her win the open last year at

earlier, neil roberston beat mark selby.ssell has had in his mercedes! the 22 robin kingsley was only called up to the at last—minute to fill in for lewis hamilton, no less, at the second grand prix in bahrain. but he went fastest in both qualifying sessions and is on course for his first ever pole position in formula 1. i suppose if you are going to get into any car, ideally, it is the world champions, mercedes, isn't it? i know he's had to do lots of adjusting, it isn't easy when you get two days notice. did he have to do that annoying thing, like when somebody else is in your current adjust the seat? they had to do much more than that. lewis is going to be really fed up when he gets back in it. five inches taller, is george russell. he was mentioning yesterday, they had to do a lot of adjusting of the seat, even a size smaller shoes or boots. which is painful. he says how painful it is and he is suffering the pain and bruising to try to get through. and he is suffering the pain and bruising to try to get throughm just goe

let's speak now to mark adams, who's the chief executive of the social care charity community integrated care, and anna selby the vaccine yesterday, knowing that at some point care homes and their workers area point care homes and their workers are a priority to be vaccinated. point care homes and their workers are a priority to be vaccinatedm was a landmark day for us yesterday. the sense we had was one of hope. we have spent the last nine months with people in very dark places as someone said previously, and people have made a lot of sacrifices to protect and support residents in ca re protect and support residents in care homes and now we feel like we are beginning to see the end it inside. clearly there will have to be cautioned for some time yet and we don't quite know how the distribution will but we feel we have got the but we can see some light at the end of this dark tunnel. and we saw at the end of that film, the hoax from relatives to loved ones —— the hugs. how does it work in practice in your home is at the moment and how quickly can i change? we have been really fortu nate to change? we have be