shaun murphy and ding junhui are through to the quarter—finals of the uk snooker championship — murphy who knocked out the welshmanjamie clark. isa guha was watching at the york barbican with former world champions ken doherty and steve davis. another fascinating day of snooker in york and i have ken doherty and steve davis in the studio. wejust watched a great match between two of the greatest players, judd trump and shaun murphy and it went all the way. it shaun murphy and it went all the wa . ., ._ way. it went all the way, fascinating _ way. it went all the way, fascinating match, - way. it went all the way, fascinating match, great| way. it went all the way, - fascinating match, great quality from both players. particularly murphy, in the last two frames, the sneaky produce, two centuries in a row, almost made a maximum break as well. we row, almost made a maximum break as well. ~ ., ., ., well. we were on the edge of our seats. it well. we were on the edge of our seats- it was _ well. we were on the edge of our seats. it was incredible, - well. we were on the edge of our seats. i

it is between ding junhui and mark allan. currently, as he completes yet another century break, three at the barbican in york. and hejust might miss break, three at the barbican in york. and he just might miss out on getting that black. you can watch that on the website or via the iplayer as well. and will we watch this black go all the way into the top right—hand corner? he hasjust missed it. he is in the head to the website. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. and there is more at 6:30pm. so close. thank you. donald trump's twitter account has been reactivated, after its new owner, elon musk, let his followers decide in an online poll whether mr trump should be allowed back. the former president was banned from the site injanuary last year following the rioting on capitol hill. mr trump then set up his own platform — truth social — and claims to have no interest in returning to twitter. technology journalist chris stokel—walker explains more. just as with elon musk, donal

golfer as i have ever been and hopefully i can continue on that path. 17 years after his first, ding junhuihe first session of the final. ding made successive century breaks of 126 in the fourth and 135 in the fifth frame, before another century break put him five frames in front. allen pulled one back before the end of the session. coverage of the final resumes on bbc two — straight after us — at 7pm. the worcester warriors women's team, now known as the university of worcester warriors, have played their first game since the financial issues that led to the demise of the men's team. they won at harlequins in the premier 15s by 28 points to 14. defending champions saracens got their season off to the perfect start with a 34 points to 21 win over loughborough lightning. sarries hooker may campbell scored three of the home side's five tries at the stone x stadium. any sort of reaction that what we have been enjoying at qatar this afternoon the host losing 2—0. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. now on bbc news, the travel show. for generations, snakes, scorpio

ding junhui is on course for a fourth title at the uk snooker championship. ing leads mark allen.4—0 down suggesting that he might make it ten frames to win the title. that is all the time we have on sports day. on opening day of a unique world cup. thank you for your company goodbye for now. climate scientists have warned that change needs to come from the top, from governments and companies. but science and innovation will play an important part. yeah. so this week we're going to look at some of the latest green ideas. and first off, take a deep breath. takes deep breath. if you live in the green, it's easy to forget what life is like in the grey. the air literally can smell sweeter, and it's definitely cleaner. the world health organization says air pollution poses a major threat to health and climate, and it kills an estimated

earlier, ding junhui saw off the welshmanjamie clarke on the other table.ill relax its all white clothing rule to allow female players at wimbledon to wear dark—coloured undershorts from next year. it'll be relieving a "potential source of anxiety" for players on their period. britain's heather watson and former olympic champion monica puig previously spoke out the "mental stress" of having to wear white and the impact periods can have on performance. discussions took place with the wta, clothing manufacturers and medical teams. max verstappen says some of the reaction to the red bull team orders controversy, has been "unacceptable" and "disgusting", the world champion refused red bull's order to let his team—mate sergio perez through on the final lap of last weekend's sao paulo grand prix, to gain points in his fight for second in the championship. all the things that i have read are pretty disgusting. and also, even more than that, they started attacking my family, threatening my sister, my mum, my girlfriend, my dad. and for me, that goes way too far. yo

earlier ronnie o'sullivan was knocked out at the quarter final stage by ding junhui.about how he he'd been struggling for motivation. and scored just four points in the finalfourframes. we played well, fantastically well. great to see them play like that. it they could play more like that, so good for the game. brilliant. just a class act, yeah, i would like to see them go and it now. them go and win it now. novak djokovic has continued his winning run at the atp finals in turin with victory over daniil medvedev. the 21—time grand slam champion had already secured top spot in the group, but had to battle to earn a three sets win in just over three hours. medvedev was serving for the match at one stage, but dkokovic recovered to take the deciding set to a tie—break, ultimately winning 6—3, 6—7, 7—6. he will play america's taylor fritz in the semifinals tomorrow. in cricket, jon lewis is the new head coach for england's women. he replaces lisa keightley, who stepped down at the end of the summer. lewis had been with the men's side as a bowling coach. he'll take charge f

in snooker, three—time winner ding junhui survived a mini—revival from tom ford to reach his fourth ukd into a 5—0 lead before ford rattled off three in a row of his own. the chinese player took the ninth frame to set up a final with either jack lisowski or mark allen. you can watch their semi on bbc two from 7pm. more on all the stories on the website and you can keep tabs on how include getting on against new zealand, still 22—6 the lead for the all blacks. we'll have more for you at 7:30pm. that's all from sportsday. hello. the rain may have eased off but river levels have continued to rise and, through today so far, we've still had severe flood warnings out from sepa across parts of eastern scotland, and there is still some more rain to come during the next 24 hours. not quite the extent of what we have seen of late, but it is coming in this evening across ireland, then into western scotland, wales, western england. some heavy bursts at times. it's going to turn a bit more erratic as it works its way eastwards so there will be some drier moments. but we could even see a little bit

they have reached the quaterfinal stage and ronnie o'sullivan is taking on ding junhui.m ford on the other table. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. you can also follow the second practice of the abu dhabi grand prix. more in half an hour. let's return to the news that the un secretary general, antonio guterres, has returned to the climate negotiations in egypt and urged all sides to push for an ambitious deal. cop 27 is due to end today, but negotiators are struggling to reach an agreement on giving cash to poor countries to help them cope with global warming. earlier, my colleague rebecca jones spoke to the actor, author and presenter, sir tony robinson. he started by telling us of what he felt were the positives of cop27. our prime minister wasn't even going to go because he considered it of secondary importance to things that he was going to have to do at home. immediately it was like the whole nation from the daily mail through to the guardian turned on him and said this is the one of the most important things th

ding junhui is aiming for his fourth title and if he beats mark allen he will become the fourth most ive pictures from bbc2... ding has started pretty well against the northern irishman, it is the first to 19. you can follow that via the bbc sport website as well as being on bbc two, and also via the iplayer. and of course qatar against ecuador via bbc one, commentary has begun of the opening game of the football world cup, and it is there for you across the bbc, and i will have more for you in the next hour. excellent plug—in, thank you! donald trump�*s twitter account has been reactivated, after its new owner, elon musk, let his followers decide in an online poll whether mr trump should be allowed back. the former president was banned from the site injanuary last year following the rioting on capitol hill. mr trump then set up his own platform — truth social — and claims to have no interest in returning to twitter. technology journalist chris stokel—walker explains more. just as with elon musk, donald trump doesn�*t necessarily stick to his word all that often, so i would imagine th

china's ding junhui is hoping to win the title for a fourth time and took a commanding 6—2 lead against been fighting back and it's currently level, six all. the first to ten frames wins. you can follow it all on the bbc sport website. rory mcilroy ended the year as european number one despite spain'sjon rahm claiming a third dp world tour championship title in dubai. rahm hit a five—under 67 on the final day to finish on 20 under, two ahead of england's tyrrell hatton and alex noren of sweden. world number one mcilroy was a shot back in fourth after a four—under 68. it's the fourth time he's won this trophy forfinishing the year as european number one. the last time was back in 2015. and suryakumar yadav hit seven sixes and 11 fours, with his second half—century coming from just 17 balls as india beat new zealand by 65 runs in their second t20 international. india posted 191 for six in mount maunganui. new zealand lost finn allen to the second ball of their reply and were bowled out for 126. deepak hooda claiming four for ten in under three overs. india are 1—0 up with one match to go.

ding junhui has appeared to have picked up where he left off at the uk snooker championship.om ford. these are live pictures now from york. as you can see, tom ford hasjust got one back, but it may be too little too late. we need just one more frame to reach the final. later he will know his opponents. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. i'll be back in an hour. at the cop 27 climate summit in egypt. talks are in overtime, and a new draft agreement has been published in the last hour. whether the 200 countries attending the summit will adopt it isn't at all clear but the new draft has changed. one major update — the ambition agreed 7 years ago in paris, to keep global warming at 1.5 degrees celsius, has gone back into the text. new zealand has already said the draft agreement "abandons any hope of achieving this" goal. the draft also includes a proposal for a deal to tackle the issue of "loss and damage" with the creation of a new fund to help poorer countries that have been particularly hit by climate change. 0ur sci

earlier, ding junhui saw off the welshmanjamie clarke on the other table.tial source of anxiety" for players on their period. britain's heather watson and former olympic champion monica puig previously spoke out the "mental stress" of having to wear white and the impact periods can have on performance. discussions took place with the wta, clothing manufacturers and medical teams. max verstappen says some of the reaction to the red bull team orders controversy, has been "unacceptable" and "disgusting", the world champion refused red bull's order to let his team—mate sergio perez through on the final lap of last weekend's sao paulo grand prix, to gain points in his fight for second in the championship. all the things that i have read are pretty disgusting. and also, even more than that, they started attacking my family, threatening my sister, my mum, my girlfriend, my dad. and for me, that goes way too far. while you don't even have the facts of what actually was going on and that definitely has to stop. if you have a problem with me, that's fine. do not go a

ding junhui is aiming for his fourth title and if he beats mark allen he will become the fourth most 1 race in abu dhabi. go to the bbc sport website on a busy afternoon which culminates in the four o�*clock kick—off for the kick—off in qatar against ecuador. the metropolitan police says a file of evidence about cash—for—honours allegations involving one of the king�*s charities, has been passed to the crown prosecution service. officers began an investigation following a series of newspaper articles which claimed that a saudi donor to the prince�*s foundation was offered help to secure a knighthood. earlier i spoke to our correspondent simonjones. well, that police investigation began back in february. that was after a complaint was made by the anti—monarchy group republic into the then prince charles and a former close confidant of his. now, that follows a series of newspaper allegations where it was suggested that the then head of the prince�*s foundation charity, michael fawcett, had helped a prominent saudi businessman, mahfouz marei mubarak get an honour and also british citize

earlier ronnie o'sullivan was knocked out at the quarter final stage by ding junhui., so good for the game. brilliant. just a class act, yeah, i would like to see them go and win it now. novak djokovic has continued his winning run at the atp finals in turin with victory over daniil medvedev. the 21—time grand slam champion had already secured top spot in the group, but had to battle to earn a three sets win in just over three hours. medvedev was serving for the match at one stage, but dkokovic recovered to take the deciding set to a tie—break, ultimately winning 6—3, 6—7, 7—6. he will play america's taylor fritz in the semifinals tomorrow. in cricket, jon lewis is the new head coach for england's women. he replaces lisa keightley, who stepped down at the end of the summer. lewis had been with the men's side as a bowling coach. he'll take charge for the women's tour of west indies, which begins on the 4th of december. ahead of sunday's season ending abu dhabi grand prix, world champion max verstappen was fastest in the second practice session, with mercedes' george ru

they�*ve reached the quater final stage and ronnie 0�*sullivan is taking on ding junhui.more in the next hour. we will hear again from him in the next hour or so. we will hear again from him in the next hour or so. a leading economic think tank has warned that the uk is heading for an era of permanatly higher taxes because of what it said was a decade of "own goals" by the conservative government. in its verdict on the chancellor�*s autumn statement, the institute for fiscal studies said middle earners would "perhaps feel the biggest hit" from the decision to freeze the thresholds at which people pay more tax. jeremy hunt said the move was necessary to fill a black hole in the country�*s finances. were going to talk about that in a moment. were going to hearfrom the essex police on the zara aleena case. b. essex police on the zara aleena case. �* ., ., , . case. a friend to many, niece, cousin and _ case. a friend to many, niece, cousin and daughter. - case. a friend to many, niece, cousin and daughter. she - case. a friend to many, niece, cousin and daughter. she was| co

he fought back from 6—1 down to beat ding junhui 10—7 in the final to win his first uk championship.x of the season in abu dhabi. it was his 15th win of 2022 at the abu dhabi grand prix. sebastian vettel was 10th in his last f1 race. lewis hamilton retired meaning it's his first ever season without a victory. you can probably see now some of the support staff who are beginning to gather here, the fans will be arriving a bit later on ahead of at one o'clock, all eyes on that one, as they will be for the big one tonight, wales against the united states, astonishing to think, just the second day of the world cup and we have both home nations in action. john, more from you later, for now, many thanks. nhs leaders in scotland have discussed abandoning the founding principles of the service by having the wealthy pay for treatment. the discussion of a two—tier health service is mentioned in draft minutes of a meeting of nhs scotland health board chief executives in september. 0ur correspondentjames cook joins me from glasgow. james, what more do we know about what was discussed at this meet

knocked out at the quarterfinal stage by ding junhui the chinese player completed a quick fire six nilsetting the second quickest time... as he did this morning in the opening session. it�*s also set to be a weekend to remember for four time world champion sebastian vettel. after 16 years in formula one, he�*ll race for one final time this weekend and had a chance to reflect on his driving career starting from a very young age alongside his very proud dad in the aston martin garage. that is all for support for nowjoin ali forsterfor sport that is all for support for nowjoin ali forster for sport 6:30pm that is all for support for nowjoin ali forsterfor sport 6:30pm if that is all for support for nowjoin ali forster for sport 6:30pm if you can for more the workup in qatar thatis can for more the workup in qatar that is all for me when i�*m thank you. let�*s return to the news of autumn statement. chancellorjeremy hunt unveiled the contents of his autumn statement in the house of commons yesterday, increasing taxes and cutting public spending. let�*s talk now to founder of right—wing thi