the rocket, ronnie o'sullivan.ar side, but one that feels more impressive every time. ronnie o'sullivan, equalling stephen hendry�*s record of seven world snooker titles upsetting the odds at aintree, noble yates, a 50 to i winner in the national and a priceless final ride for amateur jockey sam wayley—cohen. a new chapter in the history of this grand old competition. huddersfield giants almost caused a surprise at the challenge cup final. that's before a dramatic late try won it for wigan. wigan, the challenge cup winners 2022. by may, club football was reaching its climax. it wasn't always certain. indeed, only in the last few minutes of the premier league season did things turn around and become clear. manchester cityjust seeing off liverpool for the title. premier league champions, again. liverpool had already won the league cup after a goalless draw, beating chelsea on penalties in the fa cup final, incredibly, it happened all over again. here's tsimikas. liverpool's joy! they find a way, however it takes. che

snooker player ronnie o'sullivan who won a seventh world typo.t20 workup. and jake wightman who one goes in the 1500 metres at the world championships. other opportunities are up for grabs the team of the air. the coach of the team of the air. the coach of the year. and the personality of the year. jessica gadirova is up for that one as well as a skateboarder. a couple of winners have already been announced. lionel messi has been announced. lionel messi has been named the world sports star of the year after helping argentina when the workup. while using boats will receive a lifetime achievement award still the fastest man in history. the question is who will win the sports personality of the year with mark last year it was emma raducanu. who would be named the previous poor sports personality of the air 202022? you will find out tomorrow. as we call it here it is spotty it will be on tomorrow night on bbc one. that is all the time we have from sports a thank you for your company. hello there. most of us saw some decent sunshine through the aftern

beth mead, winter olympics gold medal winning curler eve muirehead, snooker world number one ronnie o'sullivannd that's all the sport for now. hello there. for most of us, the afternoon was bright enough with some sunshine, but we did have a few passing showers. this was one of our weather watch pictures showing a shower around denbighshire in wales. and on the satellite picture, you can see those speckled shower clouds working in. out in the atlantic, meanwhile, we've got areas of thicker cloud waiting to push eastwards. they, in turn, will bring some heavier rain eastwards across the uk. for the time being, though, most of the showers are associated with low pressure that will continue to feed them in overnight into scotland and northern ireland. got this band of rain that will develop across england and wales and will push eastwards through the night. it stays quite breezy, and for most, it's a frost—free night. temperatures 3—6 celsius and tomorrow, well, it's an improving weather picture across england and wales. although we start off cloudy with this band of rain first thing, it does mov

ronnie o'sullivan has been knocked out of the english open after losing to englsih compoatriot martinly wins in brentwood — but gould held on to record his best win of the season. england all—rounder freya kemp will miss the women's t20 world cup in feburary because of a stress fracture of the back. the 17—year—old was ruled out england's tour of the west indies on saturday before then returning home to have further scans. there's been no return date set for kemp who's the latest england player to have the injury this year after tash farrant, saqib mahmood, olly stone and jofra archer. there was a bizzare dismissal in australia's big bash today... or at least what appeared to be a dismissal. melbourne renegades batter nic maddison had to be called back to the crease after starting to walk off once he saw his stumps light up behind him with a bail on the ground. but on second look... the ball. or his foot. didn't appear to hit the wicket at all. he then came back onto the field to top score with 87 and help the renegades win by 22 runs. they're calling it a �*ghost wicket�*. and that's

there snooker player ronnie o'sullivan, world champion for a record—equalling seventh time. the t20 world cup. and finally, jake wightman, who clinched gold in the 1500 metres at the world athletics championships. there's also some big awards for some big names. fresh from guiding argentina to world cup glory, lionel messi has been named the world sports star of the year. bolt is going to do it again! while usain bolt will be honoured with a lifetime achievement award. five years after retiring, still the fastest man in history. he has no equal. he is just incomparable. i've accomplished all i want to do in my sports, so it'sjust a great feeling to know that with determination and sacrifice i put in that i could accomplish what i wanted to, you know, because i'm trying to motivate people and say believe in yourself and just go and do your best. and so the stage here in salford is very nearly set. after what's been a bumper year for sport, with so many events and so many stars, the red carpet awaits for one final glittering night. yes, this is the studio where it will be happ

gadirova, footballer beth mead, curling's eve muirhead, cricketer ben stokes, snooker player ronnie o'sullivanng will be open during the show on bbc one tomorrow night. that is your sport for now. let's return to our main story this lunchtime — and a union leader has urged the government to "make us an offer" on pay in a bid to avert strike action by ambulance workers tomorow. the health secretary steve barclay is meeting unions this afternoon to discuss preparations for the upcoming strike. speaking in the last hour, he said the government wasn't willing to re—open negotiations with health unions about pay — but would discuss other concerns. we have an independent pay process to look at that, and to balance both the needs of your viewers who are facing cost of living pressures at the moment, the affordability to the economy, but also the needs of the nhs. we are prioritising the nhs, thatis nhs. we are prioritising the nhs, that is why in the autumn statement the chancellor put an extra £6.6 billion of investment into the nhs. that is in addition to the £7.5 billion into the care centre, and

ronnie o'sullivan is through to the round of 32 at the english open in brentwood.omjaeng 4—2. and in hockey, great britain's men's team began their fih pro league campaign with an emphatic 3—0 victory over defending champions the netherlands, in argentina. the goals came in an ii—minute spell across the second and third quarters. zach wallace scored the first and third goalfor team gb either side of phil roper�*s strike. the physical and mental health benefits of swimming are well—known, but at the moment, not enough people from black and asian communities are taking the plunge. just 5% of black adults and 20% of black children in england are regular swimmers, according to recent figures. the black swimming association has been working hard to reverse that trend — and now it's picked up a national lottery award for project of the year. miriam walker—khan has been finding out more. only 5% of adults from african, caribbean and asian communities in england swim. the black swimming association was set up the change that and make the sport more diverse. now the work th

then, the next contender we have is ronnie o'sullivan.r and he was able to win a seventh world title and that equalled stephen henry's record and also by doing good of 46 years of age, he became the oldest player to win a world title. two more nominees to go and we've got been stokes, part of that angle in t20 cricketing team that won the world cup in australia just over a month ago and also he was promoted to captain and orchestrating a real turnaround in england's test fortunes most recently, very successful and 3—0 series when in the sixth and final nominee for bbc sport personality of the year is the athlete jacob weidman. and he happened to be the fancy and favoured member. he won the 1500 metre title in the is the first print to do so since steve crown back in 1983. it was very busy summer and you will remember after that, for a championship gold, he is able to win silver the area and changing the metres. in one, one bronze of the 1500 metres, i'm sorry. voting will be open and you have a look online and 645 in the winter just have

ronnie o'sullivan to top that.a recession following decline in the country's gross domestic product. phoenix figures in the quarter of 2022. the latest estimates show economy shrank by 0.3% between july and september as current levels of real gdp lower than before the. meanwhile, will disposable incomes by half a% this quarter for the fourth quarter in a row. this quarter for the fourth quarter in a row . well, we've quarter in a row. well, we've got the former chief economist at cabinet office and professor of economics jonathan portis to talk us it. good morning to you, professor. good morning. these figures are slightly worse than expected . are. they're what's expected. are. they're what's called the second release. that is to . we've already had these is to. we've already had these figures for months before and now they've been revised to reflect new data and they are they have been revised down as , they have been revised down as, you said. so the growth for the last two quarters, the what we've got here is s

all this exciting racy material online and on we go to the month of may that was good news for ronnie o'sullivanenth world snooker championship title. contrast the tories, title. by contrast the tories, got absolutely creamed in the local elections, losing a whopping 485 seats. and the pressure was on boris johnson with many party members calling on him to resign. oh and of course monkeypox came to the uk but george w bush was also back in the headlines because what freud would have called a slip of the tongue, what he would have said it in german. but you know i mean, george was know what i mean, george was accidentally condemns unjustified and brutal invasion of iraq and i think we have the video of this second and decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of iraq. i mean, ukraine iraq, invasion of iraq. i mean, ukraine iraq , anyway , 75 . ukraine iraq, anyway, 75. i mean, it's quite like if it hadnt mean, it's quite like if it hadn't been for the single most catalyst 50 per century he almost fails out of it with the 75 attacks that could stand up to any out attac

the rocket, ronnie o'sullivan.e o'sullivan, equalling stephen hendry�*s record of seven world snooker titles. upsetting the odds at aintree, noble yates, a 50 to 1 winner in the national and a priceless final ride for amateur jockey sam wayley—cohen. a new chapter in the history of this grand old competition. huddersfield giants almost caused a surprise at the challenge cup final. that's before a dramatic late try won it for wigan. wigan, the challenge cup winners 2022. by may, club football was reaching its climax. it wasn't always certain. indeed, only in the last few minutes of the premier league season did things turn around and become clear. manchester cityjust seeing off liverpool for the title. premier league champions, again. liverpool had already won the league cup after a goalless draw, beating chelsea on penalties in the fa cup final, incredibly, it happened all over again. here's tsimikas. liverpool's joy! they find a way, however it takes. chelsea did manage to win the women's fa cup final. sam kerr wi

so there's ben stokes now ronnie o'sullivan , new now ronnie o'sullivan, new current snooker entry 47r the seventh time always there and thereabouts. when you see the nominations, ronnie is usually there but but he's been nominated his time i don't think i think bethany is going to take it. i think so. i don't think it is his time. if you want to watch it, it's this evening, 645 paul watch it, it's this evening, 645 paul, thank you so well, there's three of the runners and riders, but we should mention, jake white and we wish him luck because he's been on this show. exactly. paul, thank so exactly. paul, thank you so much. tomorrow at the same much. so tomorrow at the same time favourites time that we play favourites here now , but don't here on a break now, but don't go anywhere. we'll be rifling through the papers. the david mellor hodson after mellor and nick hodson after this . it's 25 to 8. welcome back to breakfast of gb news. let's bnng breakfast of gb news. let's bring you up to date with the day's from pages and it's all with the telegraph focusing on today's nhs strikes as t

ronnie "the rocket" o'sullivan won an incredible seventh world championship title.ck in a particular way of playing test cricketjust because it's been done for however long, for a long period of time. it's different, but it's exciting to watch. track starjake wightman won world championship gold in the 1500 metres, making him the first british middle distance runner to win a world title for 39 years. it's the moment you cross that line, it's just such euphoria that i wish i could bottle that up, because you don't really get that. it soon, like, fades away a little bit. but it was just the disbelief and the shock is something that i will never have again. well. well! who do you reckon? i'm not acoin well. well! who do you reckon? i“n not going to say. well. well! who do you reckon? i'm not going to say. we _ well. well! who do you reckon? i'm not going to say. we are _ well. well! who do you reckon? i'm not going to say. we are completely im nartial, not going to say. we are completely impartial, there _ not going to say. we are completely impartial, there are _ not

and then we have ronnie o'sullivan at a6, he became the oldest ever world champion, winning a seventhnd her daughter's friend has been sentenced to a whole—life prison term. damien bendall killed his four victims with a claw hammer at a house in derbyshire in 2021. phil mackie was at derby crown court. this morning first of all we had a change of plea from damien bendall, he had originally beaded guilty to manslaughter but not murder. the four victims were terri harris, her daughter lacey bennett, her sonjohn bennett and a friend connie grent who was on a sleepover. he changed his plea to mill —— murderfirst thing. the prosecution opened the case and then we had sentencing from mrjustice sweeney. damien bendall was given five whole life sentences. this was an horrendous case. i cannot go into too much of the detail. suffice to say, he called —— kill them all with a hammer. it was an awful morning and afternoon for the families. they had not heard a lot of the details before and had already gone through hell and here they were having to hear some of the most gruesome information about

someone else has been on our tv screens for a long time, ronnie - screens for a long time, ronnie o'sullivanrilliant character he is. another person topical at the moment, i brilliant character he is. another i person topical at the moment, ben stokes. tt’s person topical at the moment, ben stokes. �* . .. person topical at the moment, ben stokes. �* , ., , . stokes. it's not 'ust the england winnin: stokes. it's not 'ust the england winning six — stokes. it's not 'ust the england winning six out — stokes. it's notjust the england winning six out of— stokes. it's notjust the england winning six out of seven - stokes. it's notjust the england winning six out of seven tests i stokes. it's notjust the england i winning six out of seven tests this summer, the t20 world title, having a fantastic winter, as well, but it is the style of play which has been so exciting. you don't play test cricket like that but apparently you can play like that in england have been lighting up the world series this year because of that cavalier and brilliant style. tt’s this year because of that cavalier and brillia

gadirova, footballer beth mead, curling's eve muirhead, cricketer ben stokes, snooker player ronnie o'sullivanhave a right to strike, so i'm not going to disagree with that at all. the government does face being stuck between a rock and a hard place on this issue, between being able to give the strikers what they want and also agreeing with its own pay bodies, which is an independent process. the government either has to find money to pay that, and at the moment it seems like the extraordinarily large amounts of money are the pressures that are on the treasury at the moment, or alternatively we need to carry on with the process, and they seem to have made the decision that they will carry on with the process and we are seeing union is going on strike. d0 we are seeing union is going on strike. ,. we are seeing union is going on strike. i. , , . we are seeing union is going on strike. , , . ., strike. do you support that position from the government, _ strike. do you support that position from the government, i _ strike. do you support that position from the government, i know - strike. do you