for barry hawkins, nice, easy round. neil robinson in the second round —— next round. no... he can look forward to a better .5, but barry hawkins knows he has been... he does not shy away from this big stage. we have been enjoying a good round of snooker between higgins and kurt maflin. this is been brilliant. this isa maflin. this is been brilliant. this is a test. a really high—quality match, lust to be play for in the second session. we have seen some great snooker from kurt maflin. he looks confident out there stop loop yes, but higgins, a ticket has been his best session at the crucible. —— i think it has been. great character, something perhaps missing from his game, but he is on the way up, he is moving in the right direction as a snooker player. he has got to sleep on the overnight lead 5—3, come back tomorrow, slightly the favourite, a few more eyes on it. here is an easy one for you. williams against and what do you thing about that match? i'm going to... laughter coming up at 7pm tonight. ten years ago, teenag

the 2010 world champion neil roberton‘s up against barry hawkins. it's 8—all in their

he currently leads barry hawkins 6—4 in the evening session.eginning next week, there's some positive news for grassroots rugby today. training can be stepped up to involve matches, but with no contact. the professional game does allow that and, ahead of its return, our reporterjohn watson has been to twickenham, to speak to england's head coach. yes, grassroots rugby returns, not quite as we know it, though. there will be no full contact training, but what we are seeing is clubs able to train in larger groups and getting back to playing a sport they love. the definite date locked in with the elite men's game returning on friday. i know one man who is going to be keeping a close eye on the resumption of the premiership. it is the england head coach. great to speak to you. i presume you will be keeping a close eye on those england players involved. i am really looking forward to it. it is obviously quite a number of games, it is a great opportunity for the players and a great opportunity for the sport to get back on its feet. have you tried to t

he leads barry hawkins 5—3, and the evening session there gets underway shortly. will begin next week, but there's been some good news for grassroots rugby today. it's been announced that training can be stepped up to involve matches, although with no contact, yet unlike the professional game, where full contact is allowed. ahead of the sport returning next week, our reporterjohn watson has been at twickenham today, and he's caught up with england's head coach. yes, grassroots rugby returns, not quite as we know it, though. there will be no full contact training, but what we are seeing is clubs able to train in larger groups and getting back to playing a sport they love. the definite date locked in with the elite men's game returning on friday. i know one man he was going to be keeping a close eye on the resumption of the premiership. it is the england head coach. great to speak to you. i presume you will be keeping a close eye on those england players involved. be keeping a close eye on those england players involvedlj be keeping a close eye on those england play

he's playing kurt maflin who's playing at the crucible forjust the second time. 2013 finalist barry hawkinsan watch all the action live now on bbc two, and via the bbc sport website and app. rory mcilroy will have tiger woods for company when he tees off at the uspga tomorrow. the all—star group will be completed by the new world number one justin thomas. it's the first major golf tournament to be held since the start of the pandemic, and in line with most other sports there will be no crowds in san francisco — so woods says it'll be a little calmer out on the course. it's different than, you know, most of the times when you go from green to tee, people yelling or trying to touch you. that's. . .you know, that part is different. as far as energy, while i'm competing and playing, no, that's the same. i'm pretty intense when i play and pretty into what i'm doing. i'll have more for you in the next hour. rescue workers in lebanon are digging through rubble looking for survivors after the devastating explosion in beirut. at least 100 people are known to have died, but with many more missing and

the 2010 world champion neil roberton‘s up against barry hawkins.bc two. kyren wilson 11—5 up on martin gould on the other table. and don't forget the 70th anniversary grand prix. lewis hamilton and valterri bottas locking out the front row for mercedes ahead of the race at silverstone which starts at 2 o'clock. you can follow it live via the bbc sport website and app. that's it from us, more in an hour. back to you in the studio. international leaders are holding talks aimed at raising aid for lebanon following the devastating explosion in beirut five days ago. the video conference is being coordinated by france and the united nations with the french president macron opening the conference saying "our role is to be by the side of the lebanese people". earlier today, the lebanese government saw its first resignation of the crisis — the information minister manal abdel samad annouced she was quitting — citing the failure of the government to carry out reforms. at least 220 people died and 300,000 were left homeless when a huge store of ammonium nitra

neil robertson has a 5—3 lead over barry hawkins at the world snooker championship.on had a mishap with a cup of coffee. robertson then had to go and change his trousers! it was delayed further when hawkins sat in the australian's chair, which had to be sanitised before play could get under way. live action is continuing a sheffield this afternoon with a heavy weight‘s second round match between ronnie o'sullivan. it's currently seven all and you can watch that match on the bbc sport website and the red button. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in sportsday at 6.30, including a look ahead to chelsea's champions league tie against bayern munich tonight. a spike of coronavirus cases in preston has led to tougher restrictions coming into force from midnight. friends and families are now banned from meeting in each other‘s homes or gardens and from mixing in pubs and restaurants. an extension on rules about wearing face masks also takes effect today — people in england and scotland will now have to wear them in museums and cinemas, as katy austin reports. the

barry hawkins is through to the second round of the world snooker championship in sheffield.tes to take the three frames he needed to win the match 10—2. already in the second round the four—time champion john higgins is playing norway‘s kurt maflin who‘s at the crucible forjust the second time. the score at the moment is two frames to one to the scot. you can watch all the action live now on bbc two, and via the bbc sport website and app. a 20—year—old has been convicted of raping and murdering a female friend who had "trusted" him to walk her home. wesley streete dumped keeley bunker‘s body in a brook before trying to conceal his crime in september last year. phil mackie reports. this was the moment that wesley streete was arrested last year. less than 24 hours earlier, he had raped and murdered his friend, keeley bunker. she thought he was someone she could trust. she didn‘t know that he had already sexually assaulted other teenage girls. they‘d gone for a night out in birmingham, first to a gig and afterwards to a club in the city centre, staying until the early hours. be