barry hawkins, it feels. himself. must be starting to fancy his biggest win of his career — starting to fancy his biggest win of his career. if he was to convert this— his career. if he was to convert this chance. _ his career. if he was to convert this chance, he's in the semifinals, he's not _ this chance, he's in the semifinals, he's not missing much at all, he's playing _ he's not missing much at all, he's playing great tactical snooker as well _ playing great tactical snooker as well he's — playing great tactical snooker as well. he's a tough nut to crack. hes— well. he's a tough nut to crack. he's beaten the defending champion, dave gilbert and now sean murphy. so he is in with a chance as much as anyone else. he he is in with a chance as much as anyone else-— he is in with a chance as much as anyone else. he is scoring heavily, which is what _ anyone else. he is scoring heavily, which is what you _ anyone else. he is scoring heavily, which is what you have _ anyone else. he is scoring heavily, which is

it is the opening frame with barry hawkins currently 61—43 to the good.l of the copa libertadores this evening on bbc three and the iplayer and it gets under way in the coming minutes. it's an all brazilian final, between atletico mineiro and botafogo — the fourth time two brazilian teams will contest the final in the past five years, and it will be the sixth consecutive time a brazilian club has won the trophy. but the match takes place in argentina. you can also follow it on the bbc sport website and app. that's all from sportsday. bye for now. hello, there. well, it's turned milder over the last 24 hours or so. plenty of cloud, along with that mild feeling air. misty murky conditions, with some patchy light rain and drizzle, particularly for western hills, here is lancashire underneath the cloud. best of the breaks in the cloud and sunshine to the north east of higher ground, such as here in aberdeenshire, of course for st andrew's day. tomorrow, we will be keeping the mild air. there will be some showers. some of those showers possibly heavy, especial

witnessed the departure of the eight—time champion ronnie o'sullivan beaten in stunning fashion by barry hawkins not have a good record against him. at the last four frames, barry won them convincingly, three with no reply on points. found a gear against ronnie, you can come up with excuses for ronnie, may be rustiness, not a lot of snooker, a new coach, trying something different. but at the end of the day you give credit to barry hawkins because those four frames were world—class. absolutely. real nerve to get over the line as well. as you mentioned, his record has not been great against o'sullivan, that is the first time in four years he has beaten him, only third time in 21 he has beaten o'sullivan. but what for you was the hallmark if you like for that victory? once barry got some encouragement from ronnie o'sullivan, he then| pressed ahead and it is not always easy against ronnie i o'sullivan to keep him in his chair. he did an excellentjob. when he came in the studio, hel knew it was a good performance. he knows his record against him land i think he was very pleased | with himself. shoul

and it's been a thrilling day at the uk championship snooker and he'll meet barry hawkins in the last—5 against david gilbert. hawkins, who knocked out reigning champion ronnie o'sullivan in round one, took the final two frames of the match to boost his chances of reaching the masters injanuary. we will keep you updated throughout the evening. see you soon. thanks very much, gavin. a public inquiry into the murders of seven babies at the countess of chester hospital has heard that the former chief executive once told the nurse who killed them, lucy letby, "i have your back". tony chambers said his language had been "clumsy" during a meeting in which he told her she would be getting an apology from doctors who'd raised concerns about her behaviour. he also discussed a meeting with letby�*s parents in december 2016, after she had a grievance upheld about her removal from duty in which herfather threatened him. in the recommendations from the grievance, one of those recommendations was that subject to the completion of all the inquiries and subject to you not being, if you like, called o

barry hawkins played some superb snooker to claim his place in the last 4.aw off triple crown winner shaun murphy by 6 frames to 2. hawkins knocked out defending champion ronnie 0'sullivan in the first round. that's just about it — a reminder that you can keep up to date with the latest from formula 0ne's sprint qualifying session in qatar on the bbc sport website and app, but that's all from me for now. more now on our top story and that moment of history — as mps at westminster voted — to support a bill, to legalise assisted dying.it was, in the end, relatively close — 330 votes to 275 — the bill now progresses to the next stage. the vote came after hours of — impassioned, personal, principled, moving debate. the prime minister, sir keir starmer among those who voted in favour of the bill. for those who'd come to parliament to back "assisted dying" — this was the moment they heard how mps had voted. all day, there have been supporters and protestors — in rival groups making their case. these are the pictures a short distance away — of those who'd lobbied a