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numberi judd trump has won the first triple crown event of the season, the uk championship, beating barry hawkinsht all the way through, but when trump knocked in a break of 133 in the 15th frame, the highest of the match, that gave him a three—frame cushion. even though hawkins battled back, taking the next two, trump dug deep, clinching the match. it's his fifth triple crown title of his career, his second uk title. but his first in york was back in 2011, which makes this one all the sweeter. it is right up there just because of how long i have had to wait, i think 13 years. so it is not easy to win these events, it is extremely difficult. i've played brilliant a lot of times and have still come upjust short. but, yeah, to do it in the manner i've done it, probably one of the hardest draws of all time, i think, to win this event, and to get over the line, i'm so proud of myself, and lucky to be in this position thanks to my family. just a reminder of our top story here on sportsday — liverpool beating manchester city 2—0 in the premier league. that moves them nine points clear at the top of ars

he beat barry hawkins in the final in york.mp eventually took it 10—8 to scupper the hawkins comeback. it's the fifth triple crown title of his career, his second uk title, but his first in york was back in 2011, which makes this one all the sweeter. is right up there just because of how long i've had to wait. it's been 13 years, so it's not easy to win these events. it is extremely difficult. i've played brilliant a lot of times and i've still come up just short. but yeah, to do it in the manner i've done it, probably one of the hardest draws of all time, i think to win this event and to get over the line. i'm so proud of myself and lucky to be in this position thanks to my family. news that broke after that final was that former world champion terry griffiths had sadly passed away at the age of 77 after a long battle with dementia. griffiths was one of only 11 players to win the triple crown of snooker, which is the uk championship, masters and world title. he went on to become a successful coach and commentator after he reti

the uk snooker championship in york in the barbican, the best of 19, judd trump is up against barry hawkinscountry's president must leave office when her term ends later this month, as mass protests against his government continue. president salome zourabichvili on saturday restated her refusal to accept the legitimacy of the government, following october's disputed parliamentary election which kept his georgian dream party in office. mr kobakhidze today denied suspending talks on european union membership, an apparent contradiction of his comments on thursday, that negotiations would not take place until 2028. he also praised police for cracking down on protesters, who he said were acting on foreign orders to undermine the state. riot police used tear gas and water cannon for a second consecutive night on saturday in the centre of tblisi, where pro—eu demonstrators have set up barricades. let's speak now to our correspondent rayhan demytrie whojoins us from tbilisi. talk us through what the prime minister has said today and what he said previously on thursday. today he made a comment about

it's the final of the uk championship in york, the world number 0nejudd trump taking on barry hawkins to secure the fifth triple crown title of his career, but last won this title in 2011, he was 5—3 up heading into the evening session, in the last couple of minutes trump, who is looking for his fifth triple crown title, has made it 7—5. they have shared the evening session so far. it is the first to ten. if you are watching in the uk you can watching in the uk you can watch that final from york on the bbc sport website. i will have another update in the next hour. votes are still being counted in ireland's general election — but more than half the seats have now been filled. let's speak to our chief presenter caitriona perry, who's in dublin for us. there are still some seats outstanding but the two biggest government parties, fianna fail and fine gael will book the global trend for incumbent government parties and they will actually be returned to power. not the same story for thejunior government partner, the junior government partner, the junior government partner, the green theju

the world number 0nejudd trump taking on barry hawkins in snooker�*s first triple crown event of theon this title in 2011. he was 5—3 up heading into the evening session. he has maintained that lead. he is 8—6 up. he is well placed and looking to go 9—6 up. it is likely he will do that. it is the first to ten. if you are in the first to ten. if you are in the uk you can follow that on the uk you can follow that on the bbc sport website. that is all from me for now. votes are still being counted in ireland's general election — but nearly two thirds of the seats in parliament have now been filled. the centre right parties fianna fail and fine gael seem most likely to form a coalition government for the second time. let's go live to my colleague caitriona perry who is in dublin for us.— dublin for us. we are approaching - dublin for us. we are approaching the - dublin for us. we are approaching the end | dublin for us. we are i approaching the end of dublin for us. we are - approaching the end of the second day of counting and almost three quarters of the seats have been failed at this