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fourth seed james wade enjoyed a white wash victory over mervyn king to reach the semi—finals of thelexandra palace. he'll face the winner of tonight's quarter final between defending champion gerwyn price and michael smith. twice former champion gary anderson is also through after beating luke humphries by five sets to two. he'll face second seed peter wright or callan rydz in the semi finals. l'homme presse�* won the big race of the day , the novices' chase at cheltenham. trained by venetia williams, and ridden by charlie deutsch, the 7—4 favourite came home well ahead of the glancing queen. fantastikas was third. two games in rugby union's english premiership today. earlier, sale sharks went above wasps after completing a bonus point victory over them.sale had their previous two matches called off but scored four tries to see off wasps including this one from marland yarde. it finished 26—18 and sale are up to ninth in the table exeter are up to 5th after beating bristol by 19 points to 13. they ran in three tries to just the one for bristol , the last from stuart hogg. bristol pi

james wade is through to the semi—finals of the pdc world darts championship.ll face the winner of tonight's quarter final between defending champion gerwyn price and michael smith. twice former champion gary anderson is also through after beating luke humphries 5—2. he'll face second seed peter wright or callan rydz in the semi finals. emma raducanu was among the sports starts who received a new year's honour, but she's not ready to compete again after contracting covid—19 in the run—up to christmas. she's withdrawn from the first wta tournament of the season in melbourne, having only recently come out of isolation. she said it'd just come too soon. she'll keep practicing there and she's expected to play in sydney in the week before the australian open, which starts on the 17th. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. it is still goalless between watford and tottenham. further covid restrictions in england must be an "absolute last resort", the health secretary sajid javid has said. writing in the daily mail, mrjavid said the uk

and wright's opponent tonight at alexandra palace will be michael smith, who beat james wade by six setso that on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport thank you. the queen will celebrate her platinum jubilee this year, when she becomes the first british monarch to reign for 70 years. national festivities will take place injune over a four—day bank holiday weekend. but the queen is actually set to pass the milestone on february 6th — the anniversary of the death of her father, king george vi, in 1952. 0ur royal correspondent daniela relph reports. first came the silver. the gold coach was on its way to st paul's and a service of thanksgiving. band plays. trumpeters play. 25 years later, it was the golden. cheering. more recently, the diamond. the queen is a veteran of a jubilee. brian, christine and dave, neighbours on park street in salisbury, which looked very different ten years ago. the team photo, the residents of park street held a diamond jubilee street party in 2012. it was much

james wade is through to the semi—finals of the pdc world darts championship.arter final between defending champion gerwyn price and michael smith. emma raducanu was among the sports starts who received a new year's honour, but she's not ready to compete again after contracting covid—19 in the run—up to christmas. she's withdrawn from the first wta tournament of the season in melbourne, having only recently come out of isolation. she said it'd just come too soon. she'll keep practicing there and she's expected to play in sydney in the week before the australian open, which starts on the 17th. that's all the sport for now. a reminder of the football, it is goalless between watford and tottenham. the funeral service for archbishop desmond tutu has taken place in cape town. the archbishop, who was a key figure in south africa's liberation struggle chose to be buried in a simple wooden coffin. south africa's president, cyril ramaphosa, described him as crusader forjustice, as nomsa maseko reports. family, friends and politicians bidding farewell to a man who became

and wright's opponent tonight at alexandra palace will be michael smith, who beat james wade by six sets _ great to watch. yes, and peter wright plasma care, _ great to watch. yes, and peter wright plasma care, special. great to watch. yes, and peter - wright plasma care, special mention for the —— peter wright plasma care, special mention for the neon blue mohican with hair pain as well. the added extra! hair— mohican with hair pain as well. the added extra! hair paint _ mohican with hair pain as well. the added extra! hair paint and - mohican with hair pain as well. the added extra! hair paint and a - added extra! hair paint and a mohican but _ added extra! hair paint and a mohican but not _ added extra! hair paint and a mohican but not many - added extra! hair paint and a | mohican but not many people added extra! hair paint and a - mohican but not many people can pull it off apart from peter wright. thank you very much. i don't know if we have blue hair paint or a mohican, but we have carol! sometimes it is purple under the lights in this studio! not a good look! it will turn colder