probably the best performance of luca brecel's career.ut since 2016. it was a match full of wonderful breaks, 140 from luca brecel. it was literally no safety play. ironically, it was one of two plays from mark allen... you never want to come back as a defending champion and go out in the first round as he has done. he played well but not good enough. what mind that was a real discussion point actually. the first time, the guys where allowed to go out ten minutes before hand, guys where allowed to go out ten minutes beforehand, and it was only luca brecel who decided to go for it. in what way do you think it gave him the edge? he may not have gotten the right position, he was more straight the damage was after as mark allen, when we got he was going to forge ahead, it was a very good performance from a young man and we do not know how good he is going to be. he can use this as a stepping stone. one game going in this evening, john higgins playing ryan day...the score is... 57-0 in 57—0 in the second frame i am told. its world cup year in

it was never really in doubt for the chinese player and he'll face world number 1a luca brecel next.n. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. the match taking place at the moment, johanna konta on court, serena williams due and in the evening, novak djokovic, the world number one, and the six time when, and naomi osaka, us open champion, she takes to the court as well on day two. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. by the end of this forecast we will be talking about something much colder, but in the short—term it's relatively mild. west or south—westerly winds across the uk. the cold air is behind this cold front and that'll be sinking its way south and eastwards as we go through wednesday and into thursday. but on tuesday, the front is draped across the north of scotland, the heaviest and most persistent of the rain here pulling its way slowly northwards through the day. further south, mainly dry, a lot cloud, there may be drizzle particularly for western hills. a few breaks in the cloud mainly east of high ground, and

he faces ding junhui next after he needed to win a final frame decider to come past luca brecel six framesfter three attempts. ireland's shane lowry has maintained his lead at the abu dhabi championship. he's one shot ahead of south africa's louis oosthuizen after finishing his second round on i2—under par. liverpool's scotland defender andrew robertson has signed a new long—term contract with the club. he made the move from hall 0&an martin o'neill says he hopes fellow former forest midfielder roy keane willjoin him as assistant boss. o'neill is forest's iith appointment in nine years. keane worked as number two under o'neill during a five—year spell in charge of the republic of ireland which ended in november. there is a spot open for him and i am hoping that that may happen. it may not. he has a number of things he has to consider himself. he was a great asset to me when i was the manager and assistant manager, when i was manager and he was assistant manager in ireland. we had some really good days. and tough to hannah, there is no doubt, but you know that with him. and that is probably

he lost 6—5 in a deciding frame to belgium's luca brecel.gh quality match with all but two of the eleven frames seeing breaks of more than 50. just enough time to let you know that at the australian open, harriet dahl of great ten has a ready be knocked out by maria sharapova, the 2008 winner. —— great britain. and rafael nadal, who also won in 2009, looking for his second, has already broken against james duckworth looking for his second, has already broken againstjames duckworth on the blade arena in his second match. his 2-1 the blade arena in his second match. his 2—1 up at present. everything else is on our website. hello again. it's been a mild winter so far and one thing we've not seen a great deal of is snow. however, over the last few hours, behind this cold front, we have seen some snow showers push in across shetland so if heading outside soon, you might see more of these coming and going, some clear spells between, and a cold wind. scotland, cold enough for patches of frost but otherwise there is too much wind and cloud around, s

never really in doubt for the chinese player and he will face world number 1a luca brecel next at alexandrahe papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are dia chakravarty, the brexit editor at the telegraph, and the broadcaster and political commentator, steve richards. guess what the papers are leading on? you guessed it, brexit. the financial times says despite her last ditch attemps to persuade mps to back her, the prime ministerfaces a humiliation in the vote tomorrow. the independent lists the milestones of the past two and a half years and asks how big the defeat for mrs may will be. the metro repeats the question posed by the prime minister in the commons today: how history willjudge what happens next? the daily telegraph says mrs may has run out of options to save her deal and that she faces a heavy defeat tomorrow. the guardian says labour are poised to call for a no—confidence vote if, as the paper expects, the rejection of the deal is crushing. the daily mail devotes its front page to it's plea to mps — back the deal

he lost 6—5 in a deciding frame to belgium's luca brecel.igh quality match with all but two of the eleven frames seeing breaks of more than 50. india take on bahrain in a huge match in the asian cup later, with all four group a teams still in with a chance of qualifying for the knockout stages. india are on the verge of going through for the first time since 1964. a draw could be enough for them, whilst bahrain need a win to have any chance of going through. uae are currently top of the group with four points, followed by india, with thailand in third. qatar's nasser al attiyah leads heading into stage 7 of the dakar rally later. after saturday's rest day (00v) al attiyah finishing second in stage —— after saturday's rest day, al attiyah finishing second in stage 6 on sunday and now leads france's sebastien loeb by a slim margin of one minute and 26 seconds. in the bikes section lorenzo santalino was forced to withdraw after crashing although he's believed to be fine but his bike had to be airlifted away here's something you don't see every

in the evening session luca brecel, who knocked out defending champion mark allen in the opening roundtwo from 7 o'clock and on the bbc sport website. britain'sjo pavey has said she's targetting a record—equalling sixth olympics — at the age of 46. she was the oldest woman to win a european championship gold medal when she won the 10,000 metres in 2014 — she was a0 and had given birth less than a year earlier. meg; she ”hf ghe'g 939951553 . ~ ~ — . . ~ . ~ ,, , ts‘fif .i1§ szaiiifs’ 15” t ' ' §g£j=531§12§5752£631 =: .; 2:3:11' : f’,’, .... .. . that's all the sparkfmenew you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. i will be back from two o'clock. thank you very much. theresa may has been holding more cross party talks as she tries to find a way forward for brexit. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has refused to join talks unless a no—deal brexit is ruled out. meanwhile, mps will get a chance to vote on theresa may's plan b brexit deal on the 29th january. lets go straight back to westminster and annita mcveigh is there for us. yes, that vote on the 29th of january

defending champion mark allen is out — losing 6—5 in a deciding frame to belgium's luca brecel.s a high quality match with breaks of more than 50 in all but two of the eleven frames. john higgins is also out. the two—time champion lost to ryan day by 6 frames to 5. the welshman sealing the win in emphatic fashion with a total clearance of 128 in the decider. that's all the sport for now. don't forget the australian open starts overnight, full coverage on the bbc sport website and app and on bbc radio 5 live sports extra from midnight. in yemen, clashes this weekend in the strategic port city of hodeida have dealt a fresh blow to the fragile truce that's been in place since last month. the ceasefire agreed between houthi rebels and government forces backed by saudi arabia and western allies, has allowed some much—needed aid into the country. the un says 80% of yemen's population are in need of assistance. but some of the more remote areas have yet to receive any aid at all. a bbc team travelled to one such village — raymah — that's had no outside help since the war began 4 years

, mark allen is playing his first round match of the master's snookers — he's tied at 4—1; with luca breceleen everton and bournmouth. you can keep up to date with that on the bbc sport website and app. we will have more frail in around an hour. —— more for you we will have more frail in around an hour. —— more foryou in we will have more frail in around an hour. —— more for you in around we will have more frail in around an hour. —— more foryou in around an hour. three men have been killed in an avalanche near the austrian ski resort of lech — as heavy snowfall continues to bring parts of central europe to a standstill. austria has seen record snowfall, with more forecast for the weekend. soldiers, firefighters, and volunteers have been battling to clear blocked roads and rooftops during breaks in the weather. this part of the world is no stranger to snow. but emergency services here in southern germany and in neighbouring austria are having to work extra hard after days of unusually extreme weather. more snow fell overnight across the bavarian alps where people are already experiencing di

bit of a shock, defending champion mark allen is out losing 6—5 in deciding frame to belgian's luca breceluality match with all but two the 11 frames seeing breaks of more than 50. the two times champion john higgins is inaction against wales' ryan day, currently all square at 3—3, day was trailing by two but has fought back to level the match. and australia's k—w and held offa match. and australia's k—w and held off a challenge from defending champion peter sagan to win the tour down under classic for the third time. he avoided the final lap crash and took his first win in his new colours. the race in adelaide was a preliminary to the six—day tour down under which begins on tuesday. matt kuchar has kept his lead going into the final day of the sony open in hawaii, after carding a third round 66, after back—to—back 63s. the american produced another near—perfect round on day three. he hit four birdies to move to a team under, which puts him two shots ahead of the pack —— 18 and, which puts in two shots ahead of the pack. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @karinbbc. thanks for watching bbc w

defending champion mark allen is out — losing 6—5 in a deciding frame to belgium's luca brecel.gh quality match with all but two of the 11 frames seeing breaks of more than 50. later tonightjohn higgins plays ryan day. these are the live pictures on the bbc at the moment from alexandra palace. john higgins playing ryan day, the score two frames to one frame for higgins, day at the table, it's the best of ii frame for higgins, day at the table, it's the best of 11 match. you can watch that now on bbc two, i believe. that's all sport, back to you. scotland's first minister has referred herself to a standards panel over meetings she had with her predecessor, alex salmond, while he was being investigated over claims of sexual harassment. he denies the allegations. 0ur correspondent, katie hunter, in glasgow told us why nicola sturgeon has taken this step. nicola sturgeon says it is in the interests of the two women who made the complaints that the police investigation be allowed to continue without risk of prejudice. nicola sturgeon has said she met alex salmond three times as big t

defending champion mark allen is out — losing 6—5 in a deciding frame to belgium's luca brecel.atch with all but two of the 11 frames seeing breaks of more than 50. later tonightjohn higgins plays ryan day. the australian open gets under way tonight and by this time tomorrow andy murray should have finished his opening round match — it might also be the last of his career. he revealed a few days ago that retirement will come sooner rather than later because of the constant pain he feels in his hip. today roger federer‘s paid tribute to murray's career. it hits us top guys hard, you know, because we know andy very well. we like him. he doesn't have many enemies, to be quite honest. he is a good guy and a hall of famer legend, everything you want, everything he wanted to win, everybody would substitute their career with his. and he is a great guy. so, yeah, it is a tough one, but one down the road, he can look back on that and be incredibly proud of everything he has achieved. and the australian cricketer cameron bancroft has had a good day in the big bash. bancroft was one of the

this is the first matchup, he is up against belgian luca brecel who is at the table in the first frameohn higgins will face ryan date later. reigning uk champion ronnie 0'sullivan will play tomorrow —— ryan day. you can follow this match on bbc two or the bbc sport website. netball‘s this match on bbc two or the bbc sport website. netball's quad series sta rts sport website. netball's quad series starts to date in liverpool. england face new zealand but before that south africa are facing australia. good afternoon. a really important tournament because the next time the roses get together will be just before the world cup which is being held there. absolutely. in six months at the world cup will take place in this very arena and today england begin the last leg of their preparations for that tournament. the quad series will pit them against three of the world's top five sites starting with new zealand before they head to london matches against south africa and australia. fairto against south africa and australia. fair to say that by the end of these two weeks, head coach tracey neville

this evening luca brecel plays china's ding junhui.. 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. we will have more in sportsday at 6:30pm. more now on the news that hitachi is suspending work on a multi—billion—pound nuclear plant in anglesey, in north wales, putting thousands ofjobs at risk. with me is tom greatrex, chief executive of the nuclear industry association. good to have you with us. how concerned should people be at what has happened ? concerned should people be at what has happened? it's disappointing for eve ryo ne has happened? it's disappointing for everyone associated with the project that hitachi are suspending it, that will have a knock—on impact straightaway but the wider concern for the country is the question this leaves over one of the nuclear projects we need to replace one of our existing fleet which comes off—line by 2030. that sounds a long time awake but in terms of building infrastructure, we need to make those decisions quickly and

defending champion mark allen is out, beaten by belgium's luca brecel.k anyone thought that he had enough in the tank to beat him who had been superb. what we saw today is a more mature player around the table who looks like he's brimming with competent —— confident and also a calmness as well. probably the best performance of his year. a final frame decider. the first defending champion to go out into the other 60. it was first shot mercy we did in the early stage. it was a match that was full of wonderful breaks, top quality as well. you need to cancel the word safety, no safety play there. what are safety, no safety play there. what a re two safety, no safety play there. what are two shots that alan played, because lugar was playing so well. you never want to come back as a defendant champion and go out the first round as he has been. he played good enough but not well enough. it was a real discussion point because for the first time in the masters, they had ten minutes on the masters, they had ten minutes on the match beforehand before, and it was on

you can watch live coverage of the second quarter final at snookers masters tournament between luca brecelia the red button. earlier ronnie 0'sullivan beat ryan day to reach the last four, but that's all the sport for now, more in sportsday at 10.30. hitachi is suspending work on a=multi billion pound nuclear power station in north wales, putting thousands ofjobs at risk. rising construction costs have put the future of the site at wylfa on anglesey in doubt. hitachi is suspending work on a multi—billion pound nuclear power station in north wales, putting thousands ofjobs at risk. rising construction costs have put the future of the site at wylfa on anglesey in doubt. about 9000 workers were expected to be involved in building two nuclear reactors, which were due to be up and running by the mid 2020s. it puts the uk's nuclear policy under fresh scrutiny, as our correspondent theo leggett reports. this was the plan, a brand—new state—of—the—art power station a flagship for the government nuclear strategy. it would provide enough energy for 5 million homes, but now horizon has pressed the pa

mark allen, the defending champion, was knocked out by luca brecel.g career recently. still, in press. and that is the one and only 11 time world surfing champion kelly slater, who he was getting a lesson from, in the hot tub, look at that. pretty good at everything, lewis hamilton, isn't he? amazing. we will try to get some of the david de gea saves. hands and feet. ten or 11. of the david de gea saves. hands and feet. ten or“. i think it of the david de gea saves. hands and feet. ten or 11. i think it was of the david de gea saves. hands and feet. ten or“. i think it was 11. very impressive. spurs were excellent. they couldn't get past him. he was a wall. thank you, and talk about andy murray later. yes, thank you. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. and she has one of those lovely pictures. good morning. you don't have a choice, dan, i am here every at this time! this morning we have a chilly start with some wintry showers in the north—east. as we go through the week, you will find it isa through the week, you will find it is a cool

next he'll face china's ding hun—hui who beat belgium's luca brecel.oring in the last second of the match to beat the new york knicks. and finally, yesterday we showed you marcelo bielsa's incredible press conference defending himself against so called spygate, but have a look at this from leicester's training session. it's spiderman. well, not quite. who else but jamie vardy dressed as the superhero to strike fear into his manager and team mates. it seems it was all a joke around the spying theme. vardy then joined his team mates in full costume to carry on with training. can we see it again? we will see it later on. the players didn't seem to react at all. as if it didn't happen. he comes out... laughter. i love his enthusiasm. maybe the players were on the joke. i can send you the theme song. i know the theme song from childhood. thank you. see you later. looking forward to it. from today, ticket reselling website viagogo must publish the names and addresses of touts who sell more than 100 tickets a year via the site to consumers. the company said i