littler, who's on debut — will face the canadian matt campbell in the last 32.s, the doubles, i could have wrapped it up earlier on, but ijust had to get it over the line. littler, who's on debut — will face the canadian matt campbell in the last 32. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. at long last, we've reached that turning point to the year in which days gradually start to stretch out. once again, it is the winter solstice today, barely five hours and 50 minutes of daylight at lerwick. but come the 20th ofjune next year, there'll be nearly 19 hours. now, the weather today, though, not quite as windy as it was yesterday, this is the remnants of storm pia and it's going to cause huge problems around parts of north east germany and poland. we're though still in the wake of it with plenty of cloud pushing its way in and weather fronts, which will stop the temperature from dropping too much tonight across much of the uk

a 4—1win over canada's matt campbell last night has taken him into the last 16, where he could meet five—time littler was born. as well as looking ahead to the weekend, he told us about the secret to last night's success. overall, it was a good performance. my scoring was well and my doubles were well, and that's what got me over the line, hitting my doubles. are you kind of surprising yourself with the level of your performance or is this the level that you've always known you can achieve? i know my game is there, my game's been there for the past 12 months. this year has just been a roller—coaster, but i know my game is there and i know what i can achieve and i know what i can perform on a big stage, like i've done the past three games. the 164 check out, was that the particular highlight for you? yeah, because you see, matty took out the first when i was sat 25. so when the first treble went in, it was a good... so ijust thought, "that's going in," and then hit the bull. how much is it temperament and mentality and trusting your ability? that's what you have to do. trust yourself and just

after beating uk open champion andrew gilding in the last round, he faces canadian matt campbell tonightour sets to two victory over jeffery de graph. cross has found form again in 2023 and a final set average of 116 saw him edge out his opponent as he targets a second world title. and david chisnall is also through to the last 16 for the seventh time in his career after a 4—1 win over last year's semi—finalist gabriel clemens. chisnall is the 11th seed at the world championship. he last reached the semi—finals in 2021. a dorset wheelchair basketball coach has won this year's bbc south unsung hero award. terry dennis, who founded the demons club in poole, was nominated by his wife charlotte. he'd played in the �*80s and �*90s and has even set up some teams in poole, but — following the pandemic — terry wanted to start again. my full name is terry dennis and i coach the dorset demons wheelchair basketball team. there was no wheelchair basketball in dorset, everything had fallen apart, so in 2021, i applied for some funding to run some taster sessions — just to see if there was a need for

the young english man was in fine farm, beat-- fine form, beating canada's matt campbell.the junior world champion and says he has been playing since he was 18 months old and he made headlines before christmas, becoming the youngest person to win a match at the world champ japan he defeated christian kissed -- world championship when he defeated christian kist. he has it through to the last 16th, so he is a big name and a story to watch. that is sport for the moment. samantha: thanks very much. a major incident has been declared in scotland with the long queues of vehicles stranded in the highlands. storm gerrit has been sweeping across the u.k., bringing high winds and heavy rain. around 20,000 homes are without power in northern scotland. on the roads, trains, ferries, and airports, people e facing delays and hazardous conditions. reporter: as you can see, we are stuck just south. reporter: the main trump road between perth and the highlands, a major incident was declared. richard was at a standstill with his wife and daughter for over six hours trying to get home to bri

the british teenager was in fine form beating canada's matt campbell 4—1 to make it through to the last so. thejunior world champion, who says he's been playing since he was 18 months old, made headlines before christmas becoming the youngest person to win a match at the world championship when he defeated christian kist in the first round, and then went on to defeat uk open champion andrew gilding to make it to this third—round match. and that's all the sport for now. you can keep right up to date with those latest results and scores from the football using the bbc sport website and that's it for me. a bit of breaking news just coming into us at bbc news. south african playwright, composer, choreographer and theatrical director mbongeni ngema has died. he was killed in a car crash earlier this evening. he was recognised internationally following the success of his musical sarafina, which depicted socio—political conditions of black people under the racist and murderous regime. in 1992, the play was adapted into a film starring whoopi goldberg. mr ngema was also a controversialfigure. i

littler won his third match on wednesday beating ca nada's matt campbell 4—1.tentially next. i spoke to raymond just before christmas. looking up to him and phil taylor and obviously michael van gerwen. you have to trust yourself and be confident. novak djokovic says he expects rafa nadal to be at his competitive best at the australian open next month despite a hip injury that wiped out the spaniards 2023 season. nadal practised in brisbane on thursday ahead of his competitive return this weekend. he'll then compete at the year's first grand slam in melbourne — starting on the 14th january — a tournament where he's won two of his 22 major titles. djokovic believes nadal wouldn't return to the sport just to play at a �*medium level�* going on to call him a �*legend of tennis�* you�*re up to date. lots more on the website. we�*ll have more a little later on. the labour party is reportedly drawing up plans to create thousands of new nursery places for children underfive. the times newspaper says sir keir starmer is looking to create new nurseries in primary school

littler was in fine form beating canada's matt campbell 4—1 to make it through to the last 16 on his world champion, who says he's been playing since he was 18 months old, made headlines before christmas becoming the youngest person to win a match at the world championship when he defeated christian kist in the first round, and then went on to defeat uk open champion andrew gilding to make it to this third—round match. and he is now made it through to the last 16 so a big name and story to watch over the next coming week or so. and that's all the sport for now. sarah, thanks very much. a major incident has been declared in scotland with long queues of vehicles stranded in the highlands. storm gerrit has been sweeping across the uk bringing high winds and heavy rain. about 20,000 homes are still without power in northern scotland. on the roads, trains, ferries and at airports, people are facing delays and hazardous conditions. shiona mccallum reports. as you can see, we are stuck on the a9 just south of dalwhinnie. thick snow and ice took grip of the a9, the main trunk road between pe

championship with former semi—finalist james wade being knocked out in the second round by canada's matt campbellhe hammer in dubai today, and records have been trumbling the hammer in dubai today, and records have been tumbling building their squads for next year's competition, and a month after they won the world cup against india, two australian fast bowlers have become the most expensive players in ipl history. mitchell starc sparked an intense bidding war, gujarat titans after his last appearance in the ipl, kolkata got their man for a record £2.3 million. that came just a few hours after sunrisers hyderabad paid pat cummins — that was a record fee for a brief time. the previous record was held by england's sam curran — when hejoined the punjab kings for £1.85 million. he'll play for them again next year, and he'll bejoined by one chris woakes, he cost the punjab kings harry brooke has seen his value plummet by almost £1 million. £380,000. let's speak to him marie moran. a lot of money being spent. it's a nice earner for starc and cummings. and we come to expect this from the lndian — cummin

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littler, who�*s on debut, will face the canadian matt campbell in the last 32.u later on. hello again. storm pia has been bringing some very strong winds, particularly to the northern half of the uk, and it has been bringing some issues. for example, here on the barton bridge just by the trafford centre on manchester�*s orbital m60 motorway, a lorry got blown over by the strong winds. reports of some transport disruption elsewhere. a top gust of 81 mph recorded in shetland, into the 70s across mainland scotland and over the very tops of the pennines as well. now the core of storm pia is actually now moving into scandinavia. we get a core of really strong winds going into denmark over the next few hours. gusts could reach 80—90 mph, strong enough to bring some disruption here and maybe even blow some roofs off buildings. across the uk, plenty of showers or lengthier outbreaks of rain across north—western areas of the country overnight. but with colder air in shetland, well, here the rain turns to snow, could be several centimetres, even blizzards for a time. icy

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tournament, as former semi finalist and 13th seed james wade was knocked out, losing 3—2 to canada's matt campbell anywhere else. it does feel proper christmassy now. you think that is christmassy. weight to lucy where karen is this morning. she is in stroud where there are very localised snow showers. —— wait till you see where carol is. hate very localised snow showers. -- wait till you see where carol is.— till you see where carol is. we have stalactites and _ till you see where carol is. we have stalactites and stalagmites - till you see where carol is. we have stalactites and stalagmites and - till you see where carol is. we have stalactites and stalagmites and a i stalactites and stalagmites and a frozen pond. we are surrounded by ice and snow and it is magical. the ice and snow and it is magical. the ice is quite sparkly. this could well be used in a movie set. it has been, in for example the day after tomorrow and some of the james bond movies. all of these ridges you can see are handmade. the company that does all of this is very into the environment and it is all sustainable. i am glad t