neil robertson has knocked out mark selby to reach the last four.een in fine form all week at milton keynes, beating selby 6—2. here's a round—up of the day's action so far with seema jaswal. we have reached the quarterfinal stage here at the uk championship, and we saw a really intriguing match today between neil robertson and mark selby, but just today between neil robertson and mark selby, butjust to go to. he was an imperious form today, along success was an imperious form today, along success of 90%, his stats. almost impossible to play against, but there was a chance in the match, when mark selby could have got on level terms, a sort of unforced ever in position, but neil robertson was just awesome today. big breaks, high—scoring frames, just what we associate with mark robinson —— neil robertson now. even some of the frames he did lose, but his long game was phenomenal, his safety was great, but his scoring all the winter was fantastic. it was nearly a perfect match of sneaker he played a. he looks like he really enjoyed himself today. over o

after his epic win on sunday night, neil robertson withdrew from the scottish 0pen. ou were up watching you'll know the uk championship produced a final to remember — neither robertson norjudd trump were ever more than one frame ahead. it went right down to a decider which started at around quarter to midnight, and 67 minutes later, at five to one in the morning, robertson won it. he spoke afterwards to my colleague sarah mulkerrins. my my brain was really wired after the match and i couldn't get to sleep until probably about five o'clock in the morning. so i woke up about 20 times during the night, sort of, waking up, whether or not i wonder loss, which actually happens a lot with boa rdman and loss, which actually happens a lot with boardman and athletes in general, that after big game, and doing your sleep, you've got the sort of moments where you wake up spontaneously and every time i woke up spontaneously and every time i woke up to spontaneously and every time i woke my spontaneously and every time i woke up to my saw the trophy there to kind of reassure me that

neil robertson beat zhou youelong by 6 frames to 2 in the first of today's uk snooker championship semi—finalsologue won the day's big jumps race — the tingle creek at sandown. the cheltenham festival winner was made favourite after star name altior was pulled out due to the soft ground. the paul nicholl‘s trained grey led from start to finish, winning by seven lengths under jockey harry skelton. mark cavendish has signed a one—year deal to return to the decurnick-quick—step team... cavendish will be racing alongside the tour de france green points jersey holder sam bennett. the manxman has 30 tour de france stage wins and is a former world road race champion. lewis hamilton is missing a grand prix for the first time in his iii—year career this weekend. coronavirus has kept him away from bahrain. george russell has been handed the world champion's mercedes car and in qualifying for the sakhir grand prix he was just edged to pole position by team mate valterri bottas. nick parrott reports. george russell is taking the biggest opportunity of his career in his dried. in 36 races, spanning two yea

the final of the uk snooker championship, between world number onejudd trump and australia's neil robertsone it four frames all, and he'sjust gone 5—4 up. there's live coverage of the evening session on bbc two right now — first to ten wins. welsh driver elfyn evans missed out in his bid to become the first british world rally champion for 19 years, he finished 26th at rally monza after crashing in the snow yesterday. to secure his seventh world rally drivers championship. in rugby union's premiership sale won 21—13 at london irish. with the score tied at 13 all at the break, akker van der merwe‘s second half try condemned irish to a first defeat at their new home in brentford. harlequins beat gloucester by 3a points to 2a at kingsholme. alex donmbrandt scored two of their tries. england's opening one—day international against south africa has been abandoned,with two members of the touring party returning "unconfirmed" positive tests for covid—i9. the start had been delayed after two members of the team hotel staff tested positive but it was then abandoned altogether. it had already been po

and after an extraordinary final frame to seal the uk's snooker championship, we will speak to neil robertsonight have just about recovered. also coming up in the programme... hello, and welcome along to sportsday. so in two years and 11 days‘ time, football will be crowning the next world cup winner, as qatar 2022 will be wrapping up. last time out in russia, six of the eight quarterfinalists and all four semi—finalists were from europe. and in the last hour, the world cup qualifying draw for uefa teams has been made. we'll have the details shortly — but here's a reminder of how europe took control in 2018. france, champions of the football world! this is the stuff of dreams! absolutely extraordinary! he has only gone and done! another special! great goal! it's smasher! he does at! world cup 18 has exploded with surprises. amazing to think that that was only two years ago when that had all ended. so much has happened in the footballing world. so it's really intriguing to see what this draw has given across europe. our reporterjoe lynskey has been watching the draw and has all the details. fr

elsewhere, john higgins and neil robertson are also through.lsewhere, john higgins and neil robertson are also through. you can keep up to date with the snooker across the bbc and on our website, but that is all for now. there's a month to go until the end of the brexit transition period — that's the amount of time given for the uk and eu to agree their future relationship. face—to—face talks between negotiators for both sides continue in london as future economic partnerships and trade deals are thrashed out. this is seen as a crucial week if an agreement is to be reached but there are still differences between the two sides on elements including fishing rights. if no agreement can be reached, trade between the uk and eu will default to world trade organization rules, resulting in tariffs on goods crossing the channel and other trade barriers. with an agreement yet to be reached, there is uncertainty for businesses, but cabinet minister michael gove says there are lots of things that firms can do to prepare. whether or not we get a free trade

finish at the snooker, as the uk championship final went to a deciding frame, the australian neil robertsonudd trump, just before one o'clock this morning. robertson's play in the final frame was painfully slow, he took over four minutes for one shot, but came out on top for his first triple crown title in five years. i'll have more for you in the next hour. did trump accept defeat?! very good, don't get political! as the uk prepares to roll out the first 800,000 vaccines from tomorrow, many people have contacted us here at the bbc with questions about it. we've put some of them to dr penny ward, a visiting professor in pharmaceutical medicine at kings college london, who's spent the last 30 years developing drugs and vaccines. my name is ariana hart. i currently attend soas university. are there any implications of the vaccine that would have been missed that could come to light in the future that could actually outweigh the risk of getting coronavirus for young people themselves? as a technology, it has been studied in clinical trials actually for over ten years in different types of dise

number onejudd trump cruised past china's lu ning 6—2, his 14th straight win, and he'll play neil robertsoninal in october it went to a final frame, with trump nicking it. there's more on the bbc sport website, including build—up to the sakhir grand prix, where lewis hamilton's stand—in george russell will start on the front row of the grid. that's all from me for now. 0ur weather is going to stay on the cold sides not just for 0ur weather is going to stay on the cold sides notjust for today but into the new working week, as well. cold at the minute with some rain around across eastern areas. the cold there has been brought to us by this dip in thejet cold there has been brought to us by this dip in the jet stream, with the cool weather spreading across western europe and even into the north—west of africa. this morning we have a widespread frost. temperatures got down to —4 in parts of west scotland, west wilton into east anglia, but the frost has been pretty widespread. we have seen some rain around, as well. this radar picture shows the majority of the rain has been affecting eastern are

it's world number one judd trump against number three neil robertson — and these are two in—form playersopening frame — it's the best of 19 — and you can watch it over on bbc two. if you want, or you can stay with us bbc news. your choice! a video of an incident in which a sikh boy was kicked and punched outside his school in telford has sparked an outpouring of messages of support and a campaign by young sikhs sharing pictures of themselves with the caption "proud to wear my turban and be a sikh." west mercia police have been investigating the incident as a possible hate crime. our correspondent rajeev gupta has been speaking to sikhs who have shared their experiences of being targeted across the generations. emboldened by the incident which took place earlier this month, thousands of sikhs have taken to social media to show solidarity and pride in their appearance. it's good that people stick with you. ii—year—old balraj singh says he has suffered discrimination for wearing a turban and he and his father, jasjit, are just two that have joined the campaign. this is one of the things tha

ten frames needed to win — judd trump and neil robertson resumed this evening at 4—4.rt for now. you are watching bbc news. now it‘s time for a look at the weather. it's it‘s going to be another chilly day tomorrow, quite foggy and places are special across the south and south—east of the country, frost outside the town mainly. the cold air arrived days ago and still what is across parts of west and central europe. forecast through the night she was a scattering of showers but primarily it is a dry night. the frost and fog, that is the freezing fog across southern areas of the uk. the temperature typically between -200 the temperature typically between —200 plus two so very similar to last night. here is a forecast tomorrow. fog may lingerfrom the morning into the afternoon across southern areas but actually a lot of sunshine around. hla day, you can‘t miss this rain. that will reach scotla nd miss this rain. that will reach scotland and northern england a little bit later on the day. just the tendency for things to turn a little less cold through the week. hello this

a late finish in milton keynes, as neil robertson wins the uk championship on a deciding frame to winrs. to win his first triple crown if you're dreaming of a white christmas, scientists think it could soon become a thing of the past in the uk, as climate change takes hold. the findings of a met office study shared with the bbc‘s panorama project what could happen if no action is taken to kerb global emissions. here's our chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt. nothing evokes winter like a thick blanket of snow. and sledging, snowball fights and snowmen too, of course. but, says the met office, scenes like this will become a rarity across most of britain in the decades to come if greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase as they have been. we're saying by the end of the century much of the lying snow will have disappeared entirely except over the highest ground. here's how the met office projections suggest our winters could change. this is the average temperature of the coldest day across the uk over the last two decades. everywhere in blue is below zero, and the bluer t

it was between the world's number one and number three, judd trump and neil robertson.as robertson who came out on top, 10—9. well past my bedtime! you're up to date with the sport — now on bbc news it's time for your questions answered. bye from me. last week we heard that the first delivery of vaccines had arrived in the uk. as people start being vaccinated this week, we're answering all your questions about the coronavirus vaccine. with me is dame clare gerada, who's a gp and the former head of the royal college of general practitioners. and jonathan ball — professor of molecular virology at the university of nottingham. welcome and thank you both for joining us. claire, starting with you, a question from abigail. she says, my mother is 76 years old and has stage four lung cancer and is no longer undergoing treatment, therefore i would like to know when she will receive the vaccine. i would also like to know when i will get the vaccine as her sole carer. it seems to me like carers like muscle have been the forgotten ones and this is not good enough. it is worth sayin

neil robertson stormed into a 3—0 lead but mark selby has come back.ow. i'll have more for you in the next hour. you've been sending in your questions on conditions around travelling across the christmas period. there is that five—day window where people are allowed to visit their families, no more than three households at once. let's go through as many of your questions as we possibly can. here to try and answer some of them is traveljournalist, jill starley—grainger and associate professor in cellular microbiology at the university of reading, simon clarke. thank you both for your time. a whole range of questions. goodness. we expect you to be experts in all form of this policy! no pressure. jill, a question from sylvia who is asking about travelling generally within the uk at christmas. will trains be able to safely manage social distancing, how much do we know about that? what the government has said is they've put on... they have freed up the timetable. there shouldn't be much in the way of works. so most trains should be running. about 95% will b

elsewhere, john higgins and neil robertson are also through. t tottenham. thank you. england's chief inspector of schools says the lack of monitoring and support of vulnerable children during the pandemic, should be a matter of national concern. in her annual report, amanda spielman warns of a legacy of neglect of children who became invisible to services when they were not at school. shejoins us now. thank you very much for being with us. we mentioned at the headline quote there. can you give us more information about how you feel this pandemic in the last few months has affected children particularly? yes, of course. 0ur affected children particularly? yes, of course. our main message today is about the near invisibility of many of the neediest children, children with special educational needs, physical, mental, behavioural, children in care, children known to social services. despite often huge effo rts social services. despite often huge efforts by schools and social care. they've lost so many services, speech and language therapy and many o

finish at the snooker, as the uk championship final went to a deciding frame, the australian neil robertson a report from the british chamber of commerce says the government have failed to answer more than three quarters of its members concerns, which they say is preventing businesses from planning their future plans post—brexit. with me is our reality check correspondent chris morris. so businesses are getting increasingly exasperated. yeah, and the fact that these negotiations are going on so late in the day has a real impact on real—world issues for businesses. i mean, they‘ve got 35 detailed questions, the british chambers of commerce, which they have had for some time, and so far they say only 11 are green on a traffic light system. the other 24 are either orange flashing red, in other words they have virtually no information about them at all. for many of them it is too late to get those answers to be prepared for the 1st of january. a couple of examples, the first is rules of origin, which means that companies need to prove where all the components in their products come from if they

it was between the world's number one and number three, judd trump and neil robertson, and they were9. think of all the tweets and messages, the comedian and actorjohn cleese perhaps summed it best. he said "the most sane and comforting voice i ever heard. i always thought that i could cope with the ending of the world if only peter was commentating on it". after a successful playing career, alliss commentated for over half a century. his family described his death as "unexpected but peaceful". i think one thing i really enjoyed over the past 24 hours, lots of the tributes and sentiments we have been talking about here on breakfast. there is a brilliant montage on the bbc sport website. it is really worth looking at. it is only two minutes long. it is a highlight of his best quips and one—liners. it will really put a smile on your face, i promise you. holly, thank you. damn, you work with them? yeah, i worked with him for over ten yea rs. i worked with him for over ten years. whenever there was commentary on the open micra, peter and the others would be in the little hot around the 1

former and we can bring you live pictures of the match between mark selby and neil roberstson from the marshall arena. robertsonto lead i—0. you can watch this match on bbc two and via the bbc sport website and app. and lebronjames has signed a new two year contract with nba champions los angeles lakers, worth a reported £63 million. james helped the lakers to their first nba title in a decade in october, and his new deal will expire in 2023, 20 years on from his nba debut. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories, and the latest from first practice at of the sakhir grand prix, on the bbc sport website. good afternoon. i'm here to take you through the next few hours of coronavirus coverage. i'm keeping an eye on the brexit talks as well. we will start with coronavirus. just in the last few moments in fact, we have just been sent the latest are a number. the r value now standing at between 0.8 and one. so a slight improvement on last week which was between 0.9 and one, so it now stands between 0.8 and one. we are going to talk more about that with oui’ going to talk more about that wi

neil robertson is also though to the semis in milton keynes.nding all grassroots football activity in eight new areas, or eight areas, until the new year at the earliest, due to coronavirus concerns. on a brighter note, there has been a big step forward with grassroots rugby union in northern england, as i looked around at various new sports resuming over the last three days. the big hits are back, and they are looking for tackles, despite the bruises. they haven't had contact like this in training in grassroots by like this in training in grassroots rugby union since early march. really good, exciting, it is the biggest part of my game, tackling part, so i know i'm pleased.” biggest part of my game, tackling part, so i know i'm pleased. i am very relieved, because without contact in rugby, it isjust a game of running, catching the ball. it feels good, getting to ground.@ helens ‘s interior tier two, but contact is now being reintroduced in all the tears in england fault in by all the tears in england fault in rugby league which previously was