shaun murphy knocked in a sublime 147 break on the way to a 6—3 win over mark allen to reach the finalandra palace for us. alexandra palace is absolutely buzzing after a maximum from shaun murphy this afternoon. he is buzzing after a maximum from shaun murphy this afternoon. he is en buzzing after a maximum from shaun murphy this afternoon. he is en route buzzing after a maximum from shaun murphy this afternoon. he is en route to buzzing after a maximum from shaun murphy this afternoon. he is en route to his buzzing after a maximum from shaun murphy this afternoon. he is en route to his third buzzing after a maximum from shaun murphy this afternoon. he is en route to his third final. how much did we enjoy that and how special was that maximum? it was incredible. we were all standing up, the crowd were on their feet. standing up, the crowd were on theirfeet. it standing up, the crowd were on their feet. it was very special, because there hasn't been many maximums. it is only the sixth in the 50 year history. after messing up their previous one, it was a wonderful maximum today and it wa

ten years after winning his first masters title, shaun murphy has done it again, beating kyren wilsonalace. murphy led 6—2 at the end of the first session he was 7—3 up. wilson fought back valiantly, only for murphy to hold his nerve and win the tournament for a second time. he was the best player all week and made a 147 maximum break in his semifinal, remember. finished off there with a fabulous 100 break, winning just over $400,000 to boot. well, england's tyrrell hatton also held his nerve at the final hole to edge out daniel hillier and win the dubai desert classic by one shot. hatton needed a par putt to win and made it, finishing with a three—under 69 and a is—under total to secure his eighth dp tour title, which moves him to the top of the race to dubai rankings. i was very nervous over that last putt. to be honest, i was pretty nervous for most of the back nine, i think because this tournament means a lot to me and it's such an iconic event and one that i really wanted to have on the cv and, yeah, it feels amazing to add my name to the list of amazing champions who've been bef

in snooker, shaun murphy is through to the semi—finals of the masters with a six frames to two win overson. murphy, the 2015 winner, had already secured the frame and the match, and was on target for a maximum 147 break against australia's neil robertson before he snookered himself on the yellow, much to the surprise of robertson especially with all the balls on their spots. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. until next time, goodbye. hello. there were winners and losers when it came to the weather story on thursday. for parts of northwest england and wales in particular, we have blue sky and sunshine, even some january warmth, with a high of 1a celsius. but it was a different story across the midlands — we had quite a lot of fog in the morning that lifted to low grey cloud. the misty conditions lingered, and for parts of hereford and worcestershire, well, temperatures only climbed just up to four celsius. it was also quite windy, and there was a weak weather front bringing some outbreaks of showery rain to the no

shaun murphy in the other match on sunday survived a fightback from gary wilson. toughed it out, murphy winning his first—round match 6—3. remember, this is for the top six players in the world. thought he was going to take that shot, but he didn't. tom pidcock says he won't ride at this year's tour de france with his new 036.5 team. the olympic mountain bike champion, former cyclocross world champion left ineos grenadiers last month following three successful years with the british team, which also included a tour de france stage victory. pidcock is going to begin his season in saudi arabia at the end of this month. we should have kind of all the races that i want to do and we'll have a year out from the tour and we aim to try and get to the tour in 2026. i'm happy that i've got a year out from it, a break, and then when i come back, it will be with a refreshed kind of energy. the big thing for me is that i want to settle into this team in the first part of the year, and then see where i can perform and how we can perform best. of course my normal races, the ital

shortly, shaun murphy takes on gary wilson.to the golden anniversary edition of the masters tournament here at alexandra palace, and for all the world, a book byjohn higgins, making his 31st appearance in this event, would stride into the quarterfinals. neil robertson, the reserve, the man who replaced rob neil sullivan, had very different ideas? be, it was a game of two halves. ideas? be, it

shaun murphy is through to the masters final, and in some style too.ter he came agonisingly close to a maximum. it's only the sixth perfect clearance in the history of the tournament. and that's all the sport for now. 17 people have been injured, three of them seriously, after a ski—lift accident at a resort in the pyrenees in northern spain. it happened at the astun resort near the french border. eyewitnesses say a cable appeared to fail, throwing people from their chairs. at one point it was thought 80 people were trapped. here's our madrid correspondent guy hedgecoe. high in the mountains. what for many was supposed to be an idyllic weekend in the snow halted abruptly. rescuers rushed to skiers, with the exact cause of the accident on the chairlift on the canal roya ski run yet be confirmed. but eyewitnesses told of the panic as it happened. translation: well, it's like a cable came out. and suddenly the whole chair started bouncing, and people came out. people were flying and pirouetting. people started to fall off too because the chairs were bounc

in snooker — shaun murphy is through to the semi—finals of the masters with a six frames to two win overurphy, the 2015 winner, had already secured the frame and was on target for a maximum 147 break before he snookered himself on the yellow, but he moves through to the last four and will face the winner of tonight's second quarterfinal between mark allen and mark selby. rory mcilroy is five shots off the pace after the opening round of the dubai desert classic as he bids to win the title for the third successive time. the northern irishman chipped in on the seventh as he finished the round on two under with a group of three players out in front on five under par including us amateur david ford. more on the bbc sport website, anita, but that is all your support for now. now it's time for your questions answered. earlier,we gathered together three bbc journalists to answer the questions you have about the peace deal reached between israel and hamas. jonah fisher injerusalem, our diplomatic editorjames landale, and hesham shawish from bbc monitoring. i started by asking hesham about the to

shaun murphy is through to the masters final, and in some style.y close to a maximum. it's only the sixth perfect clearance in the history of the tournament. he'll play world champion kyren wilson orjudd trump in sunday's final. trump is currently 3—2 up in their semi. then follow that over on the bbc sport website. that is all for me and the team for now. thank you. in less than a8 hours donald trump will take the oath of office and become president of the united states once more. on sunday, he will be holding a victory rally in washington ahead of monday's inauguration. but ahead of that, opponents of mr trump have been taking part in what they called the people's march. critics of the incoming president carried anti—trump banners as they moved through the nation's capital. helena humphrey is in arizona, one of the swing states that flipped to donald trump in last november's presidential election. they are quite keen on the idea of a truck might presidency their? ., , of a truck might presidency their? . , , , ., their? that definitely seems to b