underway in york, best of 19 frames for the title decider between belgium's luca brecel and china's zhao xintonget the thoughts of the jason mohammed and the bbc sport team covering the event. welcome to the barbican, the final of the uk championship, we have had i of the uk championship, we have had 1 session and zhao xintong is in front. , ., ., ~' ~' 1 session and zhao xintong is in front. , ., ., ~ ~ ., , front. yes, it looked like it was auoin to front. yes, it looked like it was going to be _ front. yes, it looked like it was going to be 1 — front. yes, it looked like it was going to be 1 former _ front. yes, it looked like it was going to be 1 former snooker. front. yes, it looked like it was i going to be 1 former snooker and then the pattern changed a bit and it got a bit scrappy and a few lucky shots from mack probably making a difference on the scoreline, but luca brecel were struggling by the end of it. , ., , end of it. yes, if we are being brutally honest _ end of it. yes, if we are being brutally honest we _ end of it. yes, if we are being brutally honest we have - end of it. yes,

barry hawkins v zhao xintong.lly well, two frames to zero up they are now against hawkins. exeter are up to third in rugby union's premiership after beating saracens by 18 points to 15. it was sarries' first visit to sandy park since their enforced relegation from the premiership in the wake of the salary cap scandal. nick parrott reports. this game is the renewal of a rivalry which has defined english club rugby for more than half a decade. in the three premiership finals between the two, saracens have won them all. they got off to a quick start thanks to alex lozowski, but they struggled to keep their heads. billy vunipola's disagreement with a decision saw the ref move exeter within range for levelling. in challenging conditions, it was going to take a mistake or a masterstroke to make a difference. the latter came courtesy of simmons fining tom o'flaherty to put the home team in front, but they couldn't cut out the errors and another soft penalty saw losowski restore saracens' lead. with a few moments of flair

underway in york, best of 19 frames for the title decider between belgium's luca brecel and china's zhao xintong let's have a look at the action now, which is live on bbc2 right now. you can follow that for the afternoon and it is chinese zhao xintong who is leading a 7— 4, so the best of 19, remember, xintong who is leading a 7— 4, so the best of19, remember, in xintong who is leading a 7— 4, so the best of 19, remember, in that1 uk championship snooker final in york, live. top of the table leicester tigers have extended their lead in the premiership with their ninth win in a row... they're nine points clear at the top of the table after beating harlequins 16—14 at welford road. of the table after beating drew savage was watching the action. of the table after beating a sense of anticipation at wells road and they could not at welford road and they could not wait for the tigers to take on the champions. george ford's boot kept leicester ahead in the 1st half, with marcus smith, who has replaced him as england's flyhalf, in the sin bin. at half time, the tigers press their advantage, harry potte

lisowski will now play zhao xintong.*belgian bullet�* enjoyed a convincing win over anthony hamilton today, 6—1. he'll play anthony mcgill in the last 8. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. it's been very cold today, but on the plus side, there's been a lot of wintry sunshine around. and that's all thanks to a ridge of high pressure. tomorrow, a different story. alot more cloud around, but with that, some slightly less cold or even milder air pushing in. now this ridge of high pressure is what's brought us a lot of the fine weather today. this frontal system already pushing into northern ireland and scotland will bring thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain, but there is a wedge of milder air trapped into it. and that'll be slowly working its way eastward through tonight. so, a wet start to the night across northern and western areas. eventually that rain will push southwards and eastwards, a bit of a clearance here with some blustery showers. we will continue to see some snow on it leading edge as it bumps into

zhao xintong has beaten luca brecel in the uk snooker championship 10—5 at the york barbican.s of gentrification and covid restrictions have forced many clubs to close their doors, threatening the city�*s long—standing rave culture. now a campaign has begun to lobby the united nations to grant berlin techno unesco world heritage status. i�*m joined now by german dj chris liebing who has been described as a titan in the techno scene for over two decades. he�*s in bruson in switzerland. so this is what a titan looks like, good to meet you. why is berlin so associated with techno, when it has its roots in other places like detroit, chicago and even here in the uk? ~ ~ ., the uk? when the wall fell in germany it — the uk? when the wall fell in germany it was _ the uk? when the wall fell in germany it was basically - the uk? when the wall fell in germany it was basically the l the uk? when the wall fell in - germany it was basically the dance floors of the clubs in berlin where everybody gathered, and there was no discrimination going on. it was not asked, are you from the east fro

later this evening, barry hawkins plays zhao xintong.rs by 17 points to 12. saracens scrum half ella wyrwas produced the moment of the match at the stone x stadium chasing her own kick to score her team's second try. there are four other matches this afternoon. remember you can keep right up to date on the bbc sport website, including brony frost's win in the tingle creek chase at sandown this afternoon. that is it for me for the moment. the parents of a teenager accused of killing four of his fellow students have appeared in court charged with involuntary manslaughter. james and jennifer crumbley both pleaded not guilty to all charges. prosecutors say fifteen year old ethan crumbley carried out the shooting at his school on tuesday with a semi—automatic pistol which had been bought by his father. it's highly unusual for parents to be charged in connection with a school shooting. aruna iyengar has more. i'm jennifer crumbley. i'm james crumbley. ethan crumbley�*s parents, james and jennifer, were found in a warehouse in detroit hours aft

later will see barry hawkins face world number 102 andy hicks and it's also jack lisowski against zhao xintongchampion ronnie 0'sullivan is taking on kyren wilson in a rematch of the 2020 world championship final, which 0'sullivan won. these are live pictures from bbc two. wilson has just taken the first two frames. the first frame, he had 92 on his break. the second break was 117. so, kyren wilson is looking very good against the experienced ronnie 0'sullivan. is the first six frame, he will win. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. you can follow practice from the f one, drivers are getting their first go on the new saudi street track ahead of the weekend's saudi arabia grand prix. good afternoon. you are watching bbc news. more now on one of our top stories... the independent report into disorder at the euro 2020 final injuly, which has concluded that disruptive fans and a lack of planning turned a glorious occasion into a day of national shame. commander rachel williams from the metropolitan police gave this statement a little earli

china's zhao xintong claimed his first ranking title by winning the uk snooker championship with a 10al, and the 24—year—old narrowly failed to finish with a century break. zhao becomes just the fourth non british player to win the event also moving 9th in the world rankings, and that means he's secured a place in the masters tournament in london next month having moved into the top 16 in the world. the russian tennis federation secured the davis cup title after daniil medvedev defeated croatia's martin cilic in the second singles rubber in madrid. andrey rublev won the opening match of the final and then medvedev ended the russian's 15—year wait for the trophy as they took an unassailable lead. it's their third davis cup title overall after lifting the trophy in 2002 and 2006. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport but from me tulsen tullett and the rest of the team that's your sports news for now. the welsh government is giving every household in the country a free tree to plant as part of their efforts to tackle climate change. people will be a

you can find it on the bbc sport website — luca brecel taking on zhao xintong — zhoa leading five framesold boy, who was the only survivor of a cable car crash in italy, has been returned to the country, after being smuggled to israel by his grandfather. israel's supreme court rejected a final appeal to let him stay. aytan biran was living in italy at the time of the accident that killed his parents, his younger brother and his great—grandparents. jatinder dhillon reports. it was a heart—rending story. back in may, a cable car crashed in northern italy and everyone inside was killed. except for one boy. six—year—old eitan biran was saved by his father's protective hug, but his parents, younger brother and great—grandparents were among the 14 who died in the accident. what then followed was months of a bitter custody battle for eitan between his italian and israeli families. an italian court gave guardianship to his paternal aunt, an israeli—born doctor who lives in italy. but in september, eitan�*s maternal grandfather smuggled the boy to israel where he lives. the grandfather had visita

you can find it on the bbc sport website — luca brecel taking on zhao xintong. and that is also live on bbc two, and thatis that is also live on bbc two, and that is all from me. the pope has denounced "narrow self—interest and nationalism" over the way europe treats migrants. speaking on the greek island of lesbos, where he met dozens of migrants, pope francis said they were being used for political propaganda. our special correspondent fergal keane is there. the pope came here with a profound message about the treatment of refugees. in essenee, he said, recognise their humanity, nothing can be gained from building more walls, but much has changed since he first visited in 2016. we now live in a europe where fences have gone up, where pushbacks of migrants on land and at sea including here from the island of lesbos have become commonplace. from croatia to hungary to the english channel, there are continuing stories of refugees in distress. what pope francis wanted to do here today was to focus not just the attention of greek authorities or indeed the european u

later this evening, barry hawkins plays zhao xintong. follow it all on the bbc website.er was quickest in the final practice session injeddah, two—tenths ahead of title rival lewis hamilton and team—mate sergio perez. hamilton trails verstappen by eight points in the drivers�* championship withjust two races remaining. saracen�*s have gone top of the table in the women�*s premier 15s after beating bristol bears by 17 points to 12. saracens scrum half ella wyrwas produced the moment of the match at the stone x stadium chasing her own kick to score her team�*s second try. there are four other matches this afternoon. that�*s all the sport for now. people in around 9,000 homes are facing a second weekend without power in parts of scotland and northern england, following storm arwen. those affected are now bracing themselves for almost freezing temperatures forecast over the next 2a hours, and the army and the british red cross have been distributing emergency aid in some areas. yes, so the soldiers are here now as you can see in this fire station, receiving their briefing, a

lisowski will now play zhao xintong.here's been a lot of wintry sunshine around. and that's all thanks to a ridge of high pressure. tomorrow, a different story. alot more cloud around, but with that, some slightly less cold or even milder air pushing in. now this ridge of high pressure is what's brought us a lot of the fine weather today. this frontal system already pushing into northern ireland and scotland will bring thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain, but there is a wedge of milder air trapped into it. and that'll be slowly working its way eastward through tonight. so, a wet start to the night across northern and western areas. eventually that rain will push southwards and eastwards, a bit of a clearance here with some blustery showers. we will continue to see some snow on it leading edge as it bumps into the cold air. as temperatures rise across all areas by the end of night, then that sleety, snowiness will revert back to rain. and it will be a milder—feeling day tomorrow, particularly for england and wales. could

we'll have a new name on snooker�*s uk championship trophy this evening when zhao xintong will face belgium's former world championship finalist barry hawkins 6—1. whilst the belgian luca brecel beat kyren wilsen 6—4 as he recorded four century breaks. the best—of—19 final will be live across the bbc today. that's all the sport for now. now it is time for the papers. hello and welcome to our look at this morning's newspapers. with me are the independent�*s features writerjames rampton and laura hughes, who's the political and diplomatic correspondent from the financial times. welcome, both of you, nice to see sunday morning. let's quickly run through the front pages. the sunday mirror has spoken to relatives of covid victims, who describe number ten holding parties last christmas as "a slap in the face". there's a poll in the observer from yougov, which says trust in politicians has fallen dramatically since borisjohnson become pm. the sunday times says doctors are angry that unvaccinated people are taking up hospital beds and delaying vital procedures. recollections from prince william about

lisowski will now play zhao xintong. luca brecel is also through to ther quarters this afternoon.football, jane dougal will be at half past six postop i hope you enjoy ali, and i hope you get the result you want. 0ver concerns about the treatment of the chinese tennis star with up to 35 —year—old disappeared last month after accusing a former senior government official in china of sexual assault. although she has since reappeared the head of the wta said he has serious doubts that she is actually free. our sports correspondent has the latest. how it began — peng shuai wrote on social media accusing �*a senior chinese politician of sexual assault. the post was taken down and she disappeared from public view. subsequently a number of videos of her have been released by chinese state media, but with concerns that peng shuai was filmed under duress, the governing body of women's tennis remains deeply concerned about her safety, so the wta for now is withdrawing from china. we're not going to walk away from this and we're not going to allow this to be swept away without the appropriate

and china's zhao xintong said he'd be celebrating with a bit of karaoke back home in sheffield, afterve had confirmation that the final ashes test in perth will be moved, due to coronavirus restrictions in western australia. no replacement venue has been named as yet but melbourne is standing by but officials in tasmania are lobbying to take an ashes test to hobart for the first time. the first test gets underway overnight tomorrow in brisbane. and we've heard in the last five mintues or so that darren gough has been appointed managing director of cricket at yorkshire. he takes the reins at his old club following a mass cull of staff after the racism crisis at the county. that's all the sport for now. let's get more now on the government's ten—year strategy for tackling drug use in england and wale. it's promising to break up more criminal gangs, andit�*s warned that warning poeple who take drugs socially or at the weekend could lose their passports or driving licences. really interested to hear from you this morning about your fears on the strategy and we will feed that into the conv

in the other fourth round match, zhao xintong beat england's peter lines 6—4.john watson at 6.30. i'm john watson at 6.30. guessing you are at the edge your i'm guessing you are at the edge of your seat waiting for the lights to be turned on. we try to catch the moment earlier and failed twice. but the prime minister has now switched them on. here it is.— them on. here it is. five, for the 84. three. _ them on. here it is. five, for the 84. three. two. _ them on. here it is. five, for the 84, three, two, one. _ them on. here it is. five, for the 84, three, two, one. cheering.| them on. here it is. five, for the - 84, three, two, one. cheering. nowa typical_ 84, three, two, one. cheering. nowa typical uk— 84, three, two, one. cheering. nowa typical uk family will spend £17 more _ typical uk family will spend £17 more according to a forecast by bbc panorama — it's also from problems in the uk supply chain from a shortage of drivers... what's for dinner tonight? this family are struggling with rising prices. nikki, a nurse and husband martin who works for a builde

in the other fourth round match, zhao xintong beat england's peter lines 6—4.much. alec baldwin has denied pulling the trigger of the gun that was fired and killed a cinemetographer on the set of the movie rust. in his first interview since the incident, the actor told abc news he would "never point a gun at anyone or pull a trigger at them" and he had no idea how a live round got onto the film set. the trigger was not pulled, i did not pull the trigger. you the trigger was not pulled, i did not pull the trigger.— the trigger was not pulled, i did not pull the trigger. you never pull the trigger? _ not pull the trigger. you never pull the trigger? no. — not pull the trigger. you never pull the trigger? no, i— not pull the trigger. you never pull the trigger? no, i would _ not pull the trigger. you never pull the trigger? no, i would never- the trigger? no, i would never pull the trigger? no, i would never pull the trigger. — the trigger? no, i would never pull the trigger, never. _ the trigger? no, i would never pull the trigger, never. what _ the trigger? no,

number 102 and fellow englishman andy hicks and another england playerjack lisowski faces china's zhao xintonge for more than four months. it was just an intra squad warm—up game but stokes took two wickets and then hit six fours in 56 balls before retiring. not so good for the other batters — captain joe root and jonny bairstow falling for first ball ducks and hameed and malan only making single figures in the first innings. england's preparations have been severely hampered by rain but veteran ashes bowler stuart broad says it's no bad thing. it's been a great bonus for us to get these overs in here. i must admit, on thursday afternoon when the rain was still pouring down i thought we might struggle for some overs, but even just getting one day for us and some miles in the legs and the batsmen spending time in the middle, it is priceless, really. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. let's go back to the story breaking in the last half hour. the first case of the omicron covid variant has been confirmed in wales. it has been located in the cardiff and vale un

and china's zhao xintong said he'd be celebrating with a bit of karaoke back home in sheffield, afteringing we are the champions — but he admitted he doesn't have a great voice. these a karaoke classic. if you could take a royalty every time that has been played in the dressing room. i will take you in a different direction. see the ticker tape. i have always wondered... who has to clean it up? when they do it on strictly, they fire the cannons at the end, and then they have to minutes to clear it up. on come a team of six people with these huge double—ended brushes. and then they come out with a garden hoover. six garden hoover is and people brushing everything and it is gone in 60 seconds. do you think they do that at this snooker? you have to be careful with the baize. thank you we will see you later. i love the extra information we are getting. here's carol with a look at the weather. we have a busy couple of days coming up. that is right. at the moment it is snowing in dunfermline. a cold start, and widely temperatures have fallen to 1—3. also fog in lincolnshire, cambridgeshire,

and china's zhao xintong said he would be celebrating with a bit of karaoke back home in sheffield afterting night tonight. i love your work. cheering and applause i'll bet he does. that's all the sport for now. i'll be back with more later. research carried out by bbc five live has found that there are huge variations in the time off from work which is offered to people in the uk who suffer miscarriages. 52 businesses were asked about their policy for employees who have miscarriages before the 24th week of pregnancy. only seven had a specific "miscarriage leave" policy. ten others said it would fall under bereavement leave. many said any leave granted would be put down as sick leave or compassionate leave. campaigners say this can leave people unclear about where they stand. joining me now is ruth bender atik, who is the national director of the miscarriage association. hello to you. how important do you feel it is for companies to have a specific miscarriage policy? i think it is hu:el specific miscarriage policy? i think it is hugely important _ specific miscarriage policy? i think it

lisowski will now play zhao xintong. luca brecel is also through to ther quarters this afternoon.ll, it still remains to be seen. joe biden _ the us? well, it still remains to be seen. joe biden says _ the us? well, it still remains to be seen. joe biden says it _ the us? well, it still remains to be seen. joe biden says it is _ the us? well, it still remains to be| seen. joe biden says it is something to be concerned about but not panicked over and i think that is the attitude right now, but as we are approaching the winter months, when more people spend time indoors, and the unknowns with the omicron variant right now, i think a lot of public policy and politician experts are looking at this with concern, and these are the first steps to try to protect the united states. we have had a dearth of testing, unlike some other western countries, where it has been a lot harder to get tests here in the united states, so the idea is to make tests easy and cheap and readily available so we know exactly the size of the crisis when omicron starts to spread here cross—country. when omicron s

we'll have a new name on snooker�*s uk championship trophy this evening when zhao xintong will face belgium'sc today. to netball, where england have wrapped up their series againstjamaica with a game to spare. the roses were 66—47 winners in nottingham in their second match. another dominant performance from jess thirlby�*s side. the series concludes this afternoon. we will end with this, to warm even the coldest hearts. on friday night, players from russian side zenit st petersburg walked out onto the pitch before a game carrying dogs. here we go, he isn't going to love this? the puppies were all from local shelters and it was being done as part of a campaign to help find them new homes. ican hear i can hear "ahhs" in my years, who doesn't love this? you can see one of the players going on for a kiss, how you go. of the players going on for a kiss, how you go-_ of the players going on for a kiss, how you go. of the players going on for a kiss, how ou:o. , ., _ how you go. somebody on standby with a few to bags — how you go. somebody on standby with a few to bags in — how you go. somebody on

wilson will play luca brecel in the semi finals, while china's zhao xintong will take on barry hawkinsorers with this incredible effort after running with the ball from the half way line to secure a 27—10 victory. did you see charlie's mood pickup? absolutely, he stopped reading the papers. meanwhile edinburgh kept up their good form in the united rugby championship with a 24—10 win over benetton. this try from emiliano boffelli on his home debut amongst the pick. elsewhere leinster beat connacht 47—19 and sharks were also victorious against bulls. after a year out because of the pandemic, the national amateur boxing championships are back this weekend. the quarter—finals and semi—finals take place today and tomorrow in cannock. many big names won titles at this competition earlier in their career. one of them was a certain anthonyjoshua, who's been talking about the importance of grassroots boxing. the thing i love about the sport, it doesn't take much. i used to pay £2 a session and it creates such a great environment for people that want to do better, and when i feel like fighters g