the health secretary will meet representatives from the british medical association and other unions later this morning, in a bid to avert future strike action. and tributes pour in forjeff beck, one of the most influential rock guitarists of all time, who has died at the age of 78. hello and welcome to bbc news. a russian mercenary group fighting in ukraine says it has found the body of one of two british aid workers reported missing over the weekend. christopher parry and andrew bagshaw were last seen on friday heading to the town of soledar, which has seen fierce fighting in recent weeks. the claim has not been verified by the foreign office and the wagner group of mercenaries did not give a name. gareth barlow has this report. chris parry and andrew bagshaw went missing on friday, while travelling to the town of soledar. ukrainian police have since been conducting investigations into their disappearance. but now, unconfirmed reports from accounts linked to russia s wagner
world cup than we did in the summer. and we want to state our intent now. jamiaca are a really tough opposition. and i ve got no doubt that they ll come back fighting in the next game. but it s good for us to have such a challenge and it s good to have got a win to start off with. strange sport pyschology was at play in the snooker, withjudd trump eventually surviving, a big scare, to reach the quarterfinals of the masters. trump says going 5 3 down to wales ryan day in the best of ii contest, was the best thing to happen, because it took all the pressure off him and he could relax and it worked as he fought back to win, the last three frames. he ll now face former finalist, barry hawkins in the last eight. and another tale of succeeding in the face of adversity, as stuart bingham beat wilson by six frames to three. he ll face another former winner shaun murphy in the quarters tomorrow. he said he thought the snooker gods had been against him, and had been struggling with his eye
having already secured promotion to the premier league. manchester city goalkeeper karen bardsley has announced she s retiring from the game after an illustrious 20 year career for both club and country. the 37 year old won eight major trophies during her time with city and played 81 times for england. she also represented great britain at the 2012 olympics. bardsley will be honoured at wednesday s women s super league home game against birmingham city. she s revealed that failing to fully recoverfrom a hamstring injury picked up during the 2019 world cup has forced her to quit the game. in just over half an hour s time, the final session of the world snooker championship will begin, and it s heading to a dramatic conclusion tonight, withjudd trump on the comeback charge against ronnie 0 sullivan. trump started the day seven frames behind with some even wondering if this final would last into the evening session. but the 2019, champion has won six of the eight frames this afternoon and
is rolled out elsewhere, but simon edwards there, are you. let s stay with the sports theme. hi, gavin. the final of the world snooker championship is heading to a dramatic conclusion tonight, withjudd trump on the comeback charge against ronnie 0 sullivan. trump started the day seven frames behind with some even wondering if this final would last into the evening session. but the 2019 champion has won six of the eight frames this afternoon and now trails by only three, helped by this remarkable fluked red in the last frame before the break. play resumes at 7pm with 0 sullivan leading 1a 11. he s chasing a seventh world title which would take him level with stephen hendry as the most successful player at this tournament. a shock at the vitality london 10,000m earlier four time olympic champion mo farah was beaten by a club runner. farah said he ll make decisions about his future on a race by race basis. it was his first competition since failing to qualify for the olympics last ye
injuries he suffered in the collision in february, he felt it would be impossible to go back to being a professional golfer. i don t have to compete and play against the best players of the world to have a great life. i know that after my back fusion, for me, i had to prove to myself, i had to climb mount everest one more time. i had to do it. and i did. this time around, i don t think i ll have the body to climb mount everest and that s ok. but i can t participate in the game at all. i can still maybe, if my leg gets good enough, maybe kick off a tournament here or there. more on that interview on the bbc sport website. let s take you to the york barbican now, for the latest from the uk snooker championship. the third round is underway. championship. a couple of big names out already, including last year s champion neil robertson and world champion mark selby. the tournament has returned to york after being played behind closed on table one it s an all england tie withjudd trump