Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is to hold a news conference later where he is set to announce emergency help for poorer households hit by energy bills driven up by the Iran war.

World Open Qualifiers Qual Round 2 🇨🇳 Xiao Guodong 5 - 3 Ben Mertens 🇧🇪 Congratulations .: Xiao Guodong :. #worldopen #snooker :reds: https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=2352

World Open Qualifiers Qual Round 2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 John Higgins 5 - 3 Liam Highfield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Congratulations .: John Higgins :. #worldopen #snooker :reds: https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=2352

𝗥𝗘𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣 𝗔𝗗𝗩𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗦 World Open title holder John Higgins recovered from 3-2 down to defeat Liam Highfield 5-3 and reach the last 64 in Yushan. #WeLoveSnooker

World Open Round 2 🇮🇳 Ishpreet Chadha w/o Ronnie O'Sullivan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Walkover to .: Ronnie O'Sullivan :. Chadha has withdrawn, O'Sullivan receives a walkover. #worldopen #snooker :reds: https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=2351

World Open Qualifiers Qual Round 2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 - 1 Ross Muir 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Congratulations .: Ronnie O'Sullivan :. O'Sullivan's 113 in frame 5 was a maximum attempt. #worldopen #snooker :reds: https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=2352

🚀LIFT OFF FOR THE ROCKET IN YUSHAN Ronnie O'Sullivan made breaks of 50, 83, 69, 113 & 114 in a 5-1 victory over Ross Muir to reach the last 32 of the World Open! In frame five, O'Sullivan potted 15 reds with blacks but went in-off when potting a very thin 15th black. #WeLoveSnooker

Windfall tax anyone

My piece in today’s Daily Mirror

World Open Qualifiers Qual Round 1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mitchell Mann 0 - 5 Wang Xinbo (a) 🇨🇳 Congratulations .: Wang Xinbo :. #worldopen #snooker :reds: https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=2352

World Open Round 2 🇨🇳 Lei Peifan 1 - 5 Ryan Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Congratulations .: Ryan Day :. #worldopen #snooker :reds: https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=2351

He looked at whether he could make it to China for his match, but there wasn't enough time for him to travel. 📰 FULL STORY:

Umut Dikme is unable to get to Yushan in time for his match against Xu Yichen in the last 64 of the World Open, and has therefore withdrawn from the event. Germany's Dikme reached the semis of the European Amateur Snooker Championship this weekend that was being held in Spain. 📷: WST

World Open Round 2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Wakelin w/o Artemijs Zizins 🇱🇻 Walkover to .: Artemijs Zizins :. Wakelin has withdrawn, Zizins receives a walkover. #worldopen #snooker :reds: https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=2351

World Open Round 2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jak Jones w/o Luca Brecel 🇧🇪 Walkover to .: Luca Brecel :. Jones has withdrawn, Brecel receives a walkover. #worldopen #snooker :reds: https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=2351

World Open Round 2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matthew Selt w/o David Gilbert 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Walkover to .: Matthew Selt :. Gilbert has withdrawn, Selt receives a walkover. #worldopen #snooker :reds: https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=2351

World Open Round 2 🇨🇳 Xu Si w/o Stephen Maguire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Walkover to .: Xu Si :. Maguire has withdrawn, Xu Si receives a walkover. #worldopen #snooker :reds: https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=2351

World Open Round 2 🇩🇪 Umut Dikme (a) w/o Xu Yichen 🇨🇳 Walkover to .: Xu Yichen :. Dikme has withdrawn, Xu Yichen receives a walkover. #worldopen #snooker :reds: https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=2351

World Open Round 2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Selby w/o Michael Holt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Walkover to .: Michael Holt :. Selby has withdrawn on medical grounds, Holt receives a walkover. #worldopen #snooker :reds: https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=2351

World Open Round 2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian Burns w/o Barry Hawkins 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Walkover to .: Ian Burns :. Hawkins has withdrawn on medical grounds, Burns receives a walkover. #worldopen #snooker :reds: https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=2351

❌ 𝗦𝗻𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗖 𝟭𝟰𝟳 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗗 Three-time world champion John Spencer made a 147 at a professional event in 1979, but the feat was never recorded or officially recognised. #WeLoveSnooker

🗣️ Recent Welsh Open champion Barry Hawkins is still feeling the effects of a back injury. In a bid to be fresh for the upcoming Tour and World Championships, he elected to withdraw from this week's World Open in Yushan, China. #WeLoveSnooker

Reform UK’s deputy leader is under pressure to “urgently” explain himself over reports he avoided paying nearly £600,000 in corporation tax.

Eight wins in a row 🥅

Richard Tice: “If Rayner had any integrity, she would offer her resignation” Angela Rayner - inadvertently - underpaid £40,000 tax. She resigned. Integrity Richard Tice - intentionally - avoided £600,000 in UK taxes. Tice’s party, Reform, raise ordinary folks’ council tax.

Thank you to the team at #LongAshton Coop and USDAW for inviting me to see the work they are doing to combat shoplifting. In particular we spoke about a more joined up approach between the Co-op and the local Police to deal with prolific and repeat offenders.

I know firsthand retail Workers experience high levels of customer abuse, threat and even violence. The Crime and Policing Bill will create a standalone offence for assaulting a retail worker, measure the scale of the problem and drive down retail crime to keep our vital shop staff safe.

Let’s celebrate mothers, and mothering. It’s a really hard role. Time with my mum is very precious. I hope she knows how much our family love her.

Congratulations to The First Step on 30 years of supporting survivors of domestic abuse in Knowsley. Thank you for the life-changing work you do every day. Here’s my message to Caroline and the team 👇🏻

Thank you to Mr Dillon, head at Birch Hill Primary for showing me around your wonderful school last week

Energy companies have been warned not to rip off customers as war in Iran pushes up the prices of fuel and gas.

Some of Britain's lowest-earning workers are poised to see their wages increase as the new National Living Wage, revealed in the November 2025 budget, takes effect from April 1.

A big opportunity for these players from the Q Tour. Read here 👇 snookerhq.com/2026/03/14/q...