Tearful four-time world champion John Higgins overcame overwhelming emotions to beat Joe O'Connor 10-7 at the Crucible. The 49-year-old was out of sorts in losing the morning session 5-4 but ...

Notorious Cambridge rapist Peter Cook has died in prison of natural causes. Cook, 75, raped six women and injured two others in a series of sex attacks carried out over eight months in Cambridge.