two—time winnerjohn higgins is also through after he breezed past barry hawkins, 6—1. jack leach is heading home from england's tour of south africa to fully recover from the illnesses he has had over the last few weeks. the spinner suffered from sepsis in new zealand before christmas, and he hasn't played at all in south africa because of a bout of gastroenteritis, followed by flu. that's all the sport for now. hello there. tuesday was a very windy day across the board, including england and wales, thanks to another area of low pressure which moved up from the south. it stays quite blustery today as well, but the strongest of the winds will be across scotland, england and wales should see plenty of sunshine, with just a few showers. you can see low pressure anchored to the north of the uk, that will bring further frequent showers to scotland and northern parts of northern ireland, some of these wintry on the hills. lots of sunshine further south, but we still have the overnight weather front which will be slow to clear from the south—east. a bit of a wet start here.