Noticeable today at 5pm:still a sunny evening,indicating that Spring is just around the corner.Extra daylight makes me feel better,for sure!

Good start for the GB women,with their 19 year old SKIP.

Leeds Rhinos forward Carl Ablett has been ruled out for at least eight weeks with an ankle injury.

The versatile 24-year-old picked up the injury in the Rhinos' 24-10 defeat by Castleford last Friday.

However, the Super League champions are hoping that new signing Brett Delaney is nearing full fitness following a knee injury.

"The medical team are optimistic of him being fully fit to train in the next few weeks," said physio Meirion Jones.

The Rhinos will look to bounce back from the defeat by the Tigers when they travel to Wakefield on Sunday

At last it looks as though we might be nearing the end of this really cold spell,that has probably added a fortune to the gas bill!

Ronnie O'Sullivan won a superb high-scoring game against Neil Robertson 6-4 to reach the last eight of the Masters.

Robertson went 3-0 up but O'Sullivan gained a foothold when a 114 break won him the last frame before the interval.

The former world champion closed the gap in the next and pulled level with a break of 87 in the sixth frame.

Clearing the colours gave O'Sullivan a cagey seventh frame but Robertson's 140 levelled matters only for O'Sullivan to to win it with breaks of 106 and 76.

O'Sullivan now plays Peter Ebdon in the quarter-final, and admitted Robertson's superb start had caught him somewhat off-guard.

Brrrr!--thank goodness my heating is working OK!Looks as though there is no respite in the near future,but Christmas Day looks GOOD!

Got this week's Radio Times,along with the 2 weeks Xmas edition;received 2 cards,so it MUST be Christmas!

If ever there was a sportsman to whom the term genius could properly be applied,it must be Ronnie O'Sullivan;superb display to lead 4-0 against Ebdon at the first interval!