Holt hails from Nottingham, but missed out on one of snooker's most interesting nicknames, which has already being bagged by fellow East Midlander Anthony Hamilton.

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He sat and looked at the snooker on the telly.

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It's very difficult to play snooker on.

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In 1986, Stubbs moved to BBC Manchester as an assistant producer, working on the coverage of sports including snooker, darts and bowls, and on A Question Of Sport.

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Carmarthenshire county council turned down an application to convert the snooker hall on Wind Street to a club.

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Nevertheless, snooker fans on the Five Live message boards were in little doubt about Ding's potential, both as a player and as a symbol of snooker's new generation.

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The 42-year-old won the fifth frame on a re-spotted black and a snooker and sealed the 5-3 win on the yellow when Pinches threatened a comeback.

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Henry needed victory against McCulloch to stay on and will now have to rely on a wildcard from World Snooker for major events.

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One resident, Jan Ali, told Associated Press that Thursday's blast at the snooker hall was "a scene like hell on Earth".

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At the age of 14, Higgins arrived in England to become a jockey - but he put on too much weight and instead decided to take up snooker.

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The previous year Williams also picked up the Liverpool Victoria UK Championship and the Regal Welsh Open on his home turf to place him at the top of the snooker tree.

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