Snooker scores: Judd Trump clinches UK Championship title after beating Barry Hawkins

And another UK Championship is done and dusted. It proved to be an enthralling final and it's Judd Trump who will be celebrating tonight. Thanks for following - be sure to join us again soon for more live snooker coverage. Bye for now.

Judd Trump lifts the trophy at the York Barbican as green confetti falls all over him. He waves the trophy in front of the crowd and looks delighted.

The 35-year-old has just bagged himself a whopping £250,000.

Judd Trump has won the UK Championship for the second time in his career after clinching the 18th frame of the match.

He left Barry Hawkins needing snookers earlier on in the final frame, but his opponent responded as he put Trump on the ropes.

Trump stood up to the challenge and finally potted a long-range brown to win the match.

What a contest we’ve witnessed. It's finished 10-8 to the Bristol-born star.

And Barry Hawkins incredibly has another frame on the board after a sensational break of 82.

He’s got the momentum, he’s playing his best snooker of the evening and he could sense his opportunity here.

He’ll be desperate to take the match to a decider. Judd Trump needs to win it in the next frame if he doesn’t want the lottery of a one-frame shootout.

Barry Hawkins is refusing to go down without a fight at the York Barbican and shows he’s still in this contest as he claws a frame back with a break of 75.

These frames are being played at a rapid pace, but Judd Trump is still very much in control and will be eyeing up victory in the next frame.

A huge break from Judd Trump as he racks up his second century of the match. The Bristol star makes a break of 133 and is now just one frame away from winning the title. He’s really turned it on in these last two frames and he’s cruising now.

“That’s what winners do,” Stephen Hendry exclaims.

That’ll be a tough one to take for Barry Hawkins as he blows a 35-0 advantage early on in the frame.

Judd Trump roars back with a break of 53 to leave his opponent needing two snookers. Hawkins is unable to find a way back and the world No. 1 is now just two frames away from winning the UK Championship title.

Hawkins looked to be making a comeback an hour ago, but this final could now be slipping away from him.

Barry Hawkins was written off by many entering this final on very little sleep, up against the world No. 1 and man in form.

But he is every bit in this match, thanks to Judd Trump missing a few long reds, taking the frame 83-0.

At no point has Hawkins been ahead in this match but he has every chance to walk away with £250,000 tonight and his first Triple Crown title.

And Judd Trump hits back immediately.

This time it was Barry Hawkins who made a costly error early in the frame, playing a poor safety with a red landing over the middle pocket, and Trump was quickly able to find his rhythm once again.

A break of 67 was enough for Trump to extend his lead to two frames once again before the mid-session break.

Well, well, well. We have a game on our hands again.

Perhaps the nerves are getting to Judd Trump? He has had several uncharacteristically unforced errors in the past two frames, handing the momentum to Barry Hawkins.

Hawkins took control later in the evening against Mark Allen last night, could he do the same again to Trump on the big stage?

Barry Hawkins has taken what could be considered a must-win frame, even with plenty still to play for this evening.

The Hawk was competing until 1am last night and wouldn't mind another late finish if he is in with a chance of winning his first Triple Crown title tonight.

Hawkins missed a black off the spot in the 10th frame but was gifted a chance when Judd Trump left a red to middle, a 57 break then commenced to seal the win.

Judd Trump had two bites of the cherry, the second including a half-century, as he put away Barry Hawkins in the first frame of this evening session.

An incredible pot into the left-middle sent the York Barbican into raptures, with many not even considering the possibility of a successful attempt. But Trump can make shots few even think about.

He's four frames away from victory in this best-of-19.

Snooker stars Mark Williams and Shaun Murphy will take part in the 5000-1 Paddy Power Perfect Challenge on Wednesday.

They will be competing against darts and golf professionals to determine which is more difficult, making a 147 break, a nine-darter or a hole-in-one.

Finally the long-standing debate can be put to bed in a special head-to-head trial

Mark Allen has taken offence to some of Shaun Murphy's comments during his UK Championship semi-final defeat to Barry Hawkins.

Murphy was critical of Allen's slow play and perceived gamesmanship, only for the world No. 3 to directly reply on social media.

He wrote:

“It’s perhaps best to leave personal feelings out of the commentary box. Just because I’ve called out some of his recent comments. It’s not the first time Shaun’s said something that doesn’t make much sense for headlines, is it? I think he’s meant to be impartial in the commentary box.

“Snooker’s not that easy when you’re not at your best. It’s very easy sat in the commentary box. I don’t get involved with that sort of stuff, but I play to win and play within the rules. “If I’m not feeling my best I’m not going to go out there all guns blazing. Maybe you’ll understand why Shaun loses so many matches that he should win.

“I didn’t go into that match trying to slow it down, absolutely not. I try and pot every ball I see and clear the table every chance I get.”

Away from UK Championship action, the opening round of the Masters has been made and Ronnie O'Sullivan will need to overcome old foe John Higgins to win a ninth title.

And there will also be a rematch of today's final in York.

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Judd Trump vs Barry Hawkins

Barry Hawkins has clawed a frame back after a stunning 83 clearance, with the Hawk staring at the possibility of entering the interval 6-2 down.

Judd Trump made a half-century but Hawkins laid down a marker on his return to the table with a stunning long red.

And he picked off the rest of the table in a huge confidence-booster for the world No. 20.

Three frames in a row that Barry Hawkins has made a big error, only to be punished by Judd Trump going on to win the frame.

This time, with a 12-point lead, he attempted to roll a red along the cushion but left it dangling over the pocket.

Trump got back up onto his feet, duly potted that red, and went on to extend his advantage.

Judd Trump has opened up a two-frame advantage for the first time in this final.

And he has done so with a classy century break of 102 after Barry Hawkins missed on green.

Barry Hawkins made a big error missing the black to middle and Judd Trump quickly capitalised, taking the frame 66-5.

Barry Hawkins has stolen the fourth frame to draw level, despite Judd Trump making an early break of 69.

He looked set to take a two-frame lead into the mid-session interval but the Hawk stormed back with 70 to tie again.

All of Barry Hawkins' points have come in one frame, where he made a century, as Judd Trump retakes his lead.

Hawkins missed a red when trying to screw back and after two attempts at the table, Trump won a re-racked third.

Barry Hawkins is off the mark in this final and drawn level with Judd Trump.

And he has done so in style with a break of 113, his third century of the week, and a statement to Trump that the Hawk is ready to compete.

Judd Trump has made the most of his rest last night by taking the first frame against Barry Hawkins.

Hawkins was finishing his semi-final victory over Mark Allen just 12 hours ago, but a frame-winning break of 73 is enough for an early Trump lead.

The players are making their way to the table and the match will get underway shortly.

It will be interesting to see if there is any sleet in Hawkin's eyes in the early stages as he was just wrapping up his semi-final 12 hours ago.

It's less than an hour now until these two finalists step out at the Barbican in York.

Barry Hawkins has beaten Ronnie O’Sullivan, Dave Gilbert, Shaun Murphy and Mark Allen to reach this showpiece match.

"‘It isn’t easy is it? Look at how many great players I had to beat this week," he admitted ahead of the final.

"To get to another Triple Crown final is brilliant. I am really looking forward to playing Judd. It should be a great occasion.

"Judd is a different kind of player, no disrespect to Mark, but it will be a free-flowing match, and it will be amazing to play Judd again. He is an all-time great."

Mark Allen has taken to X to hit back at Shaun Murphy.

"It’s completely within the rules, he’s not doing anything wrong. But at what stage do we question whether the amount of time Mark Allen is taking over simple decisions is a tactic to annoy his opponent?" Murphy said while on commentary for the BBC.

And Allen responded: "Not to be in this years UK Championships. The better player on the day won. Good luck to both Judd and Barry in the final…. For those criticising…. I always give 100%, it might not be pretty at times but I’m trying my best. Some other players could learn from it."

Barry Hawkins revealed he was a "nervous wreck" during the tense moments of his semi-final win.

"I am absolutely knackered. It was ridiculous, it was so hard from start to finish. I feel drained. At 4-2 I just tried to speed up a bit," Hawkins told BBC Sport.

"It is massive, I have not had a good record here over the years, getting to one semi-final, so to finally get to the final is amazing. I was a nervous wreck, you can miss anything at that stage."

Mark Allen expressed his frustration at losing by one frame in the semi-finals, as the match concluded at 12.57am.

Allen said: “I got what I deserved I deserved in the end. I didn’t take advantage of the chances I had, and I had quite a few. It’s agonising because I got so close, despite playing poorly. Barry was the better player tonight. Only my grit and determination gave me a chance towards the end, but the right person won.

"Losing anyone Triple Crown semi-final is always hard to take but I think I’ve turned the corner this week. It’s disappointing now, but there are plenty of positives.”

A reminder of what Judd Trump and Barry Hawkins are playing for this afternoon.

It's not just the UK Championship trophy on the line, but also a whopping £250,000 prize money.

The runner-up will bank £100,000 - not too shabby a consolation prize.

Good morning! 

What a thilling end to the semi-finals we had last night. Stay tuned throughout today for all the build up ahead of the final, that gets underway at 1pm.

UK Championship finalist Barry Hawkins walked into the BBC studio and, unsurprisingly, said he was "exhausted" after winning the decider.

The Hawk admitted that he needs to play much better in order to defeat Judd Trump in a few short hours.

While Mark Allen conceded that Hawkins was the "better player" backstage and offered no comment when asked about the controversial playing conditions in York.

Barry Hawkins is into the UK Championship final after a superb finish to this gruelling semi-final.

Mark Allen was forced to lay a snooker behind the black with one red remaining and the pair locked at 41-41, which Hawkins escaped expertly.

A lengthy snooker exchange ensued, ended by an inspired frame-winning long red into the bottom right-hand corner.

He cleaned up the rest of the table to huge applause from the many fans still inside the York Barbican. What a performance from Hawkins.

You can all go to bed now as we’ll be back in 12 hours for the final.

And a huge mistake from Mark Allen has blown this decider wide open.

Opting against a long red, he tried to play safe but missed the ball completely, hitting it after the cushion to leave Barry Hawkins with the chance to extend his advantage.

But he couldn’t nail an extremely trick red down the rail with the rest, letting Allen off.

With nerves jangling, both players missed shots they ordinarily wouldn’t, and a difficult table is proving to be unforgiving.

Hawkins has left a red over the pocked, could this be Allen’s moment? Over five hours played this match now, the longest of the tournament.

Here we are, deciding frame, and both players have opportunities to win.

Barry Hawkins made a smart 32 break but fluffed his lines with a cut to the top-left pocket.

He handed Mark Allen a chance but a rare positional effort required both the spider and rest to come out, which the world No. 3 played perfectly.

However, he somehow does not land on a red after potting the following black. He's forced to play safe behind the brown on the baulk cushion with an incredible snooker.

Anything can happen from here... Hawkins leads 32-14.

Hello and welcome to Sunday! It's not the UK Championship final yet but we have a deciding frame coming up thanks to a superb 114 break by Barry Hawkins.

Some stellar pieces of cueing, including a long red with the rest, were crucial in the world No. 20 picking up the first century break of the match.

It is a late night regardless but this is snooker worth staying up for.

We are finally getting to the end of this match and a superb break of 40 was enough to move Mark Allen one frame away from the UK Championship final.

If he can win one of the next two frames he will be setting up a rematch of the 2011 final with Judd Trump.

After yet another long safety battle, Allen even offered a re-rack at the beginning of the frame, but will be glad that Barry Hawkins turned down that invitation in the ninth.

Barry Hawkins has drawn level with the highest break of the match, 84, and looks in fine form moving around the table.

He made a stunning three-ball plant early in the frame to set the tone, ticking over nicely despite coming up just short of the semi-final's first century.

Barry Hawkins isn't giving up without a fight and having picked up the pace, is sending a serious message to Mark Allen.

A break of 57, his first half-century of the match, was enough to win this seventh frame.

Mark Allen has a two-frame lead for the first time in this semi-final which is threatening to go very late tonight.

After turning down a series of chances to pot, Allen finally turned in a superb red to lead by 32 and Barry Hawkins concedes the frame with every colour and a red left on the table.

Mark Allen, playing at a very slow pace in York, has edged ahead in the second semi-final of the day.

He knocked in a smart 64 for the highest break of the match and is halfway to a place in the final against Judd Trump.

Another tense frame has gone the way of Mark Allen, who benefitted from a kind roll on the yellow.

Barry Hawkins missed a tricky pot but fortunately for Allen, the yellow landed kindly next to the top-right pocked and he was able to finish off the frame from there.

Qualifier Barry Hawkins is back in front and playing well, having played a couple of impressive snookers in the third frame.

There has not been a single big break in this match between two tacticians but at the moment the world No. 2 is ahead.

Mark Allen is off the mark after Barry Hawkins' mistake on the blue allowed the world No. 3 to capitalise.

There are two very astute tactical players on show and that has been evident through the first two frames.

Barry Hawkins has struck first in a very lengthy first frame of this UK Championship semi-final.

After nearly 56 minutes, Hawkins won on the blue in what already feels like a big win.

We could be in for a long night if that opener is anything to go by...

Judd Trump has insisted that he is solely focused on winning after a functional semi-final victory over Kyren Wilson in the semi-finals.

"Every trophy is on my hit list," said Trump. "The final game is so important because you just get forgotten about if you don't win it."

Judd Trump is the first man into the UK Championship after a stunning comeback victory over Kyren Wilson.

The world No. 1 was 2-0 down the world champion but rattled off six consecutive wins to book his place in tomorrow's showpiece.

A typically stylish century break got Trump over the line, where he will face either Mark Allen or Barry Hawkins on Sunday.

Judd Trump has surged into a commanding lead, taking the next two frames to open up a 5-2 advantage.

The world No. 1 has not been at his best today, but is now just one frame from the final of the UK Championship.

A break of 65 in the seventh was enough to put himself on the verge of victory over Kyren Wilson.

Judd Trump has turned this match around and now leads 3-2 after clinching the fifth frame.

He moved well ahead in that frame, before allowing Kyren Wilson back into it.

The 35-year-old eventually made the frame safe by potting a long-range pink. 

The action is back underway at the York Barbican. Judd Trump was in the ascendency ahead of the mid-session interval and will be hoping to build on his performance in the last two frames. Kyren Wilson will have other ideas, however. 

That’s better from Judd Trump as he racks up a break of 100 to level the match at 2-2.

He was cueing well in that frame and will be confident of kicking on after the mid-session interval. It appears we have a match on.

Judd Trump finally gets off the mark as he takes the third frame. But he appears to be far from his best and was aided by Kyren Wilson handing him loads of points after failing to get out of a snooker.

Trump even missed a black off the spot in that frame but is now at least in the match. 

Judd Trump is struggling at the York Barbican and Kyren Wilson is now storming ahead after cruising through the second frame. 

Trump's safety play looked a bit shaky in that frame and he'll be desperate to get on the board in frame three. 

That false start appears to have thrown Judd Trump and it's the world champion Kyren Wilson who takes the opening frame. Remember, it's the best of 11, which means the first player to win six frames will progress to the final.

We saw a bizarre opening to the match between Judd Trump and Kyren Wilson as it was delayed for a few moments after the Bristol player spotted something on the cue ball as he was preparing to take his break-off shot.

He showed the ball to the ref, who opted to replace it with a fresh ball.

Judd Trump will get his hands on his second UK Championship trophy if he wins the tournament this weekend after landing his first title in 2011 when he defeated Mark Allen in the final. The two players could meet in the showpiece event once again tomorrow.

Kyren Wilson, meanwhile, has never won the tournament but reached the semi-finals three years ago before losing to Luca Brecel.

Judd Trump and Kyren Wilson have met 32 times at the baize, with the former leading the way in the head-to-head after winning 18 of those encounters.

Incredibly, Wilson has won four of the five finals they have played, which suggests the reigning world champion could be suited to the conditions in the bigger matches.

But Trump has been made the slight favourite ahead of this one.

Good afternoon and welcome to our UK Championship live blog as we prepare for the semi-finals.

We’ve got two huge matches in store, with Judd Trump about to get started against Kyren Wilson ahead of Barry Hawkins’ showdown with Mark Allen from 7pm tonight.