iam i am live at the start of france, the gates are open, kick off three hours for what could be one of the great champions league finals. good afternoon. people are facing huge disruption to their travel plans as the half term break gets under way. dozens of flights have been cancelled and there have been long delays at ports and on the roads, as well as cross channel services. and there are warnings that the disruption is likely to continue for more than a week. let s take you through the latest developments. easyjet is cancelling more than 200 flights over the next ten days from gatwick airport, insisting it needs to in order to provide reliable services over this busy period . there have been long queues at london s st pancras station for eurostar services across the channel as families head to disneyland paris and football fans try to get to the french capital ahead of the champions league final. and people are being urged to check the latest advice before travelling to
after a majorfire on board. us presidentjoe biden confirms he will visit uvalde tomorrow to meet with the families of the 19 children and two teachers killed by a teenage gunman in texas. more conservative mps publicly declare they have no confidence in the prime minister after sue gray s report into lockdown parties in downing street. good evening. thousands of liverpool fans have arrived in paris for tonight s champions league final, which is due to kick off in around an hour. liverpool will take on real madrid for what they hope will become their seventh european cup victory. they ve already won the fa cup and league cup this season. our correspondent olly foster is in paris and hejoins me now outside the stadium. what is it like there? there are thousands what is it like there? there are thousands of what is it like there? there are thousands of fans what is it like there? there are thousands of fans pouring - what is it like there? there are thousands of fans pouri
the pull and real madrid fans to set down paris. dramatic pictures from torquay marina where an 85 foot superyacht has sunk after a major fire on board. people travelling abroad are facing disruption at airports, stations and on the roads as the half term gateway begins. us presidentjoe biden confirms he will visit uvalde tomorrow to meet with the families of the 19 children and two teachers killed by a teenage gunman in texas. more conservative mps publicly declare they have no confidence in the prime minister after sue gray s report into lockdown parties in downing street. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. we allow ahead of the champions league final. we are live. liverpool fans have already been loving paris in the springtime, convinced it will be the seventh time that they are crowned kings of europe. but real madrid are the greatest in this competition, and are looking to complete their own english treble after knocking out chel
threat to life but they are concerned about the risk of fuel becoming explosive so they have to becoming explosive so they have to be cautious on that. tens of thousands of football fans have converged on paris, where liverpool face real madrid in the champions league final in three hours time. liverpool are looking to end the season with a third trophy and their spanish opponents are aiming to win the most prestigious prize in european club football for a 14th time. let s speak to 0lly, now who s outside the stade de france in saint denis. what is the atmosphere lie? we are starting to see the numbers building up starting to see the numbers building up as people start to get ready to go into the stadium? go into the stadium? absolutely terrific because go into the stadium? absolutely terrific because the go into the stadium? absolutely terrific because the gates - go into the stadium? absolutely terrific because the gates are i go into the stadium? absolutely . terrific because
olympic champion beth shriever was eighth in the women s final. american businessman todd boehly s takeover of chelsea will be completed on monday. the club was put up for sale in march before owner roman abramovich was sanctioned over his links to russian president vladimir putin. only one place to end the programme, backin only one place to end the programme, back in paris, back with ollie foster, all been happening in a time we had been away, most by collision around liverpool starting line up with tiago, now unsure about that, one thing we know for certain is that the kick off has been delayed. yes, at the start of the programme, we brought you the news about crowd trouble, some of the turnstiles, some fans trying to get through, we assume without tickets. police