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of wales at windsor castle. our sports correspondent, joe wilson, is there. joe. what we should say from the outset is these are essentially private events. they are further recipients of the owner and their families so sir lewis hamilton and his mum came out and posed for some pictures for us but declined the opportunity to actually do any interviews. that is his right. it is normal. i have been to many of these ceremonies with stars who decide they do not really want them to become media events but of course we are all desperately interested about what might be going through lewis hamilton s mind at the moment. does he feel contentment or resentment about what happened on the final lap of the abu dhabi grand prix? at least the potential of this appeal from the mercedes team about the whole outcome of this year s formula 1 world championship. we
after bursting back into life in mid september. new drone footage shows lava continuing to flow from vents. more than 2,500 buildings on the island have been damaged or destroyed, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people from their homes on the island, part of the canaries archipelago. a story for you now from the racing world, where the formula 1 world championship has gone dutch. max verstappen has been confirmed as the new f1 world champion after a thrilling and controversial end to the final race of the season in abu dhabi. the 2a year old beat britain s lewis hamilton on the last lap to win his first title, denying hamilton a record eighth championship. the final result had been challenged by hamilton s mercedes team, but the result was upheld. mercedes say they intend to appeal. jamie chadwick won this year s formula w title and is also a development driverfor the williams formula 1 team.