and the rest of the top ten included best ofs by fleetwood mac. abba. and eltonjohn. all acts who started out more than 50 years ago. this is because if someone streams a famous song by a heritage act, that play counts towards the sales of the artist s top compilation, even if the listener was hearing the track on a playlist. the result is a chart clogged with old acts. lewis capaldi had the best selling album made up of completely fresh material, but it was way down the end of year charts, placing at 1a. streaming makes the whole of music history available at the click of a button. so it s becoming harder and harder for new acts to break through. colin paterson, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, here s ben rich. there is something joy are on the way this weekend but a gradual process in terms of things drying up and certainly we are still feeling the effects of the storm henk. we saw the flooding early in the programme and currently there are more than 300 flood warn
test. staying with test cricket, australia are looking to complete a 3 0 series whitewash as they take on pakistan in the final test in sydney. pakistan got off to the worst possible start on day one, losing two wickets inside the first two overs josh hazlewood and mitchell starc doing the damage. but the visitors did recover, muhammad rizwan hitting two sixes on his way to a top score of 88. australia eventually bowling them out for 313, and the hosts ended the day six without loss. novak djokovic s 43 match winning run in australia is over after he was beaten by alex de minaur in the united cup quarterfinals in perth. de minaur, the world number 12, took full advantage of an out of sorts djokovic, who s been struggling with a wrist injury, taking the first set 6 4. de minaur showed few nerves in the second as he eventually closed out the match 6 4. it s djokovic s first loss in australia since the 2018 australian open. i think i will be ok, to be honest. but it did have q
Lovely to have you with us. We start with football, where its been confirmed that euro 2028 will be hosted by the uk and ireland. The five nation bid ran unopposed and european footballs governing body, uefa, confirmed the selection on tuesday morning. That was in switzerland. Wembley is set to host the final with cardiffs Principality Stadium likely to have the opening match. Northern irelands Casement Park is also included and is the only stadium in the bid to be built from scratch. Their Chief Executive says being involved is a huge moment for irish football. This is fantastic news. We have been part of the bed from the beginning. We are looking forward to hosting part of the worlds third biggest sporting tournament in five years time and it will be transformational for northern ireland. People would have laughed if 25 years ago we had said we would be hosting part of what is a fantastic Football Tournament in our country. So, it is going to transform the country, it will be good ne
Stadium likely to have the opening match. Northern irelands Casement Park is also included and is the only stadium in the bid to be built from scratch. Their Chief Executive says being involved is a huge moment for irish football. This is fantastic news. We have been part of the bed from the beginning. We are looking forward to hosting part of the worlds third biggest sporting tournament in five years time and it will be transformational for northern ireland. People would have laughed if 25 years ago we had said we would be hosting part of what is a fantastic Football Tournament in our country. So, it is going to transform the country, it will be good news and were looking forward to it. England were one of the 11 countries to host euro 2020, with wembley hosting the final. But that game was overshadowed by trouble pre match which saw over 2000 people get into the stadium illegally, after breaching disabled access gates and emergency fire doors. Fa chair Debbie Hewitt insists the organ
Lets start with football, as its been confirmed today that euro 2028 will be hosted by the uk and ireland. The five nation bid ran unopposed and european footballs governing body, uefa, confirmed the selection on Tuesday Morning in nyon. Wembley is set to host the final with cardiffs Principality Stadium likely to have the opening match. Northern irelands Casement Park is also included and is the only stadium in the bid to be built from scratch. Their Chief Executive says being involved is a huge moment for irish football. This is fantastic news, we have been part of the bid since the beginning. We look forward to hosting the worlds third biggest Sporting Tournament and it will be transformational for Northern Ireland. People would have laughed 25 years ago if we said were going to be hosting part of what is a fantastic Football Tournament in our country. It has going to transform the country and were looking forward to it. England were one of the 11 countries to host euro 2020 with we