Team gb is celebrating its best ever performance at a Winter Olympics, after winning a fifth medal. Billy morgan claimed bronze in the mens big air snowboard event, with a jump hed never previously completed. The medal takes them past the four won in 2014 as paul frostrick reports. The penultimate day of action in pyeongchang and a chance for the big jumpers to show off their skills. An imposing 49 metre ramp for british hope billy morgan in the big airfinals. Complex tricks and a clean landing required to impress the judges. Morgan onlyjust qualified for the final. But on his second of three attempts he looked every bit the part. And he holds it up, yes it was huge and he put the nose grab on it. The hardest grab. Yes, billy that left one last chance to secure a spot in the medal positions. Billy morgan, yes yes billy morgan with the double grab triple 1a. That is massive that is absolutely huge. What a wild ride that was. What are you thinking write the second . It was just wild. You
Welcome to bbc news. The Spanish Government has stripped catalonia of its autonomy and taken charge of its government. The measures came early this morning after the Catalan Parliament voted to declare independence yesterday. The government in barcelona says it doesnt recognise the decisions. Meanwhile, the deposed separatist leader of catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, has called for peaceful opposition to direct rule by the Spanish Government. He says he will work to build a free country. Earlier our correspondent Sarah Rainsford explained that there was uncertainty over whether the sacked catalan leader, Carles Puigdemont, would be arrested or not. The thinking generally so far and the language so far has been so refer to him here in madrid as a man at the head of an illegal referendum. The Prime Minister yesterday referred to what had happened in catalonia as not only illegal but criminal. That kind of language suggests that the government, whilst it doesnt influence the courts, would e
Crisis continues. And in 20 minutes, sportsday takes a look at the new years days fixtures and whether anyone can catch liverpool at the top of the premier league. Good evening. Thousands of people in south eastern australia have been forced to seek refuge on beaches and boats after becoming trapped by advancing bush fires. In the state of victoria, 4000 people, locals and tourists alike, prepared to flee into the ocean as a last resort. Military aircraft and naval ships are being deployed to carry out evacuations and support firefighters. In New South Wales, two more people have been killed and dozens of Properties Destroyed along a stretch of coastline. 0ur sydney correspondent, shaimaa khalil, reports. This is what uncontrollable blazes pushed by strong winds have done to towns across eastern australia. And this is what firefighters have been up against for weeks now. This crew trapped in their fire engine as they fight an impossible battle. In the coastal town of batemans bay in Ne