Spanish footballing legend andres iniesta has announced his retirement from football. The a0 year old revealed his decision at an emotional press conference on tuesday. Iniesta is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in history, scoring the winning goal in the 2010 world cup final as well as being part of the spanish side that won the european championship in 2008 and 2012. He also won 29 trophies at barcelona in a 22 year career before spending time injapan and the uae. Translation: i hope you ll allow me to get motional. I never thought this day would arrive. Truly, i never imagined it. But all these tears we ve shed during the past days it are tears of sadness but are tears of emotion and pride. Well earlier i spoke to spanish football journalist ernest macia who explained why iniesta mightjust be the country s greatest footballer of all time. The fact that with his tiny body he has been able to control the entire midfield of fc barcelona, they made a perfect partner
Downpours and thunderstorms pushing northwards and eastwards across england and wales. Weve also had this band of Rain Across Southern and Central Scotland and Northern Ireland. That will weaken overnight. The showers will move eastwards in the south but still with the chance of localised Flooding And Transport disruption. Itll start to turn cold as the night wears on in the north of scotland. Northerly winds digging in here. Tomorrow, our area of low pressure still with us. This is the deep low running to the south of us. That is a former hurricane kirk. All of these different areas of low pressure will be moving eastwards over the next couple of days, taking the rain away eastwards too and bringing in this northerly wind. Tomorrow for many, cloud, pieces of rain, the showers in the South Shouldnt be as numerous or as heavy as they have been today, but that cold air starts to dig in. Nine. In a way and aberdeen, those are the afternoon highs. Looking at the Ms Chart as we head into th
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Our Ireland Correspondent Sara Girvin reports. After years of strained relations, this was the Moment Sir Keir starmer was given A Hundred Thousand welcomes to dublin. There were smiles and handshakes as he and his irish counterpart were presented with football jerseys. This will be proudly worn in north london before too long. Both leaders said this was an opportunity to renew and deepen the friendship between britain and ireland. I know as two new leaders of our respective countries, we both said we wish to really place British Irish Relations on a new path, and i really appreciate the time that youve given to that since taking office. Its really important to me and to my government, and i think it is the moment for reset, and its when we put meaning behind those words. International matters took Centre Stage following a roundtable business discussion. We have to be clear in the face of russian aggression, we have to stand together to coordinate, stand with our allies and give ukrain