for saint helens this was familiar territory, a third successive grand final but for their opponents, old trafford is foreign soil. 700 miles from home in the south of france. saint helen s issue leaving these shores. this was his farewell appearance but he took two bodies and the ball over the line for the opening try. catalan had a pre match message from someone who knows how to score goals on this ground, eric cantona. it was the boot of james maloney that kept them in touch. 6 4 saint helens at half time. catalan needed a catalyst and they got one when mike mcmeeken latched onto this high kick to score. the french side in front and time running out for saints before naiqama slid in for his second try. nokia includes conversion prove crucial. sealing a hat trick of titles for saints. catalan may have captured the hearts of many neutrals but the sport s biggest trophy stays in its heartland. stuart pollitt, bbc news. lewis hamilton qualified fastest for the turkish grand
of the southern city of khan younis. hamas says more than 20,000 people have died since the war began. meanwhile, israel has released footage of what it claims to be tunnels, dug by hamas under gaza city, in the north of the territory. it says the structures, which cover a large area, were used as a base by hamas leaders. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell told me more. so, this was this footage that has been brought out by the israeli military. we can t independently verify it, but they say it shows a very advanced tunnel network, which was under the heart of gaza city, and actually connected the homes of senior hamas officials in gaza, including yahya sinwar, thought to have masterminded the 7th of october attacks, and also came out with some shafts close to other key areas near the shifa hospital, for example. when you look at the footage here, you can see that the structures are well built, we are told they included blast doors, that they are connected to the ele
from a british business. and there s been an increase in people taking up detectoring in the british countryside but should their discoveries be finders keepers? hello and welcome to bbc news. next week will mark the one year anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. us president biden is scheduled to give a speech on tuesday in neighbouring poland on the same day that vladimir putin is due to give an address in moscow. ukraine s president zelensky has again called on western allies to speed up their delivery of weapons warning that delays would cost lives. it all comes as the munich security conference is underway with calls for nato to give kyiv long term security assurances. rishi sunak will address the conference, telling western countries they need to redouble their military support for ukraine. he ll also tell delegates that kyiv needs security guarantees even after the war has ended. our correspondentjenny hill spoke to me earlier about the general message c
european union, but i think it is safe to say that progress has been made. it seems to us that it s very much game on, and we are very heartened by that, we are very conscious that a deal can be done and should now be concluded speedily. the information commissioner is to ask lancashire police why they revealed details about the health of nicola bulley, who s been missing for three weeks. the family of the hollywood actor bruce willis say the die hard and pulp fiction star is now suffering from a type of dementia. good afternoon. a former security guard at the uk embassy in berlin has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for spying for russia. david ballantyne smith admitted passing secret information to the russian authorities, after being caught in an undercover sting operation. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. david smith, a fan of war memorabilia, a security guard at the british embassy in berlin and a spy for russia. motivated by hatred of britain and