Hello, Im matthew amrolIwala. We start wIth BreakIng News from spaIn where a court has confIrmed that the body dIscovered In tenerIfe Is that of mIssIng brItIsh Teenagerjay Slater. The body was found not far away from a house hed been vIsItIng, near the vIllage of masca. Its almost a month sInce the 19 year old dIsappeared after goIng to a musIc festIval. The court saId that the death was caused by trauma consIstent wIth a fall In a rocky area. In a moment well speak to our reporter nIckjohnson, whos InJay Slater s Home Town In lancashIre, but fIrst lets speak to guy hedgecoe, whos In tenerIfe for us. Guy, confIrmatIon of what everyone had feared . Yes, Im outsIde the headquarters of the local polIce who have been leadIng the Search Forjay Slater over the last month. We do now have thIs confIrmatIon from the judIcIal authorItIes here that the body that was found yesterday by the MountaIn Rescue UnIt of the local polIce was Indeed that of Jay Slater. What weve been told Is that fIngerpr
hello, and welcome to sportsday. i m sarah mulkerrins. yet another game off due to covid newcastle s trip to southampton in the premier league is cancelled as the club battles an outbreak. noise that we don t need thomas tuchel hits back at an interview from romelu lukaku in which he suggested he was unhappy. and we look ahead to one of the big events of 2022, the winter olympics in beijing, with former ski racer chemmy alcott giving us her tips for team gb. hello, and welcome along to sportsday. we re ending the year with yet another game of football called off due to covid. the latest fixture to fall is sunday s match between southampton and newcastle at st mary s. eddie howe s side are unable to fulfil the fixture because of covid cases and injuries in the sqaud. their match at everton on thursday had already been postponed because of the issues, issues that many football clubs across the leagues have been facing all month. ourfootball reporter simon stone has more.
starting early and finishing late. the pressure will be immense. and mourners in south africa have been paying their respects to the late archbishop desmond tutu. hello and welcome. new year celebrations have begun across the world. this is the how hong kong rang it in. for, three, two, one. happy new year. so it s now 2022 in much of asia, while people in africa and europe are just a few hours away from seeing the new year arrive too. however, in many places the celebrations will be somewhat muted as governments try to discourage crowds coming together to celebrate 2022, in order to counter the spread of covid 19. in london, the mayor, sadiq khan, has urged people to stay home, or to exercise caution if they do head out tonight. it s really important, if you ve not got a lateral flow test at home and you re not vaccinated, you think very, very carefully about whether you go out tonight. it s possible to get a lateral flow test today from local pharmacists, from libraries. i
work karim benzema, christian alterman although comeau going off in search of a new challenge, players who may feel they may have achieved everything they can in british football. the captain could be one of those players. midfield could be a area where pep guardiola looks to strengthen over the summer, but i think given the structure and the hierarchy at manchester city there will be succession planning already plans in place as players move on, targets that they have identified for a long time now. so depending on which players decide to stay and i suppose the captain, a key figure in this team, i think will affect obviously their plans for the summer. but it is a really, it is difficult to see many areas of weakness in that manchester city team. there are times where they are unplayable. the inter milan manager described them as the best team in the world. so it s almost of the cults at times to think on how you improve on that. but pep guardiola will be thinking, next sea
in the end, a win would not have been enough because croatia managed to get the victory they needed to progress through to the finals. for the fans, deep disappointment but all hope is not lost. they still have the play offs to look forward to. i was a bit disappointed. i think we deserved it. i really think we deserved it. but, oh well. how hopeful are you wales can reach another major tournament via the play offs? very hopeful. got ourselves to blame. we could have qualified earlier in the competition. we didn t. relied on this result which did not go our way. really disappointing, really disappointing. | but i think they played well . but they had a lot of chances. unfortunately it did not turn out very well for them - in the end. but here we are. wales could not have dreamt of a better start. nico williams gave wales the lead in the opening few minutes. cardiff city stadium buzzing. that noise dampened down a little bit while news filtered through of croatia taking the le