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Sure we review that properly and understand what happened. suitably, it was the curlers that led the british team into the closing ceremony. and so, the end of a games which were contentious before they even began, taking place against the backdrop of covid, and concerns over both sustainability and chinas human rights record. and they were dominated by a sporting scandal of the russian 15—year—old kamila valieva, who was cleared to compete after failing a drugs test. but despite everything,...

Towards scotland, northern ireland and northern england. the environment agency says 460 homes in the didsbury area of south manchester will be evacuated due to the severe flood warning issued earlier. these pictures taken this afternoon show the river mersey bursting its banks in the area. the severe flood warnings mean there is a "risk to life" to people living nearby. lets get more on that gold medalfor team gb at the beijing winter olympics on the last day of the games. as we heard earlier, ...

Conference, due to take place today, will be postponed as a mark of respect. police in the canadian capital, 0ttawa, have cleared a main in the final hours of the winter olympics team gb have won a medal. the womens curling team beat japan — a day after the men won a silver. the games have now closed with thousands of athletes parading through the birds nest winter olympics in beijing with the british flag carried by the curling silver medallist, bruce mouat. andy swiss reports. it is curling ...

The games have now closed with thousands of athletes parading through the birds nest olympic stadium in beijing, with the british flag carried by the curling silver medallist, bruce mouat. andy swiss reports. it is curling gold! saving the best till last — a glittering finale to britains games, as eve muirheads team delivered the perfect ending. this could be the most important stone of the match. curling is so often a sport of cliffhangers. not this time. britain led japan from the off, and a...

But despite everything, the head of the olympics said the games were exceptional, and the athletes an example to the world. may the political leaders around the world be inspired by your example of solidarity and peace. and finally, the flame was extinguished, and the fireworks ignited. a colourful end to one of the olympics most controversial games. andy swiss, bbc news, beijing. theres more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. were back with the late news at ten oclock. now, on bbc ...

From beijing, laura scott reports. commentator: the handshakes come. its a gold medal. finally... great britain have won the olympic title. ..a sweeping sweet success to give a golden glint to these games. it is curling gold. homing in on her target with an ice—cool stare, britains skip was off. it can turn a little bit more, it needs to turn a little more, and she has done it. two on the board. the best of starts for great britain. team japan are known as curlings smiling assassins, but they ...

Finally went to team gb. it came in the womens curling, led by skip eve muirhead, along with vicky wright, jen dodds and hailey duff, and mili smith beating the japan team 10—3 in the final. elsewhere on the final day, finland won their first olympic mens ice hockey gold with victory over the russian olympic committee. they beat the defending champions 2—1 to claim the last medal of the games. it rounds off an unbeaten run in the competition for finland, who have won a medal in the disciplin...

Extended their lead to a massive 10—3, enough was enough. thats it! and so, a team which onlyjust squeaked into the semifinals were now 0lympic champions. for muirhead, at herfourth games, it was particularly sweet. it is a dream come true for myself and for the rest of the girls as well. it has been a journey to get here. we are olympic champions and, yeah, what a five we are. it is such a special, special moment. gets himself forward... oh, no, and theyve - crashed, theyve crashed! aside fro...

It was now only a matter of time before gold was in their grasp. and then it came — their shot at gold. eve muirhead has played yet another wonderful stone. great britain lead 10—3. and thats it! talk about saving the best until last. a long—awaited gold for team gb on the final day of the games, and britains first olympic curling triumph in 20 years. to get the chance to play in the final was really special. but to go and win the final isjust... its phenomenal, like its kind of... i canno...

Yeah, what a five we are. it is such a special, special moment. gets himself forward... oh, no, and theyve - crashed, theyve crashed! aside from their two medals in the curling, though, the truth is britain have struggled here. their target was between three and seven medals and they failed to reach it. and hes crashed! there are definitely athletes and teams going home disappointed, you know, we are not going to hide away from that. it would have been nice to have achieved some medals on the sn...