in extraordinary circumstances, the players have been able to talk to eriksen who remains stable in hospital and is said to be making jokes, and spurring on his friends to beat belgium on thursday. nick beake, bbc news, copenhagen. arlene foster has addressed the northern ireland assembly for herfinal time as first minister. her departure comes six weeks after she was ousted as the leader of the democratic unionist party. she said she would continue to speak up for women in public life. our correspondent. dan johnson, has been giving us more details. normally, a successor would be proposed and would follow her follow her almost automatically on the job, but we have heard from sinn fein that they do not have support for the dup's preferred candidate to take over as first minister. so, without that support, paul givan, the preferred replacement can't be confirmed in thejob, so it looks like arlene foster will leave office, and there will be no first minister