stuart flinders, thank you very much in liverpool.s to north london where the tottenham fans have been gathering. simonjones the tottenham fans have been gathering. simon jones is. the tottenham fans have been gathering. simon jones is. -- we can ci’oss. gathering. simon jones is. -- we can cross. the waiting is over and for the fans it is a nervous 90 minutes. if you look there are... they have been enjoying the sun so far this afternoon. they have been enjoying the build—up and now this is the moment of truth. many spurs fans i have been speaking to did not expect to get to the final of the champions league. it was a difficult group stage for them and they thought they would be knocked out at the last moment against manchester city. they went down three mil to ajax so many people here felt they believed this was the year for people here felt they believed this was the yearfor spurs. people here felt they believed this was the year for spurs. to defy the odds and win this vital game. many people watching on eight big screens in the p

stuart flinders is in liverpool for us.us is close to its final destination at liverpool waterfront. that is the scene from above where thousands of people have been gathering for many hours in anticipation of the scenes. you can see the various police officer on either side of the bus as it crawls through those streets, where so many people have been wanting to come out and congratulate the team on its sixth champions league victory. stuart flinders has been watching events in liverpool throughout the afternoon. bring us up—to—date this terms of where you are and what you can see? we are on the waterfront just near peer head, looking towards the albert dock and the beatles museum. a lot of these people have been standing here since about 12, one o'clock. 0nly been standing here since about 12, one o'clock. only now are we told that the bus maybe about five or ten minutes away. it is coming from pier head and will come past all these fans. look how many there are. they reckon there could be three quarters ofa reckon there c

stuart flinders is in liverpool for us.saying earlier, there are a few people coming, it is filled up nicely in the last hour or so. there must be thousands of people just within walking distance of where i am little known throughout the rest of the city, the city is packed people have travelled here from all over europe. look at the crowds. people have come here from germany, holland, just to be here for the match last night and just to see the trophy today. look at these guys. if you can't get a good view on the ground, clamberup to you can't get a good view on the ground, clamber up to the top of a traffic light, it doesn't look very safe, beyond them you might be able to see one of the road signs, two men with signs there and it looks like the least comfortable perspective today but you won't matter that the. masses of people here. the parade has started a short time ago. the players flew back in from madrid earlier today and now they are on that bus starting their long crawl through the city. they won't rush their way

stuart flinders is in liverpool.n hour ago, thousands and thousands of people were here just waiting to see the trophy. they had been here for much of the day, filling that space there. look at it now, all that is left behind is plastic bags, tin cans blowing in the win. a lot of work for the clea ners to the win. a lot of work for the cleaners to do before they can open this road to return to normalfor the working week. it has been an incredible day here on merseyside and andy swiss was in the thick of it. talk about painting the town red. for liverpool's players and fans, a day of unbridled celebration as the european champions brought the city to a glorious standstill. stars and supporters united in euphoria, managerjurgen klopp clearly enjoying the party as they paraded the trophy through the streets. whatever it took, you just had to be there. we're so proud. once you're liverpool, you love liverpool. i don't know. fabulous. if we're doing this now, the future's looking very bright for us, very bright, it's look

stuart flinders with liverpool fans.to murder one of his officers in belfast this afternoon. a bomb was found under a car at a golf club in the east of the city. the officer had been playing at the club and was preparing to leave. the club has been evacuated and other vehicles in the car park have been checked. the uk border force says it's has intercepted 7a people including children from eight small boats attempting to cross seven of the boats were intercepted in the channel and one further vessel was recovered near winchelsea in east sussex. the home secretary sajid javid said the number of people crossing the channel is "deeply concerning". last month, a record 140 migrants crossed the english channel. the former arsenal player jose antonio reyes has died in a car accident in spain at the age of 35. reyes spent three seasons at arsenal and was part of the famous "invincibles" side which won the 2004 premier league title without a single defeat. he also had spells with atletico madrid, real madrid and sevilla. in a mo

we will hear more from stuart flinders through the afternoon.pering the search for eight climbers, including four britons, who are missing in india. the group had been trying to climb the country's second highest peak — nanda davey — but failed to return to their base camp on friday. officials say there were signs of an avalanche on the mountain. angus crawford has the details. more than 25,000 feet of ice and rock — nanda devi, india's second highest peak. now, eight climbers, including fourfrom the uk, are missing after reports of bad weather. it's thought they planned to take on another peak in the range never climbed before. it's a very challenging mountain even by its... i can't even say easiest route, but more common route. this is a mountain that's only seen 13 or 1a successful expeditions since it was first climbed in 1936. on friday, when they failed to return, the alarm was raised. the rescue hampered by rain and snow. one of those confirmed missing is academic dr richard payne from the university of york. the expedition leader is mart

the liverpool arena watching a big screen showing of the game hosted by bt sport. 0ur reporter stuart flinderss arrived here full of confidence. they were convinced that this was going to be liverpool's year. but even they couldn't have imagined liverpool getting off to the start, a penalty in the opening couple of minutes. mo salah placed the ball on the spot, and this place fell clearly silent. it was like a church in here. once the ball hit the back of the nets, the place went up and the noise could have been heard halfway to madrid. the rest of the game seemed pretty quiet. certainly the fans here fell quiet as they took in what happened. they watched the clock tick away and then finally, near the end of the match, that second goal sealed it for them. the crowd went wild again and they knew... they thought before they came here this was going to be liverpool's year, and they knew for certain it is. of course for every winner there is a losing team. spurs were always the underdogs going into the final and simonjones spent the evening with some of them in north london. we are here in north l

watching on one of the big screens back in liverpool along with the fans is our reporter stuart flindersn more convinced they will be taking the trophy back to enfield? -- anfield. they really expected this but even they cannot inspect that first minute penalty. and when mo salah put the ball on the spot, these 70,000 fans went quiet as a church. but when the ball went in the back of the net, they nearly to the back of the net, they nearly to the roof off. you're flying everywhere. they say it's been a nearly uneventful game so far. they won't mind it here if it's one haven zero in about an hour's time. —— 1-0. i bet, stuart. the mood is more sombre in london — simonjones is watching with tottenham fans. some tottenham pundits are convinced the ball hit moussa sissoko's chest first — are the fans angry at the decision? it was the worst possible start for spurs. going behind within two minutes. people here very much questioning that penalty decision. people are saying if you put your hand up in the box, you're asking for trouble. down there, hand up in the box, you're asking fortrouble. d

also i'm joined our correspondent, stuart flinders, is at an event in the heart of liverpool that ishere? i can see the fa ns things going there? i can see the fans below you. yes, the atmosphere is really building come if you couldn't get tickets to madrid and you are a spurs fan, where better to be then here come a pub in north london? the site has been shining throughout the afternoon, a lot of pints of beer had been drunk, and the crowd getting very excited but nerves setting into at the kick—off approaches. —— the sun has been shiny. let's talk to a few of the anxious may be spurs fans. will and ben. how are you feeling? more nervous than i was. i was really excited to come. i came all the way from motor. just spending their time here with the fans, kick off in a little bit nervous to be honest. you flew in. so you can enjoy the atmosphere here in north london. absolutely. i come here all the time for the game. i absolutely. i come here all the time forthe game. i haven't absolutely. i come here all the time for the game. i haven't been for a few years since i live abroad, but t

the team and the trophy have now arrived back in liverpool and our correspondent stuart flinders is thereons, never mind all the hours of celebrations last night. absolutely. barely time for people to catch their breath here. it is two hours yet before the parade with the trophy through the city is supposed to begin, but we know that these things rarely start on time, but already you can see across the road people beginning to get their pitch to make sure they get a good glimpse of that trophy as it comes through the city. what you are looking at now is the albert dock where the crowd is already quite dense, there are banners around me from german fans, a man selling bannersjust from german fans, a man selling banners just below us and it must have been pretty quick to get them printed, because they have on them the dates of the purple's european su ccesses , the dates of the purple's european successes, rome and 8a, wembley 78, istanbul 2005 and already they have added madrid 2019. this party really started last night. the moment divock origi scored the second goal for liverpool putting

also i'm joined our correspondent, stuart flinders, is at an event in the heart of liverpool that is with you, simon. the fans have been an amazing spirit where you are. are they still going? yes. and a lot of noise here. if you cannot get to madrid, where else would you rather be, north london, the sun is shining, look down there, people enjoying a drink, people enjoying the build up to the match, just under a few hours to go. and a real party atmosphere here. and i think what we want to do now is here from some tottenham fans, we have casperin from some tottenham fans, we have casper in charlotte. you will be watching the game here. how are you feeling? so excited. i haven't been here before to watch it. i am really excited to be here in the atmosphere will be great. excited and nervous? so nervous. especially, personally for me and my family, they are huge sprayers fans. i am really hoping for the best for all of us. you are born here? no, iwasn't for the best for all of us. you are born here? no, i wasn't born here but my family originally come from here and all of my family supp

stuart flinders is in liverpool for us. not farfrom the not far from the docks. e still not there yet? well, who knows when that bus will get here? people have been waiting since about one o'clock. the parade started at about four on the queens drive area outside the city, but the police say it is making its way very slowly. it should have been here about now. but they now say it could be between seven and eight o'clock. people have been patient. they have been here for maybe five hours. and people are on top of traffic lights and road signs. if you look on the building behind you can see we have people in yellowjackets. you can't see them, because your looking at the bus making its way through the city. the players enjoying this. people have been here for hours waiting for the bus. no sign of it, but it has been going through the city, through the residential areas and on to the waterfront. there are those council workers, what a great view they have on one of buildings by the waterfront. we are just along from the albert dock, which is just there, where the beat

stuart flinders is in liverpool for us. you were saying to us a little by local, it is still at least one hour before you get a glimpse of the bus for real.m least one hour before you get a glimpse of the bus for real. if you ta ke glimpse of the bus for real. if you take a look here, there are hundreds of thousands of people already gathered here. many of them started arriving at about 12 o'clock and those who got here late decided the best way to go was up. you can see people on top of the traffic light columns, signposts, anything where they can get a bit of height. you can see the office block behind looking through the window. that looks like a good vantage point. a bit of excitement five minutes ago when they thought mo salah had turned up on foot ahead of the rest of the players. it turned out of couege of the players. it turned out of college to be a lookalike. but many fa ns were college to be a lookalike. but many fans were pleased to see him. he was hoisted onto their shoulders and people were having their photog