23/06/2016 Newsround

Good morning, everyone.

Martin here with all the latest.

One of the world's tallest and longest tunnel slides

is opening in London tomorrow.

It's been built on the Orbit sculpture at the park

where the London 2012 Olympics took place and Ayshah's one

of the first to have a go on it.

Since the Games finished, the site has been transformed and has hosted

lots of other sporting events.

But what could this huge sculpture be turned into?

A giant slide, of course.

We were first asked about it two years ago.

They said, is it possible to have a slide?

The answer is of course yes, we want to have a slide.

How did you go about doing it?

We had to track it out.

We went down some other big slides and any had to

work out how to go the right speed.

If you add in corners, as you are pushed out into the

corner that helps you go down a bit and so the corners are not just

for fun, they help control the speed on the way down.

There's only one thing for it.

I'm going to have to slide down.

But not for fun because I am a serious news journalist

so I'm going to be getting you all the facts you need

to know while I'm sliding down.

It goes round 12 times and is taller than the Statue of Liberty.

I'm going 15 miles an hour right now but

it feels so much faster.

And I can't remember any of the other facts

because I'm going way too fast!

The things I do for Newsround.

Now, some of you may have had your schools turned

into polling stations today.

It's because of the massive vote for adults on whether the UK

should stay in, or leave, a club of countries called

the European Union.

Voting stops at 10pm tonight and we'll bring you the result

tomorrow on Newsround.

To sporting results now - the Euros group stages are over

and the good news is that the three competing home nations are through.

We now know Wales will be facing Northern Ireland next

while England will take on Iceland.

Let's take a look back at the home nations' journey so far with Naz.

Bale for Wales.

In!

Wales kick-started their Euro campaign in style with none other

than Gareth Bale getting their first goal of the competition

against Slovakia.

Despite conceding, Robson-Kanu was the saviour and three points

on the board for the Welsh.

We should have known!

Newsround's match-predicting cockerel Pierre already did.

England, on the other hand, were frustrated by Russia at

the Stade Velodrome in Marseille in their opening match.

Despite going ahead thanks to Eric Dier in the 73rd minute,

late in stoppage time, Russia struck back with this.

Once again, another opening match in a major tournament

without a win for Hodgson's side.

It wasn't the best of starts for Northern Ireland either

with their first match in the European Championship finals

ending in defeat as Poland got a 1-0 win in Nice.

But in the second match in Lyon,

their performance was quite the opposite.

Two goals versus the Ukraine and their first-ever win in a Euro

finals was complete.

England and Wales' second match was a game on

the grandest of scales and what a start it was for Wales

and that man again.

At the break it was 1-0 but in the second half goals from

Vardy and Sturridge snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.

Did Pierre get that one right?

Of course he did.

England and Wales' final group games kicked off at the same time.

England faced Slovakia while Wales took on Russia.

It was Wales who impressed.

Three goals versus Russia and it was top spot in

the group if England couldn't get a winner.

And sure enough, despite several chances, England

were left frustrated.

0-0 on the night, second place for the Three Lions.

Northern Ireland travelled to Paris for their final group match

against world champions Germany.

Surely not, Pierre?

Pierre says no and he was right.

Mario Gomez scored the game's only goal but, despite the loss,

Northern Ireland still advanced to the last 16 as one of

the best third place finishes.

Bring on the knockout stages.

Well, I'm pretty happy they've all made it through but definitely

not as happy as this commentator for Iceland.

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