a third time. 1900, 192k, and now 202a. a century on, things have certainly changed and we re notjust talking about the outfits. every time there s an olympic games, it s a chance for notjust sport, but sport tech to take to the world stage. and we re always learning about new ways to monitor how exercise and sport affects the human body. and what s trialled here at elite level will almost certainly trickle down to the rest of us ordinaries at some point. so first, let s hit the pool where alasdair keene is checking out something very snug indeed. i knew it from a very young age that s where i want to be. the olympics is just amazing to go to as a whole, but obviously, it s taken me about four years to do so, so i m so happy to finally have made that progression. alasdair: getting to this point takes determination, lots of training, and the best technology. there s a piece of equipment that all swimmers have that s tightly regulated, and designers are constantly trying
My understanding is that without hesitation, wearing his normal clothes, he dived in and tried to assist. And he, im afraid, was himself severely injured, but utterly heroic. Security moves centre stage in the General Election campaign, as labour and the conservatives clash over funding for the police and Security Services. Welcome to bbc news. We are as close as we can get to London Bridge. The Police Cordon is still in place after Saturday Nights attack after seven people died and 48 people were injured. The normal working week is resuming in london with attempts to get back to normality. Many Tube Stations disrupted yesterday are back and running again, but still there is still an awful lot to reflect on after the grim events of the weekend. Lets take a look at what we know this morning. Police have said they do know the names of the attackers and will release them as soon as operationally possible, while officers try to establish if they were a part of a wider network. Two more pro
Hearing from them later in the programme. We will Hearfrom Karl Mercer at a nearby mosque which opened its doors to help those in need tonight, who were evacuated from the tower block itself. Alice has a different Vantage Point of the one ive got now. Firstly, i think we should hear from those affected most. People who tonight are counting themselves lucky to escape alive. People who lost their homes and in many cases, people who have lost just about everything and in many cases, people who have lostjust about everything they own. Lostjust about everything they own. Today lostjust about everything they own. Today is the 14th ofjune. 2am, i was woken up by the siren noise. It was my son that woke me up. I think it was about 1 20am. And where were you . On the 17th floor. We grabbed them. We ran downstairs, it took us a solid four minutes to get out, just as i was entering the ground floor, The Fire Brigade was coming up. It was moving very fast. I cannot imagine, it was so fast. I looke
Hearing from them later in the programme. We will Hearfrom Karl Mercer at a nearby mosque which opened its doors to help those in need tonight, who were evacuated from the tower block itself. Alice has a different Vantage Point of the one ive got now. Firstly, i think we should hear from those affected most. People who tonight are counting themselves lucky to escape alive. People who lost their homes and in many cases, people who have lost just about everything and in many cases, people who have lostjust about everything they own. Lostjust about everything they own. Today lostjust about everything they own. Today is the 14th ofjune. 2am, i was woken up by the siren noise. It was my son that woke me up. I think it was about 1 20am. And where were you . On the 17th floor. We grabbed them. We ran downstairs, it took us a solid four minutes to get out, just as i was entering the ground floor, The Fire Brigade was coming up. It was moving very fast. I cannot imagine, it was so fast. I looke
Fire. In my 29 years in the London Fire Brigade i have never seen a fire of this nature and i have seen many high rise fires. Around 70 people are being treated in six london hospitals, 18 of them are in a Critical Condition. In the us, a gunman opens fire on republican members of congress during a Baseball Practice in virginia. The attacker is killed by Police Officers. We are united in our shock. We are united in our anguish. We are united in our shock. We are united in ouranguish. An we are united in our shock. We are united in our anguish. An attack on one of us is an attack on all others. Of us. 21 hours after this fire started in g ru nfeld 21 hours after this fire started in gru nfeld tower, the 21 hours after this fire started in grunfeld tower, the fire is still blazing. The fire service had been working tirelessly to put the fire out. They have managed to get a hydraulic Crane Imposition and they are firing water remotely into the upperfloors of are firing water remotely into