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good evening. the opening day of competition at the commonwealth games has seen athletes from all uk nations win medals, many in this evening s competitions. the first gold of the games went to england s alex yee here in birmingham, with his team securing six medals so far. neil fachie was victorious in the velodrome, winning gold and equalling the record for the most commonwealth titles won by a scot, with scotland s tally at six medals. wales started with success in cycling too and netted two medals, whilst there was a record for northern ireland as barry mcclement won their first ever swimming medal in the history of the games. our sports correspondent nesta mcgregor has the latest. welcome everyone to the birmingham
prize on offer, if they can prevail against germany on what should be a defining day for women s sport. they talked about super saturday a decade ago at the olympics but this could be super sunday. that s it from us here in birmingham. for all the rest of the days news, let s joinjane in the studio. more than 4,000 people affected by the infected blood scandal should receive immediate compensation of at least £100,000 each. that s the recommendation of the judge leading the public inquiry into what s been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. the government says it will consider the recommendation with the utmost urgency if it accepts it, it ll be the first time compensation will have been paid in the uk after thousands of people were infected with lethal viruses, including hiv and hepatitis, through contaminated treatments in the 1970s and 80s.