another medalfor team gb on saturday a bronze for boxer karriss artingstall in the featherweight division. afghan security forces are battling to defend three key cities from advances by the taliban. reports say militants have breached front lines in herat medical experts are warning that an oxygen monitoring device, called an oximeter, works less well for people with darker skin tones bbc news understands the government is no longer considering making it compulsory for students to be fully vaccinates to attend lectures in england borisjohnson and his wife carrie have announced they are expecting a second child. their first child wilfred was born in april last year. and coming up at 5.30 we ll be looking at the best and worst of this week s film and dvd releases in the film review.
into the lead to take the gold medal in an olympic record time of 10.61 seconds. emma wilson added a sailing bronze medal in the women s rsx windsurfing. boxer karriss artingstall had to settle for a featherweight bronze after a narrow semifinal loss. but there was disappointment for one of team gb s great medal hopes dina asher smith who failed to qualify for the 100 metre final. she says she s still struggling with a hamstring injury and has now withdrawn from the 200m event. so where does today s results leave the medals table? well, team gb remain sixth they have picked up eight gold medals and 28 in total. at the top is china, with 21 golds and 46 overall. as we ve been saying, it was an historic win for team gb in the pool. great britain claimed a fourth swimming gold at an olympics for the first time in 113 years. the quartet of kathleen dawson, adam peaty, james guy and anna hopkin won the inaugural ax100m mixed medley relay in a world record time.