And the british pair showed the rest how it is done, a triumph of talent and teamwork. they haven t put a foot wrong, they ve dominated the race from start to finish. delight for the duo but especially for kenny, now the most decorated british women in olympic history, but she said missing her three year old son had been the toughest part. i kept saying to people, please don t ask me about him! but i couldn t have done it without these girls, honestly. it s so hard, leaving him at home,and just to have katie there the whole time, i feel like i m racing with a sister and i couldn t have done it if we didn t have that relationship. there was soon a more cycling success for britain as jack carlin took the bronze in the men s sprint. for the third games in a row, the women s hockey team are celebrating a medal, but my, they had to work for it. they had been trailing india in the bronze medal play off but they turned it around in the nick of time. yes, they ve found the goal!
Be for fewer showers around. which will certainly come as welcome news. there will be showers the further north and west, but central and southern england perhaps dry out with sunshine. and may beat in the north of the great glen, not a bad afternoon. i still disappointing, north of the great glen, not a bad afternoon. istill disappointing, 21 celsius, and you can almost and i can almost hear you saying! but indications of high pressure trying to build in from the south, although low pressure not moving away totally. but that does mean through the week ahead, for england and wales, we might see a drier and quieter story with more sunshine and a degree or so warmer, but we still keep the shower risks. further north and west. thank you. a reminder of our top story. cycling sensation, laura kenny becomes team gb s most decorated female 0lympian as she and team mate katie archibald took gold in the velodrome in tokyo. and that is all from the lunchtime team, do enjoy
Going to do my utmost to bring back gold. it was a return of britain s most famous knitter. tom daley s handiwork has proved quite the hit but there was nothing woolly about his diving after easing through qualifying in the individual. can he stitch together another 0lympic masterpiece? eleanor roper has spent the day at welwyn garden city, at the club where laura kenny began cycling. that this is where she first got any bike, this is where all started for her. little did we know she would go on to win gold at three successive 0lympics. francis is the coach here, but if you make at the madison? i but if you make at the madison? l was completely blown away, that is the best race i have ever seen and they dominated it, blowing the rest of the world apart, fantastic. what
And particularly for the many businesses behind these festivals, supply chain, the freelancers, that have been beleaguered and lost so much revenue over this period due to those cancellations. so, all agree a step in the right direction, but the industry is keen for the government to keep working with them to provide the complete backing they say they need to protect the festival sector. lizo mzimba, bbc news. the time is 12:18. our top story this lunchtime. labour dominated the to finish. it s been at it has been an olympic title winning effort. cycling sensation laura kenny becomes team gb s most decorated female olympian, after she and teammate katie archibald took gold in the velodrome in tokyo. kenny paid tribute to their remarkable teammanship. just to have katie there the whole time, ijust feel like i m racing with a sister,
Of thundery showers with some sunny spells. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. laura kenny becomes the first british woman to win gold at three olympic games as she and katie archibald arev are crowned madison champions at the velodrome in tokyo. gas and electricity bills will go up for millions of people, after the regulator raised the energy price cap by a record amount. most remaining coronavirus restrictions in wales will be be scrapped from tomorrow. limits on the number of people that can meet indoors will end, social distancing rules will ease, and nightclubs can reopen. firefighters in greece continue to battle wildfires across the country it s predicted that worse is still to come. and, one of the biggest arts