hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. the bye bye blues. the tick is removed, sending social media into meltdown. but what does it mean for the future of twitter. and our trust in it. for many of you the blue bird has flown the nest? well the blue tick anyway. if you are a twitter user, you might have had one of those ticks on your account, to authenticate who you are. but now they come at a cost, and yesterday by virtual tweezer, many of the ticks were being removed. the pope, beyonce, jk rowling, christiano ronaldo among many high profile users who ve been hit. the cost for annual subscription at least through android is £11 a month. but some are getting it free, lebronjames, william shatner the author stephen king. not that stephen king knew about it my twitter account says i ve subscribed to twitter blue. he said. there is, though, a serious side to all this. no longer will you have that certainty that the person you follow is who they
among the worst hit: ididn t i didn t really have much of a choice so i am. iam. thejohn lewis partnership has warned of further store closures after it made a loss of more than 500 million pounds good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. prince william has insisted the royal family is not racist, in his first comments since the duke and duchess of sussex told us television that a member of the family had questioned what colour their child s skin would be. william also revealed he hasn t spoken to his brother since harry and meghan gave the interview to oprah winfrey, but said he would do. the duke and duchess of cambridge were visiting a school in east london when they were asked by a reporter about the controversy. have you spoken to your brother since the interview? no, i haven t spoken to him yet, but i will do. and can you just let me know, is the royalfamily a racist family, sir? no, we are very much not a racist family. our royal correpsondent sarah campbelljoins me no
gaygan hart wearing green finished fifteenth, but claimed the overall victory ahead of fellow brit hugh carthy. tributes were paid to irish driver craig breen before the croatia rally got underway earlier today. his hyundai team, and fans held a moment of silence for the 33 year old who died last week after a crash during testing. his team mate thierry new ville s car carried the colours of the irish flag in tribute and the belgian driver ended the day with a five second lead over ronnie 0 sullivan is in control of his second round match against hossein vafaie at the world snooker championship. there s been a bit of needle between the two in the past year, and vafaie astonished the crucible audience by blasting a pub pool table style break in the second frame. but the defending champion was far from intimidated. he duly compiled a frame winning break and 0 sullivan leads the match by six frames to two.
extra. she has won the a great year for hollie doyle is getting even better. she s just won the goodwood cup on the alan king trained horse trueshan. doyle becomes the first woman to ride the winner of the group one race, which was first run more than 200 years ago. right, let s take you back to the olympics and a reminder of how well team gb are doing. let s take at the medal table as it stands, and japan are top with ten gold medals, usa and china on nine gold, usa with 24 altogether, and great britain are in fifth with a total of 13 medals, four golds. usa with 25. it s team gb s best ever start to the olympics, four days in and plenty more to come. so could we be in for more medals tomorrow? well, there s not long to wait before the action gets under way again. you ll need to set your alarm for 6am if you want to see whether britain s geraint thomas and tayo gaygan hart recovered enough from their crash in the men s road race to win a medal in the time trial. the women s event ge