punishments for knife crime after his cousin is stabbed to death in manchester. and it s going to be gold for great britain and northern ireland. more golds for great britain as the european championships draw to a close. good evening. dock workers at felixstowe, britain s largest container port, have gone on strike, bringing operations to a halt. there are warnings it may cause serious disruption to supply chains providing everything from fresh food to household goods, clothing and parts for the car industry. almost 2000 workers are taking part in eight days of action. their union, unite, has rejected a pay offer of 7% plus a one off payment of £500, saying it is significantly below inflation . the port authority insists it s a fair deal. almost half of britain s container goods pass through the port in suffolk. here s our business correspondent marc ashdown. what do we want? 10%! the summer of strikes has reached felixstowe docks. these workers would normally be making su
very good championships for great britain. jack laugher and anthony harding won the three metre synchro gold today for the team. that s all the sports for now. 0llie, thank you. time for a look at the weather. we seem to have had a bit of everything, louise. we started off a week ago with highs of 3a celsius, so it was a scorcher, but we broke the drought and then we broke the drought with significant rainfall totals for some but not all. look at holbeach in lincolnshire. they had 152 millimetres of rain and most of that fell in a five hour period. it was way above the average for the time of year. but interestingly, just 20 miles down the road in parts of lincolnshire, some had very little rainfall at all. that s how i
and disappointment too in the diving forjack laugher and daniel goodfellow as they finished 7th in the 3 metre synchro final with china taking gold. it means laugher s reign as olympic champion is over. american gymnast and four time olympic gold medallist simone biles has withdrawn from thursday s individual all around final in tokyo to focus on her mental health. she withdrew from the team final yesterday during the competition but remained at the side of her teammates as they went on to win silver. usa gymnastics has said in statement: after further medical evaluation, simone biles has withdrawn from the final individual all around competition to focus on her mental health. here she was speaking yesterday.
diving. potentially his final olympic games. that elusive olympic gold still missing for him, can he get it? going in the men s ten metre synchro event. he won a bronze in rio in that. this time he is aiming for the gold. lots to look forward to. thank you for the round up. mps have described as wholly inadequate the complaints process for women in the armed forces who are sexually assaulted or harassed at work. the defence select committee found that 60% of female personnel had faced bullying, harassment and discrimination during their careers. the ministry of defence says many improvements have been made, but admits women s experience isn t yet equal to men s. what s it like being a female soldier, i m often asked. this is the army s latest recruitment campaign, aimed at women. i m the one stitching them up! i m not a miss or a mrs,