The champs elysees to the place de la concorde. The first of 11 days of sporting action takes place on thursday as france hosts a summer paralympic games for the first time. So the opening ceremony is complete. And after tokyo had no fans due to covid, and rio was dogged by financial issues, the pressure is on the french capital to rival or even better london 2012. Beyond the sport, however, those involved say they re mindful of a secondary purpose for the games. It is always important, we are here winning at least four medals but we are part of the incredible global movement, the paralympic movement which on and off the field want disabled people to be recognised in society. Those performances on the field can only help us in that cause. Now to the us open tennis, where the wimbledon champion barbora krejcikova is out. She was beaten in the second round by the romanian qualifier elena gabriela ruse ruse, beating the czech player 6 4, 7 5 to reach the third round of a grand slam fo
Also painted the skies above with the french flag. A,500 athletes made up the parade from the champs elysees to the place de la concorde. The first of 11 days of sporting action takes place on thursday as france hosts a summer paralympic games for the first time. So the opening ceremony is complete. And after tokyo had no fans due to covid, and rio was dogged by financial issues, the pressure is on the french capital to rival or even better london 2012. Beyond the sport, however, those involved say they re mindful of a secondary purpose for the games. It is always important, we are here in elite sport. Winning medals is what we re about, but we are also part of an incredible global movement, the paralympic movement, which on and off the field of play wants disabled people to be recognised wholly in society. Those performances on the field can only help us in that cause. Now to the us open tennis, where the wimbledon champion barbora krejcikova is out. She was beaten in the second r
White and red fireworks. The patrouille de france also painted the skies above with the french flags, 4,500 athletes made up the parade from the champs elysees to the place de la concorde. The first of 11 days of sporting action takes place on thursday as france hosts a summer paralympic games for the first time. So the opening ceremony is complete, and after tokyo had no fans due to covid and rio was dogged by financial issues, the pressure is on the french capital to rival, or even better, london 2012. Beyond the sport however, those involved say they re mindful of a secondary purpose for the games. It is always important, we are here winning at least four medals but we are part of the incredible global movement, the paralympic movement which on and off the field want disabled people to be realised in society. Those performances on the field can only help us in that cause. Now to the us open tennis where the wimbledon champion barbora krejcikova is out. She was beaten in the second r
And charities are meeting with ministers to discuss the difficult winter ahead. Energy bills will rise again in october, when the price cap increases by 10%. Rachel reeves said she had to take difficult decisions in very challenging circumstances. The conservatives are calling for her to scrap the changes. Our political correspondent iain watson reports. Energy prices are increasing and so is the pressure on the government to help those who are struggling to pay their bills. We are bracing ourselves for a really difficult winter. We are already seeing record numbers of people coming to us with energy debt in the height of summer. That is only going to get worse when the energy price cap rises. From october, the energy regulator ofgem is allowing prices to rise by 10%, and that represents bills of more than £1700 a year for a typical household. This morning, the government brought together big energy companies, the regulator, and citizens advice bureau to discuss what more could be don
For the weekend, temperatures for northern ireland and scotland reaching into the low 20s in the warmest spot and perhaps the mid 20s in the warmest areas of eastern england. So fine weather for the weekend. That s it. Now, let s join our colleagues for the news where you are. Have a very good evening. Hello and welcome to sportsday i m olly foster paris prepares for part two, after the success of the olympics, the paralympics starts tonight and british atheltes are ready i will be ready to fight, and there will be a battle. The transfer window closes on friday, italian forward federico chiesa has agreed to join liverpool and leading from the front, ollie pope says he can t let the england captaincy affect his batting also coming up on sportsday. . . Is this the end of the american dream? louis ree zammit is left out of the chiefs playing squad ahead of the nfl season two and half weeks after the olympics came to a close, we are just half an hour away from the paralympics opening cer