Extraordinary sporting achievement, athletes striving to go faster, higher, stronger, if those were the aims then this is very much their award, many are living up to the high expectations, so many surpassing it. Theres only one place really we can start this review of 2016, and that is some 6000 miles away, from murky manchester, rio, where this heros parade, really began. Brazil welcomes the world with open arms butjust who would be lining up beside them . After months of claims and revelations of widespread doping, russia were at the olympics, their Track And Field team were not. But as they say in sport you can only beat what is in front of you. Team gb, at times, were beating everybody. Adam peaty takes 0lympic gold for Great Britain. In the pool, the best british games for over a century. Above the waves around the base, roaming in rio was truly spectacular. And it is Great Britain who are mens 0lympic champions. It is carnival time for Great Britain. History being written and th
Extraordinary sporting achievement, athletes striving to go faster, higher, stronger, if those were the aims then this is very much their award, many are living up to the high expectations, so many surpassing it. Theres only one place really we can start this review of 2016, and that is some 6000 miles away, from murky manchester, rio, where this heros parade, really began. Brazil welcomes the world with open arms butjust who would be lining up beside them . After months of claims and revelations of widespread doping, russia were at the olympics, their Track And Field team were not. But as they say in sport you can only beat what is in front of you. Team gb, at times, were beating everybody. Adam peaty takes 0lympic gold for Great Britain. In the pool, the best british games for over a century. Above the waves around the base, roaming in rio was truly spectacular. And it is Great Britain who are mens 0lympic champions. It is carnival time for Great Britain. History being written and th
Extraordinary sporting achievement, athletes striving to go faster, higher, stronger, if those were the aims then this is very much their award, many are living up to the high expectations, so many surpassing it. Theres only one place really we can start this review of 2016, and that is some 6000 miles away, from murky manchester, rio, where this heros parade, really began. Brazil welcomes the world with open arms butjust who would be lining up beside them . After months of claims and revelations of widespread doping, russia were at the olympics, their Track And Field team were not. But as they say in sport you can only beat what is in front of you. Team gb, at times, were beating everybody. Adam peaty takes 0lympic gold for Great Britain. In the pool, the best british games for over a century. Above the waves around the base, roaming in rio was truly spectacular. And it is Great Britain who are mens 0lympic champions. It is carnival time for Great Britain. History being written and th
Extraordinary sporting achievement, athletes striving to go faster, higher, stronger, if those were the aims then this is very much their award, many are living up to the high expectations, so many surpassing it. Theres only one place really we can start this review of 2016, and that is some 6000 miles away, from murky manchester, rio, where this heros parade, really began. Brazil welcomes the world with open arms butjust who would be lining up beside them . After months of claims and revelations of widespread doping, russia were at the olympics, their Track And Field team were not. But as they say in sport you can only beat what is in front of you. Team gb, at times, were beating everybody. Adam peaty takes 0lympic gold for Great Britain. In the pool, the best british games for over a century. Above the waves around the base, roaming in rio was truly spectacular. And it is Great Britain who are mens 0lympic champions. It is carnival time for Great Britain. History being written and th
In the president ial race, despite controversy about employing Family Members. After a record 59 test matches as england captain, Alistair Cook steps down, but says he will carry on as an england player. And a royal salute in Central London, to mark 65 years of the queens reign. Its five oclock. Our main story is that research by bbc news has found that the number of patients on Hospital Wards in england has been at levels considered unsafe in nine out of ten nhs trusts this winter. The pressure on beds has meant that many patients have been at a higher risk of infection or have experienced delays in treatment. Nhs providers, which represents hospitals, said that what it called the extraordinary pressure on beds was no way to run a safe and Effective Health care system. Similar Bed Occupancy Data is not available for scotland, wales and Northern Ireland this winter. Our Health Correspondent jane dreaper has more details. It has been a very difficult winter at Yeovil Hospital in somerse