the closing ceremony is tomorrow, and finally team gb are off the mark in the medals. the men s curling side just missed out on gold too, beaten in a dramatic showdown with sweden. our senior sports news reporter laura scott reports. bittersweet smiles, knowing only too well what could have been, if sweden hadn t been on fire on the ice. this had been billed as a clash of curling s titans. onto that one, onto the other one. oh, and he s done it. but anything britain could do, sweden could do better. he s done well, very well. splitting these familiar rivals was, at points, too close to call. time to bring in the curling compass. a shot for great britain. it was close. but whether in the smash up job. it s like the demolition derby when he comes to play. ..or the cagey game of chess, the swedes just had the edge. bruce. after nearly three hours of tactics and tension. after nearly three hours it s got to hit that red. ..the red stone in the house brought
taking advantage of the soft ground. mark walsh rode him to victory by a length and three quarters for trainerjoseph o brien. and only three horses out of a field of 11 finished a gruelling grand national trial at haydock park, won by the 7 2 favourite, the galloping bear, ridden by benjones for somerset based ben clarke, who s in his first full season as a trainer. to the winter olympics now, and there s just one day left, of the action in beijing. and team gb are finally off the mark thanks to the men s curling team, who just missed out on gold. it was a tight, tense encounter against sweden, but they come away from the games with a silver. our senior sports news reporter laura scott reports. bittersweet smiles, knowing only too well what could have been, if sweden hadn t been on fire on the ice. this had been billed as a clash of curling s titans. onto that one, onto the other one. oh, and he s done it.
the nhs in england is going to stop using money donated by the betting industry to help treat gambling addicts. the move comes after patients and medics raised concerns about a conflict of interest. borisjohnson has returned his questionnaire about allegations of downing street lockdown breaches to the metropolitan police. around 50 people received the document, which has the same status as information given in an interview under caution. the prime minister has previously said he didn t believe he d broken any rules but apologised for the things we simply didn t get right . team gb has won its first medal at the winter olympics in beijing. the men s curling team took silver, coming second to sweden in the final. it comes on the last but one day of the games. laura scott reports. bittersweet smiles, knowing only too well what could have been if sweden
treat gambling addicts. the move comes after patients and medics raised concerns about a conflict of interest. team gb has won its first medal at the winter olympics in beijing. the men s curling team took silver, coming second to sweden in the final. it comes on the last but one day of the games. bittersweet smiles, knowing only too well what could have been if sweden hadn t been on fire on the ice. this had been billed as a clash of curling s titans. 0nto that one, onto the other one. oh, and he s done it. but anything britain could do, sweden could do better. he s done well, very well. splitting these familiar rivals was at points to close to call. time to bring in the curling compass. a shot for great britain. it was close. but whether in the smash up job. it s like the demolition derby when he comes to play. ..or the cagey game of chess,
thanks, victoria, good evening. 0n the penultimate day of teh winter olympics, great britain have won their first medal of the games. it came in the men s curling. they had to settle for silver in the gold medal match as scottish skip bruce mouat and his team lost 5 4 to sweden following a dramatic extra end in beijing. laura scott reports. bittersweet smiles, knowing only too well what could have been. if sweden hadn t been on fire, on the ice. this would be a fabulous shot if it comes off. this had been billed as a clash of curling s titans. on to that one, onto the other one, oh, and he s done it! but, anything britain could do, sweden could do better. he has done well, very well. splitting these familiar rivals was, at points, too close to call. time to bring in the curling compass. a shot to great britain, it was close. but whether in the smash up job. it is like the demolition derby, when he comes to play. ..or the cagey game of chess, the swedes just had the edge.