Good afternoon. The cyclist laura kenny has become britain s most decorated female olympic athlete, after she and team mate katie archibald won the women s madison event in the velodrome. The pair dominated the 120 lap race, winning 10 of the 12 sprints. It means kenny has won gold in three consecutive olympic games, and archibald in two. Elsewhere after their gold in rio, britain s hockey women have taken bronze in tokyo, with a narrow victory over india. And team gb s 18th gold medal of the games came from kate french in the women s moden pentathlon. And in the last few minutes, team gb s laura muir has won silver in the 1500m final. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. Two more golds on day 1a of tokyo 2020 have taken team gb up to fourth in the overall medals table. The first of the two was a historic one for laura kenny. She has become the most decorated female olympian in british history. She and katie archibald were crowned the inaugral women s madison cha
Glorious across eastern parts of scotland and england but the cloud has a built in, heavy rain across northern ireland which was followed by a rash of heavy downpours and thunderstorms across much of ireland. If you popping up into wales as well. This band of rain, some heavy and fragmented, will continue northwards and eastwards this evening and overnight. In between, drier spells but further heavy and thundery downpours likely. These are the mean wind speeds. A breezy night, gusts hire around the coast and over hills. But a mild night, temperatures no lower than 14, 15 celsius. Low pressure is parked on top of us for friday so another day of sunshine and showers, longer spells of rain for the east and north east of scotland, risk of flooding here. Dan was likely in northern ireland, northern england down to wales. A better chance of seeing some prolonged spells of sunshine in the south where we could see 22 celsius, otherwise 17 to 20 celsius. This feature runs across the south of th
Protests across delhi, over the alleged gang rape, murder, and subsequent cremation of a nine year old girl from a dalit family, amid claims her case was ignored by the the legal system. And, millions more at risk of flooding, the new resarch which says the percentage of the population at risk from globalflooding has risen by almost a quarter since the start of the century. And day 13 at the olympics with medals up for grabs in men s hockey and women s football. The un says it s deeply concerned about the safety of tens of thousands of civilians in the afghan city of lashkar gah, the capital of helmand province. Taliban militants and government forces are waging an intense battle for control of the city. A un spokesman said there were reports of increased civilian casualties, and of homes and hospitals being destroyed. Afghan and us airstrikes on taliban positions continued throughout wednesday. Mark lobel reports. Several provincial capitals under taliban attack at least two reporte
And, i m sarah mulkerrins in tokyo, on day 13 of the olympics where more medals will be up for grabs, and i ve been talking to a five time gold medallist former australian swimmer ian thorpe. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. The un says it s deeply concerned about the safety of tens of thousands of civilians in the afghan city of lashkar gah, the capital of helmand province. Taliban militants and government forces are waging an intense battle for control of the city. A un spokesman said there were reports of increased civilian casualties, and of homes and hospitals being destroyed. Afghan and us airstrikes on taliban positions continued throughout wednesday. Mark lobel reports. Several provincial capitals under taliban attacks. At least two reportedly breached, and security is forcing many afghan residents from their homes. We see a lot of schools are being destroyed, a lot of water plants, hospitals which are essential. We see that access to care and heal
From that zone. We could see temperatures 22 23 degrees. It will feel pleasant out there. These showers and thunderstorms in central and eastern areas rumble on and then clear away. And eastern areas rumble on and then clearaway. It and eastern areas rumble on and then clear away. It turns drier tonight but this new area of low pressure pushes in, that will bring cloud, rain and wind, temperatures will start to lift as well across southern and western areas by the end of the night but it is all change for thursday, friday into the weekend, we have low pressure sweeping in. It will bring more unsettled conditions. It will turn windier as well. Here is the culprit. This area of low pressure, more isobars on the chart as you see hence the winds, only slowly moving eastwards during thursday, bumping into the area of high pressure. It means central and eastern areas staying dry. The cloud picks up and a band of rain spreads eastwards through the day, some could be heavy and thundery, that w