With reports of heavy fighting in lashkar gah in helmand province. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s gavin. Charlotte worthington recovered from a fall to win gold in the new bmx freestyle competition, confirming great britain s dominance of the sport at these games. Declan brooks won bronze in the men s event, to add to the gold and silver team gb took on the track. Adam wild reports. The brits are in raptures, it s a huge score! british bmx has never reached such heights before. She s smashed it! charlotte worthington on top of the world. A new sport in the olympics and suddenly what everyone wants to see. Not so long ago charlotte worthington was working as a restaurant chef, now her moment to deliver. On herfirst run, not quite. Oh, no! in this sport riders get two chances. Back in the saddle she d another go. I think she s going for it. She s got it! from then on worthington was simply flawless, near perfect performance. The scores when they came wer
In lashkar gah in helmand province. And large cruise ships have been banned from the centre of venice, after years of environmental protests. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. A warm welcome to day 9 of the olympic games. A day in which team gb s charlotte worthington has taken a sensational gold medal in the bmx freestyle. The 25 year old, former chef from manchester who only took up bmx seriously at the age of 20 after switching from her main love of scooters, fell on her first run but then landed a backflip 360 a trick never before completed in a women s competition. On the final day in the pool, us swimmer caeleb dressel took his gold medal tally to five. Winning the men s 50 metres freestyle in an olympic record time then going on to break the world record as part of the men s 4x100 medley relay team. And there was record breaking success for team gb swimmers too. American xander schauffele clinched the men s golf gold medal in a nail biting fin
Like discounts for takeaway food and taxi journeys. Tourists have been evacuated from beaches in south western turkey, where raging wildfires are now threatening hotels and homes. And living in store. From today developers in england have more freedom to convert empty commercial properties into housing without planning permission. Team gb have two more gold medals on day nine of the tokyo 0lympics, with success in gymnastics and bmx. And in the last hour, italy s lamont marcelljacobs has taken an unexpected gold in the 100m final. It means there s a new 0lympic champion for the first time since 2008 but heartbreak for britain s zharnel hughes who was disqualified after a false start. In the gymnastics, max whitlock retained his 0lympic title, with gold in the pommel horse final. The 28 year old now becomes the most successful gymnast ever in the event. In the bmx freestyle charlotte worthington recovered from a fall in herfirst run to claim a remarkable victory and becomes the firs
Also embracing the new era. Iie: county game is successful and with a straight tradition and history over many years. I think we have to keep moving with the times as a cricket fraternity and there is a great space to captivate a younger audience and a new audience and may be converted a few of the older members to get on board as well. I think like i said just exciting times for cricket in general. The season isjust times for cricket in general. The season is just 32 times for cricket in general. The season is just 32 days long south africa won the best in the women s game and won the real star signings of the 100th if you can. Before the game, the crowd got to enjoy plenty of entertainment. They had a bmj and they had fishing, becky haro. He had pretty much everything you could throw at a cricket match and plenty of entertainment still to come i am told, the overall is an 80,000 fetid stadium. The record from wanting to stick cricket in this country and 6000. And organisers are h
Another gold in the triathlon mixed relay event where jonny brownlee won his first gold medal at his third olympic games. Afghan security forces are battling to defend three key cities from advances by the taliban. Reports say militants have breached front lines in herat in the west. Donald trump s been ordered to hand over his tax returns to congress. The usjustice department overturned a ruling made when he was in office that the information could stay private. Medical experts are warning that an oxygen monitoring device, called an oximeter, works less well for people with darker skin tones. Bbc news understands the government is no longer considering making it compulsory for students to be fully vaccinated to attend lectures in england. And a british satellite has launched from french guiana in a boost to the uk tele communications industry. We start in tokyo, at the olympics, where after a great start to the day for team gb, things have taken a turn. Dina asher smith s game