Wildfires in northern California Force thousands into Evacuation Centres while a Covid Outbreak in oregon puts firefighters into quarantine. British mps have warned that taxpayers will bear the cost of the Governments Coronavirus Spending for decades. A parliamentary report says the Uk Military is failing to protect female recruits with almost two thirds of women experiencing bullying, Sexual Harassment and discrimination. And the Uk Army safely detonates a World War ii bomb on the site of a new Housing Estate. A warm welcome to tokyo, its day 2 of the olympics and the Sporting Action has brought us just the sort of excitement weve been looking for in the games. There were major shocks in the swimming pool, a World Record was broken and for some big names their Olympic Dream has come to an end. A couple of sports have made their debut too. Lets cross to the Bbc Sport Centre and speak to our reporter jane dougall, whos been watching the action. What an exciting Road Race for the women a
Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Day two of the olympics saw some high drama, most notably in the Swimming Pool but also in cycling and tennis. Theere was an unexpected Gold Medal Fortunisia in swimming and the first medals for team gb, with a silver in taekwondo and a bronze injudo. The Womens Road Race resulted in a huge Shock And Ash Barty Couldnt Replicate her wimbledon success. Lucy hockings is in tokyo for us. Day two here in tokyo has produced some extraordinary performances and some real upsets as well. The day started with a big upset in the Womens Road Cycling race the austrian Mathematician Anna Kiesenhofer took gold, she has not had a professional contract since 2017, she raced ahead of the peloton with more than a0 kilometres still remaining, it was an amazing race, and in fact she has a phd in maths from cambridge so very clearly made the right calculations in todays race, a great victory for austria and for anna kiesenhofer. And then we
Wildfires in nortHern California Force thousands into Evacuation Centres while a Covid Outbreak in oregon puts firefighters into quarantine. Its day two of the olympics and the Sporting Action has brought us just the sort of Unpredictability And Excitement only these games Can bring. THere have been some major shocks in the Swimming Pool a World Record was broken and today has brought something of a Gold Rush forjapan s olympians. Mariko oi has the details. What an exciting evening for teamjapan but in particular for one Family Thejudo Siblings Uta and Hifumi Abe winning double Gold Medals within an hour of each otHer, and now the hashtag the most powerful siblings is trending on social media. Also, earlier in the day, we had Yuto Horigome winning the first ever Gold Medalfor skateboarding. We went out to find out how people made of his achievements. Lets take a listen. Translation | used to do skateboarding and i knew horigome, so congratulations to him for winning the Gold Medal. Esp
The first medals in tokyo for Team Gb on day two of olympic action. It was Chelsie Giles who kicked off the Medals Table with a bronze injudo. To come away with a medal, and it to be the first for Team Gb, is really special. In taekwondo, Bradly Sinden came Agonisingly Close To Olympic Glory but ended his final with a silver. Itjust got me that i didnt win gold where i think it was there for me to take. Well have all the latest from tokyo, including Andy Murray having to pull out of the singles tennis. Also on the programme. Police warn of the dangers of Open Water after three people including a nine year old drown in Loch Lomond. And Sajid Javid apologises after facing criticism for saying people shouldnt cower from coronavirus. Good evening. Team gb have won their first medals of the tokyo olympics, a silver for Bradly Sinden in taekwondo, and earlier, a bronze for Chelsie Giles injudo. There was disappointment howeverforjadejones, twice an olympic champion, when she failed to progre
Designer Tommy Hilfiger to talk diversity, and how to go beyond tokenism to see real change. Halima aden made Catwalk History when she became The Worlds First Hijab wearing supermodel. Featuring in campaigns for some of the biggest names in the Fashion Industry. I had never got to experience flipping through a magazine and seeing somebody in a hijab, somebody i could relate to. So to be that person for other girls was just a dream come true. But, overtime, Halima Felt The Industry was clashing with her muslim faith, and in November 2020 she announced on instagram that she was quitting. I felt great pleasure being the first muslim, hijab wearing model. It got to a place where i was so far removed from my own image. I ran into Problems Likejeans being placed on my head in the place of a regular scarf. Ive arranged for halima to meet with an industry leader, fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger, to talk for the first time face to face about the need for change. I understand why you left the Fa