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 m
for millions of people after the regulator raised the energy price cap by a record amount. medical schools in england will received funding for hundreds of extra places after more students than expected get the required grades. thousands sign a petition to save an alpaca who faces being put down after being tested positive for bovine tb. and coming up at quarter to six, we ll have the best and worst of this week s film and dvd releases in the film review. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. it s been a successful day for team gb in tokyo as the 14th day of the olympics draws to a close. the cyclist laura kenny has become britain s most decorated female olympic athlete after she and teammate 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. and team gb s 18th gold medal of the games came from kate french in t
team gb s most successful canoeist, liam heath, has added to his olympic medal haul with a bronze in the k1 200 metres sprint. and coming up this hour: 15 million of us live with a long term condition but are some social media influencers faking illnesses for fame, money and attention. fully vaccinated travellers will no longer need to quarantine on arrivalfrom france , as part of a shake up of coronavirus travel rules in england, scotland and northern ireland. seven more european countries have been added to the green list, while spain will remain amber despite concerns about covid variants there. other changes include india, bahrain, qatar and the united arab emirates , switching from red to amber , meaning arrivals from those countries will no longer have to quarantine in government approved accommodation. while austria, germany, slovenia, slovakia, latvia, romania and norway will be moved onto the green list. but georgia and mexico have been now be added to the red lis
engaging in the streaming services, where they can watch what they want when they want on their own device, whether that s netflix or youtube, but we re now seeing older audiences also catching up and turning to these streaming services. so 2020 was the year britain became a streaming nation, with traditional broadcast tv something for older people and set to decline. but is this a permanent change, and will we want to continue to pay for the likes of netflix, amazon prime, nowtv, disney+, or will we start switching some of them off? we had a total of six streaming services subscribed at one point. that s now kind of slimmed down to four at the moment, and i think another one will be dropping off soon. hey, google, play the bbc tech tent podcast. one other change in our media habits more than half of uk homes now have a smart speaker. an internet connection, not an aerial or satellite dish, is becoming the way we all get access to entertainment. time for a look at the weath
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. a british satellite has launched from french guiana in a boost to the uk tele communications industry. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we start in tokyo, at the olympics, where it s been another great start for team gb. they ve added two more gold medals to their tally in new events involving both men and women. the first came in the triathlon mixed relay. alex yee and georgia taylor brown added to their individual silvers from the opening week at the games; they were joined b