Again for the first tiMe at these olyMpic gaMes. AnotHer gold for TeaM Gb Injapan as Matt Walls triuMphs in the velodroMe, taking the OlyMpics Medal Tally to 51. Seven Men have beenjailed for life for the Murder of a Law Student during a botched Drive By Shooting in blackburn. A wildfire that has raged for eight Days in turkey reaches a tHerMal Power Plant on the aegean coast. And Uk Adults spent More than a third of their waking hours watching tv and online video last year because of the pandeMic. And Strictly CoMe Dancing is to have its first all Male partnership in the show s history after last yea r s first all feMale partnership. Good afternoon. British Holiday Makers who are fully vaccinated can More easily travel to france this suMMer as part of significant changes to the Covid Travel rules that will coMe into force in the early hours of sunday. France will be brought into line with otHer AMber List countries, so anyone whos had both doses of a vaccine will no longer have to qua
Donald trumps 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 youre watching in the uk or around the world. We start in tokyo, at the olympics, where its been another great start for Team Gb. Theyve 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 Byjonny Brownlee and je
Well beIng. Its confIrmed that Human RemaIns found In the pyrenees are those of the mIssIng brItIsh hIker Esther DIngley. And warmIng up for tonIghts FIrst NIght Of The Proms, as the royal Albert Hall welcomes back a full audIence wIth no socIal dIstancIng. And comIng up In sport on the Bbc News Channel more from the tokyo games, as Bryony Page wIns bronze for Team Gb In the womens trampolInIng fInal. Good EvenIng And Welcome to the Bbc News at sIx. Scotlands fIrst mInISter, nIcola sturgeon, has saId shes determIned to make changes that wIll save lIves after the country reported a Record Number of deaths from Drug MIsuse for the seventh year runnIng. More than 1,300 people dIed of Drug MIsuse In scotland last year alone. Almost two thIrds of all Drug Related Deaths were of people aged between 35 and 5a. Scotlands Drug Death Rate contInues to be more than three and a half tImes that for the uk as a whole. It means scotland contInues to have by far the hIghest Drug Death Rate recorded by
studies reveals two thirds of people recently infected with omicron say they have had the virus before. pcr tests of about 100,000 volunteers in the react study also showed that1 in 23 people had covid in the first three weeks of january. the uk and us threaten sanctions against russia, if president putin decides to invade ukraine. and in northern ireland, proof of covid 19 status to enter bars, restaurants and cinemas will be scrapped later today as restrictions begin to ease. and also coming up this hour.. the siblings who have been separated while in the care system calls for a new law to keep them together. i m ben brown live in downing street. the official inquiry into gatherings at downing street and in whitehall during lockdown is believed to be complete and could be submitted to number 10 within hours. it s understood the senior civil servant, sue gray, has evidence including photographs and whatsapp messages, and wants the report to be published in full. borisjoh