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Fine margins team gb take gold in the women s rowing with the very last stroke. And here, karen riley has won silver in the thrilling men s bmx freestyle final. Welcome to the programme. Keep fighting to the end, that has been the theme of the day for team gb s athletes. A dramatic gold for the women s rowers crossed the line first by the narrowist of margins, a bronze in the women s synchronised diving with the final dive, a stunning silver in the bmx cycling, and an astonishing late burst from alex yee in the triathlon to snatch gold out from under the feet of new zealand s hayden wilde who had been in the lead. Our sports news editor dan roan is live from paris. Such an exciting day and very welcome, particularly in the triathlon after all the delays and controversey surrounding that event. Yes, good evening. There have been days of uncertainty in the build up to the triathlon as to whether or not it would take place when it was meant to or indeed in its original form. The men s
Nine other children were injured, and six are still in a critical condition in hospital. Two adults are also in a critical condition after what police described as a ferocious attack. They believe those two adults, who were in a critical condition, were trying to protect the children who were at a dance event here in this quiet street in southport. It was a taylor swift themed event. Throughout the morning, we have seen people coming to lay flowers here at the scene. Some of them turn away in tears and others have just come up and stood in silence, saying a little prayer. There have been a variety of messages and i have seen a baby girl toy left. Onejust messages and i have seen a baby girl toy left. One just says with love from southport. Poems have been left. Within the last half an hour or so, the home secretary, yvette cooper, has visited the scene and laid some flowers of her own. She wasjoined by the laid some flowers of her own. She was joined by the local mp, laid some flowers
With increasingly humid conditions. Thursday, it certainly isn t a straightforward weather chart, various different frontal systems in the picture but what it means for us really is quite a bit of cloud, areas of showery rain, perhaps the most persistent rain towards the south of the uk. Still with a fairly humid feel i suspect, temperatures 19 to 22, maybe 23 degrees. It doesn t look too bad through friday and into the weekend, a few spells of sunshine, a chance of some showers up towards the north and west of the uk. Thanks, ben. And that s bbc news at six. You can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. Now it s time to join our colleagues for the news where hello and welcome to sportsday i m jane dougall. Out of the olympics one of britian s big medal hopes, three time olympic champion, charlotte dujardin withdraws saying she s ashamed over an error ofjudgement andy murray will compete in paris, but confirms the olympics will be his last tournament as he sa
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