The argentine Football Star Lionel messi is emotional as he confirms that he is leaving barcelona after 20 years at The Club. Thousands take to the streets of amsterdam as the city marks the 25th Anniversary of its first gay pride parade. But Afternoon And Welcome to Bbc News. The tokyo olympics have ended, with a Closing Ceremony in the national stadium devoid of fans. The president of the international olympic committee, thomas bach, said the games had brought the world together and delivered the most precious of gifts hope. The olympic flag was handed over to the mayor of paris where the games will be held in three years time. Team gb have matched their Medal Total from London 2012 with 22 golds, and 65 medals in total. Jason kenny won a Gold Medal in the Mens Kieren Cycling event in the velodrome. That makes him britains most successful male athlete with a total of seven olympic Gold Medals under his belt and a total of nine olympic medals in all. In the boxing ring, there was gold
To come home with a medal, let alone a Gold Medal, honestly, im so over the moon. And yet another medal in the pool for Duncan Scott his third of this games with silver in the mens 200m individual medley. And Team Gbs Medal tAlly increased with three Bronze Medals in swimming, rowing, and trampoling. Well bring you All the latest, plus an extended interview with those two bmx stars. Also on the programme get your covid jab the message from englands Chief Midwife to women who are pregnant. Ive been very lucky that way, but ijust thought it was important luckily, i havent had covid it at All, ive been very lucky that way, but ijust thought it was important to have it to protect me and the baby now as well, so yeah, i decided to do it. And disruption to dairy deliveries, says a major company, due to a dip in the number of drivers. And coming up on the Bbc News channel, history in her sights team gb s World Champion Dina Asher Smith qualifies second in the heat for her 100m semifinals and
With us to accelerate that. Secondly, we believe that driving should be recognised as a skilled shortage and therefore open up temporary visas for the industry to be able to bring European Drivers back into the country. The government says the industry needs to find the solutions to this, which means better working conditions, better pay. What are you doing . I would absolutely agree with that and arla, through our third party hauliers who do our distribution for us, has significantly increased pay. In fact, this week we have announced a 2,000 signing on bonus for the Drivers Tojoin and work on weekends. And weve introduced an academy to make sure that were growing the home talent, because what we really want in the long term is for british young people to come into the industry as well. How serious is this . Well, i think when youre not able to supply 10 of the stores that would be expecting to get milk every day, i think thats quite worrying for a Customer Walking into a store and no
Many secretaries, and the government has never really explains the logic of its 16th of August Date on isolating. Lewis hughes, the man who accosted englands Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty in a london park, pleads guilty to assault. Meanwhile anotHer man, jonathan chew, pleaded not guilty to the same charge. And Drug Deaths in scotland reach a new Record Level for the seventh year in a row more than 1300 people died last year. Campaign is when a Court Battle to prevent the construction of a Road Tunnel near stonehenge. At 5 45pm Marker Mode will Take A Look at the best and rest releases in the film reveal, including disneysjungle reveal, including disneys jungle cruise. Good afternoon. THeres been a sizeable Medal Haulfor Team gb at the tokyo olympics. Tremendous Bmx Racing by 22 year old Beth Shreever has won Her gold. And Kye White took silver in the mens event. For a full round up of Todays Action at the olympics lets cross to Hugh Ferris at the bbc sports centre. Six more medal