Of the home nations to begin vaccinating 16 and 17 year olds. Energy costs will rise for millions in october, as the price cap on some tariffs goes up. I know a lot of families, they re strictly on the line, aren t they? so even £20, it s a lot of money, isn t it? it s food for the week. Wwildfires threaten the suburbs of athens. Thousands have been forced to leave their homes. And, despite a huge petition, no reprieve for geronimo the alpaca, due to be put down after contracting bovine tb. And coming up on sportsday on the bbc news channel. Still no atheltics golds for team gb, but relief for laura muir who has won herfirst outdoor global medal. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The cyclist laura kenny has become britain s most successful female olympic athlete, after she and her team mate, katie archibald, won the women s madison event in the velodrome. They dominated the 120 lap race, winning 10 of the 12 sprints. Kenny has now taken gold in three consecutive olympic
The hour on the bbc news channel. A twist in the harry kane saga. He says he s never refused to train for tottenham this week and will return to the club tomorrow as planned. Good evening. Team gb have been enjoying more success at the tokyo olympics, winning two golds on one of their most successful days of the games, taking seven medals in all. The cyclist laura kenny became britain s most successful woman olympian ever, winning the madison event in the velodrome with her partner katie archibald. Kenny has now taken gold in three consecutive olympic games. Our sports correspondent, natalie pirks, reports on her historic achievement. Commentator: two special athletes who complemented | each other beautifully. When nine years of brilliance culminates in one record breaking moment. Joy for katie archibald, history for laura kenny, the first british woman to win gold at three successive olympics. The madison was a new olympic event for women, requiring tactics, endurance and speed some
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 list , the hi
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 weather. Good a
Welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. Whoever first said that politics and sport shouldn t mix, well, they were wasting their breath. They ve always mixed. And why wouldn t they, given the huge part that sport plays in our culture? right now, england is consumed by an agonising debate about racism in football after three black players on the national team were targeted for vile abuse, but it affects other sports, too. This is lords, the headquarters of english cricket. My guest today is the former west indian fast bowler michael holding, who has become a prominent voice confronting racism. But is this a fight that sport can win? michael holding, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Thank you, stephen. It is pretty much exactly a year since you used your platform as a cricket commentator to speak with great eloquence and passion about the continued damage being done to society by racism. Now, in the year since then, do you see any signs of progress? definitely. I see quite a few signs of