The tokyo olympics have ended, with a closing ceremony in the national stadium devoid of fans. Moments after the flame was extinguished in the olympic stadium a volley of multi coloured fireworks lit up the night sky about the olympic stadium where athletes were already heading for the exits. The president of the international olympic committee, thomas bach, thanked the people of japan and described the 16 day event as unprecedented because of the pandemic. 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 men s kieren cycling event in the veladrome. That makes him britain s 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 for lauren price in the women s boxing middle weight final. She
The country faces its most intense heatwave in more than 30 years. New changes to the uk s covid travel restrictions come into force. Double vaccinated people travelling from france to the uk will no longer have to isolate. The argentine football star lionel messi is emotional as he confirms that he is leaving barcelona after twenty years at the club. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. The tokyo olympics have ended, with a closing ceremony in the national stadium devoid of fans. Moments after the flame was extinguished, a volley of multi coloured fireworks lit up the night sky above the stadium where athletes were already heading for the exits. The president of the international olympic committee, thomas bach, thanked the people of japan and described the sixteen day event as unprecedented because of the pandemic. 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 tot
Making jason kenny britain s most decorated olympian. It was like i was standing still on that last corner. I was hacking away, but ijust kept telling myself, you know, it is a medal, it is a medal, even if one comes, it is still a medal, and then when i crossed the line, i was like, oh, it is the bloody gold medal! the closing ceremony was spectacular, but played out to an empty stadium, testament to the age of covid. After a game is like no other, one that defied expectations, i will be live here in tokyo, as it starts preparations for the paralympics in just two weeks time. We ll be assessing what the games have meant to the people of japan. Also tonight. In greece, a scene from hell as wildfires burn out of control. Residents and holidaymakers try to escape. It was like a scene from an apocalyptic movie. Definitely, because there is no sky, the sun is red, it has been red the entire day, so it is quite scary. And, as some covid travel restrictions ease, no quarantine for those ful
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 who s had both doses of a vaccine will no longer have to qu