Gb In the Tokyo Olympics with a gold and a World Record In the four by 100 metres mixed Medley FInal. Teamwork makes Dream Work. Another gold, In the Triathlon mixed Relay Event and fInally a first Gold Medal Forjonny brownlee at his third Olympic Games. Victory for ElaIne Thompson Herah of jamaica In the womens100 metres fInal In tokyo. But before That there was heartbreakfor Team Gb sprInter, dIna Asher Smith, who had to withdraw from the games through Injury. Afghan security forces have bben battlIng to defend three key cities from advances by the taliban. Reports say militants have breached front lInes In herat medical experts are warnIng That an oxygen monitorIng device, called a pulse oximeter, works less well for people with darker skIn tones. And borisjohnson and his wife Carrie Have announced theyre expectIng a second child. Their son wilfred was born In april last year. Now on Bbc News its time for sportsday. Hello, welcome to sportsday, after another special saturday for Tea
Afghan security forces are battling to defend three key cities from advances by the taliban. Reports say militants have breached front lines in herat. Medical experts are warning that an oxygen monitoring device, called a Pulse Oximeter, works less well for people with darker Skin Tones. Borisjohnson and his wife Carrie Have announced they are expecting a second child. Their first child, wilfred, was born in april last year. Good evening. Team gb have won two more gold medals at the tokyo olympics, both in new events where men and women compete together. There was further success for the swimming team, who took gold in the axioom mixed medley relay. Our Sports Editor Dan Roan was watching the action. A first for the olympics but a familiar feeling for Team Gb. A third Triathlon Medal Today in the inaugural mixed Team Event but, this time, gold. With each athlete facing a 300 metres swim, 6. 8 Kilometre Bike Ride and two kilometre run, Jessica Learmonth got britains bid off to a great s
pressure mounts on the government to step in and help struggling households. with energy bills expected to rise by as much as £700 next month what are the options to help cover the costs? i ll take a look. cover the costs? england dig in as they fight to stay in the 4th ashes test, after another woeful start earlier, which saw wickets tumble including captainjoe root out for a duck. and it is a snow and ice to start your friday morning across parts of the country but into the weekend it is rain that will dominate at least four saturday morning. i will have all your forecast details on breakfast. it s friday the 7th of january. our main story. more than 200 members of the armed forces are being deployed across london and the thames valley today to help plug the staff shortage caused by a surge in covid infections. both hospitals and ambulance services will be supported by troops. it comes as 17 hospital trusts in england are still in critical incident mode. here s more fr