And showed pure determInatIon to make up the dIstance, and PIp Hudson SmIth to the lIne, sIlverfor hIm. ZambIas Mazula Samukonga came thIrd, but Drama RIght at The End there on the track. At the velodrome, great brItaIns men have won team sprInt sIlver, In a PulsatIng FInal In parIs. Ethan hayter, dan bIgham, CharlIe TanfIeld and Ethan Vernon were pIpped to gold by australIa, who trIumphed In thIs event for the fIrst tIme sInce the 2004 games. DespIte a strong start, brItaIns men traIled by tIny fractIons of a second for most of the race and were under two tenths of a second behInd, as they started the fInal lap. But hayter, who was leadIng the gb traIn, came out of hIs saddle In the closIng 200 metres, and almost lost control of hIs bIke, handIng the australIans vIctory. Moments later, great brItaIns women pIcked up bronze In the same dIscIplIne. ElInor barker, josIe knIght, Anna MorrIs and Jess Roberts beat Italy to contInue gb s run of reachIng the Womens Team PursuIt podIum at ever
As well as up to 30 Counter Protests. Well have the very latest. More than 400 people have been arrested sInce the rIots started a week ago. Three men who took part In that InItIal vIolence were sent to JaIl Today for up to three years. The fIrst rIots, last week, followed the fatal stabbIngs of three lIttle gIrls at a Dance StudIo In southport. Today the Inquests Into theIr deaths were opened and adjourned. Some 6,000 RIot PolIce are braced for more vIolent unrest around the Uk TonIght wIth far rIght groups plannIng to converge around premIses IncludIng Asylum Centres and specIalIst ImmIgratIon law fIrms. Counter protests are already takIng place across the uk thIs Is the scene In Walthamstow TonIght wIth a large PolIce Presence. Many shops and fIrms have closed down In antIcIpatIon of trouble tonIght, some busInesses have been boarded up and shops have pulled down theIr shutters. It comes as a strIng of tough sentences have been handed down to people already convIcted of rIotIng over
Coronavirus may still suffer symptoms months after infection. Nicola sturgeon announces plans to introduce Vaccine Passports for nightclubs and larger live events in scotland later this month. Colin pitchfork, who raped and murdered two schoolgirls in the 1980s, has been released from prison. The game changing anti Cholesterol Drug that could save 30,000 lives in a decade and may soon be offered on the nhs. Itv is cleared by the Media Regulator over pier morgans comments about the duchess of sussex. And the image of a bird at the us Mexico Border Wall has won a prestigious photographic contest. We will be talking to the winning mexican photographer. But Evening And Welcome to bbc news. The Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, has insisted that the uk did not perform worse than other countries in its evacuation from kabul after the city fell to the taliban. Hes been answering questions from mps about his response to the crisis in afghanistan this afternoon. Mr raab said the number of britis
Rugby players shows that after just one season, they suffer a loss of Blood Flow to the braIn and cognItIve functIon. And Its the same old Story Dame Sarah wIns yet another gold at the tokyo paralympIcs. Good Afternoon And Welcome to Bbc News. It may Be the same old story but one we are delIghted to celebrate. More on the paralympIcs later thIs hour. The talIban have taken control of Kabul AIrport, after the unIted states pulled the last of Its troops out of afghanIstan. The fInal EvacuatIon FlIght left at a mInute to mIdnIght Last NIght. It brIngs to an end to the longest war In amerIcan hIstory, In whIch more than 2,000 us servIcemen and women lost theIr lIves. The talIban are back In Power, as they were 20 years ago. Theyve declared vIctory and have Been celebratIng on the streets. 0ur Correspondent RajInI vaIdyanathan reports. HeadIng Into a new and uncertaIn era. TalIban mIlItIa now In control of Kabul AIrport and afghanIstan. Just weeks ago, thIs tarmac was packed wIth afghans de