American gymnast Simone Biles will compete in an olympic final tomorrow after missing several others to focus on her mental health. The belarusian sprinter whos taken refuge in a Tokyo Embassy after claiming her country tried to force her onto a plane back home. Well be live In Tokyo for the latest. Also in the programme. The first passengers arrive at heathrow after the change in rules which means people coming in from the us and eu no longer have to quarantine. They havent been back to see grandparents for about two and a half years. So it took us about 15 documents as well as passports to get back. As soon as we got off the aeroplane we got so excited. Child shouts yeah you know, even The Little Ones were shouting, london, london and the british doctor killed in syria who inspired this young medical student to follow in his footsteps. I thought to myself constantly, actually, during Medical School that, you know, the reason im doing this was because i was inspired by him. And coming
Get in Touch Annita Mcveigh bbcyourquestions from Monday Travellers arriving in england, scotland and wales whove been fully vaccinated in the eu or us wonT Need to isolate when entering from an Amber List Country. Uk Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab defended the move. The answer to your question why we are taking this step, we are doing it opening up internationally in the same way we are domestically in a sure footed, careful way with the safeguards in place to make sure that we can do it in a sustainable way. A coroner concludes that Liverpool Football Fan Andy Devine who died this week after suffering life changing injuries in the Hillsborough Stadium Disaster is the 97th Victim of the tragedy. Hello and welcome to tokyo, where it is now day six of the olympic games. There has been an upset in the athletics, with reigning World Pole Vault champion, Sam Kendricks, ruled out of the games after Testing Positive for covid 19. Australias Track And Field team briefly isolated as a precauti
To go through what we did. I think the pandemic has showed us the sacrifices that they give. I think the pandemic has showed us the value and sacrifices that they give. Before leaving, abbas s family gave karim a final, touching gift. A surgical textbook once belonging to abbas, now with a new generation of doctor. Charlie haynes, Bbc News. Time for a look at the weather. Heres nick miller. A Hint Ofjekyll and hyde in our weather at the start of this week, clear skies at times, and although temperatures are below average for this time of year it still feels warm in The Sunshine but the other face of the weather is Torrential Downpours, already bouncing off the panto on the isle of Wight Today with reports from the met office some spots may have had over 100 millimetres of rain from some particularly heavy downpours that have moved through, on the railfor radar. A few showers developing elsewhere in england and wales so there is a risk of flooding from some of these. Some rain in Northe
Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. A spectacular start to the Olympic Games with the Opening Ceremony underway now. Thousands of workers in the Food Supply Chain in england no longer need to isolate if pinged by the covid app, as long as they test negative. Daily testing for pupils is just as effective at controlling covid in schools as self isolation, according to new research. A high courtjudge rules there should be a new investigation into whether state agencies could have prevented the Omagh Bombing in 1998. And surfing will make its olympic debut at the tokyo games, as A0 Thrill seeking athletes take to the waves. The olympics Opening Ceremony is taking place in tokyo, and weve seen Team Gb out in the parade, albeit a much smaller contingent than normal, due to the tight restrictions surrounding the games in light of rising covid cases. The organisers still put on a spectacular show for the world watching on. A fireworks sequence, and a ceremony focusing on togetherness, conne