To power on the straights. Yes diving into the history books a first female medal in the sport for gb in more than 60 years, after a dramatic final round. And. The three peat s on track, as Adam Peaty qualifies for the semi finals in 100m Breaststroke. Also coming up on sportsday. England are back on top against west indies, after superb showings from jamie smith and Joe Root, who climbs the record books, jumping above a Windies Legend. And Max Verstappen was quickest in qualifying for the belgian grand prix, but the formula one Championship Leader Wont start the race from pole. Hello there, and welcome to sportsday. They say it never rains, but it pours, and thats certainly been the case on the first day of Medal Action at the Paris Olympics. Its been chucking it down in the city, as we saw from the opening ceremony last night on the seine. Rain s caused delays, and even postponement of the skateboarding. But the Weather Hasnt put a dampener on team gb, who were in the medals on day o
For the lifting of restrictions in england to go ahead onjuly 19th. Nicola sturgeon accuses the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, of playing politics, in a row over a scottish government ban on travel to salford and manchester. If you want is a grown up conversation, he only has to pick up the phone, but if as i suspect this is a spat with me over a labour leadership contest of the future, i m not interested. Scotland midfielder billy gilmour tests positive for covid and will miss the euro 2020 match with croatia tomorrow. And the first person in the world to get a covid jab outside of trials, 91 year old margaret keenan, gives her first interview to the bbc. I ve said before, please do have the jab, there s nothing to it, don t be afraid of a needle just to save your life and to save other s lives. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. It s been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. The deaths of thousands of people who were given contaminated blood
Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me arejohn rentoul, who s the chief political commentator from the independent, and lucy fisher, the deputy political editor from the telegraph. Hello again to both of you. A quick look through those from pages, we will start with the metro which reports on the story that flights to belarus have been grounded by the uk and aircraft diverted from its airspace after the country was accused after the country was accused of state sponsored piracy. The move follows the detention of the belarussian opposition journalist roman protasevich whose flight was diverted to enable his arrest. The times reports that nearly 400,000 homes will be built on greenfield sites in the south of england over the next five years, according to a new analysis of planning policy. The i says downing street is braced for new claims about borisjohnson s handling of pandemic calling it the revenge of dominic cummings. T
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