A trend for rates across most of the uk is falling as nearly 89 of adults in the country have had their first vaccine jab. And coming up in half an hour, foreign correspondents based in london give an outsider s view of events in the uk in dateline. Good Evening And Welcome to the Bbc News at six. The Cyclist Laura Kenny has become britains most successful female olympic athlete, after she and her team mate, Katie Archibald, won the Womens Madison Event in the velodrome, at the tokyo olympics. They dominated the 120 Lap Race winning ten of the 12 sprints. Kenny has now taken gold in three consecutive olympic games. Our sports correspondent, natalie pirks, now reports on a historic achievement. Two special athletes who complemented each other beautifully. When nine years of brilliance culminates in one record breaking moment. Joy for Katie Archibald, history for Laura Kenny the first british woman to win gold at three successive olympics. The madison was a new olympic event for women, r
Cities are attacked. we will have more of this in cities are attacked. we will have more of this in dateline. - the headlines on bbc news: laura kinney has become britain s most decorated olympian in history. team gb s men were edged out of first place by 100 to one second in the four by one m relay. gas and electricity bills will go up for millions of people after the regular tater raised the price by a record high. music festivals and other live events are to be protected by government backed insurance if they have to cancel because of covid. if they have to cancel the £750 million scheme, which begins next month, comes after organisers appealed for more support. more than half of all festivals have been cancelled this summer. it s a timely story because the edinborough festival begins at this week. well, we can speak now to paul reed,
This is bbc news. i m sean way. the headlines at seven: lau ra laura kinney becomes britain s most overrated olympians. celebrated olympian. i overrated olympians. celebrated ol mian. ., ., olympian. i couldn t have done it if we didn t have olympian. i couldn t have done it if we didn t have that olympian. i couldn t have done it if we didn t have that relationship. i team gb s men were edged out of first place byjust one hundredth of a second in the four by 100 metres relay. gas and electricity bills will go up for millions of people, after the regulator raised the energy price cap by a record amount. thousands sign a petition to save an alpaca who faces being put down after testing positive for bovine tb.
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