The start of what could be another golden games. Cox Is a cyclIst, but also a runner. At the last paralympIcs, she won golds at both. And In HerfIrst Event here In the velodrome, she was once agaIn unstoppable. The TIme TrIal Is normally won by tIny fractIons. Cox won It by more than a second. And shes done It In fantastIc style It was, she saId afterwards, near perfectIon, and dIdnt her team know It. It was just as emotIonal for her famIly watchIng back home In leeds. We were just elated. I mean, the excItement from our end, we were so excIted. Nervous at the begInnIng, but we knew she was goIng to do It. You could tell the emotIons were just overwhelmIng, I the tears streamIng down her face, but so proud of herself. Were proud of her. Well, theres no rest here for Kadeena Cox. She has her second cyclIng event tomorrow, and then next week she swItches to the athletIcs and the 400 metres two dIfferent sports for thIs one remarkable athlete. The word remarkable could also apply to Jaco
Favourite, but he made a dreadful start to this latest bid for a first major in five years, and now faces an uphill battle just to make the cut. In front of a home crowd, mcenroe began with a quadruple bogey eight at the first, and it didnt get much better after that. There was a double bogey at the 16th, a triple bogey at the last, before the world number three signed for an opening round of 79. The reigning masters champion, tiger woods, is only one shot better off. Back to back bogeys for him at four and five were followed by a double bogey here at the sixth. Woods went on to shoot 78, and he might not be there for the weekend either. The County Antrim crowd did have an irishman to cheer for most of the day. Shane lowery opened up for a li under par round of 67, which could put him on the top of the leaderboard. But he lies in second place overnight, one shot behind this man,jb place overnight, one shot behind this man, jb holmes. After starting with a bogey the american then fired
A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Instagram is hiding likes on posts in seven countries to remove pressure on users. The aim is to help people concentrate on content rather than popularity. Is this a step forward for social media . Or will it undermine the popularity of the business itself . Let me know what you think. Get in touch on twitter using the hashtag bbcthebriefing. President trump says the us military has shot down an iranian drone in the strait of hormuz. He said staff on the uss boxer took defensive action as the drone came within 1,000 yards of a us navy ship. This, according to iran was the moment that it sees the panamanian flagged tanker. The circling speedboats were manned by members of the Iranian Revolutionary guard. Once on board, they say they found a million litres of fuel which they allege was being smuggled out of iran. Later, President Trump said the us military had shot down an iranian dro
Iam sure i am sure many man city fans think the weather is all for them, dont worry, i have noticed that blue tie, if you are enjoying the sunshine after the rain, it will be a case of it lasting for the next few days as well, steadily lifting temperatures toa well, steadily lifting temperatures to a peak on wednesday of around 2a celsius, most likely across parts of central and northern scotland, a lwa ys central and northern scotland, always a little bit cooler further south, still very pleasant in the sunshine, and that is High Pressure keeping things dry, just to the north east, and with winds flowing clockwise, more of an easterly breeze down through the Southern Coast counties, and that is the case today, but whether you are in the south of the north, strong sunshine overhead. As strong as it is during the month of august too, some high cloud over parts of scotland, not enough to temper that strong sunshine, and what you have got at the moment you will stick with through the afte
Calling for alternatives to the current plans for the irish border. It is now clear that there is a route that can secure a substantial and sustainable. Jeering. Substa ntial and sustainable majority in this house for leaving the eu with a deal. And after mps rejected a no deal brexit, labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn said he will now talk to the Prime Minister its expected that meeting will take place today. But the head of the cbi says uk companies are now likely to speed up their no deal brexit plans, adding further negotiations with the eu feels like a real throw of the dice. And this morning the eus chief brexit negotiator has said we stand by the agreement we have negotiated with the uk. Ill be here with reaction to all this in the run up to Prime Ministers questions at 12pm. Im joanna gosling, the other stories at 11 the Supreme Court rules that the disclosure of multiple minor convictions in criminal record checks breaches human rights. A polar vortex will bring potentially life thre