By the Man she called dad. As new rules on CovId TracIng Alerts Come In, gIvIng some key workers In england the optIon of DaIly TestIng Instead of self IsolatIng, mInIsters meet to dIscuss how Its goIng. And comIng up could Canterbury Cathedral be home to some of the oldest StaIned Glass In the world . New research suggests It dates back nearly 900 years. Good Afternoon And Welcome to Bbc News. Theres been a Gold Rush for Team Gb at the olympIcs In Tokyo. Adam peaty won the mens 100 metres breaststroke, becomIng the fIrst brItIsh swImmer ever to retaIn an olympIc tItle. Tom daley and Matty Lee were vIctorIous In the mens synchronIsed ten metre dIvIng, and Tom PIdcock won brItaIns thIrd gold In the mens cross country MountaIn BIkIng. There were sIlver medals too for Alex Yees In the Mens TrIathlon, and Lauren WIllIams In taekwondo. For a full Round Up of the actIon at the olympIcs today, lets cross to gavIn ramjaun at the Bbc Sports centre. As you say, what a day to celebrate for Team
Look at that, look at the way. Where are the scores . Just yes, es and jubIlatIon for DIver Tom Daley wIth hIs new Partner Matty Lee four olympIc games and hes fInally won gold. All day today, Its lIke everythIng Is fallIng Into place. We found that sense of flow. We dIdnt really say anythIng to each other. We just knew what we had to do to get the job done. And more brItIsh success a gold for Tom PIdcock In the Mens MountaIn BIke Cross Country and sIlver for Alex Yee In the Mens TrIathlon a bIt bIzarre, really. That Its me thats doIng ThIs. Im just a normal guy from south east london. So Its just crazy. Dreams really do come true. Well brIng you all the latest from tokyo as Team Gb shoots Up To fourth place In the medals table. Also on the programme. WIll more key workers In england be gIven the rIght to test daIly for covId Instead of self IsolatIng . MInIsters are meetIng to decIde. Flash floods and wIldfIres In a year of extreme weather globally, scIentIsts meet to assess the full
An olympic title. Well have full details of Team Gbs impressive day and well be looking at their prospects for the days ahead. Also tonight. Another fall in the daily number of covid cases in the Uk Theyve more than halved in the past nine days. The Afghan Army tries to contain the taliban, but high numbers of civilians have been killed or injured since the start of the year. And Canterbury Cathedral discovers that some of its magnificent Stained Glass is among the oldest in the world. And coming up in the sport on the Bbc News channel. Tom pidcock wins great britains third olympic gold at the tokyo games with a dominant performance in the Mens Mountain Bike cross country. Good evening. Its already being called magic Monday Thanks to the impressive achievements of britains olympians injapan. Three Gold Medals were won in the space of five hours, including one for Tom Daley and his Diving Partner Matty lee. It was daley s fourth olympic attempt and lees very first. The swimmer Adam Peat
Opposition politicians. Hello, you are watching Bbc News. A further 1,200 daily Coronavirus Testing sites are being set up in england for workers in vital roles to avoid disruption caused by the need to isolate, the government has announced. Prisons, Waste Collection and defence will be among the areas prioritised for the newest sites. They will operate in addition to 800 Testing Sites that have already been announced. The Department Of Health said Lateral Flow Tests Ta Ken daily would allow workers whove been pinged by the Nhs Covid 19 app, or contacted by Nhs Test and trace, to continue working. The latest Government Figures show 24,950 new infections in the latest 24 hour period, which means an average of 36,125 new cases per day in the last week. 1a deaths were recorded in the last 2a hours, meaning on average 64 deaths were recorded every day in the last week. And according to the latest figures, more than 5,200 patients are in hospital with covid 19. You can see that number is sl