The taliban ramp up their offensive on afghan cities, with reports of heavy fighting in Lashkar Gah in helmand province. And large Cruise Ships have been banned from the centre of venice after years of environmental protests. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Theres been more success for Team Gb at the Tokyo Olympics with three more medals. Charlotte worthington recovered from a fall in her first run to win gold in the Bmx Freestyle. Britain have won a record eighth medal in the Swimming Pool with silver in the Mens Medley Relay, with Duncan Scott winning his fourth medal of the games. And, The American gymnast, Simone Biles has withdrawn from another olympic event this time in the final of the floor exercise, as she continues to deal with Mental Health issues. Lets find out more about Todays Action from Gavin Ramjaun At Bbc Sport centre. Good morning. Lets start off with the olympic good morning. Lets start off with the Olympic Record good morning. Let
Of the days headlines. Young people in england are to be offered covid jab incentives such as discounts from Uber And Deliveroo in a bid to boost vaccine uptake. The taliban ramp up their offensive on afghan cities, with reports of heavy fighting in Lashkar Gah in helmand province. And large Cruise Ships have been banned from the centre of venice, after yea rs of environmental protests. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. A warm welcome to day nine of the olympic games. Everyone is talking about Team Gb s Charlotte Worthington. She took a sensational Gold Medal in the bmx freestyle. The 25 year old, former chef from manchester who only took up bmx seriously at the age of 20, after switching from her main love of scooters. She fell on her first run but then landed a backflip 360 a trick never before completed in a womens competition. A sensational performance. On the final day in the pool, us swimmer Caeleb Dressel took his Gold Medal tally to five. Winnin
To try to improve the uptake of vaccinations. Large Cruise Ships have been banned from the centre of venice, after years of environmental protests. Vessels of more than Twenty Five Thousand tonnes will no longer be allowed to dock in the central canal. Campaigners and residents say the ships pollute the air and water, and cause erosion. The number of people drinking heavily since the start of the pandemic increased. Injuly public Health England reported a 21 year on Year Increase in deaths from alcohol related liver disease. But now, as life in the uk starts to return to something resembling normal heavy Alcohol Consumption seems to be falling. A recent survey showed 1 in 5 people in Newcastle And Darlington in the north of england have recently turned its a region that likes to party with many of our towns and cities but he had in the North East its an image that may be changing. New research shows increasing numbers of adults living here are turning their back on booze preferring ins
kvitova warms up for wimbledon in the perfect manner with a dominant victory over the defending champion to win eastbourne. and the golden state beckons for the golden boy of welsh football gareth bale agrees to join los angeles fc. also coming up, we go back a0 years and look at one of the most infamous matches in the history of the world cup. if this was a practice match they would have called it dull. it s a world cup tie and they will call it a disgrace. hello and welcome to sportsday. england are piling the pressure on new zealand, in this third and final test with a couple of late wickets at headlingley. the tourists lead by 137 at stumps on day three. they re on 168 for 5 in their second innings with england looking confident of maintaining their perfect start under new captain ben stokes. patrick gearey reports. back yourself. england s new mantra. a belief that allows jamie overton a bowler on debut to bat to the brink of a century. 97 he had come so close,