travel firms criticise government s decision to keep quarantine rules in place for travellers returning to england and wales from france even if fully vaccinated. 0lympic organisers announced the first case of coronavirus in the athletes village six days before the tokyo games begin. now on bbc news it is time for sports day. now on bbc news it is time for sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday i m chetan pathak, coming up on the programme. we ll be live at royal st george s, where louis 0osthuizen s in a battle to keep hold of the lead on day three of the open. all set to win the yellowjersey tadej pogacar s second tour de france title will be confirmed tomorrow as he finishes the penultimate stage with a lead of over five minutes. a good day, too, for the formula one championship leader max verstappen will start the british grand prix from pole after winning the new trial sprint race at silverstone. and all smiles for st helens, who fightback to beat castleford i
the education secretary for england backs reducing the covid isolation period from seven days to five. the australian government did not give assurances to novak djokovic that he could enter the country without a vaccination, according to documents filed before tomorrow s court hearing. russian troops arrive in kazakhstan. there is relative calm there, after six days of violence that killed 164 people. an afghan baby separated from his parents in kabul during the chaos of the us withdrawal is reunited with relatives. much more on all those stories coming up, of course, at 6pm. right now on bbc news, it s time for the media show. hello. welcome to the media show. we have reached the one year anniversary of the storming of the storming of the capital in washington, dc. of the storming of the capitol in washington, dc. it was a pivotal moment for america and for its media. we have seen some us journalists criticised for overemphasising its importance, of obsessing about it. othe
and here is the news, from bethan holmes. a report by a cross party group of mps into nhs dentistry is calling for urgent and fundamental reform , describing the lack of access to dental care as totally unacceptable . last year a bbc survey found the majority of practices were refusing to accept new adult nhs patients. the government says it invests more than £3 billion a year in dentistry. hollywood actors are walking off set in their biggest strike in a0 years after talks with major studios and streaming services broke down. the screen actors guild wants increased fees for repeats and assurances about the use of artificial intelligence. it has been confirmed that lisa marie presley died of a bowel obstruction which was caused as a result of adhesions from weight loss surgery which she underwent several years ago. she died injanuary at the age of 5a. india s space agency is preparing to launch a mission to the moon it should be lifting off in about an hour s time. the m
of the manchester bombing 14 year old eilidh macleod is laid to rest on the scottish island of barra. good evening from london bridge. we are still at the police cordon following the attack on saturday night. the metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick says they already know the identity of the attackers, and that their names will be released as soon as operationally possible as officers work to establish if they were part of a wider network. their investigation is focussed on several addresses in east london with a number of people detained following raids in newham and barking. richard galpin has the latest. this is borough market in the midst of the attack. it s being filmed by florin morariu, who s from romania. but instead of running to safety, he attacks the three men stabbing people in front of him. translation: i really thought i was in danger so i threw a bread crate at one of the attackers. i saw he was going to dodge it so i hit him on the head with