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
Hello and welcome. A huge success forjapan, which has topped the table for the country with the most Gold Medals in its olympic games. Its one of the most controversial. But after today the mood may have changed. Japan has now won eight Gold Medals, which put it ahead of the us and china. Momiji nishiya made history by winning the first ever olympic Gold Medal in womens Street Skateboarding, atjust 13 years old. Japan defeated china to win gold in the mixed doubles Table Tennis final, and defeated georgia in the mens 73 kilojudo final. Our Correspondent Mariko oi, is in shimbashi, tokyo. We now have a new star, Momiji Nishiya becoming the youngest athletes ever at the age of 13 in japan to be winning a Gold Medal. She looked so relaxed, when she was asked how heavy her Gold Medal was, and she said it feels like it weighs and she said it feels like it weighs a tonne. Meanwhile, we havejudo bringing us the seventh Gold Medal, and weve seen spectacular performances by those judo class, in
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