And Sister Both Win gold. Britains Brandley Sinden takes silver after a defeat in the taekwondo final, the uks first Silver Medal in tokyo. And africa wins its first gold medal, as a Tunisian Teenager stuns The Field to win the mens 400 metre freestyle. Thousands of people in the western united states, are spending the weekend in evacuation centers, as wildfires continue to burn across the region. More than 80 large wildfires in 13 us states have burnt around 1. 3 million acres in recent weeks. British mps have warned that taxpayers will bear the cost of the Governments Coronavirus Spending for decades. A report found £372 billion has already been spent, pushing Government Debt to a rate not seen since the early 1960. Now on Bbc News the week in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to the week in parliament, your irreplaceable guide to the world of westminster and beyond. In this programme, labour delivers the prime Ministers End of term report. Last week, A Million kids were off scho
Hello, welcome to tokyo, day two of the olympics. The Sporting Action has brought us just the sort of Unpredictability And Excitement only these games can bring. In the last few minutes, Team Gb has won its first Silver Medal, with Bradley Sinden narrowly missing out on winning the first ever gold in mens taekwondo. Earlier, there were some major shocks in the Swimming Pool a World Record was broken and today has brought something of a Gold Rush forjapan s olympians. Mariko oi has the details. What an exciting evening for teamjapan but in particular for one Family Judo Siblings Uta and Hifumi Abe winning double Gold Medals within an hour of each other, and now the hashtag the most powerful siblings is trending on social media. Also, earlier in the day, we had Yuto Horigome winning the first ever Gold Medalfor skateboarding. We went out to find out how people made of his achievements. Lets take a listen. Translation | used to do skateboarding and i knew horigome, so congratulations to h
the community, wasn t he? so although this was worldwide, global news, it would have been felt much more personal here in norfolk. yes, i mean, the king was very special to everybody in norfolk because he. i think sandringham was one of his most favourite places to be. and i remember that my sister and my mother and i went to wolverston station and saw the king s coffin being put on the train. and it was so moving because the train went very, very slowly and there was so many people. most of us didn t have television sets in those days, but one or two people did. and i remember, they were like postage stamps, and we went to someone who had one to watch the queen coming back from africa. and it was so moving her standing at the top of the stairs in her black coat. and suddenly, somebody, you know, we d known i d known since she was a child was queen. of course, the queen every year comes here this is where she wants to remember him. absolutely. as the queen. i think it
Hello. a wet and windy afternoon for many. the cold front sliding its way south and east woods. notice the squeeze on the isobars. strong winds this afternoon and through tomorrow. thus at 255 miles an hour on some western post. mid single figures as a high across scotland. here the other snow showers piling in this evening and overnight. coupled with the gusty winds, we will see blizzards. heavy rain across parts of wales and south west england. for many a much milder night, temperatures close to freezing. the risk of ice and snow. the band of rain clearing from east anglia and south east england this morning. behind ita
Sunshine for northern ireland, scotland and north west england. higher temperatures here, and some mist in low cloud on the costs. that will push its way south and east woods of an eczema thunderstorms going across south east england. cloud farming across northern ireland, but elsewhere, some clearer skies. it is another mild if not muqqy skies. it is another mild if not muggy night. and those of 15 or 16 celsius across the southern half of the uk. for many, we start tomorrow as they dry. some spells of sunshine away from northern and eastern coasts. that cloud should then break through the day. almost anywhere could catch a thunderstorm tomorrow. there will also be some warm spells of sunshine in between, particularly for the southern half of the uk with highs of 2526 celsius. 25 or 26 celsius. hello. this is bbc news with tim wilcox. the headlines. national and family triumph forjapan injudo, as a brother