Today is an absolute scorcher. Hottest day of the year. Drink, drink, and drink. En route, well speak to athletes competing in the french capital. Some of the really bigi decisions are The Ones about where you will hold. The olympics in the future. Well hear how Climate Change is affecting sport for everyone, from the grassroots. Nearly every game was called off. It was really frustrating. To the elite. I think its important that we talk about leaving a world that our children can grow up in, because being outside in nature is something we shouldnt ever take for granted. And well be joined by some famous faces to help us along the way. I dont know how he does it. I find it hard to even. Run100m, let alone. He laughs. Go. If you just take some positive action in your own life, life is much healthier. The national Cycling Centre in manchester, home of great britains Cycling Team and the Start Location of pedal for Paris. Chris and his team are getting ready for the journey. Im actually p
When youre covering that kind of distance 550 miles theres things that are Going to happen, were Going to have to manage. So, its a dynamic adventure is the Way Id like to think of it. The Paris Games are hoping to be the greenest in history. From Cardboard Beds in the athletes village to plant based menus, organisers want to halve the Carbon Footprint of the worlds biggest sporting event. Back in 2012, london constructed six new stadiums and rio built ten four years later. But paris has focused on existing and temporary infrastructure with only two new venues in the city. But there will be challenges to that environmental legacy. Extreme heat, Air And Water pollution are still huge concerns. You realise that Climate Change is already here. You cant Go out and ride bicycles when its 40 degrees heat, which is happening more and more frequently, so we havent even realised it. En route, were Going to be looking at projects that are already happening to protect our environment, which is th
On the disruption caused due to the Sabotage Attack in france. Good afternoon. On one of the busiest days imaginable for the french capital, the Rail Network in and around paris has been thrown into chaos by a series of acts of sabotage just hours before the olympic Opening Ceremony. Its been called a massive attack, after Signal Boxes and electrical wires on the high Speed Rail System were vandalised, causing fires. Around 800,000 people will be affected in all including on eurostar, where one in four services between london and paris have been cancelled until monday. A series of what the government has called coordinated, malicious acts targeted links to the west, the north, and the east of paris, taking out huges swathes of the network. A fifth attack to the South East was foiled. The french prime Minister Gabriel Attal has said that Police And Intelligence services are working hard to find and punish those responsible. Our Paris Correspondent Andrew Harding has our first story toda
The big queues. Trying to get to the Olympic Games. Many of them, the final Build Up has been disrupted by Arson Attacks. But the final Build Up has been disrupted by Arson Attacks on frances high Speed Rail lines. Frances Transport Minister condemned whats been described as co ordinated, malicious acts. Eurostar has cancelled a quarter of its services from london and asked passengers to postpone theirjourneys if possible. The prime Minister Keir Starmer had to change his Travel Plans and has flown to paris rather than take the train so he can attend the Opening Ceremony, which will see thousands of athletes paraded by boat along the River Seine. A commune in france has shown some pictures with the bbc. The mayor said they were taken which Mayor Franck Marchand says were taken at a Railway Line in Saint Pellerin Courtalain thats 88 miles from paris. Our Paris Correspondent Andrew Harding has more. Confusion this morning at europes busiest railway station, the Gare Du Nord in central pa
With the usa in rugby sevens. Hello and welcome to the Bbc News at six. Footage has been made public of the Olympic Equestrian Gold Medalist Charlotte dujardin repeatedly whipping a horse during a training session. The Team Gb Athlete has been suspended by her sports Governing Body and has withdrawn from the olympics, which begin this week. She called the incident an error ofjudgement. A dutch lawyer representing the person who filmed the video was given permission by his client, whos remaining anonymous, to provide it to the bbc. Heres our Sports News Correspondent laura scott. This is the video that has rocked the sporting world. It shows a dressage star Charlotte Dujardin on foot, whipping a horse repeatedly during a coaching session. She says she is deeply ashamed of what is seen here, calling it completely out of character, and an error of judgment which does not reflect how i train my horses. It was taken several years ago, but surfaced this week. Days before the start of the oly