this is bbc news. i'm jane hill. the headlines: thrills and spills at the velodrome in tokyo. laura kenny becomes the first british woman to win gold at three olympic games and is now britain's most decorated female olympian, as she and katie archibald are crowned madison champions. kate french also takes gold for team gb, winning the modern pentathlon. and a flurry of medals on the track — laura muir wins silver in the 1500. the men miss out on gold byjust one hundredth of a second in the 4 x 100 metres relay, and britain's women pick up bronze in their relay. away from the olympics, gas and electricity bills will go up

for millions of people after the regulator raised the energy price cap by a record amount. medical schools in england will received funding for hundreds of extra places after more students than expected get the required grades. thousands sign a petition to save an alpaca who faces being put down after being tested positive for bovine tb. and coming up at quarter to six, we'll have the best and worst of this week's film and dvd releases in the film review. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. it's been a successful day for team gb in tokyo as the 14th day

of the olympics draws to a close. the cyclist laura kenny has become britain's most decorated female olympic athlete after she and teammate katie archibald won the women's madison event in the velodrome. the pair dominated the 120 lap race, winning 10 of the 12 sprints. it means kenny has won gold in three consecutive olympic games, and archibald in two. and team gb�*s 18th gold medal of the games came from kate french in the women's modern pentathlon. also this afternoon, laura muir won silver in the 1500 metres. team gb�*s men narrowly missed out on the gold in the 4 x 100 metres relay, beaten by italy in a photo—finish. and the women's team came in third, securing the bronze behind jamaica and the us. elsewhere, after their gold in rio, britain's hockey women have taken bronze in tokyo,

with a narrow victory over india. let's try to summarise a truly remarkable day with hugh ferris. two days of competition remain of the tokyo olympics and day 1a saw great britain win another seven medals, taking them up to fourth in the medal table. laura kenny has become the most successful female british olympic with the fifth gold of her career. she and katie archibald were crowned the inaugural women's madison champions in the velodrome. kenny is also the first british woman to win golds at three consecutive games. this has not taken place in the women's programme before. the british pair dominated the 120—lap race, winning ten of the 12 sprints on offer to finish on 78 points. and out of all the medals kenny has

won, this seems to mean the most. i'v e i've never wanted to win a race so badly, and that was the one. this morning, ifelt like my olympics ends today. i love to see, but it was given me fears like i ever had before. it's almost hard to say, but i felt relieved because the one race i felt relieved because the one race i really wanted to do was coming, and we ended it. and there was another medal for team gb in the velodrome as jack carlin won an impressive bronze in the men's individual sprint, beating russian denis dmitriev for a spot on the podium to add to the silver he won in the team sprint. kate french provided gold number18 forteam gb, continuing an excellent record in the modern pentathlon since the women's event was introduced in 2000. she went into the third discipline well—placed, but a clear round in the show jumping took french up to fifth for the final two events,

which are combined in a so—called laser run when the athletes run four 800—metre laps with range shooting in between. french made up the 15 second gap on the leader to become britain's second women's modern pentathlon champion. ijust knew i had to focus, and i knew_ ijust knew i had to focus, and i knew i— ijust knew i had to focus, and i knew i could do it if ijust focused~ _ knew i could do it if ijust focused. the team were supportive and i_ focused. the team were supportive and i can_ focused. the team were supportive and i can hearthem in the focused. the team were supportive and i can hear them in the crowd. focused. the team were supportive and i can hearthem in the crowd. i can't_ and i can hearthem in the crowd. i can'tthank— and i can hearthem in the crowd. i can't thank everyone back home enough — can't thank everyone back home enough i— can't thank everyone back home enough. i couldn't have done it without— enough. i couldn't have done it without them, thank you so much, and thank— without them, thank you so much, and thank you _ without them, thank you so much, and thank you as _ without them, thank you so much, and thank you as well. i wouldn't be here _ thank you as well. i wouldn't be here without them either. the 4 x 100 metres relays promised much and delivered a couple of medals too for team gb. the men's team were inches away from gold, but had to settle for silver. cj ujah, zharnel hughes, richard kilty and nethaneel mitchell—blake, who was run down by the italian

runner on the final leg. it wasn't marcelljacobs who won the individual gold earlier in the week, but filippo tortu. that was the difference between the two on the line, with canada finishing third. we're silver medallist, and last round, — we're silver medallist, and last round, we _ we're silver medallist, and last round, we finished _ we're silver medallist, and last round, we finished fifth. - we're silver medallist, and last round, we finished fifth. we . we're silver medallist, and last. round, we finished fifth. we went we're silver medallist, and last- round, we finished fifth. we went to win it _ round, we finished fifth. we went to win it and _ round, we finished fifth. we went to win it and we — round, we finished fifth. we went to win it and we were _ round, we finished fifth. we went to win it and we were in— round, we finished fifth. we went to win it and we were in this _ round, we finished fifth. we went to win it and we were in this together, | win it and we were in this together, and we _ win it and we were in this together, and we were — win it and we were in this together, and we were -- _ win it and we were in this together, and we were —— absolutely- win it and we were in this together, and we were —— absolutely pulled . win it and we were in this together, and we were —— absolutely pulled it out. and we were —— absolutely pulled it out in _ and we were —— absolutely pulled it out in 20 _ and we were —— absolutely pulled it out "120 years. _ and we were —— absolutely pulled it out. in 20 years, we _ and we were —— absolutely pulled it out. in 20 years, we will— and we were —— absolutely pulled it out. in 20 years, we will look- out. in 20 years, we will look back on this_ out. in 20 years, we will look back on this is_ out. in 20 years, we will look back on this is one _ out. in 20 years, we will look back on this is one of— out. in 20 years, we will look back on this is one of the _ out. in 20 years, we will look back on this is one of the best night- out. in 20 years, we will look back on this is one of the best night of. on this is one of the best night of our lives — it was bronze in the women's event. asha philip, imani lansico, dina asher smith and daryll neita led team gb to third, finishing behind winners jamaica and silver medallists usa. also on the track, laura muir has won a silver in the women's1500 metres, setting a huge personal best in the process and breaking the british record, too. muirfinished behind kenya's faith kipyegon, who successfully defended her title in an olympic record time.

but as the field stretched, muir went past the 5000 metres champion sifan hassan of the netherlands to seal the best result of her career. it is her first major outdoor medal. it was bronze in the women's hockey for team gb, making the podium for the third games running, after beating india 11—3 in the bronze medal match. it was a topsy—turvy game. the brits were 2—up, then 3—2 down, but fought back to win 4—3. tears were flowing at the end. great britain were defending champions from rio, but captain hollie pearne—webb said, "it's been a tough five years, a bronze medal was beyond our wildest dreams". later, the netherlands beat argentina to win gold. so, great britain's seven medals means they now have 58 in total, moving up to fourth in the medal table above australia and the russian olympic committee. more medals possible on tomorrow's penultimate day, too. tom daley is in the 10m platform at 7 o'clock uk time, looking for his second

gold medal of the games. much more with boxing, athletics and all sorts to try and list them all would take me far too long. that's all the sport for now. thank you, enjoy the best of the action. we're going to talk about team mission. laura kenny's gold was her first as a mother and she credited team—mate katie archibald for her support, saying "with katie, ifeel like i'm racing with a sister — "i'm so grateful to have her here and her support. "i couldn't have done it without her." so let's discuss the importance of teamwork in elite sports, with professor steve peters, the sports psychiatrist and author of "the chimp pa radox".

he is best known for his work with british cycling. very good afternoon. thank you for inviting me. i'm afternoon. thank you for inviting me- i'm dying — afternoon. thank you for inviting me- i'm dying to _ afternoon. thank you for inviting me. i'm dying to know _ afternoon. thank you for inviting me. i'm dying to know what - afternoon. thank you for inviting me. i'm dying to know what was| afternoon. thank you for inviting - me. i'm dying to know what was going throu~h me. i'm dying to know what was going through your — me. i'm dying to know what was going through your head _ me. i'm dying to know what was going through your head as _ me. i'm dying to know what was going through your head as you _ me. i'm dying to know what was going through your head as you watched - through your head as you watched that race in the velodrome this morning because you worked with laura kenny some years ago. she was in the british _ laura kenny some years ago. she was in the british cycling _ laura kenny some years ago. she was in the british cycling team, _ laura kenny some years ago. she was in the british cycling team, and - laura kenny some years ago. she was in the british cycling team, and i - in the british cycling team, and i know laura and she's a fantastic athlete. i think what struck me, looking at it from a psychiatry point of view, she recognises what she needs to get to be successful. one of them is teamwork, so it didn't surprise me that was her comment. she's a great team player. i love that. it was such a touching interview and the two women were so genuine about it, about the importance of working together. i appreciate i'm asking you to put a lot of very detailed work that you

do into layman �*s language, but explain what this training process is. when you go into a team like this and what does that mean, how do you work together and that way? you might be very different people, but you have to perform as a team if you get gold. you have to perform as a team if you aet old. �* . you have to perform as a team if you uuetold. . . , . ., you have to perform as a team if you get gold. again, preparation begins man ears get gold. again, preparation begins many years beforehand, _ get gold. again, preparation begins many years beforehand, so - get gold. again, preparation begins many years beforehand, so even i get gold. again, preparation begins| many years beforehand, so even for the paris olympics, preparations will again... the paris olympics, preparations willagain... so, taking for example the relay team, they did fantastic today, you're working together to support each other and understand how to get the best out of each other. so this is a lot of preparation before you actually get to the day of the performance, where you go into almost robotic mode. find you go into almost robotic mode. and what sort of — you go into almost robotic mode. and what sort of role would someone like you play if... you i don't know, you

tell me. have you worked with people who don't get on our might not have a lot of, might not be friends away from the sport, but recognise they clicked together when it comes to the sport itself?— the sport itself? obviously, when ou t the sport itself? obviously, when out to the sport itself? obviously, when you try to get _ the sport itself? obviously, when you try to get a — the sport itself? obviously, when you try to get a high-performingl you try to get a high—performing team, that helps a lot to see people as human beings, and then you try to get people to buy into a common opinion of how to go forward. it can be difficult, but at the end of the day, if you got a common goal, you tend to lay differences aside. findi tend to lay differences aside. and i cuess tend to lay differences aside. and i ruess this tend to lay differences aside. and i guess this works _ tend to lay differences aside. and i guess this works across _ tend to lay differences aside. and i guess this works across all - guess this works across all disciplines. your absolute expertise is with cycling, but we think of hannah mills in the sailing. we saw

similar sentiments echoed about the team mentioned there. i’ere similar sentiments echoed about the team mentioned there.— team mentioned there. i've worked with many. — team mentioned there. i've worked with many. many — team mentioned there. i've worked with many, many sports _ team mentioned there. i've worked with many, many sports to - team mentioned there. i've worked with many, many sports to do - team mentioned there. i've workedj with many, many sports to do that, and each is unique in the way that it approaches it events, and so are the athletes. from my perspective, you're trying to get that person to get insights into recognising, as we saw laura do, what will work for me and how will i get that to work best for me? so forming good relationships was clearly one of them for her, which is fantastic that she's managed to do that. whatever the sport is, what is that you're going to do that's going to get the best out of you? and i helped to facilitate that. professor steve peters. _ helped to facilitate that. professor steve peters, i'd _ helped to facilitate that. professor steve peters, i'd love _ helped to facilitate that. professor steve peters, i'd love to _ helped to facilitate that. professor steve peters, i'd love to talk - helped to facilitate that. professorj steve peters, i'd love to talk much more, but it's lovely to have your perspective. we really appreciate it. author of the chimp paradox.

right now, we must take a look at other stories. gas and electricity bills will increase for millions of people in october, after the regulator ofgem raised the energy price cap by a record amount. on average, a household on a standard tariff will pay an extra £139 a year, while those on prepayment meters face an increase of £153. charities have warned that the timing will hit struggling families hard. colletta smith reports. summer holiday thrills don't come cheap, so the thought of an increase in energy bills in the autumn is a worrying one. but that's what will be happening from the 1st of october. i know a lot of families, they're strictly on the line, aren't they? so even a £20 is a lot of money, isn't it? it's food for their week. it'll impact everyone on prepayment metres or the default standard variable tariffs. that's half of all the households in britain. ofgem insists the changes are necessary because of the rising wholesale costs of energy. we've seen an increase

in fossil fuel prices across the board, actually. not just gas and electricity but also petrol and diesel. we've had to feed that through to the calculation and into the price cap. now, what the price cap does is it makes sure we don't go back to the bad old days where companies charged unfair profits on top of the amount that you pay, but, clearly, when input costs change that limit needs to change. the autumn is when we stick on our heating and electricity so much more, but it's also a moment that furlough comes to an end and universal credit is being cut. debt charities say this increase could not have come at a worse time and it'll hit families who are struggling the most. we are faced with a bit - of a conundrum, which is going to end up being food versus fuel, i believe — how are the poorest of societyj going to be able to suck it up? you know, we're already on the breadline, - working on the closest balance| of finance in a long, long time.

with another two months to go until prices go up, there's still time to shop around for a better deal. colletta smith, bbc news, in warrington. the latest official weekly figures for coronavirus infections in the uk have confirmed that the number of cases is falling. the office for national statistics estimates that just over 810,000 people had covid—19 last week —140,000 less than the previous seven days. our health correspondent katharine da costa told me that while the ons said it's encouraged by this fall, they cautioned that infection rates remain high across the uk. they want to see more data to be confident that we're past the peak of this current wave. now, this data looks at the last week ofjuly, so it's backward—looking, and you can still test positive several weeks after an initial infection, so it often takes longer for the daily case figures to show up in the ons data,

but the survey is seen as a more reliable source of data because it's based on a random sample of swabs from households, including people who are asymptomatic, so it gives a bigger picture of what's going on rather than the daily figures that rely on people coming forward with symptoms. now, we've also had the r number for england, and it's fallen compared to last week. it's now 0.8—1.1, so, to put that into context, for every 10 infected people, on average they'd expect to pass the virus on to between 8 and 11 people. now, these figures, this data, sort of, adds to the overall picture that the fall is real, and it's filtering into a fall in hospital admissions, which are down 10% compared to the week before. so, ons thinks that infections are likely to stay down for the next few weeks, but there is still this uncertainty about what might happen going into the autumn and winter. schools going back, universities going back, you may see a mixture of covid,

possibly flu and other viruses in circulation — that could cause real challenges, still, for the nhs. let's take a look at the coronavirus figures. in the latest 24—hour period, the uk has recorded 31,808 cases and 92 deaths — that's within 28 days of a positive test. nearly 47 million people have had the first dose of the vaccine and 39 million have had the second dose. for the first time in the united kingdom, 16 and 17—year—olds can get a covid vaccine. this is in northern ireland. our correspondent charlotte gallagher is at the titanic quarter in belfast, where vaccinations are being given to teenagers. what sort of a turn out are you seeing? what sort of a turn out are you seeinu ? ~ �* .,

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things will slowly get back to normal. ., ., ., , . the department for education is to fund hundreds of extra places at medical schools in england because more students than expected have got the required �*a' level grades, after exams were scrapped for the second consecutive year. numbers on medicine and dentistry courses are usually capped by the government because of the cost, and the need for clinical placements in the nhs. elaine dunkley reports. doctors and dentists are much in demand, but there is tough competition for places at universities. the numbers are capped by the government because of the cost of courses. but with more students this year expected to qualify after exams were replaced with teacher—assessed grades, the government is asking universities to take on more students. universities are not fully ready for the challenge, because they gave out their offers for medical courses months ago, and now there's going to be

huge grade inflation, probably, on tuesday, so they're going to have far more students saying "i've got a right to come to the course," than the university has places available. a degree in medicine cost around £180,000, so the numbers are capped by the government. in 2019, that meantjust over 8,300 students starting medicine and dentistry degrees in england. last year, because of chaos caused by changes to how a—levels were graded, an extra a50 places were created. now the government says in england, the cap will be lifted to more than 9,000 places and extra money will be found. julia louw has secured a place at oxford university, and says after a tough year, it's good news for students who want a career in medicine. it's really good news that the government is, you know, supporting medicine students and allowing lots of people to access those kinds of resources. especially considering how hard

it's been to get those grades in the past year. but universities say it's notjust about money — they need time to prepare. this week, exeter university has offered £10,000 to persuade some medical students to defer. if there is an element of grade j inflation, universities will work flexibly to make sure - that they are really working in the interest of students, l but i'd also point to clearing. clearing is increasingly attractive. next week, students will find out their a—level results, and with some courses oversubscribed, the pressure will shift to universities to find the places. elaine dunkley, bbc news. a mother who left her daughter alone for six days, leaving her to starve to death, has beenjailed. verphy kudi admitted the manslaughter of 20—month—old asiah, who was left at her brighton flat as she celebrated her 18th birthday in december 2019.

kudi has been jailed for nine years. the taliban have captured their first provincial capital in afghanistan since 2016. an official said zaranj in nimruz province, close to the border with iran, fell because of a lack of government reinforcements. the taliban have made widespread advances in recent months as nato forces complete their withdrawal, but had previously failed to seize a major urban centre. in the capital, kabul, taliban gunmen killed the head of the afghan government's media centre, shooting him in his car. the un security council has been meeting in a special session to discuss the worsening situation in the country. the united nations' envoy to afghanistan deborah lyon called there had been an expectation when the us—taliban deal was signed in february 2020, you will remember, that we would see a reduction of violence. we did not. there had been an expectation when the talks between the afghan

republic and the taliban began in september of last year that we would see a reduction of violence. we have not. there had been an expectation that when international troops left we would see a reduction of violence. we did not. instead, despite significant concessions for peace, we have seen a 50%, 5—0 percent, increase in civilian casualties with the certainty of many more as the cities are attacked. that was the un envoy to afghanistan. our north america correspondent gary o'donoghue has more on the un security meeting. it's a demonstration, i suppose,

of some kind of international unity around condemning what's happening inside the country. that's not much consolation for those people inside afghanistan who are suffering at the hands of the taliban, of course, in their growing seizure of various provinces and districts around the country. it will be some sort of rallying call, i think, for some action, potentially putting more pressure on the taliban to come to the negotiating table. those talks which have sort of languished, really, in doha over the last few months, not really with any momentum behind them, particularly, of course, because the taliban have been having such success on the battlefield — there's little incentive for them. and a lot of pressure, i think, being put on them in terms of their future and what kind of role they might have, and how recognised they might be in the international community. but i think the issue there is how much they care about international recognition. that is not something they cared about in the past, but whether that's changed... there have been some disturbing

developments reported at the meeting this morning — accusations here of real sort of atrocities. one ambassador from afghanistan itself, talking about people being stoned, people having their hands chopped off, children flogged, he says. these are all allegations he levels at the taliban forces surrounding these six urban centres around the country. and, of course, the assassinations continue. we had another one this morning, dawa khan menapal, who's the sort of chief spokesman for the afghan government, was assassinated at friday prayers and that follows a pattern of other targeting that's been going on by the insurgents. gary o'donoghue. the tech giant apple is bringing in new safety tools that it says can scan devices for images of child sexual abuse as they're uploaded to online storage,

so they can be reported to police. the new software — which is being introduced first in the united states — will search for matches of already known images. some security experts however say the measures could be used by authoritarian governments to scan phones for other content such as political material. i'm joined now by emily taylor, cybersecurity expert at chatham house and editor of the journal of cyber policy. hello, good evening. hi, jane. your thou:hts hello, good evening. hi, jane. your thoughts first— hello, good evening. hi, jane. your thoughts first of _ hello, good evening. hi, jane. your thoughts first of all _ hello, good evening. hi, jane. your thoughts first of all about _ hello, good evening. hi, jane. your thoughts first of all about apple's . thoughts first of all about apple's attempt to scan for child sexual abuse. can it work and is it helpful? abuse. can it work and is it helful? �* , abuse. can it work and is it helpful?— abuse. can it work and is it helful? �*, . , ., , helpful? it's a very polarising issue, helpful? it's a very polarising issue. and — helpful? it's a very polarising issue, and this _ helpful? it's a very polarising issue, and this has _ helpful? it's a very polarising issue, and this has been - helpful? it's a very polarising l issue, and this has been raging helpful? it's a very polarising - issue, and this has been raging as a policy issue from the 1990s onwards. how can governments and law

enforcement get access to encrypted private content for the detection of child abuse? you have ranged on one side to the technical community and human rights communities, and on the other side, you have law enforcement and child protection. for years, these communities have been talking past each other. on one level, this is good news because you have a technical company really trying to create a technical solution that is privacy respecting and only intruding to the limited, as necessary to solve the problem. however, there's lots of lively debate around it. 50. however, there's lots of lively debate around it.— however, there's lots of lively debate around it. so, i guess we can't as a _ debate around it. so, i guess we can't as a society _ debate around it. so, i guess we can't as a society have _ debate around it. so, i guess we can't as a society have it - debate around it. so, i guess we can't as a society have it both i debate around it. so, i guess we i can't as a society have it both ways because how often do we hear

government individuals say tech giants must do more, social bc i just —— social media must do more? we must tackle that, so there's a recognition that is an issue that needs tackling, but if it isn't on this way with software, how else can it be done? it’s this way with software, how else can it be done? 3 , this way with software, how else can itbedone? h , q it be done? it's very difficult because strong _ it be done? it's very difficult because strong encryption, l it be done? it's very difficult - because strong encryption, which is very desirable and lots of ways, has drawbacks for the detection of child abuse images and for the prevention and detection of crimes. in one way, you do need a technical solution. one of the things that i think is good about apple's proposals is that, as well as baking in several protections and double locks and all sorts of things, they also have a threshold which will be posed before the investigation goes forward. they put in place a human review which is really good because humans are much

better at taking judgements than machines in certain situations, and there is also an appeal process. however, for human rights experts, there is a real worry that this is at the end of the wedge. you tell it to look for images today, tomorrow, if use by authoritarian governments, and for security experts, this is a potential back door, making the entire system less safe and more vulnerable to hacking and abuse as we see every day. soi so i wonder if people listening to you will think, crikey, i don't know what to think about this because there is a desperate problem that needs solving. perhaps testing it in a way... can we keep it a pilot scheme, while apple is doing in the states best but they are trying it, testing it out. do we know whether they will be open about the findings and say, look, if it doesn't work,

we will stop it, we won't go any further? what is your reading of how responsible they want to be? it’s a responsible they want to be? it's a very difficult _ responsible they want to be? it's a very difficult issue _ responsible they want to be? it's a very difficult issue and _ responsible they want to be? it's a very difficult issue and i _ responsible they want to be? it�*s —. very difficult issue and i don't know what the right answer is. what i do see is that the debate has become very polarised. you have to line up with one side or another. you have to be for something or against something and you end up with taking very, very extreme positions. in a way, this is a positive step forward. it may or may not be a workable solution and i think for me, the main thing i would like to see is more transparency and better governance of the process again and again. we are looking to companies to sell very complicated policy issues and in some cases, like this, to impose a solution without very much public debate and without very much public debate and with limited transparency. so we are passing these technical, these very

difficult societal problems onto technical companies to sell. i think we need to try harder to get a more inclusive governance and debate going. inclusive governance and debate aroin. ., inclusive governance and debate aoian. ., inclusive governance and debate aaoin _ ., ., ~' inclusive governance and debate aaoin_ ., ., 4' ,., going. ok, all right, thank you. it is a huae going. ok, all right, thank you. it is a huge topic— going. ok, all right, thank you. it is a huge topic to _ going. ok, all right, thank you. it is a huge topic to discuss - going. ok, all right, thank you. it is a huge topic to discuss in - going. ok, all right, thank you. it is a huge topic to discuss in a - going. ok, all right, thank you. it is a huge topic to discuss in a few| is a huge topic to discuss in a few minutes but thank you. emily taylor, cybersecurity expert at house, thank you. the time is 5:32. let's turn to something very different indeed. nearly 80,000 people have signed a petition calling on borisjohnson to stop the killing of an alpaca called geronimo, who's twice tested positive for bovine tuberculosis. the animal's owner in gloucestershire claims the tests were inaccurate. andrew plant explains. geronimo, in quarantine at this gloucestershire farm for the past four years, since he was imported from new zealand. now, though, he's set to be destroyed, after owner helen lost her fight against his positive

tests for tb. sick. absolutely sick. because all of this was avoidable. we've had four years of trying to just sit down and rationally discuss the science. the science is just not there. farmers everywhere have cattle tested, and then they get a positive result and they have to put those animals down. why are you different? because the cattle test is designed for cattle, and it's an established programme, that is the test for cattle. the environment secretary george eustice said he'd looked into geronimo's case and, though he sympathised, the alpaca's tests, he said, were highly specific and reliable. helen's been fighting the results of the test for the past four years, but the high court says the results still stand. now, yesterday, a notice of entry was issued, and that means any time in the next 30 days, officials could turn up here to put geronimo down. in a statement, defra said...

more than 40,000 cows are culled in the uk each year, after testing positive for tb. helen says geronimo passed multiple tests before being imported and thinks the two tests here were flawed. she's still hoping this eight—year—old alpaca can somehow be saved. andrew plant, bbc news. a very busy afternoon. we have not forgotten about the weather, there will be a full forecast coming up just before the top of the hour but it's been very busy in tokyo as well, so we will catch up right 110w now on all the sports news. hello. i can give weather forecast or an assessment of what happened in tokyo today. very, very hot and difficult for a lot of people to content with it. but in terms of the action, laura kenny has become the most

successful british female olympian after gb won seven medals overall. kenny with the fifth gold of her career. she and katie archibald were crowned the inaugral women's madison champions in the velodrome... kenny is also the first british woman to win golds at three consecutive games. the british pair dominated the 120—lap race, winning 10 of the 12 sprints on offer to finish on 78 points... and out of all the medals kenny has won this seems to mean the most. jack carlin added to his silver in the team sprint with a bronze in the individual event. he beat russian denis dmitriev for a spot on the podium along with two dutch riders who won gold and silver. team gb's18th gold of the games came from kate french in the modern pentathlon. it's been a sport that's provided a great deal of success since the women's event was introduced in 2000. she went into the third discipline well—placed, but a clear round in the show jumping took french up to fifth for the final two events.

they are combined into one — a so—called laser run. athletes run four 800 metre laps with range shooting in between. french made up the 15 second gap on the leader to become britain's second women's modern pentathlon champion three more medals came within the space of a little over an hour in the olympic stadium. both 4 by 100 metres relay teams got on the podium, with the men's team settling for silver after being inches away from gold. cj ujah, zharnel hughes, richard kilty and nethaneel mitchell—bla ke, who was run down by the italian runner on the final leg. it wasn't marcelljacobs who won the individual gold earlier in the week, but filippo tortu. that was the difference, just 100th of a second. canada third. it was bronze in the women's event. asha philip, imani lansico, dina asher smith and daryll neita led team gb to third, finishing behind winners jamaica and silver medallists usa. also on the track, laura muir has won a silver in the women's1500 metres,

setting a huge personal best in the process and breaking the british record, too. muirfinished behind kenya's faith kipyegon, who successfully defended her title in an olympic record time. but as the field stretched, muir went past the 5000 metres champion sifan hassan of the netherlands to seal the best result of her career. it was bronze in the women's hockey for team gb — making the podium for the third games running, after beating india 4—3 in the bronze medal match. it was a topsy—turvy game. the brits were 2—up, then 3—2 down, but fought back to win 4—3. great britain were defending champions from rio, but captain hollie pearne—webb said, "it's been a tough five years, a bronze medal was beyond our wildest dreams". later, the netherlands beat argentina to win gold. in the last few moments, tottenham striker harry kane has released a statement, saying he's "hurt" by comments

questioning his professionalism. it follows confirmed interest today from manchester city manager pep guardiola in wanting to sign the england star, who was expected to return to spurs — following a break — at the start of this week. kane, though, says while he won't go into the specifics of the situation, he wants to clarify that he "would never and has never refused to train" and that he'll be back at spurs tomorrow. he says, as was planned. if totte n ha m if tottenham don't want to negotiate, it's finished. if they are open to negotiate, not man city but all the clubs in the world want him to try to sign him. we are not an exception. harry kane is an exceptional, extraordinary striker. 0f exceptional, extraordinary striker. of course we are very interested in him but he is a tottenham player and if they don't want to negotiate... nothing more to say. if they want it, we will try. rain has returned

to trent bridge on day three of the first test between england and india. it arrived when the home side were 25 without loss in their second innings... 70 behind after india were bowled out for 278... ollie robinson with five wickets... and james anderson's four included his 620th in test cricket, taking him third in the all time list. they're due back on shortly. 5:45 resumption. in fact, rain has returned again so that won't happen. it has been one of those days in the cricket, as it was yesterday. they will go back on if they can squeeze some more cricket in. if it happens, we will let you know at 6:30. good stuff, thank you very much. back to coronavirus now and a movement opposing lockdown, restrictions and vaccines has grown on social media during the pandemic. several committed activists are now taking a whole new turn — organising online dating, house shares and blood banks just for the unvaccinated.

but they're coming up against opposition from social media sites. with me is our disinformation and social media reporter marianna spring. explain a bit more about what's happening — who are these activists? those watching might know about debates there have been around personal freedoms versus lockdown or vaccine passports and different discussions. this movement goes beyond those. it has become muddled with extreme online conspiracies and a lot who are a part of it believe the unvaccinated are becoming like a persecuted group and actually, this is part of some nefarious agenda to control or even ruin people's lives. so much so that they are taking it even further and trying to create this almost subculture, this

alternative culture that is purely for people who are unvaccinated. one woman i interviewed called michelle in brighton is one of the leaders of this movement and hasjoined a number of telegram channels, that's a bit like a mixture between whatsapp and facebook, for all kinds of different things, housing, home schooling she knows people in the movement who are taking their children out of school because they believe they will be harmed by teachers being vaccinated or forced to be vaccinated. both of which are not currently true and therefore are setting up schools in the woods with cabins and these really quite extreme ideas. she herself is a landlady who has been trying to rent out rooms to the unvaccinated and explained a little bit about it to me. the awake housing one, well, the guy who started that, he contacted me because he was trying to find somewhere to live in brighton and i came and met him. and it was such a good idea, because it's a way... because if you're living in shared accommodation and the other people around you don't have the same

views, it could become, you know, a constant, sort of, argument within the house. but she struggled to find tenants, not just but she struggled to find tenants, notjust because they worried about arguing with her other existing vaccinated tenants but because these unvaccinated people believe they are going to be harmed by those who are vaccinated. that is this totally unfounded belief in something called vaccine shedding that does occur very rarely with different types of vaccines but not with any of the covid—19 vaccines, which don't use a live virus. so you can't catch covid from someone who has just had the vaccine because they have had the vaccine, if that makes sense. nonetheless, a lot of this movement is based on that flawed belief. stand is based on that flawed belief. and is based on that flawed belief. and is this movement still very much on the fringes would you say, or is it becoming more mainstream? is it possible to assess that? the group that michelle — possible to assess that? the group that michelle is _ possible to assess that? the group that michelle is part _ possible to assess that? the group that michelle is part of, _ possible to assess that? the group that michelle is part of, on - that michelle is part of, on telegram, is quite fringe and small. but there are people who are trying to make this go mainstream. there is a woman called shelby thompson from hawaii and she has set up an app and

website which is for dating and also for entertainment and making friends and all kinds of different things, just for people who are unvaccinated. she originally managed to get that on the app store, the google play store, reaching huge audiences. a number of people signing up to it when signing up because they believed getting intimate with someone who is vaccinated will hurt them. she told me a bit about it. i would definitely say it has more to do with the very personal - interactions. you know, sharing saliva - or sleeping with somebody or, you know, any of those extreme close contact scenarios. - she has actually faced some difficulties. herapp she has actually faced some difficulties. her app has been ejected from the app store, the apple app store and her instagram accounts have been removed. hippie accounts have been removed. apple aot rid of accounts have been removed. apple got rid of it. — accounts have been removed. apple got rid of it, that _ accounts have been removed. apple got rid of it, that was _ accounts have been removed. apple got rid of it, that was their - got rid of it, that was their decision might get a yes, they decided not to host this platform.

that is something she is going to come up against time and time again. because the social media sites and big tech companies have been making their rules on covid misinformation much stricter than they were before the pandemic. so much stricter than they were before the pandemic— much stricter than they were before the pandemic. so given some of the bia aiants the pandemic. so given some of the big giants are _ the pandemic. so given some of the big giants are taking _ the pandemic. so given some of the big giants are taking those - big giants are taking those decisions and making those moves, does that mean that this sort of movement ultimately can't really take off in a mainstream way? thea;r take off in a mainstream way? they absolutely will _ take off in a mainstream way? they absolutely will face _ take off in a mainstream way? tie: absolutely will face opposition, whether from social media states, government or anyone looking at the scientific evidence of the vaccines but that doesn't seem to be deterring a very committed bunch of activists. shelby is continuing with the project is that there are leaders of this movement is setting up leaders of this movement is setting up holiday resorts and airlines, only for those unvaccinated michelle, who i spoke to in brighton, told me she would be willing to make lots of personal sacrifices to almost live off grid, where she to believe this nefarious plot was happening.

i mean, i'm not at that stage yet, myself. i quite like, sort of, going to coffee shops and having my flat whites. but if the time comes, i'll give it all up. so it's going to be, you know, it's like the people you see in the movies living on the other side of the city wall. so, michelle in brighton that you spoke to. thank you very much, interesting. it is edging up to 5:45. the six o'clock news will have more on the day is stories shortly but it being friday, it's a great time. it's time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review with me, anna smith. i'm filling in for mark kermode to review this week's cinema releases.