this actually belonged to gay gibson.n the great hall since the events of march 19118. and it seems the technology isn't practical enough to tell us what may live within the actual strands and follicles that sit upon the brush. but maybe one day it can give us a true picture of gay gibson's health. the future could really be the key to the past. but the mystery doesn't end there. thanks to one other item belonging to gay gibson. what happened was that on the morning that gay gibson disappeared, eileen field went into the cabin and noticed her yellow dressing gown and the black pyjamas were missing. no one gave any thought to it. until the trial came here, to the great hall. because whenjames camb took to the witness box, he said that gay gibson was naked underneath the yellow dressing gown. therefore, they should be in the cabin. where are they? they're not there. they're missing. within the official police files, there is a statement from a man who walked into cheltenham police station a couple of months after the trial

and the porthole mystery. 70 years on, new evidence in the case of james camb and gay gibson.hat's in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the metropolitan police are continuing to investigate three separate shootings in london over the weekend, and extra officers supported by armed units, are patrolling the streets. a 17—year—old boy has died, and three other people are in hospital, although their injuries are not considered to be life—threatening. simon clemison reports. to try to tackle violent crime, police had already drafted in more officers this weekend. 0vernight, they were out again. but in a battle against numbers, they had four more shootings in 2a hours. rhyhiem ainsworth barton died of his injuries. my son was a very handsome boy. he's gone. the 17—year—old was said to be playing football near his home in south—east london. he's the 15th teenager to lose their life since christmas. in north london, two shootings, two boys a short distance from each other. they survived, they're 13 and 15. police are investigating whether there's a

issue of women in sports, later, gays and was -- arthur ashe, who you know, he died of aids, which raised the whole issue again about various things. with allpioneer gibsonibson -- althea the first to win majors. and jewish people faced all kinds of discrimination. >> this has been a great discussion, thank you. we have time for a couple more. >> i have two questions. the first is about media. i am curious about whether you have any information about activists forwere causessive or political before the media explosion, and what did that look like? to other question is related sports should just be sports and shouldn't be political, it seems like in the 1960's, people just assumed that athletes would be political. how did that come to be? >> i think money is one of the to why you saw the lack of activism after the 1970's and 1980's. earlier of your question, that's a really good question, and i am not a specialist of the u.s. sports , but in the pre-1950 era my guess is yes. were had to be athletes to more progressive and were talking about these issues to their communities. not covered by the press in the same way. they were not part of the national dial

women in sports, later, gays and sports, arthur ashe, who was -- you know, he died of aids, which raised the whole issue again about various things. he was a pioneer with althea gibson, the first to win majors. and another player, who was jewish, and faced all kinds of discrimination, so that picture is just fascinating to me. >> this has been a great discussion, thank you. we have time for a couple more. >> i have two questions. both jumping off of your comments. the first is about media. i am curious about whether you have any information about athletes that were activists for progressive or reactionary causes before the media explosion of the 1960's and 1970's. where they athletes active politically before then, and what did that look like? the other question is related to this idea that sports should just be sports and shouldn't be political, which was a popular reactionary comment in the 2017 year. it seems like in the 1960's, people just assumed that athletes would be political. how did that politicization come to be? >> i think money is one of the key links in terms of why you saw the lack of activism after the 1970's and 1980's. in terms of your earlier ques