rosemary lenton won commonwealth gold for scotland in the para pairs bowls at the age of 72.mary lenton and pauline wilson triumped in the para pairs bowls. away from the games now, because the england women's football team have written an open letter to rishi sunak and liz truss — one of whom will be the next prime minister — calling for every girl to have access to at least two hours of pe a week. it comes after the lionesses incredible victory at wembley against germany to win the euros. i think they'll be amassing turning point from the summer and we like to hope so, and what can we do to help that? i think we want to make a change and if we can do that, that's massive. as a girl, you want to play with the boys, but you want to be an environment where you're comfortable. i think that's massive for women. kasper schmeichel has left the club after 11 years and joins nice. winning the premier league fa cup and community shield. southern brave got their defence of the hundred title off to a winning start with a convincing victory over welsh fire. they were set a target of 108

spare a thought for rosemary lenton, the pensioner from thought for rosemary lenton, the pensionerfromumfries, she is only held the honour for two days and today she will be overtaken by a 75—year—old. we don't know yet. it will be scotland's george miller or gordon llewelyn from wales. they are battling out in the mixed para— pairs. who will be successful in the septuagenarian stakes today? fantastic, thank you so much. laura scott at the commonwealth games in birmingham. now fora scott at the commonwealth games in birmingham. now for a look at the weather and hello to chris. we were hearing about the hosepipe bans and no rain in the forecast for a long, long time in parts of the south of the uk. one of our weather watchers spotted this combine harvester bringing the crops in. and although there is a lot of dry weather, across the north of the uk we are seeing some shower cloud speed in. answering the big question, when is it going to rain? well, not for the next five days across the really dry areas but i reckon actually this dry run of weather will last a long time. southern parts o

spare a thought for rosemary lenton, the pensioner from thought for rosemary lenton, the pensionerfromd. we don't know yet. it will be scotland's george miller or gordon llewelyn from wales. they are battling out in the mixed para— pairs. who will be successful in the septuagenarian stakes today? fantastic, thank you so much.

rosemary lenton won commonwealth gold for scotland in the para—pairs bowls at the age of 72.om will be the next prime minister — calling for every girl to have access to at least two hours of pe a week. it comes after the lionesses incredible victory at wembley against germany to win the euros. i think they'll be a massive turning point from the summer and we like to hope so, and what can we do to help that? i think the girls want to make a change and if we can do that, that's massive. as a girl, you want to play with the boys, but you want to be an environment where you're comfortable. i think that's massive for women. kasper schmeichel has left the club after 11 years and joins nice. the goal keeper made 479 appearances for the foxes after signing from leeds. winning the premier league fa cup and community shield. southern brave got their defence of the hundred title off to a winning start with a convincing victory over welsh fire. they were set a target of 108 to win, and knocked that off with 31 balls to spare as they finished on 109 for 1. their captainjames vince starre

we told you about 72—year—old rosemary lenton in the para—bowls earlier this week.so 75 but five months younger than miller — had to settle for silver in the b2/b3 mixed pairs bowls. miller is director for visually—impaired bowler melanie innes, who, along with robert barr and his director, sarahjane ewing. in the end, they won 16—9. the second day of golf�*s women's open at muirfield has come to an end. it's the first time the event has ever been hosted by the scottish club, and it comes six years after its members voted to overturn its male—only policy and be re—instated as an open venue. sarah mulkerins is there for us. the women's open bills itself as the most international major in women's golf and the leaderboard at the end of play on friday certainly backs that up. at the very top on eight under par we have the golfer from south korea. she is a three—time major winner and she played brilliantly in the afternoon conditions, six birdies and just one bogey in her round, to put her on top. it did look as if we would have the south african joining her in a share o

scotland won their fourth gold of the games thanks to pauline wilson and rosemary lenton in the parase the bar. something emily campbell knows all about. she'd already made history at the olympics and in the superheavyweight division, she first set a commonwealth games record... then a personal best. all the cheers for the woman with the red and white pom—poms in her hair. i hope people see how beautiful our sport it is. i hope throughout the week as well you've seen it doesn't matter what he looked like, what shape you are, what size you are, you can pick up a bar and you can do it. olympic silver and now commonwealth gold under her belt. natalie pirks, bbc news, birmingham. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willetts hosepipe bans are being extended across the south? it has been exceptionally dry, but it's notjust been dry injuly across the south. for the summer so far, june and july, we have only had just over 100 millimetres of rain across the whole of the uk. to put that in context, through the metrological summer, june, july and august, you'd usually expect to see abo

we told you about 72—year—old rosemary lenton in the parables earlier this week.old george miller, who this afternoon won the final of the mixed pairs bowls b2/b3, and they beat wales 6—9 to take gold. welshman llewellyn who is also 75, but five months younger than miller, had to settle for silver. and from a very loud birmingham, we will have more on the bbc news channel a bit later on, but back to you for now. hello there. the hosepipe ban is now in force across parts of hampshire and the isle of wight and over the next week or two there are further bans on the way for other areas of south—east england and south wales as well. it has been dry again today for the majority of england and wales, but across north wales, northern england, north midlands, scotland and northern ireland we have seen a mixture of sunny spells and a few passing showers. the big question is when is it next going to rain in those really parched areas? and... well, i have been looking and struggling to find an answer. we might next see rain in about 10 days' time or it could be a bit longer

scotland won their fourth gold of the games, thanks to pauline wilson and rosemary lenton. woman's para bowls. scotland are guaranteed more medals on sunday. a big upset in defeating the current champion. we will have to wait until sunday to find out. mr macgregor, bbc news. let'sjoin natalie pirks in the alexander stadium for the latest on the athletics events. busy day here, eight gold medals up for grabs, but in about half an hour, england's katarina johnson—thompson will aim to defend her heptathlon commonwealth title at the last two events. she was 109 points ahead this morning after a season's best in the shot put yesterday, but she could only manage second in the long jump this morning after a hugejump from her compatriot. northern ireland's kate 0'connor has dropped down to fifth, but she will prove to be a menace, i think, the final two events, the javelin coming up and then the 800 metres. katarina johnson—thompson has suffered from a ruptured achilles, only managing a ththey couple weeks ago at the world championships in oregon, so she will be hoping to end her s

wales in the gold medal match scotland claimed a fourth gold medal of the games thanks after rosemary lentonf the oldest competitors in commonwealth games history, and wilson beat australia's cheryl lindfield and serena bonnell. and away from the games here in birmingham — the england women's football team has written an open letter to rishi sunak and liz truss — one of whom will be the next prime minister — calling for every girl to have access to at least two hours of pe a week, and for investment and support forfemale pe teachers. it comes after the lionesses incredible victory at wembley against germany to win the euros. chloe kelly, alessia russo and mary earps have all been speaking to the bbc today. i don't think there's any doubt that there actually should have it on the curriculum. i'm not the one who makes the rules. if you could ask the squad what they would want, it's access to football and schools for young girls. this access to football and schools for young girls-— access to football and schools for young girls. as a girl, you want to be able to — young girls. as a girl, you w

we told you about 72—year—old rosemary lenton in the para—bowls earlier this week.long with robert barr and his director, sarahjane ewing. in the end, they won 16—9. south korea's top of the leaderboard going into the calls women's open. it's the first time the event has ever been hosted by the scottish club, and it comes six years after its members voted to overturn its male—only policy and be re—instated as an open venue. sarah mulkerins is there for us. the women's open bills itself as the most international major in women's golf and the leaderboard at the end of play on friday certainly backs that up. at the very top on eight under par we have the golfer from south korea. she is a three—time major winner and she played brilliantly in the afternoon conditions, six birdies and just one bogey in her round, to put her on top. it did look as if we would have the south african joining her in a share of the overnight lead. she had a brilliant start to her round. her front nine holes she recorded a score of 30. a little bit steadier on the way home, but she dropped a sh

he beats the record set by previous record holder, 72—year—old fellow scot rosemary lenton, who earlierls. incredible, i never believed it could possibly happen. but we worked really hard, and we've managed to win all our games. so yeah, really brilliant. you were definitely the dominant team. and george, not only a commonwealth champion, but you're now the most senior in the games, taking that away from your team—mate rosemary. 0h — i think rosemary's quite pleased. it's great, it's fantastic. i mean, a yearago, i never dreamed of being here. i got a phone call and nearly fell off my chair, to be honest. and here we are — and where will be go from here? he didn't look 75, did he? another gold for england in the rhythmic gymnastics. it was not expected at all, she's the first gymnast from england to ever win gold in the rhythmic gymnastics. congratulations to her. now, it's been another exciting day down at the beach volleyball — or the costa del brum, as the locals are calling it. the bello twins — javier and joaquin — beat gambia to make the semi—finals. our sports correspondent nesta

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finally, if you everfancy competing at the games, rosemary lenton proved it is actually never to lateof 130, not many competitors can say they won gold with a grandchild in attendance. inspirational. we've seen history made more than once already here, and gina kennedy has joined the list. she became the first englishwoman to win a commonwealth squash singles title. kennedy trains at the same club as tennis star emma raducanu and this is her debut at the games after a meteoric rise — she's moved from a world ranking of 185th to the top 10 in less than a year. so, how does all that leave the medals table? england are still second but they're just six golds behind australia now. scotland are fifth after their fantastic day. four golds in four hours. wales stay eighth and that first gold for northern ireland has moved them up four places, to 13th. a week into the games, it's a little less hectic today but there are still 15 gold medals up for grabs. england flag bearer jack law will be diving at sandwell aquatics centre. the road cycling gets underway with geraint thomas fresh from his t

we told you about rosemary lenton from scotland, who is 72, and the parables.inue with medal here this afternoon. they've not been in short supply, silver for each of the women's triples, reaching the final of the women's pairs, as well earlier. they beat india, they have an outstanding record, 100% record, and this was really impressive from them too as they got the job done. going well for the home nations then in the lawn bowls, going well forjack law again in the diving over the aquatic centre ——jack again in the diving over the aquatic centre —— jack lauer. after successfully defending his one—metre springboard title, he's now won the synchronised 3m springboard gold with his partner, ant harding. they sealed it in style with a 3.9 difficulty — the forward two—and—a—half somersaults with three twists. his the third successive games at which laugher, who's 27 now, has has won this event. he and 22—year—old harding scored a total of a38.33 points. malaysia were second. scotland's ross beattie and james heatly finished fourth. two golds is amazing. what me an

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