laurie scott at the alexander stadium, - chance.thank| chance. laurie scott at the - alexander stadium, thank you so much. in the pairs b2/b3 gold—medal lawn bowls match, history has been made — as scotland's george miller has become the oldest commonwealth gold medallist at the age of 75. he is the director for visually—impaired bowler melanie inness, who beat welsh pair robert barr and his director, sarahjane ewing. he beats the record set by previous record holder, 72—year—old fellow scot rosemary lenton, who earlier this week took gold in the para women's pairs bowls. 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 nea

and i'm here at the alexander stadium in birmingham where the final day of the commonwealth games isend with a musical celebration of the city after more golds for the home nations. england came second in the medal table with 57 gold medals. they included a spectacular performance by england's noah williams and 17—year—old andrea spendolini—sireix in the diving mixed synchronised iom platform final. and coming up on the bbc news channel... england finish second in the medals table as declanjames and james willstrop bring home gold in the squash. welcome to bbc news at six. we start with the severe shortage of nhs dentists in the uk, with nine out of ten practices refusing to accept any new adult patients for health service treatment. the british dental association says nhs dentistry is at a "tipping point". the findings are from a comprehensive bbc investigation of more than 7,000 practices which shows that some areas are "deserts" for nhs dental services. of those the bbc managed to talk to 90% said they were no longer taking on any new adult patients. while 80% were no longer willi

lots more to come from the alexander stadium.l lots more to come from the alexander stadium. laura miller will later be going for her second medal of the games after getting bronze in the 800 metres and eilish mccolgan runs for scotland in the 5000 metres at 7:45pm, hoping to add a second gold to her birmingham experience. that's all from the very busy birmingham and commonwealth games. next up is the film review. we will have more support throughout the evening. hello, and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. and taking us through this week's cinema releases, anna smith is back with us. good to see you for the summer, anna, and what have you been watching? first off, we're getting on board bullet train. this is brad pitt's new starring role in an action thriller based on a japanese novel. then we've got fadia's tree, which is a documentary about a palestinian refugee, by the artist sarah beddington. and then, we've got maisie, which is a documentary about britain's oldest performing drag queen. it's a fantastic mi

we'll be live at the alexander stadium on the first day of athletics.wales — who beat england to gold in a thrilling final of the men's pair bowls. two colds now, —— golds now, it'sjust beyond my wildest dreams, to be honest. and away from birmingham tonight: the online abuse received by premier league players. calls for social media companies to do more. and we askjust how big can the women's game get after england's success at the euros? welcome along, thank you forjoining us. you know how it rolls at this time of the night, festival square, victoria square, the music pumping behind me. 37 medals to be won today. england's medal domination continues in the gymnastics, with jake jarman making history today. victory in the vault final earned him his fourth gold medal. no english male gymnast has ever won so many at a single commonwealth games. there was also another gold forjoe fraser at his home games, and gold for alice kinsella. austin halewood reports. the final day of artistic gymnastics and arena birmingham has been how so farfor english fans. and

now the alexander stadium here in birmingham has been overhauled in the four and a half years since thed. and asjoe lynskey reports as part of our legacy series, the stadium rebuild's also had implications for the surrounding area of perry barr, which was set to be home to the athletes village, before unexpected delays. the beating heart of these games is on the edge of the city. this is perry barr, four miles from new street station where the stadium is transformed. the place around it though is still in development. birmingham hoped perry barr would be the hub of these games, but in four years to prepare, events got in the way. you must stay at home. tougher restrictions have come into force in birmingham to try to stop the spread of the virus. in the lockdown, the country set to host the world would have to adapt. this part of perry barr should have been the athletes' village, but with two years of covid setbacks, plans changed. now the participants are spread across the whole region, and this development becomes housing. the very fact that we are acomodating the athletes and the off

our correspondent kate greyjoins us from the alexander stadium, kate, what medals have we had so far on england in the teams per event. it was a brilliantly gripping event. it's all wales, daniel simon and jarrod lipp breen, take the early lead, but the english pair pulled back for 16 — 16 at the 14th end, but the welsh were victorious. some brilliant celebrations, to win that match 19—18, so a great result for the welsh there. and we also saw scotland beat northern ireland in the bronze medal match, so lots of home nations action in lawn bowls this morning. and we look ahead to athletics, always an exciting time. absolutely, plenty going on at the track this morning. we have seen katarina johnson—thompson begin her campaign in the heptathlon. she didn't look great in the hurdles, finishing fifth, but made up for it in the highjump. she goes into this evening's two events in the lead and defending her title. we also saw the silver medallist from the world championships two weeks ago, keely hodgkinson, on the track in the 800 metres heats. she was very strong, controlling it till the

yes, the stands are starting to fill up at - stands are starting to fill up at the alexander stadiumalympic champion hannah cockroft versus the local girl from coventry in the t34100 metres and definitely going to be a crowd pleaser and will lift off the roof again. earlier today we saw katarina johnson—thompson begin her campaign to defend her title in the heptathlon and she currently leads byjust 17 points after the first two events and she will go in the 200 metres on the shot put, hoping to redeem a disappointing performance in finishing eighth at the world championships and away from the stadium, adam peaty will be going for gold in the 50 metres breaststroke, hoping to redeem the loss of the medal in the 100 metres earlier this week so another busy night at the commonwealth games. kate, thank you very much. the weather looked a bit grey but matt taylor has the details. a fairly parched landscape, and this was the view from space looking rather brown on a day that the met office, the french met office, announced it was their driestjuly on record, notjust dry but also very hot as

now the alexander stadium here in birmingham has been overhauled in the four and a half years since thestadium rebuild's also had implications for the surrounding area of perry barr, which was set to be home to the athletes village, before unexpected delays. the beating heart of these games is on the edge of the city. this is four miles from new street station where the stadium is transformed. the place around it is still in development. birmingham hoped perry bar would be the hub of these games, but in four years to prepare, events got in the way. you but in four years to prepare, events got in the way-— got in the way. you must stay at homes. tougher _ got in the way. you must stay at homes. tougher restrictions i got in the way. you must stay at| homes. tougher restrictions have come in various _ homes. tougher restrictions have come in various and _ homes. tougher restrictions have come in various and birmingham | homes. tougher restrictions have i come in various and birmingham to try to _ come in various and birmingham to try to stop— come in various and birmingham to try to stop

it's been a bestial night at the alexander stadium in the commonwealth games.,000 metres. you may recognise the name as well. her mum liz won the same title in 86 and 90. difficult preparation period. it's been such an up—and—down year. it's been such an up—and—down year. i knew the fitness was somewhere and knee, but i honestly could not have asked for to have my family here, the crowd, it was like vibrating through my whole body, and i've never spent... without the crowd, i would not have finished like that and ijust wanted it so badly. after three years of injury, england's katarina johnson thompson has returned after taking gold in the pentathlon. the 800 metres may have been coronation. 44.33 metres. it hasn't been easy for the 2019 world champion. but she put all that behind to retain her commonwealth title tonight. silver went to northern ireland's kate corner. in the swimming, bethany firth took northern ireland's first commonwealth gold. kate grey was at the aquatic centre. kate grey was at the aquatic centre. northern ireland's first gold medal and ot

and laura muir is through to the final of the 1500 metres after qualifying in the heats at the alexander stadiumr. that's all on sportsday at 6:30pm — now on bbc news, it's time for the film review. hello, and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. and taking us through this week's cinema releases, anna smith is back with us. good to see you for the summer, anna, and what have you been watching? first off, we're getting on board bullet train. this is brad pitt's new starring role in an action thriller based on a japanese novel. then we've got fadia's tree, which is a documentary about a palestinian refugee, by the artist sarah beddington. and then, we've got maisie, which is a documentary about britain's oldest performing drag queen. it's a fantastic mixture — let's start with brad pitt, though. we've got to start with brad pitt. i'm a big fan, i think he's terrific in almost everything i've seen him in, to be honest. he's great in bullet train — as i said, it's based on a novel, ajapanese novel, and it's directed by david leitch, who actually used to be brad pitt's stunt double. wh

back to you. here at the alexander stadium. back to ou. ., ., here at the alexander stadium. not doing the conservative party leadership race? let's turn our attention to the middle east now and speak in a second to our correspondent they are. israel has launched multiple air strikes from the gaza strip, killing the leader of the group islamichhad. the palestinian health minister says eight people were killed, including a five—year—old child. over a0 people were injured. speaking afterwards, the israeli prime minister said his government wouldn't allow terror organisations to set the agenda in the gaza strip. let's speech our correspondent now who's injerusalem. tell us more about what's been happening they? this all began in just the last couple hours, we are now hearing eight palestinians have been killed in the gaza strip, about half of those seem to be members of islamic jihad, including a senior commander from islamichhad, someone in charge of groups across the gaza strip. there have been several israeli air strikes against gaza, they say they are attacking specifically

all eyes now turn to alexander stadium for tonight's closing ceremony.ough many days and sports, you are there to state all happen, over to you.— and sports, you are there to state all happen, over to you. lucky me. the atmosphere _ all happen, over to you. lucky me. the atmosphere here _ all happen, over to you. lucky me. the atmosphere here is _ all happen, over to you. lucky me. the atmosphere here is quite - the atmosphere here is quite electric. people are waiting for this ceremony to begin and you can see the stadium which seats 30,000 people is really pretty much full. in a strange way people are always more excited tonight than they were at the beginning of the games and maybe that is a marker of how well people perceive these games to have gone. to discuss this i am joined by the mayor of the west midlands andy street. this is in the way easy question because everyone is going and round with a big smile on their face, have begun well? thea;r and round with a big smile on their face, have begun well?— and round with a big smile on their face, hav

,500 athletes from 72 nations, a spectacular end to the commonwealth games was staged at the alexander stadiumf top artists including mahalia, jaykae and ash. 30,000 people cheered on the show which also included a formal handover to the state of victoria in australia, which will host the 2026 edition of the commonwealth games. in the last of the sporting action, there was more success for the home nations. but now that the games have ended, how has it left its impression on the city of birmingham? our sports editor, dan roan, looks at the legacy of the games. birmingham and savoured its moment in the sun. at almost 1900 metals at stake, there's been no shortage of sporting highlights. the hosts and bracing in the event that reese spirits, change perceptions, and was enjoyed by record numbers for the commonwealth game held in the uk. one form olympic champion told me their home city had done the country proud. i their home city had done the country roud. , ., , , ., proud. i will people remembered for bein: the proud. i will people remembered for being the fun. _ proud. i will people remembere

over at the alexander stadium, scotland's world champion jake wightman had to settle for a commonwealthin the final few metres to claim a sensational 1500m gold. wightman, who took that incredible gold at the world championships in eugene last month, made his move with 200m to go but couldnt hold on to the lead. oliver hoare edged past kenya's olympic silver medallist timothy cheruiyot at the line before sinking to his knees in disbelief. england's hopes of winning the first ever commonwealth twenty20 title are over, after they lost their semi final to india by 4 runs. opener smriti mandhana hit 61 off 32 balls, including three sixes, and jemimah rodrigues made an unbeaten 44 as india made a challenging 164—5. captain nat sciver and amyjones looked like they might steer england home butjones was run out for 31. australia or new zealand await in the final. england's nick miller has successfully defended his hammer title. having failed with his first two attempts, a fourth throw of 76.43m was enough to hold off the challenge of canada's ethan katzberg, as cyprus�* alexandros poursanidis p

and england's nick miller has successfully defended his hammer title, winning gold at the alexander stadiumwightman, world champion in the 1500 metres, failed to save commonwealth gold in the same discipline earlier, only managing bronze. it was also disappointing day for england's netball stars in their semifinal match. in a repeat of the 2018 final they were playing australia in front of a sold—out crowd, but this time the result was reversed because england were beaten 60—51. they will now play new zealand in tomorrow's bronze medal match. finally, england were beaten in the semifinals of the t20 cricket. they lost by four runs in their semifinal against india and they will play either australia or new zealand in the bronze medal match tomorrow. jane new zealand in the bronze medal match tomorrow.— new zealand in the bronze medal match tomorrow. jane dougal live in birmingham- — jane dougal live in birmingham. in the premier league, newly—promoted fulham have drawn their opening game against last season's runners—up liverpool. the match ended 2—2 at craven cottage, with the home side tak

physical infrastructure, brand—new aquatic centre, massive refurbishment of the alexander stadium transportbeen working on a trade and investment tourism programme during the games. also, investment in trying to get young people in particular active and interested in sport dancing role models on tv as well in children getting inspired to get involved in sport as part of the legacy. some cold hard cash and infrastructure, but also some softer benefits as well which will have a lasting impact. irate benefits as well which will have a lasting impact-— lasting impact. we had similar conversations _ lasting impact. we had similar conversations since _ lasting impact. we had similar conversations since the - lasting impact. we had similar| conversations since the country lasting impact. we had similar - conversations since the country bid for the london games in 2012, and there has been criticism in the decade that has passed since then that that site in stratford is used if anybody goes to traffic, look around thousands ofjobs and homes created, people are bit negative about that legacy of 2012,

everyone is looking to the closing ceremony at alexander stadium.look at the impact hosting the games has had on the city — and what it might lead to in the future. a mexican wave in the sunshine on birmingham�*s new beach. for a volleyball match between kenya and ghana. and across the city, sport has beenjust the beginning. let�*s see how many high fives we can get today, guys! the icebreaker allowing new friendships to form. enabling the city to express itself, and show off its hidden secrets, its spectacular architecture, its network of canals, as well as more familiar attractions. and the feeling is, this city played a blinder. birmingham has really stunned the world. we are now global. the amount of visitors that have come to birmingham is unreal. it has lit us up. birmingham is alive. everybody loves birmingham. we've been working on it. for years, and we've got it. everything is blessed up here. we've got the weather, _ and everybody is coming together. coming together at the city�*s free festivals sites, through sport and music, from all ove

the atletics at the alexander stadium begins today.mpson begins the defence of her heptathlon title. kjt is hoping to improve on her eighth place at the world championships last month. the 29—year—old has been plagued with injuries. she recovered from a ruptured achilles to make last year's olympics, only for a calf injury to force her out. so far this morning, she finished fifth place in the 100 metres hurdles. she has been competing in the high jump she has been competing in the high jump as well but not able to do as well as she would like, she was unable to clear up 1.87 metres however her points taken to the top of the standings after two events, the heptathlon will continue tonight. england's nethaneel mitchell blake is through to the semifinal of the men's100 metres. mitchell—blake was beaten by nigeria's oghene tejiri ashe in the heats. he edged mitchell blake as the two took the automatic qualification spots. england's ojie edoburun scotland's adam thomas and wales' british championjeremiah azu are also safely through. the cro

our sports correspondent, laura scott, is watching the athletics at alexander stadium... laura.r. lorimer made it through to the final of the 1500 metres. she isjust a fortnight on from winning world championship bronze in the event and today she did nothing more than she had to. she knew she had to finish in the top five and she came fifth but she says she is feeling good ahead of sunday's final where she will be by four as athletes from the home nations. also the 800 metres. cindy sember turns 28 today and won her heat and the crowd joined in a rendition of happy birthday for her. there will be three athletes from team england in the final of the women's long jump after they qualified this morning. there has been more diving dominance forjack laugher bust up last night, he made it three successive wins in the one metre platform and today he made it a hat—trick of golds in the three metres synchronised event with his new partner anthony harding. but right now, the focus is all on the lawn bowls and that is because today the commonwealth games will crown a new oldest gold medall

over at the alexander stadium, a big day and night ahead of athletics.medal in the final of the men's 1500 metres. wightman, who took that incredible gold at the world championships in eugene last month, made his move with 200m to go but couldn't hold on to the lead. it was as australia's 0liver hoare who charged through in the final few metres to snatch gold ahead of kenya's tim cheruiyot. wightman said afterwards he was relieved to win bronze in the end, and he knew it would be tough to put in another gold medal winning performance so soon after the world championships. england's hopes of winning the first ever commonwealth t20 title are over, after they lost their semi final to india by four runs. 0pener smriti mandhana hit 61 off 32 balls, including three sixes, and jemimah rodrigues made an unbeaten 44 as india made a challenging 164 for five. captain nat sciver and amyjones looked like they might steer england home butjones was run out for 31. sophie ecclestone finished with a six but it wasnt enough. india through. australia or new zealand await i

that gets under way this evening at the alexander stadium.aws to a close in this city, thoughts are turning towards the longer term legacy of birmingham 2022. bbc breakfast�*s mike bushell has been taking a look at the impact hosting the games has had on the city and what it might lead to in the future. a mexican wave in the sunshine on birmingham's new beach. for a volleyball match between kenya and ghana. and across the city, sport has beenjust the beginning. let's see how many high fives we can get today, guys! the icebreaker allowing new friendships to form. enabling the city to express itself and show off its hidden secrets, its spectacular architecture, its network of canals, as well as more familiar attractions. and the feeling is, this city played a blinder. birmingham has really stunned the world. we are now global. the amount of visitors that have come to birmingham is unreal. it has lit us up. birmingham is alive. everybody loves birmingham. we've been working on it. for years, and we've got it. everything is blessed up here. we've

a brand—new aquatic centre in this facility me and alexander stadium, the survey talk of them hostingmpionships and perhaps throw championships even and perhaps throw championships even an 0lympics one day. and people are not ruling that out and there is no doubt that at this stage, the defining legacy is the extent of which the city embrace the opportunities to play host and it's given them a confidence that they could stage major sporting events and we look at the seams where we are in the city centre and even people without tickets wanted to feel a part of it and they did feel part of it and i think it's of many people around the country see the city and a new light and it's hard to quantify exactly what that is when it comes to reputation a new business and opportunities for birmingham and talking to organisers and say that it's with the investment and when local residents so that they wish they had left a cycling which they could enjoy and i think you will be always complains of that kind and some are them is valid, think it's too early to tell but in terms of sheer appetite, it'

and over at the alexander stadium, there are two athletics sessions featuring finals today.dgkinson will go for gold in the women's 800 metres final. still so much to look forward to. chetan, thank you. competitive gaming is being included as a pilot event at the commonwealth games, and takes place this weekend in birmingham. the event will have separate medals, but the commonwealth games foundation say they want to trial new events that will encourage younger audiences to engage with the games. miriam walker—khan reports. e—sport history. the inaugural commonwealth e—sports championships will run alongside the games, but the hope is that it could become part of the full programme by 2026. and now it is my pleasure and honour to open the commonwealth e—sports forum and the very first commonwealth e—sports championship. thank you. it means a huge amount to each of the video games and the e—sports in their categories. it means a huge amount to the communities, the players, because it's recognition, it's prestige, it's something different, and it's like, you know, a medal and y

ina in a moment we will speak to nesta mcgregor who has been watching athletics at the alexander stadiumgboard final at the moment. we are two dives into their six. scotland's james heatly is the second—best qualifier, it is jack laugher who is the biggest draw here. these come here off the back of record achievements at the world championships. his hat—trick of medals in budapest was unprecedented for a british diver at a single world championships. he got silver in this particular event and says he is going for gold. his grandma lived nearby and died a few months before this event. he is third, his second dive was particularly strong, but it is his compatriotjordan houlden who leads at this stage. we have the women's ten metre platform final coming up, and andrea spendolini sirieix will be competing, the daughter of first dates' fred. bubbling along nicely, we haven't reached _ bubbling along nicely, we haven't reached boiling point yet. if you like watching medals being handed out, you _ like watching medals being handed out, you have the ticket for the perfect — out, you have the tic

it's been a special night at the alexander stadium in the commonwealth games.d—down year. i knew the fitness was somewhere, but i honestly could not have asked for to have my family here, the crowd, it was like vibrating through my whole body, and i've never spent... i honestly... without the crowd, i would not have finished like that and ijust wanted it so badly. after three years of injury, england's katarina johnson thompson has returned after taking gold in the pentathlon. it may have been a core of coronation, but it was in the javelin with a brilliant personal best. it hasn't been easy for the 2019 world champion. she tore her calf muscle at the olympics. but she put all that behind to retain her commonwealth silver went to northern ireland's kate 0'conor. in the swimming, bethany firth took northern ireland's first commonwealth gold. kate grey was at the aquatic centre. bethany firth has won northern ireland's first gold medal ever in the pool at the commonwealth games in the first goal for northern ireland here in birmingham 2022. she led the race from

let'sjoin natalie pirks in the alexander stadium for the latest on the athletics events.son 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 season on a high. we have the final of the women's 10,000 high. we have the final of the women's10,000 metres at 8.00, scotland's it was mccolgan hoping to emulate her mother, liz, a two—time commonwealth champion. it’s emulate her mother, liz, a two-time commonwealth champion.— commonwealth champion. it's going to be fun. natalie, _ commonwealth champion. it's going to be fun. n

the alexander stadium has been transformed after the athletics finished.our years ago to complete her veterinary exams, and finishing 11th at glasgow 2014. and muir was asked what she'd say to her younger self after those previous disappointments. your time will come. it's rotten at the time but you learn from it and you come back stronger, sounds cheesy but you do. this just meant a lot to me running here because missing gold coast as well, it's been eight years of commonwealth, it has been bugging me. it's so nice to come here and notjust get one but two in such a competitive field, these girls are fast, so it means a lot. . ~ ., ., scotland's eilish mccolgan couldn't quite repeat her 10,000 metres gold, she took silver in the 5,000, behind kenya's beatrice chebet, but mccolgan was upbeat, saying how grateful she was for the supports she's received in birmingham. england stormed to gold in the men's four by 100m relay, retaining their title. an upgrade on the medals already won by matt hudson—smith and zharnel hughes. and it looked as though it would be

4,500 athletes from 72 nations, a spectacular end to the commonwealth games was staged at the alexander stadiume state of victoria in australia, which will host the 2026 edition of the commonwealth games. in the last of the sporting action, there was more success for the home nations. but now that the games have ended, how has it left its impression on the city of birmingham? our sports editor, dan roan, looks at the legacy of the games. birmingham has savoured its moment in the sun. with almost 1900 medals at stake... northern ireland. ..there has been no shortage of sporting highlights. an incredible race. the hosts embracing an event that raised spirits... yes! ..changed perceptions... standing ovation after a thrilling gold medal match. ..and was enjoyed by record numbers for a commonwealth games held in the uk. one former olympic champion told me her home city had done the country proud. i hope people remember it for being the fun, friendly, warm and welcoming city, with high class performers throughout the venue. we have seen some phenomenal performances, and i think definitely it surpass

there's a big night ahead of us in the athletics at the alexander stadium.tres final takes place with five time olympic gold medallist elaine thompson herah competing, plus scotland's eilish mccolgan is running in the ten, 000 metres, but before that, england's katarina johnston—thompson is currently leading in the heptathlon with just two events to go, so we will discover if she can put those bad memories of injuries behind her and take commonwealth gold. 0ur sports news correspondent natalie pirks is there for us. natalie, kjt is in the lead, can she do it? with good question, she is, she was 109 points cleared but she could only finish second because the english compatriotjumped a huge jump english compatriotjumped a huge jump and she finished second fare as you can see now. after 22 point lead in going into the javelin and a half an hour's time, we know that is not her best and from northern ireland, they have dropped on the fifth but she has a thrill that is longer than kjt in there going to the 800 metres was to beckon in 2019 when kjt won the world ch

with the rest of the day's news, here's laura scott at the alexander stadium.as to, finishing fifth in her heat, but she will be one of five athletes from the omissions in sunday's final, will also go for a medal in the final of the 800 metres tomorrow and says she is feeling good. the crowd here will see five gold medals won here this afternoon, andy welsh's fastest woman in action. in the diving, more dominance for england's jacket laugher. he got a gold in the three metres synchronised pro to do with his new partner, and are to be more success for the home nations later in the diving. and an unexpected goalfor england in the next gymnastics. —— unexpected goal. success for a sec to dunedin and a 17—year—old. —— unexpected gold. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. very little change from 2a hours ago. lots of dry weather, lots of sunshine around as well, but not absolutely everywhere, let's have a look at the headline for the weekend. a little rain in the forecast, but it will mostly fall in scotland. i want to show you the animation o

to bring us up to date, nesta mcgregor is at the alexander stadium for us. women's hundred metre final and the 10,000 metre triumph in the final with katerina johnson winning gold and hasjust been presented with katerina johnson winning gold and has just been presented with a few months ago and i don't know how to put this but if watching them collect this a your thing, you have the tickets to the right event because there were nine metal ceremonies tonight and only eight events and as mentioned earlier, is a two hour session where the highlights of which includes jamaica's elaine thompson, fresh from that win last night and she was in really good form as well, easing through the finals in the semifinals and the 200 metres and a couple of days, clearly she has some in the tank and meanwhile in the men's 200 metres, adam of england got a big chair as well. and the semifinal, it's nice for them to be able to concentrate on the field activities and we nobody�*s been through in the last couple of weeks having to part ways with his coaches and another moment whic

more details on all of those metals, plus all of the ones to come onto tonight of the alexander stadium a move thatis health emergency. that is a move that is expected to free up additional funding and tools to fight the disease. and monkeypox was a public health emergency and concern, the highest alert level. the who declaration last month was designed to trigger a coordinated international, and to collaborate on vaccines and treatments. declarations of emergencies of our been declared in california, illinois and new york, more than 6000 cases have been reported across the united states. almost all of them among men who have sex with men. taiwan has accused china of jeopardising regional peace after china fired ballistic missiles into the water around the island. the military exercises were in response to the visit to taiwan or the senior american politician nancy pelosi. this report from taipei. it began with this barrage of rockets streaking into the sky from the southeast coast of china. it's thought these came down somewhere in the middle of the taiwan strait. but this was just the

tommy shelby and the rest of the peaky blinders arriving at the alexander stadium.old up the flag, pass the baton on to the australian state of victoria, which will host the games in 2026. but first a message from the earl of wessex. you have inspired us and, hopefully, future generations. you have also demonstrated what unites us. thank you, birmingham and the west midlands. cheering. from prince edward to the prince of darkness. # finished with my woman cos - she couldn't help me with my mind. # people think i'm insane - because i am frowning all the time. ozzy osbourne and his band black sabbath sending birmingham 2022 out with a bang. thank you, good night, _ you are the best, god bless you all. birmingham for ever! stuart pollitt, bbc news. what a moment to end with. there was spot on the final day. diver andrea spendolini—sirieix has certainly enjoyed her first date with the commonwealth games. the 17—year—old won her third medal — and her second gold — with noah williams in the mixed synchronised 10m platform event. another english pair took silver and they a

tommy shelby and the rest of the peaky blinders arriving at the alexander stadium. you. then it was time to fold up the flag, pass the baton on to the australian state of victoria, which will host the games in 2026. but first a message from the earl of wessex. you have inspired us and, hopefully, future generations. you have also demonstrated what unites us. thank you, birmingham and the west midlands. cheering. from prince edward to the prince of darkness. # finished with my woman cos - she couldn't help me with my mind. ozzy osbourne and his band black sabbath sending birmingham 2022 out with a bang. thank you, good night, _ you are the best, god bless you all. birmingham for ever! stuart pollitt, bbc news. so where does that leave us, on the final medals table? england's record haul leaves them second, ten golds behind australia. scotland are sixth, wales eighth, and northern ireland are in 11th place but they've beaten their previous best by quite some way. away from the games the football season is only a few weeks old in the championship but we mayjust have se

there's a big night ahead of us in the athletics at the alexander stadium. herah competing, and in the heptathlon, england's katarina johnston—thompson is currently leading with just the 800m to go, so we will discover if she can put those bad memories of injuries behind her and take commonwealth gold. right now, scotland's eilish mccolgan is running in the 10,000 metres. these are live pictures, and as you can see, she is leading. it is well under way at the moment. eilish hoping to follow in her mum's footsteps, two time commonwealth gold medallist in that discipline. she broke the 19—year—old european and british ten km record in manchester earlier this year, so she is hoping that that will stand her in good stead tonight, really pushing for that gold medal and the home crowd obviously wheeling her on, even though she is scotland, not england. there was an epic gold medal win for emily campbell at the nec, who exploded with passion and joy after breaking the commonwealth record in the clean and jerk. she's added to her 0lympic silver and two european gold

the first medal of the athletics at the alexander stadium has been won.a breen who came out on top. hahn looked on course for victory but breen powered through to take victory with a perosnal best time of 12.83 seconds. rhiannon clarke of australia won bronze. england's adam peaty qualified second fastest for the men's 50m breaststroke final. let's take a look how he's getting on now. as he looks to put the disappointment of finishing outside the medals for the 100m on sunday. there are five home nations swimmers in this final including 100m championjames wilby and scotland's craig benson and ross murdoch. is the semifinal and we've been speaking to him and talking about targeting gord here. that is a good way of giving himself a place closer to that, a step closer to it and finish top of their animal final with adam, we will see shortly in the 50 metre breaststroke and talking about a crisis of confidence but has been feeling up to it this morning. and finally — away from the commonwealth games — in cricket — england'sjonny bairstow take a rest out rathe

it is onto the closing ceremony where the alexander stadium has been transformed to a stage.ishing 11th at glasgow 201a. and muir was asked what she'd say to her younger self after those previous disappointments. scotland's eilish mccolgan couldn't quite repeat her 10,000m gold — she took silver in the 5,000 behind kenya's beatrice chebet, but mccolgan was upbeat, saying how grateful she was for the support she's received in birmingham. the crowd roaring her own and appreciating that second medal. england stormed to gold in the men's a by 100 metre relay, retaining their title — an upgrade on the medals already won by matt hudson smith and zharnel hughes. and it looked as though it would be a relay double whenjessie knightjust edged out canada's anchor in the a by a00 metres, but they were disqualified for a lane infringement, jodie williams just straying across on the baton exchange. in table tennis, england retained the men's doubles title — paul drinkhall and liam pitchford saw off india, winning 3—2, to take gold against the very same opponents. and joshua stacey became w

under way, the first night, six medals of her grabs. 10,000 metres men's final to come at the alexander stadiumrst two events today, and i want to talk to about the swimming as well. this blockbuster night in the pool well. this blockbuster night in the pool, and the mccarran has taken bronze, becoming thejoint pool, and the mccarran has taken bronze, becoming the joint most decorated commonwealth game swimmer, athlete across the board today —— and the mckeon. adam peaty so to come for britain, the elliptic champion. —— olympic. so much to look forward to. 50 champion. -- olympic. so much to look forward to.— look forward to. so much look forward to! — look forward to. so much look forward to! brilliant _ look forward to. so much look forward to! brilliant results i look forward to. so much look i forward to! brilliant results there, and what a hold of gold medals. lots more on our website as well. thanks very much for watching, from me and the outside source team. bye—bye. good evening. we've had some much—needed rainfall in the past 2a hours, not for all, but across north wales, northern engl

the atletics at the alexander stadium begins today. jump up next. england's nethaneel mitchell blake is through to the semifinal of the men's100 metres. mitchell—blake was beaten by nigeria's 0ghene tejiri ashe in the heats. he edged mitchell blake as the two took the automatic qualification spots. in the women's t37/38 100m qualifying a season—best time of 12.80 seconds saw england's sophie hahn finish clear of the competition and safely book her final spot. wale's 0livia breen also got her best time of the year with to finish second. england's women could seal their place in the semi finals of cricket's t20 competition with a win over south africa at edgbaston today. england beat sri lanka in their first match and if new zealand beat the sri lankans today, then england will be through to the last four. england are currently 68—2 in the eighth over. they lost the first wicket earlier, sophie duncan went with at yorker. these are live pictures — you can watch the match live on iplayer and the bbc sport website. 0n the final day of trac

the women's hammer qualifying is underway at the alexander stadium.at, only 15 gold is all up for grabs over the course of the day. right, let's take you to some live sport — england are playing wales in the hockey. in poola, england are top of their group and will want to finish off the pool stages in style knowing they will face new zealand in the semi—finals. it's currently 1—0 at the university of birmingham hockey centre. you can watch it live on iplayer. to the netball, and the sunshine girls ofjamaica have beaten top seeds and three—time champions australia. five goals down after the third quarter but a huge final 15 minutes gave jamaica the victory, they won the final quarter 17—9. the win means they have topped pool a. if england beat new zealand later on tonight they will face jamaica in the semi—final on saturday. these are live pictures from the nec arena in birmingham, and you can see the score is currently. wales are taking on barbados at the moment. they will be hopeful at the nec arena. those of the pictures you are seeing at the momen

why does the law not apply to brawlers alexander blinnikov understood? a stadiuma forge, or maybe even a construction site that is above tatyana's head it is not known, but the sounds come from there, the terrible woman endured noisy neighbors for a long time, and then went to seek justice for 5 years, i receive replies from the fifth department of the voroshilov regional department. ah, that we conducted a procedural check and it is impossible to start a criminal case, disappointed in law enforcement tatyana wrote an angry post on the internet about loud people behind the wall, they responded by going to court and won it the first time and already the victim turned into an aggressor under risk. uh on me with uh about the compensation for moral damage that i caused and this cynicism struck me even more, they sentenced me to a fine. this was the last straw and tatyana was forced to sell the apartment because of the similar absurd consequences faced by everyone who gets involved in the fight against noisy neighbors came tourists. yaroslavl, we listened here, just a

and day five finally meant the start of the athletics, with the first medal in the alexander stadiumold in the t37—38 100 metres. but the home crowd still had plenty to celebrate, emanuel oyinbo—coker running sub 11 seconds for the very first time to win gold in the t 45—a7100. and hannah cockroft led an english 1—2—3 over the same distance in the t33—31t. finally, 3x3 basketball is a new event for these games but it ended with one of sport's oldest rivalries. an ashes clash between england and australia. how's that for an overtime winnerfor england? austin halewood, bbc news. i was at that yesterday, the three by three basketball and the wheelchair event as well, absolutely brilliant to see those, a great crowd for the new sport. let's have a look at how this affects the medal table. england have added another ten golds but they're still second behind australia. scotland now have a third gold medal, thanks to kevin wallace and garry brown winning the pairs title at the para—lawn bowls. wales are eighth and northern ireland 17th. wales beat england yesterday in the pairs bowls as wel

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we have a huge amount to look forward to, with the alexander stadium springing back into life and more later, in the 50 metres breaststroke. barry mcclements goes in the 100 metres butterfly s10 final. he won northern ireland's first ever commonwealth games medal in the pool last week. pole vaulter holly bradshaw will be looking to bounce back from the partial hamstring tendon tear she suffered when her pole snapped at the world championships last month in oregon. this will be her last commonwealth games and she said on social media she was determined to be here. and all four gold medals will be awarded in the 3x3 basketball. now you might have heard there will be break dancing at the olympic games in paris in two years' time. well, yesterday we were one step ahead here in birmingham city centre, with some rake dancing. this was at the beach volleyball at smithfield market, where they have to rake the sand throughout the day. and the volunteers gave the crowd even more entertainment, performing to that great queen song i want to rake free. absolutely brilliant. that is what it is all a

tommy shelby and the rest of the peaky blinders arriving at the alexander stadium.sex. you have inspired us and, hopefully, future generations. you have also demonstrated what unites us. thank you, birmingham and the west midlands. cheering. from prince edward to the prince of darkness. thank you, good night, _ you are the best, god bless you all. birmingham for ever! stuart pollitt, bbc news. chelsea forward timo werner is closing in on a return to his former club rb leipzig. the move will come just two years after he left german football for the premier league for 45 million pounds. this transfer is expected to be around £25 million. he was pictured yesterday arriving in leipzig for a medical. the ecb have annouced that england women's head coach lisa keightly will leave her role at the end of the summer. keightly took charge of the team in 2020 and lead them to the semifinal of the t20 world cup in the same year, and the final of the icc world cup in 2022. her last series with england will be september's visit of india. that's all the sport for now. more now on o

and the british golds kept coming at the alexander stadium. to come, she wouldn't let it go. another lap of honour for kjt and another commonwealth title. earlier, cannock chase forest hosted the mountain bike cross country and the home crowd were there to see favourite evie richards, and despite a bad back and covid in the build—up, there were hardly any slip—ups as she raced away to gold. but talking of bad backs, watching the amount of weight emily campbell shifts is enough to make anyone feel sore. but the english lifter blew away the rest of the field with back—to—back games records in the snatch, and then the clean and jerk, to take gold. i hope people see how beautiful our sport is and i hope throughout the week you've seen that it doesn't matter what you look like, what shape you are, what size you are, you can pick up a bar and you can do it. 0n the final night in the pool, northern ireland finally got their hands on some gold. the six times paralympic champion bethany firth adding a commonwealth title to her collection in the 200 met

hit on high ground, auto-cooperative boiler house, as well as the olympiysky stadium detailed situation in the dpr alexanderov on how the special military operation to protect the republics of donbass is progressing report by mikhail andronik. that's what a ukrainian artillery shell did here, a direct hit on an apartment on the third floor, and it's not like it's front line or even the outskirts. the very center of gorlovka is over the flags of the administration building. before him, only some 200 meters, broken windows, slashed by fragments of a shell, walls. on the ground floor was a small grocery store to open. now he will not soon be able to count his owner's losses, in general, on a huge, very large one. and what did you trade in weapons and ammunition? of course, of course, and the money here is all from the partisan detachment. in our house, gorlovka is now, without exaggeration, the most shelled city in the dpr every day. ukrainian shells are exploding here. the intensity of shelling, as scheduled, increases sharply in the morning and evening, it is at this time during peak hours that shelling occu

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one, and that is the busiest day of the commonwealth games, the atmosphere was electric at the alexander stadiumd boogie wonderland for niakhate. keely hodgkinson watched super saturday at london 2012 and decided to focus on running. she now has world silver, olympic silver and commonwealth silver. i'm not quite sure. i could do anything. it went so quick. silver again. world championship wins don't automatically guarantee commonwealth ones, as jake wightman found out. with our eyes on the world champion, the scot found himself fading in a rapid 1500 metre final and having to settle for bronze. it's going to be i australia, the gold! but for england's nick miller it was hammer time. he gave everyone an early scare with two no throws, but he made up for it to successfully defend his commonwealth title. four years ago england's zharnel hughes won the 200 metres only to be disqualified during his victory lap. this time he was denied again by trinidad and tobago'sjereem richards. smiles, though, for this silver lining. and this is what it is all about. alastair chalmers with an unexpected 400 metres