british shooter amber hill has withdrawn from the tokyo olympics after testing positive for coronaviruslean taekwondo athlete fernanda aguirre and dutch skateboarder candy jacobs — in having to pull out because of positive covid tests. the british olympic association said there would be no replacement for hill, who won silver at the commonwealth games in 2018. a tough one for amber hill to take, but there's better news for british 400 metres hurdlerjessie knight who will still be allowed to compete at the games, despite being told to isolate — along with five other team gb athletes because a passenger on their flight to tokyo tested positive for coronavirus. knight and the others have been given the green light to resume training. as an athlete you didn't know it could happen. just because of the current situation and you just knew, i'm just relieved that i haven't tested positive. i'm actually in a good position, i'm healthy and to be honest, yeah, i'm spending a lot of time in my room but i can relax and i can focus on the whaen thing and the one reason i'm here. i can focus on the wh

well, in a statement, hill says she's "devastated" to be missing out a tough one for amber hill to takeolympic hopeful, though. 400 metres hurdlerjessie knight will still be allowed to compete at the games despite being told to isolate, along with five other team gb athletes, because a passenger on their flight to tokyo tested positive for coronavirus. knight, and the others, have been given the green light to resume training, and she's been talking to our sports correspondent natalie pirks. i u nfortu nately i unfortunately was one of the ones who was within two rows of somebody who was within two rows of somebody who tested positive on the plane. it was no one from team gb. we had been rigorously tested. 14 days prior to leaving for tokyo. so i think i have just been quite unlucky in that sense. as an athlete, you did know it could happen. just because of the current situation, you just knew it. so i'm just relieved i have not tested positive. so i'm actually in a good position. i'm healthy and to be honest i'm spending a lot of time in my room but i can relax and i can focus on the o

the saddest thing is you mentioned amber hill, we knew there would be a risk to some of our athletesnow the name and personality behind it, that brings it all to life at this will ruin some people's dreams. but the majority of people still get to do what they want to do. i majority of people still get to do what they want to do.— majority of people still get to do what they want to do. i must ask you about helen — what they want to do. i must ask you about helen glover _ what they want to do. i must ask you about helen glover - _ what they want to do. i must ask you about helen glover - going for - what they want to do. i must ask you about helen glover - going for a - about helen glover — going for a third olympic medal, we've seen her win the gold in london, in rio as well — there she is winning the gold in rio — what about her chances tomorrow in the heat after coming back after having three children? what do you think we can expect from helen? because in a way, she doesn't know what to expect either, does she? w know what to expect either, does she? . , know what to expect either

british shooter amber hill has withdrawn from the tokyo olympics after testing positive for coronavirusreplacement for hill, who won silver at the commonwealth games in 2018. a tough one for amber hill to take, but there's better news for british 400 metres hurdlerjessie knight who will still be allowed to compete at the games, despite being told to isolate — along with five other team gb athletes because a passenger on their flight to tokyo tested positive for coronavirus. knight and the others have been given the green light to resume training. as an athlete you did know it could happen. just because of the current situation and you just knew, i'm just relieved that i haven't tested positive. i'm actually in a good position, i'm healthy and to be honest, yeah, i'm spending a lot of time in my room but i can relax and i can focus on the one thing and the one reason i'm here. despite the opening ceremony taking place on friday, team gb have already got their competition underway, in women's football and they got off to a winning start — beating chile 2—0 in sapporo. manchester city stri

you know, those thought patterns as a muscle that needed to be retrained for tissue to amber. hill never made it to tokyo because she tested positive for coven 19 las. she spoke to al jazeera about her disappointments. i did 10 p. c. i was on the actual flight every day in the lead up to me leaving and all of them are negative. but the night before i meant to leave the faintest of lines came up on my last lecture. fly that i needed to take on it in the city. my heart sank, so i followed up with another and another. and to be honest, at that point i knew mine in pieces for i just kind of broke down. and then i just always really struggling get my was out if i'm on a and then i oversee was, i feel quite thankful that i did catch you there. not just the myself but also the i didn't get into a pain and i didn't affect anybody else's, danny, or the chance to go as well, pos on in any way. so i'm really thankful that we did catch it. he also just try not so sorry for myself, like i've done everything physical physically possible to get to the gains and to be on my best for the i could po

he's been talking today about the covid situation in tokyo, after shooter amber hill was forced to pulle test. 12 new cases have been identified at the games, including two unnamed athletes in the olympic village. it takes the total number of olympic—related cases to 87. murray says he and the rest of the team are wary of the dangers. if you've been preparing for something for five years and something for five years and something like that was to happen to you, it would be brutal. i think there is a little bit more anxiousness, which is understandable. but from what i have seen everyone is sort of taking the protocols and measures in place here seriously. hopefully there will not be too many more issues. the men's football tournament is now underway, and mexico have thrashed france 4—1. the pick of the goals came from sebastian cordova early in the second half. south africa and the hosts japan are the other sides in their group. and you can watch brazil versus germany right now on the bbc sport website, as well as the red button. brazil leading 3—0 early in the second half. that's all t

british shooter amber hill has withdrawn from the tokyo 0lympics after testing positive for coronavirusfor the games. hill is ranked number one in women's skeet shooting and joins chilean taekwondo athlete fernanda aguirre and dutch skateboarder candy jacobs — in having to pull out because of positive covid tests. the british olympic association said there would be no replacement for hill, who won silver at the commonwealth games in 2018. in a statement, hill has said that she's "devastated" to be missing out on the tokyo 0lympics. despite the opening ceremony taking place on friday, team gb have already got their competition under way, in women's football. and they got off to a winning start — beating chile 2—0 in sapporo. manchester city striker ellen white scored both goals — the first from close range in the first half before this flying volley in the second half made sure of the points from great britain. their next game is against hosts japan on saturday. a huge win in one of this morning's other games. sweden beat four—time women's football 0lympic champions usa by three goals to

involved with the olympics have tested positive for covid near tokyo or elsewhere in the country amber hillsld and she tested positive for covid in her home country, so she's not going to be able to make it to tokyo. this is looming large over the tokyo games as tokyo itself is dealing with a 150% increase in new infections week to week. one of the head covid experts here that sitting often a panel that advises the tokyo government said at this rate, they'll have about 2600 new infections in two weeks. so people in tokyo are very concerned about covid. part of the problem, only 23% of them have, are fully vaccinated. so a the ln a lot of the frustr have been projected on the olympics i've been in tokyo and out of quarantine and asked people, are you excited about the olympics and they tell you straight to your face, no, we're not excited. we're very concerned we're going to watch on television but we're not happy that the olympics are here. the train has left the station competition has begun in tokyo i spoke with the pitcher who pitched a shutout, she said it was weird to take the mounds an

shep, i don't know if you shoot skeet, but if you do, there's no chance you could beat britain's amber hill she's ranked number one in the world, and she tested positive for covid in her home country so she's not going to be able to make it to tokyo this no doubt is still looming large over the tokyo games this as tokyo itself is dealing with a 150% increase in new infections week to week. one of the experts that advises this rate, they'll have about 2600 new the tokyo government said at this rate, they'll have about 2,600 new infections in two weeks. so people in tokyo are very concerned about covid. part of the problem, only 23% of them are fully vaccinated. so a lot of the frustrations that people in japan have for the government about not rolling out the vaccine fast enough has been projected on the olympics i have been around tokyo i'm out of quarantine. i asked people, are you excited about the olympics they tell you straight to your face, we're not excited. we're very concerned we're going to watch on television but we're not happy the olympics are here, but the train has left the st

that's why they're doing it again this year, all right, amber lee reporting live for us there in the oakland hillsamber. thank you. in contra costa county, a reminder about how fast fires from illegal fireworks can get out of control. today, authorities they're demonstrating how dangerous pyrotechnics can be even the so called safe and sane ones, which are illegal in nearly every bay area, city and county. even though you think that just one small firework. it would be okay to light it and throw it in the grass or throw it in an area that maybe it's mostly gravel. it can still as you see with sparklers, you know, it doesn't take much to quickly get out of control. last year on july 4th contra costa county fire responded to almost 100 fires, and that was just over the span of three hours. well, we're following some developing news in the east bay tonight. that's where firefighters right now responding to a wildfire, it's parting on clubhouse drive and pleasant id near the caliper preserve golf course. and this is what it looks like from the pg and e alert wildfire cameras. it's a night vision, but

this is amber from morgan hill sitting very patiently and waiting for the walk.she should probably wait a little bit longer. morgan hill is still toasty with temperatures in the 80s. wait a little bit closer to sunset when temperatures drop down into the 70s and then the pavement gets a chance to cool off as well. along the band around the coast, go for it. good walking weather with clear skies overhead for the moment. but the fog is going to spread a little ways into the inland valleys by tomorrow morning but it backs up weekly and we should see some clearing along the coast tomorrow afternoon. [ crowd chanting ] are going to be close to normal, starting off mostly in the low to mid 50s. a couple spots around santa rosa and northbay valleys dropping into the upper 40s and high temperatures thursday about where they should be this time of year, low 60s for san francisco with a mix of 60s and low 70s for the east bay. temperatures in the santa clara valley region the upper 70s in san jose, into the low to mid 80s as you had further inland in the santa clara valley

they contracted covid before traveling to games including traveling to games including uk athlete amber hillthe number one ranked skeet shooter in the world and reality setting in for the opening ceremony. one producer telling reuters the ceremony which is usually a celebratory spectacle will be much more sobering ceremony but incorporate beautiful japanese aesthetics. the stadium will be mostly empty with no family or spectators in the stadium chairs. no mass choreography and not all athletes will be present for the parade of nations. now just 24 hours away, more controversy casting a cloud over the event. the show director, kentaro kobayashi, was fired for resurfaced anti-semitic jokes he made about the holocaust in 1998. this just days after the ceremony's composer resigned following resurfaced incidents of bullying people with disabilities, but for athletes who have trained their entire lives for this, the games already in full swing. usa women's softball 2-0 dominating against canada in a stunning upset not allowing a single point on the board. a golden performance from three-time world

he's been talking today about the covid situation in tokyo, after shooter amber hill was forced to pullic—related cases to 87. murray says he and the rest of the team are wary of the dangers. if you have been preparing for something for five years and something for five years and something like that were to happen to you, it would be brutal, so i think there is more anxiousness, which is understandable, but from what i have seen, everyone is taking the protocols and measures seriously, so hopefully there won't be too many more issues. the men's football tournament is now under way — and brazil — gold medallists in rio five years ago — got off to the perfect start with a big 4—2 win over germany in yokohama. it was a rematch of the 2016 final, which brazil won penalties. and they took the game by storm — everton's richarlison opening the scoring. and he was in the mood for more too. he scored a first—half hat—trick to put brazil 3—0 up. germany then scored two of their own but this brilliant goal from paulinho put the result beyond any doubt for brazil. that's all the sport for now. lex

shooter amber hill, said she was "absolutely devastated" after being forced to pull out of the games, to compete at the games, despite being among those told to isolate, after a passenger on their flight, to tokyo tested positive for coronavirus. they've all been given the green light to resume training. as an athlete you did know it could happen because of the current information, so you just knew, and i'm just relieved i haven't tested positive and i'm in a good position and have not tested positive and to be honest i'm spending a lot of time in my room but i am relaxed and can focus on the one thing and the reason i am here. the new cricket competition — the hundred — got off to a flying start with the first women's match — and oval invincibles pulled off a thrilling victory over manchester originals. over seven—and—a—half thousand people were watching and our reporterjo currie was among them. lighting up the london sky, a potential new era for cricket in this country. the traditionalists said there was no appetite for a new tournament but plenty of fans made their way to the oval

ktvu zambelli joins us now live from the oakland hills with more on the preparations and the concerns amber, especially from residents there. well like you said. we're up in the oakland hills and it's foggy here tonight, so he can't really see the fireworks. but you can certainly hear them. oakland fire tells me a number of restrictions will be enforced this weekend to help make this a safe holiday. julie haener my turn. illegal fireworks can be seen and heard before and during july 4th. it's a holiday that puts some people who live in high fire danger areas on edge. we get very nervous and not just the fourth of july, a couple of weeks before the fourth of july since may, oakland police say it has seized nearly £500 of fireworks and $40,000 in cash from illegal sales. department says tips from the community led to the arrest of one person wednesday who had more than £100 of illegal fireworks. oh oh, oakland fire tells me there will be stepped up patrols in high fire danger areas such as the hills this weekend. we've had a really windy spring, which should. reheats everything dries out ever

hill. faisal islam, bbc news, in york. new advice about travelling abroad from the uk has come into effect. there is no longer a government warning against travel to amber, or are under 18, won't have to quarantine on their return from any country on the amber list, except france. 0ur transport correspondent caroline davies reports. the summer holiday rush has not returned. today is the biggest reopening so far this yearfor international travel as passengers fully vaccinated in the uk can now come back from time to list countries without quarantine. but it has been a turbulent process before these passengers even stepped onto a plane. normally going on holiday something you look forward to and be excited about. i have to say this has been a pretty stressful, anxious time for everybody. jet2... we have a system, it seemed to work and it is adding confusion and making people more worried about booking and that is what we don't need at the moment when we are starting to get back to normal. the government _ starting to get back to normal. the government said the decision was made because of the beta variant in france. the big daily—macro with cases rising o

amber andre, we're in a residential neighborhood were illegal fireworks are suspected of causing this damage burnt out shed and what's left? of a truck. neighbors tell me flames have burned down hill towards homes. the whole front of the house was lit up orange and the hill went up within seconds sunday night around 9 30 neighbors on ross circle in martinez, tell me a fire space , trying to figure out what was going on. and it was. it was really scary. the flames whipped up by winds threaten a handful of homes and burned up to 11. the back fence. you heard like an explosion and you saw just like in the movies that burst of fire. i was reeling. you know, i wasn't expecting i couldn't believe it. i was scrambling around scrambling to round up her pets, she says in her 21 years here never has a fire. come this close. it was just it's a very overwhelming and totally powerless feeling. neighbors say people were playing with illegal fireworks in the area on july 4th and suspect they cost the fire the simplest of firework that's dropped into grass or near grass almost instantly start to fire and contra costa county fire protection district says on july 4th during a span of just three hou

amber list in the early hours of this morning. 0ur correspondent nick beake is in ibiza. nick, what's the reaction been there? really lovely morning here, you can see the sun just rising over the hills including those young brits who are here on holiday, we might not see them for a few hours until they surface. but certainly lots of people who were expecting to be working up today on the island for another day of holiday, they have had to go home. we have seen them race on to try to beat the new quarantine rules that have come in affecting this particular island. just a reminder, affecting this particular island. justa reminder, it affecting this particular island. just a reminder, it affects lots of people here who have just had one jab of the covid vaccine. the problem is, they had not left before, or got back before 4.00am this morning, they would have the quarantine for ten days. some people had to cut short their holidays, spend extra cash on changing their flights so they could get back in time, they have been talking to tour operators trying to change the departure, and also for businesses here, they are really disappointed because it was just a little over two weeks ago when