the olympics is no stranger to fairy tales, but beth shriever�*s is something very special.en among the favourites in the bmx, but the part—time teaching assistant was soon giving her rivals a lesson. she led from the start. and in this most exhilarating of events, she flew around the track. could she hang on for gold? around the track. could she hang on for old? ~ ., , around the track. could she hang on for old? ~ .,, , for gold? well, it was some finish. all the way. _ for gold? well, it was some finish. all the way. all _ for gold? well, it was some finish. all the way, all the _ for gold? well, it was some finish. all the way, all the way, _ for gold? well, it was some finish. all the way, all the way, all- for gold? well, it was some finish. all the way, all the way, all the - all the way, all the way, all the way! yes!— way! yes! bethany shriever, olympic chamion! way! yes! bethany shriever, olympic champion! cue _ way! yes! bethany shriever, olympic champion! cue elation _ way! yes! bethany shriever, olympic champion! cue elation and _ way! yes! bethany shriever, oly

cheering gold for beth shriever, silver for kye whyte, as together they make history winning britain'sver medals in bmx. i gave it absolutely everything i had then, and i was rewarded. oh, my god, it's amazing. pregnant women are urged to have the covid vaccine as the number of mothers to be in hospital with the virus rises — hundreds of thousands remain unvaccinated. england's cricket star ben stokes is taking an immediate breakfrom the sport to prioritise his mental well—being. it's confirmed that human remains found in the pyrenees are those of the missing british hiker esther dingley. and warming up for tonight's first night of the proms, as the royal albert hall welcomes back a full audience with no social distancing. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: more from the tokyo games, as bryony page wins bronze for team gb in the women's trampolining final. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has said she's determined to make changes that will save lives — after the country reported a record number of deaths from drug

crowdfunding her way to the games while also having to work part time as a teaching assistant, beth shrieveredal, honestly, i�*m so over the moon. there was more success in the pool as duncan scott won a silver in the men�*s 200 metres individual medley. it�*s his third medal of the games, the first british swimmer to do that since 1908. scott delivered team gb�*s sixth medal overall in the pool finishing behind winner wang shun of china. scott�*s medal came shortly after luke greenbank won bronze in the men�*s 200m backstroke. and there was also a bronze medalfor bryony page in the women�*s trampoline. she led the competition after her routine but was pushed down to third as china took gold and silver. there was also a bronze for men�*s eight in rowing. the athletics has begun in the olympic stadium. and all the key contenders made it through the women�*s 100 metres heats including dina asher smith who began her bid to become the first british woman to win a olympic individual sprint gold. with no usain bolt to dominate the headlines, it�*s the women�*s sprints that are likely to be the mos

shriever... but there wasn't time for british bmx to breathe before beth was off.edal wasn't truly in her plans. there we go, beth, all the way. but as the double olympic champion from colombia breathed down her neck, the dream finally became reality. all the way! yes! bethany shriever at the first time of asking! olympic champion! 0n the sidelines, she had her very own hype man. this long course had strained every sinew and as she collapsed, look who was there to pick her up... beth, good work! kye wasn't the only one. beth had needed crowdfunding to get here, after uk sport had axed women's bmx funding after rio. the irony, this was britain's first female gold here. could you ever have dreamt of this moment? to be honest, no. i dreamed of coming here, but to get a medal, it is just something else. it is what every athlete dreams of, but i have worked so hard, i gave it everything i have got and i have been rewarded with this, which is unbelievable. where is your medal? back home in essex, her proud parents finally caught up with her. wahey! there it is! look at t

tremendous bmx racing by 22—year—old beth shriever has won her gold. white took silver in the men's event. for a full round—up of the action at the olympics this morning, let's cross to mike bushell at the bbc sport centre. and call it a fabulous friday for team gb including that gold from beth shriever, what a story, she relied on crowdfunding to get to tokyo, she made history along with kye whyte, who got that silver medal in the men's final. elsewhere, there were more medals for the team, in and on the water, and on the trampoline, as adam wild reports. a silver and golden bmx racing! for team gb, a moment of history. in the course of a few frantic moments, bethany shriever and kye whyte became olympic heroes. few sports that the games are more spectacular than bmx, made all the more so by the british williams. kye whyte came first, powering his way around to take silver. gb was still celebrating and beth shriever�*s a moment arrived in the women's final, she went one better. mil moment arrived in the women's final, she went one better.— she went on

cheering gold for beth shriever, silver for kye whyte, as together they make history winning britain'samazing. pregnant women are urged to have the covid vaccine as the number of mothers to be in hospital with the virus rises — hundreds of thousands remain unvaccinated. england's cricket star ben stokes is taking an immediate breakfrom the sport to prioritise his mental well—being.

crowdfunding her way to the games, while also having to work part time as a teaching assistant, beth shrieveret to tokyo as day seven started with two impressive results on two wheels. honestly, i�*m in shock. like, to even be here is an achievement in itself. to make a final as another achievement in itself. to win a gold medal, honestly, i�*m so over the moon. there was more success in the pool as duncan scott won a silver in the men�*s 200 metres individual medley. it�*s his third medal of the games — the first british swimmer to do that since 1908. scott delivered team gb�*s sixth medal overall in the pool, finishing behind winner wang shun of china. scott�*s medal came shortly after luke greenbank won bronze in the men�*s 200m backstroke. and there was also a bronze medalfor bryony page in the women�*s trampoline. she led the competition after her routine, but was pushed down to third as china took gold and silver. there was also a bronze for men�*s eight in rowing. so, let�*s have a look the medals table. there was also a bronze for luke greenbank in the 200 metre backstroke, while the

after crowdfunding her way to the games, beth shriever won a gold in the women's race.at the last two olympics to claim the title. and she was met on the finish line by kye white, who just moments earlier had won silver in the men's event. both had to battle back from injuries to get to tokyo. honestly, i'm in shock. like, to even be here is an achievement in itself. to make a final is another achievement in itself. to win a gold medal, honestly, i'm so over the moon. there was more success in the pool as duncan scott won a silver in the men's 200 metres individual medley. it's his third medal of the games, the first british swimmer to do that since 1908. scott delivered team gb's sixth medal overall in the pool, finishing behind winner wang shun of china. scott's medal came shortly after luke greenbank won bronze in the men's 200—metre backstroke. and there was also a bronze medalfor bryony page in the women's trampoline. she led the competition after her routine, but was pushed down to third as china took gold and silver. there was also a bronze for the men's eight in

beth shriever raced to gold in the bmx women's competition and her mother kate told us how proud she— did in the early hours of the morning. — did in the early hours of the morning, being _ did in the early hours of the morning, being up - did in the early hours of the morning, being up and i did in the early hours of the i morning, being up and looking comfortable and happy, you know, i'm just so proud that she did it, and it'sjust so amazing. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. the latest data from the office for national statistics shows the number of people testing positive for coronavirus in england, wales and northern ireland continued to increase in the week to last saturday. it comes after several days of falling daily case numbers in the uk. so what's going on? a little earlier, our health correspondentjim reed explained. there is the daily data that you might hear every evening on the news, and that is measuring people who come forward normally with symptoms of the virus and then test positive. that's what it's measuring. those figures have been very encouraging for the la

beth shriever followed up team—mate kye whyte's stunning silver medal in the men's race to become thetish medalists in the sport since it was made an olympic event back in 2008. in the pool, duncan scott won silver in the men's 200m final to keep alive his hopes of a historic haul of four medals at a single games. no british athlete has won four medals at any one games. new zealand have claimed two more rowing golds, with emma twigg powering to victory in the single sculls and the men's eight upsetting the odds to beat much more fancied rivals. the men's eight only scraped into the final and were not expected to reach the podium, let alone win. in what's considered the biggest draw of these games, the women's 100m, dina asher—smith failed to find her best form in the heats at the olympic stadium. britain's athletics team captain seemed to run within herself here, as she finished second to america's teahna daniels. an san kept south korea's olympic flag flying in women's archery, as she took the individual title to become the first archer to win three golds at a single games. brushing

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richard girvan is principal of the stephen perse foundation, where beth shriever worked as a teaching i should confess that you use to teach at my kids school. no analytics for my children, but obviously a magic touch chair. it must be amazing. we are touch chair. it must be amazing. - are fantastic. we are over the moon for her and herfamily, absolutely delighted. find for her and her family, absolutely deliahted. �* , ., delighted. and david goldstein on the cards at _ delighted. and david goldstein on the cards at the _ delighted. and david goldstein on the cards at the start _ delighted. and david goldstein on the cards at the start of— delighted. and david goldstein on the cards at the start of all- delighted. and david goldstein on the cards at the start of all of- the cards at the start of all of this? . ., ., , the cards at the start of all of this? _, ., , , ., this? outcome as i understand it, not reolly- — this? outcome as i understand it, not reolly- l— this? outcome as i understand it, not really. i think _ this? outcome as i understand it, not really. i think that _ this?

after crowdfunding her way to the games, beth shriever won a gold in the women's race.. to make a final is another achievement in itself. to win a gold medal, honestly, i'm so over the moon. there was more success in the pool as duncan scott won a silver in the men's 200 metres individual medley. it's his third medal of the games, the first british swimmer to do that since 1908. scott delivered team gb�*s sixth medal overall in the pool, finishing behind winner wang shun of china. scott's medal came shortly after luke greenbank won bronze in the men's 200—metre backstroke. and there was also a bronze medalfor bryony page in the women's trampoline. she led the competition after her routine, but was pushed down to third as china took gold and silver. there was also a bronze for the men's eight in rowing. but there'll be no medal for team gb�*s women's football team. they've been knocked out after losing 4—3 after extra time to australia in the quarterfinals. ellen white scored all three of team gb�*s goals. they were 2—1 up with a minute to go of normal time, but sam kerr

that is what beth shriever did. what a ride it was beating the double colombian champion.lability of the vaccine, the fact that there has been so much mixed messaging around astrazeneca that many people have not gone forwrd for weeks. —— not many people have not gone forward for weeks. also this is a country where, for the longest time, life had gone back to near normal. as recently as may. there was not that push in the beginning to get people to get vaccinated because people felt there wasn't an urgency. now of course with the situation in new south wales going from bad to worse, there is a big push from the government to get people vaccinated but numbers are nowhere near where they need to be, only 17% of the population are vaccinated. in new south wales we have seen the biggest spike yesterday, 239 cases in one day. that is the biggest — notjust in this outbreak — but since the beginning of the pandemic for new south wales. today it is about 170 but this is after five weeks of lockdown, which has been extended to another four weeks. on top of that, there are eight area

we've been speaking to bethany shriever�*s mum and dad, who watched their daughter become an olympic champion. i saw something very quickly and bethery early age, beth immediately took to it and was very good and just developed and got more and more adventurous and pushed it and more adventurous and pushed it and pushed it. i and more adventurous and pushed it and pushed it— and pushed it. i think her main dream was _ and pushed it. i think her main dream was to _ and pushed it. i think her main dream was to get _ and pushed it. i think her main dream was to get to _ and pushed it. i think her main dream was to get to the i and pushed it. i think her main i dream was to get to the olympics. once _ dream was to get to the olympics. once she _ dream was to get to the olympics. once she was there, her next goal was to— once she was there, her next goal was to try— once she was there, her next goal was to try and make a semi—, and then_ was to try and make a semi—, and thenwhen— was to try and make a semi—, and then when she got to the semi 's, her goal— then when she got to the semi 's, her goal was just then when she got to the semi