labour mp for bristol west, thank you very | mp for bristol west, thank you very much for your time thisernational olympic committee has died at the age of 79. thomas bach says that first and foremostjacques thomas bach says that first and foremost jacques loved sport and that he was an accomplished president, helping to modernise and transform the olympic committee. the headlines on bbc news... the united states has carried out an air strike in the afghan capital kabul. us officials say missile targeted a suicide bomber in a vehicle who was aiming to carry out an attack on kabul airport 20 years after being sent in — the last british troops have left afghanistan — the last uk troops, along with diplomats and officials, have now left kabul airport. forecasters warn a storm approaching louisiana could be more powerful than hurricane katrina which devastated new orleans sixteen years ago. let's talk about the paralympics — where great britain secured a tense 54—49 victory over the usa to win their first wheelchair rugby gold at a paralympic games. joining me now isjo cowling, wife of ryan

elsewhere, wins for bristol city, preston and millwall. west level at the top. both the edinburgh sides are the early leaders in the scottish premiership. hearts and hibs both won 2—0 today — against dundee united and livingston respectively. rangers and celtic play in the old firm derby tomorrow lunchtime. to drama in qualifying for the belgian grand prix now, which was brought to a halt after a massive crash in treacherous conditions at one of the notorious spots on the circuit. britain's lando norris was lucky to walk away without serious injury. he was going well until then — but it was another brit — george russell — who stole the show with stunning drive to land himself on the front row of the grid tomorrow. nick parrot reports. it can be a dangerous track in the dry and a lottery in the wet. lando norris might�*ve been thinking that his numbers were about to come up. pushing for the first pole of his career, he came unstuck. fortunately for the briton, his mclaren protected him from serious harm and he was quick to tell his team he was o

vaccine — many of them delivered at large venues like the one set up at ashton gate stadium in bristol in the westedles but i looked the other way and it was just a scratch. it was january when the prime minister came to open the west's biggest vaccination hub and since then almost a quarter of a millionjabs have gone into arms at the stadium. tara has been wielding the needle from the start and has seen her clientele get younger and younger. it was really cute, because we had a lot of the older generation and for many of them it was the first time they'd been out in ages, so they were coming in fully glammed up and very smartly dressed and the time per patient was a lot longer because we had long chats with them whereas now, especially for the younger generation, they want to get in and out. i wouldn't say they are less bothered but more concerned about getting to the pub afterwards. but the football and rugby season is back in, with crowds due back on saturday. city at home to blackpool. so it is time for vaccination to stop and sport to start. it couldn't go on forever and it's an important mil

bristol—based artist — who works had to maintain his anonymity sold for around 20 million dollars at auction. ariel henry for one month has been declared following that strong 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck south—westas get it. you can see ail those pieces on the website. you are watching bbc news. let us find out how the weather is going. hello. it has been a mixed picture, southern for some, rain for other, and some blustery showers across scotland, this area of low pressure and its frontal system has been bringing rain into parts of wales, the midlands, northern england and northern ireland, but elsewhere, we have had warm spells of sunshine. this is the earlier satellite and radar picture we have had the breaks in the cloud, east anglia, central, southern england, pushing into northern ireland, northern england, lingers too across parts of the midland and north wales but that will begin to ease through this evening and fizzle out as we head through the overnight period. the showers becoming confined to northern scotland but we could see more cloud pushing into wales and south—west england, bringing mistiness and patchy light rain and drizzle. it's a mild night for most, could dip down into sing

bristol's cameras. we should not forget they were un- represented fragment but a larger more diverse and continuing story of oppression and dehumanization of migratory agricultural workers in the garden of the world and across the west that demands our attention and advocacy today. from 1935 -- 1945 john steinbeck struggled mightily to expose her grievous thoughts and failures while more progressive than most of the contemporary matters of race has emphasis on the white southern plane migrants obscured the struggles of workers and families of color. nonetheless he found meaning, purpose and value in the hard lived existence of working people in doing so demonstrated they were in fact extraordinary and instructive. the moving accounts of poverty and sickness and all american letters. he insisted the government have a responsibility to attest assist its most honorable citizens. and how it's been the human suffering whose shame those in power who facilitated, exacerbated and profited from the crisis. he firmly believed enlightened government had a place in america it is a hope that warrants a serious restoration. those are the features of steinbeck country and steinbeck reacted this writer that we should remember. in o

bristol, we will get to 22 celsius potentially. you will notice the breezes we had through today and tonight, especially further east. west cloud. these are out of the wind gusts so we're not expecting it to be out of the breeze but it will strengthen making it you feel cooler. tomorrow's temperatures may be just down a touch. again, the same old story, caller where we have more in the way of cloud and cooler along eastern coastal parts as well. moving through into tuesday then and i think really tuesday, wednesday, thursday, it is a similar affair weatherwise across much of the uk and the more in the way of cloud. that is your headline for this week but also dry thanks to the high pressure. tap temperatures 18 or 19 celsius and therefore in the sunshine, feeling ok —— pop temperatures. where we don't see the sunshine where it is a bit more claudia, evidently cooler and it will be breezy at times. the high pressure is not going anywhere —— cloudy. on the outlook, not much going on, really, quite cloudy and we will see brightness. temperatures in the high—teens and in the sunshine feeling pleasant enough. of course, i will