if anyone came in here not knowing who emily campbell was, they certainly do now.of the favourites from the very beginning and dominated from start to finish. she set two commonwealth records in the process. grand total of 286 kilograms. as well as showing supreme lifting, she also showed plenty of personality. following that final lift, she took off her belt and slung it around her head. much to the delight of the crowd. she became the first british woman to win a medal when she took silver in tokyo. now she's a commonwealth champion. andy campbell —— emily campbell is becoming one of the country's most successful and beloved sports women. rosemary lenton won commonwealth gold for scotland in the para pairs bowls at the age of 72. scotland claimed a fourth gold medal of the games thanks after rosemary lenton and pauline wilson triumped in the para pairs bowls. away from the games now, because the england women's football team have written an open letter to rishi sunak and liz truss — one of whom will be the next prime minister — calling for every girl to have acce

what a win for emily campbell, a new commonwealth games record for the england weightlifter.arina johnson thompson has put her injury woes behind her, but will it be enough to triumph in the heptathlon? we'll have the latest from the track. away from the commonwealths. still recovering! the lionesses win sinks in, as the hero of the final, chloe kelly says girls need more pe... the hundred returns for its second year in the cricket calendar. we'll have the latest from the ageas bowl. welcome to birmingham, on a momentous day of action in these commonwealth games. we have lots of home nations medals to tell you about and hopefully there's more to come. but we're going to start with the weightlifting because it 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 golds. jo currie was watching. this is what it's all about. the mountain by gold despite operations being hampered by covid—19 in a serious back injury. and seasonal, ma

if anyone came in here not knowing who emily campbell was, they certainly do now.owed plenty of personality. following that final lift, she took off her belt and slung it around her head, much to the delight of the crowd. she became the first british woman to win a medal when she took silver in tokyo. now she's a commonwealth champion. emily campbell is becoming one of the country's most successful and beloved sportswomen. rosemary lenton won commonwealth gold for scotland in the para—pairs bowls at the age of 72. scotland claimed a fourth gold medal of the games thanks after rosemary lenton and pauline wilson triumphed in the para pairs bowls. away from the games now, because the england women's football team have written an open letter to rishi sunak and liz truss — one of whom will be the next prime minister — calling for every girl to have access to at least two hours of pe a week. it comes after the lionesses incredible victory at wembley against germany to win the euros. i think they'll be a massive turning point from the summer and we like to hope so, and wh

well, if anyone came in here tonight not knowing who emily campbell was, they certainly do now.he dominated from start to finish. she set two commonwealth records in the process, in both the snatch and the clean and jerk category, finishing with a grand total of 286 kilograms. as well as showing supreme lifting, she also showed plenty of personality as well. following that final lift, when she knew the gold medal was in the bag, she took off her weightlifting belt and swung it around her head — much to the delight of the crowd here at the nec in birmingham. last year, emily campbell became the first british woman to win an olympic weightlifting medal, when she took silver in tokyo. now, she's a commonwealth champion. emily campbell is swiftly becoming one of this country's most successful — and beloved — sportswomen. what fantastic celebrations there. and there was a warm reception on the finish line for england's evie richards, who has put a difficult start to the year behind her to achieve her dream of winning commonwealth gold in the women's mountain bike cross—country. she w

_ for women. just a reminder that emily campbell has _ for women. just a reminder that emily campbellnwealth closing ceremony and he said it was during those rehearsals that he got the news he had been dropped from the line—up, essentially and said it was because he had failed a background check. the games organisers said they would not comment on individual cases but everyone involved in the games, from volunteers to participants go through the same accreditation process. the background you were talking about, he was convicted in march for having an offensive weapon during a brawl that happened in 2018 and that weapon was a bottle and he also admitted a second count of violent disorder relating to an attack on a man shortly after the fight. during this confrontation, pa salieu's friend was stabbed and died. and pa salieu is waiting to be sentenced for the counts. the rapper said he had fully cooperated with the legal process and that next week's performance should have been a celebration. he is from coventry, not too far from birmingham and a celebration. he is from coventry, not too

something emily campbell knows all about. division, she first set a commonwealth games record... then a personal best. all the cheers for the woman with the red and white pom—poms in her hair. i hope people see how beautiful our sport it is. i hope throughout the week as well you've seen it doesn't matter what he looked like, what shape you are, what size you are, you can pick up a bar and you can do it. olympic silver and now commonwealth gold under her belt. natalie pirks, bbc news, birmingham. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willetts hosepipe bans are being extended across the south? it has been exceptionally dry, but it's notjust been dry injuly across the south. for the summer so far, june and july, we have only had just over 100 millimetres of rain across the whole of the uk. to put that in context, through the metrological summer, june, july and august, you'd usually expect to see about 240 millimetres of rain in those three months. we are way off that. it's been dry across the board, but exceptionally so

will probably be england's best hopes of a gold medal in the weightlifting at these games when emily campbell finally gets her commonwealth games under way. you may remember that name, as you have the privilege of being one of the flag—bearers in the opening ceremony at these games. she also won an outstanding silver medal at the tokyo olympics last year, making her the first british woman ever to win an olympic medal in weightlifting. she also backed that up with a bronze medal at the world championships last year, so high hopes she will add notjust a commonwealth medal today but potentially a gold medal to her ever growing collection. she goes in the 87 kilograms category, and that gets under way at 2.00. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. the liver but about subdued rainfall not the entire story. so many other parts of the country suffering from the lack of rainfall, and i think most of the next few days, it will be just scattered showers here and there, but i wanted to show you the satellite picture over the last couple of days of those rainfall patterns we have s

over at the nec, though, all eyes were firmly on england because my emily campbell.r some heavy lifting. it's all gone to plan!— it's all gone to plan! favourite to win the plus _ it's all gone to plan! favourite to win the plus it — it's all gone to plan! favourite to win the plus it a _ it's all gone to plan! favourite to win the plus it a seven _ it's all gone to plan! favourite to win the plus it a seven kilograms category, nobody got close. after sitting eight games record in the snatch, she then did the same at the clean and jerk. i snatch, she then did the same at the clean and jerk-— clean and jerk. i hope that throughout _ clean and jerk. i hope that throughout the _ clean and jerk. i hope that throughout the week - clean and jerk. i hope that throughout the week you i clean and jerk. i hope that - throughout the week you have seen it does not matter what you look like, what shape or size you are, you can pick up a bar and you can do it. in pick up a bar and you can do it. in the lead up to banning in 2022, edie richards' training was disrupted by a bad back

will probably be england's best hopes of a gold medal in the weightlifting at these games when emily campbelleremony at these games. she also won an outstanding silver medal at the tokyo 0lympics last year, making her the first british woman ever to win an olympic medal in weightlifting. she also backed that up with a bronze medal at the world championships last year, so high hopes she will add notjust a commonwealth medal today but potentially a gold medal to her ever growing collection. she goes in the 87 kilograms category, and that gets under way at 2.00. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. the liver but about subdued rainfall not the entire story. so many other parts of the country suffering from the lack of rainfall, and i think most of the next few days, it

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any slip—ups as she raced away to gold, but talking of bad backs, watching the amount of weight emily campbellnd jerk to take gold. i hope people see how happy it is, it doesn't matter what you look like, what shape you are, you can pick up a bar and do it. on the final night, northern ireland got their hands on some gold, the six time paralympic champion bethany firth adding a commonwealth title to her collection, the 200 metre freestyle. england's ben prout took gold over 50 metres and medley. finally, if you everfancy competing at the games, rosemary lenton proved it is actually never to late. she took up bowls after retiring and at the age of 70 21 gold for scotland in the women's para— pairs with her partner pauline will send they have a combined age of 130, not many competitors can say they won gold with a grandchild in attendance. inspirational. we've seen history made more than once already here, and gina kennedy has joined the list. she became the first englishwoman to win a commonwealth squash singles title. kennedy trains at the same club as tennis star emma raducanu and this is her

but at the event, it's been a hello — it's been a record breaking day for english weightlifter emily campbellfting 124kg that put her in a very strong position ahead of the clean and jerk section of the competition. and then she set another games record with a 162 kilogram in that clean and jerk to take the gold. a career best lift to finish off. and there was a warm reception on the finish line for england's evie richards who has put a difficult start to the year behind her to achieve her dream of winning commonwealth gold in the women's mountain bike cross—country. she was a runner up in the gold coast four years ago, she's the world champion, but had been struggling with a bad back since february before getting coronavirus last month. but what a race she ran earlier, controlling it from start to finish — bar one moment earlier where she nearly came off her bike, but no problems at the finish with great support from a noisy crowd. england women's captain heather knight has been ruled out of the commonwealth games and the hundred. it's because of a hip issue that she picked up in the first i

that was a phenomenal victory for england's emily campbell. european goals, and i'll tell you about the men's and the 109 kilograms class, cameron took gold and topping the podium and beat check in silver plates and got bronze. and there's a big screen behind me where they come down and watch others metals being the one we're looking forward to tonight on the athletics track that's where you can hear such a lot of noise behind us in such a party atmosphere that is come down towards his big screen and cheer on the athletes a little later. ., ., , . and cheer on the athletes a little later. . .. , and cheer on the athletes a little later. . .,, . ., , ., later. fantastic atmosphere and i susect later. fantastic atmosphere and i suspect jane. _ later. fantastic atmosphere and i suspect jane. as _ later. fantastic atmosphere and i suspect jane, as always, - later. fantastic atmosphere and i suspect jane, as always, thank i later. fantastic atmosphere and i i suspect jane, as always, thank you for bringing us this. turning back to uk politics. rish

but talking of bad backs, watching the amount of weight emily campbell shifts is enough to make anyone 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 metre freestyle. england's ben proud then took gold over 50 metres and scotland's duncan scott won the 200 metres individual medley. and finally, if you ever fancy competing at the games, rosemary lenton proved its actually never too late. she took up bowls after retiring and at the age of 72 won gold for scotland in the women's para—pairs. with her partner pauline wilson, they have a combined age of 130. and not many competitors can say they won gold with their grandchild in attendance. austin halewood, bbc news. that is wonderful, the golden grandmas. we've seen h