there were boxing medals too, for ben whittaker with a silver, and frazer clarke, winning bronze. the american sydney mclaughlin smashes her own world record, winning the aoom hurdles. also this lunchtime... jabs for teenagers — more than a million could soon be eligible for a covid vaccine. and president bidenjoins calls for the governor of new york state, andrew cuomo, to resign over sexual harrassment claims. and coming up on the bbc news channel... a silver for team gb�*s ben whittaker in the light heavyweight boxing, but the brit was disappointed not to take gold after losing in the final. good afternoon. team gb are racking up the medals in tokyo at the olympics, and the success is across a wide range of sports. history was made at the skate park with sky brown, who's just 13, taking britain's first ever skateboarding medal, and securing her place as the country's youngest ever olympic medallist. and there was a gold in sailing for hannah mills and eilidh mcintyre, winning the 4—70 class, making mills the most successful female olympic sailor of all—time, after a gold in rio

well, earlier frazer clarke added another medal in the boxing with bronze in the super heavyweight.nth gold medal, beat yuka wakamoto of japan to reach the last eight. and carlinjoined him there soon afterwards, outpacing mohammed sahrom of malaysia. the quarter—finals get under wayjust before eight o'clock tomorrow morning. in the women's, team gb's katy marchant made it through to the quarter—finals at the second time of asking. she had to race again in the repechage, after being relegated from her first round heat for a technical infringement. what a run for the usa's sydney mclaughlin — she broke her own world record in the women's 400m hurdles, taking gold in the process. the defending champion, fellow american dalilah muhammad, got away fastest but mclaughlin powered down the home straight to win gold in 51.46 seconds, and taking almost half a second off the world record. the new women's best follows norway's karsten warholm breaking his own world record in the men's 400m hurdles on tuesday. away from the olympics — the first test between england and india is underway this mor

meanwhile, frazer clarke added another medal in the ring with bronze in the super heavyweight divisionmetres. johnson—thompson was fifth overall, going into the heptathlon's fourth event, but she had come to tokyo with concerns over an achilles problem. she'd had a good start to the 200 metres, but an injury to her right calf ended her chances. she refused the offer of a wheelchair, getting up to hobble across the line, but was later disqualified for having left her lane. i can't see past the devastation for kat. she's worked so hard to get to this position. if you look for a silver lining, it's great that the achilles has not sustained further damage. but it is not uncommon that you see, one leg gets injured, something else gets hurt eventually. and it could have beenjust brought on by the highjump. five of the team gb�*s medals have come from equestrian. today, ben maher won in showjumping. he completed his run in 37.85 seconds to pip the swede. he won gold in london nine years ago. away from the olympics — the first test between england and india is underway at trent bridge. england

we did see frazer clarke in action early on as well. from this game so it surpasses the tally from the previous two olympics, the best performance in the best part of 100 years. so there is plenty i think that this gb squad to be proud of. let's take a quick look at some other olympic events. sweltering temperatures of 41 degrees celsius were recorded at the golf. sweden's madelene sagstrom coped best and is five under par after the first round. she's a shot ahead of the american nelly korda and aditi ashok of india. great britain will not retain their olympic women's hockey title. they were beaten 5—1 by the netherlands, who will face argentina for gold on friday. team gb will play off against india for bronze. britain's shauna coxsey failed to make it past the qualification stages in the climbing. after the speed and boulder disciplines, the 28—year—old lost her grip on the lead climb. the two—time overall world cup boulder champion is retiring after tokyo. away from the olympics and england were bowled out forjust 183 on the opening

that was frazer clarke — congratulations. thank you. that was frazer clarke and _ congratulations.re wildfires are continuing to burn out of control. scorching temperatures across much of southern europe this summer have left woodland tinder dry and susceptible to fire. greece itself is experiencing its biggest heatwave in 30 years. matt graveling reports. sirens thousands of hectares — habitats, homes — all reduced to ash. with each change in the wind carving a new path of devastation, those who stay save whatever they can. others pack up their lives and head to the port. it's like a scene of an apocalyptic movie, definitely, because there is no sky, the sun is red, it's quite scary. more than 2,000 people have been evacuated from evia by ferry. once off the island, miles of smoke show the scale of the fight, and it's this smoke, authorities say, hampers efforts to douse fires from above. those on the ground say more needs to be done. the more people see that we don't have any help until yesterday, and they could save everybody, and it wasn't true. the people don't know where to g

well, earlier frazer clarke added another medal in the boxing with bronze in the super heavyweight. l match after the referee stopped the fight because a deep cut above frazer's eye opened up again by his opponent, the uzbekistan six foot eight giant. but the loss does mean clarke walks away with a bronze medal. afterwards he said, "it was not the fairytale i wanted but i'm proud of myself". reigning world champion katarina johnson—thompson is in fifth place after three events in the women's heptathlon. she looks like she could be in trouble after a leg injury in the 200 metres. she won her hate for the 100 metre hurdles but did not perform as well in the high jump, clearing 1.86 metres. —— she won her heat. the shot put went better than expected with a throw over 13 metres. she has just pulled she hasjust pulled up limping in the 200 metres, we will get you more details when they come in. and laura muir is into the final of the 1500 metres, as she aims for her first major medal. the scot was second in her semifinal behind sifan hassan of the netherlands, but team—mate katie snowden

10—under there are three british boxers through to their finals but there was controversy, as frazer clarke'squalified in their super heavyweight bout. the frenchman was warned by the referee for his use of the head, which left clarke with two bad cuts — the briton needed to win the second round to get back into the fight and after further warnings, the contest was called off and clarke declared the winner. aliev was absolutely furious but clarke said he'd had problems against him in the past. away from the games, lewis hamilton will start on pole position for this afternoon's hungarian grand prix, as he chases a record ninth victory in the race. he set the fastest time, on his first, flying lap — in the final part of qualifying, with his main championship rival max verstappen in third. hamilton trails the dutchman by 8 points in the standings. with his main championship rival max verstappen in third. hamilton trails the dutchman by 8 points in the standings. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, take me to the opera. i've been an opera fan for decades and i want to share my passion

frazer clarke won bronze in the super heavyweight division and this was ben whittaker, who said he losty brown has become britain's youngest medallist in olympic history, at the age ofjust 13 and 28 days. she produced a composed final run to finish third in the women's park skateboarding final and claim bronze. it's incredible. it feels unreal. i'm so happy to be here. all of the girls are repping it. it was insane. it was a super sick final and qualifierfor it was a super sick final and qualifier for the it was a super sick final and qualifierfor the semi it was a super sick final and qualifier for the semi finals. it was insane. let's cross to tokyo now and speak to our reporter sarah mulkerrins. sarah a heartbreaking day for katarina johnson thompson in the heptathlon. yes, it was. it was a here at late on wednesday night at the olympic stadium and the track and field. she was going in the 200 metres. she had been placed at the 200 metres. she had been placed for fendi habitat to line up until that point. this is one of her stronger events, and she started off, she was going well aro

there was also a medal for superheavyweight frazer clarke. performance came in the 400 metres hurdles. after karsten warholm smashed the men�*s world record, america�*s sydney mclaughlin did the same to the women�*s. it is mclaughlin�*s title and a new world record. two new world records in 2a hours. the hurdles, it seems, are proving no barrier to brilliance. andy swiss, bbc news. that�*s it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello there. so far this week, many places have escaped the heavy, thundery showers and stayed dry with some good spells of warm august sunshine. but the end of the week is looking decidedly unsettled with low pressure slap bang on top of us. that�*s going to bring showers or longer spells of rain. it will also turn windy as well. it�*ll feel cooler than what we expect this time of year. so, here it is, this new area of low pressure pushing into western areas as we head through the course of the night, eventually bringing stronger winds, cloud and rain to northern ireland, perhaps

well earlier frazer clarke added another medal in the boxing with bronze in the super heavyweight. i wanted but i'm proud of myself". after winning silver in the mens team sprint, jason kenny and jack carlin are back in action in the individual sprint and it's so far, so good, for both riders. carlin had broken the olympic record this morning to qualify, although it was then beaten a few minutes later... but then he had no problem beating australia's nathan hart to reach the last 16. then, jason kenny, who's the defending champion, also made it through safely, against the former world champion aziz awang of malaysia. and in the last few minutes, katy marchant has also qualified for the quarterfinals of the women's keirin. what a run for the usa's sydney mclaughlin — she broke her own world record in the women's 400m hurdles — taking gold in the process. the defending champion, fellow american dalilah muhammad got away fastest but mclaughlin powered down the home straight to win gold in 51.46 seconds, and take almost half a second off the world record. muhammad getting silver. the ne

pat mccormack will also fight for gold in the men's welterweight division while frazer clarke is into after france's mourad aliev was disqualified. gb's sailing team have also guaranteed two more medals to add to the bronze they have already won. that's all for now. as we've been saying, max whitlock won gold defending his pommel horse olympic title in tokyo. here's his family's reaction. so proud. you cannot put it into words. it was just really emotional to watch, but yeah, so proud and so happy for him. what were the nerves like watching him doing that first performance? we were all on the edge of our seats. wejust wanted him to do a good job. it has been a long—time training, from training in the garden and everything else that has been on with the year of covid, i think the fact he was even at the olympics, we were just happy that he had the opportunity to still compete, so we just wanted him to do a good job for him, really. when he did that landing, what went through your mind? i think we all screamed. yeah. we were jumping up and down. just so happy that he had done it and we

two more boxing medals, with ben whittaker taking silver in the light heavyweight category, and frazer clarkepion, katarina johnson—thompson is out of the heptathlon after a calf injury in the 200 metres. as we've heard, 13—year—old sky brown has become great britain's youngest ever olympic medallist after winning bronze in the women's park skateboarding. her stunning performace comesjust a year after she suffered serious injuries in an accident during training. our sports correspondent natalie pirks has the story. sky brown will take bronze. she's already lived her young life in the spotlight. 13 years of age. but for the girl born injapan, draped in the british flag, this was the best feeling in the world. so much height, but the talk is over. thejudges were looking for difficult tricks, quality and consistency. sky brown has a giant trick bag. strap yourselves in, here we go. straight in... all she needed was a smooth run. 0h! going for that kick flip indy, we knew it was going to come out. not ideal, but with three runs allowed there was still hope. just missing the kick flip indy. the pr

expected to get medals did get medals, but i was really happy for lauren price getting the gold, frazer clarkempics so many times. couldn't go to the 2012 — anthonyjoshua when that time. rio 2016, there wasjoejoyce. and this time, this was his moment. this was his, like, last chance and i was so happy to see him get a medal. you just mentioned lauren price there, who, as i mentioned, i met before the games. what an incredible story. firstly, how much do you know about lauren? have you met her? world champion, now olympic champion, i think european and commonwealth, maybe, as well, former footballer... like, what a...not a closing chapter but what a next sentence in her career? yeah, i mean, lauren has done exceptional. i do know lauren from on the team. however, i found out today that i inspired her to be a boxer and to win a gold medal, so it was awesome to be able to see her achieve her goal, and to think that i've inspired the next generation, i mean, it's just humbling and honouring to think that i've been looked up to in such a way and then she's gone on to win a gold medal. we now have t

there was also a medal for superheavyweight frazer clarke. and it's the best the women's hockey team can hope for, the olympic champions losing 5—1 to the netherlands in their semifinal. once again, though, the day's standout performance came in the 400 metres hurdles. karsten warholm smashed the men's world record. america's sydney mclaughlin did the same to the women's. it's mclaughlin's title and a new world record. two new records in 2a hours. the hurdles, it seems, are proving no prayerier to brilliance. andy swiss, bbc news. after a ll after all that, a look at the medals table shows that great britain are in fourth place. our top story this evening. all 16 and 17s in the uk will be offered a covid vaccine. the prime minister starts a two day visit to scotland — but won't meet the country's first minister for talks. coming up in sportsday on the bbc news channel: we'll have the best of the action from japan, including the long wait for gold for andre de grasse. the canadian wins the men's 200 metres in style, in the olympic stadium. the

and then we have also got frazer clark the bronze superheavyweight boxer, who has also arrived, with scotland, northern ireland, southern england too. some showers elsewhere, developing, some sunshine around as well and the winds are not as strong today but temperatures aren't as high as they would normally be at this time of the year. so we still have the heavy thundery drown pours into this evening, they will gradually fade away overnight. we will see clearer spells developing. and temperatures are likely to remain in double figures overnight so typically 12 or 13 in towns and cities. tomorrow looks like it will be a drier day for more of the country. we will have more sunshine round as well. can't rule out one or two showers in wales, eastern part of england but most of the showers will be further north in scotland this time. heavy ones here, a dry day, it will tend to cloud over a bit more in the afternoon for northern ireland. but afternoon for northern ireland. but a warmer day with light winds, we are looking at top temperatures of 22 or 23 celsius. this is bbc news. the headl

frazer clarke won bronze in the super heavyweight division and this was ben whittaker, who said he lostd claim bronze. it's incredible, i mean, it feels unreal. i'm so happy to be here with all the girls, they were ripping it. it was insane, like, it was a super sick final and qualifier, semi final, it was insane. let's cross to tokyo now and speak to our reporter sarah mulkerrins. sarah, a heartbreaking day for katarina johnson—thompson sarah, a heartbreaking day for katarina johnson— thompson in the heptathlon. yes, it was. it was the final event late on wednesday night at the olympic stadium and the track and field. she was going in the 200 metres. she had been placed fifth in the heptaholon to line up until that point. this is one of her stronger events, and she started off, she was going well around the bend, and then suddenly, she just pulled up. you can see there was a serious injury for her there. so she got to the bend can and you could just see her there just hoppinh, and it turned out not to be the achilles injury which she has been dealing with over the last year, but actual

earlier, frazer clarke added another medal in the boxing with bronze in the super heavyweight. e said, "it was not the fairytale i wanted but i�*m proud of myself". katarina johnson—thompson�*s hopes of an olympic medal are over — she has withdrawn from the heptathlon after pulling up injured in the 200 metres. johnson—thompson was fifth overall, going into the hepathlon�*s fourth event, but she had come to tokyo with concerns over an achilles problem. she�*d had a good start to the 200 metres, but an injury to her right calf ended her chances. she refused the offer of a wheelchair, getting up to hobble across the line — but was later disqualified for having left her lane. and in the last hour, andre de grasse has won the men�*s 200 metres — his fifth olympic medal and his first gold. the canadian ran a personal best of 19.62 seconds, finishing ahead of kenneth bednarek and noah lyles of the usa. away from the olympics — the first test between england and india is underway this morning at trent bridge. england are notably without ben stokes. india have made a very good start — r

there are three british boxers through to their finals but there was controversy, as frazer clarke'stheir super heavyweight bout. the frenchman was warned by the referee for his use of the head, which left clarke with two bad cuts — the briton needed to win the second round to get back into the fight and after further warnings, the contest was called off the briton needed to win the second round to get back into the fight and after further warnings, the contest was called off and clarke declared the winner. aliev was absolutely furious but clarke said he'd had problems against him in the past. that's not the way i wanted it to go either. i don't go in the ring to end up like this. that is the fourth cut i have got not one has been a punch. that is not how the sport should be done. i'm not saying and purpose these things happen, the referee is in there to do a job. ben whittaker wil compete for light heavyweight gold after he beat imam khataev of russia. whittaker described it as a "masterclass" but it was a split decision. he lost the opening round but won the fight 4—1. pat mccormac

we can just show you some pictures now of the boxer frazer clarke seeing his baby for the first timeeah, it's been crazy. obviously all my friends here, family, yeah, it's been a bit manic, but it's something i couldn't get used to. now, you've got your gold medal around your neck. when you left from this airport to go to tokyo, were you imagining coming back with that? we all do. we all want to come back and get a gold medal. well, go and get a gold medal, but ijust made sure i did my best and it worked out for me. i mean, an amazing performance. you've had so much support at home. how hard was it competing in tokyo without anyone there to watch you? you know what, to be fair, i didn't really mind. i wasjust happyjust to get there and just get fighting. it's probably better that no—one's there. it didn't distract me, so, yeah, i wasjust happy to go there and get the wins. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is — the major un climate report which says that human activity has caused irreversible damage. but there is a chance to prevent the worst outcome i

earlier, frazer clarke added another medal in the boxing, with bronze in the superheavyweight.es hurdles on tuesday. disappointment for great britain who will not retain their women's hockey title following defeat by the netherlands in the semifinals. they lost 5—1. that's it for now. thank you. jane dougall. when the ever given ran aground and blocked the suez for a week in march, it halted roughly 15% of global trade in the process, it was the culmination of a perfect storm for global supply chains. the ship finally made it into the english port of felixstowe, yesterday, to the relief of businesses whose precious cargo has been trapped for four months. the ever given saga highlighted our reliance on global supply chains for just about everything and exposed the weaknesses in seaborne transport. here's our business correspondent theo leggett. four months late, and still bearing the scars of her encounter with the sandy banks of the suez canal, the ever given finally limped into felixstowe, her last port of call. this giant of the seas became stranded after negotiating one of t