glorious goodwood returns with a full capacity crowd, we take a look at some of the hurdles the horseacing industry has faced over the past year. let's start with tesla, because the electric carmaker has shown no signs of being hitting by the pandemic blues. tesla reported it sales rose to $12 billion for the three months to the end ofjune, up from $6 billion a year ago. despite shortages of semiconductor chips and congestion at ports hampering production, the firm delivered a record 200,000 cars to customers in the quarter. however the firm did make a $23 million loss on its bitcoin investments, although it recently signalled it might accept it again as a payment in future. joining me now is daniel ives, managing director of wedbush securities. what do you make of the results? they seem to beat expectations. yes, this is a strong quarter, especially amid the chips shortage. we are seeing a profit. that is the key, showing that green tidal wave thatis showing that green tidal wave that is leading the charge — tesla — causing some tumbles and china. you mentioned china, that is such an

right, time now to connect up to goodwood race track, where spencer is.ty to race is opening up to more and more people. where are you exactly? yeah, funny story... this is a look of part amazement and part terror. i'm a passenger in a modified chevrolet corvette c8 stingray, but it's who is driving, and how he's driving, that is blowing my mind. we've met sam schmidt before. he's a racing driver who was paralysed in an accident in 2000, and five years ago, he took us for a ride through las vegas in a car that allowed him to drive using just his head and his mouth. so, the steering system, it's an ir camera system and whichever way you turn your head steers the car. he'll turn his head angle into a steering angle. the gas and brake, it's a sip and puff system, so we have a tube connected to a pressure sensor. positive pressure, blowing — that's your accelerator pedal. negative pressure, sipping — that's your brake pedal. the sam car is legal to drive in the us and sam has a driver's license. and since 2016, the system has been fine—tuned so that it's now

time now to link up to goodwood _ much. time now to link up to goodwood race track. it�*s much.ood race track. it's amazing how the opportunity to race i goodwood race track. it's amazing how the opportunity to race is i how the opportunity to race is opening up to more and more people. where are you exactly? funny story,...— story,... this is a look of part amazement — story,... this is a look of part amazement and _ story,... this is a look of part amazement and part - story,... this is a look of part amazement and part terror. l i'm a passenger in a modified chevrolet corvette c8 stingray, but it's who is driving, and how he's driving, that is blowing my mind. we've met sam schmidt before. he's a racing driver who was paralysed in an accident in 2000, and five years ago he took us for a ride through las vegas in a car that allowed him to drive using just his head and his mouth. so, the steering system, it's an ir camera system on whichever way you turn your head steers the car. he'll turn his head angle into a steering angle. the gas and brake, it's a sip and puff system, so

earlier on, i met sam schmidt, who took me for a few laps at goodwood.outh. now he has challenged me to do a faster lap than him, meet with conventional controls at him with his controls. if this goes wrong, make sure they edit it kindly. i've spoken to some of the team here and they say, you know the black stuff on the track, stay on that. thanks. all right, wish me luck. see, in my mind this isn't a foregone conclusion. in some ways, i have an advantage. i know this circuit and i'm using the same controls that i have for my entire adult life. all right. hi. well, how'd i do? 1.50... is that good? respectable. laughter so, let's see if sam can beat my flying lap of 1.50. well, the very best of luck, sir. confident? don't really need it, but 0k. laughter i mean, it's honest! so... you know that bit about it not being a foregone conclusion? yeah, i don't stand a chance. right back at the first meeting we knew it was going to take months, we knew it was going to take a lot of commitment from the engineers, resources from arrow and my time, and they thought

time now to connect up to goodwood racetrack where spencer is.a passenger in a modified chevrolet corvette stingray, but it's who's driving and how he's driving that is blowing my mind. we've met sam schmidt before, he's a racing driver who was paralyzed in an accident in 2000, and 5 years ago, he took us for a ride through las vegas in a car that allowed him to drive using just his head and his mouth. so the steering system, it's an ir camera system. whichever way you turn, your head steers the car return —— we turn his head into a steering angle. positive pressure blowing that accelerator, and negative pressure is your brake pedal. the car is legal to drive in the us and sam has a driver's license. and since 2016, the system has been fine tuned so that it's now not only safe and responsive enough to drive up road speeds, but at race speeds. hundred and 28, wow. in fact, sam has taken this car up to 201 miles per hour. not today, though. anyway, the reality is that operating equipment without using arms or legs has many more applications than ju

and i'm at goodwood _ electrifying classics. and i'm at goodwood race _ electrifying classics.goodwood race circuit - electrifying classics. and i'm at goodwood race circuit to i electrifying classics. and i'm i at goodwood race circuit to see if i can drive and this historic track using just my head. silverstone is the home of british and i am here at the championship and this is a race with a difference. as one team is made up entirely of drivers who have some form of disability, but thanks to a bit of technology they have a serious hope of taking home the cup. more of that in a few minutes, but where is spencer? i said silverstone. are you last? i i said silverstone. are you last? . ., ., ., last? i had an invitation i could not _ last? i had an invitation i could not refuse - last? i had an invitation i could not refuse from . last? i had an invitation i- could not refuse from another race circuit at goodwood. they have the full circuit to myself today so i will be on this later putting some bran new assistive tech to the test. at racing speeds!— racing speeds! just don't g

i don't want him to know i get nervous, but i get i driving up the hill at goodwood is such an honourood, first time i have been driving on an actual race course in the uk, so this is phenomenal. the car is much better than i am right now, the technology and everything it has to offer, i mean... we willjust keep going faster and faster. this project, if it has shown me one thing, it is that you can truly do anything you put your mind to, so... ..pursue your passion. wild swimming has grown in popularity, especially during lockdown, but swimmers may need to be cautious about the cleanliness of england's rivers. just 16% of them are classed as meeting a good ecological standard, according to the environment agency. here's our science correspondent, richard westcott. you wouldn't catch me doing it, but this wild swimming group has 1,000 members. today, they are taking a dip in northamptonshire's river nene. in the northamptonshire village of denford. how's the water? great! you sound really convincing! a bit of cold, this lot can handle. but how clean is the water? the last time this riv

driving up the hill at goodwood is such an honour, and i've watched it a zillion times on youtube, yout's definitely the first time i've been to goodwood, first time i've been driving on an actual race course in the uk, so this is phenomenal. the car is much better than i am right now, but the technology and everything it has to offer, i mean... we'lljust keep going faster and faster. this project, if it's shown me one thing, it's that you can truly do anything you put your mind to, so... ..pursue your passion. 7 finally — back to the build up to tomorrow night's big game — and let's leave you with a rather unique good luck message from members of the british antarctic survey — take a look. music: three lions (football's coming home). we've still got a few showers around this evening, and tomorrow's actually going to be quite similar. further showers in the forecast, one or two of them could be heavy and thundery. but through the night, it's largely clear across most of the uk. not cold by any means —13—14 degrees, i think, for most of us. and then tomorrow, plenty of brightness right

driving at goodwood is such an honour, and i have watched it. been to goodwood, the first time i have been driving at an actual race course in the uk so this is phenomenal. the car is much better than i am right now, but the technology and everything it has to offer, we'lljust keep going faster and faster. this project, if it has shown me one thing, is that you can truly do anything you can put your mind to. pursue your passion. we'll take a look at tomorrow's front past at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining shaun ley tonight are ali miraj, columnist at the article and jo kiernan — the former welsh labour adviser now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. well, the weather was a little hit—or—miss today with some heavy showers. same for tomorrow, and of course tomorrow a very big day in the world of sport. we've got wimbledon, obviously the match at wembley, and there are some showers on the cards. so, here's the forecast through the night. a weather front is approaching from the west. it is going to bring s

driving up the hill at goodwood is such an honour and i have watched it a zillion times on youtube, you, first time i have been driving on an actual race course in the uk, so this is phenomenal. the car is much better than i am right now, the technology and everything it has to offer, i mean... we willjust keep going faster and faster. this project, if it has shown me one thing, it is that you can truly do anything you put your mind to, so... ..pursue your passion. but to the football now and raheem sterling has been... raheem sterling has been a crucial part of the england team's success in the euros — and a couple from merseyside can feel particularly proud. they took the young footballer into their home when he was training at liverpool. and he hasn't forgotten what they did for him. andy gill reports. he's a millionaire sportsman with an mbe for promoting racial equality in sport. and england's second top scorer at euro 2020. but for three key years of his life, he lived with sandra and peter reeves in rainhill, near st helens. the couple took in young players like raheem sterling w

driving up the hill at goodwood is such an honour, and i've watched it a zillion times on youtube, youiving on an actual race course in the uk, so this is phenomenal. the car is much better than i am right now, but the technology and everything it has to offer, i mean... we'lljust keep going faster and faster. this project, if it's shown me one thing, it's that you can truly do anything you put your mind to, so... ..pursue your passion. the national bulletin is up next. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. well, the weather was a little hit—or—miss today with some heavy showers. same for tomorrow, and of course tomorrow a very big day in the world of sport. we've got wimbledon, obviously the match at wembley, and there are some showers on the cards. so, here's the forecast through the night. a weather front is approaching from the west. it is going to bring some rain to the very far west of northern ireland through the night and possibly south—western parts of england, but for many of us, it's actually a dry night with variable amounts of cloud. and the for

. ltraihgt -- but fairly normal goodwood.rse _ —— but fairly normal goodwood. what sort of a state is the horse racing industry looked at? a pandemic or not, the horses have to be looked after, people have to be paid to look after them. they must have been some fairly heavy cost involved without the income?— some fairly heavy cost involved without the income? yeah, it's been very difficult- _ without the income? yeah, it's been very difficult. it's _ without the income? yeah, it's been very difficult. it's been _ without the income? yeah, it's been very difficult. it's been very - very difficult. it's been very difficult for everyone. at least with horse racing we were able to get back racing behind closed doors. so although we were closed and from the middle of march last year until the middle of march last year until the beginning ofjune, from june last year we have at least been able to race behind closed doors. so that has kept the wheel turning. prize—money levels were down for obvious reasons. for the racecourses, espec

i had an invitation i could not refuse from another race circuit at goodwood.e have the full circuit to myself today so i will be on this later putting some brand new assistive tech to the test. at racing speeds! just don't go breaking anything. i will try not to. here at silverstone things are busier and noisier and that is because everyone here is racing for real and we have been invited into a garage and paul's over there having nose about and hopefully he can tell us more. nosing about is what i do best and here at the home of british motor racing in silverstone there is certainly lots to see but specifically i am here to meet team brit. a competitive motorsport team with a difference. they are made up of six disabled drivers are using bespoke specially adapted cars to compete in races against non—disabled drivers on a level playing field. they are testing ahead of the latest round of the championship. aaron is one of team brit's two drivers in the endurance event driving an aston martin. he became a wheelchair user in 2006 following a motor crash accidenta

glorious goodwood returns with a full capacity crowd, we take a look at some of the hurdles the horse

whether you are with the football fans in burnley or with the runners and riders at the racecourse in goodwoodr strong winds struck the south of england. emergency services were called to ubbeston in suffolk on friday evening. police say the two, who are in their 20s were at an outdoor party. it came after storm evert led to gusts of winds nearing 70mph across cornwall — prompting a number of rescues. the england cricketer ben stokes has been praised after it was announced he's taking an indefinite break from the sport with immediate effect. he has withdrawn from england's squad for the five—test series against india to prioritise his mental wellbeing and rest a finger injury. in a tweet the england and wales cricket board said he had shown tremendous courage to open up about his feelings. and after 17 years at radio 1, annie mac has presented herfinal show on the station. the last 17 years have been the most amazing, magical experience... thank you so much for listening. the dj and broadcasterjoined radio1 as an assistant producer before hosting her first show in 2004. she's previously said o

halifax or with the football fans in burnley or with the runners and riders at the racecourse in goodwoode in the uk, haulage industry leaders say they're struggling to find enough heavy goods vehicle drivers to keep the economy moving. it estimates there's a shortfall of more than 100,000 hauliers, and it's causing acute problems in supply chains. the difficulties, fueled by a combination of factors, have led one english company to take desperate action. the bbc�*s amy payne reports. trucks like these keep the country moving but right now, many are parked up and going nowhere. haulage firms, like this leicestershire logistics company, just can't find enough drivers. it's worrying. i mean, the vehicles are just sitting there because we haven't got the drivers. and there's simply a large number of drivers that went back to europe during brexit, we've had covid which has caused us severe problems with the lack of training that's available, and that's just a few of the things, really. well, we're seeing an impact right across the board, from manufacturing, factories, farming and of course su

whether you are with the football fans in burnley or with the runners and riders at the racecourse in goodwood accused iran of being behind an attack on an oil tanker in which two crew members were killed, including a british national. the mv mercer street was off the coast of oman in the arabian sea when the incident occurred on thursday. israeli sources say the tanker was attacked by a drone. the briton, and a romanian national who was also killed, have not yet been named. the usjustice department says tax returns belonging to the former president donald trump must be handed over to congress. the decision reverses a previous ruling. officials now say lawmakers have legitimate reasons for asking to see the documents. our north america correspondent david willis reports. donald trump has fought hard to prevent the release of his tax returns. this isjust a continuation of the most hideous witch—hunt in the history of our country. this latest ruling could mark the beginning of the end of his ferocious effort to keep those documents out of the public eye. then treasury secretary steven mnuchin's

no, i've had an invitation that i could not refuse from another race outfit here at goodwood.isier and that's because everyone here is racing for real, and we've been invited into team brit's garage. so paul is over there having a nose about and hopefully can tell us more. paul: nosing about is what i do best. and here at the home of british motor racing in silverstone, there's certainly lots to see. but specifically, i'm here to meet team brit — a competitive motorsport team with a difference. they're made up of six disabled drivers using bespoke, specially—adapted cars to compete in races against nondisabled drivers on a level playing field. my visit came during testing ahead of the latest round of the britcar championship. aaron morgan is one of team brit's two drivers in the endurance event, driving an aston martin gt4. aaron became a wheelchair user in 2006 following a motocross accident. the disabled drivers on the team use control systems developed by engineers in—house. these are completely sort of bespoke, completely developed from the ground up by team brit. they and

there was a dramatic finish in the stewards' cup at goodwood, as the 10—1 shot comanche falls made aague new boys brentford. and it was ex—bees forward said benrahma who sealed the win with that brilliant goal in the second half. and all of australia's national rugby league fixtures were cancelled today, after the state of queensland was put into a three—day lockdown because of coronavirus. three games were scheduled to take place. the decision comes little over a week after australia and new zealand pulled out of the rugby league world cup. now, lets return to the olympics and bring you the latest medals table from japan. and it's china who are way out in front with 21 golds already and 46 medals in total. hosts japan are 4 golds behind with 17. they're having a really good games so far. the us are third with 16 golds and team gb are in 6th with 8. so can team gb add a few more to that talley on sunday? well, day nine in tokyo gets under way in just a few hours' time. and max whitlock will be looking to defend his olympic title in the pommel horse final. the five—time olympic medall

she's just won the goodwood cup on the alan king—trained horse trueshan. reminder of how well team gb are doing. let's take at the medal table as it stands, and japan are top with ten gold medals, usa and china on nine gold, usa with 24 altogether, and great britain are in fifth with a total of 13 medals, four golds. -- usa with 25. it's team gb�*s best—ever start to the olympics, four days in and plenty more to come. so could we be in for more medals tomorrow? well, there's not long to wait before the action gets under way again. you'll need to set your alarm for 6am if you want to see whether britain's geraint thomas and tayo gaygan hart recovered enough from their crash in the men's road race to win a medal in the time trial. the women's event gets under way from 3.30pm. from 7am, jack laugher will be defending his three metre synchronised springboard title alongside new partner, dan goodfellow. and just before 4.30 britain's men will be going for gold in the four by 200 metres freestyle final. it's team gb�*s best hope of gold in a relay. two of the me

the company says it may have to halve production at its goodwood factory.ter up to 900 workers at its sunderland car plant were sent home — 10% of the workforce. that people will have and without wearing these things, without wearing masks. and the amount of cases will go up and we will be back to square one, i think. come and take a seat. at this gp practice in leeds, they fear the worst. they may have to close down now, because members of staff are self—isolating. it seems ridiculous to us that we have staff who are double—vaccinated. you know, i had my first vaccine before christmas. we've been vaccinated for months and yet they're not able to come to work. a government spokesman said it was sticking with the date of august the 16th for the lifting of self—isolation rules. and with covid cases increasing, it was vital to make sure systems for self—isolation were proportionate. richard galpin, bbc news. the solicitor general for england and wales says ministers could consider reimplementing restrictions if the spread of the virus becomes "unacceptable." t

she's won the goodwood cup on the alan king trained horse trueshan.lot of action to bring you up—to—date with it with more than we could ever have time for on bbc news. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. jane dougall has sportsday for you at 6:30pm. thank you very much. let's get more now on the government's policing plans. borisjohnson launched a programme to cut crime, with plans for more electronic tags on released offenders and a named officerfor every area. i'm joined now by dal babu, a former chief superintendent at the metropolitan police. good afternoon to you. good afternoon. first thoughts on this plan, what is your reaction to it? i was very disappointed? we had a lot of fanfare but there doesn't seem to be a great deal of substance in this plan and the bottom line is whatever the plan is, this is fairly mediocre, a lot of old ideas rehashed and rebranded, but we don't haveis rehashed and rebranded, but we don't have is the issue around resources dealt with. �* have is the issue around resources dealt with-— have is the issue around resources dealtwit

the company says it may have to halve production at its goodwood factory.t were sent home — 10% of the workforce. here in sheffield, this numberplate manufacturing company faces a similar problem of staff shortages. eight members of the team here currently self—isolating. that's a problem for our business, because we're going to be letting down customers in a very competitive market. it adds cost to a business that's already had significant costs incurred last year through everything that we've had to endure. rob, a member of the team, is now back at work after having to self—isolate along with his family. from monday, there are going to be a lot more cases and the amount of self—isolation will go up because of the amount of contact that people will have and without wearing these things, without wearing masks. and the amount of cases will go up and we will be back to square one, i think. come and take a seat. at this gp practice in leeds, they fear the worst. they may have to close down now, because members of staff are self—isolating. it seems ridiculous t

she's won the goodwood cup on the alan king trained horse trueshan.lans story. i'm joined by marcellus baz, the founder and ceo of anti—violence charity switch up. from the youth point of view, you are a former gang member, knew were stabbed, do these plans help in dealing with youth violence and gang violence and knife crime? —— you were stabbed. violence and knife crime? -- you were stabbed.— violence and knife crime? -- you were stabbed. ., ., ., , ., were stabbed. there are areas of the alan that were stabbed. there are areas of the plan that work— were stabbed. there are areas of the plan that work and _ were stabbed. there are areas of the plan that work and there _ were stabbed. there are areas of the plan that work and there are - were stabbed. there are areas of the plan that work and there are some i plan that work and there are some areas that seem quite soft and the resources that are being put into the plan, i was actually shocked to see how small amounts of money that they are putting in, especially after the pandemic when things are rea

the company says it may have to halve production at its goodwood factory.e one, i think. come and take a seat. at this gp practice in leeds, they fear the worst. they may have to close down now, because members of staff are self—isolating. it seems ridiculous to us that we have staff who are double—vaccinated. you know, i had my first vaccine before christmas. we've been vaccinated for months and yet they're not able to come to work. a government spokesman said it was sticking with the date of august the 16th for the lifting of self—isolation rules. and with covid cases increasing, it was vital to make sure systems for self—isolation were proportionate. richard galpin, bbc news. the changes are coming. ben's on the high street in ealing to find out how quickly retaillers will adopt the changes. i think the thought is they are still mindful some customers are still mindful some customers are still feeling cautious, regardless of knowing life is taking baby steps back to normal. yes, that is so true. they are keen to get back to normality but at the same time