the first day got off to a windy start here in gotland. they are hoping to use that. it didn't impact on the men's favourite, he was second coming out of the swim but by the time he ran home he nearly lacks some of his rivals. in the women's event it was another success for jersey. stuart broad literally streets ahead of the competition. with her team—mates ninth and the third they easily won team gold as well. these strong early performances have seenjersey edge ahead in the medals table as the end the first day of competition. in second place is the host island of gotland, after claiming two golds in shooting. tonight this could all change here, and the athletics is where the isle of wight is hoping to begina where the isle of wight is hoping to begin a strong performance and guernsey also edging up in the table. this could be the smaller island nations. the cayman islands are one of the favourites in the men's track events and the estonian island is hoping to keep its men's basketball title. another day of competition, the second day of

it starts today on the little known swedish island of gotland.you, actually notjust getting ready, the opening ceremony is going on behind me. these are 23 island nations and their supporters crammed into this arena. that come from as far afield as saint helena in the south atlantic. it took that team 11 days to get here. and also places like bermuda and the caribbean islands, british interest from guernsey, jersey, shetland, the 0rkneys and many other places. 23 island nations competing in 16 sports. we are here in the swedish island in the baltic sea surrounded by scandinavian countries, in gotland. it is known as the friendly games. but it is very serious. what can we look forward to in the island games? after a tight's opening ceremony the competition begins tomorrow. it starts with triathlon. we have jersey's tomorrow. it starts with triathlon. we havejersey‘s men's defending champion looking for another gold. he is also a commonwealth athlete and has competed at the world level. after triathlon it will move to athletics where andy frost wil

this year, gotland is the host.or one week in june, over 2000 competitors from islands as far afield as st helena in the south atlantic and bermuda in the caribbean will come here. so, how much work is involved in putting all that together? how much work? a lot of work, i can tell you that. i've been employed for two and a half years, and we've been at this since 2007, or something like that. it's ten years in the making, basically, from the first thought of maybe hosting the games again, until coming to this day. and this day could see the beginning of an olympic career, like it has for some well—known brits. we've got some old veterans in the guernsey cycling club now and their claim to fame is they once beat mark cavendish, which is quite funny looking back now, seeing how far he's come. there is some young hopefuls from the isle of man that are clearly following in his footsteps, so we'll see where they are in a few years. and for some, it's closer than that. andy from the isle of wight hopes to make it to the g

jen smith, bbc news, gotland.ll be as good. thank you for your company. coming up, a full summary of the national news, but first the weather. last week we saw some of the hottest june conditions in a0 years, the peaked in temperatures between the mid to high 30s, the week ahead, those pics will be much lower, closer to where they should be at this time of year it represents a big change on what we've seen. we could seize and rain, just a few showers of the central and southern england, some will go overnight in northern scotland, for most areas, the night will be dry and substantially fresher. parts of rural scotland in low figures, although it's in the south where we could see temperatures down to single figures in the countryside instead of the mid teens of the past week. it said us up for a nice start, we should see low—pressure developed, a slow process bringing cloud but more sunshine later in the day also from scotland and northern ireland, with sunshine of airheaded should warm up nicely, temperatures high

this year, gotland is the host, it isa this year, gotland is the host, it is a swedish island in thed as st helena in the south atlantic and bermuda in the caribbean will come here. so how much work is involved in putting that altogether? how much work? a lot of work, i can tell you that. i've been employed for two and a half years and we have been at this since 2007 or something like that, so it is ten years in the making, from the 1st of may be host the games to coming to this day. and this they could see the beginning of an olympic career, like it has for some well—known brits. an olympic career, like it has for some well- known brits. we an olympic career, like it has for some well-known brits. we have some older veterans in the company and their claim to fame is that they once beat me mark cavendish, which is funny looking back now. there are some hopefuls from the isle of man that following in his footsteps and we will see where they are in a few yea rs. we will see where they are in a few years. and for some, it is closer than that. and it from the isle of wight hopes to make

this year, gotland as the host.rom islands as far afield as st will come here. so how much atlantic will come here. so how much work is involved ? atlantic will come here. so how much work is involved? how much work? a lot of work. i have been employed for 2.5 years and we've been at this since 2007 or something like that since 2007 or something like that since ten years in the making basically from the first port of may be hosting the games to coming to this day. and this day could see the beginning ofan this day. and this day could see the beginning of an olympic career like it has for some brits. we've got some old veterans in the guernsey —— guernsey team like mark cavendish, seeing where he has gone. there are some young hopefuls clearly following in his footsteps so we will see where they are a few years. and to it is closer than that. andy from the isle of wight hopes to make it to the gold coast next april.|j competed for scotland and my distance is 67.5 metres which just short of this year so hopefully i ca

laughter gotland and wales will benefit if cash goes to northern ireland but what about england ? northern ireland but what about england? very quickly, front page of the telegraph, the queen's hat, looking like an eu flag, is she a remainder? according to the sun she is not, as an avid twitter user, this was great fun. head liberal in the european parliament, he tweeted this out, glad to see at least one brit still loves the eu. look at it, you have got to imagine she was doing this consciously, looks like an eu flag, cannot imagine she put that on and did not think that... cannot imagine she put that on and did not think that. .. there is only six, it should be 12. back to the guardian, one towel, 16 failed inspections by the council, 79 died... the very latest on what happened at grenfell tower in north london, dreadful tragedy. west london. i was in the area yesterday, does not really quite... i don't live far from it, does not really quite... i don't live farfrom it, and it... does not really sink in until you walk up the street and you see missing posters plastered everywher

another day of competition, the second day of the the island games here in gotland.hat is from sportsday with me, tim hague. thanks for watching. i will be back at a quarter past eight with more sport. you're watching bbc news. the government has revealed that 60 tower blocks, covered in supposedly fire resistant cladding, have failed safety tests following the grenfell tower disaster. the department for communities and local government says checks have been made in 25 council areas across england, and so far the failure rate is 100%. 79 people died in the grenfell tower fire in west london 11 days ago, prompting the nationwide review. former chief fire and rescue adviser sir ken knight said he was impressed by the rate at which tests are being carried out on tower blocks. i think it's going well. the arrangements were set up, as i said, very early after the fire itself. of being able to do with up to 100 tests a day. they have not reached anything like that level, of course. there is no backlog of tests now. it doesn't mean to say there won't be the samples coming i

thousands of athletes from 23 islands around the world have travelled to gotland in sweden for the 2017ravelled to sweden to meet athletes as they prepare for the start of the competition. 23 island nations each with small populations come together every two yea rs populations come together every two years to compete in their own bespoke competition. some have travelled from the arctic, others from warmer climes. so why? the island games is a wonderful event for islands with a population of less tha n for islands with a population of less than i think 100,000, but it is an event where we can come together regardless of the distance in between us, we can come together and celebrate what we all love to do and what we do best to represent our islands. for us gibraltarians definitely because olympics, europeans, we don't have a chance of meddling, this is where we have the chance of meddling finally so this isa chance of meddling finally so this is a big deal for us. it's about competition but also about making friends and having fun and meeting a lot of cool people. this year scotla nd lot

district, the pennines, and some thundery, showery rain moving its way north and is woods across gotlandly. across southern areas that is where you have a heat. while there is quite a bit of cloud around, there will be breaks, and thatis around, there will be breaks, and that is where the badgers will get up that is where the badgers will get up to 34 celsius, but also down towards —— that is where temperatures will get up to. temperature is widely up into the high 20s and low 30s in wales and the midlands as well. ducatis and hailand the midlands as well. ducatis and hail and frequent lightning developing later on. it might start a fairly uncomfortable but gradually temperatures dropping away. more storms moving eastwards throughout the night to night. temperatures while still no lower than about 19 or 20 while still no lower than about 19 or20 in the while still no lower than about 19 or 20 in the south—east of england, so still fairly uncomfortable here but a fresher sort of feel further north and west. more storms developing tomorrow across central and southern england, east anglia a