i goals this evening thanks to holly arnold in the javelin. e was the defending champion, but she was up against the current world record holder, holly robinson from new zealand, but holly arnold managed to pull out a huge thrill in the third round and was unsurprisingly emotional at the end of the event. round and was unsurprisingly emotional at the end of the eventlj don't mean to cry, but, yeah, it means so don't mean to cry, but, yeah, it means so much to be able to have that fourth title and pb at the same time, so, yeah, i'm really happy. the second gold of the day went to jonathan broom edwards in the high jump. he has come second in this event at the last three world championships, but today he was victorious. he got a little bit tricky towards the end of the competition with a few knock—downs, but he eventually held it together and held off the tough competition from uzbekistan and was very pleased to be standing on top of the podium. kadeena cox had to settle for silver in the 400 metres. she did not quite have enough in the tank to b

there was a gold then this evening thanks to holly arnold in the javelin throw.ut she was up against the current world record holder from new she was up against the current world record holderfrom new zealand. holly arnold managed to pull out a huge throw in the third round, and was unsurprisingly emotional at the end of the event. i don't mean to cry, but yeah, it just means so much to be able to like have that full title and pb at the same time, so yeah, i'm really happy. the second goal of the day went to jonathan broome happy. the second goal of the day went tojonathan broome edwards in the high jump. he's went tojonathan broome edwards in the highjump. he's come second in this event at the last three world championships, but today, he was victorious. he got a little bit tricky towards the end of the competition with a new —— few knock—downs, but he eventually held it together and held off the tough competition from it was pakistan and was pleased to be standing on top of the podium. there are so many different emotions, elated, relieved, proud, excited. a bi

great britain's hollie arnold has won the javelin title at the world para athletics championships fordubai. stefanos tsitsipas has won his opening match at the atp finals in london, beating daniil medvedev for the first time. both players are making their debuts in the end—of—season tournament. i'll be back with more on those stories later. the founder of a humanitarian group that helped civilians in the syrian conflict has been found dead near his office in istanbul. james le mesurier set up the mayday rescue emergency response group, which helped train white helmets volunteers. the work of the group has been credited with saving the lives of thousands of people in rebel—held areas during years of bombing by the syrian government and russian forces. hamish de bretton—gordon is former army officer who worked alongside james le mesurier in syria, hejoins me now via webcam. thank you for being with us. tell us a bit about him and the white helmets that he worked so hard for and what they've been doing in syria. well, an absolute tragedy today. james was an absolute mountain when it came

great britain's hollie arnold has retained herjavelin title — at the world para athletics championships in tokyo — where she'll also be the defending champion. she threw a personal best, as she made it 4 world titles in a row in her class. and there was more gold for great britain, thanks tojonathan broom—edwards, who finally took the t64 high jump title, after finishing second the last three times. kadeena cox — admitted she was still struggling with an eating disorder, after winning a silver medal in dubai. cox was beaten into second place in the 400 metres and said the pressure of being at the event meant a few bad habits had snuck back in. british athletics said they would continue to support her and she'd be running in the 200—metres on wednesday. it's been a challenge. it's been tricky. just trying to deal with managing my eating, having so many me, so me, so many me, so many eyes me, so many eyes on people around me, so many eyes on me, it's pushed me to do more extreme things. i had one bad thing on my way out here and i bought loads of sweets so i binged, and u nfortu nately, l

great britain's hollie arnold has retained herjavelin title at the world para athletics championshipspics in tokyo, where she'll also be the defending champion. she threw a personal best as she made it four world titles in a row in her class. i don't mean to cry, but... yeah, it means so much to be able to, like, have that fourth tie up, and be here at the same time. so yeah, i'm really happy. and there was more gold for great britain, thanks tojonathan broom—edwards, who took the t64 high jump title, winning it with his final jump, of 2.02 metres. double paralympic champion kadeena cox admitted she was still struggling with an eating disorder, after winning a silver medal in dubai. cox was beaten into second place in the aoo—metres — she's been very open in the past about her mental health issues and she said she was in a "tricky place" and she was annoyed with herself, wondering if she'd have won, if she'd done things differently. yet, it's been a challenge. it's been tricky, just trying to deal with managing my eating. having so many people around me and so many eyes on me pushed m

hollie arnold starts for great britain at the world para—athletics. good evening. been a potentially significant shift in the dynamics of the upcoming election, caused by the brexit party's decision not to contest those seats won by the conservatives last time. th brexit party leader, nigel farage, who once promised to stand in the vast majority of seats across the uk, said he'd made the decision because of what he called boris johnson's "shift of position" on brexit. mr farage said his party would focus its efforts on trying to take seats held by labour, the party he accuses of "betraying" voters who backed leave. mrjohnson has welcomed the offer, but labour said it amounted to a kind of trump alliance, between mrjohnson and mr farage. our political editor laura kuenssberg has more details. there are flashing images in her report. a moment in front of the cameras — not something nigel farage ever wants to miss. i think this has been quite a long—anticipated speech, from what i can gather. today, though, he publicly gave up some of his ambition rather than turning

and great britain's hollie arnold has retained her javelin title at the world para athletics championships to make it 4 world titles in a row. interesting the news overnight from the england camp is that gareth southgate has done something decisive and dropped stirling. he has not sent home however. and he has not sent home however. and he has commented and says this sort of thing has happened. there is, very often a week does not go past there is not a altercation over a tackle or whatever may be. and this spilt over from the liverpool manchester game the day before. and you can see from the managers of those two teams the day before how passionate they have been during the match and how their emotions have been running particularly high. so you would think that during the game, raheem stirling looked distressed by the decisions. —— raheem sterling. he has put something online saying that these things happen. let's take a look at today's papers. farage's election gift for boris, is the daily express headline — in reference to nigel farage's decision to field brexit party candidates in lab

hollie arnold has retained her f46 javenlin title at the world para athletics championships in dubai.s defending champion alexander zverev later on monday in the same group. that's all the sport for now. now on afternoon live — let's go nationwide — and see what's happening around the country — in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. look north's harry gration is live in stainforth in south yorkshire for us this afternoon and will give us the latest on the severe flooding that has affected parts of the county. in 0xford we have south today's katharine da costa who will be telling us about a pioneering new treatment for the neurological condition huntington's disease that three patients from the region are among the first in the world to receive. first to harry. what are you up to? there is a lot of misery down here because of so many houses being flooded and what that means just before christmas, of course, but this is the antidote, have a look at this. 40 tonnes of provisions ranging from bedding to children's toys, to cleaning materials, to food, it has just poured in