josh kerr only scraped through qualification.t was almost a new british record. 0nly mo farah has run faster than him. and britain's tom daley has another olympic medal after winning bronze in the men's 10 metre platform diving. it was a cracking final too. daley, was in a three—way tussle for gold, but chinese pair, cao yuan, and yangjian, were just about flawless and took the top two spots. daley, says a second medal was beyond his wildest dreams having already ended a long wait for olympics gold, in the synchronised 10 metre platform final last week. daley looked relaxed and focused throughout this final and celebrated poolside after securing a fourth olympic medal overall, in his fourth games. iamso i am so happy that this 0lympics has gone the way it has. i feel like a different athlete. i have been through so many different things over the years, and you finally get here, if someone had told me i would win a gold and a bronze, i probably would have laughed in theirface. i owe this to so many people, my coach, physios, suppo

josh kerr only scraped through qualification. only mo farah has run faster than him. and britain's tom daley has another olympic medal after winning won bronze in the men's10 metre platform diving. it was a cracking final too. daley, was in a three—way tussle for gold, but chinese pair, cow yan, and yang chien, were just about flawless and took the top two spots. daley, says a second medal was beyond his own wildest dreams having already ended a long wait for olympics gold, in the synchronised 10 metre platform final last week. daley, looked relaxed and focused throughout this final and celebrated poolside after securing a fourth olympic medal overall, in his fourth games. israel's linoy ashram claimed a shock victory in the olympic rhythmic gymnastics individual all—around final on saturday ending two decades of russian dominance. ashram clung on despite a mistake in her closing ribbon routine to take the gold. so let's take a look at what that all means in the medal table then — on the penultimate day of the tokyo games. britai

and on the track, josh kerr took bronze in the men's 1500 metres.hey're housemates back in manchester and look what they're taking home. in cycling's version of the relay, matt walls and ethan hayter proved the perfect combination, as a late burst in the madison saw them surge to this silver. it's been another superb ride! there was also success in the athletics, as norway's jakob ingebrigtsen charged to gold in the 1500 metres. not far behind him was a new british star. and a brilliant bronze medalforjosh kerr! 23—year—old josh kerr winning britain's first medal in the men's event since 1988. i know i have this weird confidence in myself. some may call it cockiness. today i felt like a world—beater and ijust had to come out and perform. there was history, meanwhile, in the javelin. neeraj chopra winning india's first ever gold in athletics. india's prime minister nahendra modi said his achievement would be remembered forever. but the day's biggest celebrations belonged to japan. for this baseball—mad nation, a first ever gold in the sport after bea

she saysjosh kerr surprised her by getting a medal in the 1500 metres. joshis josh is very confidentlympic trials, but he only got through to the semifinals by the skin of his teeth. he only got through to the final by the fastest non—automatic qualifier. he didn't get there automatically. and then he has come and got a bronze medal, a personal best. what a fast time as well. three minutes 29 seconds. i think you will be absolutely delighted with that. what marker we turn our attentions to sifan hassan, and the 10,000 metres. gold for her. how happy was to be with her games? she didn't win the gold in the event she competed in with laura muir. on the whole she will be happy golds? i think she will. she said she was trying to do the treble, but what if you think it is? is that three gold medals, three medals? she was going for three gold medals, but it is two gold and a bronze. which is incredible. if you think about the training she has to do, the 1500 metres is a lot more repetition based, speed based, high—intensity, all the way to the 10,000 metres. the training doesn't weigh up.

and josh kerr secures bronze — and a personal best — in the men's fifteen—hundred metres. each year — the sardine run. from may tojuly, millions of sardines breed in the cool waters of agulhas bank and move northward along the east coast of south africa — with thousands of ocean predators and birds in their trail. deep under south africa's east coast, a beautiful and intriguing ballet�*s being performed, a choreographed dance of nature. it's the annual migration of millions of sardines, the so—called sardine run, in this part of the indian ocean. but behind the beautiful sight looms danger. it attracts a host of marine predators looking for food. these dolphins lead the trail. they're on the hunt, a sure sign of an upcoming feast. this is a super pod of common dolphins. so, you just see... thousands and thousands of common dolphins, and these guys are always associated with the starting run. this group of divers are scanning the surface for activity. and after several hours at sea, they strike it lucky. the cape gannets are there already. this is what's known as a bait bal

and, josh kerr secures bronze and a personal best in the men's 1500m.ws — the united states and britain warns their remaining citizens in afghanistan to leave immediately as the taliban continue their advance. a volunteer firefighter has died as wildfires spread across greece — with thousands being moved from their homes to the north of athens. the end of most coronavirus restrictions in wales — no more limits on meeting indoors, plus an end to rules on social distancing. now on bbc news — the prime minister of barbados, mia mottley, answers questions from a local audience on a range of issues that affect them and what they want their government to deliver. hello and welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from barbados. i'm in the capital, bridgetown, outside parliament overlooking independent square. in november this year barbados marks its 55th anniversary by becoming a republic. queen elizabeth will no longer be head of state. what does this tell us about the identity and future of barbados and the rest of the region? the caribbean has b

23—year—old josh kerr winning britain's first medal in the men's event since 1988.all it cockiness. today i felt like a world—beater and ijust had to come out and perform. there was history, meanwhile, in the javelin. neeraj chopra winning india's first ever gold in athletics. india's prime minister nahendra modi said his achievement would be remembered forever. but the day's biggest celebrations belonged to japan. for this baseball—mad nation a first ever gold in the sport after beating the usa. and with each player getting a 10 million yen bonus, the wait has certainly been worth it. andy swiss, bbc news. and great britain is now fifth in the medals table. tomorrow, the final day of the games, there are 13 golds up for grabs. in afghanistan, another provincial capital has fallen to the taliban, the second in as many days. the militants have quickly captured more than half the country from government forces, as us and otherforeign troops withdraw. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, is here. the speed of the taliban advance is astonishing! it the speed of the

in the last half an hour, josh kerr has won a bronze medal, in the 1500 metres. this distance for a british man for 33 years. he almost beat world champion timothy cheruiyot, on the line to silver, while the clear winner was norway's jakob ingerbrigtsen. josh care only scraped through qualification. he then had a long, hard talk with himself. it qualification. he then had a long, hard talk with himself.— hard talk with himself. it worked because he _ hard talk with himself. it worked because he set _ hard talk with himself. it worked because he set a _ hard talk with himself. it worked because he set a new _ hard talk with himself. it worked because he set a new personal. hard talk with himself. it worked - because he set a new personal best. only mo farah has run faster. great britain's tom daley has another olympic medal after winning won bronze in the men's 10 metre platform diving in an absorbing final at tokyo 2020. daley was in a three—way tussle for gold, but chinese pair cao yuan and yang tien were just about flawless, and took the top two spots. daley sa

first time since 1984, there are three british men in the 1500 metres final, with jake whiteman, josh kerr me and the rest of the team, have a fantastic weekend, whatever sport you're watching. goodbye. hello. the weather story is a bit of a lottery over the next couple of days. generally we are stuck in repeat mode under an influence of low pressure, which is producing plenty of frequent, thundery showers. that means that some of us will skip them altogether and others will see some torrential downpours which will continue for much of the day. so on saturday, most frequent showers first thing will be out to the west and then these are likely to drift their way steadily eastward, driven along by a brisk north—west to westerly wind. temperatures will struggle underneath the sharper showers, with gusts of wind in excess of 30—a0 mph on exposed coasts and just a maximum of 20 degrees, 68 fahrenheit. the low pressure shifts a little bit further east on sunday. that means that perhaps central and southern parts of england away from that low will see fewer showers around, but generally, the them