a strong start for katarina johnson—thompson.alexander stadium on the first day of athletics. an emotional win for wales — who beat england to gold in a thrilling final of the men's pair bowls. two colds now, —— golds now, it'sjust beyond my wildest dreams, to be honest. and away from birmingham tonight: the online abuse received by premier league players. calls for social media companies to do more. and we askjust how big can the women's game get after england's success at the euros? welcome along, thank you forjoining us. you know how it rolls at this time of the night, festival square, victoria square, the music pumping behind me. 37 medals to be won today. england's medal domination continues in the gymnastics, with jake jarman making history today. victory in the vault final earned him his fourth gold medal. no english male gymnast has ever won so many at a single commonwealth games. there was also another gold forjoe fraser at his home games, and gold for alice kinsella. austin halewood reports. the final day of artistic gy

in about 20 minutes, england's katarina johnson—thompson picks up— england's katarina johnson—thompsonteam—mate jane o'dowd got the bronze we — her team—mate jane o'dowd got the bronze. we should also get a glimpse of kenya's— bronze. we should also get a glimpse of kenya's ferdinand omanyala. tonight— of kenya's ferdinand omanyala. tonight look no further than sammy kinghorn _ tonight look no further than sammy kinghorn in — tonight look no further than sammy kinghorn in the final of the t53 and t54 wheelchair race. she is a speed demon _ t54 wheelchair race. she is a speed demon. then the night ends with the 110 metres_ demon. then the night ends with the 110 metres hurdles, two english athletes — 110 metres hurdles, two english athletes in that including andrew pozzi _ athletes in that including andrew pozzi from the west midlands, so regardless of what i have said, if he wins — regardless of what i have said, if he wins a — regardless of what i have said, if he wins a medal tonight that could be worth— he wins a medal tonight that could be worth the ticket price alone. many— be wor

coming up, iam in birmingham at the athletics where katarina johnson—thompson is aiming to defend herbc news channel — she's leading the heptathlon, but can england's katarina johnston—thompson stay at the top of the standings to take commonwealth gold with two more events to go? the deeply conservative us state of kansas has voted in a referendum to protect abortion rights. it's a major victory for pro—choice groups, and the first electoral test of the issue since the supreme court decision two months ago allowing individual states to ban the procedure. projections suggest kansans voted by more than 60% to uphold a woman's right to access abortion, a decisive vote against the republican—led legislature, which wanted to pass severe restrictions, and despite the state voting republican in every presidential election since 1968. voter turnout was also higher than expected for the referendum. with more, here's our north america correspondent nomia iqbal. cheering. in this deeply conservative state, it's a moment that gave liberal groups hope. it's going to be ok. they'd expected the vote

was gold for scotland's eilish mccolgan, in the 10,000 metres last night, and for england's katarina johnsonson, who became hepathlon champion. hello and welcome to bbc news. the mother of 12—year—old archie battersbee says the legal battle to postpone the withdrawal of her son's life support has come to an end. it comes after the european court of human rights refused an application to delay the withdrawal of his treatment. his family now wants him to be taken to a hospice — as louisa pilbeam reports. she says she'll fight for him until the end. but archie's mum accepts she's now at the end of her legal fight for her son's life. 12—year—old archie has been in a coma on life support since he was found unconscious in april. last night, the european court of human rights refused to intervene to stop that life support being withdrawn, ending the family's last hope. absolutely devastated. frustrated, angry. let down. so many emotions. hollie dance and herfamily took their fight to every court in the land — from the court of appeal to the supreme court — even the un, before trying the european co

we have seen katarina johnson—thompson begin her campaign in the heptathlon.ead and defending her title. we also saw the silver medallist from the world championships two weeks ago, keely hodgkinson, on the track in the 800 metres heats. she was very strong, controlling it till the very end, and looking comfortable as she qualifies into the final that will take place on saturday. her team—mate alexandra bell also qualified for england, and scotland's laura muir will also be in that final. thanks so much, kate. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willetts. it looked cloudy in birmingham, a rather muggy feeling day. we knew july would be dry, it is the driest on record for some parts of southern and eastern england, but as you can see, the brown on the map shows less than average rainfall. it has been dry across the board, so we did have some welcome rain through the night. that is because we have low pressure with us for a change. it is quite windy out there

in england's katarina johnson thompson is on the front page after winning gold.gratulations to her. lots to get through, good evening to you both. the hose pipe ban is where we're going to start. it's an interesting story that a lot of people wouldn't particularly have heard of. the headline there, water plants that could prevent hose pipe ban mothballed.— ban mothballed. that's right. i think this is — ban mothballed. that's right. i think this is the _ ban mothballed. that's right. i think this is the kind _ ban mothballed. that's right. i think this is the kind of - ban mothballed. that's right. i think this is the kind of story l ban mothballed. that's right. i. think this is the kind of story that most people wouldn't pay much attention to, but as we can see, this is the big story of tomorrow. so this story on the telegraph is actually very topical. it's talking about how a £250 million plant which thames waters has been supposedly building since 2010 has been quietly shelved. this was meant to be a desalination plant that would take salty water from the sea

after three years of injury, england's katarina johnson thompson has returned after taking gold in the.33 metres. it hasn't been easy for the 2019 world champion. but she put all that behind to retain her commonwealth title tonight. silver went to northern ireland's kate corner. in the swimming, bethany firth took northern ireland's first commonwealth gold. kate grey was at the aquatic centre. kate grey was at the aquatic centre. northern ireland's first gold medal and other. —— ever. she led the race from start to finish. she very much enjoyed her moment on top of the podium, and the success continued for northern ireland. a historic night for northern ireland. there was great racing and the men's 200 metres. duncan scott up against tom dean. a familiar head—to—head. it was duncan scott that took the bold once again. thanh dean had to settle, but he had another chance in the men's four by 100 individual medley up against australia. it looks like australia had in the bag. came down that final 50 metres to touch gold for england. a brilliant moment for the home crowd. it was quite a mom

and england's katarina johnson—thompson leads the heptathalon as track and field events get under waycommonwealth games. we begin with us house speaker nancy pelosi's visit to taiwan. it's a historic moment, marking the highest—ranking visit by an american official to the self—ruled island in 25 years. this is the moment she arrived — there's nancy pelosi leaving the plane at the airport, being met by a small delegation. in a statement, ms pelosi said american solidarity with taiwan was "more important than ever as the world faces a choice between autocracy and democracy." and for china — the visit is a provocation. translation: china has - on many occasions made our position clear on this. we are closely following the itinerary and speaker pelosi, and if the us continues down the wrong path, we will take strong and resolute measures to ensure our sovereignty and security interests. let's look at why this is such a historical visit. taiwan is a self—ruled island. but china sees it as a breakaway province. beijing has not ruled out the use of force to achieve unification. and it oppose

katarina johnson-thompson - what is the latest? katarina johnson-thompson is - what is the latest?ith the hurdles, did not look too comfortable in the first event, finishing in fifth place, but she made up for it in the highjump, herstrongest place, but she made up for it in the highjump, her strongest event. place, but she made up for it in the highjump, herstrongest event. she has taken the lead but she has had a tough season and has not had much luck with injuries and she did not do as well as she wanted at the world championships but she seems to be coming here, growing with the support of the crowd, and she made up support of the crowd, and she made up for it in the highjump to get a 17 point lead ahead of the rest of the field going into this afternoon's 200 metres and shot put, so hopefully she will keep progressing and feel confident going into the afternoon session. elsewhere it has been all about the hundred metres, we have seen the man, we saw the fastest man from africa, ferdinand, he has qualified fastest in the time of 10.06 but also success from the home nations. the

katarina johnson—thompson set herself up for glory with a lifetime best throw in the javelin, and with northern ireland's kate o'connor but the smiles belonged to kjt. the 100 metre final is always a crowd favourite and so is elaine thompson—herah. but blink and you'll miss the jamaican, so rapid is the reigning olympic champion. in the women's10,000 metres, scotland's eilish mccolgan stuck like glue when kenya's cheptai made a break for it. the grimace was real, the sprint unexpected, but it paid off. eilish mccolgan is the - commonwealth champion! a games record and her mum liz, commonwealth champion in the same event. no wonder both were in tears. i've never sprint like that in my entire life but i was just, honestly, without the crowd, i wouldn't have finished like that tonight and i just wanted it so bad. that's the first commonwealth title for eilish and her mum liz has two, quite the family legacy. but that's not the end of the medals for the home nations. it's been a really busy day across all the venues. not least in the pool, one gold for scotland and two for england. they wo

katarina johnson—thompson begins the defence of her heptathlon title.ve on her eighth place at the world championships last month. the 29—year—old has been plagued with injuries. she recovered from a ruptured achilles to make last year's olympics, only for a calf injury to force her out. so far this morning, she finished fifth place in the 100 metres hurdles. she has been competing in the high jump she has been competing in the high jump as well but not able to do as well as she would like, she was unable to clear up 1.87 metres however her points taken to the top of the standings after two events, the heptathlon will continue tonight. england's nethaneel mitchell blake is through to the semifinal of the men's100 metres. mitchell—blake was beaten by nigeria's oghene tejiri ashe in the heats. he edged mitchell blake as the two took the automatic qualification spots. england's ojie edoburun scotland's adam thomas and wales' british championjeremiah azu are also safely through. the crowd is amazing. i was not expecting it to be this full. i could not stop

earlier today we saw katarina johnson—thompson begin her campaign to defend her title in the heptathlon away from the stadium, adam peaty will be going for gold in the 50 metres breaststroke, hoping to redeem the loss of the medal in the 100 metres earlier this week so another busy night at the commonwealth games. kate, thank you very much. the weather looked a bit grey but matt taylor has the details. a fairly parched landscape, and this was the view from space looking rather brown on a day that the met office, the french met office, announced it was their driestjuly on record, notjust dry but also very hot as well. the heat is there and the red colours are above where we should be this year and it could be 40 degrees in the next few days i noticed a blue colour is arriving on the uk shores. something fresher later this week compared with the weak and fresh air in the north—west slowly pushing end up at the time being, it brings outbreaks of rain and drizzle for some but staying very humid as well. the biggest changes will not be until

games for northern ireland and in the _ the games for northern ireland and in the athletics, katarina johnson a champion again and then this wonderful story involving _ and then this wonderful story involving mother and daughter, eilish— involving mother and daughter, eilish mccolgan, winning a gold in the 10,000 metres like her mum did in the _ the 10,000 metres like her mum did in the 1980s. day two on the track and it was the night when athletics came alive. eilish mccolgan roaring to gold in the 10,000 metres. with less than a lap to go it was between and kenya's irene cheptai, but into the home straight, mccolgan was not going to be denied the biggest title of her career. she's going to do it. eilish mccolgan is the commonwealth champion. after all, gold does run in the family. her mother, liz, won the same title in 1986 and 1990. it's been such an up—and—down year with covid and then another illness and a couple of little niggles at the wrong time and i've never sprinted like that in my entire life. but, honestly, without the crowd i wouldn't have finished like that tonight and ijust wa

after a year plagued with injury, heptathlete katarina johnson—thompson is now back in form.000 metres. that the end, she was embraced by her mother, liz mccolgan, herself a two—time commonwealth gold—medallist back in the 80s in the same discipline. swimming came to an end today and australia's emma mckeon tops the individual medal count with a total of six golds, a silver and a bronze in birmingham. herteam—mate silver and a bronze in birmingham. her team—mate molly o'callaghan goes home with five golds and two silver. ben glynn's tom dean won seven medals in birmingham, a gold and six authors, while canada's summer mackintosh has six medals, at the tender age of just 15. the light from the home crowd as in 's emily campbell broke two commonwealth gold records, winning the 87 kilograms category first up amy richards gave spectators a bit of a scare, almost sliding off the track of a cross—country mountain biking but recovered to take gold for england. which was fantastic news. i was watching her and at one point thought she wouldn't get gold but she did, so that was brillia

it's day two of track and field here at the commonwealth games in birmingham, with katarina johnson—thompsontinuing her pursuit of gold in the heptathlon. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. china has said it will carry out live fire military drills in the sea and air around taiwan tomorrow in response to the visit by one of america's most senior politicians. the speaker of the house of representatives nancy pelosi has said her delegation�*s visit to taiwan was intended to make it clear that the us won't abandon the island, and that her country's commitment to democracy there is iron—clad. taiwan is self governing and lies about 100 miles across the taiwan straits — it sees itself as independent, but china views it as its own and has warned of grave consequences, following the visit. 0ur asia pacific editor celia hatton has this report. nancy pelosi, defying the wishes of beijing and thejoe biden white house, was clear about her support by taiwan during her short visit there. ~ ., ., ., ., there. we will not abandon our commitment — there. we will not abandon our commitment to

katarina johnson thompson has put her injury woes behind her, but will it be enough to triumph in thetathlon? we'll have the latest from the track. away from the commonwealths. still recovering! the lionesses win sinks in, as the hero of the final, chloe kelly says girls need more pe... the hundred returns for its second year in the cricket calendar. we'll have the latest from the ageas bowl. welcome to birmingham, on a momentous day of action in these commonwealth games. we have lots of home nations medals to tell you about and hopefully there's more to come. but we're going to start with the weightlifting because it was an epic gold medal win for emily campbell at the nec who exploded with passion and joy after breaking the commonwealth record in the clean and jerk. she's added to her 0lympic silver and two european golds. jo currie was watching. this is what it's all about. the mountain by gold despite operations being hampered by covid—19 in a serious back injury. and seasonal, making it look easy. fit serious back injury. and seasonal, making it look easy.— making it look easy. of

katarina johnson—thompson still the overall leader.land's nicole yeargin and zoey clark are through to the semi—finals — clark going through with england'sjodie williams in heat 3. england's ama pipi also won heat 4. and the british champion victoria 0huruogu — who's the younger sister of 2006 commonwealth champion christine — won her heat. she advances with a time of 51.34 seconds ahead of jamaica's junelle bromfield. it's the final day of swimming. what a games it's been for scotland's duncan scott, he's already picked up four medals to become scotland's most decorated athlete with 11 medals overall. and he's been in the men's 200 metre individual medley heats this morning, winning his heat to advance to tonight's final — looking to add to his gold in the 200m freestyle. england's tom dean has secured his place in tonights final as one of the eight fastest swimmers. he won his heat. he already has five silvers in birmingham — but is still chasing his first commonwealth gold. can he get it this evening? also through is james mcfadzen

mccolgan at the commonwealth games it, in the 10 thousand metres last night, and for england's katarina johnsonuding road cycling and diving. on day seven of the commonwealth games in birmingham. there are 15 gold medals on offer today, including in road cycling and diving, and it's another night of athletics. the women's 200m heats are under way. there is no english representation in this event after 100m medalist darryl neita withdrew. wales's hannah brier and guernsey's abi galpin have both booked their place into the semi—finals after a successful start to the day in the heat. in the last few moments we have had a silver medalfor anna henderson in the women's time trial. it was australia's grace brown who was the winner of this one. new zealand georgia williams taking bronze. that is what you are seeing for the moment. a win for australia, but you can see anna henderson on your left taking that silver medal. the women's hammer qualifying is underway at the alexander stadium. welsh champion amber simpson and england's anna purchase here are both involved, with the top 12 advancing to saturda

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good morning. | many events reaching a conclusion, for example the heptathlon, katarina johnson—thompsonles in the bowls, and in the attics, the brilliant run from olivia breen, and in a swimming pool from olivia breen, and in a swimming pool, adam peaty finally found his mojo and completed his set of commonwealth games medals. relief and redemption. adam peaty, a champion once again. it's not often that the three—time olympic gold medallist comes into a race on the back of a defeat. but after missing out on a medal on the 100 metres backstroke, and admitting he had lost a bit of his spark, he came back with a bang. peaty wins the gold, he's finally completed the full set! not bad considering he's still recovering from a broken foot. i reached the bottom of the bottom yesterday, and to bring myself up with the crowd, bring myself up in my own mind, that was the only one i hadn't won in my career. the commonwealth 50 metres. so i can retire now! england's first gold of the evening came thanks to brodie williams. the 23—year—old just getting the touch in the 200 metres backstroke final. th

katarina johnson—thompson begins the defence of her heptathlon title.final of the men's100 metres. mitchell—blake was beaten by nigeria's 0ghene tejiri ashe in the heats. he edged mitchell blake as the two took the automatic qualification spots. in the women's t37/38 100m qualifying a season—best time of 12.80 seconds saw england's sophie hahn finish clear of the competition and safely book her final spot. wale's 0livia breen also got her best time of the year with to finish second. england's women could seal their place in the semi finals of cricket's t20 competition with a win over south africa at edgbaston today. england beat sri lanka in their first match and if new zealand beat the sri lankans today, then england will be through to the last four. england are currently 68—2 in the eighth over. they lost the first wicket earlier, sophie duncan went with at yorker. these are live pictures — you can watch the match live on iplayer and the bbc sport website. 0n the final day of track cycling yesterday dame laura kenny overcame her self doubts to take en

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