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there was a brilliant comeback from great britain s men s rugby sevens side to reach the semifinals. they were 21 0 down to the united states but fought back to win 26 21, with dan norton crossing for the decisive score. they will meet new zealand tomorrrow, as they try to go one better than the silver they picked up in rio. that s all the sport for now. you can head over to the bbc sport website, which is the best place to follow everything at the olympics. thanks for that. borisjohnson has promised to cut crime by tackling drug misuse and using electronic tagging on more burglars after release. here he is speaking outside surrey police headquarters in the last hour. what we are doing is, of course, investing massively in the police. when i stood on the steps of downing
triathlon, with team gb s georgia taylor brown winning the silver medal. we ll bring you all the latest from the fourth day of the games, with britain now in fifth place on the medals table. also on the programme. damning criticism of a london council for allowing the decades long abuse of more than 700 children in 5 children s homes. electronic tagging of burglars after release from prison part of a government plan to cut crime in england and wales. and a rare sight on northern shores we hear from the family who met a red octopus on the beach. and coming up on the bbc news channel. more from the olympics, where bianca walkden misses out on a taekwondo final after being beaten in the last second. she ll now go for bronze.
asks, are there enough police officers to be allocated to each neighbourhood? how will this work? seven day a week provision? riley taylor says it is a good idea to have these electronic tagging as we will know who committed what crime. the new proposals are good. it is returning to a strategy that existed over a0 years ago, says another viewer, with 11,000 officers fewer than they were ten yes ago, he says it is nothing but tokenism. keep your thoughts coming in, because i would like to read out more of your comments. you can do that on twitter and use the hashtag. let s return to sport. there is a lot to catch up on. tea m team gb have done it again. this time, for the first time since 1908, two male british swimmers are finished on the podium together. as tom dean took gold and duncan scott silver in the 200metres freestyle final.
gold and silver in the men s 200 metres freestyle. and there s further medal success for team gb including a silver medal for georgia taylor brown in the women s triathlon, and bronze medals in the gymastics women s team final and the team dressage. simone biles pulls out of the gymnastics women s team final to focus on her mental health, before the us goes on to claim the silver medal. the number of covid cases recorded in the uk falls for a seventh day in a row, to 23,511. but there were also a further 131 deaths reported, the highest number of deaths since march. more electronic tagging for burglars, and a pledge to provide a named officerfor every neighbourhood are announced as part of a new crime reduction strategy for england and wales. after the storming of the us capitol building injanuary, a congressional committee hears dramatic testimony by police officers who came face to face with protestors.