Been telling our Sports Editor Dan roan hes still playing with plenty of belief . A lot of the athletes, you know, they have been preparing for this for now five years. You know commit something like that was to happen, i experienced myself, and i was absolutely guided you know and thankfully can i get the opportunity to compete in a Grand Slam a few months later, but, yeah, if you have been preparing for something for five years, it is brutal, so i think theres a bit of anxiousness. You are obviously theres a bit of anxiousness. You are obviously reigning champion from how you rate your chances . How you rate your chances . Probably not as high as we were how you rate your chances . Probably not as high as we were about four not as high as we were about four or five years ago and in rio and london, but im glad can i prepared as best as i can. I have top draws in the singles and doubles. I think i have a chance can you know, if i can get the rebound or two, It Will start to feel more c
For christine romans. Just three days until the olympics officially begin, but competition actually starts today. Softball kicks off the a 8 00 p. M. With Australia Versus Japan and the u. S. Faces italy at 11 00 p. M. Eastern. And the rest of the Games Cant come soon enough for the organizers. Tokyo just reported its second highest increase of new Cases Sense january 21st. Blake essig is live in tokyo for us. Another day, another Athlete Testing positive for covid. What is the feeling in tokyo right now . Reporter you know, as far as athletes are concerned, generally speaking some are worried and for good reason by no fault of their own after a lifetime of preparation, their Olympic Dream could be cut short if they catch covid19 or are considered a close contact with someone who testS Positive. Now, that fear has been realized by two american athletes already who tested positive for covid19 including katie Lou Samuelson and kara eaker, an alternate for the womens gymnastics team. Whil
Plans to exempt some key workers like those in Food Depots from Self Isolation. And from Beauty Hall to Race Track how our High Streets are being forced to think differently to bring back business. Im taking a spin what used to be the Beauty Hall. This isjust one example of how landlords are having to rethink our empty shops. And Coming Up on the News Channel, the action is under way at the olympics where team gbs football is prepared to take on the Hosts Japan after making a winning start. Good evening, and welcome to the Bbc News at six. The Tokyo Olympics games have officially opened Injapan A Year late and beset by unprecedented challenges because of the covid pandemic. The Opening Ceremony took place in an almost empty stadium In Tokyo a city that has been placed under its fourth State Of Emergency as it struggles with its highest covid numbers in six months. More than 11,000 athletes will be competing over the next two weeks. The president of the international olympic committee,
And that takes us to look at the weather prospects. Time at the weather prospects. For a look at the weather. Heres ben rich. Yesterday Northern Ireland broke its all time Temperature Record for the second time in less than a week. The question is will temperatures climb even higher today and so far in Northern Ireland the highest temperature we have seen is at armagh above 29 degrees and the warmest place of all so far today is aberystwyth at 31, compare that with Aberdeen Atjust 15 degrees. Why the difference . The Satellite Picture makes it clear, aberdeen has a lot of low cloud, Mr And Mark stretching into the North East of england, tending to retreat to the coast but lingering in places this afternoon. Elsewhere, a lot of sunshine, one or two isolated thunderstorms popping up two isolated thunderstorms popping up at some of those really heavy, quite a lot of rainfall in places, highest temperatures in the west, 32 in Northern Ireland, would once again break that record and further
The 30 minutes waiting in The Box in the plane, waiting for the plane to take off, were probably the longest period of wait ive ever experienced in my life. And heading to tokyo the mother of all comebacks for Olympic Rower Helen Glover. And coming up in the sport, on the Bbc News Channel England Chase down a Record Score at edgbaston in the third one day international to beat pakistan and claim a series clean sweep. Good evening. Scotlands first minister, nicola sturgeon, has confirmed that covid restrictions will be eased from monday, but face coverings will remain mandatory for some time to come. In what is a more cautious approach than englands, scotland will relax social distancing to one metre Inside Public Spaces and ease but not lift the restrictions on the number of people allowed to meet in homes. Ms sturgeon said it was to protect the vulnerable in society. It comes as the uk has recorded its highest daily Death Toll since early april. Heres our medical editor fergus walsh.