Georgia Bell's sensational 1500m performance delivered one of three bronze medals for Great Britain amid a party atmosphere on the final night of track and field at Paris 2024.

Bell had given up on her Olympic dream when she quit athletics in 2017, but the 30-year-old broke the British record with a time of three minutes 52.61 seconds on her Games debut, as Faith Kipyegon won a third successive title.

That excitement was followed by success for both the men's and women's 4x400m quartets, which ensured GB won a medal in every relay event.

It took Team GB's total medal haul at the Stade de France to 10 - twice as many athletics medals as they achieved in Tokyo three years ago - with the women's marathon to come on Sunday.

The men’s 4x400m quartet featuring Alex Haydock-Wilson, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Lewis Davey and Charlie Dobson set a European record of 2:55.83 as they earned bronze behind the United States and runners-up Botswana.

That third-place achievement was matched 10 minutes later by Victoria Ohuruogu, Laviai Nielsen, Nicole Yeargin and Amber Anning, who clocked a British women's national record of 3:19.72 as the USA again took gold, this time ahead of a Netherlands team anchored by the fast-finishing Femke Bol.

It marked a fifth relay podium result for GB, who won women’s 4x100m silver and men’s 4x100m bronze on Friday, following mixed 4x400m bronze last week.

And it contributed to the team's highest athletics medal count at an Olympics for 40 years, since 16 were won by GB athletes at Los Angeles 1984.

Crowds boo as sixth Banksy taken down just hours later

Banksy The stretching big cat is the sixth Banksy to be spotted in London this week

Crowds booed as a new Banksy artwork of a stretching cat on an empty, distressed billboard in north-west London was taken down just hours after being revealed. The street artist posted a photo of the design on his Instagram on Saturday without any caption, marking the sixth in a series of animal-themed artworks over the last week. The new Banksy appeared on Edgware Road in Cricklewood, with police taping off the path in front of the artwork as about 50 people gathered to take pictures, before they later saw it removed. It followed the artwork of pelicans appearing to take fish from a chip shop sign, which emerged on Friday in Walthamstow, north-east London.

Hours after Banksy confirmed the design was his in an Instagram post, crowds gathered from across London to see the piece before men, who said they were contractors, arrived. The billboard had been due to be taken down on Monday before the artwork appeared. One contractor, who gave his name as Marc, said the date had been brought forward in case someone "rips it down and leaves it unsafe". Marc said the artwork will be brought back to their yard to see if anyone collects it. He said: "We'll store that bit [the artwork] in our yard to see if anyone collects it but if not it'll go in a skip. "I've been told to keep it careful in case he wants it."

A black board was first used to cover the majority of the cat on the billboard at the request of the police, who wanted to stop people walking in the road in front of traffic. The removal effort was briefly paused by police as officers checked the contractors were approved to take the piece down before they were allowed to continue with the work. An officer at the scene said the owner of the billboard had told police he will donate it to an art gallery.

Ben Tansley, 71, a member of the NorthWestTwo Residents Association, said: "If it wasn't guarded overnight somebody would take it. It's such a shame." Chairwoman of the association, Carol Reeman, 64, added: "This is Cricklewood, this is our Banksy. You can't even enjoy it for the whole day before someone wanted to take it down. "You would wait for a lifetime for a Banksy to come into our neighbourhood. Cricklewood's on the map."

The image is one of many seen over the past week. A stencilled image of a goat appeared in Kew on Monday while an image of two elephants touching trunks in Chelsea was revealed by the Bristol-based artist on Tuesday, although on Friday it was seen defaced with stripes.

Reuters The artwork is on a dilapidated billboard on Edgware Road

Three monkeys hanging from a bridge in Brick Lane drew crowds on Wednesday, and a howling wolf on a satellite dish was seen in Peckham on Thursday.

EPA On Friday, a stencil appeared above a fish and chip shop

When the artwork of two pelicans appeared above the sign of a fish and chip shop in Walthamstow on Friday, one resident told BBC News: "It's genuinely really exciting. "A friend messaged me early this morning telling me it's appeared on my street so we arranged to come down as soon as we could. "It's so fun and wholesome - that's what's really nice to see."

PA Media The third artwork was found on a bridge over Brick Lane

She believed the location, Bonners Fish Bar, was significant. "It's a bit of an icon of the area, so I'm sure that's why it's been chosen," she said. "It's been here a long time and it's well loved."

PA Thursday's offering did not stay in place for long before it was soon carried away

Thursday's stencil of a wolf on a satellite dish in Rye Lane, Peckham, was taken down from on top of a building within hours of it being revealed.

Reuters It was spotted on Saturday in London

A video was filmed showing two people removing it and carrying it off down the street. The Banksy press team told the BBC they "believed" it had been stolen.

PA Media The elephants were the second artwork to be found on the side of a house in Edith Terrace in Chelsea

A statement from the Metropolitan Police said it had received reports the dish had been stolen, and said there had been "no arrests" and "inquiries continue".

PA Media The first animal-themed stencil appeared in Kew, Richmond on Monday

The Banksy press team declined to comment about the possible meaning behind the series of stencils in London.

Trump campaign says its internal messages hacked by Iran

Politico said it had confirmed the authenticity of the documents. The BBC has not independently verified the claims.

“These documents were obtained illegally from foreign sources hostile to the United States, intended to interfere with the 2024 election,” a campaign spokesman told the BBC.

US news website Politico reported on Saturday that it had been emailed campaign documents including internal research carried out on Trump’s running mate, Ohio Senator JD Vance.

Donald Trump’s campaign has said some of its internal communications have been hacked and suggested it was targeted by Iranian operatives.

The campaign did not give any further details or any evidence linking the document leak to Iranian hackers or the Iranian government.

Its statement came one day after Microsoft released a report indicating that Iranian hackers targeted the campaign of an unnamed US presidential candidate in June.

Microsoft’s Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) said that the campaign was sent a spear phishing email – a message designed to look trustworthy in order to get the target to click on a malicious link.

“Over the past several months, we have seen the emergence of significant influence activity by Iranian actors,” the MTAC report said.

Trump campaign spokesperson, Steven Cheung said the June hacking attempt mentioned in the MTAC report “coincides with the close timing of President Trump’s selection of a vice presidential nominee".

“The Iranians know that President Trump will stop their reign of terror just like he did in his first four years in the White House,” Mr Cheung said.

Politico said that in late July it began receiving emails from a person who identified themselves only as “Robert” using an AOL email account.

The news outlet said the Vance file was 271 pages long and based on publicly available information about Vance’s past record and statements. The email account also sent part of a research document about Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who was also a vice presidential contender, it said.

Presidential campaigns routinely research potential vice-presidential nominees in order to ferret out any potentially embarrassing revelations. Politico reported that some of Mr Vance's previous - and well-known - criticisms of Trump were labelled in the document as "potential vulnerabilities".

The Microsoft report noted: "Iranian cyber-enabled influence operations have been a consistent feature of at least the last three US election cycles."

Microsoft had released a similar report during the 2020 election saying Iranian hackers had targeted presidential campaigns.

US security sources have also warned of an Iranian plot to assassinate Trump, unconnected to last month’s attempted shooting in Pennsylvania. And on Tuesday, the US justice department charged a Pakistani man alleged to have ties to Iran with plotting to assassinate US officials, potentially including the former president.

The BBC has contacted Iranian officials for comment.

Police officers injured during trouble in Londonderry

BBC Petrol bombs and fireworks were thrown at police lines

A number of police officers have been injured during disorder in Londonderry, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has said. Petrol bombs, fireworks and stones were thrown by nationalist youths at police lines during trouble in Nailors Row on Saturday evening. It followed a major police operation in the city surrounding the annual Apprentice Boys Relief of Derry parade, which passed off without incident. The PSNI said it was liaising with community representatives to prevent further escalation.

Officers maintained a heavy presence in the area on Saturday evening

A statement said the trouble presented "a serious risk to the safety of residents in the area" and police were asking parents and guardians to take their children home. BBC News NI's Dean McLaughlin, reporting from the area, said the police helicopter is monitoring the situation and a public announcement was made asking the crowd to disperse. He added about 10 PSNI Land Rovers and police dogs were at the scene, while a small fire has been started on Nailors Row. Up to 50 young people have been involved. Some residents on Bishop Street have had to leave their homes.

'Futile actions must stop'

Team GB medics save Uzbekistan boxing coach's life

Getty Images Uzbekistan's head boxing coach, Tulkin Kilichev, was celebrating his country's gold medal before having a cardiac arrest

Two members of Team GB's medical team have helped save the life of the Uzbekistan Olympic boxing team's head coach. Tulkin Kilichev was celebrating a gold medal for Uzbek boxer Hasanboy Dusmatov in the warm-up area at Roland Garros in Paris on 8 August when he went into cardiac arrest. Team GB physiotherapist Robbie Lillis, who was in the arena at the time, said there was "a cry for a doctor" prompting him and colleague Dr Harj Singh to rush over to perform CPR and use a defibrillator. Mr Kilochev is understood to be in a stable condition in hospital.

Mr Lillis said Uzbekistan's coaching team were celebrating Dusmatov's gold medal in the 51kg category before he heard shouting coming from the warm-up area that did not sound like celebrations anymore. "There was a cry for a doctor, for help. Harj was the first person who responded and I followed with the emergency trauma bag that we carry with us," he told the PA news agency. The physiotherapist said he reached Mr Kilichev "about 30 seconds after Harj", who had already started performing CPR - an emergency lifesaving procedure performed when someone's heart stops beating. "Quite a lot of coaches were pretty visibly distressed around the whole situation, so it took us a moment to clear all of them out of the way," he said. Mr Lillis said he used a defibrillator on Mr Kilichev, which gives a jolt of energy to the heart to help restore a normal heartbeat. "Initially he didn't come back but, about 20 to 30 seconds later, after Harj continued doing CPR, all of a sudden he came back conscious with us, which was great."

Reuters Hasanboy Dusmatov won a gold medal in the men's 51kg category

The venue's medical team arrived a few minutes later and Mr Kilichev was taken to hospital, where he is understood to be in a stable condition. Mr Lillis said he hopes the Uzbekistan boxing coach makes a "full recovery". "I'm very, very thankful that we did have all the equipment on us, and myself and Harj being there and being trained," he said.

'That's your Olympic moment'

Mr Lillis admitted he did not sleep at all on Thursday night following the incident. "It was obviously a bit of a rush of adrenaline at that time kind of managing the situation," he said. "I'm obviously grateful to be able to play a part in hopefully helping someone survive. Mr Lillis said his mum told him "that's your Olympic moment". "It's something obviously I'll definitely remember, I don't think I'm going to be forgetting that any time soon." Mr Singh, who also teaches pre hospital emergency skills, said that the situation "puts things into perspective". "At some stage we will endeavour to go to the hospital," the doctor said. "If it could be arranged, I think that would be quite emotional for both of us."

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Bodies recovered after 62 die in Brazil plane crash

EPA The plane crash in Brazil's São Paulo state is the country's worst since 2007

At least 50 bodies have been recovered from the site of a plane crash in the Brazilian state of São Paulo which killed everyone on board. Teams have been working to find and identify victims of the disaster after a twin-engine turboprop operated by airline Voepass came down in the town of Vinhedo. The number of casualties was revised up on Saturday to 62. Voepass said earlier that the ATR 72-500 was carrying 57 passengers and four crew between Cascavel in the southern state of Paraná to Guarulhos airport in São Paulo city. But it later confirmed there was another unaccounted-for passenger on the flight.

Footage circulating on social media showed a plane descending vertically, spiralling as it falls. The aircraft crashed in a residential area, but no-one on the ground was injured. Officials said only one home in a local condominium complex was damaged. Capt Maycon Cristo, a spokesman for the fire department which is helping with the recovery, said that so far, two people had been identified from evidence recovered at the scene. The Mayor of Vinhedo, Dario Pacheco, said the two victims who had been identified were the pilot and co-pilot. He added that all bodies are expected to be recovered by the end of Saturday. Teams were relying on a number of factors to help identify passengers, Capt Cristo said. These include documents and the position of bodies in relation to seating, as well as mobile phones recovered from some of the victims. He added that the casualties were being moved to a police morgue in São Paulo. Lt Ramatuel Silvino of the São Paulo civil defence service said family members would be staying in a hotel in the city.

The plane crash is Brazil's worst since 2007, when a TAM Express plane crashed and burst into flames at São Paulo's Congonhas airport, killing 199 people. At this stage, it is not known what caused the ATR 72-500 to crash. Authorities said the flight recorders had been retrieved. ATR, the French-Italian plane maker, said it would co-operate with the investigation. According to the tracking website Flightradar24, flight 2283 had taken off from Cascavel at 11:56 local time (14:56 GMT) on Friday and was due to arrive at 13:40. The last signal received from the aircraft was about 20 minutes before it was scheduled to land. Brazil's civil aviation agency said the plane, which was built in 2010, had been "in good operating condition, with valid registration and airworthiness certificates". The four crew members on board at the time of the accident were all duly licensed and had valid qualifications, it added. The Uopeccan Cancer Hospital in Cascavel told BBC Brasil that two of its trainee doctors were among the passengers who died. The moment the passenger plane crashed was witnessed by local residents, while others described damage to their homes. Luiz Augusto de Oliveira told Reuters that he, his wife and their maid were at home when "suddenly we saw the aircraft exploding in the backyard of my house". He said: "At the time of the collision, we thought it was a helicopter breaking down, due to the noise." He added that everyone in the house was unharmed and while there was some damage, it was "as minimal as possible, it was material goods. I just have to thank God for the way the aircraft crashed."

Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe won Great Britain's first ever Olympic medal in artistic swimming and said their duet silver medal was worth all the "really hard times" they had gone through because of poor funding.

The childhood friends, whose mothers also used to compete as a pair in the sport, performed their Rising Phoenix routine to score 294.5085 - for a combined total of 558.5367 in Paris.

China's Liuyi Wang and Qianyi Wang took gold (566.4783) and the Netherlands' Bregje de Brouwer and Noortje de Brouwer won bronze (558.3963).

Shortman and Thorpe, who said their UK Sport funding was only reinstated less than a year ago, had sat fourth after Friday's Big Ben-themed technical routine before delivering a high-energy free routine.

They looked stunned when they saw their names on top of the leaderboard with two teams still to compete, knowing they were guaranteed a medal.

They covered their mouths in disbelief before the hugs, and tears flowed while a sizeable Union Jack-waving contingent in the Paris Aquatics Centre erupted in celebration.

Asked by BBC Sport to describe how they were feeling, they replied - like their performance - in perfect unison: "On top of the world."

Shortman then added: “I can’t even fathom it right now, can’t put it into words, it’s just an incredible dream come true really.”

An emotional Lin Yu-ting became the second boxer in 24 hours to win women's Olympic gold despite the ongoing row over her gender eligibility.

The Taiwanese beat Polish 20-year-old Julia Szeremeta by unanimous decision to claim the featherweight title, a day after Imane Khelif became the welterweight champion.

Lin and Khelif have been allowed to compete in Paris despite being disqualified from last year’s World Championships after reportedly failing gender eligibility tests.

It was her fourth victory by unanimous decision from four in the competition after the 28-year-old, once again, dominated.

Lin entered the ring to loud cheers once again and there was no sign of protest from Szeremeta, as has come from some of Lin’s previous opponents.

Lin and Szeremeta shared an embrace after the result was confirmed.

The Taiwanese was then visibly emotional during the medal ceremony and afterwards was embraced by bronze medallist Esra Yildiz Kahraman.

After defeat by Lin on Thursday, Turkey's Kahraman made an 'X' gesture to the crowd - said to be intended to represent female chromosomes - but both were smiling after their hug on the medal podium.

Lin’s victory signalled the end of one of the most controversial stories at this Olympics but the debate is likely to continue, and could even impact whether boxing is part of the next Olympics in Los Angeles.

Hours before Lin's fight, a French lawyer had said he is representing Khelif in a legal complaint in France for online harassment over the issue.

Nabil Boudi said Khelif has decided to "begin a new fight, a fight for justice, dignity and honour".

He said she has filed the complaint for "aggravated online harassment".

Asked if she would take similar action, Lin said: "This is something I will discuss with my team. I will decide later what will be the next step."

Lin said she "shut herself off" from social media during the competition to avoid the controversy.

"Some of the noises and news articles... of course I heard some of the information through my coach, but I didn’t pay too much mind to it," she said.

"I was invited by the IOC to take part in the Games, this is what I focused on."

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach says he intends to stand down after the end of his second term next year.

The German lawyer, who has been in charge since 2013, surprised members at a session during the Paris Games, saying he would not continue despite being asked to.

An extension would have required a change in the Olympic charter that limits the president to a maximum of 12 years - a first eight-year term and a second four-year term, that he himself had helped draft.

"After 12 years in the office of IOC president our organisation is best served with a change in leadership. New times are calling for new leaders," he said in an emotional speech.

The new IOC president will be elected in March 2025 at a session in ancient Olympia and will take over in June of that year, Bach said.

No member has yet openly campaigned to succeed him.

An Olympic fencing champion in 1976 who joined the Olympic body as a member in 1991, Bach has ruled firmly since taking over from his predecessor Jacques Rogge 11 years ago.

He introduced sweeping reforms for the faster introduction of sports onto the Olympic programme, and to the bidding process and staging of the Games, reducing overall costs and making the event more attractive to potential candidate cities.

Britain's Noah Williams pulled off a stunning final-round dive to take bronze in the men's 10m platform and win his second medal of the Paris Olympics.

Errors by his rivals had opened up the podium positions going into the final round and Williams - who won 10m synchro silver with Tom Daley earlier in the Games - delivered a forward four and a half somersaults dive that scored 94.35 to give him a total of 497.35.

Cao Yuan defended his title in convincing fashion (547.50) to give China a clean sweep of the diving gold medals, with Japanese 17-year-old Rikuto Tamai getting the silver (507.65).

"It's literally a dream – I said that last time with synchro but individually winning a medal, doing it yourself, is a whole other level and I don't think it's sunk in because I'm nowhere near as emotional as last time," Williams told BBC Sport.

Britain's Kyle Kothari finished 11th on his Games debut, above world champion Yang Hao who was out of sorts and came last in the 12-man final.

Williams had only just squeezed into the final after a below-par showing in the semi-finals, so was the first to dive in each round.

It meant he had a nervous wait after his brilliant final effort to see if it would be enough for a medal.

But when challengers including Mexican Randal Willars Valdez put in messy dives, Williams soon discovered he would be adding to what was Great Britain's biggest diving medal haul at a Games.

After four synchro medals, this is Britain's only individual diving medal.

Why the 'weird' label is working for Kamala Harris

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"They're weird." With that simple diss - as well as an overall more streamlined message - Vice-President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign has shifted the conversation away from the weaknesses of her boss, President Joe Biden, and shone a spotlight on her opponent, Donald Trump. The change of tone was on full display at rallies this week, where she appeared with her new vice-presidential pick, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. With Beyonce's Freedom as their soundtrack, the pair made the case that they were out to protect American freedoms while their "weird" Republican opponents, Trump and his running mate JD Vance, threatened to take them away. "We’re not going back," Ms Harris told an enthusiastic crowd in Philadelphia, leading a chorus of what has become the campaign's de-facto slogan. It is a stripped-back version of Mr Biden’s 2020 message - that Trump is a “threat to democracy” - that casts the former president as out of touch with American life.

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Even the vice-president's press releases, sent from a campaign that once served Mr Biden, have reflected the tone shift from deeply serious to something more light-touch. Just five days after Mr Biden stepped aside, a Harris spokesperson quipped that a Trump speech made him sound “like someone you wouldn’t want to sit near at a restaurant”. Campaign strategists say this new messaging appears to be cutting through with Democrat-leaning voters because it makes voting for Ms Harris sound more like a common-sense choice, and less like a civic chore. But it is too early to tell if this fresh goodwill for a vice-president who, until recently, struggled to grab the attention of American voters will last until November's election day. California Lieutenant Gov Eleni Kounalakis, a Democrat who considers the vice-president a close friend, said the campaign’s fresh rhetoric reflects Ms Harris’s “great sense of humour” and her ability to be “a good communicator on a very basic level”. “The fact is, these things are proving to be her strengths, and her joyfulness is breaking through the dark, menacing undertones of Donald Trump and his running mate.” Meanwhile, Trump, who has long been known as an effective mudslinger and energetic campaigner since he entered politics during the 2016 presidential campaign, has struggled to punch back - especially against the “weird” framing. “They’re the weird ones. Nobody’s ever called me weird. I’m a lot of things, but weird I’m not,” Trump said last week in an interview with conservative radio host Clay Travis. He returned to the theme at a rally on Friday in Montana, telling the crowd: "We’re very solid people. We want to have strong borders, we want to have good elections, we want low interest rates, we want to be able to buy a house." "I think we’re the opposite of weird, they’re weird."

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A honeymoon of free press

Ms Harris, who once trailed Trump, is now on the front foot, polls suggest. David Polyansky, who served as deputy campaign manager for Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis’s 2024 presidential campaign, said that this shift could be because Ms Harris was beating Trump at his own game. Since he first ran for president, Trump has benefited from being the main political story in the country, enjoying what political insiders like to call “earned media”, or free press. But it is Ms Harris’s dramatic swing to the top of the Democratic ticket just weeks before the Democratic National Convention that has dominated headlines and airwaves in recent weeks - and she has done it without sitting down for a major media interview.

Getty Images Kamala Harris and Tim Walz at a campaign event - their support has seen a boost recently

To upstage the former president, who only recently faced an assassination attempt, is no small feat, said Mr Polyansky. “It’s really pretty remarkable,” he said. Her campaign appears further buoyed by picking Mr Walz as her running mate. A survey conducted by the New York Times and Siena College from 5 to 9 August puts Ms Harris ahead of Trump by 50% to 46% in three key battleground states - Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan. It comes after a recent YouGov poll, conducted on 4-6 August, which suggested she would win the popular vote, with 45% of respondents saying they would vote for her in November, compared to 43% for Trump. That is a reversal of fortunes. A similar poll by YouGov, conducted almost three weeks ago, showed her losing by three points. It was, in fact, Mr Walz who was the first to use the “weird” label when making media appearances last month in support of Ms Harris’s fledgling candidacy. He was quick to use it again at that Philadelphia rally with Ms Harris when speaking of their Republican opponents: “These guys are creepy and yes, just weird as hell.” Mr Walz’s folksy ways seemed to resonate with several voters who spoke to the BBC. They said they liked the Minnesota governor because he was plainspoken. Between drags of a cigarette, Tyler Engel - an independent Ohio voter on vacation in St Augustine, Florida - said that Mr Walz “seems like a normal guy, a family man”. “And if there is one thing that we are starved for in this country, it’s normal people,” Mr Engel added. Another voter, John Patterson of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, said he found Mr Walz to be “a very genuine person”. “What you see is what you get with him,” he added.

Is ‘weird’ working with voters?

Some political consultants marveled at the “weird” label’s effectiveness. Many said that it broke through because it felt authentic, was not an audience-tested catchphrase or cliche, and it came about “fast and organically”. Calling Trump and JD Vance “weird” effectively repackaged President Biden’s “threat to democracy” theme in a “very understandable - almost light-hearted - way that was maybe less severe and more colloquial”, said Brian Brokaw, who worked on several of Ms Harris’ campaigns and ran a Super PAC that supported her presidential campaign in 2020. He said the term immediately helped to recast the race from a referendum on Mr Biden’s four years in office to a question of “do we really want to go back to what we were doing during the Trump era?” Republican pollster Frank Luntz was more sceptical. On BBC Newsnight on Tuesday, he declared Ms Harris the new front runner, noting she had captured fresh "momentum". But he dismissed the "weird" label as "weird in itself", saying it didn't resonate with voters.

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The catchphrase did seem to land with several undecided voters interviewed by the BBC. Jacob Fisher, an independent voter from Atlanta, said he thought calling Trump and Mr Vance “weird” was appropriate and only mildly insulting in an age of political name-calling. “I think it’s fair,” Mr Fisher said. “You can’t say that it’s very harsh because you have the other guy talking about how his opponents are vermin. So ‘weird’? I don’t know, but you can’t really complain if you’re Donald Trump.” Still, voters who said they were backing Trump were unimpressed with the campaign’s recent messaging. Frank and Theresa Walker of Illinois shared the view that the US was “going to hell” under the Biden-Harris administration, and Gem Lowery - a Trump voter in Florida - said she did not like Harris’s pick for vice-president or the “weird” label they have used when discussing Trump, Mr Vance and the Republican platform. “I think the Democrats are the weird ones,” Lowery told the BBC. “So no, I don’t think that’s right to call Republicans ‘weird.’”

A looming election

Ms Harris’s “brat summer” will not last forever. While the pick of Mr Walz and the upcoming Democratic National Convention will be certain to maintain Ms Harris’s media dominance, experts agree that the campaign will have to change gears soon. Mr Brokaw, a long-time adviser to Ms Harris, said that her campaign will need to work to bottle the enthusiasm it has enjoyed since the vice-president became the Democratic nominee. “The peak of the honeymoon period is the convention, and then it's going to be a grind for two months probably with some debates,” Mr Brokaw said. “This is an exciting period of time, but at a certain point it’s going to come back to reality and then it’s go time.” “If we’re still talking about Trump and Vance being weird in October, I think I’d be surprised,” he added. David Polyansky, the Republican strategist, said the label “works well from a 60,000 foot view”, but he believed a message on the economy and immigration would ultimately sway voters in November. “So for Trump, it’s key he doesn’t take the bait, he focuses on his message and he reminds folks of his record and the administration’s failures on both of those issues.” Additional reporting from Mike Wendling and Rachel Looker

How to survive a 1,200 mile walk with your teenage son

Kerry-Anne Finn and Kerry-Anne spent 84 days walking the perimeter of Wales

Thirteen-year-old Finn and his mum Kerry-Anne have just completed the adventure of a lifetime, walking almost 1,200 miles around the perimeter of Wales. The pair spent 84 days carrying everything they needed to camp on their backs, sometimes in driving rain, before sleeping in a tent together each night - conditions that could test any relationship. "It was intense - in a good way," laughed Kerry-Anne. "It's a different level of connection, Finn couldn't go off and slam a door and go to his room, I couldn't walk away."

Kerry-Anne Finn - seen here camping on the Isle of Mull in 2017 - has been having adventures with his mum since he was small

Finn's "emotionally passionate" nature could at times be challenging, she said. "If you don't mind me saying," Kerry-Anne checked in with Finn. "Not at all," he replied. "We have arguments but you have to work hard to get over it," Kerry-Anne added. The pair are now back home in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, where they share a home with Finn's dad and Kerry-Anne's husband John. Kerry-Anne grew up in Llanmaes, Vale of Glamorgan, so the trip was an opportunity for her to revisit places from her childhood. The mother and son are used to spending lots of time together, as Finn is home-schooled, with exploring nature a big part of his education. "When he was young he was very unsettled," said Kerry-Anne, 45. "We've not had any diagnosis, but we think probably neurodivergent - you identify with that?" she asked Finn. He nodded in agreement. She continued: "I noticed that getting outside was beneficial for him as much as it was for me... so I just wanted to make sure he was outside as much as he was in."

Kerry-Anne Finn is home-schooled and has always spent lots of time outdoors with his mum

When Finn was born Kerry-Anne decided to take a break from her career in academia and youth work. Then when the time came to put his name down for a school place she felt he was not ready. After lots of reading on the subject and discussions with her husband, a television floor manager, they decided on home-schooling. "It just worked for us," she said. "It has always been year by year and if Finn ever wanted to go to school - which he doesn't - it would be his decision."

Kerry-Anne Finn and his mum like to sleep out under the stars

The Wales walk was by no means the pair's first adventure. Since Finn was small they would go outside every day to observe the slow changing of the seasons and often picnic along or swim in the River Clyde near their home. "It wasn't always idyllic," said Kerry-Anne. "Sometimes one of us would be in a bad mood or not want to go. It is beautiful looking back on it, but anything with children is quite challenging at the time." Then when Finn was five, inspired by Alastair Humphreys' book Microadventures, they attempted to sleep out under the stars in just a bivvy bag for one night of each month of the year. In January, they slept in the snow in their back garden, in the summer they would sleep in the forest or on beaches.

Kerry-Anne Finn and Kerry-Anne spent their days walking and their nights sleeping together in a tent

They took on their first thru-hiking challenge when Finn was 10, spending four days walking the Isle of Arran Coastal Way before they had to head home when the wind snapped the poles of their tent. Then last year when Finn was 12, they really upped the ante, completing the UK's longest national trail, the 630-mile (1,013km) South West Coast Path. "Now that was challenging," recalled Finn. "I didn't realise what I was signing up for," he joked. But despite the extreme distance, he said he and his mum got on "quite well". "There were a few challenging moments," said Kerry-Anne. "Finn can make up a story that's five hours long and lasts the entire day." "It's true, it’s true," confirmed Finn.

Kerry-Anne Finn and his mum carried everything they needed for camping on their backs

"I struggle with that lack of mental space," admitted Kerry-Anne. At night they settled into a routine where Finn was responsible for getting water and the washing-up but apart from that, could read. Kerry-Anne's evenings were spent putting the tent up, organising dinner, showering, washing her underwear "because I only took a couple of pairs" and researching the next day's food stops and campsite before they both went to bed at 21:00. Each missed different things from their home life. "I was missing board games a great deal - we [he and his friends] like to play really, really complicated ones," said Finn. He said he also missed tofu which they found hard to come by. Kerry-Anne missed fruit and vegetables. "We ate so much junk food, it was all convenience stores and we were eating mostly snack bars and things," she said. Despite these challenges, they decided to take on the Wales walk while still walking the South West Coast Path.

Kerry-Anne Some of Finn's favourite moments on his adventures involve food

A year after their first epic walk, Kerry-Anne and Finn set off again in April. They began with the 870-mile (1,400km) Wales Coast Path, which covers the entire country's coastline, followed by the 177-mile (285km) Offa's Dyke Path along the Wales-England border. Finn admitted he spent much of the time singing "I would walk 500 miles" from the Proclaimers song I'm Gonna Be (500 miles). Officially the route was 1,050 miles but they did closer to 1,180 because of detours to campsites and shops. Finn's Wales highlights included "getting to eat Cypriot halloumi and chips" in New Quay, Ceredigion, and "one of the best brownies I've had in my life" in Llangrannog, also in Ceredigion. "Sometimes the best days are not the ones with the most spectacular scenery, it's just how you feel on that day, how our relationship is or if you've slept well the night before," said Kerry-Anne. They also endured a lot of rain. "I wanted mum to Google how long it takes for water to [cause] trench foot," said Finn. "[My feet are] still a bit funny now to be honest."

Kerry-Anne The Wales Coast Path covers the entire country's coastline

Thousands of anti-racism protesters rally across UK

Reuters Protesters at Stand up to Racism's gathering in central London on Saturday

Thousands of anti-racism protesters rallied in towns and cities across the country on Saturday. People took to the streets in cities including Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow and London. It follows a week of violent disorder including attacks on hotels housing asylum seekers and the looting of shops, which was fuelled by a false rumour that the Southport triple murder suspect was a Muslim asylum seeker. Police have so far arrested 779 people in connection with rioting, with 349 of those charged, the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) said. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has delayed his family summer holiday to continue to focus on the government's response to the riots.

Hundreds of anti-racism protesters gathered in Cardiff, Birmingham, Norwich, Penzance, Southampton, Shrewsbury, Carlisle, Hastings, Cambridge and Devon on Saturday. In Belfast, several thousand people took part in a rally that started at Writer's Square. Some protesters waved signs that read 'Ulster says no to racism'. The organisers, United Against Racism, said the event was intended to be a "peaceful response to racist violence of recent days". "These are our streets, and we will not concede them to the racist forces who want to divide us," said the campaign group's chair, Fiona Doran. In London, about 5,000 people marched on Whitehall in support of refugees. The march started at the headquarters of political party Reform UK, whose leader Nigel Farage has advocated a "freeze" on immigration. Hundreds of anti-racism protesters gathered in Newcastle, while a small number of anti-immigrant protesters amassed in the nearby Bigg Market area. Police said they made 14 arrests, including for possession of an offensive weapon, possession of a Class B drug and failure to comply with some of the orders in place. None of the arrests were for disorder or violent offences. Anti-racism protesters also gathered across Scotland, with demonstrations taking place in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Dumfries.

Police investigating 'hundreds of leads'

PA Police face off with protesters at a Rotherham hotel housing asylum seekers on 4 August

The NPCC said specialist officers have been tasked with pursuing suspected online offenders in relation to the disorder, as well as so-called influencers, who they say are responsible for "spreading hate and inciting violence on a large scale". Across the country, teams are investigating "hundreds of leads", it said. The hundreds of arrests and charges for rioters in less than two weeks have been followed by swift sentencing, with jail terms of up to three years. Cases include a 16-year-old who admitted stealing £15,000 of vapes, assaulting an emergency worker and smashing a police car in Liverpool last weekend. In Greater Manchester, eight people were due in court after being charged with violent disorder on Friday. One was also charged with robbery. The defendants ranged in age from 13 to 46. In Hull, six people appeared at court on Saturday in connection to disorder. Three were 13-year-old boys and one a 17-year-old girl. Seven people were also charged on Friday and Saturday after a protest outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Aldershot on 31 July. The violence had largely calmed by Wednesday 7 August, when thousands of protesters chanting "refugees are welcome" took to the streets. Sir Keir Starmer said he believed an increased police presence and fast-moving cases have had an impact, but his message was to stay on "high alert" to "make sure our communities are safe and secure and feel safe and secure". The prime minister has delayed his family summer holiday to focus on the government's response to the riots, and he is expected to work from Downing Street and Chequers for all of next week.

Police take measures to prevent violence

Police were braced for more possible unrest over the weekend given planned protests. A dispersal order starting at 16:00 on Saturday was put in place in Liverpool following "incidents of disorder". The order allows police to direct people suspected of or involved in criminal activity to leave an area for 48 hours and arrest them if they return. Police had already put in place a Section 60 order, which gives officers greater powers to stop and search individuals to prevent violence, from 11:00 to 23:00. “Both orders are extra tools at our disposal to help keep the public safe, and highly visible police patrols will enforce them in the next 48 hours," neighbourhood policing inspector Chris Taylor said.

Families still mourn in Southport

PA The King family pictured in a photo released by Merseyside Police

Families are still mourning in Southport, where Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, were killed at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class. On Saturday, Bebe's parents released a statement that described her as "full of joy, light and love". They praised her older sister who witnessed the attack for showing "such incredible strength and courage" since that day.

Disney unveils Avatar 3's official title and new films

Araya Doheny / Getty Images for Disney The eighth D23 event is being held from 9 to 11 August in Anaheim, California

Details of new films including the title of the third instalment of Avatar, an addition to the Star Wars franchise and a sequel to Freaky Friday have been announced at a giant Disney fan event. Filmmaker James Cameron told a 12,000-strong audience that Avatar: Fire And Ash will "not be what you expect" while US actor Jon Favreau teased a new Star Wars film titled The Mandalorian And Grogu, starring Pedro Pascal. Actors Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis, stars of the 2003 comedy Freaky Friday, also appeared on stage to promote Freakier Friday, which is set for 2025. The announcements were made at D23, the biennial convention for members of the official Disney fan club, in California on Friday.

Jesse Grant / Getty Images for Disney Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan united on stage at the event, held near Disneyland

Avatar director Cameron made a surprise appearance alongside the film's stars Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington. The science fiction epic, set for release on 19 December 2025, comes after 2009's Avatar and its sequel Avatar: The Way Of Water, which was released in 2022. "The new film is not what you expect, but definitely what you want," Cameron told the audience. He said it was "too soon" to share footage but let the audience look at "cool concept art" which featured the characters in the sky and surrounded by fire. "There are new cultures and settings and creatures, and new biomes," he said. "You will see a lot more of Pandora, the planet, that you've never seen before."

Jesse Grant / Getty Images for Disney James Cameron, Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana discussed the new Avatar film

Lohan and Curtis were greeted with a standing ovation at the eighth D23 event, which is being held from 9 to 11 August at the Anaheim Convention Centre in California. Curtis described Freakier Friday - about a mother and daughter who switch bodies thanks to a magical Chinese fortune cookie - as "more fun and more emotional" than their 2003 film. "We've stayed in touch throughout the years and we're very close to each other so it feels like we are picking up from where we left off, which is really beautiful," Lohan said. Oscar-winner Curtis told the audience: "We love these characters, we love each other, we love you and you love us and the movie and the story and what it means to you - that's why we're here." The pair confirmed One Tree Hill's Chad Michael Murray and NCIS actor Mark Harmon are reprising their roles in the sequel. The audience was shown a trio of pictures from the new film including an image of Curtis sporting a silver bobbed hairdo while driving Lohan in an open top car. In the new film, Lohan's character Anna Coleman has a daughter of her own. Freaky Friday, based on a 1972 novel by Mary Rodgers, was also made into a movie in 1976, starring Jodie Foster and Barbara Harris.

Jesse Grant / Getty Images for Disney Pete Docter, CCO of Pixar, confirmed details of Incredibles 3

Celine Dion 'does not endorse' Trump use of Titanic song

Artists and bands including Neil Young, Queen and the Rolling Stones have previously complained about Mr Trump using their songs at campaign rallies.

In a statement released on X, Dion's team said she did not "endorse" the use of the song, adding: "And really, that song?"

The song My Heart Will Go On - which featured in a 1997 film about the doomed ship Titanic - was played to supporters before Trump appeared on stage at a rally in Bozeman, Montana, on Friday.

Celine Dion's team has criticised former US President Donald Trump for the "unauthorised" use of a clip of one of her hits at a presidential campaign event.

The statement said: "Today, Celine Dion's management team and her record label, Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc, became aware of the unauthorised usage of the video, recording, musical performance, and likeness of Celine Dion singing My Heart Will Go On at a Donald Trump / JD Vance campaign rally in Montana.

"In no way is this use authorised, and Celine Dion does not endorse this or any similar use.

"...And really, that song?"

The Trump campaign has not responded to the statement.

My Heart Will Go On is one of five-time Grammy winner Dion's best-known songs.

The Oscar-winning ballad was on the soundtrack of the 1997 blockbuster Titanic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as two lovers who meet on the doomed ship's maiden voyage in 1912.

Dion made a triumphant return to live singing last month at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.

It was her first performance since revealing she had been diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) in 2022.

SPS is a rare neurological disorder that causes muscles to spasm and can be debilitating.

The singer discussed her struggles with SPS in a film called I Am: Celine Dion, which Amazon Prime Video said last month had become its most successful documentary ever.

The Canadian artist Neil Young has also previously objected to Trump using his songs, and in 2020 the Rolling Stones threatened him with legal action after the song You Can't Always Get What You Want was played at a political rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne sent a notice to Trump banning him from using Black Sabbath music in campaign videos in 2019.

The Republican Party's presidential candidate is not the only politician to receive criticism from artists over the use of songs during campaign rallies.

Last year, rapper Eminem asked aspiring Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to stop using his songs.

Bruce Springsteen castigated President Reagan for planning to use Born in the USA for his 1984 election campaign.

Fatboy Slim furiously denounced the UK Labour Party for using his hit Right Here, Right Now at their 2004 conference - the year after the Iraq War.

Legally, US politicians do not always need direct permission from artists.

Their campaigns can buy licensing packages from music rights organisations giving them legal access to more than 20 million songs.

However, artists have the right to remove their music from that list.

Zelensky acknowledges Ukrainian offensive in Russia

RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY HANDOUT/EPA-EFE Russia has sent reinforcements - including tanks and rocket launcher systems - to the Kursk region

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has acknowledged, for the first time, that his military is conducting an offensive inside Russia's western Kursk region. In his nightly televised address on Saturday, Mr Zelensky said Ukraine's military is pushing the war "onto the aggressor's territory." This comes five days after Ukraine began its operation, which has taken Russia by surprise and prompted mass evacuations across both sides of the border. In Ukraine, explosions were reported in the capital Kyiv and in the Sumy region in the early hours of Sunday.

President Zelensky thanked Ukraine's "warriors" in his address, and said he had discussed the operation with the country's senior military commander Oleksandr Syrsky. "Ukraine is proving that it can indeed restore justice and ensure the necessary pressure on the aggressor," he added. Reports say Ukrainian troops are threatening to seize one regional town as they fight more than 10km (six miles) inside Russia - the deepest advance since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. At least 13 people were injured - two seriously - in Kursk in the early hours of Sunday, the region's acting governor Alexei Smirnov said. More than 76,000 people have already been evacuated from the border area, according to Russia's state Tass news agency, and Mr Smirnov said on Sunday he has ordered officials to speed up the operation to get civilians to safety. Russia's National Counter-Terrorism Committee imposed a "counter-terrorism operation" regime across three regions on Friday in response to Ukraine's surprise cross-border incursion. This means authorities in the border regions of Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions can restrict the movement of people and vehicles and use phone tapping among other measures.

Unknown Ukrainian soldiers seen at a Gazprom gas facility in the Russian town of Sudzha - the location of the video recording has been verified by the BBC

'Sister saw attack' and 'rioters face 10 years'

Dominating the front pages on Sunday is a tribute from the parents of six-year-old Southport victim Bebe King, in which they reveal their older daughter was also present when the school children were attacked. The grieving parents paid a "heartbreaking tribute" to their "shimmering star" and honoured nine-year-old Genie's "incredible strength and courage", the Sunday Express reports.

The Sunday Times leads with a warning from Britain's director of public prosecutions, Stephen Parkinson, that hundreds more people involved in the riots "will be hauled before the courts in the coming days", with some expected to receive sentences of up to ten years in jail.

The Mail on Sunday's top story says Sir Keir Starmer is "being denied vital security briefings" because his chief of staff, Sue Gray, "is blocking access to him". Citing "Whitehall sources", the Mail reports "growing disquiet" over her approach to the role. Also on the front page is a photograph of Team GB gold medallist Keely Hodgkinson sunbathing in Spain following her Olympic win.

The front page of the Sunday Mirror features the King family's tribute to Bebe, in which they say "our world is shattered". It also follows Keely Hodgkinson unwinding after the Olympics, and reports on the funeral of Jay Slater, the 19-year-old Brit who died in Tenerife in June.

Leading the Observer is a report into the effect of prosecuting rioters on the justice system. Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is quoted as saying the response has been made harder due to court backlogs and prison overcrowding inherited from the Conservatives.

The Sunday Telegraph's top story is a report into the education secretary's plan to introduce skills to identify misinformation online into school curriculums. Ms Phillipson tells the paper the content will "arm our children against the disinformation, fake news and putrid conspiracy theories awash on social media. Also featuring on the Telegraph's front page is new guidance for NHS workers to ask all patients if it is possible they are pregnant regardless of their apparent gender after a trans man was given a CT scan while unknowingly pregnant.

The supernatural beat leads the Daily Star Sunday's coverage, as a "ghost expert" tells the tabloid she summoned the spirit of the late Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister "having the time of his death" riding a horse and eating a pizza.

Man charged after quadruple shooting in Hackney

Three adults and a nine-year-old girl were injured after the shooting near Kingsland High Street

The girl remains in hospital in a stable condition, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed.

Javon Reily, 32, of Farnborough Road, Farnborough, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Saturday and has been remanded into custody.

Three adults were also injured after the shooting near Kingsland High Street, Dalston at about 21:20 BST on 29 May.

A man has appeared in court charged with four counts of attempted murder after a quadruple shooting in Hackney which left a nine-year-old girl seriously injured.

The girl was having dinner with her family in a restaurant when shots came from outside.

Three men, aged 26, 37 and 42, sitting outside the restaurant were also injured by gunshot, believed to have come from a lone motorcyclist. They have since been released from hospital.

Det Ch Supt James Conway, lead for policing in Hackney and Tower Hamlets, said: "Our thoughts remain with our young victim and her family as they continue to confront the devastating effects of gun crime."

Det Ch Insp Joanna Yorke, is leading the investigation and has appealed for witnesses to come forward.

She said: "We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who has information about the identity of an individual seen on a motorcycle in Kingsland High Street at the time of this offence."

A 35-year-old woman who was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder and assisting an offender has been released on police bail.

Mr Reily was arrested on Friday after a vehicle stop in Chelsea Embankment.

He is due to next appear at the Old Bailey on 6 September.

Caden Cunningham narrowly missed out on becoming the first British man to win Olympic taekwondo gold as he had to settle for +80kg silver in Paris.

The 21-year-old, appearing in his first Games, was beaten 2-1 in a tight contest by Iran's Arian Salimi.

The Briton dropped to his knees and then sat on the mat as the time ran down, before he and Salimi raised one another's hands above their heads and thanked the crowd.

It was an even fight - Cunningham won the first of the three rounds but Salimi dominated the second, before finding a crucial head kick late in the third to secure victory.

Cunningham's silver ensures Britain continue their record of winning an Olympic taekwondo medal at every Games since Athens 2004.

"If I stay in this, I will be the king of taekwondo in the next four years," Cunningham told BBC Sport.

"One fight does not define me as a fighter.

"It is the start of whatever I want it to be."

The silver came shortly after GB's Rebecca McGowan lost to Turkey's Nafia Kus Aydin in the +67kg bronze-medal match.

How do you replace a World Cup winner?

That might soon be the puzzle for Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola, with Argentina forward Julian Alvarez on the verge of making an £81.5m move to Atletico Madrid.

However, on Saturday at Wembley in the Community Shield against Manchester United, we may have seen a few clues as to why City are prepared to let 24-year-old Alvarez leave.

A largely youthful City team secured a 7-6 success on penalties after the game finished 1-1 after 90 minutes.

City's side included winger Oscar Bobb, another 21-year-old in James McAtee, who spent last season on loan at Sheffield United, and inexperienced Nico O'Reilly, 19.

Twenty-year-old Brazilian winger Savinho only joined City last month but made an impressive cameo as a substitute for the last 30 minutes.

Emma Hayes said winning Olympic football gold with the United States was "the greatest moment" of her career.

The 47-year-old led the USA to a 1-0 victory over Brazil and their first women's football gold since 2012.

Victory at the Parc des Princes came just 84 days after Hayes won the Women's Super League title with Chelsea, the team she managed for 12 years, achieving great success.

She had just four warm-up games in her new job to prepare for Paris 2024, with few talking about the USA as serious contenders for the gold medal.

"Chelsea has been my love," she said. "Every trophy I won with that club is dear to me.

"But this professionally is probably much bigger than anything else I have ever done."

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Great Britain's Ollie Wood said he felt like he had been "rear-ended by a lorry" after a crash put paid to his and Mark Stewart's chances in the men's Olympic madison.

The British pair - current world silver medallists - finished 10th as Portugal won a historic first Olympic gold on the track.

While they never looked in contention, the Team GB riders picked up 11 points on the sprints but were lapped after Wood was brought down by the Netherlands' Jan-Willem van Schip in one of several crashes.

He passed a concussion test before returning to the track though later said he was suffering knee and buttock pain.

Stewart was a late replacement for Ethan Hayter, who withdrew with a thigh strain suffered during Wednesday’s silver medal-winning team pursuit.

"I feel like I have been rear-ended by a lorry," Wood, 28, told BBC Sport. "The biggest rider on the track hit me from behind.

"There were quite a few crashes in that segment of the race. I think everyone was so on their limit, cognitive function starts to go at that point."

The Dutch team were later disqualified from the race and Van Schip fined £720 for a "blow with the helmet", according to the commissaires’ decision.

Stewart, also 28, said: "It's the Olympics; if there is anything we learned from the five days leading into this, it was going to be the hardest madison anyone has experienced.

"We were ready for it. At the end of the day we just lacked that little bit physically."

An inspired performance over the 200 laps from Iuri Leitao and Rui Oliveira, including a blistering final sprint to win double points, saw them become Portugal's first Olympic champions in Paris.

They finished on 55 points, eight points ahead of Italy who took silver. Bronze went to Denmark on 41.

But it was a race marred by several high-speed crashes, in addition to Woods' collision, with Spain's Albert Torres Barcelo stopped from returning to racing after banging his head on the boards in a crash.

Italians Simone Consonni and Elia Viviani looked set to take the win, but after Consonni hit the deck, they could not respond to Portugal's late surge. Consonni's sister, Chiara Consonni, won gold in the women's madison on Friday.

Newly triumphant Portugal had never won a medal in track cycling before Leitao's silver in the omnium on Thursday.

Ards mosque community 'nervous' after attack

CCTV footage shows the attack on the Newtownards Islamic centre

The founder of an Islamic centre in Newtownards has said an overnight attack has left his community nervous, but added they will not leave the town. A petrol bomb was thrown towards the centre on Greenwell Street on Saturday morning, while graffiti was written on the wall. It is one of a number of racially-motivated hate crimes being investigated by police across Northern Ireland over the past week. Abdul Rob said four generations of his family have used the centre.

Abdul Rob says four generations of his family have used the centre

Cars were also set alight in Tavanagh Street and Sandhurst Gardens in Belfast in separate attacks. It follows a week of sporadic disorder which saw rioters attack police at various sites in Belfast and several members of the public reported they had been assaulted. Thirty-two people have been arrested. On Friday night, the rear door of a restaurant on Ormeau Road was also kicked and racial slurs shouted to the workers inside.

Mosque attack 'beneath contempt'

Speaking to BBC News NI on Saturday, Abdul Rob said his community is "not going to leave". "This is our country, we’re going to stay there, why are we going to go," he said. SDLP MP Claire Hanna said an attack on a place of worship is "beneath and below contempt" and that it would "not be tolerated". Speaking at the United Against Racism rally in Belfast, she added she hopes those responsible feel "the full force of the law". Sinn Féin assembly member Deirdre Hargey described the attack on the mosque as "disheartening". "We need to show that if they carry out these actions then we will go after them," she continued.

Abdul Rob The mosque was daubed with graffiti but a petrol bomb failed to ignite

A statement from the Islamic Centres of Northern Ireland condemned the "mindless Islamophobic and hate attack" on the Newtownards mosque on Saturday. "We know that those perpetrators represent only a small minority of individuals with a far right agenda which is detrimental to the prosperity of Northern Ireland," it added. The statement also thanked the community for the "overwhelming support" members have received and praised those who turned out to anti-racism rallies held in Belfast and Londonderry over recent days.

Dozens of arrests

A 22-year-old man arrested following Friday's protests in Belfast has since been charged with offences including disorderly behaviour and criminal damage. He is due to appear in court next month. Two 14-year-old boys have been charged in Londonderry. This comes after number of petrol bombs were found by police in the vicinity of Spencer Road in Derry. A 37-year-old man was arrested in Portrush on suspicion of "intentionally encouraging riot" in relation to online activity.

Pacemaker There was a heavy police presence in Belfast during Friday's protests

“We continue to investigate all reports made to us in relation to the recent disorder on our streets and we will be making further arrests," Ass Ch Con Melanie Jones said. Police said they would continue to have a visible policing operation in place across Northern Ireland this weekend.

Other incidents

Pacemaker Several family homes were attacked during the week, including in Kilburn Street

A number of anti-racist rallies have been held following days of sporadic disorder. One man was seriously injured when attackers stamped on his head during an assault in the Donegall Road/Oban Street area on Monday night. A number of family homes and businesses were damaged. These including an estate agency on Woodvale Road which was rammed by a gang in a hijacked car. People from ethnic minorities who have made Northern Ireland their home have spoken out about their fear of being targeted during the violence. A trustee of the Belfast Multi-Cultural Association (BMCA) said on Friday that his own family had not left the house for a week.

I had 25k of stock stolen on 'best' high street

Geraint Geraint owns several stores around the UK and says Cardiff is by far the worst for break-ins

An owner of a vape shop on what was recently named Britain's best high street has called it "unworthy" of the title after he had £25,000 of stock stolen. Geraint, 33, said there had been four attempted break-ins at his shop Queen Street Vapes in Cardiff. Queen Street took top prize in a consumer survey earlier this week run by GlobalData for American Express. South Wales Police said it would continue to work to make Cardiff a "vibrant, safe and friendly" place.

Geraint, from Blackwood in Caerphilly county, owns shops in Swindon, Cwmbran, Abergavenny as well as his hometown, said he mainly worked in Cardiff because of the trouble he had dealt with. He said: "It gets to the point where I have considered selling up and cutting my losses". "I struggle sleeping because of it, no CCTV or alarm system prevents them from getting in." Geraint posted a video on social media appearing to show three people taking vapes from his shop. South Wales Police said a 37-year-old man had pleaded guilty to burglary and the other two suspects had not been identified.

Queen Street Vapes has had four attempted break-ins since February

Closer to the centre of the street, staff at Savers said theft and threats from shoplifters were a daily occurrence. Ethan James Barnes, 20, who has worked at the Queen Street store for two years, said: "Just this morning someone came in and stole £118 worth of baby's milk. You often get people stealing milk and laundry pods." He said police could not properly enforce the law due to the thefts being of low-value items. "The only time the police have been involved is when I was slapped in the face," he said. South Wales Police said it dealt with "all shoplifters regardless of value" but outcomes may vary depending on circumstances.

BBC News Ethan James Barnes and Lauren Bowles say they experience violent behaviour everyday at work

Rhys Thomas, 25, has worked at Holland and Barrett on Queen Street for more than a year, and said staff had started wearing body cameras in that time. "The main downside of the job is the violence," he said. "It's a continuous cycle with the same reoffenders, they get violent and the police get involved but it doesn't deter them, they keep coming back."

Cardiff's Queen Street scooped top prize - but shop workers say it's "unworthy".