13/08/2016 BBC Weekend News

Sir Bradley Wiggins has become the most decorated

British Olympian of all time, after Britain's cyclists claimed

their first gold of the Rio Games in the velodrome last night.

Sir Bradley and the cycling pursuit team set the world

Team GB now sits third in the medal table.

Sir Bradley Wiggins, a knight of the realm

He becomes the most decorated British Olympic athlete of all time.

The man who does things his own way, but he could not do this alone.

With Ed Clancy, Owain Doull and Steven Burke, he had

already broken the world record in qualifying.

Now they need something even more special.

Australia into the lead, but this is a British team that

It is coming down to the last lap, will it be Britain or Australia?

It certainly will be Great Britain and in a world-record time!

The last 12 months we have pretty much done everything together,

early morning starts at the track, late finishes at the track before

For Jazz Carlin, this has been a Games to remember.

Already one silver medal won, now a chance to get on the podium again.

But against the American Katie Ledecky, who already had three

golds from these Games, this was perhaps always

Still, that was a race Carlin was winning.

Ledecky breaking her own world record, Carlin a second

Sometimes the most magical moments are those that are least expected.

Britain has never won an Olympic medal in trampolining,

but here was Bryony Page, writing her own piece of history.

A sport that requires leaps higher than two double-decker buses,

Page was now reaching heights that no British woman had before.

This routine catapulted her to the top of the leaderboard.

Now all she could do was wait and watch.

Only Canada's Rosannagh MacLennan could do better.

Bryony Page is an Olympic silver medallist!

I can't believe I have won an Olympic medal.

There are few sports more eagerly anticipated the start

Perhaps a disappointment there were not more inside to see

it, but, for British fans, there was plenty in the heptathlon

Jessica Ennis-Hill, the Olympic champion,

The 100 metre hurdles, one of Ennis-Hill's strongest events,

put her into the lead, but in Katarina Johnson-Thompson,

she has a British rival that can push her all the way.

Her clearance of 1.98 metres, a new British record.

If it is to be a battle between these two, the 200 metres

Johnson-Thompson's win leaving her in fourth.

Ennis-Hill once again leads the field going

Another winner from that fabled Super Saturday

He did just enough to qualify for the long jump final.

We have Jessica standing there, and Kat bringing up the rear,

With another Super Saturday in store, Sir Bradley Wiggins may

just have started a weekend of British sporting success.

There's a chance of more medals in the velodrome later today.

Is it going to be a super Saturday? It could well be, Gavin. After that

historic night for Sir Bradley Wiggins and the men's team pursuit,

the women's team pursuit go for gold today, they are the defending

champions from London 2012. Also hopes for Becky James in the key

ring. As you say, a huge day in the athletics, could it be another super

Saturday, could history repeat itself? Jessica Ennis-Hill leading

the heptathlon at the halfway stage, Greg Rutherford through to the long

jump final, albeit after something of a scare, and Mo Farah in the

10,000 metres. It could be another very special night for team GB Inbee

athletics. We also see Usain Bolt for the first time here in Rio, he

goes in the heat of the 100 metres. More British medal hopes in the

roving, the men's and women's aid, both with medal chances, and Michael

Phelps will be hoping to round off his extraordinary career with a 23rd

Olympic title in the pool. Andy, thanks very much.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, has promised

to guarantee EU funding for farmers and scientists after

The move could cost up to ?4.5 billion a year,

but it will only apply to projects agreed before the Autumn Statement,

Our political correspondent Eleanor Garnier joins me now.

How significant is all this? You will remember farmers and scientists

have been worried that the money they get from the EU might disappear

once Britain leaves the EU. Today they are being told anything that is

an EU funded project signed off ahead of the Autumn Statement,

normally around November, will not lose out financially. The bill will

effectively be picked up by the taxpayer. If you are a farmer

getting direct funding from the EU, that has been guaranteed by the

Treasury until 2020. Many affected groups have welcomed the news,

saying it provides a much-needed short-term certainty but there are

big questions and concerns over the long-term future of the funding. The

point of today's announcement was to try to boost the economy in what

could be a very difficult time, economically, post-Brexit vote in

June. Remember, if economic growth is lower than expected, it means

less money coming into the Treasury, and much harder and harder decisions

for the Chancellor to make. Eleanor, thanks very much.

The father and ex-husband of a woman from Bradford who was killed

while visiting her family have appeared in court in Pakistan.

Saima Shahid, who was 28, was strangled.

Mohammad Shakeel, Samia's first husband, is being held

Her father, Choudhry Shahid, is under investigation

The men have been remanded in custody for four days.

You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.