:00:00. > :00:08.Britain's most decorated female Olympian of all time -
:00:09. > :00:10.Katherine Grainger rows into the history books in Rio
:00:11. > :00:20.The 40-year-old won silver with Vicky Thornley
:00:21. > :00:22.in the double sculls - though they were agonisingly
:00:23. > :00:27.Mixed emotions after coming so close, but Kath Grainger only
:00:28. > :00:31.came out of retirement two years ago to compete at her 5th Olympics.
:00:32. > :00:34.If I could come out with anything, a medal of any kind,
:00:35. > :00:39.it would probably be my greatest achievement.
:00:40. > :00:41.Just because of where it started from.
:00:42. > :00:44.There were many many dark days if I'm honest where I could
:00:45. > :00:46.never really see how this could ever happen.
:00:47. > :00:48.We'll be looking at all the latest action from Rio
:00:49. > :00:53.Professor Alexis Jay is named as the new head
:00:54. > :00:55.of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse -
:00:56. > :01:00.Gas attack claims in Aleppo - the UN investigates reports that
:01:01. > :01:08.Syrian government forces dropped chlorine on rebel held areas.
:01:09. > :01:12.And why Muslim women are the most disadvantaged in British society.
:01:13. > :01:21.According to a new report by MPs. Later, sports day on the BBC News
:01:22. > :01:22.channel with the latest reports, results and features from the BBC
:01:23. > :01:45.sports centre. Good afternoon, and welcome
:01:46. > :01:47.to the BBC News at 6. The rower Katherine Grainger has
:01:48. > :01:49.become Britain's most decorated female Olympian,
:01:50. > :01:51.after winning her 5th medal She took silver with Vicky Thornley
:01:52. > :01:55.in the women's double sculls - though the pair were agonisingly
:01:56. > :02:00.close to taking gold. 40-year-old Kath Grainger came out
:02:01. > :02:02.of retirement two years ago It's been a difficult road to Rio,
:02:03. > :02:07.but afterwards she said having a medal around their neck
:02:08. > :02:09.made it all worthwhile. Andy Swiss is at the Lagoa Stadium
:02:10. > :02:18.in Rio. Andy.
:02:19. > :02:22.Yes, what an incredible few hours we have had here at the rowing lake.
:02:23. > :02:27.Katherine Grainger arrived here in Rio more than hope than expectation,
:02:28. > :02:32.her chances of that fifth Olympic medal seemed to be failing after a
:02:33. > :02:35.troubled build-up but against all the odds, she is into the record
:02:36. > :02:40.books. Rarely has a more remarkable journey
:02:41. > :02:46.had a happier ending. Katherine Grainger, the new history woman of
:02:47. > :02:49.British sport. After her gold in London 2012, Grainger took a
:02:50. > :02:53.two-year break from rowing before a comeback with her new partner Vicky
:02:54. > :02:58.Thornley, but they struggled. Just months ago they were even in the
:02:59. > :03:02.team. But out of no where they produced something staggering. The
:03:03. > :03:05.pair led for most of the way, on course for a fairy tale gold but
:03:06. > :03:11.Poland edged past to set up a thrilling finish. Cue the motion,
:03:12. > :03:14.glacial and that, and for the 40-year-old Grainger, place in the
:03:15. > :03:20.record books. Going away Olympic silver medallist. What an incredible
:03:21. > :03:24.race and what an incredible moment for Katherine Grainger. Five games,
:03:25. > :03:30.five medals, the most decorated British woman in Olympic history. I
:03:31. > :03:33.don't think anything could eclipse London because of everything that
:03:34. > :03:38.surrounded it, but I remembered the start of this campaign, thinking if
:03:39. > :03:41.I could come out with anything, medal of any kind, it would be
:03:42. > :03:46.silver. There were many dark days, where I couldn't see how this could
:03:47. > :03:50.happen. So to be standing here, with a medal round our next has made it
:03:51. > :03:57.worthwhile. Great Britain's new heroine! Grainger's five medals
:03:58. > :04:02.takes a clear of her only modern-day rival, Rebecca Adlington with four.
:04:03. > :04:06.I'm so pleased for her, to make that decision to come back and it was a
:04:07. > :04:10.case of, not being among the medals, there has been a lot of talk about
:04:11. > :04:14.the form they are in and if she will get on the podium. To get that
:04:15. > :04:20.silver medal, I think she will be very, very pleased with that. So
:04:21. > :04:25.after silver medals at Sydney, Athens, Beijing 2008 and gold at
:04:26. > :04:29.London 2012, she has made it a famous five. This will surely be the
:04:30. > :04:33.end of her career. But the Katherine Grainger... What a way to go out!
:04:34. > :04:35.Andy Swiss, BBC News, Rio. Well in terms of making history -
:04:36. > :04:38.it's been a pretty successful 24 hours for Team GB,
:04:39. > :04:43.with Britain's first ever Olympic gold in diving and then the gymnast
:04:44. > :04:46.Max Whitlock's bronze late last night - Britain's first
:04:47. > :04:48.all round gymnastics medal - Natalie Pirks reports
:04:49. > :05:02.on a packed day of action. It was wet and windy, but proved to
:05:03. > :05:06.be wonderful. Wednesday delivered a bounty of medals for Team GB from
:05:07. > :05:13.across the sporting spectrum. Manages a double pirouette on top,
:05:14. > :05:17.good job. In an historic night in both the pool and the gymnastics,
:05:18. > :05:21.Max Whitlock delivered bronze to claim Britain's first Olympic
:05:22. > :05:27.all-round gymnastic medal in eight years. It is so difficult, unlike
:05:28. > :05:31.any other medal, you have to get six pieces right on the day and I'm so
:05:32. > :05:35.proud do that. The wet conditions for a bonus in the watersports after
:05:36. > :05:44.Joe Clark claimed gold in the men's kayak. Jack laughter and Chris Mears
:05:45. > :05:51.BB US a in China to win gold in the synchronised springboard final. For
:05:52. > :05:56.Chris Mears, given just a 5% chance of survival in 2009 when he was in a
:05:57. > :06:00.coma after rupturing his spleen, becoming Britain's first-ever diving
:06:01. > :06:04.Olympic champion is a proud moment. When you go through something like
:06:05. > :06:08.that, it really helps shape you as a person. It's really taught me a lot
:06:09. > :06:13.about myself and about myself believe, and knowing if I can get
:06:14. > :06:19.through that, that is as low as low can get. That I can really work hard
:06:20. > :06:25.at diving. Golf is back after a 112 year break, and Justin Rose has
:06:26. > :06:29.already made history with the sport's first Olympic: one. He likes
:06:30. > :06:39.this, he has a hole in one! Justin Rose has the first hole in one.
:06:40. > :06:44.Kazakhstan broke the weightlifting record to lift gold yesterday and
:06:45. > :06:51.become a sensation. Britain's Tom Daly has bumped into American's
:06:52. > :06:58.Samoan buyers. Her talent was already clear in footage of her as a
:06:59. > :07:01.child, she is on course to get gold tonight. David Florence had to get
:07:02. > :07:05.over the disappointment of his last place finish in the canoe slalom.
:07:06. > :07:10.Him and partner Richard Hounslow are through to the finals of the men's
:07:11. > :07:14.doubles later. Tonight sees the return of Sir Bradley Wiggins to the
:07:15. > :07:20.as the cycling team emulate look to any rate the success of London 2012.
:07:21. > :07:22.That sprint final tonight. Natalie Pirks, BBC News, Rio.
:07:23. > :07:25.This is how the medals table looks right now The United States
:07:26. > :07:28.are still at the top, and Team GB are in 9th place with 13
:07:29. > :07:37.Tonight, all eyes will be on the Velodrome as Team GB's track
:07:38. > :07:43.Our Sports Editor Dan Roan is in the Olympic Park.
:07:44. > :07:50.There are some serious medal hopes there, aren't there, Dan?
:07:51. > :07:53.There certainly are. What is exciting for a Team GB perspective
:07:54. > :07:57.it so far bed three gold medals have happened in events in which they
:07:58. > :08:00.haven't traditionally enjoyed that much success, swimming, diving and
:08:01. > :08:04.the canoe slalom. Now we are about to enter a phase in which they are
:08:05. > :08:08.very strong indeed, track and field, which starts on the Olympic Stadium
:08:09. > :08:15.tomorrow, and here as you say, track cycling, they won nine medals in
:08:16. > :08:18.London 2012 in that sport. Seven gold, twice as many as almost any
:08:19. > :08:23.other nation that was competing. There is no Sir Chris Hoy this time
:08:24. > :08:27.after retirement, but as Natalie said based on Jason Kenny, Philip
:08:28. > :08:32.Hinds, both of them were part of that men's team sprint that enjoyed
:08:33. > :08:35.success last time round. Jason Kenny and three gold medals already an
:08:36. > :08:39.Olympics in his career. The velodrome, of all the venues at
:08:40. > :08:43.these Rio games, that was the one that gave organisers most cause for
:08:44. > :08:48.concern. They only opened in June, but it is ready and I don't think
:08:49. > :08:52.that will bother British cyclists this evening one iota, they will be
:08:53. > :08:56.very confident. Also the rugby sevens, Team GB in the semifinals
:08:57. > :09:00.against South Africa. If they win they will be in the final playing
:09:01. > :09:05.Fiji or Japan. They hope will be that they are inspired by Kath
:09:06. > :09:08.Grainger's great achievement today and continue the momentum generated
:09:09. > :09:10.yesterday into this day as well. Dan Roan, thank you.
:09:11. > :09:11.The independent inquiry into historical child abuse
:09:12. > :09:15.in England and Wales has been beset by problems since it began in 2014.
:09:16. > :09:19.Today the inquiry named its 4th chair in just two years.
:09:20. > :09:23.Professor Alexis Jay - a child protection expert -
:09:24. > :09:25.will now take over, after Dame Lowell Goddard became
:09:26. > :09:29.Professor Jay led the inquiry into child exploitation
:09:30. > :09:37.Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford reports.
:09:38. > :09:43.Professor Alexis Jay is not a judge or even a lawyer, but she is a
:09:44. > :09:49.hugely experienced social worker and former director of social services.
:09:50. > :09:54.At least 1400 individual children in Rotherham were victims of sexual
:09:55. > :09:58.exploitation over the 16 years. She also led the successful and
:09:59. > :10:03.ground-breaking inquiry into the rape and trafficking of children in
:10:04. > :10:08.Rotherham, which reported in 2014. The first chair of this England and
:10:09. > :10:11.Wales wide inquiry with Baroness Butler-Sloss, but she stood down
:10:12. > :10:16.when an old recording emerged of her suggesting a bishop who had abused
:10:17. > :10:19.children should not be named. Then came Dame Fiona Woolf, but she
:10:20. > :10:24.stepped aside because of her friendship with the former home Home
:10:25. > :10:27.Secretary Leon Britton. The third chat Dame Lau Goddard came all the
:10:28. > :10:33.way from New Zealand but resigned last week, speaking of the inquiry's
:10:34. > :10:36.legacy of failure. The inquiry has had a few false starts but this is
:10:37. > :10:41.really good news, the appointment of Alexis Jay. The work needs to
:10:42. > :10:45.continue apace and I'm sure it well. By asking an existing member of the
:10:46. > :10:49.inquiry panel to be the new chair, the Home Secretary has minimised the
:10:50. > :10:53.disruption in the huge task that lies ahead. But there is no escaping
:10:54. > :10:58.the fact that there are risks in appointing someone with no formal
:10:59. > :11:04.legal training to run such a complex inquiry. Nonetheless, this senior
:11:05. > :11:08.lawyer who represents survivors of abuse in North Wales thinks she's a
:11:09. > :11:13.good choice. Alexis Jay has got the background and she's already working
:11:14. > :11:17.with this inquiry, so she's going to be bringing something to the inquiry
:11:18. > :11:21.that may be a lawyer could not bring.
:11:22. > :11:24.What lies ahead for Professor J is five years of gruelling testimony
:11:25. > :11:28.fostered she will hear the first evidence from survivors of sexual
:11:29. > :11:30.abuse in February. The Court of Appeal will rule
:11:31. > :11:33.on Friday in a dispute over voting The party has appealed
:11:34. > :11:38.against a High Court ruling that those joining after 12th
:11:39. > :11:46.January should be allowed to vote. Labour's argued that its ruling NEC
:11:47. > :11:48.body, not the courts, were the "ultimate
:11:49. > :11:50.arbiter" of the rules. But the QC for Labour members
:11:51. > :11:52.questioned whether the NEC should have "unfettered power" over
:11:53. > :11:55.who could vote. The United Nations says it's
:11:56. > :11:58.investigating reports of a chlorine gas attack in the besieged Syrian
:11:59. > :12:10.city of Aleppo. The UN said such an attack would be
:12:11. > :12:11.a war crime but the Syrian government has denied any
:12:12. > :12:12.involvement. Our Middle East Correspondent has
:12:13. > :12:14.this exclusive report, on what victims say
:12:15. > :12:16.was the aftermath of the attack. A warning - it contains
:12:17. > :12:24.some disturbing images. The battle for Aleppo
:12:25. > :12:27.is a desperate struggle, Last night, what appears to have
:12:28. > :12:38.been a chemical attack on the people As the hospital struggled
:12:39. > :12:42.to help, there was When chlorine gas gets inside small
:12:43. > :13:00.lungs, it can do terrible damage. Children and babies
:13:01. > :13:22.are especially vulnerable. When the rocket exploded we smelt
:13:23. > :13:25.gas, my eyes were hot and burning. I had difficulty breathing, it was a
:13:26. > :13:27.horrible smell, so horrible I cannot describe it.
:13:28. > :13:29.After a gas attack, clothing is removed and patients are washed
:13:30. > :13:35.The medics here at this hospital have had training from British
:13:36. > :13:37.doctors in dealing with chemical attacks.
:13:38. > :13:49.They know what to look for and how to react.
:13:50. > :13:56.We received lots of injuries, about 30 minutes ago. The injuries were
:13:57. > :14:01.caused by chlorine attacks in the area. When we checked the injury we
:14:02. > :14:03.set saw it was from chloride substance. We had people of all
:14:04. > :14:05.ages. It's hurting me a lot,
:14:06. > :14:07.says this boy. The doctors tell him,
:14:08. > :14:10.we will have to wash it out This neighbourhood was
:14:11. > :14:17.hit by as many as four barrel bombs from regime
:14:18. > :14:21.helicopters, say eyewitnesses. The remains of shells
:14:22. > :14:24.were taken away for analysis. President Assad's troops are under
:14:25. > :14:26.pressure and losing Despite evidence to the contrary,
:14:27. > :14:32.the regime has denied The attacks come at night
:14:33. > :14:38.because people can't see It's a desperate tactic
:14:39. > :14:43.and it's horribly effective. A mother and two children
:14:44. > :14:46.were killed in this attack Quentin Sommerville,
:14:47. > :15:08.BBC News, Beirut. Katherine Grainger becomes Britain's
:15:09. > :15:15.most decorated Olympian of all time, winning her fifth Olympic medal.
:15:16. > :15:18.Still to come, sticking with Olympic legends, American legend Michael
:15:19. > :15:25.Phelps will be back in the pool later, trying to win his 22nd gold
:15:26. > :15:29.medal. Coming up on Olympic sports day in the next 15 minutes on BBC
:15:30. > :15:33.News, I will have the latest action on the sixth day of competition, as
:15:34. > :15:42.Team GB's cyclist hit the track for the first time in Rio.
:15:43. > :15:44.Muslim women are the most economically disadvantaged
:15:45. > :15:50.group in our society, according to a report by MPs today.
:15:51. > :15:55.of Muslim women are unemployed, compared to 5% of all women.
:15:56. > :16:02.And 58% are economically inactive, compared with 27% of all women.
:16:03. > :16:05.MPs are calling on employers to change the way they recruit staff,
:16:06. > :16:10.They say that's because white-sounding names are more likely
:16:11. > :16:15.Our Home Editor Mark Easton reports from Manchester.
:16:16. > :16:18.We are here today to talk about Muslims and the workplace.
:16:19. > :16:21.How hard is it getting a job if you are a Muslim?
:16:22. > :16:26.On a community radio station in Manchester they are asking why
:16:27. > :16:29.Muslims emerge as the most economically disadvantaged group
:16:30. > :16:40.It's just the stereotypes attached with Muslim women wearing a hijab,
:16:41. > :16:44.The inequalities are bad for men but disastrous for women.
:16:45. > :16:46.Even taking into account education and language skills,
:16:47. > :16:52.Muslim women suffer significantly higher levels of worklessness
:16:53. > :16:56.than women generally, with evidence that employers
:16:57. > :16:58.are illegally discriminating against job applicants
:16:59. > :17:02.because of religious dress or Muslim sounding names.
:17:03. > :17:06.We have had reports of people changing their name by deed poll.
:17:07. > :17:09.There are not a lot of examples where I've heard of that,
:17:10. > :17:11.but there are examples and it shocks me.
:17:12. > :17:16.Changing their names so they can get a job?
:17:17. > :17:18.Changing their name to something sounding more English or white
:17:19. > :17:23.Today, a report from MPs says many Muslim women face a triple penalty
:17:24. > :17:25.of discrimination when trying to get a job.
:17:26. > :17:27.They are women, they are from an ethnic minority, and most
:17:28. > :17:31.It refers to a chill factor, where the fear of discrimination
:17:32. > :17:34.and hostility in the workplace is putting off many Muslim women
:17:35. > :17:38.I met a 21-year-old Muslim graduate who told me how,
:17:39. > :17:40.after telephone interviews for a sales job, she was
:17:41. > :17:44.But when she turned up for the face-to-face interview,
:17:45. > :17:51.I was completely the same as I was on the phone,
:17:52. > :17:56.But I felt there was a bit of a change in the tone.
:17:57. > :18:00.And I was the only other person there in the group
:18:01. > :18:04.Do you think that has changed your attitude to job
:18:05. > :18:08.It can be nerve wracking already when you are going
:18:09. > :18:12.for a face-to-face interview, but then to have that kind
:18:13. > :18:15.of added worry that, what will they think they see me?
:18:16. > :18:19.Muslim women face really unacceptable levels
:18:20. > :18:21.of discrimination, but that discrimination comes
:18:22. > :18:24.from the workplace, from employers, and also
:18:25. > :18:33.Almost like a stereotyping of the role that
:18:34. > :18:37.Support groups like this work to counter the isolation
:18:38. > :18:40.Although more are choosing careers, their traditional
:18:41. > :18:47.They are four times more likely to be looking after home
:18:48. > :18:51.The Muslim woman is seen to be the homemaker,
:18:52. > :18:53.a person who stays at home, looks after the kids,
:18:54. > :19:03.Now Muslim girls want to go into education, higher education,
:19:04. > :19:06.and they want to do that and have careers.
:19:07. > :19:08.The government says progress is being made, but concedes
:19:09. > :19:21.A woman and three children aged between 11 and 13 were killed
:19:22. > :19:23.in a multiple vehicle pile up on the A34 in Berkshire
:19:24. > :19:28.The woman has been named locally as Tracy Houghton
:19:29. > :19:32.Her two sons and an 11 year old girl travelling
:19:33. > :19:50.This is the exact spot on the A34 where a mother was killed alongside
:19:51. > :19:55.her children as she travelled home. She has been named in her hometown
:19:56. > :20:00.of Dunstable as Tracy Houghton along with her sons, 13-year-old Ethan and
:20:01. > :20:05.11-year-old Joshua. An 11-year-old girl travelling with them in the
:20:06. > :20:11.same car was also killed. In all, 12 people were killed in this collision
:20:12. > :20:14.that emergency services described as harrowing. Four articulated lorries
:20:15. > :20:19.and four car is involved at the height of rush hour. One man remains
:20:20. > :20:24.in a serious condition after being airlifted to hospital. Police say
:20:25. > :20:29.they have arrested a 30-year-old man on suspicion of causing death by
:20:30. > :20:34.dangerous driving. He remains on police bail. As you can see, the A34
:20:35. > :20:41.is very much open, more than 24 hours on. But the investigation into
:20:42. > :20:44.what happened here is very much ongoing. Police want to hear from
:20:45. > :20:50.anyone who might have seen what led up to this tragedy and the death of
:20:51. > :20:52.a mother and three children. Then more reporting from the scene of the
:20:53. > :20:57.accident in which four people died. A brief look at some of the day's
:20:58. > :21:00.other other news stories. Hospitals in England have once again
:21:01. > :21:02.missed key performance targets. Accident and emergency
:21:03. > :21:04.departments saw 90% of patients within four hours in June -
:21:05. > :21:07.below their 95% target. Ambulance response and cancer
:21:08. > :21:10.treatment targets were also missed. NHS England said that frontline
:21:11. > :21:24.services were under More than 50,000 litres of fuel are
:21:25. > :21:29.thought to have leaked from an oil rig that ran aground in the Western
:21:30. > :21:33.Isles earlier this week. The rig was blown the islands of Lewis by high
:21:34. > :21:37.winds, rupturing tanks. However, no oil has been seen in the water and
:21:38. > :21:39.officials believe most of the fuel has evaporated.
:21:40. > :21:42.A Requiem Mass has been held for the Bishop of Derry,
:21:43. > :21:44.Edward Daly, the priest who raised a blood-soaked handkerchief
:21:45. > :21:46.and guided the body of a dying teenager through army gunfire
:21:47. > :21:50.A message of condolence from Pope Francis was read
:21:51. > :21:53.to mourners at St Eugene's Cathedral in Londonderry.
:21:54. > :21:59.Bishop Daly will be buried in the cathedral grounds.
:22:00. > :22:02.The number of houses for sale in most areas in the UK
:22:03. > :22:06.is at a record low according to experts, with price growth
:22:07. > :22:09.faltering and inquiries from new buyers falling.
:22:10. > :22:13.The monthly snapshot of the housing market by the Royal Institution
:22:14. > :22:16.of Chartered Surveyors, suggests weakening activity in July.
:22:17. > :22:19.But longer term, the report says the market is likely to recover,
:22:20. > :22:22.as our Economics Correspondent Andy Verity reports.
:22:23. > :22:26.So what is it that makes a house like this worth ?6 million?
:22:27. > :22:30.An upmarket property at the top of the hill
:22:31. > :22:33.in leafy Wimbledon Village, and it's the top end of the housing
:22:34. > :22:35.market that's suffered the sharpest slowdown.
:22:36. > :22:45.Estate agents say purchasers of properties like this are trying
:22:46. > :22:50.Sellers are responding by taking their houses
:22:51. > :22:53.Central London has almost come to a grinding halt.
:22:54. > :22:59.In the suburbs there are fewer purchasers in the market.
:23:00. > :23:02.We are seeing viewings, and the most important thing
:23:03. > :23:04.is we are in the middle of the summer season,
:23:05. > :23:07.so we would expect to see more inspections by purchasers later
:23:08. > :23:10.The monthly snapshot of surveyors' expectations often closely
:23:11. > :23:16.Here's where surveyors have expected prices to go, starting in 2007.
:23:17. > :23:18.And here's what actually happened to prices since then,
:23:19. > :23:25.showing how close to reality surveyors' expectations can be.
:23:26. > :23:28.This isn't just a London story, it's right across the country.
:23:29. > :23:31.There are fewer estate agents reporting prices rising,
:23:32. > :23:35.fewer new buyers making enquiries, fewer houses changing hands.
:23:36. > :23:37.And the number instructing estate agents to sell their houses
:23:38. > :23:47.A month ago, after the shock of the Brexit vote, surveyors
:23:48. > :23:50.expected prices in most areas to drop, but in central Birmingham,
:23:51. > :23:54.for example, they are now convinced the market is bouncing back.
:23:55. > :23:56.I think the combination of people knowing there
:23:57. > :23:58.is a stable government, the combination of low interest
:23:59. > :24:00.rates being forecast long term, and I think particularly
:24:01. > :24:03.in Birmingham we are seeing a level of confidence in the city
:24:04. > :24:09.For young families needing a home, the prospect of a big drop in house
:24:10. > :24:12.prices isn't a fear, it's a hope.
:24:13. > :24:14.But with a steady market outside London and such a dearth
:24:15. > :24:17.of property for sale, that hope is now fading.
:24:18. > :24:24.Back to Rio, and the American swimmer Michael Phelps returns
:24:25. > :24:29.He's already well established as an Olympic legend.
:24:30. > :24:32.But if he wins his 200 metre race tonight, he'll become the first
:24:33. > :24:35.Olympian to win gold in the same event
:24:36. > :24:43.Our Sports Editor Dan Roan looks at the man behind the medals.
:24:44. > :24:48.With 25 medals, 21 of them gold,
:24:49. > :24:51.Michael Phelps is a sporting phenomenon.
:24:52. > :24:54.The American. born to swim and to win.
:24:55. > :24:57.If you look at his body shape, he's got a really long body, which
:24:58. > :25:02.When he does that whippy kick underneath the water,
:25:03. > :25:04.he's just that much better and quicker than everybody else.
:25:05. > :25:07.You get people like Usain Bolt who take sport to another level,
:25:08. > :25:09.Michael Phelps has done that in the swimming pool.
:25:10. > :25:12.And now the rest of the world has slowly caught up.
:25:13. > :25:15.He's had his time and I think after here he will retire and retire
:25:16. > :25:17.as the greatest athlete, sportsmen, of all time.
:25:18. > :25:21.Phelps' mind-boggling medal haul began in Athens 12 years ago -
:25:22. > :25:24.his second Olympics - when he won six golds.
:25:25. > :25:28.Incredibly, eight more followed in Beijing in 2008,
:25:29. > :25:30.surpassing fellow American swimmer Mark Spitz's record
:25:31. > :25:37.His gold tally reached 18 in London in what he said
:25:38. > :25:39.would be his last Olympics, but having changed his mind,
:25:40. > :25:44.three more golds have followed here in Rio.
:25:45. > :25:47.Well, there he is, the man himself, Michael Phelps.
:25:48. > :25:50.Even before these games he was the most decorated Olympian
:25:51. > :25:54.of all time, but now he's extended that invincibility.
:25:55. > :25:57.The medals he's won here in Rio could just be the most impressive
:25:58. > :26:06.That's because, while dominant in the pool, Phelps has had
:26:07. > :26:11.After a second drunk driving arrest in September 2014,
:26:12. > :26:14.the swimmer avoided prison but had to go into rehab and was
:26:15. > :26:20.The last three months of my life have been some of the hardest times
:26:21. > :26:28.And some of the biggest learning experiences I've ever had.
:26:29. > :26:35.Phelps is still the centre of attention but appears reformed,
:26:36. > :26:37.his recovery put down to a more settled family life and the birth
:26:38. > :26:42.And with three more golds on offer, one of the Olympics' greatest ever
:26:43. > :27:01.We might have some weather like Rio early next week, not for all of us.
:27:02. > :27:05.It felt like Rio earlier, this was from Torbay earlier. The sunshine
:27:06. > :27:10.was fairly limited though. A bit of cloud across the country and rain.
:27:11. > :27:14.This was from Argyll and Bute earlier. That's because we have
:27:15. > :27:18.weather fronts draped around the periphery of the UK. High pressure
:27:19. > :27:22.not close enough. Plenty of sunshine in the south but you can see the
:27:23. > :27:35.extent of cloud around the weather fronts. Still some sunshine in
:27:36. > :27:38.southern areas and no more than a spot of drizzle for the most part
:27:39. > :27:39.but not across western Scotland, a pretty miserable drive this evening,
:27:40. > :27:43.100 millimetres, about four inches, not great news if you want to head
:27:44. > :27:47.into the hills. For most of us overnight, dry with some low cloud
:27:48. > :27:52.around. It will not be cold and it should be a relatively bright start
:27:53. > :27:55.to Friday. The wind will be an issue if you are travelling trans-Pennine
:27:56. > :27:59.routes and into northern Scotland. Still rain across Scotland but
:28:00. > :28:05.further south the wind has the effects of blowing more holes in the
:28:06. > :28:09.cloud. Warm, 24, 25, prolonged sunshine across the Midlands, East
:28:10. > :28:13.Anglia and the south-east. More whether building up in the
:28:14. > :28:17.north-west, the heaviest rain advancing into the likes of Dumfries
:28:18. > :28:21.and Galloway. Eventually starting to ease in the north and west, but
:28:22. > :28:25.taking time. When it does finally move south, very little rain left
:28:26. > :28:30.tomorrow night. Saturday looks like a day of sunshine and showers.
:28:31. > :28:34.Brighter across Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England, but
:28:35. > :28:38.more cloud and the odd drizzly shower in the south. Still warm and
:28:39. > :28:42.dry for many on Sunday, and then warmth. But not for everybody.
:28:43. > :28:45.That's all from the BBC News at Six - so it's goodbye from me -