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‘Professional’ ParalympicsGB dominate New Zealand to reach wheelchair rugby knockouts

ParalympicsGB captain Gavin Walker saluted the professionalism of his team as they racked up a comprehensive win over New Zealand to book a spot in the wheelchair rugby semi-finals.

 

The Brits were in control from the off, as they scored 17 tries in a scintillating first quarter to lead by 12 and extended the advantage to 16 by half time.

 

New Zealand improved after the break but still

Wells adds dressage silver to Paralympic medal haul

Sophie Wells finished off a superb day for ParalympicsGB at the Tokyo Equestrian Park by taking silver in the dressage individual test grade V.

 

Wells backed up Sir Lee Pearson’s gold and Georgia Wilson’s bronze in the individual test grade II earlier in the afternoon with a brilliant routine on Don Cara.

 

She scored 74.405 per cent, just 2.119 back from

Hunter-Spivey, Stacey and Bayley straight through to table tennis quarter-finals

Jack Hunter-Spivey may not have known what anyone else’s cake would taste like but he served up his own tasty treat by dominating the world number two en route to the table tennis men’s singles class 5 quarter-finals.

 

Hunter-Spivey had never beaten Chinese Taipei’s

Summers-Newton and Kearney seal golden world record double

Tully Kearney and Maisie Summers-Newton (pictured) both set eye-catching world records on their way to maiden Paralympic titles as Britain’s swimmers enjoyed a stunning session at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on Thursday. 

Kearney produced a dominant performance to

Gilliver a cut above the rest to claim fabulous fencing gold

Piers Gilliver was left struggling for words after going one better than his Rio silver to claim top spot in the men’s wheelchair fencing épée category A at the Makuhari Messe. 

 

The 26-year-old had fallen at the round of 16 stage in the sabre competition a day earlier but showed no signs of letting that disappointment affect his performance with six straight wins in Pool 1. 

 

After breezing past Artem Manko of the Ukraine

Kearney and Summers-Newton power ParalympicsGB to double gold in the pool

The second day of swimming action saw ParalympicsGB roar to a golden double, as Tully Kearney and Maisie Summers-Newton powered to the top of the podium with a world record apiece. 

 

Kearney completed her remarkable journey from Rio heartbreak to the top of the Paralympic ranks, smashing her own global best time in the women’s 100m freestyle S5 to erase any disappointment at just missing out in the 200m a day earlier. 

 

A dramatic race over the longer distance had

SLC prepares to pay record number of students

 Chris Larmer, Executive Director, Operations on how students can make sure they are prepared for the first payment of the new academic year.

From:

Student Loans Company

The coming weeks look set to be very busy for the Student Loans Company (SLC) as we prepare to make student finance payments of over £2billion to over one million students.

Whether you are a new or returning student, we

UKHSA launches study to better understand COVID-19 vaccine response

UKHSA has been awarded funding to lead a consortium of research partners to better understand how individuals respond to the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines.

From:

UK Health Security Agency and Public Health England

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) will lead a consortium of academic partners receiving £1.5 million in funding from the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to understand why some people become infected after vaccination or prior infection while others do not.

The Public Health England (PHE) landmark

Pearson trots to 12th dressage gold as Wilson seals bronze on debut

A veteran and rookie both found success for ParalympicsGB at the equestrian park as Sir Lee Pearson won a 12th Paralympic gold medal of his storied career while teammate Georgia Wilson bagged a debut bronze.

 

The 47-year-old, who won his first gold medals

Bumper £9.5 million navigation investment for River Thames

Programme Programme includes locks, docks and three new fish channels

From:

Environment Agency

The Environment Agency has released its 2021 to 2022 list of navigation improvements to the Thames. With a total budget of £9.5 million, it’s the largest investment programme in a decade.

The improvement works stretch from Lechlade

Record-breaking Van Gass headlines another ParalympicsGB medal haul in the velodrome

Jaco van Gass smashed the world record and then won gold in the C3 3000m individual pursuit, leading a British one-two with Finlay Graham on another brilliant day for ParalympicsGB in the velodrome.

 

In his qualifying ride Graham, just 21 years old, brought down the seven-year world record – the oldest in track para-cycling – with an incredible 3:19.780 in his first Paralympic race.

 

About 20 minutes later Van Gass, never to be