“en’mo‘ition, you always life. the raw emotion, you always wa nt to grow life. the raw emotion, you always want to grow up with your kids. my eldest now is 16, 17 in december. will you be able to drive and help them, will you not. when did you first noticed something changing? probably 18 months, two years ago. i caught my left hand in a door on the farm. being an old rugby boy you know how it is, it was a bit tender andi know how it is, it was a bit tender and i lost a bit of power in my hand. i thought i will be ok, it will cement. but during winter months it got progressively worse andi months it got progressively worse and i lost a lot of power in my left hand. that bid is not too bad but if i try to squeeze, you could put a sponge, that is as hard as i can get. i have done a few programmes on concussion and when i was there the

surgeon concussion and when i was there the surgeon had a big graph of head injuries. did you get some head knocks? i think you always do in the way that we played, definitely. not often concussed but a few banks to the head. a lot of people in scotla nd the head. a lot of people in scotland 1% in scotland, so around 500 sufferers. and quite a large majority probably would have played by. majority probably would have played rugby. i do not think there is any connection to it,. i do not think anyone in the game has ever had a bad word about you. what has the reaction been from people you do not even know? outstanding. the reaction from everyone, really, especially by from everyone, really, especially rugby players. some we know and some we do not. the support has been unbelievable and very humbling. i could not believe it. it isjust unbelievable and very humbling. i could not believe it. it is just the by could not believe it. it is just the rugby public. he is now challenging all his energies into finding a

cure. it is not acceptable to have a condition where there is no cure. with any luck we can find a cure and i will be here to annoy you for many yea rs. i will be here to annoy you for many years. you are a great lad. and man. thank you so much. —— and our loved man. it's been a busy day for england's cricket and rugby union teams this afternoon prime minister theresa may today described this summer as a watershed for women's sport as she played host to england's cricket and rugby union teams at downing street england's rugby union team narrowly lost the world cup final to new zealand on saturday but the cricketers, led by heather knight, went one better and lifted the world cup after a dramatic final win over india at lord's. mrs may described the players of both teams as wonderful ambassadors. back to flushing meadows and could another major upset. johanna konta was knocked out last night. the

defending champion angelique kerber has lost her first set 6—3 in her match against the 45th ranked player in the world. that's all from sportsday. england have lost to west indies by five wickets in the second test at headingley. the result levelled the series at 1—1 with one match to play. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. the president of the european commission has criticised the government for not doing enough work on brexit over the summer. jean—claude juncker says official papers setting out britain's positions aren't satisfactory and an enormous amount of issues still need to be settled. with me now is our brussels correspondent damian grammaticas. jean—claude juncker being critical

and you wonder how representative his view is of the other 27 countries and indeed the chief brexit negotiator for the eu countries and indeed the chief brexit negotiatorfor the eu michel barnier in respect of the uk position papers. it is a good question because of course jean—claude juncker is not question because of course jean—claudejuncker is not directly involved in negotiations and not directly going to be involved in the decision to move those forward at some point to discussing trade relationship in future. that will be taken by the 27 other member countries the eu when they are satisfied that the legacy issues of the past of separating the uk from the past of separating the uk from the eu are dealt with. but i would say his opinion probably is worth listening to because... if only we could have heard what his opinion

was! that is a shame. we've lost damien in full flow, apologies. we may return to that. and in fact i think that the line has been restored. can you hear me? yes, i was just saying that jean—claude juncker! was just saying that jean—claude juncker i think is important to listen to because his negotiators in that building by those who are sitting today and tomorrow with the uk side, he is the one who pointed michel barnier to conduct the negotiations and they will make a recommendation to the other countries about whether the uk has done enough to unravel all of those issues. and what we're hearing clearly from the chief negotiator michel barnier and from jean—claude juncker and this evening from the president of the european parliament, a whole spread of opinion, is that the uk they believe really needs to do more. they're not satisfied that the uk is delivering

enough detail or enough progress. deadline is coming up next month or at least in octoberfor deadline is coming up next month or at least in october for sorting many of these issues out. what happens at the deadline is not match?m of these issues out. what happens at the deadline is not match? it is not a hard deadline, october is the next time the 27 other eu countries will meet here in brussels. that is the first opportunity they will have two said that they're happy with what the uk is proposing for the separation agreement and that they would be prepared to move onto talks about the future deal. but if they're not about the future deal. but if they‘ re not happy about the future deal. but if they're not happy at that stage or if the commission is not happy and does not even recommend that they consider moving forward you have to wait until december for the next chance to joe that. wait until december for the next chance tojoe that. the problem for the uk side is that delays will start to happen and as that builds in the pressure mounts and the sta kes get in the pressure mounts and the stakes get higher. we got there in the end, many thanks. a full hour of

news coming up. now time for a look at all the weather news. good evening. temperatures will be some 10 degrees or even more lower than today across some parts of the uk tomorrow. today that he was focused on a smaller area, the south—east corner of england south and east of london. we had some sunshine in lincolnshire but today not so warm. in fact the highest temperature was in kent at 29 degrees today. we have seen some cloud moving down from the north and thatis cloud moving down from the north and that is producing some rain and drizzle here and there. we will find some heavy showers beginning to develop in the south—east, turning into longer spells of rain overnight. at the same time the cloud will thicken to give some rain. north of that clearer skies

and a lighter wind, some showers around the coast. as we head to wednesday quite a wet start across southern england with some heavy breasts of rain. not so wet across the midlands but heavier breasts across parts of lincolnshire and east anglia. further north little bit brighter, some across northern ireland. showers initially around the coastal areas in scotland are developing a little more widely inland. northern ireland seeing the heaviest of the showers in the afternoon. for england and wales the cloud breaks across wales and the west midlands and southwest but stays quite cloudy and wet across the south—east and east midlands and east anglia. temperatures around 16, 17 degrees. that is a significant drop from the past couple of days.

some warm air not far away in the near continent where the brain could be particularly heavy and sundry. the low pressure moves in on thursday and we have some slow—moving heavy showers with possibly some thunder. they will be quite hit and miss. and likely to be a little bit warmer. looking ahead to friday and saturday, high pressure building in for a time so we lose a lot of those showers. more sunshine around as well in most places try to end the week. —— dry. this is bbc news.

the headlines at 7pm. president trump has arrived in texas, to see for himself the damage caused by storm harvey. he'll also assess how much more the federal government can do, to help the relief effort. this was of epic proportion. we have never seen this was of epic proportion. we have never seen anything like this and i just want to say working with the governor and his entire team has been an honour for us. warning sirens sounded across japan,after north korea fired fired a missile over the island of hokkaido. the un security council is to hold an emergency meeting. the head of the eu commission has attacked the government's latest brexit proposals, suggesting they're not good enough. jean—claude juncker said official papers setting out britain's positions aren't satisfactory and an enormous amount of issues