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senior men. i was not same as the senior men. i was not struggling. i was pushing to do more. if anything. iwould struggling. i was pushing to do more. if anything. i would do over 70 miles a week. as a 15-year-old. 15, 16. and notjust the mileage causing problems. the females in the group became very obsessed with food and when someone is eating nothing, to me it was fuel, food going in my mouth whereas they're not doing that. so what i thought was eating enough definitely was not. the impact of overtraining and under fuelling led to bobby never having a period. this in turn affected her bone density, a condition known as the female athlete triad. it is often perceived that you should not have your period is a female athlete, it seems to be of benefit to the performance and that is definitely not the case. the impact of not having the menstrual cycle is far more damaging than dealing with
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that happening on a monthly basis. obika and break a bone walking or even just sitting down. obika and break a bone walking or evenjust sitting down. she is currently undergoing hormone replacement therapy. and has a six—month bone scan coming up. replacement therapy. and has a six—month bone scan coming uplj wish would cause but we caught it at a stage where hopefully she can repair damage a stage where hopefully she can repairdamage and might a stage where hopefully she can repair damage and might be able to run again. i've got through the most dark and lonely year of my life. if ican get dark and lonely year of my life. if i can get through this then the next step is going to be a doddle. and we wish bobby the best of luck in the future. that's almost it from sportsday. a recap of our top story — tyson fury — the former heavyweight boxing world champion is free to resume his career after being given a backdated two year doping suspension. we'll be back throughout the evening with updates of the games from the premier league — can burnley go fourth? we shall see. thanks forjoining us, see you soon. well we can listen now to theresa
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may, she has been attending the climate change summit in paris today with 50 senior ministers and prime minister. manual macron of france has already said the world is losing the battle against climate change. less listen to theresa may. tackling climate change is one of the great challenges we face but also mitigating the impact of climate change on some of the poorest countries in the world. what we're doing in the uk phasing out coal and also by the work we're doing through world leading electric cars for example, showing that we can deal with the issue of emissions and reduce them but also that can be of benefit done in a way that is of benefit done in a way that is of benefit to the economy. in terms of mitigating the impact on those who are the poorest in the world, today
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announced a further £140 million that the uk will be spending in helping those countries that are most impacted by climate change. but of course we need constantly to look at what more we can be doing in this area. andl at what more we can be doing in this area. and i have announced today also that we will be hosting a ground—breaking zero emission vehicle summit next year, that is the uk showing that we're getting britain but for the future and doing so britain but for the future and doing so in britain but for the future and doing soina britain but for the future and doing so in a way that enables us to reduce emissions and protect the environment for the future. on another environmental issue, very much in the news, marine pollution. is it possible the government will set aside part of the overseas aid budget to tackling this scourge?|j think budget to tackling this scourge?” think we have all been very concerned by the pictures we've seen in recent months of the impact of pollution on marine life, of plastic
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pollution. of course the uk government is already taking steps in relation to plastic, a charge on carrier bags, the ban on microbeads. but we're looking to see what more can do, not just but we're looking to see what more can do, notjust the environment secretary by the international development secretary to see how to use the c —— overseas aid money to do what everyone wants, reduce this terrible pollution taking place and affecting marine life. turning to a couple of domestic issues, first of all what message do you have four mps such as dominic grieve who look set to vote against the government in the vote tomorrow? well as i said in the vote tomorrow? well as i said in the house yesterday, will be met withjean—claude in the house yesterday, will be met with jean—claude juncker last week and looked up progress in negotiations on brexit, i think this isa negotiations on brexit, i think this is a good deal and enables us to move is a good deal and enables us to m ove o nto is a good deal and enables us to move onto the next phase of negotiations. i think it is something which should be seen as good for both those who voted leave
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and those who voted remain. obviously there are colleagues concerned about some of the issues around the processes in the house of commons and looking for reassurance around will withdraw bill and the withdrawal agreement, a how clause nine is going to be used. and of course we have been listening and talking to those colleagues. and on g re nfell tower, talking to those colleagues. and on grenfell tower, a petition of friends, family members and victims of the disaster has been presented at numberten, 16,000 people. would you imagine that consider altering in any way the make—up of the enquiry panel? well this was a terrible tragedy which should never happen. the purpose in setting up the public enquiry and appointing sirmartin the public enquiry and appointing sir martin moore—bick to chair it is to get to the truth, to get an understanding of what happened and why. so we can make sure that this does not happen again in the future. sirmartin does not happen again in the future. sir martin moore—bick, he is already
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appointing a number of advisers to work with him on the issue but of course we are always looking to ensure this is an enquiry that is going to be able to get the truth, to provide people who have been victims of this terrible tragedy with what they want. which is justice and the truth about what happened. thank you very much. that was theresa may speaking in paris where she is attending a climate summit. answering questions notjust on that but also on brexit and as we heard on grenfell tower. now time for a look at the weather forecast. once againa for a look at the weather forecast. once again a bit of a change and this belt of whether works from west to east across all parts of the british isles. not quite enough rain to wash away all of us know through wales and the midlands. as the skies cleared then temperatures dip away.
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so we have a concern for the new day, not just so we have a concern for the new day, notjust exclusively in scotla nd day, notjust exclusively in scotland and the north of england but some icy stretch as possible yet again. so the shower is really quite heavy and prolonged. a bit of sleet and snow across higher ground. a wintry mix across the northern part of the uk. further south aisle today and there will be some sunshine. but later in the day the chance of a period of more persistent snow coming back in to the northern half of the isles. we keep it pretty on several as we close out the week. —— u nsettled. you are watching beyond 100 days. senate election in a southern state gets worldwide attention, notjust because of the characters involved. today's vote matters beyond alabama, it could upend politics in washington and hair apart the republican party. roy moore arrives at the polished asia and on
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horseback... certainly a sense of drama, will it be enough to get into the senate? the democratic candidate doug jones, this is a once in a generation opportunity to change alabama's generation opportunity to change ala bama's conservative politics. generation opportunity to change alabama's conservative politics. the president now has a big stake in this space, he did not support him and it surely by now he is urging people to vote for roy moore. —— race. also on the programme, 50 world leaders, minus
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