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he won 65 caps for northern ireland over the course of 13 years. bru nt‘s last appearance was in the world cup play—off against switzerland last november. it's the second day at the european para—athletics championships in berlin. kate grey is there for us, more british medals kate. hello, kate, more british medals? that's right, it has been another successful night in berlin, great britain have won three gold medals on the second day as well as three bronze medals. we havejust seen richard whitehead win gold in the t 61200 richard whitehead win gold in the t 61 200 metres richard whitehead win gold in the t 61200 metres and there was also a gold medalfor sabrina 61200 metres and there was also a gold medal for sabrina fortune 61200 metres and there was also a gold medalfor sabrina fortune indy f20 shot put. the 18—year—old maria lyle, she defended her european title in the t35100m hurdles when i spoke to her, she shared her experiences of overcoming mental health over the last few years.
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i have had a couple of bad couple of years and when you don't perform, it reflects a you are not training hard but you are. that can be hard and also things in my personal life. i have got the right people around me andl have got the right people around me and i have british athletics helping me out and my family, parents and my coach. i am on the mend. it is good to hear she is feeling more positive and she will go later on in the week. i want to take an opportunity to bring in my guests, libby clegg. she hasn't been able to compete due to your guide being injured but you are the captain and you have stuck it out and you have joined us here in berlin, how frustrating is it watching from the sidelines? obviously i am gutted i am not competing but it has given me am not competing but it has given me a different perspective being able to watch and observe what everybody is doing. i have enjoyed it and it is doing. i have enjoyed it and it is great to support my team—mates.
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we just heard from maria lyle, talking about her struggles with mental health recently and that is not coming months the athlete body? not at all. i had mental health issues lost it and the majority of the reason why i didn't compete in the reason why i didn't compete in the world championship is. it is more common than you think and it doesn't help the pressure we are on every year to perform. it is important athlete and confident to talk about it because then other athletes will realise they are not alone? the more people i have spoken to, more and more athletes are being honest with us and talking about it more openly, which is great. you don't feel alone. any standout performances from this evening? impressed with everyone tonight, richard whitehead has done amazing as usual, maria and sabrina. it is amazing to see everybody doing well andi amazing to see everybody doing well and i am going and i was here last night as well watching. it has been
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a great couple of days. thank you for joining a great couple of days. thank you forjoining us and enjoy your captain's duties. forjoining us and enjoy your ca ptain‘s duties. there forjoining us and enjoy your captain's duties. there will be a british head—to—head in the t34100 me to is tomorrow. you do not want to miss it. kate, in berlin, thank you. the shortlist of potential inductees to the the scottish football hall of fame will be announced soon. as you'd expect, great figures from the game, managers and players have been recognised down the years, but is a scottish village about to be given the honour? jane lewis explains. once a thriving coal mining community, but no longer. today the ayrshire village of glenbuck lies empty. a population ofjust 1500 empty. a population ofjust1500 worked and lived here, but the quarries are closed, the houses, gone. but the village hasn't been forgotten. thanks to a famous footballing link. bill shankly, the
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legendary manager who revived the fortu nes legendary manager who revived the fortunes of liverpool was arguably glenbuck‘s most famous son. the memorial in the village pays tribute to his anfield achievements. and while bill shankly himself is in the scottish football hall of fame, a group has been campaigning to ensure his birthplace is included as well. bill shankly was born here, he played football here, he played football with his brothers here. he took what he learnt to liverpool and made them great. if it wasn't for him being here and loading what he learned here, liverpool wouldn't be what they are today. he will be looking down today saying, get it into the hall of fame, i am sure he will. himself, he was in the hall of fame, he wouldn't be fussy about back, but he would say yes, for my friends. as well as being shankly's
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birthplace, it has another claim to fame. the pitch did have a bit of a celeb? yes, there are stones in the pitch as well. it is the glenbuck cherry pickers who unearthed some extraordinary talent, producing 5a professional footballers. bill shankly said the hard disk up in the world to win was the fa cup and players from glenbuck went and lifted the cup. they play the come on it, celtic and rangers, sunderland. manchester city. big teams. it's footballing heritage cannot be questioned. whether this village deserves a place in the scottish football hall of fame will be revealed in october. jane lewis, bbc news. quick update from the cricket, england have just bbc news. quick update from the cricket, england havejust passed 300 but are nine wickets down and india are heading for victory in the
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third test. 2—1 to england with two test to play. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. goodbye for now. good evening. it has been another warm and humid day for many but sunshine has been a little bit easier to come by than over the last few days. that is how it looked in london earlier on the cloud has been thickening across the north west of scotla nd thickening across the north west of scotland ahead of a big change in the feel of things. at the moment we are bringing in the south—westerly winds, feel warm and humid air but there is something cooler lying in wait up to the north—west, which will head in our direction over the next couple of days. brought in by this frontal system and the front or bring a lot of rain across northern ireland and particularly western scotla nd ireland and particularly western
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scotland through the night. 25 millimetres of rain over some of the high ground. eastern and southern scotla nd high ground. eastern and southern scotland seeing patchy rain by the end of the night. largely dry with areas of low cloud developing and a warm and humid night. something fresher showing its hand up to the north—west. into tomorrow, the frontal system trundles south eastwards and the rain turning light and patchy across northern england moving into wales as the day wears on. ahead of that, a fair amount of cloud with sunny spells developing and very much in the humid air. further north and west, you start to get into something collaborative. mid to high teens across scotland and northern ireland but into the mid—20s across the south—east of england. wednesday night, this frontal patchy rain trundles across the south—east of the country. there is another cold front on the way towards scotland and northern ireland under bit of rain to the early pa rt ireland under bit of rain to the early part of thursday. this is the big change and you will notice this
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change much, much cooler at pushing its way right across the country. temperatures on thursday well down on where they have been. the first weather front bringing patchy rain early on in the south—east and the next one across northern england and wales, a bit of rain here to the day. hefty showers in the western side of scotland. patchy sunshine as well and it will be breezy, particularly up to the north—west and much cooler, perhaps 15 degrees in aberdeen. just scraping 2a in london, but it will turn cooler here as we get into friday. and for the weekend, some rain at times and dry weather as well and we stick with the cooler, fresher feel. you're watching beyond 100 days. microsoft takes on moscow — shutting down six sites it says were targeting the us senate and us think tanks. the tech giant says the russian military was behind the latest attempt to disrupt american democracy. as governments prevaricate, it is increasingly left to tech companies to protect western elections.
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