to death over a protest which killed at least 800 people five years ago. the demonstration in cairo began after the military removed the then president mohamed morsi from office. the united nations is warning of a humanitarian crisis in syria's idlib province as russian warplanes intensify air strikes on rebel positions there. idlib is the last major rebel stronghold in northern syria. sweden's prime minister has issued a final warning about the dangers of extremism as the country prepares to head to the polls in its general election on sunday. the anti—immigrant sweden democrats are predicted to become the second biggest party in parliament. now on bbc news, it's time for bbc ouch. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your host

for tonight, lost voice guy. cheering and applause. robotic voice: hello, ladies and gentlemen. are you all very well? yes! welcome to the bbc ouch: storytelling live. tonight, you'll be hearing stories from disabled people and people with mental health difficulties on the subject of going out. some of the people here have never performed live before, so be nice. i am lost voice guy, and i'm your host for the evening. it's great to be here.

i'm not sure who booked me as the host for the show, but they should be sacked laughter. ..because it's myjob to interact with the audience and obviously, i'm rubbish at that. so please don't heckle me or we'll be here all night. laughter. but you seem like a nice audience, so i might as well try anyway. you look nice and friendly. what is your name? yes, you. the one i'm pointing directly at with my finger. laughter. i'm sonia. are you sure your name isn't boris? because that is a name i have stored in here. ok, boris. and are you having a nice time in this generic town or city? laughter.

yeah, iam. well, that's either very good and i'm pleased, or very bad and i'm sorry. and what do you do for a living, boris? laughter. i work in sales. once again, that is not what i have got stored on here. so, let's just pretend that you said you were a stripper. and i'll see you after the show. i hope i get a discount. because i am disabled, though. people have often asked me why i want to put myself in a position where everyone can stare and laugh at me. the truth is that it happens to me every day anyway. at least this way, there is a scheduled time and place for it. of course. i do it because i want to be famous as well. i think everyone does, really.

i started off in a disabled steps tribute band. we were called ramps. laughter. that was a bit of an uphill struggle. laughter. anyway, i think it's time to get the night started. are you ready to welcome your first act? yes! you can do better than that. i said, are you ready to welcome your first act? yes! even if that was amazing, this is all preprogrammed. so, let's try once more. laughter. are you ready for your first act? yeah! please welcome to the stage, aaron simmons. cheering and applause. thanks very much, guys. i mean it's lovely to do a gig

with lost voice guy again, i not seen him since the ramps days. it's a real tragedy. laughter. hello, i'm aaron. we're going to talk about a lot of important issues tonight and i'm going to do the same. i'm mainly going to talk about harry potter. do we have any harry potter fans in? cheering. ok, great, so some of you may know that in harry potter, all the wizards, they called non—wizards ‘muggles‘, right? but what you may not know however is that disabled people do that with non—disabled people as well. we call able—bodied people ‘incredibly patronising'. every time i am on a train, someone offers me a seat. applause. laughter.

i'll give you another example. what is your name, lovely lady? jane. i can ask you two easy questions, jane? yeah. ok, first, have you ever been on an escalator? yes. of course you have, everybody has. answer me this. last time you were on an escalator, jane, did anybody clap? laughter. they do with me. and i was running a little bit late tonight, jane, right? so i was pushing as fast as i can down the royal mile and some guy came up with the most original line i've ever heard. and he went, "slow down mate, or you'll get a speeding ticket!" laughter. so i ran him over. laughter. applause. please don't clap, it reminds me of going up escalators. i think the time where i felt most patronised was when i went out

to the cinema with my girlfriend. what happened was we went inside and the girl who worked there said "would you like any snacks with your movie? and i said "yeah, i'll have some skittles please." and she looked at me, and then she looked at my girlfriend and went, "is he allowed skittles?" laughter. in case you guys are wondering, that night, i was allowed skittles. it was great. she went and got them for me and then she turned to my girlfriend and said "and would you like, ma'am?" audience: ooh! 0k. i will be honest. i found that funnier than you guys did. laughter. my girlfriend, not so much, but we pay for everything, right, and we went inside and we came out of the cinema and the same girl

is just cleaning up and she sees me going towards the exit. so she goes to open the door for me. now, usually, that's not a patronising thing. it is if it's an automatic door. that is the most patronised i've everfelt because i might be half machine but i'm not a ghost. and so... laughter. ..so i wanted to do something to get back at this girl. so what i did was i got my girlfriend and i brought her nice and close to me and then i started making out with her. what happened is after half a minute of passionately kissing my girlfriend, i then said "i know it's wrong, but i can't help any longer, mummy." laughter. but what made it even better is my girlfriend straight away went

"well, you're a far better kisser than your dad." laughter. applause. i love being with my girlfriend — it's way better than being single. i was terrible at being single. i hated dating. i once went on a date with an american girl and we went to the restaurant and just when we went in, and she said "would you like a drink?" i said "no, i'm driving my car" and she said "how does that work?" now, the answer to that is i have a lever on the side of my steering wheel that i control with my right hand. but that is not what i told the girl. laughter. i told her that my car was voice—activated. laughter. she wanted to see this, so i said i'd give her a lift home and so what happened is i got

in the car and i said "go" and the car began to move and she went, "oh, my god, this is amazing!" because she was very shy, and then i shouted "stop" and i slammed on the break as she went "oh my god, this is the best thing ever, can i get this in my car?" and i thought, "no. i don't even have this in my car." but we carried on for a little while and then she said, "can i try?" "no" is what i should've said. but i said "why not?" i'll give you two reasons why not. one, i think we've established that this is not how my car works. and two, even if it was, if i gave her control of my car and she crashed,

i could end up in a wheelchair! but i said "sure, why not? "all you need to do is say the word go." so she went, "go?" and to this day, i still do not know what made me say the following sentence. "oh, the car doesn't understand your american accent." i made her do an english accent, guys, right? she went, "go" i let go of the break and she went absolutely bonkers. having the time of her life, she's loving it, but i said —— having the time of her life, she's loving it, but i start to feel really guilty. so i decided by the time we get to her flat, i have got to show her where the lever is. and as i get to herflat that's exactly what i do. and she said "i completely believed you, because my front

door is voice—activated." tell you what, i'm going to go inside and slip into something more comfortable and you just go up to the front door and say open. laughter. there is nothing so sad as a guy in a wheelchair shouting "open" in an american accent. laughter. guys, you've been lovely. enjoy the rest of your night. applause. let's hear it once again for the brilliant aaron simmons. cheering and applause. now, please welcome your next storyteller for the evening,

fran. applause. yeah, my name is fran aitken, i'm from new zealand and the reason i'm here tonight is because i am a space cadet. you guys know what that means, right? yup, and i'm sure you all know someone who is a space cadet. they're super dreamy and head is always in the clouds and they‘ re constantly late. there's advantages to knowing us. like, for example, i am so good at picking out the perfect birthday present for my friends, and they will get it two months after their actual birthday because i have forgotten it but it's a nice surprise for both of us. if my friends are running late, i will never be mad at them because i'm almost always late as well. it takes a lot of pressure off off me when they are late. but yes, being a space cadet does

not sound like a disability, but there are disadvantages. me personally, i struggled at university because secondary school is just a breeze for me because it was so structured and had my parents and teachers kicking me up the ass tell me to when to go to school and went to eat when to come home and went to sleep. university is not like that. you are meant to be disciplined and self motivated and meant to read what they tell you to read and show up on time to lecture and listen for an hour. i could not do that. i'm not self disciplined, i had no control, things were not going well for me. i would miss my lectures because i was up late, i never submit essays forgot my password to my account and i would forget to wash my clothes and when i remember, i would forget to dry them so i walk around smelling like an old sock.

it was a dark time. at university i was that they put me on academic probation and told me to get my act together. no one really knew how to help me and i really did not know what was wrong either. but, that was my life circa 2015. and then my friend from primary school came to visit me and she was a space cadet as well — or she used to be — she betrayed me by going to university and wearing leisure wear and getting as. i was really pissed off at her really. but she came to my disgusting flat and she came into my room which was like just like piles of pizza boxes and dirty clothes just everywhere and we started getting drunk so it was fine. about five drinks in, and anna starts rummaging around her bag and she pulls out this little tray of pills. and i go, what's that? she goes my god, this guy at my door and me some take them if you need to pull an all nighter there amazing but he taken for going out they give you a huge boost of energy and it's incredible, want one?

so, yeah, drugs are illegal don't do them this is horrible, this is a terrible thing to do. but, i was in a very, very, very bad place, i was on academic probation, i also had an essay due the next morning, but i did not start or intend to start, and academic probation once that's up you're expelled, so i kind of made my peace with that, i was going to be expelled, do not want to think about that, cited the bill. —— so i took the pill. we walked down the road to a nightclub called boogie nights in wellington, where i am from, we started getting our crunk on, started grinding. and i'm just like, head in the clouds, dancing away, not thinking about anything and i'm waiting for this thing for something to happen. and then suddenly it happened. and i was down on earth and it's hard to describe,

basically my mind is always like smeared across the sky and any available surface and suddenly it had been picked up gathered out —— alphabeticised. and handed to me in a nightclub act iam and i do not know what to do. i knew something was up because i noticed little details that i never ever noticed, there's a guy across from me and i was like he's wearing running shoes and a nightclub, who does that and he was wearing a tie with birds on it, and his nose, i looked deeply into his nose. i was like what's happening to me? what am i doing at this disgusting place? i looked over at my friend who was having that great time, and was like, "is this working for you?"

and she goes what, i don't think it's working for me and normally i lose minutes or hours just drifting away, and suddenly time was going slowly. i did not wanted to go slowly i wanted to be having fun. so for the first time, and my young life, i made a sensible decision and i put my friend in a taxi and i walked home and i went to my room and sawjust how disgusting it was for the first time in detail, so i picked everything up through it out and all my clothing, put it in the wash and i sat down started and completed and submitted my essay and effectively saved my academic career. applause the sun rose and i needed to know what i took so i googled it, does anyone know what ritalin is? it's a prescription drug for adhd, and what i experienced at the cloud was something i had never experienced before in my life, it was something i desperately needed, it was focus.

laughter. so i went to the doctor and he diagnosed me with type two adhd which is predominately inattentive not hyperactive and lots of women are under diagnosed for everything, because like the quiet and struggling in silence not making lots of noise, i ended up graduating with the help of my disability adviser. i have a job now which i love, and i have a routine, which is something i would never ever be capable of doing, i can get up and go to work and i can come home and wash my clothing and dry and cook dinner. if you are really relating to this story, you might want to go to the doctor, do not take a pill that your friend from primary school gave you. it's a legal and it's bad and it's more than that, it's dangerous and could've ended bad for me but thank god he did not because without my diagnosis i don't know where i would be and i am

still a space cadet, maybe even more so now because i take a pill wrapped in foil once a day and this time its prescription. thank you. cheering and applause. that was the wonderful fran. let's keep the stories coming, let me introduce your next storyteller. jessica. applause. hello. i'm jessica and this is katrina. i have a speech impediment apparently. so she's going to tell my story. hello there, i'm a fluffy—haired

university dropout so i also have a body that does not work with as the average joe's, i'm jess, i sit down a lot and that we'll plan intended. but unfortunately this is not a lazy cyborg, although a chad once asked if i was a transformer so maybe i am more of an android than i thought, but that's that story for another time. i have a muscle wasting condition called spinal muscular atrophy. sme is a genetic condition which basically means my parents are probably related. laughter. because of my lack of muscle, my arms and legs are slightly fatter and not much longer than a french fry. i can guarantee i'm not much longer than a subway sandwich and being sat in my chair makes me even shorter, my head funnily enough is the only normal size of my body.

and the head control of a bobble head, you should see me going in the car. laughter. another thing affected is myjaw muscles in myjob likely for anyone who spends a lot of time with me, means i cannot talk for long without my voice becoming indistinguishable umbel, hence the voice. let me explain how hard it is for me to go out. whilst i was at university, my residence was off the busiest road in manchester, with there being so close the idea changing out of pyjamas that could pass as clothing was at the very bottom of my list. there was no time before my next scheduled nap anyway, and besides, us disabled gals do not dress to impress. i set out from the train station five minutes away, into my ride i received more and more empathetic smiles. now, i'm not adverse to the odd

stare, and whenever i'm in public is pretty much a guarantee that several people will make it completely obvious that they've never seen a cartoon character in a wheelchair before. but on this particular day, the number of people looking had increased. i came to the conclusion it's a, i was looking extra sexy. or b, looking extra disabled. unsurprisingly enough it was the latter but not the reason you got. after passing a large group of homeless people that set up camp under the bridge, it became apparent the looks came from were a single very polite comment from one of the man. oh my god, she's got her tit out. due to a crooked spine, my whole breast fell out of the opening of my dress

and my arms were not bad enough to hide it nor to solve the issue. so i took an executive decision, to continue on hoping i can manoeuvre close enough for two buildings along the pavement to hide my nipple, and growing embarrassment. as i approach the next crossing i start questioning if the street would ever become quiet enough to cross without being noticed. it would not. but, before i built up the courage to peel myself from the wall i was approached by woman i passed earlier under the bridge. she was carrying a bunch of cigarette ends, and evidently not the most hygienic. "babe, your tip is right out", i do not let her finish. bearing in mind pneumonia preys on this, it's our kryptonite, we go through sterilising training for the first time in my life

antibacterial was not my first thought. like it had been for every encounter before. the cigarette end lady popped me back in and i am still internally grateful. —— eternally. although not enough to engage in further conversation. on my way back i crossed further interaction, but to my surprise, it's pretty difficult to go undercover when you're writing a hefty metal machine. i got a very enthusiastic wave from the opposite side, a roar of loud elation, "that's the boob girl!" and i've avoided that bridge ever since. thank you very much. you've been amazing. applause. ladies and gentlemen you been absolutely brilliant. and even if you haven't,

i can't really change what i say at this point. please give a big hand to all the storytellers you've heard it tonight. that's it for now but we will be back with more stories. thank you very much and good night. applause. mixed weather fortunes this sunday

and that think things will change on sunday. breezy weather, windy weather in the north. amidst all of that, they will still be spells of sunshine. various frontal systems bringing outbreaks of rain with patchy rain in northern england, wales and northern england through the first part of sunday. heavy rain drifting across scotland. into the afternoon, many places will see predominantly dry weather and a spells of sunshine. patchy cloud here and there and a bit breezy. a warmer day in the south—east. 23 degrees for london. a bit of showery rainfor degrees for london. a bit of showery rain for wales and perhaps the odd shower into the midlands, that much of northern england fine. eastern scotla nd of northern england fine. eastern scotland as well by the time we get into the middle of the afternoon. however, the showers and thunderstorms will drift into western scotland again and they will

continue through sunday night. blown in on continue through sunday night. blown inona continue through sunday night. blown in on a brisk wind. we could see wind gusts of up to 50 and perhaps 55 mph. we will see the rain continuing its progress eastwards as we head into the early hours of monday. further south, are keen that breeze. despite clear skies overhead, temperatures shouldn't dip too far. many places staying in double digits. on into monday, heavy rain in two parts of scotland. more rain in two parts of scotland. more rain beginning to fringe its way into northern ireland and western scotla nd into northern ireland and western scotland by the end of the day. elsewhere, some dry weather and spells of sunshine. perhaps not quite as warm as sunday that still up quite as warm as sunday that still up into the 20s in the south—west corner. always a bit cooler across the north—western areas. this clump of rain across the north will clear as we get into tuesday. left in its wa ke as we get into tuesday. left in its wake will be this wriggling frontal system which will post some problems for the week ahead. it will slice the country in two. a bit of patchy rain to the north of it. some cool airto the rain to the north of it. some cool air to the south—west. we are likely

to put in some relatively warm air. some places could add —— could get into the middle 20s. northern areas rain at times with a cool feel to the weather. often quite breezy as well. further south, some warmth. temperatures could get close to the middle 20s but even here, it should turn a little bit cooler by the middle of the week. this is bbc news. i'm lebo diseko. our top stories: a court in egypt sentences 75 people to death over a huge anti—government protest in 2013. human rights groups call the trial a mockery of justice. syrian and russian air strikes on rebel positions in idlib intensify after calls for a truce are rejected. sweden's prime minister issues a warning about extremism as the country prepares to vote in a general election. and japan's naomi osaka wins herfirst grand slam at the us open, but her opponent serena williams clashes with the umpire.