with disabilities are being written off and told they can never succeed in work. over the past five years, the bbc has been following elliot caswell, who has cerebral palsy and dreams of living independently. our correspondent danjohnson has this special report. i have been filmed for five years. this is my story. this is the extraordinary story of elliot's fight just to live a normal life. my goal is to live independently, being supported to live with friends, and to get a job and contribute to society. big pull, use those muscles.

you should be very proud of yourself. i don't think you've done that before. filmed over five years... it's absolutely freezing! ..we�*ve charted elliot's experience as a young man with cerebral palsy trying to make his way in life. this is where the home changing rooms are. snazzy. and the players sitting around there. and how the challenges he faces differfrom his twin brother. i don't think there's actually anything we have in common. can you think of anything, like, at all? no. who's also living with cerebral palsy but has less severe additional needs. he's persevered so very hard in getting the very basics. you know, he shouldn't have to persevere so hard. and it's fortunate that he and my mother and my father are able to do that. we're realistic, we're i older parents, we're not

going to be here forever. we want him to be set upl and organised so he's safe and secure and happy. welcome to the 2022 leavers award ceremony. a well—deserved congratulations, elliot. well done. today's report says this is the point, leaving education, where many young disabled people are left facing an uncertain future. nice and wide. moving on from college, elliott needs to find elliot needs to find somewhere to live... how far can you reach? it's a bit low, could you get your washing in there? no. and he needs somewhere to work. one of the things that we were thinking about was you movingi on to an apprenticeship when you come back. l we've just found out, haven't we, that that's probably— not going to happen, - because you haven't had quite the amount of experience i of working outside of college that they would have liked. it's one of those twists and turns like everybody�*s had with covid.

on work experience... we'll be building what we call a willow screen. elliot's college offered him some opportunities, but he's been unable to find a suitable job. not going to be sitting at home on the benefits system because that's not a way to live your life. you need to get out there and do some work and to meet people. a good college has supported elliot into his early 20s. but that's when many young disabled people struggle, even to survive. worst case scenario, young people, you know, young adults die. and we shouldn't be in a position where actually people are having to fight so hard for the basic things in life that they need to be able to live a fulfilled life. the report says young people like elliot are being written off and told they'll never succeed at work. it recommends better careers advice and greater awareness of the rights

and aspirations of disabled people. what happens in general is people think problems, so it's what they can't do and low expectations, they can't possibly do that, it's too difficult, it'll take too much effort. so i think it's almost a cultural change. i wouldn't say for a minute that that alone will bring about the improvements we want, but whatever we put in, however much we spend, if it's built on a system where too many people think it won't work and it can't be done, we'll never make the progress that we need to make. people that are responsible to fix this is the government and it's central government. so it's not as simple as just devolving that responsibility down to local authorities. local authorities are also under significant pressure. take a deep breath. the government says it's investing £18 million in supported internships to help young, disabled people into employment so they can live independent, dignified lives. elliot's had more opportunities than most.

in many ways, he's fortunate. but still, the contrasting experience of these twin brothers is stark. watching elliot over the past few years has been frustrating because he came back from college, and thereafter he has had to fight for somewhere to live. ijust sort of got on with it, and progressed in my career and so on. and he'sjust not been able to. welcome to my new home. housing is sorted. elliot's got somewhere suitable to live. i'm pleased to come to my pad. your pad? yes! oh, wow. but the world of work remains out of reach. and your new house keys. it's been a long road map to get here. i've been on an adventure, twists and turns to get here.

oh, i like this one. this is you, isn't it? "make your own path. " elliot's educational support has been extended into next year to try to open doors for him. but so many young disabled people struggle to find work and a meaningful existence beyond education. oh, we'll put this one up here. elliot's pad. dan johnson, bbc news. joining us now is steve veevers, the chief executive of hft — a charity that supports people with learning disabilities. good morning. good morning. that sto is good morning. good morning. that story is incredible _ good morning. good morning. that story is incredible because - good morning. good morning. that story is incredible because it - good morning. good morning. that story is incredible because it givesl story is incredible because it gives a real sense of that moment, the transition, and what should go on but quite clearly doesn't. what do you make of it? the but quite clearly doesn't. what do you make of it?— you make of it? the report is amazin: you make of it? the report is amazing because _ you make of it? the report is amazing because it _ you make of it? the report is amazing because it really - amazing because it really encapsulates, i think, amazing because it really encapsulates, ithink, the amazing because it really encapsulates, i think, the problem and the struggle that many of us who operate in the field experience on a daily basis and particularly people

like elliot who have this day in, day out, we can come up week out. each year thousands of people come out of children services into adult services coming out of education, wanting to come into work and are unable to do so. there is just not the structural support in place to be able to help people do that journey and what i loved about the report is it talks about people's ambition, young people's ambition are going into the workplace but just not having those opportunities and employers having the opportunity to welcome them into the workforce. we could see from elliot's film, he has fabulous parents and brother, lots of— has fabulous parents and brother, lots of support, lots of help and even _ lots of support, lots of help and even for — lots of support, lots of help and even for him, this is not easy. what are the _ even for him, this is not easy. what are the things that need to change to smooth— are the things that need to change to smooth the transition? the are the things that need to change to smooth the transition?- to smooth the transition? the way the re ort to smooth the transition? the way the report sets — to smooth the transition? the way the report sets out _ to smooth the transition? the way the report sets out a _ to smooth the transition? the way the report sets out a lot _ to smooth the transition? the way the report sets out a lot of- to smooth the transition? the way the report sets out a lot of the - the report sets out a lot of the steps is really positive. from the very earliest stages, some young people are written off when they are in primary school or secondary

school, the teachers don't have the ambition for people to say, what would you like to do? asking that question. where would you like to 90, question. where would you like to go, how would you like to work, how would you like to contribute to society? and then unfortunately every step afterwards, people talk about the fight and a cliff edge and the difficulty of getting the support that they need. i could wax lyrical for years about the underfunding in social care but this is an absolute travesty of what is going on. the charity like i was, hft, we use some of our money that we have in supporting about 350 people per year through pathways and a lot of that is not funded by local government or central government. charities and social care has not harder find charities and social care has not harderfind it hard to get charities and social care has not harder find it hard to get that money into these absolutely wonderful programmes that are talked about in the report, supporting internships and employment and we just don't get the help and support we need from central and local government to do it well. that is one of the barriers. it

government to do it well. that is one of the barriers.— one of the barriers. it strikes me from the support _ one of the barriers. it strikes me from the support -- _ one of the barriers. it strikes me from the support -- from - one of the barriers. it strikes me from the support -- from this i from the support —— from this report, it is the practical support and the other is about ambition and the idea that if i set my mind this, i can do this, provided the practical things are in place and they need to work hand in hand. the? they need to work hand in hand. they do and when — they need to work hand in hand. they do and when it _ they need to work hand in hand. they do and when it does _ they need to work hand in hand. tue: do and when it does come they need to work hand in hand. he do and when it does come hand they need to work hand in hand. tt21: do and when it does come hand in hand, just the most amazing things happen. we support liverpool city council, the supported internship programme, so the city council is bold and ambition and put their money where their mouth is, supporting programmes like this. we supported a young man coming through from transition, he had been written off by his college to say he couldn't get a job. we had a nine—month programme with him. he went into liverpool city council, did a couple of placements and not an eventual paid employment opportunity with the social care department. he has cleared the backlog of debt. four people's jobs in the space of six or seven months. he has an autistic spectrum disorder, he has an analytical mind

and he is flourishing. and then he is predominantly a breadwinnerfor the household and the first person that has really been an owner in that has really been an owner in that family for the last three generations. this is the transformational power of this. clearly it is a very supportive working _ clearly it is a very supportive working environment. what does a sopportive — working environment. what does a supportive working environment look like? ., supportive working environment look like? . . ., , , supportive working environment look like? . , , ., like? there are mechanisms from central government, _ like? there are mechanisms from central government, access - like? there are mechanisms from central government, access to - like? there are mechanisms from l central government, access to work and supported internship programmes. but it is a postcode lottery, which is like which i hate to use. some areas do it, some don't.- is like which i hate to use. some areas do it, some don't. some are doinu areas do it, some don't. some are doing really _ areas do it, some don't. some are doing really well. _ areas do it, some don't. some are doing really well. the _ areas do it, some don't. some are doing really well. the british - doing really well. the british association _ doing really well. the british association of _ doing really well. the british association of supported - doing really well. the british - association of supported employment help support associations like ours and to some port local authorities put some through their own difficulties with funding or difficulties with funding or difficult decisions they have to make cannotjust give the time and effort to it. the report calls on a national framework for this, national framework for this, national legislation that supports supporting that ambition in saying how do we help young people get to

go? the investment decision, for every £1 spent there is a £1.70 back into society. for every £1 spent there is a £1.70 back into society-— into society. for every pound, £1-70- -- _ into society. for every pound, £1-70- -- it _ into society. for every pound, £1.70... it is _ into society. for every pound, £1.70... it is back— into society. for every pound, £1.70... it is back to - into society. for every pound, £1.70... it is back to the - into society. for every pound, - £1.70. .. it is back to the economy. peole £1.70. .. it is back to the economy. people being _ £1.70. .. it is back to the economy. people being productive, - £1.70. .. it is back to the economy. people being productive, active - people being productive, active members of their society coming off benefits come into the work place. these are fantastic. we just need the support. tt these are fantastic. we 'ust need the support.* the support. if someone is frustrated _ the support. if someone is frustrated by _ the support. if someone is frustrated by the - the support. if someone is frustrated by the lack - the support. if someone is frustrated by the lack of i the support. if someone is - frustrated by the lack of support are opportunities and in a situation where _ are opportunities and in a situation where they— are opportunities and in a situation where they feel they might have been written _ where they feel they might have been written off, what can they do? it is an uhill written off, what can they do? tit 3 an uphill struggle and we would sometimes describe it as being impossible. elliot is a wonderful example of someone who has the greatest of ambitions to contribute to society but society doesn't help him. i will to society but society doesn't help him. iwill take to society but society doesn't help him. i will take it a bit further. we need the ambition, the

accountability, and responsibility of society, so employers, how can you make your work, yourjob environment more accessible to people and how can you do things likejob carving, part of rail accessible to someone with a disability? those are things we have society need to challenge ourselves and say, how can we do this to? steve veevers, thank you so much for talking _ steve veevers, thank you so much for talking to _ steve veevers, thank you so much for talking to us — steve veevers, thank you so much for talking to ne— and if you want to find out more about elliot caswell�*s story, his documentary a life of my own is now available on the bbc iplayer. and it is great. john has all the sport, starting with a great night for wales. morning. a new manager, the results rolling in — things are looking rosy since the appointment of craig bellamy who has become the first welsh manager to go unbeaten in his first four matches. they maintaned their strong start since his appointment with harry wilson scoring a penalty in a 1—0 win over montenegro. they lost a little control

in the second half but held on as they chase top spot and promotion to the top tier in the nations league, with bellamy eyeing an even bigger prize. a squad really gives you a better chance of being able to qualify for a major tournament. especially with the games, they're so quick — you know, you played friday, you play monday. it really suits the bigger nations with the bigger squads. so we have to really utilise our squad to the best we can to be able to give us the best opportunity to qualify for a major tournament. northern ireland play bulgaria tonight whilst scotland take on portugal with manager steve clarke urging the fans to get behind the players after a difficult run of results. and how about this, can you see this happening? it's being reported the fa made an informal approach to pep guardiola about becoming the next permanent england manager. lee carsley has taken the job on an interim basis, but has failed to rule himself in or out of the running for the job replacing gareth southgate on a full time basis. it's a big day for england's cricketers. ben stokes is back to captain the test side against pakistan.

meanwhile, the women know that victory over west indies in dubai will see them reach the semi—finals of the t20 world cup. if they lose it'll come down to run rate as to whether they'll qualify. and whatever the outcome the team have been doing all they can to build that bond in the side. we've got a really nice corridor with, like, england flags, nice pictures of us all over it, a little games corner, so... i think it's good that, in dubai, there's you can't really get bored — there's a lot to do. so quite a few dinners, a few activities. a lot of players have been playing golf. so just keeping busy and it's actually really nice to be in one corridor because you can have a little social times at random points of the day. sounds lovely, doesn't it? and it's hard to escape that sinking feeling for britain's america's cup team. they are 4—0 down now after losing yesterday, it's going to take a remarkable turnaround as they lost again yesterday despite a good

start to yesterday's race as they trail 4—0. the first to seven will win sport's oldest trophy and as things stand that's looking like the holders new zealand, who hold that significant advantage. win tomorrow's two races, and they will stand on the cusp of retaining the famous trophy. britain have never won the america's cup in its 173—year history. they just need to theyjust need to win one, don't they? theyjust need to win one, don't the ? , ., ., ., they? they need to win more than one! they need — they? they need to win more than one! they need to _ they? they need to win more than one! they need to win _ they? they need to win more than one! they need to win one - they? they need to win more than one! they need to win one and - they? they need to win more than | one! they need to win one and then win some more at. 5m? one! they need to win one and then win some more at.— win some more at. stay afloat, you know? that — win some more at. stay afloat, you know? that is _ win some more at. stay afloat, you know? that is what _ win some more at. stay afloat, you know? that is what they _ win some more at. stay afloat, you know? that is what they need - win some more at. stay afloat, you know? that is what they need to i win some more at. stay afloat, you | know? that is what they need to do. stay afloat. know? that is what they need to do. sta afloat. �* ., . know? that is what they need to do. stay afloat-— stay afloat. don't good advice for life. it stay afloat. don't good advice for life- itjust _ stay afloat. don't good advice for life. itjust looks _ stay afloat. don't good advice for life. itjust looks so _ stay afloat. don't good advice for life. itjust looks so cool, - stay afloat. don't good advice for life. itjust looks so cool, the - life. itjust looks so cool, the america's — life. itjust looks so cool, the america's cup, _ life. itjust looks so cool, the america's cup, on _ life. itjust looks so cool, the america's cup, on tv. - life. itjust looks so cool, the america's cup, on tv. let's l life. itjust looks so cool, the - america's cup, on tv. let's check in on the _ america's cup, on tv. let's check in on the weather. there is a bit of good _ on the weather. there is a bit of good news, _ on the weather. there is a bit of good news, carol? there is if you like it milder because it will be milder at one for some but there is also some rain in the forecast. not so much today. the

morning. we have a chilly start with clear skies in the north of the country, but it is much milder where we have a lot of cloud and murky conditions as we come further south. inverness at the moment is one degree... but plymouth is a balmy 15. talking of the temperature, over the next couple of days it will rise. we have low pressure in the atlantic, high pressure in parts of eastern europe, and we are sucking in southerly winds. hence the rise in southerly winds. hence the rise in temperatures, but today you can see some nicer buyers in the chart, it will be breezy, later we have a weather front coming in from the south—west and that will introduce the first batch of rain. a lot of cloud to start with, thick enough for drizzling bits and pieces. also some hill fog, murky conditions, but it should start to break up in the south as we go through the course of the afternoon. we should see some brightness develop but the lion's share of any sunshine today will be across the north of scotland will

stop easy with our weather front showing its hand later in the afternoon, introducing some showery outbreaks of rain at this stage in across south—west england and eventually into northern ireland. temperatures this afternoon, we are looking at a wide range, but mild for the time of year once again. 12 in lerwick to 18 or 19 in london and st helier. heading on through the evening and overnight period, once again we have a lot of cloud to start with. in comes this rain, pushing northwards and eastwards. across parts of southern england and wales, it won'tjust be heavy, you can also hear the odd rumble of thunder. again, another breezy night in prospect, but with all of this going on, it is not really surprising that it will be a mild night tonight. ten in lerwick, 11 in newcastle, 1a in cardiff. that takes us into wednesday. we start off with all this rain but remember the high pressure in eastern parts of europe? it is blocking the progress of this moving quickly away, so they will be a fair bit of rain around. as it

eases towards the north sea, behind it it will brighten up a touch with some showers. in the south—east, we will see rain getting in here lastly and that means that in any lengthy spells of sunshine, we could potentially reach a high of 20 or 21 degrees. but wherever you are, it will feel mild. even in all that rain. moving through the week, we say goodbye early doors on thursday to that weather front, not too bad a day but low pressure in from the atlantic with various fronts introducing wet and windy conditions at times. there goes the rain pushing into the north sea. decent amounts of sunshine. a few showers peppering some western areas. not as windy at this stage, and we are still in good shape temperature —wise, 13 in the north to 19 as we sweep down to the south—east. t am sweep down to the south-east. i am 'ust auoin sweep down to the south-east. i am just going with _ sweep down to the south-east. i am just going with the _ sweep down to the south—east. i am just going with the warmer line. let's forget about the rain. t let's forget about the rain. i cannot be the only one who watches

your forecast with actions, pushing the rain _ your forecast with actions, pushing the rain out — your forecast with actions, pushing the rain out of the way, get rid of it. the rain out of the way, get rid of it thanks. — the rain out of the way, get rid of it. thanks, carol.— when olympian tom dean returned from paris with his third gold medal, he received a barrage of messages from people saying they wanted to take up swimming, but couldn't due to a lack of facilities. so tom decided to set up his own swim school in his home town of maidenhead, with the ultimate goal to make sure young people from all backgrounds have access to a pool. joe inwood reports. on your forehead. ready? one, two, three. final preparations for a rather special swimming lesson. but for young watson, it has the same objective as every class. i always want to have fun at swimming. and tell me — we've got a special guest here today. who is it? tom dean.

wow! well done. what do you know about tom dean? he got three medals in the olympics. yes! tom dean is olympic champion in the 200m freestyle! - more than that — in tokyo, tom dean became the first british male swimmer in more than a century to win two golds at one games. britain has gone one—two. can you believe that? he won another at paris... # out of my head and i know that you're scared... - ..gave strictly a go... # rolling, rolling, rolling... ..and is now back in the water, starting his own swim school. right, i want everybody to make a big circle. we want to get as many kids as possible just to learn to swim and be safe in the water and just know that if they get into a body of water, they're going to be completely safe. it's in the national curriculum that every kid is supposed to leave school being able to swim 25m. and, unfortunately, not every kid is doing that. you did a greatjob there. now, not every tom dean swim school comes with the man himself —

this is a launch event, after all — but they do come with teachers like karen, who knows the challenges families face. getting a lot of children, like, 9—, 10—year—olds that can't swim. sometimes it's the cost of swimming lessons or it's generally there's no facilities around. there's no spaces for swimming lessons, as well. so that's the issue. now, this isn't a charity, but there will be some free places — paid for by the royal foundation. the plan is to have had 12,000 children taking part by the end of the year. to see, like, the years of work come togetherfor this and, you know... the olympic stuff — incredible, i've loved it — but this is like... it's just so special. really cool. yay! getting wet, getting wet, guys. but there are only one set of opinions which really count. so what was their verdict? not so fast! what was your favourite thing you just did? uh... get the ducks. how many ducks did you get? one. i can catch 100 ducks!

now, while that answer wasn't true, this one certainly was. are you going to carry on swimming? yeah. and that counts as a win. joe inwood, bbc news, maidenhead. tom joins us now. in our lovely swimming pool. does this make you feel at home? tt this make you feel at home? tit really doesn't. this make you feel at home? it really doesn't. how— this make you feel at home? it really doesn't. how much - this make you feel at home? it really doesn't. how much fun | this make you feel at home? it i really doesn't. how much fun was that? that _ really doesn't. how much fun was that? that was _ really doesn't. how much fun was that? that was yesterday, - really doesn't. how much fun was that? that was yesterday, our - really doesn't. how much fun was i that? that was yesterday, our launch da . so that? that was yesterday, our launch day- so much — that? that was yesterday, our launch day. so much fun. _ that? that was yesterday, our launch day. so much fun. we _ that? that was yesterday, our launch day. so much fun. we went - that? that was yesterday, our launch day. so much fun. we went live - that? that was yesterday, our launch day. so much fun. we went live with | day. so much fun. we went live with 4000 kids who started lessons yesterday so i jumped 4000 kids who started lessons yesterday so ijumped in with six or seven of them and karen, what of our teachers. it was a lot of fun. that ool is teachers. it was a lot of fun. that pool is where _ teachers. it was a lot of fun. that pool is where it _ teachers. it was a lot of fun. that pool is where it all _ teachers. it was a lot of fun. that pool is where it all began for you. that is— pool is where it all began for you. that is where i spent ten years when i learnt to swim and started doing club swimming until ijoined the gb national training centre when i was 18 so to start there, it feels like a full—circle moment. t5 18 so to start there, it feels like a full-circle moment.— a full-circle moment. is this something _ a full-circle moment. is this something you _ a full-circle moment. is this something you always - a full-circle moment. is this i something you always thought a full-circle moment. is this - something you always thought you

would do? when you are training and winning medals did you always think you wanted to come back and help people learn to love the sport i love? ' :: :: , , people learn to love the sport i love? ' :: in , , people learn to love the sport i love? ' i: i: , , , ., love? 100%. it is trying to get as many people _ love? 10096. it is trying to get as many people into _ love? 10096. it is trying to get as many people into sport - love? 10096. it is trying to get as many people into sport and - love? 10096. it is trying to get as many people into sport and be i love? 10096. it is trying to get as i many people into sport and be what it safe, that is most important. it started after the tokyo olympic games. three years ago, after i won the medals i got some messages from people saying we would love to get our kids into swimming but we can't access swim school. truth? our kids into swimming but we can't access swim school.— access swim school. why can't they access swim school. why can't they access them? _ access swim school. why can't they access them? sony _ access swim school. why can't they access them? sony reasons. i access swim school. why can't they| access them? sony reasons. leisure centres have — access them? sony reasons. leisure centres have found _ access them? sony reasons. leisure centres have found it _ access them? sony reasons. leisure centres have found it really - access them? sony reasons. leisure centres have found it really tough i centres have found it really tough recently for energy costs and also out of reasons. budgets are squeezed so getting to lessons is a lot tougher and we are bringing a lot of pools back to life to knock down those barriers to get more kids into it. some of the stats and learn to swim numbers are really quite scary. doing some research, we are doing work with active black country, i did the commonwealth games two years ago. they have 150 miles of canals. in maidenhead we have the river

thames and water safety is drummed into us from day one. they have 8000 year six kids and 4000 cannot swim and actively save themselves if they get into a body of water. it is scary to make a change in that space. tt scary to make a change in that sace. , ., ., ., space. it is one thing to have the idea but quite — space. it is one thing to have the idea but quite different - space. it is one thing to have the idea but quite different to - space. it is one thing to have the idea but quite different to then l space. it is one thing to have the l idea but quite different to then get to the stage where there are kids in the pool. how do you put together a swim school? tt the pool. how do you put together a swim school?— swim school? it started three years a . o, swim school? it started three years aao, iwas swim school? it started three years ago. i was sat _ swim school? it started three years ago. i was sat in — swim school? it started three years ago, i was sat in my _ swim school? it started three years ago, i was sat in my bedroom i swim school? it started three years l ago, i was sat in my bedroom making phone calls to local swim schools in the area asking what was going well, what wasn't, how they find teachers, what wasn't, how they find teachers, what programme they are using, the different stages. ducklings 1, 2, and it was this massive task and how do you go from that to building a swim school. we have an olympic champion in his own right working with us, we have this incredible leisure centre trust we are doing work with to find these new sites and bring them back to life. i have and bring them back to life. i have an incredible team that i'm very lucky to work with.— an incredible team that i'm very lucky to work with. interesting you sa that lucky to work with. interesting you say that karen _ lucky to work with. interesting you say that karen has _ lucky to work with. interesting you say that karen has to _ lucky to work with. interesting you say that karen has to teach - lucky to work with. interesting you say that karen has to teach you i

lucky to work with. interesting you | say that karen has to teach you how to teach cappielow of course! i want to teach cappielow of course! i want to be involved in as many of these lessons as possible and karen is getting her teaching qualification from swim england and i said, would you be able to give me my level1 swim teaching so i can get involved,, understand what works and what doesn't work so we can't make it as good as we can for them? i haveit it as good as we can for them? i have it later this year. she said she will hold me to that. irate have it later this year. she said she will hold me to that. we have 'ust seen she will hold me to that. we have just seen pictures _ she will hold me to that. we have just seen pictures of _ she will hold me to that. we have just seen pictures of you - she will hold me to that. we have just seen pictures of you dancing | she will hold me to that. we have | just seen pictures of you dancing in strictly come dancing. unfortunately didn't stay in as long as perhaps you might have wanted to. how much did you enjoy... you must have done quite a few weeks of training. you start working long before the show hits air. ., ~' start working long before the show hits air. ., ~ , ., ~ hits air. the work is full on. and it is a lot _ hits air. the work is full on. and it is a lot to _ hits air. the work is full on. and it is a lot to remember. - hits air. the work is full on. and i it is a lot to remember. physically, it is a lot to remember. physically, it is a lot to remember. physically, it is all the steps and i think might tango... i had a great time, genuinely loved all parts of it and would have loved to have stayed on for longer but it gives you a lot more time to throw myself into swim

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know how to what downstairs. that | sounds amazing, what is next? this is what i'm — sounds amazing, what is next? tt 3 is what i'm throwing myself into. i have to get back into the pool at some point myself. i have an olympics. foryears some point myself. i have an olympics. for years is a long time but it comes around quickly but to be able to do this and have a swim school going while i am still representing my country is incredible. i want to be involved in the lessons, do as much as i can while i am still on a bit of a break right now. i'm throwing myself into this. . ., , right now. i'm throwing myself into this. . , ., this. nice to see you, brilliant. good luck- _ time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london, i'm tolu adeoye. a cyclist in his 60s has died after a collision with a lorry in brixton. it happened yesterday afternoon on mervan road. the man was pronounced dead at the scene. his next of kin have been informed. the met says the driver of the lorry stopped and assisted officers with their inquiries.

new figures show a fifth of over fifties are living in poverty in london, higher than any other part of england. the charity age uk london says 127,000 pensioners are eligible for pension credit but are not currently receiving it. the government says it's urging people to check their eligibility to secure the winter fuel payment worth up to £300 per household. teenagers from hackney have designed emojis to include black and mixed race hairstyles to improve representation. community support group rise365 said there are almost 4,000 emojis but none had afro and cornrow hairstyles. they plan to submit their icons next year to the consortium which approves or rejects new designs annually. let's take a look at the tubes now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. now onto the weather. a mix of cloud and sunny spells. a few patches of light rain will develop in places. highs of 18 degrees celsius. should outpatients and hospital visitors ever be charged to use wheelchairs?

it's an issue being raised in the house of lords today. you can read more about that story on our website. that's it, now it's back to ben and sally. have a very good morning. good morning. welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and ben thompson. our headlines today. plans to give unemployed people weight loss jabs to help them return to work. the health secretary says the treatments could be lifechanging for individuals and beneficial for the economy. calls for a ban on smartphones in schools in england reach parliament as an mp tries

to introduce a new law to protect children. we hearfrom hollywood legend al pacino as he looks back on his career and how he's enjoying becoming a dad for the fourth time at the age of 83. well, its extraordinary. i've reacted to it as many ways as you could possibly react to it. it was, its wonderful. you know, i have this little person. a fairly cloudy start to the day—to—day with a lot of murky conditions, some drizzle. that cloud should break into the afternoon but sunnier skies will be across the north of scotland. all of the details shortly. it's tuesday, the 15th of october. the health secretary has suggested that weight loss injections could be an effective tool in getting the unemployed back into work. wes streeting said the new treatments could be "life—changing" for many people, ease demands on the nhs and have benefits for the economy. our chief political correspondent henry zeffman is at downing street.