for simran, abhay. for an athlete who is a woman and blind, and an orphan raised translation: people | would say, "she's blind. she is a waste." because what's in it for them? idyllic and very remote. of guddanahalli. this is where rakshitha raju was born. then it was only me and my grandma. speech and hearing—impaired, their disabilities meant worry or think too much. she said, "you are my little girl "and i will be with you always." each other that they were not. while at rakshitha's home, her brother helped bridge didn't have parents. neither did rakshitha. she says she doesn't want rakshitha to end up like her. rakshitha thrived on this strength. teacher in her village school, she moved to bangalore, translation: i kept asking, "how do i run, as i'm blind i "and cannot see the track?" guide runner more than myself. i have a lot of confidence in my tether. protects me when i fall. ra kshitha was lucky. she found rahul. on a track and which line they have to run. what a guide runner is. he was a middl

abhay seemed to be a good fit for simran.posure, but he had never been a guide runner. born in a family with modest means in a small town in central india, abhay had never even met an athlete with visual impairment. translation: a normal citizen won't know about para - athletes or paralympics. even i didn't know about blind runners. when i ran for the first time, they sent me videos. i am a fast learner, and after watching them, i thought i'll easily do it, but it's very different in practice. translation: there was a nervousness. l i thought, "how would i do it?" because it's not easy to run with another person. translation: when we run on a curve. _ the hand on the inside moves less and the one on the outside moves further. but when i'm running with her, i'm on her outside. if i move my hand short, then i'll end up blocking her, translation: it was our first competition together, - so he stopped completely and let me go ahead, which meant we got disqualified. translation: so i learnt that i don't have to pull her. - now, i'

simran�*s journey has been quite different.—mindedly focus on training. the family still had expectations about her role as a daughter—in—law and them having children soon after marriage. people said, "we'll see what you achieve. "you will end up wasting all this time. "you have accumulated so many loans just to train your wife. "why are you committed to this? after the missed opportunity in the tokyo paralympics, this time, she had to return with a medal. every time! this is my medal, gold medal. to her heart — in 2018, at the asian para games, what was the reaction in her village? i will show some videos that are in my mobile. seeing rakshita, many people wanted to inspire and do sports. in district, so many schools and colleges were there. everyone came and congratulated her. really special. yeah. and that's you? yeah. yeah, yeah. on their return. he asked what it was. to my guide. "i was using this tether when i won the gold medals "in the 2018 asian games and 2022 asian games. "i'm very happy and giving it to you." he said

divya arya tracks herjourney to find out how simran did it. is the sweetest memory for sprinter simrant from the government that is equivalent to 50% - of the athlete's cash prize, i and the same should be given despite the challenges, simran won bronze in the 200m have to search for a guide all over again. divya arya, bbc news, delhi. time to show you some from a river in buenos aires. intense coloured water flowing into the river. local media m- “9,222“th '""l—*" the m“. be caused etc" are" the “a“, be caused by the dumping ”textile”? ”textileidiefii text|led|echem|cal of textile die or chemical waste from a nearby depot. quite extraordinary pictures. with us on bbc news. quite extraordinary pictures. stay with us on bbc news. 7 easterly winds sent hello. cold easterly winds sent to the weather for the week but if you're expecting something akin to beast from the east, well, this area of high pressure. but to begin with, our actual air will be coming up another surge of colder air through part of next week, and that will be the case later this afternoon across the south. a little bit

in paris 202a. alongside her. is the sweetest memory for sprinter simran sharma. her to cross the finish line first before i do. but let her get ahead of me. they learnt from their mistakes and won gold in the other race they ran, the 200m. athletes for that in india. translation: | asked | the government to treat guide runners as coaches. i wrote to them explaining that coaches get a cash i of the athlete's cash prize, i and the same should be given despite the challenges, simran won bronze in the 200m but abhay may now focus on his own career and she may simran says she won't rest till she changes the colour divya arya, bbc news, delhi. you can watch the full documentary, weekend on the news channel or on bbc iplayer in the uk. stay with us here on bbc news. stay with break, 5 on bbc news. stay with break, wei bbc news. stay with break, we will: news. stay with break, we will talk ws. to our correspondent has to our correspondent who has been to few been to a town fewjouznalists been to a town fewjouznalists been to, the government have been to, the government i

translation: i asked | the government to treat despite the challenges, simran won bronze in the 200mare one of the most common human deaths on record. once the weather cools. that was a of snakes. hello. cold, easterly winds are set to dominate our weather don't — because those cold winds will be flowing around this area of high pressure. but to begin with, our actual air will be coming up from southern parts of europe. and any snow we do see will be fairly insignificant and mainly on the hills. and that will be the case later this afternoon because we've got outbreaks of rain developing across the south. they'll develop a bit more widely and could turn the drier weather. an hour to the south, will make temperatures of four out of the sunshine. will develop a bit more widely and into the night across parts of wales, central and southern england. flurries as well. further north and west, clearest of the skies, through tomorrow. a few more wintry showers for eastern scotland. cold rain, a little bit of sleet, a little some will stay dry. so temperatures will be on the rise at twickenha

her biggest hurdle was finding a guide runner to run divya arya tracks her journey to find out how simranave to pull her. - line first before i do. but let her get ahead of me. athletes for that in india. for indian female athletes with visual impairment. divya arya, bbc news, delhi. that's all from me, stay with my colleague sarah campbell us, my colleague sarah campbell will be back at the top of the all the latest hello there. led to some beautiful winter sunshine both topping thursday afternoon. but i suspect there's going to be more cloud there's quite a cold wind developing, that's going to drive in more cloud off the north sea. frost and patchy fog still an issue. developing and coming in from the south—east. it's going to really take the edge off the feel of the weather as well. clear skies and sunny spells after a frosty start for in a cluster of showers as we go through the day, with wind gusts potentially 30 to a0 miles an hour at times. it really will make it feel quite cold, best of the sunshine, best the warmth, to the northwest. but it's worth bearing in mind, through the e