ben maher wa nts to that he is capable of. victories in london. —— one final victorious leap in london. and finally, doddie weir has won this year's hellen rollanson award which recognises outstanding achievement in sport in the face of adversity. the scottish rugby legend was diagnosed with motor neuron disease in 2016. he set up the my name's doddie foundation, which has raised more than £4 million for research into the disease. he'll be presented with the award at tomorrow night's sports personality of the year award in aberdeen. and that'll be on bbc one tomorrow starting at 7pm. for now, though, that's all your sport — bye from me. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 5:10pm. bye for now. you're watching bbc news live from westminster with me, geeta guru—murthy. the prime minister is visiting the north—east of england, where a surge of conservative support in traditional labour heartlands helped him storm to victory in the general election. borisjohnson has pro

british showjumper ben maher has enjoyed an incredible season with his ride explosion.te last month, raising hopes they could challenge for olympic honours next year. before then though maher will compete at the olympia horse of the year show in london next week. nick hope has been to his yard in hertfordshire to meet him. explosion is being dubbed a wonder horse, a once in a generation star who with ryder ben maher is having an incredible season. esn incredible horse, he has the star quality when we have a day like today when you all, he knows they are here for him and he really loves the attention, he really wants to win as much as i do which is what brings us together after winning the procedures super grand prix, he is hopeful explosion can help him. i know what it takes to win team gold—medal but individually that is something i have not experienced yet, i have been individual silver medallist twice, at european championships we try to learn from previous mistakes to see if we can produce a result next year. one say despite all ben maher success he won't be riding