last year, racing driver billy monger had a horrendous crash at donnington park. documentary, driven — the billy monger story, on bbc2 tonight, follows his recovery and his successful return to the racetrack. he joined me earlier to talk about how his life has changed, but how his ambitions remain the same. just a warning, we are going to show pictures of the crash and they are quite shocking. i don‘t think about it too much, if i‘m honest, the actual accident itself. 0bviously, my life has changed completely since then but in terms of sitting and thinking about it, it doesn‘t play on my mind. terms of sitting and thinking about it, it doesn't play on my mind. the realisation you have lost your legs, how quickly did that happen and how did that impact you?” how quickly did that happen and how did that impact you? i could tell when i was in the car the injuries we re when i was in the car the injuries were bad and the doctors, i could see on theirfaces were bad and the doctors, i could see on their faces around the car, they were concerns. although i went into an i

the billy monger story, driven, is on bbc two at 9pm tonight.ut sophia floersh, who had that terrible accident in macau. she has come through an almost ten—hour operation and her team say that she is fine. they have repaired one of her vertebrae with a piece of her hip. they say there is no paralysis and they expect her to be back racing in her own time. positive news after that accident at the back. that's all from sportsday, we'll have more throughout the evening. welcome back. theresa may has used a speech to business leaders to insist that her plan for brexit is the best option for protecting jobs across the country. meanwhile, the labour leaderjeremy corbyn said that a good brexit plan must involve what he described as a radical transformation of the uk economy. jamie robertson has been speaking to cbi presidentjohn allan, who gave his reaction to mr corbyn's speech. i think he's clearly got a vision for the future of this country. and he has identified, i think, some of the problems we have as a society. there is too much inequality. i thi

billy monger, who lost both his legs in a crash 18 months ago, says it's impossible to eradicate the not nice to see, especially when i know sofia so well, and i've raced against her before in karting, so we've known each other for years. before in karting, so we've known each otherfor years. i'm glad mainly to hear that she's going to be hopefully out on the other side of it ok without serious injury. it's incredible after seeing the accident myself to be able to say that, because it looked a lot worse than hopefully what her injuries are, seeing it first hand. but i guess that proves that safety is improving and developing. in early september, michaeljohnson, the athletics legend, suffered a mini—stroke. the four—time olympic champion and former world record holder over 200 and 400 metres says he is close to making a full recovery , but the early days after suffering the illness were tough. two days later i was allowed to start physical therapy, and this was probably the most sort of poignant moment in the transition for me. i was able to walk around my hospital floor for the first

17—year—old billy monger airlifted to hospital. he would lose both his legs. his car is more powerful than anything i've ever driven before. and then learn to drive again. smile on my face, when i was inside the helmet, yeah. like a cheshire cat. just 11 months after the crash, billy is racing again and on the podium. his formula one dream, still alive. we have billy here, you are drinking out of your leg, classy thing to do. anybody who sees this documentary, within the first two minutes, i was watching it and ijumped out of my seat and i knew your story. your road to recovery, so to speak, has been remarkable. what do you think has been the driving force, excuse the pun, for you? think it has been the pun, for you? think it has been the support of unit around me. when the support of unit around me. when the accident happened it was a very difficult time for me and my family. the amount of support i received, not just from family and the amount of support i received, notjust from family and friends but from people i had never met before, i think that played a

british racer billy monger lost both his legs in a crash 18 months ago, he says you can‘t make motorsport is dangers in motorsport and everyone knows that when they sign up for it. nobody expects that to happen, especially to yourself, nobody considers it. i know sophia florsch whitwell so i am just wishing her the best in her recovery and i am glad she is ok. safety is improving in the sport, which is great, but it is never going to be risk—free. but as long as we keep improving and making strides, that is obviously a massive pa rt strides, that is obviously a massive part for everyone who wants to compete in the sport. disgraced criceters steve smith, david warner and cameron bancroft could all be back playing sooner than they thought. they were all banned earlier this year for ball—tampering during the series with south africa. cricket australia is considering a formal request from the player‘s union to end their bans early — and a decision is expected this week. gareth southgate says harry kane is the best goalscorer in world football. kane scored the winner as england beat croatia 2—

we saw it with the young brit billy monger who lost tragically both legs in an accident but has returned seaters. what are they doing to break down barriers for disabled drivers? with motor racing it is quite a good normaliser, as soon as someone is a car, male, female, totally partially able—bodied, whatever that issue is they have, they are just racers in a car with a helmet on, no one can tell the subplot to the story once they are in that car. i think it is rarely positive. the fia have obviously moved quite a lot to make these things happen. before the beginning of the year you wouldn't have been able to race in a single seater car if you have the disability say will he munger has. a lot of people are working to make this happen and to make sure no matter who you you can come back if you are strong enough and have the ability do that, it is a testament to all of those people making this happen. manu tuilagi's in line to make his first appearance for england in more than two years. he's been named on the bench for the final autumn international against australia at twickenham on satu

billy monger, who lost both his legs in a crash 18 months ago, told bbc breakfast it's impossible to, you never expected to happen to yourself, you never consider it. i know sophie well and have raced against her before, i'm wishing her all the best. i think safety is improving in the sport which is great, but it's never going to be risk—free. but is on as we keep improving and making strides on safety, that is massive for everyone. dina asher smith's been named on the shortlist for the iaaf female athlete of the year award. the 22—year—old'5 had a great year, becoming the first british woman to win triple gold at the european championships, along with a couple of medals at the commonwealth games too. the winner will be announced in monaco on december 4th. we'll have more for you in sportsday at 6:30pm. thanks very much, this is bbc news. earlier we heard the prime minister at the cbi conference urging people to get behind the draft withdrawal agreement that has been widely criticised last week. very interesting to hear andrew mitchell talking to us just a few minutes ago saying, in

british racer billy monger lost both his legs in a crash 18 months ago — he says it‘s impossible to maked i am glad she is ok. safety is improving in the sport, which is great, but it is never going to be risk—free. but as long as we keep improving and making strides, that is obviously a massive part for everyone who wants to compete in the sport. and the five—time world darts champion raymond van barneveld is to retire from the sport. the dutchman, who‘s known as barney, will call it quits after the pdc world championship in 2020. he‘s one of only three players to have won five titles, but says he can no longer "keep up" with other players. that‘s all the sport for now. sirming, sir ming, freezing cold salmon, back to you! —— simon. some breaking news, we are hearing from the parole board who have decided the serial sex offender john worboys, the black cab rapist, must stay in prison after reconsidering his case. in much the high court overturned a decision to release him, saying the parole board had filtered for a wider pattern of his alleged offending which cast doubt on his credibili

all the day's sports news, including an inteview with racing driver billy monger — who's back behindtonight. that's all the sport for now. more from the bbc sport centre at 11:15. and rebecca, i promise you, it is me for the rest of the week. and sally, ford could news that is. thank you so ford could news that is. thank you so much harder update this morning. the headlines on bbc news... theresa may prepares to sell her brexit withdrawal plan to business leaders saying it will stop eu migrants "jumping the queue." in brussels — eu ministers discuss the political declaration that will set out the future relationship with the uk 3,000 foreign doctors are having their licenses checked after it emerged a fake psychiatrist was allowed to practise for 22 years with no medical qualification. 77 people are now known to have died in huge wildfires that have swept across northern california. nearly one—thousand people are still missing. heavy rain is now forecast, bringing new fears of floods and mudslides. 0ur reporter dave lee has the latest from the city of chico. here in chico, the mourni

billy monger, who lost both his legs in a crash 18 months ago, told bbc breakfast it's impossible towhen i know sophie so well. i know sophie well and have raced against her before, we have known each other for years. iam glad we have known each other for years. i am glad mainly to hear that she hopefully we'll be out the other side ok with not a serious injury. it's incredible, after seeing the accident myself, to be able to say that. because it looked a lot worse than hopefully what her injuries are. seeing it first hand. but i guess that just proves are. seeing it first hand. but i guess thatjust proves that are. seeing it first hand. but i guess that just proves that safety is improving and developing. dina asher smith's been named on the shortlist for the iaaf female athlete of the year award. the 22—year—old's had a great year, becoming the first british woman to win triple gold at the european championships, along with a couple of medals at the commonwealth games, too. the winner will be announced in monaco on december ath. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you

interesting, we had billy monger on yesterday. amazing. fabulous.h on something absolutely lovely? go on. yes. the twin0credibles this pair of ladies, born in 1916. not 102! -- twin—credibles. born in 1916. not 102! -- twin-credibles. yes, they are still together, looked after by phyllis's son, carl, who is 60, proud of his mum and irene, and he says neither have arthritis, everything works perfectly. spotted as well they don't need to replace these balloons, they just keep don't need to replace these balloons, theyjust keep them for the next year and get another number at the end. change the end one. it is lovely. amazing. happy birthday indeed. a whole lot of candles. 6:22am, good morning. people with incurable cancer are being told that even a small amount of exercise can help them live not just better, but possibly longer. macmillan cancer care says, contrary to traditional doctors' advice, rest is not always best. jayne mccubbin went to see gemma ellis, a mum with secondary cancer who is gearing up to run the first 5k of her life. gemma was dia