great britain's most successful female olympian dame laura kenny believes women athletes can struggle mum—of—two is targeting a fourth games in paris next year and speaking with husband, jason, to five live breakfast, kenny says she's had many conversations with athletes suffering with a condition called red—s. there is no reason why it happened to us but i do think there are females who have struggled and will struggle to get pregnant because of the lifestyle of being an athlete and with red—s with females losing their periods, you will not get pregnant if you do not have a period. i have always consistently had a period so that has always been fine for me but the amount of conversations i have had of people having red—s, it is really dangerous because you don't have a period and these females are giving up on things and there are so many athletes that are here saying they want to start a family. if you don't have a period you can't start a family. you can hear the full interview as a podcast. it's called the laura and jason kenny one, just search for the all about feed on bbc sounds

great britain's most successful female olympian dame laura kenny says an athlete's lifestyle can leadng to the bbc�*s rachel burden about the difficulties laura and others have faced, as well as the pressure she feels to qualify for what would be a fourth olympics in paris. everyone wants to paint it as laura is going for the olympics. i was terrified when i read it. i hope people would not expect me to make it to paris because obviously it is such an ask. it has always been to race again, ijust want to race again. to race again, i 'ust want to again._ race again. everyone will invest in _ race again. everyone will invest in the _ race again. everyone will invest in the kind - race again. everyone will invest in the kind of - race again. everyone will invest in the kind of fairyj invest in the kind of fairy tale it actually is not to do with everyone else. it is a city with you on how you feel. i think i realise that. when we lost, when we had a miscarriage. i knew deep down that it would be one hell of a comeback to come back, obviously delaying it, because i still wanted to have ano

also coming up on sportsday — dame laura kenny on her comeback six months after becoming a mother again helping female athletes overcome their struggles to get pregnant. there are so many athletes that are here saying they want to start a family, but cannot do this and start a family and it's a rather unhealthy way of training as well. hello again. welcome along to sports day. the champions league group stage will end tonight, and two premier league teams are currently still standing. newcastle can make it three, and when you've waited two decades to be part of the competition again, a fall at the first hurdle would be a painful one. to reach the last 16, they'll have to overcome two things that are against them, arithmetic and ac milan, as ben croucher reports. to bea to be a newcastle united supporter. the winds, that fails, the much bitten nails, but for one more time this season and maybe one last time, st james�* this season and maybe one last time, stjames�* park this season and maybe one last time, st james�* park will be bouncing for the champions league. the equation for newcas

great britain's most successful female 0lympian dame laura kenny tells us about her return to cyclingng a mum of two. a shortage of skilled social care workers in england is putting vulnerable lives at risk, according to the disability charity sense. it says the care sector is at a cliff edge. vacancies for carers in the home in england have more than doubled in the last decade — around 71,000 posts are unfilled. and from april there'll be new restrictions on carers coming from abroad. it comes at a time when need is greater than ever. sense estimates there are 1.6 million people with complex disabilities in the uk. 0ur correspondent anna collinson has met a family in wiltshire strugging to find the right level of care for their son. can you makejohn a cup of tea? i've got to getjohn up and into his chair. from the moment 39—year—old john wakes, he is reliant on his stepmum. put your arm over to mum. john is full of life, full of laughter. he deals with everything with good humour. brain damaged at birth, after a long battle he is entitled to nhs funded care worth £8,000 a week. total