since the age of 13, ellie simmonds has been the golden girl in the pool has been the golden girl inool. but ten years at the top took its toll and she fell out of love with the sport. it disappeared in rio, andi with the sport. it disappeared in rio, and i hated swimming, i hated everything about it. five-time paralympic champion, is she became a

and paralympic champion ellie simmonds says she's refreshed and ready to get back in the pool, afterlling out of love with swimming... ijust i just hated swimming, ijust hated swimming, i hated everything about it, but after my euros, a really gave me perspective of what the sport is for me and it's my life. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm hugh ferris. good evening. thanks forjoining us on sportsday. the cameron norrie story isn't over yet at the french open. the british number three held off the fading light and the french 15th seed lucas pouille to take his second round match into tomorrow at roland garros. i've been speaking to our tennis correspondent russell fuller, who watched norrie live to fight another day. precisely, and he managed to extend the match into a second day and fourth set by winning the third set by seven games to five, at 9a2 in the evening here in paris, and in very poor light indeed, any show the character of the emerging british player. he was outplayed by the 15th seed, and the first set. he was better in the second set, but based the defeat, and broken

from teenage superstar to paralympic legend — can ellie simmonds end her career at the top in tokyo? ar—old from west yorkshire... phoebe suthers has won an international tournament in deaf tennis, beating some of the world's best adult players along the way and dave edwards went to see her in training. you might think tennis is all about seeing the ball and knowing where to hit it. but hearing the ball is important too. it can give you vital clues about where it is going and at what speed. and that can be crucial in a fast—paced sport where a split second really matters. so there is this little things that make a difference like how hard the ball is coming, the amount of spin that is on the ball. just those little things that make a big difference. at about ten days old phoebe's parents realised that she was not responding to sounds. they took her for a hearing test and were told that she was profoundly deaf. at first obviously we thought it was the end of the world but looking at phoebe now and the life that she leaves, she lives life to the full and it has an impact on her life but

since the age of 13, ellie simmonds has been britain's golden girl in the pool.efinitely disappeared in the lead—up to it. i just hated swimming, i hated everything about it. a five—time paralympic champion, ellie had become a household name and she decided to take some time out of the limelight. ijust needed that time, just to get away and refocus and realise what i wanted to do. so i decided just to take a year out and just go travelling. my love for swimming, i found my love back. i think in my year off, i think it really gave me a perspective on what the sport is for me, and it's my life. ellie is now training here at the london aquatic centre, where she has many fond memories from racing to gold in front of 17,000 people in london 2012. she's also back with her old coach billy pye, who was with her at the very start, over ten years ago. if ellie would have finished in rio, and that was a possibility, yeah, it would have... not a sour taste, i suppose, but i suppose sort of unfinished business. now we've got an opportunity and a chance to finish that. hopeful

and paralympic champion ellie simmonds says she's refreshed and ready to get back in the pool, after falling out of love with swimming... ijust i just hated swimming, ijust hated swimming, i hated everything about it, but after my euros, a really gave me perspective of what the sport is for me and it's my life. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm hugh ferris. good evening. thanks forjoining us on sportsday. the cameron norrie story isn't over yet at the french open. the british number three held off

in action tonight is five—time paralympic champion ellie simmonds — plus commonwealth games and paralympicllie robinson. now, it'sjust 50 days to go until the start of the hockey world cup which will take place in london this year. england women will go in as one of the favourites, after some of the team won olympic gold as great britain in 2016. england forward sophie bray was part of that squad and as well as telling us how she is dreaming of world cup glory — she also revealed why she didn't wash her shirt in rio. it is the world cup almost on your doorstep and the thought of is incredible. when i was 16, i had to choose between football and hockey. i was playing football for fulham girls. i loved it. i was playing my club hockey and in school and i remember it being a hard decision. at that time, when i was 16, there was currently for me in terms of my development more clear route to the top with my hockey. the first couple of games we played two games in a row, it was a quick turn around and i didn't have time to wash my red shirt. and we ended up to wash my red shirt. and we ended up

from teenage superstar to paralympic legend — can ellie simmonds end her career at the top in tokyo?ate grey, bbc news, at the london aquatic centre. time for a look at the weather. here's phil avery. thanks very much. hello, we have had a mishmash of weather over the last few days, i hope trade has picked up in this market, we have the same, nation of warm sunshine for some but at the same time some of those downpours and it may be that we don't continue with the glorious weather we have had over the northern parts of the british isles and it could be that you swap it in the next few days for something a bit more akinde to this. this is the way things are shaping up at the moment. much of the activity has been along the line of this particular feature through the cause of the day, again heavy downpours as we saw from the heavier picture. —— akin to this. that trend continues further north and west moving through wednesday and into the first pa rt through wednesday and into the first part of thursday. following behind i'm hopeful of a bit more in the way of brightness, head of it sti

five time paralympic champion ellie simmonds tells us how she fell out of love with swimming before some european championships. farmers are predicting a bumper strawberry harvest this summer, despite the poor spring weather. but they're facing a shortage of european workers to pick the fruit that's ripening in the fields. last year, 99% of seasonal pickers working in uk horticulture came from eastern europe. nearly two thirds were from bulgaria and romania. this year, 75% of uk businesses anticipate labour shortages. our environment and rural affairs correspondent claire marshall reports from romania. in the summer heat, even with skilled hands, it takes hours in this backbreaking position to bring in the strawberry harvest. far fewer seasonal workers from eastern europe now want to travel to britain to pick fruit on ourfarms. the reasons are complex. we catch a few moments with these pickers. she says herfriends prefer to go to germany and spain. this lady says the job opportunities are getting better in romania. it's crazy how difficult it's getting, isn't it? we travelled deep into t

paralympic champion ellie simmonds says she came close to quitting swimming after losing her love forwater cube in beijing, plus visits to thailand, america, mexico, south africa and vietnam. she's now hoping to regain a place on the british para—swimming team for august's european championships in dublin. ijust i just hated swimming, ijust hated swimming, i hated everything about it. but then my year off, i think it really gave me a perspective of what these board is for me, and it's my life, something thatis for me, and it's my life, something that is not just for me, and it's my life, something that is notjust my life, it is a hobby, and the opportunity that it gives me, so huge, so i decided to just get back in august and give it one more shot. that's all the sport for now. i'm back with the headlines for you at 10:30. good morning, it is nine minutes past ten. while the us and north korea continue making plans for an historic joint summit, back home in north korea we bring you a reminder that for everyday citizens — life is still repressive, dangerous and frightening. speaking to

paralympic champion ellie simmonds says she came close to quitting swimming after losing her love for british para—swimming team for august‘s european championships in dublin i hated swimming, but my year off gave me perspective and it is something that is my life and the opportunities it gives me isjust so huge. so i decided to give it one more shot. that is all the sport for now. the american actress, roseanne barr, has apologised after her popular tv show was cancelled following a racist comment she posted on twitter. she‘d compared a former aide to president obama to an ape. the head of the abc network said the comments were abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with its values. this report from our correspondent james cook in los angeles contains flash photography mum, can i have some money? i don‘t know. mum, can i have some money? i don‘t know, can i have some money? roseanne barr fronted a tv sensation. housekeeping! a hugely popular sitcom from the 1980s and ‘90s, which made a triumphant return this year. "beep!" that didn't go through. i heard a beep. millions tuned in to se