i cinque giorni a folgaria. in northern italy, the town of folgaria. population 3,000, plus visitors. this winter, this week — these visitors. let's go west mids! woo! skaters, skiers, officials, volunteers representing their clubs, creating here the first ever british winter games for the special olympics, for intellectual disability, with a guiding philosophy... let me win. but if i cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt. cheering and applause we have to come to international countries to guarantee the snow and the environment for these winter games. but what it does is showcase that pathway of opportunity for people with intellectual disabilities to take part in sport. when you see people on the slopes, in the ice rinks, you feel that the athletes have a sense of freeness. they feel like they're doing something that everybody else does. directly above the town — the peaks. spectators cheer special olympic sports always begins with a process called divisioning. everyone is assessed for their ability and everyone will compete against others of a s

i cinque giorni a folgaria. in northern italy, the town of folgaria. representing their clubs, creating here the first ever british winter games for the special olympics, for intellectual disability, with a guiding philosophy... let me win.

and 'special olympics — five days in folgaria' will be on bbc iplayer from this weekend.rticularly across the south of the country. there's yesterday's very mild air moving on into the near continent. we're still in that mild air mass. some colder airjust looms to the far north of scotland and the northern isles on those northerly winds there, but elsewhere light winds for the rest of today, variable cloud, one or two spots of light, rain and drizzle in worthern and western areas. the best of the sunshine across southern britain. those temperatures up to 13 or 14 degrees in the warmest spots. something a bit cooler there from the north—east of scotland — six to eight degrees. as we head through this evening and overnight, little change. it stays mostly dry. there will still be some thicker patches of cloud, some spots of light, rain and drizzle, particularly in northern and western areas. again, the odd clear spell. where we have the clearer skies across north—east scotland, it will turn quite chilly here, down to one to three degrees, but a milder night to come for most

cinque giorni a folgaria. in northern italy, the town of folgaria. population 3,000, plus visitors.n, let me be brave in the attempt. cheering and applause we have to come to international countries to guarantee the snow and the environment for these winter games. but what it does is showcase that pathway of opportunity for people with intellectual disabilities to take part in sport. when you see people on the slopes, in the ice rinks, you feel that the athletes have a sense of freeness. they feel like they're doing something that everybody else does. directly above the town — the peaks. cheering special olympic sports always begins with a process called divisioning. everyone is assessed for their ability and everyone will compete against others of a similar level. now, every level has medals, every medal has the same value, and everyone is here to win. commentator: he's got some pace. woo! that's why david corr gave everything for the finishing line and beyond. it was soon clear that david was all right, actually, more than all right. went up to the corner, i let rip of my skis. yo