geraint thomas, bbc news. as fii. it stands for fabricated or induced illness. it's where parents are accused of inventing their child's health condition — or deliberately making them poorly. families and charities claim there is a "wave of false allegations" and some parents accused of fii even fear their children could be taken from them. 5 live investigates' adrian goldberg joins us now. this is about fabricating or inducing illness, either inventing a sickness or actually making your child ill. campaigners are concerned that there has been an increase in the accounts of this, or the accusations of it. which they believe often occurs when parents either make enquiries about their children's condition, or they question a professional judgment or are just unhappy with how their child has been treated. how common is it? it's becoming more common if you believe some of the campaign groups that we have been talking to. we have a couple of campaign groups on the programme later who will say they have been contact

geraint thomas, bbc news.north wales. the coastguard pulled the child from the water at pigeon's cove just after 9pm last night. he was airlifted to hospital in bangor but died there. police are not treating the death as suspicious. every year hundreds of thousands of people suffer brain injuries. some of those can be life—changing or mean a long and difficult road to recovery. now a new rehabilitation centre, based in the lake district, is looking to combine advanced neurological treatments with outdoor activities. megan paterson has been to visit. it's a landscape which inspires adventure. and, for more than 40 years, the calvert trust has used lake district activities to challenge disability. the latest guest, the headway group, a charity for people who have experienced brain injuries. just been outdoors, i suppose, it's a confidence boost as well because you lose a lot of that and then it's just acceptance. i was involved in a car crash in 1997, left me in a coma for two weeks and i've just been in recover

geraint thomas has finished third at the tour of romandy in switzerland.on the final time trial stage in geneva. defending champion primoz roglitch claimed his third stage win of the six—day race to retain his title. world champion marc marquez won his home motogp in spain to move to the top of the championship standings. marquez started from third on the grid and took the lead by the first corner and kept it until the chequered flag injerez. britain's cal crutchlow was eighth. the final of the world snooker championship is under way in sheffield. judd trump and four times champion john higgins battling it out. they went into the evening session level at 4-4. went into the evening session level at 4—4. higgins is now 5—4 ahead. both players had two centuries in that first session. expect plenty of drama tonight. you can watch that u nfold drama tonight. you can watch that unfold on bbc two. england timed their run chase to perfection to beat pakistan by seven wickets in their t20 international in cardiff. solid batting from skipper eoin morgan, joe root an

four times, but missed out on last year's title after a stunning performance by his team—mate geraint thomasthe record of five, and as he told the bbc‘s bespoke podcast, all of his focus is on trying to win the title once more. ijust feel as if i'm in such a privileged position now. like, to have that opportunity and to have the backing of such an amazing team, to go in and try and win number five. i mean, this is what dreams are made of. and i've got that opportunity right here in front of me. matthewjordan has a two—shot lead at the british masters golf after the first round. the young englishman, who's playing in only his 12th event as a professional, battled through the wet weather in southport to break the course record at hillside. jordan made nine birdies in total with no bogeys in a 9—under par round of 63. he's two shots ahead of compatriot matt wallace and marcus kinhult of sweden. never quite expected it. i know i have been playing quite well but just from the get—go, it kind of started perfectly and from then on i just kept it going. and just ride issue as low as i could because

froome missed out on last year's title — after a stunning performance by team—mate geraint thomas. tour wins already in his collection, he's just one away from equalling the record of five. he told the bespoke podcast that all of his focus is on the tour at the moment. ijust feel as if i'm in such a privileged position now. to have that opportunity and to have the backing of such an amazing team, to go in and try and win number five. this is what dreams are made of. i've got that opportunity in front of me. right still lots to bring you on sportsday but let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines today. the brazilian grand prix will have a new home from next year. it's been held at interlagos — just outside of sao paolo — since 1990. but brazil's president says they're building a new track in rio dejaniero, and that will be it's new home from 2020. matthewjordan is the clubhouse leader on the first day of the british masters after breaking the course record at hillside in southport. he had nine birdies and no bogeys in a round of 63 in what only is his nin

team ineos were formerly known as team sky, and tour de france champion geraint thomas marked their firste time trial. but it was a bad day for the new hour world record holder, belgium's victor campenaerts, who lost control and came off his bike. you can get all the latest sports news on our website. from me and the rest of the team, thank you for watching and we will see you very soon indeed. hello there. at the beginning of the week it was 21 degrees in northern scotland. by the end of the week, it's going to be 6 degrees. it's turning colder everywhere. but yesterday, we did have some warm sunshine around, helping temperatures to 18 or 19 degrees. at the same time, though, we've got this band of cloud here. it's been moving very slowly eastwards, some showery bursts of rain still amongst all that cloud at the moment. but ahead of it, some clearer skies towards the south—east of england, east anglia and lincolnshire, so turning a little bit chilly. but elsewhere, those temperatures a bit higher than they were the previous night. as we head into the morning, we expect more cloud across

geraint thomas, bbc news.emperatures will take a tumble. showers pushing towards southern scotla nd showers pushing towards southern scotland later in the night. a breeze towards the far north—east. the skies are clear in the highlands. that frost will be hit and miss across england and wheel is. bank holiday monday, this weather front is where we are most likely to see showers. starting in southern scotland, drifting into northern ireland, northern england, the midlands and east anglia through the midlands and east anglia through the afternoon. either side of that we will see sunny spells. cloud will increase. across southern scotland lots of sunshine through the day. heavy showers in a northern scotland through the afternoon. temperatures here still in single figures. showers here and there in the night. a touch of frost. and we start the day how we finish but this time the showers drifting northwards. some of those could become slow moving and heavy. sunshine develops in the north—west later. rain towards t

geraint thomas has more. people have called me a freak, sloths, after goonies, ugly, tramp., she says, that stole her smile. she woke up says, that stole her smile. she woke up the following day with bell's palsy. 15 years later she still has a weakness of the muscles of the right side of her face, which a weakness of the muscles of the right side of herface, which can be painful for right side of herface, which can be painfulfor her. some right side of herface, which can be painful for her. some days they can't open my highs. some days a slow when a speak. eye drivel when i drink. try to act like it doesn't bother me, but it is your face. if you have spot on your face it is ten times worse for you than it is to eve ryo ne times worse for you than it is to everyone else. it is not life—threatening, but it is life changing. claire has been frustrated with her treatment, having been wrongly referred to in our nose and throat specialists on numerous occasions. every time it would get that the doctors would not know why i was there, discharged me, would go back to my doctor a co

and britain's geraint thomas has moved up to fourth overall at the tour of romandy in switzerland. champion primoz roglitch. it was a landmark day in women's motorsport today. britain's jamie chadwick winning the first race of the new wseries. the event — aimed at raising the profile of women's motorsport and providing more female drivers with a greater chance of competing at the highest level. today though it was a chance for chadwick to soak it all in, by taking top spot on the podium. as nick parrott reports. to get to the top and motorsport, you need the chance to showcase your talents. and wseries chose the grand stage of hockenheim for their first race. 18 drivers from around the world wet from the start by a briton, jamie chadwick. with identical cars, it is all about driver town. the overt —— opening lap was packed with drama and a mistake from chadwick costs are the lead. an even bigger errorfrom the canadian ended her race as well as finland. as soon as the race restarted chadwick was back in front. with just six restarted chadwick was back in front. withjust six races in

geraint thomas has more. people have called me a freak, sloth off the goonies, ugly, tramp.he woke up the following day with bell's palsy. 15 years later she still has a weakness of the muscles of the right side of her face, which can be painfulfor her. some days they can't open my eye. some days i slur when i speak. i dribble when i drink. i try to act like it doesn't bother me, but it's your face. if you have a spot on your face it's ten times worse for you than it is to everyone else. it's not life—threatening, but it is life changing. claire's been frustrated with her treatment, having been wrongly referred to ear, nose and throat specialists on numerous occasions. every time i'd would get there the doctors would not know why i was there, discharged me, would go back to my doctor a couple of years later and be referred again to ears, nose and throats. and it went round like that. i had structure and direction in my life until bell's palsy struck me, which stopped me dead in my tracks. the condition changed everything for marcus. he was an army sniper when he developed be

he lost out to geraint thomas last year but is one win away from equalling the record of five tour titles de janeiro from next year. it's been held at interlagos — just outside sao paolo — since 1990, but brazil's president says a new circuit is going to be built in rio to take over from 2020. that is all the sport for now. we'll have more after two o'clock. prince harry has taken time away from parenthood this morning, travelling to the netherlands to talk about the invictus games. the games, an international adaptive sporting event for wounded, injured and sick servicepersonnel, are due to be held at the hague in 2020. earlier this afteroon prince harry gave a speech to mark the one year countdown... competitors, supporters, families and friends, i am obviously i am obviously delighted to be here today to help mark the countdown to the invictus games, the hague 2020. when we launched the first invictus games in 2014, i knew that these men and women, who had given it their all in service to their country, would now do the same on the sports field, inspiring millions of people around the

geraint thomas — in the black and blue jersey — narrowly missed out, on taking stage three of the tour meant he lost momentum...france's meant he lost momentum, france's davide gaudu, took his first world tour win. johanna konta has reached, the first clay court final of her career, at the morocco open in rabat. the british number one beat the australian fourth seed, ajla tomljanovic in straight sets. konta hasn't won a tournament for two years and has dropped to a7 in the world. may be signs of a comeback now. it's the sport that involves doing wacky races on horse back and this week it's one of the highlights of the mounted games calendar, when the home nations battle it out for the title at the royal windsor horse show. i went along to warwickshire to see what's involved in the mounted games. and they're off. and back on again. the agility needed in the mounted games which has been testing the skills of young riders since the 19505. there is more imagination on display here than at the grand nationals. come on, come on, get over those stepping stones. the mounted games were started

meanwhile, geraint thomas — in the black and blue jersey — narrowly missed out on taking stage threefrance's david gaudu took his first world tour win. johanna konta has reached the first clay court final of her career, at the morocco open in rabat. the british number one beat the australian fourth seed, ajla tomljanovic in straight sets. konta hasn't won a tournament for two years and has dropped to 47 in the world. this is a great sport. you are such a good sport because you are not a great fan of horses, you've had some dodgy experiences. well, yes. i give them the wrong signals. as someone who does ride horses and has learned, if you don't go in with confidence and you are the boss, the relationship is often the wrong start. they are beautiful. this is why you don't get on with horses. it's one of the highlights of the mounted games calendar stop is a brilliant event, the mountain games. the home nations battle it out and the royal windsor horse show. i went along to warwickshire to see what's involved in the mounted games. and they're off. and back on again. the agility needed i

and britain's geraint thomas moved up to fourth overall at the tour of romandy in switzerland.t race of motor racing's new wseries. it's aiming to provide female drivers with a greater chance of competing at the highest level. chadwick started from pole in hockenheim in germany and beat compatriot alice powell to the chequered flag. spain's marta garcia was third. that is your lot now. yes, that's wseries, some people think it is a goodidea wseries, some people think it is a good idea having an all women series, other think that the men series, other think that the men series, or men's motor racing will just say, you have your women series and you can go and compete about.|j am and you can go and compete about.” am sure they will be a woman who brea ks am sure they will be a woman who breaks throughout some stage. no reason why not. it's the tale of the whale that's had experts baffled. this beluga whale was found off the coast of norway with a russian harness strapped to it, along with a gopro attachment and a "st petersburg" label. the equipment prompted extraordinary claims

their first official race was at the tour of romandie in switzerland, and geraint thomas finished fifthsters. tommy joins us now. it's taking place in hillside and southport. your back its been a great experience leading up to it for the last few months. we are pretty proud to be from south board, we got the open once every ten years or so. it's been really nice for me. ididn't or so. it's been really nice for me. i didn't know until this morning that it was called the gulf coast. it's generally the capital of the uk for golf. you get a lot of holidays in the summer playing golf. like i say, it should be great for fans. you are hosting this event, aren't you? again, you are hosting this event, aren't you ? again, that's you are hosting this event, aren't you? again, that's been really nice for me. all previous hosts, ian poulter, luke westwood, a different pa rt poulter, luke westwood, a different part of the career to me. they've achieved a lot more. i put my face to it, you get input in the venue. and doing things like this which is really cool. i might go over and above when i'm ther