hoping to return to the british team for the european championships later this year. 0ur reporter kate greyeen to meet her. since the age of 13, ellie simmonds has been the golden girl in the pool has been the golden girl in the pool. 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

kate grey, bbc news, at the london aquatic centre.on 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 she does not let it stop her. phoebe took up the

our reporter kate grey has been to meet her.top had taken its toll and she fell out of love with the sport. in rio, it had definitely 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 unfini

hoping to return to the british team for the european championships later this year. 0ur reporter kate greyof 13, ellie simmonds has been the golden girl in the pool has been the golden girl in the pool. 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 household name and decided to take time out of the limelight. household name and decided to take time out of the limelightlj household name and decided to take time out of the limelight. i needed that time to get away and refocus and realise what i wanted to do. so i decided to take a year out and travel. my love for swimming, i decided to take a year out and travel. my love forswimming, i found it back, my gear off really gave me perspective of what the sport is for me and it's my life. le is now training here at the aligned aquatic centre where she has fond memories of her racing to gold in front of many people in london 2012. she is back with her

kate grey, bbc news, at the london aquatic centre. time for a look at the weather.ere'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 still enjoying across western scotland and parts of northern ireland and other pretty

kate kinsella. good morning. it is a rather grey, if you can be patient, later on this afternoon turning brighter and dry for most. now, first thing this morning, yes, it is rather grey. the rain sometimes quite heavy. it is a cold front. it sweeps through, blows through, actually, quite a pretty day, south—westerly wind through the afternoon will start to clear. some showers in its wake but also some dry, brighter spells and some sunshine as well before it sets. that average are getting up to 14 celsius, the quite a pleasant evening as the shower start to die out and overnight the cloud disappears as well, leading to a dry, clear night. the minimum temperature, though, quite chilly. down the two or three celsius in one or two makes pots. especially outside the m25, in the countryside temperatures on the ground could get a little bit lower. but it is good news on the grounds, especially as we head into the bank holiday weekend. temperatures into the bank holiday weekend getting up in the low 20s. i‘m back with the latest from the bb

kate kinsella. it was a warm bank holiday monday so we woke up to a grey picture with a lot of cloud, mist and mercks with the risk of some heavy, country showers developing. another warm and sticky note with the minimum of 14-15. that sticky note with the minimum of 14—15. that shower risk continues through wednesday and thursday with the risk of thunder the whole time as well. thursday afternoon trying out with a bit more in the way of sunshine into the weekend. temperatures up again, 23—24. i‘m back with again, 23—24. the latest from the bbc london in half an hour. now, though, it‘s back to naga and charlie. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. good morning. here‘s a summary of this morning‘s main stories from bbc news. medical staff who treated sergei and yulia skripal after they were poisoned in salisbury have told the bbc they didn‘t expect them to survive. they also revealed that at first, they were unaware the former russian spy and his daughter were the victims of nerve agent poisoning. 0ne doctor described the situation as beyond his wildest imagina

greys. if you wonder what it looks like, harry arrived to will and kate's wedding in one of these carriages.ey are in the royal carriage fleet, if you will. he arrived with a number of flower girls and page boys. >> as we said, he's always been that naughty, younger brother. today is his big day. we are a couple hours away from that first kiss and the carriage ride through windsor castle. >> stay with us. >>> we are doing royal wedding coverage. i have to come back to the panel quickly and talk about the fashion and celebrities we are seeing. we have had a george and amal sighting. >> they showed up looking like royalty. i'm dying. amal's mustard gold dress with a matching fascinator hat. the gold tails off the back of her dress, that is perfection. >> gorgeous. >> this high waist. keep in mind, amal just slayed at the met gala. now she's back in yellow. >> she does nothing wrong in fashion. >> we saw victoria beckham. i believe she is wearing her own. >> there's a slit from her neck down to the belly button. >> she was pregnant at kate and william's wedding. she is definitely not pregnant n