they've been taking on hollywood, and battling for a voice in their sport — as kate grey reports: iname us open doubles champion but the battle to her 12th grand slam titles started before she even got on the court. what was your immediate reaction when you heard the news about the us open and no wheelchair competition? we were put in that league of being not professional and i think that's what upset at the most because i know we are professional athletes and this is ourjob and will be dictated to and it was really disappointing. organisers at the end of the wheelchair athletes would not wa nt to of the wheelchair athletes would not want to travel due to the covid—19 pandemic. i think it was miscommunication and maybe some bad assumptions and they apologised and they sorted it out and we are grateful for that and we had one of the best us open if he ever had. that is one of many examples of the past few months where people with without disability have united and confronted inequalities beyond the sport. social media has seen an increase in hashtags and campaigns shedding light on di

kate was awarded a queen's birthday honour for her contributions and dedication to the nhs. completely overwhelmed. hello again. although skies across the uk on thursday were almost uniformly greyretty commonplace across the country. there were, however, big temperature contrasts from place to place. in the west, we had some milder atlantic air moving in. whereas across central and eastern england along with the whole of scotland, we had much colder continental air. in the west, temperatures reached double figures, it was actually quite mild, 10—11 celsius. but across central and eastern england and scotland, temperatures were more typically around 5—6 celsius. we only managed to get 4 in dalwhinnie in the highlands of scotland. so, there were some big contrasts. those contrasts were driven, really, by this weather front that's been bringing rain eastwards over recent houi’s. and it's, as well, been one of those nights where the milder air has been pushing in. temperatures for some have actually been rising throughout the night as well. so, for most of us, friday will get off to a relatively mild note but across eastern england, eastern scotland, there will still be some rain a