bbc sport is looking at the life of marieke vervoort, a paralympian the life of marieke vervoort, a paarieke vervoort, a paralympian who chose to end her life at the age of a0. it has been confirmed that that is the situation. such a sad story because when we see her performing, powering away and winning gold in london in 2012 and again in rio, we have no idea the pain and suffering she has been experiencing.” idea the pain and suffering she has been experiencing. i know a lot of athletes and i love track and field andi athletes and i love track and field and i remember for athletes and i love track and field and i rememberfor london 2012, people like david weir and johnny peacock and those athletes, athletes with disabilities were called superhuman. we were encouraged to see them as athletes like any other, especially at the olympic level. so when you see someone especially at the olympic level. so when you see someone in this position in this photo choosing to hand her life, as is permitted in belgium, then you read in more detail and you see her disease caused constant pain, seizure

marieke vervoort, who won gold and silver at the london 2012 paralympics, and two further medals at rioaway. the daily mail has this picture of a drone—like flying taxi that is being tested in singapore. named the ‘volocopter‘, the self—flying aircraft is expected to be put into use in as little as two years' time.

tributes have been paid to the former paralympic champion marieke vervoort who ended her life throughle degenerative muscle disease. she lived in constant pain, with paralysis in her legs and she suffered seizures, which all limited her ability to sleep. despite that she won two medals at the london paralympics in 2012, including a gold in the 100 metres, and two more medals at the rio games. that was in 2016 when she spoke to the bbc about her life and the decision to end it when she thought the time was right. this morning when the nurse came for helping to wash and dress me everything was so painful, when i talk about real pain then i say that you have a lot of pain that you lose consciousness. can you hear me? sometimes it's really difficult because my good days are getting smaller and smaller, more and more bad days and then that makes it really difficult and when the time comes and i have on the bad days then i think i have really good reason. when you are sure that you will have a soft beautiful death then you can do it with the people that you want that stay with you and it's

thank you very much for your reflections on the death of marieke vervoort, the paralympic champion froma at the age of 40. in has died by euthanasia at the age of a0. in football news, big wins in the champions league for tottenham and manchester city an european champions cup liverpool could welcome back mo salah for the match against bank tonight. he trained yesterday and has recovered from an ankle problem. —— against genk. we don't want to make genk bigger than they are but they are in the champions league and play good football, they are at home and they are annoying, as they were against napoli but they play good football pundit is a brave team, champions in belgium last year. chelsea have won their last five games in all competitions and have a tough one this evening in amsterdam against dutch league leaders ajax. they also topped their qualifying group after its wine wins against both lille and valencia. a really tough match against a valencia. a really tough match againsta team, valencia. a really tough match against a team, we know how they performed last year and how they hav

just a moment but we are going to start this evening with the news that paralympic champion marieke vervoort life through euthanasia, she was 40. the belgian wheelchair racer had an incurable degenerative muscle disease, and she lived in constant pain, seizures and paralysis in her legs and severely limited her ability to sleep, she'd lived with the condition from the age of 14, despite that she triumphed in the 100 metres at the london paralympics in 2012 and also competed at the following games in rio in 2016. that was also when she spoke to the bbc in an emotional interview about her life and her decision to end it when the time was right. this morning when the nurse came for helping to wash and dress me everything was so painful, when i talk about real pain than i say that you have a lot of pain that you lose consciousness. sometimes it's really difficult because my good days are getting smaller and smaller, more and more bad days and then the days that makes it really difficult and when the time comes and i have on the bad days then i think i have really good reason. when you are sure t

tributes have been made to marieke vervoort, who won gold in london in 2012.in clouds are on the way back. there has also been some heavy rain other places in your. also coming up a smear campaign, the white house dismisses a senior diplomat testimony to the presidential impeachment inquiry. you are watching afternoon live. a murder investigation has begun after the bodies of 39 people were found ina the bodies of 39 people were found in a container in essex. they were found on industrial estate in grays. and more reports. the grim discovery was made early this morning on the back of a lorry at an industrial park in grays. forensic officers are working at the scene. police say identifying the bodies will be a long and complicated operation. the lorry came from bulgaria, but the people who died on board are unlikely to be from europe. police came to the scene after they were alerted by the ambulance service at 1.a0. 39 people were pronounced dead at the scene. early indications suggest that 38 are adults. one was a teenager. i think the whole house will agree t

sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, we'll have reaction to the death of paralympic champion marieke vervoorte belgian wheelchair racer who has ended her life through euthanasia. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at 6pm. 39 people have been found dead in the back of a lorry in essex. it's not known who they are or where they came from. one was a teenager. the lorry driver, who's 25, from northern ireland and and named locally as mo robinson, has been arrested on suspicion of murder. the victims were discovered at1.1i0 this morning. the police say identifying them is their number one priority but it's expected to be a lengthy process. the lorry was registered in bulgaria two years ago. the police say they believed it travelled from zeebrugge into purfleet in essex shortly after midnight this morning before arriving at an industrial park in grays in essex at one 1.15am. our special correspondent ed thomas is live at the scene. this is a shocking and tragic discovery. yes, in the last hour or so, this lorry, with all 39 people, have left here and been sent to what police say is a secure l

the belgian paralympian marieke vervoort has ended her own life through euthanasia at the age of a0.degenerative muscle disease. euthanasia is legal in belgium and in 2008 vervoort signed papers which would one day allow a doctor to end her life. vervoort‘s disease caused constant pain, seizures, paralysis in her legs and left her barely able to sleep. tributes have been made to the paralympian online. the american diver and four time olympic gold medalist gregory louganis wrote... and the former a00m runner, katharine merry wrote... let's turn now to one of our most watched videos online. this is a video from bbc 100 women, which names 100 influential and inspirational women each year and shares their stories. amy webb is a renowned futurist — she looks back at the past and scours data to figure out what might be round the corner. she named three things she thinks are most important for us to know about right now, to help make 2030 a better place — and this was her top tip. i'm amy webb, i'm a quantitative futurist. when i think about the next ten years, the most important developme

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