say they're concerned about their body image — that's according to a bbc survey. 0ur reporter nesta mcgregor been to meet one athlete who says she tried to lighten her skin, after racist taunts as a teenager. like all athletes, colours are important to annie tagoe. gold, silver, bronze. but, as a teenager, the sprinter says it was another colour,

nesta mcgregor reports on the new breed inspired by 0'sullivan‘s success.numbers for ronnie 0'sullivan, these are the significant ones. a check for £500,000, sports biggest payday. 28 yea rs £500,000, sports biggest payday. 28 years is one of the games elite and world title number six. to be here, i've had all of those victories and yes, it is a dream, but it's becoming a bit of a reality as well, so becoming a bit of a reality as well, so it is nice to be living your dream. adapting to life during the covid—19 outbreak but it was the long term future that he was worried about. if you look at the younger players coming through, they're not that good. they're so bad that a lot of them that you see now, you think i would have probably have to lose an arm and a leg to fall out of the top 15. those words probably provided no comfort to a sport trying to boost participation numbers. to your events were at an all—time low and but we have seen is all—time low and but we have seen is a steady increase in the last few years, we have seen the huge increase. o'sulliva

we can speak now to our sports correspondent nesta mcgregor. unprecedented protest in the united statesight. first of all the milwaukee box refusing to leave their locker room with a clear message some things are more important than basketball and this being one of them, the fight for racial equality. after that we had major league baseball, major league soccer and in turn is the world number four also refusing league soccer and in turn is the world numberfour also refusing to play in her wta match. today could bea play in her wta match. today could be a hugely significant day. at about 4pm uk time that is to be a meeting. league officials and players will meet separately to decide what to do next. reports coming from inside the nba bubble suggest that two teams want to withdraw altogether which would have huge reputational and financial implications for the nba. this is important because people in america, athletes, have been protesting for decades. remember in 2016. many feel that having black lives matter on the court or having slogans on shirts wasn't enough so this financial hit co

nesta mcgregor, bbc news.eaded in a match — as her us open preperations took a blow. konta — at the bottom of your screen — was beaten by in straight sets by world number 48 marie bouzkova at the lexington 0pen — a warm up event for the grand slam which starts at the end of the month. british number two heather watson also lost to american jennifer brady. days after saying the sports younger players are not good enough, ronnie 0'sullivan will need to come from behind against someone who's a year older than him if he's to avoid a quarter final exit at the world snooker championships. he's 6—2 down in the best of 25 frames match, against the three—time champion mark williams. the welshman‘s won the last four frames — which included a break of 130 at the end of their first session — to give him a big advantage heading into this afternoon. defending champion judd trump is also trailing, 10—6, to kyren wilson. and that's all the sport from now. while cat was talking to us, another line from vladimir putin in russia

nesta mcgregor reports. the 2020 betfred world snooker champion!e number six. to be here and have had all them victories, it's a dream but it's kind of becoming a bit of a reality as well so it's nice to be living a dream. like most sports, snooker has had to adapt to life during the covid outbreak. but last week its long—term future o'sullivan was worried about. if you look at the younger players coming through, they're not that good, really. they're so bad that a lot of them you see now, you think, i've properly got to lose an arm and a leg to fall outside the top 50, do you know what i mean? those words probably provided no comfort to a sport keen to boost participation numbers. if we go back ten years, and junior events, junior events around the world were at an all—time low. what we have seen is a steady increase and actually in the last two years we have seen a huge increase. o'sullivan won his first major title in 1993, aged just 17, and while he doesn't know how many frames he has got left, he has been inspiring players for generations. ron

nesta mcgregor, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett here is chris fox.nk you. more of this hot and humid weather to come, temperatures easing towards the end of the week but with sunshine, we get some big, thundery dampers. not many of them today but where they do occur, they could bring localised flash flooding, that's true over the next few days from these very big storms that will be around. this afternoon, not many showers to come, lots of dry weather, the view that echoing across wales, the midlands, southern england could be torrential in nature and some of the showers in eastern scotland potentially slow—moving. temperatures well up into the 30s, 36 degrees in the south—east, it will be a very hot and humid kind of day and overnight, we are looking up further thunderstorms purging north—east. lots of thunder and lightning mixed in with these, another uncomfortable and one night for sleeping. these are the temperatures at 11pm, and one night for sleeping. these are the temperatures at "pm, you can see still 27 degrees in london, 24 can see still 27

well, to put all of that into context and more, we'rejoined live by our sports reporter nesta mcgregors, to put this into context, let me paraphrase jr smith, yes, to put this into context, let me paraphrasejr smith, who plays for the la lakers. he says america will not continue to entertain a country that continues to kill us. as you mention, extraordinary events overnight with the nba, tennis and major league soccer refusing to play. the latest protest is a step up play. the latest protest is a step up of the taking of the neat which we have seen up of the taking of the neat which we have seen across sports represented, starting in america. the main reason seems to be the financial impact it can have. the nba generates billions of pounds a year, tv networks and sponsors, the knock—on effect will be huge. the thinking is the owners of these nba teams have massive influence, not only in sport but in political circles as well. this latest protest might be the cause of conversations to be had in places where perhaps the players do not feel those conversations are being had at the moment.

nesta mcgregor, bbc news. south wales. and in essex, when their road became a river, keith — a former canoeist for gb — and his mate james couldn't resist the urge, and took to the water. we grabbed the boat — we grabbed that, a couple of sets of paddles, and we were surprised how deep it was and we managed to do a few efforts up and down the front there. we've done races all around the world and you just look around and there's people hanging out the windows, looking at it. flash flooding this weekend across parts of the east midlands and the south—east took many by surprise. cars struggled with the rising waters. this shopping mall in chelmsford was flooded and had to be evacuated. kimberly helps mop up her restaurant in the city — she only opened last november, then the coronavirus pandemic came. she was just getting a business back on its feet when she and her staff were confronted with this. within minutes, they were flooded. from the road to the back of the shop, all the back of the shop was all flooded.

nesta mcgregor, bbc news.have suffered first round defeats in a warm up competition. johanna konta — at the bottom of your screen — was beaten by in straight sets by world number 48 marie bouzkova at the lexington 0pen — the same opponent she lost to in her last match before lockdown. heather watson was then beaten by american jennifer brady. joanna can't i had to see a doctor a few minutes into that match in lexington. apparently the heat brought on heart palpitations. it is super hot over there, so konta is having to adapt to the conditions. when exams were cancelled earlier this year due to covid—19, it was decided that students would be given results based on their predicted grades, combined with the exam success of their school or college in previous years. however, a growing number of pupils in scotland argue their marks have been unfairly downgraded. students in england, wales and northern ireland will receive their a—level results on thursday. we're joined now by the former head of 0fsted. thank you ve

well to put all of that into context and more — we'rejoined live by our sports reporter nesta mcgregord morning. as far as a significance, this potentially is huge. the nba is currently being played inside a bubble at disney world in orlando. we've already seen players take the knee during the national anthem and wearing slogans on their shirts as well, calling for racial equality, but last nights decision not to play was huge. it was led by the players themselves, so was led by the players themselves, so not by the nba, and the milwaukee bucs have a chance of winning the entire tournament, so for them to pull out its huge, massively significant. as you mention, other sports followed, tennis, the wnba and major league soccer as well, and with the shooting of jacob blake on sunday, to paraphrase two athletes, one said we don't want to entertain a country that continues to kill us while another says if you can't hear the cries for justice while another says if you can't hear the cries forjustice then you also can't see our talents as well. remember, protests in american sport has been go

nesta mcgregor, bbc news. of aps, he's a psychologist and a former nba player and joins me now. john, thanks forjoining us this evening. some of those scenes are difficult to watch there. perhaps the most significant 2a hours in us sport. would you agree?|j the most significant 2a hours in us sport. would you agree? i think it's certainly... it's certainly on trend, the nba has not been shy, the wnba perhaps leading the way even before the nba, have not been shy in this kind of activism and i think the league has come around understanding that they have to partner with the players when the social justice issues partner with the players when the socialjustice issues occur partner with the players when the social justice issues occur and partner with the players when the socialjustice issues occur and the thing that i've been talking about all day is the fact that we expect, every time a player misbehaves, we talk about them - we every time a player misbehaves, we talk about ti be - we a every time a player misb