tom williams from parkrun.l football clubs with the aim of eventually making it onto the senior team. however, only a few get that far — and for those left behind, the mental health impact can be significant. alex howell has been to swansea city to find out about their new approach to supporting young players on and off the pitch. it's the pinnacle of sport, but one very few footballers get to experience. under 1% of academy footballers will go on to play top—flight professional football. the shock of rejection can be very real. the football journey is hard and everyone tells you only 1% make it. but, as a player, you always think that's not me, surely not. swansea city academy player ali knows about the pressures of trying to make it. you're getting judged every single day on every single thing you are doing. a lot of people can't handle that pressure and can't handle the mental stress that comes out of it. i had this time yesterday. just found out obviously what people are getting contracts. and people like t

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at the moment, less than half of parkrun's venues have granted permission.rmal, including from parkrun. councils need to carefully consider all requests to make sure everyone involved can take part safely. commentator: and there goes coe. but others are unimpressed, including lord coe, once olympic champion, now the head of world athletics and a parkrunner himself. i really do hope local authorities can cut through this bureaucratic swamp. i do worry that unless we get this up and running pretty quickly, and to the right critical mass, the 80 or 90%, it is going to be difficult for this to resume. among those waiting and hoping isjodie binch, who before covid organised a parkrun in nottinghamshire, and told me that now the benefits would be even greater. because we've spent so much time behind closed doors and not being able to get out, i think it's really important that we're able to get the community back together, the elderly back out there, volunteering and meeting up with people. the runners are the same, people are able to volunteer, and ijust think it

at the moment, less than half of parkrun�*s venues have granted permission.ernment association say the pent—up demand for event means councils have received about 600% more applications than normal, including from parkrun. councils need to carefully consider all requests to make sure everyone involved can take part safely. commentator: and there goes coe. but others are unimpressed, including lord coe, once olympic champion, now the head of world athletics and a parkrunner himself. i really do hope local authorities can cut through this bureaucratic swamp. i do worry that unless we get this up and running pretty quickly, and to the right critical mass, the 80 or 90%, it is going to be difficult for this to resume. among those waiting and hoping isjodie binch, who before covid organised a parkrun in nottinghamshire, and told me that now the benefits would be even greater. because we've spent so much time behind closed doors and not being able to get out, i think it's really important that we're able to get the community back together, the elderly back out ther

, all types, not just parkrun, enabling all types, notjust parkrun, enabling outdoor activity to returno see whether it is coming back?— watching out for to see whether it is coming back? yes, we will build towards that _ is coming back? yes, we will build towards that point, _ is coming back? yes, we will build towards that point, and _ is coming back? yes, we will build towards that point, and that's - is coming back? yes, we will build. towards that point, and that's when we will be able to say we have enough confidence to go on the 26th ofjune or not. on a typical saturday, we will have about 20,000 volunteers in the uk enabling parkruns to happen, and we feel we need to give those 20,000 people enough notice to plan their lives around eight, fit around it, and we know that is not much notice at all, but we would not want to go any closer than that with any doubt in people's minds. so yes, i think friday, 11june, ifi people's minds. so yes, i think friday, 11june, if i have my dates right, is the point where we will be able to say, we have enough [and is over the line, we will go on

parkrun hopes to return in england next month, although several venues have yet to grant permission.to start again nationally from earlyjune, and i do encourage local authorities, who obviously work with parkruns, to make sure that the events can open safely, to take the applications very seriously and sympathetically because i think we'd all like to see parkruns start again very soon. members of the welsh parliament have returned to work after the senedd election, with labour winning 30 of the 60 seats. the party has led the welsh government for 22 years. the plaid cymru ms elinjones fought off a challenge from the conservative russell george to continue as presiding officer or llywydd. this senedd election is a neighbourly election, the members for montgomeryshire and for ceredigion. i guess in olden times, we would've sorted that out as a dual at dawn on the mountains of plynlimon but this feels far safer and we will both live to tell the tale, russell. at holyrood, two members of the scottish parliament have been sworn in. karen adam, the new snp msp for banffshire and buchan coa

at the moment, less than half of parkrun's venues have granted permission.coe, once olympic champion, now the head of world athletics and a parkrunner himself. i really do hope local authorities can cut through this bureaucratic swamp. i do worry that unless we get this up and running pretty quickly, and to the right critical mass, the 80 or 90%, it is going to be difficult for this to resume. among those waiting and hoping isjodie binch, who before covid organised a parkrun in nottinghamshire, and told me that now the benefits would be even greater. because we've spent so much time behind closed doors and not being able to get out, i think it's really important that we're able to get the community back together, the elderly back out there, volunteering and meeting up with people. the runners are the same, people are able to volunteer, and ijust think it is really important that we get it back up off the ground. being active is more important than ever, and most grassroots sports have been back for weeks now. the question is whether one of the biggest partic

at the moment, less than half of parkrun's venues have granted permission.portant that we get it back up off the ground. being active is more important than ever, and most grassroots sports have been back for weeks now. the question is whether one of the biggest participation events of all can get up and running. andy swiss, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. good afternoon. early brightness in the east was quickly replaced by cloud as rain is spreading in. it was a different story first thing this morning across much of wales, a wet and windy picture starting to develop now. if we take a look at the satellite picture, we have this beautiful swirl of cloud which is the low pressure and its associated weather front that is going to be bringing that rain, but also the unseasonably strong winds for this time of year. the rain has been heavy this morning through northern ireland, southern scotland, north—west england and parts of wales. it is light and patchy, and that will be the story for the rest of the afternoon. perhaps just

there are calls for parkrun to begin again next month.ded of the benefits of swimming. as pools around the capital are re—opening, a new campaign has been launched to show the importance of learning to swim. it gives water confidence. there's lots of ways you can do that. that's where the social aspect can come in as well. treading water, orjust knowing you can go in and you are not scared of going into the swimming pool whilst you're on holiday or with your children. let's take a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube, there's no service on the overground between edmonton green and cheshunt due to a signal failure at cheshunt. 0n the roads, the usual delays on the a13 westbound through dagenham. in limehouse, delays on the a13 commercial road, eastbound at west india dock road — two lanes are closed for gas works. now the weather with kate kinsella. morning. well, it's a dry and bright start this morning. we have some sunshine. a little bit of patchy cloud coming and going as we head further through the day. a north—westerly breez

and the return of parkrun on 5th june has been delayed, after less than half its venues approved the the 5km runs. prince william has condemned failures at the bbc 25 years ago for contributing significantly to his mother, princess diana's fear, paranoia and isolation, and said that the corporation had let down his mum, his family and the public. it comes after an independent inquiry found a panorama interview conducted by reporter martin bashir was obtained by deception, and the bbc failed to adequaltely investigate concerns raised at the time. in the 127 page report, lord dyson says: martin bashir was deceitful in the way he obtained the interview. that the bbc�*s own investigation at the time was woefully ineffective, and that the bbc covered up what it actually knew about how the interview was obtained. the bbc�*s director general accepted that the bbc�*s behaviour fell far short of what its audiences expect. here is the full statement from prince william. i would like to thank lord dyson and his team for the report. it is welcome that the bbc accepts lord dyson's findings in ful

the return of parkrun in england has been pushed back by three weeks untiljune the 26th.aga: matt has given us a bit of hope but i think it is fair, no one wants to be out running today unless they have two? some won't mind, the right clothes, something dry and warm to get into in the end although most people won't get much choice! strong winds but at the moment, some stronger discussed we have seen in the last 24 discussed we have seen in the last 2a hours, on the isle of wight particularly lively, unseasonably lively and it remains windy through match of the day, the strongest wind in the southern areas under the radar picture tells it all, how extensively rain is, most persistent across northern england into the north—east of scotland. to the south of northern england, strongest wind. this is lunch time, some sunshine, it won't be all doom and gloom but around the english channel but the strongest wind will be for you around the middle parts of the day. even inland across southern england. back into the strong wind further north and the rain piling in across aberdeensh