weir has been speaking of his battle with depression that led to suicidial thoughts after the rio paralympicstime marathon winner quit the track with para gb after the games but has vowed to return in tokyo in an attempt to add to his six paralympic titles. in an interview with the bbc he said his depression stemmed from not being able to deal with his disability as a youngster. i could see i was struggling. they said do you think you can go and talk to someone? i was like no, i cannot talk to anyone. i think i'm all right, to be honest. ifound someone all right, to be honest. ifound someone that was not involved with sport, did not know me and literally the first conversation i was in on the first conversation i was in on the floor in bits, to be honest. crying because she brought all my childhood. i didn't realise how bad it was. but you've got kids and stuff like that, so you cannot do things like that. but i did not want to race again, to be honest. it has been the toughest journey to race again, to be honest. it has been the toughestjourney of my life, my career. but i am in such a posit

that, a year after missing out on a medal at the rio paralympics where his team—mate took silver. hreat that's incredible. that kind of enjoyment i felt afterwards lasted for weeks. and success brought support. the british team had less than £200,000 from uk sport leading into rio 2016 but when i received nearly £1 million ahead of tokyo 2020. since we have now got uk sport funding it's become a lot more secure and it's made things a lot more professional in my opinion. claiming two gold medals at the world championships last year was one of his lifetime ambitions and while his major aim is to win gold at tokyo 2020 paralympics european success and a first ever european title is high on his list list. the last european championship i got silver and bronze. i cannot let that same mistake happen again. i think it's an incredibly dynamic, varied sport and no two matches are ever the same and i would love to convert a silver and bronze into two golds as well. we think we might have seen a record today for the oldest mascots in premier league history. she's 102 premier league history. s

weir tells the bbc his battle with depression led to suicidal thoughts in the months after the rio paralympicsod evening. a group of leading brexit—supporting conservative mps have produced proposals for the highly contentious issue of how the irish border will be handled after britain leaves the eu. the european research groups approach is an alternative to what's been laid out in the government's chequers plan and comes amid renewed questions about the support commanded by the prime minister. the proposals include simplified customs procedures, to avoid the need for checks at the border, similar uk and eu regulations for agricultural producers, and a so—called trusted trader scheme for larger companies to clear goods for export and import. here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. plotting a way through not, they say, plotting against theresa may. former cabinet ministers and the first ever first minister of northern ireland say forget the political fuss about brexit and the border. they claim there is a simpler way through. i commend it to you, for its common sense, its practicality, i

in fact the russian flag was missing altogether at the rio paralympics, and last year russia's presidents when their careers come to an end. the american swimmer won 28 0lympic medals in the pool, but says that he contemplated taking his life during the worst period of his depression. he says sportsmen and women are brushed aside when they retire. england's netballers couldn't repeat their commonwealth games heroics against australia in the quad series. england beat the aussies to gold earlier this year, but were edged out this time by the side ranked number one in the world. the roses play south africa in theirfinal game of the series on sunday. shane. —— shame. i know, and it was close as well. what are you doing on saturday? you could play in the fa cup. slough town is on twitter trying to find a goalie. he's had quite a few replies. dan walker. i would have gone for his reach. i am not saying maybe not, but maybe they will have mike! i think he would do it. he would definitely do it. what about a girl from america's got talent? what about you ? you from america's got talent? what abo

crash and lost both of his legs but he took to hand cycling and made headlines in london and rio at the paralympicsmedals and became a superstar. when i had my accident, somehow or another, alex zanardi rang me a couple of times, he'd been through something similar and gave me a bit of advice. now i know his story and what he went through and how he has coped with it, and what he's achieved, it's pretty impressive and when people ask me who motivated me, he is definitely one of those people. meet alex zanardi, a global superstar. from racing car to para—cycling champion, this man is always on a mission. today the veteran is on his way to meet britain's billy monger, fondly known in racing circles as billy whiz. this is a special day, it is their first meeting. there is my man. how are you doing. good to see you. it's nice to finally meet you. sorry if i don't get up but i'm sure you understand my issue. i do, definitely. billy monger's talent was well— known even at primary school. at the age of nine he was featured on blue peter. how fast were you going? 55 miles per hour. 17 and a star of formula

the six time paralympic champion david weir has spoken of the depression which made him consider ending his life after the rionded. speaking to the bbc he said he had suicidal thoughts in the months that followed. i found ifound someone i found someone that wasn't involved in sport, didn't know me, literally the first conversation i was on the floor in bits, to be honest, crying and... didn't realise how bad it was, yeah. it has been the toughest journey of my life. but, i mean, it is such a positive mindset now that, you know, nothing can get in my way and ifi you know, nothing can get in my way and if i want to get to tokyo i am going to make sure i am going to get there. simon yates has maintained his lead in the tour of spain aftre today's 17th stage. his lead was over 30 seconds heading into the basque country today — he lost eight seconds on his nearest rival alejandro valverde, but remains ahead in the general classification. four stages of the race remain. yates is aiming to becomejust the second british rider to win it after chris froome's success in 2017. us open champion naomi osaka says she though

weir, who had originally said he would never compete at another paralympics after rio 2016, saying her tokyo after all. and the world heavyweight champion anthonyjoshua says it's a golden age for his sport and his division. he fights the russian alexander povetikin at wembley next weekend. and there is an interesting anthony joshua move coming up in the papers ina joshua move coming up in the papers in a moment. don't tell us about it. i look forward to it. fancy the sun up i look forward to it. fancy the sun up over london? absolutely. you ask and we deliver. look at that. st paul's cathedral looking beautiful. do you know what is sad about that? what? the sky. grey. blue. it is not quite mourning any more. there is daylight in the distance. the sun is rising. it looks very still compare to the dramatic pictures on the other side of the atlantic. matt was telling us about hurricane florence hitting america earlier. how are things? a lot quieter, of course, some up in london in 20 minutes. this is how the sunset last night. it isa this is how the sunset last night. it is a clear sky t

britain's six—time paralympic champion said he never wanted to wear the gb vest again after he was accused of throwing a race at the rio. but now — after seeking help for depression — he says he wants to race in the marathon at the 2020 tokyo games. he's been talking to the bbc about how bad things got for him. i could see i was struggling and they said, do you think you can go and talk to someone and i said, no, i can't talk to anyone. i think i am all right, to be honest. and ifound someone all right, to be honest. and ifound someone that wasn't involved with sport, didn't know me and literally the first conversation, i was on the floor in bits, to be honest, crying will stop because she brought up all my childhood and i didn't realise how bad it was. yeah, i wanted to jack live in, to be honest. i'd had enough of everything, but you have kids and stuff, sue khan. but after rio, ididn‘t kids and stuff, sue khan. but after rio, i didn't want to race again, to be honest. it has been the toughest journey of my life, my career. i have such a positive mindset now that nothing can get in my way. and ifi that nothing can ge

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paralympics in two years time. he‘s won a total of six golds at the 2008 and 2012 games, but returned empty handed from rio and retired he outlined his plans to return and spoke of the depression he suffered after the rio games. i wasn‘t involved in sport, did not know and, it is the first conversation i was on the floor in bits. i was crying. it made me realise just how bad it was. it‘s been the toughest journey realise just how bad it was. it‘s been the toughestjourney of my life but i‘ve been in such a positive mindset now that nothing can get in my way and if i want to get back to it, and going to get that. it‘s been another succesful day in the saddle for simon yates who‘s edging ever closer to becoming the second british winner of the vuelta a espana aftre maintaining his lead in the race. the stage through the basque country was won by canadian michael woods who emerged through the gloom. yates had his lead trimmed by five seconds but still has a 25 second over alejandro valverde as he finished ahead of most of his main rivals. four stages remain. yates hoping to emulate chris froome‘s success in 2017. us open