singer kt tunstall postpones her tour over concerns she could become completely deaf. and welcome. we start with the olympics. we've reached the middle weekend of the games. there are 21 gold medal events up for grabs on �*super saturday'. here's the medal table as it stands at the moment. china is on top with 20 gold medals, followed by host nation japan with 17. let's find out more about today's action from mike bushell at bbc sports centre1. mike, it's really been a golden saturday in the pool for team gb. yes, and officially we cannot say it is the best olympics for team gb swimmers for over century. they won the inaugural next four by 100 metres medley relay with the world record swim at the tokyo aquatic centre. it is the first time this mixed relay event has been held at the olympics and the quartet of kathleen dawson, james beattie... kathleen dawson, james beattie. .. they kathleen dawson, james beattie... they finished well clear of china and australia and it continues this remarkable competition for british swimmers, now winning four gold medals and abilitie

singer kt tunstall postpones her tour over concerns she could become completely deaf. and welcome to bbc news. turning to the olympics now and we've reached the middle weekend of the games. there's 21 gold medal events up for grabs on super saturday. here's the medal table as it stands at the moment. china is on top with 20 gold medals, followed by host nation japan with 17. there's 21 gold medal events up for grabs on super saturday. here's the medal table as it stands at the moment. let's find out more about today's action from mike bushell at bbc sports centre1. mike, it's really been a golden saturday in the pool for team gb. yes, indeed, in more ways than one, which i will explain in a moment. it is the best olympics for team gb in over a century, this is after they won the inaugural mixed four by 100 metre medley relay, with the world record time. kathleen dawson, adam peaty, james guy and anna hopkin were so dominant that they smashed the world record by 0.83 of a second. it continued a remarkable competition for british swimmers, who now have four goals in thei

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.# and singer kt tunstall postpones her tour over concerns she could become completely deaf. hello and welcome to bbc news. turning to the olympics now, and we've reached the middle weekend of the games. here's the medal table as it stands at the moment: china is on top with 19 gold medals followed by host nation japan with 17. with me is reporter tanya dendrinos. tanya, it is "super saturday" and we've had world records in the pool? it has been such an exciting super saturday already and there's plenty more action it has been such an exciting super saturday already and there's plenty more action to it has been such an exciting super saturday already and there's plenty more action to come. it has been such an exciting super saturday already and there's plenty more action to come. team it has been such an exciting super saturday already and there's plenty more action to come. team gb it has been such an exciting super saturday already and there's plenty more action to come. team gb taking gold in the pull in the inaugural axioom mix mentally and in a world record time, the che

kt tunstall leaves her hearing problems are caused by the stress kt tunstall believes her hearing problemst ear. when i saw a couple of specialists, they don't really know an awful lot about the inner ear, it is so fine and so complex. i also was told that the more deaf you go, the less likely it is that you will get your hearing back, and i was at, like, 98% or something. i can't hear anything inner ear. i can't hear anything in that ear. so, i can't wear a hearing aid in that area because there is nothing going in. your hearing is deteriorating rapidly. deafness in musicians was a theme explored in the oscar—winning film, sound of metal. i can't hear you, do. you understand me? i can't hear you! kt tunstall thought it was excellent and hopes it leads to more understanding of the issue. have you thought about what your life would be like if you were no longer able to play live? i would be really, really sorry to not be able to do it any more. but i think that the decision i am making with how i am approaching my career here is to really carve a way of life that allows me to keep playing l

kt tunstall has been playing live for three decades, often doing 200 shows a year. a siren goes off and you suddenly get this — "woooo" — and it'sjust a pulse of a noise. the other thing that you can get is that suddenly you can't hear anything and it feels like someone's put a vacuum over your head. her plan is now to space out live shows allowing more recovery time, but the brit award—winning singer has been struggling with her hearing since the end of 2007. i got off a long haulflight, and i was actually going to a spice girls concert, and i had a nap before i was going to go to the gig, and i woke up and i felt really discombobulated and something was up with my left ear and i had a really, really loud ringing. i couldn't hear things like the shower, or running water, i couldn't hear crisp packets, i couldn't hear the indicator on the car. kt tunstall believes her hearing problems are caused by the stress to her body of being on the road rather than by loud music. things got worse in 2018 during a us tour when she went permanently deaf in her left ear. when i sa

kt tunstall thought it was excellent and hopes it leads to more understanding of the issue.what your life would be like if you were no longer able to play live? i would be really, really sorry to not be able to do it any more. but i think that the decision i'm making with how i am approaching my career here is to really carve a way of life that allows me to keep playing live. totally intend to continue, butjust at a slightly different pace now. colin patterson, bbc news. hello, you are a bit late for the olympic round at that stay with as 0lympic round at that stay with as per the papers and what they are bringing us tomorrow. with me a james lewer, journalist and sian griffiths, sunday times columnist. super saturday steals the show on the 0bserver�*s front page — with the emotional celebrations of team gb�*s gold medal winning triathlon team. the sunday telegraph splashes on celebrations of another kind — those of the prime minister and his wife carrie, who have announced that they are expecting a second child. the sunday express refers to the "heartbreak of miscarriage",

kt tunstall thought it was excellent and hopes it leads to more understanding of the issue.sion that i'm making with how i'm approaching my career here is to really carve a way of life that allows me to keep playing live. totally intend to continue, butjust at a slightly different pace now. colin paterson, bbc news. cheering and applause. and after 17 years at radio 1, annie mac has presented herfinal show on the station. the last 17 years have been the most amazing, magical experience and, yeah, thank you so much for listening. the dj and broadcasterjoined radio 1 as an assistant producer before hosting her first show in 200a. she's previously said one of the reasons she's leaving the station is to spend more time with herfamily. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello, there. storm evert yesterday brought some damage and disruption across southern parts of the country. it brought almost autumnal weather rather than mid—summer weather to our shores. this weekend, though, it's looking a bit better. it's going to be a little bit quieter. we'll have sun

the singer, kt tunstall, has been speaking to the bbc about her decision to pull out of an upcoming usigns of deterioration

and singer kt tunstall postpones her tour over concerns she could become completely deaf.