a former elite acrobatic gymnast has become the first to win a civil case against british gymnastics for the abuse she experienced in the sport. but at the same time as telling her the claim would be settled, british gymnastics sent the coach to the world championships. next week sees the publication of the whyte review — the independent review into abuse in the sport. 0ur sports correspondent natalie pirks has spent two years listening to former gymnasts about what they've experienced, and she reports now on the latest athlete to speak out. just made me feel worthless. itjust turned me into a shell of who i used to be. eating disorders, the chronic pain. waking up, having nightmares every night. british gymnastics, i feel, - have failed in their duty of care. two years of allegations, two years of waiting for answers. british gymnastics has promised extensive reform is coming, but for some, it's too little, too late. currently, i have one word to describe how i'm feeling — hungry. when i quit gym, i'll look back at this and dieting will always be the worst part of gymnastics. el

british gymnastics, i feel, have failed in their duty of care. two years of allegations, two years of waiting for answers. british gymnastics has promised extensive reform is coming but for some, it's too little, too late. currently i have one word to describe how i'm feeling. hungry. when i quit gym, i'll look back at this and dieting will always be the worst part of gymnastics. eloise jotischky was 14 when she wrote this in herdiary. between the age of 10 and 14 she was part of the acrobatics team, training 25 hours a week at heathrow gymnastics club. her coach was andrew griffiths. i was told that i was too big and that i needed to lose weight. on a non—training days i was eating around 827 calories and on a training day, around just over 1200. so, you know, physically i was absolutely exhausted. in 2014, griffiths served a british gymnastics suspension for inappropriate practices but he appealed and was allowed to return. when he came back, eloise was 12. she weighed around seven stone in this picture but says griffiths had decided she shou

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a new report has described a systemic culture of abuse inside british gymnastics. by using our voices, we now know that there is a culture of abuse and these are children being abused. and in central africa the race to stop the plunder of rich peatlands and the release of damaging carbon dioxide. and coming up on the bbc news channel, rory mcilroy says he's in a good spot mentally, as he starts the us open with a sharp three—under—par round. welcome to bbc news at ten. interest rates have risen again to the highest level for 13 years, as the bank of england tries to slow the pace of rising prices. rates have increased from 1% to 1.25% — the fifth consecutive rise — and it comes as household finances are being squeezed by the record fuel and energy prices. inflation, the rate at which prices rise, is currently at 9%, the highest for a0 years, and the bank has warned it could go higher than 11% later this year. our economics editor faisal islam reports. on the outskirts of doncaster, a successful business, the crown hotel, grappling with energy, food prices a

the majority of british gymnastics members are under the age of 12. this is something that really affect the children. of the 400 submissions of evidence, 40% describe physical abuse. it ranged from physical chastisement to the withholding of food, water and access to clinic during training. 50% describe emotional abuse. a quarter reported excessive weight management. the review describes a tyranny of the scales which they said was quite sad and quite unnecessary and of the 400 submissions, 30 describe sexual abuse ranging from grooming and sexual assault and sexual comments and inappropriate relationships. i think we can hear it from one of those who has given evidence about abuse. it those who has given evidence about abuse. , , �*, those who has given evidence about abuse. , , �* , , abuse. it is listen. it's been really difficult. _ abuse. it is listen. it's been really difficult. we - abuse. it is listen. it's been really difficult. we felt - abuse. it is listen. it's been really difficult. we felt very | really difficult. we felt very statio

lifting the lid on the culture surrounding british gymnastics, damning report brings to light the physical, emotionaland damning report brings to light the physical, emotional and sexual abuse suffered by young athletes. the hollywood actor kevin spacey appears in court in london charged with sexual assualt. and temperatures soar in england and wales — it could hit 3a degrees tomorrow. and coming up on the bbc news channel... the new premier league fixtures are out. premier league champions manchester city take on west ham united to start the season. good evening. the bank of england has raised interest rates to their highest level for 13 years — as it tries to dampen down the rapidly rising cost of living. they've risen from 1% to 1.25% — the fifth increase in a row as it tries to curb inflation. but inflation's still on the rise — the rate at which prices go up — is currently at a a0 year high of 9%, and there are warnings it could top 11% later this year. and if that wasn't difficult enough already — on top of all that, the economy has shrunk in this last quarter by 0.3%. he

it was back in 2021 and number of british gymnast came i number of british gymnast came alleging mistreatment and abuse, many of them coming forward to speak to the bbc about their experiences. among those, we have former olympians, people who will be known. they are household names and they were saying that their treatment in the sports was one of abuse, that they had been mentally and emotionally drained, that this was completely normalised in the sport. so as a result of that, uk sport and sport england, the funding bodies for support in the uk commissioned this independent review which was led by and wait to see, commanded specifically cover the period between 2008 and 2020. it was tasked with assessing whether gymnasts well—being and welfare had been at the centre of the culture but his gymnastics and the coaches whether safeguarding concerns had been dealt with appropriately and whether they had raised complaints or not. it is a huge piece of work, more than 300 pages. we haven�*t had long to go through them, it pages. we haven't had long to go through them.— pages. we haven't had

an independent investigation into allegations of mistreatment in british gymnastics finds that physical and emotional abuse was "systemic" during a 12—year period up to 2020. it's just a monumental failure on their part. which were protected by their part. which were protected by the national governing body of our sport. we should not to be fighting for something that they had the means to do in the first place and chose not to. the bravery of the athletes coming forward has to be also a deliverer of change. their stories have been heard, and action now must be taken to accept that the failures of the past are being publicly recognised. the third hearing on last year's attack on the us capitol is taking place in washington. witnesses have been describing how former president trump put pressure the vice president, mike pence, to overturn the election results. hot and getting even hotter — britain's heatwave is expected to peak tomorrow with temperatures of 3a degrees celsius. the bank of england has raised interest rates to their highest level for 13 years as it tries to dampen down

an independent report into widespread abuse at all levels of british gymnastics will be published in the next few hours. the review has taken nearly two years to complete and contains allegations from hundreds of elite athletes, down to grassroots gymnasts. here's our sports correspondent, natalie pirks. for the last two years, british gymnasts have been telling us of a sport where they say mistreatment was the norm. i would absolutely describe it as a culture of abuse. where weight was heavily controlled. how would you feel if you were 21 years old and given ultimately a baby plate to eat off of? and where hard training often meant ignoring painful injuries. i was told to carry on as if nothing happened and i couldn't carry on. it was up to me to ring my dad to pick me up and take me to the hospital, where they told me i had broken my foot in four places. this afternoon, after several delays, anne whyte qc will tell us whether she believes gymnasts�* welfare really is at the centre of the culture of gymnastics in the uk, or whether, as many have claimed, medals have been valued ab

, is a turning point for british gymnastics. todayis today is an unprecedented opportunity to address the historic wrongs in gymnastics and reform the sport we love the better. we hope todayis sport we love the better. we hope today is going to bring about various recommendations that will be acted upon by uk sport for england and british gymnastics to improve training conditions and competition conditions for gymnasts in the future. britain�*s katie boulter is having an excellent week at the birmingham classic tennis. on tuesday, she recorded the biggest win of her career, knocking out second seed alison riske in the first round. yesterday, the world number 141 saw off caroline garcia of france in another straight sets victory. and boulter will face the former world number one, simona halep, for a place in the semi—finals after the romanian beat britain�*s harriet dart in straight sets. what a day for the tennis in amongst all this great weather. that�*s all the sport for now. relating to our top story this morning, you

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gymnastics. it has to be an ombudsman. i have to call it something, but i do believe there needs to be an independent body because the cost of this review, the human cost, the financial cost is not one that sports can keep paying. it can't keep paying that price. i see some kind of independent body as the next step in terms of responsible sport, and i think it could happen relatively quickly, because how many more times does this point have to go through this? it's just horrible. a couple of football transfers have gone through today. as expected, liverpool's striker sadio mane isjoining the bundesliga champions bayern munich. liverpool rejected a couple of offers from bayern for the 30—year—old, but they've agreed a deal that could be worth up to £35 million. mane scored 120 goals during his six years at anfield and helped the club to the fa cup and league cup last season. he also won the premier league and champions league with them. tottenham have signed yves bissouma from brighton. the 2

gymnastics. the whyte review found athletes were made to train on injuries, punished for needing the toilet and had their bags searched for food. the third public hearing of a us congressional committee has been told by a retired us federaljudge that attempts to block

the long awaited report into allegations of abuse in british gymnastics — from the elite level down to grass roots — is set to be published this afternoon. the heat is on — across parts of the uk. the sunny weather of these past few days is expected to hit a peak tomorrow, with temperatures in some parts likely to reach 3a celsius, unusualforjune. an area of high pressure over the country has encouraged hot air to move in from the continent. people are being advised to drink plenty of water and keeping out of the sun at peak times. let's go live now to our correspondent, duncan kennedy. he is lapping up the sunshine in surrey. well, it is only lunch time here and already the temperatures here are heading up towards 26 or 27 degrees, in that kind of dry, desert —like heat, almost windless heat. there are plenty of people enjoying the water and the sand as well. there have been a couple of warnings from organisations like the rnli, warning about the contrast between the temperature in the water from these temperatures under organisations that look after elderly people, warning to e

gymnastics. the whyte review found athletes were made to train on injuries, punished for needing the toilet and had their bags searched for food. the third public hearing of a us congressional committee has been told by a retired us federaljudge that attempts to block the certification of the 2020 election results constituted a treacherous plan to steal american democracy. hi there, welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejoe mayes, uk government reporterfor bloomberg, and the broadcaster penny smith. hello, both of you, once more. thanks for staying with us. let's have another look at the front pages as we have them. the i newspaper leads on the rise in interest rates, as the bank of england warns price hikes could go as high as 11%. the paper claims ministers have ruled out tax cuts until 202a. the daily mail follows the same story, telling its readers to brace themselves as the pain of the big crunch looms. the guardian reports borisjohnson is cons

an independent investigation into allegations of mistreatment in british gymnastics finds that physical and emotional abuse was "systemic" during a i2—year period up to 2020. this is bbc news. i'm geeta guru—murthy. the headlines at 8pm — interest rates up again to i.25%, the highest in more than a decade. boris johnson's former ethics adviser says he resigned last night because the prime minister put him in an "impossible and odious" position over an issue he believed would amount to a deliberate breach of the ministerial code. an independent investigation into allegations of mistreatment in british gymnastics finds that physical and emotional abuse was "systemic" during a i2—year period up to 2020. it's just a monumental failure on their part. which were protected by their part. which were protected by the national governing body of our sport. we should not to be fighting for something that they had the means to do in the first place and chose not to. the bravery of the athletes coming forward has to be also

an independant report into allegations of abuse at all levels of british gymnastics is going to be published this afternoon. it's been two years in the making and contains testimony from hundreds of gymnasts, from the elite level down to grassroots. a former gymnast and founder of the organisation gymnasts for change says she hopes that today is a turning point for the sport. todayis today is an unprecedented opportunity to address the historic wrongs that have gone on in gymnastics and to reform the sport that we love for the better. we hope that we love for the better. we hope that today is going to bring about various recommendations that will be acted on by uk sport, sport england and british gymnastics to improve training conditions and competition conditions for gymnasts in the future. britain's katie boulter is having an excellent week at the birmingham classic. she had the biggest win of her career earlier this week, knocking out second seed alison riske, and yesterday, the world number 1a1 saw off caroline garcia, of france, in another straight—sets victory. she has a really tough

"had not been at the centre of british gymnastics' culture". athletes were made to train with injuries, also punished for needing the toilet, sat on by coaches, shouted and sworn at, and, had their bags searched for food. anne whyte qc, made 17 recommendations, and said a sports ombudsman would be "an obvious step in the right direction". a week ago, it was ryan peniston, who? but now, the british 26—year—old, tennis player from southend, is one of the stories of queen's. he may be the world number 180, but the wild card entry stunned top seed casper ruud on tuesday, and now has beaten argentina's francisco serundolo by two sets to one to reach the quarter—finals in west london. it's his first appearance at an atp tour event. he'll face serbia's, phillip cryinovich today. three british athletes battled it out in the women's 800 metres at last night's diamond league meeting. keely hodgkinson, laura muir, and jemma reekie lined up in oslo, and it was olympic silver medallist hodgkinson who came first. muir was second, with reekie a disappoi

a former british soldier, jordan gatley, is reported to have been killed while fighting in ukraine. a former elite acrobatic gymnast speaks out ahead of the publication of an independent review into abuse in the sport. i loved gymnastics when i started.

"i can play french, german, american mafia boss, i'm pretty good at regional british accents, too." so, you were pushing this idea that you could be put into a pigeonhole, i think you have later said the ethnic scumbag. yes, that was one of my firstjokes. i am an arab scumbag specialist but in the bond film, i did play the second azerbaijani oil pipe attendant, which is a major departure for me in my career! but here you are, walking yourself into a pigeonhole. i love that, i love it when you get challenging! it wasn't that, it was back in the 90s when i started off, i felt it was the only way to get work because, you know, you see films where in another country, you've got all these actors with high cheekbones and they were good—looking, i realised i was a short, squat, iranian bloke. that is why i fought back with comedy by doing the show called i am a short fat kebab shop 0wner�*s son, because i look like a short fat kebab owner's son. as you can hearfrom my voice, there was a tall, thin, high cheekbones english ponce screaming to get out. this was me reacting. but how frustr

the day the british liberated the falklands. and by tonight, british troops have begun the task of disarming the enemy. in the heart of the west german capital, this was gorbymania at its height. the crowd packed to see the man who, for them, has raised great hopes for an end to the division of europe. it happened as the queen moved toward horse guards parade for the start of tropping the colour. the queen looks worried, but recovers quickly. as long as they'll pay to go see me, i'll gol out there and take him down the hills. - what does it feel like to be the first man to go across the channel by your own power? it feels pretty neat. it feels marvellous, really. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm arunoday mukharji in singapore. our headlines... politicians in washington hear the harrowing testimony of an 11—year—old girl who survived the uvalde shooting by covering herself in the blood of a friend. america's most decorated gymnast, simone biles, is among dozens of women who've filed a lawsuit against the fbi for failing to sto