Are schools spending less time on sport?
What’s the truth behind the claims that schools are spending less, not more time on sport? Keme Nzerem investigates.
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“The loss of Reeva… I will carry with me for the rest of my life”: Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius breaks his silence and speaks out, one year after shooting his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp dead.
The BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award is rarely won by a team player, but Wimbledon champ Andy Murray may not be a shoo-in.
While Britains number one Andy Murray was defending his US Open title this week, the sport’s governing body was aiming to inspire a generation of young disabled players to reach similar heights.
The spirit of London 2012 is in the air again as the Anniversary Games remind us of those golden days a year ago, writes Sports Reporter Jordan Jarrett-Bryan.
One year on from the triumph of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, has anything really changed for disabled people using the UK’s transport network? Katie Razzall investigates.
It was hailed as the most accessible Olympic and Paralympic Games ever. One year on, a 24-hour Twitter trial shows that public transport for disabled people is improving – but is still hit and miss.
A year ago, disabled transport users across the UK told us about their journeys using the hashtag #nogobritain. We want to know what has changed since then – get in touch on Twitter or Facebook.
What’s the truth behind the claims that schools are spending less, not more time on sport? Keme Nzerem investigates.
Stars of the BBC comedy Blackadder, Tony Robinson and Rowan Atkinson, are among those receiving titles in the Queen’s birthday honours, while singer Adele is awarded an MBE.
“Blade Runner” athlete Oscar Pistorius appears briefly at a pre-trial hearing in Pretoria, where the magistrate sets 19 August as the date for his trial for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp.
Access groups welcome Transport for London’s pledge to roll out manual boarding ramps to 19 more stations across the London Underground network.
Paralympian Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson tells Channel 4 News she had to drag herself, and her wheelchair, up 120 stairs because the lift in her London block of flats was out of order.
Premier League football club West Ham finalises its move to the Olympic Stadium, but critics say the deal is commercially unviable, and that the public purse is having to “pick up the tab”.
Six months on from the Paralympics, double gold medallist Hannah Cockroft tells Channel 4 News that public transport for disabled people still has a “long, long way to go”.
Wounded service personnel have welcomed a government move to guarantee leg amputees get the most up-to-date prosthetic limbs available.