rishi sunak wants his independent ethics adviser to look into the tax affairs of the conservative party chairman nadhim zahawi. still to come, we meet four year old teddy, britain s youngest member of mensa. coming up on the bbc news channel. ellie downie has announced her retirement from gymnastics. the 23 year old, who won 12 medals in her senior careeer, said she wanted to prioritse her mental health and happiness after what she said was a really tough few years. a bbc investigation has uncovered how organised crime is moving into the world of extreme dog breeding. french and english bulldogs and the new american bully are being bred with exaggerated characteristics including muscular frames and they re selling for vast sums of money on social media. sam poling reports. hello, hi, i m sam from the bbc. i m here for vanessa. this rescue centre in wales is at
by poland s magda linette, a player ranked 45th in the world. it means linette reaches a grand slam quarterfinal for the first time in her career. edinburgh managed to squeeze past saracens in the european rugby champions cup 20 14 in theirfinal pool a match before the knockouts. player of the match pierre schoeman powered them towards victory, despite sarries rallying late on. edinburgh go to leicester in the round of 16 with saracens hosting 0spreys. but london irish are out of europe after throwing away a 21 0 lead to draw 21 21 with montpellier. they were already out of the champions cup but the result meant they missed making the challenge cup too. and finally, great britain s ellie downie has retired from gymnastics at the age of 23. she anounced it on social media, saying that, after a really tough last few years, i ve made the decision to prioritise my mental health and happiness. downie became the first british gymnast to win the all around title
are in an ok place and we are building nicely, i think, but we not near our potential and we need keep exploring that and try to find ways to get better and i think that s the key for a world cup year, keep to continue building and how it looks for the six nations we need to focus on the first game and try and it was away full stop as can be very tough, obviously. and great britain s ellie downie has retired from gymnastics at the age of 23. she anounced it on social media saying that, after really tough last few years i ve made the decision to prioritise my mental health and happiness . downie became the first british gymnast to win the all around title at a major international competition when she took gold at the european championships in 2017. i kind of know the direction i want to go in my life. i want to get on the personal training route and i m still staying within gymnastics and i coached some of the girls at my club at the minute so i am kind of like doubling in that and see
during her senior career, including the historic all around european championship gold in 2017. but after speaking out in 2020 about mistreatment and abuse within the sport, she says she felt she was punished and would always struggle to be selected for the national team again. she was speaking to our sports correspondent laura scott. gymnastics is all ellie downie has ever known. as a teenager, it took her onto the biggest stages and the podium at both the european and world championships. at the age of 23 retirement shouldn t be on the cards, so why is she calling time on her glittering career now? my mental health was just taking a bit of a beating, really. and i was like very, very low and very unhappy, pretty much due to people mistreating me within the programme. which is a big shame, because ultimately if that hadn t have happened i would still be carrying on. in 2020, ellie and her older sister becky, who has also represented great britain at the highest level, joined a host of
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