His first thoughts, for the young soldier who died alongside him and for those whod helped his recovery. Its quite hard to put into words. I mean, im a product of all the people whove slightly helped me along away. So from the guys who tucked a tourniquet on my leg, to the doctors, the nurses, the physios, to the racing world. Just quite nice quiet moment to just try and take it in and think back to a few people as well. Just competing though has been a victory. For four years, the authorities wouldnt let him, fearing his Prosthetic Leg could get trapped in his own stirrup. If i had my foot in the iron and fell backwards and right, id get my toes caught like that and then be dragged, which is, you know, a pretty horrific experience. It took this device, called a toe stopper, to allow him to race. It means you physically cant get stuck in the iron. My foot is all the way in it. If i fall, you slide along the top and you would come out. Yeah, so far so good, it works really effectively.
In afghanistan, gunmen dressed as doctors killed at least 30 people at a hospital in kabul. In south sudan, the un warns of a genocide in the making and blames Government Forces and local militia. And, we talk to the former serviceman whos making history on the racecourse. Coming up in sportsday theres one match in the Premier League as Manchester City look to beat stoke at the etihad to go second in the table. Good evening. The chancellor, Philip Hammond, has presented his first budget, promising to build a brighterfuture as the government prepares to start the formal process of leaving the european union. Among the main news was an extra £2 billion to be spent on the Social Care System in england over the next three years. The chancellor was accused of breaking a conservative Manifesto Promise by increasing National Insurance contributions for millions of Self Employed people. And he offered some help forfirms in england facing higher business rates. Well have details of the speech
His first thoughts, for the young soldier who died alongside him and for those whod helped his recovery. Its quite hard to put into words. I mean, im a product of all the people whove slightly helped me along away. So from the guys who tucked a tourniquet on my leg, to the doctors, the nurses, the physios, to the racing world. Just quite nice quiet moment to just try and take it in and think back to a few people as well. Just competing though has been a victory. For four years, the authorities wouldnt let him, fearing his Prosthetic Leg could get trapped in his own stirrup. If i had my foot in the iron and fell backwards and right, id get my toes caught like that and then be dragged, which is, you know, a pretty horrific experience. It took this device, called a toe stopper, to allow him to race. It means you physically cant get stuck in the iron. My foot is all the way in it. If i fall, you slide along the top and you would come out. Yeah, so far so good, it works really effectively.