for women, for people from ethnically diverse communities, for disabled people as well, all being restricted. withjust under a month until the budget, those working in the leisure sector are now pleading for a little more help to stay afloat. matt graveling, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. the government is meeting officials from the royal college of nursing today, to start what have been described as intensive talks on pay, terms and conditions. shamima begum, who left london as a schoolgirl tojoin islamic state, finds out this morning if she s won her appeal against being stripped of her british citizenship. morrisons becomes the latest supermarket to limit the amount of fruit and veg you can buy, because of a shortage of fresh produce. as we heard earlier, the presenting team for the eurovision song contest has been announced this morning.
to lose government help towards their energy costs. our correspondent, matt graveling, has more. in at the deep end. in just six weeks, facilities like this will see their income dive. from april, the leisure sector falls from a government scheme to help with energy costs. the fear is gyms and pools will close, something one former olympian says will put lives at risk. fundamentally, it s obviously children that learn how to swim, but actually there s adults that get themselves into danger. there s so many drownings that are happening each year and it s getting worse. a lot of parents that don t take their children swimming, or can t afford to, the school has that responsibility. but if these pools are closing, well then how can the school even access them? mark sesnin oversees a number of venues, including this outdoor lido in london, and told me grassroots sports will be hit hard. the clubs will find it increasingly difficult to survive because we have to put the prices up to them. t
but actually there s adults that get themselves into danger. there s so many drownings that are happening each year and it s getting worse. a lot of parents that don t take their children swimming, or can t afford to, the school has that responsibility. but if these pools are closing, well then how can the school even access them? mark sesnin oversees a number of venues, including this outdoor lido in london, and told me grassroots sports will be hit hard. the clubs will find it increasingly difficult to survive because we have to put the prices up to them. they have to pass it on to the kids. and again, it s the poorer families that will suffer. the government say they provided £18 billion to help clubs, schools and businesses through the winter, plus an extra one billion to help the leisure sector through the pandemic. but today, those in the industry have written an urgent appeal for help. this letter, sent to the prime minister rishi sunak, has been signed by more than 200 organis
in the leisure sector are now pleading for a little more help to stay afloat. matt graveling, bbc news. let s talk now with professor greg whyte an olympian and sports scientist who has signed the letter. greg represented great britain in the modern pentathlon winning european bronze and world championship silver medals while competing in two olympic games. good afternoon to you. how important were pools, leisure centres, sports facilities when you were growing up and thinking of a career in sport? i think it s really simple. without public facilities i simply would never have been an elite athlete. i wouldn t be where i am today. they are instrumental. take a look at the team gb. we love the success that we get at our olympic games but major championships in other sports like
all pleading with the government not to cut the funding. some of the national sporting bodies on here include british cycling and england netball. the organisation behind the letter say cuts will lead to closures and more ill health something costing the country billions each year. you ll see multi sport facilities being restricted, including football. you ll see bespoke programmes for women, for people from ethnically diverse communities, for disabled people as well, all being restricted. withjust under a month until the budget, those working in the leisure sector are now pleading for a little more help to stay afloat. matt graveling, bbc news. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is. after top level talks in moscow, russia has thanked china for what it