Ellie Simmonds: “Strictly gave me confidence”

International hit-maker KT Tunstall wasn't sure what to do when she woke-up mid-tour to discover she had lost her hearing and had vertigo. Soon after she turned to her brother for support. He has been deaf his whole life, and jokingly told her he would “take out his tiny violin” ...  Show more

Festival season is upon us and the access offerings at some mainstream events could be about to get better after one of the big providers was served with a legal notice to improve it.We speak to festival fans, the BBC's Annabel Rackham and Attitude is Everything to get the lay of ...  Show more

The Paralympic five time gold medallist Ellie Simmonds was born with achondroplasia, the most common type of dwarfism. A new drug currently being trialled in the NHS and now approved for use in the USA aims to help children with achondroplasia grow taller. In a new BBC documentar ...  Show more

The Tesla billionaire asks the Twittersphere for tax advice. But what’s the real story behind this latest move from Elon Musk? Adam mulls over the latest from COP26, including why the fossil fuel industry has the largest delegation at the conference, with New Zealand’s environmen ...  Show more

Can Twitter protect its users from trolling? The BBC’s disinformation & social media correspondent, Marianna Spring, is in the studio to tell us about her Panorama investigation into the platform and her Twitter exchange with Elon Musk..Also, Adam and Chris are joined by the form ...  Show more

Ellie Simmonds has competed at four Paralympic Games, winning five gold medals and breaking world records on the way. She first came to national attention at the age of 13, when she won two golds at the Beijing 2008 Paralympics, and became the youngest person ever to be awarded a ...  Show more