Good luck to our #LondonMarathon runner, Ollie Dixon, at the weekend! 🏃‍♀️

Ollie is running in memory of his sister Rachel who, on 9th May 2010, had a seizure in her sleep and never woke up. She was 18 years old.

To support Ollie: justgiving.com/page/ollie-dix…

#SUDEP #epilepsy

Really sad to hear that Metro Radio (and TFM) are no more. As a kid I phoned in to TFM and got on air a bit, then I was lucky enough to start my career in 2007 at Metro with the amazing Simon Owen Madeleine Briggs Caroline Densley and (for a whole 24hrs) simon crabtree. I learned SO much 🙌

Had a blast at Aintree for The Grand National. The BBC 5 Live Sport on and off air teams both there and in Salford are amazing, makes it so much easier.

The best there is, go read it!

Big thanks to Nathan Young + GBDSC for having me today at the GB Deaf Swimming Championships. Day 1 of making a BBC 5 Live Sport documentary on deafness in sport, lots planned for the coming months. It’ll be coming out at the end of summer. Great way to kick things off 👍

I have finally found my hill to die on, and it’s here at the foot of Mount Sonic.

Sonic vs Mario, SNES vs MegaDrive, the only iconic battle of the console age.

As a SEGA kid my loyalties are clear, for my heroic hedgehog to be FOURTH is an outrage. An outrage I say.

Local folk singer Amelia Coburn has opened up about the discrimination she's faced due to her Teesside accent: bbc.in/3J27m1W

Amen to that 👏

I’m sure I speak for all of you when I say I never thought I’d be a presenter on BBC Radio 5 Live - but here we are! I never take it for granted, still pinch myself, happy birthday!

🗣️“I don’t think it ever came into my head that I might not be able to play football again.'

This #PurpleDay , Matt Crooks reflects on his experience as one of very few professional footballers living with epilepsy.

🗨️ Epilepsy Action | The Peter Doody Foundation

Today is purple day. A day to raise awareness about epilepsy. 💜 Young Epilepsy Epilepsy Society

It’s Purple Day, (our annual international epilepsy awareness day), one of the most common Qs I’m asked is ‘what do I do if you have a seizure?’ - and I love it when people ask. Summed up perfectly below by Epilepsy Society, remember, simple knowledge can save a life 💜

Happy #PurpleDay2024 special mention to Epilepsy Action Young Epilepsy Lorrie Natalie Y. B. 𝐓𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐊𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐬 Angels Of Epilepsy, Inc.© Jay bothroyd Steve Crossman Epilepsy Society The Voice for Epilepsy SUDEP Action Karl Bates BBCRadio 📻⚽️ and the rest of the #epilepsywarriors 💜💜💜💜💜

Today is #PurpleDay ! Purple Day is a day of celebration, spreading awareness and raising vital funds for those affected by epilepsy 💜💜.

We'd love to see what you're up to today, so get your camera at the ready and tag us in your fundraising posts.

epilepsy.org.uk/involved/fundr…

Huge congrats to the brilliant Ian Wright, just wanna say how delighted I am for Nedum to have picked up the silver, Nedum Onuoha is a phenomenal broadcaster and, more importantly, a thoroughly top fella. Deserves all of the recognition he is getting and more 🙌

Huge thanks to Jay Bothroyd for coming on the pod today to talk about Epilepsy and how he coped with it throughout his footballing career… really open and candid and hopefully listening to Jay’s story will helps other Epilepsy sufferers in sport 👇👇

Slightly different podcast today.

⚽️ Jay's stories of a 23-year career while hiding fits, seizures and blackouts from coaches and team-mates are quite something.

👇👇👇👇

Thanks for coming on and being so open Jay bothroyd

Any young epilepsy sufferers, follow Jay for more info on his football camps and to find out why it needn’t stop you playing…

And here’s a link to the show that Jay has done with Ian and Chris, also always nice to hear Young Epilepsy getting a shout out!

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/its…

Great to hear ⁦Jay bothroyd⁩ talking epilepsy w/ ⁦Ian Ladyman⁩ + ⁦Chris Sutton on the It’s All Kicking Off pod, and big shout to @chris_cutmore for the excellent interview. If it’s got you interested, here’s a show I made about it too bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…