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as Referee on the TV series Gladiators has died now John Anderson best known for his role as Referee on the TV series Gladiators has died at the age of 92 Carol who has now uh it's 23 minutes past 6 and finding your way around towns and cities can be difficult enough at the best of times but imagine trying to navigate them if you're blind or partially cited yeah the national Federation of the blind in the UK is calling for so-called floating bus stops which are separated from the pavement by a cycle Lane to be removed they say they are chaotic confusing and dangerous for the visually impaired as Thomas McGill now reports ready this morning all eyes will be on the Olympic pool later on as Matt Richards competes in the 200 meter freestyle final yeah breakfast John Maguire is at his swimming club in Wester for us this way around town can be tough enough at the best of times but imagine trying to navigate if you're blind or partially cited and the national Federation of the blind of the UK is calling for so-called floating bus stops those are the ones that are separated from the pavement with a cycle Lane in between they say they should be removed they say they're chaotic confusing and dangerous for the visually impaired staggering footage in that report there and we asked you for what you thought about floating bus stops we've had lots of comments this morning this has come in from philipper who says this in the Netherlands floating bus stops have proven to be highly effective and efficient the success can be attributed to the willingness of individuals to embrace change and adapt such as looking left and right before crossing the basics yeah and a lot of people getting in touch actually questioning the behavior of the cyclist too saying floating bus stops are not the problem here says Jonathan the issue is that cyclists are not uh upholding the highway code he says you you showed a cyclist hitting a pedestrian on a zebra Crossing why was a cyclist not prosecuted in a way in the way a driver would be and this from Marie I'm not visually impaired but getting off the bus at these stops I find increases my anxiety people fly past you they do not slow down when they're approaching the bus stops a few times and then shouted at for being in the way of the cyclist yeah keep your comments coming in um as we said those pictures in that that video in in that report um yeah really distressing uh but the time now 23 minutes past 8 uh we're going to talk once again took Olympics and what a day just approaching at 8:30 stay with us plenty more still to come it's 8:42 a woman who kept her inflammatory bowel disease symptoms a secret until it almost killed her is now urging others to seek medical help if they think something isn't right yeah inflammatory bowel dis 48 hours later she was told that she had Crohns she's been speaking to our reporter Michelle cross you know you've made it when you have your name on your hat that's that's sign of a winner isn't it um good stuff we'll be back tomorrow from 6 have a great day enjoy your day byebye let's talk to Carol she's got some good news as far as