Sportspeople back Dobbin's PM plea on ME funding

More than 350 sportspeople - including Olympians Dina Asher-Smith and Tom Daley - have signed a letter to the prime minister calling on him to meet former sprinter Beth Dobbin and commit to increased funding towards ME research.

Dobbin, 32, recently revealed in an interview with BBC Sport she had been diagnosed with "life-decimating" ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis) and as a result spends more than 22 hours a day in bed.

ME is a chronic, fluctuating disease, causing symptoms such as sleep problems, issues with thinking and memory, pain, and severe persistent fatigue that does not improve with rest, and more. It has no known cure or specific treatment.