BBC viewers heartbroken over Scottish swimmer's emotional plea to Andy Burnham

The 25-year-old athlete became teary over his urgent plea17:24, 04 Aug 2026BBC Breakfast viewers were left feeling heartbroken over Archie Goodburn's emotional plea to Downing Street.‌Scottish swimmer, Archie Goodburn made his Commonwealth Games debut in the men's 50-metre breaststroke, before he won a gold medal in the 2023 British Swimming Championships.‌However, in 2024 he announced that he had been diagnosed with three oligodendrogliomas, a form of cancer that can affect the brain and spinal cord, and that he would be undergoing courses of chemotherapy and radiotherapy to address this issue at just 22-years-old.‌Click here to get the biggest stories straight to your inbox in our Daily NewsletterAt the time he shared: "In December 2023, my training began to be interrupted by strange epi