Steve gets Big Brother boot

Steve became the first of four housemates to be booted out of the Big Brother house tonight as the 11th series enters its closing stages.

Steve became the first of four housemates to be booted out of the Big Brother house tonight as the 11th series enters its closing stages.

The audience gave the ex-serviceman a resounding cheer as he left the house and gave the crowd the thumbs-up.

Steve was injured by a bomb in 1989 while on patrol in Belfast.

He lost both of his legs as well as an eye. He now wears a black glass eye which he says his kids love as he "looks like a pirate".

Despite his disability, sporty Steve is a transatlantic yacht racer and recently took part in the Royal Ocean Yacht Race with an amputee crew of ex-service personnel, even though he cannot swim.

He is also a volunteer coach for wheelchair basketball.

Andrew was also told he had secured a spot in the final.

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