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good morning. it's sunday march 24. our main story: russia has begun a national day of mourning after at least 133 people were killed in an attack on a rock concert in moscow. the islamic state group has claimed responsibility but russia's security services have claimed the assailants had links to ukraine — something which kyiv has fiercely denied. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, has the details. in what was left of crocus city, the full horror of what happened became clear. the attackers had torched the building. a rock concert became an inferno. gunfire but first, the gunman had opened fire. gunfire to kill as many of the audience as possible — in one constant stream of bullets.
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russia says the four gunman who did this have been arrested. and claims they planned to cross into ukraine. kyiv denies any connection to the attack. it's islamic state that's claimed responsibility. president putin promised vengeance. translation: all the - perpetrators and organisers of this crime and those who ordered it will be justly and inevitably punished, whoever they are, whoever is guiding them. those terrorists, murderers, monsters, face the same fate, retribution and oblivion. in moscow, there were long queues to donate blood for the many who had been wounded in the attack and rushed to hospital. outside crocus city hall, a hint of the devastation inside. the first thing you notice isn't the sight of the building —
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it's the smell. the air is thick with smoke because the concert hall was burning all night. the next thing you notice is what is happening over there, people are bringing flowers, creating a makeshift shrine to the dead. margarita knows she is lucky. she was in the building when the shooting began and got out alive. translation: when i got home, i hugged my children, _ fell to my knees and said "i cannot begin "to describe what happened there. "they were shooting at us. i was hysterical. my husband could barely watch as the children were terrified. theyjust hugged me. but so many died here. there were so many victims of the deadliest attack in russia in 20 years. president putin has declared a national day of mourning. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. russia has launched air attacks on multiple locations in ukraine, overnight. these pictures show people taking shelter in a metro station
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in kyiv. the bbc�*s eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford also resporting that loud explosions were heard in the western city of lviv, close to the polish border. poland's armed forces have claimed a russian cruise missile violated its air space. we will have more that for you a little later, but let's get some of the other main stories of the day. luxmy has those. the prince and princess of wales have thanked the public for its support after catherine revealed she is receiving cancer treatment. in a statement released last night, kensington palace said the couple have been touched by the kind messages, and are grateful that people understand their request for privacy. our royal correspondent daniela relph reports. this is the national with erica johnson. catherine, the princess of wales, made a shocking announcement... making headlines globally.
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kate middleton... the impact of the princess's diagnosis has been felt far and wide. her video message was the most direct and personal we have ever seen the princess. this, of course, came as a huge shock. it was also an attempt to shut down the rumours. i think what the princess of wales is hoping is that this message will be direct enough to appeal to people's better natures and say, look, the invasion of privacy that has been going on on social media for the last couple of months has just been way too much. people need to stop and think and not engage in that kind of activity going forward. and now a fresh statement from kensington palace — a public thank you. it said:
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family has rallied around the princess, including those with whom relations are strained. the duke and duchess of sussex sent a public message of support. the bbc understands they have also reached out privately. public sympathy remains strong. we've been thinking of her all along and wish her the best. they're going through something so private and hard and the — you know, the public eye on it, it's really tough, to be honest. yeah, she's got. young kids, right? and she's a human being, so i thought it was - all quite upsetting. protecting her three children has been a priority for the princess of wales. she said she's taken time to explain and reassure george, charlotte and louis. the new message from the prince and princess is both a thank you and a polite warning. they now want to be left alone. we do not expect to hear from them over the easter holiday. instead, we may see the king back
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in the royal spotlight. christmas at sandringham, the last full gathering of the royal family. next sunday, many will be back for the easter church service in windsor. buckingham palace are also hopeful the king will also be there. at least ten people have been arrested during weekly mass protests in the israeli capital tel aviv. protestors are demanding a deal be reached to release hostages still held by hamas in gaza. the protestors say the government isn't doing enough and are calling for fresh elections. police are searching for three missing siblings from cheltenham, who are subject to a court order, preventing them from being in their parents' care. pauly—boi, who's three, jolene, who's five,
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and eight—year—old betsy are believed to be with their mother jessica. they were last seen at midday on friday. richard taylor, the father of damilola taylor who was killed using a broken bottle, has died aged 75. his son was just 10 years old when he was stabbed and left to die in a south london stairwell in 2000. following damilola's death, mr taylor became an anti—knife crime campaigner, and dedicated his life to improving the lives of young people. a vet from midlothian has become the first woman to complete one of the world's hardest running races. jasmin paris finished the 100—mile barkley marathons in tennessee with just 99 seconds to spare. 0ur reporter simonjones has the details. cheering she said her body was screaming at her to stop, butjasmin paris believed in herself and made it to the finish gate. her legs scratched from days of running through thick woodland. this is what exhaustion
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combined with joy looks like. the legendary course once featured in a documentary called the race that eats its young, the barkley marathons involves running up and down the equivalent of 60,000 feet, about twice the height of mount everest, in extreme heat. the route is unmarked, so competitors have to memorise it and it begins when the race creator, known as laz, lights a cigarette. and for some people, just to get back to camp alive is all they want in the world. fellow ultra marathon runners are full of awe. she has learned, she's grown, she's trained hard in races, and, of course, you have to train every week and be consistent, building up your mileage and the strength and endurance in your body, to even attempt the barkley marathons. there are some very,
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very famous well—rounded runners, with huge amounts of experience, who get one loop done of the barkley marathons, and then tap out and say "that was too hard" — jasmin paris did all five loops. this is jasmin about to set off on the final loop — and it's not the first time she has made history. in 2019, she completed the spine race, from derbyshire to the scottish borders, a mere 268 miles, in 83 hours, 12 minutes and 23 seconds. she broke the course record by more than 12 hours, expressing milk for her baby along the way. i did lots of long, long runs, often mainly in the dark, actually, getting up at 4am and training in the dark, and carrying my full pack, so long days over christmas and new year, training in the hills. jasmin paris, who is a vet back home cannot currently speak because she did so much heavy breathing over the 100 miles but she sent us a text to say "i'm
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overjoyed to have finished the barkley marathons. "it still hasn't really sunk in that i finally have done it. "that said, i had a strong feeling in the months "of training in the run—up to the race that i could do it. "those final moments have redefined for me when i am capable of." now, some much deserved rest before the inevitable next challenge. simon jones, bbc news. you would need a lot of race after that. what an amazing woman. what a grey achievement. —— what an achievement. and from one extreme race to another, today hundreds of waiting staff will be running through the streets of paris, desperately trying not to spill trays of coffee and croissants. no mean feat. it is because the famous waiters' race returns to the city after a 13—year break. the contest, which is over 100 years old — believe it or not — sees servers complete a 2km loop while trying to avoid any spillages. paris stopped hosting the event
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in 2008 because of the cost, but it's been revived in the run—up to the olympics. well, i suppose it gets you in the mood for olympic running, doesn't it? ., ~ ., ., , it? two kilometres? i have been in cafes where _ it? two kilometres? i have been in cafes where they _ it? two kilometres? i have been in cafes where they can't _ it? two kilometres? i have been in cafes where they can't get - it? two kilometres? i have been in cafes where they can't get from . it? two kilometres? i have been in| cafes where they can't get from the kitchen to the table without spilling the coffee. i kitchen to the table without spilling the coffee. i imagine it is more about _ spilling the coffee. i imagine it is more about balance _ spilling the coffee. i imagine it is more about balance than - spilling the coffee. i imagine it is more about balance than speed. | more about balance than speed. either way, more about balance than speed. eitherway, i more about balance than speed. either way, i would fail.— either way, i would fail. let's check the _ either way, i would fail. let's check the weather _ either way, i would fail. let's check the weather with - either way, i would fail. let's check the weather with stav. | either way, i would fail. let's l check the weather with stav. in either way, i would fail. let's check the weather with stav. in the run—up to easter, nice to see you. good morning. nice to see you both. some better news today. part two of the weekend looks better than what we had _ the weekend looks better than what we had yesterday. yesterday had strong, _ we had yesterday. yesterday had strong, gale—force north—westerly winds, _ strong, gale—force north—westerly winds, with thunderstorms, hail, thunder — winds, with thunderstorms, hail, thunder. today, while there will be a breeze, _ thunder. today, while there will be a breeze, it— thunder. today, while there will be a breeze, it will be lighter and we should _ a breeze, it will be lighter and we should see — a breeze, it will be lighter and we should see increasing sunshine because — should see increasing sunshine because of this ridge of high pressure _ because of this ridge of high pressure pushing in from the southwest, pushing towards scandinavia. the winds will be light, — scandinavia. the winds will be light, with the isobars opening up.
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a breezy— light, with the isobars opening up. a breezy morning, but turning lighter — a breezy morning, but turning lighter. still in the cooler air nrass. — lighter. still in the cooler air nrass. so _ lighter. still in the cooler air mass, so temperatures down on the last few— mass, so temperatures down on the last few days. showers are dragged in coastal— last few days. showers are dragged in coastal areas, northern ireland, wales, _ in coastal areas, northern ireland, wales, lrut— in coastal areas, northern ireland, wales, but the showers will fade through— wales, but the showers will fade through the morning and get confined to north—eastern parts of scotland, the north— to north—eastern parts of scotland, the north see coasts of england. strayer— the north see coasts of england. strayer in— the north see coasts of england. strayer in the afternoon with some cloud _ strayer in the afternoon with some cloud here — strayer in the afternoon with some cloud here and there. —— drea in the afternoon _ cloud here and there. —— drea in the afternoon it— cloud here and there. —— drea in the afternoon. it will feel a bit warmer, _ afternoon. it will feel a bit warmer, 10— 13 degrees the higher yesterday~ — warmer, 10— 13 degrees the higher yesterday. we stayed in double figures — yesterday. we stayed in double figures across the board. but it won't _ figures across the board. but it won't last— figures across the board. but it won't last as we head through tonight, — won't last as we head through tonight, with rain pushing in from the west— tonight, with rain pushing in from the west and then into next week. that's_ the west and then into next week. that's what— the west and then into next week. that's what it will look more unsettled with low pressured nearby. heavy— unsettled with low pressured nearby. heavy rain _ unsettled with low pressured nearby. heavy rain at times, hill's snow in scotland. — heavy rain at times, hill's snow in scotland, and the unsettled team continues — scotland, and the unsettled team continues to easter, which averages only slowly— continues to easter, which averages only slowly climbing. more details later on _
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only slowly climbing. more details later on. ., ~ only slowly climbing. more details later on. . ,, i. only slowly climbing. more details later on. ., ~' ,, , only slowly climbing. more details later on. . ,, i. , . only slowly climbing. more details later on. . ,, , . ,, . it's been revealed that nearly half of playgrounds in the uk are not suitable for disabled children. a survey by the charity scope found that more than a thousand play areas had little or no accessibility. now they're launching a new tool to help parents find spaces that are suitable for their children. our reporter louisa pilbeam has more. this nine —year—old loves playing with his brothers in the playground. but because he has cerebral palsy, epilepsy and is registered blind does not always this easy because not all playgrounds are like this one, where equipment can be used by disabled children stop according to new figures half of the uk public play areas are unfit for children with disabilities.— play areas are unfit for children with disabilities. ~ , ., with disabilities. when they went to the local park _ with disabilities. when they went to the local park and _ with disabilities. when they went to the local park and lifted _ with disabilities. when they went to
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the local park and lifted him - with disabilities. when they went to the local park and lifted him into . the local park and lifted him into the local park and lifted him into the standard toddler swing and he got stuck, his legs had gone step from cerebral palsy. we struggled to remove him from the swing safety, that was the defining moment for me, thinking as a family with four active boys can be accessed and enjoyed local play parks, we realised the answer was no. despite his diagnosis he loves to be swung hi, he loves to go down a slide really fast. he loves to be included. really fast. he loves to be included-— really fast. he loves to be included. . , , . . included. the latest research come from disability _ included. the latest research come from disability charity _ included. the latest research come from disability charity scope - from disability charity scope interviewed families of disabled children about their experiences of 1000 playgrounds across the uk. common problems include gates that are not wide enough to get a wheelchair through. are not wide enough to get a wheelchairthrough. no are not wide enough to get a wheelchair through. no step free equipment or the floor be made of a material not safe for those who have extra needs. it’s material not safe for those who have extra needs— extra needs. it's 2024 and we still have to make _ extra needs. it's 2024 and we still have to make the _ extra needs. it's 2024 and we still have to make the case _ have to make the case for accessibility. the factors disabled
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children want to play as well and why shouldn't they? and it's perfectly achievable, it's not that difficult to make playgrounds more accessible and inclusive.— difficult to make playgrounds more accessible and inclusive. scoop have launched a digital— accessible and inclusive. scoop have launched a digital map _ accessible and inclusive. scoop have launched a digital map to _ accessible and inclusive. scoop have launched a digital map to try - accessible and inclusive. scoop have launched a digital map to try to - launched a digital map to try to help families, you can look up playgrounds across the uk and found out how they have been rated by otherfamilies. the out how they have been rated by other families. the charity is calling on the government to do more. a government spokesperson said in a statement... those changes are needed to ensure children like benjamin don't miss out on life. louisa pilbeam, bbc news.
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the time is approaching 18 minutes past six. if you've been watching breakfast for the last couple of days, you'll know the former footballers marcus stewart and stephen darby are taking part in an epic challenge to find a cure for motor neurone disease — which they both have. the challenge is called march of the day and it's a 178—mile hike done with friends and supporters from bradford to liverpool, taking in 19 football stadia along the way. yesterday morning, we caught up with them at old trafford and then the salford city ground. now, let's see how the rest of the day went for them. breakfast�*sjohn maguire has the story. after two days and two nights of non—stop walking, the march of the day team are approaching the final stretch. friends, and family of the former professional footballers marcus stewart and stephen darby, both living with motor neurone disease had pounded the pavements and the roads with the weather doing its worst. spirits though have remained high. they know what they
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are doing is so important. i remained high. they know what they are doing is so important.— are doing is so important. i don't think i are doing is so important. i don't think i will— are doing is so important. i don't think i will sink _ are doing is so important. i don't think i will sink in _ are doing is so important. i don't think i will sink in for _ are doing is so important. i don't think i will sink in for a _ are doing is so important. i don't think i will sink in for a few- are doing is so important. i don't think i will sink in for a few days | think i will sink in for a few days or a week or so, get time to sit down and through your social media and get time to think about what happened and look at photographs. at the moment, i am pleasantly surprised because i don't get very emotional sol surprised because i don't get very emotional so i did a bit on the way here in the car because it's a special thing we are doing and a special thing we are doing and a special thing we need to keep doing. the 19 football clubs along the route from brad to liverpool included bolton where stephen played and received a welcome back. we have been working — and received a welcome back. we have been working with _ and received a welcome back. we have been working with stephen _ and received a welcome back. we have been working with stephen and - and received a welcome back. we have been working with stephen and the - been working with stephen and the foundation for a while now, we wanted to do something big every time we do something. we do it because we love the guy and we want to make life easier for because we love the guy and we want to make life easierfor him, and play a small part in financing the research to find a cure that's
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great. research to find a cure that's areat. , , great. this is football poss mac chance to _ great. this is football poss mac chance to join _ great. this is football poss mac chance to join the _ great. this is football poss mac chance to join the campaign - great. this is football poss macj chance to join the campaign led great. this is football poss mac i chance to join the campaign led by rugby raising awareness of motor neurone disease and money to fund search for an ultimate care. last night they were joined by kevin sinfield to with his former teammate rob burrow is raised so many millions to fight this disease. at the end of today, they will have walked in relays for 178 miles. the final approach is expected to be emotionally charged. stephen's white, steph houghton, the manchester city captain willjoin manchester city captain will join the manchester city captain willjoin the walkers. enfield is the finish line and the end of this particular challenge. but those living with motor neurone disease face many more challenges ahead. john maguire, bbc news. marcus, stephen and the team are due to finish at anfield stadium tonight. we'll bring you the full story on tomorrow's breakfast.
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let's check in with the sports. nice to see you. hate let's check in with the sports. nice to see yon-— to see you. we will start at wembley- _ to see you. we will start at wembley. england - to see you. we will start at wembley. england playing| to see you. we will start at. wembley. england playing a to see you. we will start at - wembley. england playing a friendly against brazil, england friendlies are not always the most inspiring, more spotlight on this because the euros are less than three months away, and experimental england side ringing the changes, no harry kane beaten by brazil in the end. there was a late goal.— was a late goal. what does it tell ou about was a late goal. what does it tell you about that _ was a late goal. what does it tell you about that experiment? - was a late goal. what does it tell you about that experiment? it i was a late goal. what does it tell - you about that experiment? it looked like they were — you about that experiment? it looked like they were heading _ you about that experiment? it looked like they were heading to _ you about that experiment? it looked like they were heading to a _ you about that experiment? it looked like they were heading to a nil- you about that experiment? it looked like they were heading to a nil - - like they were heading to a nil — no. brazilare like they were heading to a nil — no. brazil are a team in transition, they were clinical and england were not. the same questions about england, the changes we see how experimental they may be however much they play around tactics still defensively big? and around team selection, but they did get to the
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euro 2020 finals and semifinals in 2018. it is an uncertain place we are in with england. they have another friendly to come in the week and another to play before the euros get away in the summer. there was disappointment, 21 matches they have reached without defeat at wembley and that came to an end due to a late brazil goal. a moment this teenager is likely to never forget. a moment this teenager is likely to neverforget. the a moment this teenager is likely to never forget. the youngest men's senior gorse goal at wembley. even though it is a friendly england versus cell... —— stop england versus brazil, one of international football's marquee matchups, always a carnival atmosphere, minus the weather. but before kick—off, a moment of reflection. this was the first game at wembley since the death of former
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england manager terry venables last november. as for the action, with harry kane injured, ollie watkins had a chance to stake his claim for back up to the england captain put the aston villa striker was unlucky after this ricochet. with just three international games left until the european championships, atjust 18, kobbie mainoo is making a strong claim to be part of the squad in germany. who grabbed the headlines, endrick clearly delighted with his first senior goal and it proved to be the winner. so england are suffering a first defeat in 21 games here but they go again against belgium on tuesday. the result was never the most important factor and the team albeit with a few new faces have a chance to go again on tuesday when they welcome belgium. nesta macgregor, bbc news, wembley. meanwhile, the republic of ireland drew 0—0 with belgium in theirfriendly. evan ferguson missing an early penalty around half an hour into their game in dublin.
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this, john o'shea's first match as interim manager. they'll now turn their attentions to a friendly against switzerland on tuesday. and two of the favourites to win the european champion faced off in lyon — with germany coming out on top, beating france 2—0. florian vurtz with germany's opener inside the first ten seconds. arsenal's kai havertz got their second. domestically, we may only be in march — but we have our first promotion of the season. that honour goes to chesterfield, who, after six seasons, are back in the football league. their 3—0 win against boreham wood not only sealed promotion — but also the national league title. q o pitch q pitch invasion and celebrations. chesterfield went top of the table in the middle of september and have stayed there since — with their closest pursuers barnet 21 points behind them. chelsea will be looking to return to the top of the women's super
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league later but they'll need to beat west ham to do so. that's one of five fixtures today. manchester city currently sit top of the league, three points clear after a 3—1win in the manchester derby. jess park with a brilliant performance and scoring twice against united as city look to win their first wsl title since 2016. it isa it is a big game today, obviously a big darby and big rivalry there, we have come out on the right side, this season. i have to give great credit to the team, and the team behind the team, i thought we were really good today and in a lot of moments i was impressed with our second half in the first half hour of our second half. i was really proud of the girls performance and how they came back and dominated manchester, manchester were in— and dominated manchester, manchester were in a _ and dominated manchester, manchester were in a deep block through much of the second _ were in a deep block through much of the second half, that was my sunrnrary, _ the second half, that was my summary, it part —— hurts to lose a darby— summary, it part —— hurts to lose a darby especially in a way that i thought— darby especially in a way that i thought the first goal was out of
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our control and shouldn't of stood. england's women will begin their six nations campaign this afternoon as they aim to win a sixth successive title. they face italy in parma. one of their big rivals for the tournament, france, got off to a winning start, beating ireland, whilst scotland edged past wales on the opening day. jo currie reports. relief and joy, scotland with a huge victory but by the narrowest of margins. they started the match the stronger, corinne grant dodging her way to the line for the opening vote. helen nelson with the impressive extras. after the restart the visitors pushing further ahead. ronan lloyd flying down the wing, avoiding the tackle, just, to go into the corner. brought on by the kind of crowd, wells finally got their reward. as her side through everything in scotland in the dying
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moments replace showed alex callender had got the ball down to set up a blockbuster finish. a conversion to seal the draw and complete an impressive comeback. perhaps it was nerves, but... frustration for wales, in comparison, a very happyjourney home scotland. ali france wasted no time to go in front as they entertained ireland. and they continue to show their quality with this, the second of their five try hall. ireland is much improved a year on from picking up the wooden spoon, pounced when they could, but france was simply too strong. joe curry, bbc news. well, as i mentioned, england play away in italy later. marlee packer will win her 100th cap for the red roses and she says the team is as eager as ever to win the tournament,
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even if they've won the last five in a row: the goalfor the six the goal for the six nations the goalfor the six nations is the goal for the six nations is to go out there and win it, a grand slam win but we need to make sure we performed on each game and it is not just about the points on the board, it's how we come off as players full. like, we have targets within defence or attack we need to hit in those games, that is what i think of us as red roses will be define whether the six nations has been successful or not for us. in rugby's premiership, there was a huge win for saracens as they moved up to second in the table. they ran in eight tries as they thrashed harlequins 52—7 in front in front of over 60,000 fans at the tottenham hotspur stadium. the win moves sarries above quins, who drop to fifth. exeter are third after beating newcastle 25—16. it's been a busy few hours in miami for the british players in the singles. katie boulter is through to the fourth round there for the first time in her career — beating brazil's beatriz haddaj maia in straight sets. cam norrie is through to the third
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round after beating italy's flavio cobolli in three. and he's done it too. andy murray is into round three after an impressive win over argentina's tomas martin etcheverry, the man who beat him in the opening round of the australian open. murray, a two time winner in miami, winning 7—6, 6—3 and he'll play the czech player tomos machac next. but jack draper is out. he squandered 2 match points to lose in three to chile's nicolas jarry in a gruelling contest that lasted 3.5 hours. and dan evan has also gone out in the second round, he also squandered match points, losing in three to chris eubanks. notjust tennis in miami this morning. we've had the austalian open grand prix in formula 1. a warning, i'm going to tell you the result. it was an eventful race and carlos ferrari's sainz completed
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a remarkable comeback to win it. a fortnight after having his appendix removed. he started alongside world champion max verstappen who was on pole. but the dutchman handed him the lead after having to retire his red bull with brake problems. the race finished under safety car conditions after britain's george russell crashed his mercedes at the end. he was unhurt. sainz claimed victory ahead of his team mate charles leclerc with the mclaren of britain's lando norris completing the podium. lewis hamilton retired with an engine failure. cricket now and england's women were just short of wrapping up a t20 series win over new zealand this morning, losing by three runs in their chase as the hosts kept the series alive. meanwhile, it was a tale of two englishman in the indian premier league as the punjab kings got off to a winning start. chasing 175 to win, sam curran top scored with 63 off 47 balls to put his side in control before liam livingstone came to the crease and hit an unbeaten 38 — which included a six to secure victory against the delhi capitals. elsewhere, the kolkata knight riders beat sunrisers hydrabad by 4 runs.
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in boxing, sandy ryan is still the world welterweight champion after a formidable stoppage win over fellow british boxer terri harper. the fight lasted just four rounds, before harper's team threw the towel in to end the night in sheffield. disappointment for harper in front of her home crowd in yorkshire, but delight for sandy ryan as she comfortably holds on to her world title. and finally, back to football because there was a heart—warming moment for the former england manager sven goren eriksson. he was in charge of a liverpool legends team and saw them beat an ajax greats side at anfield. after recently announcing he'd been diagnosed with terminal cancer, erikssen said he'd always dreamt of managing liverpool during his career — and admitted he was brought to tears by the experience. craig. no, it is beautiful, of course. and to sit on the bench for
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liverpool has been my dream my whole life. now it happened. —— cry. and it was a beautiful day stop in all meanings. the crowd, the game, the players, everything. fantastic. thank you to liverpool for giving me this opportunity, to remind me. liverpool coming from 2—0 down to win that one for — two. nearly 60,000 at anfield, a sellout crowd. 4-2. -- 4-2. thank you, chetan. we'll be back with the headlines at 7am. now it's time for unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and welcome to unspun world,
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the programme where we ask the bbc�*s unmatched correspondents what's really going on in the world. in this edition, vladimir putin has won himself six more years as russia's president. so what will he do now? further confrontation with the west, a continuation of the war with ukraine and continued repression at home. how worried should we be about the forecasts of serious trouble in america, as biden and trump go head—to—head? i speak to people all the time who clearly believe that donald trump is the one thing that stands between them and some kind of tyranny in america. and they're the size of a potato, they're 30 million years old and they come from the depths of the ocean. should we be mining seabed nodules to sort out our shortages of rare metals?
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the environmentalists, the greens come in and they say, look, we shouldn't be pushing the frontier of the exploitation of metals to this last pristine wilderness on earth. vladimir vladimirovich putin! cheering so, russia's presidential election, such as it was, is over and done, and vladimir putin now has until 2030 as president and maybe, if he chooses and is still able to do thejob, until 2036. he is certainly a survivor. his invasion of ukraine in 2022 could have turned into a strategic disaster, but he managed to turn things around and may even be able to claim victory of a sort by the time it's finally over. vladimir vladimirovich putin. so now he's re—elected, but will he change the way he does
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things, or will it be more much, much more of the same? applause i asked steve rosenberg, the bbc�*s redoubtable russia editor, who's had a ringside seat throughout all these extraordinary events. what we're going to see is further confrontation with the west, a continuation of the war with ukraine and continued repression at home. but having won this — claim to have won this, this huge victory, 87%, vladimir putin will now be able to say, look, everybody, i have a mandate and a huge mandate from my people for everything i do. not only for the war in ukraine, but also for my transformation of russia into this increasingly militaristic society. but privately, steve, he knows that he didn't get that mandate, not to that
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extent, at any rate. i'd love to know what he thinks, actually, how much he believes he actually got in this election. that will not worry him in the slightest. he will hold up a piece of paper and say the official result of this election is 87%. the kremlin will portray this as a — it is portraying this as a huge victory for vladimir putin, painting a picture of a leader, father of the nation figure, if you like, who enjoys the overwhelming support of his people. but there must be an awful lot of people in the big population centres who wouldn't necessarily have voted for putin at all, who won't be happy about what's happening? i think there's a degree of resignation, certainly. when i was at a polling station on sunday, the third day of the election, the day when opposition figures had called russians to come out in large
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numbers at midday to polling stations and vote against vladimir putin or to spoil their ballots. but by coming out, just to show that not everyone in russia supports vladimir putin, quite a few people did come out. suddenly, a queue appeared on the streets at midday and talking to people in the queue about why they'd come out to take part in this sort of silent protest, people said to me, "well, "it's because we wanted to see that we're not alone." these are very difficult times for opponents of the kremlin, opponents of the system here, especially after the death in prison recently of alexei navalny. and yet, we see signs that civil society is — does still exist in russia. we see those queues at the polling stations at midday on sunday. we saw the thousands of people who came out for the funeral of alexei navalny. i went to mr navalny�*s grave on sunday and it was fascinating.
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people were putting messages there saying, "this is the candidate we had wanted", and putting ballot papers on his grave. when we travel across russia and we speak to russians in towns and cities and villages, a lot of people here have lost the belief that they can change anything in the country, that they have any influence over anything. and a lot of people who tell us that they vote for putin in elections say they do so because they don't see anybody else to vote for. and that situation has been specifically engineered by the kremlin. the kremlin has basically cleared the political landscape in russia of any potential rivals or challengers to vladimir putin, to make it seem as if there is — in this country of 145 million people — only one man who can rule this place. vladimir putin. you've managed to survive
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as the bbc�*s russia editor working there, saying things which the kremlin must absolutely hate, from time to time. over the next year or so, will you be able to talk out as freely as you have, or will you have to, do you think, be more careful? vladimir putin used to talk a lot about stability, but there's no stability now or predictability. so who knows what's going to happen here over the next few months, what new laws will be passed. but i think one thing is clear — that having secured this fifth presidential term, vladimir putin will be determined to cement his power, his authority. there were some incredible headlines in the papers here after the election. "russia is putin", i read in one newspaper today, and that's the message that will be sent out across the country. i tell you what reporting
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from russia is like now, john, it's...it�*s like walking a tightrope over a minefield. those are the conditions in which we work and we try within those conditions to report as accurately as we can about these momentous events. music: god bless the usa by lee greenwood - cheering politics in the united states have never been quite so volatile and uncertain since the end of the american civil war, nearly 160 years ago. and, disturbingly, all sorts of commentators, grandees, as well as more excitable partisan ones, have talked about the possibility of more violence and division — whoever wins the election on the 5th of november. what are the chances that things will turn out badly in the us this difficult and momentous year? and what are the biggest issues likely to be? i talked to sarah smith,
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the bbc�*s north america editor. abortion is one issue that will drive them into the polling stations, and once they're in there, they will tick the box for president biden, along with voting in favour of reproductive rights. so that's one section of the electorate that the democrats really hope will be galvanised by that particular issue. the other two issues that voters talk about the most are the economy, where that favours president biden a lot less, and immigration, which is, of course, donald trump's signature issue. now, the economy is really important because, actually, all the major economic indicators in america are very positive at the moment. if you're an economist, you argue that the us economy is doing very nicely, thank you. if you're a consumer, which is of course what the voters are, you still feel as though you have been hammered by inflation and immigration is climbing up as an issue, as more and more migrants are coming across the southern border.
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well over 2 million last year, 250,000 in december alone. these are, i mean, almost inconceivable numbers from a few years ago. of course, it's the issue on which donald trump made his name. he is proposing some very strict, draconian immigration policies, and they're going down quite well with a lot of voters who think the biden administration really hasn't taken immigration seriously enough. and there's the language in which the debate is starting to be couched. you know, donald trump the other day talking about a "bloodbath". now, it seemed pretty clear to me that he actually meant a bloodbath of the motor industry. but nevertheless, you don't talk about bloodbaths unless you feel that there is such tension in society that blood might be spilled. am i...am i being too excitable?
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with the history of the january 6th riots that happened after the 2020 election, yeah, people are deeply, deeply worried about the prospect of political violence. but this is typical of donald trump to use that kind of provocative language which everybody hears and understands could mean wider things, then to come in and correct himself. we had statements from his campaign and from some of his allies saying, no, no, no, no, no, he's not talking about political violence. he's just talking about what could happen in the auto industry. well, it's no coincidence that he has used vocabulary that you could interpret in different ways. and violence, what would that be? you do still see people writing about a new civil war and so on. is... i mean, as a long lover of america and a long visitor to it, i've lived there, i still find that impossible to believe. but people do seem to be believing it more, don't they? yeah, because the hardcore of trump supporters are very,
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very devoted to him. and it's not just that they want to see him back in office. they believe what he tells them, that he is being persecuted politically by the biden administration, that that's why he's facing four criminal prosecutions, because he is being persecuted, he says. that there is an organised attempt to stop him getting back into the white house. and what he calls the �*deep state' is somehow conspiring notjust against him, but against his supporters, too. he says frequently to them, he says, "they're not coming after me, "they're coming after you — "i'm just standing in the way." i speak to people all the time who will repeat that to me and who clearly believe, for whatever reason, that donald trump is the one thing that stands between them and some kind of tyranny in america. then there's election integrity, because of all of the accusations that donald trump really won the 2020 election and that it was stolen from him byjoe biden because of... because donald trump
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himself says that. then there are people very worried about whether people can trust the democratic process in america or whether voters will believe the outcome, even if there's no evidence of fraud whatsoever. are we certain that they will face off? i think it's very clear that president biden has no intention of stepping down — unless something very dramatic had happened to make his candidacy not tenable. he's 81—years—old, and it's not impossible that he could have some kind of health incident that would mean itjust didn't look practicalfor him to be running for another four years in the white house. now, with donald trump, the jeopardy there is the fact that he is facing four criminal court cases. it is now looking quite possible that not one of these cases will have reached its verdict before the election. and it has been the trump campaign's tactic all along to delay, delay, delay. one of the worst atrocities of modern times in africa started
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to be committed in the newly independent zimbabwe in 1982. president robert mugabe, whose power was mostly based on the shona people of the country, unleashed his fifth brigade, trained by north koreans, against the ndebele people, who had been led by mugabe's rivaljoshua nkomo. chanting anything from 8,000 to 20,000 people are thought to have died. chillingly, the campaign was called the gukurahundi a shona word meaning "the spring rain "that washes away the chaff." when i spent time travelling round zimbabwe more than 20 years later, it was the one thing most people were still too scared to speak to me about. eventually, in 2017, mugabe was forced aside and one of his chief henchmen, emmerson mnangagwa, took power.
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now it looks as though president mnangagwa will allow public investigation into the genocidal massacres of the ndebele people 40 years ago. the bbc zimbabwe correspondent, shingai nyoka, spoke to me from african unity square in the centre of harare. people might not know that these massacres took place at the time robert mugabe was the leader. emmerson mnangagwa was the state security minister. so, in a sense, you know, the government has some kind of responsibility, even under his leadership, under president mnangagwa's leadership. he says that this is to rebuild the nation. this is to put a very dark chapter of zimbabwe's past behind it. we've been speaking to some people that are on the ground and in matabeleland who don't believe that, quote, the perpetrators should be the ones
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that are leading the process. they say that this should be an independent hearing. it does sound a little bit like a zimbabwean version of the truth and reconciliation commission in south africa. is that kind of in the background at all? i think that's what they're trying to achieve, but they're probably not going as far as the truth and reconciliation commission in south africa. what we understand so far is that this process will be led by the traditional leaders, the chiefs. but it's being held under the auspices of the president's office. with the truth and reconciliation commission, we were talking about people that were coming forward and absolving themselves and explaining what happened. this is from the state's side. but what we are not clear about is whether that's going to happen here. some people have talked about making sure that the perpetrators
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are brought to book. but i don't think it's likely that the government is going to play its hand to talk about why they did that, why they sent the military out and essentially massacred thousands and thousands of people. in 2024, to be talking to you about it as an open issue is a real achievement, i think, for zimbabwe. or am i being too kind of optimistic and positive about it? i was there recently speaking to some family members, people that saw their mothers, their fathers, their grandparents frog marched to their fiery deaths by the military, by the fifth brigade. and there's still a lot of bitterness, and i was surprised at the extent to which old women who... one woman who said that she had to bury the dead, she had to bury 22 people of her husband's family
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who had been burnt to death. how upset they still are. a lot of them speak about it as if it happened yesterday. it's still so vivid. they remember the day. they remember the time of day. they remember all of these details. some of them are close to tears. and so i think it's a really important step forward that the government has opened up this platform. i'm not sure that they will be prepared to hear what people really have to say and what people really think. the ocean bed is littered in many places with potato sized lumps of minerals which have formed over 30 million years or so and contain many of the things the world wants. cobalt, for instance, which forms a key part of our mobile phones. these metals exist on dry land, but mining them causes huge loss of forestation and can lead
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to violence and criminality. now, several mining companies are pushing to be allowed to gather the nodules from the ocean floor, though conservationists say there'd be equal, though very different destruction involved. justin rowlatt, the bbc�*s climate editor, told me more. this is a polymetallic nodule. now, this, we reckon, is about 30 million years old. it's almost certainly formed around a bit of organic material, probably something like a shark's tooth that fell to the ocean floor 30 million years ago. it could be the beak of a squid. they're quite common in these things. and then very gradually, metals dissolved in the sea water, leach out and form a crust. and the extraordinary thing is there are tens, if not hundreds of billions of these sitting on the ocean floor. hundreds of billions? hundreds of billions. i mean, huge numbers of them.
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you can see there's a kind of, there's a sort of margin around the edge and this would sit in the sediment on the abyssal plain. are you going to trust me to hand...? oh, yeah, no, take it. yeah. thank you. it's the kind of thing i do to, you know, drop these things, but, uh... and what are we... what do you think is in here? well, i have a fairly good idea of what's in it. there's certainly, there'll be... there'll be cobalt, nickel, copper, manganese, a bit of iron. they're in hydrate form, so a lot of that is actually water, but a significant proportion is metals. so maybe 30, perhaps even a bit more percent will be metal. and these metals are crucial for battery technology and other renewable technologies. so just the single company that i was talking to, the metals company, its plan is to mine 12 million tonnes of these — not 12 million of them, 12 million tonnes of these — a year over, they think, 20 years. you talk about mining, but mining to me means digging. they don't do that. i mean, this is on the surface, isn't it?
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they have essentially these huge vacuum cleaners, really big. i mean, kind of, you know, i think they're 18 metres long, that would trundle along the seabed sucking up these nodules and have a huge pipe to the surface which would draw them up. and one of the issues is that this produces a big plume of sediment. there's a lot of dispute about how far that plume spreads. the issue would be they're — obviously, the machine would crush any animals in its path, but then the plume of sediment would settle on the seabed and on the animals and would suffocate them, which is where the environmentalist, the greens come in and they say, look, we shouldn't be pushing the frontier of the exploitation of metals to this last pristine wilderness on earth. obviously very, very damaging to the oceans or those parts of the oceans where it's done. but at the moment, we're digging up things like cobalt on the surface. a forest, dense forest is turned into a desert.
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so it's not either or, is it? well, this is exactly what the miners say. they say the greens have got it wrong. we should be looking at the lowest footprint and they argue because the density of life in the deep ocean is so much lower than it is on the more biodiverse places on the surface of the earth, that that's the lowest footprint possible. i mean, the greens push back and they say, listen, we don't really even know what's down there. and they point out that research expeditions that collect samples from the deep ocean floors routinely find notjust one or two species that were unknown to man, but hundreds of species. and will it be controlled if it happens? when you talk to the marine biologists about this, they say one of the great things about this is this industry has not started and there is a un treaty that protects the deep ocean. and there's an organisation, the international seabed authority, which is responsible for managing, you know, what happens down there. they are in the process
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of drawing up regulations. they say they should have rules drawn up by 2025. but it sounds from what you say, as though the activists, greenpeace and so on, won't accept it, even if the rules are clearly in place. yeah, i think that's right. when you go to greenpeace and you say, all right, no deep sea mining, what about the forests? i said to them, "what about mining in the forest?" you know, that's a... "oh, no, we don't want mining." and you say, "ok, what are we going to do?" and they said, "well, we need a more circular economy." so i said, well... what does that mean? well, it means we need to recycle the metals we already have. i see. so we need to be better at recycling. certainly, i think most people would agree we should get better at recycling. and so the question is, if we need — if in order to transition away from fossil fuels and protect the environment from climate change, we need a huge additional stock of these metals. a compromise kind of has to be made because we've got to decide where we're going to get them from.
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do we want to go on getting them from on land or are we willing to licence an area of seabed to collect metals. justin rowlatt, climate editor. back briefly now to russia. vladimir putin has been re—elected president for yet another six year term, with an improbable 87% of the vote. it's improbable because back in december 2020, a poll from the reliable levada center found that among russians aged 18 to 24, only 20% supported mr putin. and that, of course, was before the invasion of ukraine, which has brought so much more anger and disillusion in russia. still, older people right across the country like mr putin, and if last week's election had been free, he would have won by a margin big enough to gratify any western leader.
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but russia's gone back to the old communist days in one respect when, regardless of the real vote, the bosses would award themselves a landslide at every election. or else risk looking weak. and yet there are dangers ahead. one is that mr putin's system will start to ossify, just as happened under leonid brezhnev after he came to power in the soviet union in 1964. the deep freeze of the brezhnev years led directly to the collapse of the soviet union in 1991. mr putin probably hopes to govern russia for two more six year terms until 2036, when he'll be 83. will he actually make it? well, no—one can tell, of course. but even in a country like russia, where large numbers of people do genuinely think mr putin is wonderful, the big cities like moscow and st petersburg
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are full of educated, outward looking people who want something better. you can scare them into submission for a long time, but not forever. that's the lesson of the old soviet union. and mr putin may not be doing himself or his people any favours by heading back down that same road. well, that's it from this edition of unspun world. we'll be back in early may. so until we meet again, from me and the team, goodbye.
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hello. good morning.
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welcome to breakfast with luxmy gopal and ben thompson. our headlines today. a day of national mourning in russia after friday's attack on a concert hall that killed more than 130 people. the islamic state group has claimed responsibility. sirens wail warnings of missile attacks across the whole of ukraine — with the capital kyiv targeted by russian air strikes overnight. the prince and princess of wales say they're "enormously touched and extremely moved" by the public�*s support following catherine's cancer announcement. good morning. england's long unbeaten run at wembley is over. they've suffered their first defeat there in 21 matches, as brazil's teenage sensation endrick got the only goal of the game.
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cheering and applause the british runner rewriting history — jasmin paris becomes the first woman to finish one of the world's toughest ultramarathons, with just 99 seconds to spare. good morning to you. part two of the weekend's _ good morning to you. part two of the weekend's weather looks better than yesterday _ weekend's weather looks better than yesterday. more sunshine around, lighter— yesterday. more sunshine around, lighter winds, and fewer showers, so it should _ lighter winds, and fewer showers, so it should feel a little bit warmer. joined _ it should feel a little bit warmer. joined me — it should feel a little bit warmer. joined me later for all the details. ——join me. good morning. it's sunday the 24th of march. our main story. russia has begun a national day of mourning — after at least 133 people were killed in an attack on a rock concert in moscow. well, the islamic state group said it was responsible, but russia's security services have claimed the assailants had links to ukraine — something which kyiv has fiercely denied. our russia editor steve rosenberg has the details. in what was left of crocus city, the full horror of what happened became clear.
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the attackers had torched the building. a rock concert became an inferno. gunfire but first, the gunman had opened fire. gunfire to kill as many of the audience as possible — in one constant stream of bullets. gunfire sirens wail russia says the four gunman who did this have been arrested, and claims they planned to cross into ukraine. kyiv denies any connection to the attack. it's islamic state that's claimed responsibility. president putin promised vengeance. translation: all the perpetrators and organisers of this crime - and those who ordered it will be justly and inevitably punished, whoever they are, whoever is guiding them. those terrorists, murderers, monsters, face the same fate, retribution and oblivion.
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in moscow, there were long queues to donate blood for the many who had been wounded in the attack and rushed to hospital. outside crocus city hall, a hint of the devastation inside. the first thing you notice isn't the sight of the building — it's the smell. the air is thick with smoke because the concert hall was burning all night. the next thing you notice is what is happening over there, people are bringing flowers, creating a makeshift shrine to the dead. margarita knows she is lucky. she was in the building when the shooting began and got out alive. translation: when i got home, i hugged my children, _ fell to my knees and said "i can't begin to describe
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"what happened there — they were shooting at us." i was hysterical. my husband could barely watch as the children were terrified. theyjust hugged me. but so many died here. there were so many victims of the deadliest attack in russia in 20 years. president putin has declared a national day of mourning. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. we will speak to steve a little later in the programme. now, they have been furthered developments in ukraine overnight. luxmy has those details. that's right. russia has launched air attacks on multiple locations in ukraine overnight, with kyiv claiming it has shot down 43 missiles and drones. poland's armed forces have also claimed a russian cruise missile violated its air space. our reporter vincent mcaviney has more. in the early hours of sunday morning, ukrainians were awoken by multiple explosions across the
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country, prompting many to seek safety in shelters once again. a national alert was issued with the ukrainian military saying its air defence systems were engaged in repelling the attack. kyiv has been targeted. a military spokesperson said a dozen russian missiles had been destroyed over the capital and its facility. they have been no reports of casualties or major damage as a result of these attacks. the north—western border region of lviv has also come under fire. you may out of lviv said the city had been spared, but about 20 missiles and seven attack drones had been launched against the broader region, targeting critical infrastructure. neighbouring poland says it has activated its air force to ensure the safety of polish airspace. russia is observing an official day of morning, after friday's is a mistake attack on a constant hall outside moscow. president zelensky
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responded furiously to russian claims that kyiv was in any way involved. moscow has not yet commented on the morning's strakes. vincent mcaviney, bbc news. —— strikes. the prince and princess of wales have thanked the public for its support after catherine revealed she is receiving cancer treatment. in a statement released last night, kensington palace said the couple have been touched by the kind messages, and are grateful that people understand their request for privacy. our royal correspondent daniela relph reports. this is the national with erica johnson. catherine, the princess of wales, made a shocking announcement... making headlines globally. kate middleton... the impact of the princess's diagnosis has been felt far and wide. her video message was the most direct and personal we have ever seen the princess. this, of course, came as a huge shock.
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it was also an attempt to shut down the rumours. i think what the princess of wales is hoping is that this message will be direct enough to appeal to people's better natures and say, look, the invasion of privacy that has been going on on social media for the last couple of months has just been way too much. people need to stop and think and not engage in that kind of activity going forward. and now a fresh statement from kensington palace — a public thank you. it said: family has rallied around the princess, including those with whom relations are strained. the duke and duchess of sussex sent a public message of support. the bbc understands they have also reached out privately. public sympathy remains strong.
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we've been thinking of her all along and wish her the best. they're going through something so private and hard and the — you know, the public eye on it, it's really tough, to be honest. yeah, she's got young kids, right? and she's a human being, i so i thought it was all quite upsetting. protecting her three children has been a priority for the princess of wales. she said she's taken time to explain and reassure george, charlotte and louis. the new message from the prince and princess is both a thank you and a polite warning. they now want to be left alone. we don't expect to hear from them over the easter holiday. instead, we may see the king back in the royal spotlight. christmas at sandringham, the last full gathering of the royal family. next sunday, many will be back for the easter church service in windsor. buckingham palace are also hopeful the king will also be there. daniela relph, bbc news.
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nearly 300 school children abducted by gunmen in northern nigeria have been released. families were left desperate for information when the children, aged between eight and 15, were taken from a school earlier this month, in the north—west of the country. the regional governor says they have been released unharmed. at least ten people have been arrested during weekly mass protests in the israeli capital tel aviv. protestors are demanding a deal be reached to release hostages still held by hamas in gaza. richard taylor, the father of damilola taylor, who was killed using a broken bottle, has died, aged 75. his son was just 10 years old when he was stabbed and left to die in a south london stairwell in 2000. following damilola's death, mr taylor became an anti—knife crime campaigner, and dedicated his life to improving the lives of young people.
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now, a vet from midlothian has become the first woman to complete one of the world's hardest running races. jasmin paris finished the 100—mile barkley marathons in tennessee with just 99 seconds to spare. our reporter simonjones has the details. cheering she said her body was screaming at her to stop, butjasmin paris believed in herself and made it to the finish gate. her legs scratched from days of running through thick woodland. this is what exhaustion combined with joy looks like. the legendary course once featured in a documentary called the race that eats its young, the barkley marathons involves running up and down the equivalent of 60,000 feet, about twice the height of mount everest, in extreme heat. the route is unmarked, so competitors have to memorise it and it begins when the race creator, known as laz, lights a cigarette.
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and for some people, just to get back to camp alive is all they want in the world. fellow ultra marathon runners are full of awe. she has learned, she's grown, she's trained hard in races, and, of course, you have to train every week and be consistent, building up your mileage and the strength and endurance in your body, to even attempt the barkley marathons. there are some very, very famous well—rounded runners, with huge amounts of experience, who get one loop done of the barkley marathons, and then tap out and say "that was too hard" — jasmin paris did all five loops. this is jasmin about to set off on the final loop — and it's not the first time she has made history. in 2019, she completed the spine race, from derbyshire to the scottish borders, a mere 268 miles, in 83 hours, 12 minutes and 23 seconds. she broke the course record by more than 12 hours,
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expressing milk for her baby along the way. i did lots of long, long runs, often mainly in the dark, actually, getting up at 4am and training in the dark, and carrying my full pack, so long days over christmas and new year, training in the hills. jasmin paris, who is a vet back home cannot currently speak because she did so much heavy breathing over the 100 miles but she sent us a text to say "i'm overjoyed to have finished "the barkley marathons. "it still hasn't really sunk in that i finally have done it. "that said, i had a strong feeling in the months of training "in the run—up to the race that i could do it. "those final moments have redefined for me when i am capable of." now, some much deserved rest before the inevitable next challenge. simon jones, bbc news. losing your voice because you have
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done so much running is a level of exertion i have never reached and probably never will. congratulations to her. 99 seconds _ probably never will. congratulations to her. 99 seconds to _ probably never will. congratulations to her. 99 seconds to spare. - to her. 99 seconds to spare. amazing. if you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise. take a look at theirs. it is a group of black bears, as you can see, on a pedalo. this is woburn safari park in bedfordshire. their keeper added the boat to the animals' enclosure, to keep the bears entertained when heavy rain caused a large pool of water to form. how many of them do you think they could fit on there before it capsizes?— could fit on there before it casizes? , , , . ., could fit on there before it casizes? , , ., . capsizes? this is the start of a 'oke, capsizes? this is the start of a joke. isn't _ capsizes? this is the start of a joke. isn't it? _ capsizes? this is the start of a joke, isn't it? how— capsizes? this is the start of a joke, isn't it? how many - capsizes? this is the start of a joke, isn't it? how many black bears can you get on a pedalo? it joke, isn't it? how many black bears can you get on a pedalo?— can you get on a pedalo? it isn't the most stable _ can you get on a pedalo? it isn't the most stable thing, - can you get on a pedalo? it isn't the most stable thing, a - can you get on a pedalo? it isn't| the most stable thing, a pedalo. they seem very comfortable on it. you wouldn't think there would be, yes, that they would have good legs - i yes, that they would have good legs — i think the word is sea legs.
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speaking of giant things, there are some giant daffodils there with stav. �* ., ,. , some giant daffodils there with stav. �* . ,. , ., stav. beautiful scenes out there, sunny skies _ stav. beautiful scenes out there, sunny skies overhead, _ stav. beautiful scenes out there, sunny skies overhead, which - stav. beautiful scenes out there, sunny skies overhead, which is l stav. beautiful scenes out there, i sunny skies overhead, which is what we expect— sunny skies overhead, which is what we expect for the second part of the weekend _ we expect for the second part of the weekend. more sunshine today than we had yesterday. lots of showers around — had yesterday. lots of showers around yesterday, thunderstorms as well. around yesterday, thunderstorms as well the _ around yesterday, thunderstorms as well. the area of low pressure is pushing — well. the area of low pressure is pushing into the continent. this ridge _ pushing into the continent. this ridge of— pushing into the continent. this ridge of high pressure is coming in from _ ridge of high pressure is coming in from the _ ridge of high pressure is coming in from the west. a few isobars coming in, from the west. a few isobars coming in. so _ from the west. a few isobars coming in. so the _ from the west. a few isobars coming in, so the winds will turn lighter. there _ in, so the winds will turn lighter. there is— in, so the winds will turn lighter. there is a — in, so the winds will turn lighter. there is a small wedge of lighter air coming — there is a small wedge of lighter air coming in with some rain that will arrive — air coming in with some rain that will arrive across south—western areas _ will arrive across south—western areas overnight. showers around this nrorning. _ areas overnight. showers around this morning, mainly across northern and western— morning, mainly across northern and western scotland, because of northern ireland, north—west england. _ northern ireland, north—west england, wales, the odd one for cornwall— england, wales, the odd one for cornwall and devon. there will fade away from — cornwall and devon. there will fade away from the west thanks to the high—pressure building and stop there _ high—pressure building and stop there will become confined in northeast scotland, and peppering north— northeast scotland, and peppering north see — northeast scotland, and peppering north see coasts of england. this is
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where _ north see coasts of england. this is where we _ north see coasts of england. this is where we will see the strongest breeze — where we will see the strongest breeze in — where we will see the strongest breeze in the afternoon. lighter winds— breeze in the afternoon. lighter winds further west. the temperatures should _ winds further west. the temperatures should respond, up to about '12—'13 degrees _ should respond, up to about '12—'13 degrees in — should respond, up to about '12—'13 degrees in the south. 12 degrees at glasgow. _ degrees in the south. 12 degrees at glasgow, 11 in newcastle and belfast _ glasgow, 11 in newcastle and belfast. this evening and overnight, we see _ belfast. this evening and overnight, we see this — belfast. this evening and overnight, we see this weather front push into western— we see this weather front push into western areas, northern ireland or wales. _ western areas, northern ireland or wales, southwest midlands, the when donrinic_ wales, southwest midlands, the when dominic randall pushed into scotland overnight _ dominic randall pushed into scotland overnight. it will be chillier under clear— overnight. it will be chillier under clear skies— overnight. it will be chillier under clear skies go but turning mother with rain— clear skies go but turning mother with rain across the southwest. up to nine _ with rain across the southwest. up to nine degrees in plymouth by the end of— to nine degrees in plymouth by the end of the — to nine degrees in plymouth by the end of the night. the high—pressure will be _ end of the night. the high—pressure will be sitting to the west of the uk on _ will be sitting to the west of the uk on monday to start the new week. here, _ uk on monday to start the new week. here, brazier, wetter, further north and east. _ here, brazier, wetter, further north and east. it— here, brazier, wetter, further north and east, it will be drier, with sunshine _ and east, it will be drier, with sunshine around. sunshine on and off throughout— sunshine around. sunshine on and off throughout the day in the east and southeast — throughout the day in the east and southeast of england. a few wintry showers _ southeast of england. a few wintry showers in — southeast of england. a few wintry showers in scotland. colder, wetter, claudia. _ showers in scotland. colder, wetter, claudia. and — showers in scotland. colder, wetter, claudia, and western areas. as the rain pushes — claudia, and western areas. as the rain pushes into the cold air across scotland _ rain pushes into the cold air across scotland it — rain pushes into the cold air across scotland it will turn to heavy snow
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over the _ scotland it will turn to heavy snow over the hills. chilly, scotland it will turn to heavy snow overthe hills. chilly, but 12— degrees— overthe hills. chilly, but 12— degrees across the south. in the run-up— degrees across the south. in the run-up to — degrees across the south. in the run—up to easter, the area of hope donrinic— run—up to easter, the area of hope dominic high—pressure was it to the west of— dominic high—pressure was it to the west of the — dominic high—pressure was it to the west of the uk, spinning around, bringing — west of the uk, spinning around, bringing heavy winds, outbreaks of rain _ bringing heavy winds, outbreaks of rain a _ bringing heavy winds, outbreaks of rain. a messy picture as we head through— rain. a messy picture as we head through the — rain. a messy picture as we head through the course of the week. also temperatures as we push towards the end of— temperatures as we push towards the end of the _ temperatures as we push towards the end of the week, there will lose the blue hue _ end of the week, there will lose the blue hue and start to pick up some slightly— blue hue and start to pick up some slightly less cold air, some fairly nrild _ slightly less cold air, some fairly nrild air— slightly less cold air, some fairly mild air from the south, as we push towards _ mild air from the south, as we push towards the — mild air from the south, as we push towards the easter weekend. an unsettled week ahead with outbreaks of rain. _ unsettled week ahead with outbreaks of rain. hail— unsettled week ahead with outbreaks of rain, hail snow across scotland, very slowly. — of rain, hail snow across scotland, very slowly, after equals the week, temperatures will start to recover as we _ temperatures will start to recover as we had — temperatures will start to recover as we had ever closer to the easter weekend — as we had ever closer to the easter weekend a — as we had ever closer to the easter weekend. a bit of a question mark over the _ weekend. a bit of a question mark over the easter weekend. you will have _ over the easter weekend. you will have to _ over the easter weekend. you will have to stay tuned, luxmy and ben. that is _ have to stay tuned, luxmy and ben. that is quite — have to stay tuned, luxmy and ben. that is quite a tease. speak to you later. b. that is quite a tease. speak to you
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later. �* ., that is quite a tease. speak to you later. . . . , ., that is quite a tease. speak to you later. ~ . . , . ., later. a real cliffhanger - union next week- _ later. a real cliffhanger - union next week. it _ later. a real cliffhanger - union next week. it keeps _ later. a real cliffhanger - union next week. it keeps you - later. a real cliffhanger - union i next week. it keeps you watching. later. a real cliffhanger - union - next week. it keeps you watching. it does, it next week. it keeps you watching. it does. it does- _ next week. it keeps you watching. it does, it does. it _ next week. it keeps you watching. it does, it does. it is _ next week. it keeps you watching. it does, it does. it is 7:16am. - crumbling courts, a lack of defence lawyers and not enough legal advisors — these are just some of the reasons why 66,000 court cases in england and wales are stuck in limbo. for victims of sexual abuse, the long wait forjustice can be particularly difficult and there are fears that delays may be deterring some people from reporting it. our reporterjosie hannett has been looking at this situation it was 38 years ago, i was 10 years old and i was terrified stop i froze on the spot. he old and i was terrified stop i froze on the spot-— old and i was terrified stop i froze on the spot. he is talking about his exerience on the spot. he is talking about his experience of— on the spot. he is talking about his experience of being _ on the spot. he is talking about his experience of being abused - on the spot. he is talking about his experience of being abused as - on the spot. he is talking about his experience of being abused as a i experience of being abused as a child by a family friend. for years he kept it a secret and carried on by his normal, when he finally decided to tell a story and report to kent police he did not realise how long it would take for he got justice to top the delays i faced in
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the court system were challenging. there were two cases being run together. the process ended up taking so long to get to court, it was seven years after i first reported the first offence. one of the perpetrators actually died. the courts were fantastic and the people working in the courts were fantastic but it is just the huge pressure they are under. for me for the last seven years and for my family, life has been on hold. he seven years and for my family, life has been on hold.— seven years and for my family, life has been on hold. he was inspired by his best friend's _ has been on hold. he was inspired by his best friend's daughter _ has been on hold. he was inspired by his best friend's daughter poppy - has been on hold. he was inspired by his best friend's daughter poppy who | his best friend's daughter poppy who at 11 years old reported the abuse she faced at the hands of her paternal grandfather. i she faced at the hands of her paternal grandfather.- she faced at the hands of her paternal grandfather. i had hidden it for so long. _ paternal grandfather. i had hidden it for so long, the _ paternal grandfather. i had hidden it for so long, the turmoil - paternal grandfather. i had hidden it for so long, the turmoil and - paternal grandfather. i had hiddenj it for so long, the turmoil and hurt that has caused me through the years, not saying anything. the bravery of her coming forward and be able to talk about it, and reported, was inspirational. i'm a firefighter at heart. it is perceived as quite a
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macho thing to do. a big strong, burly people do it, it's not the truth, there are loads of different people in the fire service. it goes to show that affects people right throughout society. the to show that affects people right throughout society.— throughout society. the latest fi . ures throughout society. the latest figures from _ throughout society. the latest figures from the _ throughout society. the latest figures from the ministry - throughout society. the latest figures from the ministry of i throughout society. the latest - figures from the ministry ofjustice throw —— shows the backlog at a record high with 66,000 cases in england and wales and complete last year. maidstone crown court the worst affected in the southeast with 1600 cases for trial outstanding, post—trial centre had a backlog of more than a thousand cases, and canterbury more than 700. it’s a canterbury more than 700. it's a cou - le canterbury more than 700. it's a coule of canterbury more than 700. it's a couple of decades _ canterbury more than 700. it's a couple of decades of _ canterbury more than 700. it's a couple of decades of lack - canterbury more than 700. it's a couple of decades of lack of - couple of decades of lack of investment in the court, the state where we have crumbling building, and the personnel, where the courts are unable to recruit legal advisors at the moment. where defence lawyers are leaving in droves, all of these have added to the fact that there
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simply aren't the resources to deal with the amount of work we have. shower�*s grandfather was jailed for 13 point five years for abusing her, living in sussex she has come in an ambassadorfor kent living in sussex she has come in an ambassador for kent charity family matters, she came pains for better support for victims of sexual abuse and improving wait times in the court system. and improving wait times in the court system-— and improving wait times in the courts stem. ., . �* . . court system. you haven't had that closure but — court system. you haven't had that closure but still _ court system. you haven't had that closure but still so _ court system. you haven't had that closure but still so open-ended, i court system. you haven't had that closure but still so open-ended, to closure but still so open—ended, to have to put your life on hold and mine was only two years and i understand now it is way longer, it drives you crazy. like, to put it in the most realistic way. i think being my age now, i would be like, i don't have the energy to sit with this and carry on through this, like i can imagine a lot of people have kind of half dealt with for most of my life why should i now dig it up and be left waiting. you put people
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's lives on hold because they have had the courage to make themselves vulnerable. the had the courage to make themselves vulnerable. ~ , , ., g , . vulnerable. the ministry ofjustice sa s it is vulnerable. the ministry ofjustice says it is recruiting _ vulnerable. the ministry ofjustice says it is recruiting judges - vulnerable. the ministry ofjustice says it is recruiting judges and - says it is recruiting judges and maximising the use of remote hearings and nightingale courts. but the temporary nightingale court is due to close by the end of march, they say it is no longer needed. meanwhile his abuse will be sentenced next month. we're joined now by stuart nolan, who is a solicitor and chair of the law society criminal law committee. thank criminal law committee. you for coming in this morning. thank you for coming in this morning. we saw the impact this is having, but let's go back to the beginning. what exactly is it that is behind this? we beginning. what exactly is it that is behind this?— beginning. what exactly is it that is behind this? we all know there has been a _ is behind this? we all know there has been a pandemic, _ is behind this? we all know there has been a pandemic, the - is behind this? we all know there has been a pandemic, the world | has been a pandemic, the world stopped and so did the criminal courts, jury trials could not take place. the background to that has been decades of under funding of the public service, the criminaljustice
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system. public service, the criminal 'ustice s stem. , ., system. there were delays before the andemic system. there were delays before the pandemic came _ system. there were delays before the pandemic came along, _ system. there were delays before the pandemic came along, what _ system. there were delays before the pandemic came along, what was - system. there were delays before the pandemic came along, what was it? l pandemic came along, what was it? the infrastructure? the staffing? it's a combination of factors, there is been a chronic problem going on decades, underfunding, poor buildings, not enough people to do thejob, cuts and buildings, not enough people to do the job, cuts and the jobs, buildings, not enough people to do thejob, cuts and thejobs, not enoughjudges and the pandemic thejob, cuts and thejobs, not enough judges and the pandemic came and made that acute, attempts to be made to rectify that but there is not been enough court rooms or enoughjudges, given the not been enough court rooms or enough judges, given the time for staff to support them, to give justice to people awaiting in the system like your report made clear. this is notjust about recruiting more judges this is notjust about recruiting morejudges because if they this is notjust about recruiting more judges because if they do this is notjust about recruiting morejudges because if they do not have the court rooms to certain that does not solve the problem. the cornerstones _ does not solve the problem. tie: cornerstones are does not solve the problem. he cornerstones are crumbling, sometimes the system doesn't work, the local court in merseyside could not work on a friday, because of electrical problems. these things did not happen 20,30 years ago when
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maintenance was in a different state. you need a court to sit for the jury to hear the case for the lawyers to attend and witnesses to attend independence to be investigated.— attend independence to be investigated. attend independence to be investirated. , , , . , investigated. the problem is sharp and other come _ investigated. the problem is sharp and other come -- _ investigated. the problem is sharp and other come -- some - investigated. the problem is sharp and other come -- some parts - investigated. the problem is sharp and other come -- some parts of i investigated. the problem is sharp i and other come -- some parts of the and other come —— some parts of the countries than others? the and other come -- some parts of the countries than others?— countries than others? the south of encland is countries than others? the south of england is far _ countries than others? the south of england is far more _ countries than others? the south of england is far more acute, - countries than others? the south of england is far more acute, the - england is far more acute, the midlands and some places in the southeast backlog is twice what it was and 2019. d0 southeast backlog is twice what it was and 2019-_ southeast backlog is twice what it was and 2019. do we know why that is? that is a — was and 2019. do we know why that is? that is a more _ was and 2019. do we know why that is? that is a more complex - was and 2019. do we know why that. is? that is a more complex problem, there might — is? that is a more complex problem, there might be _ is? that is a more complex problem, there might be more _ is? that is a more complex problem, there might be more trials, - is? that is a more complex problem, there might be more trials, may - is? that is a more complex problem, there might be more trials, may be l there might be more trials, may be more complicated trials, i suspect it may be because there is less advocates, cuts and the prosecution service in order to do the work and administrate and try in a court, lack of court time, lack ofjudges, these are more acute in the south and north—west london. we these are more acute in the south and north-west london. we heard in that re ort and north-west london. we heard in that report about _ and north-west london. we heard in that report about the _ and north-west london. we heard in that report about the human - and north-west london. we heard in that report about the human cost i and north-west london. we heard in that report about the human cost of| that report about the human cost of this for people being forced to deal with the issue time and time again
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and gets dragged out, what is often and gets dragged out, what is often a harrowing ordeal. but also a growing number of people who drop out of the system altogether. you know what i can't getjustice i will not even bother? know what i can't get 'ustice i will not even bother?_ know what i can't get 'ustice i will not even bother? delaying 'ustice is bad for everyone * not even bother? delaying 'ustice is bad for everyone involved _ not even bother? delayingjustice is bad for everyone involved in - not even bother? delayingjustice is bad for everyone involved in the - bad for everyone involved in the system, the victim say, why bother, i'm giving up i can't take the stress anymore if you wait too long. those people who may have had the courage to come forward and said this has happened to me, they may feel as if there is no prospect of justice, why bother. and there are those people falsely accused or wrongly accused, they too have to have justice, wrongly accused, they too have to havejustice, they wrongly accused, they too have to have justice, they are waiting for their justice have justice, they are waiting for theirjustice and that is delayed. it has got very human cost to it all. ~ ., , it has got very human cost to it all. . ., , ,., ., it has got very human cost to it all. ~ . , ,., ., ,., all. what is the solution? the embo j said it is recruiting _ all. what is the solution? the embo j said it is recruiting judges, - j said it is recruiting judges, maximising the use of remote hearings and nightingale courts, they said a nightingale court and
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maidstone were close at the end of march because they say it is no longer needed. our online hearings the solution? hat longer needed. our online hearings the solution?— the solution? not for “my trials, that depends * the solution? not for “my trials, that depends on _ the solution? not forjury trials, that depends on people - the solution? not forjury trials, that depends on people being i that depends on people being present, they piloted some of these things but it is still the way we do justice will not cross the world british justice was or is looked at as being something to be admired and when we do not do justice. not only affects people in our country but people looking to us and saying all this justice system is people looking to us and saying all thisjustice system is not people looking to us and saying all this justice system is not working. the solution i'm afraid is resourcing. it needs morejudges, a better court space, it needs to pay the advocates and create a system where advocates feel there is a future in order to be part of the system. everywhere you look in the criminaljustice system. everywhere you look in the criminal justice system from system. everywhere you look in the criminaljustice system from the beginning to the end cuts have denigrated the system and we all suffer, notjust victims and defendants and practitioners but everybody stop we deserve a better justice system. share
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everybody stop we deserve a better justice system-— everybody stop we deserve a better justice system-_ i i justice system. are you hopeful? i am hopeful- _ justice system. are you hopeful? i am hopeful- lt— justice system. are you hopeful? i am hopeful. it is— justice system. are you hopeful? i am hopeful. it is a _ justice system. are you hopeful? i am hopeful. it is a government i am hopeful. it is a government system may be a change of government will make a difference, i worry when i hear about cuts with public spending, doctors, teachers, social services because we are part of that public system, i don't see how we can be made an extra special case. some body, —— it's important to us all. some body, -- it's important to us all. ., ~ some body, -- it's important to us all. . ,, , ., some body, -- it's important to us all. ., ~' , ., , some body, -- it's important to us all. . ,, , . some body, -- it's important to us all. ., ~ , . ., some body, -- it's important to us all. . ,, , . ., all. thank you very much for coming in. the all. thank you very much for coming in- the chair— all. thank you very much for coming in. the chair of— all. thank you very much for coming in. the chair of the _ all. thank you very much for coming in. the chair of the law _ all. thank you very much for coming in. the chair of the law society - all. thank you very much for coming in. the chair of the law society at i in. the chair of the law society at the criminal law committee. helping out friends and family with a spot of decorating is one thing, but what about two of the beatles? after becoming one of the defining artists of the swinging sixties, dudley edwards did just that. paul mccartney and ringo starr both invited him to live with them while he painted murals in their homes. 60 years later, he's back home in yorkshire with a new exhibition. our reporter michelle lyons went to meet him.
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it isn't a car, it is a painting. that's what joint owners it isn't a car, it is a painting. that's whatjoint owners douglas bourne and dudley edwards say. you want your car jazzed bourne and dudley edwards say. you want your carjazzed up and have several hundred pounds to spare this is the place to take it. the swinging 60s catapulted halifax artist dudley edwards into the spotlight, having been to art couegein spotlight, having been to art college in bradford, he headed for the big smoke to make his mark in the big smoke to make his mark in the world and boy, did he do that. we moved down to london and all we had was a chest of drawers and a couple of chairs. and we said, well we are artists we may as well, and paint them. david braley had his studio directly opposite our studio. and he bought it. their studio directly opposite our studio. and he bought it.— and he bought it. their colourful s le took and he bought it. their colourful style took off — and he bought it. their colourful style took off and _ and he bought it. their colourful style took off and it _ and he bought it. their colourful style took off and it was - and he bought it. their colourful style took off and it was partly . style took off and it was partly influenced by the yorkshire roots. when i was a student at bradford art
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couege when i was a student at bradford art college the first asian immigrants had arrived in bradford and i suppose they came from such a colourful place as pakistan and india, they painted their doors these really vivid and bright colours and itjust really stood out like jewels and the goldmine. so we really wanted to perpetuate that. to bring colour and joy to east london it was dull and grey.— bring colour and joy to east london it was dull and grey. from furniture to cars to murals, _ it was dull and grey. from furniture to cars to murals, dudley _ it was dull and grey. from furniture to cars to murals, dudley was i it was dull and grey. from furniture to cars to murals, dudley was in i to cars to murals, dudley was in demand. he even got a commission from paul mccartney. paul demand. he even got a commission from paul mccartney.— demand. he even got a commission from paul mccartney. paul had seen the car and — from paul mccartney. paul had seen the car and he _ from paul mccartney. paul had seen the car and he wants _ from paul mccartney. paul had seen the car and he wants his _ from paul mccartney. paul had seen the car and he wants his piano i from paul mccartney. paul had seen| the car and he wants his piano done. douglas and i decided to go our separate ways. at the time i was broke more or less. somebody got the message that paul wanted me to do a mural in his house and to live with him while he's doing it. this took place for three months. i didn't get
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much mineral work done because he was always dragging me out to restaurants or nightclubs, i was with him in the nightclub when he met linda. ., with him in the nightclub when he met linda. . ., . , . met linda. paul said, ringo wants a mural doing- _ met linda. paul said, ringo wants a mural doing. ringo _ met linda. paul said, ringo wants a mural doing. ringo lived _ met linda. paul said, ringo wants a mural doing. ringo lived way i met linda. paul said, ringo wants a mural doing. ringo lived way out i met linda. paul said, ringo wants a mural doing. ringo lived way out in | mural doing. ringo lived way out in weybridge. as did john lennon and george harrison. i went over to weybridge and i worked with ringo for a while. and i lived with them. but he always wanted to get back to his roots so he returned to yorkshire to his first love of painting. yorkshire to his first love of aintinr. m, yorkshire to his first love of aintinr. ~ ., yorkshire to his first love of painting-— yorkshire to his first love of aintinr. ~ ., , painting. most of the paintings were abstract not painting. most of the paintings were abstract rrot as _ painting. most of the paintings were abstract not as decorative _ painting. most of the paintings were abstract not as decorative as - painting. most of the paintings were abstract not as decorative as the i abstract not as decorative as the 60s work, but nonetheless abstract but i gradually, but has transformed into figurative work. you but i gradually, but has transformed into figurative work.— into figurative work. you are approaching _ into figurative work. you are approaching your _ into figurative work. you are approaching your 80th i into figurative work. you are i approaching your 80th birthday. as this exhibition a combination of
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your work, celebration of your life? i hope not. i want another 30 years. michelle lyons, bbc news. imagine that phone call, ringo needs a mural doing. that phone call, ringo needs a mural doinr. ~ ., , that phone call, ringo needs a mural doina.~ ., , ., that phone call, ringo needs a mural doinr. ~ ., , ., doing. who else to deliver it? it has 'ust doing. who else to deliver it? it has just turned _ doing. who else to deliver it? it has just turned 730. _ sunday with laura kuenssberg is on bbc one at nine o'clock this morning. let's find out what she has in store. you have been speaking to the chancellor. i am just wondering if he could do a mural around our studio. we have a busy one for you at nine o'clock stop the chancellor jeremy hunt will be in the studio, unusual because he was here not that long ago, he was may get the impression the government is really keen to talk about the fact patient slowing down but are you really feeling it at home that the economy is getting better, we will see whether or not what he says stands up whether or not what he says stands up to the reality. we will also
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speak to a former press secretary to prince william, talking about the extraordinary events of the last few days, trying to understand what has really gone on and whether or not the royal family were forced into making this decision for her to speak out or whether or not it was a decision they made some time ago. plenty more and will be joined by the actor bryan cox who always has a controversial thing or two to say. we will see you later. stay with us more of your headlines coming up shortly.
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hello. good morning. this is breakfast with luxmy gopal and ben thompson. good morning. the princess of wales' cancer diagnosis will have come as a huge shock to many but, for those currently living with the disease, it will also have felt very close to home. one of those people is katya, who was told she had breast cancer just a month after her mum died from the same illness. she's been speaking to our health correspondent catherine burns. injanuaryi in january i underwent injanuary i underwent major abdominal surgery in london and at the time it was thought that my condition was noncancerous. the surgery was successful. however, tests after the operation that cancer had been present. the princess of— cancer had been present. the princess of wales' _ cancer had been present. the princess of wales' message was deeply personal but it also brought things back for other people. the
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core memory _ things back for other people. tt9: core memory for things back for other people. tt9 core memory for me is around the sheer shock of it. it is such a shock to suddenly be faced with your own mortality. shock to suddenly be faced with your own mortality-— own mortality. katya, like catherine. _ own mortality. katya, like catherine, is _ own mortality. katya, like catherine, is 42, - own mortality. katya, like catherine, is 42, and i own mortality. katya, like catherine, is 42, and also| own mortality. katya, like i catherine, is 42, and also has a young family. t catherine, is 42, and also has a young family-— catherine, is 42, and also has a young family. catherine, is 42, and also has a ouna famil . ~' :, , :, young family. i know exactly how it must feel- — young family. i know exactly how it must feel. you _ young family. i know exactly how it must feel. you know, _ young family. i know exactly how it must feel. you know, we _ young family. i know exactly how it must feel. you know, we went i young family. i know exactly how it i must feel. you know, we went through that as a family, and, you know, your first instinct is to think about them and, you know, making it betterfor about them and, you know, making it better for them. about them and, you know, making it betterforthem. it about them and, you know, making it better for them. it takes a really long time to make space in your life to be sick. ~ �* , long time to make space in your life to besick. ~ �*, : to be sick. with the king's speech diarnosis to be sick. with the king's speech diagnosis last _ to be sick. with the king's speech diagnosis last month, _ to be sick. with the king's speech diagnosis last month, the - to be sick. with the king's speech diagnosis last month, the royal. diagnosis last month, the royal family is now dealing with two cancer cases at the same time. katya was diagnosed with breast cancer, a month after her mum died of it. —— king's cancer diagnosis. trio month after her mum died of it. -- king's cancer diagnosis.— king's cancer diagnosis. no doubt about it, the _ king's cancer diagnosis. no doubt about it, the hottest _ king's cancer diagnosis. no doubt about it, the hottest months i king's cancer diagnosis. no doubt about it, the hottest months of i king's cancer diagnosis. no doubt | about it, the hottest months of my life. some arejust about it, the hottest months of my life. some are just coming at you. and survival, simply survival. you
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think right, ok, i have to survive my children. think right, ok, i have to survive my children-— my children. what did you think about the decision _ my children. what did you think about the decision about i my children. what did you think about the decision about telling j about the decision about telling your children. till" about the decision about telling your children.— about the decision about telling our children. : :, : :,, , your children. our choice was based on the physicality — your children. our choice was based on the physicality of— your children. our choice was based on the physicality of telling - your children. our choice was based on the physicality of telling them i on the physicality of telling them what i was going through, to make sure they werejumping what i was going through, to make sure they were jumping on me after my surgery, that sort of thing. for us, we didn't use the c—word, because my children wouldn't understand that.— because my children wouldn't understand that. ~ :, , understand that. most importantly it has taken us — understand that. most importantly it has taken us a _ understand that. most importantly it has taken us a long _ understand that. most importantly it has taken us a long time _ understand that. most importantly it has taken us a long time to - understand that. most importantly it has taken us a long time to explain i has taken us a long time to explain everything — has taken us a long time to explain everything to george, charlotte, and louis _ everything to george, charlotte, and louis. :, :, �* :, :, louis. catherine don't wear that with a family — louis. catherine don't wear that with a family before _ louis. catherine don't wear that with a family before telling i with a family before telling everyone else. it with a family before telling everyone else.— with a family before telling everyone else. it must be so difficult to — everyone else. it must be so difficult to deal _ everyone else. it must be so difficult to deal with - everyone else. it must be so i difficult to deal with something so personal and private. the princess of wales is — personal and private. the princess of wales is one _ personal and private. the princess of wales is one of _ personal and private. the princess of wales is one of about _ personal and private. the princess of wales is one of about 3 - personal and private. the princess of wales is one of about 3 million | of wales is one of about 3 million people in the uk living with cancer. by people in the uk living with cancer. by that statistic are individuals. each one of them will have had to have decided how, when, and if to tell their family have decided how, when, and if to tell theirfamily and have decided how, when, and if to tell their family and friends in the
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wider world. tell their family and friends in the widerworld. cancer tell their family and friends in the wider world. cancer charities can help support people to find the right words for them as they start to live alongside their diagnosis. people are flooded with questions about getting it right and there is no set rules, but we can help you approach it, at maggies, and help you find a way to navigate having those difficult conversations, sharing your diagnosis. katya now su orts sharing your diagnosis. katya now sopports the _ sharing your diagnosis. katya now supports the charity _ sharing your diagnosis. katya now supports the charity that - sharing your diagnosis. katya now. supports the charity that supported her. it is over three years since she finished radiotherapy and she says she is fitter than ever. essen; says she is fitter than ever. every earthat says she is fitter than ever. every year that goes — says she is fitter than ever. every year that goes by _ says she is fitter than ever. every year that goes by that _ says she is fitter than ever. every year that goes by that i, - says she is fitter than ever. every year that goes by that i, you i says she is fitter than ever. every i year that goes by that i, you know, the scans come back clear, it feels, you know, pretty amazing. 50 the scans come back clear, it feels, you know, pretty amazing. so there is ho -e you know, pretty amazing. so there is hope their? _ you know, pretty amazing. so there is hope their? yes. _ you know, pretty amazing. so there is hope their? yes. catherine i you know, pretty amazing. so there| is hope their? yes. catherine burns, bbc news- — they will be a story that resonates with 70 people, the princess talking quite openly about it, and a lot of
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cancer charities talking about the importance ofjust discussing these things, and getting help. 9950 importance ofjust discussing these things, and getting help. --so many --eole. things, and getting help. --so many people- people _ things, and getting help. --so many people. people don't _ things, and getting help. --so many people. people don't feel— things, and getting help. --so many people. people don't feel alone i people. people don't feel alone going through what they are going through. it is going through what they are going throu~h. , g; :, : :, ., through. it is 7:35am. we are 'oined by chetan. — let's talk about england. we are too far from _ let's talk about england. we are too far from start of the euros. gareth southgate — far from start of the euros. gareth southgate is in the spotlight. he is missing _ southgate is in the spotlight. he is missing three major players. he made some _ missing three major players. he made some tactical changes against brazil and they— some tactical changes against brazil and they were beaten. so it some tactical changes against brazil and they were beaten.— and they were beaten. so it is a bit of a gamble- _ and they were beaten. so it is a bit of a gamble. the _ and they were beaten. so it is a bit of a gamble. the long _ and they were beaten. so it is a bit of a gamble. the long unbeaten i and they were beaten. so it is a bit| of a gamble. the long unbeaten run the have of a gamble. the long unbeaten run they have got. _ of a gamble. the long unbeaten run they have got. 21 — of a gamble. the long unbeaten run they have got, 21 matches - of a gamble. the long unbeaten run they have got, 21 matches now, i of a gamble. the long unbeaten run| they have got, 21 matches now, that is over _ they have got, 21 matches now, that is over it _ they have got, 21 matches now, that is over. it looked like were heading to a stalemate before a late brazil winner _ to a stalemate before a late brazil winner. just three games to go for england _ winner. just three games to go for england between now and the euros the summer. it appears there is work to do— the summer. it appears there is work to do with _ the summer. it appears there is work to do with brazil getting the match one in— to do with brazil getting the match one in the — to do with brazil getting the match one in the end before the game kicked — one in the end before the game kicked off— one in the end before the game kicked off at wembley there were tributes _ kicked off at wembley there were tributes to terry venables, in the
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first england international since the death of england's former manager at the age of 80, last november. once underway, brazil had an effort cleared off the line and hit the post, but eventually made the breakthrough 10 minutes from time. 17—year—old endrick with his first international goal. he's the youngest goalscorer at wembley in a senior international. 1—0 it finished. i'm not disappointed with the level of performance. in the end, when you lose the game, then there will always be a negative reaction to losing. but my thought, with 15 minutes to go, given the changes we had made, ithought minutes to go, given the changes we had made, i thought the crowd were really with the team. they could see a lot of young players going in and doing well, and experienced players going in and doing well. so i'm not - i going in and doing well. so i'm not — i am not done on the performance of the team at all. and there was cause for double celebration for one brazilian couple — no goals at half time, this probably the most exciting
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thing to happen in the stadium at this stage. one guy taking the chance to propose to his partner — who, thankfully, said yes. and a note that both of them will remember. he eventually got the ring on, and, of course, it fit perfectly. it could have been a night to remember for republic of ireland. they drew 0—0 with belgium in theirfriendly — evan ferguson missing an early penalty around half an hour into their game in dublin. this wasjohn o'shea's first match as interim manager. now, domestically, we may only be in march, but we have our first promotion of the season. that honour goes to chesterfield, who, after six seasons, are back in the football league. their 3—0 win against boreham wood not only sealed promotion, but also the national league title. chesterfield went top of the table in the middle of september and have stayed there since, with their closest pursuers barnet 21 points behind them. chelsea will be looking to return to the top of the women's
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super league later — but they'll need to beat west ham to do so. that's one of five fixtures today. manchester city currently sit top of the league, three points clear after a 3—1win in the manchester derby. jess park, a brilliant performance from her, and scoring twice against united as city look to win their first wsl title since 2016. it's a big game today, obviously a big derby, there's a big rivalry there. we've come out on the right side, this season. i have to give great credit to the team, and the team behind the team. i thought we were really good today in a lot of moments. i was impressed with our second half and the first half an hour of our second half. scotland have begun their women's six nations campaign with a win — but onlyjust. it was all very comfortable at one stage, with scotland looking as though they were going to ease
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to their first victory on welsh soil in 20 years. but wales fought back and had the chance to level it with this conversion, but agonisingly, missed, losing 20—18. they are now winless in four with a daunting away trip to england to come in round two. and there was defeat for ireland too as they were beaten in france by 38 points to 17. the home side running in five tries in a bonus point victory. a marked improvement from ireland though, who lost this match 53—3 last year. as for england, the favourites, they begin their women's six nations campaign later today. they are away in italy. marlie packer will win her 100th cap for the red roses and she says the team is as eager as ever to win the tournament, as they look to make it six in a row. the goal for the six nations is to go out there and win it,
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a grand slam win. but we need to make sure we perform in each game, and it is notjust about the points on the board, it's how we come off as players. like, we have targets within defence or attack that we want to hit in those games. that is what i think of us as red roses will be defined by, whether the six nations has been successful or not for us. in rugby's premiership, there was a huge win for saracens — they moved up to second in the table. they ran in eight tries as they thrashed harlequins 52—7 in front in front of over 60,000 fans at the tottenham hotspur stadium. the win moves sarries above quins who drop to fifth. exeter are third after beating newcastle 25—16. in the united rugby championship, leinster are four clear at the top — after beating zebre 31—7 in italy. elsewhere, there was a thrilling finish to scarlets' match with bennetton. the llanelli side were 13—9 down with 83 minutes gone, when eduan swart bulldozed over the line, scarlets triumphing 16—13.
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all the results are on the bbc sport website. it's been a busy few hours in miami for the british players in the singles. katie boulter is through to the fourth round there for the first time in her career, beating brazil's beatriz haddaj maia in straight sets. cam norrie is through to the third round after beating italy's flavio cobolli in three. and he's done it, too — andy murray is into round three after an impressive win over argentina's tomas martin etcheverry. the man who beat him in the opening round of the australian open. murray, a two time winner in miami, winning 7—6, 6—3 and he'll play the czech player tomas machac next. but jack draper is out. he squandered two match points to lose in three to chile's nicolas jarry in a gruelling contest that lasted 3.5 hours.
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and dan evan has also gone out in the second round, he also squandered match points, losing in three to chris eubanks. notjust tennis in miami this morning. we've had the australian grand prix in formula 1. awarning — i'm going to tell you the result. it was an eventful race. max verstappen's bid to win a record—equalling 10th successive race went up in smoke as ferrari's carlos sainz completed a remarkable comeback to win it a fortnight after having his appendix removed. sainz started alongside world champion verstappen who was on pole. but the dutchman handed him the lead after having to retire his red bull with brake problems. the race finished under safety car conditions after britain's george russell crashed his mercedez at the end. he was unhurt. sainz claimed victory ahead of his team mate charles leclerc with the mclaren of britain's lando norris completing the podium. lewis hamilton retired with an engine failure. and finally, back to football because there was a heart—warming moment for the former england manager sven goren eriksson. he was in charge of a liverpool legends team, and saw them beat an ajax greats side at anfield. after recently announcing he'd been diagnosed with terminal cancer,
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erikssen said he'd always dreamt of managing liverpool during his career — and admitted he was brought to tears by the experience. it's — cry. no, it's beautiful, of course. and to sit on the bench for liverpool has been my dream my whole life. so now it happened. and it was a beautiful day. in all meanings — the crowd, the game, the players, everything. fantastic. and thank you to liverpool for giving me this opportunity, to remind me. he says he has been a lifelong level fan. level coming from 2—0 down to win 4—2. fan. level coming from 2-0 down to win 4-2. ~ : :, :, i. fan. level coming from 2-0 down to win 4-2. ~ : :, :, :, win 4-2. we will chat to you a little later- — win 4-2. we will chat to you a little later. -- — win 4-2. we will chat to you a little later. -- liverpool- win 4-2. we will chat to you a i little later. -- liverpool coming little later. —— liverpool coming from 2—0. it isa it is a lovely day with the
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daffodils. more sunshine than yesterday and fewer showers, the wind will — yesterday and fewer showers, the wind will be lighter as well especially across western areas thanks — especially across western areas thanks to — especially across western areas thanks to a ridge of high pressure, this will— thanks to a ridge of high pressure, this will combine and produce a better— this will combine and produce a better day, fewer isobars, killing the showers of, mentioning the low pressure _ the showers of, mentioning the low pressure system away to the near continent. _ pressure system away to the near continent. we will see the least cold air— continent. we will see the least cold air moving in arriving overnight across western areas with cloud _ overnight across western areas with cloud and _ overnight across western areas with cloud and rain. some shells around across— cloud and rain. some shells around across northern and eastern parts of scotland. _ across northern and eastern parts of scotland. a — across northern and eastern parts of scotland, a few draped down the north— scotland, a few draped down the north sea coast, wales and northern ireland, _ north sea coast, wales and northern ireland, showers will fade away through— ireland, showers will fade away through the morning and into the afternoon — through the morning and into the afternoon a few people and eastern areas _ afternoon a few people and eastern areas but _ afternoon a few people and eastern areas but that is about it. drive for nrany— areas but that is about it. drive for many with lots of sunshine around — for many with lots of sunshine around in _ for many with lots of sunshine around in the wind is white, could be warmer, — around in the wind is white, could be warmer, nine — 12 or maybe 13 degrees — be warmer, nine — 12 or maybe 13 degrees in — be warmer, nine — 12 or maybe 13 degrees in warmer spots across the southeast, — degrees in warmer spots across the southeast, still chilly across northern _ southeast, still chilly across northern scotland, some showers will be wintry _ northern scotland, some showers will be wintry on _ northern scotland, some showers will be wintry on the hills, you can see
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the white — be wintry on the hills, you can see the white speckles. tonight this area of— the white speckles. tonight this area of cloud and rain will push to northern— area of cloud and rain will push to northern ireland,, western england, wales— northern ireland,, western england, wales and _ northern ireland,, western england, wales and southwest scotland, with the breeze picking up from the south, — the breeze picking up from the south, this will ensure mild year, six - _ south, this will ensure mild year, six - nine — south, this will ensure mild year, six — nine degrees, chilly across eastern — six — nine degrees, chilly across eastern parts of the country, some mist and _ eastern parts of the country, some mist and fog. monday an area of low pressure _ mist and fog. monday an area of low pressure sitting to the west of the country. _ pressure sitting to the west of the country, here we will see most of the cloud, — country, here we will see most of the cloud, rain and stronger wind, a grotty— the cloud, rain and stronger wind, a grotty day— the cloud, rain and stronger wind, a grotty day but some good sunshine across _ grotty day but some good sunshine across the — grotty day but some good sunshine across the east midlands, east anglia — across the east midlands, east anglia and the southeast, cloud coming — anglia and the southeast, cloud coming and going and cold across scotland — coming and going and cold across scotland as the rain pushes north, we could _ scotland as the rain pushes north, we could see snow developing over the hills, _ we could see snow developing over the hills, could be quite significant over mountaintops, lower levels _ significant over mountaintops, lower levels will— significant over mountaintops, lower levels will see rain, chilly day in the north, — levels will see rain, chilly day in the north, double diggers for england and wales. as we push deeper into the _ england and wales. as we push deeper into the week, plenty of low pressure, outbreaks of rain, showers spiralling _ pressure, outbreaks of rain, showers spiralling around the country, very
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gradual— spiralling around the country, very gradual start ushering in mild air from _ gradual start ushering in mild air from the — gradual start ushering in mild air from the south as low pressure always — from the south as low pressure always sets to the west of the uk, eventually — always sets to the west of the uk, eventually it will get less cold across — eventually it will get less cold across scotland, you can see with the yellow — across scotland, you can see with the yellow and orange colours, and unsettled _ the yellow and orange colours, and unsettled week to come and even into the start— unsettled week to come and even into the start of— unsettled week to come and even into the start of the easter weekend. some _ the start of the easter weekend. some early hills snow across scotland _ some early hills snow across scotland early in the week but temperatures begin to rise as we reach _ temperatures begin to rise as we reach the — temperatures begin to rise as we reach the easter weekend, reaching value _ reach the easter weekend, reaching value is— reach the easter weekend, reaching value is more akin to the time of year _ value is more akin to the time of year. plenty of rain to come in the next _ year. plenty of rain to come in the next five _ year. plenty of rain to come in the next five - — year. plenty of rain to come in the next five - six— year. plenty of rain to come in the next five — six days and the wind will be _ next five — six days and the wind will be quite strong as well. that's it from _ will be quite strong as well. that's it from nre — will be quite strong as well. that's it from me. back to you.— will be quite strong as well. that's it from me. back to you. thank you for the lovely _ it from me. back to you. thank you for the lovely photos _ it from me. back to you. thank you for the lovely photos of _ it from me. back to you. thank you for the lovely photos of the - it from me. back to you. thank you for the lovely photos of the spring i for the lovely photos of the spring flowers. we'll be back with the headlines at eight. time now for latest technology news, on this week's edition of click.
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most on this week's edition of click. of britain's nuclear stations most of britain's nuclear power stations were built in the 19505 or 605. at the time very went into what would happen to them when they reach the end of their useful life. triage the end of their useful life. now across uk _ the end of their useful life. now across uk many _ the end of their useful life. now across uk many are _ the end of their useful life. now across uk many are in _ the end of their useful life. ijr across uk many are in various stages of decommissioning. chris has been to the far north of scotland to find out how its engineers are using robots to help in the process. the ruggedly beautiful and windswept coast of scotland. in the 19505, this remote spot was chosen as the test site for a new technology — fast breeder nuclear reactors, capable of producing more fuel than they consumed. the steel sphere is there for a reason. if things went seriously wrong inside, it's designed to contain any radioactive
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contamination. the plant closed in the 19905 and is in the process of being decommissioned. it's a huge site, nearly 200 separate facilities, over a quarter of which contain a bewildering array of radioactive materials. dismantling dounreay is a huge challenge, but it's also become a test—bed for new technology. but before we can go inside and see it, we need to dress for the occasion. they've gone to get me a bigger size. chris, welcome. this is the dounreay fast reactor. well, would you look at that? goodness, what a thing. it's a big metal ball, a containment ball, that was built here away back in the '505. it's a couple of inches thick of metal, sealed,
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that's housing a reactor that sits over here. and the reactor is slowly being taken down? slowly decommissioned, yes,. we want to put it back to what it was, previous to what it was in 1955. doing that will take a long time, but they do have help. you've probably seen these four legged robots before. here, with the help of expert operators, spot has been used to map out areas of the plant and measure radiation levels — information that will be vital when it comes to taking it apart. but for now, spot's mission is to take me to its owner. there we are. we've got spot, the boston dynamics' spot. why this robot for this place? why this robot? well, it's very, very common in the field of robotics to say that if a job is dull, dirty or dangerous, send
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a robot in. he went into a fuel cell that hadn't been explored for 25 years. we don't have a whole lot of information about this facility before we go in. it's like going into another world, in terms of then having to explore that for the first time. so, you take your first tentative steps in there as the robot enters this completely unilluminated but highly complex environment. we're able to start building up this image of where the radiation is, so then, at the end of it, we can produce a 3d model that then gives the engineers just this amazing data set that informs how they're going to decommission this whole facility. it's interesting — spot is wearing protective clothing, like we're wearing protective clothing. you see that on the film and you see it here. that's right. so, spot is currently in our contamination control suit. when spot has been put to work, has been used for, it was a period of five days, multiple deployments. at the end of that, we can
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then clean the suit, we can remove the suit, and then spot is totally safe to then come away from site having got no contamination on it. operating an expensive robot inside a nuclear reactor is a bit nerve—racking, but surprisingly simple. ok, so this isjust a regular tablet, isn't it? regular tablet, yep. so your left stick, if you move that forwards. so you push up like that? so you tap and push it upwards and the robot will move forward. it's the same for backwards as well. and then if we turn this one to the side. which way? to the right is fine. over to the right and then it rotates. that's amazing. good dog! they're proving very useful and they're very cute. but the decommissioning and clean up at dounreay is a huge task. i've got three nuclear reactor plants from the very dawn of the nuclear age. i've got a whole reprocessing
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plant for taking the fuel and dissolving it and reprocessing it and dealing with the waste. i've got waste storage facilities that i have to transport the waste. we have an awful lot of infrastructure that comes in lots of bits and pieces. decommissioning everything on the site will take decades and it's been estimated it will be 300 years before the land is safe for re—use. well, that's for the site is completely clear. the intermediate level waste has gone to long term repository. we think we'll have this place down — 40, 50 years is our latest estimate. but there's huge variability to that. nobody�*s ever done this, you know. and projecting things forward, we know how fast technology is developing. so we're really excited that the technology can help us. we've shown the benefit that these robotics can bring. i think that even if we look into the very immediate future, that it is absolutely credible
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within highly technical industries that we'll have robots walking around autonomously, carrying out their missions, and people will see them just as business as usual. well, it's been a fascinating visit. when this place was built, it was pioneering nuclear technology, and now new technology is being used to help with the decommissioning and the clean up. it's time to leave... automated voice: measuring. ..but before i go, i have to make sure i don't take anything radioactive with me. monitoring complete. please leave. - all clear. spotless, you might say.
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is this one of the most satisfying bits of tech to watch? but this 3d printer isn'tjust pleasing on the eye. the walls it's creating have the potential to change our impact on the planet. one of the big challenges of our city, miami, and all coastal cities, is rising sea levels and flooding. traditionally, cities have addressed this by building sea walls, which you see all around us, even here. the problem with traditional sea walls is that they destroy marine habitats. traditional sea walls leach chemicals, and very simply, they're flat. when you have a flat sea wall, the organisms that live by the coast, they can't attach to this flat surface, so they migrate. and there is where they want to be eating all the toxins in the water. so once the sea life and the organisms migrate, no—one's there to eat the toxins and the quality of water goes down 50% within
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one year of installation. the challenge for kind designs was coming up with something that was economical for communities but will also enhance the underwater ecosystem and they think they've got it. these are the walls that you create. talk us through some of the features. ok, so there's three really important features why these walls are so great for marine life attachment. 0ne, you have these little micro textures on the wall. and so if you imagine a rock climber, if they're trying to climb on a flat wall, it's impossible, right? so, same for sea life attachment. then, just the nature of the 3d printing process, you have all of these layers — all in the wall. so these layers are great, actually, for coral growth. and then lastly, you're not just having your kind of bottom of the food chain on these walls, but because of these caves, you get so much more biodiversity. so every species, their number
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one thing is that they want to survive, which makes sense. us, too. yeah, us included! and with these caves, as you can see, they're really deep. i can put my whole arm in here. so that's where your larger organisms can hide from predators, and that's what really, really encourages sea life attachment and the amount of biodiversity that you couldn't get anywhere else but a natural coastal ecosystem. it takes just under one hour for a wall panel to appear before us — much quicker than traditional moulding and setting of concrete. but this way of manufacturing also brings design flexibility. we have the highest resolution 3d printer in the world, so our layers are one inch thick, which allows us to create this design or anything else. and so, since we're just producing in florida right now, we're keeping this design, but as we expand nationally and globally, we can alter our design to make it fit the coastal habitat in any region of the world.
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you're printing with concrete, which is still one of the most un—environmentally friendly materials there is. are you looking at other materials or is concrete the only answer here? we are using concrete because concrete sea walls are mandated in many areas. you can use vinyl sea walls — basically plastic sea walls. the problem with them is microplastics are leaching in the water so also a problem. and you can only use them in areas that are very low impact, like a river in orlando or lakes. the difference between traditional concrete and ours, is ours is nontoxic, so it doesn't leach. there's no chlorides, there's no metals, and it's also mixed at a 30% lower temperature than traditional concrete, further decreasing the carbon footprint. and that's just a starting point. as we democratise this product and have more of a margin, we will incorporate more and more components to our materials that keep pushing the limit on how environmentally friendly
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the concrete mix is. this start—up are installing their first walls in florida now. studying their impact will be vital in assessing if they make a positive difference and in what direction the designs will go next. that's it for the shortcut of this week '5 show. the full length is waiting for you on iplayer. week 's show. the full length is waiting for you on iplayer. thanks for watching. _ waiting for you on iplayer. thanks for watching, we _ waiting for you on iplayer. thanks for watching, we will— waiting for you on iplayer. thanks for watching, we will be _ waiting for you on iplayer. thanks for watching, we will be back i waiting for you on iplayer. thanks for watching, we will be back with you next week.
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good morning, welcome to breakfast with luxmy gopal and ben thompson. our headlines today... a day of national mourning in russia after friday's attack on a concert hall that killed more than 130 people. the islamic state group has claimed responsibility. warnings of missile attacks across the whole of ukraine — with the capital kyiv targeted by russian air strikes overnight. the prince and princess of wales say they're "enormously touched and extremely moved" by the public�*s support following catherine's cancer announcement.
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can england win a sixth women's six nations title in a row? they play their tournament opener against italy today with captain marlie packer set for her hundredth cap. cheering the british runner rewriting history — jasmin paris becomes the first woman to finish one of the world's toughest ultramarathons, with just 99 seconds to spare. good morning to you. part two of the weekend's _ good morning to you. part two of the weekend's weather looks better than yesterday _ weekend's weather looks better than yesterday. we should see more sunshine — yesterday. we should see more sunshine around and they were showers. — sunshine around and they were showers, so it should feel a little bit warmer. join me later for the details — it's sunday the 24th of march. our main story... russia has begun a national day of mourning — after at least 133 people were killed in an attack
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on a rock concert in moscow. the islamic state group says it was responsible, but russia's security services have claimed the assailants had links to ukraine — something which kyiv has fiercely denied. our russia editor steve rosenberg has the details. in what was left of crocus city, the full horror of what happened became clear. the attackers had torched the building. a rock concert became an inferno. gunfire but first, the gunman had opened fire. gunfire to kill as many of the audience as possible — in one constant stream of bullets. russia says the four gunman who did this have been arrested. and claims they planned to cross into ukraine. kyiv denies any connection to the attack. it's islamic state that's claimed responsibility. president putin promised vengeance.
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translation: all the - perpetrators and organisers of this crime and those who ordered it will be justly and inevitably punished, whoever they are, whoever is guiding them. those terrorists, murderers, monsters face the same unenviable fate — retribution and oblivion. in moscow, there were long queues to donate blood for the many who had been wounded in the attack and rushed to hospital. outside crocus city hall — a hint of the devastation inside. the first thing you notice isn't the sight of the building — it's the smell. the air is thick with smoke because the concert hall was burning all night. the next thing you notice is what is happening over there, people are bringing flowers, creating a makeshift shrine to the dead. margarita knows she's lucky. she was in the building when the shooting
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began and got out alive. translation: when i got home, i hugged my children, _ fell to my knees and said, "i can't begin to describe what happened there. they were shooting at us." i was hysterical. my husband could barely watch. the children were terrified. theyjust hugged me. but so many died here. there were so many victims of the deadliest attack in russia in 20 years. president putin has declared a national day of mourning. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. and steve joins us now from moscow. good morning to you. as we have said, islamic state group claiming responsibility, but we know russian authorities are still here are trying to implicate ukraine? yes. authorities are still here are trying to implicate ukraine? yes, on the one hand _ trying to implicate ukraine? yes, on the one hand islamic _ trying to implicate ukraine? yes, on the one hand islamic state - trying to implicate ukraine? yes, on the one hand islamic state said i trying to implicate ukraine? yes, on the one hand islamic state said it i the one hand islamic state said it did this. islamic state has released
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graphic images of the attack. us officials have said they have no reason to doubt the islamic state claim. but on the other hand, russia, russian officials continue to promote the brand narrative that somehow, in some way ukraine was linked to this attack, without providing any evidence. for example, yesterday we saw vladimir putin giving a tv address, and addressed to the nation, announcing that foregone men had been arrested and suggesting that these men had been on their way to the ukrainian border. he said a window had been prepared for them on the ukrainian side to cross the border. that has been totally denied by kyiv, and in fact president zelensky of ukraine, he says that vladimir putin is just looking for someone to blame. but it is notjust putin. we have heard similar comments from other russian officials trying to find some kind
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officials trying to find some kind of link to ukraine. which raises the question, i think, of link to ukraine. which raises the question, ithink, what of link to ukraine. which raises the question, i think, what does russia intend to do next? will russia try to use this devastating attack to justify an escalation in its war on ukraine? 9 : :, , ., justify an escalation in its war on ukraine? 9 : :, , :, :, ukraine? quite clearly, we are not aroin to ukraine? quite clearly, we are not going to show _ ukraine? quite clearly, we are not going to show any _ ukraine? quite clearly, we are not going to show any of _ ukraine? quite clearly, we are not going to show any of that - ukraine? quite clearly, we are not going to show any of that islamici going to show any of that islamic state group video, but i do want to show viewers the seen live in moscow and outside the venue right now. a tragedy for those involved, there is involved. there is pictures coming involved. there is pictures coming in from us live. quite clearly, lots of people laying flowers outside that venue. it is a national day of mourning in russia, isn't it? what exactly does that involve? aha, exactly does that involve? national day of mourning here, russian flags fly at half mast, entertainment and sports events across the country are cancelled, entertainment programmes on russian tv. i was watching russian television this morning, the news, and the newsreader was wearing
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black. you mentioned the flowers. yes, there were lots of people yesterday bringing flowers to crocus city hall. they will be more people today. because this attack has shocked the nation, for sure. i mean, the death toll stands at 133. but officials are warning that that could well rise because the search continues inside their four more bodies. the authorities released images from inside crocus city hall which showed the scale of destruction, the right football than in, beams had correct, —— collapsed, so the fear is once all of that debris is cleared away more bodies will be found.— will be found. thank you for now. that is our— will be found. thank you for now. that is our russia _ will be found. thank you for now. that is our russia editor - will be found. thank you for now. that is our russia editor live i will be found. thank you for now. that is our russia editor live in i that is our russia editor live in moscow. further developments in ukraine overnight, luxmy has the details. russia has launched air attacks on multiple locations in ukraine overnight, with kyiv claiming it has shot down
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43 missiles and drones. poland's armed forces have also claimed a russian cruise missile violated its air space. our reporter vincent mcaviney has more. in the early hours of sunday morning, ukrainians were awoken by multiple explosions across the country, prompting many to seek safety in shelters once again. a national alert was issued, with the ukrainian military saying its air defence systems were engaged in repelling the attack. kyiv has been targeted. a military spokesperson saying a dozen russian missiles had been destroyed over the capital and its vicinity. there have been no reports of casualties or major damage as a result of these attacks. the north—western border region of lviv has also come under fire. the mayor of lviv said the city had been spared, but about 20 missiles and seven attack drones had been launched against the broader region,
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targeting critical infrastructure. neighbouring poland says it has activated its air force to ensure the safety of polish airspace. russia is observing an official day of mourning today, following friday's attack on a constant hall outside moscow. president zelensky responded furiously to russian claims that kyiv was in any way involved. moscow has not yet commented on this morning's strikes. vincent mcaviney, bbc news. the prince and princess of wales have thanked the public for its support after catherine revealed she is receiving cancer treatment. in a statement released last night, kensington palace said the couple have been touched by the kind messages, and are grateful that people understand their request for privacy. our royal correspondent daniela relph reports. this is the national with erica johnson. catherine, the princess of wales, made a shocking announcement... making headlines globally.
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kate middleton... the impact of the princess' diagnosis has been felt far and wide. her video message was the most direct and personal we have ever seen the princess. this, of course, came as a huge shock. it was also an attempt to shut down the rumours. i think what the princess of wales is hoping is that this message will be direct enough to appeal to people's better natures and say, "look, the invasion of privacy that has been going on on social media for the last couple of months has just been way too much. people need to stop and think and not engage in that kind of activity going forward." and now a fresh statement from kensington palace — a public thank you. it said:
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family has rallied around the princess, including those with whom relations are strained. the duke and duchess of sussex sent a public message of support. the bbc understands they have also reached out privately. public sympathy remains strong. we've been thinking of her all along and wish her the best. they're going through something so private and hard and, you know, the public eye on it, it's really tough, to be honest. yeah, she's got young kids, right? and she's a human being, so i thought it was all quite upsetting. protecting her three children has been a priority for the princess of wales. she said she's taken time to explain and reassure george, charlotte and louis. the new message from the prince and princess is both a thank you and a polite warning. they now want to be left alone.
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we don't expect to hear from them over the easter holiday. instead, we may see the king back in the royal spotlight. christmas at sandringham — the last full gathering of the royal family. next sunday, many will be back for the easter church service in windsor. buckingham palace are hopeful the king will also be there. daniela relph, bbc news. nearly 300 school children abducted by gunmen in northern nigeria have been released. families were left desperate for information when the children — aged between 8 and 15 — were taken from a school earlier this month, in the north—west of the country. the regional governor says they have been released unharmed. at least ten people have been arrested during weekly mass protests in the israeli capital, tel aviv. protestors are demanding a deal be reached to release hostages still held by hamas in gaza. richard taylor, the father of damilola taylor who was killed using a broken
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bottle, has died aged 75. his son was just ten—years—old when he was stabbed and left to die in a south london stairwell in 2000. following damilola's death, mr taylor became an anti—knife crime campaigner, and dedicated his life to improving the lives of young people. now for a good news story that we mentioned in the headlines a little earlier. a vet from midlothian has become the first woman to complete one of the world's hardest running races. jasmin paris finished the 100—mile barkley marathons in tennessee with just 99 seconds to spare. our reporter simonjones has the details. cheering she said her body was screaming at her to stop, butjasmin paris believed in herself and made it to that finish gate. her legs scratched from days of running through thick woodland. this is what exhaustion combined with joy looks like.
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the legendary course once featured in a documentary called the race that eats its young — the barkley marathons involve running up and down the equivalent of 60,000 feet, about twice the height of mount everest, in extreme heat. the route is unmarked, so competitors have to memorise it and it begins when the race creator, known as laz, lights a cigarette. and for some people, just to get back to camp alive is all they want in the world. fellow ultramarathon runners are full of awe. she has learned, she's grown, she's trained hard in races, and, of course, you have to train every week and be consistent, building up your mileage, building up the strength and endurance in your body, to even attempt the barkley marathons. there are some very, very famous well—rounded runners, with huge amounts of experience, who get one loop done
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of the barkley marathons and then tap out and say, "that was too hard" — jasmin paris did all five loops. this is jasmin about to set off on the final loop — and it's not the first time she's made history. in 2019, she completed the spine race, from derbyshire to the scottish borders, a mere 268 miles, in 83 hours, 12 minutes and 23 seconds. she broke the course record by more than 12 hours, expressing milk for her baby along the way. i did lots of long, long runs, often mainly in the dark, actually, getting up at 4am and training in the dark, and carrying my full pack — so long days over christmas and new year, training in the hills. jasmin, who's a vet back home cannot currently speak because she did so much heavy breathing over the 100 miles, but she sent us a text to say, "i'm overjoyed to have finished
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the barkley marathons. it still hasn't really sunk in that i finally have done it. that said, i had a strong feeling in the months of training in the run—up to the race that i could do it. those final moments have redefined for me when i am capable of." now, some much deserved rest before the inevitable next challenge. we have seen this many times this morning. ijust can't get over what an amazing achievement it is. ijust cannot get my head around how it is possible. cannot get my head around how it is ossible. , :, , cannot get my head around how it is ossible. ,:, , ,:, cannot get my head around how it is ossible. i. , : possible. exerting yourself so much ou have possible. exerting yourself so much you have lost _ possible. exerting yourself so much you have lost your _ possible. exerting yourself so much you have lost your voice. _ possible. exerting yourself so much you have lost your voice. 99 i possible. exerting yourself so much i you have lost your voice. 99 seconds to spare. and from one extreme race to another — hundreds of waiting staff will be running through the streets of paris, desperately trying not to spill trays of coffee and croissants. it is because the famous waiters' race returns to the city after a 13—year break. the contest, which is over 100 years old, sees servers complete a two—kilometre loop while trying to avoid any spillages.
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paris stopped hosting the event in 2008 because of the cost, but it's been revived in the run—up to the olympics. a little earlier, ijuggled two cups of coffee and brought them down. you didn't do it very well, though. given i was doing it in heels. there is shoes are a much more balanced approach to balancing coffee. you still sot approach to balancing coffee. you still spot them. _ approach to balancing coffee. you still spot them. i _ approach to balancing coffee. you still spot them. i know. _ here's stav with a look at the weather. and more daffodils. beautiful. a bit of a chilly start _ and more daffodils. beautiful. a bit of a chilly start out _ and more daffodils. beautiful. a bit of a chilly start out there this morning. unlike yesterday, it looks like things will recover slightly. we should see the temperature is lifting a bit more into the afternoon, because the winds will be turning lighter and we should see more sunshine around as the showers become more confined to eastern parts of the country, closer to that area of low pressure that brought us
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all of their showers yesterday. a ridge of high pressure building in, still in this chillier air mass. this wedge of air is tied in with some rain that should arrive in western areas overnight. we can see where the showers have been. a few pepper and western coasts, northern ireland, wales, into south—west england. into the some snow on the hills of scotland. a few peppering the east coast of england, but further west it will be mainly dry. variable amounts of cloud. it will be clouding up later in the day over northern ireland, west wales, the south—west of england ahead of that weather front. temperatures up to 13 degrees in the south. yesterday they just about made double figures. it was a chilly day with those strong winds. tonight, it turns what your end with your across western areas, dryer conditions in northern and eastern parts of the country. lorries on the hills of scotland. a touch of frost as the winds will be
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light and clear skies. milder further west. monday, this area of low pressure setting out to the west of the country. it is here we will see stronger winds, outbreaks of rain. further east, tending to stay dry brighter with. dry brighter is rain. further east, tending to stay dry brighter is this rain pushes forwards into the cold air, an increasing chance of hill snow. for much of central, southern, eastern england, some sunshine perhaps, particularly towards the south—east. chilly all day across northern areas, and also quite cool where you have the breeze and the rain. it doesn't look that much better as we head through the week in the run—up to easter. we hold onto low—pressure nearby. very consistent, bringing outbreaks of rain, followed by sunshine and showers. earlier in the week, in the next few days, with that cold air moving across scotland, stow on the hills. heading into the easter weekend, this milder
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air mass pushing in there. an unsettled week to come as you can see on the icons. but towards the end of the week, into the easter weekend, the temperatures lifting a little bit closer to where we should be for the time of year. that is it for me. :. ~ be for the time of year. that is it for me. :, ,, i. ,,, :, ,, be for the time of year. that is it for me. :, ,, i. :, ,, :, be for the time of year. that is it for me. :, ,, .«r :, for me. thank you. speak to you later. for me. thank you. speak to you later- the _ for me. thank you. speak to you later. the time, _ for me. thank you. speak to you later. the time, 8:20am. i women born in the 19505 — who were massively affected by a decision to increase the state pension age — say politicians are still shying away from the issue of compensation. neither the government, nor labour, has issued an official response to a watchdog's report — released four days ago — which found that women were not given fair warning of the change, and deserve financial recompense. we're joined now by former pensions minister baroness ros altmann and the waspi — that's women against state pension inequality — campaigner ann edwards. good morning to you both. i would like to start with you because there
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is a lot to get through in this report, but it does recommend that the government" does the right thing". do you expect that will happen, that these women will get compensation?— happen, that these women will get compensation? well, i hope that the government — compensation? well, i hope that the government will _ compensation? well, i hope that the government will do _ compensation? well, i hope that the government will do the _ compensation? well, i hope that the government will do the right - compensation? well, i hope that the government will do the right thing. i government will do the right thing. so far— government will do the right thing. so far it _ government will do the right thing. so far it hasn't even accepted that it is done — so far it hasn't even accepted that it is done anything wrong. and i think so far it hasn't even accepted that it is done anything wrong. and i think it so far it hasn't even accepted that it is done anything wrong. and i think it is so far it hasn't even accepted that it is done anything wrong. and i think it is clear so far it hasn't even accepted that it is done anything wrong. and i think it is clear from so far it hasn't even accepted that it is done anything wrong. and i think it is clear from the so far it hasn't even accepted that it is done anything wrong. and i think it is clear from the report that— think it is clear from the report that there _ think it is clear from the report that there have been serious failings _ that there have been serious failings. it is not a political issue. _ failings. it is not a political issue, this is across all different governments, from labour at the beginning. — governments, from labour at the beginning, then the coalition government, all governments have failed _ government, all governments have failed to— government, all governments have failed to ensure that the women affected — failed to ensure that the women affected knew about this absolutely crucial _ affected knew about this absolutely crucial change. for many of them, it is the _ crucial change. for many of them, it is the difference between being able to retire _ is the difference between being able to retire and have a decent life or being _ to retire and have a decent life or being forced... just to retire and have a decent life or being forced. . .— being forced... just clarify this for us. being forced... just clarify this for us- this — being forced... just clarify this for us. this is _ being forced... just clarify this for us. this is about _ being forced... just clarify this for us. this is about the i for us. this is about the communication. where these women informed of the change when they
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should have been? and that is the crucial bit here, isn't it? absolutely. and what the parliamentary ombudsman finds unequivocal bully is that there was a failure _ unequivocal bully is that there was a failure by the department for work and pensions to communicate even when _ and pensions to communicate even when it— and pensions to communicate even when it knew that the majority of women _ when it knew that the majority of women were unaware of this huge change _ women were unaware of this huge change that was coming down the track, _ change that was coming down the track, that— change that was coming down the track, that would affect them, it didn't— track, that would affect them, it didn't act— track, that would affect them, it didn't act urgently or strongly enough — didn't act urgently or strongly enough to make sure that this important information was widely understood. —— ombudsman finds unequivocally. although she had seen all of the _ unequivocally. although she had seen all of the other women she knew get their state _ all of the other women she knew get their state pension from the age of 60, their state pension from the age of 60. these — their state pension from the age of 60, these women would not receive state _ 60, these women would not receive state pension at the time. there was a whole _ state pension at the time. there was a whole different timetable depending on when you were born as to when—
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depending on when you were born as to when you — depending on when you were born as to when you would actually start getting — to when you would actually start getting the state pension. but for many— getting the state pension. but for many millions of women, they don't have any— many millions of women, they don't have any other pension. the state pension— have any other pension. the state pension is— have any other pension. the state pension is all they have. so it was absolutely— pension is all they have. so it was absolutely vital that they know that they are _ absolutely vital that they know that they are not going to get the money when _ they are not going to get the money when they— they are not going to get the money when they think they are. well, let's find out _ when they think they are. well, let's find out more _ when they think they are. well, let's find out more about i when they think they are. well, let's find out more about how. when they think they are. 9ii let's find out more about how many women have been affected by this. what is your experience? t women have been affected by this. what is your experience?— women have been affected by this. what is your experience? i found out ruite b what is your experience? i found out quite by chance _ what is your experience? i found out quite by chance when _ what is your experience? i found out quite by chance when i _ what is your experience? i found out quite by chance when i had _ what is your experience? i found out quite by chance when i had to i what is your experience? i found out quite by chance when i had to retire l quite by chance when i had to retire early _ quite by chance when i had to retire early from — quite by chance when i had to retire early from my— quite by chance when i had to retire early from myiob _ quite by chance when i had to retire early from myjob to _ quite by chance when i had to retire early from myjob to help _ quite by chance when i had to retire early from myjob to help my- early from myjob to help my daughter— early from myjob to help my daughter look— early from myjob to help my daughter look after- early from myjob to help my daughter look after my - early from myjob to help my- daughter look after my grandson. so when _ daughter look after my grandson. so when i _ daughter look after my grandson. so when i was _ daughter look after my grandson. so when i was going _ daughter look after my grandson. so when i was going through _ daughter look after my grandson. so when i was going through the - daughter look after my grandson. sol when i was going through the process of retiring _ when i was going through the process of retiring early, _ when i was going through the process of retiring early, my— when i was going through the process of retiring early, my boss _ when i was going through the process of retiring early, my boss pressed - when i was going through the process of retiring early, my boss pressed a l of retiring early, my boss pressed a button _ of retiring early, my boss pressed a button on _ of retiring early, my boss pressed a button on the — of retiring early, my boss pressed a button on the computer _ of retiring early, my boss pressed a button on the computer and - of retiring early, my boss pressed a button on the computer and he - of retiring early, my boss pressed a button on the computer and he said to m3, _ button on the computer and he said to me. 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where i did have _ —— unfortunately i was in a job where i did have some - —— unfortunately i was in a job. where i did have some pension. i chatted _ where i did have some pension. i chatted to — where i did have some pension. i chatted to nry— where i did have some pension. i chatted to my friend _ where i did have some pension. i chatted to my friend and - where i did have some pension. i chatted to my friend and she - where i did have some pension. i chatted to my friend and she was where i did have some pension. i. chatted to my friend and she was in the sanre _ chatted to my friend and she was in the same position, _ chatted to my friend and she was in the same position, she _ chatted to my friend and she was in the same position, she had - chatted to my friend and she was in the same position, she had worked| the same position, she had worked for the _ the same position, she had worked for the nhs — the same position, she had worked for the nhs for— the same position, she had worked for the nhs for 40 _ the same position, she had worked for the nhs for 40 years, - the same position, she had worked for the nhs for 40 years, and - the same position, she had worked for the nhs for 40 years, and we . for the nhs for 40 years, and we chatted _ for the nhs for 40 years, and we chatted about _ for the nhs for 40 years, and we chatted about it. _ for the nhs for 40 years, and we chatted about it. and _ for the nhs for 40 years, and we chatted about it. and we - for the nhs for 40 years, and we chatted about it. and we said, i for the nhs for 40 years, and we i chatted about it. and we said, "this isn't fair~ _ chatted about it. and we said, "this isn't fair~ we — chatted about it. and we said, "this isn't fair. we didn't _ chatted about it. and we said, "this isn't fair. we didn't know. _ chatted about it. and we said, "this isn't fair. we didn't know. why- isn't fair. we didn't know. why didn't— isn't fair. we didn't know. why didn't we — isn't fair. we didn't know. why didn't we know?" _ isn't fair. we didn't know. why didn't we know?" then - isn't fair. we didn't know. why didn't we know?" then we - isn't fair. we didn't know. why| didn't we know?" then we met isn't fair. we didn't know. why- didn't we know?" then we met other ladies. _ didn't we know?" then we met other ladies. we _ didn't we know?" then we met other ladies. we got — didn't we know?" then we met other ladies, we got into— didn't we know?" then we met other ladies, we got into a _ didn't we know?" then we met other ladies, we got into a room _ didn't we know?" then we met other ladies, we got into a room and - didn't we know?" then we met other ladies, we got into a room and we i ladies, we got into a room and we decided _ ladies, we got into a room and we decided the — ladies, we got into a room and we decided the best _ ladies, we got into a room and we decided the best way— ladies, we got into a room and we decided the best way was - ladies, we got into a room and we decided the best way was to - ladies, we got into a room and we decided the best way was to get l ladies, we got into a room and we l decided the best way was to get out there _ decided the best way was to get out there and _ decided the best way was to get out there and tell — decided the best way was to get out there and tell people. _ decided the best way was to get out there and tell people. so, _ decided the best way was to get out there and tell people. so, a - decided the best way was to get out there and tell people. so, a few- there and tell people. so, a few days— there and tell people. so, a few days after— there and tell people. so, a few days afterjoining _ there and tell people. so, a few days afterjoining the _ there and tell people. so, a few days afterjoining the group, - there and tell people. so, a few days afterjoining the group, i. there and tell people. so, a few. days afterjoining the group, i was on the _ days afterjoining the group, i was on the street— days afterjoining the group, i was on the street giving _ days afterjoining the group, i was on the street giving out _ days afterjoining the group, i was on the street giving out leaflets i days afterjoining the group, i wasl on the street giving out leaflets to women _ on the street giving out leaflets to women and — on the street giving out leaflets to women and meeting _ on the street giving out leaflets to women and meeting other- on the street giving out leaflets to women and meeting other womenl on the street giving out leaflets to . women and meeting other women of on the street giving out leaflets to - women and meeting other women of my a-e women and meeting other women of my age who— women and meeting other women of my age who had _ women and meeting other women of my age who had no— women and meeting other women of my age who had no idea. _ women and meeting other women of my age who had no idea. and _ women and meeting other women of my age who had no idea. and all— women and meeting other women of my age who had no idea. and all through. age who had no idea. and all through our campaign, — age who had no idea. and all through our campaign, which— age who had no idea. and all through our campaign, which lasted _ age who had no idea. and all through our campaign, which lasted eight- our campaign, which lasted eight years. _ our campaign, which lasted eight years. we — our campaign, which lasted eight years. we kept— our campaign, which lasted eight years, we kept coming _ our campaign, which lasted eight years, we kept coming across - our campaign, which lasted eight. years, we kept coming across these wonren _ years, we kept coming across these wonren walking _ years, we kept coming across these women. walking down— years, we kept coming across these women. walking down the - years, we kept coming across these women. walking down the street i years, we kept coming across these women. walking down the street in| women. walking down the street in wigan, _ women. walking down the street in wigan, "did— women. walking down the street in wigan, "did you _ women. walking down the street in wigan, "did you know?" _ women. walking down the street in wigan, "did you know?" and - women. walking down the street in wigan, "did you know?" and they. women. walking down the street in . wigan, "did you know?" and they say no. wigan, "did you know?" and they say no they— wigan, "did you know?" and they say no they were — wigan, "did you know?" and they say no. they were telling _ wigan, "did you know?" and they say no. they were telling us _ wigan, "did you know?" and they say no. they were telling us their - no. they were telling us their stories. — no. they were telling us their stories. and _ no. they were telling us their stories, and some _ no. they were telling us their stories, and some of- no. they were telling us their stories, and some of them i no. they were telling us their. stories, and some of them were no. they were telling us their - stories, and some of them were in dire straits — stories, and some of them were in dire straits. people _ stories, and some of them were in dire straits. people who _ stories, and some of them were in dire straits. people who worked i stories, and some of them were in dire straits. people who worked in| dire straits. people who worked in hard, _ dire straits. people who worked in hard. physical— dire straits. people who worked in hard, physicaljobs, _ dire straits. people who worked in hard, physicaljobs, in— dire straits. people who worked in hard, physicaljobs, in factories, l hard, physicaljobs, in factories, in shops, — hard, physicaljobs, in factories, in shops, cleaning, _ hard, physicaljobs, in factories, in shops, cleaning, in _ hard, physicaljobs, in factories, in shops, cleaning, in the - hard, physicaljobs, in factories, in shops, cleaning, in the nhs. i hard, physicaljobs, in factories, l in shops, cleaning, in the nhs. i mean, _ in shops, cleaning, in the nhs. i nrean. i— in shops, cleaning, in the nhs. i
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nrean. iwas— in shops, cleaning, in the nhs. i nrean. iwasa— in shops, cleaning, in the nhs. i mean, i was a teacher— in shops, cleaning, in the nhs. i mean, i was a teacher so, - in shops, cleaning, in the nhs. i mean, i was a teacher so, as - in shops, cleaning, in the nhs. i mean, i was a teacher so, as i l in shops, cleaning, in the nhs. i. mean, i was a teacher so, as i say, idid— mean, i was a teacher so, as i say, i did have _ mean, i was a teacher so, as i say, i did have a _ mean, i was a teacher so, as i say, i did have a pension— mean, i was a teacher so, as i say, i did have a pension to _ mean, i was a teacher so, as i say, i did have a pension to draw- mean, i was a teacher so, as i say, i did have a pension to draw on, i mean, i was a teacher so, as i say, i i did have a pension to draw on, but i did have a pension to draw on, but i was _ i did have a pension to draw on, but i was teaching — i did have a pension to draw on, but i was teaching for—year—olds. - i did have a pension to draw on, but i was teaching for—year—olds. so - i did have a pension to draw on, but i was teaching for—year—olds. so if. i was teaching for—year—olds. so if i'd have _ i was teaching for—year—olds. so if i'd have continued _ i was teaching for—year—olds. so if i'd have continued teaching - i'd have continued teaching for—year—olds_ i'd have continued teaching for—year—olds until- i'd have continued teaching for—year—olds until i - i'd have continued teaching for—year—olds until i was i i'd have continued teaching i for—year—olds until i was 66, i'd have continued teaching - for—year—olds until i was 66, my health— for—year—olds until i was 66, my health has— for—year—olds until i was 66, my health has got— for—year—olds until i was 66, my health has got worse _ for—year—olds until i was 66, my health has got worse over- for—year—olds until i was 66, my health has got worse over the i for—year—olds until i was 66, my. health has got worse over the last eight _ health has got worse over the last eight years. — health has got worse over the last eight years. and— health has got worse over the last eight years, and some _ health has got worse over the last eight years, and some women - health has got worse over the last eight years, and some women are married _ eight years, and some women are married to — eight years, and some women are married to older— eight years, and some women are married to older men. _ eight years, and some women are married to older men. that - eight years, and some women are married to older men. that is- eight years, and some women are married to older men. that is why i'm sure _ married to older men. that is why i'm sure ros— married to older men. that is why i'm sure ros will— married to older men. that is why i'm sure ros will agree. _ married to older men. that is why i'm sure ros will agree. when- married to older men. that is why i'm sure ros will agree. when thel i'm sure ros will agree. when the pension— i'm sure ros will agree. when the pension started, _ i'm sure ros will agree. when the pension started, they— i'm sure ros will agree. when the pension started, they did - i'm sure ros will agree. when the pension started, they did have - i'm sure ros will agree. when the pension started, they did have a i i'm sure ros will agree. when the . pension started, they did have a gap because _ pension started, they did have a gap because a _ pension started, they did have a gap because a lot — pension started, they did have a gap because a lot of _ pension started, they did have a gap because a lot of women _ pension started, they did have a gap because a lot of women married - pension started, they did have a gap. because a lot of women married older men _ because a lot of women married older men some _ because a lot of women married older men some kind — because a lot of women married older men. some kind of— because a lot of women married older men. some kind of retirement - men. some kind of retirement together, _ men. some kind of retirement together, retiring _ men. some kind of retirement together, retiring at _ men. some kind of retirement together, retiring at 60, - men. some kind of retirement. together, retiring at 60, helped. men. some kind of retirement - together, retiring at 60, helped. i do together, retiring at 60, helped. do say it is taken eight years to get to this stage. it is not a total victory because you do not have any idea whether he will get compensation yet. are you hopeful that they may change? i’m compensation yet. are you hopeful that they may change? i'm hopeful. i have to be hopeful. _ that they may change? i'm hopeful. i have to be hopeful. for _ that they may change? i'm hopeful. i have to be hopeful. for the - that they may change? i'm hopeful. i have to be hopeful. for the 3.7 - have to be hopeful. for the 3.7 million — have to be hopeful. for the 3.7 million women _ have to be hopeful. for the 3.7 million women that _ have to be hopeful. for the 3.7 million women that have - have to be hopeful. for the 3.7 million women that have beenl million women that have been
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affected _ million women that have been affected. and _ million women that have been affected. and 270,000 - million women that have beenl affected. and 270,000 women million women that have been - affected. and 270,000 women have died waiting — affected. and 270,000 women have died waiting for— affected. and 270,000 women have died waiting for this. _ affected. and 270,000 women have died waiting for this. one _ affected. and 270,000 women have died waiting for this. one every- affected. and 270,000 women have died waiting for this. one every 13. died waiting for this. one every 13 minutes — died waiting for this. one every 13 minutes i'm— died waiting for this. one every 13 minutes. i'm sure _ died waiting for this. one every 13 minutes. i'm sure you _ died waiting for this. one every 13 minutes. i'm sure you heard - died waiting for this. one every 13 minutes. i'm sure you heard this. minutes. i'm sure you heard this statistic— minutes. i'm sure you heard this statistic this— minutes. i'm sure you heard this statistic this weekend. _ minutes. i'm sure you heard this statistic this weekend. but - minutes. i'm sure you heard this statistic this weekend. but the l statistic this weekend. but the prime — statistic this weekend. but the prime minister— statistic this weekend. but the prime minister could _ statistic this weekend. but the prime minister could solve - statistic this weekend. but the prime minister could solve it, i statistic this weekend. but the . prime minister could solve it, he needs— prime minister could solve it, he needs to — prime minister could solve it, he needs to call _ prime minister could solve it, he needs to call an _ prime minister could solve it, he needs to call an urgent - prime minister could solve it, he needs to call an urgent debate. i prime minister could solve it, he i needs to call an urgent debate. and waspi _ needs to call an urgent debate. and waspi have — needs to call an urgent debate. and waspi have got— needs to call an urgent debate. and waspi have got support _ needs to call an urgent debate. and waspi have got support from - needs to call an urgent debate. and i waspi have got support from hundreds of mps. _ waspi have got support from hundreds of mps. they— waspi have got support from hundreds of mps. they have _ waspi have got support from hundreds of mps, they have all _ waspi have got support from hundreds of mps, they have all stood _ waspi have got support from hundreds of mps, they have all stood there - waspi have got support from hundreds of mps, they have all stood there a - of mps, they have all stood there a party, _ of mps, they have all stood there a party, they— of mps, they have all stood there a party. they have _ of mps, they have all stood there a party, they have been _ of mps, they have all stood there a party, they have been wonderful. of mps, they have all stood there a party, they have been wonderful atl party, they have been wonderful at over the _ party, they have been wonderful at over the years. _ party, they have been wonderful at over the years, attending - party, they have been wonderful at over the years, attending our- over the years, attending our ratties, — over the years, attending our rallies, speaking _ over the years, attending our rallies, speaking for- over the years, attending our rallies, speaking for us, - over the years, attending our- rallies, speaking for us, standing up rallies, speaking for us, standing up in— rallies, speaking for us, standing up in parliament, _ rallies, speaking for us, standing up in parliament, holding - rallies, speaking for us, standing up in parliament, holding cards. rallies, speaking for us, standing i up in parliament, holding cards that say "i _ up in parliament, holding cards that say "i pledge — up in parliament, holding cards that say "i pledge to _ up in parliament, holding cards that say "i pledge to support _ up in parliament, holding cards that say "i pledge to support the - up in parliament, holding cards that say "i pledge to support the waspi i say "i pledge to support the waspi women". — say "i pledge to support the waspi women". now— say "i pledge to support the waspi women". now is— say "i pledge to support the waspi women", now is the _ say "i pledge to support the waspi women", now is the time - say "i pledge to support the waspi women", now is the time they - say "i pledge to support the waspi. women", now is the time they need say "i pledge to support the waspi - women", now is the time they need to stand _ women", now is the time they need to stand up— women", now is the time they need to stand up and _ women", now is the time they need to stand up and be— women", now is the time they need to stand up and be counted. _ women", now is the time they need to stand up and be counted. we - women", now is the time they need to stand up and be counted. we need - women", now is the time they need to stand up and be counted. we need a l stand up and be counted. we need a debate _ stand up and be counted. we need a debate urgently. _ stand up and be counted. we need a debate urgently, and _ stand up and be counted. we need a debate urgently, and actually- stand up and be counted. we need a debate urgently, and actually i- stand up and be counted. we need a debate urgently, and actually i was i debate urgently, and actually i was told this— debate urgently, and actually i was told this morning _ debate urgently, and actually i was told this morning that _ debate urgently, and actually i was told this morning that on _ debate urgently, and actually i was told this morning that on monday i debate urgently, and actually i wasl told this morning that on monday a letter— told this morning that on monday a letter is _ told this morning that on monday a letter is going _ told this morning that on monday a letter is going to _ told this morning that on monday a letter is going to penny— told this morning that on monday a letter is going to penny mordaunt i letter is going to penny mordaunt asking _ letter is going to penny mordaunt asking for— letter is going to penny mordaunt asking for an _ letter is going to penny mordaunt asking for an urgent— letter is going to penny mordaunt asking for an urgent debate - letter is going to penny mordaunt asking for an urgent debate in- asking for an urgent debate in parliament. _ asking for an urgent debate in parliament, so— asking for an urgent debate in parliament, so that _ asking for an urgent debate in parliament, so that these - asking for an urgent debate in- parliament, so that these hundreds of mps _ parliament, so that these hundreds of mps who— parliament, so that these hundreds of mps who have _ parliament, so that these hundreds of mps who have claimed _ parliament, so that these hundreds of mps who have claimed over- parliament, so that these hundreds of mps who have claimed over the i of mps who have claimed over the years— of mps who have claimed over the years to _ of mps who have claimed over the years to support _ of mps who have claimed over the years to support us, _ of mps who have claimed over the years to support us, and - of mps who have claimed over the years to support us, and they - of mps who have claimed over the i years to support us, and they really have, _ years to support us, and they really have, i— years to support us, and they really have, idon't— years to support us, and they really have, i don't want _ years to support us, and they really have, i don't want to _ years to support us, and they really have, i don't want to name - years to support us, and they really have, i don't want to name names. years to support us, and they really i have, i don't want to name names but there _ have, i don't want to name names but there are _ have, i don't want to name names but there are some — have, i don't want to name names but there are some who _ have, i don't want to name names but there are some who were _ have, i don't want to name names but there are some who were there - have, i don't want to name names but there are some who were there from i there are some who were there from there are some who were there from the beginning — there are some who were there from the beginning and _ there are some who were there from the beginning and have _ there are some who were there from the beginning and have stood - there are some who were there from the beginning and have stood besidel the beginning and have stood beside us, and _
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the beginning and have stood beside us, and if— the beginning and have stood beside us, and ifthey— the beginning and have stood beside us, and if they are _ the beginning and have stood beside us, and if they are able _ the beginning and have stood beside us, and if they are able to— the beginning and have stood beside us, and if they are able to speak- us, and if they are able to speak and stand — us, and if they are able to speak and stand up— us, and if they are able to speak and stand up for— us, and if they are able to speak and stand up for us— us, and if they are able to speak and stand up for us officially- us, and if they are able to speak and stand up for us officially in l and stand up for us officially in parliament, _ and stand up for us officially in parliament, then— and stand up for us officially in parliament, then we _ and stand up for us officially in parliament, then we have - and stand up for us officially in parliament, then we have to l and stand up for us officially in| parliament, then we have to be hopeful — parliament, then we have to be ho eful. .,, , parliament, then we have to be hoeful. , . ., , hopeful. ros, i 'ust want to bring ou in hopeful. ros, i 'ust want to bring you in again. _ hopeful. ros, ijust want to bring you in again- to _ hopeful. ros, ijust want to bring you in again. to put _ hopeful. ros, ijust want to bring you in again. to put the - hopeful. ros, ijust want to bring you in again. to put the words i hopeful. ros, ijust want to bring i you in again. to put the words from the spokesperson from the department for work and pensions, they have said that the government as i was been committed to supporting all pensioners in a sustainable way that gives them a dignified retirement while also being fair to them and taxpayers, because of course the argument is that the compensation would come from public funds. well. would come from public funds. well, this is the dilemma _ would come from public funds. well, this is the dilemma that _ would come from public funds. well, this is the dilemma that parliament now faces — this is the dilemma that parliament now faces. the ombudsman has said that there _ now faces. the ombudsman has said that there has been a significant role that— that there has been a significant role that is potentially harmed millions— role that is potentially harmed millions of women. i am a waspi woman— millions of women. i am a waspi woman but— millions of women. i am a waspi woman but i do not believe taxpayers should _ woman but i do not believe taxpayers should give _ woman but i do not believe taxpayers should give me personally money. what _ should give me personally money. what i _ should give me personally money. what i was — should give me personally money. what i was trying to do was find a mechanism — what i was trying to do was find a mechanism where we could help those that are _ mechanism where we could help those that are really in the worst
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hardship. we know that there are women _ hardship. we know that there are women who are really struggling. and they have _ women who are really struggling. and they have had no help whatsoever. many— they have had no help whatsoever. many of— they have had no help whatsoever. many of them have now reached their state pension age, so the original idea of— state pension age, so the original idea of a — state pension age, so the original idea of a bridging pension to tide them _ idea of a bridging pension to tide them over— idea of a bridging pension to tide them over isn't so relevant. but lots of— them over isn't so relevant. but lots of them have run out of any savings — lots of them have run out of any savings they had to try to keep themselves going. maybe they were not well— themselves going. maybe they were not well enough to work, maybe they had to _ not well enough to work, maybe they had to stop _ not well enough to work, maybe they had to stop work to look after elderly— had to stop work to look after elderly loved ones or partners who were _ elderly loved ones or partners who were not— elderly loved ones or partners who were not well. those issues, i do not think— were not well. those issues, i do not think are _ were not well. those issues, i do not think are being recognised. there _ not think are being recognised. there will— not think are being recognised. there will be a debate in parliament that will— there will be a debate in parliament that will be, i'm sure, urgent questions. _ that will be, i'm sure, urgent questions, tomorrow and perhaps tuesday— questions, tomorrow and perhaps tuesday as — questions, tomorrow and perhaps tuesday as well. and i think mps now need to— tuesday as well. and i think mps now need to get— tuesday as well. and i think mps now need to get together on a cross—party basis and work out what their response will be to this rather— their response will be to this rather damning report. and 'ust briefl for rather damning report. and 'ust briefly for us, i rather damning report. and 'ust briefly for us, i i rather damning report. and 'ust briefly for us, i know i
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rather damning report. and 'ust briefly for us, i know that h rather damning report. and just briefly for us, i know that the i briefly for us, i know that the campaign is looking for a £10,000 or more for those affected. this report looks up to 3000. even that would cost £7.5 billion. what number would be acceptable, do you think? magpi be acceptable, do you think? waspi would like to _ be acceptable, do you think? waspi would like to receive _ be acceptable, do you think? waspi would like to receive the _ would like to receive the compensation _ would like to receive the compensation that- would like to receive the compensation that the l would like to receive the - compensation that the appg would like to receive the _ compensation that the appg suggest, which is _ compensation that the appg suggest, which is the _ compensation that the appg suggest, which is the £10,000. _ compensation that the appg suggest, which is the £10,000. because, - compensation that the appg suggest, which is the £10,000. because, as i which is the £10,000. because, as ros has_ which is the £10,000. because, as ros has been— which is the £10,000. because, as ros has been saying _ which is the £10,000. because, as ros has been saying about - which is the £10,000. because, as ros has been saying about the - which is the £10,000. because, as i ros has been saying about the women who are _ ros has been saying about the women who are in _ ros has been saying about the women who are in dire— ros has been saying about the women who are in dire straits, _ ros has been saying about the women who are in dire straits, but _ ros has been saying about the women who are in dire straits, but at - ros has been saying about the women who are in dire straits, but at the - who are in dire straits, but at the end of— who are in dire straits, but at the end of the — who are in dire straits, but at the end of the day— who are in dire straits, but at the end of the day the _ who are in dire straits, but at the end of the day the state - who are in dire straits, but at the end of the day the state pensionl end of the day the state pension isn't means_ end of the day the state pension isn't means tested _ end of the day the state pension isn't means tested and - end of the day the state pension isn't means tested and there - end of the day the state pensioni isn't means tested and there are many— isn't means tested and there are many women _ isn't means tested and there are many women who _ isn't means tested and there are many women who might - isn't means tested and there are many women who might appeari isn't means tested and there are i many women who might appear are isn't means tested and there are - many women who might appear are ok. including _ many women who might appear are ok. including myself — many women who might appear are ok. including myself. but— many women who might appear are ok. including myself. but no— many women who might appear are ok. including myself. but no one _ many women who might appear are ok. including myself. but no one has - including myself. but no one has worked _ including myself. but no one has worked in — including myself. but no one has worked in our— including myself. but no one has worked in our shoes, _ including myself. but no one has worked in our shoes, and - including myself. but no one has worked in our shoes, and our- including myself. but no one has. worked in our shoes, and our lives are all— worked in our shoes, and our lives are all different. _ worked in our shoes, and our lives are all different. and _ worked in our shoes, and our lives are all different. and i— worked in our shoes, and our lives are all different. and i have - worked in our shoes, and our lives are all different. and i have had i are all different. and i have had issues _ are all different. and i have had issues in — are all different. and i have had issues in my— are all different. and i have had issues in my life _ are all different. and i have had issues in my life that— are all different. and i have had issues in my life that have - are all different. and i have had i issues in my life that have changed my circumstances. _ issues in my life that have changed my circumstances. and _ issues in my life that have changed my circumstances. and so - issues in my life that have changed my circumstances. and so we - issues in my life that have changed my circumstances. and so we feeli
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my circumstances. and so we feel that everyone _ my circumstances. and so we feel that everyone should _ my circumstances. and so we feel that everyone should be _ my circumstances. and so we feel that everyone should be given - my circumstances. and so we feel that everyone should be given the same _ that everyone should be given the same there — that everyone should be given the same. there was _ that everyone should be given the same. there was 181 _ that everyone should be given the same. there was 181 billion- that everyone should be given the same. there was 181 billion saved| that everyone should be given the . same. there was 181 billion saved by changing _ same. there was 181 billion saved by changing the — same. there was 181 billion saved by changing the state _ same. there was 181 billion saved by changing the state pension. - same. there was 181 billion saved by changing the state pension. we - same. there was 181 billion saved byi changing the state pension. we know the young _ changing the state pension. we know the young people _ changing the state pension. we know the young peopte pay— changing the state pension. we know the young people pay us, _ changing the state pension. we know the young people pay us, that- changing the state pension. we know the young people pay us, that we - 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the time isjust the time is just past half past eight. thank you forjoining us. it's been revealed that nearly half of playgrounds in the uk are not suitable for disabled children. a survey by the charity scope found that more than a thousand play areas had little or no accessibility. now they're launching a new tool to help parents find spaces that are suitable for their children. our reporter louisa pilbeam has more. woah! nine—year—old benjamin loves playing with his brothers in the playground. but because he has cerebral palsy, epilepsy and is registered blind, it's not always this easy because not all playgrounds are like this one, where equipment can be used by disabled children. according to new figures, half of the uk's public play areas are unfit for children with disabilities. one day we went to the local park,
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we lifted him into the standard toddler swing and he actually got stuck, where his legs had gone really stiff from his cerebral palsy. we really struggled to remove him from the swing safely. and that was the defining moment for me, thinking as a family with three very active boys, as a family, are we actually going to be able to access and enjoy local play parks. we quickly realised that the answer was no. and despite his diagnosis, benjamin absolutely loves to be swung high, he loves to go down a slide really fast. and he loves to be included. the latest research comes from disability charity scope who interviewed families of disabled children about their experiences of 1,000 playgrounds across the uk. common problems include gates that aren't wide enough to get a wheelchair through. no step—free equipment or the floor being made of a material not safe for those who have extra needs. it's 2024 and we're still having to make the case for accessibility.
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the fact is disabled children want to play too, and why shouldn't they? and it's perfectly achievable, it's not that difficult to make our playgrounds more accessible, more inclusive. scope have launched a digital map to try and help families where you can look up playgrounds across the uk and find out how they've been rated by other families. the charity is calling on the government to do more. a government spokesperson said in a statement... those changes are needed to ensure children like benjamin don't miss out on life. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. sunday with laura kuenssberg is on bbc one at 9
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o'clock this morning. let's hear what she has lined up. at 9 o'clock on bbc one we have a busy 60 minutes for you this morning. we'll be talking about the royal family and talking about whether the economy is really starting to recover. with us live in the studio will be the chancellor, jeremy hunt, and we'll be speaking to a former press secretary to william and catherine. plenty more besides. see you at 9. that is all coming up soon. spring has sprung — just about — and you might be planning a walk in the countryside. if you're taking a dog, it's never been more important to keep them on a lead. last year, dog attacks on livestock increased by nearly a third, prompting farmers and police to bite back. our reporter ross pollard visited one farm to see the impact. bleating. you see both life and death on a
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regular basis working on a farm. well, a lot of these ewes i would know from birth, a lot of them. i would know... all right, wouldn't know names, obviously, but i would know and just recognise them. and that's what the job's all about. dave's farmed here for most of his life. he says problems with dogs chasing and killing his sheep have got worse. this recent footage of dogs attacking his sheep led to serious injuries. the owner had the dogs taken away from them. i was livid. absolutely tamping. ewes there ripped to bits, legs hanging off, stomachs hanging out. it was cruel. it was terrible. you don't want to see it. and over the last ten years, i've probably lost 50 sheep. monetary terms, £7,000. stress, £5 million. itjust done my head in. iwas... i was gutted. absolutely gutted. whisky charlie golf one. just to make you aware,
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i've gone steak six at the farm... gloucestershire police arejoining a national campaign called operation recall, getting the public to keep dogs on a lead when walking through farmland to prevent them from chasing livestock. dog attacks, unfortunately, have gone up by 30% in 2023 as opposed to 2022. ourfarmers, sometimes we go out to see them and they're just sort of like, well, what can we do? what can we do? you know, we don't know who they are. dogs just turn up. and like mr williams said today, the owners must know because their dogs are going back covered in blood. they must be aware and that can all be prevented simply by putting your dog on a lead and ensuring that it's appropriately trained. this lamb is only a few days old and it'll be out on the field tomorrow, and that's why the farmer here is especially keen to make sure that people keep their dogs on leads. i don't want to see them suffer. there's nothing worse than seeing animals suffer. it's not only the sheep that's being ripped to bits. you've got your vet bill. you've got to get rid of that sheep, which is a colossal amount of money. so it costs you absolute fortune.
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although the campaign is for a week, the police want people to take away lessons for life. if in doubt, keep your dog on a lead in the countryside. ross pollard, bbc news. bleating. rachel hallos is the vice president of the national farmers union. good morning, so lovely to see you. this is an annual problem in lambing season but how much of a problem is that? it season but how much of a problem is that? , ., , season but how much of a problem is that? . ., , :: ,': that? it is getting worse. in 2023 the figures _ that? it is getting worse. in 2023 the figures we've _ that? it is getting worse. in 2023 the figures we've had _ that? it is getting worse. in 2023 the figures we've had three - that? it is getting worse. in 2023 the figures we've had three from | that? it is getting worse. in 2023 . the figures we've had three from the nfu mutual, leading insurers on this, _ nfu mutual, leading insurers on this, we've — nfu mutual, leading insurers on this, we've got a growth of 30%. thats— this, we've got a growth of 30%. that's an — this, we've got a growth of 30%. that's an increase of 2.4 million to the industry — that's an increase of 2.4 million to the industry. that'sjust for animals— the industry. that'sjust for animals we've actually found this has happened to, the ones that have been seriously maimed or have died. this is— been seriously maimed or have died. this is a _ been seriously maimed or have died. this is a growing problem. is been seriously maimed or have died. this is a growing problem.— this is a growing problem. is that as art of this is a growing problem. is that as part of a _
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this is a growing problem. is that as part of a trend _ this is a growing problem. is that as part of a trend that _ this is a growing problem. is that as part of a trend that has - this is a growing problem. is that as part of a trend that has been l as part of a trend that has been getting worse or was there a spike in that year? if getting worse or was there a spike in that year?— getting worse or was there a spike in that year? if the truth be known, there's a lot — in that year? if the truth be known, there's a lot of _ in that year? if the truth be known, there's a lot of people _ in that year? if the truth be known, there's a lot of people have - in that year? if the truth be known, there's a lot of people have got - there's a lot of people have got dogs _ there's a lot of people have got dogs now— there's a lot of people have got dogs now that did not have in the past and — dogs now that did not have in the past and now we've got a situation these _ past and now we've got a situation these dogs — past and now we've got a situation these dogs are maybe not as well—trained as they could be so there's— well—trained as they could be so there's a — well—trained as they could be so there's a piece of work that needs to be _ there's a piece of work that needs to be done — there's a piece of work that needs to be done about making sure when people _ to be done about making sure when people go— to be done about making sure when people go to the countryside these do-s people go to the countryside these dogs are _ people go to the countryside these dogs are under control. nobody wants an incident— dogs are under control. nobody wants an incident like this on their hands, _ an incident like this on their hands, whether you are the former or the dog _ hands, whether you are the former or the dog owner. it is hands, whether you are the former or the dog owner-— the dog owner. it is that responsible _ the dog owner. it is that responsible ownership l the dog owner. it is that - responsible ownership issue, they think we are in the country, the dog can run wild but if anything, it is worse? .., , , can run wild but if anything, it is worse? i, ., , can run wild but if anything, it is worse? i, , . , worse? the countryside, nobody wants to sto worse? the countryside, nobody wants to step anyone — worse? the countryside, nobody wants to stop anyone going — worse? the countryside, nobody wants to stop anyone going to _ worse? the countryside, nobody wants to stop anyone going to the _ to stop anyone going to the countryside, we've had an awful winter— countryside, we've had an awful winter and — countryside, we've had an awful winter and we all need to go and blow— winter and we all need to go and blow the — winter and we all need to go and blow the cobwebs away, there's nothing — blow the cobwebs away, there's nothing like it on a beautiful sunny day but _ nothing like it on a beautiful sunny day but it— nothing like it on a beautiful sunny day but it is— nothing like it on a beautiful sunny day but it is also the workplace of the farnrer— day but it is also the workplace of the farmer so it's about reminding ourselves— the farmer so it's about reminding ourselves about respecting that and the countryside is coming to life
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now _ the countryside is coming to life now we — the countryside is coming to life now. we have a pregnant sheep in the fields— now. we have a pregnant sheep in the fields on— now. we have a pregnant sheep in the fields on our— now. we have a pregnant sheep in the fields on our farm, we have not started — fields on our farm, we have not started lambing yet so the user heavily— started lambing yet so the user heavily pregnant, we are seeing cabs on the _ heavily pregnant, we are seeing cabs on the ground now but on top of that you have _ on the ground now but on top of that you have nesting birds. there's a host— you have nesting birds. there's a host of— you have nesting birds. there's a host of things on behind—the—scenes. and there's _ host of things on behind—the—scenes. and there's also a huge financial impact on farmers when this happens so what do you think can be done to reduce this? it’s so what do you think can be done to reduce this?— reduce this? it's about responsibility. - reduce this? it's about responsibility. if- reduce this? it's about responsibility. if you i reduce this? it's about i responsibility. if you are reduce this? it's about - responsibility. if you are going reduce this? it's about _ responsibility. if you are going out with your— responsibility. if you are going out with your dog it is making sure it's either— with your dog it is making sure it's either under— with your dog it is making sure it's either under control, not running free, _ either under control, not running free, it _ either under control, not running free, it is — either under control, not running free, it is not the fault of the dogs. — free, it is not the fault of the dogs, remember, they arejust playing — dogs, remember, they arejust playing. playing can cause a lot of harm _ playing. playing can cause a lot of harm and — playing. playing can cause a lot of harm and damage and it's also making a decision— harm and damage and it's also making a decision before you go into the field _ a decision before you go into the field with— a decision before you go into the field with your dog, is your dog safe, _ field with your dog, is your dog safe, is— field with your dog, is your dog safe, is it — field with your dog, is your dog safe, is it safe to be in the field with— safe, is it safe to be in the field with the — safe, is it safe to be in the field with the animals? make those choices and teach _ with the animals? make those choices and teach your dog to come back to
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you. and teach your dog to come back to ou. ~ . ., , ., . you. when it comes to a deterrent, when it comes _ you. when it comes to a deterrent, when it comes to _ you. when it comes to a deterrent, when it comes to england - you. when it comes to a deterrent, when it comes to england and - you. when it comes to a deterrent, l when it comes to england and wales the maximum fine for livestock worrying as it is called as £1000. it's a chunk of money, in scotland, £40,000, why such a huge difference? this is something i hope you are challenging and as a representative of farmers— challenging and as a representative of farmers we are trying to change this _ of farmers we are trying to change this there — of farmers we are trying to change this. there is a private members' bill this. there is a private members' bitt going — this. there is a private members' bill going through parliament at the moment— bill going through parliament at the moment and we hope this will take the situation more seriously. police do not _ the situation more seriously. police do not have — the situation more seriously. police do not have a huge amount of powers, as a farmer— do not have a huge amount of powers, as a farmer i_ do not have a huge amount of powers, as a farmer i do not have a huge amount— as a farmer i do not have a huge amount of power and sometimes you do not know— amount of power and sometimes you do not know it _ amount of power and sometimes you do not know it is _ amount of power and sometimes you do not know it is happening until you have _ not know it is happening until you have gone — not know it is happening until you have gone to the field. even not know it is happening until you have gone to the field.— not know it is happening until you have gone to the field. even if you le a have gone to the field. even if you levy a £40,000 — have gone to the field. even if you levy a £40,000 fine _ have gone to the field. even if you levy a £40,000 fine how - have gone to the field. even if you levy a £40,000 fine how do - have gone to the field. even if you levy a £40,000 fine how do you i have gone to the field. even if you - levy a £40,000 fine how do you prove it? irate levy a £40,000 fine how do you prove it? . .., levy a £40,000 fine how do you prove it? ~ u, ,., , it? we can tell something is happening. _ it? we can tell something is happening, sometimes - it? we can tell something is happening, sometimes you | it? we can tell something is i happening, sometimes you will it? we can tell something is - happening, sometimes you will go to a field _ happening, sometimes you will go to a field and _ happening, sometimes you will go to a field and the sheep are an easy and you — a field and the sheep are an easy and you do— a field and the sheep are an easy and you do not know why. those sheep could have _ and you do not know why. those sheep could have been run ragged by a dog
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at some _ could have been run ragged by a dog at some stage, heavily pregnant, if you are _ at some stage, heavily pregnant, if you are a _ at some stage, heavily pregnant, if you are a heavily pregnant woman you do not _ you are a heavily pregnant woman you do not want _ you are a heavily pregnant woman you do not want to be running around too much, _ do not want to be running around too much, abortions, heart attacks, it's notjust— much, abortions, heart attacks, it's notjust death and maiming, it's other— notjust death and maiming, it's other things that happen as well. good _ other things that happen as well. good tuck— other things that happen as well. good luck with it and thank you, really important time of year on the farm. really good to have you with us. thank you. as you say, spring has sprung. it us. thank you. as you say, spring has sprung-— has sprung. it does not feel like it. it has been _ has sprung. it does not feel like it. it has been chillier _ has sprung. it does not feel like it. it has been chillier than - has sprung. it does not feel like | it. it has been chillier than usual. but we will have the weather now coming up a little bit later to see if we can find out when spring will officially spring. but if we can find out when spring will officially spring.— officially spring. but it is on the wa . officially spring. but it is on the way- now. _ officially spring. but it is on the way- now. it's— officially spring. but it is on the way. now, it's time _ officially spring. but it is on the way. now, it's time for- officially spring. but it is on the way. now, it's time for the - officially spring. but it is on the l way. now, it's time for the sport. good morning! the opening weekend of the women's six nations continues today. england want to win the title for a sixth year in a row. they start their campaign in italy and for captain marlie parker it will be a landmark afternoon — she's set for her 100th
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cap for the red roses — and says the team is hungrier than ever for success. the goal for this six nations to go out there and win it, like, a grand slam win. but we need to make sure that, you know, we perform in each game. and it's notjust about the points on the board. it's how we come off as players, like, we have targets within defence or attack that we want to hit in those games. that's what i think us as red roses will be defined whether this six nations has been successful or not for us. the women's six nations got underway with one of england's big rivals — france — getting off to a winning start, beating ireland, whilst scotland edged past wales. jo currie has more. cheering. whistle. relief and joy. scotland with a huge victory, but by the narrowest of margins. they started the match the stronger, coreen grant dodging her way to the line for the opening try. helen nelson with the impressive extras. after the restart, the visitors pushed further ahead.
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rhona lloyd flying down the wing, avoiding the tackle, just, to go in at the corner. roared on by the cardiff crowd, wales finally got their rewards when cecilia tuipulotu rammed her way home to give them hope. as her side threw everything at scotland in the dying moments replays showed alex callander had got the ball down to set up a blockbuster finish. a conversion to seal the draw and complete an impressive comeback. perhaps it was nerves... the kick drifts wide. frustration for wales. in comparison, a very happy journey home for scotland. earlier, france wasted no time to go in front as they entertained ireland. whistle. and they continue to show their quality, this their second of their five—try haul. they've looked for it a couple of times and that time it sticks. ireland much improved a year on from picking up the wooden spoon, pounced when they could,
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but france were simply too strong. jo currie, bbc news. in rugby's premiership, there was a huge win for saracens — as they moved up to second in the table. they ran in eight tries — as they thrashed harlequins 52—7 in front in front of over 60,000 fans at the tottenham hotspur stadium. the win moves sarries above quins who drop to fifth. exeter are third after beating newcastle 25—16. from rugby to football. england's 21 match unbeaten run at wembley is over after a 1—0 defeat to brazil in last night's friendly. just three games remain between now and the european championship this summer — with plenty for gareth southgate to think about. before the match kicked off though, wembley paid tribute to terry venables — in the first england international since the death of their former manager at the age of 80 last november. once under way, brazil had an effort cleared off the line and hit the post —
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but eventually made the breakthrough ten minutes from time. 17—year—old endrick with his first international goal. he's the youngest goal—scorer at wembley in a senior international. domestically, we may only be in march — but we have our first promotion of the season. that honour goes to chesterfield, who are back in the football league. their 3—0 win against boreham wood not only sealed promotion — but also the national league title. chesterfield went top of the table in the middle of september and have stayed there since. chelsea must beat west ham in the wsl later to return to the top of the league. manchester city are three points clear after a 3—1win in the manchester derby yesterday. jess park with a brilliant performance and scoring twice against united as city look to win their first wsl title since 2016. it's been a busy few hours in miami for the british players in the singles. katie boulter is through to the fourth round there for the first time in her career — beating brazil's beatriz haddaj maia in straight sets. cam norrie is through to the third round after beating
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italy's flavio cobolli in three. and — he's done it too...andy murray is into round three — after an impressive win over argentina's tomas martin etcheverry. the man who beat him in the opening round of the australian open. murray, a two—time winner in miami, winning 7—6, 6—3 and he'll play the czech player thomas mahac next. notjust tennis in miami this morning, we've had the austalian open grand prix in f1. awarning... i'm going to tell you the result... it was an eventful race. max verstappen's bid to win a record—equalling tenth successive race went up in smoke as ferrari's carlos sainz completed a remarkable comeback to win it a fortnight after having his appendix removed. sainz started alongside world champion verstappen who was on pole. but the dutchman handed him the lead after having to retire his red bull with brake problems. the race finished under safety car conditions after britain's george russell crashed his mercedez at the end. he was unhurt. sainz claimed victory ahead of his team mate charles leclerc, with the mclaren of britain's lando norris
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completing the podium. lewis hamilton retired with an engine failure. and finally, back to football because there was a heart—warming moment for the former england manager sven goren eriksson. he was in charge of a liverpool legends team — and saw them beat an ajax greats side at anfield. after recently announcing he'd been diagnosed with terminal cancer, erikssen said he'd always dreamt of managing liverpool during his career — and admitted he was brought to tears by the experience. it's crying. no, it's beautiful, of course. to sit on the bench for liverpool that's been my dream my whole life. so now it happened. and it was a beautiful day in all meanings. the crowd, the game, the players, everything. fantastic! and thank you to liverpool for giving me this opportunity to invite me.
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a special moment for the man who says he has always been a liverpool fan. thank you so much. if you've been watching breakfast for the last couple of days you'll know the former footballers marcus stewart and stephen darby are taking part in an epic challenge to find a cure for motor neurone disease — which they're both living with. the challenge is called march of the day and it's a 178—mile hike — done with friends and supporters — from bradford to liverpool, taking in 19 football stadia along the way. yesterday morning, we caught up with them at old trafford and the salford city ground. now let's see how the rest of the day went for them. breakfast�*sjohn maguire has the story. after two days and two nights of nonstop walking, the march of the day team are approaching the final stretch.
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cheering. friends and family of the former professional footballers marcus stewart and stephen darby, both living with motor neurone disease have pounded the pavements and the roads with the weather doing its worst. spirits, though, have remained high. they know what they're doing is so important. i don't think i'll...it�*ll sink in for a few days or a week or so, when you get time to sit down and go through your social media and get time to think about what happened and look at photographs. at the moment, i am pleasantly surprised because i don't get very emotional and i did a bit this morning on the way here in the car because it's a special thing we're doing and a special thing we need to keep doing. the 19 football clubs along the route from bradford to liverpool yesterday included bolton where stephen played and received a hero's welcome back. we have been working with stephen and the foundation for a while now,
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we wanted to do something bigger every time we do something. we do it because we love the guy and we just want to make life easier for him, and if we can play a small part in financing the research to find a cure then that's great. this is football's chance to join the campaign led by rugby raising awareness of mnd and money to fund search for an ultimate care. last night, they were joined by kevin sinfield who with his former team—mate rob burrow has raised so many millions to fight this disease. at the end of today, they'll have walked in relays for 178 miles. the final approach is expected to be emotionally charged. stephen's wife, steph houghton, the manchester city captain, willjoin the walkers. anfield is the finish line and the end of this particular challenge. but those living with motor
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neurone disease face many more challenges ahead. john maguire, bbc news. marcus, stephen and the team are due to finish at anfield stadium tonight. we'll bring you the full story on tomorrow's breakfast. nuns have been singing in abbeys for hundreds of years — but it's not often you'll find them at abbey road studios. that is a great picture, isn't it? the poor clare sisters of arundel — who scored a hit album four years ago — have now recorded their second one at the famous london venue. let's have a listen to one of the tracks. choral singing.
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that was such a soothing way to have your sunday morning! sister gabriel and sister leo of the poor clare sisters of arundeljoin us now. good morning and thank you so much
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forjoining us. your debut album was a huge hit, did you ever expect that? ~ . ., , a huge hit, did you ever expect that? . . ., , ., . that? we certainly were not. we could not believe _ that? we certainly were not. we could not believe the _ that? we certainly were not. we could not believe the response l that? we certainly were not. we i could not believe the response we .ot could not believe the response we got to _ could not believe the response we got to the — could not believe the response we got to the first album. it was extraordinary.— got to the first album. it was extraordinary. because it sold 80,000 copies, _ extraordinary. because it sold 80,000 copies, so _ extraordinary. because it sold 80,000 copies, 60 million i extraordinary. because it sold - 80,000 copies, 60 million streams, it reached numberfive in 80,000 copies, 60 million streams, it reached number five in the 80,000 copies, 60 million streams, it reached numberfive in the uk specialist classical chart and was therefore 19 weeks. what was it that inspired you to release it? it therefore 19 weeks. what was it that inspired you to release it?— inspired you to release it? it was to somehow _ inspired you to release it? it was to somehow reach _ inspired you to release it? it was to somehow reach people - inspired you to release it? it was to somehow reach people with i inspired you to release it? it was - to somehow reach people with some inspired you to release it? it was to somehow reach people with some of the gifts _ to somehow reach people with some of the gifts that _ to somehow reach people with some of the gifts that we — to somehow reach people with some of the gifts that we are _ to somehow reach people with some of the gifts that we are given _ to somehow reach people with some of the gifts that we are given with - the gifts that we are given with peace — the gifts that we are given with peace and _ the gifts that we are given with peace and harmony, _ the gifts that we are given with peace and harmony, trying - the gifts that we are given with peace and harmony, trying in. peace and harmony, trying in harmony! _ peace and harmony, trying in harmony! and _ peace and harmony, trying in harmony! and when - peace and harmony, trying in harmony! and when the - peace and harmony, trying in- harmony! and when the opportunity came _ harmony! and when the opportunity came up. _ harmony! and when the opportunity came up. we — harmony! and when the opportunity came up, we thought, _ harmony! and when the opportunity came up, we thought, this- harmony! and when the opportunity came up, we thought, this is- harmony! and when the opportunity came up, we thought, this is the . came up, we thought, this is the right— came up, we thought, this is the right time — came up, we thought, this is the right time to _ came up, we thought, this is the right time to try— came up, we thought, this is the right time to try this. _ came up, we thought, this is the right time to try this. so - came up, we thought, this is the right time to try this. so it - came up, we thought, this is the right time to try this. so it was l came up, we thought, this is the right time to try this. so it was a j right time to try this. so it was a great _ right time to try this. so it was a great surprise _ right time to try this. so it was a great surprise that _ right time to try this. so it was a great surprise that it _ right time to try this. so it was a great surprise that it went - right time to try this. so it was a great surprise that it went so - right time to try this. so it was a . great surprise that it went so well. we had _
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great surprise that it went so well. we had not — great surprise that it went so well. we had not really— great surprise that it went so well. we had not really thought- great surprise that it went so well. we had not really thought about i we had not really thought about making — we had not really thought about making an album, we were approached by decca _ making an album, we were approached by decca records and then we worked collaboratively with james and some coaches _ collaboratively with james and some coaches and that combination of working — coaches and that combination of working together seemed to work very well and _ working together seemed to work very well and we take that risk and that step forward and to light for the world _ step forward and to light for the world came onto the scene, didn't it? ,, , , world came onto the scene, didn't it? sister gabriel, when you say you worked collaboratively _ it? sister gabriel, when you say you worked collaboratively but - it? sister gabriel, when you say you worked collaboratively but what - it? sister gabriel, when you say you worked collaboratively but what did | worked collaboratively but what did that look like, did you say this is what we sing in the convent and therefore we can put this on a record or did you have a discussion about what might work and what people might want to hear? i about what might work and what people might want to hear? i think what was very _ people might want to hear? i think what was very important _ people might want to hear? i think what was very important for - people might want to hear? i think what was very important for us - people might want to hear? i think what was very important for us as l people might want to hear? i think i what was very important for us as we wanted _ what was very important for us as we wanted to— what was very important for us as we wanted to share something of our relations— wanted to share something of our relations with saint francis and
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sinctair— relations with saint francis and sinclair saw some of the words are there _ sinclair saw some of the words are there and — sinclair saw some of the words are there and we helped to put that to music— there and we helped to put that to music and — there and we helped to put that to music and then we also wanted to be able to— music and then we also wanted to be able to use _ music and then we also wanted to be able to use some ancient music and ptain— able to use some ancient music and plain chanting and set it to a more contemporary feel so it was a combination of lots of things, a whole _ combination of lots of things, a whole new idea so that made it a unique _ whole new idea so that made it a unique project that obviously spoke to people — unique pro'ect that obviously spoke to --eole. .. unique pro'ect that obviously spoke to --eole. ., , ., unique pro'ect that obviously spoke to neale, ,,, ., unique pro'ect that obviously spoke to --eole. ., to people. sister leo, as sister gabriel said, _ to people. sister leo, as sister gabriel said, it's _ to people. sister leo, as sister gabriel said, it's about - to people. sister leo, as sister. gabriel said, it's about traditional and contemporary. we understand that you occasionally dance to the tunes of bob marley to relax? yes. you occasionally dance to the tunes of bob marley to relax?— you occasionally dance to the tunes of bob marley to relax? yes, we are known to do — of bob marley to relax? yes, we are known to do that _ of bob marley to relax? yes, we are known to do that when _ of bob marley to relax? yes, we are known to do that when we _ of bob marley to relax? yes, we are known to do that when we have - known to do that when we have recreations _ known to do that when we have recreations. three _ known to do that when we have recreations. three little - known to do that when we have recreations. three little birds. known to do that when we have| recreations. three little birds is the one — recreations. three little birds is the one we _ recreations. three little birds is the one we like. _ recreations. three little birds is the one we like. circle - recreations. three little birds is the one we like. circle dancing, | recreations. three little birds is. the one we like. circle dancing, so as a community, _ the one we like. circle dancing, so as a community, simple _ the one we like. circle dancing, so as a community, simple moves, . the one we like. circle dancing, sol as a community, simple moves, so the one we like. circle dancing, so. as a community, simple moves, so it doesn't _ as a community, simple moves, so it doesn't matter— as a community, simple moves, so it doesn't matter how _ as a community, simple moves, so it doesn't matter how able _ as a community, simple moves, so it doesn't matter how able are - as a community, simple moves, so it doesn't matter how able are not - as a community, simple moves, so it doesn't matter how able are not ablej doesn't matter how able are not able you are, _
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doesn't matter how able are not able you are. everyone _ doesn't matter how able are not able you are, everyone can _ doesn't matter how able are not able you are, everyone canjoin _ doesn't matter how able are not able you are, everyone canjoin in - doesn't matter how able are not able you are, everyone canjoin in and - you are, everyone canjoin in and it's great— you are, everyone canjoin in and it's great to — you are, everyone canjoin in and it's great to do _ you are, everyone canjoin in and it's great to do things _ you are, everyone canjoin in and it's great to do things as - you are, everyone canjoin in and it's great to do things as a - it's great to do things as a community _ it's great to do things as a community-— it's great to do things as a communi . ~ , , community. with this interest in contemporary — community. with this interest in contemporary and _ community. with this interest in contemporary and traditional - community. with this interest in i contemporary and traditional music how amazing was it for you to be involved with abbey road studios? it involved with abbey road studios? it was amazing to visit abbey road studio— was amazing to visit abbey road studio because for us, the reason why we _ studio because for us, the reason why we went, we were invited by decca _ why we went, we were invited by decca records so we could hear the album _ decca records so we could hear the album on _ decca records so we could hear the album on their sound system. it was the most _ album on their sound system. it was the most amazing experience tojust sit in this— the most amazing experience tojust sit in this room and hear the sound, all the _ sit in this room and hear the sound, all the way— sit in this room and hear the sound, all the way around you, from the ceiling, — all the way around you, from the ceiling, the — all the way around you, from the ceiling, the sounds and the sides of the wait— ceiling, the sounds and the sides of the wall and it was just wonderful. and after— the wall and it was just wonderful. and after we did that then we just had to— and after we did that then we just had to go— and after we did that then we just had to go and step on the crossing! we are _ had to go and step on the crossing! we are so— had to go and step on the crossing! we are so bad, and amazing recreation of the album cover, viewers have just been seeing that image and there it is now.
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brilliant. talk to me about what you find faith and fame means for you, you've got the work in the community, you have a guest house and you work in kenya. as the success of the album allows you to do more of that? it’s success of the album allows you to do more of that?— do more of that? it's a difficult cuestion do more of that? it's a difficult question to — do more of that? it's a difficult question to answer _ do more of that? it's a difficult question to answer because i do more of that? it's a difficult question to answer because in| do more of that? it's a difficult i question to answer because in one sense _ question to answer because in one sense it _ question to answer because in one sense it has — question to answer because in one sense it has not _ question to answer because in one sense it has not touched _ question to answer because in one sense it has not touched the - question to answer because in one sense it has not touched the way. question to answer because in one i sense it has not touched the way we live our— sense it has not touched the way we live our life will still be _ sense it has not touched the way we live our life will still be continue i live our life will still be continue to do— live our life will still be continue to do our— live our life will still be continue to do our daily— live our life will still be continue to do our daily activities - live our life will still be continue to do our daily activities in i to do our daily activities in cooking _ to do our daily activities in cooking and _ to do our daily activities in cooking and cleaning i to do our daily activities in cooking and cleaning and i to do our daily activities in i cooking and cleaning and going to do our daily activities in - cooking and cleaning and going to chapel— cooking and cleaning and going to chapet to — cooking and cleaning and going to chapet to pray. _ cooking and cleaning and going to chapet to pray. it— cooking and cleaning and going to chapel to pray. it has— cooking and cleaning and going to chapel to pray. it has given - cooking and cleaning and going to chapel to pray. it has given us i cooking and cleaning and going to chapel to pray. it has given us a l chapel to pray. it has given us a lot chapel to pray. it has given us a tot more — chapel to pray. it has given us a lot more idea _ chapel to pray. it has given us a lot more idea of— chapel to pray. it has given us a lot more idea of people's- chapel to pray. it has given us a lot more idea of people's pain, i chapel to pray. it has given us a| lot more idea of people's pain, i think. _ lot more idea of people's pain, i think. with — lot more idea of people's pain, i think, with the _ lot more idea of people's pain, i think, with the way _ lot more idea of people's pain, i think, with the way they- lot more idea of people's pain, i think, with the way they have i think, with the way they have contacted _ think, with the way they have contacted us, _ think, with the way they have contacted us, having - think, with the way they have contacted us, having heard i think, with the way they have i contacted us, having heard the think, with the way they have - contacted us, having heard the music and the _ contacted us, having heard the music and the way— contacted us, having heard the music and the way it— contacted us, having heard the music and the way it has— contacted us, having heard the music and the way it has touched _ contacted us, having heard the music and the way it has touched them. i contacted us, having heard the music and the way it has touched them. sol and the way it has touched them. so in a way— and the way it has touched them. so in a way it— and the way it has touched them. so in a way it was— and the way it has touched them. so in a way it was us— and the way it has touched them. so in a way it was us wanting _ and the way it has touched them. so in a way it was us wanting to- and the way it has touched them. so in a way it was us wanting to go- and the way it has touched them. so in a way it was us wanting to go outi in a way it was us wanting to go out to people _ in a way it was us wanting to go out to peopte but — in a way it was us wanting to go out to people but that _ in a way it was us wanting to go out to people but that has— in a way it was us wanting to go out to people but that has been- to people but that has been reciprocated _ to people but that has been reciprocated in _ to people but that has been reciprocated in the - to people but that has been reciprocated in the fact i to people but that has beeni reciprocated in the fact more e-maits _ reciprocated in the fact more emails and _
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reciprocated in the fact more e—mails and letters - reciprocated in the fact more e—mails and letters from i reciprocated in the fact more i e—mails and letters from people reciprocated in the fact more - e—mails and letters from people and people _ e—mails and letters from people and peopte have — e—mails and letters from people and people have contacted _ e—mails and letters from people and people have contacted us _ e—mails and letters from people and people have contacted us to- e—mails and letters from people and people have contacted us to share . people have contacted us to share how the _ people have contacted us to share how the music— people have contacted us to share how the music has _ people have contacted us to share how the music has actually - people have contacted us to share. how the music has actually affected them~ _ how the music has actually affected them and — how the music has actually affected them and how— how the music has actually affected them. and how such _ how the music has actually affected them. and how such support - how the music has actually affected them. and how such support has. them. and how such support has helped _ them. and how such support has helped them _ them. and how such support has helped them in— them. and how such support has helped them in times _ them. and how such support has helped them in times of- them. and how such support has helped them in times of being i them. and how such support has. helped them in times of being down and sadder— helped them in times of being down and sadder in— helped them in times of being down and sadder in the _ helped them in times of being down and sadder in the way— helped them in times of being down and sadder in the way they- helped them in times of being down and sadder in the way they are i and sadder in the way they are struggling _ and sadder in the way they are struggling with _ and sadder in the way they are struggling with their— and sadder in the way they are struggling with their own i and sadder in the way they are i struggling with their own situations so although— struggling with their own situations so although we _ struggling with their own situations so although we have _ struggling with their own situations so although we have not _ struggling with their own situations so although we have not gone i struggling with their own situations so although we have not gone out. struggling with their own situations . so although we have not gone out we have brought — so although we have not gone out we have brought the _ so although we have not gone out we have brought the world _ so although we have not gone out we have brought the world in _ so although we have not gone out we have brought the world in really. i so although we have not gone out we have brought the world in really. itittiitzl have brought the world in really. we have brought the world in really. have brought the world in really. have brought the world into us. have brought the world in reallym have brought the world into us. and the paradox— have brought the world into us. and the paradox i think is that when tockdown— the paradox i think is that when lockdown happened everyone was isolated. — lockdown happened everyone was isolated, they were in their own homes — isolated, they were in their own homes and here we are in our monastery, we usually live here and then we _ monastery, we usually live here and then we were not locked down and we went out _ then we were not locked down and we went out to _ then we were not locked down and we went out to the world for our monastery. it went out to the world for our monastery-— went out to the world for our monaste . . , ., ., ., , �* monastery. it was extraordinary. i'm brintain monastery. it was extraordinary. i'm bringing some _ monastery. it was extraordinary. i'm bringing some solace _ monastery. it was extraordinary. i'm bringing some solace as _ monastery. it was extraordinary. i'm bringing some solace as well - monastery. it was extraordinary. i'm bringing some solace as well when i monastery. it was extraordinary. i'm. bringing some solace as well when he did it. thank you so much to both of
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you forjoining us. sister leo and sister gabriel, thank you. thank you. it was a pleasure. the pleasure is all ours. and the new album is called my peace i give you and it is out on the 24th in the first single with the same title is out now. that's all from us today. breakfast is back from 6 o'clock tomorrow. have a great day.
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for the economy — all to come. bouncing back? well, prices are rising more slowly as inflation fades. the prime minister is mad keen to claim it's a moment to cheer. we have turned a corner after the shocks of the past few
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years, and 2024 will prove to be the year that the economy bounces back. but are the only real green shoots on the spring leaves? plenty of us are still feeling the pinch. sometimes ijust don't even, like, pay for my wi—fi because i can't, so we'll have to go without. yet politics stopped for a moment as the princess of wales revealed her cancer diagnosis, after weeks of lurid speculation. this, of course, came as a huge shock, and william and i have been doing everything we can to process and manage this privately for the sake of our young family. but with local elections coming, soon millions of you will be asked to choose. things are getting better, the tories claim. not so fast, their rivals say. so, our main question this morning — is the economy really getting back on track? jeremy hunt reckons the answer's yes — he's with us live. the chair of the labour party, anneliese dodds,
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might not be so sure. she's with us, too.

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