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the deduction follows forest's hearing earlier this month. well let's take a look at where that leaves them, now in the bottom three below luton town who jump above them. a huge boost for them as it stands — with forest now a point from safety. the club were held to a draw by luton at the weekend, after conceding a late equaliser. manchester united manager erik ten hag thinks his side's dramatic 4—3 fa cup quarter—final victory over liverpool can be the turning point of their season. speaking to 5 live earlier, the former united goalkeeper peter schmeichel said the result was also positive for the manager, who has come under plenty of criticism for results this campaign. he looked a different man yesterday. he looked a different man yesterday. he looked a different man yesterday. he looked like the manager, he looked like a strong character, and sometimes these little changes, they have a massive, massive impact. you are still chasing fifth or fourth. if he is going to approach it with that, you chase the second goal, the
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fourth goal, the manchester united fans are used to, and not protective of your 1—0 up, fans are used to, and not protective of your1—0 up, i fans are used to, and not protective of your 1—0 up, i don't see any reason for a change. britain's most successful female olympian, dame laura kenny, has annouced her retirement from cycling. the 31—year—old won five olympic golds and seven world championship titles in a distinguished career on the track. she gave birth to her second child injuly and had previously been targeting a fourth olympics in paris this year. people were asking me what competition i was going to go to, what training camps i'm going to go to, and it wasjust what training camps i'm going to go to, and it was just filling what training camps i'm going to go to, and it wasjust filling me what training camps i'm going to go to, and it was just filling me with dread. i wasjust, to, and it was just filling me with dread. iwasjust, i don't to, and it was just filling me with dread. i wasjust, i don't want to leave the boys. i think when you start getting those feelings, like cycling is so 20 a7. you can't do it just 50%. you are either in or out. ijust just 50%. you are either in or out. i just knew then that just 50%. you are either in or out. ijust knew then that i think this is my time and i need to step away from this. rory mcllroy has welcomed the meeting between the pga tour board
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and saudi arabia's public investment fund chairman in an effort to bridge the gap between the two entities. negotiations are continuing between the pga tour and the pif, which funds liv golf, about a potential merger. i think it should have happened months ago so i'm glad it is happening. i hope this progression as conversations and gets us closer to a solution. i see the two entities and i think there is a big disconnect. i think you have —— but the closer we can get to finalise that investment i think that would be a really good thing. meanwhile, the world number one scottie scheffler insists comparisons between him and tiger woods are premature. the american became the first player to win the pga tour's flagship event — the players championship — two years running at the weekend, leading some to suggest he could dominate golf, like woods did. anytime you can be compared to tiger is special. the guy stands alone i
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think our game. this is my eight tournament when out here. i have tied him in players championships. outside of that i've got ia more majors, pga tours. i think i will stick to my routine and just continue to plod along, try to stay on an even keel as i can. we all analyse tiger. he has been our guy. he has been our guy. and that's all the sport for now. the uk's broadcasting regulator, ofcom, has found that five programmes on gb news featuring tory politicians acting as news presenters — broke broadcasting impartiality rules. ofcom rules say a politician cannot be a newsreader, news interviewer or news reporter, unless there is editorial justification. it found that two episodes of jacob rees—mogg's state of the nation, two episodes of friday morning with esther and phil, and one episode
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of saturday morning with esther and philfailed to comply with the broadcasting code. in reponse to this decision, gb news says that it is deeply concerned by the ruling and that it will raise it directly with the regulator "in the strongest possible terms". the media group called it a "chilling development" for free speech, as it says ofcom acknowledged the programme was deemed impartial but viewers might think otherwise. gb news says it will continue to feature serving politicians hosting programmes, "just as other ofcom—regulated services have in the past and still do". earlier i spoke to the bbc�*s media and arts correspondent david silitto, who explained the ofcom rules that gb news breached. here are the rules. if you are an acting, serving politician, yes, you can present a programme on british television. you can also present a current affairs programme. but you can't do news, and that is what this is all about. gb news says these
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programmes were essentially general programmes, discussion programmes and they were not the news. there was this analysis of five of them. this is over may and june of last year. on five occasions gb news is said to have, essentially, well, these politicians, jacob rees—mogg, esther mcveigh and philip davies, crossed the line into doing news. what does that mean? let's look at jacob rees—mogg. there were instances where they said there was a break in news, about donald trump and a civil legal action. he was there going to reports that were breaking at the time. essentially they said he was acting as a news presenter. also comments about king charles and his alleged political views. there were these moments where they said they crossed from commentary and debate into actually presenting the news. gb news says it
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was entirely impartial. they believe it was entirely impartial and absolutely right and they believe there is huge uncertainty in these rules about what is allowed and what is not allowed. they believe that they didn't break the rules. the phrase they used today in their response was chilling in what impact it would have on media diversity. no fine or sanction for gb news because ofcom says this is essentially happened a year ago over a specific period of time and they have had no serious complaints since then. these programmes are not on air at the moment. no sanctions but, if it happens again, they will be fined. in an election year, likely an election year, in the uk, the potential for this sort of setup to cause concern for the broadcasting regulator can only grow. absolutely. the interest — regulator can only grow. absolutely.
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the interest and _ regulator can only grow. absolutely. the interest and concern, _ regulator can only grow. absolutely. the interest and concern, and - regulator can only grow. absolutely. the interest and concern, and also l the interest and concern, and also the legal issues, are multiplied to the legal issues, are multiplied to the closer we get to an election. if you are injust the closer we get to an election. if you are in just the the closer we get to an election. if you are injust the run—up to the closer we get to an election. if you are in just the run—up to the election there are very strict rules about what is allowed to be broadcast on the levels of impartiality and how much time each political party is given coverage. the idea that one political party, with politicians, is there presenting the programmes, could be... well, there will certainly be intense scrutiny of that. gb news says, no, we are not going to give up says, no, we are not going to give up on having politicians presenting our programmes. we will carry on doing it in the future. so certainly they are committed to this is a programme format. ofcom watching very carefully as to whether it crosses that quite grey boundary between current affairs and news. our media and arts correspondent, david sillitoe. is it or isn't it a banksy? after much speculation, the elusive graffiti artist confirms he is indeed responsible for this
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street mural, appearing overnight on a north london street. ellie price has this report. when banksy comes to town, so does everyone else. what do you think of it? i think it's amazing, honestly. i've always known about banksy�*s artwork but i didn't know there was going to be one so close to home, so yeah, really nice to see. i think it's incredible. we were on a morning walk and happen to stumble across it and i think it's wonderful. a delight for people living opposite. i came inside the house and i started calling - the children, wake up, something is going - on out there. even by this morning, the artwork and already attracted international interest. they'd heard about it watching the tv in the hotel. so we just took the bus, leaving in two hours, but we just came here to see it. locals told us the war got its makeover in the early locals told us the wall got its makeover in the early hours of yesterday morning.
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the green which appear to be the same colour as islington council signage being taken as a statement about our environment. but it doesn't make much sense without the tree. this is a particularly big thing because of its scale and because of the clarity of the message and the fact that it exists in this built up environment in a really clever and smart way. the last time anyone found a new banksy, this one in south london, it was removed in less than one hour. the local mp here who also rushed down to see it as soon as he heard, was pretty confident this one will stay. already it's put us on the map, finsbury park has got a banksy. the wall clearly needed repainting anyway so banksy has just helped out. confirmation this work, which doesn't have a name yet, is the real deal will only attract more visitors. and at 30 foot high, with a big tree in front of it, it's not going anywhere soon.
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and finally if you're a star wars fan or an avid coin collector this might be of interest to you. a fictional starship has landed on a 50p coin here in the uk, with the royal mint unveiling its latest collectable star wars pieces. with the royal mint unveiling its latest collectable star wars pieces. collectors and fans will enjoy a feature on the coin depicting a silhouette of the millennium falcon and the rebel alliance starbird symbol. matthew amroliwala will be here next. thank you for watching. hello there. it's felt quite warm out there for many of us today, particularly where we've had the blue skies and the sunshine, but the weather is changing again and changes are happening out to the west because this cloud is coming in from the atlantic. the winds are picking up. we're going to see some rain arriving, as well. ahead of that, we've got some mild air. it could make 15 degrees around the moray firth and 16 is quite likely in the south—east of england.
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we do see that rain coming in, together with stronger winds into northern ireland and we'll see one band of rain pushing eastwards overnight, followed by a second band of rain that's developing. that one could be quite heavy rain with gusty winds, gales likely in the far north of scotland. it will be a pretty mild night out there, milder than it was last night. temperatures no lower than 9 or 10 degrees. those two bands of rain that we start with in england and wales willjust tend to fade away and it will brighten up in many places, leaving just a few showers. a few showers will continue in northern ireland, but the earlier, heavier showers in scotland will move away, sunshine will come out and the winds will ease, as well. temperatures still reaching 12 or 13 degrees in scotland and northern ireland, but again peaking at 16 in the south—east of england. we could see a bit of rain developing in the south—west of england by the end of the day. that weather front is going to move back northwards again overnight and into wednesday, taking rain northwards too. some of that rain for a while affecting northern ireland, perhaps some southern and eastern
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parts of scotland. most of the rain more likely from the south—west into wales, through the midlands and across northern england. scotland and northern ireland turning drier and brighter through the day. across the south—east of england it may stay dry, as well. here it is still quite mild — 16 or 17 degrees — but behind the rain to the north things are cooling off a little bit now. we're all going to see some rain over this week ahead, but there may not be too much rain across the north—east of scotland and we're probably going to miss most of the rain in the south—east of england. it's going to be wetter in the west, particularly across western parts of scotland. as we head into thursday, we will see the winds picking up across northern areas and these weather fronts bringing more rain into scotland and northern ireland in particular. as we move into the end of the week and into the weekend, it's staying windy, but the wind direction is changing, eventually coming to the north—west or the north. that will bring colder weather and lots of showers.
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live from london, this is bbc news. gunfire. israel raids gaza's al—shifa hospital, saying hamas is hiding there. hamas says the raid violates international law. meanwhile, the un says gaza is on the brink of famine, with little aid entering the strip.
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iam mark i am mark lowen live injerusalem, where benjamin netanyahu will speak to president biden by phone later today amidst soaring tension between both sides. vladimir putin says he'll prioritise the war in ukraine during his fifth term as president. western leaders say the poll was neither free nor fair. rishi sunak dismisses reports of a new plot to oust him, saying he's concentrating on delivering his government's priorities. and the battle over deep—sea mining — as the demand for permits increases, greenpeace says it damages pristine eco—systems. welcome to bbc news. straight to downing street, live
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