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the idf admits it was a grave mistake and sacks two officers. the mistake and sacks two officers. bi- -est earthquak. and the biggest earthquake in new york and 40 years- _ sexism is on the rise in schools because children are watching harmful content on their phones, not time or go to the bbc sport centre. we're starting with football, because it's a big weekend for the women home nations. england play sweden later. scotland are already under way, playing in
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serbia. it's been quite cagey so far, but goalless at the moment. these are live pictures from serbia. scotland are ranked 11 places above them. that was a one all drawl, but whatever happens, rachel corsi, has her150th whatever happens, rachel corsi, has her 150th cap today. the lionesses kick off their match against sweden this evening in england may be the holders and ranked number two in the world. they are in such a tough group with two of the world's best sides. the other team is the republic of ireland. two from each group qualify automatically. we want to obviously qualify _ group qualify automatically. we want to obviously qualify for _ group qualify automatically. we want to obviously qualify for the _ group qualify automatically. we want to obviously qualify for the euros - to obviously qualify for the euros and that's the goal, but i think the long goal would be to win the
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tournament. but that would be a special part of history, to be a team that could potentially go back to back in the tournament. males to back in the tournament. wales have never _ to back in the tournament. wales have never been _ to back in the tournament. wales have never been to _ to back in the tournament. wales have never been to a _ to back in the tournament. wales have never been to a major - have never been to a major tournament, and they have a new managerfor their tournament, and they have a new manager for their match against croatia. star playerjust for schlock is confident they have what what it takes to progress. i still really quite _ what it takes to progress. i still really quite understand - what it takes to progress. i still really quite understand how - what it takes to progress. i still really quite understand how this is the process —— really quite understand how this is the process -- star really quite understand how this is the process "— the process -- star playerjess fishlock- _ the process -- star playerjess fishlock- i _ the process -- star playerjess fishlock. i fully _ the process -- star playerjess fishlock. i fully fully _ the process -- star playerjess fishlock. i fully fully believe i the process -- star playerjess l fishlock. i fully fully believe that we are capable _ fishlock. i fully fully believe that we are capable of _ fishlock. i fully fully believe that we are capable of getting - fishlock. i fully fully believe that we are capable of getting to - fishlock. i fully fully believe that l we are capable of getting to where we are capable of getting to where we want _ we are capable of getting to where we want. ., ., ., ,., we want. northern ireland also action tonight. _ we want. northern ireland also action tonight. their _ we want. northern ireland also action tonight. their managerl we want. northern ireland also . action tonight. their manager said her squad have been dealing with a virus in the lead up to their home game against malta at seven o'clock. northern ireland were aiming to reach back to back championships, but what can they expect from malta?
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disrupt the grand national. 118 people last year were erected after a protest. animal rising says they are excited they have staggered it a national conversation about resource welfare. lebronjames lebron james junior has made himself available for the nba draft. he plays for his college team, but if he is selected by an nba side, it means he could play alongside or against his dad, which would be a first in nba and something lebron has long said he wants. finally, it's the first day of the county cricket season, but wet weather has already stopped play. nearly half of today's matches were abandoned without a ball being bold. that's it. there's much more on her
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website. many thanks, lizzie. there are concerns over the financial position of the uk's largest water and waste water company, thames water, after it was announced its parent company kemble has defaulted on debt interest payments. kemble told lenders it's been unable to pay a £400 million debt, which was due this week. earlier, i spoke to simonjack. kemble has run out of money and has submitted a plan to regulators that it wanted to see thames water's customer bills go up by 40% above inflation over the next five years in order that it could finance improvements and put the company back on and more secure footing. the regulator said no, and at that point kemble said that "without that, we're not going to put any money
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in and we are going to run out of money". so they basically told us last week that this was going to happen and now the dominoes have begin to fall and it is going to play out. they can't refinance a £190 million loan which is at the end of this month, and today, they informed us that they have not paid the interest on £400 million worth of loans elsewhere. that renders the company effectively insolvent. that doesn't mean that the actual company itself which supplies the water and waste services goes bust yet. it is ring—fenced and has enough cash and overdraft facilities to last until may of next year. but at some point, it will need to raise fresh cash and it is unclear where that money will come from. both the regulator and the new chief executive have admitted that nationalisation, temporarily possible, is a possibility eventually. a lot of people and a lot of talks going on behind the scenes about war—gaming for that scenario. simonjack there. staying with british politics. senior conservative mp says he
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passed on the phone numbers of other mps to a man he met on a dating app. the bbc has attempted to contact him, but he is not responded. the centre of a mr braggs has told the times he met a man on the dating app grindr. he told the paper...
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the last part of that message was, "westminster misses you." the events of the last few days have been a great cause for concern. the mp involved has given a courageous and fulsome apology. but the lesson here for all mps is that they need to be very careful about cybersecurity. i'm very concerned about what seems to have happened in this incident, especially about mps' telephone numbers being passed onto unknown sources. that is really concerning. it's now been suggested at least 12 people have become involved, with unsolicited flirtatious messages from someone identifying as charlie or abbie. 0ne former mp spoke to the bbc yesterday, saying they'd been contacted out of the blue last month, with a message saying, "miss you in westminster." the last part of that message was, "westminster misses you." and that was basically something thatjust friends usually do say anyway to make me feel better. i was embarrassed thinking
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i'm speaking to someone who knows who i am. the messager claimed to have worked for william wragg, and later sent an explicit picture, which led the former mp to block the number. questions now, though, over how many people in parliament may have been impacted. leicestershire police says it's investigating a complaint of malicious communication. nick eardley reporting there. my colleague has spoken to the veteran mp sir charles walker, who has spoken to william wragg, saying he believed he was subject by a sting operation by an blick —— a clever and manipulative operator. he said there was some compromising material that this unknown person had on will, who
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felt if he didn't divulge the information, this person would use that against him. "i'm not excusing what will has done, but i do think that he's a victim in this along with all the others. i think he's probably come up against a very skilled, manipulative agent." that's from someone close to william wragg. sir charles walker speaking to radio four. monitoring children's out excess is become a problem across the world. sexism is on the rise of the schools because of harm for content on children's phones. boys were apparently watching aggressive and violent pornography, which completely distorts their views of women. if you want the government to hold an inquiry and get tech types do more. here's branwenjeffreys.
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growing up, the whole world in their phone, teenagers navigating their social lives online. but it's what they might encounter that parents fear. teachers told me they're worried, too — about the sexist attitudes, degrading language, which they believe is fed by online content. we asked them about their experiences. i've heard students in year eight, who are between the ages of 12 and 13, talking about the different plastic surgeries that they plan to have once they're old enough. i had one young man... i'll put it politely. he wanted to have sex with me. and sometimes it comes from girls as well. - it's notjust boys doing it. i think there's a sort of this - self—replicating misogyny that girls show to other girls, i like, "oh, why haven't you put make—up on today?" 0r "you've put too much make—up on today." i i think there's a great pressure to conform to a certain standard of, for example, outfit or body type or make—up. and the access is... it's all around them and it's 24/7. they have not got the
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ability to switch off. this teachers' union is already campaigning, saying sexist behaviour or hateful language is not ok in schools. young boys at the moment are accessing a lot of content that goes well beyond just influencers, but is very extreme. and big tech really do need to be social partners in dealing with some of this. we need some regulation from government as well. this isn't about smartphones, which teenagers can use to learn and to connect with each other socially. it's more about harmful content which they can access online, which is changing attitudes towards girls and women, particularly. i've been bullied before. cyber bullying on facebook. i think there is quite a lot of hateful words and comments, and there's lots of racial slurs and things like that that i've come across. the government says its 0nline
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harm bill will help. tech companies will have to enforce minimum age limits orface large fines. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. for more, we can speak to clear fernie for smart phone free childhood. branwen for smart phone free childhood. bra nwen jeffreys for smart phone free childhood. branwen jeffreys is for smart phone free childhood. branwenjeffreys is saying this isn't necessarily about smartphones, it's about harmful content. how do you regulate that?— you regulate that? absolutely, it's not directly _ you regulate that? absolutely, it's not directly about _ you regulate that? absolutely, it's not directly about smartphones, . you regulate that? absolutely, it's i not directly about smartphones, but about the content they're seeing 2a hours a day, and it's because of the smartphones that they can't get away from those content —— that content. big tech needs to step up on this urgently, and the question for me is why are they not doing this right
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now? why are they not enforcing their own rules, their own age restrictions? we know 25% of 8—12 —year—olds are on tiktok, so we know that's happening and it's not being stop. these companies have all the data to protect our children. at the moment, they're not. that's because they're making a lot of money out of our children's attention. prioritising profit over well—being. at the moment, it's very hard to and force. ., ,., at the moment, it's very hard to and force. ., , .,, , force. there are some peoples who sa ou force. there are some peoples who say you can — force. there are some peoples who say you can blame _ force. there are some peoples who say you can blame the _ force. there are some peoples who say you can blame the parents i force. there are some peoples who say you can blame the parents as i say you can blame the parents as well who are giving their children smartphones at younger ages and who effectively allow their children to watch this content. i effectively allow their children to watch this content.— effectively allow their children to watch this content. i think a lot of parents don't _ watch this content. i think a lot of parents don't actually _ watch this content. i think a lot of parents don't actually realise i parents don't actually realise what's happening. we don't really truly understand how these algorithms were, and we know that teenagers are very good at getting
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past controls. your teenagers are getting around it. this has been to put on two parents and they're shirking their responsibilities, to be honest. —— onto parents. these have been designed by the cleverest brains in the world to keep us all addicted. it's very hard to put that on parents and schools as well. of course parents are aware of the issue and the solutions, and that's why we come together with the community to bring it together. but this does have to come to tech companies doing the right thing, which they could do.— which they could do. claire fernyhough. _ which they could do. claire fernyhough, thank - which they could do. claire fernyhough, thank you i which they could do. clairel fernyhough, thank you very which they could do. claire - fernyhough, thank you very much which they could do. claire _ fernyhough, thank you very much for sharing your thoughts. an artist flecked decorated with lions and mentors has been granted great two listed status. —— lions and
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minotaurs. from the outside, this unassuming end—of—terrace might look like any other house. but inside, ron's place is anything but. there was a rental agreement that said ron could redecorate according to the tenant's taste. and he did. turns out minotaurs, giant lions and roman bread ovens were all to ron's taste. and on almost every surface, he left his artistic mark. ron was well known in the neighbourhood, but it was only after he died that people got to see inside his home. the first time we crossed the threshold after ron died, it was really like being an archaeologist going into, like, an ancient egyptian tomb. and we werejust... it was just utterly overwhelming. he's always made things and covered wherever he's lived in —
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always rented — in "murials", as my nan used to call them. but, i mean, this is... this was just kind of to an extreme degree. the discovery was so special, his friends and familyjust knew it had to be saved. and so they formed wirral arts and culture community land trust and, after a donation last year, they were able to buy it so they could turn ron's home into a holistic house of art. now it's a listed building. the news about the listing is just absolutely out of this world. i mean, it's been such an uphill struggle, a real roller—coaster, trying to save ron's, but we were utterly determined. this news just validates our belief in that ron's place is worth saving. ron would, they say, be made up by the listing. as some of his chosen outfits suggest, he wasn't averse to a bit of attention. sophie long, bbc news.
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jan williams, who you saw on the report, joins us live now. that did make me smile, actually. you really get a sense of what ron must�*ve been like. were you surprised that you managed to get this grade two listed status? ~ �* . ' . managed to get this grade two listed status? �*, m ,, status? well, it's difficult because ron's isn't exactly _ status? well, it's difficult because ron's isn't exactly a _ status? well, it's difficult because ron's isn't exactly a normal- status? well, it's difficult because| ron's isn't exactly a normal house. they tend to be branded residences. 0riginally, we put into the listing to deter other potential developers when the house went up for auction because we just thought we couldn't afford to lose it. and then we thought, i wonder if there's any chanceit thought, i wonder if there's any chance it might actually get listed. it's been a really long process, and various delegations agreed to...
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because of a bit different, it really deserves to be recognised. let's talk about that a little bit more. you decide you wanted to preserve this. as you say, lots of people come around. what do you have to show or prove to them. what kind of questions were they asking you? it was our colleague mark martin wallace who travelled around the world and looked at these incredible environments. martin was there on the last visit just environments. martin was there on the last visitjust really environments. martin was there on the last visit just really to environments. martin was there on the last visitjust really to put ron's place in the context of these places. i think that's what really helped swing it because martin could focus on how specific the adornments were in the big picture. in
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focus on how specific the adornments were in the big picture.— were in the big picture. in my right to thinkwhile — were in the big picture. in my right to think while ron _ were in the big picture. in my right to think while ron was _ were in the big picture. in my right to think while ron was alive, i to think while ron was alive, you have no idea that had the house that was so unusual and you only discovered the contents after he died? i discovered the contents after he died? ., ., , ., died? i mean, growing up, he did a very similar— died? i mean, growing up, he did a very similar thing _ died? i mean, growing up, he did a very similar thing in _ died? i mean, growing up, he did a very similar thing in my _ very similar thing in my grandparents' house. it was association house that was rented. he kind of terrorise them by dismantling all their kitchen equipment, like a brush, to make a roman soldier's helmet. the whole place was covered in cuts of fibreglass. he kind of made a scene in his bedroom. so we knew he had previous form and i moved to portsmouth a while ago to do a fine art degree, so i didn't stay in touch so much. ifell out art degree, so i didn't stay in touch so much. i fell out with art degree, so i didn't stay in touch so much. ifell out with him as a teenager when he painted me in
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as a teenager when he painted me in a portrait wearing hot fox hunting outfits. the process is also paintings and just being generally, artwork himself, walking around wearing wigs and wellies and stuff. but really didn't know about these incredible places. after his death, just saw this massive roaring lion fireplace that he used to... what just saw this massive roaring lion fireplace that he used to... what an incredible find _ fireplace that he used to... what an incredible find it _ fireplace that he used to... what an incredible find it was _ fireplace that he used to... what an incredible find it was indeed. i fireplace that he used to... what an incredible find it was indeed. now l fireplace that he used to... what an incredible find it was indeed. now a i incredible find it was indeed. now a grade two listed building. thank you very much for sharing a little bit of how it got that status. the disease that killed the native red squirrel has moved north of scotland. an area previously unaffected by the disease. expert said it was a worrying development.
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the population has been dwindling since the gray squirrel was introduced from north america in the 19th century. we can now speak to nicole still, the programme manager for saving scotland's red squirrels. this is very concerning for the population, which is already dwindling. population, which is already dwindling-— population, which is already dwindlinu. . ~ �* , dwindling. yes, indeed. we've been monitorina dwindling. yes, indeed. we've been monitoring the _ dwindling. yes, indeed. we've been monitoring the situation _ dwindling. yes, indeed. we've been monitoring the situation for- dwindling. yes, indeed. we've been monitoring the situation for a i monitoring the situation for a number of years, but it's absolutely a big shock for many of us. it will certainly have big implications of notjust in scotland, but across the uk. not 'ust in scotland, but across the uk. . ., so, not 'ust in scotland, but across the ux.— so. we do l not 'ust in scotland, but across the i uk.— so, we do know uk. what can you do? so, we do know from research — uk. what can you do? so, we do know from research that _ uk. what can you do? so, we do know from research that the _ uk. what can you do? so, we do know from research that the most _ from research that the most affected and the currently only way to prevent the spread of the squirrel poxvirus is through the active control of invasive gray squirrels.
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we do this within our project across scotland, but there are volunteers throughout the country that carry out this work on their own. mir; out this work on their own. ally is s: uirrel out this work on their own. ally is squirrel pox _ out this work on their own. ally is squirrel pox grading _ out this work on their own. ally is squirrel pox grading so _ out this work on their own. ally is squirrel pox grading so quickly? l out this work on their own. ally is | squirrel pox grading so quickly? it is carried asymptomatically by the gray squirrel. it tends to transfer quite quickly among those red squirrels. there are still a lot of things we don't know how about how it transmits, but we know the close contact that squirrels are to each other, the more readily it will spread. we do know when the squirrels overlap, the risk of that spread is even higher. the replacement rate increases by almost 20. ., almost 20. one of the wider consequences _ almost 20. one of the wider consequences for _ almost 20. one of the wider consequences for the i almost 20. one of the wider consequences for the uk i almost 20. one of the wider i consequences for the uk system if the red squirrel population declines?— the red squirrel population
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declines? ., . declines? they are an iconic need native species — declines? they are an iconic need native species and _ declines? they are an iconic need native species and about - declines? they are an iconic need native species and about 7596 i declines? they are an iconic need native species and about 7596 are | native species and about 75% are found in scotland. squirrel pots has only been in scotland since 2007, and until very recently has been limited to the south of scotland. the loss of our red squirrels will obviously be a big loss culturally, but also ecologically. they play an important role in the native forest. thank you very much for sharing the latest on that story. and the decline of the red squirrel population. appreciate you giving us that. just a reminder if you want to follow coverage of the earthquake in new york and officials concerned, potential aftershocks, you can scan the qr code. we will have continuing coverage, but new york mayor eric
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adams said new york city felt the impact of a 4.8 magnitude earthquake. the epicentre was in the neighbouring state of newjersey in lebanon, about 50 miles from new york city. that's it from me here in the uk. you can stay with bbc news. the six o'clock news will be on shortly. thanks for watching. it is set to turn very windy as we head into the weekend. storm kathleen is racing towards our shores, expected to bring some disruption across northern and western parts of the country. tonight, we'll see a band of rain moving ahead of the storm where some of this will be quite heavy across the north and west of the country. temperatures lifting here, but very mild further south —13—15 to start
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saturday. storm kathleen deepening as it passes to the west of ireland. lots of isobars indicating windy conditions. right across the uk, its southern and eastern parts could see temperatures into the low 20s celsius. storm kathleen likely to call some impacts, but stay tuned to subsequent weather forecasts. for saturday, starts off sunny and very windy. some areas of staying dry altogether, so sunny and very windy for many, gales inland, certainly around irish seacoast. very mild with temperatures reaching 17 degrees across northern scotland. up to 21 degrees or so for eastern
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england saturday night stays very windy, and further showers rattling west to east. mild for most, but slightly cooler beginning to push into northern and western areas by the end of the night. into sunday, we have storm kathleen passing northwest, and will squeeze in the isobars. it's here where we see the strongest winds by the day on sunday. a chance of severe gales for the alta hebrides. some of these could be heavy with some hail and thunder. it could be the southeast escapes and stays dry, some good sunny spells again and another mild day to come. not as warm as what we expected on saturday. could see another spell of wet and windy weather for england and wales monday, howeverstaying weather for england and wales monday, however staying unsettled with signs calming down by the end of the week.
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at six, israel sacks senior military leaders, admitting "a grave mistake" over the attack on a convoy that killed seven aid workers. a daming report finds a catalogue errors were made. could this be a turning point in the war? we'll have the latest on the so—called honeytrap scandal, with some conservatives backing the mp william wragg after he admitted being involved. and earth quake rattles
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north—eastern america, hitting new york and neighbouring newjersey. quakes are relatively rare in new york and within moments that work multiple reports of buildings swaying, but none so far of any major damage. sexism in schools — teachers warn it's being driven by extreme content on mobile phones. there is a great pressure to conform to a certain standard of, for example, outfit or body type. the access is all around them and it's 24/7. they have not got the ability to switch off. and, the mystery of the missing dog from california, that nine months later ended up thousands of miles away, in michigan. and on bbc london, warnings of "major disruption" for rail passengers over the next five days as train drivers stage another round of strikes over pay and conditions.

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