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it is an allocation and not because it is an allocation and not a reallocation. the medals were never allocated to anyone in the first place, if you cast your mind back to beijing. obviously the athletes themselves can ask where to have their reallocation. many of them will be in the champion's park. it is a fit place to have the medal reallocation. i it is a fit place to have the medal reallocation.— reallocation. i thought you have civen two reallocation. i thought you have given two dates, _ reallocation. i thought you have given two dates, the _ reallocation. i thought you have given two dates, the 7th - reallocation. i thought you have given two dates, the 7th of - reallocation. i thought you have - given two dates, the 7th of august? it is logistics, when athletes can make it there. i don't know, maybe some of those athletes are competing on the other dates, but they are not being set aside in different ways. as i say, it is an allocation and not a reallocation, so there is a difference but they are both at the champions park. the
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difference but they are both at the champions park.— difference but they are both at the champions park. the significance of this allocation _ champions park. the significance of this allocation ceremony _ champions park. the significance of this allocation ceremony after - champions park. the significance of this allocation ceremony after such | this allocation ceremony after such a long _ this allocation ceremony after such a long time from the olympic games? to me? _ a long time from the olympic games? to me? yes _ a long time from the olympic games? to me? yes. clearly, we wanted this to be settled as quickly as possible for everybody concerned, all the athletes, but when the legal process gets involved the wheels can move very slowly and this is, we will come as you have seen, expedited matters as soon as we had a result. we have expedited matters to be sure the allocation can be here, some were suitable. you can never replace the moment of winning at the moment of victory in the middle allocation during the games. but i think it was felt and the athletes agree, this is as good a place as any... studio: we are hoping to hear more
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about pollution in the river seine which has forced another day's cancellation of swimming training for triathletes. we will keep an eye on that and bring you more on that story if it comes in. the chancellor, rachel reeves, is set to announce immediate cuts worth billions of pounds, aimed at plugging a £20 billion black hole in the finances, when she addresses mps today. ms reeves is said to be "genuinely shocked" by some of the findings, which she blames the previous tory government for, but she will not suggest at this stage that tax rises will be required. thomas pope is deputy chief economist at the institute for government. it sounds like what rachel reeves is going to outline is spending so far this year is running ahead of what the government had budgeted for. the budget for this year, they were set at the spending review in 2021. they implied relatively tight
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plans, we knew that. but she has uncovered higher than expected public sector pay rises that will be recommended by pay review bodies and it will be difficult to achieve that. what she will not be talking about is ongoing pressures that are expected to emerge over the next few years which is something we talked about in the election and we suggested that the spending plans she outlined already looked undeliverable then. with this so much transparency over public accounts, is this genuinely going to be seen as a surprise, a £20 billion black hole, did they not know about it? there is a difference between tax and welfare spending where the obr does a real detailed analysis of how much we expect taxes to coming each how we expect welfare to be spent. on spending departments to take a different approach and the government gives them the total amount they will spend. it is true we don't have as much
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analysis of the public finances on the spending side as we do and the tax side, so we will learn some new things today and i'm sure there were some things coming into government that were surprising for rachel reeves. but if we take a step back, while there will be some surprises she will announce today, ultimately the unaffordability of spending plans over the next few years, if not this year in particular, was pretty apparent from the outside, even before the election. we and others were making that point. i don't think it is credible for rachel reeves to say it is surprising that anything is affordable. albeit it is credible things might have looked worse than she imagined before the election. jeremy hunt said this is an attempt to butter up the electorate and prepare them for tax rises, do you see that happening, is that what we can expect? we were highlighting existing spending plans did look extremely tight and if you wanted to deliver
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better performing public services that more spending would be necessary and likely that would require tax rises. will that likely at some point over the next year or two more tax rises than rachel reeves promised? i think that is likely. i think if the conservatives had won the election they were basing their spending plans on the same assumption and were going even further on tax cuts. it is even more likely they would have had to increase taxes more than required. what is notable today is rachel reeves is apparently going to suggest that initially she is going to afford some of these, make some of the saving to reducing spending on infrastructure. that is a bit concerning, because the uk already stands out as a low investor internationally and there is a real risk that cuts to capital spending can provide a bit of a false economy, they can provide pain—free savings in the short term but if spent well, more public investment will improve economic performance, improve productivity of public services.
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if anything, we need more capital spending in order to be able to afford the public finance settlement going forward rather than less. unpaid carers are calling for swift government action to overhaul the allowance they can claim — because some carers have been caught out by having to repay thousands of pounds in overpayments. the charity, carers uk, says the complicated system is causing anxiety and financial hardship. meghan owen reports. the life of a carer, day in, day out, with little respite, is far from simple. but it's made even more complex for the thousands caught out by overpayments. just under a million receive carer�*s allowance at £81.90 a week. but for the 175,000 of those carers who also have a job, it is a cliff edge benefit. quite simply, if they
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earn more than £151 a week after tax and expenses, even byjust a few pennies, they lose all of that allowance. a threshold which, in recent years, has led many carers to court, with some ordered to pay back thousands they have racked up in debt, and some facing criminal records. back in april, vivian was prosecuted for taking a minimum wage job without telling the department for work and pensions, the dwp, despite being told by a social worker that she didn't have to. they seized £16,000 left to her inheritance by her mother. i followed that lady's rules, and, you know... this is inheritance money that her mother left her, so, viv is being penalised now for looking after her mum. karina provides round the clock care for her daughter amber, who has complex needs. karina unknowingly earned just above the limit because of the occasional hour of overtime at a part—time supermarketjob. she wasn't told for three and a half
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years when the dwp ordered her to pay back £11,000. the system has to be a lot simpler. the forms have to be easier to fill in so you don't these mistakes. you have to be... they need to stop the cliff edge, so that if you earn over 50p too much that maybe they take that away, not take all of it, because they are pushing people into poverty. with the new government comes new promises. i have asked officials to provide urgent information about what has happened and what went wrong, so we can put it right and make sure this never ever happens again. i know that carers are really pushed to breaking point. we need to resolve this problem. i have demanded action from the department and will be coming forward with more information soon. for the thousands of carers who waited years to be informed of their overpayments, that action can't come soon enough. megan owen, bbc news.
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it is day three of the olympics. according to multiple french sources and has been arrested in france for planning to vandalise railway infrastructure. the man, described as a far left activist is accused of sabotaging train cables on friday. he is currently being questioned by french police. team gb is currently 13th. the men's ten metre platform synchronise divers under way in which tom daley is competing. also mountain biking which tom pidcock, the defending champion will be competing in. we have a question
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showjumping, individualjumping show jumping, individual jumping finals. it was a dramatic second day at the olympics for team gb, winning two medals in the swimming and kayak. adam peaty won silver in the 100 metres breaststroke final last night — missing out on gold by two—hundredths of a second, while kimberley woods won bronze in the women's kayak single. joe lynskey reports. for eight years, adam peaty has pushed his sport to new limits. he's not used to silver but he now has perspective. in the 100m breaststroke, he went for a third gold in the row and britain's first at these games. he missed out by a margin of two hundredths of a second. commentator: the gold has gone to martinenghi of italy. _ and a joint silver medal, it's gone to adam peaty of great britain. less than two years ago, he said this sport had broken him. to get so close might have felt cruel. but, for peaty, the breakthrough wasjust to be here. it's just incredibly hard.
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like, to win it once and to win it again then to win it again. i'm not crying because i've come second, i'm crying because itjust took so much to get here. on the fast—flowing waters, kimberley woods held back her own tears. in the kayak, she'd just made her ride for redemption. she'd raced the k1 singles at the tokyo games but penalties in the final meant she'd finished last. this time she was flawless and now she had to wait. when the reigning champion made this mistake, woods had her medal. commentator: there's kimberley woods, the bronze medal- winner for great britain. i'm kind of speechless, you know. all the hard work that's gone into it, all the support from home. yeah, it will hopefully inspire some people to talk about mental health but also, like, take up canoeing and have a watch over the next few days. on the courts of roland garros, they'd not won a medal, they'd won a first—round match. but this is what it means for andy murray to still be in it.
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for so long, his olympics and with it his career looked set to end. he and dan evans faced the japanese pair. at a set and a break down, they started a fight back. commentator: wonderful response. suddenly, there is real belief among the brits here. doubles deciders are first to ten points. whenjapan led 9—4, they had five for the match. when murray is on the brink, he finds the extraordinary. somehow in paris, he is still in the sport. cheering. commentator: only andy can write this one, only andy! _ what an amazing, amazing feeling to get through that. you know, it'sjust a bit shock, like, genuine happiness at the end of it. and, yeah, glad i came. it could have been farewell, it turned into a fight back. the last event of his career brought one of murray's greatest hits. joe lynskey, bbc news.
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earlier, we werejoined by drew barrand, the chief executive officer at aquatics gb. he told us what he thought of the pollution issue. obviously it is an issue. it's less than ideal in terms of preparation for the athletes, but this conversation has been running for a number of different months now. we are hoping the event goes on as planned and our athletes have got to get on with it. planned and our athletes have got to get on with it— get on with it. what are those contingency — get on with it. what are those contingency plans? _ get on with it. what are those contingency plans? there - get on with it. what are those contingency plans? there are| get on with it. what are those l contingency plans? there are a coule of contingency plans? there are a couple of reserve _ contingency plans? there are a couple of reserve days - contingency plans? there are a couple of reserve days if - contingency plans? there are a i couple of reserve days if pollution is too high and possibly if those don't work than there is a reserve venue as well. one of those things are back up plans and at the moment everything still pointing to going according to schedule. i everything still pointing to going according to schedule.— everything still pointing to going according to schedule. i want to ask ou about according to schedule. i want to ask you about the _ according to schedule. i want to ask you about the action _ according to schedule. i want to ask you about the action in _ according to schedule. i want to ask you about the action in the - according to schedule. i want to ask you about the action in the pool - according to schedule. i want to askj you about the action in the pool and adam peaty missing out on the gold.
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just what was it by 200th of a second, so close but an incredible achievement even the silver, very mixed emotions for him. he said that he did feel like he had still won. how is he doing and how did the team rally around him when it must be so difficult, of the state want to celebrate that they have to deal with the disappointment? adam is a stron: with the disappointment? adam is a strong character. _ with the disappointment? adam is a strong character. he _ with the disappointment? adam is a strong character. he has _ with the disappointment? adam is a strong character. he has come - strong character. he has come through a lot in the last couple of years just to be through a lot in the last couple of yearsjust to be here. he looked through a lot in the last couple of years just to be here. he looked at last night as success, just to be there and be competitive and get on there and be competitive and get on the podium. it was a phenomenal race, he is a great athlete, a great ambassadorfor race, he is a great athlete, a great ambassador for our sport. race, he is a great athlete, a great ambassadorfor our sport. silver ambassador for our sport. silver medal in ambassadorfor our sport. silver medal in the olympic games is nothing to be sniffed at. he is a fantastic role model and we have high hopes for him in the medley relay as well. high hopes for him in the medley relay as well-— relay as well. absolutely, still a fantastic achievement. - relay as well. absolutely, still a fantastic achievement. let's - relay as well. absolutely, still a | fantastic achievement. let's talk about tom daley, he has come out of
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retirement for these games, how are they doing?, they are all good. just behind me, — they doing?, they are all good. just behind me, i— they doing?, they are all good. just behind me, lam they doing?, they are all good. just behind me, i am about to head into the aquatic centre where tom is diving. we have the best prepared that we can possibly be. we have a fantastic squad all the way across so it is great to concentrate on the big names like adam and tom. we have strength in depth and that shows in competing against tom. the uk, the way we are funded through the national lottery means everybody who has bought a ticket back home, has been a big player in terms of contributing because that money goes directly towards helping us produce the kind of environments that enable our athletes to perform at the very best and i'm looking forward to seeing tom in a second. aquatic stebe, you _ seeing tom in a second. aquatic stebe, you have _ seeing tom in a second. aquatic stebe, you have been _ seeing tom in a second. aquatic stebe, you have been running . seeing tom in a second. aquatic. stebe, you have been running since last year, what other preparations like? jt last year, what other preparations like? ., , , ., last year, what other preparations like? .,, , ., .,, last year, what other preparations like? , ., like? it has been full on, as you can imagine- — like? it has been full on, as you can imagine. we _ like? it has been full on, as you can imagine. we have _ like? it has been full on, as you can imagine. we have been - like? it has been full on, as you - can imagine. we have been competing
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across all the aquatic sports, every day of the games. next week we have more diving, swimming and also artistic swimming. plenty of athletes, plenty of hard work and preparation, we are in a strong place and looking to really kick on and make sure the sport is highly competitive at the top level and see what the medal count looks like at the end. a woman who was attacked while out walking her dog in suffolk has died in hospital. 59—year—old anita rose was found unconscious on a track in brantham on wednesday. a 45—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. will vernon reports. the last known images of anita rose. the 57—year—old was out walking her dog early on wednesday morning when she was attacked. she was discovered critically injured, lying near a railway line. but ms rose has now died from her injuries in a local hospital. her family said she was well known and loved in the community, a mum of six children,
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and a grandma to 13. in a statement, suffolk police said a 45—year—old man, who was arrested on saturday afternoon on suspicion of attempted murder, has now been rearrested on suspicion of murder. and police say they have now located the victim's phone, which could contain key evidence. but they still haven't found her distinctive pinkjacket, which she was pictured wearing. officers haven't given details of any possible motive behind the attack, saying only that they believe the suspect was unknown to the victim. will vernon, bbc news. and greater manchester police is continuing its appeal for information after footage emerged showing the moments before a police officer kicked and stamped on a man at manchester airport last week. the video shows police officers being attacked and punched to the ground. phil mccann reports. this video, released over
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the weekend, gives more of a picture of what happened just before a police officer at manchester airport kicked a man who was lying on the floor and then stamped on his head. that man was fahir amaaz from rochdale. he can be seen in blue here, exchanging punches with police officers — all of whom end up on the floor before one tasers him, at which point he's kicked, and then the original footage shows he's stamped on. greater manchester's mayor says the new video gives a fuller picture. it is, as i was saying last week, much more complicated than was first made out. you know, we live in a world where something appears, a fragment, and everybody rushes to judgment and then another fragment, and then everybody makes a judgment on that. it's very difficult. but now, we should now accept that there are two parallel investigations. they've got to be allowed to complete their work, and then a line eventually will be able to be drawn. but, as i say, there are serious issues here to be investigated
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on both sides. mohammed shafiq is from the pcs union. he's been speaking to the family and has met with mr burnham and senior police officers and community leaders. there's a responsibility for police officers to behave in a, you know, an important, structured way. and i think the professional standards that you have of police officers — that didn't apply in that particular video. and that's why the iopc is investigating criminal — potential criminal offences — and that's absolutely right. equally, you know what we saw towards the women police officers and the other police officers, that was equally offensive and unacceptable and i hope the law takes its course. greater manchester police is appealing for information about the series of earlier events last tuesday that happened before their officers arrived. at 7:20 pm, a qatar airways flight lands from doha. there was an altercation between passengers, possibly in the baggage hall. the airline denies it happened on the plane. then, at 8:22, the police say there was a violent altercation involving members of the public in a branch of starbucks at manchester's terminal 2. that happened six minutes before
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the incident involving the police — an incident which led to four people being arrested and one police officer facing a criminal investigation. phil mccann, bbc news. an investigation is under way after two men in their 20s died when their small plane crashed in a field in north yorkshire. the aircraft came down close to the village of thorganby near york yesterday morning. the men are believed to be the pilot and passenger. finding your way around town can be complicated at the best of times, but imagine trying to navigate them if you're blind or partially sighted. the national federation of the blind of the uk is calling for so called floating bus stops, which are separated from the pavement by a cycle lane, to be removed, describing them as "chaotic, confusing and dangerous" for the visually impaired. thomas magill reports.
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you see that kerb's not very high. mm—hm. the lowering of the kerbs, it's all the same colour. it all merges into one. sarah is visually impaired and relies on her guide dog nelly to get around. but since this so—called shared space was introduced outside leicester train station, separating the footpath from the bus stop by a cycle lane, nelly has become disorientated, leaving sarah feeling vulnerable and unable to use some of the city's public transport. you could just get on and off a bus that pulled to a pavement. you'd have none of this conflict between cyclists, e—scooters and other micro—mobility. um, and i'djust do it and just walk into town. but now ijust won't do it because it's too dangerous and you're thinking, what's going to happen to us? is somebody going to hit us? it's just terrifying. and it's notjust those who are visually impaired who are at risk. these near—misses between other pedestrians and cyclists were recently caught on camera by campaigners. in leicester, there's concern the design is confusing, badly planned and dangerous.
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one guy come down here and he must have been doing it at least 25 mile an hour. nearly took... if he's had took somebody out, they'd have been hospitalised. i'm always turning around. i'm scared of getting run over. but not only by cycles. it's them scooters, electric scooters. people fly past and i've been knocked over nearly a couple of times, so it is a bit unsafe. so something needs to be done. this is not a safe place to cycle or walk as a pedestrian. now campaigners like sarah gayton wants the new government to ban floating bus stops and redesign those that exist to make it safer for the visually impaired. whilst we were out filming with sarah, this happened. so... if you're telling me this has to stop here like this. you know, i've justjumped out my skin because that e—scooter flying past me. you know, how can this be safe?
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they can see us. a near miss from a passing e—scooter going the wrong way up a cycle lane. absolutely abhorrent. and it has to stop. they're not working. they haven't worked since they've been put in for blind and visually impaired people and it's time for a change. a change of design that will allow the bus, like it always did, to come back up to the pavement, so blind, visually impaired people can get on and off the bus directly from the pavement without having to cross or step into a live cycle lane. well, these floating bus stops and the segregated cycleways have been designed to improve safety for cyclists by separating them from all other vehicles. now widely welcomed by those who use them, some have concerns about their design. the department of transport says... "acessibility on our roads and pavements is an absolute priority. "we are working with disability groups and local authorities to ensure all concerns are taken seriously."
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sarah mcmonagle cycles to work every day in london and says herjourney is now much safer since segregated cycle lanes were introduced. she would like to see more in other towns and cities, but says it's important they are designed in accordance with the guidance. i must go through maybe six, seven, eight floating bus stops on my way to work, and i think they're a great innovation. they mean that you don't have to kind of mix with the traffic when you're on the same route as a bus. there's actually pretty good guidance in place for how they should be designed, but unfortunately we're not always seeing that that guidance adhered to. so for cycling uk, we really want to see better compliance and make sure that we are actually designing bus stops in a way that keeps cyclists safe, but also keep pedestrians safe, particularly visually—impaired people. more of this likely in the future, sarah is hoping a petition recently handed in to the government will bring an end to these shared spaces, so her and nelly can get their independence back.
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thomas magill, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. we start this new week with very warm or even hot weather. tomorrow could reach 32 celsius somewhere in the south—east of england, making it the warmest day so far. but mid week we see a thundery breakdown and by the end of the week it will be fresher with sunshine and showers. high pressure very much in charge, weather bumping into it and weakening but it will produce a band of cloud and some light rain. ahead of that one or two showers getting to us from scotland and northern ireland. a lot of dry weather for the rest of the uk. a fair bit of sunshine, just some fair weather cloud bubbling up. temperature 22 in aberdeen, 23 in newcastle to 28 and 29 in london. these are the sea temperatures
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around the shores. 1a to 18 degrees, a little bit chilly. into this evening and overnight the weather front continues to drift from the north—west, heading south eastwards but weakening all the time and will tend to fizzle by the end of the night and we looking at clear skies with some patchy mist and fog forming across south—west england. it is not going to be cold night, overnight lows 11 to 15. tomorrow, the remnants of that weather front producing the cloud with be with us but it will break further in the day. windy across the far north of the country especially shetland, here too we could catch the odd shower. temperature—wise, we are looking at 21 in aberdeen, 20 in belfast, 26 in birmingham and potentially 31 or 32 celsius in the south—eastern quarter. on wednesday, a bit of thundery breakdown in southern areas, through the english channel and southern and south—eastern counties but a lot of cloud across the north—east of england
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and north—east scotland, making it a grey day. but a lot of dry weather, just not as warm or hot. highest temperature is about 26. then as we head on from thursday into friday, we still have some thunderstorms around but by the end of the week low pressure starts to take overfrom high pressure. so on thursday itself again, humid, low cloud and showery rain and some of that turning thundery and beyond that it is a mixture of sunshine with showers.
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live from london. this is bbc news. the uk chancellor are set to scrap some infrastructure projects to plot a black hole in the public finances. a man has been detained in northern france on suspicion of planning to vandalise railway infrastructure. israel's security cabinet authorises the prime minister to determine the response to a deadly rocket strike. victory in the venezuelan elections. a third term in office. the opposition alleges widespread fraud.
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meanwhile, lebanese authorities say an israeli drone strike killed two people outside the southern lebanese town. hello, i'm samantha simmonds. the chancellor, rachel reeves, is set to scrap some major infrastructure projects as she looks to plug a £20 billion black hole in the public finances, left by the conservatives. in a speech later, she'll accuse the previous government refusing to make difficult decisions. here's our business correspondent marc ashdown. the chancellor is said to be genuinely shocked at the state of the public finances she's inherited from the conservatives. she's accused them of covering up the true scale of the issues — a black hole estimated at £20 billion — and then running away. today, rachel reeves will outline how she plans to, in her words, fix the foundations. it starts with public sector pay.
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the bbc understands she will accept pay recommendations,

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