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ukraine says it's hit a military airfield deep inside russia. moscow says it's continuing to repel the attack. another person is arrested in connection with planned attacks on taylor swift concerts in vienna. the 18—year—old is alleged to have sworn an oath of allegiance to islamic state. and climbing to the very top — toby roberts wins gold for team gb at the olympics. coming up on bbc news, back to the tour after the olympic break. katie boulter makes the last 16 in toronto, after her opponent withdraws during the opening set of her second—round match. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister says police must
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remain on high alert for further disorder across the uk this weekend, amid fears of further far—right riots. sir keir starmer has reiterated his message that those breaking the law online won't get a free pass and hopes that the swift sentencing of rioters this week deters those thinking of getting involved. our reporter simonjones has more. the police say they are on a high state of readiness, going after people believed to have been involved in the recent rioting. there have been a series of arrests in staffordshire this morning in connection with trouble last weekend. and the prime minister, and a visit to the metropolitan police, says officers are also prepared in case of further trouble this weekend, even though far right demonstrations would had been planned for the middle of this week, failed to materialise largely. my failed to materialise largely. m message to failed to materialise largely. mg message to the police, and all of those charged with responding to disorder is, maintain that high
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alert. i am absolutely convinced that having the police officers in place these last few days in the right places of the swiftjustice that has been dispensed in our courts, have had a real impact. but we have to stay on high alert going into this weekend because we absolutely have to make sure that our communities are safe and secure, and feel safe and secure. this is the moment police arrest a 69—year—old rioter, william morgan, who had armed himself with a wooden cosh and joined a violent mob during a recent advance on merseyside. he has now beenjailed a recent advance on merseyside. he has now been jailed for two years and eight months. footage released by the crown prosecution service shows the moment a library was burned in liverpool last saturday. it didn't take long for the place to go up. it is being visited today by the business secretary. the public has already donated more than £200,000 to an online fundraiser to buy more books. last night in
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brighton around 100 people attended a rally organised by stand up to racism. but despite of the community support some say they remain fearful. ., , , ., , fearful. there are members of my congregation _ fearful. there are members of my congregation and _ fearful. there are members of my congregation and congregations . congregation and congregations across_ congregation and congregations across the country that are having to think_ across the country that are having to think twice about whether they can attend mosque, especially in the evenings _ can attend mosque, especially in the evenings in— can attend mosque, especially in the evenings. in this day and age, and in our— evenings. in this day and age, and in our country, nobody should be fearing _ in our country, nobody should be fearing to — in our country, nobody should be fearing to go to a place of worship, which _ fearing to go to a place of worship, which are _ fearing to go to a place of worship, which are sanctuaries.— fearing to go to a place of worship, which are sanctuaries. these images have been released _ which are sanctuaries. these images have been released by _ which are sanctuaries. these images have been released by humberside l have been released by humberside police of men they want to speak to. many of them are captured by tv cameras and on social media. this man with the greyjumper around his neck was filmed with a police shield and was being cheered on to throw objects. this man with a grey hoodie appears to be among a group of people attacking a car. police and politicians alike are hoping the stiff sentences being handed out to offenders, including those who stirred up hatred online, are acting as a deterrent to further trouble.
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we want to reassure our local communities that we are absolutely taking this seriously and that that level of disorder and public violence will not be tolerated within staffordshire police. but officers are braced for what could be another challenging weekend. simonjones, bbc news. let's go now to our home and legal correspondent, dominic casciani, who is outside leeds crown court, where four men are due to be sentenced over their roles in recent disorder. what has happened in court? well, over here in leeds we have seen a lot of sentencing this week already in liverpool. we are in leeds because we have four men sentenced today for their part in what went on. two today. sameer ali, 21, adnan ghafoor, who is 31, they have both just been jailed for affray. they were part of a large group of asian men from the leeds area who went out on a counter protest on saturday, wanting to basically put up a stance against what they saw as far right
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quys against what they saw as far right guys coming out to threaten them. and on the way from a protest they got into an altercation which started with abuse being thrown from some white men. punches were then thrown. sameer ali is seen on cctv going for one of the white men who is carrying a union flag. adnan ghafoor effectively does the same. he comes in later. both men said they reacted because they had been subject to racial abuse in religious abuse because they are muslims. but now they have sentences, 20 months and two and a half or years. no favour being shown here. they have been sent to prison as well. dominic, thank you. huw edwards has been asked by the bbc to hand back more than £200,000 that he was paid by the corporation after being arrested on child abuse image charges. i'm joined by our media and arts correspondent, david sillito. david, what more do we know? well, when huw edwards pleaded guilty to possession of indecent
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images of children, one question raised by that was the fact that he had been suspended by the bbc on full pay for around a year. and in november of last year the bbc had been informed that he had been arrested, and the new on what charges he was facing. why was he continued to be paid, was the question at the time? more than £200,000. in a statement to staff, and a public statement as well, the chairman of the bbc, samir shah, said, let me be clear, the villain of this piece is huw edwards. the victims of those children whose degradation huw edwards provided a market. and he said, the information they had at the time, they thought that huw edwards was going to be protesting his innocence, and they said it was a considerable correct or considered an reasoned decision to keep paying him. because he went on to plead guilty they believe he acted in bad faith. he said mr edwards behaved in bad faith.
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throughout this time mr edwards knew what he had done that he still took licence fee money to the tune of hundreds of thousands of pounds. the board fully support the decision of the executive, who have written to mr edwards to return the money. there is also another element to the statement. a wider review is being, an independent review is going to be initiated, looking at the issues of workplace culture and how bad or inappropriate behaviour from those inappropriate behaviour from those in a position of power is tackled. david, thank you. ukraine says it has hit a military airfield deep inside russia overnight. the air strike comes as ukraine continues a cross—border offensive against russia. reports suggest that ukrainian troops are operating more than ten kilometres inside russia, which is the deepest cross—border advance by kyiv since russia's invasion in 2022. kyiv hasn't directly commented on the operation, but president zelensky has said that moscow must feel the consequences of its invasion. our correspondentjames waterhouse in is kyiv.
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james, this appears more than the cross—border attacks ukraine has attempted in the past? absolutely. this is something that ukraine clearly is committed to. when you look at the geolocation footage, if you look at what reports are coming out of russia, and you look at the acknowledgement of some ukrainian officers, we are talking about an assault involving hundreds of soldiers, armoured vehicles and air strikes to pile on top of that. what russia is saying is that 75 drones were intercepted overnight. clearly what they were targeting is significant in the eyes of the ukrainians. we are told a major air base in a neighbouring border region was struck. there is footage of a large fire and some explosions. and what the ukrainians are saying is that hundreds of bombs were stored in a warehouse which has been damaged. and several bombers and
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fighterjets are based there also. the level of damage is not yet clear. but we are talking about apparatus russia routinely uses to terrorise ukrainian cities close to the border. so that, for now, is a clear objective of kyiv. how long they can keep all of this land grab, we don't know. james, thank you. a fourth person has been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to attack taylor swift concerts in austria. it comes after three shows had to be cancelled in vienna because of a possible security threat. our correspondent bethany bell is in vienna. bethany, what more do we know? well, the latest is that there are now three — well, the latest is that there are now three people who have been arrested~ — now three people who have been arrested. they include an 18—year—old iraqi citizen who was arrested — 18—year—old iraqi citizen who was arrested last night in vienna. he is said to _ arrested last night in vienna. he is said to be — arrested last night in vienna. he is said to be an— arrested last night in vienna. he is said to be an acquaintance of the main _ said to be an acquaintance of the main suspect, who is a 19—year—old austrhan—
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main suspect, who is a 19—year—old austrian citizen who was arrested along _ austrian citizen who was arrested along with — austrian citizen who was arrested along with a 17—year—old on wednesday. there is a fourth person who has _ wednesday. there is a fourth person who has been questioned. he is 15 years— who has been questioned. he is 15 years oid~ — who has been questioned. he is 15 years old. the interior ministry have _ years old. the interior ministry have just — years old. the interior ministry have just told me that he has been reieased~ — have just told me that he has been released. he is being treated as a witness _ released. he is being treated as a witness. and that the investigations into this _ witness. and that the investigations into this are continuing at a very high _ into this are continuing at a very high tevei — into this are continuing at a very high level. the austrian interior mihister— high level. the austrian interior minister and the austrian chancellor have spoken of how much they have cooperated — have spoken of how much they have cooperated with foreign intelligence services _ cooperated with foreign intelligence services to uncover this plot, and that they— services to uncover this plot, and that they will continue to do a great — that they will continue to do a great deal to try and uncover all of the people — great deal to try and uncover all of the people around. bethany, thank you. victims of historical miscarriages ofjustice have been told they won't be refunded money that was deducted from their compensation, because they didn't have to pay rent or buy food while they were in prison. last year the conservative government said there would be no such deductions in future,
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after a public outcry over the case of andrew malkinson. he spent 17 years in prison for a rape he did not commit. but ministers say the change won't apply to people who've already received payouts. the family of a retired british doctor has issued an urgent appeal after he went missing in the french pyrenees almost 48 hours ago. tom doherty, who is 67 and from st albans in hertfordshire, was travelling alone in southern france. a search involving helicopters and dogs continues. donald trump and kamala harris have agreed a date for their first televised presidential debate. they'll go head—to—head on the us channel abc, on september the 10th. mr trump says he also wants another two debates later in the month. here's our north america correspondent, peter bowes. the first presidential debate of the year didn't go well for one of the candidates. um, dealing with everything
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we have to do with, uh... look... ..if we finally beat medicare... that embarrassing performance byjoe biden eventually led to him dropping out of the presidential race. he was quickly replaced by kamala harris, whose energetic campaign has rejuvenated the democratic party. now it's harris versus trump. and at a news conference at his mar a lago resort in florida, the former president attempted to belittle his new opponent, questioning her intelligence and political record. we have somebody that hasn't received one vote for president, and she's running, and that's fine with me. but we were givenjoe biden, and now we're given somebody else. and i think, frankly, i'd rather be running against the somebody else, but that was their choice, they decided to do that. because kamala's record is horrible. she's a radical left person at a level that nobody�*s seen.
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it's comments like that that prompted kamala harris last week to issue this challenge to donald trump. as the saying goes, if you've got something to say... crowd: say it to my face! ..say it to my face! crowd cheers now, the former president has finally agreed to a debate early next month, and he's suggesting another two in the weeks ahead. bring it on, says his opponent. well, i'm glad that he's finally agreed to a debate on september 10th. i'm looking forward to it, and, um, hope he shows up. the debates will be crucial for both candidates ahead of polling day in november. with kamala harris's rapid rise in the popularity stakes... kamala! ..mr trump will be looking to use his favourite platform, television, to reinvigorate his campaign. usa! it's going to be compulsive viewing.
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peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. katie price is due at the royal courts of justice shortly, after failing to attend a court hearing relating to two bankruptcies. the former model was arrested last night when she flew into heathrow. our reporter sam harrison is outside the courts. sam, how did we get today's hearing? yes, katie price back in the headlines. this relating to two separate cases of bankruptcy. the first, filed back in november 2019, the second, filed this year, march 2024. that the second, filed this year, march 202a. that one was in relation to unpaid tax bills of around £750,000. because of these bankruptcy cases, she was told she would have to attend a specialist bankruptcy court here in london. that was onjuly 30.
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judge burton, in charge of the hearing, said she had been given very clear warnings that he had to attend, that she rakes arrest if she didn't. we now know that that is the case. we have been told instead of turning up to that hearing, katie price was in fact a way in turkey. judge burton saying she provided no explanation as to why she had gone away. and that she couldn't provide the most basic information. she was arrested and returned to heathrow last night, bailed shortly after. today she will appear here at the royal courts ofjustice at some point during the afternoon. thank you. the time is 13:16. our top story this afternoon: the prime minister says police must remain on "high alert" for further disorder across the uk this weekend, amid fears of further far—right riots. as more writers are sentenced, including the first charge for post throw on social media. and climbing to the top, toby
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roberts wins gold for team gb in the olympics. and coming up on bbc news... bromley�*s biggest step — the club from kent are preparing for their first match in the english football league, having struggled so famously in the past, their story became a book and movie. next, criminal gangs are taking advantage of high street closures to set up huge cannabis farms in empty shops, cafes and theatres around the uk. in empty shops, cafes the national police chief's council says some landlords have even found themselves pulled into a multi—million—pound criminal industry. our wales correspondent, hywel griffith, has been investigating. retreat! police! just behind the high street, right in the middle of town, gwent police raid a disused building in abertillery. inside, hundreds of mature cannabis plants fill every room. an industrial scale farm planted between the shops and takeaways.
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it seems to be one of the larger, um, operations that we've come across. there's certainly, as far as we can see, at least seven large rooms. looking at it, it's probably something that's been going on for some time, and i would be very surprised if that was the first crop of plants that had come from this building. it's the latest farm the force has found in an empty retail property. back in october, 3,000 plants were uncovered growing across every floor of this old department store, right in the centre of newport. they're beautiful buildings, but unfortunately some of them have fallen into disrepair. they're not being used. so i think certainly these gangs, these organised crime groups, can see the opportunity to grow on a scale that they've never had the opportunity to grow before. in recent years, newport has had one of the highest retail vacancy rates in britain, and organised crime groups have taken advantage. big cannabis farms were also found in the old cinema and in city centre offices.
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but it's notjust in this corner of the country where there's a problem. from a bingo hall in barry to a disused bank in dudley, high streets from aberdeenshire to weston—super—mare have all been raided by the police. once—busy town centres have attracted a multi—million pound industry. but officers say it's not just drug dealers involved. it isn'tjust those that grow the cannabis that we are prosecuting, but we've also prosecuted landlords of these places who, at best, may be turning a blind eye to what's happening, as opposed to taking an active interest in what's happening in their properties. but alongside those tradespeople as well, we've seen prosecutions of estate agents, uh, electricians, people who've facilitated this trade. it's a business model which the police say also depends on human trafficking and serious violence to thrive, as organised crime groups profit from the high street�*s demise. hywel griffith, bbc news.
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back injanuary, somerset council was facing a £100 million hole in its budget, but managed to avoid bankruptcy by cutting its workforce by a quarter and selling off assets like historic buildings. with demands on public services continuing to rise and fewer options left to cut back, our political correspondent alex forsyth has been to find out how they plan to balance the books. bit further down, yeah. now drop your right hand down. it's been a summer of sport at this recreation centre in yeovil. good. but back injanuary, i was here when people feared these facilities would close because somerset council couldn't afford them. we want our public services! there was a campaign. and now, the future looks secure. the local town council is taking the site on, to the relief of many, like rosie. it's like, everyone can keep using it and it willjust be another space that everyone can come to and enjoy their time here. by handing over facilities like this to others to keep them going and by cutting back
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on services, somerset council has managed to avoid going bankrupt. but they're already looking ahead to next year and they say the financial picture looks bleak. i've come to somerset council's offices because they're having a meeting and, among the things they're talking about, is how they're going to save money. they've agreed to let us in to film, so i'm just going to go through. we move on to item eight. they're selling off council assets — things like land, offices and historic buildings. some individuals might find it quite sad and heartbreaking, but i think that's the inevitability as we slim down the council, too. they're also looking at saving millions from the council's wage bill. around 1,000 posts are set to go. that's a quarter of the workforce. we don't need as many desks in offices as we would have done previously. the empty desks are a visible symbol of the measures they're taking. what a lot of people always say is councils are wasteful. you can cut back without cutting our services. we are doing everything we can to make this council as efficient
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and as productive as possible. the simple fact is that a lot of councils are going to run out of money, because the demand for our services and the price of providing those services is far greater than our income. the financial strain isn't specific to somerset. the government says it will work with councils to get local government back on its feet, promising more stability when it comes to funding. but for now, in many places, it's volunteers who are having to plug the gaps. they want stitching, as well, look. i'll have a look at them generally for you and refurbish them. is that 0k? this community hub in south somerset does everything from mending clothes to providing food or helping people fill in forms. there isn't anywhere else for them to go and find that help because all the public sector is disappeared, you know, in terms of that front face. so how do you access it? where do you...? who do you go to?
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there's nobody there. there's no quick fix for a system that's creaking at the seams, particularly given government warnings about the pressure on public finances. but councils say there is a limit to how long they can make do and mend. alex forsyth, bbc news, somerset. a victim of domestic abuse has accused west mercia police of letting vulnerable women down by failing to monitor an email inbox, set up to allow women to report incidents of violence and abuse. sadie hopkins, who was kidnapped and imprisoned in her own home by a former partner, reported a restraining order breach to west mercia police online, but did not receive a response. the bbc�*s west midlands investigations team found that the website had not been routinely monitored for nine months. the police admitted that 26 emails were received, but remained unread. the oldest one dated back to september 2023. of those emails, six required further action.
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west mercia police says a dedicated officer has now been allocated to monitoring the inbox. our reporter tracey higgins has more. nine years ago, sadie hopkins was kidnapped and imprisoned in her own home by herformer partner, after he turned up unexpectedly one night. i was just waiting for the knife to plunge. waiting to feel that sensation of being stabbed. he made me get on my hands and knees, and he shut all the curtains, locked all the doors. i had to crawl on my hands and knees up to the bedroom, the whole time with a knife being held against me. before the attack he'd been stalking herfor three months after she ended their relationship. i'd find him hiding outside bushes outside my house. um, just... ..he was just constantly about, constantly lurking in the shadows. sadie eventually managed to escape. her former partner was jailed
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and told not to contact her again, or enter shrewsbury after his release. i didn't trust people. i thought everybody was out to get me. constantly looking over my shoulder. wouldn't go out running alone any more. it had a huge impact on my life, and my family's life. almost a decade later, sadie's sense of security was shattered. i was walking up the platform, and then all of a sudden ijust saw him. he has a restraining order, and he's not allowed to step foot in shrewsbury. i just couldn't understand why he was there. i panicked, i was frightened. i was finally getting my life back together and then, boom, you know, he's there. she contacted west mercia police on a dedicated website to report issues of violence and abuse, but heard nothing back. and that's when she came to us. our investigation has discovered that an email inbox set up by west mercia police for women to report issues of violence and abuse hasn't been routinely monitored for nine months.
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so has the force failed the very people it should be protecting? so i wrote to them and said, you know, i'm frightened. you state that you're here to help women, um, that feel scared and unsafe, and that you're trying to tackle this. i'm deeply sorry sadie has not received the service she should have received. and west mercia police have let her down. i'm absolutely committed, just as sadie refers to in there, of listening to the voices of the victims, ensuring that we are not only deeply professional in our response, but incredibly compassionate as well. the value that sadie provides in providing her account will feed into our development and understanding of our officers and staff, so that we can improve our service. sadie's glad she's spoken out, but she's done so to protect other women from going through the same ordeal. the police need to listen to women. if a woman says she's scared, it will be for a genuine reason. basically, they don't respond until it's too late. that's when they respond, when a bad thing has already happened and it's too late.
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somebody�*s gone, somebody�*s hurt. at the olympics in paris, and the gold medals continue to roll in for team gb. in the past hour, toby roberts beat the japanese world number one during a dramatic final in the men's boulder and lead climbing events. our sports correspondent laura scott is in paris. laura, another exciting morning. exactly. what an exhilarating end to the men's sport climbing final that was, with gold ultimately going to the 19—year—old from surrey, toby "the terminator" roberts. and he wasn't the favourite going into today's final, that was the 17 old japanese climber sorato anraku, japanese climber sorato anra ku, known japanese climber sorato anraku, known as the octopus, but when the gold went to roberts he looked totally overcome with emotion when he realised it was his. this was the culmination of a long—running plan
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between him and his father, as soon as they found that sport climbing was going to be an olympic sport they hatched a plan and he said it was truly incredible to get the boat. other medal chances today come in track cycling, diving and here at the athletics tonight, with both the former 100 relay teams —— 4x100 relay teams. but katarina johnson—thompson could get an olympic medal but it could be the race of her life. arriving for her date with density, katarina johnson—thompson knew her first olympic medal was within reach. a first day full of highs yesterday gave her a slender lead but the 31—year—old wasn't about to start celebrating, far from but the 31—year—old wasn't about to start celebrating, farfrom it. she was focused. start celebrating, far from it. she was focused-— was focused. katarina johnson-thompson i was focused. katarina i johnson-thompson with was focused. katarina - johnson-thompson with the was focused. katarina _ johnson-thompson with the overnight johnson—thompson with the overnight lead. johnson-thompson with the overnight lead. ., , ., , johnson-thompson with the overnight lead. ., , ., johnson-thompson with the overnight lead. ., ., ., ., , , lead. long “ump off at an early sign this could lead. long jump off at an early sign this could come _ lead. long jump off at an early sign this could come down _ lead. long jump off at an early sign this could come down to _ lead. long jump off at an early sign this could come down to the - lead. long jump off at an early sign this could come down to the wire. l this could come down to the wire. two time olympic champion thiam didn't have the flying start she wanted, and a six .aoa tonnes and
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tonnes of. could she hold the lead with the javelin up next, one of her weakest events and one of thiam's strongest? again the brit left her best to last, a seasoned's best. she has best to last, a seasoned's best. 5le: has improved, 45.49. best to last, a seasoned's best. she has improved, 45.49. but still- best to last, a seasoned's best. she has improved, 45.49. but still no i has improved, 45.49. but still no smile. has improved, 45.49. but still no smile- she _ has improved, 45.49. but still no smile. she knew— has improved, 45.49. but still no smile. she knew her _ has improved, 45.49. but still no smile. she knew her rivals - has improved, 45.49. but still no smile. she knew her rivals were i has improved, 45.49. but still no i smile. she knew her rivals were out to overthrow her. a personal best for the usa's and a whole kept her in contention and this was thiam doing what she does best. lts in contention and this was thiam doing what she does best. its long, ve lona doing what she does best. its long, very long for _ doing what she does best. its long, very long for the — doing what she does best. its long, very long for the reigning _ doing what she does best. its long, | very long for the reigning champion. the belgian taking the lead with one event to go, with the 800 metres to come to light, an elusive olympic medalforjohnson—thompson come to light, an elusive olympic medal forjohnson—thompson looks likely, but could it be gold? for that she will need to cross the line more than eight seconds in front of the belgian. laura scott, bbc news, paris. a reminder of our top headline this afternoon. the prime minister says police must
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remain on "high alert" for further hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm hugh ferris. our top stories this lunchtime. the moment he became a teenage olympic champion. team gb's toby roberts wins gold in the sport climbing boulder and lead... at the age ofjust 19. i'm just absolutely lost for words. to find i got gold in the moment which is truly incredible. from boulder to boulter... but half a world away... the british number one has a place in the last 16 in toronto. and a moment of history for bromley, as they prepare make the step up to league football for the first time
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hello again. a first appeareance at the games. 19 years old. most will take a lot longer to become an olympic gold medallist, but toby roberts has won the boulder and lead title in paris after a tense finish to the final at le bourget climbing venue. the teenager was third after the bouldering, and went second last of the eight finalists in the decisive lead leg of the event. almost reaching the top of the wall gave him enough points to take the lead with just the japanese favourite sorato anraku to come. but he fell just short. about 10 points short, as roberts was watching on, realising he'd become the olympic champion. britain's 14th gold of the paris games. i'm just absolutely lost for words. to find out that i got the gold in that moment. just really incredible. i've been training for this
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moment all my life. it to say it hasn't sunk in isjust an understatement. i don't know what to think right now, but i think later but i imagine later that there's just gonna be a lot of emotions and i'm just for for ten years basically. just no words. that was one of 35 gold medals to be handed out in paris today... with britain's katarina johnson—thompson hoping to win one in the heptathlon. she held a slender 48—point lead of belgium's nafi thiam heading into day two. but it was a nervy start in the long jump forjohnson—thompson. .. a nojump in herfirst attempt. but she came through at the last to leap 6 metres 40... holding on to her lead through five events. butjohnson—thompson's weakest event is in the javelin, and although she managed a season's best throw of 45 metres 49, her rival nafi thiam's massive effort ofjust over 54 metres took the belgian into the lead. johnson—thompson has a 121 point deficit... or about 8 seconds... heading into the final event,
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the 800 metres, which is tonight. there will be a british runner in the men's 800 metres final — ben pattison and elliot giles were unable to progress from their heats. but max burgin has made it into the final... running a personal best of1 minute 43.50 to finish third in his semi—final and progress through to tomorrow's final as one of the two fastest non—automatic qualifiers. i couldn't be happier, i mean, i don't really know what to say. it'll come out of nowhere. my fastest time this year has been 145. i knew i could run faster but to get through it in a pb, and ifelt quite good doing it as well so... there was an unfortunate end for cindy sember in the women's 110 metre hurdle semi—finals. in the second lane towards the bottom of your picture... sember caught her back leg on one of the hurdles at the midway point... stumbling and eventually falling...
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failing to finish the race. i'm really, really sad. i'm just a little bit frustrated because i've been training so hard and i'm ready. i'm sad. talk us through what you are feeling in that moment. i felt like i was coming up to hurdles very quickly and ijust lost my control. so, yeah, it's frustrating. british number one katie boulter is through to the third round of the canadian open in toronto after her brazilian opponent beatriz haddad maia retired after just two games of their second round match, unable to continue because of a lower back issue. boulter faces second seed aryna sabalenka next for a place in the quarter—finals. while world number one jannik sinner opened up his defence of the men's title in montreal with a straight sets win over borna coric — the italian back in action for the first time since withdrawing from the olympics with tonsilitis. some football transfer news to bring you now — tottenham are in advanced talks with bournemouth over a £60 million dealfor striker dominic solanke. if the deal goes through it would represent a club record sale for bournemouth, exceeding the £40 million
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they received from manchester city for defender nathan ake four years ago. some of that money would head liverpool's way as it's understood they put a sell on clause in the deal to sell solanke to bournemouth in 2019. bromley were once considered such a bad football club, their struggles were highlighted in a book and a film. but now it's the eve of their first match in the english football league. they start in league two against harrogate having been promoted last season. mike bushell went to the club to find out more. chanting: we are going up, i said we are going up! - the celebrations at bromley this summer were simply unthinkable for generations. especially in the late 1960s, when one fan inadvertently fell in love with the club often regarded as the worst in non—league football. that fan, dave roberts, went on to write a book about supporting the ultimate underdog, and in 2018, the bromley boys was turned into a film released to much acclaim. dave roberts volunteered in the tea shop at the club through thick and thin before eventually moving away. dave passed away in 2021, so never got to see the rise of recent times,
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culminating in this historic promotion to the football league. while dave roberts himself may not be here these days to serve the teas at this incredible moment in the club's history, bromley football club have made sure he's still very much a part of the story by recreating the dave roberts tea hut, just like the one at which he used to volunteer — a shrine to the fan who took the club onto the big screen. thanks to the film, roy and derek, two of the original bromley boys, part of dave's gang, now enjoys celebrity status wherever they go, and they still get their refreshments from the tea hut as they embrace this moment of history. dream come true. a dream come true, absolutely, yeah. if you wrote this book 20 years ago that we'd be in the efl, you'd have been locked up. bromley can now get 5,000 fans rather than 50, with their new stands and state of the art facilities. it's largely down to the investment of owner robin stanton gleaves, and while now looking to the future, he won't be forgetting the past and dave roberts. i think it would...it
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would have been a lovely way for him to have seen, um... he is a dear name and a dear person to many people around here. and i guess what we're doing now is another romantic story. i'm so sad that he's not here to see the glory, that all the success that he manufactured, he started. but i'm sure he's still looking down on us. i yeah. i'm sure he's looking down on us. but this is a great legacy... yeah — ..that he's left us. yeah _ it's making a lot of people happy. well, the new efl season starts tonight. four matches in all. relegated sheffield united are away at preston north end in the championship, while derby's first match after being promoted has them go to blackburn. follow all of those games on the bbc sport website tonight. before we go a quick look at the olympic medals table seeing that team gb have added another gold. it's 14 now, level with hosts france, who have more overall. the usa and china are way ahead
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at the top with australia third. you can of course head to the bbc website for more. the set of their favourite film or tv show. ben boulos has been to one famous yorkshire farm which is proving popular with fans. emmerdale theme. you could well be forgiven for thinking you're looking at the newest addition to the cast of emmerdale. i'm not, but i am here on the set where they film the show and i've come to find out about set tours, like this one happening today, and the rise in popularity of uk days out. now a little secret for you. we have people travel from around
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the world to come here. you know, i do these tours every weekend. we have people from new zealand, south africa, canada. they fly in even from the caribbean to spend time here. yorkshire's a very, very special place. well, we're from kaikoura in new zealand and we came here especially for the emmerdale tour. it was really high on our priority of things to do when we came here. really keen. you must be big fans of the show, then? yeah, we are. i started first and brought him in and now he loves it, as well. we watch it together every night. huge fans. this, it was bought as a christmas present from one of our sons. - i was really lookingj forward to doing it. tried to choose a nice day - and we seem to have done that. yeah, i've watched it from since i probably the late '70s, early '80s. we love emmerdale. don't miss an episode. yeah _ and we're cousins and we usually try and treat ourselves to a full day out somewhere. and this was one of the ideas. and i kept saying i've never been, its on my bucket list, we've got to do it. people who are coming to the uk to come on holiday that might usually spend most of their time
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in london, at london—based attractions, and coming up to, you know, leeds and manchester to visit emmerdale and coronation street. it's bringing that tourism further north. spending time in our hotels, our restaurants and our bars and enjoying the beautiful countryside and the other things to see and do in the north of england. part of the appeal of tours like this one is people having the chance to take photos outside the iconic locations from their favourite shows, and the same is true of other film and tv sets, as well, which are also proving popular. the bbc series peaky blinders, although set in birmingham, is filmed across the north west of england, with tours focusing on the liverpool locations. meanwhile, fans of game of thrones are drawn to belfast for the official studio tour of the hbo hit. and one of britain's most famous tv streets attracts 1,000 visitors a day wanting to tread its iconic cobbles. but with many family budgets under pressure, what about the cost? if you wander around manchester
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and the northern quarter you will see new york as you saw it in captain america. if you walk through bath, you will find bridgerton. if you go to oxford, well, it's lewis and endeavour and of course harry potter. so whether you want to have an indulgent family day out or whether you're working to a budget, you will find something in britain to entertain you and the family. whether fantasy, fiction or farm, it seems viewers are increasingly keen to not only watch but step in to their favourite shows. ben boulos, bbc news. now the weather with tomasz. high, therei high, there i think the tourist board is going to like this for customers in mediterranean heat in the next few days, whether you like it or not, gradually turning were humid through the weekend, but for the time being a case of atlantic winds, brisk across the north of the
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uk, here is the satellite picture with the radar superimposed earlier on. you can see showers across scotland, northern ireland, some in the north—west, pressure lines, isobars, the closer together, the more brisk westerlies are. you can see colder in the north—west, temperatures typically the high teens, but across the book of england and wales, 20s, mid 20s across east anglia and the south—east. it will get hotter over the next few days. this evening and overnight, it looks fine, but so clear weather, showers continuing in scotland. later in the night we see this murky area of weather, thicker cloud, may be some drizzly conditions for wales in the south—west, this often happens when we start to see more humid conditions spreading out of the south or south—west. i think tomorrow both in the morning and afternoon, let's say broadly the southern half of the uk may be quite cloudy to start with. then i think it will brighten up, but some rain possible here and there. the south coast could be sunny. i think beautiful weather for the north—east
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of england, the lakes come into northern ireland, and showers continue across scotland. so regional differences, i think, for saturday. sunday, beautifulweather. saturday. sunday, beautiful weather. lots saturday. sunday, beautifulweather. lots of sunshine, the hot air starting to spread in from the near continent. temperature widely across england and wales into the 20, almost certainly hitting 30 in one or two spots. then getting even hotter as we head into monday, hot mediterranean are spreading from spain, through france, towards the uk but not reaching everyone, not scotland or northern ireland. in fact far from scotland or northern ireland. in fact farfrom it, on monday scotland or northern ireland. in fact far from it, on monday we could see storms early in the day across northern ireland, scotland and perhaps parts of northern england, maybe even wales. and it depends on the weather, just how hot it's going to get across parts of central, southern and eastern england. the mid 30s i certainly possible but more of a conservative estimate at this stage perhaps the low 30s here and there. still nowhere near as
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hot, of course, across scotland and northern ireland. if you like the heat, enjoy it, it will be short lived because after monday, certainly tuesday and wednesday and thursday, we will see weather fronts lining up like buses across the atlantic which will basically waft away all of that mediterranean heat. so a couple of days of hot weather and they're much cooler. back to you. good stuff, thank you for that. that's all from today's bbc news at one. enjoy the rest of the day. goodbye. hello you are watching bbc news. huw huw edwards has been asked to return
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