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‘tryto ‘try to climb into the drawers they try to climb into the drawers it dips over. brody tries to save his brothers. he eventually lifts the chest, getting the boy out. their parents decided to share this video to raise awareness of the dangers of not bolting heavy furniture to the wall. a very narrow escape. time for a look at the weather now. we are seeing changes in the weather today. it's going to be up and down all week. on the whole, we have much more cloud across the uk today. here in cumbria, for example, a grey scene from earlier. still some sunshine to be found after the frosty start, we have sunshine in wiltshire. the best of the sunshine will be towards the south—west and south wales. there is the extent of the cloud. a lot is quite thin, especially across more eastern areas. the thickest cloud is arriving across the north of scotla nd arriving across the north of scotland where we have some rain and
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drizzle here and there, a strong wind, mind you and that wind will strengthen after dark. something brighter perhaps across south—east scotland, can't rule out a light shower across northern ireland, into north—west england and wales. brighter to the east of the pennines and still sunshine across southern—most parts of england. here temperatures are slow to rise and will fall quickly during this evening. in general, more cloud overnight and that will drift slowly south wards bringing rain or drizzle here and there. a brisk wind picking up, especially around north sea coasts. for many of us frost—free. we have to be careful in the south—west and later for northern parts of the uk, scotland and north—east england, where the cloud is more tenuous, may be frost here and there. on wednesday a weather front is coming in, ahead of that we have more cloud and rain or drizzle,
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that sinking to the south—west. behind the weather front we have clearer air, so increasing amounts of sunshine tomorrow. a cold wind will threaten a shower or two down the north sea coasts and even though there will be more sunshine it will still feel on the chilly side and with light winds inland and clear skies by the time we get to thursday this is how things could look, a widespread frost inland. it won't be as cold in northern ireland, the far south—west of england, because there will be more cloud. also a stronger wind near eastern coastal areas. away from the spots temperatures could be down to minus six, possibly colder. one or two mist and fog patchles. a lot of sunshine for most on thursday. still more cloud in the south—west and particularly across northern ireland and signs of change towards the end of the week. we will find these weather fronts pushing in from the atlantic bringing rain and lifting temperatures, it shouldn't
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be as cold as we head into the weekend. more details can be found online. our main story: a man has died in a police shooting on the m62 in huddersfield and five men have been arrested: that's all from the bbc news. good afternoon. time for the sport now. it could be a hugely important evening for arsenal, who travel to play bournemouth. a win for arsene wenger‘s side will move them to within six points of leaders chelsea, who play tottenham tomorrow. wenger admits that it's been difficult for his players to keep the pressure on chelsea after their 13 successive league wins, but says his team have got to dig deep, starting with this evening's game. at the moment, chelsea wins every
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single game, they are comfortable up front. so we havejust single game, they are comfortable up front. so we have just a single game, they are comfortable up front. so we havejust a handgun single game, they are comfortable up front. so we have just a handgun and try to win our next game and hope that at some stage that the results turn in our favour. that at some stage that the results turn in ourfavour. but that at some stage that the results turn in our favour. but the only thing that we can do... in four game —— days we lost to mako games, that is the handicap today. also tonight, paul clement is likely to be watching from the stands as swansea city take on crystal palace at selhurst park. the swans are looking to tie up the deal, which will see clement become manager of the club, to replace bob bradley who was sacked last week. clement's present club, bayern munich, have this morning named a successor to the englishman as assistant to coach carlo ancelotti. tonight's other game sees stoke take on watford. west ham are appealing against a red ca rd west ham are appealing against a red card against manchester united in their 2—0 defeat yesterday. card against manchester united in
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their 2-0 defeat yesterday. referee mike dean gave a player a straight red card mike dean gave a player a straight red ca rd after mike dean gave a player a straight red card after a collision with united defender philjones. red card after a collision with united defender philjones. world number 10 johanna konta has continued her winning start to the season. she's through to the quarter—finals of the shenchen open in china. the briton recovered from a set down, and being a break down in the second, to beat american varnia king. konta wrapped up the match in just over an hour and a half, 1—6, 6—3, 6—2. staying with tennis, and sir andy murray plays jeremy chardy of france in the opening round of the qatar open later this afternoon — with the briton insisting that novak djokovic will remain his biggest obstacle in retaining his world number one ranking. the pair are seeded one and two in doha, and if the seedings work out correctly, will meet in the final on sunday. murray then moves on to australia in a bid to win that major title for the first time, but djokovic is first in murray's sights. we played many matches over the yea rs we played many matches over the years and slams, played at the
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olympics, and obviously the match at the end of last year for number one ranking, so we competed many times against each otherfor ranking, so we competed many times against each other for some of the biggest prizes. yes, hopefully it will be the same again this year. andy has had an incredible 2016, especially the second part of the year, and definitely deserved to be crowned as number one in the world in the end. it is great to have him on the tournament, rafa was here la st on the tournament, rafa was here last year. this tournament, the qatar open, has always attracted the top players of the world. it is the best tournament in this category for many years. australia batsman david warner created a piece of cricket history this morning — scoring a century before lunch, on the opening day of the third test against pakistan in sydney. warner tookjust 78 balls to get to three figures, and only four other players have ever managed to score a century in the very first session of a test. he was eventually out for 113, but matt renshaw rammed home australia's advantage. he's playing in only
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his fourth test. he was actually born in middlesbrough, but has lived in australia since he was ten. he's 167 not out at close of play, with australia on 365—3. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. thank you very much, see you later. good afternoon, this is bbc news. we will begin this half—hour with a story that has just emerged. the resignation of the uk's ambassador to the eu. just two months before formal brexit talks are due to start. sir ivan rogers told his office today that he would be stepping down from his post early. he was appointed by former prime minister david cameron in november 2013. the reasons for sir ivan rogers‘ resignation have not been revealed.
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let's speak to our political correspondent iain watson at westminster. is itfairto is it fair to say that this has come out of the blue was mac it has indeed. financial times seemed to get wind of this first and it surprised some people in downing street when they were as to the comment on the news and it has been confirmed by downing street now and the foreign office that sir ivan rogers has resigned as the british ambassador to the eu. we do not have a resignation letter and he has not set out the reasons for his early departure, he was supposed to stand down in november and is going months before article 50, the process of leaving the european union, is triggered, and he is one of the most experienced negotiators with other member states. it is possible the bbc exclusive story has something to do with this. last month, the bbc reported he was reporting the views
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of other eu member states over that negotiation and he suggested some felt it could take ten years to get a trade to deal with the rest of the eu and there would be difficulties ratifying it and that eu parliaments in 27 month states would be asked whether they accepted that deal or not. some leave campaigners including dominic grappa —— dominic raab was saying sir ivan rogers was overly pessimistic and many others felt the advice he gave to the prime minister was very downbeat because of his long—standing pro—eu return charles, his previous colleague was leon britton and he worked closely with kenneth clarke, one of the most prominent pro—eu voices in the conservatives. he worked with tony blairon conservatives. he worked with tony blair on global issues and david cameron before david cameron about
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on that renegotiation ahead of the eu negotiation, so leave campaigners did not like his advice. he was meant to meet other representatives every week and return and tell downing street and the british government their thoughts on the forthcoming brexit negotiations. so losing him just before negotiations is quite significant. hopefully, we will find out more today about the reasons behind this, but the bottom line is the timing. he is hugely experienced and well respected among other european countries, how much ofa other european countries, how much of a blow is it in that sense, it in terms of the pure negotiations and the difficult period ahead for britain? this would not be surprising news to downing street if they had agreed his departure because it was felt better somebody else got in place before negotiations began. if it looks like his term of office was ending this
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year and he would stick to that timetable, perhaps it is more sensible to bring somebody else said at the beginning. but a man of his departure suggests this was not a great strategic decision —— but the manner of. labour mp hilary benn who chairs the cross—party committee in the house of commons looking at britain's brexit plans, has said it isa britain's brexit plans, has said it is a bad thing to lose such an experienced negotiation desha negotiated before negotiations get under way and he wants sir ivan rogers replaced as quickly as possible. the centre for european reform says this is a big blow and he is one of the few people they have suggested in senior positions in whitehall who knows the eu inside out and that could put us at a disadvantage in negotiations. relief campaigners could say he helped renegotiate david cameron's deal which was not good and did not
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convince the british people, so if they say they are regretting his departure, they will be crying crocodile tears, i think. departure, they will be crying crocodile tears, ithink. many thanks, we will talk to you a lot over the afternoon about this. from westminster, thank you. and mentioning hilary benn, we hope to speak to him within the power about that so we will keep you up—to—date about that story. a paralympic athlete and mbe—awarded disabilities campaigner says she was forced to wet herself on a train because it didn't have an accessible toilet. anne wafula strike says that she was left humiliated after the three—hour journey on a crosscountry train with no working disabled toilet. despite her embarrassment, she told my colleague, joanna gosling, she decided to go public in the hope it will bring about change for disabled people. i felt very vulnerable and i felt really exposed. i felt humiliated. ijust felt like i was in this big world, that nobody was taking
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notice that i existed, and i needed to use a toilet. we are talking about a basic need, basic right that a human being deserves. and i don't think this should be happening in this century. so when did you decide that you wanted to actually start to talk about it publicly? when it first happened to me, i couldn't even look at myself in the mirror because i was so embarrassed that i had actually wet myself. and one day, i woke up, i looked at myself in the mirror and i said... i just realised that i am not the only one who is experiencing this. i know so many other people with disabilities are going through different and very difficult issues, and i said to myself, well, i've got to speak. and i'm just hoping that by me coming public, it's going to end all these things
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we go on about, self—censorship, and we should just realise that when bad things are happening to us, we need to have a voice, we need to speak. because when that was going on on the train, when i wet myself, i didn't have a voice. it was all taken away from me. and i feel that i now have a voice to speak against it, because i should notjust sit and lie in the bed and want to have dignity, when it was all taken away during that incident, and allow other people to suffer the same. stay with us, i want to bring in sue bott, from disabled rights uk, what do you think about this? i'm just appalled. i think you're a very brave woman, anne, for coming out and explaining what happened to you. and i really hope that you doing that has a lot of good. i'm sure this has happened to disabled people in the past, but they haven't felt confident, or been able to come
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and speak publicly about it. unfortunately, i think that we still have a kind of tick— box mentality towards disability and access. so we tick the box that the toilet is there, on the train, we don't think about how we need to consider that it's working all the time. there has been a brief statement from crosscountry trains, saying that what happened to anne is completely unacceptable and they are investigating. they said the circumstances of the journey were unacceptable. it's the first time they have been aware of such a situation happening on one of their trains. they say... that was anne wafula strike. the
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paralympian that was anne wafula strike. the pa ralympian who was that was anne wafula strike. the paralympian who was involved in that big problem on the train. we will have business news coming up but we are going to talk more about the breaking news this lunchtime, the breaking news this lunchtime, the resignation of sir ivan rogers as the uk's ambassador to the european union, this happening months before brexit negotiations begin. let's speak as promised the labour's hilary benn. he is the chair of the brexit select committee and hejoins chair of the brexit select committee and he joins me chair of the brexit select committee and hejoins me via webcam. your thoughts on this apparently unexpected resignation is the mark
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first, good afternoon. yes, this news has taken everybody by surprise. it is reported that sir ivan rogers was stepping down in november anyway, but it is not clear from the statement and the comments that have been made since he informed his staff exactly when he is going to go, immediately or whether there is a handover period. we are about to embark upon a country —— as a country the most significant negotiations for decades now withdrawal from the european union, and the outcome affects every pa rt union, and the outcome affects every part of the country, every area of oui’ part of the country, every area of our national life, business, industry, jobs, families. it is not a good thing to have the person at the top in brussels, because sir ivan rogers occupies an important place, to talk to the other member states, to convey the british government's policy and approach and to report back on as we and without
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fear or favour, what other member states are saying, which is crucial information, given what we will get out of negotiations depends on what the 27 member states are prepared to give. what do you want to hear from the government about his replacement, about what happens next? we need clarity about when sir ivan is going, he has had a long and distinguished career and he is highly regarded within whitehall and amongst the other member states, but we need continuity. especially at this time. negotiations could begin as soon as the beginning of april because the government wants to trigger article thing of the two give formal negotiation we are leaving —— article 50. he or she who replaces him need a period working with sir ivan to get to know people come to pick up the reins, and we do not have time to lose. it could not
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bea not have time to lose. it could not be a more difficult time to organise a handover. iwould be a more difficult time to organise a handover. i would expect to hear from ministers quickly exactly when sir ivan is going and how soon they will announce his replacement. you will announce his replacement. you will know there have been reports in the press recently about him taking, should we say, a pessimistic view perhaps of the situation, is that a contributory factor in this, do you feel? the honest answer is we do not know, but the job of civil servants and certainly the job of the head know, but the job of civil servants and certainly thejob of the head of oui’ and certainly thejob of the head of our permanent representation in brussels, is to report back to ministers and tell them what other people are saying. some criticism was unfair because it was not his sir ivan‘s views being expressed, it was what the people had said about the length of time it could take to negotiate a new free—trade agreement with the european union, how long it
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could potentially take. civil serva nts to could potentially take. civil servants to not report back honestly to ministers about what they hear, it is hard for ministers to do their jobs and it is what we expect from civil servants, so it is wrong to criticise civil servants as some did for reporting back on what other people have told them. this intelligence and information is crucial to the negotiations. at the moment, our european partners, and we have met a number of parliamentarians who have talked to the select committee informally, and they tend to say, until we know what they tend to say, until we know what the british government is looking for, it is hard to say what our response is going to be. we need to know what the other side thinks and has to say and that is why it is so important that vital post is filled as quickly as possible. hilary benn, thank you very much indeed. you might have another call! thank you very much. hilary benn, for labour, the chair of the exiting the eu
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select committee, more on that story after two o'clock. we will get the business use, i promise, injust a moment to. today's headlines first. britain's top diplomat to the european union, sir ivan rogers, has resigned months before the brexit negotiations are likely to begin. police have shot a man dead during what they're describing as a pre—planned operation to stop a car on the m62 in huddersfield. he has been named locally. turkish police launch raids in istanbul, as they continue their hunt for the gunman who killed 39 people at a nightclub on new year's eve. good afternoon. in the business news: british manufacturing growth climbed to a two—and—a—half—year high last month, the quickest pace sincejune 2014 and a much stronger figure than analysts were expecting.
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it was fuelled by rising orders from both home and abroad. the weaker pound helped boost overseas orders, but firms are still facing high cost pressures. thousands of homes for first—time buyers will be built this year, according to the government. 30 areas across england are to receive funding from the £1.2 billion "starter homes land fund" — which develops on brownfield sites. buyers must be aged between 23 and a0 and will receive a discount of at least 20% off market value. today is take—back tuesday — the day all those unwanted presents get sent back. it's the flip side of the rise in online shopping, matching the rise in deliveries, but it also means overload for the post office, which says there will be a rise of more than 50% in returns against december‘s daily average. president—elect donald trump is to nominate the lawyer robert lighthizer as the us trade representative.
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this is a hugely sensitive position. remember, trump was dead set against the 12—nation trans—pacific partnership pact, and has taken a tough stance on trade with china, joining me from the floor of the new york stock exchange is samira hussain. what we know about mr lighthizer? he was the deputy trade representative in the reagan administration and he has since been working in the private sector for manufacturing companies in the us, in terms of what they are dealing with with trade with other countries. importantly, trade with other countries. importa ntly, has trade with other countries. importantly, has been someone who is critical of free—trade agreements and if you look back to the 2008 us presidential election whenjohn mccain was the republican representative for the party, he spoke out against mr mccain. and his
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looking to free trade policy, saying free trade is not in line with conservative values. so the fact he is anti—free trade agreements is very much in line with what we have heard from the president—elect, with regards to the trans—pacific partnership and trade agreements already in agreement like the north american free trade agreement. any idea about his feelings towards china? we can certainly expect he is going to be quite critical of china, as is the president—elect. the president—elect has said he wants to levy harsh tariffs and china and to really sort of push back against china's devaluing of its currency and the impact it has a manufacturing in the united states, soa manufacturing in the united states, so a lot of tough talk with regards to china. and this new representative to the us, this new appointment to the us trade representative position was certain he be in line with that thinking.
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what about the markets, are they starting in good heart? we started well, 30 or a0 points up in the uk. the talk at the end of 2016 is whether we would see the dour 20,000, we did not, but the good cheer we saw towards the end of the year it will continue to the beginning of this year because we are looking towards a trump administration and people are looking to less regulation is happening and proposed tax cuts and possibly the infrastructure built, all of which could boost some sectors of the us markets. and in turn, boost markets over the 2017. thank you very much. from the states. the markets here... a lot of it is the oil price, which has gone up just over 2%, $116. that is because
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on sunday, we had that deal signed by opec and non—opec countries saying they were going to freeze or cut back on production, which came into effect on sunday. how effective it is going to be, we will find out but the markets seem to think it is good for the oil price. that's all the business news. a quick update from west yorkshire police about the shooting dead of a man on the m62. police confirming the operation was relating to information received about criminal possession of a firearm which is what instigated that and five people we re what instigated that and five people were arrested in total, they are still in custody. police are saying. much more from two o'clock, before that, the weather. the temperatures will be up and down
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as we will see in a moment. some changes from yesterday, across england and wales. more cloud around and this was great in cumbria. some sunshine towards the south—west of the uk, in wiltshire. you can see the uk, in wiltshire. you can see the extent of the cloud, it is then in places and drifting southwards at the thickest cloud across the north of the mainland of scotland, where we continue to see rain and drizzle over the next couple of hours. the winds continue to strengthen after darkin winds continue to strengthen after dark in the northern isles. something brighter across the south east of scotland, some showers possible for northern ireland, over the irish sea and into the north west of england and wales, brighter to the east of the pennines. the best weather in the south, especially the south—west, south wales and the channel islands, but temperatures slow the rise and they fall quickly this evening with the clear skies. more cloud tonight, trickling south amer and you can see
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some rain or drizzle. strengthening winds along the north sea coast means temperatures stay up. mostly frost free but in the south—west and scotla nd frost free but in the south—west and scotland and north east england, temperatures not far from freezing. for most of us, it starts frost free on wednesday but a weather front here which is very significant because had of it, we have got more cloud and some rain or drizzle which is sinking to the south—west. behind it, cleaner and clearer air which means increasing sunshine. a cold wind going down the north sea coasts, threatening showers. many places dry and sunny, but it feels chilly. light winds and clear skies overnight, a recipe forfrost chilly. light winds and clear skies overnight, a recipe for frost early thursday. widespread frost inland, not as cold in northern ireland. more cloud around the north sea coasts, with a stronger wind.
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elsewhere, temperatures —6 or maybe lower and some mist and fog patches in the west country and parts of scotland. a lot of sunshine on thursday and a bright winter's day towards the south—west and northern ireland he been more cloud. a chilly day on thursday with mild air towards the end of the week. we will get more of an atlantic influence with the weather fronts across the uk to bring outbreaks of rain. this is bbc news. i'm jane hill. the headlines at 2pm... britain's top diplomat to the eu, sir ivan rogers, resigns, and he had been expected to play a key role in the brexit talks. a man is shot dead by police near the m62 in huddersfield. he's been named locally as yasser yaqub. in turkey police make 12 arrests as they continue their hunt for the gunman who killed 39 people
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at a nightclub. in the next hour... marking the 100th anniversary of one of the bloodiest battles of the first world war... the battle of passchendaele claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of allied and german soldiers. special events will take place over the summer. and, going full circle: how vinyl is making comeback, with sales last year reaching a 25—year high.
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