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hello. this is breakfast, with ben thompson and rachel burden. failure to prepare for a breakdown in brexit talks would be a serious "dereliction of duty," according to mp5. the warning for the government comes ahead of a debate on the eu exit bill. the brexit secretary is calling for the house of commons not to "sabotage" the process. good morning, it's sunday the 12th of march. riot police break up a rally in support of the turkish president in rotterdam after he described the dutch as "fascists." renewed calls for a centralised database for taxi drivers in england to avoid putting the public at risk. julia derbyshire‘s father adrian tells us why he has decided to share photos of his deceased daughter online, taking her life up bullying.
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—— after lynn. in sport, england are six nations champions once again. they win the calcutta cup after a 61—21 win over scotland, a record equalling 18th victory in a row for england. my stomach, my head, my senses are all over the place. that was what, five laps? you do that for 50 minutes! yes, 50 minutes. mike takes a spin with esme hawkey — the 18—year—old racer hoping to take the world of motorsport by storm. and louise lear has the weather. good morning. it is a messy sunday morning with the weather. a cloudy, mild start. there is some rain around, but also some sun. i will have all the details coming up. good morning. first, our main story. an influential committee of mps has today warned that the government would be guilty of "a serious dereliction of duty" if it fails to plan for brexit talks ending without a deal. the legislation to start the exit process will be debated in parliament tomorrow. in advance, the brexit secretary david davis has called on mps to reject the amendments put forward
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by the house of lords. our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins reports. we all know what to set britain on the road to brexit, last year's referendum victory for leave. but we don't know what brexit will actually look and feel like. nine months on, a cross—party committee of mps is warning that the coming negotiations could stall or be derailed. their report says a complete breakdown in the talks would be very destructive, damaging both the eu and the uk, and the mps argue that the government is not planning sufficiently for a painful no deal outcome. as the prime minister prepares to trigger the formal start to the brexit process later this month, a government spokesperson has responded to the report by saying that david davis, the secretary of state for exiting the european union, had briefed the cabinet last month on the need to prepare not just for a negotiated settlement but also for the unlikely scenario in which no mutually
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satisfactory agreement could be reached. ministers are said to be confident britain can achieve a positive new partnership with the eu, including competence of agreement on trade. ahead of tomorrow's debate, brexit secretary david davis has called on mps to leave the legislation unaltered. let's get more on this now from our political correspondent, susana mendonca. just talk us through what he is saying. this is the amendments that the lords wanted the commons to make. he is saying don't touch it, send it back? he is worried that a handful of tory mps might rebel on this. if that happens, potentially those amendments would have to stand. those amendments include guaranteeing the rights of eu citizens to remain in the uk, and also giving parliament a say in looking at the final deal when it is
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made eventually. now, what david davis is saying is that if that is set in law, it ties theresa may's hands behind her back, she will not be able to go into the negotiations with freedom to, i suppose, get the deal she is after. so he is urging those mps not to take that stands. they have a verbal agreement that parliament would get to have a say on the deal at the end, but certainly the government is clearly worried about that. whatever happens in the commons, it then goes back to the lords, so the question will be, if it goes back to the laws without those amendments, whether the lords than reimpose them. —— the lords. if everything goes as planned, the government could potentially be in a position where it can trigger article 50 this week. we will be watching that very closely. susannah, thank you. a diplomatic row between the netherlands and turkey has worsened as the dutch government prevented two turkish ministers from addressing a rally in rotterdam. dutch riot police used water cannons to break up hundreds of turkish supporters who'd gathered to demonstrate against
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the dutch government's decision. earlier the turkish president described the dutch as "nazi remnants and fascists" as sarah corker reports. in the centre of rotterdam, dutch riot police were brought in to disperse hundreds of pro—turkish demonstrators. they are angry because the dutch government banned a rally in the city about next month's referendum to expand the powers of the turkish president. these extraordinary scenes came just hours after the turkish foreign minister was stopped from entering her consulate in the city. she was later detained and escorted out of the country. the netherlands had blocked president erdogan‘s supporters from holding referendum rallies because of security concerns, but deporting an official takes this row to a new level. in ankara, protesters threw eggs at the dutch embassy. there were demonstrations in istanbul as well. it all started on saturday when another minister was blocked from landing in the netherlands.
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that provoked these harsh words from president erdogan. translation: they don't know anything about politics or international diplomacy. they are very nervous, and cowards. they are nazi remnants, they are fascists. the dutch prime minister described that fascist comparison as "crazy." this row is intensifying, and these scenes mark a new low in diplomatic relations between turkey and the netherlands. the metropolitan police have been given more money to continue their investigation into the disappearance of madeleine mccann in portugal ten years ago. operation grange, which was launched in 2011, will get an extra £85,000. scotland yard has refused to comment on newspaper reports that they have identified an individual they want to question. the government is being urged
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to create a central database for taxi drivers in england and wales. an investigation by 5live has found that some drivers who've had their licence revoked are continuing to work after getting a licence from another council, as danni hewson reports. you can hear more you can hear more on you can hear more on that story at 11 o'clock this morning. the singerjoni sledge who, with her three sisters, had a number of disco hits in the ‘70s, has died at the age of 60. the band sister sledge was formed in 1971 with their biggest hit we are family hitting the charts eight years later. three of the sisters have continued to record music, last performing together in october last year. they had high hopes, but lincoln city's historic fa cup run has finally come to an end.
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the first non—league side to reach the quarterfinals in over a century lost 5—0 to arsenal yesterday. almost 9,000 lincoln fans made the trip to north london and roared their side on till the end, and despite the heavy defeat, they weren't going home with heavy hearts, as adam wild reports. even when faced with the impossible... lincoln city! ...somehow, some will always find a little hope. 9,000 lincoln city fans making the journey, all armed with the same simple question: what if? even against the superstars of arsenal, lincoln refused to know their place. nathan arnold's surge and shot was so nearly the moment that lincoln management dreamed of. before half—time, those dreams were fading, theo walcott putting arsenal ahead. from there, they didn't look back. 0livier giroud added a second, before the moment lincoln's luck deserted them altogether — luke waterfall putting the ball into his own net. arsenal added two
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more to make it five. lincoln's astonishing run was brought to an abrupt end. for lincoln, this perhaps was always an impossible task. but these fans head home with their heads held high, proud of their little bit of history that they have made, and pleased with the memories they are taking away. we got this far and we have done well. i think maybe we could have done a bit better, but you can't blame the team, you can't blame danny. it was a great day! it's fine. for 45 minutes we managed it. arsene wenger was worried sick. that is the best team that he can put out, which is a testament to lincoln, really. it is arsenal who go on to wembley, but it is lincoln who have written this story. beaten, yes, proud, undoubtedly. it's not just the streets that are turning green in chicago to mark st patrick's day — the river is too! julia derbyshire was 16 years
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old when she died after attempting to take her own life following years of bullying. she would have turned 18 this week, and her father has decided to share distressing photos of her in hospital to raise awareness about bullying and youth mental health. we're going to show one of those pictures now, because he feels it's important to make the image public. when this was taken, julia was in a coma and died shortly afterwards. her father adrian is here this morning to talk aboutjulia, and his decision to share these photos. good morning. tell us about julia. what an amazing girlshe was, tell us about julia. what an amazing girl she was, vibrant, articulate, intellectual. goofy. a typical teenager, who loved music and just hanging out with herfriends. she was an amazing person. talk us
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through that decision to take the photo. it must have been incredibly distressing to do so at the time. i know you have not been able to look at it since. why release it now?“ i'm honest with you, it was because of my talks at schools. as a former great britain athlete i wanted to inspire children in schools, to get them to be the best they could eat, but also talk about accountability in what they put online, and say online. and what they access. i have been to speak to over 200,000 children. they lose faith. children loose faith very quickly in themselves, inhumanity, in the community, due to what is going on around them. after speaking to 200,000, ijust felt around them. after speaking to 200,000, i just felt i around them. after speaking to 200,000, ijust felt i had to do something more. 200,000 children, thatis something more. 200,000 children, that is a lot to do, but nothing is
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changing, unfortunately, regarding awareness of mental health. it was julia's 18th awareness of mental health. it was julia's18th birthday, and instead of sharing champagne with her to celebrate, i was delivering flowers to her grave. i thought, something needs to be done. i need to engage a bit more. i think it was a shock factor as well. i wanted to shock people, to make them really understand that teenage self harm and suicide needs to be wrought up a little bit more. —— brought up. i took a series of four riches of julia when she was literally minutes of death, because i knew one day i would have to up the anti—to raise awareness. “— would have to up the anti—to raise awareness. —— series of four pictures. everybody will appreciate how difficult that was for europe, it isa how difficult that was for europe, it is a very private moment. but also, it is important to say that the reason an individual might attempt to take their own life is
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often extremely complex. do you feel that the abuse she received online was a significant factor? hugely. julia was not born with mental health issues. lots of people are not. but they acquired as mental health issues, as they learnt behaviour, it is what has happened in their life. julia was a bubbly, vivacious young woman, but coming out to her friends, vivacious young woman, but coming out to herfriends, who vivacious young woman, but coming out to her friends, who then let the entire school no... so it was about her sexuality initially, that is how it started? that is correct. she was beautiful and lovely, so there was probably jealousy as well. beautiful and lovely, so there was probablyjealousy as well. it beautiful and lovely, so there was probably jealousy as well. it was initially regarding her sexuality, her thinking, am initially regarding her sexuality, herthinking, ami initially regarding her sexuality, herthinking, am i gay, am i not, just wanting to find herself. and not being able to explore that in a safe space? exactly. unfortunately she was surrounded by hate. she just couldn't get away from it. you have talked a lot about speaking to young
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people and you talk about education. there are many things here, but there are two ee shoes. 0ne there are many things here, but there are two ee shoes. one is online bullying, another is used mental health. about education, what you want to see change? we have sex education in schools. i don't see why we don't have mental health education, bullying and accountability and other types of education like that in schools. it is rife. seven out of ten teenagers are affected is rife. seven out of ten teenagers a re affected by is rife. seven out of ten teenagers are affected by mental health due to bullying, one in three self harm. these are big numbers. i think mental health is highly underfunded, even though it has risen by 78%, it is still highly underfunded, and kids are still not getting this opportunity to get help and parents are not getting the opportunity to understand more with regards to what is going on with their children. and i think it starts for me, awareness in schools and getting kids accountable for their actions, talking about being the best that they can be, and being positive role
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models for one another. speaking about who they are talking to online. making sure that what they put online is safe. it starts in schools, it starts in home communication with their parents as well. all extremely important messages, and we are very grateful new coming on and talking to us.|j appreciate it, thank you for having me. likely to be believed than one who is sober at the time." is as a female judge's warning that drunk women are putting themselves at greater risk of rape have caused a lot of controversy over the last couple of days. during the sentencing of a man who raped an 18—year—old woman, judge lindsey kushner qc said, "girls are perfectly entitled to drink themselves into the ground, but should be aware potential defendants to rape gravitate towards girls who have been drinking. if push comes to shove, a girl who has been drunk is less likely to be believed than one who is sober at the time." let's talk about this a bit more now, with emily jacob, a rape survivor and sexual abuse campaigner. the only way to avoid rape is for
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perpetrators to stop raping and the fa ct perpetrators to stop raping and the fact that even if we were to stay at home for the whole of our lives we would not be able to avoid rape, it is just really quite offensive, actually, to be told that if you had only done them. and you work in this field, providing support to beat them is of rape and assault. in the immediate aftermath of your incident, was the fact that you had been drinking a factor in preventing you, feeling less able to go and talk to the police about it?|j you, feeling less able to go and talk to the police about it? i think the fact that i had been drinking made me wonder if it was something that i would be believed about,
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whereas actually the fact that i had been drinking or to have made it a much more open and shut case, because i couldn't have been consenting. unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the pervasive idea in society, or even in the law. but if somebody is blacked out unconscious, surely they are unable to say yes and therefore it is obviously rape. so it is kind of quite counterintuitive to me that when people have been drinking they are when people have been drinking they a re less when people have been drinking they are less likely to be believed, whereas actually they should be more likely to be believed. where do you draw the line between trying to educate young women on how best to protect themselves, and when does that become victim blaming? well, i don't think that the conversation
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about how we should be protecting ourselves as helpful at all. i feel that, yes, we should be open and open eyed to the crazy... not crazy, but to the people out there who are going to try and take advantage of us. we should be open eyed to that, but actually, all the rhetoric around how we can protect ourselves just as to the self belief that we might have been able to, and therefore we must have done something wrong, and therefore we must have possibly stepped out of line in some way. and therefore deserved it. actually what society asa deserved it. actually what society as a whole needs to do is to change that rhetoric to one which is much more supportive of victims, one that says that actually it was always just because the rapist raped you. it wasn't that you were drinking, it
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wasn't that you address was too short, it wasn't that you walked home at night. it wasn't that you stayed home, it wasn't that you were running in the park. it wasn't all the things that could have been that meant that you are in that position at that time. the only thing that caused the rapist to rape you was that he was a rapist. thank you very much indeed. appreciate your time, and we will be talking more about this. in the next hour, we will be speaking to a barrister who specialises in sexual assault cases. you are watching breakfast from bbc news. it is time now for a look at the newspapers. ibrahim mogra is here to tell us what has caught his eye. we will speak to him in a minute. the sunday telegraph has the headline cabinet war overbudget shambles, senior tories are furious that philip hammond failed to brief them, they say, on a tax hike ma nifesto them, they say, on a tax hike manifesto reach. the paper goes on to say the chancellor had an
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hour—long briefing to cabinet collea g u es hour—long briefing to cabinet colleagues but failed to mention that a tax rise on the self—employed would be included in the budget, that clashing with a tory election promise. more politics on the front page, with the brexit secretary underfire for saying page, with the brexit secretary under fire for saying if we do not plan for if there is no deal, then it will be a dereliction of duty. that is the lead on the front of the daily mail. on the front of the 0bserver, the prime minister accused of putting the national interest at risk by failing to prepare for a real prospect that two years of those brexit negotiations could end without a deal. there has been so much talk about the potential influence russia may have, with their various spying activities, if you want to put it like that. the sunday times addresses this saying that gchq have called an emergency summit saying that there is a risk
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of cyber attacks disrupting the next general election. and the disappearance of madeleine mccann. the paper says they have identified a person they want to question and have been given an extra £85,000 to be able to follow up what the paper calls a crucial lead. inside the papers, we start off with a story about public services staff under pressure. in particular we are looking at ambulance staff. yes, indeed. with regards to our health and well—being when it comes to the nhs, when you are in need of medical help, in an emergency, this is the first point of contact with any potential help that may be forthcoming. so the 111 call handlers are under immense pressure. between one call in the next, they
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only have three seconds. added to that, they are not all adequately supported by nurses available who can makea supported by nurses available who can make a decision, a medical decision, whether the caller, whoever they are calling for, their loved one, can be sent an ambulance or not. there is a computer system that has been introduced that helps make thosejudgement that has been introduced that helps make those judgement calls. the computer tells the caller whether an ambulance should be sent or not, within 30 minutes. there is some criticism that there is an overreliance on the computer to decide when they should be sending the ambulance in the first place. clearly there is a need to identify how vital that ambulances. computers are very useful tools but when it comes to human to human encounter and interaction of a phone call, there are things you can assess and ascertain through a callout that the computer could not. one of the examples, when this caller quits, the final straw for him was he spent
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half an hour talking to a person who was on the verge of suicide and killing themselves, and he managed to talk that person out of it. and he was told off by his managers, because he had spent more than 6.5 minutes, which is the maximum they are allowed to, per call. but he saved a life. a computer could not have done that. so what we need really is for these people who are saving lives to be adequately supported, to make sure that the resources a re supported, to make sure that the resources are available to them, and the staff that can make those split—2nd decisions are available to them. let's move on to the story you have picked out here in the telegraph. preach in english at mosques, imams are to be told. this isa mosques, imams are to be told. this is a long—awaited counter extremism proposal, suggestions that in mosques of the sermons should be in english. ijust feel the government gets this horribly wrong, time and time again. and i am not sure where they are getting their advice from.
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this is my business, this is what i do, day in day out. to start with, we don't believe mosques are the places where people are taught hatred or are being encouraged to turn to violent extremism. we have had just one were two cases where the mosques have been found, in all these years of being guilty of this allegation, and they have been dealt with and everything has been sorted. iama with and everything has been sorted. i am a product of teachers who hardly spoke any english. six years of study, full—time in a seminary. i ama of study, full—time in a seminary. i am a product of such individuals. i think what is important is the mindset. that is not the language. the sermon can easily be translated into english. we have had two imams in our history, or recent history here in england, in britain, who have caused us the biggest problems. and they spoke english rather well.
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they are very well—known, and for yea rs they are very well—known, and for years they were known to be preaching hatred. so language is not an indicator of extremism. we will talk about this later on, i will quickly show you, eight —year—olds to be given lessons in happiness. it isa to be given lessons in happiness. it is a diesel something we will get into later on. —— keys of something. the andrew marr programme is on bbc one at 9am. what have you got coming up today, andrew? the big news is mps on the commons committee and the government, and what happens if there isn't a brexit deal. i am joined what happens if there isn't a brexit deal. iamjoined by what happens if there isn't a brexit deal. i am joined by the chairman of that committee and the brexit secretary himself, david davis. i have also examined the big budget row. we have the shadow business secretary and i am joined by belfast from gerry adams, the sinn fein leader. all of that plus emily sunday singing us out and the lovely actress tandy newman.
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coming up in the next half—hour: mike has been taken for a 150 mph spin by one of the teenagers hoping to make this a historic season for young women in motorsport. stay with us. headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and rachel burden. coming up before 8:00, louise will have a full weather forecast for you. but first at 7:30, a summary of this morning's main news. an influential committee of mps has today warned that government would be guilty of "a serious dereliction of duty" if it fails to plan for brexit talks ending without a deal.
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the commons foreign affairs committee said that a complete breakdown in talks would represent "a very destructive outcome, leading to mutually assured damage for the eu and the uk." the brexit secretary, david davis, has warned mps against attempting to change the bill for exiting the european union when they debate it in the commons tomorrow. mr davis says theresa may must be allowed to "get on with the job" of negotiating terms with the eu. he will ask parliament to throw out amendments to protect the rights of eu citizens living in the uk and to allow for a "meaningful" vote in the commons on the final deal. dutch riot police have used water cannons to break up a large protest outside the turkish consulate in rotterdam, as a diplomatic row between the two countries escalates. more than 1,000 people gathered outside the building when turkey's foreign minister, who was due to address a rally, had his plane turned away from the city's airport because of security concerns. turkey's president erdogan responded by calling the dutch government "nazi remnants and fascists."
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the metropolitan police have been given more money to continue their investigation into the disappearance of madeleine mccann in portugal ten years ago. 0peration grange, which was launched in 2011, will get an extra 85,000 pounds. scotland yard has refused to comment on newspaper reports that they have identified an individual they want to question. a bbc investigation has found taxi drivers who've had their licenses taken away from them are in some cases being handed another in different parts of the country. the findings have prompted the association of police and crime commissioners to renew calls to introduce a national data base of taxi drivers in england and wales. the singerjoni sledge who, with her three sisters, had a number of disco hits in the ‘70s, has died at the age of 60. the band sister sledge was formed in 1971 with their biggest hit we are family hitting the charts eight years later. three of the sisters have continued to record music, last performing together in october last year.
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"fake news" has hardly been out of the headlines in the last few weeks, and now the creator of the world wide web, sir tim berners—lee, has waded into the debate. in an open letter to mark the web's 28th anniversary, sir tim unveiled a plan to tackle data abuse and fake news, and expressed concerns about how the web is being used. sir tim said he wanted to start to combat the misuse of personal data, which he said created a "chilling effect on free speech." a turtle nicknamed jolly has been returned to the wild after having a partial flipper amputation. the 330—pound green sea turtle was hurt when she got tangled in crab lines. but after vets treated her she made a speedy recovery and was released off the florida keys last friday, just in time for the turtle nesting season. and it is the scottish rugby team
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who were flailing around yesterday. they were a bit, yes. nothing went right for them. the early scene binning, and then stuart hogg, the keeper, going off early. you have to say, jonathan joseph and england, they really cut loose. they have retained the six nations title... jonathanjoseph retained the six nations title... jonathan joseph had got retained the six nations title... jonathanjoseph had got man of the match must by half—time. jonathanjoseph had got man of the match must by half-time. yes, he was superb. they have equalled new zealand's record of 18 straight victories. so yes, it was a perfect day for england at twickenham. they can now look forward to next weekend's match against ireland with real confidence. a win in dublin would see eddiejones' side become the only team to win back—to—back grand slams since the six nations began. they ran in seven tries at twickenham. asjoe wilson reports. jj — two letters, two legs, too much for scotland. jonathanjoseph started the game, and he was england's finisher. pace and angle, attacking, running. it's been the essence of rugby ever
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since somebody picked up a ball. england now have a team to match any in its history, at least statistically. by the timejoseph completed his hat—trick early in the second half, the game was settled. scotland persevered, hampered by early indiscipline and injuries, but as they made clear, they were not here to be plucky losers. their recent performances have merited more than that. on this day, everything clicked for england. four tries gets you a bonus point. 7 makes a serious impression. so the six nations is won, and eddie jones' england is still unbeaten. we have got good players. they now have a mindset of wanting to be the best in the world. they want to keep improving. and if we keep with that mindset, keep working hard, we will be the best in the world. the memory of this match will linger long after the sponsors' logo is removed from the twickenham pitch. the calcutta cup is a legacy of history. eddie jones and england
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are looking to the future, and notjust to dublin next weekend. his project is building towards the next world cup. and he likes trophies. in the day's other game, france ran in four tries against italy to seal a bonus point victory by a0 points to 18 in rome. italy had gone in front through sergio parisse's try early on, but they now look destined once again for the wooden spoon. england's women have set up a grand slam decider with ireland next week after thrashing scotland 611—0. winger kay wilson set a new six nations record with seven tries during the game as england maintained their 100% record during this year's competition. ireland also maintained their perfect run of results beating wales by 12—7 at cardiff arms park thanks to hannah tyrrell‘s winning try. leicester are through to the final of the anglo—welsh cup after beating saracens by 32 points to 10. the tigers ran in four
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tries at allianz park, the pick of which was this effort from freddie burns 12 minutes from the end. leicester will face exeter or harlequins who play the other semi—final this afternoon. the final takes place at the stoop on saturday. ulster ran in ten tries to beat bottom club zebre in the pro 12. the 68—21 win gives them a bonus point and takes them above scarlets into fourth in the table. non—league side lincoln city's remarkable run in the fa cup is over. they were beaten 5—0 by arsenal who progress to the semi—finals. lincoln were the first non league side to reach this stage of the competition for over a century. and joining arsenal in the last four are manchester city, who won 2—0 at middlesbrough. tim hague reports. that fa cup run of 2016—17 finally at an end for nonleague lincoln city, with history and multiple memories made. more came at arsenal. in fact, the underdogs could have gone ahead against the 12—time winners. what a chance that was. but despite losing five of their last seven games,
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the hosts had so much quality, and it eventually showed. commentator: theo walcott! arsenal have the lead on the stroke of half—time. relief for some, disappointment for others. it was not too surprising, really. 87 places separated the sides, and we saw it in the second half. 0livier giroud made it 2—0 before an own goal and then something special from sanchez wrapping the game up. alexis sanchez, brilliantly placed! while they got by in the end, given what lincoln have done, it didn't really matter. they have changed history. there is a reason why no nonleague team in the last 100 years have been able to reach the last eight of the fa cup, and the fact that they have, that should make them mightily proud. of course we are disappointed we lost. but we are able to draw breath, we are pretty proud of what we have achieved in this fa cup. and pep guardiola can be proud
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of manchester city's fa cup run as well. they have been away in every round, beating middlesbrough 2—0, away of course, yesterday. city are on their way to wembley again. and while there will be no appearance at the home of football for lincoln city, they found their home in the hearts of football fans all over the world. hull city kept their chances premier league survival alive with a two nil win over fellow relegation strugglers swansea city. two goals from on loan 0umar niasse helped them to victory. they remain in the bottom three, one point from safety, while swansea are three points clear of the drop zone. bournemouth have pulled further away from the bottom three after a dramatic 3—2 win over west ham. josh king missed a penalty...but scored a hat—trick, including the last minute winner. they are now six points clear of the relegation zone. west ham are without a league win in four matches. at the other end of the table, everton narrowed the gap on 6th—placed manchester united
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with a 3—0 win over west brom. kevin mirallas, morgan schneiderlin and romelu lukaku all scoring for ronald koeman's side it's the old firm derby at midday today and new rangers manager pedro caixinha will be watching from the stands. celtic will re—establish a 27—point lead at the top with victory. second—placed aberdeen beat motherwell yesterday and fourth placed hearts narrowed the gap on third place rangers to five points with a 4—0 thrashing of hamilton academical. there were also wins for kilmarnock and stjohnstone. partick drew with inverness. andy murray has been knocked out of the indian wells tournament in california at the second round — it's often seen as the fifth grand slam. the world number one lost to canadian qualifier vasek pospisil in straight sets 6—4, 7—6. after being knocked out of the australian open in the 11th round, murray would've been hoping for much better, as he'd just won the dubai championship. pospisi is ranked 128 places below murray. an unusual defeat for sandy murray.
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—— andy murray. we're here on the bbc news channel until 9:00 this morning, and coming up in the next hour, the travel show team have been on an arctic adventure, deep in finnish lapland — as close as you can get to a winter wonderland. we all know not to park on double yellow lines, but is it always so easy to understand the rules of the road? all that to come, but it is by by furnell on bbc one. it promises to be a historic season for young women in motorsport. later in the programme we will be joined by 18—year—old jamie chadwick, the youngest woman to race in formula 3. but, before that, mike went for a spin with an endurance racer who came second when she made her debut in the gt cup championship last season, and is aiming to go one better this time round.
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esmee hawkey is also only 18. let's see her in action. another day at the office for trainee accountant esmee hawkey, on her way to work in the city of london. but there is another side to this 18—year—old, another world, in which she uses those accountancy skills to keep her alive. it is hard to believe she is still only 18, and now she is putting those angles and sums to good use at all the major motor racing circuits around the uk, and some in europe as well, as she blazes trail for young women in the gt cup championship. at least this season she doesn't have to worry about her a—levels as well. you are always working out where you need to be for the corner, how fast you are going into a corner to make the corner.
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the guys don't like it, to say the least. they don't like a girl coming past them. but yes, i think once you show who is boss, you just become a competitor, at the end of the day. as she goes for the gt title in endurance racing, no—one can believe she is making her debut only a decade after first go—karting on her ninth birthday. the fastest female i have seen in a long time, esmee wins in fine style. that karting experience, age nine, had transformed her life. i wasn't doing ballet and tap dancing and things like that. i love the speed and the adrenaline. esmee passed the test for the first time last year, and i got a taste of her extreme, on—the—edge handling skills. speeds of over 150 mph, while being thrown around by the g—forces. i don't really get scared. i think the adrenaline
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just builds up so much, you just get on with it. believe it or not, esmee is a smooth, careful driver. not too aggressive, and wearing the tyres, and make sure they last until the end of the race. it gets really hot, and you need to be able to cope with the steering, because it gets quite tiring on your arms, and things like that. my stomach, my head, my senses are all over the place, and that was five laps! you do that for 50 minutes. yep, 50 minutes. i have eight—year—olds, nine—year—olds, same age as me, coming up and speaking to me and saying it is great, what you do, and i would love to get into this. and i say to them, i started karting. you can, too. mike bushell reporting there. i was lucky enough to be taken on a spin around the circuit last week
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andi spin around the circuit last week and i was filming, so i totally appreciate what mike went through there, because it was the most sick inducing thing i had ever done. and he is quite hard and do things like this, but even he looked a little bit... you are watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: a committee of mps says the government will be guilty of a serious dereliction of duty if it doesn't plan for the possibility that brexit negotiations could end without agreement. dutch riot police have used water cannons to break up a demonstration by turkish supporters in rotterdam. also coming up in the programme: we will hear calls for a national cabbie database, as a bbc investigation finds drivers who have had their licences taken away are being handed another in different parts of the country. here is louise with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. it is a bit grim down south, as they say up north. lower
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cloud around with some rain, a pretty murky old morning across the south coast. not for all, but for most, with these two weather fronts pushing and as we speak. the first as you can see quite clearly across the dorset coastline and in east anglia, the second hot on its heels behind but sandwiched between those, if you get caught in that window you will see a reasonable day for most of daylight hours. it really is quite messy old picture today, but i'm afraid it will be a different story for the south—east of england, and stretching up into east anglia, parts of lincolnshire, in comparison to yesterday where we had 18 degrees with the cloud and rain sitting there for most of the afternoon. it will feel disappointing. fine weather through the midlands and we should see some sunshine. we are likely to see maximum of around 12 or 13 degrees. 0ur likely to see maximum of around 12 or 13 degrees. our second weather front rings showery outbreaks of rain, so maybe the foot of corn or about to to the south—west of wales
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you could see some glimpses of sunshine and not a bad afternoon ireland and the bulk of scotland. northern ireland yesterday with the warmest day of the year. you will not get that today but you will see some sunny spells, just a scattering of light showers. 0ne some sunny spells, just a scattering of light showers. one or two to be thundery but nothing too significant. through the night we see those sky is continuing to clear as the rain eases away and temperatures will fall away. two incredibly mild nights, so this could be a shock to the system if you're heading off early on monday morning. in rural spots we could see in the north—west temperatures close to freezing. a touch of light frost not out of the question to start a monday morning but there will be some sunshine around and some dry weather as well in the story. in fa ct, weather as well in the story. in fact, as we saw yesterday, you get some decent sun at this time of year. it will feel quite pleasant and temperatures will start to respond. a scattering of showers perhaps into the far north—west. 11 to 14 perhaps into the far north—west. 11 to 1a degrees but we could see 16 or 17 possible in the far south—east corner. the dry weather set to
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continue for the early half of the week. there will be some cloud around in sunlight, drizzly rain from a weak weather front but it is a predominantly dry story until the end of the working week. a predominantly dry story until the end of the working weeklj a predominantly dry story until the end of the working week. i think the pictures of those crocuses are to fool us. they like the warmth in the sun, so they are happy. we will be back with the headlines at 8:00am. now it is a time for the travel show. coming up on the programme this week, i'm on an arctic adventure deep in finnish lapland. i hang out with a rapper who is helping to preserve a nearly extinct arctic language. hello and welcome to the travel show with me, ade adepitan. this week we are in the north of finland. to be precise, we are in inari, home to the indigenous sami people whose tradition and
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language is under threat. i have come here to spend time with the sami people to see how tourism is saving their culture. finnish lapland is as close as it gets to a winter wonderland. 0ver1 million tourists come here every year in search of the northern lights, santa and his reindeer. the sami are the indigenous people who live in this part of the world. from northern norway, sweden, finland and the far north—eastern part of russia. there are around 6,000 samis left in this part of finland and here they are known as the inari sami, because most
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of them live around lake inari, which is 250 kilometres north of the arctic circle. i have never been so far north. after landing in the town of ivalo, just a 1.5 hourflight from helsinki, i meet my first inari friend. hi! welcome to finland. iamjohanna. look at your outfit! you look amazing! thank you. is this our transport? yes. it will be our transport for this trip. we have so much planned for you. i love that hat. that is the way forward. it is really warm. life here must be quite difficult. there is snow on the ground for seven months of the year and the most practical way to move around is by snowmobile. so this is the best way to get there? there is no other way to get there.
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0k. so this is how i am rolling. and you will teach me? yes. these things revolutionised life here. we got them about 50 or 60 years ago. it made things far easier here. what did you use before these? skis. skis and reindeer. old school. normally when you are driving you have your feet in here and your hands on the bar and if you want to go right you pull right, left you pull left. the brake we have on the left. this is the panic button. if something happens you just hit that one. i hit that button and scream? it is so hard to believe that i am on a snowmobile going across lake inari in finland. beneath me, there is thousands
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and thousands of gallons of water. it is crazy. this place is so beautiful. i was not expecting that! around 30 years ago, the inari sami culture was on the verge of extinction. inevitably there has been a drift to the cities, to an easier life. traditional cultures experience that loss the world over. but these days, tourism is creating jobs, allowing some young sami to move back home. inari sami culture has been under pressure for decades. in the past, this community was marginalised and their mother tongue banned from schools. with only 400 sami inari speakers,
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the language is still threatened. but one man is coming to the rescue, using an unconventional method. raps in inari you are a hip—hop artist and you rap in your native language, inari. yes. inari sami language. tell me about it. i love hip—hop, but the last place i would expect to find a hip—hop artist is in lapland. yes. the middle of nowhere. many people think it is quite weird doing hip—hop gangsta rap in inari sami language, spoken by 400 people. that is the way i am telling about this, this minority in a minority.
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i like the sound. it is mystical, people do not know it. there are only 400 inari sami speakers in the world. imean... in that case, what is the average age of your listeners? the most people who speak inari sami as their mother tongue are mostly over 50 years old. older people. and those older people, are they into hip—hop? i don't think so. but there is a new generation now and a lot of revitalising programmes. 0k. can you spit some bars for us? i am pretty sure that this will be the premiere of bbc of anyone hearing someone rap in inari sami. we are looking forward to this. inari sami in the house!
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that is wicked! i loved it. i felt it. you were there. my first day in lapland is nearly over. it's been great. i learnt to use a snowmobile which is practical and a lot of fun. tomorrow i head into the forest and before i go into the forest i want to get the correct gear and i need some traditional sami clothing. i have heard that there is someone here who can help me out with that. hello!
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nice to meet you. i'm stefanie. come in. sami handicraft is centuries old and dates back to a time when the sami were far more isolated from the outside world than they are today. what are you making? a belt. how long does it take you? it takes me five hours but people who have done at their whole life, it does not take them long. move quicker, stefanie! come on. using wool, antlers, wood and reindeer skin, the sami weave centuries—old patterns, each specific to a particular area orfamily. stefanie was forced to move away to look for work but she has recently returned back to inari and teaches handicraft making to tourists. i got bored, sad in finland. and my grandmother gave me
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the passion to come here and learn the language. how important is it for you to keep the tradition going? there are very very few handicraft makers who do this. it is very important for me. it is like, sometimes i think, who would i be if i did not do these things? is it difficult? could i have a go? i don't know... yes, of course. so it needs to be tight? there goes my ribs. this looks so complicated. and that goes up? i think i need, like... four pairs of hands. i go through? there? yes. and then you pull it. and then you have to do that over
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and over for every row? i'm not surprised it takes five hours. this would take me five days! it is complicated. here are some gloves for you. how many hours did they take you to make? those ones did not take me long. when you have done it for years that you can do that with your eyes closed. superb. how do i look? you look supercool. well, that's it for this week. join us next week when... as india celebrates its 70th independence anniversary, rajit sets off on a mammoth two—part journey from the west to the east.
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i'm on a quest to find out how history, religion and politics have shaped india. and also meet the people who call this intriguing, and sometimes overwhelming country, home. it's going to be an amazing journey. that's next week. if you want to see what we are getting up to between now and then, why not sign up to our social media feeds? all the details should be on your screens right now. but for right now, from me and the huskies here in finnish lapland and all the travel show team, it's goodbye. hello this is breakfast, with ben thompson and rachel burden. failure to prepare for a breakdown in brexit talks would be a serious "dereliction of duty" according to mp5. the warning for the government comes ahead of a debate on the eu exit bill. the brexit secretary is calling for the house of commons not to sabotage the process. good morning, it's sunday 12th march.
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also ahead. riot police break up a rally in support of the turkish president in rotterdam after he described the dutch as "fascists". renewed calls for a centralised database for taxi drivers in england to avoid putting the public at risk. in sport, england are 6 nations champions once again.
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