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people against the establishment in his first major speech of the election campaign. but of course they do not want us to win, because when we win it is the people not the powerful who win. theresa may plans to stick to her pledge to reduce annual net migration to below 100,000 a year after britain leaves the european union. gerard coyne — the man challenging len mccluskey for the leadership you of britain's biggest union unite — has been suspended from his job you of britain's biggest union unite — has been suspended from hisjob as a regional official. scientists hope they have found a drug to arrest neuro—degenerative brain diseases, including dementia. in a moment it will be time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. jeremy corbyn says he'll fight a rigged system, and warns the election is not a foregone conclusion. the gap in the polls. in france, the presidential candidates face a grilling on tv ahead of the first round of voting, christian fraser will
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be watching for us. and we'll find out what's on the front pages of tomorrow's newspapers with henry mance, political correspondent at the financial times, and david wooding, political editor of the sun on sunday. that's all ahead on bbc news. hello, i'm 0lly foster. these are our sportsday headlines tonight: the most realsitic route to next seasons champions league, manchester united can reach the europa league semi—finals tonight. murray's been knocked out in monte carlo, but he's looking looking at the positives after his third round defeat. and robertson reveals his addiction to video games that has threatened to ruin his snooker career. it's a big european night
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at old tarfford tonight. the europa league is fast becoming manchester united's priority because it carries that extra incentive for the winner, a place in next season's champions league, and united can't be sure of achieving that in the premier league. their quarterfinal tie against the belgians anderlecht is balanced at 1—1 after the first leg. richard askam is at the match for us. and last fall and league is what is up and last fall and league is what is upforgrabs in and last fall and league is what is up for grabs in and a chance to get closer to lifting a trophy but also more importantly the champions league spot that would go with that for manchester united. they have a slender advantage tonight, the away goal scored against belgium. they
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criticised the strikers. they will be interesting to see who he selects smite shut and a breather which came on light against chelsea. you will bejumping at on light against chelsea. you will be jumping at the on light against chelsea. you will bejumping at the bit. marcus rashford scored and starred in that match, wayne rooney is also available in the squad tonight. plenty of options forjose mourinho but he is also balancing this congested fixture list. burnley away in the premier league on sunday then the manchester derby a week today. that is whatjose mourinho has been talking about, about balancing all that in the lead up to this game. difficult season. lots of matches, fighting in every competition, trying to build a team trying to recover certain mentality to finish the season by playing the european final in spite of the second european competition would be the
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perfect finale for us, full majesty united. history is very much on united's side, they played them and beat them in ten — zero. they've also beaten on three occasions at 0ld also beaten on three occasions at old trafford and and left have never won a match here. we shall see what happens. kick—off is at five past eight. also commentary on radio five live. the former aston villa and england defender ugo ehiogu is in hospital after collapsing at ther tottenham training centre. ehiogu, seen here winning the league cup with villa in 1996, coaches totenham's under 23's side. spurs say the 44—year—old received immediate treatment on site from their medical staff before being transferred to hospital by ambulance. there has been lots of speculation over the last 2a hours about the england keeperjoe hart, and a possible move to liverpool in the summer. he has been on loan at torino in serie a this season after falling out of favour at manchester city.
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butjurgen klopp has been quick to put the rumours to bed. the goalkeeper of the english national team, the highest quality, but we have highest quality goalkeepers. that is how it is. it is not for us, not in a moment and hopefully not in the future. it is not because of joe. hopefully not in the future. it is not because ofjoe. i understand the question but i cannot give the a nswer question but i cannot give the answer probably a few people want. the 0ffisde trust, the organisation set up to help victims of sexual abuse within football and other sports says over the 0ffisde trust, the organisation set up to help victims of sexual abuse
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within football and other sports says over is very important. the hearst disclosure is the hardest and most of the decision of their lives and we are here to provide that support. andy murray has been knocked out of the monte carlo masters in the third round. the world number one is onlyjust back in action after weeks out with an elbow injury — and he was beaten in three sets by the spaniard albert ramos—vinolas. drew savage reports. he is on the way back but the world number one is not where he wants to be just yet. andy murray's serve was not working perfectly on the second day of his comeback, but he was good enough to take the first set against albert ramos—vinolas. the spaniard has been a pro for 10 years but has just broken into the top 25. he was struggling with his own serve, double faulting to put murray four—love up. what happened next was a surprise. murray feels he is not quite 100% yet but credit to albert
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ramos—vinolas. the man from barcelona is a late developer at the age of 29 and days like this make it all worthwhile. it's not offen you comes up from four games down against the world number one. even at 4—4, he would usually back murray but, albert ramos—vinolas had the momentum and would not let go. the biggest win of his career leaving murray room to improve. maybe tomorrow or the day after i'll be able to look back a little bit and think where i'm at now from where i was a week ago, my elbow felt pretty good, i served much better today than yesterday, thatis only going to get better. so hopefully i will keep going in the right direction. the england rugby union coach
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eddiejones has named his 31 man squad to tour argentina this summer. he's lost 16 of his players on lions duty and almost half his touring party are uncapped. 0ur rugby reporter chrisjones has more from twickenham. the england coach today was relu cta nt to the england coach today was reluctant to talk about lions selection but with 16 englishmen on that trip his squad for the tour of argentina in the summer was all was going to have a fascinating look to it. there are 15 uncapped players in the party including the teenagers ben and tom curry and several others,. after his lions disappointment dylan hartley will again captain england while other big is names to miss out on the lions are chris robshaw, james haskel, joan launchbury and ford are also heading to south america. he
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says his squad has asked striking blend of youth and experience. what i want these young guys to do is not wait for the senior players to ask them to do things. i want them to come in the squad and push the envelope. the curry boys, lone watch them play once and you could see they have something about them, i wa nt they have something about them, i want them to come in, read the intensity of training, be the new energy and the team. the only thing the senior players should have to do is ask them to tone it down. that is the only thing. and then find them a steak restaurant at night. he says there are good players who have not made the squad. he says the door is still open for them butjones feels this is the best squad available to him to go to argentina and win the series 2—0. germaine mason...
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who won a silver for great britain in the high jump at the 2008 beijing olympics... has been killed in a motorcycle accident in jamaica. .. according to police. mason was born injamaica... but qualified to represent britain via his father and switched allegiance in 2006. reports in the jamaican media claim usain bolt was among several athletes who arrived at the scene not long after the crash occurred. the coach has described him as a lovely man. british formula one stars lewis hamilton and jenson button are among those who have helped raise over half a million pounds in less than 2a hours to help a 17—year—old racing driver who had his lower legs amputated
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after being involved in a crash. rising star of formula four — billy monger — hit a stationary car during the race at donington park in leicestershire on sunday, and was airlifted to hospital. british touring car driver tom ingram helped set up it's incredibly humbling to see how many people got involved and this will help him so much. i'm sure speaking for everybody, everyone is so speaking for everybody, everyone is so grateful for the support. day six of the world snooker championship at sheffield's crucible theatre and the 2015 winner stuart bingham has started his second round match against last season's quarterfinalist kyran wilson. and wilson made a brilliant start in this one. he actually led 5—0 thanks to several decent breaks. but the former world champion fought back after the mid session interval. — winning three in a row. he trails 5—3 and they'll be back tomorrow. neil robertson is through to the second round after a 10—4 win over thailand's nopporn saengkam. the australian, who won the title in 2010, will face marco fu of hong kong. after his win, robertson spoke about the story which appeared in the media today — his addiction to computer games which he says,
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has had a detrimental effect on his form and his personal life. it's always been the case, even as a teenager, it probably stopped me from getting to england and making it the tour a couple of years earlier. i was heavily addicted to a game called diabolo two. i've decided to make a clean break from them. ican't decided to make a clean break from them. i can't play them, once i turned the computer on i can play for 12 hours straight. they can be the most fun thing in the world but it can really set you off on the wrong track in your career. the england wicketkeeper has been starring for the mumbai indians today. he opened the batting from bayern has played to big shots as
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they chase the kings 11 punjab total of 19844. now, it's generally tradition for the groom not to see the bride's wedding dress before the big day. but one woman from greenwich who was diagnosed with breast cancer has shown us her specially designed gown — hope her husband's not watching — because she's planning to run the london marathon in it... to run the london marathon in it. immediately after getting married early that morning! chris slegg has been to meet her this is a picture of me doing my first ever ten k run. i did itjust a week before my last chemotherapy, when i was diagnosed with breast cancer. 0n when i was diagnosed with breast cancer. on my right, this is my fiance duncan. fiancee for only three more days. on sunday morning duncan becomes jackie's husband. they will get married at one of london's famous landmarks and then the big day will get bigger. we are getting married at 730 in the morning on the cutty sark. that's before walking up the hill to run the london marathon. jackie now has no signs of cancer. the couple have
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hours after tying the knot they will be up hours after tying the knot they will beupa hours after tying the knot they will be up a rack with others taking to the london marathon. they will be raising money for charity and an ageing their wedding guests. we are wanting food to charities that reminded us that while you are a cancer patient and you have to deal with surgery and drugs and treatments you also have to be a human being and a woman with dreams and ambitions. this is jackie's unconventional wedding dress. she can walk down the aisle in it and then run the marathon in it. it was designed by a woman who knows about combining style and athleticism. designed by a woman who knows about combining style and athleticismm gives thousands of people hope that you could come out the other side of such a terrible disease and a really difficult treatment and rick still i’ui'i difficult treatment and rick still runa difficult treatment and rick still run a marathon which is incredible in itself, but after everything she's been through i think anyone
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hearing this story can't help but be moved by it. i never thought i would get married in trainers but i could not imagine doing it any other way 110w. not imagine doing it any other way now. it is certainly one way to set off on the long winding road of married life. good luck to her and the thousands of others. eminent, one of the sons of the legendary racehorse, frankel, won the craven stakes at newmarket this afternoon. the three—year—old is trained nearby by martyn meade and charged to victory with champion jockey jim crowley on board. eminent is expected to be a contenderfor next month's 2000 guineas — one of flat racing's classic races. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening.
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