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is under way for two men in their speedboat off the coast of scotland. they have not been seen since setting off on a leisure trip at nine o'clock on saturday. helicopters and lifeboats searched the water overnight. the water temperature is still very cold at this time of the year, only ten—11 degrees, and your chances of surviving in the water for much longer than bigger are very poor. if you are better equipped, and we understand these people are equipped with life jackets, and in one case a dry suit, then your chances of survival, if we can pick them up, hopefully are very high. the brothers are said to be worth more than £16 billion.
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tom bailey has married his partner. he revealed in a you tube video posted on 2013 he had boyfriend and said his whole world changed when he fell in love with a man —— tom bailey. let's catch up with the weather forecast. west has been best for sunshine and north easterly winds have brought a lot of code further east. this is one of the scenes from a weather watcher in north—east scotland. the cloud has been feeding its weight in here and in eastern parts of england this extra cloud will help to hold up the temperatures. it could also produce
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the odd spot of drizzle across the east of the country. further west, more clear spells and with those temperatures could drop low enough for touch of frost. into tomorrow, still cloud in eastern areas and still cloud in eastern areas and still the best of the sunshine in the west, particularly northern ireland, the west of scotland, west of england and the south—west. further west, not as warm as today, but still fairly decent under sunny skies. a similar sort of data, on tuesday. it should be sunnier for just about all us on wednesday. —— a similar sort of be to come on tuesday. —— a similar sort of day to come on tuesday. hello. this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at li.30pm: labour promise not to raise income tax for those earning less than £80,000 a year, as part of an election "personal tax guarantee." theresa may has announced plans to replace the mental health act in england and wales with a new law tackling discrimination and what she calls the unnecessary
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detention of vulnerable people. the liberal democrats say their manifesto will include a commitment to keep the "triple lock" on pensions, which guarantees they rise by as much as wages, inflation or 2.5% — whichever is the highest. voters in france go to the polls today in the final round of its presidential election. they are choosing between the centrist emmanuel macron and the far—right leader marine le pen. in 2004, the bbc spoke to five children living in mumbai, from across the social classes, about their hopes and dreams. now life stories revisits the children in "india's millennials." now life stories revisits the children in india's millennials. india's millennial generation. over 65% of this vast country's population are under 35. they are tech—savvy, mobile,
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and better educated than their parents and their grandparents. in 2004, the bbc met a group of children in mumbai who encapsulate generation y. they came from a variety of backgrounds, but they all had one thing in common. their hopes and dreams. together: namaste. we've returned to see how life has changed for them. have their expectations been met, or have their lives taken them in directions they could never have dreamed of? spruha, gaurav and madhavi are watching the original bbc programme for the first time in over ten years. they went to school together, and are still good friends. namaste. .. i'm madhavi, and these are my friends. we live in mumbai... i'm madhavi, i'm 25 years old. i was filmed for a bbc programme which was on the lives of kids
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in mumbai, about ten years back. i live in a flat in mumbai with my sister, mother and my father. when do you have yoga class today? two o'clock. i like doing art. when i grow up i will become a graphic designer. but first, i've got gujarati in school this morning. adult madhavi: i live in a different flat now, and i didn't grow up to be a graphic designer. i am a practising lawyer. in the past ten years, i have spent most of my time studying. i pursued my legal studies at government law college in mumbai for five years.
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i then pursued my masters at the university of oxford in england for a year. and now i'm currently a practising lawyer in a mid—sized law firm. it was my dad who actually pushed me to do law. for me, the choice was always economics or law. there was no question of her coming to my business. into the legal law field, and god has been kind. five years she has studied at the government law college, the oldest institution in mumbai, and luckily she got into oxford, so there was nothing to think about or anything. it was just to accept, and pay the fees. for graduation we were so proud — our daughter is graduating in oxford. so it was a nice, sunny day.
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we went there in our indian attire. and it's a proud moment for us. i don't want to ask you any questions about... i think law's very boring! i think it's boring for everybody, i get very passionate, and i think it's boring for everybody else who's not a lawyer. the timings are horrible for you guys. yeah, it's a tough balancing task. i only get one day off a week, which is a sunday, but sometimes it also happens that i'm called into the office on a sunday, or i'm expected to work from home. she may be utterly committed to her work, but madhavi's priority is her family. more than half of india's twenty—somethings still live with their parents, as she does. the one thing that i have seen is that the family bond is one thing
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in india that has never changed, and i don't see it changing, and i don't even wish that it changes. though we have different lifestyles, we lead different lifestyles, we still come back to a family at home, and i think that is a very, very satisfying feeling. she is traditional in other ways, too. happy to let her parents help herfind a husband. now we have started seeing for her marriage proposals also. she has not found anyone in mumbai, neither in oxford. so we have to search for a decent boy. and we hope that, luckily, she gets a very good family and the boy understands and lets her pursue her career also in life along with it. not all millennials in india are as fortunate as madhavi, and she knows it. the only difference that i notice in millennials in mumbai, and especially in india, is the social, cultural divide, and the most important thing being the economic divide.
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hello, my name is sagar — i am 11 years old. i live with my family, that's where i live. when we first met sagar, he was living with his family under tarpaulin on the side of the street. sagar‘s parents sold garlic and scrap metals to get by. sagar was determined to make a better life for himself. my favourite cricketer is yuvraj singh — he plays forthe indian team. and my goal is to be a doctor. as adult: i remember i was a little kid 12 years ago.
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we were living in the slums at that time. now, our government has rehabilitated us to mankhurd, on the outskirts of mumbai. mankhurd compound is a development of 65 buildings, created under the slum rehabilitation act. it's home to over 30,000 people. there is little sanitation and a limited water supply. but for sagar and his family, it's a step up. we have our own home, we have four—sided walls, we are safe. in our premisis. but this place is where all the people from the slums are put together. so all the people from different communities, different mentalities, come together. in the last ten years, things have changed.
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i have changed. when i was a child, i wanted to be a doctor, and now i don't want to be a doctor any more. i want to work for the media field. i'm doing a bachelors in mass media, and i'm majoring in advertising. it's a huge industry, it's growing. it has a lot of scope. sagar lives in a single room with his mother and brother. growing up, sagar was helped by the akanksha foundation, an educational charity where he learned english and was supported in his studies. it's been a particularly hard journey for sagar. but he stayed on the path, and he's had huge struggles and hardships. i think a lot of them financial.
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many of them emotional. he is hugely determined, and has great grit and tenaciousness to his nature, which has obviously seen him through and brought him this far. hopefully, that'll see him much further in his life. we were 30—odd kids and only five of us have made it to college, and i'm one of the few. sagar has worked in call centres and fast food outlets to supplement the family's income, and pay for his student fees. i'm proud that whatever i have accomplished i have still not given up. yes, there are days when i want to give up, or i don't want to study, or i don't want to do anything.
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ijust want to quit everything and start earning for myself, and live my life as i want. but that's not going to take me far in life. after college, sagar plans to do an internship at teach for india, an educational charity. he wants to work in the communications department, and then look for a job in advertising. what would you say are some of the bigger things you want to do once you join the comms team at teach for india? first, i want teach for india to be on everybody's page, everybody's facebook page, eve rybody's instagram. everybody should like it. we get more people who want to work with teach for india, who want to show their support for us. and ultimately get the support from the government. so, sagar, tell me a bit more about when you get your results now and what are you thinking about your internship. 21st of april is my last exam. after that i'm going to be free for two months,
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until my results come. i want to do an internship during that phrase, when i am waiting for my results, and gain as much knowledge as i can, and be with a team and learn how they work, and then apply for a job. 12 years ago, a short distance from the young sagar, a girl called shenaz also lived by the side of the road. she too was determined to forge a better life for herself. my name is shenaz, i'm 26 years old, and i'm married. i live in mumbai and i have two children, two beautiful children. the bbc filmed me when i was 1a years old. i went to dance classes. shenaz was a teenager
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when the famous indian choreographer shiamak davar sent trainers into studios in mumbai to teach jazz, ballet and modern dance. she was earmarked as a student who showed great promise. i loved dancing — it was my career, i wanted to make a career in my dance. by the time she was 15, shenaz was taking the lead in shows. but shenaz decided she wanted something else out of life, and chose a different path. i stopped dancing, because i got married. and i couldn't go to the classes. shenaz left school when she got married. she wasjust 16. after i left my school, i never stopped studying.
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my husband helped me in my studies, he paid for my computer classes. shenaz and her husband have their own apartment, shared with their daughter, their son, her mother—in—law and her sister—in—law. it's a big thing in mumbai to have your own apartment, and it's a single room with a bathroom and a kitchen. it's very small, and we are happy in it. and she is serious about providing her children with the best possible education, paying for after—school classes for her daughter. i want them to have a good education, because i have left school very early. so i want them to study and get good jobs, and be happy in their life. my daughter loves dancing, so she might fulfil my dreams. shenaz, like sagar, has come a long way in the past 12 years.
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her intelligence and optimism have helped her carve out a better life. with the help of her husband, she now has a permanent home and her own family. there's lots to do in mumbai. that's me! gaurav has spent a lot of time living away from mumbai in the past decade. today, he is reunited with his childhood friends, and enjoying watching his young self play tabla for the bbc. sometimes at lunch, i play tabla, an indian drum. so cute! i'm gaurav, i'm 2a years old.
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when i was eight years old, i started playing tabla. i used to go to tabla classes, for the next six years. notjust a talented tabla player, gaurav was also a child actor. but during his last years of school, he decided to do something very different. basically i wanted to work for the society. there were only two options, becoming a proper surgeon or physician. that was one option, and dentistry was the other option. during my high grades, i was inclined towards biology and medicine. and during that time, i had braces on my teeth. so i used to be frequently visiting a dentist. the dental chair, the instruments and all that really fascinated me. a degree in dentistry followed.
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it took five years to qualify. when i became a qualified dental surgeon, it was, for me, of utmost importance to be a specialist. this doctor who runs a practice in mumbai has become his mentor. gaurav, first and foremost, has joined the very best field, in paediatric dentistry. he is a very compassionate human being. i would like him to get into the paediatric field, get into prevention, somewhere get into the government and get more policies into place, where we can take this to the rural area. i want him to grow big, and take india with him. gaurav‘s plan is to open his own clinic in mumbai. he knows he's lucky to have the support of his family. he still lives at home. i have a good support from my parents, my grandparents. they always drive me forward, and that keeps me going. i did a bollywood sequence.
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dancing in the dancing studio. with shiamak davar. when she was growing up, spruha went to the same dance studio as shenaz. she would have liked to have been in a hindi movie. i'm spruha, i am 2a now. since i was last filmed by the bbc, i have since graduated school, i've graduated college. i've switched one job and i'm currently in my second job. i did my studies abroad. i did an undergraduate degree in business. i came back afterfinishing college, back to india. when i was growing up,
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i'd always see things happening around me, which was sort of an inspiration, aspiration, ambition, that one day i would have my own office space, i'd be running something of my own. and to do that, it's always best to come back and learn, and understand what's going on. another reason of course is my mum was missing me a lot! spruha's firstjob was as an analyst for a leading bank. then came the start—up boom in india, and she decided to seize an opportunity. bombay was becoming a space for start—ups. graduates, even people who had retired, suddenly wanted to have their own ideas, and people were getting funded. everyone had their businesses, had fancy offices. and it sounded like the dream to live. and they made it sound like you can have it if you want it. i currently work at refreshed car care.
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we are a doorstep car cleaning service. advert: with refreshed car (are, you can book over the phone or online. it started out as a small organisation — everyone does everything, from the top of ceo, all the way down to our cleaning staff. everyone has a responsibility to step in wherever needed. spruha works seven days a week, and sunday is usually her busiest day. despite the long hours, she loves working for the start—up. especially the excitement of not knowing what's going to happen next. you don't know what's happening tomorrow, but at the same time you're also thinking long—term. so you're thinking, what are you not doing,
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why is it not going? to de—stress, or i go to the gym, lift some weights. that's my way of de—stressing. you guys are moving your office, right? yes, yes. we have rented out a new space, way bigger than we have now. we got the wi—fi fitted yesterday, so we can start working from today. that's great. my generation is different from my parents. our generation is a lot more risk—taking. we know that we have heavy student loans to pay off, but that is not stopping us from taking jobs at start—ups or starting off on our own. i think that's the way we have evolved now. we want to do what we want to do, not something that we are told to do. spruha is different from her parents in another way, too. she has travelled much more than they ever did at the same age.
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every year i make a point to have a trip, have a travel plan, that motivates me to keep working and then take that time off. i think my generation is adding a lot to india's progress, by pushing new ideas to the world, creating different businesses, creating different opportunities. the lives of these five young millennials are a far cry from their childhood dreams. perhaps that's no surprise. but all of them have worked hard to get where they are today. some come from privileged backgrounds, have studied abroad and travelled the globe. but they've worked long hours to make the most of those opportunities. others have strived just to get a roof over theirfamilies' heads. their stories are also the story of modern india.
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the gulf between the rich and the poor, but also the possibilities the country can hold for those who are diligent and lucky. how will the next few decades pan out for these young people, and for many others like them? ten years down the line, maybe five years down the line, i do see myself being settled, having a family of my own. but at the same time, i wish to pursue my career. ten years down the line, i feel i'll be the top most paediatric dentist in mumbai. hopefully! in ten years' time, i hope to have my own company, doing something fun out of mumbai. i don't want a lavish lifestyle — i just want a simple lifestyle, where i earn a lot of money but yet lead a simple life. there should be peace in life, there should be a lot of love and care, support, and that's it. that's all i want, that's not much. in an for sunday sunshine. our
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weather watcher on the beach in saint allies in cornwall had beautiful blue skies overhead and it was the same story in many western areas. “— was the same story in many western areas. —— west has been best for sunday sunshine. in one or two might places these temperatures lifted to around 20 degrees, but more cloud across northern and eastern areas. this was the scene in north—east scotla nd this was the scene in north—east scotland earlier. but whereas that cloud has made it feel decidedly chilly to today, into tonight that extra cloud will actually help hold it temperatures. further west, where we hold onto clear spells, that is where it will get decidedly chilly.
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even towns and cities, around 5—6d. in the countryside we are looking at temperatures low enough for touch of frost. monday morning starts off like this. sunshine in the west, northern ireland and western scotland. northern and eastern scotla nd scotland. northern and eastern scotland still has a lot of cloud and perhaps the odd spot of drizzle, the picture for the eastern side of england as well. north—east england should see some spells sunshine and especially across the western half of wales and in the south—west, sunshine to begin the day. for the midlands, east anglia and the south—east things are likely to start off fairly cloudy perhaps with the odd spot of drizzle but the majority will be dry. through the day, more of the same. the north—easterly wind continuing to feed in the cloud in the east of the country, but it should break up at times to get brighter glimpses but the best of the sunshine will always be further west. pretty chilly on the east coast, but even further west with the sunshine it will not be as warm as today, 14—17dc at
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best. into tuesday, watch the isobars, becoming more widely spaced, stretching apart, showing the winds will be lighter so that north—easterly wind has been plaguing eastern areas, it will tend to fade away through tuesday. there will still be a lot of cloud through the eastern half of the country. further west, more sunshine, the eastern half of the country. furtherwest, more sunshine, but still on the cool side for the time being. towards the middle part of the week we should see temperatures rising with the lighter winds and more sunshine, but more rain creeping in by the end of the week from the south. that is all for now. we're live in paris, where the polling stations will close within the next couple of hours, as the people of france choose their new president. after a deeply divisive campaign, france will know later tonight whether the new head of state will be emmanuel macron or marine le pen. tens of millions of voters have been visiting the polling stations, but the latest official figures show
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that turnout is down on the previous contest five years ago. i'm shaun ley — the other headlines this afternoon. labour promises to raise tax for only the top 5% of earners. the shadow chancellor says labour is now the party of low taxation for middle and low earners. the conservatives pledge more money to fund mental health staffing in the nhs and a change in the law so fewer people are detained against their will. 82 nigerian schoolgirls are due to meet the country's president,
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