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there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel, we are back with the late news at the slightly earlier time of 9.50pm. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. some lively showers, persistent rain in northern scotland but towards the west, fewer showers compared to today, a fine end to the day. the showers will fade tonight, and many of you go into sunday morning on the cooler side, particularly gci’oss on the cooler side, particularly across scotland, down to three degrees in rural parts. a bright start to sunday for many of you, clouding over in northern ireland, with patchy rain. in western scotland, cloudy with the chance of rain. elsewhere, isolated light showers on
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the hills. mostly a dry day and it will feel warm, temperatures could hit 21 degrees. set to get warmer on monday and tuesday, a little bit of rain at times. but a lot of dry and bright weather as well. goodbye. hello, look at main headlines. president trump and the king of saudi arabia sign multibillion—dollar weapons contracts in riyadh, described as the biggest single arms deal in us history. back home, fresh claims for his reasons for sacking james comey, the director of the fbi. jeremy corbyn insists his party is committed to trident after members of his shadow cabinet publicly disagree over the issue. the tories defend their aim to cut net migration to tens of thousands after it comes under fire from george osborne. now it is time for sportsday.
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hello and welcome to sportsday. the headlines this evening. exeter dash saracens‘ dreams of the double—double as a late try puts the chiefs into the premiership final. what a difference a year makes. after play—off heartache last season, millwall are promoted to the championship. and how britain's top surfer luke dillon is aiming for a place at the 2020 olympics without even having a coach. plenty coming up this evening. including rugby league's magic weekend, the women's super league, and england beating argentina in the u20s world cup. but we'll start with rugby union. and exeter chiefs are through to
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the final of rugby union's aviva premiership. they beat the two—time european champions cup winners saracens with a last—minute try. a breathtaking afternoon on the south coast, as hannah lupton reports. saracens have a swagger in their stride, back—to—back european champions and now moving in on the premiership title. at a stormy but welcoming sandy park. amongst their ranks the european player of the year. as usual, owen farrell accurate with his angles. 6—6, all square at the break, exeter had the momentum, the wind behind them and with the force of jack nowell, a try and a crucial lead against a side who had beaten them last year in the final. yet sarries are supreme hunters as they chased the game, and survival instincts kicked in. this imaginative improvisation left the reigning champions minutes away from twickenham.
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minutes turned to seconds and exeter needed one final push. sam simmons had the strength to get them over the line. the saracens‘ dream of the double—double had disappeared. but this day belonged to exeter. so, who will meet exeter in next weekend's premiership final? wasps and leicester are currently in action right now. wasps were ahead but leicester have 110w wasps were ahead but leicester have now taken the lead. they were leading 10—0 at one point but leicester levelled 13—13. and in the last seconds they have just taken the lead, 20—16. we have 53 minutes on the clock. munster are taking on ospreys in the second pro12 semifinal this weekend. the winners will play scarlets in dublin next saturday. ospreys are missing their scrum half rhys webb although wales captain
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alun wynjones is back after injury. it is the welsh side with the earlier advantage, dan biggar putting them 3—0 ahead after eight minutes. millwall will be back in the championship next season, after they beat bradford 1—0 in the league one play—off final. millwall finished sixth in the league, only qualifying for the playoffs with five minutes left of the season. it was a remarkable finish to this match with fan favourite steve morison after the game said his fans who invaded the pitch at the end of the game ruined the celebrations for him! nick parrott was watching. after two years of relegation, emotions got the better of millwall fans. confrontations after the final whistle will soon be forgotten. the huge release of tension came as a result of getting the better of a bradford side who had looked more
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likely to win. the best chance of an end to end first half full of missed opportunities felt to billy clark. a goal looked inevitable but jordan archer did just enough to keep him out. both sides could have done better in the second half that was littered with plenty of spurned chances. it was almost too much to bear as the clock ticked down with extra time looming. with nerves shredded, this combination was perfection, a half chance turning into a perfection, a half chance turning intoa hammer perfection, a half chance turning into a hammer blow. heartbreakfor into a hammer blow. heartbreak for bradford but delirium for the lions roaring back to the championship two years after relegation. there's been a battle going on in the scottish premiership as the bottom two jostle for survival. but it's hamilton academical who get a stay of execution. inverness needed a win and for hamilton to drop points. they beat 3—2 to motherwell, but hamilton beat dundee by 4—0. here's how the bottom of the table finished after the final matches of the season.
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inverness have been relegated. while hamilton are through to the playoff against dundee united. the first leg of the premiership playoff takes place on thursday. alloa athletic are taking on brechin city in the second leg of their championship playoff final. brechin went into the match at indodrill stadium with a one—goal lead that became two in spectacular fashion thanks to james dale. the advantage didn't last long though with greig spence orchestrating a comeback with a penalty. and this before half—time to level the score on aggregate. alloa are hoping to return to scotland's second tier after being relegated last season. brechin haven't been in the championship since 2006. still 30 minutes left of that game. in the women's super league one spring series, arsenal move up to second after beating fa cup runners—up birmingham city 4—2. arsenal had to come from behind after conceding in the first minute, danielle van de donk‘s cool finish gave them a 2—1 lead. just moments later, birmingham were level, england's rachel williams
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with her second of the match. but two goals from substitute louise quinn secured the win for arsenal who remain unbeaten in the spring series bristol city and liverpool are playing now, currently goalless. england's under—20s have beaten argentina 3—0 in their opening group game at the world cup but it will be remembered for a sending off thanks to the video assistant which is being trialled at this tournament. everton‘s dominic calvert—lewin got the opening goal seven minutes before half—time in south korea. and seven minutes after the break, newcastle's adam armstrong doubled the lead. and it finished 3—0 thanks to a penalty. but here was the moment thatjudged by the video assistant, argentina's lautaro martinez elbowed fikayo tomori and, after a short review, the argentinian saw red. their younger compatriots the under—17s lost the final of their european championship. a last—minute spanish equaliser took the game to penalties. england missed two of their three
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kicks, and spain didn't miss any, 4—1 it finished in croatia. it's super league's annual magic weekend in newcastle where all 12 teams are playing at st james park either today or tomorrow. the first match of the day saw wakefield ease to a 34—12 win over bottom side widnes. scott grix and benjones bishop here scored two tries between them. hull fc missed the chance to the top as they thrashed 41—0 by st helens, and it opens the door for castleford to extend their lead when the tigers played leeds tomorrow. on to cricket. and england bowlerjames anderson will have a scan on monday to assess the damage form a groin injury he suffered during the rose's county championship match yesterday. our reporter kevin howells joins me now via skype. kevin, we're still a long way off the first england test on 6thjuly against south africa at lord's. how worried should we be?
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judging on the pain he looked in when he went down on the deck, he looked in an awful lot of pain. i thought he would go straight to a scan yesterday. i thought today, it has been put back to monday, the important thing from an england perspective is that test isn't until july. they will take a cautious approach. i expect it to be a few weeks before we see him bowling again. they would like to see him play in the floodlit games a little later on in the summer. keen on getting him back a week before that test match. the scan is on monday, put back by a couple of days, he looked in a lot of pain. what about the rest of the championship, how much damage has the wet weather done? we still have some interesting games
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including in manchester. it has been exhilarating from a yorkshire point of view. 1121—7. we lost a lot of overs but they piled on the runs. jack brooks, a massive career—best him, previously 53, he has closed on 94 not out. a terrific day for yorkshire. essex made 360, carl abbott for hampshire getting five wickets. hampshire getting five wickets. hampshire in this array, losing five wickets, 17 deliveries, adding no runs. 61—7 in reply. in the london derby, a close encounter, sorry all out 313, little sex 239—5. a close game —— middlesex. world number two novak djokovic
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is through to the semi—finals of the rome masters after beating del potro in straight sets. last year's finalist made light work of his argentinian opponent, taking the first set 6—1. it was a much tighter second set but the serbian showed his skills to advance to the semifinals winning the second 6—4. djokovic will play his semifinal against dominic thiem later this evening. germany's alexander zverev became the youngest player in a decade to reach a masters final after he beatjohn isner in three sets. the 20—year—old claimed the first set 6—4 but the american fought back to take the second 7—6. but it was zverev who held his nerve to take the decider 6—1. meanwhile in the women's tournament, simona halep is through to herfirst rome final after a straight sets win over kiki bertens. halep will face elina svitolina in sunday's final after garbine muguruza was forced to retire due to a neck injury in their semifinal clash. now, for one of the toughest
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sports out there. waterpolo is like rugby but in the water. it requires incredible fitness to be able to tread water and compete for the ball, and beneath the surface virtually anything goes. ahead of the british championships next week, which is like the fa cup of waterpolo, mike bushell has been to the home of the defending champions, cheltenham. on the surface all may look calm, but what lurks beneath can bring a tear to your eye. under attack from some of the most fearsome and physical predators known to sport, trying to drag you down in the deep. it's the water polo player. anything goes under the water. if the ref can't see it, it's all legal. a lot goes on under the water. above the water you're always being pulled, kicked, shoved. then there's the swimming as well. you're either wrestling or going up and down. there's no rest. for a floundering beginner it can be a bewildering experience, having no idea where the ball
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is in a whirlpool of water. we've got a scotsman to thank for this sport and it drains every ounce of your energy, because in 1800 when it started in lakes and rivers, it was seen as rugby in the water. there's no weight—bearing, or smashing into people, so it's better for your bones. the fact that you can have the finesse of passing the ball so eloquently and then the physical aspect, where you're just wrestling in the water and getting the business done under it. i couldn't do the business even jumping on top of mike! he wouldn't go down! to get his level of fitness, endless hours at the gym and also perfecting the bucket challenge — holding a full one above your head on the surface while treading water takes some doing! at junior level, as long as you can swim, you can start at seven or eight and play competitive matches. even at this level,
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contact is allowed. it's just the physicality. and also when we're playing you don't think about anything else. it's really physical, a good way of taking your anger out, possibly. you can sometimes get scratched so you have to be tough that way. it is still a very small sport in the uk, it struggles to get funds, swimming pool higher costs a lot and amongst small numbers of people it can be prohibitive. but the team spirit of the defending champion, cheltenham, isn't held back by funding. most have played together since they were eight and they have a reputation for making sure their opponents have that sinking feeling. when you think surfing, you properly think sunshine, palm trees and exotic locations. but for british number one luke dillon it's not all glamour, as he tries to make it on the world circuit. the sport is on the rise following its inclusion in the olympics, and next week's world championships marks the first
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step towards tokyo 2020. our olympic sports reporter david mcdaid's been to meet dillon in the wet and windy south—west a leap into the cornish swell. it's a far cry from hawaii or california, but newquay‘s fistral beach is the home to british surfing. this is special for me. it's the home to britain's best surfer. it got me into a really good rhythm for the 2016 season when i started competing internationally. in that first senior year, he broke the world's top 150. he's now aiming even higher towards tokyo 2020. surfing will make its olympic debut. the upcoming world surfing games is the start of that journey. this is like a really big opportunity for surfers all over the world. i know some guys in the top 32 in the world are going to france to hopefully go to the olympics to get this olympic medal. now it's there, i want
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to do it and get it. the route to japan will not be an easy ride. unlike big surfing nations, such as america or australia, the uk pro scene is much less developed. i don't have a surf coach as such. i never have. the other guys have surf coaches, fitness planners, nutritionists. most of them are on six—figure contracts. ijust save all the money i can and try to work it out with the budget i've got. and that's why the olympic stage is so important for british surfing. we're definitely on the back foot. but we're getting better, the last few years. especially with it going to the olympics, i think it will rise. it's going to take a little bit more time. then hopefully we'll get up there soon. so if dillon can make waves come tokyo, his own success may have a ripple effect for future generations too. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. a great house with a great wall
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around it, we are in mid—17th—century england at a time of religious strife when many lives are touched by danger and intrigue. then we are in the same as three centuries later in the grip of the cold war and living through the whole story of the berlin wall from start to finish. which would, the house, becomes a stage where some of the dramas of our own time are played out. peculiar ground is an ambitious novel, stretching across centuries, telling a tale of tolerance and strife, imprisonment and the instinct to be free. welcome. the house is in a way a central
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character in the story. did it come first? did you have the idea of a place where all this might happen? yes, absolutely. as you say, the houseis yes, absolutely. as you say, the house is not perhaps a central character but it is the character that holds all of the story together because, although the berlin wall does play a large part in this novel, but very few of my novels are allowed to go to bowling. i found as i was writing it, sometimes they needed to go to london or germany but i had to keep bringing them back to keep the story. it also has got a moral purpose in a way. it is enclosed at the very
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beginning, mr norris is laying out the landscape, the wall is being built. it is ina built. it is in a way in prison. yes. there isa it is in a way in prison. yes. there is a moment in the book where mr norris the landscape designer is talking to his friend the architect, and they ask each other, is this a paradise we are making or a prison? i wrote that off—the—cuff, as you do, just one line. it is the theme of the book. afterwards i thought that is what it is about. it is about enclosure, and other things like falling in love and having children and dying and doing the things humans do. in so far as there is a theme that can be summed up in a sentence, it is a book about walls, and what happens when you try to wall yourself in and you may make a garden or you may find yourself trapped inside. it is also a story about how you are
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doomed to repeat the awful expenses of humanity again and again down the centuries. absolutely. there was a moment when i was writing the first draft of the last section of the book in which people are walking out of london, this is in 1665, to escape from the plague, and the roads out of london are crammed with refugees, migrants. asi are crammed with refugees, migrants. as i was writing that section, the newspapers were full of pictures of roads crammed with migrants trying to walk their way into safety and a better life in europe. and i hadn't set out to write a book about a crisis. but as you say history repeats itself. in all kinds of ways. at the time when we first encounter the house and the grounds are being laid out it is just before the restoration of the 16 60s, a time of
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darkness, of a lot of espionage, a lot of betrayal and violence. a much more turbulent time for individuals than i think when we look back at history many people tend to remember. a dark time. absolutely. in popular imagination, charles ii, the theatres reopened, nell gwyn stakes since oranges around, nell gwyn stakes since oranges around , everyone nell gwyn stakes since oranges around, everyone is having a lovely time. one has to remember all those people are living in the aftermath ofa people are living in the aftermath of a full generation of civil war. everyone has something to hide, eve ryo ne everyone has something to hide, everyone is suspicious of everyone else. so, in the first and last sections of my novel which are set in the 16 60s, i wanted not to explicitly but just to in the 16 60s, i wanted not to explicitly butjust to suggest in the 16 60s, i wanted not to explicitly but just to suggest that tension, that feeling of things going on behind closed doors. you are dealing the whole time with
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what is unsaid which is as important in the kinds of situations you are imagining as what is said and put on the table. yes. i did an awful lot of crossing out. the way i write is to write a d raft out. the way i write is to write a draft and then go over and over and over it and each time it gets shorter. a lot of what might have been explicit in the first draft has vanished from the finished book. and i think that in a way is the rest of the iceberg, you are left with the visible tip. it is important to the finished product at some point i did know what was being said and! some point i did know what was being said and i cut it out. that is what produces tension, produces fear, produces i suppose alarm and a feeling of threat. yes. in the 17th century there is quite a lot of magic. i don't
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believe in the supernatural at all. anything has a rational explanation. but the supernatural of one era is simply the unexplained. so that there are things going on which seem particularly alarming because we don't understand them. and that might be because science hasn't yet progressed far enough to explain. or it might be because indeed someone is deliberately keeping a secret. or because in part we have an affection for the unknown, and a need for the unknown, not simply giving a name to the inexplicable but there is something attractive about the feeling that things are going on in a way that we cannot quite understand. yes. i think one of the great things about fiction, whether as a reader 01’ as about fiction, whether as a reader orasa about fiction, whether as a reader or as a writer, it allows you to live a life that is slightly larger
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and more interesting than your own. iam and more interesting than your own. i am struck by the title. peculiar isa i am struck by the title. peculiar is a very interesting word to use about this house. a solid wonderful place to live, with wonderful grounds as we see them being laid out at the beginning of the book, and the confining wall, why peculiar? it isa peculiar? it is a phrase from a hymn, we are a gardeners' world around a sacred place, a peculiar ground. the worker julia has changed its meaning is through the centuries covered in this story. it has always meant —— the word peculiar. it has meant set apart, different. it has come to mean odd and weird. in its original meaning it means reserved, enclosed, set apart from the rest of the world. so the house is peculiar but it also contains in it everything about humanity that we recognise. the thing that pulls us all
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together. great country houses are very useful to novelists or film—makers do the same reason that pubs are so popular, everyone has had to go to the pub. because if you can get your characters together under one roof, then things can start to happen between them. and the great country house is, it is of course a place for parties, in which others can live a rich and glamorous life, it is also business where a lot of people work. far too many novels are about who goes to bed with whom, which is interesting, but we spent most of our lives most of the time working. so i liked to show the gamekeepers gamekeeping, the forester is looking after the trees. we get to know the life there are very well indeed in your book. thank you very much.
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thank you very much. thank you. hello. it doesn't rain but it pours at the moment when those showers come down. we still have held, thunder and lightning. this is the latest rainfall charts, heavy thunderstorms following on across lincolnshire, the east midlands and northern ireland. as we head towards darkness they will fade away. under clearing skies it will turn chilly. frost on the graft in parts of the glens of scotland. or lightly mist and fog first thing in central areas. “— and fog first thing in central areas. —— more likely. a drier and brighter start tomorrow. stronger sunshine than today. the chance of rain close to western scotland. probably showers but nothing of the intensity of today. the breeze will
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be lighter. as a result it will be warmer, temperatures up to 21 celsius. the second half of the weekend will be a drier affair for most of us. this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 7pm. $350 billion worth of contracts are signed by president trump and king salman of saudi arabia. jeremy corbyn insists his party is committed to trident after members of the shadow cabinet publicly disagree over the issue. the tories defend their aim to cut net migration to tens of thousands after it comes under fire from former chancellor george osborne. hassan rouhani is re—elected as iranian president, just married, the duchess of cambridge's sister, pippa middleton. millwall's manager jumps for joy after being promoted to the championship as fans stage a pitch invasion. that's all in sportsday in half an hour here on bbc news.
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