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hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and jon kay. tony blair has told the bbc that continuing on the current path to brexit would be the "biggest delusion". the former prime minister says european leaders have told him they would be prepared to make concessions to keep the uk in the single market. he says a debate on the eu is needed. good morning, it's saturday the 15th ofjuly. also ahead this morning... demands for a crackdown to tackle acid attacks — a review will be carried out into whether laws should be tightened. a call for a more consistent approach to tower—block fires after the grenfell disaster, as one in five fire brigades say they still won't automatically send a high ladder to a blaze. a world record for hannah cockroft, as britain takes three medals
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on the opening night of the world para—athletics championships. good morning from wimbledon. it is women's final day, is 37—year—old venus williams aims to become the old est venus williams aims to become the oldest winner in the open era. she ta kes oldest winner in the open era. she takes on garbine muguruza here on centre court, live on the bbc this afternoon. the story of dunkirk is being told in a major new movie — we'll hear how boyband star harry styles took to his first acting role. ijust, you i just, you know, ijust, you know, ifeel very grateful to be able to get to do two of the things that i like so much. and jay wynne has the weather for us. and jay wynne has the weather for us. good morning. today will be the wetter of the two days of the weekend. and most of the rain will be in the north and the west of the uk. the further south you are, the temperatures are on the rise, as is the humidity. good morning. first, our main story. in the last half hour,
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tony blair has told the bbc he believes eu leaders are willing to consider changing rules on the free movement of people to accommodate britain. speaking to radio 4's today programme, mr blair refused to be drawn on his contacts within the eu, but insisted his claims were not just made on "a whim". he also said continuing on the brexit path would be delusional. let's get more on that interview, with our political correspondent, emma va rdy. he's certainly not shy about making his views clear on brexit, is he? absolutely, tony blair is on a mission to highlight the people the dangers, the perils, as he sees it, is leaving the single market. this claim that he is now making today is that he believes senior eu figures, the eu leaders, would be prepared to change the rules on immigration and freedom of movement to accommodate britain. essentially saying that, yes, we could get greater control of
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britain's borders but whilst remaining within a reformed eu. of course, you may say, that may sound, well, having your cake and eating it. we don't believe that compromise is possible, opting out of freedom of movement, as we understand it, means leaving the single market. but tony blair is insisting that he is now hearing different noises from the eu, and another kind of way is possible. he has said there is a com pletely possible. he has said there is a completely changed situation in europe. britain can get a better deal on immigration whilst staying in the eu. and he's warned against on along the path that we are on, saying that we need to consider other options. the biggest delusion would be to continue on this path of what is actually a hard brexit, if we leave the single market and customs union. and, you know, i think what is important is to understand there is already a lot that we know, now, that we didn't know one year ago, when we took the decision. all i'm saying is, our leaders today should be educating
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us, engaging with us, explaining to us, engaging with us, explaining to us, and having a range of options that allow us to do what is in the national interest. some may say they feel pretty sceptical over whether there really is the political will to do this. is there the evidence to back up tony blair's claims that people are really considering changing the rules just to suit britain? he didn't give away where this has come from, but he said he hasn't said it on a whim. tony blair, though, of course, he's good at making headlines and being persuasive, and he wants to use some of his old touch, really, to try and steer the country in a different direction. but he risks of course by sticking to those remain arguments, he risks the accusation that he is ignoring the referendum result that people voted for. to do that, some argue, could destroy trust in politics. thanks, emma vardy. laws on buying and carrying acid are to be reviewed by the government following a spate of attacks which took place in london on thursday night.
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five people had corrosive liquid thrown at them, including one man who is said to have suffered life—changing injuries. two teenage boys, aged 15 and 16, remain in custody on suspicion because it was getting dry, dry, it was burning. so i was just screaming for water, screaming for help, knocking there are different alternatives
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for cleaning your drains. no—one should be able to buy sulphuric acid unless they're a builder or a workman who needs it in the course of their profession, and they should have to have a licence. the government says it's working with the police to see what more can be done to combat the growing menace of acid attacks. andy moore, bbc news. there are calls for a more consistent response to major incidents from all fire brigades in the uk following the grenfell tower disaster. a bbc news investigation found that crew levels and equipment vary significantly across the country, leading to what the fire brigades union has described as a postcode lottery. holly hamilton reports. more than a month on, there is now a clear picture of how the london fire brigade responded to the blaze.
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last week, it emerged it took more than 30 minutes for a high ladder to arrive after the first fire engine. until grenfell, automatically bringing this piece of equipment to a tower block was not part of its predetermined attendance plan. but a bbc newsnight investigation has found that differed from 70% of fire services in the uk with high—rise blocks in their region. the investigation also revealed significant variations in the number of fire engines dispatched across the country. it has prompted calls for the government to implement mandatory minimum requirements for fire services who are attending high—rise fires. we have raised concerns about this sort of issue for more than a decade. we used to have national standards of fire cover. we now have local so—called risk management plans. what they are in reality are budget management plans. you have seen that the risk assessments over time,
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as budgets are squeezed, the response has declined over the past few years. since grenfell tower, four services, including london and manchester, have changed their attendance plans, while nine say they still would not send an aerial ladder in the first instance. the home office says it's the responsibility of each fire and rescue authority to manage their own resources. holly hamilton, bbc news. there are plans to extend a scheme which allows members of the public to call for harsher sentences in england and wales. the unduly lenient sentence scheme already covers serious offences such as murder and rape. the ministry ofjustice now wants it to apply to people who have been convicted of offences such as encouraging terrorism. we've been looking at this for some time. a lot of work has gone into it. what we're making sure is that there is a proper system in place to reflect the wishes and interest of the british public, properly checked
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by the attorney general and the court of appeal. and making sure that those who radicalise young people and those who wilfully and culpably turn a blind eye to terrorist activity feel the full. the law. 7,000 police officers, soldiers, officials and academics have been sacked in turkey, where a national holiday is being held to mark the first anniversary of a failed attempt to remove president erdogan. the authorities have accused them of being members of terrorist organisations or of groups working against the national interest. 150,000 people have now been arrested or sacked since the thwarted coup. wages are increasing at their slowest rate for five years, which is hitting young families in particular, according to new research. the resolution foundation, which analyses living standards, says average income growth halved to 0.7% in the year before the general election, a shortlist of five contenders has been announced in the race to be uk city of culture 2021, taking over from hull. coventry, paisley, sunderland, swansea and stoke—on—trent are all still in the running to host
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the year—long celebration of art and performance, which happens every four years. the winner will be announced in december. some of the world's largest carnivores are being squeezed out of their natural habitat due to farming and human settlements. in the first global study of its kind, scientists have found six species — including tigers and lions — have lost at least 90% of the areas they've historically occupied. researchers say reintroduction into these landscapes would mean humans would have to be more willing to share habitats with animals like the wolf. do you have something to say about wolves ? do you have something to say about wolves? i was saying that i wouldn't wa nt to wolves? i was saying that i wouldn't want to share my habitat with wolves. and i said they were but. your i wasn't denying that. but but i have been put right by wolfe fans. it's a common perception that they
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are more likely to attack us, but we are more likely to attack us, but we are actually more dangerous. the use of acid and other corrosives in violent attacks can often leave victims with terrible life—changing injuries and trauma. the motivations for such attacks can be complex, ranging from domestic abuse to organised gang crime. an increase of acid attacks in the uk has prompted calls for tougher restrictions on the sale of acid—based products. let's discuss this more now with jaf shah from acid survivors trust international. thank you very much indeed for joining us. the figures are shocking in terms of the number, the increase that we have seen just than the last few months. well, i'm afraid, jon, over the last three years the numbers have actually doubled. around 2014, we were experiencing around 250 attacks per year. by the end of 2016, there were 700 attacks,
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of which around 400 were in london. use being a victim yourself, haven't you? just tell us what happened with usable you have been the victim. no, i've never been a victim. you haven't? i'm sorry. explain why you think it has happened. we have had an explanation about gangs using acid but that's not the only thing that's going on here. it can happen in domestic situations and more randomly. why do you think... what's going on? we have a very complex here in the uk. if you compare, say, the uk to the global patterns, we know that the vast majority of perpetrators on then and the vast majority of victims are women and girls. that makes it a form of gender based violence. but here in the uk, we actually have a trend that goes against the global pattern in that two thirds of victims are men. which means that approximately
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500 male victims in the uk, judging by the early figures. that's really going against global pattern. and also, we don't really understand what the motivations are behind a lot of these attacks. because, from what i understand from official figures, only about a quarter of these cases actually reach successful prosecution. once we get an increase in successful prosecutions, we will better understand a lot of the motivations behind these attacks. at the survivors trust, the people you talk to you been on the receiving end of these attacks, how does it affect their lives? what kind of a pact does it have? well, the impact is twofold. clearly there's the physical aspect, which results in very often very severe facial disfigurement, because the face is often targeted. in some cases, blindness. also, clearly, the
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psychological trauma that comes with acid attack. because the principal purpose behind using acid attacks, using acid, is to really disfigure and maim. and the idea is, by disfiguring and maiming your intended victim you are trying to push them to a state of social isolation. and that often results in various forms of trauma. and psychological support needed. because many survivors will undergo deep depression, anxiety, panic attacks, fear, loneliness. and in some rare cases suicidal thoughts. you gave us those figures at the beginning of the interview about the increase over the last few years. what would you like to see changed to try and stop this increase happening altogether? well, i think there is a whole number of measures there is a whole number of measures the government can take. i think in
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the government can take. i think in the short—term, they certainly can introduce controls on the sale of concentrated forms of acid. including household products, as well as just concentrated litres of acid that can currently be purchased relatively easily. that's the first measure. the second measure is to introduce an age restriction, because it's quite apparent that a number of attacks feature very young perpetrators. the third thing is to prevent cash sales. introduce credit and debit card payments only, which would aid tracing payments, which in turn would offer support to the police who are investigating such crimes. but in the long term, i think we need to do a lot more research on the problem to better understand the groups of people involved in these attacks, to understand what are the motivations, what are the democratics, —— the
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demographics, which parts of the uk and london are most affected, what types of corrosive substances are most commonly used in the attacks? but also to better understand the needs of the survivors, because the survivors need an enormous amount of support at a medical and psychological level. we need to make sure that the health service that we have in the uk is sufficiently weak sauce to provide that service to survivors. interesting suggestions -- is survivors. interesting suggestions —— is sufficiently resourced to provide that service. jaf shah, thank you forjoining us. it is 916a. time to take a look at the weather. , it is a busy sporting weekend. we have got the ladies final at wimbledon today. how was looking? the british grand prix as well. we have a lot of cloud in the sky this morning, bring some rain with it. today will be the worker of the two days of the weekend. also it is fairly warm and fairly muggy up their —— today will be the wet. we have got warm air coming in from the
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atla ntic have got warm air coming in from the atlantic but it is coming in with a bit of a breeze, note the ice bars, and also the weather fronts bringing outbreaks of rain. it is a bit dull and dab across central and northern parts of the uk. largely dry south of the m4 corridor, but rather cloudy. wet in central and western parts of scotland, the rain will be on for much of the day here. towards the north—east of scotland we should see something drier developing into the afternoon. the rain on and off into the afternoon across northern ireland, more persistent rain pushing south later on. still quite warm, 21 degrees in belfast. early rain clears away from northern england, leaving behind low cloud and perhaps drizzle. the western side the pennines and wales, pretty grey into the afternoon. the morning rain clears away from east anglia and the south—east, where it is certainly going to be like apache. white warm through the afternoon, 23-24d, -- it is white warm through the afternoon, 23—24d, —— it is going to be like apache. the chance of a spot of rain
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at wimbledon but it will ease off. this evening we still have rain across western scotland and northern ireland. it is moving south by this stage, getting into northern england and the north of wales. out of that it stays fairly cloudy, quite a warm night ahead, 16 or 17 degrees behind that ring. we have got something a bit fresher moving into scotland and northern ireland. the fresh air is coming in behind the weatherfront, drifting south through tomorrow. any rain on the weather front becomes like apache. the south of the weather front is going to stay warm, but behind it it is brightening up. it breeze in the far north of the uk, thickening cloud bringing some rain into the north west of scotland through tomorrow, dry and bright weather for northern england, northern ireland. 17—19d. but quite warm, 25 orso, northern ireland. 17—19d. but quite warm, 25 or so, in the south—eastern corridor. of course, the grand prix as well, so much sport. too much to cope with! those blue skies, perfect
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flying weather. the us air force thunderbirds team is mostly made up of experienced fighter pilots. now 20—year—old beth moran they've been doing it for years. now 20—year—old beth moran has become the youngest woman to fly with them — remarkable, seeing as she only had her first flying lesson a year ago! she took up flying last year because she wanted to do something positive following the shoreham air disaster, as ben moore reports. coping with a force nearly ten times that of gravity is not bad for a novice pilot. beth moran is the youngest ever woman to fly with the thunderbirds. despite having had herfirst flying lesson just over a year ago. now, she's in an f—16, belonging to the top american aerial display team. beth wanted to do something to lift spirits after the shoreham disaster.
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so she learned to fly. her boss contacted the thunderbirds on social media, asking if they would take her up. beth was unsurprisingly impressed. itjust still feels quite surreal that i actually went up in an f—16 and pulled 9.2g. i mean, i think my body's going to be recovering for a little while after that. but it was a real experience, one i'll neverforget. for being part of a such select team, beth got her name on the plane, a round of applause and a framed photo. but this just has to be the best selfie ever. ben moore, bbc news. do you think you could be that selfie?! no way, what, on the train
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on the way home! time to look at the papers... tim walker is back with us to tell us what caught his eye. good morning. some heartbreaking stories. one of the things i remember this week is seeing an interview with jermain defoe, who was giving a press co nfe re nce , jermain defoe, who was giving a press conference, the footballer. he became very attached to this young man, bradley lowery, who sadly died in the last week after battling cancer. and now lots of people are going to be paying their respects to this little boy, who really did win the hearts of so many. he had an extraordinary personality. and he did indeed touch the hearts of the nation. a fitting to page tribute here in the daily mirror to bradley. as you say, he lived just six years, but what he achieved in that six yea rs was but what he achieved in that six years was extraordinary. so much good he achieved will live after
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him. he raised more than £1 million for cancer research and charities. he formed a very genuine friendship withjermain he formed a very genuine friendship with jermain defoe. he formed a very genuine friendship withjermain defoe. the great england star, who was among the mourners, who flew over from a training session in spain to be there. sometimes these friendships, people may be think it is a pr i can size or whatever, but in fact there was a genuine affection, as we saw in that interview —— ebola think it is maybe pr or whatever. —— people think. they formed an incredibly close bond. mark renton smith, sunderland's fc‘s chaplin, talked about him having a smile so big that it lit up the room. the great thing is, the good that he did will live after him. a lovely, touching point as france commemorated his life is that all football fans, because he was a massive football fan, wasn't he, wore their team colours. no
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clashes, just the hashtag, cancer has no collars, was made. notjust the sunderland fans. everybody. you saw that little lad doing his brave little salute with his hand. and you can't not be touched by that. tim, let's look at this piece in the times as well. on monday, camilla, duchess of cornwall, will celebrate her 70th birthday. this profile piece is looking at the transformation in her image and reputation. it's quite something, over the last 20 years. it is. still, she's one of these people that people have opinions of, one way or the other. they will probably never change. but you have to respect the fact that she has made such a success of a marriage, of a relationship, that clearly has its strings and pressures. it is conducted very much in the public eye. at highgrove, 250 of her closest friends will be gathering to
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celebrate it. i think everyone who has met her, she has a very strong and interesting character. she looked around the telegraph wants, i was doing a gossip column at the time and there was a sense i should be kept well clear of her! but in fa ct be kept well clear of her! but in fact she broke off from her royal party and came over and said, what's going on tomorrow? i told her she would have to read the paper! she is fun and entertaining. although she is in the public eye, she's so recognisable, we don't know a huge amount about what makes her tick. she is also quite a private person, isn't she? indeed, members of the royal family has given interviews over the years, but she never has. a big interview with camilla would be an extraordinary gift for any major news organisation. this story caught my icon i'm pleased you picked this out. this has a total of eight legs, eight hands or whatever they are. i think donald trump, where he confronted by this tardy ——
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tardigrade is that it is resilient. given the way this world is going with our climate change and everything, it may not be around all that long. this thing can live in temperatures that are incredibly low, incredibly high, it can live in water, out of water. it's not big, only half a millimetre in length. water, out of water. it's not big, only half a millimetre in lengthm looks like a little paper! doesn't it? yes, with a strange one eye. -- a little pig. i wouldn't say it's going to be a —— making a career out of modelling! that ricky gervais book when he created all of those mystical, mythical characters, it looks like one of those, it doesn't looks like one of those, it doesn't look like a real thing! looks like one of those, it doesn't look like a realthing! it's extraordinary that we haven't found it before. when the sun burns out, andi it before. when the sun burns out, and i doubt we'll be here, it will
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survive. apparently they live to a ripe old age, they go on into their 60s, virtually. and you can't get rid of them. i've got certain friends like that! laughter a story in the mirror. imagine being fast tracked straight from primary school from university. this is what happened to this amazing young man. he was the youngest ever pupil to achieve and a—level grade, at age eight. he has graduated with a first—class honours degree, he is returning to his university to go for doctorate. the professor who taught him said that the most important thing about him is that he's a good bloke, good to be around. forget the maps and studying, learn how to cook at university! that was the most important for me. we'll stick with a food themed... saturday kitchen takes over from us
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at10am. saturday kitchen takes over from us at 10am. good morning. our special guest is julian clary. at 10am. good morning. our special guest isjulian clary. you are here to facelock but heaven or food hell. tell us your food haven't? anything to do with fish, particularly salmon, i would like. 0k. to do with fish, particularly salmon, iwould like. 0k. tell to do with fish, particularly salmon, i would like. 0k. tell us about your food hell?|j salmon, i would like. 0k. tell us about your food hell? i don't like tomatoes, especially cooked tomatoes and tomato sauce, it feels a bit bland to be. and by the tomato curry. well, i've a lot to work with. we have two great chefs, nadia hussain, what's on the menu? not a curry! aubergine tart with feta and a simple salad with garlic dressing. we're going to be cooking outside. barbecued turbot with fresh polmans and mushrooms. jane park nigel
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lawson, you are here to talk about wines and drinks and all sorts of wonderful things. i've got literally something for everyone. you guys at home or in charge of voting for heaven or hell forjulian. home or in charge of voting for heaven or hell for julian.|j home or in charge of voting for heaven or hell forjulian. i have a question that is probably better directed to noddy —— to nadia. when do you know if garlic has blood? -- has burned. when it is really, really black! like toast, same kind of principle. you're watching brea kfast of principle. you're watching breakfast magrin. coming up before 10am... the weather breakfast magrin. coming up before 10am. .. the weather and breakfast magrin. coming up before 10am... the weather and sport headlines. coming up. hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and jon kay.
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let's bring you up to date with the main stories. tony blair has confirmed to the bbc that he believes senior eu figures are willing to consider changing rules on the free movement of people to accommodate britain. speaking to radio 4's today programme, mr blair refused to be drawn on his contacts within the eu, but insisted his claims were not just made on "a whim". the government insists brexit will give the uk greater control of its borders but mr blair insists continuing towards brexit would be "delusional". if people seriously believe that this is the wrong thing for the country, and i think there's every day passes, and the damage becomes clearer, not just the day passes, and the damage becomes clearer, notjust the damage of doing brexit but the damage of
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distracting from the big challenges facing the country, even if doctors talk about me being the lesion or an optimist, —— even if you talk about me being an optimist. even if it happens, people should say this is a serious mistake, possibly the worst since the world war we should think about the consequences. laws on buying and carrying acid are to be reviewed by the government following attacks which took place in london on thursday night. five people had corrosive liquid thrown at them, including one man who is said to have suffered life—changing injuries. two teenage boys, aged 15 and 16, remain in custody on suspicion of robbery and grievous bodily harm with intent. there are calls for a more consistent response to major incidents from all fire brigades in the uk following the grenfell tower disaster. under its policy at the time, the london brigade didn't send an aerial ladder immediately to the blaze. now, a bbc news investigation found that crew levels and equipment vary significantly across the country — leading to what the fire brigade union has described as a postcode lottery.
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there are plans to extend a scheme which allows members of the public to call for harsher sentences in england and wales. the unduly lenient sentence scheme already covers serious terror offences and crimes such as murder and rape. the ministry ofjustice now wants it to apply to people who have been convicted of offences such as encouraging terrorism. wages are increasing at their slowest rate for five years, which is hitting young families in particular — according to new research. the resolution foundation — which analyses living standards — says average income growth halved to 0.7% in the 12 months before last month's general election. some of the world's largest carnivores are being squeezed out of their natural habitat due to farming and human settlements. in the first global study of its kind — scientists have found six species —
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including tigers and lions — have lost at least 90% of the areas they've historically occupied. researchers say reintroduction into these landscapes would mean humans have to be more willing to share habitats with animals like the wolf. and you've been doing some research into wolves ? and you've been doing some research into wolves? wolf and is dangerous to us as i thought they were. i'm not sure i'd go as far as sharing their habitat, but apparently less dangerous than i realised. his the bouncing ball. we missed that ball, we will miss wimbledon. what a fantastic couple of weeks we've had. there is so much sport this weekend to you. grant bray, paralympics, this weekend to you. grant bray, pa ralympics, fantastic. this weekend to you. grant bray, paralympics, fantastic. mike is going to tell us all about what is going to tell us all about what is going on. looking glorious, the centre court's it is, though my voice has changed in terms of the
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sound and echo because the roof has turned on. the roof is also on because we have had a little shower. nothing to worry about. they are giving it one last vacuum and dried, and there are expecting a dry afternoon, the stage is set for a historic weekend. wimbledon will be full of history breakers this weekend, starting today if venus williams can win her sixth singles titles here and become the oldest grand slam winner at 37. garbine muguruza stands in here way on centre court later today. 17 years after venus first won her title here. and in the men's final tomorrow, roger federer is back there, also looking to make history. he beat tomas berdych in straight sets to book his 11th wimbledon final — as he looks for a record 19th grand slam title... i feel privileged to be in another final. i know how much it means to so many players to be able to go out on centre court at wimbledon at any time in their career and i have had
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the pleasure to do it so many times. this time in another final, it is so good. i can not believe it is true again. looking to spoil federer‘s party on centre court tomorrow is marin cilic. the seventh seed came through a tough four set semifinal with sam ouerrey. cilic is into his second majorfinal after winning the 2014 us open. jamie murray and martina hingis are through to the mixed doubles final after beating marcelo demol—iner and maria jose martinez—sanchez in straights sets on centre court... and waiting for them are heather watson and henri kontinen. they beat bruno soares and elena vesnina two sets to one. so that means britain is guaranteed success one way or another in the final. will it be murray or watson died? —— will be maori or watson? gordon reid and alfie hewett are back in the hunt for another
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wimbledon title after britain's star wheelchair tennis double act reached the final. after early defeats in the singles for the british pair, they rebounded as a team with victory over argentinian gustavo fernandez and japan's shingo kunieda. the fire alarms are being tested here to to give me a bit of accompaniment. away from the tennis, hannah cockcroft set a new world record at the world pa ra—athletics championships in london last night. cockroft won the 100 metre t34 gold in 17.18 seconds. and it was a british one—two as as sixteen—year—old kare adenegan came in second, winning silver. immense. amazing. going round the warm—up laps, i was getting a little emotional. the noise is so loud, we have not had that since london 2012. to be able to go in and put in such a good performance, it means so much and hopefully that's a sign of a good championships to come. and gemma prescott won gb's third medal of the tournament with bronze in the f32 club final for seated athletes with cerebral palsy. prescott‘s best throw was 19.97 metres. south africa are 309—6 after day one of the second
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test at trent bridge. hashim amla top scored for the tourists with 78, but england picked up four wickets, including his, in the last session of the day the last time that we played here and bowled here, we bowled pretty well. so i think was important that whatever we did, we stuck to our guns and we did that. they applied themselves well, credit to them. 170 odd for two, as i say, they were excellent. there's eight stages to go at the tour de france and chris froome will start this morning in white, rather than yellow, for a second day — he's still six seconds behind fabio aru. but he says he's enjoying racing to try and take the yellow jersey back. it was actually quite a great feeling to have to go out there and try to race for a win today, as opposed to racing defensively and having that pressure of defending the jersey. it felt quite nice to have the shoe on the other foot.
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va ltteri bottas valtteri bottas leads lewis hamilton in the second practice at the british grand prix, another highlight of the weekend. he was closer by 0.04 seconds, suffering the same year box problem that hit hamilton at the austrian grand prix last weekend. back here at wimbledon, one of those special moments on wimbledon, such a privilege to be here. getting ready for the rehearsal of the trophy presentation. while they do that, is the latest in our game, set and a mild challenge. he may be the former heavyweight world champion, but can david haye put andy murray on the ropes to go top of the leaderboard in our game set mug challenge? let's see how he got on we are in a privileged place this morning.
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we are inside the gym owned by the one and only mr david haye, former world heavyweight champion. he will have a go against the mug. i am feeling that you are ready for this. iam. i have been waiting a long time for this. 0k. 30 seconds to get as many balls into that mug. who's got the highest so far? andy murray has 14. he's a wimbledon champion, though... yes. i think double figures is good. 0k. i am going for the double figures. good technique. overarm, yes, kept going. this is going to be a good one, here we go. the power in those fists is translating into a good result here. you are halfway there, 15 seconds left. ifeel like i am in your corner. this is brilliant. should i offer you some coaching? i am better at punching people. go on, a bit more.
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and now stop. how do you think you did? not that great. i think i got around three orfour, hopefully. david, follow me. let's have a look. stick to be fighting? let's have a look. ready look inside the mug? iam. oh, that is brilliant! nine! i did not trust your counting. i am happy with that. david haye, nine. i think you may have been beaten by kim clijsters, i'm not sure. but for a boxer, that is very good, better than me. thank you. i will come back and i will beat andy. i will get you, andy. swinging down the gauntlet for andy
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murray. that puts injoint third on the leaderboard. you can see the leaderboard there. andy murray is still way out in the lead. back here and centre court they continue with the rehearsal on ladies final day, a special day. before the final can start, an important moment for the match is the toss of the coin to decide who serves first. 12—year—old rebecca jones has been chosen to perform the prestigious task in front of an estimated worldwide audience of 1.2 billion people. rebecca joins me now. she has been giving these opportunities xt children in need and the wimbledon foundation. how do
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you feel? a little nervous but excited to meet the legends of venus williams and garbine muguruza. have you been on the centre court before? i shot a video but that was the only time. do you know what you will say to the players? have you rehearsed it? now, i think to the players? have you rehearsed it? now, ithink we're to the players? have you rehearsed it? now, i think we're rehearsing at 11am or11:30am. have it? now, i think we're rehearsing at 11am or 11:30am. have you it? now, i think we're rehearsing at 11am or11:30am. have you managed it? now, i think we're rehearsing at 11am or 11:30am. have you managed to sleep? i had a good sleep yesterday. keeping tom? i've got a pound coin, you will be using a special wimbledon coin in the ceremony. i want to see your technique, i know you've been practising a time. there we are, one of the players will call heads, if it is venus williams she would get to serve first. yeah. i don't want
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to serve first. yeah. i don't want to put any map pressure that its 1.2 billion people watching noves that many. i know there's that many watching. quite a few friends said do you have any spare tickets? they also will get all ourfamily any spare tickets? they also will get all our family to watch and good luck, we are so proud of you. we wish you the best of luck as well. they will all be watching on the bbc at around 2pm. you can follow it on five live orders bbc sport website. sue barker comes fast, good morning. looking forward to it at! we were saying we're going to watch it on bbc one. alex rowley to seeing it. will have to leave them for now, leaving them to the rehearsal, best of luck, rebecca, what a special
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moment for you and the rest of the tea m moment for you and the rest of the team here. that's just moment for you and the rest of the team here. that'sjust marvellous. sue barkerjust team here. that'sjust marvellous. sue barker just casually team here. that'sjust marvellous. sue barkerjust casually walking along. it's really building up now, though momentum to this afternoon? wotton atmosphere. its spine tingling now, you have the rehearsing now. it's an amazing atmosphere and centre court. enjoy your day. we will know the result tomorrow. you are watching breakfast and bbc news. in the last hour, tony blair has told the bbc that senior eu figures will make concessions to keep britain in the single market but continuing on the current path of brexit will be a delusion. there will be a review of the law into carrying acid following the attacks in london. mike said its roof and,
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roof off, at wimbledon, let's see what is here for the rest of the weekend. that's not an encouraging picture. a lot of cloud here. but owning some rain in it. it will be the wetter of the weekend but things will be what warm and humid. we have a wedge of warm airfrom will be what warm and humid. we have a wedge of warm air from the atlantic, coming in with the breeze, and also with these weather fronts. those are bringing the rain. the next few hours are drying up for the midlands and northern england, that rain will shift its way out into the north sea but it stays pretty wet and windy, pretty much all day across central and western parts of scotland. not a great day here but towards the north—east, in aberdeenshire, we should see something prior developing. rain working its way south in the afternoon, quite warm, 21 degrees in belfast. the afternoon to be mostly dry in the north, the western pennine still some low cloud and
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light rain and drizzle, but east of the pennines will dry up. the west is also great with cloud and drizzle. but most southern counties will be drier through the afternoon. 22, 20 three degrees in the south—western corner, and good conditions at wimbledon, the threat of rain easing through the afternoon. it should be dry tomorrow afternoon. it should be dry tomorrow afternoon but cloudy and maggie again. into the evening, the rain moves away from scotland but into northern ireland —— into well. a one night in the south but turning fresher across scotland and northern ireland. the weather front continues to wea ke n ireland. the weather front continues to weaken in terms of rainfall, starting town in northern england and wales, but rain becomes light and wales, but rain becomes light and battery making its way southwards. behind it, like the
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skies coming in, particularly in scotland, the cloud will set him up and we see outbreaks of rain but for most of england, scotland and northern ireland, good spell. sunshine, warm in the south—eastern corner, temperatures as high as 24 or 25. when it comes to music harry styles takes some beating on the fame front — not only is he a member of the world's biggest boy band, but he's now a successful solo artist too. now, in his first major acting role, he joins some giants of the film world, including sir mark rylance, tom hardy and sir kenneth branagh in the summer blockbuster dunkirk. charlie has been speaking to harry, and his fellow movie newcomer fionn whitehead about what it was like to take part in such a huge production. harry, fionn, good to see you. morning. i just wanted to
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reflect on where we're sitting and the aircraft behind us. because it, being close to a spitfire, am i exaggerating, it's quite emotional isn't it? i think so, there's so much history in all this stuff, and that was a lot of the feeling when we were filming was getting to do it on the beach at dunkirk, there was a lot of... it just felt very special doing that. everyone was aware of the history that was under our feet and it made for a very sobering experience in general. definitely, i think the first time everyone had one fly over their head, it's the most recognisable sound in the world. with the engine and everything. everyone wasjust kind of in awe, really. everyone stopped filming for
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a minute and followed it with their eyes, it was hard to do a shot because of it and one flew over you were admiring it. how much of a learning curve for you two was it, learning about dunkirk and what happened, then trying to recreate it? i think, when you learn about dunkirk at school, so early in the war, it's obviously not considered our best moment in the war. so i think it's always told as this fairy tale thing that is washed over. they we re tale thing that is washed over. they were stranded and then people came and then went home. i think through the filming process, it was just amazing to see it as each soldier is human, rather than the large number of people in an army. so it was cool to learn about it in more as a human way then a statistic way. was there
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pinch yourself moments when kenneth branagh and mark rylance, tom hardy, with their moments when, and now you say everyone is embracing it and —— the mood, whether moments where you said, i'm here? absolutely. although it was an equal stage, i was still in shock when i met people i looked up to for so long. also just the scale of the set is insane. the first time i walked up and saw spitfires flying overhead, warships in the background, a kilometre of beachin in the background, a kilometre of beach in a set dress to look the time with extras. it is an insane thing, anyone with an a person, “— a person, —— viktor matter whether you're an actor, you learn to adapt and take it in as normal. when you watch the film, you reflect,
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thinking, that was insane. harry, you have had experience in a different world, the music world. you had to deal with all the attention that fionn will get used to now maybe. does it feel like a com plete to now maybe. does it feel like a complete change to you all quite a natural progression? obviously, the doing of it was so amazing. any time you get to work with who you are a fan of, in any format, it's a a privilege to be around, getting to watch them work. you want to soak as much up of it as you can. in terms of the general switch from music to acting, i don't know, they feel so different to me. ifeel, i have a lwa ys different to me. ifeel, i have always felt, incredibly lucky to work in music and do something that i love and i enjoyed this so much. i
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feel very grateful to get two of the things i like so much. one last things i like so much. one last thing to ask why have you seen the committee having seen the film, there are some very moving sequences i was thinking of. the scenes of the capsize. i'm not sure how those were filmed, you are under water at times, they look quite difficult and obligated. can you tell us a bit about that? —— difficult and completed. some of that was the most fun for me. it was interesting to see the way that the set was and producing something so large that frank. and just working in a set thatis frank. and just working in a set that is totally submerged in water and the whole crew, the cameras coming up to get some air and then going again. you don't get to work
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like that every day. fionn, harry, thank you so much. what i really want to see is how they got down from those chairs. they're still there, they are stuck. charlie also interviewed christopher nolan and mark rylance, and the cinematography of that film is just amazing. it feels so big. so much is taken from the pilot's perspective, he said it's stunning. seeing them coming onto the boat. dunkirk is out in cinemas on friday. staying with the theme of amazing pictures. jupiter's mysterious storm, the great red spot, has captivated scientists for more than 200 years. the nasa spacecraftjuno has been orbiting the planet for more than a year, and earlier this week it got closer than any craft has managed to before, sending back exciting new images of the giant storm. juno mission scientist
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drjonathan nichols is here to talk us through how significant those pictures are. good morning. thanks for coming in. how much do these pictures matter? these are incredible new images of the great red spot. to now has passed closer to the great red spot than any other spacecraft before. the images it sent back are incredible, telling us how the great red spot works. how does it work and what is it? it's a huge fountain of gas inside jupiter, one what is it? it's a huge fountain of gas insidejupiter, one of the most iconic storms in the solar system. if you ask anyone to mention anything about to that they will mention the great red spot. the still mysterious, like a hurricane on earth but not quite the same. a hollow chain needs an ocean to keep going and the earth but there is no ocean and jupiter. —— a harder time.
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so we don't know how great red spot has managed to survive for so long. in terms of the storm, bring it to life for us. we know about 80 or 100 mph winds that seem pretty ferocious. the winds and great red spot go around 400 mph, its much larger than the earth, and the other could fit inside of it. you could fit earth inside that storm? yes, it's huge. it's mind boggling. it's been getting smaller over the last 50 yea rs been getting smaller over the last 50 years or so, it has shrunk by about half its size, we have already lost a n about half its size, we have already lost an earth sized great red spot. but we still don't understand how it works. will these pictures give us greater understanding? what happens, where'd you get stuck into the data? the themselves talk about wind flow in the great red spot. you can see
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waves and waters inside the great red spot. but that's the only the top layer. to show us what's on —— great red spot can look below that, and see the structure of the great red spot. how do we benefit? to that has no solid surface, made up mainly of gases. it's a gas giant planets. our atmospheric models telling us whether it is going to rain, tell —— are based on that. but there is a pesky land that getaway in modelling, we want to run an ideal experiment to see how it works. the good thing aboutjupiter‘s atmosphere is there is no land to get in the way. so we can learn about the's situation from this? yes, the overall goal ofjuno is to
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learn about the overall composition ofjupiter and the structure. that will tell us the story ofjupiter‘s formation billions of years ago and the story of our own formation of the story of our own formation of the earth, jupiter formed first, everything else formed after, jupiter was obliterated in hurling, it is towards the earth which delivered the water we drink in our cups of tea. talking about juno, in terms of distance from the gas planets, and how long itsjourney is going to be, what are we expecting? juno arrived about this time last year, and it is orbiting a special orbit taking it close tojupiter, skimming over the cloud tops about clinic with 3000 kilometres over the cloud tops. but that is very small and the scale ofjupiter. it's smaller than the great red spot. it guides income against the —— it
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glide in, gets the data, and glides out again. originally there was no plan to the camera and so we wouldn't have got these pictures? that's right, the primary science of juno doesn't require a camera, but it would be a crime to send a space mission to jupiter without a it would be a crime to send a space mission tojupiter without a camera. it's there as a public out wheat instrument. everyone can get involved. talk about citizen scientists, how are they being encouraged to get involved? there is no science team behind juno camera. you can go on thejunocam website, vote for the top three images, they are downloaded and put onto the
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website, the junocam are downloaded and put onto the website, thejunocam website and processed by a citizen scientists around the world and the result is the spectacular images. thank goodness they put the camera on! absolutely. now unite. don't forget your camera. that's it from us today. roger and sian will be here tomorrow morning from 6am. enjoy the sport, have a lovely day. don't forget your camera. this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 10:00am. tony blair says eu leaders are willing to consider changing rules on the free movement of people to accommodate britain. majorities in france, germany, as well as the uk as a board changes around things like benefits, around things like people who come without a job who come to europe. laws on buying and carrying acid are to be reviewed by the government following a spate of attacks which took place in london on thursday night.
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two teenage boys are in custody. it is a ‘postcode lottery‘ as to whether fire services deploy high ladders to major incidences — the fire brigade union say, following the grenfell tower disaster. also in the next hour — hundreds of soldiers in turkey tried, and failed, to seize power in the country one year ago today. events will be held in istanbul and ankara later to mark the first anniversary of a failed coup in which at least 260 people died venus williams will attempt to win her sixth wimbledon singles title this afternoon as she takes on garbine muguruza of spain.
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