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the principal of freedom of movement, it's important by the way, and britain benefits enormously from freedom of movement. laws on buying acid are to be reviewed by the government following a spate of attacks in london. a 15—year—old girl has died after taking a drug — formerly known as a "legal high" — in newton abbot in devon. two other girls were taken to hospital. time and time again we hear about people paying the ultimate price for this. it's not worth experimenting with your life. also in the next hour: supporters of turkey's president erdogan celebrate one year since the coup against him failed. the government crackdown against the coup is still continuing — with another 7,000 alleged opponents of the president sacked from theirjobs last night. spain's garbeenya muguruza beats venus williams to win the women's singles at wimbledon. we'll have more of that match plus, all the rest of today's action at the all england club in sportsday, here on the news
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channel in just over half an hour. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the former prime minister tony blair has suggested some eu leaders might be prepared to change the rules of the single market — to keep britain inside the european union. he says the views of voters could have shifted, and the british might be willing to stay inside the eu if changes were made — such as stricter controls on migration. his comments had been dismissed by balancing the needs of the uk economy at the same time as getting control of britain's borders is a key issue in the brexit debate
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but a former labour prime minister has suggested political change in france has opened the path to compromise. tony blair claims the eu could be willing to make concessions on the free movement of people to allow the uk to stay in a reformed eu. britain benefits enormously from that freedom of movement. however the question is, where there are changes to it, not alteration in the visibility of the printable but qualifications to it, around the things that concern people. but those claims directly contradict what those in brussels are saying, that the uk must accept free movement without exception or new ones. i'm not going to disclose conversations i had within europe, but am not saying this on the basis of a whim. some of those who campaigned to leave the eu says there is no evidence to back up his claim. the eu has made it absolutely clear that the four freedoms including freedom of movement are not divisible.
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the chief negotiator said that. they took four minutes to read his guidelines, there is no debate in the eu. it's complete nonsense, another attempt to undermine brexit. campaigning in southampton the current labour leader rejected the position of his predecessor and says his party respects the result of the referendum. anyone is entitled to give their views and i listen to all of them. the views we have is that we want to see tariff free access to the european market, protection of eu national and of the rights and consumer rights we achieved through european union membership. this latest intervention from tony blair will not change the government ‘s approach to negotiations. ministers say the former labour prime ministers demonstrating again that he is out of touch with voters yet mr blair has reopened the debate on
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the central issue of brexit, a decision he says is the biggest country has faced since the second world war. once he helped determine britain's place in the world. now this former prime minister must settle with commenting from the sidelines. eleanor garnier, bbc news. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are anne ashworth, associate editor of the times — and john rentoul, political columnist for the independent. 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. 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. andy moore's report contains flashing images and some scenes you may find distressing.
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where's it hurt, mate — your eyes? we need to try and get water in your eyes... in the aftermath of the first attack, police doused the victim with water. he was protected by his helmet, and lucky to escape with only minor injuries. but even so, it was a terrifying experience. i took off my helmet, and i wasjust screaming for help, because it was getting dry, and as much as it was getting dry, it was burning. so i was just screaming for water, screaming for help, knocking on all the doors and car windows. another moped rider attacked at this location was not so lucky. he has life—changing injuries to his face. the shadow home secretary called the attacks horrific and barbaric. she is calling for tighter controls. nobody in their own home needs pure sulphuric acid. there are different alternatives forjust 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,
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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. two german tourists have been killed in stabbings at a hotel beach in the popular red sea resort of hurghada in egypt. at least four other people were injured and a man has been arrested. the knifeman initially killed the two women before injuring two other tourists at the zahabia hotel. he then swam to another nearby beach and attacked and wounded two more people before he was overpowered by staff and arrested. a teenager in devon has died after having an adverse reaction to drugs. the girl, who was 15, was found unconscious at nearly 5am in a park in newton abbot this morning. two other girls were also taken to hospital as a precaution.
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the substance has not yet been identified, according to devon and cornwall police. we don't know the huge amounts but we know it was at this park on the edge of newton abbot in south devon does a girl was found unconscious a playground behind me, that is sealed off this morning and police have examined it. she wasn't in this area. she had been visiting family and have been here at around —— with around 12 other people. we say they are almost certain someone in the local community knows he may have supplied the drug and are very keen to find that supplier. they believe he might be too scared to come forward, but have said to me today that if every -- if have said to me today that if every —— if anyone has information, they would rely to hearfrom —— if anyone has information, they would rely to hear from them. wages are increasing at their slowest rate for five years
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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, as our business correspondent, joe lynam, reports. when theresa may became prime minister a year ago, she promised to work hardest for those "just about managing." but a year later, those so—called jams have seen the rate at which their incomes grow more than halved. in 2016, it stood at 1.6%, butjust before the general election, it fell to 0.7%. before the financial crisis in 2008, incomes had grown an average rate ofjust over 2%. incomes for younger families, though, have not risen at all in 15 years. while pensioner incomes have grown by 30% in that time, due to soaring property values. the big winners have been those with mortgages, who have seen the interest rate on their mortgage come down significantly.
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and if they've stayed in theirjobs, yes, they may not get the earnings growth they wanted, but they have benefited from the low interest rates. the big losers have been the young people. young people are still 10% lower than where they were today. and if they're renting, there is even more pressure on the budget. while average households have seen their income stagnate of late, the wealthiest 1% of the population are said to have the largest—ever share of britain's total wealth. joe lynam, bbc news. the authorities in turkey have sacked a further 7,000 members of the security forces and civil service — president erdogan arrived at a mass rally were hundreds of thousands of supporters have gathered for the commemorations. he is due to unveil a memorialfor the commemorations. he is due to unveil a memorial for the victims. commemorations. he is due to unveil a memorialfor the victims. people also visit the bridge were soldiers had surrendered. earlier he attended
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a special session of the turkish parliament. since the coup attempt, the government has fired more than 140,000 the government has fired more than 140 , 000 state the government has fired more than 140,000 state employees. 7,000 more we re 140,000 state employees. 7,000 more were dismissed on friday. this time last year i was speaking to you while you were in turkey. we had no idea which way this was going to go. absolutely. i remember we were actually driving from my friend's wedding that i had to abandon when it became apparent that there was a coup attempt going on. arriving back at my hotel room, i remember turning on the tv as turkish tv channels, one of them, two of them, had been raided by military personnel and they were sarah. they were on air brother was nothing going on in the studio. they had been abandoned. we
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did not know that night when turkish people did not sleep across the country, we didn't know where it was going to go. in the early hours of today, it became apparent that this was a small military faction who have been overpowered. within that short space of time, that one evening, it was turned around. from the moment president erdogan appeared on social media, he got the supporters back and people realise that he was very much around. he was away at that time. he was on holiday. people did not know what had happened to him, because the most prominent tv channels have been raided. people didn't know whether he was alive or not. they didn't know where he was. when he appears on face time on tv, quality people to ta ke on face time on tv, quality people to take to the streets and protect chris lee, the mosques started relaying his messages and he was, of
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course, live on tv. people took to the streets and you had civilians, unarmed civilians, taking on one of the largest armies of nato. is ironic now that since the coup, he has cut hailed many, many democratic lines. the aftermath of the coup is something that people are concentrating on, and today is a very interesting day in turkey. 0f course there are no protest is taking place and no one who desires for a democratic country would protest in favour of the coup as opposed to against it. there are no protests taking place, but the main opposition party is saying that turkey has been the victim of what they call a double is my first coup attempt this time last year, and then the legislation that has been passed by the president under a state of emergency law. which ended up state of emergency law. which ended upfiring state of emergency law. which ended up firing more than 140,000 people and retailing press freedoms. a lot
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of concern about press freedom, about all those people who have been dismissed, lost their positions. and yet he still has an awful lot of support. he is still very popular. yes, he has been in powerfor more than a decade now. first foreign minister and then as president. he was able to change turkey ‘s constitution, change the way turkey is governed. for the majority of the time, when other countries were going through an economic crisis, the traditionally was perfectly fine. he has a lot of support, not just from the conservative base, who love him because of his religious background, but he has also supports from a centre—right movement, one thatis from a centre—right movement, one that is in favour of free trade and market economics. thank you. more now on the afternoon's tennis
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action — and spain's garbine muguruza has won herfirst wimbledon title. the 23 year old beat venus williams in straight sets, overwhelming her american opponent in 77 minutes. our sports correspondent hugh woozencroft gave us this update a little earlier from wimbledon. winning a challenge to seal victory here today, but a stunning performance. she is a newly crowned winner of wimbledon, the ladies singles. she beat five times champion venus williams in straight sets. there were two very contrasting sets, the first one to garbeenya muguruza. venus had two chances to win that set. ruthless from that point on, the second is that completely different. 6— love in favour of the spanish player. she becomes the first woman from spain to win the championship
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here since her standing coach, martinez, back in 1994. a very worthy winner indeed. she only dropped one set in her seven matches of the two weeks. she was only broken four times. a stunning performance from her on the day and across the two weeks. venus williams, the fairy tale story was not to be. she was aiming for a sixth championship here. she would have been the oldest grand slam winner in the open era, but she didn't put in the performance today that would have been worthy of winning. instead the enduring images of the day will be garbeenya muguruza who has won herfirst wimbledon title here. a beaten finalist in 2015 when venus‘s youngersister, serena, beat her. she was in tears out on centre court but today the exact opposite. she was greeted by king carlos of spain who gave her a big hug, said congratulations. a fantastic win and a fantastic day for garbeenya muguruza, who is the ladies singles champion here. the headlines on bbc news:
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tony blair says some eu leaders are ready to compromise on freedom of movement to help britain stay in the single market laws on buying acid are to be reviewed by the government following a spate of attacks in london. a 15—year—old girl has died after taking a drug — formerly known as a "legal high" — in newton abbot in devon. the world—renowned iranian mathematician, maryam mirzakhani has died of cancer in hospital in the united states. she was the first—ever female winner of the prestigious fields medal — which is considered the nobel prize for mathematics. the award in 2014 was in recognition of her work on complex geometry. she was 40 years old. dr tom crawford is a mathematician, who's recently finished his phd in applied maths. hejoins me via webcam, from cambridge. thank you very much for your time.
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her achievements are absolutely astounding. just claim to us, for anybody doesn't understand, like myself, complex geometry, dynamical systems. that was why she was given this nobel prize for mathematics. what is that? just to offer my condolences to her family and article world, because we have really lost a role model. the first woman to reach the pinnacle of maths. what she did was to link geometry and dynamics together. geometry is sort of the shapes and sizes and the position of object. dynamics relates to forces and the motion these forces cause. the two are very intimate. if you think about our solar system, we have a son as planets and they are in fixed
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positions. the way the planets move, the fact that off sonorous go around the fact that off sonorous go around the sun in an ellipse, that is the dynamics of the system. what she was able to do was to link these two together, but not in something we can visualise like the solar system, she did this in a very abstract world of current mathematical surfaces. to have an imagination and to be able to visualise these things and then to have all these breakthroughs in that field is just incredible. it sounds extraordinary. she is a woman, was a woman, and a male dominated world. how significant is her achievement? as i alluded to before, the field medal is the mathematical equivalent of the nobel prize. the fact that it took until 2014 for a woman to win this, it sort of shows just how difficult it is perhaps is for women in maths and how important the legacy she has left behind is. if
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you think about something like physics, they have maryjury who won the nobel prize in 1903. yet it took almost 110 more years before a woman was reaching the top, as high as you get, in the field of maths. she really was just a trail blazer is a fantastic role model for young women who want to go into science and maths in particular. why has it been so maths in particular. why has it been so hard for women to do that?” think a lot of it is, it seems to be the professorship level, mainly speaking from experience here. i think we are improving in women studying maths at school and university and then going on to graduate studies we are getting better, but it is then that next that. 0nce better, but it is then that next that. once you complete your ph.d., entered to become a lecturer at a university or obtain a professorship, hr position at a university, they just always professorship, hr position at a university, theyjust always seemed to go to man. i think it is only
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recently we have started to see the shift with more women obtaining these positions, and is definitely in part to her work and the fact that she was able to obtain the top position, the top award you can get asa position, the top award you can get as a mathematician. extraordinary. thank you very much. congratulations because you have recently finished your ph.d. in applied mathematics. thank you for your time. identifying inherited heart conditions can save lives — but many of us don't know that we're carrying the gene that causes a disease known as hcm. sir david frost had the condition — and while it didn't cause his death — he did pass it on to one of his sons miles who died at the age of 31. now, his family is trying to help other people to find out if they could be affected too. chris buckler reports. there's milesy. milesy, come here. in every child, you can find something of their parents, and often inherited alongside looks and characteristics are things that can't be seen. miles frost shared with his father
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david a gene responsible for a heart condition that led to his sudden death. for your 31—year—old brother to die, suddenly and unexpectedly, nothing can prepare you for it. and i'll never get over the pain of learning that for the first time. miles loved sport, and he seemed extremely healthy, but he died after going out for a run. his brothers have now set up a fund which, along with the british heart foundation, is paying for people to be tested for an inherited heart condition. miles would have had to adapt his life and stop playing sport, but at least he would be with us. now, that didn't happen, and we can look back and we can complain about that, or we can look forward and make sure it doesn't happen again for other people. three, two, one — go! sports clubs are starting to get to grips with how to deal with the problem.
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it is impossible to simply spot who might have an inherited condition on the pitch, but the gaelic athletic association says being aware of the possibility could save someone's life. we've had a couple of sudden deaths within our own club, and it has been shocking, and we will go back to looking at it and giving advice to people. that doesn't necessarily mean not taking part in sport. it is just changing what they do on the field. most of the risk is thought to be associated with high—intensity sprinting—based activities. so we would normally steer people away from those activities. encouraging them just to stay active still just do things within parameters. this is one of six centres across the country to be given funding. they will employ staff not just for families who have this gene, which is known as hcm, but also to offer some support to them. moira has been identified with the condition, and she has
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passed it onto her 14—year—old son. that means real adjustments for a football and rugby—mad teenager. rugby is a no—no, but he can play in nets, provided that there is that lower level of physical exertion. golf he can continue with, which he also loves. but it will be a huge impact on him. the bottom—line is it is better that he knows, and that he can make those adjustments in his life, and to live with the condition that he has. it is thought tens of thousands of people are carrying the gene in the uk, and targeted screening is at the heart of attempts to ensure they live long and active lives. a school that counts a host of well—known stars such as adele, amy winehouse, leona lewis and the new spider—man actor tom holland as its alumni,
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is celebrating its 25th anniversary. inspired by the 1980s film fame, the brit school has consistently produced students who have reached the top levels of creative industries, most notably in the music business. 0ur correspondent colleen harris has spent the day at the school in croydon. hello. well, lots of people think the brit school is just about music but it's not. and what a formidable legacy it has. this is about celebrating 25 years of that. we've had stars, adele, amy winehouse, leona lewis and actress kush, tell us about yourjourney here? i came here when i was 18. i found out about the school on blue peter. i got the information then. i couldn't believe it was free as i had heard
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performing arts schools cost a lot of money. i came down for an open day and fell in love with the place. the rooms in the theatre department were painted black. i thought that was really weird. i wanted to be here. at that time, it was ten or so years old. so a really young school. what did it do for you in terms of opening up a world that was not accessible then? i think for a lot of us that came here, who came from all over the country to come to this school, to come to a place that was free, to get specialise the education as well as all of our other subjects, what so important, i would not have the training i needed to get the jump on to drama school it would have shut a lot of the doors. it made you a maker as well as a performer. i did media studies and theatre, so making television
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shows, learn being radio, learning to produce, manage, being in control of making things, as well as to manage. you were here when i was here. it's not just about celebration, you were here when i was here. it's notjust about celebration, it is funding challenges ahead. we are celebrating 25 years. film makers, djs, artists, actors. we are like other schools facing a challenge. we need support for the next 25 years. able to get behind this school. we are able to get behind this school. we a re really able to get behind this school. we are really ambitious. we have changed the lives of so many people back —— backstage and onstage. we wa nt back —— backstage and onstage. we want people to be part of that future. this was the first state funded performing arts school when it opens. you need more money. this
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is what it's about as well. yes, we are looking for the silver. we are looking for people that want to support this school, because this is a special place. it is a place that matters. to this country and the world of the arts. people that are keen to support it, we are keen to talk to those people. the us air force thunderbirds team is mostly made up of experienced fighter pilots. now 20—year—old beth moran has become the youngest woman to fly with them — a remarkable achievement —— especially 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. 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.
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beth wanted to do something to lift spirits after the shoreham disaster. 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.
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she will need some clear skies. let's get a full weather update. is it going to be nice? it should be brighterfor it going to be nice? it should be brighter for many of us tomorrow, because the weekend has started on a cloudy note in many places. not the brightest stars the weekend. the cloud has been producing rain courtesy of these weather fronts. we are sandwiched between a warm front and cold front in what we call a warm sector. the error is pretty warm, so weather clouded break up a little bit, a bit of sunshine listed highs to 2425 degrees. we have that humid air, it will be quite a muggy affair. a lot of cloud, some damp conditions. 15 to 70 degrees. for northern ireland and scotland, we will see temperatures dropping to
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between ten and 30 —— ten and 13. sunshine across scotland, northern ireland and northern england. showers could be heavy and it will be windy here. further south, we will keep hold of more in the way of cloud. if the cloud breaks up, a little bit across the south—east of england, it will feel quite humid. the bridges could get to 25, 26 to greece. into the new weeks, some parts of the south could get close to 30 degrees. hello, you're watching bbc news.

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