tv BBC News BBC News July 21, 2017 3:00pm-4:00pm BST
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this is bbc news. i'm christian fraser. the headlines at 3.00. police searching for the missing airmen, corrie mckeague, who vanished during a night out in bury st edmunds last september, in the next few minutes. two people are killed and more than a hundred others injured, after a powerful earthquake strikes near the greek island of kos. the room shook from side to side. the noise was terrible. just dived on my son and the complete sense of fear was untrue. i actually thought that was it, i really did. the environment secretary michael gove has said the whole cabinet agrees there should be a period of adjustment after brexit so that businesses have access to the migrant workers they need. a man admits murdering his brother and attempting to murder his brother's girlfriend in a new year's day house fire. dozens of palestinians are injured in clashes with israeli police, amid tensions surrounding a holy site injerusalem. and coming up, a significant day
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for gender equality. baroness hale is appointed president of the supreme court, meaning for the first time the uk has a female head of state, prime minister and head of the country's highest court. council apologises after finding a five—year—old girl £150 for selling cups of lemonade to festivalgoers. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. police are to hold a press briefing shortly to update on the search for the missing raf serviceman corrie mckeague. the airman went missing after a night out in bury st edmunds
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in september last year. police have been searching local landfill sites after it emerged he may have ended up in a bin lorry. police are about to give an update on that search. we can see the scene in surrey. we are about to hear from detectives are katie elliott. she is not there at the moment. corrie mckeague, 23 years old, on a weekend off, and raf serviceman and had gone into bury st edmunds. he was last seen on cctv footage in the early hours of the morning, alone and eating fast food before disappearing around a corner. that is the last time he is seen. what the police have been doing is tracing his
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mobile phone. the mobile phone followed the same trail as a bin lorry which went to this landfill site they have been searching. initially, they searched the wrong area of the landfill site, but having looked at the mobile phone tracking and gps, they then worked out they should be looking in a different area. we have been waiting for a few weeks to see if anything would come of this particular search. what we are hearing is, they found nothing. what that means for the police investigation, which is ongoing, of course, we wait to see. we will wait to hear from detectives are in the katie elliott, and as $0011 are in the katie elliott, and as 50011 as are in the katie elliott, and as soon as she are in the katie elliott, and as soon as she comes are in the katie elliott, and as soon 3s she comes to are in the katie elliott, and as soon as she comes to the microphones to speak, we will take you to that. two people have been killed, and more than 100 others injured, after a powerful earthquake struck near the greek island of kos. the 6.7 magnitude quake hit in the early hours of the morning under the aegean sea, between greece and turkey. holiday—makers on kos woke this
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morning to find parts of the island turned to rubble, and there was also flooding in the turkish resort of bodrum. richard galpin reports. panicked shouts. it's just after 1:30am in the morning, local time. and holiday—makers who have been enjoying a night out are now running for their lives. security cameras captured the moment the powerful earthquake shook the turkish city of bodrum. anyone inside at the time getting out as quickly as possible, fearing otherwise they would be crushed. but it was the nearby greek island of kos which was hardest hit. it was closer to the epicentre. there was significant damage in the main town. police say two tourists, one from turkey and one from sweden were killed, when the roof of a popular bar collapsed.
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we were literally ripped from our sleep. the bed shook uncontrollably, the room shook from side to side, the noise was terrible. i actually thought that was it, i really did. it was getting really, really loud and i thought we were being attacked, but then bits of the walls started falling off and our beds were shaking. so we ran over to the door frame, to hide under it and it stopped, and we heard everyone screaming in the hotel, running down, trying to get out. 1.30 in the morning, we were woken by a tremendous shaking of the whole building. the fans were thrown around, the mirror came off. it lasted approximately 10—15 seconds. myself and my wife and two children just got our stuff as quick as we could, and as we were making our way out there was a second shock.
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all this at the peak of the tourist season. 0fficials here say there are 200,000 holiday—makers on kos at the moment. at least 10,000 are british. with a series of strong after—shocks throughout the night, many people in bodrum and kos decided they'd be much safer sleeping outside. and while many of the injured have been treated locally, those badly hurt on kos are being flown out for specialist treatment. richard galpin, bbc news. the environment secretary michael gove has said the uk will need continued access to workers from europe as the country goes through the process of leaving the european union. mr gove said the cabinet was agreed on the need for an implementation period between britain formally leaving the eu and a new trading relationship coming into force. but it's unclear if that would include continuing freedom of movement for eu nationals. from westminster, our political correspondent chris mason reports. this week's brexit negotiations
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concluded with an acceptance on both side there's still a lot of work to do and the clock is ticking ever closer to the uk's exit day in march 2019. but the government wants a transitional period after that, where the uk is out, but some elements of eu membership remained. could that include unlimited immigration from the eu? the prime minister has made clear as we leave the european union we will have an implementation period which will ensure we can continue to have not just access to labour, but the economic stability and certainty which business requests, and again, that something around which the government and cabinet are united. the details, inevitably at this stage, are sketchy. the boss of the bank goldman sachs says that means they are spending a lot on contingency planning. if i knew today that we'd have a transition period i could stop spending that money, taking out the assurance, because i know i'd always have time to transition my business. if they tell me in february
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of 2019 there will be a transition period, well, i've already spent that money, it's not much use to me. business and others want certainty but the only thing certain right now is the opposite, uncertainty, because no one, either here at westminster or in brussels knows for certain what if any deal will be reached and so what a transitional arrangement might look like and how long it might last. the newest party leader at westminster said... it's encouraging that some of the more sensible and pragmatic members of the government are beginning to exert themselves and look for a compromise, but it's still the case that, within a few years, british people are going to lose their right to move freely around the continent. ukip, the party that achieved its dream in the referendum, says the government would be cheating those who voted out. we are seeing brexit betrayed because the eu
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doesn't want us to leave. it's delaying, impeding, in the hope of overturning, and it is assisted by quislings in both houses of parliament over there. pleasing business, pleasing brexit voters, trying to do a deal. the government's big task is onlyjust beginning. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. let's speak to the conservative mp, sir bill cash who is chair of the commons european scrutiny committee. he's in our westminster studio. good afternoon to you. good afternoon. when we lead the european union in march 2019, the legal basis for free union in march 2019, the legal basis forfree movement will union in march 2019, the legal basis for free movement will end, union in march 2019, the legal basis forfree movement will end, what union in march 2019, the legal basis for free movement will end, what do you think should replace it?|j for free movement will end, what do you think should replace it? i have heard the word sketchy used and i have heard the word uncertainty. when we lead the eu, as required by
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the referendum and as implicit of the referendum and as implicit of the outcome in the general election when both of the main political parties, by about 80% of all their constituents, said we were going to leave, you leave the customs union, you leave the single market and you leave the european court ofjustice. the fact is, in the white paper there was reference to an implementation period, a process. it is also clear that many people in business, as we havejust is also clear that many people in business, as we have just heard, is also clear that many people in business, as we havejust heard, do wa nt to business, as we havejust heard, do want to have an arrangement which gives them a bit more certainty. the real problem here is that you can't both leave the european union and the single market and the full freedoms that go with it, which is implicit in the act of leaving, on exit day and then also but on the other hand, we are going to stay in
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the free movement and also stay with the free movement and also stay with the european court ofjustice. we have to find a solution. i can only say, in common with a couple of other people, i put forward an idea in the house of commons that we should go for something which is in no way conceding the european court ofjustice's no way conceding the european court of justice's jurisdiction, no way conceding the european court ofjustice'sjurisdiction, which no way conceding the european court ofjustice's jurisdiction, which is what michel barnier is insisting on, and that is a problem. but come up with a practical solution, have a tribunal to deal with these disputes. sorry to interrupt, i do wa nt to disputes. sorry to interrupt, i do want to come back to it but i have to go to suffolk constabulary for an update on corrie mckeague. well officers have been finding waste from the correct time frame, no trace of him has been found. our thoughts are with his family because
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we hoped this search will have provided them with answers about what happened to him. the search tea m what happened to him. the search team will have completed work this afternoon, friday the 21st ofjuly and will have searched through more than 6500 tonnes of waste. we have been searching the area where waste was deposited between monday the 19th of september, when it was open for waste deposits. and monday the 3rd of october, which is when we notified the site after early enquiries had indicated the bin lorry might be of interest. this has been an unprecedented surge in the scale and the amount of waste that has been examined. we have searched the whole area where we believe corrie could be. we had compelling information that directed us to this area. however, we haven't found corrie and this is bitterly disappointing. we have surged over
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6500 tonnes of waste, excavating a huge area. without anything further to tell us where he might be, on such a vast site, the search cannot continue. we have been finding items such as newspapers and other materials that have september 2016 dates on them. this is the time corrie went missing. some items have been clearly identifiable as coming from bury st edmunds and this has confirmed we have been searching in the right place. however, none of these items has had any link to corrie. we have also found items such as mobile phones, footwear and clothing. each one of these items has been checked to ensure it didn't belong to corrie. we have completed the search of the area where we know waste was deposited in this period. in fact, we have searched an area thatis in fact, we have searched an area that is larger than what was originally designated. this work was
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initially extended to include areas containing additional waste dated in the correct time frame and then was further extended in response to new information regarding the location of further relevant waste. sadly, we have not found corrie or any trace of his clothing or his mobile phone. all the work we have carried out, particularly around the weight of the bin lorry collection points to corrie being taken to the landfill site. the search has been complex, systematic, comprehensive and thorough. throughout the process, the work being completed has been reviewed by national experts. and the investigation behind—the—scenes hasn't stood still while the search hasn't stood still while the search has been carried out, but all the information we have still points to the fact that corrie was transported
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from the horseshoe area in the bin lorry. having been up through all the possibilities in detail, there is nothing to support any theory other than that corrie was in the bin. there are no further sightings of him on cctv to suggest he left the area and we have explored the other possibilities as to how he might have left. such as been taken from the area by someone and there is no evidence to support this is the case. 0n cctv, he appears to be alone and we have traced and spoken to everyone who walked through the street around the relevant time and none of them have seen anything suspicious. we note that corrie's phone travelled away from the bury st edmunds area at the same time as the bin lorry that collected the waste. the theory that corrie was in the bin that was emptied into the bin lorry shortly after he was last seen bin lorry shortly after he was last seen is strengthened by credible
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information we have obtained throughout our enquiries that corrie... sorry, we appear to have lost the line to suffolk constabulary. i think it has come back. i would now like to confirm some of the details around the search and the investigation today. the landfill site is over 48 hectares in size and accepts approximately 96,000 tonnes of waste approximately 96,000 tonnes of waste a year. police contacted the site on monday the 3rd of october, we the corrie was reported as missing. as soon as corrie was reported as missing. as soon as he had been reported missing on the afternoon of monday the 26th of september, police began an extensive search for him, carrying out ground, airand extensive search for him, carrying out ground, air and water searches, completing an initial background enquiries were looking at cctv for
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positive sightings to try and trace his movements after he left his friends in bury st edmunds. 0fficers have quickly viewed cctv to track where he had been and determined he had been in brent greville street at around 3:25am. while cctv was being examined around the area for further sightings, the viewing was moving forward in time and it was then that it was identified there had been a bin lorry collection in the area around 4:15am on saturday the 24th of september. further enquiries determined the waste was taken to milton for landfill disposal. this was the only bin that was collected from the area on saturday the 24th of september. waste from it was taken first to transfer station and then on milton landfill site. it is
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known there were several collections in bury st edmunds after the brent g reville street in bury st edmunds after the brent greville street won and the bin lorry went on to other collections in mildenhall, newmarket, so and ely. police were advised the weight of the bin pick—up was 11 kilograms. however, following repeated checking with the company by officers, it was discovered the bin was much heavier than originally thought, over 100 kilograms. the ground was opened up on monday the 19th of september at milton landfill site and waste from the relevant time period and from bury st edmunds was deposited here, as well as waste from other parts of the region. however, it has been determined during the course of the search, waste may have been spread and moved across the area as part of
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standard procedures on the site. this has informed our search parameters. sell 22 and its borders are where the police have been searching. the site is a combination of...| searching. the site is a combination of... i think we have lost the line to suffolk constabulary for the moment. we will try and re—establish it. let's update what we have heard from detectives said in the katie elliott. they have surged over 6500 tonnes of waste, an area of the milton landfill site where they think this bin lorry had deposited what it was carrying. this was an area of the landfill site they were searching. looking at it right here. they note the lorry left the street where corrie mckeague was last seen between 4:15am and 4:20am on the
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saturday morning. the cctv shows him disappearing around a corner and he isn't seen again. so the theory is common he got into a bin and that bin may have then been picked up by the bin lorry. the clues they have been working of include his mobile phone, which seems to follow the pattern of the bin lorry. it went via a transfer station and then to the landfill site. but this is a huge area, the landfill area. about 48 hectares and they received around 96,000 tonnes of waste year, which tells you the enormity of the task they have had. but they have surged above and beyond the area where they think the waste was deposited but they have found no trace of corrie mckeague or no trace of his mobile phone. they know from receipts in the waste they have searched and
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other clues, they were searching in the right area. what we don't know, and it is disappointing we have lost the line, what it means for the search and the police enquiry. we do have a correspondent there and we will try and bring you the latest on that, as and when we get it. these are live pictures of the landfill site in milton. you can see the police search has been completed. the police do seem satisfied they have done all they possibly can for the moment to find corrie mckeague. it isa the moment to find corrie mckeague. it is a huge area, as you can see. we will bring you more news from matt press conference as and when. well michael gove was making his first speech since returning to the cabinet, he also told environmental and countryside groups that brexit offered a "once—in—a—lifetime opportunity" to reform britain's agriculture and fisheries. he announced farming subsidies will in future be paid only to farmers who use their land
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responsibly, by managing natural resources and habitats. 0ur environment analyst roger harrabin reports. the racehorse frankel, owned by a saudi billionaire. he gets £400,000 of eu money for his stud farm near newmarket. the royals get more than £0.5 million for the sandringham estate. the sums based on the amount of land you farm, basically, the richer you are, the more you get. mr gove says that must change. leaving the eu gives us a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity to reform how we manage agriculture and fisheries and therefore how we care for our our rivers and seas. and we can recast our ambition for our country's environment and for the planet. in short, leaving the european union should mean a green brexit. that means payments for owning land will be scrapped by mr gove. subsidy will come instead for protecting the soil and waterways, preventing flooding, and reducing pollution from farm chemicals. landowners have been braced for reform.
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farmers like me are both producers of food and conservationists at the same time. you must remember that most farmers, a small family owned businesses, you must remember that most farmers, are small family—owned businesses, hard—working, trying to produce food for the nation but also trying to conserve a clean environment. the key question will be how much of the total subsidy farmers retain when reform happens. mr gove's speech stretches beyond farming. 0n fisheries, he said the eu had allowed overfishing. the uk would stick to tighter limits. 0n plastics, he said the 5p bag charge had been a success, but he wanted to do more to cut plastic waste. 0n animal welfare standards he said he wanted the uk to lead the rest of the world in producing healthy food. gove has been saying positive things on the environment, re—purpose think the agricultural policy so the environment is at the heart of that.
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the devil is in the detail and we looking forward to seeing actually how this is going to be done. mr gove's next big test is on air pollution from cars and planes. will the government favour business, or will it put air quality and public health first? we'll soon find out. roger harrabin, bbc news. let's get more reaction minette batters, deputy president of the national farmers' union. she's in our southampton studio. good afternoon. he represent an array of farmers, livestock farmers, so array of farmers, livestock farmers, so what make of the of the proposals the secretary of state set out? he is talking about a green brexit and we feel the environment is pivotal to the future policy. but i think what is missing at the moment is a
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lack of any food policy. we have been talking to government about meaningful food policy for the been talking to government about meaningfulfood policy for the past decade and we are still yet to see it. it is about the environment, but it. it is about the environment, but it is about maintaining and growing our home—grown food system. explained to the viewers what you mean by food policy, what would you like to see? we feel successive governments have taken food for granted. food is cheaper than it has ever been, 12% of our annual income. but ultimately we are farmers, we produce food and care passionately for the iconic landscape and the environment. it is about having joined up policies. we have created 37,000 kilometres of grass margins in the last ten years. planted 37,000 kilometres of hedgerows and it is important food policyjoins up with embarrassment policy. it is a
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new ambition for agriculture and the british consumer going forward. there is great enthusiasm from consumers for british products and supporting british farmers, but if it is cheaper at the marketplace from outside the country, a lot of people will buy it. how do you balance protecting the farmers with creating this free trade system the government clearly wants? we have seen government clearly wants? we have seen great commitment from the retailers to british sourcing and thatis retailers to british sourcing and that is driven by our consumers who wa nt to that is driven by our consumers who want to be able to buy more british food. i think what really is very alarming, is when we talk about food being cheaper and importing it from other countries that have different standards of production. we are proud of our welfare standards, we sit in the top quadrants of the world so we stop this from a very good place. buti world so we stop this from a very good place. but i think the government has a binding responsibility to the british public to make sure those standards are not
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shafted. by bad trade deals that do not reflect the interests of agriculture and our landscape. during the referendum debate, the nfu had difficulty because some of your members wanted to leave and some wanted to remain. is it fair to say that by bringing subsidies closer to home, uk farmers can be more nimble in responding to demand? this is about having a new policy that fits the uk. that is an opportunity. but we have got to remember these are businesses, they are real lives, the backbone of real communities. if we can have profitable businesses, they ultimately will be able to care and cherish for the environment in the way that they want to. but we have also got a really challenging retail environment, ongoing retail price wars, products devalued over the yea rs. wars, products devalued over the
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years. so a fair and functioning supply chain will be key to michael gove delivering a good brexiter. we would say we really need to look at legislation and competition law to make sure we do achieve fair trading with food production in the uk. thank you very much for being with us. there are reports that a palestinian man has died and dozens injured following escalating tension surrounding thejerusalem holy site known to muslims as the haram al—sharif, and to dues as the temple mount. israel has barred men under 50 from friday prayers there. at the core of the current violence is israel's installation of metal detectors at the holy site. this followed the killing of two israeli policemen. palestinians strongly object to the new security measures. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell is in the west bank. palestinian worshippers across the
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west ba n k palestinian worshippers across the west bank are not praying inside their mosques today, but they have come outside. in bethlehem they are on the streets in the hot sun on their prayer mats and this is a symbolically important location. just along there is the road to jerusalem and it is now blocked by israel's separation wall. you can see the watchtower just over israel's separation wall. you can see the watchtowerjust over there. the friday sermon has been about protecting the mosque and the dome that lies in the middle of the compound. the palestinians see themselves as the guardians of these places, the third holiest site in islam. emotions are running high. the palestinians took the decision to fight for their dignity. all the people who are coming here, came to raise their voice, jerusalem is a red line. we will not allow the occupation to pass this red line.
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soldiers, soldiers, soldiers! those unusual prayers have turned into protests very quickly. there has been skunked mortars fired, as stinky liquid fired by the soldiers. we have got to move back. tensions running high in the west bank. we are that closely. just want to give you a line breaking news, we we re to give you a line breaking news, we were speaking to a travel agent in china in the last hour about plans the united states has the ban americans travelling to north korea. we have a line from reuters, the united states does intend to announce a ban on travel by us citizens. it doesn't affect many people, but after the death of this man you are seeing, people, but after the death of this man you are seeing, the student who was returned to the united states a
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few weeks ago in a very poor state of health, he later died, he was in a coma. he had obviously been mistreated by the north koreans. you wouldn't imagine many americans wouldn't imagine many americans would want to travel there. it only affects around 800 to 1000 americans who go there each year. but the state department said they did want to react to the death of the student. currently three americans are being held in north korea, one canadian and several from south korea. tower hamlets council has apologised after fining tower hamlets council has apologised afterfining a tower hamlets council has apologised after fining a five—year—old girl for selling cups of lemonade to festival—goers. the girl's father said she set up this stall near their home in mile end and was charging 50p for their home in mile end and was charging 50pfora their home in mile end and was charging 50p for a drink, which is
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pretty good value, and she burst into tears when trading officers confronted her over not having a licence. i am sure there is plenty of reaction to that. the duke and duchess of cambridge's tour of poland and germany is to come to an end. they saw a special performance by the hamburg symphony 0rchestra. performance by the hamburg symphony orchestra. the children of the city performed for them, as well. the royal couple are on their way to meet apprentices at the city's airbus training facilities before departing for the uk, just in time for a big weekend for prince george, it's his fourth birthday tomorrow. just ahead of going to the weather i wa nt to just ahead of going to the weather i want to bring you up to date with that press conference at suffolk constabulary. they are saying, we lost the line, but they're saying
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they've commissioned a review of the work completed since the start of the investigation to see if anything further can be done to trace corrie mckeague. the police officer we were hearing from, the detective superintendent, said they remain open—minded and should the review reveal further lines of inquiry that will help find corrie we will pursue them vigorously. it's estimated so far the cost of the investing has cost them over £1. 2 million. sadly, for the family, no closure at the minute. an update on the weather. the weather remains pretty rough in some parts of the country at the moment. heavy rain and strong winds affecting south—western areas of the uk, wales, too. it's going to stay
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like it over the next few hours. this is here to stay right through the course of the weekend and some problems linked to some of the bad weather we are having, especially strong winds gusting ing up to 50mph in some parts. we haven't seen too much rain across eastern areas, but the rain will reach you. it won't be as heavy as the south—west. the weekend is going to stay unsettled with that low pressure right over us, lots of showers around, but sunshine in between, as well. here is saturday's look, showers coming in from the south—west. this is where the vigorous weather is, that's spilling into many parts of england and wales, the north will get showers too. look at this, not a bad day in stornoway. further south
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not so surprise. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. police investigating the disappearance of missing airman corrie mckeague, who vanished during a night out in bury st edmunds last september, have searched a landfill but said they found nothing in connection to corrie. two people have been killed and around 100 others have been injured, following a powerful earthquake which hit the greek island of kos and the coast of turkey. the environment secretary michael gove has said the whole cabinet agrees there should be a period of adjustment after brexit so that businesses have access to the migrant workers they need. a man has admitted murdering his younger brother and attempting to murder his brother's girlfriend by setting them on fire — at the family home north of glasgow. there are reports a palestinian man has been shot dead and dozens injured in angry clashes with
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israeli police near the holy site injerusalem known as the haram al—sharif to palestinians and temple mount tojews. baroness hale has been appointed as the president of the supreme court. it is the first time the uk has a female head of state, prime minister and head of the country's highest court. right for us golf fans let's find out what's going on at royal birkdale. good afternoon. let's start with the latest from the 146th 0pen golf championship at royal birkdale, where the players have been finding it tough in the blustery conditions. jordan spieth is the current leader on 5—under, one ahead of brooks koepka, who is due to tee off any minute now. belgium's thomas pieters has made a great start to his round with back—to—back birdies, taking him to three under par, alongside ian poulter.
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and a great round today for rory mcilroy — five over at one stage yesterday but now one under. let's go live to royal birkdale where our reporter has been watching today's play. after yesterday's performance, rory mcilroy really needed something big and strong to come out and show the fans that he still has it, he must be happy with what he produced ? still has it, he must be happy with what he produced? yeah, i think you are absolutely right, he was understandably delighted to have gone around in 68, that leaves him one underfor the gone around in 68, that leaves him one under for the tournament. particularly delighted that he is backin particularly delighted that he is back in the clubhouse, as you can probably tell, the rain has started. we had a little bit of sunshine not that long ago, i was going to tell you the sun had come out, but it lasted about 90 seconds and the rain has started now. rory mcilroy will be delighted. he got the best of the weather, he has missed the worst weather, he has missed the worst weather, which is to come later on.
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it wasn't the round of the day just, zachjohnson went it wasn't the round of the day just, zach johnson went round it wasn't the round of the day just, zachjohnson went round in 66,4 under par. the cut now projected at four over, so big names have suffered from the weather. tommy fleetwood, the home town favourite, looks like he will miss the cut as the likes of harrington and mickelson, big names suffering from the weather here. as we can see, the rain is falling there. more bad weather forecast for later this afternoon. how much do you think that might affect the later starters ? that might affect the later starters? yeah, well, it will have a big impact. the worst of the weather predicted for later this afternoon for 5pm when some of the big names and leaders at the top will be in the middle of their round. they're going to have not only each other to contend with, not only the course to
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contend with, not only the course to contend with, not only the course to contend with, but also the elements here at royal birkdale. it could leave things wide open as we go to the end of the second day. thank you very much. scotland women's european championship hopes have suffered another blow, with star strikerjane ross likely to miss their remaining two group games. ross injured her shoulder in scotland's 6—0 defeat by england on wednesday, in what was their major tournament debut. but defender vaila barsley says their confidence hasn't been affected. we are lucky as a team we are able to move past it pretty quickly and that shows the strength and quality that shows the strength and quality that we have and the ability that we have as scotland, as everyone from scotla nd have as scotland, as everyone from scotland we have the ability to bounce back. so yeah, obviously disappointed with the result, but no issues with the confidence for anyone in the team. former world number
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one tennis player ilie nastase has been banned by the international tennis federation from their events until 2021 for a number of offences. nastase was romania's fed cup captain when he made racially insensitive remarks about serena williams. that was ahead of a tie earlier this year against great britain. he also made abusive and threatening comments to players, match officials and journalists. nastase is then said to have made unwanted advances of a sexual nature to the gb captain anne keothavong. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. some pictures in from hamburg. these are pictures of prince william and kate who have been at an airbus factory this afternoon. it's the end of their five—day trip in europe. there you go, walking across the ru nway there you go, walking across the
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runway there. it's prince george's 4th birthday tomorrow so they're returning to the uk in time for that. they've been meeting apprentices at the airbus factory, where they make the a320. they've also been to a concert hall today in hamburg and you might have seen them yesterday, a lively trip, they were rowing yesterday and these are live pictures we are told. there is the duchess of cambridge, in fact, the whole family. they are inspecting helicopters at the moment. they make all sorts at this airbus site in hamburg. it's a production site for the a320. it's an assembly line and training centre. prince george looks to be enjoying the helicopters. don't blame him. always good fun looking around a helicopter. don't see dad, of course he is an expert helicopter pilot himself. so he is probably taking a great interest in
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what they have there in hamburg. is he going to put the helmet on? yes, i think he is. there we go. quite the occasion for prince george ahead of his birthday tomorrow. they will be returning later this afternoon. that's the picture in hamburg. right, | right, i think we can speak to our correspondent at suffolk co nsta bula ry correspondent at suffolk constabulary for us this afternoon. we have been dipping in and out of the press conference there and hearing an update on corrie mckeague, the raf serviceman who went missing september last year. bring us up to date with what the police finished with in the press conference. we heard about the search but didn't hear much about
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where it leaves the inquiry. the press co nfe re nce where it leaves the inquiry. the press conference ended a few minutes ago, it was the detective superintendent who took the press conference, the question and answer session lasted about five minutes. we came to be told one of two things, either that the search was continuing or that it was ending. as you say, they've called off that search. no trace of him, essentially they're saying the trail in that landfill has gone cold, they've gone through 6,000 tonnes of rich, the search was scheduled to take place ten weeks but has lasted twice that length. they extended the search, new information came to light they needed to extend that search but they have found nothing. essentially, ten months after corrie disappeared they're essentially, ten months after corrie disappeared they‘ re no essentially, ten months after corrie disappeared they're no closer to knowing more about how he disappeared than at the end of september. i was at the landfail site in march when they started that
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search, back then they said they are confident we will find him in the landfill. when you lost us, she went on to say that suffolk police have — are now commissioning a review of the work they have completed since the work they have completed since the start of that investigation to see if anything further can be done to trace corrie. they say they remain open—minded and should this review reveal further lines of inquiry that would help us find corrie they say they will pursue them vigorously. it's is a ten—month investigation. she was asked, do you think corrie is still in the landfill and they are still confident his remains nr the landfill but saying it's not a criminal investigation. they are confident his remains are there. it's such a huge site this and they've been through 6,000 tonnes, i suppose as sad as it is, there is an extent to how much you can do. well,
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i suppose this is a new science for them because they've explored the site as they've been digging down and they found that the rubbish has shifted. they say they have found material that's relevant to the time and place where corrie disappeared, they found artefacts from that week he disappeared but then the trail has gone cold. initially there was some consternation they didn't search the landfill site at the outset. corrie's mother who has come from scotland to watch this, says they should have searched it sooner but the police said we were told by the bin company that bin that was collected from the area weighed only 11 kilograms, then they found out it weighed enough to contain a human
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body. that's when the search started in earnest but nothing has come of it. thank you very much. a line of copy we are getting on the situation regarding charlie gard. the baby who is back in court, or the story is back in court, the pa rents a re the story is back in court, the parents are obviously trying to take him to america for life—saving treatment. we are hearing a new scan makes for sad reading, his parents have been told by a lawyer representing great 0rmond street hospital. doesn't go into detail as to why it makes sad reading but he suffers from this syndrome and they believe treatment they could have in the united states which has never been tested on humans could give charlie a chance but the lawyer for great 0rmond street saying that it doesn't look promising from the scans they've seen. we will see if
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we can bring you more news on that. there his parents i think arriving at the high court. we are expecting at the high court. we are expecting a development on monday or tuesday next week. judges have been deliberating the case and are looking at it again. of course after an invitation from the us president donald trump, who said that if they could make it work for the parents and could travel to the united states, then they would try and make that available. ina that available. in a moment a summary of the business news. first the headlines. police searching for the missing airman corrie mckeague say no trace of the serviceman has been found. at least two people have died in an earthquake.
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in the business news:. the country borrowed £2 billion more last month than it did injune last year. most economists reckoned the number would be pretty much the same, about £4.8 billion, but the office of national statistics said it had jumped to £69 billion. ff? li- ifl iii? iii.f§"l£ifi..fif'zi!if§;; """" " these interest payments rose by one third injune. the government was also paying higher payments to the european union budget and spending more on simple goods and services. the man in charge of goldman sachs' european business has urged the government to agree a transition deal with the eu as soon as possible. without such a deal, banks face a so—called cliff—edge, with an overnight change in regulations and conditions in 2019. if there's no transition deal richard gnodde,
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head of goldman sachs international, says the bank will soon have to start moving hundreds of staff to their other european offices. the number of homes being bought and sold has fallen for the third month in a row, according to government figures. across the country, there were just over 96,000 residential transactions in june. that is a fall of 3.3% on may's number, and the lowest total since october 2016. the inaugural british pub fortnight sta rts the inaugural british pub fortnight starts tomorrow. this is aimed to acknowledge the recreation of going to the pub. some data shows people hold knitting groups, fundraising events, open mic nights, even life drawing events. joining us now is the chief executive of the british beer and pub association. thank you for joining beer and pub association. thank you forjoining us. i have been looking at some of the data, the number of pubs has fallen by about a quarter,
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why is that? we still have 52,000 pubs and we have had problems with increases in beer duty. it cost the industry £130 million, we have challenges like business rates. but the national pub fortnight is very much about celebrating the great british pub and one of our largest pub groups have undertaken this research and they found that 25% of people still go to the pub once a week and that 28% knew the name and the pub landlady or land also lord knew their name. we are changing as a society, younger generation are more health conscious, has that implied that beer sales are slower than they would have been 20 years ago? beer sales are slower, they've
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been good this summer because we have had good weather. part of this research also showed that young people very high on the list of things to do when they go on holiday, for example, is to visit a great british pub and people go for life—changing moments, for wakes, weddings, they go for celebrating birthdays, graduations. the pub is still important and we want generations to be going to the pub, having a national pub fortnight is a really goodway to celebrate it. you mentioned business rates. what are the key challenges facing the next couple of years? we reckon we are overpaying by 500 million. part of the reason is because pubs aren't good users of spares and we can't do online sales. we are saying to the government they promised a review and gave us help last year, a small amount of help but it's only for a
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year, that help needs to continue, the £1,000 off and perhaps increase in the longer term we need to bring some other business in to pay this, pay more in business rates. thank you. vodafone has surprised the market with a good set of half—year results, saying revenues are up 2.2% thanks to good sales in italy and spain. it's said its core earnings could grow this year by 4—8% and it may be able to increase its dividend payout to shareholders. audi is recalling 850,000 diesel cars in europe and other markets, for a free software upgrade. it says the voluntary upgrade will improve emissions behaviour in real driving conditions beyond existing legal requirements. there's a wave of mergers going on in payment processing industry — these are the people that make sure the money gets from your bank account to where you want it to be. two weeks ago, worldpay agreed to be bought by american giant
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vantiv for £9 billion. today, paysafe sharesjumped 9% after a group of private equity firms offered to pay £2.9 billion for it. and, paysafe itself said it was offering $470 million to buy the us company merchants choice. the markets, the ftse slightly down. pa rt le the markets, the ftse slightly down. part le due to airline stocks. low after the easyjet chief executive said pricing might be a problem going forward this year. that's it from me. the state rooms of buckingham palace are set to open to the public this weekend. this year, there's a special exhibition dedicated to diana, princess of wales which includes rarely—seen personal belongings to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her death. the other state rooms will display more than 200 gifts presented to the queen throughout her reign, as jon ironmonger reports. 0ver her 65—year reign, the queen has been lavished with more than a few exotic gifts, from baby crocodiles in the gambia to five tonnes
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of australian dried fruit. now those more suited to the display cabinet have been curated to mark the summer opening of the state rooms. they include a strip of french lace from the official opening of the eurotunnel. and these vip passes, should she need them, to the commonwealth games in glasgow. the queen is the most travelled monarch in british history and there are priceless gifts here from more than 100 overseas countries and territories. there's even a little something from nowhere on earth. this badge was presented by the astronaut tim peake, it's the first unionjack to be worn in the vacuum of space. her other famous admirers include nelson mandela, who gave her this silk scarf. and from presidentjohn f. kennedy, a signed photograph ofjohn f. kennedy. the queen, of course, has one obvious passion, and visitors will quickly notice a theme emerging. well, there have been several gifts of live horses
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during the queen's reign, clearly none of which are shown in the exhibition, but also objects relating to horses. so, porcelain horses, an example of her riding horse burmese in bronze, and examples of her mounted. from grand gifts to personal belongings, but for the first time, one of the displays has been dedicated to princess diana, with items chosen by her sons to mark the 20th anniversary of her death. among them, her ballet shoes and a suitcase full of cassette tapes of her favourite music. john ironmonger, bbc news, at buckingham palace. a bag used by neil armstrong to bring back lunar soil from the first ever trip to the moon has been sold at an auction in new york. that's one small step for man. but it was a giant leap for the anonymous bidder who bought it, sealing the deal at sotheby‘s
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for a cool £1.4 million. that is quite extraordinary. i bet he wishes he had taken more little bags, he could have made a fortune! let's get the weather. was that moon dust? there may be moon dust in it, i think that's why the price is so high. plenty of dust here, as well. the weekend, hit and miss, all sorts of weather happening over the next few days. certainly pictures are reflecting that. a nice one of i think a woodpecker. eastern parts of the uk have had a fine day, some sunshine around. this area of low
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pressure, autumnal over us. sunshine around. this area of low pressure, autumnal over us. this area m oves pressure, autumnal over us. this area moves through, the actual band of weather that the wind and rain here isn't moving through that quickly and it's really slow so that means in some locations we are actually getting a lot of rainfall and strong winds and around some of these coasts they've been approaching 50mph. through this evening around the rush hour it's across parts of wales, nudging into the midlands and the north—west of england. looks like northern ireland has missed the worst during today. and also across south western areas of scotla nd and also across south western areas of scotland there we have some rain too. notice how this band of rain does that and also does that at the same time. it's pushing east—north—east over the next 12 hours or so. there will be rain across eastern parts of the u can where we haven't had rain at all.
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the low pressure is still with us. 0ver the low pressure is still with us. over the weekend it's trying to rain itself out but within it we also have showers developing, so some areas of rain fade away and then we get more showers developing. that's what's happening tomorrow. hit and miss showers all across the country, not everybody will get them but some of us will get a good downpower, a real soaking, possibly thunder, as well. a nice day in stornoway. as far as the well. a nice day in stornoway. as faras the open, well. a nice day in stornoway. as far as the open, at times a fair bit of cloud and a risk of catching showers. sunday, we have some rain across the north—east of england into eastern parts of scotland. further south across england and wales showers here too. in between winds are light and some sunshine so shouldn't feel too bad. here is the summary. shouldn't feel too bad. here is the summary. it's unsettled, the showers will be frequent for some, but there will be frequent for some, but there will be frequent for some, but there will be sunshine around, as well. it's not all bad. it's not a bright weekend but it's not ideal.
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this is bbc news. i'm christian fraser. the headlines at 4.00. police searching for the missing airmen, corrie mckeague, who vanished during a night out in bury st edmunds last september, say they've found nothing in a search of landfill. two people are killed, and more than 100 others injured, after a powerful earthquake strikes near the greek island of kos. the room shook from side to side. the noise was terrible. just dived on my son and the complete sense of fear was untrue. i actually thought that was it, i really did. a new scan on charlie gard makes for "sad reading", his parents have been told by a lawyer representing great 0rmond street hospital. the environment secretary michael gove has said the whole cabinet agrees there should be a period of adjustment after brexit so that businesses have access to the migrant workers they need. a man admits murdering his brother and attempting to murder his
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