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they included the favourite for the goodwood cup, big orange, being beaten into second place. tony husband is our man at the course. this five—day festival is often billed as glorious but there was little glory is on the opening afternoon for many of the punters here. a day marked by huge surprises and upsets. the big race was the group one cup, have £1 million up for grabs. it was not to be first frankly. for winners today for the italian jockey. delight for the trainer. these shocks were not over, the maiden stakes produced a huge upset. 100 to one outsider, the children's trust, produced a stunning upset on this first day. the going has been good, soft in places. more rain due tomorrow ahead
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of the £1 million race sussex sta kes. so then before we go... a reminder that there are just three days until the world athletics championships start in london. now the great britain team will captained by the 400 metre hurdler eilidh doyle. and and all this week on sportsday we'll be looking back at some of the world championships best moments. so tonight we're taking you back to 1993. when the british team captain was also a 400 metre hurdler. we'll leave you with sally gunnell‘s record—breaking battle with america's sandra farmer—patrick. goodnight. and sally gunnell is attacking her on the line. sally gunnell comes through to take the title. and the world record has gone. the world
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record has been taken apart. as we have been hearing, the trauma unit will close for up to 12 months because of safety concerns on the cladding on the building following investigations. 52 inpatient beds will be moved by the end of the week. our news correspondent is at the hospital. catherine, it is quite disruptive doing this. what safety risks have the identified there? the independent report found that the cladding on the outside of the building is flammable and that fire could spread between floor to floor to quickly and the evacuation procedures in place at the hospital we re
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procedures in place at the hospital were not quick enough to move seriously ill patients out of the hospital. it has made recommendations to move patients as quickly as possible. this review came about in light after the g re nfell tower came about in light after the grenfell tower disaster in london last month. the trust decided to assess all of the buildings across four sites and commissioned an independent review that that at the structure, which is not usually looked at and found the risks that we have mentioned. this came as the big surprised. the trust called an emergency meeting on thursday last week and it has given itself until friday of this week to move the 52 inpatient beds from the building behind me to other parts of the hospital. that is a huge challenge, given the pressures on hospital beds are ready. the trust says it can be done and patient safety is its highest priority. fire wardens are carrying out regular patrols of the
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building and the fire service is on stand—by, ready to deploy cruise in an emergency. the time it takes to cost and carry out the repair work is expected to take 12 months. thank you very much for the update. british vogue has a new editor. the first man at the helm in the history. the uk fashion industry is worth £26 billion per year to the economy. people will be watching closely to see how he shaped the magazine. he has already made some staffing changes as our arts correspondent reports. it isa
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it is a massive change for british fashion. he is now in charge of the most important name in british fashion. the last editor was in place for 25 years and from day one, change is afoot. they have gone on to snap chat and is a more new, diverse team. he has over 500,000 social media followers, he has appointed steve mcqueen, naomi campbell. all of these independent professionals who, to a certain extent, rely on social media to keep building the brand. it is the top of the fashion tree and features close only eight few can afford. it has been a torrid time for the magazine business because of the new competition. fashion on your phone. n ewsa g e nts competition. fashion on your phone. newsagents have been closing, sales
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of glossy magazines have been dropping. it is people like whitney who have been changing the business. this is my blog. shall i to you? she isa this is my blog. shall i to you? she is a fashion blogger. everyone once everything right now, fashion today. the wants to know what is cool right now and that is why social media is so important. do you still read the magazines? i do. i myself do. indeed, people have been predicting the death of print for years now and it has not happened. for me, it is flicking the page, the excitement, isn't it can smack it is when you are waiting for the shoot to come up, the new trend, it is everything. it isa up, the new trend, it is everything. it is a new era and a new name in charge for a business that is changing fast.
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time for a look at the weather. how is it looking, nick? notjust sunshine and showers. sunshine and thunder storms. lincolnshire, a lovely picture from our weather watchers in stornoway. the storm and the sunshine on view. this was lincolnshire this afternoon and we still have foundry downpours. take a look at things going into the night, a gap in weather systems. the showers fade away but another weather system is poised to come in for wednesday. we will lose the showers over the bulk of the night. we are going to be dry. scotland, some sheltered glens getting down into single figures. the chilly night for some of us. windy weather back into south—west england and wales by the end of the night. courtesy of the low pressure, spreading north eastwards as we go through the day tomorrow. eight
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o'clock in the morning, pushing into the channel islands and more of wales. ahead of that, a bright and sunny start in the east of england. that will not last. cloud increasing to north—west england. it will not stay that way for a very long. the rain pushing into northern ireland, fringing into the south of scotland. sunshine north of the central belt. maybe the odd shower. 0n through wednesday, this wet and windy weather is spreading its way north—east. not too much rain in east of england until late in the. scotla nd east of england until late in the. scotland staying dry until wednesday night. sunny spells and heavy bursts of rain in southern england in the afternoon. quite warm in the sunshine in northern ireland. some showers around. this is the picture for wednesday evening. that rain reaching the areas that have stayed dry during the day. the wind is picking up and quite blustery
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wednesday night and into thursday. low pressures a re wednesday night and into thursday. low pressures are quills. —— quite close. south westerly and through the rest of the uk. brisk winds. most frequent. hale and thunder. some across england and wales might miss those. friday, in north—westerly component to the wind. it could be cooler and a showery pattering will continue for at least the start of the weekend. —— patter and will continue. this is bbc news.
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the headlines at 7pm: millions face higher electricity bills after british gas announces a price hike. it's 50 times more powerful than heroin — fenata nyl, the drug that's led to dozens of deaths. moped menace — police reveal new tactics to tackle the two—wheeled crime wave that's hitting the capital. the trauma unit at thejohn radcliffe hospital in oxford closes for up to a year because its cladding failed fire safety tests ordered after the grenfell tower blaze. the revolving door at the white house. will donald trump's next communications director last longer than anthony scaramucci ? he was in post forjust ten days.

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