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this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm: 11 people from the same family have been convicted, in a trial over modern day slavery; victims were kept in what were described as "truly shocking" conditions. they were living in caravans that we re they were living in caravans that were dirty, they had no running water, many had to use the woods as a toilet and some were living in sta ble a toilet and some were living in stable blocks with animals. locked and loaded — president trump tweets that the us military is ready to deal with north korea if necessary. a new deal for tata steel — it'll safeguard jobs but reduce pension benefits for thousands of workers. over 15 countries, including the uk have imported eggs from the netherlands contaminated by a pesticide — the risk to health is said to be very low. and in the next hour: a cannabis factory discovered in a former nuclear bunker in wiltshire. three men have beenjailed for between five and eight years after drugs worth £1 million were seized. and a good hair day for redheads — it's expected that a ginger emoji
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will be available from next year. good evening and welcome to bbc news. 11 people from the same family have been convicted, in a trial over modern day slavery in lincolnshire. it follows one of the biggest police investigations of it's kind. members of the rooney family targeted vulnerable homeless people, keeping them in squalid conditions in caravans, with no running water or toilets, and using threats and violence including punishment beatings, to keep them in line. victims were forced to work in the family's construction business, for little or no wages. our north of england correspondent judith moritz reports. fathers, sons, cousins across the generations, 11 members of one family,
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whose cruelty has spanned the decades. the rooneys were the masters, this is where they kept their slaves. they were forced to live in these caravans in squalor and in filth, conditions not fit for human habitation. whilst those who controlled them lived in comfort and luxury. the rooneys had many victims, including this man, whose interview has been re—voiced to protect his identity. i've been on and off the streets for years, drugs and alcohol. i haven't seemed to be able to get settled. see, they've scarred me. sometimes i have flashbacks, and you know what i mean, nightmares and that. i'm always wary about them. patrick rooney was one of those posing as a respectable businessmen, laying driveways. but in reality, the family used slave labour, forcing vulnerable men to labour
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for little or no reward. one customer who is asked not to be identified remembers how the workmen appeared. they weren't treated as civilised at all. they were treated as if they were subhumans. i was truly astonished. there was no machine to strip the old tarmac off, nothing. these guys did it all by hand. and it was extremely hard work for them, i'll give them that. they didn't stop. they didn't have any breaks, anything. all they got was we made them a few cups of tea, a few chocolate biscuits. they were delighted to get a cup of tea, because i knew and they knew they weren't going to get anything else. not for the day. in contrast, the family lived lavishly. this expensive funeral for one relative showing their wealth. in the local lincolnshire community, it didn't go unnoticed. the people they were preying on were the most vulnerable. they made a lot of money out
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of them, and the stories i was hearing about big wodges of cash. bringing the 11 family members to book has taken several years. the police needed to win the trust of victims who were very vulnerable. they were dirty. they were thin. the clothes they were wearing were terrible. when we took them to the reception centre, one individual had to use an entire bottle of shampoo to make himself feel clean. to how they are now, in employment, going to college, they're reunited with their families. it's absolutely heart—warming and amazing to see the transformation. and it makes it all worthwhile. they preyed on the homeless and desperate, offering them shelter and work. but there was no dignity in this, only lives exploited and destroyed. judith moritz, bbc news, nottingham. the bbc‘s linsey smith has more. the 11 members of the family
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targeted areas where the homeless we re targeted areas where the homeless were known to congregate. they picked up honourable men, men who had learning difficulties, some of them with drug and alcohol problems. they offered them a place to live, food and paid work but what they actually got was to live in dilapidated caravans with no running water, no toilet. they were forced to work laying tarmac or block paving, often through injuries and illness with little or no pay. the rooney's by contrast with the luxury lifestyle of expensive jewellery fast car is cosmetic surgery and the judge described how they lived in immaculate homes. lincolnshire police say this was one of the most complicated investigations they have ever undertaken, three years work,
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49 hours of this pendant interviews, 27,000 pages of evidence presented here at nottingham crown court to secure the convictions. but at the heart of this was a jean van de velde victims. some mall and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are katie martin of the financial times and lynn davidson, whitehall correspondent at the sun. president trump has stepped up the war of words with north korea, saying the us military is "locked and loaded," with plans in place, if pyongyang acts unwisely. russia has now intervened in the deepening crisis, with foreign minister sergei lavrov, calling on both sides to sign up to a plan, to de—escalate tensions. our north america correspondent nick bryant reports. after fire and fury comes
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"locked and loaded" — not the title of some hollywood summer blockbuster, but the words of america's commander in chief, to describe his country's state of military readiness. these are the latest pictures of b—i bombers stationed in guam, the motto of this squadron — "fight tonight." president trump reminded people of that on his twitterfeed this morning. he's deploying social media to ratchet up his rhetoric. "military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, "should north korea act unwisely. "hopefully, kim jong—un will find another path. " and last night, there was another personal warning to the north korean leader. he has disrespected our country greatly. he has said things that are horrific. and with me, he's not getting away with it. he got away with it for a long time between him and his family. he's not getting away with this. this is a whole new ball game.
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as the government of japan deployed missile interceptors to guard against north korean rockets, international leaders essentially told both sides to cool it. translation: i believe that... i'm firmly convinced that an escalation of rhetoric will not contribute to a solution of this conflict. translation: when a fight has nearly broken out, the first step away from that dangerous threshold should be taken by the side that is stronger and smarter. amidst this verbal brinkmanship, it's emerged the trump administration has been secretly talking to north korea about americans in prison there, and deteriorating relations. the news came as america's defence secretary emphasised diplomacy. you can see the american effort is diplomatically led, it has diplomatic traction, it is gaining diplomatic results. and i want to stay right there, right now. the tragedy of war is well enough known. it doesn't need another
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characterisation beyond the fact that it would be catastrophic. holiday—makers on guam, the island north korea has threatened with missiles, still seem unfazed. but amongst the beach reading this morning, a fact sheet from the guam government, warning not to look at fireballs. tim ripley, a defence analyst forjane's defence weekly, joins me now. thank you forjoining us, to what extent is this anything more than grandstanding and rhetoric from both sides? inaudible has been absolutely no sign that the us is deploying any kind of mass forces around korea, there is no immobilisation of reservists, there
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is no planes flying into the region. no squadrons arriving. this is very much a war of diplomacy and rhetoric, a chance for people to try to feel good and little sign anybody has a taste for embarking on a large war. then how do we bring it to an end if the rhetoric keeps being ramped up? well, this is the nature of the beast. the north korean regime revels in this stuff and to a certain extent president trump revels in it as well. you could perhaps describe them as a marriage made in heaven. they are both were revelling in this stuff and it seems to be it's thejob revelling in this stuff and it seems to be it's the job of outside powers to be it's the job of outside powers to bring them to the senses. which powers do you mean? the russians,
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chinese, japanese, south korea, they all have, they all would be affected by warand all have, they all would be affected by war and have good reasons to dump the whole thing down. but so far eve ryo ne the whole thing down. but so far everyone has been seeing china is the key, some commentators say china's influence is winning, so where do we start to apply the pressure if diplomacy is the only way forward? well, i think you have to divorce the military stuff from the economic ‘s and look at the psychology, this is all about psychology, this is all about psychology and how the north korean regime thinks of itself and what the outside could do to it, it's intensely paranoid and is convinced and has been convinced for several decades that the word is out to get it. it is difficult to see how you
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can break that cycle of them being paranoid and the americans being nacho. it feeds off each other. the russians, chinese, japanese, they are all making representations to tell the americans to cool it a bit and if the north koreans back off a bit as well, donald campbell back on his holiday and no one will be any the wiser. wouldn't that be nice. thank you. three men have beenjailed, for running a cannabis factory inside a former nuclear bunker in wiltshire. one received eight years, the other two were sentenced five. all three admitted conspiracy to produce drugs, after several thousand cannabis plants with an estimated street value of £1 million were seized. duncan kennedy reports. hidden beneath the wooded hills of wiltshire, even
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today, the bunker remains a secretive, subterranean world. its old antenna and air vents the only sign of its existence. but five metres below ground, this cold war sanctuary was transformed into a cannabis factory. this was where 4000 cannabis plants were found, spread over two floors. the men behind it were martin fillery, plamen nguyen and ross winter, who were jailed today for admitting conspiracy to produce the drug. police say using the nuclear bunker, once owned by the ministry of defence, meant the gang could exploit its secrecy, and security. this was a highly organised operation, and of course, the nuclear bunker provided that level of security, and covertness to avoid detection. this was the bunker as it was, a secret headquarters for regional government in the event
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of a nuclear war. 150 officials could survive here for up to a month. this was the canteen then. and when the police arrived. they found everything from a big—screen tv, to a fish tank. and all with the home comforts of an underground world, and the underworld could go to ground. the gang even bypassed the mains meter, ripping off £650,000 worth of electricity. all to keep the cannabis growing, and drying around the clock. in fact, they thought this facility would provide them with the perfect cover for their illegal activities. why? first of all, you can't see it from the road. it's completely isolated, and the complex itself can be locked up. they managed to keep this place a secret for three years. a place built for a icon in raw global world tensions, it ended up as an industrial scale
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cannabis production line. but one now consigned like the cold war itself to history. duncan kennedy, bbc news, at chilmark in wiltshire. the headlines on bbc news: 11 people from the same family have been convicted, in a trial over modern day slavery. locked and loaded — president trump tweets that the us military is ready to deal with north korea if necessary. regulators approve the move to pensions of tata steel workers. let's get a round—up from the bbc
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sports centre. the 26th premier league season is just over half an hour old and already anything but dull, starting on friday for the first time, two goals in the first five minutes between arsenal and leicester city, la cazette between arsenal and leicester city, lacazette scoring for arsenal within two minutes then shinji okazaki almost immediately equalising for leicester, but leicester have taken the lead through jamie leicester, but leicester have taken the lead throuthamie vardy and niasse couple of minutes saw it is 2-1 to niasse couple of minutes saw it is 2—1 to leicester with half an hour on the clock and it is three years since they have won their opening match of the season, arsenal. the scottish premiership under way, celtic 1—0 up against partick thistle. brendan rodgers side looking to extend their unbeaten run. liverpool's season starts tomorrow at watford but they are already in a battle to keep hold of
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star player philippe coutinho, the brazilian midfielder responded to the club saying they will not sell him to barcelona by handing in a tra nsfer him to barcelona by handing in a transfer request. earlier today liverpool denied reports he had put in the request and already rejected an bid of £90 million saying he was definitely not for sale. rory mcilroy is ten shots off the pace at the us pga championship with kevin kisner heading the field, mackerel roy had a topsy—turvy day with three birdies and four bogeys, should make the cut, out in front kevin kisner followed up yesterday's round of 67 with another including this eagle on the seventh, he leads by four shots. another busy night at the world athletics championship, ollie foster following the action, i hear we have already had some controversy for britain's lynsey sharp? yes indeed, in the last 20 minutes, she is one
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of three british women in the three semifinals in the 800 metres, all have gone out but lynsey sharp would have gone out but lynsey sharp would have qualified for the final, she finished fourth but this is what happened as they were approaching the finish line, i really rapid semifinal, the double olympic champion was leading them home, but lynsey sharp was scrambling for a place and she just pulled back on the american, both of them place and she just pulled back on the american, both of them would have gone through with that time but they spotted that shark pads tried to pull her back —— that sharp had tried to pull her back. we do not know if they will be looking at the evidence to appeal. as far as i am concerned i cannot remember anything any different to any other race i have been in. cannot remember doing
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anything, there have been races to the season where i have been affected worse than i affected anyone in that race. and the way the times have gone you would have made it as times have gone you would have made itasa times have gone you would have made it as a fastest loser, do you think you can go and protest?|j it as a fastest loser, do you think you can go and protest? i will have to go back and look at it with british athletics, i cannot remember anything, i have been in a lot of scrappy anything, i have been in a lot of scrappy races this year, i would put my hands up and say i did something but i cannot remember where it would have been, i don't remember anything. we saw it happening in the finishing straight, we'll find out if she appeals, just one good jump of five for ugen, that took her to fourth briefly, she is back down to fifth and some way out of the medals. just one more jump. the and some way out of the medals. just one morejump. the three—time and some way out of the medals. just one more jump. the three—time world champion and 2012 olympic champion leads the way. we looking forward to
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the last event on the track, the women's 200 metre final, can dina asher—smith do it? looked very strong in her semifinal but it's going to be so tough for her in that final, dafne schippers of the netherlands is the favourite, the 400 metres champion is also in that as well. it's going to be lightning fast but if this crowd can boost dina asher—smith around the track we may get a second british medal. thanks very much. leicester are still leading arsenal 2—1, more in an hour. the steel company tata, has been given the go—ahead to separate it's uk pension scheme, from the rest of the business, which will help tens of thousands of the firm's workers. staff voted earlier this year to accept less generous pensions, in return for investment to securejobs. the move is expected to clear the way for a possible merger with a rival german company.
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our correspondent wyre davies reports now from port talbot. tata steel had warned for years that its uk business was under threat, and wanted to radically reduce pension benefits to workers, or face the prospect of having to close its port talbot plant. for months, employees who stood to lose thousands of pounds from their retirement plans have been meeting to review their options. all of a sudden, you come to the end of your working life, you have two years left. and you have got to work another seven years in order to get what you have worked for your entire life without any penalties, and they feel cheated. i've been there for 23 years, 24 years, and you think you're going to be secure when you're 60 or 65, and now they've taken that away from you. the £15 billion british steel pension scheme is one of the uk's biggest. around 130,000 members will be affected and the new plan would see current owners tata paying
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£550 million into the restructured pension scheme. the scheme will also get a stake of one third of tata's uk business to help meet future pay—outs. workers who sign up to today's proposal will have lower annual increases. other options include transferring into a personal pension scheme, or they can stay with the old british steel scheme, which is backed by the pension protection fund, and that's the really controversial part, because that's normally only available to companies that have gone out of business. the pension protection fund is there to protect the members, not the companies themselves. so i think the issue that everyone has is, why should they be allowed to join the ppf when the liability is with tata steel worldwide, which has plenty of cash, as we know? though this agreement does protect workers' pension plans, it also makes the company, tata steel, much more attractive to a potential takeover or merger.
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and with the german steel giant thyssenkrupp waiting in the wings, there will be renewed concerns about future job losses and even closures at some uk steel plants, including port talbot. the german firm says it wants to consolidate european steel—making, but industry experts say that port talbot is in a relatively strong position. i think the immediate future for workers at port tolbert is actually very good. port talbot has restored its competitiveness, it's been helped by the exchange rate of the pound against other currencies. port talbot has been synonymous with steel—making for 70 years. and although only one fifth of the once 20,000—strong workforce is still working here, today's deal on pensions should bring some relief. peter brennan is the european editor at steel industry data provider platts. he joins me live via
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webcam from north london. thank you very much forjoining us, why have tata been so keen to separate... can you hear this? peter? clearly a problem, what a shame, we have been watching and waiting patiently for quite some time, we will see if we can get him back while i tell you about kenya. the incumbent president has been re—elected for a second and final term, he wonjust re—elected for a second and final term, he won just over 54% of the vote, the main opposition leader took 44%, the opposition have alleged the electoral system has been hacked and said there has been
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fraud even though observers have said everything was above board. the opposition coalition said they will not be taking their grievances to court, we can show you a press conference which is taking place at the moment in nairobi, let's listen in. i reach out to you, i reach out to all your supporters, i reach out to all your supporters, i reach out to all your supporters, i reach out to all who are elected, the opposition benches, we shall work together. we shall partner together. we shall grow together. we sure develop this country together. we are there, ready to engage, to dialogue, to discourse together. so that we can build this nation of oui’s that we can build this nation of ours together. applause as we have always stated, elections
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come and go, kenya is here to stay. and as i have said several times at campaign rallies, we must always remember that we are brothers and sisters. your neighbour is still your neighbour. let us be peaceful let us reach out to one another, with ash share together, there is no need for violence. we politicians also come and go but your neighbour is your neighbour. regardless of their ethnicity, their religion, their ethnicity, their religion, their colour, whenever you might be, watching dross on tv or listening to us on watching dross on tv or listening to us on the radio, please reach out to
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your neighbour, shake their hand and say this election is over. regardless of who you voted for you're still my neighbour, you are still my brother, you are still my sister. and let us move forward together. thank you very much! kenyatta winning the presidential race for a second and final term in office beating his opponent, kenyatta taking just over 54% of the vote, very consolatory message at the press c0 nfe re nce very consolatory message at the press conference in nairobi tonight, saying it was very important for eve ryo ne saying it was very important for everyone to work together, remember we are all neighbours he says and we
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should work together to get the best kenya peacefully remembering that in 2007 when there was another contested election violence erupted and more than 1000 people died. we will get reaction soon hopefully but first was get a look at the weather. definitely been a cloudy day with a little bigger brain around but the sunshine sued return for many of us do the weekend, want to be wall—to—wall, would be completely dry but it should be a fairly decent weekend. these are the weak weather fronts we have had working their way southwards and east, behind that there are clear skies and more showers to come want the particularly chilly night tonight at least but tomorrow night it could well be close to freezing in some of the glens of scotland. could be a bit grey first thing with drizzly showers but that will clear away and we're looking at sunny spells and a
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few passing showers particularly over the hills in the north, sharp but should feel a bit warmer, just because we have a few showers and a bit more sunshine. more sunshine chilly start mist and fog show and the north rain much later in the day looks cabella decent day, goodbye. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: 11 people from the same family have been convicted, in a trial over modern day slavery. victims were kept in what were described as truly shocking conditions. they were subject to threats and interrogation —— intimidation. they were subject to threats and interrogation -- intimidation. many lost many years of their lives living on the sites and one individual we believed to have been there for 26 years. president trump issues another warning to north korea, describing the us military as locked and loaded. the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov says there is a russian—chinese plan
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to defuse the crisis. the pensions regulator approves a plan by tata steel to safeguard thousands ofjobs, but give workers less generous pensions. and in the last few minutes, incumbent uhuru kenyatta has been announced as the winner of kenya's presidential election. the opposition coalition, which complained of fraud and hacking, boycotted the announcement. inafew in a few moments we will go back to nairobi. first we have breaking news from world athletics and the incidence of norovirus. we understand that 50 cases of the illness have been reported. the london deputy director for health protection says that the organisation has been notified of a
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confirmed outbreak of norovirus among people associated with the world championships. so far she says they have been made aware of around 50 people reporting illness and four have been confirmed as nora virus by liberal tree testing. —— norovirus. they are trying to provide effective infection control and advice to limit the spread of the illness. the other day it was rather touch and go as to whether issac makwala was going to be able to compete because he had been diagnosed with a norovirus but unusually he was allowed to take part in a time trial and it all ended well but 50 cases have been reported in connection with the athletics event. now we can go back to kenya. we heard uhuru kenyatta speaking in a live press conference a few moments ago. he has just been re—elected as president for a second and final term. our correspondences in nairobi. a very
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conciliatory message to all of the kenyans in that message. that is right, and a very important one for this country. there have been anxieties around the voting process. this is the first time in history that the election season has been so calm except for some troubling one western town. it has been a calm pre—election and post—election period but what politicians are going to say is going to be very important, so a very important message from mr ken yato but the other important voice that needs to be heard is that of the opposition leader, raila odinga, who has rejected this result and he says he is not going to court to challenge it. people are waiting to see what next for him. the opposition did not turn up when these results were announced, why not? well, shortly before the announcement was made the
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representatives of the opposition coalition called a quick press conference and said that they were dissatisfied with the process. they have held meetings today, including raila odinga himself, with the commission. they raised objections to the results and they say that the commission told them that they can raise the dispute up until the announcement of the results but they we re announcement of the results but they were not happy with that and they wa nted were not happy with that and they wanted them dealt with before the announcement so they walked out in protest a nd announcement so they walked out in protest and said that they were not going to be party to the process. for the moment. thank you very much. eggs from european poultry farms, containing traces of insecticide, have now been found in nearly 20 countries. they've been contaminated with the pesticide fip—ronil, which can damage the kidney, liver and thyroid gland. the european commissioner for food safety, is calling for high—level talks to tackle the problem, and has called for an end to countries blaming and shaming each other. here's our europe correspondent damian grammaticas. the netherlands is europe's
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biggest producer of eggs, but now millions of chickens here might have to be slaughtered. anya visscher‘s farm has been given the all clear. the pest control company that fumigates her barn didn't use the banned insecticide fipronil, but the damage to her industry has been done. the farmers trust the companies who come into your barn and do their stuff. there are many rules in the netherlands, so we are thinking it is ok. and the extent of the problem is spreading. where it started in the netherlands, belgium, germany and france, farms have had to be closed. fresh eggs and products made with eggs have been withdrawn from sale from the uk, ireland, poland, italy and romania, and others. in switzerland, even as far afield as hong kong, there have been re—calls, too. all this shows is how interconnected our industrial food chains are today. belgian authorities said the first
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signs of a problem may have emerged as long ago as november in the netherlands. there are difficult questions for european countries — why wasn't anything done sooner? the european commission has called for a meeting of member states to get to the bottom of the problem. the aim is to draw the relevant lessons and continuously improve the effectiveness of the eu system to deal with food fraud and food safety issues. fipronil is used to kill fleas in domestic pets and is not allowed on animals entering the food chain. the amounts discovered in eggs are not harmful to humans, but prosecutors said two people have been arrested for threatening public health. translation: they mixed this forbidden product with substances that come into contact with the food chain, and they did it for their own profit. they have put people's health in danger and damaged confidence in food safety. that confidence in what we eat is safe may be taking time to be repaired.
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at least, it will be months before each farm where fipronil was used can be declared safe again. a man who murdered his brother by setting him on fire has been sentenced to life in prison, and told he must serve a minimum of 20 years. blair logan had admitted killing cameron logan, at the family home in east dunbartonshire near glasgow on new year's eve. he also seriously injured his brother's girlfriend. lorna gordon reports. blair logan, a young man who murdered his brother in a horrific attack, which he planned and prepared for ahead of time and researched on the internet. his victims, his brother cameron, with whom he had what's described as a hostile relationship, and cameron's girlfriend rebecca williams. what is very clear is that your stated intention, in your own words, was to maim him. your motivation was malice. i accept your violence here was out of character. this was, nonetheless, an exceptionally serious crime.
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logan, wearing a mask, had entered the room at the family home where his brother and his girlfriend were sleeping. he poured petrol over their bed and then set fire to cameron. 12 days later, the 27—year—old admitted his crimes. rebecca williams was in court for the sentencing. in a statement afterwards, she said cameron had been her best friend and partner and that their future together had been stolen from them. she said she wished, more than anything, that she could have saved him. rebecca, seen here to the right of her father, suffered severe injuries to her throat. the horror of what happened in that room will haunt me for ever. it was a calculated and intentional attack. cameron died in the most cruel way, in front of my eyes. the actions of one evil individual cannot be undone. the length of the sentence imposed today was never going to be
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enough for such a barbaric and ruthless murder. in sentencing him, judge lady scott said whilst she accepted logan had a limited ability to appreciate the consequences of his actions, he had acted with wicked recklessness and was fully, criminally responsible for what he had done. thejudge added, she could not imagine the pain his parents would endure, having lost, in effect, both of their sons. lorna gordon, bbc news at the high court in edinburgh. the wait may nearly be over for all of us who want to see a red—haired emoji on our mobile phones. unicode, the company who curate the emoji, says redheads will be available in emoji form from june 2018 after the organisation's emoji subcommittee recommended 67 new characters. they include emoji for those
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with bald heads, curly hair and silver foxes will be represented with a white—haired character. let's talk to the artist and creative chris oxinbury also known as okse, who caught the imagination of the emoji world when he helped create characters for the older generation. first of all, tell us how you got involved in the project to better reflect older people. basically there was a lady from coventry call diane hill who decided there were not enough and no cheese, she couldn't relate to the energies that she was using and she wanted to create a set that she could relate to win her age range with things like memory pills and grandparents duty and something for the older generation that they can relate to so they called upon me to design them and we created this whole set of emojis which were brilliant. how
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much of a departure is this from your normal not? well, usually i am doing bespoke comic strips and all sorts so to go into doing emojis was quite fun and quite different and it was really different because we got really positive feedback from it because there is a need for the older generation and, of course, ginger people as well. indeed! how excited i about that? there seem to bea excited i about that? there seem to be a baffling array of emojis to choose from days. diversity is really important. my friend mark who isa ginger really important. my friend mark who is a ginger is delighted. really important. my friend mark who is a ginger is delightedlj really important. my friend mark who is a ginger is delighted. i am glad they feel they are well reflected on our mobile phones. we have missed the submission for unicode for the moment but hopefully we can get it
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going on and get some older generation emojis as well. how likely are you to get approval? generation emojis as well. how likely are you to get approval7m is taking a chance and seeing what happens. there is a definite need for it and the marriages are brilliant because they are the modern—day hieroglyphic, aren't they? it is better than snake that we used to have back in the day on the nokia phones. it is a bit more sophisticated, isn't it? exactly. is there money to be made in creating emojis? i am not sure, to be honest, i'm not sure there is money to be made that there will be fun for people to use them and make it more exceptional for the older generation and black and white and yellow and all sorts of people, it will be a nicer world than the older marriages. my favourite is the laughing with tears in the eyes. i
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like that one. apparently that is the most favour when the whole world. i love that one, it is absolutely superb. it always makes me wonder if i had sensibly i shouldn't have said if i get that in reply. it is fun to use it with a question mark as well.|j reply. it is fun to use it with a question mark as well. i understand teenagers don't like. nowadays because they are a bit aggressive, soiam because they are a bit aggressive, so i am reliably informed.” because they are a bit aggressive, so i am reliably informed. i have learned something new there. we aim to educate. thank you very much talking to us tonight. thank you very much for having me. we would struggle without. some autocue, i can tell you! the headlines on bbc news: 11 people from the same family have been convicted, in a trial over modern day slavery. donald trump says the united states is locked and loaded when it comes to the north korea crisis. germany and russia urge both sides to dial down the rhetoric. regulators approve a move to secure the pensions of tens of thousands
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of tata steelworkers. the workforce voted for the deal, but many say they feel cheated. an update on the market numbers. heavy losses in the london market today as the stand—off with north korea prompted another round of selling. korea prompted another round of selling. now it's time for the film review. this weekjames king joins jane hill to guide us through this week's cinema releases, including atomic blonde, a ghost story and step. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's interesting cinema releases is james king.
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welcome. what have you been watching? i've been watching charlize theron in a spy thriller that's 007 meets basic instinct. the name's blonde, atomic blonde. from the academy awards to the afterlife, oscar winner casey affleck returns under a sheet in a ghost story. and get ready to tap, clap and stomp your way through an uplifting new dance documentary, step. quite an eclectic mix this week, james. let's start with the big blockbuster. it looks like one. yes, atomic blonde, so charlize theron stars in this.
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