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i in the mirror need to look yourself in the mirror and say, you are worth more than that. tianna ba rtoletta speaking to ade adedoyin. in a statement to us, her husband, john ba rtoletta, said that in their time together they "made an incredible team" and he would be "forever grateful" for having been a part of her success which included three world championship gold medals. he said it was his understanding they were going through an amicable divorce, and that he was very proud of tianna and wished her "the very best". now before i go let me show you these incredible pictures. the queens batten relay. it reached new heights when an raf display team jumped with the batten from 10,000 feet. it's expected to reach australia on christmas eve where it will be carried across the country
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for one hundred days. let's get your weather now. you are watching bbc news. it's an revolution read mystery that's battled the experts the years, how can the fossil of a dinosaur comprise body parts of both meat eaters and herbivores. that puzzle may have been solved after scientists said they believe the so—called "frankenstein dinosaur", could provide the missing link between carnivores and herbivores. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh explains. in the mountains of chile, researchers discover a dinosaur, the like of which has never been seen before. back in their lab in buenos aires,
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they carefully cut through the sandstone to find a bizarre skeleton. they named their dinosaur chilesaurus. this animal had a real mix of features from different groups of dinosaurs. it's hip bones were like those of plant eaters such as the stegosaurus. and its arms and body were like those of meat eaters such as the tyrannosaurus rex. and so, chilesaurus became known as the frankenstein dinosaur. but now a british researcher who studied the skeleton believes he has solved the mystery. chilesaurus has been revealed to be the missing link between one group of dinosaurs, which includes things like stegosaurus and triceratops, and another group of dinosaurs which includes things like tyrannosaurus rex. it really is the missing piece of the puzzle. tyrannosaurus rex and stegosaurus were thought to be in different branches of the dinosaur family tree. but the researchers have
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shown that they are both in the same branch. the frankenstein dinosaur now fits in perfectly, as an earlier animal that came before them, which is why its skeleton is a mixture of both. this reassessment is important, because it will radically change the theory of how dinosaurs evolved and split into different groups. chilesaurus is there at the beginning of one of these big splits. and hopefully, by understanding more about its biology, it will tell us what the kinds of driving factors leading to those big splits might have been. the frankenstein skeleton was once a puzzle, but now it could be the key to explain how dinosaurs evolved. pallab ghosh, bbc news. thousands of elvis presley fans have taken part in a candlelit vigil at graceland, the singer's former home in memphis to mark the fortieth anniversary of his death. elvis‘ daughter, lisa marie,
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thanked them for keeping her father's memory alive. laura bicker is in graceland and sent this report. atjust 21, elvis changed the face and sound of rock and roll forever. record labels said they were looking for a "white man with a negro sound". they got it. some saw his music as dangerous, as crossing racial boundaries. his death broke the heart of thousands. this is the moment fans have been waiting for. lisa marie presley stands at the gates of graceland to welcome them in. solemnly they light a candle, make their pilgrimage up the hill to pay tribute at elvis presley's grave. he was the coolest man in the world, you know. he loved all people, you know, it doesn't matter where you come from. my mum was an elvis fan so she had music playing when i was in the womb.
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so i owe it to my mother to be an elvis fan. what's so special about elvis? i like his snarl. his what? his snarl. can you do it for me? that's pretty good! a0 years on, a visit to graceland is it pilgrimage for hundreds of thousands of people. and so elvis does live on. his influence on modern music and in his fans who believe that his spirit will never die. laura bicker, bbc news, memphis. if you are an elvis fan there are two programmes on the bbc. you can also watch it on the pipeline later and stay with us. let's get your weather prospects. feeling more like summer across the
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south of the uk where the temperature was 2a celsius. at al to the west, some thick cloud bringing rain. -- the west, some thick cloud bringing rain. —— but out to the west. the rain. —— but out to the west. the rain will turn steadier and heavier. across scotland, the west of wales, the skies will clear but it will be pretty mild out there. we will all get rain at some stage. the cloud will break leading to a few showers. northern england and south east scotla nd northern england and south east scotland may miss the showers and feel some sunshine. but western scotla nd feel some sunshine. but western scotland will get some showers. they will continue into the evening. 0vernight it will get wetter. that
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clears the way of friday morning and we get some sunshine and showers before things turn wetter in northern ireland and the rain moves back over the irish sea. disappointing temperatures to end the week. not a lot better on saturday. blustery winds, some sunshine and showers, most of them across the northern half of the uk. pleasa nt across the northern half of the uk. pleasant enough when the sun is out. blustery showers on saturday which will fade away overnight but cloud will fade away overnight but cloud will increase later run in the week to give some outbreaks of rain. that later rain is across the other side of the atlantic, coming courtesy of hurricane gert. it will combine with a normal area of low pressure coming from eastern parts of canada and it
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will race across the atlantic heading towards the uk, stronger winds, thicker cloud. pushing through the rest of the uk. temperatures best in the south but still only 20 celsius. this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines. brexit borders — the government wants business as usual between northern ireland and the republic — ruling out new customs posts. donald trump faces another barrage of criticism over his latest comments about the violence in virginia. he has scrapped two of his advisory panels. the labour mp sarah champion resigns from the shadow cabinet and apologises for her "poor choice of words" in a newspaper article about child abuse. unemployment falls to the lowest level since 1975 — but average earnings are still lagging behind inflation. homes buried under a mountain of rock and mud —
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six hundred people still missing in sierra leone. also — the royal navy's new flagship arrives home. the 280 metre—long hms queen elizabeth — the navy‘s biggest ever warship — sails into her new berth in portsmouth.
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