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names in world sport. just last month, britain's adam peaty broke yet more records at the world aquatics championships in hungary winning the 50 and the 100 metres breaststroke titles and won a silver relay medal. but peaty doesn'tjust want to be the best in the pool. he's also keen to use his status to create a legacy for others. after his achievements in the pool in budapest he took a short break from training in a surprising location. peaty went to zambia to complete a gruelling sporting challenge to raise funds for thousands of children living in poverty there. our correspondent nataliejackson went along with him. out of his comfort zone, 5000 miles from home. when it comes to it you have to give back to the crossroads no matter where it is in the world. this is lusaka, the capital of zambia, hotand this is lusaka, the capital of zambia, hot and dusty and poverty is
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widespread. creating a legacy for me is one of the most important things. it is about the medals and world records but it is how you inspired millions of people around the world to do what you have done. five years ago adam peaty and his coach mel marshall came out to raise funds to build a sports village. today they saw the facility for the very first time. it's not all about the medals, it is how you translate those especially the olympic and world once, to a global cause. you have to help as many people as possible. the 0lympic help as many people as possible. the olympic champion stayed in basic local accommodation but this is nothing compared to real life here. extremely poor in this area. the kids maybe have one set of clothes but this is a community with roughly three or 4000 people who are hiv—positive. when three or 4000 people who are hiv— positive. when you three or 4000 people who are hiv—positive. when you go into the
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schools it is the wall which show how the kids have been orphaned and generally the number of pupils is the same as the amount we have been offered. what adam is doing is vital. now he has helped build one sports centre he is helping raise funds for another. five days of sport, five days aboard tilley sport to raise £50,000. he is used to hard work, swimming seven miles a day in training. he is the fastest man on the planet into events, he is the figurehead people look to. we can rely on him to deliver and the nation knows that if we need to go to hunt he is at the front. his appeal and the peaty present is global. when it is that the 0lympics, it is how we motivate people back home but also how we make a difference for these guys.“ these guys come together and help one another we can change the world.
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the kind of work they are doing is willie amazing. these are the programmes which are bringing my dreams back. —— really amazing. programmes which are bringing my dreams back. -- really amazing. the british lion he has —— proving he has been hard to match out in africa. before we go, just time to reflect on our top story this evening — the retirement from international football of wayne rooney. england's top goal—scorer announced earlier today he's decided to stand down from the national side. he scored 53 goals in 119 appearances. we leave you tonight with a reminder of some of them. goodnight. rooney! england have scored and it is wayne rooney! he has got rooney in and he is onside and they are expected here and he delivers! just look at those faces in the crowd, welcoming our hero. into a crossing
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position and all the way across and rooney has put it in and england have the lead! nicely done, the cross from johnson and rooney is there! you're watching bbc news. in the early 90s, the british electronic duo, klf, churned out hit after hit including ‘3 am eternal‘ and ‘justified and ancient.‘ then in 1994, they burnt a million pounds in cash and announced they were disbanding — but they promised to return in 23 years. at the stroke of midnight last night, the 23 years were up, and klf reappeared at a book shop in liverpool. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson was there. 23 seconds after midnight on the 23rd of august, 23 years to the day they burnt £1 million, klf returned, driving an ice cream van. fans had come from as far
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as australia and the us, for three days of secret events. this is the group of my childhood and adolescence. they shaped everything i knew about in music and art and here i am today, meeting them for the first time. i can't put words to describe how i'm feeling right now. we don't know what's happening, but we're all here because it means so much. first up, a book signing, orstamping. and things were perhaps not quite as rock and roll as they used to be. do you want anything to drink? tea. how things change. the klf were so big they won best british group in ‘92 and they pretended to machine—gun the audience and left a dead sheep outside the after show party.
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then, two years later, they burnt £1 million on the scottish island ofjura. we don't know what it is, what we did. some days we do. but i've never felt it was wrong. they said they would return after 23 years and fans finally got to meet them again, although there were strict rules, including no conversation, no hugging and no selfies. i was told there would be no interviews and they wouldn't say anything to me, but... why's it taken is a long? it didn't take long, it's a stamp! got something! and all the while, outside, the ice cream van was being guarded by gimpo — one of only two people who witnessed
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them burning the money. it was a fun evening. i'd gone to bed and they said, come on, we're going to do it now and we drove down to the boathouse. they got the money out and started writing it from the fire. 23 years ago today and it's still being talked about. why? i don't know! people do like to talk. do you wish they still did music? no, they're boring and old now! the klf — no longer making music, still making mischief. from the pair left to donald trump and nevada where the stage is set for the president of the united
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states who has been criticising the media ina states who has been criticising the media in a speech in arizona yesterday saying they were enemies of the people. he is probably going to do the same tonight in reno nevada. when we get the details of the speech we will bring it to you. a lot of news coming up in a couple of minutes but first the weather with ben rich. the weather has been rather dramatic in northern areas in the last 24 hours with a lot of rain and localised flooding but the next few days are, with some sunshine and showers and the driest weather in the south. largely dry in southern areas tonight, the odd patch of mist and a few showers in north—west england and northern ireland and western scotland and persistent rain in the northern isles. it will stay wet up there for a good part of tomorrow but further south in scotla nd tomorrow but further south in scotland and northern ireland and northern england we will see a couple of showers, some heavy, but further south again into wales and
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the midlands and southern england it will be largely dry with not many showers and a lot of fine weather and sunshine, top temperature 22 degrees. further ahead, northern and sunshine, top temperature 22 degrees. furtherahead, northern and north—western areas will see some showers on friday and into the weekend. further south, showers on friday and into the weekend. furthersouth, largely dry with some sunshine and in the sunshine it will feel pleasantly warm. that is all from me for now. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at seven. the government says the supremacy of eu judges will end after brexit. when we leave the european union, we will be leaving the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice. what we will be able to do is to make our own laws, parliament will make our laws, it is britishjudges who will interpret those laws, and it will be the british supreme court who will be the ultimate arbiter of those laws. a cyclist who killed a woman on the road has been cleared of manslaughter, but convicted of a lesser charge. the husband of kim briggs has now called for a change in the law,
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