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england go into the match this evening with just one change to the side that beat france in the semi—finals. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel, we are back with the late news at 10:05 — now on bbc one its time good evening from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. driving in india is an experience. the roads are cramped. the horn is on the present and the rules are... well, the rules are here somewhere, i'm sure that. and that is why we will not be doing a piece about driving cars in india any time soon. and despite the fact it seems eve ryo ne and despite the fact it seems everyone in india owns a car, that is not true by any means. many people choose to travel by train instead, but if you think that any less intense, think again. yet,
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about those rules... mumbai central station is a massive heaving harp, connecting the city to the north and east of india. if you look closely, you'll see something else connecting the commuters to the rest of the world. 116 wireless access points provide free wi—fi to anyone with an indian phone number. it has been provided by google, which at the moment says about 2.5 tb are being downloaded here every day. here is the interesting part, this is not just about their station. along india's railway tracks live 115,000 column appears optic fibre, and google is piping internet access down those cables to feed wi—fi access to 114 other train too. this is the man overseeing the project,
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who i caught up with whilst he was waiting for his train. if you had to ta ke waiting for his train. if you had to take one place in the country where you wanted tremendous fighter, and you wanted tremendous fighter, and you had to have reliable power, relatively speaking power is a problem across the country, that one place, that is only one place, that the railway stations. can you guarantee that all services on google's wi—fi will be treated equally? absolutely. i think the whole idea, the whole motivation for us, if you look at the reason why we did this, was to see if we can provide an open internet. completely open, full access to the entire web. the way the web was designed. the other is a fibre—optic network rolling out from train stations like this to the vast rural areas of this
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enormous country. david reid hopped ona train enormous country. david reid hopped on a train to find out what effect that happening elsewhere in india. it's hard not to be romantic about india's railways. british colonial rulers laid track for control, shifting resources, mostly out, and prising open markets. now it's about moving people, millions a day, and thanks to optic fibre, data. i took the train tojaipur station to investigate. it has proper broadband and it's free. people are filling their boots. apart from some controversy at one station where people here were using the free wi—fi to download hard—core pornography, the provision of high speed wi—fi
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has been almost universally praised. 90,000 people pass through jaipur station every day. i'm using my wi—fi for entertainment. i find it great. for this student journalist, it means she can keep tabs on breaking stories. every morning, you know, the world changes. there are so many things that change, so i have to come and check. indian stations are full of thriving business, feeding off or simply feeding the thousands of people streaming through every day. free wi—fi has been a actually boon to local businesses. this man runs a tea stall on the station platform and he's making more money now that his customers can make online payments to him. translation: i use the wi-fi when my 46 signal does not catch.
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when that does not work, i use wi—fi, especially when a customer pays digitally. i need it to confirm i have received the payment. digital payment are worth 40% to 50% of my takings. this is music to the ears of people managing the railways of india, a nationalised industry that runs at a loss. they think that high—speed wi—fi could be a good pull for a station like jaipur. they plan to build a huge concourse and attract retail and service businesses. it mightjust be an earner. as wi—fi expands and it becomes taken for granted, then i think people will transfer more and more of their business. jaipur is a domestic hub and a tourist hub of high repute. people come out here from all parts of the world. and when you have a huge concourse it is an area where you can have shops and entertainment.
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for google, more people online is more people to sell to. india's railway is the country's backbone. its public wi—fi is poised to be at least as far—reaching. this is the anjuman urdu primary school in the town of kundapur in karnataka. there are 155 kids here from grades one through to seven, and a whole bunch of dedicated teachers. and this is how they start their day. singing over in vuaya nayak‘s classroom, things are a little more serious. so, at the back of the projector, there's an android device
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which is plugged in and is running videos on english, maths and science. the videos are made for the entire region. but then they're dubbed in different dialects, different languages, depending on where they're being sent to. today, we're learning about fractions. it is great teaching tool — as long as there is electricity. but there are plenty of times when there isn't. translation: this is a village school. earlier, it would be difficult to teach because of power cuts. we would get electricity in the mornings but, as the day passed by in the afternoon, we would have power cuts for more than two hours. that's why the projector and tablet are hooked up to this box, which is itself attached to a solar panel on the roof. together, they can provide up to five hours of electricity a day, meaning that classes don't have to be interrupted or cancelled if the power cuts out.
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then, we started using solar power, as it is an easy and natural source of generating electricity. we have introduced a study of generating power through solar energy to our students, and are teaching them the importance and working of it. we also explain to our students that this process will help us, in the future, to generate electricity. this whole system has been provided by the selco foundation, an indian charity with the aim of helping to alleviate poverty by improving access to energy. with this, students can get a better education through audiovisual teaching, and also there is no problem with electricity. so any time the teachers can take their students to the classroom, they can teach through this medium. selco and other ngos they work with pay for half of the cost of installing the projector and solar system — the other half comes from local schools or local government. how important is the projector?
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translation: before this project came in to use it, we had very few students. but since we have started using the solar power, our number of students has increased in a good way. we have students coming to us from different villages to learn, and not only students — we have other schools coming down to our institute for smart classes. the smart class is a good way of teaching kids these days. they seem to enjoy and learn more than usual. after we introduced smart class, our school stands proudly in the educational sector. we plan to grow larger as the years pass by. cool whoa! the same system is already in hundreds of rural schools, and they're aiming to add hundreds more this year. and it's notjust key for schools — across rural india, businesses can be helped massively by having a reliable power supply. somana is a seamstress who lives a short drive from kundapur. she became the main breadwinner for the family after her father was taken ill.
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the more clothing she can repair, the more she gets paid. with her old, hand—operated sewing machine, she could fix a couple of items a day. but thanks to the solar panels on her roof, her electric machine can whiz through five or six clothes per day. plus, she has a fan, a tv and a light, so she can work earlier and later. one quarter of india's rural population lives below the official poverty line. that's 216 million people whose livelihoods could be improved by the addition of basic facilities like electricity. and, of course, one key way of helping people out of poverty is... education. it's always such a privilege to come to a place like this and see how the simplest technology can make
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a world of difference. that's it from india for the moment. you can see plenty of photos and more backstage gossip on twitter — we live at: bbcclick. thanks for watching. see you soon. the national trust has accused some visitors to the lake district of treating the landscape like a music festival site. the organisation says the increasing popularity of wild camping, where people pitch a tent away from organised areas, is threatening the beauty of the region.
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dave guest reports. wild camping is about getting closer to nature and getting away from civilisation. it's about spending a night high upon the hills, away from civilisation, often away from other people. and spending that night with nature under the stars in a very self—sufficient, low—key manner. responsible wild campers, like these, make sure they are discreet, do not cause damage, and take everything home with them when they leave. it is traditionally something done on the high hills. what is the change you've noticed? i think new audiences have become aware of wild camping and are treating it in a different manner. there seems to be a more disposable culture coming into what people perceive to be wild camping. that is now coming within 500 metres of car parks and carrying in as much as they need. and as for taking everything home, this is what national trust rangers are finding.
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ranger simon hill is spending more and more of his time chasing off and cleaning up after clueless campers. we have pulled out countless tents and inflatable mattresses, batteries... so, this is evidence of the remains of a fire site. it is quite often the sort of remnants that we will come across. we have had experiences where we have taken trailer loads of rubbish out. it has become commonplace for festival—goers to abandon tents and camping clutter at the end of a festival knowing someone would clean it up. but this is not a festival site. the national trust say they are not trying to stop all wild camping in its traditionalform. they are just trying to be responsible. if you want to find out how, go to the national trust website. time for a look at the weather.
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this august has often been unsettled, but it looks like the final weekend of the month is better. this theme continues through tomorrow and for some into the bank holiday weekend. mainly dry, some sunshine and feeling warm. quite a few showers across scotland, parts of northern ireland, england and wales, too. the showers starting to lose their energy through the afternoon. mainly dry overnight. clear skies and with light winds that will lead to a patchy mist and fog. not a cold night. high pressure is across much of the country tomorrow. you will notice this front over the north—west, that will increase the cloud, strengthen wind, bringing patchy rain to western isles of scotland.
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away from here, a lot of dry weather. good amounts of sunshine once we lose early morning mist and fog. it will start to cloud over across western parts of scotland as the front pages that way across. a cooler feel here. it looks like some fine conditions will prevailfor the notting hail carnival as it continues through sunday and into the bank holiday monday. away from scotland it is a bank holiday monday to start the new week. dry as the area of high pressure continues. this frontal system will strengthen the winds, bringing outbreaks of rain in northern ireland, scotland and increasing cloud in northern england. further south, sunshine and feeling warm. feeling cooler under the cloud. wind and rain across the north—west. 25 to 27 degrees celsius across east and south of england. very warm indeed.
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let's bring you up today with what is happening with hurricane harvey. it has now been downgraded to a category1 hurricane, and will soon become a tropical storm. the wind is easing, but it is the rainfall that is our concern over the coming days. a lot of rain. perhaps up to a metre in some places. that will bring devastating flooding, life—threatening flooding. we will keep you up—to—date with that over the coming days. this is bbc news. the headlines at 7pm: six men and two women have been killed in a crash involving a mini bus and two lorries on the m1 near milton keynes. the scene was complex and the
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recovery operation particularly challenging. tragically eight people have lost their lives. it is a duty to establish what happened. counter—terrorism police say a man suspected of deliberately driving at officers outside buckingham palace last night — also had a sword. torrential downpours as hurricane harvey hits texas — with reports of 42 centimetres of rain falling in one area. residents have been told to prepare for catastrophic flooding. warnings of disruption for thousands of rail passengers as major engineering works get underway across the network.
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