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across the caribbean. millions of people are told to evacuate the state as forecasters warn that nowhere will be safe when the storm hits. if you're in an evacuation zone, you need to get out now, and get either to a friend, a family, a hotel, a shelter. but get where you need to go, and do not wait. in the caribbean some islands, which have already suffered overwhelming destruction, are bracing themselves for the arrival of a second hurricane. good morning, it's saturday 9th september. also ahead... manchester arena reopens tonight with a benefit concert — three months after the terrorist attack. the scores on the doors — calls for restaurants and cafes in england to display their food hygiene ratings. in sport, jimmy anderson makes history.
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he becomes the first englishman to take 500 test wickets, in the deciding match against the west indies. and louise has the weather... good morning. it is an autumnal start to the weekend. a day of sunny spells and scattered showers. but some of the showers will be heavy, with some hail and thunder, and rather breezy out to the west. more details coming up. good morning. first, our main story. millions of people have been warned to evacuate from florida as hurricane irma approaches the united states. the huge storm, which has left a path of destruction across the caribbean, made its way along the coast of cuba last night. it's expected to reach florida tomorrow. it is the first time a category five hurricane has slashed the country in decades and is expected to reach florida tomorrow. some of the worst affected caribbean islands are now bracing themselves for the arrival of a second hurricane — jose is reported to have strengthened with winds of up to iso—miles—per—hour. our north america correspondent
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jane o'brien reports from miami. clouds gather over miami's south beach, all but deserted, as irma lurks on the horizon. millions of people have been asked to evacuate. irma has already devastated parts of the caribbean. barbuda is an island in survival mode, and now bracing for hurricane jose. i'm just waiting to get evacuated from here, and then i'm going to come back, and try and salvage something. and help. i don't know. my whole life is here, so... in florida, those images are a stark warning of what may come. miami is putting up shutters and preparing for the worst. these people on the beach are really the few diehards who, for one reason or another, have decided to stay put and wait out the storm. and even if they wanted to leave, at this point, quite frankly, it is probably too late. even those who planned ahead found themselves caught, as airports closed, roads backed up,
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and hotels ran out of rooms. we care about your safety. you've got to get prepared. if you're in an evacuation zone, you need to get out now, and get either to a friend, a family, a hotel, a shelter. but get where you need to go, and do not wait. this is a storm not seen in a generation, since hurricane andrew laid waste to the state 25 years ago. irma is bigger, and unpredictable. different projections show various paths, but all life—threatening. on sunday, its full impact will be felt. jane o'brien, bbc news, miami. earlier on breakfast we spoke to josephine gumbs—connor who lives on the british overseas territory of anguilla. irma passed directly over the island on wednesday and they're now bracing themselves for hurricane jose.
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i think the biggest fear right now is the amount of debris, loose articles, houses that were demolished, where the galvanised is just in abundance, and all over, unrestricted, the wood of those who had shutters and who lost those shutters, you know, the metal that is around, it is in such abundance that the fear that is being echoed by so many of the residents that i've interacted with today is the feeling that, even if you felt reasonably secure, you recognise that these are going to be projectiles, in what is now an upper category—four hurricane. the manchester arena reopens tonight, more than three months after the terrorist attack which killed 22 people. extra security measures will be in place for the "we are manchester" benefit concert. joining us from the arena is our reporter kate sweeting. kate, there's bound to be mixed feelings about tonight's show? this is important for many people
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and it will be an emotional occasion too? yes, it isjust over100 and it will be an emotional occasion too? yes, it isjust over 100 days since a suicide bomber detonated a device among crowds living and ariana grande concert here at manchester arena. 22 people were killed and 59 injured. many of the victims were children who had been watching the concert. the youngest was only eight years old. and there we re was only eight years old. and there were parents collecting their children. tonight is about celebrating manchester and remembering those victims. bands from the city are playing, noel gallagher is playing, the courteeners and rick astley. this is what risk astley has served on the —— said on the concert. that venue has had amazing artists from all over the world play there. it needs to keep going. it was absolutely terrible. there are no words for what happened
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but i do think that positive light has to be shown sometimes for us to get through things. many of the people coming tonight are expected to have been at the ariana grande concert and it is about replacing horrific memories with something more positive. there will be extra security. backpacks are banned, there will be extra security checks and there will be a mental health unit for anyone struggling. manchester has shown incredible resilience and solidarity and a sense of community since that terrible event and that will be celebrated tonight, as well as showing manchester arena is very much open for business. thank you. the united states has called a meeting of the un security council for monday to push for tougher sanctions on north korea. it wants to impose an oil embargo, ban its exports of textiles and subject leader kimjong un to an asset freeze and travel ban. it follows north korea's continued refusal to end its nuclear weapons programme. the united nations is warning of an unprecedented refugee crisis in myanmar. it says more than a quarter of a million people have fled
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the country in recent days — a dramatic increase on previous estimates. the muslim rohinja minority says that myanmar‘s military has been attacking them and burning villages. the un says 270,000 people have crossed into neighbouring bangladesh, in just a fortnight. more homes and businesses in remote parts of the uk will get access to superfast broadband, according to the government. up to £645 million for the roll—out broberg and scheme will be made —— broadband. that means will be made —— broadband. that m ea ns 95% will be made —— broadband. that means 95% of uk could have access to higher speed internet in the next few years. the government is being urged to force restaurants, pubs and take—aways in england to display food hygiene ratings. a score of five means hygiene is very good, and zero requires urgent improvement. the local government association wants to see businesses that fail to comply be fined or prosecuted. louise will have the weather for us
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shortly, and she will be concentrating on those hurricanes in the caribbean. many islands in the caribbean are already cleaning up after they were hit by hurricane irma earlier in the week. however, these efforts are being hampered by the threat from another huge storm: hurricane jose. earlier we spoke to laura elliott. she lives on the british virgin islands with her fiance and two young children, but was on a business trip in london when the storm hit... my my son is ten months old and my daughter is 23 months old. they are very young. just absolute... i cannot believe what they have been through. i had the most awful thoughts. i did not hearfrom them for three days. so i had no idea if they were trapped, injured, if the house had collapsed on them. if they needed help. just anything like that. most importantly, i was worried about injury and if they had
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supplies. you know, everybody prepared, absolutely everyone prepared, absolutely everyone prepared but you cannot imagine, nobody could imagine the magnitude and how badly they were going to be hit. the children are oblivious, can you believe? that isjust hit. the children are oblivious, can you believe? that is just wonderful. a p pa re ntly you believe? that is just wonderful. apparently there was a brief moment when my daughter was very scared but she was with her dad so she was all right. my son has no idea. but a p pa re ntly right. my son has no idea. but apparently she is back today and playing with her toys. it is armageddon outside. a lot of scary stories. there is a concern for supplies and how long they are going to last four. evacuation plans... so many people are trying to evacuate that isn't really one controlled plan, is the problem. there are so many different nationalities on that island, which is another problem. a lot of people have lost their documents so i'm pleading for governments of other countries to be
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lenient on their borders when people are being evacuated. my baby's friends for example, i know for a fa ct friends for example, i know for a fact they do not have their passports. we are british, let us be where we need to be. if we are going to america, nobody knows where they are being evacuated to. i've got no idea where to meet my children. we can talk now to richard lee who's a director at shelterbox, a disaster recovery charity, preparing to send aid to the caribbean. we have seen the stories and the pictures, that was the british virgin islands. what is your situation at the moment, who can you help at your chat agriculture to? we are in panama, aided station there at the moment. we are looking at whether most people are. —— —— has it hit panama? that is where the aid agencies are gathering to share information, that is where our
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aid is stationed and we look at all of the islands and contact... we have rotary international and other agencies and governments which understand where the most vulnerable are, and who is least likely to re cover are, and who is least likely to recover oi'i are, and who is least likely to recover on their own and then we deploy aid. we have a real challenge as you've seen the amazing devastation that has happened and you've heard the stories. yet, we know there could be another hurricane coming through. we do not quite know where jose will turn right until it has passed, and so we have real difficulty of people needing support and if we deploy now, it gets blown away and so we need to evaluate to make sure we get the aid to those who need it most. the devastation is immense and it shocked nobody more than those living on these islands, who are used to the hurricane season. they have seen their homes completely
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flattened and destroyed. how much of a difference can you make? without being rude at all, it seems like a drop in the ocean in terms of how many houses. 95% of some islands are devastated? absolutely, i think you've got to reflect that these people have lost everything, as you say. so what would you want? you would want something to shelter in. you want those four walls that make you feel safe and what you will have picked up on is the physical loss, the stuff that they have lost, but the stuff that they have lost, but the emotional impact is as much. if we can give you four walls, maybe by tarpaulin or by tent, if we give you clean water see you feel like you can drink something, we could give you cooking equipment so you can establish normality and if we can give you things like solar lighting, it sounds like such a small thing but if you've got no power, when the dark comes you want to have light. it's as much as an emotional recovery it's as much as an emotional re cove i’y a s
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it's as much as an emotional recovery as a physical recovery. so physically, what are you sending out there? we are establishing what the biggest need is, we have 2000 shelter kits in panama, we put them there because we know the places most likely to be impacted. in that, you have tarpaulin, which is amazingly useful because it takes existing equipment and then you can use this to build on. see you can start to rebuild where you were and you can stay in the same community and contact the same people. if you owned animals or you had a small homestead, you still have that knee which is really important. we give you to see you can build and only construction of that yourself. we are giving you self—esteem. it's not that we are doing everything but we are empowering these people. amazingly strong people, those you have heard from today have been amazing people. we can give them a hand, and at our charity, we are lucky in that we have staff and
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volunteers who help and work with these communities. on the issue of access, given what we see and getting in and out, planes are going in. is it via the sea there will be some access? it's a mixture and it will evolve over time. we have this second hurricane coming in, that's the real challenge and we haven't seen the full path of the hurricane. 0ne seen the full path of the hurricane. one of the challenges is limited resources. millions of people are affected and it isn'tjust here. you reported on my mr and bangladesh, they have amazing flooding and —— myanmar. we have a finite level of resource , we are myanmar. we have a finite level of resource, we are funded by the public. that is how we get by. we have to see the full course. and then understand where we can help then understand where we can help the most. cuba is currently being impacted and i do not think anybody can tell you right here right now
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exactly how bad the devastation is going to be. thank you so much for that. maybe we can pick up on those issues of plotting the course and what the experts can tell us on that. louise is looking at the weather in the path of those storms. how accurate can those predictions be? it's always difficult to exactly predict the path of a hurricane as it moves across warmer waters and there are other elements interfering. wind direction, to rain, but at the moment, hurricane irma made landfall across cuba, the eye of the storm staying to the north of the island. she is expected to track into florida keys at lunchtime saturday. there is uncertainty how far north and west she will move as she goes towards florida. we need to keep an eye. at the moment, jose is a category four hurricane. still powerful and looks
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likely to brush north of the leeward isles. then, it may move in a north—westerly direction and potentially weaken a little. but, all eyes are certainly on hurricane irma and the decision and pathway she makes as she moves towards florida. expected to make landfall at the florida keys on sunday lunchtime and push further north through the day on sunday. for us, it's a showery scenario, and breezy. scattered showers and frequent at the moment. they will continue to drift further inland as we go through the day, if you are lucky enough to have some sunshine this morning, do not count on it. this is where recent showers are, especially through northern england and wales and a couple in north—west scotla nd and wales and a couple in north—west scotland and northern ireland. as we move through the morning, i suspect it will be a case of dodging the showers through scotland, some of those will ease away through the afternoon. temperatures aren't great, at nine o'clock they are ii-i3d. great, at nine o'clock they are ii—i3d. showers widespread into
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wales and down towards the south—west. the best of the sunshine so south—west. the best of the sunshine so far this morning has been in central and south—eastern areas. i hope you can go and enjoy it. we are not expecting it to last. as we go through the day, those showers will drift further inland and some can be pretty slow—moving and intense with rumbles of thunder mixed in as well. dodging into the afternoon, scotland and northern ireland have a slight improvement. finishing the day with a little more sunshine, 14—i9d is the high. those showers will die down through the evening and overnight. winds are lighter for a time allowing for patches of mist and fog. temperatures in rural areas into single figures. perhaps low enough for a touch of grass, some prone spots but the story for tomorrow is, into the north—west, there is another area of low pressure. bringing in wet weather from scotland and moving into england and wales. look at these showers piling in behind. staying breezy and showery and eventually
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there will be outbreaks of light rain pushing southeast but not until the end of the day. studio: louise, thank you. before eating in a cafe or restaurant, do you give much thought to theirfood hygiene rating? and would you know where to find it? after talking about it today, i will be looking much more closely! now the local government association wants all food outlets in england to be made to display their ratings on their doors, by law, which is already the case in wales and northern ireland. so how does the system work? tony lillis from the chartered institute of environmental health. councillor simon blackburn is from the local government association. they are both here with us. tony, you've been that person doing the inspections in the past and you represent those that do. simon comedy from the local government association. what difference do you think it will make? i think it will make a significant difference. consumers need all of the information they can to make a considered choice when they order food and, at the moment, the sad fa ct food and, at the moment, the sad fact is that if somebody gets a zero
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food rating they do not have to display that sticker on the door. we spoke about it earlier and what is obvious is that if you are a restau ra nt obvious is that if you are a restaurant that gets a zero rating you do not have a lot to gain from putting a zero rating on your window? what if you don't? what if you don't do that? what if you don't do it? there are no penalties in law at the moment or administrative penalties that they can put on people for failing to do that, hence urgent need for a change in the the urgent need for a change in the law. went to find them? it might be worth doing it and accepting the fine. how much would you be fined for not putting it on your window? nothing for not putting the sticker on your window but what you would be fined for potentially is breaching food hygiene regulations. there is fio food hygiene regulations. there is no specific offence surrounding failing to display the sticker. the problem is, we will come to what makes a zero rating but the problem is, i would
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makes a zero rating but the problem is, iwould not makes a zero rating but the problem is, i would not know. makes a zero rating but the problem is, iwould not know. if makes a zero rating but the problem is, i would not know. if i went to a restau ra nt is, i would not know. if i went to a restaurant and it had been told that they were disgusting and they were on clean marsh and clean, i would still not know if they get a fine or not, i do not know if they are filthy -- if not, i do not know if they are filthy —— if they were clean or not. if they do not display it? i do not know. the consumer would know that all restaurants and food outlets we re all restaurants and food outlets were compelled by law to display this sticker. unless it is habitual that you go to a restaurant and look at the doorfor a that you go to a restaurant and look at the door for a sticker, none of us at the door for a sticker, none of us in england really do that, you may in northern ireland and wales, but we went. it will not become habitual until consumers are used to the idea that everybody needs to display the sticker. we understand an off—licence needs to display a plate above the door showing who is licensed to sell alcohol and once the change in the law that we are calling for is made, consumers will know that there should be a stick on the door and if there isn't, it's a
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very clear and immediate indication to the consumer that that restaurant is in breach of some kind of regulation. what do you think of the idea? it is unnecessary, it is wholly inconsistent between england and other devolved nations that we do not have this mandate. and that some local authorities do not engage with the hygiene rating scheme. there is inconsistency in england and between england and devolved nations. you have done this, it is brea kfast nations. you have done this, it is breakfast time so we will not be to glory. there are some fancy restau ra nts glory. there are some fancy restaurants that you can walk into. they look pristine and glamorous, but we do not know what is going on behind the scenes. what shockers have you seen? without naming names. 0ne have you seen? without naming names. one of my colleagues involved in food safety work, we have all seen them, we have seen premises with pest infestations, rats and mice, possibly cockroaches. we have seen premises where food is not being
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stored at an appropriate temperature and grossly filthy premises. whether it isa and grossly filthy premises. whether it is a complete lack of control from management about what is going on. so if your inspector goes in, and you find rotting meat or rodents in the kitchen. if i'm understanding this correctly, they can walk out, having filled in the form, but the restau ra nt having filled in the form, but the restaurant carries on in business, and there is nothing on the window saying what happened. the next person walking in would be com pletely person walking in would be completely unaware? person walking in would be completely unaware ?|j person walking in would be completely unaware? i must say that none of my colleagues would ever walk away from that situation. is that an instant shutdown? it can be. we have a discrepancy.” that an instant shutdown? it can be. we have a discrepancy. i think we we re we have a discrepancy. i think we were going to say the same thing, it depends on the severity of the offe nce, depends on the severity of the offence, the level of the understanding of the restaurant and the food outlet. a zero does not
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mean an automatic shutdown? not necessarily. i would say an inspector going in and scoring zero, all one, what have you, they would then be looking to potentially work with the food business operator to say, come on. it would momentarily close. what if they say they are not closing and are not doing anything. there are legal processes, looking at serving a note is all going to a magistrates' court and seeking confirmation of that. so there is still time. that a consumer is exposed to that. it is possible to serve the notice and deal with it there and then. will people be reassured going down this avenue? it still sounds to me, listening to both of you, with the best will in the world that you are both trying to get the same thing but it feels like it is very easy to walk into a place that is horrible out the back and you don't know. when we asked
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the public what they want councils and other authorities to do in terms of food, they say to carry on what you are doing at the moment. when we ask them what that is, they imagine there is a national register and people need a licence to run these businesses. but is not the case. if we wanted, we could open a sandwich shop around the corner now without opening the low —— without informing the local authority without the necessary trading and local council. there is a burden and this scheme would limit the burden. what would we call our sandwich... ooh! i think the viewers need to treat!|j we call our sandwich... ooh! i think the viewers need to treat! i don't mean to be flippant. it is alarming, that you could set up a food place like that. thank you to both of you. we could have spoken about it for a long time. let's have a look at the papers. simon fanshawe, welcome.
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what has caught your right, or turned your stomach? simon and charlie's sam burgess, . turned your stomach? simon and charlie's sam burgess,. i look at the toilets. you don't go back to a place with horrible toilets. that leads nicely into hospitality!” thought this was interesting. this isa thought this was interesting. this is a hotel in bath called the queensbury, they have gone and interviewed staff there and the owner. the owner is a guy called lawrence b. these staff are from hungary, portugal, and somewhere else. the owner says, he makes a viewpoint. he says it is difficult enough to fill vacancies, now they are advertising for a porter, two chefs, a kitchen porter, a part—time
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attendant, and four—time restaurant staff. you cannot get staff at the moment. he says the stuff that come from the mainland europe are people that training hospitality and they have a view about hospitality being a service industry, high standards and something you do. not a filling job. he makes a key point at the end, you hear people saying that the polls have come in taking ourjobs. he says he is glad. they have left their home and country to do that, i do not see anyone from merthyr tydfil doing that. they are presumably worried as to who will work in the premises. he is scared, he said that the industry is already struggling and brexit could tip it over the edge. and it is coffee chains too. one of the big fallacies underlying this is that there is only a certain number ofjobs. if you have people from other bits of europe in those jobs, british people cannot have those jobs. it doesn't
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work like that. the number ofjobs increase with the size of productivity. that would increase the size of the economy. and in the times, this is about gangs? this boy in the top right, he was called cory davies, he was killed. there are two big gangs in new by the olympics were. the whole point is that there was a dividend from the olympics as to what is happening in new. it has the highest number of acid attacks in written, gun crime is up 60% from la st in written, gun crime is up 60% from last year, knife crime rate was up 10% to 10,165 instance. you have an epidemic of violence among young people here. there are two gangs here. apparently a brawl broke out a couple of weeks ago in the shopping ce ntre couple of weeks ago in the shopping centre in westfield. as a result of that, there have been three stabbings since then. and, one death. these people, it is basically
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drug fuelled but there is a terrifying paragraph in the middle. the wood grange gang, they are active in sending younger members out of the city to set up new markets in the home counties and beyond. people are buying these drugs and theirdemand beyond. people are buying these drugs and their demand is fuelling this kind of gang warfare and it is terrifying. kids are dying. we don't have long left, which one do you wa nt to have long left, which one do you want to do? this is facial recognition. the police force and others use facial recognition to track criminals and they use it on cctv. at stanford university they did an experiment and they discovered facial recognition which can be right about whether people are gay or straight. the algorithm could tell whether a man was gay or straight by using one picture 81% of the time and determine a winning's —— a woman's 74% of the time.
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the time and determine a winning's -- a woman's 7496 of the time. does it say what it is looking for?m looks at facial structure, it is quite peculiar and what is peculiar about it, there's always an argument about it, there's always an argument about whether or not sexual orientation has a genetic... genes do not link directly to things but what they do do is create a disposition, so whether there is a disposition, so whether there is a disposition or process at birth which creates that sexual orientation. i wondered, which creates that sexual orientation. iwondered, if which creates that sexual orientation. i wondered, if you are bisexual, is the picture just a little bit fuzzy? i wasn't sure but it is extraordinary, with five pictures it is right 95% of the time and 83% of the time for women. —— 95% of the time for men. where gay people are victimised and killed by the state, russia, iran, there are ten countries still where homosexuality is punished by death
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and 78 countries where it is illegal. could this facial recognition software be used to entrap people? and it says that human guesses were normally correct 61% of the time. human guesses were normally correct 6196 of the time. it is and it isn't. algorithms and big data shows that we like to think that ourjudgment is better than data and the truth of it is that ourjudgment is very clouded by our preconceptions. data tends not to be. some really interesting points brought up. do you think you can tell if someone is a good cookjust by looking at them? yes. who is a good cook out of you and me? i've no idea! you said you canjudge someone and me? i've no idea! you said you can judge someone by how they look? i think you are a very good cook. you looked like a very good cook, matt tebbutt? how can you judge people and say that is how they can cut? shall we talk about scores on
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the doors? no! our special guest today has arrived at our location, it is cursed the alsop. good to have you here. you are here to face food heaven and food health. any greens... that is my food heaven. and your food hail? too much sugar and white bread. together? perhaps, yes! a particular type of bread, isn't it? and we have two great chefs. it's good to have you here, josh. what will you be cooking? we will be doing grilled lamb chops with in marinade and tahini and spring onions. i am going to make a desert today, not too sweet. i will make a paddle over with fresh peaches and blackberries. —— pavlova. and you guys are in charge of whether kirsty gets her food
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heaven or food hail. give us a thought on your scores on the doors? it's a can of worms and i will tell you but i will direct message you on twitter later! lets keep it off the air! does that say anything? it says air! does that say anything? it says a lot. take care. goodbye. right now, we will get the headlines inafew right now, we will get the headlines in a few minutes time. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. coming up before 10am, we'll get the weather, but first at 9.33am, here is a summary of this morning's main news. hurricane irma is lashing cuba with strong winds and heavy rain after devastating several caribbean islands. authorities in the us state of florida have told 5.5 million people — that's a quarter of the state's population — to leave their homes. the storm is expected to gain strength once again before making landfall tomorrow. the manchester arena reopens tonight, just over three months after the terrorist attack which killed 22 people.
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extra security measures will be in place for the we are manchester benefit concert. headlining the event will be noel gallagher and his band, alongside acts courteeners and rick astley. the united nations is warning of an unprecedented refugee crisis in myanmar. it says more than 250,000 people have fled the country in recent days — a dramatic increase on previous estimates. the muslim rohinja minority says that myanmar‘s military has been attacking them and burning villages. the un says 270,000 people have crossed into neighbouring bangladesh in just a fortnight. the united states has called a meeting of the un security council for monday to push for tougher sanctions on north korea. it wants to impose an oil embargo, ban its exports of textiles and subject leader kim jong—un to an asset freeze and travel ban. it follows north korea's continued refusal to end its nuclear weapons programme. the government is being urged to force restaurants, pubs and take—aways in england to display food hygiene ratings. a score of five means hygiene
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is very good and zero requires urgent improvement. the local government association wants to see businesses that fail to comply be fined or prosecuted. those are the main headlines. mike is here to explain the connection between cricket and owls.” is here to explain the connection between cricket and owls. i was looking at the things we didn't know aboutjimmy anderson making 500 wickets. i read that he practised owling, you just adopt an owl position and you can emit a noise. it clearly worked for him. it has worked for him. apparently wolverhampton wanderers do it.” will look into that. james anderson, says he felt, "emotional and relieved", after becoming the first englishman
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to take 500 test match wickets. he achieved the feat in west indies second innings, in the deciding test at lord's. before anderson took centre stage, ben stokes pushed england into a first innings lead of 71. while anderson reached the milestone with the wicket of kraigg brathwaite early into the windies reply and he's only the third seam bowler in history to go past 500. he didn't stop there either, helping reduce the windies to 93 for 3, at stumps on day two. they'll resume this morning leading byjust 22 runs. milestones are nice, but that's not what drives me to become as good as i can be. i want to try and help england win games of cricket. that's my motivation, that's why i turn up every day trying to improve myself, and that's what will keep driving me on. i'm loving playing at the moment. i think i'm bowling well, i feel fit and strong, and i'm enjoying playing in this team, so hopefully that can
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continue for a while yet. rafa nadal is through to the us open final after beating juan martin del potro in their semi final overnight at flushing meadows. nadal lost the first set to his argentinean opponent before taking command and at one stage won nine games in a row, eventually winning in four sets. the spaniard will aim for a third us open and 16th grand slam title in sunday's final. i played well. i am playing well almost the whole season. so today was the day to play well. it's the real thing. i was playing so—so at the beginning of the tournament and i have been playing better and better every day. and today was the day to play the best match of the tournament. nadal will meet south africa's kevin anderson in the final who reaches this stage of a grand slam for the very first time. he beat spain's pablo carreno busta in four sets at flushing meadows. some good news for british tennis, too. jamie murray and switzerland's martina hingis
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reached the final of the mixed doubles after a straight—sets semi final victory. it's one of the steepest climbs in spain, and the angliru,is all that stands between chris froome and a place in the history books. froome, hiding in the middle here, is hoping to become the first man in 39 years to win the vuelta a espana and tour de france in the same year and with a lead of over 90 seconds, barring any mishaps today, it will be a victory parade into madrid tomorrow. the premier league returns this afternoon with seven matches. leaders manchester united are in the late kick off when they travel to stoke. the big game of the day though is this lunchtime when manchester city host liverpool who could move top of the table for a few hours at least with a win. managerjurgen klopp has left out, brazilian forward philippe coutinho, who was hoping to go to barcelona in the transfer window. he could have played 15 or 20 minutes, but again in the city game, maybe longer, but i think really it makes sense and by the way he agreed completely. it was not that he said no,
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i don't need training, i want to play or whatever. it was a good conversation. in the championship, derby have jumped up to fourth after thrashing hull city 5—0. four first—half goals, and that from bradleyjohnson, completed a one sided night, for gary rowett‘s side. yody taylor was named england's footballer of the year. arsenaljordan knobbs won the player's player of the year award. and a reminder, that dan walker presents football focus, live from brighton this lunchtime, ahead of their match against west brom but it starts at 12 noon. in rugby league the title contenders are flexing their muscles, ahead of the play
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offs, as castleford extended their lead at the top of super league with a 38—24 victory over second placed leeds. wigan have boosted their play off hopes with a late victory against hull fc. hull had overturned a14 point lead to be in front going into the final moments, but late trys from anthony gelling and john bateman gave the warriors a 30—22 victory. gloucester trying to protect their 100% records. a final word on owling. if you get a spare moment, just try it in your lounge today. it helped me with a hamstring. owling, i think it started in australia. just do it! just do it! just do it quickly. i can't promise any owl
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pellets! you are meant to post a picture of yourself doing this. you get extra kudos for doing it in unusual places. i think the brea kfast unusual places. i think the breakfast studio is unusual. it says in the trub uts paid tojimmy anderson that he practised owling at a test match in 2011. are you doing it properly? it seems easy. i've mastered it. i could stay here for hours. we will wait and watch, shall we? get the stopwatch on. the director says we have to move on. we can't unfortunately. no fun. no fun. just stay there. he fell! they are pieces of elegant victorian architecture protecting us from the often rather variable weather at britain's coastal resorts, but some have seen better days. one photographer finds seaside shelters
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so beautiful he has travelled the country cataloguing them. david sillito reports. music: la mer by charles trenet. the glory of the english summer, that's what we are celebrating today. what english summer? look at it! they are little temples to disappointment. let's be honest — they were not built to protect us from summer sunshine, were they? they are there to remind us that on our days out, we might need some protection. a lot of them are quite sad. but photographer will scott is very fond of the british seaside shelter. the appeal is these structures which are common around coastal towns in the uk, but specifically in england, are kind of relics of former glories of these towns. no one had documented
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than before as far as i can see so i sort of started travelling the country to shoot them. it's a bit scruffy, isn't it? most of them are a bit scruffy. they are. and neglected? they are, but there is still a kind of beauty in them. and it's notjust the beauty, there is history. this one here in margate was, it is said, a place of poetic inspiration — ts eliot's, the waste land. on margate sands, i can connect nothing with nothing. the broken fingernails of dirty hands. so this is where he sat looking out at the wasteland, and... it's not just about what they look like, it's what they symbolise. the seagulls are struggling a bit at the moment, the wind is blowing, there is lots of cloud, and...
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a few drops of rain. just a few! these little municipal gazebos are a celebration of a very british approach to the british weather. the wind blowing in your face makes you feel alive. just let it blow through your hair! braving the weather. it's not raining, if it were raining, we would still be here. with our coats on! so, forget sitting in a warm car to watch the rain, surely this is a more beautiful, open—air way to appreciate the majesty of the british seaside. music: la mer by charles trenet.
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i think the couple with the umbrella is fairly typical this weekend's weather. louise is going to take a look at what's happening over the caribbean? katya made land fall close to mexico, but irma arrived across the north cu ban coastline. mexico, but irma arrived across the north cuban coastline. you can see the eye. it will stay to the north of cu ba the eye. it will stay to the north of cuba as this storm continues to track west. jose at the moment is a category 4 hurricane and that's moving towards the northern portion of the leeward aisles and it will make a glancing blow towards barbuda and then it is expected to track north—westerly and weaken substantially. one moving north—west, the next gradually pushing towards the florida keys. irma looks likely to arrive into
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florida during sunday lunch time our time and! florida during sunday lunch time our time and i will give you updates at the same time, same place tomorrow morning. back closer to home, it will be a breezy affair across the uk. a strong north—westerly wind driving in showers today, but it will be sunny spells and scattered showers so you won't get them all the time. the favoured spots have been through north—west england and parts of wales. those will continue. if you dodge the showers and keep sunshine, it is not going to feel particularly great. this is 9am this morning, we are looking at 12 or 13 celsius. a few showers continue into the north—west of england, wales and the north—west of england, wales and the south—west. the best of the sunshine that we have had this morning and that's the story for the morning and that's the story for the morning is going to be through central and south—eastern areas. but as we go through the day, just like yesterday, some of those showers will arrive and they will really mean business, heavy, thundery and slow moving. so they will be pushed further inland as we go into the afternoon. the far north of
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scotland, you may escape the worst of them. an improving picture into northern ireland. top temperatures are likely to peak at 15 celsius to 18 celsius. the showers will fade away through the night and that's going to allow a touch of mist and fog to form and it means a chilly start to our sunday morning. starting off dray and more wet and windy weather to come into the north—west. i will be back tomorrow. louise, enjoy the rest of your day. thank you very much. for many, greenham common is a name that evokes memories of the cold war, nuclear weapons and the protest movement it gave rise to. it's 20 years since the former airbase in berkshire was passed into public hands and this weekend the local community are taking part in an arts event telling the history of the base. our reporter laura trant is there this morning. laura, bright sunshine and wind and the tents, it is set up as if it we re the tents, it is set up as if it were happening now. is that the idea? that is the idea and tha nkfully
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idea? that is the idea and thankfully it's a blue sky day. we have the sunshine, glorious weather here at greenham common as big preparations are made for this theatrical event which is taking place tonight. it is looking at the history of greenham and bringing it back to life. there are various sets across the area, each part looking ata across the area, each part looking at a various decade in greenham's history, this, you might have guessed, well this is the 1980s, the women's movement which became synonymous with anti—nuclear protesters. we have fire and tents and food would have been cooked, people would have lived here for months and even years in some cases and behind this fence which all sorts of things were attached it we re sorts of things were attached it were the crew's missiles further over there. other parts of this set depict the 1940s, the 1970s and there are also the bomb—proof bunkers. obviously they‘ re there are also the bomb—proof bunkers. obviously they're not used anymore, they are empty, but they serve as a reminder of the cold war.
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joe campbell has been taking a look around and set us this report. when you hear the air attack warning you and your family must take cover. crews arrived at greenham in one of the tensest periods of the cold war. while moscow and washington squared up on the world stage, conflict came to berkshire as anti—nuclear campaigners picketed the base while inside the military trained for armageddon. this is the decontamination unit of what was raf greenham common. so through the revolving doors here and then you come up against this. this... which as you can see is a very heavy blast—proof door. it weighs more than a tonne. in this complex airmen would have cleaned up after exposure to fall—out or chemical attack. john was the site's last civilian manager. now, this looks quite important. this is where the whole suite
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was controlled from. we can make it do anything. it is supposed to lock all the doors. and all these years after the place closed, everything is still working. you press the button here and you can still talk. yes. what's this here? i mean, these are american cigarettes? yes. these were probably being smoked by the last man who actually stood here and used this for real. yes. i suppose really when you wander around here it's a kind of window on the end of the world. that's a good phrase. yes, it is a window on the end of the world. i think there is no other way of looking at it. if the guys came back in here and had to stay in here, what is there outside left? military and peace campaigners would both in the end lay claim to bringing about the end of the cold war in greenham's demise. the day the americans finally left greenham common, i was here to watch them go, but it didn't really sink in just what was happening until a few years later when on a trip to the us
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military‘s bone yard in the arizona desert where they store redundant aircraft, i came across a small area where there were a group of vehicles parked in congress in that desert setting in their green and black and brown camouflage. it was the greenham common crew's missile launchers awaiting their fate with the rest of the cold war relics. the bunkers though remain. a reminder of what might have happened had the missiles ever rolled out of here in anger. well, that was joe campbell with that report. well, joining me now is a proit issorfrom that report. well, joining me now is a proit issor from the time, lynette, lynette, you have some amazing memories. what were the highlights for you looking back? well, it was just living this life. pa rt well, it was just living this life. part of the community and away from
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the community at the peace camp. it was a very positive way of protesting and protesting with women who actually had a campaign against cruise missiles. it is something you felt strongly about. you were arrested. you were jailed ? felt strongly about. you were arrested. you were jailed? yes, i felt that cruise missiles were morally wrong and i felt they placed the town in great danger in a war between russia and america and which our government was not consulted and through cruise watch we managed to monitorfrom greenham through cruise watch we managed to monitor from greenham all the convoys making it impossible for them to melt into the countryside. and what did you do with a potato or one of your colleagues? well, they non—violently stopped a combat vehicle by putting a potato in the exhaust which was such an imaginative thing to do and it worked! thank you very much indeed for those magic memories. we are going to hearfrom a local
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for those magic memories. we are going to hear from a local historian and author, jonathan sawyers, why is it something you feel connected to? there is so many things that happened here over the years. glenn miller came to newbury. of course, in the 1950s, we had the cold war here. it was like a front line in the cold war. in the 1970s and 1980s we had the air tattoos and in the 19905 we had the air tattoos and in the 1990s we had cruise missiles. why do you think it is important to commemorate these events?” you think it is important to commemorate these events? i think this on monday, marks 25 years since the americans left greenham common and it changed the face of west berkshire when that happened. they had been good neighbours to thatcham and nou bury and west berkshire and they were putting millions and millions into the economy and that disappeared. they were important guests disappeared. they were important gu ests to disappeared. they were important guests to us. thank you very much
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indeed for that jonathan. well, tonight the war and peace, 100 years at greenham common is being shown at 6.30pm. it is free for anybody to attend. from a very sunny greenham common, back to you. thank you very much. isn't it really interesting? the weather held up nicely for them. should students be allowed to bring laptops and phones into exams? some academics are arguing that undergraduates should be allowed to do just that, saying technology in exams would better test creative and analytical skills as opposed to information recall. but can this approach really improve knowledge? we're joined by mark dawe, who previously ran an exam board, and former universities minister, lord david willets in our london newsroom. thank you both very much for your time. so mark, start us off because had is an idea you're keen on the idea. just paint us the picture of
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an exam hall under the new style. you can walk in with a laptop, a device, access to any information you want? yes. it is notjust about knowledge, this is about skills and competency in doing all sorts of things. i represent apprenticeship providers now and the thought of a young person going into a job interview and being asked can you use google and them saying no, the employer wouldn't have that. it is a skill that's needed. the issue is about applying google and notjust assuming everything you read on it is correct. which subjects would this be applicable for? all subjects. i'm not saying that every exa m subjects. i'm not saying that every exam should have google in it and some exams can test knowledge, but then some should be about applying that knowledge, applying your skills, applying your ability to learn, interpret and using google and other search engines, i'm not selling google here today, or whatever else in the internet. maths, history, english, geography,
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would you use it for those? there are all sorts of ways of asking questions. physics, chemistry, things you have to retain information. there are basics you have to retain, in maths, times tables, but it is more about a question about something that's totally new to you, being able to go online and look at it. we all do it. my online and look at it. we all do it. my 18 yearly has just done some work experience and for the first three days he was put in front of a commuter with google to look up things. if he couldn't use it and understand what he was seeing, that would have been no use. this is an area you're interested, you're former universities minister, what do you make of the idea? well, of course, do you make of the idea? well, of course , you do you make of the idea? well, of course, you do need to address people's skills and we do need skills in the wider world, but knowledge of stuff is important in its own right and also it's the best way of mastering these skills and some of the skills we're hearing about, ability to use google effectively, the more you know in advance, the more you know how to use google. so we still need some shape of our country's history, some
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knowledge of the basic propositions of science. we can'tjust look knowledge of the basic propositions of science. we can't just look them all up. i hope you don't mind me saying this lord willetts, but you're non as two brains, someone who is very academic and very smart. i can't who is very academic and very smart. ican't imagine who is very academic and very smart. i can't imagine you have had any problem retaining memory when it comes to exams, but there are people who don't have that strength and are creative and interpretive and can use the skills, but don't get the chance to show their intelligence in the exam system as it is now? first of all, i don't claim to have a great memory and i've messed up exams on my own in the past. i'm also not saying that exams are just also not saying that exams are just a test of memory, but i'm saying that actually, those skills you describe, creativity, flair, ability to tackle new problems, we do that better if we already know stuff and for many kids the thing that really gets them interested is particular subjects. of course they have to be able to learn how to analyse arguments. it maybe their
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fascination with history and what happened in history is how they develop that skill? education that's just about skill, without stuff is actually very boring. mark, what's to stop someone in the exam hall just downloading the answer, downloading a piece of work and putting that on the paper? but they don't know what the question is. you can aska don't know what the question is. you can ask a question that's different and they are applying that knowledge. i'm not saying no knowledge. i'm not saying no knowledge. i'm not saying no knowledge. i am saying there are new tools that can be used. we had the same argument about calculators. half the maths papers are with calculators and half with. we are preparing young people for work and life going forward and then using a computer and using the internet and using search engines is a key part of that. it is a really interesting discussion. thank you. david willetts thank you for your time. that's all from us for today. ben and rachel will be with you tomorrow. have a lovely weekend. this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 10: hurricane irma strengthens again,
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pounding cuba with winds of more than 160 miles per hour. next in harm's way: florida, where more than 5.5 million people have been told to leave their homes. we ca re we care about your safety, you've got to get prepared. if you're in an evacuation zone, you need to get out now. mexico declares a day of national mourning after the most earthquake its experienced in 80 years kills more than 60 people. also in the next hour — almost 300,00 rohingya muslims have now fled myanmar. the un calls for urgent action and warns of an unprecedented refugee crisis.
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