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injust 78 days, he's cycled 18,000 miles around the world — a new record. he's now back in paris where his journey began. here's lucy willamson. every road has its challenges. only one has the reward. since he last saw paris, mark beaumont has cycled 18,000 miles in less than 80 days. in that time, his youngest daughter has begun to walk and talk. his four—year—old had reserved the first hug. it's going to take a couple of weeks for me to decompress and come back to normality. i've not walked for two and a half months. i remember at the airport last week flying across north america, i walked up a flight of stairs and it really hurt. so i'll have to get off the bike and get back to normal life. from paris, mark headed east through russia, mongolia and china, crossing australia and new zealand before flying to alaska, where he cycled down through north america before landing back in europe for the final stretch from lisbon to paris.
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cycling from 4am until nine at night, he saw the sun rise and set over the australian desert, the vast russian landscape, the pyrenees... averaging 240 miles a day, the equivalent of cycling from london to blackpool every day since 2nd july... through injuries, high winds and heavy rains. 0fficially three quarters of the way around the world... but i'm fighting a massive headwind today, so i'm not quite in the right headspace to celebrate yet. this is the end of an epicjourney. mark beaumont has not only smashed his own previous round the world timing, but he's also cut the current world record by a third. at the finish line, he was greeted by an official
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from the guinness book of records, his time, 78 days and 1a hours... an achievement he once said that would only feel real when he got to stop. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. newsnight‘s about to begin over on bbc two in a few moments. here's evan davis. tonight, we hear from tonight, we hearfrom the man who was sent to jailjust tonight, we hearfrom the man who was sent to jail just after the g re nfell tower was sent to jail just after the grenfell tower fire for photographing one of the victims in a body bag and then posting the pictures on social media. it was a grim and strange case. what was he thinking? join me now on bbc two. here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. jonny bairstow is given another chance to get
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england off to a flyer in the one day series against the west indies which starts tomorrow. hello again. wayne rooney has apologised for what he's called an "unforgivable lack ofjudgement" after admitting a charge of drink driving. the former england captain has been banned from driving for two years and sentenced to 100 hours of community service. 0lly foster was at stockport magistrates court. this story has generated a lot of press interest over the last fortnight since the former england captain's arrested for drink—driving. wayne rooney arrived
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about half an hour before he was due to appear before the districtjudge. their word dozens of broadcasters and journalists here. he pleaded guilty to the drink—drive charge and was found to be three times the legal limit when he was pulled over in the early hours of the 1st of september, at 2am by cheshire police. he was driving a black vw beetle that belonged to the 29—year—old woman, laura simpson, who was also in the vehicle. really‘s wife and three sons were away on holiday at the time. the judge reminded rooney of the seriousness of this offence, banned him the two years from driving and wayne rooney's lawyer, mike rainford had pushed for a fine, but the judge said that wouldn't have been punitive enough. it wouldn't have
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been effective as a punishment. instead, imposing 100 hours of community service. unpaid work. really‘s lawyer pointed towards the charitable work his client already undertook, but the judge feeling that a community order was the best punishment. he was ordered to pay £170 court costs. rooney said he a cts £170 court costs. rooney said he acts did the judgment and £170 court costs. rooney said he acts did thejudgment and in a written statement he said he wanted to publicly apologise for his unforgivable lack of judgment to publicly apologise for his unforgivable lack ofjudgment in driving while over the legal limit. he says it was completely wrong and he has already apologised to his family, manager and chairman and eve ryo ne family, manager and chairman and everyone at everton fc. and now i wa nt to everyone at everton fc. and now i want to apologise to the fans and people have followed me throughout my career. he hopes he can make some amends through his community service. we did learn that rooney expects to be fined by his club two
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weeks wages, which is somewhere in the region of £300,000. we had from his manager couple of weeks ago in the wake of his arrest, how disappointed he was and has continued to play for the club, as recently as yesterday and the defeat at old trafford. but rooney has been banned from driving for two years and will have to serve 100 hours of community service in the next 12 months. england's campaign to reach the women's world cup begins tomorrow, and it's been a controversial build up to their opening qualifier against russia. but manager, mark sampson, insists he's not allowing eni aluko‘s discrimination case to affect the team's preparations. forward aluko and midfielder drew spence have both submitted evidence against sampson, who has been cleared of any wrongdoing by two separate investigations. the important thing is to be professional. we understand there is public interest in the best
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occasions, but from our point of view, the players have a job to do and we are representing england tomorrow. these players have worked very hard. we are focused on that to make sure we can produce the best out of the performance as we can. i have made it clear, my stance on the allegations. we are 2a hours away from an important world cup qualifier, and we ask people to have respect for that case. he has been fantastic for my career, he gave me a chance initially to play for england. not just getting the opportunity, the technical detail, improving me as a footballer and asa detail, improving me as a footballer and as a person. i will say it again, this is the most together team i have been involved in, the most positive environment and the best teen culture i have been involved in. i have been involved in a lot of clubs, so with the football side of things, it has helped me
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develop as a player. england have decided to stick withjonny bairstow as an opener for theirfirst one day international against west indies tomorrow at old trafford. bairstow replaced jason roy at the top of the order for the last one dayer the team played, which was in the champions trophy in june. this is his chance in one—day cricket. he has been up and down the order, battered at four, five, six and seven. it is a chance to establish himself in the white ball team. he is a fantastic player. top of the order, these white balls haven't been swinging for the first few overs, they can play normally and get off to a good start. he is batting the opposite end to someone who is in fine form in alex hales. he will be under too much pressure in terms of the scoreboard, but this is his first chance in the white
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ball game to establish himself at the top of the order and stamp his authority on the team. rory mcilroy will return to where it all started for him after being added to the field for next week's british masters at close house. it's the tournament in which he made his professional debut 10 years ago. the world no 8 is joined in northumberland by several of his 2016 ryder cup teammates, including masters champion sergio garcia and tournament host lee westwood. mcilroy failed to qualify for the pga tour's season—ending tour championship yesterday, so won't be able to defend the fedexcup title he won last year. there could be a new member of the fury family crowned heavyweight champion of the world come saturday night. tyson's cousin hughie fury takes on new zealand'sjoseph parker for the wbo world title. a warning there is some flash photography coming now. the pair faced off today ahead of the fight in manchester, victory in which could put fury in line for a unification super—fight against britain's other heavyweight champion anthonyjoshua. but there's been controversy in the build—up to this one with some of parker's camp unhappy that a british referee will take charge of the contest. the referee isn't fighting for me,
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is he? it is me and him. at the end of the day, i cannot see why they are making such a complaint. i think they are rattled and trying to make any excuse. they are rattled and trying to make any excuse. my battle is outside the ring andi any excuse. my battle is outside the ring and i feel a any excuse. my battle is outside the ring and ifeel a completely different person. it is a new lease of life for me, that is why i am super—confident. nobody has ever seen hughie fury before and i am excited to show the world what i can do. i don't care who the referee is, i am here to do myjob. as a world champion, you have to fight around the world. this is a great opportunity to fight here and fight somebody who is undefeated, a young, hungry fighter like myself. a british endurance cyclist has completed a challenge first set in the book byjules verne, travelling around the world in 80 days. mark beaumont reached paris today, the same city from which he set off in earlyjuly, so he completed his journey more
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than a day ahead of schedule. a small crowd of well—wishers greeted him on the way to the arc de triomphe, where he finished his 18,000 mile odyssey. that's all from sportsday. goodbye for now. a developing story for you at the moment. it involves a huge fire. 100 fire engines are at the scene in white hart lane in tottenham. flames and thick black smoke are billowing from the building. there are no reports of injuries. 0ne
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one person has been taken to hospital with burns. london fire brigade have said that they were called just after 8.15pm this evening to a warehouse where storage units were alight and that they are still trying to determine the cause of the fire. london ambulance service have confirmed one person has been taken to hospital with burns to their hands and the injuries are thought not to be serious. two ambulance crews, not to be serious. two ambulance ci’ews, an not to be serious. two ambulance crews, an officer and a hazardous area response team and they confirm one patient has been treated and taken to hospital with burns to their hand. but no other serious injuries. as you can see, a serious incident in north london. more on that after the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead
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to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are pippa crerar, political correspondent at the london evening standard and the former conservative director of communications, giles kenningham. good to see you both. tomorrow's front pages, starting with: the metro, which leads with the apology issued by the ryanair boss, michael 0'leary, after the airline cancelled flights for up to 400,000 people because of a mix up with pilot holidays. the i goes with theresa may's show of authority after the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, was accused of "back seat driving" by colleagues for setting out his own vision of brexit. the daily express also leads with the prime minister's reassurance that she will lead her cabinet "from the front." 0n the telegraph's front page is a warning from the former tory leader, lord hague, that theresa may must unite her party over brexit or risk a split. when boris met donald — the ft has an picture
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of the handshake between the foreign secretary and the us president at the united nations general assembly. ryanair‘s 2000 cancelled flights makes the mirror's front page, with the airline facing £22 million in compensation claims. we are going to start with ryanair. michael 0la area came out and said we mess this up. he sounds quite contrite, which is not what we expect from michael 0'leary, admitting the airline's decision to cancel flights for up to almost half a million passengers over the next month or so, is a mess. they have
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screwed up the holiday rotor and after changes, they didn't have enough pilots. insist they do have enough pilots. insist they do have enough pilots. insist they do have enough pilots but they are off on holiday somewhere. where do pilots go on holiday when they fly around the world the rest of the time?|j don't the world the rest of the time?” don't know, but he fights the suggestion norwegian air approaching the pilots are
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