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costing them around two minutes. it allowed local runner eyob faniel to win in a time of two hours, 12 minutes and 16 seconds. disappointment for them. disappointment, too, for ronald koeman, to recap the top story. the everton manager has been sacked today, that is all from sports day. we'll have more throughout the evening. thanks forjoining us. more patients should be told to go home and rest,
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rather than take a course of antibiotics, that's the advice of public health england. the chief medical officer says that up to a fifth of prescriptions are unnecessary, and overuse of antibiotics is making infections harder to treat. our health correspondent james gallagher reports. bacteria, like these e coli, are getting harder to treat as they evolve ways to resist antibiotics. these public health england laboratories are where the most serious infections come for analysis. this antibiotic would kill or treat an infection caused by this strain. if there is no zone at all we would say the bacterium is resistant and this drug would not be an effective treatment. if we go back to 2005—07, we were seeing these bacteria in two to four cases per year. last year we confirmed these resistant bacteria in over 2,000 cases. if antibiotics fail, then minor infections
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could become deadly, and surgery, chemotherapy and caesareans too risky to perform. drug—resista nt infections are a growing problem. 5,000 people were killed by such infections last year, if you take e coli in the bloodstream, now four in ten cases can't be treated with the most common antibiotics. # antibiotics, we're wonderful pills # but don't ever think we'll cure all of your ills # using too many antibiotics increases drug resistance, and this tv campaign is being launched to tell people they'll not be given a pill every time they are ill. the majority of us will get infections from time to time and will recover because of our own immunity. the fact is that if you take an antibiotic when you don't need it, you are more likely to have an infection that the antibiotics then don't work for over the coming months. antibiotics are vital in cases like sepsis, pneumonia and bacterial meningitis. but health officials said we all have a part to play in preventing the rise of resistance and that for many infections, rest, fluids and paracetamol will do thejob. james gallagher, bbc news. a new report says corals,
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clams and baby cod could all be affected by carbon dioxide emissions, which are making the oceans more acidic. the eight—year study from more than 250 scientists has found that while there's likely to be an impact on all sea life, infant sea creatures could be particularly vulnerable. here's our environment analyst roger harrabin. here's the effect of carbon dioxide on sea water. these bubbles contain natural c02 from an underwater volcano in papua new guinea. few sea creatures can live here because the c02 has made nearby water more acidic. swim away from those vents, and what a difference. the sea's chemistry returns to normal. and wonderful reef life can thrive. but industrial society is churning out c02 on a massive scale, and the gas is being absorbed into sea water around the world, making it all more acidic.
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today's report warns of major impacts on sea life. this comprehensive study confirms what we've been observing globally, ocean acidification is a problem, acidity is increasing and that's notjust having an impact on the ecology, which we are seeing already, but it will have an impact on us as humans further down the line. take one fish we love to eat: cod. the research shows that baby cod are especially sensitive to more acidic water. it projects that if c02 levels rise unchecked, we should expect only a quarter as many cod in the seas. some species will thrive with the changes to come. the c02 will fertilise seaweed, for instance, but scientists have been researching the tiny creatures that build reefs, like at this coral nursery i dived to in the red sea. they say coral organisms can't stand extra acidity and they warn
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that unless we cut co2 emissions radically, many reefs won't survive more than a few decades, and this will have consequences for people. marine life will be disrupted, and that will hit the fishing communities, who are living on the front line, who have emitted the least carbon emissions, but unfortunately because of the cruel irony of climate change, they would be hit first and worst. it's notjust poor people who will be affected by ocean acidification; scientists warn unless we radically cut c02 emissions the entire ocean food web will be disrupted, and that, in some way, will touch all of our lives. roger harrabin, bbc news. time to look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. no huge changes to the weather tomorrow. there is rain in the forecast and it will remain mild
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gci’oss forecast and it will remain mild across the southern half of the uk. a lot of cloud in the atlantic, this isa a lot of cloud in the atlantic, this is a typical autumn picture. most of the cloud streaming in from the south west. there is a daisy chain of weather fronts out there. this is where the mild air is sitting, gci’oss where the mild air is sitting, across the azores, moving in our direction. this evening and overnight, that daisy chain of whether, it means cloud, mist and drizzle, that sort of thing. rain also getting into pembrokeshire. extending into north—western areas. 0n extending into north—western areas. on tuesday, 15 in plymouth, porton at16, 15 in london, on tuesday, 15 in plymouth, porton at 16, 15 in london, gloucester around 16. colder, or less mild, in the north, 11th to 13 degrees in belfast, but training as well. not a grey start to the day, but at least it is not freezing cold. what is
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going to happen through the course of the day? the weather front keeps sliding in from the south—west. south of that, it will stay dry. southern counties might get brightness. it will not be too wet at all. 16 in plymouth, 18 in london, and newcastle and belfast in the high teens. through wednesday, it looks like things will brighten up it looks like things will brighten up in the northern two thirds of the country. in the south, the weather front is sitting on top of us. it will be mild, but a fair bit of cloud across south—western areas of the uk. 0n cloud across south—western areas of the uk. on thursday, the cloud is going to increase again. 17 degrees, not an awful lot of change as we go through, sunshine and cloud, a bit of rain thrown in. high—pressure looks like it is set to build across the uk as we head into friday and the uk as we head into friday and the weekend. the jet stream is to the weekend. the jet stream is to the north of us. we often find the
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jet stream brings in cooler air to northern parts of the uk through the course of the weekend. settled, but turning colder. of europe watching a beyond 100 days. the widow of a dead us soldiers said president trump could not remember her husband's name when he phoned to after condolences. her account goes the criticism of a democratic congresswoman who hit out at the president's insensitively. but donald trump disputes the account given, insisting he had been very respectful. telling tales after dinner, a german newspaper said the british by minister begged europe to help her with the negotiation but who briefed the reporter? and the cata la n who briefed the reporter? and the catalan parliament threatens to ratify independence of madrid moves to reassert control. also on
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