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but are their days numbered? next month at a tournament in milan, hawk—eye technology is coming in — which means line judges will be out. sara orchard has more. what would happen if technology took over where previously the human eye had been key. you cannot be serious! iam in had been key. you cannot be serious! i am in this incident could have been avoided because next month at a tournament in the land line umpires will be replaced by hawk—eye. instead of the players challenging for a decision we will be calling the system in real—time. as soon as the system in real—time. as soon as the ball bounces out you will hear a shout. for many the line umpires are important characters in the theatre of tennis, but the objective of losing them is to make the game fair. from players' perspective, it will allow them to focus on their game and worry less about the strategy of how many reviews they have left. at the moment it is
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limited to three challenges per set. potuk o'sullivan trained as a line umpires for three years before he got his call up to wimbledon. then he had to wait five years before stepping out into the 2017 men's final. it was such a huge honour. 0bviously final. it was such a huge honour. obviously the pressures of having the world watching and, you know, but you just have to be confident in your own court. how would he feel about being replaced by a machine?” think we have a role in tennis that is important. we are the eyes and ears is important. we are the eyes and ea rs of is important. we are the eyes and ears of the chair umpires. a lot more goes on as a role of an umpire other than calling the ball in or out. line umpires look for code violations like players swearing at communicating with their coach. it is thought technology could step into these areas, but what about the role of the chair umpire? in all sports there is a role for somebody managing the game. managing the human interaction. in the immediate
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future i don't perceive any threat towards the chair umpire. the tournament in milan is a test. for now the line umpires at wimbledon remain in. interesting. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. a cancer charity is warning about the amount of what it calls fake news about the disease on the internet. macmillan cancer support is so concerned it has appointed its first digital nurse to weed out. aims and unverified statistics that lead some patients terrified. her job is to provide online advice
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about diagnosis and treatment. a cancer diagnosis would be a stressful time for anybody. two out of five people who find out they have got cancer go to the internet to try to search for answers. but have got cancer go to the internet to try to search fl if answers. but have got cancer go to the internet to try to search fl if you iers. but have got cancer go to the internet to try to search fl if you can. but have got cancer go to the internet to try to search fl if you can trust how do you know if you can trust what you find? i am just typing in prostate cancer. a lot of the results that are coming back, well, they look ok, nhs choices, that's a reliable website with a lot of useful information on it. but if you are looking in the wrong places, you might not be so lucky. for example, there are downright dangerous claims out there that baking soda can be a cure, or that chemotherapy is more dangerous than cancer. macmillan has appointed a digital nurse to provide answers that people can trust. we know by research that
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the minute somebody is told they have cancer they shut down and don't hear anything else. they can shut themselves away after that. in that time you might go on the internet to get information. i would give a list of reliable sources. i would say, if you are going to do that, hear our website or organisations which have trustworthy and reliable information and they can support you. ellen will be based at the charity's headquarters in glasgow via social media and the macmillan website she will answer questions from across the uk. police in mid wales say a lynx that escaped from a wildlife park has been seen in the area. people have been seen in the area. people have been warned to be vigilant if they see the animal, which is twice the size of a cat, it escaped from a wildlife park near aberystwyth. it
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doesn't pose a general threat to public. but it might attack livestock and pets in search of food. 0n the hunt for a wild animal. we followed her keepers after a call—out from a member of the public, armed with just a net they patrol the railway line, but without success. the last confirmed sighting was yesterday evening. spotted on a nearby hillside using a thermal imaging camera with a police helicopter. we are fairly confident it was the - that has gone it was the lynx that has gone missing. after that zoo staff saw the lynx weather police helicopter thought it had seen it. we are fairly confident that it is staying local to the zoo because this is the area where it grew up, and it knows that this is its food source. there are no obvious signs of escape. it
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is believed she climbed a tree and that over an electric fence. the zoo is under new ownership and they say overcrowding could have been a problem. when we took over five months ago it has left us with this not very big enclosure with five lynx in. they started fighting. it is quite a big priority we build a new enclosure for them. they are notoriously shy creatures. farmers have already voiced concerns about safety to their livestock. i'm worried for any animal keepers within this area. - worried within this area. i'm also worried for people with domestic pets. the news of a lynx escape has gone all over the uk, capturing the public imagination and curiosity.” over the uk, capturing the public imagination and curiosity. i would be cautious. i wouldn't go walking.
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i used to go down there. my husband isn't very keen. but a little persuasion might do something. but, yes, i'm just being cautious. and you have your binoculars? of course, yes. have you had any sightings? not at the moment but i shall be looking. they think the lynx is hiding here. that is where the two confirmed sightings were last night. today, no clear sightings of her, but police coordinating research say that the search tonight will intensify around dusk. there will be trapped on the hillside to lure her time for a look at the weather now. good evening. not as cold tonight compared with last night. but a touch of frost is possible in some southern areas. it is southern parts of england and wales where we will
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see the till and maybe a touch of frost. clearer skies through the night. cloud will build. temperatures will rise later. cloud thickens and produces outbreaks of rain from northern ireland and western scotland. a price to pay with a slightly higher temperature, grey skies throughout the day. northern ireland, northern england, the occasional splash of rain. but it is really across the southern half of the country where you will see hazy sunshine at times. just a a few isolated showers at times. temperatures up to around 1a degrees in the hazy sunshine. a cold start of the week, milder conditions midweek, then chilly weather returns towards the end of the week. more details on that throughout the evening. goodbye. you're watching beyond 100 days. he ran donald trump's election campaign, now paul manafort could go to jail. he's been indicted by the special prosecutor investigating russia's links to trump on allegations
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including conspiracy against the us. the charges against paul manafort relate to money laundering — but what else does he know about the trump campaign and moscow? and that's not all. a trump campaign foreign policy advisor has pleaded guilty to making false statements to fbi agents. the russia probe is growing. and the regional leaderflees spain, as the country's chief prosecutor wants to charge the people behind catalonia's independence bid with rebellion. also on the programme: kevin spacey apologises for an assault ona on a 14—year—old boy he claims he can't remember.
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