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it's like climbing a mountain. that's what it is all about. broadening my horizons. hopefully becoming a better person. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. the justice secretary thejustice secretary considers reviewing the decision to free a serial sex attacker thought to have carried out more than 100 assaults. the announcement thatjohn warboys would be released caused outrage among victims. the parole board is confident that the correct procedures were followed. good morning. also this morning,
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panic in paradise. a wily‘s governor apologises after a missile attack alert was mistakenly sent to residents and broadcast on tv. a correction was not found until almost a0 minutes later. ukip suspends the girlfriend of its party leader, henry bolton, after she reportedly made racist remarks about prince harry's fiance. in sport: england look for revenge over australia as the one day series begins. the aussies made 30a for eight off their 50 overs. england will begin their run chase shortly. it's a craze that brings together traditional crafts and country walks with the very modern world of social media — pebble painting is having a moment. although it's another cloudy day, we should see a bit of brightness later
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on. by this evening, wet and windy from the north—west. all the details in about 15 minutes. thank you. good morning. first, our main story. thejustice secretary, david gauke, is considering a possiblejudicial review of the decision to release the serial sex attacker, john worboys. the former black cab driver was jailed indefinitely in 2009 for drugging and sexually assaulting 12 women, but police believe he may have attacked up to a 100. the parole boards decision earlier this month to release him drew widespread criticism. 0ur political correspondent, leila nathoo, joins us now. this is a very unusual move for the justice secretary to initiate an intervention like this. it is, and it speaks to the seriousness of the case. the reaction from victims to the decision by the parole board to release john worboys. the decision by the parole board to releasejohn worboys. victims groups and representatives claim the victims were never consulted or involved in that decision. the government has already announced a
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review into the way the parole board makes those decisions, to consider whether it should be more transparent. the newjustice secretary, david cork, who has only recently come into post after the cabinet reshuffle, is now seeking advice on a possible judicial review, which will consider whether that initial decision by the parole board was lawful. and whether it did follow the correct procedures. the pa role follow the correct procedures. the parole board insists that it did, but david cork is understood to be only going to proceed with this city believes there is a reasonable chance of success of that judicial review, which could mean thatjohn worboys stays behind bars. this is highly unusual, because of the strict independence of the parole board. but victims groups in the event thatjohn worboys is released will be able to make their own representations to the parole board about the strict terms of his licensing. thank you. the governor of hawaii has apologised —and promised
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to tighten procedures — after authorities mistakenly issued an alert, warning of an imminent ballistic missile attack. an official text message, sent to people's phones in error, left people scrambling for shelter. a corrected message wasn't sent out until nearly a0 minutes later. bill hayton reports. for 30 minutes on saturday, the people of hawaii ran for the emergency shelters. and official tax toward them to prepare for the worst. we alljust huddled together and thought, if this is going to be the end, really beautiful place doing something we love. was a north korean missile about to hit honolulu? actually, korean missile about to hit honolulu 7 actually, no, korean missile about to hit honolulu? actually, no, the whole thing was simply a mistake. at this
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point in time, we have started the recall of the process. there is theory that the click of a single button could be responsible for so much panic. and that anger is directed towards the state government. what happened today was totally u na cce pta ble. government. what happened today was totally unacceptable. and many in our community were deeply affected by this. and i am sorry for that pain and confusion. that anyone might have experienced. at least eve ryo ne might have experienced. at least everyone now knows that the warning system works. but that small comfort for the millions who got their world was about to end on saturday. ukip has suspended the girlfriend of its party leader, henry bolton after she reportedly made racist remarks about prince harry's fiancee, meghan markle. the mail on sunday has published text messages sent byjo marney that include derogatory comments about ethnic minorities. dan johnson reports. he has only been ukip leader since
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last september, and it emerged just a few days ago that henry bolton had left his wife. jo marney, a former glamour model, uelese 30 years younger. this morning, the mail on sunday has printed text messages sent byjo sunday has printed text messages sent by jo marney. sunday has printed text messages sent byjo marney. in them, she said that megan markle had a tiny brain, that megan markle had a tiny brain, that she would take the royal family and that black people were ugly. when a reply was sent suggesting that these comments may be racist, she said, so what? and that she didn't want other races invading her culture. in a statement, jo marney said... ukip confirmed jo marney has been
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suspended. the party leader said last night that he didn't want to comment. talks aimed at securing the future of the troubled engineering company carillion resume later. the firm builds roads, schools and hospitals and parts of the high speed rail line, hs2 — but has soaring debts and large hole in its pension fund. the government says it's working on contingency plans should it collapse. south african police have used rubber bullets to disperse a group of demonstrators attacking h&m stores in and around johannesburg, after the company used a controversial picture on its website. protests organised by activists turned violent at several shopping malls. h&m apologised several days ago for the image, which ran on its website. it featured a young black boy modelling a top with "coolest monkey in the jungle" written on it. the hollywood actor mark wahlberg has given the money he earned for reshooting scenes in a film, to a fund that supports people who've experienced sexual harassment. wahlberg was paid more than £1 million for the reshoot —
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whilst his female co—star michelle williams received just £60 a day in expenses. the scenes had to be filmed again after kevin spacey was dropped following sexual assault allegations. tenants could be given greater powers to tackle rogue landlords after the government agreed to back a private members' bill. it comes as figures from the housing charity shelter suggest that one in ten tenants has had a gas leak, a fire or safety concern in their home over the last year. adrian goldberg from 5 live investigates has the story, tell us more. pretty significant, these findings. tell us what these figures suggest. the story comes in two stages. shelter, the housing charity, identified the level of gas leaks, fire hazard, fire risk in many homes. 0ne fire hazard, fire risk in many homes. one in ten over a 12 month period in england. this is a survey
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carried out by yougov, so it is pretty robust. more than one in ten people in the same survey saying that their home, their rented property, had made them ill over a 12 month period. it is estimated, according to the government's: figures, that there are as many as 1 million homes in england with what is called a category one hazard. this is a hazard that could affect your health or even put your life at risk. 1 million homes? yes, potentially 3 million people. fire risks, cold, mould, the full gamut. what's really in testing is that for a few years, the labour mp karen burke, backbench opposition mp, has been trying to bring in legislation so been trying to bring in legislation so that tenants have greater powers to bring landlords to book if their property is not in habitable condition. the government, on two previous occasions in the house of commons, has resisted that. in the
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la st 24 commons, has resisted that. in the last 24 hours, the government has now told us that they are backing her bill and they will support measures that gives tenants far greater powers to ensure that landlords give them habitable property. progress being made. thank you. and you can hear more on this story on 5 live investigates on bbc radio 5 live at 11am today. second—largest construction company, carillion, which is reported to be days from collapsing. the business has debts of £1.5 billion and a pension shortfall of £500 million. but it holds major contracts to build hs2, as well as prison and school maintenance contracts. to build hs2, as well as prison what to build hs2, as well as prison could save the busir alastair stewart is a construction and property analyst at stockdale securities, he's in our london newsroom. good morning to you. i touched on
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the fact that people might not have heard of the company in itself, but will probably have come across some of its products. yes, if they have travelled in the channel tunnel, it will be built by tarmac. their predecessor and other companies including other predecessors. they have built, operate and maintain hundreds of schools, hospitals and, hopefully not in the case of europe yours, prisons. —— of yourviewers. they are one of britain's's biggest construction and support services companies. construction companies obviously built things, support services companies run things. they do catering, cleaning, security at one end. up to very sophisticated holding management, in the case of gchq. the mod's operational
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headquarters in north london. that's what it does. given that these crisis talks will resume later today, it's clearly not doing something right. how was it got into this problem? a variety of reasons. the key reason was that they have far too much debt. they expanded quite aggressively throughout positions by their predecessors. they bought a green energy company just before the government stop subsidies for green retrofits of housing. they tried to buy balfour beatty, a huge company, when they themselves were in trouble. they also made some pretty serious mistakes in bidding for large hospital roads and other contracts. they did too low, it would appear, and the costs escalated. when
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construction contracts go wrong, it just becomes a bottomless pit, in many ways. as a result, no doubt has gone up and up and up. depending on which way you define debts, they have got between 900 and possibly {1.2 billion, 1.6 billion, actually, of net debt on top of which you have to add the 600 million pension deficit. huge liabilities. the government is going to sit down and try to come up with contingency plans. it says it has plans in place should the firm go under. this also is too big to fail, they can't afford to let this fail. i don't know, there's a number of ways in which the government can get involved, but politically none of them are particularly palatable. the biggest intervention they could make is actually taking a stake in the
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company, as part of raising a large amount of new capital. but they will look back and look at the background of lloyds and rbs. 0ther look back and look at the background of lloyds and rbs. other ways is that they could take contracts and services contract back in—house, but that would probably cost the government more. it was really good to talk to you. thank you for that. we will keep a close eye on those talks. full coverage later today. time for a bit of weather. how was it looking? good morning. it's not looking too bad today. allegedly quiet. still a lot of cloud. it has been with us for several days. it should then and break up a little bits of some brightness today. also some rain and winds later in the far north—west. turning unsettled this evening and overnight. before this
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front gets there, not a bad day. all the cloud across england and wales should break up, so some sunny spells like the reports of northern england through wales, the south—west of england and the midlands. easter in areas may stay a bit cloudier. whatever she's between four and bit cloudier. whatever she's between fourand 9 bit cloudier. whatever she's between four and 9 degrees. that you will notice the wet and windy weather arriving in the far north—west later on. as for the premier league football matches, it should be dry in bournemouth and liverpool. some brightness around. feeling cool but you can probably leave the umbrella at home. this evening, things turn interesting with 70 mile para gusts of wind across the north —— western isles, shetland. the system moves its way across england and wales, and clearing later on across scotla nd and clearing later on across scotland and northern ireland with some wintry showers heading in. to start monday morning, it won't be particularly cold first thing because of the rain and strong winds. but then the colder air sta rts winds. but then the colder air starts to dive its way in from the north—west. this setup takes us
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through at least to wednesday. we have the cold north westerly flow of air, a different feel. 0n the morning, lying surface water with some strong winds. 0nly slowly easing away from easter wind through the day. and a return to sunshine and wintry showers. you can see the snow showers across scotland, even to lower levels. sleek and snow across northern ireland. perhaps something more wintry over the hills. tuesday is similar in that the sunshine, brisk north winds bringing sleet and snow showers, especially in the north. further south, mostly rain showers or hugger could be something wintry of the higher ground. wednesday, there could be a rapidly deepening carrier of low pressure moving in from the atlantic. the city some cold air, bringing significant snowfall across northern parts, with some really strong winds on the southern edge of that area of low pressure. disruptive weather through the middle of the week, down to that
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area of low pressure. after a cold start, through the middle of the week, he prepared for some potential disruption. granted that combination of some strong winds. some of us may see some snowfall this week. thank you. later this evening, her majesty the queen will appear in a bbc one documentary to celebrate 65 years since her coronation. the queen has never given a formal interview, but tonight's programme will see her discuss that day, the jewels, the crown and the gold carriage. to hear the queen's thoughts is very rare. in a moment, we'll speak to victoria howard, a royal historian, but first, let's take a look at a clip. the queen set out the westminster abbey in the golden state coach. it weighs nearly four times. horrible. it's not meant for travelling in at
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all. it's just, it's it's not meant for travelling in at all. it'sjust, it's only sprang on leather. it rocks around a lot. reviewing it for a long time? halfway round london. really? we must have gone for five miles. the races couldn't possibly go any faster. it's so heavy. really? yes. you looked really high up there. faster. it's so heavy. really? yes. you looked really high up therem is very high. what an insight you get. like talks to royal historian victoria howard. have you had a preview of this?” have seen what you have seen, these clips the bbc have released. royalist 0rient and fans alike are fascinated by this, because the
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queen has never really spoken to the press in this way before. it has given us real insight into her personal experience of the coronation, which was such a huge day in her life. we know the coronation maybe wasn't as smooth as we would have believed. he's like the the carriage. lilies and issues there. but on the day it all went smoothly. yes, definitely. we don't know any of this information, said the queen talking about it, giving those little titbits of information, it makes her more human to us, which, the monarchy has this vale of mystique around them, because that is part of the package. they can't be too like us or what is the point of happen —— of having them? it does make a more normal. to know that that choirboy was leading the pack in the singing at the abbey, you just think, wow, these things happen to the queen, too. she is there as
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you carry out this majestic role, that goes back thousands of years. hundreds of years, anyway, in british history. and yet she's having to think about how she will get there because the carriage is killing her, and how am i going to keep this crown on my head? she's just trying to get through the process. absolutely. there will have been rehearsals so she will have practised with the crown. as we have read, bags of flour to replicate the weight on her head. to know that she also had these fears that was just trying to get through that day, it's quite magical. there's a great clip at this part where they place the crown in front of her. she almost looks like she has never seen it before. there is an element of come in my mind, you would imagine it is something she might see pretty regularly. but it's very rare that they are both in the same room. she has only seen the crown once, when
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she was crowned. the imperial state crown, she sees that yearly when she opens parliament. it was created for her father, opens parliament. it was created for herfather, george vi. in this opens parliament. it was created for her father, george vi. in this clip, she is wearing a large diamond brooch. the royals are big fans of su btlety. brooch. the royals are big fans of subtlety. these diamonds in this brooch had a saying, part of the same larger diamonds which formed the front of the injury state crown. the large diamond at the front. and also in the sceptre of state, there isa also in the sceptre of state, there is a very large diamond demand. we get to see more of the queen doing what she does best, these subtle hints. and working back to history. televising the coronation was pretty ground—breaking in itself. as significant is this, the fact that we are hearing so much personal information from the queen? very significant. 0ur information from the queen? very significant. our son she did anything like this was 1992, a documentary. but documentary was
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pulled. it is still floating around on the cheap, but the archives have pulled it. it's not allowed to be seen pulled it. it's not allowed to be seen by the public anymore because it was deemed to be is personal. the queen talks about her role, produces, what she does on a day—to—day basis, and herfamily produces, what she does on a day—to—day basis, and her family as well. she narrates the documentary herself. this is the fifth anniversary of her coronation, i think they thought this was a good time to look back and do something quite personal. but i think it also shows she is taking a leaf out of the book of the right —— of the younger royals. they are happy to be normal people with social media, getting involved with people. the queen knows the monarchy has to be releva nt queen knows the monarchy has to be relevant and popular to continue. by doing these small things, she is really making sure the monarchy continues. how interesting. thank you for explaining all that. you can watch the coronation on bbc one at 8pm tonight. it isa
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it is a 22 am. you are watching brea kfast. it is a 22 am. you are watching breakfast. but look at the morning papers. well comeback. going to start with a story from the mail on sunday, and there's another warning that has gone out. this time not from trump about how awful another... maybe it is. the warning is that britain is as dangerous as the congo and as zimbabwe. america has four levels of fear when travelling to other countries. apparently we are level, here in england, level to rwanda, apparently we are level, here in england, levelto rwanda, sorry, congo and zimbabwe. these are
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artificially designated levels of risk. yes, and that saying no wonder trump has not come to this country, if it is as bad as they are. that i don't feel much fear in this country ona don't feel much fear in this country on a daily basis. when i came here today, i got the cab, i will get a train tomorrow. no fear. therefore, in zimbabwe, and i have travelled all over africa, no fear also. equally, if washington is saying that it equally, if washington is saying thatitis equally, if washington is saying that it is as bad here in the united kingdom as it is there in the congo, and zimbabwe, well, let's all go to the congo and zimbabwe. this is related to the threat from terrorism. the state department says citizens should exercise increased caution because of the threat of terrorism. routes continue plotting possible attacks. be aware of your surroundings. and it also says that there is crime and civil unrest in zimbabwe. but that's only in the
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cities. most of zimbabwe at the congois cities. most of zimbabwe at the congo is wrong. fear isjust such an incredibly powerful kind of motivator to prejudice. i don't feel fear in this country. i don't feel fear in this country. i don't feel fear in this country. i don't feel fear in zimbabwe or in congo. it says, no wonder trump ditched his trip. it sort of brackets, as if going to those places in africa is so going to those places in africa is so bad, no wonder he wouldn't come here if we are level to the same as they are. it's rubbish, to be honest. potentially the people who might be put off visiting might mist london's first all beacon pub. only m, london's first all beacon pub. only in, written in hackney with this happen. the place where trousers are just above the ankle and just below the knee. hipsters and a brand—new
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all the kings park. it's notjust the venue, is it? the seat as well. does that mean you have to take your shoes off if you are wearing leather shoes? i'm joking, shoes off if you are wearing leather shoes? i'mjoking, i know feeding is good. —— i know hedonism is good. what about the beer? there are animal by—products in some alcoholic drinks. this pub is called the spread eagle. that was a joke. it really died a doubt. leading to read so, you really died a doubt. leading to read so, you can really died a doubt. leading to read so, you can get there. it's an old joke, but why would you call it fried chicken if it's not chicken? it's egan whatever. it's one of those funny things. egan ‘s don't really wa nt fa ke
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those funny things. egan ‘s don't really want fake meat, they're happily eating nonanimal products. elsewhere, chunky trainers. i like sensible shoes. they are now head. alexander mcqueen is making the man they are selling out. the name of them is great, they are called the easy boost 700s. straight out of the 80s. easy boost 700s. straight out of the 805. it easy boost 700s. straight out of the 80s. it is the dour fashion. it's kind of good that what we wore in the 80s is now coming back. fashion just regurgitates. how much are they? good question. it's being fashion, . .. they? good question. it's being fashion,... 0h, £780. further oversized damp trainers. like sub—prime marc pugh a £10 version. and other celebrity talent show on itv, the ice dancing one. the stars
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are not happy with where they have been put up. in a holiday inn express. £61 per night is what it costs. there were so many complaints that they have been moved to a much nicer 5—star hotel. i know it sounds as if... to most people who don't use hotels, don't travel in their jobs, it may seem like... it's the celebrities trying to have a better life. but the amount of work they put in on that dancing on ice show, and they have to be camera ready as well. i'm doing a paper review, that's hard enough and that three minutes. they are working really hard, physically, mentally and emotionally. they need somewhere to rest. i think they should have a nice for 5—star hotel. rest. i think they should have a nice for 5-star hotel. from £61 per night to 130 quid night. that's
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blowing the budget. thank you. the headlines are up next. we will see you very soon. hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and rachel burden. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. thejustice secretary, david gauke, is considering a possiblejudicial review of the decision to release the serial sex attackerjohn worboys. in 2009, the former black cab driver was jailed indefinitely, to serve a minimum term of eight years. the decision of the parole board to approve his release caused outrage amongst his victims, charities and mps. the governor of hawaii has apologised, and promised to tighten procedures, after authorities mistakenly issued an alert warning of an imminent ballistic missile attack. an official text message, sent to people's phones in error,
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left people scrambling for shelter. a corrected message wasn't sent out until nearly a0 minutes later. ukip has suspended the girlfriend of its party leader henry bolton after she reportedly made racist remarks about prince harry's fiance meghan markle. the mail on sunday has published text messages that includes derogatory comments about ethnic minorities. she has apologised and said the messages we re apologised and said the messages were taken out of context. key talks aimed at securing the future of troubled engineering company carillion will continue later. the company owes £900 million to britain's five largest banks. the government says it is working to ensure all contingency plans are robust should the firm ‘s collapse. south african police have used rubber
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bullets to disperse a group of demonstrators attacking h&m stores injohannesburg demonstrators attacking h&m stores in johannesburg after the company used a controversial picture on its website. protests turned violent at several shopping centres. h&m apologised several days ago for the image featuring a young black boy modelling a top with "coolest m o n key" modelling a top with "coolest monkey" written on it. the hollywood actor mark wahlberg, has given the money he earned for reshooting scenes in a film, to a fund that supports people who've experienced sexual harassment. wahlberg was paid more than £1 million for the reshoot — whilst his female co—star michelle williams received just 60 pounds a day in expenses. the scenes had to be filmed again after kevin spacey was dropped following sexual assault allegations. this is the most gorgeous piece of footage. this mum and dad will definitely remember their child's's first words. their baby was three
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months old when laura webster filmed her husband tom as he successfully in courage to her to talk. every time we watch this we still have the same reaction.” every time we watch this we still have the same reaction. i love that he said hello and the babyjust says "hello"! laughter it's the facial expression and the look of amazement. a look of amazement that england may have a chance in this one—day international against australia! it's incredible. we are talking about this, thinking back to the ashes, trying to go into this with a clean sheet now i think it's fairto with a clean sheet now i think it's fair to say. we can't help but think
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what could have been. people are appearing in this 0di who were perhaps absent from the ashes series and now doing incredibly well. they we re and now doing incredibly well. they were down a—0 in the series but there was a sense that this was a tea m there was a sense that this was a team who felt they had more to offer. i guess that's why they can go into this with a bit of punch. despite that score it never really felt like we were headed for a whitewash. england always had momentum. we were concerned but as a tea m momentum. we were concerned but as a team they were consistent. we are hoping now that maybe we can push forward and get something out of this. this is the one that we want to win anyway, surely. england have a chance for some some revenge over australia. they are chasing a target of 305 to win the first of five one day interantionals. —— international ‘s.
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england put the aussies into bat. aaron finch made 107 and there were half centuries which took them to 30a-8. 98-2 in the 13th half centuries which took them to 30a—8. 98—2 in the 13th over. so, just two games in the premier league today, as leaders manchester city make the short trip down the m62 to face liverpool, whilst before that bournemouth face arsenal. harry kane once again grabbed the headlines yesterday, continuing a quite remarkable season. joe lynskey rounds up the action. spurs are making the most of wembley way. they know it's only a temporary stay. but for harry kane, this place feels like home. it's where he keeps adding to his record collection. another double for kane. spurs' record scorer indian premier league erupt already.
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a scruffy way to his 98th league goal. but his team also crafted something special. they will not be here for long, but they are mastering this stage. chelsea and leicester share a recent history. premier league champions in the last two seasons. the foxes' aspirations have lessened since then, but they had a chance to win at the bridge. a 0—0 draw could leave chelsea in fourth today. this season's top spot already looks out of reach, but cross to the bottom half and it is much more congested. any team from ten could go down, so one wrong move can make all the difference. west ham got lucky to go in front at huddersfield. but after good fortune came star quality. here's arnautovic. at the start of the second half he has scored for west ham! it has been a while since things have come together for david moyes.
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now he is leading a resurgence. they have done so well. much praise goes to them. they did so well. i thought they were terrific today. a bounce off the bottom's exactly what west brom need. they took their first step to safety, beating brighton 2—0. this has been a barren season for the baggies. but a first league win since august has them on the right track. they'll hope to climb the table as others climb down it. watford and southampton are looking over their shoulders. that looked like the body part decoure used for this equaliser. but on closer inspection, perhaps not. stoops to head it and it hits his fist, i think. southampton are left in deep trouble. more matches like this will decide who stays up, but those pivotal moments can make all the difference. joe lynskey, bbc news. there was also a win for crystal palace against burnley yesterday whilst bottom side swansea drew 1—1 at newcastle. in rugby union's european champions cup saracens drew with 0spreys
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while there were wins for exeter, ulster and northampton. and james haskell's six nations has been thrown into doubt after he was sent off in the final minutes of wasps' 33—28 defeat at harlequins. his shoulder tackle onjamie roberts means his place in the england squad is uncertain. the 32—year—old had been part of the national team's recent training camp. haskell will appear before a european rugby disciplinary panel this week, with just three weeks to go until the six nations gets underway. europe have beaten asia to retain the eurasia cup. they had been down by a point going into today's singles but won eight out of 12 matches in kuala lumpur. england's tommy fleetwood was one of the first to get on the scoreboard for the europeans. it finished 1a—10 to europe. laura muir anchored great britain to victory in the great edinburgh cross country mixed team relay yesterday. the former european cross—country champion was in fine form yesterday. she took over from adam clarke
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for the final lap behind europe and belgium, but made up the ground to win by seven seconds. she won't be appearing on the track for this year's commonwealth games because she's finishing her veterinary exams. the vet school has been so supportive. my my coach andy as well has been here every step of the way. we planned it yearin every step of the way. we planned it year in advance. with everything planned for years, it is a matter of getting it all done and hopefully getting a medal. that would be great. hopefully i am in the europeans as well. great britain bobsleighers meesha mcneil and meeka moore have returned from their crash in germany last week, finishing seventh at the st moritz world cup in switzerland. the british duo were only able to compete this season after raising more than £30,000 through crowdfunding, following an overspend by their governing body. in the men's two—man event, bradley hall and joel
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fearon finished 18th. great britain's izzy atkin won bronze at the ski slopestyle world cup in aspen. the 19—year—old put down an impressive first run to secure the second world cup podium of her career. in the men's event, james wood finished sixth. lisa ashton has won her fourth bdo world title after beating anastasia dobromyslova 3—1 at lakeside. ashton was considered the underdog before the final but the defending champion won eight legs in a row, finishing with a 62 checkout to seal victory. ashton is now second on the list of titles won, behind the 10—time champion trina gulliver. 0n the men's side of things, the final will be played between defending champion glen durrant and mark mcgeeney. mcgeeney came through his semifinal against germany's michael unter—bukner, six sets to four. the englishman, who is the bdo world number one, came back from 3—2 down, to set up a chance to win his first world title. great result for him.
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it's known for its roman baths and historic abbey, but bath could soon become famous for something else. the city is trying to become the first place in britain to introduce a tourist tax — something already in place in cities such as paris and rome. council leaders say by charging hotel guests an extra £1 to visit, they could put the money back into front line services. but there are concerns that the charge could deter visitors. we've been in bath finding out what tourists there make of the move. we are from brazil. 0ver there, we have to pay to visit the museums, we're used to playing taxes. so i think from what we've been seeing here, this
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would be very interesting. i don't think it's fair on the hotels. they're bringing in the tourists so why should they have a second levy on them when they're creating the tourists and giving them somewhere to stay? it is quite a common thing in the european cities to apply a same sort of tax so i wouldn't have a problem with it. if the money is spent on the things the council's supposed to be spending on, that can be very beneficial and a wonderful idea. 0n the other hand, i feel there should be somebody to monitor that actually the money is spent on those things. bath is a beautiful city so i would love to see it maintained and knowing that's what the money was going towards, i would definitely do that, yes. we arejoined by
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we are joined by phoebe smith. we arejoined by phoebe smith. many cities already do this but no one wa nts to cities already do this but no one wants to be the first in the uk. no one wants to be known as the city that charges tourists to come and stay. it's interesting as a tax because it targets hotels specifically, it doesn't target other kinds of accommodation such as airbnb or visitor attractions. it is very specific which is why some hotel owners have an issue with it. it won't catch people there as a date visitor. yes, it's when you're staying overnight. they are talking about £1 per person per night. it doesn't sound like much but if you're a family that's £a a night, that could add up. also you know that could add up. also you know that if it's successful, it will be rolled out to other cities, and we've already seen less people going overseas for instance because the pound is weak and so are staying in
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the uk and it's penalising those people as well. we have the leader of bath council saying they wanted the theoretical go—ahead to explore this. they said none of it had been decided yet. so they were going to look into issues such as airbnb and would it be extended to that, issues like whether it would apply to business visitors. it's hard to define those things. it is. this has come about because they are looking at doing it in birmingham to fund the commonwealth games because they need the extra money. bath has proposed this and tried to take it to westminster before and had it thrown out. now because the birmingham one seems to be going through, which would be for a limited time, it's reignited this discussion. part of the reasoning is government cuts, local authorities have less money. it's a shame tourists have to plug that gap for the government. unless the money is specifically ring fenced to fund
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tourism ventures. exactly. of course we could argue that tourists coming in in the first place are bringing in much needed millions of pounds a year and increasingly with the economy, tourism is more and more important to us. if it is introduced there is no indication it's going to be capped at £1. i imagine if successful it will go up. i'm sure it will be absorbed into the price. some hotel owners might decide to add soap that cost themselves and could use it as a marketing ploy. 0bviously some people went care, they'll say ok, it's just one of those things. what it could do is push people away from the honeypot cities. bath, york, windsor are all talking about doing it. it might then make people rethink where they go. they might start exploring other cities which could be a good thing for some. spread it out. spread the
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love! laughter and here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. we are expecting a fairly grey sunday but i think there will be some glimpses of blue sky. a bit more sunshine and we've had over recent days, although most of us stay fairly cloudy. there will be some heavy rain and strong winds arriving across the north—west of the country later this afternoon and on into the evening. before this front on into the evening. before this fro nt m oves on into the evening. before this front moves in, a largely dry day with a bit of drizzle in southern scotland, eastern scotland. some sunny spells developing for parts of northern england through wales, down towards the west country. eastern england staying cloudy and scotland and northern ireland staying quite cloudy with rain and strong winds moving in. temperatures about a—9d. if you are heading for a premier league match today it should be dry
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in both bournemouth and liverpool with a bit of blue sky likely. this evening we see the strongest of the winds developing across the north west of scotland, gusts of 70 mph. those winds pushing further south and east with heavy rain across much of the country. first thing on monday morning, the strength of the wind and that heavy rain could cause a bit of disruption. there will be a lot of water on the roads for monday morning rush—hour. colder conditions moving in for the north—west. 0ver the next few days he's blue colours showing we've got cold air moving in from the north—west. during monday's still quite mild. we've got the rain and the strong winds slowly easing away from eastern england. colder conditions moving in. they returned to sunshine but also some heavy showers. the showers on monday will be falling as sleet and snow across scotla nd be falling as sleet and snow across scotland and northern ireland. further south some hail and heavy rain showers. similar day on
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tuesday. sunshine and heavy, wintry showers particularly in the north and west. then we've still got that cold air in places towards the middle of the week but we are also going to see a rapidly deepening area of low pressure. likely to move in from the atlantic bringing heavy rain and potentially some heavy snow and strong and gusty winds too. quite a lot happening with the weather as we look towards the middle part of the week. after quite a cold start with some sunshine and wintry showers, from wednesday into thursday we're looking at some strong winds and the potential to see some snow mostly on higher ground but even at lower levels further north there could be something more wintry in the forecast. some paints and a stone — these are just two of the things you need to take part in the latest social media craze. thousands of families across the uk
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have been painting pebbles and hiding them in public spaces for others to find. it's thought the idea was imported from america last summer. fiona lamdin has been in worcestershire woods finding out more and getting creative herself. look at my one! it is a simple concept, paint a pebble... i painted a snake and like a multicoloured pattern with some stars. hide it in a public space. we went on holiday. it is exciting to find one. wait to see who finds it. when someone else finds it, how does that make you feel? happy and excited. and then share its journey on line. lawrence found a special one at the hospital. it was beautifully painted and it
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said you are loved on it. it gave a really positive message and cheered me up to no end. not known for my artistic talents, i thought i should have a go. i might hide one if i find a hole in a tree and hide it in there. has it made you look up to the sky? it has now. a few months ago, leanne set up this group for a few friends, but already there is nearly 1,000 members. somebody contacted me to say their boss had lost a friend and they were down. but she found a rock with a smile and it made her feel better so she treasured it. there are three really simple rules to follow. please do not take the pebbles from the beach. when you are painting them, use nontoxic paint so it does
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not hurt the wildlife, and hide them responsibly so it does not cause accidents. i love this one the best. why is that? it has sparkles in different colours. i think this one made me happy because there is a picture of a sun. here is my effort. we will see who finds it. across the uk, thousands are part of this new craze. pebbles! we've got our own set of paints here and will be decorating them. this is owing with one of his creations in dover. that's a rock, surely! fiona sent these in from kent. she is varnished them which i
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think is what you need to do. jill and her children are part of a group in stockport. you can write little m essa g es in stockport. you can write little messages on them. bonnie has been hiding these ones around fleet in surrey. i like those. here's thejoy of finding one in nottingham. we had a bit ofa of finding one in nottingham. we had a bit of a joint effort. i only had black paint so i painted a silhouette of a hare. then decided to turn it orange. i think you need special paint because my fingers are covered in orange and if it rains it might wash off. i'll hide it somewhere later today. you could put it in the blue peter garden. that's a good idea! this is where we say goodbye to ben
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who's off to read the news on the andrew marr programme. at the end of last year, unesco honoured the artistry of neopolitan pizza with a place on its cultural treasures list, but now another familiar european food item is looking to be recognised, the baguette. music translation: there are a lot of limitations but here the bag gets a high mate. we wake up at 3am to make bread. if we lose this tradition in 50
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yea rs if we lose this tradition in 50 years there will be no real bakery. we will not be able to do the bread properly. so who decides what goes on the list, and why isn't there a uk entry? a number of you have been sending in your suggestions as to what should be included in the uk was entitled
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to send in an idea. the full english brea kfast, to send in an idea. the full english breakfast, fish and chips, the sunday roast. what about orderly key ring, morris dancing and apologising? head writer at qi, james harkin, is here to explain more. great ideas, right? some great ideas, queuing also came to mind. there was a study last year that said british people queue according to the rule of sex. if there are six people in the queue they won'tjoin it, and we only like six inches between us and the person in front of us. i think this must be inherent. this is what unesco are trying to do, keep the cultural norms around the country's. unesco award these honoured places on their protected list but the uk doesn't ta ke protected list but the uk doesn't take part, why not? i'm not sure but it seems to me basically you have
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two apply for these things. some countries are better than others and may be the uk isn't so good at it. china apply for a lot of these things and they have as protected mongolian throat singing and the national poem of kurdistan, even though they are from a big countries, —— even though they are from other countries. let's refer to the various things we have on the table. the neapolitan pizza, i'm not sure this is authentic! the mediterranean diet is apparently culturally protected which a lot of people talk about. you would think that kind of diet could be found almost anywhere in the world or a similar version. what's happening is that there is a homogenisation of the world, we are getting a lot of things from america, giving things to different countries and all these different areas want to keep their particular things. is important to
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recognise it, like the baguette. they used to be two metres long. also i think they were invented to protect french bakeries themselves, because when you had big break is coming along, they could have 2a hour baking but the smaller bakers couldn't do that. they said you're not allowed to break between 11pm and 3am so they came up with eight ba g u ette and 3am so they came up with eight baguette because it doesn't take so long to cook. great story. the full english. this was a suggestion that loads of people text did in. when you look at that in comparison to the sophistication of the other dishes around us... i know what you mean when other people come to britain perhaps they see it as different as well. my wife is russian and her in—laws came to the uk this year. when they saw the british turkey dynevor christmas, they thought it was amazing, even
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though for us it's a day—to—day thing —— turkey dinnerfor christmas. crumpets was another suggestion, black pudding. also it's all about the whole experience. so a sunday roast in a country pub for example. it's something that's quite unique to the uk. it is, and we are losing pubs all the time. something like 32 pubs a week. it's important we keep these things as well which i think is why unesco does these kind of things. should we be better at putting forward our cultural traditions? i think so. putting forward our cultural traditions? ithink so. it's important. when other people are coming from different countries, you had phoebe talking about all the different tourists coming here and i think it's this kind of thing that brings tourists here. our quick wit and knowledge of course as well which is embodied in q i. that's it
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for this morning. dan and louise are back tomorrow from 6.00am. enjoy the rest of your sunday. goodbye. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 9am. the justice secretary is considering a judicial review of the decision to release serial sex attackerjohn worboys on parole. the us government launches an investigation after a false warning of an incoming missile attack causes widespread panic in hawaii. ukip suspends the girlfriend of its party leader henry bolton — after she reportedly made racist remarks about prince harry's fiance, meghan markle. mark wahlberg says he will donate £1 million to a fund for victims of sexual abuse, after controversy over his fee
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