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so the outlook, for instance, here shows quite clearly that temperatures rise to the weekend and then fall away afterwards. so how's it all going to look on the big screen? well, it'll look clean and fresh. and one of our main concepts when developing these graphics was the idea of a window on the weather, so behind this window you can see not only the weather in the distance, you can also see drops of rain sitting on the pane of glass, here. and as simon was showing us, we can now look at the weather on a very localised scale. for instance, let's zoom into northern england, and in this example you can see quite clearly the showers falling as rain, but also of snow over the higher ground, too. and it's not only on a smaller scale that things are changing, but also on the global scale, too. we can now look at satellite data from right around the world. we can also add on pressure fields and frontal systems, too. we can even give you an indication of when and where you might be likely to see the northern lights. and, of course, it's not only on tv that things are changing. we've also redeveloped our weather app and our website, too. now, one of the main changes is that our ten day forecast has been replaced by a m day forecast. we've also introduced the percentage chance of rain by the hour.
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this is going to help you keep up to date with the latest weather, and we hope you enjoy our new look. so, it is all change with our weather graphics, but the weather in itself is not changing in a hurry. we've still got this cold and wintry theme that has been with us since theme that has been with us since the beginning of the month. we've had some great pictures in from all weather watchers today. this comes from penrith in cumbria, where there has been about four centimetres of snow, and it is edging further south gci’oss snow, and it is edging further south across the country. this afternoon, we will continue with the cold theme, and there will be some more wintry flurries. let's start with the satellite image, this is the view from space looking down at the clu b view from space looking down at the club uk, you can see this band of cloud is a slow—moving weather front. that is producing quite a bit of snow. this is the recent snowfall
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radar showing where we have had snow over the past few hours, tracking south across parts of northern england into wales and the west country. we will continue to see this band of cloud and snow showers. it will feel cold if you are underneath that frontal system, with temperatures struggling to get much above freezing. either side of the front, it is a bit milder. there is still a mix of bright spells and wintry showers. if we zoom in and ta ke wintry showers. if we zoom in and take a look at the regional detail, first across scotland you can see the snow showers packing in from the north west. watch out for the icy conditions, and a similar picture gci’oss conditions, and a similar picture across northern ireland. sunshine in southern scotland, cloud from northern england down towards the midlands, wales and the south—west of england, with snow showers likely here and icy conditions. it is dry and clearer towards the south—east. you could see one or two flurries of snow almost anywhere. in the evening, the main bulk of cloud and snow shift across east anglia and the south—east, a couple of centimetres in east anglia and a dusting in london. look at those
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temperatures, as low as —6 or minus seven degrees, even in the towns and cities. colder in the front that brought us choose they's snow eases towards the near continent —— tuesday's snow. a very cold, icy start to your wednesday morning. sunshine for england and wales, but sky is clouding over fort scotland and northern ireland, we will see rain and hill snow here. temperatures a degree or so less cold than they are today, but certainly that wintry theme days with us towards the end of the week. it's going to be cold, there will be further rain and hillsdale and a little but of sunshine. remember, you can keep up—to—date with the weather by checking our updated weather by checking our updated weather website and by attacking the bbc weather app. very snazzy new graphics, sarah, and you saw them here first! that's all from the bbc news at one. so, it's goodbye from me. and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. have a good afternoon. antonio conte has said that the club
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has to make a decision if they think he is not doing a good enoughjob. chelsea captain gary cahill has backed manager antonio conte and says the players need to "look in the mirror" following their 4—1 loss at watford. they lost 4—1 at watford last night, for their second straight three—goal defeat. it's the lowest i've felt for a while. it's strange, and difficult because i don't know what it is. i'm not worried. i'm not worried about myjob. i work everyday and i give 120%. if this is enough, it's ok. otherwise, the club can take a different decision but i'm not worried. everyday every press conference you ask me, are you worried about your job? no, not worried. leeds united have named paul heckingbottom as their new head coach — their tenth in the last five years. the ao—year—old leaves barnsley to move to elland road and has
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signed a contract that runs until the end of next season. he succeeds thomas christiansen who was sacked on sunday after a dismal run of form which has seen leeds not win a match since boxing day. wales named an unchanged starting tea m wales named an unchanged starting team for the game on saturday. just one change on the bench with george north getting the nod instead of owen watkin. the winter olympics begin on friday but 32 russian athletes have appealed against their exclusion. and they include those who had their life bans lifted by the court of arbitration for sport last week. 43 russians were banned for life from the olympics following an ioc investigation into state—sponsored russian doping at their home games in 2014.
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28 of those were over—turned last thursday. overturned last thursday. the ioc then turned down a request for 13 of the 28 — and two coaches — to compete. the hearings will take place on wednesday. we need to make it clear to the world that our decisions and actions are based on principles that distinguish the olympic movement from entertainment sports. we are not talking about politics, we are talking about how we respond to attacks to those fundamental values
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bya attacks to those fundamental values by a country that said it would respect the values and then attempted to destroy them. that is all the sport for now. lots more on those stories on the bbc sport website. i'll have more for you in the next hour. the former boss of carillion has apologise. appearing before mps at the work and pensions committee, the former chief executive expressed regret at what happened. perhaps i could start in answering that question, first of all could i say how devastating the impact
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and failure of carillion has been for employees, customers, pensioners and suppliers and i'm truly sorry for the impact. it was the worst possible outcome. this was a business worth fighting for and i stand by what i sought to do in my time as chief executive. you're correct, i was a nonexecutive director for carillion before taking over as chief executive. as we look back at the 2016 annual accounts, there were a number of references to opportunities the business had, it had a strong pipeline but at the same time we highlighted some of the challenging markets and particularly internationally, which the business was looking at, and we did highlight a clear desire, which was driven by a number of discussions to bring down average net debt as a critical factor in the coming in 2017. mr cochran admitted that with the
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benefit of hindsight more could have been done to challenge management decisions. i want to ask you to comment on it. it was felt that management was not giving sufficient weight to the probability that trading may deteriorate further or to the downside risk of this scenario, given the high level of debt. the board showed no inclination to drive the management change. this, from a major carillion chair holder that had started to divest itself of carillion shares in 2015 to 16. the board was actively engaged in testing and challenging management's assumptions. that's clearly not right if you look at the subsequent write—down. with the benefit of hindsight,
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should the board have been asking further, more probing questions? perhaps, but from our perspective against the backcloth of the management environment and information we received, the testing and challenging of management, you know, we believe there was no basis at that time for not accepting the view that management put forward. more now on the centenary of some women being given the vote. a hundred years ago today, on the 6th of february 1918, over eight million women, and all men over the age of 21, were finally
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given the right to vote. the laws didn't extend to all women, but it began a period of great change for equal rights. jane hill is at westminster for us. welcome back to westminster in the shadow of the houses of parliament. the british house of commons store only has 32% female mps, up from what it was, but somewhere behind a lot of other developed countries. that said, we are not only talking about women in public life, we are trying to address issues that concern all women across the board, wherever they live in the country, whatever role they have in life, public life or otherwise. let us talk to a very significant person today. doctor helen pankhurst, who joins us from our studios in sa lfo rd. joins us from our studios in salford. good afternoon to you. as oui’ salford. good afternoon to you. as our viewers might imagine, you are the great granddaughter of emmeline pankhurst. i have to begin today by
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asking what today really means for you and your family? good afternoon. it is really important as a symbol asa it is really important as a symbol as a single moment to reflect on the past and i think that's what we are doing. we are coming together as a country, all media outlets, many organisations are celebrating the centenary. it was a symbolic important moment of not complete folks, but still finally some women got the parliamentary vote. so my family and many others would have been rejoicing, knowing how difficult the journey to that point was and knowing it was just a marker ona was and knowing it was just a marker on a very long road which continues today. and you write about history and gender politics yourself. you are an author on that topic. do you feel it's still important to remind people actually how much some women really struggled more than 100 years
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ago? it was more than just about making placards. women ended up in prison. we need to remind people about that? there is a generation that knows about it, but it needs to continue. it's a rich history, how they did it and why they did it, the complexity of the different views within the families and the people involved. today i am publishing a book called deeds, not words, the story of women's rights then and now. i look at the issue of how complicated it was, so within my own family we have many views. do you fight for what you believe in democratically, or is leadership really important and do you just follow the leader? to what
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extent a re you just follow the leader? to what extent are you allied with other organisations? is it about progressive change? do you accept the boat for some women or do you have the campaign for all? what about the role of men in all of this. those questions are relevant in any campaign today and it is interesting to track both in politics and other aspects of women's lies in issues to do with the involvement in the economy, the personal lives, violence against women, how far have we gone and how can we speed things up? it's so interesting. i'll ask you how far have we gone? it's striking that in the last couple of years that we can say women's issues that concerned families and every of course have come so much to the forefront, but a lot of it is negative. we think about the need to campaign, the abuse of women and girls, the gender
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pay gap, it's so topical, all these issues at the moment. yes, and it feels like there is a resonance between the past and present. when i started this research two years ago, i thought the few people would be interested in the centenary. little didi interested in the centenary. little did i know, there is something in the airat did i know, there is something in the air at the moment. there is a build—up of yes, you are right, negative media messages and issues, but on the other hand, that resistance. it's about people saying no. there are interesting parallels with individual women saying they will not accept it any more. society is saying that maybe it is time to get rid of some of these archaic rules and regulations that hold us all back as a society. do you think your great—grandmother would have been disappointed that actually,
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there was still a lot to be done on some of those fronts that you are talking about? i've seen some letters of her very early on thinking that the fight was going to be won in 1906 in the 1907 in 1909 and so on and so on and so on. if there is something that the suffragettes and the suffragists knew it was how difficult and how long the journey will be. they would understand that 100 years later we are still fighting those same issues, but there would also say grab the opportunity and the moment 110w grab the opportunity and the moment now where there seems to be something in the year and use it to the maximum advantage. i also feel we have a decade of action in front of us because now, 2018 is the centenary of us because now, 2018 is the ce nte nary of of us because now, 2018 is the centenary of that first vote. 2028 is the anniversary of equal franchise. so let's come together, different organisations and individuals saying, what is it that we really ca re individuals saying, what is it that we really care about? in this book is one of my favourite quotes from a
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prison governor who talks about the elastic band theory of change. she says some people pull on it and they think they have gone somewhere and they let go. if you let go, there is a danger that things go back. we need to keep pulling in all areas so we make sure things don't go back again. it is worth remembering that quotes today of all days. it's an absolute pleasure to talk to you, doctor pankhurst. there are many people watching who owe your family at that gratitude. thank you very much for your time. we will have much for your time. we will have much more from here throughout the day and we are also waiting to hear from the prime minister, britain's second prime minister. she is due to make a speech about this shortly. now, back to you. we will bring you that speech from theresa may who is in manchester as soon as it begins.
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ina in manchester as soon as it begins. in a moment, a summary of the business news, but first, the headlines. the boss has of korean has apologise for his collapse. share prices have dropped in europe following the fall in the us. obituary in the tesco for drah has been discharged after one of the defendants, carl rogberg, suffered a heart attack. there have been sharp falls on european markets after similar
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losses in asia and the us. london, frankfurt and paris all fell sharply at the opening with losses of up to 3% before recovering some ground. in the us overnight the dow lost 4.6%. online supermarket ocado slumped to a pre—tax loss of £500,000 last year, compared to a profit of £12 million in the previous year. it says the figure reflects the cost of building its high—tech logistics hub that uses robots to move produce. it's chief executive described the last 12 months as transformational. the oil giant bp and has haps one of its strongest years in recent history. joining us now is an energy a nalyst. history. joining us now is an energy analyst. profits for the have doubled but would it be fair to say that much of that credit goes towards a rising price rather bp strategy? yes, a large part is about
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the oil price. there is always a mix of factors. another issue is that bp has cut costs and they have a track record of doing that. that brings with it a concern over safety and slashing workforces. the third issue is that public subsidies have increase. over the last year we saw the treasury are changing the fiscal regime for the north sea, so there isa regime for the north sea, so there is a much greater portion of the decommissioning costs that will be taken on by the public for cleaning up taken on by the public for cleaning up the oil rigs. we're also seeing hundreds of millions public loans and direct subsidies to pipelines. these factor in quite heavily to bp profits. the public subsidies allow bp to bring new fields online. some other issues bp have face. more
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costs for the deepwater horizon oil spill that happened in 2010 and one tax payment related to president trump's tax cuts in the us. what we looking at, the latest figure for the deepwater horizon clean—up. there has been an unexpected increase because of moore claims that came to light. that should remind us that it is very hard when there are disasters, which when you are drilling a deep well liked bp dars, disasters happen. a lot of people are effected. —— bp does. there could be further costs down the line. thank you for your time. former directors of carillion have
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been facing questions in the commons. earlier we spoke to the chair of the words and pensions committee. they have a lot of questions to answer. were they in knowingly trading unlawfully when they should have actually been more honest about how dire their predicament was? why were they raising money, borrowing in fact to pay dividends and why did they take such large salaries when all these things were possibly happening? and we note the pension deficit was escalated. that was frank field, chair of the work and pensions committee who is questioning
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carillion executives today. we'll take you straight to manchester where theresa may is making a speech to mark the centenary making a speech to mark the ce nte nary of making a speech to mark the centenary of women, someone getting the vote for some time. on the sixth of every 19 18 —— 1918, most women aged over 30 and men who did not own property game the right to vote in parliamentary elections for the first time and with a say in making the laws of the land. it was a great expansion of democratic participation, tripling the size of the electorates and voices and perspectives which are sentries had been excluded. gender equality at the ballot box was not achieved for another ten years, i'm proud to say
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under a conservative government, but with the 1918 act, the die was cast and it's wonderful to be here in manchester to markets and the first array “— manchester to markets and the first array —— to mark the anniversary. this great city was the birthplace of one of the icons of the movement, emmeline pankhurst. i heard about the campaign for women's votes from my godmother whose parents near the pankhurst ‘s. a statue of emmeline pankhurst ‘s. a statue of emmeline pankhurst will be erected in this city as a lasting tribute to her courage and commitment. as leader of the conservative party and that co—founder of women to win which works to encourage more women to stand for public office, i'm proud that emmeline pankhurst was one of our pioneers. being selected as the
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conservative candidate for an east london constituency in 1928. we don't have nearly enough monuments to the women of this country's past and i'm pleased we are beginning to set that right. today we celebrate a huge and irreversible step towards creating a truly universal democracy and the beginning of a representative public debate. but i also want to take this opportunity to reflect on the nature of our public life today. as we remembered the heroic campaigners of the past who fought to include the voices of all citizens in our public debate we should consider the values and principles that guide our work today and how we can maintain a healthy public debate for the future. for while there is much to celebrate, i worry that our public debate today is coarsening. that for some, it is
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becoming harder to disagree without also different meaning opposing viewpoints in the process. i believe that all of us, individuals, governments and media old and new, must accept our responsibility to help sustain a genuinely pluralistic public debate. in that task we build on the finest of traditions and the firmest of foundations. britain's liberal democracy has long been respected around the world for its tolerance and decency. it is defined by values that have a universal appeal. freedom of thought and expression within laws that are democratically made. the competition of ideas leading to collective progress and improvement. respect for those with different viewpoints. these principles have been at the heart of the british tradition of liberty for generations. from john milton at the height of the english civil war arguing against censorship
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and in favour of the free and open encounter of different opinions. to john stuart mill in the 19th century, advocating searching for and discovering the truth by way of free speech and debate. a philosophy of freedom of expression in an atmosphere of mutual tolerance has been one of this country's great intellectual gifts to the world. in an open market space of —— place of ideas in which different viewpoints can coexist and people are free to make the case for the own beliefs, opinions can be change, arguments one and progress achieved. mill, working in cooperation with his wife harriet taylor was a leading advocate of women's rights. but the cause of women's suffrage had to ove rco m e cause of women's suffrage had to overcome entrenched opposition just to be heard. as an early campaigner, margaret win leveson vote that
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sometimes hostility was so great that the police were alarmed. occasionally we were taking to the police station and kept there for safety u ntil police station and kept there for safety until far into the night. those who fought to establish the right, my rights, every woman's right, my rights, every woman's right to vote in elections, to stand for office and take the fall and rightful place in public life did so in the face of fierce opposition. they they persevered despite the hardships. finally, the truth of the arguments won the day and we are all in the debt. a sentry on from the first vote for women, we can look backin first vote for women, we can look back in pride at the enormous strides we have taken as a society. a century ago women were forbidden the trans eyes —— forbidding the franchise. i am
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the trans eyes —— forbidding the franchise. iam proud the trans eyes —— forbidding the franchise. i am proud to serve as britain's second female prime minister. in 2018 and the united kingdom's most seniorjudge is a woman. the commission of the metropolitan police is a woman. the director of the national crime agency is a woman. women serve as england's chief fire officer and chief medical officer. the cbi and the tuc are both headed by women. at holyrood, a female first minister debates against a female opposition leader. in wells, will lose a third party. the two largest parties in northern ireland are led by women and at westminster where suffragettes chained themselves to statues and hid in a broom cupboard on census night, the leader of the house of commons and the house of lords are women. black rod who rejected suffragettes previously
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isner woman. a century ago the home secretary and director of public prosecutions were grappling with the idea of suffragettes. today both those roles are held by women. many other causes began as marginal and unpopular campaigns.

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