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but let's hope that through dialogue and maybe more regulation, everyone stays happy, notjust the holidaymakers. still to come on the travel show: coming up, i head to the bridge to meet the man who captains this colossal cruise ship. well, that's all we've got time for for on this week's show. but do join us next week, when henry heads to australia to meet the people behind the world—famous royal flying doctor service as they celebrate an important anniversary. what a remarkable bit of kit you've got here. we head back to china to discover a novel way of skiing which is claimed to be an 8,000 years old. next week. in the meantime, you can catch up with us when we're out on the road at sea in real—time by signing up to our social media feeds, where you can also share your travel stories with the world. from me and the rest of the travel show team here, somewhere in the mediterranean, it's goodbye. hello, this is breakfast, with chris mason and rachel burden. social media giants are accused of turning a blind eye to their impact on children.
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the government threatens to introduce new laws and orders a review into the effects on young people's mental health. good morning, it's sunday 22nd april. also this morning: a new strategy to stop terror attacks at an early stage of planning — police will target up to 20,000 suspects. verne troyer, best known as mini—me in the austin powers movies, has died aged 49. would you all give her majesty three unbelievably rousing cheers on her birthday? hip, hip, hip! hooray! prince charles leads the tributes to the queen at a concert to celebrate her 92nd birthday. and it's another fa cup final for manchester united.
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they inflict tottenham's eighth successive semi final loss in a row. and phil avery has the weather. good morning. it is a day of change on the weather front. the overnight thunderstorms drift off into the north sea. we have more cloud and rain moving in from the west. all of that will not stop it being a really hot marathon in london. all of the details in a few minutes. good morning. first, our main story: ministers are considering introducing new laws to clamp down on social media companies which allow underage users to access their sites. in a letter, the health secretary jeremy hunt has given firms, including facebook, just over a week to explain what they've done to enforce age limits and tackle issues such as cyberbullying. 0ur political correspondent nick eardleyjoins us from our london newsroom. that is not in it. that is
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catherine. let us see if we can get to nick. hello! morning. nick, what is jeremy hunt concerned about? there are three key areas that the government is worried about. one is aid verification, making sure the people old enough to be on the sites that they are accessing. there is cyber bullying, the issue we have discussed before. and the third one, screen time, which is making sure people are not spending too much time on social media, on their mobile phones, or on other devices. this is not a new issue for the government, we have heard them talk about it before, jeremy hunt bed with social media executives and other tech executives six months ago to talk to them about the impact this was having on the mental health of young people but it has come to the conclusion this morning that quite frankly, the voluntary approach that he suggested has not done enough so far. so he may need to ta ke done enough so far. so he may need to take further action. and what does he want the companies to do?
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he is talking about introducing legislation? the government prefers the idea of a voluntary approach and in the letter, there is a plea to some last—minute action, quite frankly. but that is because this isn't an easy issue for the government to tackle. but he is talking about legislation now, about creating new laws which would try and tackle the various problems that mr hunt thinks exist with technology. and social media. quite specifically, what they would do is not clear. that isn't the level of detail the government is going into. first it wants to launch a review to look at the impact this is having and work on the findings of that. thank you, nick. the government is to increase the powers available to police and the security services to try and stop terror attacks at an early stage of planning. a document leaked to the sunday times suggests
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counter—terrorism officers will target up to 20,000 lower priority suspects. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. the murderers behind last year's atrocities in britain. men who planned to kill innocent people. yet, only three were on mi5‘s radar in any way before striking, and only one of those was being actively investigated. better intelligence at an earlier stage might have stopped some of this happening. today's leaked report suggest counter—terrorism investigators could more widely share information on up to 20,000 lower priority suspects with various authorities in the hope of receiving earlier intelligence of risky behaviour, such as planning an attack. the government has already promised more staff for security agencies like mi5 — crucial if they are to target a greater number of suspects. and new powers have been promised — again, these are expected to focus on allowing police to move in at an earlier stage when attack
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planning is less well advanced. already announced are higher sentences for viewing terrorism content online or publishing information about the police or the military for use in targeting attacks. the home office would not comment on these leaked reports but said the coming strategy would be a comprehensive response to the evolving threat from domestic and international terrorism. tom symonds, bbc news. verne troyer, who is best known for playing mini—me in the austin powers films, has died at the age of 49. the actor has been ill recently and had a history of problems with depression and alcohol. simon clemison reports. he is exactly like you in every way. musical sting. except one—eighth your size. but that never held back mini—me... i shall call him... ..or verne troyer.
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..mini—me. screams. the role of dr evil‘s smaller clone in the austin powers comedies brought him worldwide recognition. but his credits also include harry potter and men in black. hi! i'm verne troyer! more recently, verne troyer has been over here, entering the celebrity big brother house in 2009. i'm gonna play the nice guy but, you know, deep down, i'm going to be evil! cackles. earlier this month, the actor was again admitted to hospital in los angeles as he battled with alcohol addiction. statements on his social media accounts highlighted struggles and also the issue of depression, but it is not clear exactly what has led to his death. # it's a hard knock life for us. yeah! verne troyer said his part austin powers grew as they saw what he could do. tributes have been led by its co—creator and the man
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he starred alongside. mike myers said troyer was the consummate professional and a beacon of positivity. simon clemison, bbc news. one of the favourites to be the next first minister of wales has said he will seriously consider throwing his hat in the ring. mark dra keford, wales‘s finance secretary, said he would consult his family before making a final decision. it follows the announcement by the welsh labour leader carwynjones that he would stand down in the autumn. in a few hours, about 40,000 people will be taking their places on the start line for this year's london marathon, set to be one of the hottest ever. the met office has predicted temperatures of up to 23 degrees celsius and people who are planning to wear costumes have been asked to make sure they're appropriate for the weather. 0ur reporter kathryn stanczyszyn is at the start line in greenwich. good morning. i guess the big
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question is how wanders feel? go for how warm does it feel? it is already hotting up this morning, the day of course that so many have been waiting for, training for, maybe fearing a little bit but looking forward to a mentally as well. 41,000 people, a record number, registered to run in today's race, many of them starting from this line behind meatier in blackheath and as you say, the heat has been a topic of conversation this week, speculation this could be the hottest london marathon on record. there has been advised to people saying make sure you keep i treated but do not over hydrate, that sure you do not push it too far too soon and of course talking about the costu mes, and of course talking about the costumes, the marathon is known for its weird and wonderful costumes but maybe if you have not done it for, make sure you are not going to overheat. 0f
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make sure you are not going to overheat. of course the marathon is known for its drama, not normally short on drama, but we could get even by its standard quite a lot today on the sporting side, could paula radcliffe's female worker could be broken as the woman herself is commentating, who knows, 26.2 miles is a long way so nobody is daring to predict it but it could happen and mo farah of course taking pa rt happen and mo farah of course taking part in his first marathon since retiring from the truck. of course he will be welcomed by adoring crowds in the capital. he has been busy managing expectations, though, about where he will come. he is seeded 12th and he says he doesn't expect to win but it won't stop the crowds from cheering him on as they go. thousands upon thousands of people who do this in their own personal time, there are reasons, their own causes and we will catch up their own causes and we will catch up with some of them through the morning on bbc breakfast and the race starts at 10 o'clock with the queen launching that live on video link from windsor castle. of course,
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plenty of people, a few disasters along the way maybe but also a lot of clouds and for many a once—in—a—lifetime experience. of clouds and for many a once-in-a-lifetime experience. thank you, kathyrn. it is crossed the queen's video link works. amazing clear, blue sky for all of those people taking part. the queen celebrated her 92nd birthday with a concert at the royal albert hall last night. so you can understand why she wanted to dialect in today! —— so you can understand why she wanted to dial it in today! kylie minogue, tom jones, sting and shaggy were among the artists who performed at the event, and the prime minister and leaders of the commonwealth joined the royal family in the celebrations. would you all give her majesty three unbelievably rousing cheers on her birthday? hip, hip, hip! hooray! most people are talking about, this is what preoccupies people early on sunday the fact that prince charles
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went hip, hip, hip array. and it is one more hit than people are used to. but two hips? someone on twitter suggested this was a naval tradition. i had never heard format. three is definitely the limit. chris, you always take it too far! and we'll see more of the queen's 92nd birthday celebrations injust over half an hour. a major report has found those with dementia who have been admitted to hospital with other acute conditions, are being failed by the care they're getting. the bbc‘s 5 live investigates programme has seen an nhs report which says the care provided on hospital wards isn't geared towards those with dementia. joining us now is dr katie featherstone who wrote the report, and jackie askey, whose husband had dementia. good morning to you both. thank you for coming in. do you first, doctor,
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the challenge here it seems is that more and more people in hospital have got dementia as well is perhaps some other conditions that has led to them being in hospital. and yet there doesn't seem to be an awareness of that. it is interesting that people living with dementia with an additional condition and one of the biggest populations in our wards, 25— 50% of patients in all of oui’ wards, 25— 50% of patients in all of our hospitals have dementia but with another condition so it may be in fiction, a fracture, so there needs to be there but it is one of the most invisible populations. what we need to do is challenge it, really i think one of the key things in what we have found is wards are structured around the wrong population. they are structured around an average working aged person who is fully cognitively aware and can fit into the wards but what we have found is people who live with dementia are expected to
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fit into those structured routines and that sensitive population, a sensitive they cannot do it. they do not have the skills, they don't have time to express themselves and it is difficult for them to fit in to those very tight ward struck just and ward routines. also bad for nurses and healthcare assistance, they are struggling also. jackie, tomic about your experiences your husband george. —— tell me. tomic about your experiences your husband george. -- tell me. my husband george. -- tell me. my husband was admitted to hospital with a virus. he was rehydrated, i took him to hospital because he couldn't or wouldn't drink anything. a rehydrated him and kept him in and readily, the virus was coming and going and it was the same for everyone at that time of year. he got to the stage where he couldn't eat or drink got to the stage where he couldn't eat ordrink and got to the stage where he couldn't eat or drink and then he was saying that he had end—stage dementia and i
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said he hasn't got end—stage dementia, he has got a virus and there is something wrong with his taste buds. they would not listen. the dock as said he had end—stage dementia and that went with him, he moved on to another ward and i found him without, well, almost unconscious because they were keeping him hydrated and this diagnosis of end—stage dementia came, excuse me, the same day as the phlebotomy 's came, excuse me, the same day as the phlebotomy '5 had been around and asked him his name, date of birth, address, and he gave the postcode as well. and they say he has end—stage dementia? because he wasn't eating ordrinking?10 dementia? because he wasn't eating or drinking? 10 days later, i found oral thrush and that is why he had not been eating or drinking. because it was painful. it had all of this horrible stuff in his mouth. i
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thought was the medication they were giving him to get him to eat. with dementia of course, it was difficult to put a pig in the there was no way to put a pig in the there was no way to get him to eat. that is what you believe killed him. we are being told that the government is investing money in dementia care, £50 million to make hospital and care homes more dementia friendly, 875,000 staff have undertaken awareness raising activities, costs signing up to dementia alliances in the dementia friendly hospital charter. the intention is there that you are saying it is not evidenced on the wards. and it's not supporting people living with dementia or the staff were really struggling. 0ne people living with dementia or the staff were really struggling. one of the things we feel strongly about is rather than this reactive approach at the nhs, the department of health and hospital trusts of being
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reactive and putting small interventions in place, they really need to have a wholesale culture change and really recognise that this is the main population. everything they do really has to be geared around that group. we can fit in to the schedule for them but they really need a schedule that works for them, the care is all delivered to support them. jackie, you have campaigned ever since george's death to prove things the dementia patients in hospitals. are you seeing improvement? not a great deal, to be honest. talking to friends, i am getting mixed feedback from them to them just being ignored, nobody is talking to them. it may be because staff don't have time that part of the fact that they can't do the dementia training. i
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have been on the cardiff dementia task force and we advocated that all staff, all front—line staff, from the port to the doctor, should have dementia training and they are not all going, partly because they can't all going, partly because they can't all be released because there is not enough staff to cover them and i've also been involved in a campaign, and it was competition. it was to prove a lot. they give are coming in and talking to us about it. here's philip with a look at this morning's weather. it's been absolutely glorious, philip. is it going to continue. ——? no is the short answer and we saw the breakdown last night. those showers and thunderstorms almost
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turneresque down here in devon. the mist and fog is bad first up. i don't think it's going to linger too long. there will be some pressure conditions moving in from the north—west. the showers that you see, these other thunderstorms overnight. what we are left with is a lull in proceedings. until this weather front comes to visit you. it is on the move. it will gradually, through the course of the day, move a little bit further towards the east but not in time to induce those pressure conditions. the messages have gotte n pressure conditions. the messages have gotten through to you now. it is going to be one of the warmest but we've experienced in the history of the london marathon. precautions do need to be taken. you can almost join the dots. tumbling its way
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towards the south—east but it doesn't stop in time to be a warm one. certainly a heavy shower following on behind. pressure conditions and no new ice age by any means at all. we will end up eventually with a frontal system, another set of fronts out the atla ntic another set of fronts out the atlantic and sandwiched between thoseis atlantic and sandwiched between those is that shot of pressure feeling weather which will manifest itself later today. the rain will still stick. another portion of the front coming through there. underneath clearing skies. a decent start to the new day on monday. a decent start to the new week. then we bring in the west of the feature. more cloud, more rain and a noticeable westerleigh,
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south—westerly breeze. we keep some sunshine in the east. having introduced that. that is the way it stays. it's much more like spring. that is where we should have been all along. the weather news will be of great significance to those taking part in the marathon. yesterday we saw how an off—duty police officer — who was wounded in the london bridge terror attack — was preparing for today's london marathon. charlie spent months in hospital recovering, but we're really pleased to say he joins us now from the starting line in greenwich. how are you feeling?” how are you feeling? i am feeling really relaxed. it's a lovely day out here so far. to be honest, i'm quite ready to go now, to be honest.
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it's the waiting around. it's often the difficult part. for people who are only catching up with your story, and i'm sorry to do this again. reminders they got caught up with that terrible incident in londonjust with that terrible incident in london just last year. we went out with a few friends after work. a fight going on. getting severely injured. let's laid out there. he was stabbed five times in the head, back, stomached and legs. you are
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running in support of king ‘s college. correct. fortunately, iwas stabbed in the stomach or the leg but the back in the head. it's tough but the back in the head. it's tough but they did such great work. it should have been a celebration. i hope you are going to make it easy for yourself. yes, i've made it as easy as possible. no fancy dress. good luck to the fire brigade. is there to be tough. it is a great
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day. the first time doing it. it's an amazing day. take it all in. don't worry about that time, just enjoy it. the blue skies going to get everybody out, just enjoy it. that is c taking part in the london marathon. he mentioned the firefighters. will hear from them that a bit later. coverage of the marathon starting here on bbc one at half past this morning. you're watching breakfast from bbc news, time now for a look at the newspapers. the reverend sally hitchiner is here to tell us what's caught her eye. he spotted something from the sunday telegraph. this is president trump
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and president macron and they have gotten and president macron and they have gotte n to and president macron and they have gotten to know each other very well. the dinner at the eiffel tower. a p pa re ntly the dinner at the eiffel tower. apparently the french president is heading to washington. there is a genuine concern about whether we are losing our special relationship. and whether it is being replaced by a special, pardon my french pronunciation. there is a genuine concern that macron has been working his gallic charm on trump, that macron is incredibly charismatic. he is more less my age but one of the most prolific world leaders. donald trump, leading a form of white house aide, says that trump has been totally charmed by him. macron will be addressing congress, which is an unusual privilege for a world leader
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on tuesday. trump regularly refers to his dinner in the eiffel tower we re to his dinner in the eiffel tower were with their wives and there is genuine concern and we are losing a place in america. but this is only one story in one paper select and see how this evolves. a little piece inside the sunday times. this is how, even tiny organisations are going to be protected from darter breaches. i run a small charity with about a thousand is online for the diverse church supporting lbgt people and we have had to overhaul all our data systems. it is happening across the board from the senior organisations like facebook and google as well is little allotment clubs. anyone keeping data on computers as to a comply and its going to mean almost as big a change
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of says —— safeguarding changes as we re of says —— safeguarding changes as were brought ten years ago. automatically, we factor all these things in. it's going to bejust as important as that. the sunday times, our top story, jeremy hunt, the health secretary, talking about social media. as with the previous story, the law and society trying to catch up with where the internet is. i feel like this is deflecting from other things that are going on at the moment. it's easy to people in the moment. it's easy to people in the baby boomer generation to get scared of social media. there are real concerns about the amount of time that adults are spending on social media. he uses phrases about being morally wong —— are wrong.
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using quite in our language —— using quite loud language pointy tube corporations like facebook. they need to work out our age regulations are more adhered to. the age regulations that he had to be 14 to join facebook. they need to make sure that is the case. things like cyber bullying, it doesn't seem to be touching some of the big issues. the effect of the amount of the news. up to the age of 25, it is absolutely huge. social media is so addictive. it changes the way our brains function. sally, come back
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and talk to us again. stories including who you should invite your wedding. wedding politics. fantastic. nick robinson stands in for andrew on the andrew marr show today. what do you have for us nick? good morning to you. that windrush scandal we have heard so much about. the government has offered compensation. they have said it's appalling, they have apologised as well. labour says it is not enough in the shadow foreign secretary will be joining in the shadow foreign secretary will bejoining the after in the shadow foreign secretary will be joining the afterjeremy corbyn said there was something rotten at the heart of government. when there has not been enough justice, the heart of government. when there has not been enoughjustice, she will be answered by thejustice secretary, the tory, david gauk. the
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poet david zephaniah. and diver tom daley back from australia, campaigning that commonwealth countries get rid of laws that make it illegal to be lbgt. and we hear from the actor nicola walker fresh from the actor nicola walker fresh from scoops with an exciting new role at the bbc. you're making me feel a bit overdressed. you're making me feel a bit overd ressed. very you're making me feel a bit overdressed. very rarely do i feel underdressed. somebody needs to maintain standards. headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with chris mason and rachel burden. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. ministers are considering introducing new laws to clamp down
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on social media companies which allow underage users to access their sites. in a letter, the health secretary jeremy hunt has given firms including facebookjust over a week to explain what they've done to enforce age limits, and tackle issues such as cyberbullying. police and security services will be given more powers by the government allowing them to disrupt potential terrorism plots earlier. the crackdown is aimed at targeting suspects before they have finalised plans, according to leaked documents seen by the sunday times. reviews of last year's attacks concluded information should be shared more widely, in response to a change in the threat from terrorism. the actor verne troyer, who starred in the austin powers films, has died at the age of 49. most famous for his mini—me role in the movies, he was also a stuntman and comedian. a message on his facebook page said the star had fought depression. in a statement his family said he was an "extremely caring individual" who wanted to make everyone smile, happy and laugh.
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a committee of mps has warned a failure to reach a deal with the eu over brexit could have a seismic impact on the uk's food and drink industry, which employs 400,000 people. the business select committee says britain should remain in a customs union with the eu. the government said there was a golden opportunity to secure ambitious free trade deals while supporting farmers and food and drink producers. one of the favourites to be the next first minister of wales has said he will seriously consider throwing his hat in the ring. mark dra keford, wales's finance secretary, said he would consult his family before making a final decision. it follows the announcement by the welsh labour leader carwynjones that he would stand down in the autumn. the queen celebrated her 92nd birthday with a concert at the royal albert hall last night. kylie minogue, tom jones, sting and shaggy were among the artists who performed at the event, and the prime minister
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and leaders of the commonwealth joined the royal family in the celebrations. would you all give her majesty three unbelievably rousing cheers on her birthday? hip, hip, hip! hooray! we're here on the bbc news channel until 9:00 this morning, and coming up in the next hour: it could be the hottest london marathon on record today. we'll catch up with some of the runners taking part. from sir tom jones to kylie, we'll bring you the latest from the queen's birthday party last night. all that to come on the bbc news channel. but this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one. will also try to get to the bottom of why prince charles used three hips in his cheerfor the queen. bye for now. thank you for staying with us. let's
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talk all things sport. do you know anything about this hips thing? it is the older generation perhaps, they have three hips and they modernised it and we have gone for two ? modernised it and we have gone for two? that is the best i have. i do think it is an old thing, i think it isa think it is an old thing, i think it is a posh thing. it has people talking! let's talk all things fa cup semifinals. 0ne yesterday, one today. yes, and i imagine there would be some celebrations in the united changing room. for tottenham, the great football they are playing under their manager, they haven't converted back into silverware. we
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will see who they face in the final with may 1980 and —— may 19. there may be a few hip, hips. a case of wanted records for united and unwanted ones for tottenham. david 0rnstein was at wembley. manchester united through to a record—equalling 20th fa cup final. jose mourinho once more getting it right on the big stage. his side had to do it the hard way as tottenham opened the scoring, christian eriksen supplying the perfect pass, dele alli with the finishing touch. this, the joy of a club desperate to end a run of seven consecutive fa cup semifinal defeats. they were in control but didn't capitalise, and when paul pogba crossed for alexis sanchez to dispatch a marvellous header, the contest was alive. only the width of a post prevented tottenham from regaining the lead, though after the break, united's competition pedigree told, ander herrera drilling them ahead and within touching distance of victory. spurs offered little in response
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and for all of their promise will again finish the season without silverware. united one win away from ending the campaign on a high. to end the season with the possibility to play at wembley, fa cup final, for — to close the season in — in english football, i think is a good achievement. it is something that the boys deserve. well, the celebrations of these fans says it all. they will be back here on may 19. and as tottenham's long wait for a trophy goes on, united remain in contention to add yet another to their collection. david 0rnstein, bbc news, wembley. a big win the manchester united and we will find out who they play later on. —— a big win there for manchester united and we will find
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out who they play later on. west bromwich albion could be relegated from the premier league this afternoon if swansea beat champions manchester city, despite their dramatic comeback against liverpool yesterday. look who scored again, for the 31st time in the league, mo salah — that equals the record for the most goals in a 38 game season. that put liverpool 2—0 up. albion staged a late fight—back throuthake livermore and salomon rondon. as far as excuses go for not winning, have you heard this one. klopp claims the pitch was too dry. it is football so we need good circumstances and if you play football, you need a normal pitch. if the pitch gets dryer and dryer, then it is not good for the football—playing side. that's it. so you think it should have been watered a bit more? i'm not sure if it should. it's only — it's like it is. 0bviously, each club can decide it like they want and now, if there is a promise to do, um, has to make the game more or have more possession next year in the championship but i'm pretty sure they have — the pitch will be watered. as one drops out, wolves prepare for their return. having secured promotion last weekend
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they wrapped up the title, beating bolton 4—0, moving 13 points clear of fulham in third and 12 clear of cardiff in second, who only have three games left. spare a thought for sunderland fans, relegated for the second season in a row after losing to burton. wigan have been promoted from league one. celtic could have sealed a seventh straight scottish title with victory over hibernian, but lost 2—1. substitute vykintas slivka scored their second late on and that proved to be the winning goal. celtic pull one back, but brendan rodger made to wait. they can claim the title a week today at home to their glasgow rivals rangers. carl frampton secured the wbo interim featherweight belt with a points win over former four—weight world champion nonito donaire in belfast. the victory means he looks certain this summer to fulfil his long—cherished ambition of an outdoor world title fight at windsor park in his native city. someone who wasn't hanging around was amir khan in his comeback fight.
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40 seconds it took him to beat phil lo greco in liverpool as he came out swinging from the start in his first fight just under two years. you can see how pleased he is to be back, and winning as well! leinster produced a knock out of their own, dumping the welsh side scarlets out of the champions cup 38—16 in their semifinal in dublin. yet to lose in the competition this season, they knocked out the holders saracens to reach the last four and their form continued as they ran in five tries. johnny sexton scoring 18 of leinster‘s points, rounding off his flawless kicking with their final try. great britain are one match away from securing promotion to the fed cup world group two afterjohanna konta beat naomi 0saka to give them a 2—1 lead overjapan. konta beat the in—form 0saka 6—3, 6—3, breaking twice in the first set and once in the second. heather watson will secure victory for britain if she defeats kurumi nara in today's second singles in miki. that match is under way now.
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watson lost the first set, though, after letting three set points slip by. it's 4—5 in that second set going with serve. if she does go on to lose, the best—of—5 tie will be decided by a doubles rubber later today. the defending champion mark selby was knocked out in the opening round of the world snooker championship in sheffield. the world number one mark selby said before the tournament he wanted to play ronnie 0'sullivan in the final. well, the joke was on ‘thejester from leicester‘ as he lost to world number 22 joe perry by 10 frames to four. if ronnie's to make the final, he's got work to do. up against stephen maguire, he lost the first four frames of the match. he trails by six frames to three going into today's session. ‘the rocket‘ is looking for a record sixth ranking title of the season. as we've been hearing, today's london marathon is expected to be the hottest on record with temperatures predicted to reach 23 celsius. but that's not the only
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record that could tumble — mo farah could beat the men's british marathon record which has stood for 33 years. 2 hours 7 minutes is the time to look out for. after a glittering track career, the four—time olympic champion says he won't be holding back. i have to give — just knowing myself, you know, i am — i haven't trained for nothing for the past three months, haven't been away overseas and not see my kids and it has been pretty difficult at times. and, um, i know all the work i've done, i'm going to go into it and give it the most and, um, we will see what happens. so you're going hard? you're going hard. i'm going hard! he is going hard and looking confident. the elite race for men and women is really intriguing this morning. i know that he is not expecting to win but for him it is about posting a decent time and possibly getting the british record.
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that is a possibility. the european record as well. if he beats the british record, two hours five is the one to look out for. and in the women, paula radcliffe's record set in 2003, that could also be broken today. anything is reliant on the conditions, it will be hot. thank you, john. i'm also intrigued about how many people dressed as a postbox or yogi bear. they may want to rethink that, given the temperature. kylie minogue, sting and sir tom jones all performed last night at the queen's 92nd birthday party. princes charles, william and harry were also there for the celebrations, as was our very own andy moore. # ..unusual to go out at any time. sir tom jones kicked off the show, backed by the sound of traditional indian drummers. # if you should ever want to be loved by anyone.
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# it's not unusual, it happens every day. zoe ball presented a night she described as the biggest party of the year. like any one of us on our birthday, the queen has booked her local hall. it is, of course, the stunning and historic royal albert hall. the performers came from across the commonwealth. kylie minogue from australia, shawn mendes from canada and from jamaica, shaggy. # bombastic, say me fantastic, # touch me in me back, she say i'm mr ro... there has been a really broad range of music at tonight's concert. not everything may have been to her majesty's taste but there have also been some her favourites. —— but there have also been some of her favourites. the queen is said to know the lyrics of all the george formby songs. a ukelele orchestra supported by some celebrity players paid tribute to him.
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# you should see them bill ‘n coo. # you'd be surprised at things they do. # when i'm cleanin' windows. prince harry was there with meghan markle. the wedding is over a month away. he spoke briefly. your majesty, if you don't mind me saying, you are not someone who it's easy to buy gifts for. many members of the royal family were at the event, along with the british prime minister and commonwealth heads of government. surrounded by performers, the queen came on stage at the end to a short rousing tribute from prince charles. would you all give her majesty three unbelievably rousing cheers on her birthday? hip, hip, hip... hooray! the queen is spending the day after her 92nd birthday at windsor castle, where she will officially start the london marathon 26 miles away in east london via satellite link. andy moore, bbc news. we had to apologise because you are
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now going to have the cleaning windows song rattling round your head. it is a great song but i don't know how i'm going to shift it. do you feel compelled to go and clean your windows? yesterday, i did look at one of our windows. the downside of the sun shining is that it shows that the new windows. actually, the son was born yesterday and we have the lightning instead in some parts of the country. never mind the weather. it could be that ed balls is the last bastions of variety entertainment in britain. there is your headline. never mind the weather which certainly rattled a few windows across a few parts of england and wales last night. another superb example from 0xfordshire. captured by one of our
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regular contributors. some mist and fog around. reported as being quite dense first up. today, a much fresher feel, eventually getting to all parts. the overnight thunderstorms moving away to the north sea. if this weather front out towards the west at the moment which will tumble its way down and across all parts of the british isles but it's going to take time and be quite significant. northern ireland, picking up on that. rather petering out as it comes into more southerly portions. the reason for its significance, it won't get to the marathon course in time to sort out the heat. a lot has been said and rightly so. this could be a record breaker. that heat, could in its own right, spawned one of two more sharp
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showers. you will know when the front has gone through. it will brighten the north of england. look at the difference, temperatures back into the teens which is where they should be to many parts of the british isles at this time of year. that weather front eventually completing its journey, too that weather front eventually completing itsjourney, too late that weather front eventually completing its journey, too late to the marathon runners. sandwiched between them, there is that few of blue which is indicative. both by day and by night. forget all about 14 degrees. that's the way it was last night. a decent start to the new day on monday. until we bring that more westerly feature back towards northern ireland, into the west of scotland. generally
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speaking, the further east you are, it's more likely you are going to stay that much brighter. look at the temperature regime. that is closer to what we would expect. that is the way it is going to stay in the next few days with low pressure pretty much the dominant feature. we keep it rather showery but not a write—off or very springlike. i think bill is the future of light entertainment. we'll be back with the headlines at 8:00. now it's time for click. with spencer away this week, i've been left drone alone. we are in andalusia, spain, where some important testing is going on which could be crucial
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to the way the global economy moves in the 21st century. why? well, last month, chinajoined an exclusive line—up of countries allowing drone deliveries. after its government gave the official go—ahead, the us is expected to follow suit within weeks. yes, after years of talk about everything from duvets to dog food making its way directly to you through the skies, it's starting to happen, whether you like it or not. this is just one drone that could be making one delivery. but in the not—too—distant future, our airspace could become a much busier place. the biggest internet shopping companies in the world have been talking about drone deliveries for some time and here, they are trying to find a way of making this possible safely.
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but first, dan simmons has been to california to meet the people behind what is expected to be the us's first commercial drone delivery service. blink and you'll miss it. travelling at 80 miles an hour with a range of 100 miles, the new zip drones are fast, and they stop even more suddenly. the on—boa rd navigation equipment brings the aircraft to within a metre of the landing rig, tripping the sensors which jolt the zip wire upwards to catch its tail hook, plucking it out of the sky. delivery is pretty sharpish, too — when the gps module confirms the aircraft is in position, a catch is released and the goods fall to earth. our goal is to be able to provide access to a wide range of medical
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products so fast that the patient doesn't actually even know it wasn't stocked at the hospital to begin with. the company says doctors in rural hospitals in the us would be able to send an order by text. the blood run would begin within two minutes. and if you think that is a stretch, zipline's already doing it here in rwanda, and soon in tanzania. this is nest 1, the site we first visited just outside kigali in 2016. while this base and its drones are monitored from california, on the ground, it is now exclusively run by rwandans, and the 18—month track record is impressive. zipline's team in rwanda has delivered over 7,000 units of blood, flying over 300,000 fully autonomous commercial kilometres. and then of those, about 1,100 are emergency deliveries, so a delivery where a patient is really relying with their life on receiving that product quickly. the team has been able to have a very big impact on the healthcare of a large number of people.
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what is happening now is that it is possible for states and cities to independently ask for permission to fly and present their own safety cases for how that can be done in a way that is safe for the people on the ground. the new model is a lot quieter than the previous one. in fact, in this rural environment, i can actually hear the birds singing to each other more loudly than the drone. and that would no doubt come as great comfort to anyone who is worried about the din of buzzing in the sky when drones start delivering for real. safety will be the highest priority. the zips operate between 40—100
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metres up and away from airports, so passenger planes won't be a problem. but what about the risk of drone—on—drone crashes? whenever any plane is able to detect any other plane anywhere in its vicinity, both of those planes will actually change their altitude in order to ensure that they are not on the same vertical plane as any other vehicle. to make sure they don't crash? that's right. that is governed by zipline's own air traffic control system, but what about other people's drones not on their radar? basically, the vehicle will have a sense—and—avoid system that will allow it to detect any other vehicles, anything that is, like you said, not in the zipline ecosystem, and make, if necessary, evasive manoeuvres. you said you are looking into that area. does the aircraft currently have...?
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no, there is no current sense—and—avoid system. so at the moment, zipline reports in to us and rwandan air traffic control — systems that are unlikely to be able to cope when more drones take to the sky. so far, though, they have had no crashes and should one lose positioning or comms, it flies straight back to base. in the coming weeks, maybe days, the us authorities are expected to hand out their first commercial drone delivery licenses. how many operators will follow largely depend on safety, need, and perhaps whether we prefer convenience over the buzz. hello and welcome to the week in tech. it was the week that google chrome blocked videos from auto—playing with sound. bitcoin's price volatility inspired a video game. and tesla again temporarily suspended production of its model 3 cars. it was also the week that ethics were put at the heart of future artificial intelligence developments by uk parliament report. "a! should never be given the power to hurt, destroy or deceive", it said. in europe, authorities want to force tech companies to hand over communications of terror suspects
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within hours of a court order, even if the data is held outside itsjurisdiction. and facebook‘s woes continue — a us court ruled the social media giant should face a class—action lawsuit. it's for allegedly identifying users with facial recognition software without their explicit consent. facebook started rolling out the feature to its european and canadian users this week, but at least asked for permission first. the sandy shores of eastern australia — a haven for sunshine, surfers, and occasionally... ..sharks. last year, there were 15 unprovoked attacks on australian coasts and just this week, two surfers were bitten by the fearsome predator.
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patrolling the gold coast since last summer, westpac little ripper drones have been surveilling for sharks and alerting lifeguards and swimmers. they work with a custom piece of artificial intelligence software called the sharkspotter, which is scarily effective. we have more than 90% accuracy with sharks. a trained human operator flying on a helicopter has accuracy around 20—30%. 90% accuracy! the programme uses object recognition to identify and decipher between people and marine life, and it gets smarter as it goes. once a shark is detected, the drone hovers near swimmers and warns them via an on board loudspeaker that it's nearby. huge swells and the waves means that sending outjet skis or human divers is really too dangerous, and pretty much pointless. but having an eye in the sky can really help. when you have the bird's eye view, you can easily identify and tell
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the difference between sharks, dolphins, manta rays, turtles, but also, it has been really good for search and rescues where a drone can find a patient, especially in high seas, high swell, it can tell you exactly where the patient is and probably the best way to get them back to shore as well. earlier this year, the world's first drone rescue was successfully completed by one of their fleet. took off, flew down the beach about 800 metres, found the kids, deployed the pod to them. they grabbed it straight away. took about 70 seconds from take—off till they had the pod in their hands. and then that helped wash them in — they couldn't swim in on their own, they were in a bit of trouble. they were pretty lucky we were there that day. to pull off this feat, the drones are equipped with a neat little package.
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so underneath here, there is a little mechanical arm which is carrying this payload, and when it is time to be deployed, a switch is flicked, this drops down and upon impact with the water, it rapidly inflates. it is enough to carry four people for 24 hours. but the idea isn't to replace human lifeguards. no, it is like another bit of equipment for us. for example, ourjet skis, you know, people were a bit worried aboutjet skis, then maybe we might have to less lifeguards because we have a jet ski now, but you learn to use them in the correct way and the correct conditions, so in no way it's going to replace people, in no way is it going to replace helicopter rescues. it's just another bit of equipment we can use to save someone's life, potentially. it's not all rosy, though — these are aircraft working near water and people. recently, one of their drones malfunctioned and had to do a crash—landing in byron bay.
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they patrol hourly for less than 30 minutes, so they're only watching half the time. and, of course, there is the weather — high winds or rain means no flying for little ripper. 0ther waterborne solutions exist, such as the static clever buoy by smart marine systems. it uses sonar to detect distinctive shark movements and sends a text message to guards to raise the alarm. it comes with underwater stereo cameras, too, which verify the findings. the kit is being used in a $60 million government project to mitigate shark attacks. but will these high—tech solutions ever really take off? dr sharma is now training the kit to identify signs of swimmer distress, meaning lifeguards could get to the scene before there's a chance of drowning. right now at least, it can help us swim... ..with a little less worry. nick kwek there, working as hard as ever. that's it for the short version of click. the full version can be found on the bbc iplayer. spencer will be back next week. in the meantime, you can find us on facebook and twitter. but from spain, it's adios.
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