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insisting on the this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 11. the duchess of cambridge is admitted to hospital — kensington palace says she's in the ‘early stages of labour‘. during may and a few hundred other members of the breast outside the hospital as we wait for the birth of the new prince or princess who will be fifth in line for the throne. the government insists it will leave the eu's custom union after brexit — ahead of a symbolic vote on the issue this week. facebook is taken to court by consumer campaigner martin lewis — he claims they published scam adverts bearing his name. the last surviving suspect in the 2015 paris islamist attacks is jailed for 20 years — after being found guilty of attempted murder in a separate incident. also this hour — a girl's best friend. a deaf and partially blind dog keeps a three—year—old girl safe after she wanders off into the australian bush.
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the child had been out in the elements all night with the only company a blind, elderly dog so it was a positive outcome. company a blind, elderly dog so it was a positive outcome. good morning. it's 23 april. welcome to bbc newsroom live the duchess of cambridge has been admitted to hospital after going into labour with her third child. the duchess was taken to the lindo wing of st mary's hospital in paddington where her other two children, george and charlotte were also born. the baby prince or princess will be fifth in line to the throne. our royal correspondent, sarah campbell is outside st mary's hospital, in central london. what can you tell us? good morning.
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we await the news that this royal princess or princess has been born. the official notice came through from kensington palace this morning, saying she had been admitted to hospital in the early stages of labour. the statement said the duchess travel by car from kensington palace to lindo wing, a private wing, and she travelled with the duke. prince george was born on the duke. prince george was born on the 23rd ofjuly act in 2013. the labour took 10.5 hours. princess charlotte was born on the 2nd of may and howard birth to 2.5 hours. make of that what you will. this is baby number three and labour can take as long or short as it does. there are
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hundreds of members of the press from around the world here who are awaiting the news of this birth because no doubt, as with princess charlotte and prince george, this new baby will be one of the world's talked about children. obviously the betting is evolution over names but we do not know the sex of the child because the royal family decided not to know. exactly. we do not know the sex of their baby. alice has been a key favourites. lots of people walking around, the road is not closed here. arthur is one of the other big names, maybe if it is a girl, albert if it is a boy. lots of baiting going on whether it will be a boy orgirl. baiting going on whether it will be a boy or girl. even money. the odds are a boy or girl. even money. the odds a re pretty a boy or girl. even money. the odds are pretty much even. i cannot certainly i have any inside
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information because i have not. we have to wait for the tweet from kensington palace. in royal tradition, the announcement will be placed in the forecourt of buckingham palace. we know that the duchess of cambridge has suffered from morning sickness or pregnancies but we do not know because they keep tight—lipped about labour, natural birth or cesarean and so on? yes, they do not want a running commentary on the health of the duchess. all three pregnancies had to be announced early because she has had to pull out of engagements. it is traditional people wait until the 12th week point to tell people. in all three pregnancies, she missed a couple of engagements in early september which forced the announcement that once again she was
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pregnant and she suffered from severe morning sickness. the most significant event she missed in september was prince george's first day of primary school, which gives an indication of how serious that severe morning sickness has been. she was back out on engagements by 0ctober. she had a busy pregnancy, they had engagements most weeks. she travelled to norway and sweden. her last public engagement was on the 22nd of march. there have been a couple of sightings of her out and about, not least over easter but we have not seen as much over the last five weeks. the maternity period now finished, we know she is in labour so finished, we know she is in labour so the next time we see her will no doubt be on the steps here of the lindo wing, the birthplace of so many royal children and the siting of the new prince or princess. thank
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you very much for that and we wish the duchess all the best, and every other woman across the country who is in labour it this morning. the government has restated its commitment to leaving the eu's custom union — ahead of a symbolic vote on the issue this week. the customs union is an agreement by all eu countries to apply the same taxes on imports to goods from outside the union. chris morris explains why this is important. this is the bmw factory in oxford where they make the mini. its components cross the eu borders multiple times. a crankshaft cast in france crosses to plant in warwickshire be finished. it then goes back to austria to be built into an engine which then comes back to oxford to be put in a completed car. half the car is built in oxford and then it is exported back to the eu but it is all tariff free. but the government argues that the problem with the customs union is you cannot negotiate during trade deals around the world, a key part of taking back control. it is true you are constrained
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you cannot alter tariffs on goods. but you can still do deals on services and on harmonising regulations that other countries. to get more on this i'm joined from westminster by our assistant political editor norman smith. how politically torrid is it for the government this week? it is a huge issue because leaving the customs union has become central to the brexit strategy of theresa may. without it, it is argued britain will not be able to forge its own trade deal. if we cannot do that, in the eyes of brexiteers, you lose half the point of brexit. it is fundamentalfor half the point of brexit. it is fundamental for theresa may. but half the point of brexit. it is fundamentalfor theresa may. but we know she is under huge pressure. 0ther know she is under huge pressure. other plans have been dismissed as unworkable. the house of lords has voted against the idea and now we have mps beginning to ship —— shape
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up have mps beginning to ship —— shape up to try and defeat the prime minister on this issue. this is the first sign of how much trouble she is likely to face on our own backbenches and whether that can threaten to defeat but when we get to crunch votes on this issue next month. if she were defeated, that would be a fundamental body blow to brexit strategy. theresa may's position has been very clear. she has said that we are not going to be part of the customs union or any customs union and that position has not changed. downing street have been very clear about that this morning. so that is not the next compromise? correct. that is jeremy hunt that isjeremy hunt standing next that is jeremy hunt standing next to leave's health spokesman. he is the latest government minister to insist there will be need —— now give on this issue, they are determined to press on with their plans to leave the customs union. some tory brexiteers fee they have been
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reassured that if it came to it, theresa may would be prepared to make this a vote of confidence. at the moment there for a brexiteers are reassured that despite suggestions theresa may is wobbling on issues, they are confident she will stick to her commitment to leave the customs union. thank you. a body recovered from the river elbe in hamburg is that of missing scot liam colgan, according to the lucie blackman trust which helps the families of people missing abroad. the 29—year—old from inverness was attending his brother's stag do in the german city when he disappeared on the 10th of february. whilst formal identification is yet to be carried out, mr colgan's driving licence is said to have been found in the pocket of the jacket, and the clothes were those he was wearing the night he disappeared. prince harry and his fiance meghan markle are to attend a memorial service later to celebrate the life of the murdered teenager stephen lawrence. the service, which marks 25 years since the murder, is being held at the central london
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church of st martin—in—the—fields. stephen was fatally stabbed in a racially motivated attack in eltham, south—east london, in 1993. tsb has apologised after customers complained about problems with their online banking over the weekend. the bank was carrying out maintenance work to its online system that was due to end yesterday evening. but customers were still struggling to log on last night, with some even reporting seeing other people's account details on their app. tsb say fixing the issue is a priority. a 70—year—old woman has been named as one of the four britons killed in a coach crash in saudi arabia. raj begum hussain, from blackburn, had been on a pilgrimage from the islamic holy sites of mecca to medina when the coach she was travelling on collided with a fuel tanker. twelve other passengers were also injured. the founder of the money saving expert website
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is suing facebook over claims the site published fake posts using his name and photo. martin lewis launches his case at the high court today — he says he wants the social media giant to change the way it operates. ben ando reports. these are just a few of the 50 or so facebook ads that money saving expert founder martin lewis says nothing to do with him. facebook, he claims, isn't doing enough to stop bogus ads and people who trust his name are being ripped off, so he's suing for defamation and is promising to give any damages to anti—scamming charities. facebook‘s free because of ads. it's said. but mr lewis isn't convinced. i have reported it time and time again over the last year, i put them on notice that i don't do ads,
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so any advert with my name and face in is fake, stop running them, and it does nothing. it's been a tough few weeks for facebook and its founder, mark zuckerberg, over concerns about its use of personal data. martin lewis is hoping his legal challenge will make facebook face up to issues around misleading ads. ben ando, bbc news. the last surviving suspect in the 2015 paris islamist attacks has been sentenced to 20 years in jail after being found guilty of attempted murder in a separate incident. three officers were injured in a shootout as they tried to arrest salah abdeslam in 2016, four months after the paris attacks which left 130 people dead. live to our correspondent gavin lee who is in brussels. this is quite an important timeline because the verdict relates to
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something after the paris murders? yes, four months after the paris attacks salah abdeslam was one of ten suspected attackers in the attacks which killed 130 people at their football attacks which killed 130 people at theirfootball stadium, attacks which killed 130 people at their football stadium, restaurant and the bataclan theatre. salah abdeslam is the sole surviving fastback and europe's most wanted man. he has been confined in solitary outside paris. we think his trial is still two years away. this trial, belgian police got a tip—off that in a suspected hideout, neighbours in a suburb of brussels thought there could be some activity. as police officers approached, they were hit by sustained fire from three men inside. salah abdeslam fled on the roof with another man, sofien ayari.
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both men were found guilty of attempting to kill belgian police officers, with possessions of firearms, a kalashnikov was used, and be part of a terrorist organisation. they have been given 20 years in prison. salah abdeslam did not come to court today. his lawyer said he refused to acknowledge the court is the process was anti—muslim. he is still in prison and the belgian authorities will coordinate with their french cou nterpa rts will coordinate with their french counterparts how he will serve his sentence. the main paris trial is still to come. presumably, the majority of that very long sentence asa majority of that very long sentence as a result of today's verdict, will be served in france in the end?|j think be served in france in the end?” think was likely. this is one part ofa think was likely. this is one part of a much wider investigation, linking the paris attacks to this attempted linking the paris attacks to this attem pted ca ptu re linking the paris attacks to this attempted capture and the attempted murder. also three days after the
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final capture in march 2016, three days later was the brussels attack when 32 people were killed, the explosions at the airport and the tube station. this is thought to be pa rt tube station. this is thought to be part of the wider terrorist cell which were involved in the paris attacks. another notable individual who was killed in the police raids at this hideout here in brussels was the man who is believed to be the whole coordinator of the paris attacks. this gives a glimpse of the wider cell and the information will be passed onto the paris authorities ahead of the trial. thank you. the headlines on bbc newsroom live. the duchess of cambridge has been admitted to hospital — kensington palace say she‘s in the ‘early stages of labour‘. the government insists the uk will leave the eu‘s custom union after brexit — ahead of a symbolic vote on the issue this week the founder of moneysavingexpert. com is to take facebook to court — claiming the site published scam
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adverts bearing his name. in sport, mohammed salah says he has a point to prove in english football after winning the professional footballers‘ association player of the year awards after a previous u nsuccessful stint the year awards after a previous unsuccessful stint at chelsea. he scored 41 goals at liverpool this season. scored 41 goals at liverpool this season. pep guardiola says manchester city are now changing —— chasing records after they celebrated their premier league title with a 5—0 win over swansea. the five points short of the premier league record. masters champion, mark allen has the lead, eight frames to four in the first round of the world snooker championship. i will be back with more of those stories just after 1130. ministers have allocated
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£6 million in funding to help children with alcoholic parents get support and advice. the measures include fast access to mental health services, and help for children and families where there is a dependent drinker. simon browning has the details. the number of children needing support because of parental alcohol abuse at home is rising. the nspcc says it has seen a 30% increase in the number of calls about the welfare of children living in alcohol dependent homes, and one child calls every hour asking for help. it impacts on their education, their self—esteem, they have eating disorders often, that‘s a frequency, and they also have relationship difficulties as well. so it has long—term emotional as well as physical impacts on children. it‘s an issue that lies close to the heart of labour shadow health secretary, jon ashworth. from the age of eight or so, going to my dad‘s at the weekend,
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i was effectively the carer. it would be very typical for my dad to pick me up from school, literally fall over because he was so drunk. it was this powerful statement that led to the start of political opponents joining force on the issue. this morning, the government, with labour‘s support, are announcing a package of new measures worth £6 million. it‘s hoped the money will see faster access to mental health services and better support for children and their families where there‘s a dependent drinker. but, with an estimated 200,000 children needing support, the government will only fund eight local authorities in england as the project gets under way. simon browning, bbc news. for more on this, let‘s talk to the labour mp liam byrne. he lost his father following a struggle with alcohol and chairs the all party group on children of alcoholics. he joins us by webcam from the council of europe in strasbourg. thank you forjoining us. thank you
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for talking about such a difficult issue and one close to your own life. yes, this has been a long struggle for any of the last couple of years when i lost my dad to alcohol just before of years when i lost my dad to alcoholjust before the last election. that is when i brought the first debate to parliament and from that a number of us realised we were all in the same boat. there are a lot of children of alcoholics who work in parliament. wejoined forces to try and do something about it along with the national association which has been campaigning for this for the last 20 years. if we‘re going to break the cycle of this terrible disease, we have to break the silence. since then we have published research, undertaking analysis, look to the science behind this and today we had the first £6
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million which was a breakthrough. let us talk about breaking the silence. 20 years of campaigning but in parliament, these are articulate and noisy people but only two years ago you got activated. how is it possible to break the silence? two things really. if you are a child, you feel you have to keep this a secret. it is a family secret that you cannot talk about. you worry you might get taken into care. you worry about shaming your appearance. you are desperately trying to fix this yourself. you are beating yourself up yourself. you are beating yourself upfor yourself. you are beating yourself up for not being able to sort it but it stays within the family. as you get older, the challenge is that it is not their problem, it belongs to
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their appearance or someone else so for me the challenge was, and i dishonouring my dad by talking about it? it was my local priest who gave me the confidence to talk about it when you said you are not honouring your father or when you said you are not honouring yourfather or his memory by when you said you are not honouring your father or his memory by talking about this. —— said you are not not honouring your father. i started this campaign to honour the boy who became the man who became my dad. this campaign to honour the boy who became the man who became my dadm is really interesting and important, tell me if i am wrong, that she only started talking about after the death of your father? in fact it was after the nikki campbell show. i was on the issue with a doctor. —— the show. the doctor said how long had i
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have been supporting my dad and i said about 30 years. she did a double—take, said about 30 years. she did a double—ta ke, that is said about 30 years. she did a double—take, that is like a lifetime. that is when i realised, you carry the load inside you for yea rs you carry the load inside you for years and years. you do not realise the damage that it has done to you. ido the damage that it has done to you. i do not think i would have had the confidence or the ability to talk out about it. i know loads of people who are in a similar situation. sometimes even when the parent has died, people do not talk about it because brothers and sisters do not ee, because brothers and sisters do not agree, they are worried about the stigma of shame. if we try and explain that alcoholism is basically a disease and people are trying to self medicated through some sort of trauma buried in their own lives, if we can normalise it in this way then
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we can normalise it in this way then we will make progress. we have a slogan, which is to normalise the... this is what we have been doing in parliament, getting celebrities to talk about it, getting children involved, as king people to read the ma nifesto involved, as king people to read the manifesto and get people together in something of a movement. let us hope the funding announced today will help as well. thank you very much for joining help as well. thank you very much forjoining us. thank you. let us look at some international news. the former bosnian serb leader radovan karadzic is launching an appeal against his conviction for genocide and crimes against humanity. a un tribunal sentenced him to a0 years‘ jail in 2016. a judgment is expected by the end of this year. the former psychiatrist has listed fifty grounds for appeal. anna holligan is at the hague for us. it isa it is a very complex case. hugely
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complex, he was found guilty of the worst crimes against humanity, genocide in srebrenica. the massacre of muslim men and boys who were separated from their wives and mothers —— mothers and slaughtered. their bodies buried in mass graves. so extensive that remains are still being dug up today. this three—year siege on the bosnian capital sarajevo, a campaign of snipers and shelling which left more than 10,000 civilians dead so this morning we have been in court sitting alongside some of the mothers of the slaughtered who every now and then voice their objections to his presence here. he had been sitting and listening as the legal team set out their arguments. they said radovan karadzic is a victim who did not get a fair trial. there was a
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presumption of guilt based on influence rather than evidence. they claim that actually it was profoundly wrong he was forced to choose between representing himself which he had been doing or giving testimony in court. that is the basis of their arguments. 50 grounds for appeal. the prosecution are also appealing. they are appealing on the grounds they think the judges did not go far enough the first time round, so they want a a0 year sentence increased to life behind bars. this will obviously mean reliving the agony for some of the families of those who died or disappeared? we think about this is history and it was a long time ago but not for the people still living who are still searching for the bodies of the dead. there is still 10,000 people missing in this region. the reason this trial is so
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significant is because radovan karadzic is the most senior politician to be sentenced by this court. that matters for two reasons, firstly it shows what happened in bosnia was not by chance. this was a deliberate campaign of ethnic cleansing, designed to permanently remove the muslim population from this territory that the bosnian serbs wanted to transform into a greater serbian republic. it also matters because it shows this is not just about small fish, the military commanders who had their fingers on the triggers, these international tribunals can end —— can bring the most powerful to account although it has taken decades. radovan karadzic was a fugitive for 13 years. he was hiding and working undercover as a spiritual healer. to delay is sitting in court and listening and the mothers is srebrenica are
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watching. they believe this is the only vehicle to achieve truth and eventually they hope justice. thank you for that. police in the us state of tennessee have appealed for help tracking down a naked gunman who shot dead four people at a waffle house outside nashville. authorities are warning the suspect may still have access to weapons. lebo diseko reports. a family restaurant now the scene of a crime after a naked gunman opened fire with a semi—automatic rifle. the suspect arrived in a pick—up truck and shot two people outside. he then went inside, opened fire and killed at least two more. he got out with an assault rifle, wearing only a jacket, nothing from the waist down. really just craziness. he shot a customer who was about to go in the door, and then he shot my friend, who was trying to get away on the sidewalk. this is the gun the attacker used to kill at least four people, only stopping when it was wrestled from him by a customer.
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i don‘t want people to think that i was the terminator or superman, or anybody like that, to just... it was just... i figured, if i was going to die, he was going to have to work for it. a man—hunt is now underway after the shooter managed to escape. he took off his jacket as he left the scene and may now be completely nude. authorities are looking for travis reinking. it‘s thought he may also be armed with two more guns. the advice from police as their search continues, keep your doors locked, your eyes open. if you see reinking or a nude guy walking around, call the police department immediately. lebo diseko, bbc news. some breaking news from the london marathon which took place yesterday.
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in record temperatures. the organisers confirmed the death of a participant, matt campbell, 25 years old and a professional chef from the la ke old and a professional chef from the lake district who they say collapsed at the two bat 22 mile mark and although receiving immediate medical treatment at the scene died later at hospital. he had featured in masterchef last year. he was running for a charity trust and in memory of this father who died in the summer of 2016. so sad news there from the london marathon organisers, confirming the death of one of the runners yesterday in that race run in record temperatures. going back to international stories dot—mac south korea is to stop its propaganda broadcasts at the border with north korea. the demilitarised zone between the two countries is usually
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filled with the sound of k—pop music or south korean news broadcasts which echo over the border. in return, north korea also blasts its propaganda over loudspeakers. the news comes just days before a planned summit between the two leaders, moon jae—in and kim jong—un. for his good work in keeping this little girl says police have named him and murray police dog. the girl ‘s family they are relieved to have them both back safely. it wasn't a situation where we could go home and sleep knowing she was out here. i thought i can't sleep until i get it and we walked until we found her.- three years old i would imagine the child would be very scared through the night. you can only hope that the night. you can only hope that the dog was good company for the child and they kept each other warm. let‘s take a look at the weather forecast now with simon king. the weather this week is very different to last week. we have lost
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the temperatures above the 20s and we‘re not going to get 20 degrees this week. this morning we started off with a bit of sunshine in the north east of scotland but that is disappeared. we have clouds moving up disappeared. we have clouds moving up from the west. some cloud and showers towards western scotland in particular. maximum temperatures of around 11 to 1a degrees and we may reach 16 or 17 degrees in the south—east. through this evening, clear spells on the odd shower across scotland. the northern part of the uk, temperatures will get down to single figures but further south, ten or 11 celsius into tuesday morning. for the rest of the week it‘s much fresher than it has been. we will see the typical april mixture of sunshine and showers. our latest headlines: a royal arrival — the duchess
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of cambridge is admitted to hospital in what kensington palace have described as the ‘early stages of labour‘. the government insists it will leave the eu‘s custom union after brexit ahead of a symbolic vote on the issue this week the founder of money saving expert. com takes facebook to court,claiming the site published scam adverts bearing his name. the last surviving suspect in the 2015 paris islamist attacks is jailed for 20 years after being found guilty of attempted murder in a separate incident. let‘s get the sport now. mohamed salah says he had a point to prove an english but all winning the pfa foot was association player of the year award after a previous u nsuccessful stint year award after a previous unsuccessful stint that chelsea. the egyptian international returns to the premier league to score a1 goals
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liverpool in all competitions so far this season. 31 of them have come in the premier league, equalling the record for a 38 game season.” didn't have my chance at chelsea. it was clear in my mind that i wanted to go back to the premier league and show everyone my football. i am very happy about it and i am happy for my team— mates happy about it and i am happy for my team—mates for happy about it and i am happy for my team— mates for what we're happy about it and i am happy for my team—mates for what we're doing in the premier league and the champions league. striker frank irby won the women‘s player of the world award. she was one of five players from league leaders chelsea to be shortlisted. she scored 22 goals in all competitions this season. it's very humbling for me. i have to say a massive thank you to everyone who voted for me. it's great people don't mind me scoring against them once in awhile! and happy to win the award and thank you to my team—mates. coming back of a
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long—term injury, the main thing for me was to play as much as i could and happily i've done that. obviously i want to win as much as i can with chelsea and england. pep guardiola says manchester city and now chasing records after they celebrated their premier league title of a 5—0 win over swansea. manchester city were given a guard of honour with celebrations at full—time. the win takes them to 90 points, five short of chelsea‘s premier league record. they can also finish with the most number of wins and goals scored in the season. we will try and finish high and play the way we have played all season. if we are improving it will be good for next season. every game is a good test. former arsenal vice—chairman david dein says arsene
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wenger will go down in history as the greatest arsenal manager ever. the frenchman announced last week he would step down at the end of the season after almost 22 years in charge. some fans have turned against them in recent years that his team has studied his farewell in the perfect waiver by beating west ham a—1. the perfect waiver by beating west ham 4-1. for one man to stay in a job in modern football is quite exceptional. you just have to hope the new guy coming in will be able to inherit his values for the club which have been extraordinary. and you have to be successful. the only advice i can give him is get a winning team. after the shock of losing to world champion mark selby in the first round, the world championships continues this
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afternoon with mark allen in action. he is on the verge of reaching the second round. starting with a 6—3 lead, he has taken three of the four frames into the mid—session interval against liam highfield to lead 9—a. that is live on bbc two but here are live pictures of the 2013 finalists barry hawkins who is taking on stuart carrington at the moment. here‘s leading to— one. you can follow all the latest at the bbc sport website. that is all the sport for now. i will have more in the next hour. from the scottish referendum and brexit, to the election of president trump in america, it can feel like we‘re living in an increasingly divided world with strong opinions splitting families and friends. a new survey for the bbc, carried out across 27 countries, has found that people in the uk feel
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more divided than most, and that things are getting worse. so what is the solution? john maguire has been to bristol to see how one supper club is helping to bring the city together. they‘re little wheat balls, semolina balls, that are stuffed. there's basmati rice, chickpeas, quite a lot of chilies. cooking doesn‘t get any more diverse than this. there are dishes at this pop—up cafe tonight from around the globe, including cameroon, kurdistan and peru, and here too are the people who cook them. kalpna woolf set this up three years ago. 91 refers to the number of languages spoken here in bristol. we are similar in so many ways. we‘re all human beings, but we know we do have differences. the differences may be in the way we eat, may be in the way we pray, but actually, we‘re all human beings. we have that common humanity, and that is why we use food,
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because food is such a commonality, it‘s a common experience. the food is a way to start conversations. this is a place where people actually ask you about your background, and they are interested. through your food, you share your stories, your experiences, you meet other people. so what are attitudes to division between people like around the world? the bbc commissioned a survey of 27 countries which found that 75% think their society is divided. in the uk, that number is even higher, at 85%. is division getting worse? internationally, 59% said yes, and at home it is higher again. 7a% thought we were more divided as a society now than ten years ago. there is a big variation in what people say divides them. half the countries say that the most divisive thing within their country is politics.
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that‘s far from the only issue. there are lots of other issues that divide people. so in russia and china, it‘s about the division between rich and poor. in western europe, much of western europe, including britain, it‘s about immigration and religion. the government says... dame louise casey wrote a report on integration, and says the government needs to do far more. well, one of the first things we could do is make sure that every single person of working and school age in this country can speak the same language, and i would literally flood the country with english language classes overnight. that‘s one of the most key things. it would heal this division so clearly, so quickly. it‘s really time for every kid in this country to mix with someone that‘s different to them. and that includes people in eton, who will never meet someone who has been to a comprehensive. it‘s about time that they did. the same way i would take kids out
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of tough comprehensives in the north—east, and give them some light and some difference, so they could have different aspirations. these are widespread, even global, issues and concern race, religion, age and wealth. history can also cast its shadow. but here, over indian, sudanese and somali food, individuals are coming together and trying to sow the seeds of tolerance, understanding, and ultimately change. bobby duffy is the managing director of the ipsos mori social research institute. you did this research, tell us what was most interesting and surprising for you. the overall headline is three quarters of people around these 27 countries think their society is divided and its quite a grubbing statistic on its own. the
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sense of changes well, six in ten people figured getting worse and then when you look particularly at western europe it‘s the western european countries that are highest up european countries that are highest up that list. three quarters of people they say their country is getting more divided over time. this is not an attempt to measure reality. it‘s not as if you did this ten yea rs reality. it‘s not as if you did this ten years ago and you are measuring para meters ten years ago and you are measuring parameters of division. you are just measuring the perceptions of it. yes. it‘s also a view of the past. we‘re getting people to compare what they think now with the past. people focus on the negative in the current and forget how bad the past was. we a lwa ys and forget how bad the past was. we always things things are getting worse. and also the range of issues. i was interested to see that only just 50% of british people think they are tolerant. it‘s our national
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virtue. i was surprised not more people thought they were tolerant now. britain does not do too bad at all when you compare to other countries but when you ask people about what our national values are, tolerance will, time and time again. people have been questioned about how tolerant we are. the most important issue around the world is politics and we take that out but they also take out immigration, religion and ethnicity. two other countries not? every country has its key issues. in russia and china it‘s very clearly about the divide between rich and poor. in france it‘s much more about religion. in argentina much more about politics.
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we have got a widespread of issues with we see there are divisions. so we heard in that report people talking about ways to deal with this light integration people having experience across divides. and language. i don‘t know if that is anything that comes up in the survey in terms of solutions. the absolutely vital pointers there is a lot of hope the survey, it‘s not all doom and gloom. two thirds of people think we have more in common around the world than divides us. only 1a% of people think more mixing between different groups causes conflict. much larger proportions say that type of mixing leads the michu understanding and respect. this is not people saying we have these divisions and we can cut across them. it‘s about crossing these divides. the french president emmanuel macron
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says he hopes to persuade president trump not to pull out of the iran nuclear deal. syria and other international concerns are expected to be at the top of the agenda as president macron begins a three—day visit to washington this week. he‘s the first world leader to be afforded the honour of a full state visit by the trump white house. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour, but first, the headlines on bbc newsroom live: the duchess of cambridge has been admitted to hospital. kensington palace say she‘s in the ‘early stages of labour‘. the government insists it will leave the eu‘s custom union after brexit ahead of a symbolic vote on the issue this week the founder of money saving expert.com is to take facebook to court, claiming the site published scam adverts bearing his name. hello. good morning.
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outsourcing firm capita has reported a massive loss for the year. the group, which operates the london congestion charge, collects the bbc licence fee and provides an electronic tagging service for the ministry ofjustice, has announced a £513 million annual loss. it‘s also set out plans to revive its indebted business by raising £701m through a rights issue to fund a reorganisation. tsb customers have reported problems with their online banking after weekend upgrades to the company‘s systems. the bank warned its users that it was carrying out upgrades between 16:00 bst on friday and 18:00 on sunday. but a number of customers reported they were still facing problems on monday morning. one customer was credited with £13,000 he didn‘t have, and could see details of someone else‘s account. tsb apologised and said it has now fixed the issue. the number of zero hour contracts in the uk labour market rose last year. according to the office
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for national statistics, there were 1.8 million contracts that did not guarantee a minimum number of hours in the year to november 2017, that‘s 100,000 more than the previous year. the ons says the data has been affected by the survey changing from voluntary to compulsory over that same period. more on the story on zero hour contracts. the office for national statistics has reported an increase in the number ofjobs with zero hour contracts, though the figures coincide with the move from a voluntary to a compulsory survey. the agency also reported that the number of people employed on such contracts in their main job in the three months to december 2017 was 901,000, around 2.8% of all people in employment. joining us now is stephen clarke, senior economic analyst at the resolution foundation. these figures are pretty confusing
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because there are different ways of looking at it but fundamentally what i get from the figures is on one measure we have seen the number of, but that is not a lot of change in the number of people and zero—hours contracts. that's basically the picture. there are two surveys saying roughly the same thing which is the number of people on zero—hours contract is about the same as it was last year. a few yea rs same as it was last year. a few years ago it was rising quite a lot. wide was it, i remember headlines about zero—hours contracts and people affected, why was that happening then and why has that growth been curbed ? happening then and why has that growth been curbed? two main reasons. the most important reason is the economy has improved a lot and the labour market is tight and we have low unemployment so people have that more choice in the job they take up. they have more power when they negotiate with their employer. the second reason is there
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has been bad publicity around these contracts so quite a few— —— high—profile firms have offered staff read the contract. despite all the bad publicity and the improvement in the economy there are a lot of people who are in these contracts. who are the main people within the workforce that are affected by this? of the million or so people on zero—hours contracts most of them are younger people and actually the other group is the older workers. it people at the beginning of the end of their careers. the other interesting is the sectoral breakdown. a lot of people in social care on these contracts. far fewer in people in social care on these contracts. farfewer in banking and finance and so on. what is the government need to do to help these groups in terms of providing them
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guaranteed hours? we have called for a right for someone who is doing regular hours and zero—hours contract and if they have been doing that for three months they should have the right to be put on red blood contract which reflects the hours they have been doing on a regular basis. it would allow businesses to use three out —— zero—hours contracts for students or people doing work for a short amount of time but after three months people should have a right to the red blood contract. the bank of england is likely to raise interest rates twice this year and twice in 2019, despite a sluggish economy. that‘s according to forecasters the fy item club. bank governor mark carney has said a rate rise is "likely" this year, but any increases will be gradual. what colour is your car? well, it‘s more likely to be silver than anything else. according to dvla data
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obtained by rac insurance, that‘s the colour of more than one in five uk cars. but there are signs that its appeal is waning. some 6.6 million cars were silver in the third quarter of last year, down 3% compared with the first three months of 2016. stocks have fallen today at the start of what is a busy week for equities. banking stocks will be the main focus as a lot of the big names update us on first quarter profits. the outsourcing giant, capita, has recorded a loss before tax of more than five hundred million pounds. that‘s all the business news. a professional chef —— who featured in masterchef
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the professionals last year has died after running at the london marathon. 29 year old matt campbell collapsed at the 22.5 mile mark —— and despite receiving immediate medical treatment —— he later died in hospital. his family today paid tribute to an inspirational son and brother who was a keen marathon runner and had earlier this month completed the manchester marathon in under three hours. the london marathon organisers have its pressed their condolences and the exact cause of death will be established by a medical examination later. all football fans know that the game plays with our emotions. whether it‘s the joy of a last—minute winner, the anger at a diving opposition player or the bitter sting of relegation.
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but according to researchers at the university of sussex, football is making us miserable with the pain of defeat felt twice as hard as the joy felt when our team wins. of course, some supporters have more reason to be miserable than others. and with this in mind we sent sunderland fan graham satchell to see his team take on burton. go to sunderland, they said, ask the fans if they‘re happy. there is a report out about whether football makes fans happy. not at the present time. you can understand sunderland fans being miserable. two home wins in the last ia months — it's not great. i'm not going to lie, it's not great. i am so disappointed. oh dear, oh dear. in the supporters‘ association shop, we met george forster. he has just won championship fan of the season. does football in sunderland make you happy? no, not really. not when we're in the position we're in, because people hurt. you know, you smudge your weekends.
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itjust hurts. before we go on, there is something i should confess. i am not entirely impartial in this report. i was born just a few miles up the road, and i‘ve been a sunderland fan for the whole of my life. this is my uncle colin. so does football make us happy or sad? has the football this season made you happy? no, the football has been horrible this season. very disappointing. i'm really upset with it, to tell you the truth. he is not the only one. so does football make us happy or sad? professor peter dalton, who by the way supports newcastle, has been studying football and happiness. using an app called mappiness, he asked fans to rate how they were feeling out of 100 before, during and after a game. he analysed 2 million responses from 32,000 people. this is probably the most comprehensive dataset ever
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collected on happiness. the dataset shows on average, if a team wins, fans are 3.9% happier. the happiness drops to 1.3% and just 1.1% in the second and third hours. and if a team loses, there is a 7.9% drop in happiness in the first hour, which is still 3.1% and 3.2% in the second and third hours. you‘re twice as unhappy when your team loses as you are happy when your team wins. on average, it makes us sad, and on the face of it, it‘s a pretty irrational thing to do, to be a football fan. it doesn‘t make sense. you‘d be better off doing something else. back at the stadium of light, sunderland have lost 2—1, and are relegated for the second year in a row. i'm angry. i've supported this team since 1939, hardly missed two games, and i come and watch that idiot. i'm worse than angry.
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anyhow, all the best. you know he will be back next season, because in the end, this is notjust about being angry, happy or sad. come rain or shine, the true fans will be here next season, because if you love your team, you'll come regardless. a few final words of wisdom from uncle colin. you're always hopeful that your team is going to win, and you go with the people that you know, you've got friends that go there, almost like family they are. and that's what we enjoy. we enjoy the day. so, even if on average football makes us sad, there is always identity, family, hope. graham satchell, bbc news, sunderland. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. first, we leave you with for a look at the weather with simon king. whether you like to didn‘t like the temperatures last week, this week will feel very different. this morning we had some sunshine but the
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cloud is increased. this is the scene in cambridgeshire. through this week, it is going to be cooler and fresh attempted to last week. a mixture of sunny spells and blustery april showers. last week, thejet strea m april showers. last week, thejet stream was moving allowing the warm airfrom the stream was moving allowing the warm air from the south but this week the jet stream is below the uk and it allows the school later feeding from the west or northwest. through this morning, but of sunshine but the cloud has increased for many of us and it will be a cloudy afternoon. also some showers, mainly affecting western scotland. maximum temperatures around 13 or 1a degrees in the north and up to 17 degrees in the south—east of inland. tonight, we will have some clear spells on some showers across the northern half of the uk and that will allow
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temperatures to drop down to single figures. further south bit more cloud around and temperatures around 11 degrees. into tuesday, we will see some rain spreading into wales and that could edge its way further northwards into the day. further north, some sunny spells and again some showers which could be heavy during tuesday afternoon. temperatures similar to today. tuesday‘s wet weather is courtesy of this weather front. it will move eastwards going into wednesday. low— pressure eastwards going into wednesday. low—pressure cell towards the north—west and that brings up the airfrom the north—west and that brings up the air from the north—west making it quite unsettled on wednesday. a good mixture of sunshine and showers and plenty of rainbows around i suspect. it could be quite torrential in places with some hail and thunder perhaps. temperatures again filleted the love april. thursday, more of
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the love april. thursday, more of the same. much of sunny spells and showers. the heaviest of the showers will be in the north—western areas. the further south and east you are, try and brighter. this week will will be lucky to get into the high teens. this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at midday. the duchess of cambridge is admitted to hospital — kensington palace says she‘s in the ‘early stages of labour‘. join me and a few hundred members of the press as we await the arrival of a new prince or princess who will be first in line to the british throne. the government insists it will leave the eu‘s custom union after brexit — ahead of a symbolic vote on the issue this week — the prime minister promises smooth trade with europe. we have put forward proposals that
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will deliver that border and enable us to do trade deals around the rest of the world. i think that is the best position for the united kingdom and that is what we are working for. 29—year—old chef matt campbell — who reached the semi—finals of master chef the professionals — collapsed and died during yesterday‘s london marathon. facebook is taken to court by consumer campaigner martin lewis — he claims they published scam adverts bearing his name. also this hour — a girl‘s best friend. a deaf and partially blind dog keeps a three—year—old girl safe after she wanders off into the australian bush. good afternoon. it‘s monday, 23 april. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the duchess of cambridge
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is in labour — it will be baby number three. kate was taken to st mary‘s hospital in paddington where her other two children, george and charlotte, were also born, about three our correspondent sarah campbell is at the hospital. here we are again, outside the most famous hospital steps in london, awaiting royal baby number three. we had the e—mail this morning to see the duchess of cambridge had been admitted in the early stages of labour. we understand before six o‘clock this morning so it is time to wait for the tweet or e—mail from kensington palace to tell us the new prince or princess has been born. as you can imagine, hundreds of members of the world‘s press are waiting outside the hospital. here we are
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again. good morning. now it is the third time we have been here but thatis third time we have been here but that is great, we just have to wait and see. i think people are assuming that because it is their third baby it will be quick but it does not work out like that messes are early, asa work out like that messes are early, as a mother of three, they all take their own as a mother of three, they all take theirown time. as a mother of three, they all take their own time. ten and a half hours with george, two and a half with charlotte, it does not tell us anything. she came in here at six this morning. the generalfeeling is we will hear something sooner rather than later. will it be a repeat of princess charlotte, she was in and had the baby and out in the same day. mothers with other children wa nt to day. mothers with other children want to get home as quickly as possible. when it is your first baby, you want more time to sink into it but when you have a newborn,
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you want to introduce him to the rest of your children. one wonders whether they will let the other children met her in the hospital or go home and do this privately. children met her in the hospital or go home and do this privatelym will depend how they think the young children will cope with the media outside. prince george was a little tentative, and held onto dad. perhaps there will be an announcement and william will run back to kensington palace to bring both children. i think prince george may be off school but then again he may be off school but then again he may be off school but then again he may be at school and not available until 3pm. usually the first person who comes in is princess kate‘s hairdressers. we understand their pregnancies have been quite straight forward apart from the early stages
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which has been difficult again this time round. she has suffered from the extreme form of morning sickness. i have spoken to other women who have suffered from the same conditions. basically you feel sick the whole time. you cannot eat much. you just have a plain biscuit and gingertea. much. you just have a plain biscuit and ginger tea. that usually lasts for the first trimester and then the symptoms abate. she did initially cancel an number of engagements. the result is the risk of dehydration if you cannot keep food down. she seemed all right in second trimester. the royals have been out and about and generally in the forefront because of the commonwealth and the wedding of harry and megan which everyone is looking forward to. she is in the limelight and doing very well. do you think we are likely to see the
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royal baby? it is difficult to know. asa royal baby? it is difficult to know. as a journalist and a mother, would you bring a newborn along? it depends what drove george and charlotte will take. we as soon they will be bridesmaid and pageboy. will kate to be looking after them, it will be difficult with their newborn. still to be decided that one. let us talk about the third baby, you have the here and then this beer, what does baby number three main? but the closest comparison is the queen‘s child, the duke of york and they always say thatis duke of york and they always say that is the baby she had for herself. the idea of going on and having more children, it is probably just the case with kate, she is one of three and they wanted a third child. i have three children and can vouch that the third child gets
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quite spoiled. a third child gets to pretty much do what they like. often royals further down the pecking order make a good contribution, they contribute to charity work and i‘m sure this baby will be no different to that. we know that the number of press here today shows that, there is no lack of interest in a royal baby. that is huge interest. you go around the streets and some people do not care either way but i have had a lot of interest being a royal correspondent. lots of people have asked me when the baby is due and how it will work with the wedding. we are in a bit of a fever simply because of prince harry and the wedding. we want to find out the details, we all like a good wedding and we like a royal birth so that
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his excitement generally. thank you very much indeed. there is little we can do apart from wait for that announcement, the tweet from kensington palace. the official announcement will be posted on an easel in front of buckingham palace gates. thank you. the prime minister has re—stated her support for leaving the eu customs unions — ahead of a series of crunch votes in the commons. theresa may said quitting the customs union would enable britain to strike deals that "suit the uk" with other countries around the world. theresa may also said the government was seeking to secure as frictionless trade as possible across the northern ireland border. her remarks are likely to re—assure brexiteers following newspaper suggestions that she might change her mind on the issue. to get more on this i‘m joined from westminster by our assistant political editor norman smith. thank you. the prime minister this morning publicly stating what her officials have been singled the
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weekend, there is not going to be any u—turn over the issue of a customs union. mrs may is determined to dig us out of the customs union and not go into another. she was visiting dudley and asked by a local firm. the export to the eu, what will be the impact to them if they leave the union? this is a great local business and trade is notjust with countries in the european union but also around the rest of the world. they would get an advantage from as being able to get good trade deals with other countries in the re st of deals with other countries in the rest of the world. coming out of the customs union means we will be free to have those deals, deals which suit the united kingdom. ialso recognise the importance to business with that like this with having a frictionless border with the european union. we want this and also to be enabled to do trade deals
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around the world. that would be the best position for the united kingdom and that is what we are working for. the message from mrs may is she is not going to backtrack over her pledge. we have crunch commons votes coming up, perhaps you will have to think again. do you think she will have to think again?” think again. do you think she will have to think again? i think that is growing recognition in parliament that businesses want to be in a customs union so they can continue to trade successfully but equally importantly, the solemn commitment there should be no hard border in northern ireland is in —— impossible to deliver without a customs union. the labour party is committed to that and a number of conservative mps are worried that the prime minister has got this wrong. it will come to a crunch, we have votes stacked up and waiting to come. the message to government is you have got to resolve this and allow others
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to express the view of the house. surely she has left yourself no room for manoeuvre. her officials are seeing clearly, we will not backtrack on a customs union. that is what is worrying a lot of people but equally she made a solemn commitment there would be no checks and controls on the northern ireland border. you cannot have both. to give up on that commitment in northern ireland would be a huge thing politically for the prime minister. that is why so many people are so concerned. they say bring it on, let us have the votes, you cannot leave this any longer. this needs to be resolved now. cannot leave this any longer. this needs to be resolved nowm cannot leave this any longer. this needs to be resolved now. if she was defeated on this would it not be a key blow to our overall strategy towards brexit, maybe even threaten the premiership? it would be a blow. she has had a hard red line about the customs union for a long time but far better to rethink now and
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ta ke but far better to rethink now and take this forward positively rather than run away from the vote. we need to resolve this in the national interest and the economic interest of the uk as a whole. we cannot any longer be concerned about party management by the prime minister. that has dictated the approach for too long. labour will oppose the destruction of the customs union, key either tory remainders, cometh the hour, this is either a vote of confidence, they will then back the government? i do not know. obviously it will not affect us the opposition because it is not set up as a confidence vote for our benefit. there are a number of conservative mps are very concerned about this and it is important everyone votes in the national interest of the uk and the economic interest of the uk asa and the economic interest of the uk as a whole. thank you very much. we
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will get the first indication of how much support that is for the —— from the tory benches of the customs union, whether it goes beyond the usual suspects and after the local elections we will get those key crunch vote on a customs union which could be defining for brexit and yes a0s any. could be defining for brexit and yes 40s any. thank you very much. a professional chef, who featured in masterchef the professionals last year has died after running at the london marathon. 29—year—old matt campbell collapsed at the 22.5 mile mark, and despite receiving immediate medical treatment, he later died in hospital. he had been running in memory of his father martin, who died in the summer of 2016. earlier this month , he completed the manchester marathon in under three hours. the founder of the money saving expert website is suing facebook over claims the site published fake posts using his name and photo. martin lewis launches his case at the high court today — he says he wants the social media giant to change the way it operates.
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ben ando reports. these are just a few of the 50 or so facebook ads that money saving expert founder martin lewis says nothing to do with him. facebook, he claims, isn‘t doing enough to stop bogus ads and people who trust his name are being ripped off, so he‘s suing for defamation and is promising to give any damages to anti—scamming charities. facebook‘s free because of ads. it‘s said... but mr lewis isn‘t convinced. i have reported it time and time again over the last year, i put them on notice that i don‘t do ads, so any advert with my name and face in is fake, stop running them, and it does nothing. it‘s been a tough few weeks for facebook and its founder, mark zuckerberg, over concerns about its use of personal data. martin lewis is hoping his legal
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challenge will make facebook face up to issues around misleading ads. ben ando, bbc news. and we‘ll be hearing from martin lewis‘s lawyer atjust after half past twelve. a body recovered from the river elbe in hamburg is that of missing scot liam colgan, according to the lucie blackman trust which helps the families of people missing abroad. the 29—year—old from inverness was attending his brother‘s stag do in the german city when he disappeared on the 10th of february. while formal identification is yet to be carried out, mr colgan‘s driving licence is said to have been found in the pocket of the jacket. sir cliff richard has returned to court, as his battle against the bbc over it‘s coverage of a police raid on his home continues. the 77—year—old singer claims footage of the raid, carried out following an allegation of sexual assault, was a "very serious invasion" of his privacy. our correspondent helena lee is outside the high court. what is happening today? this is day
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eight of sir cliff richard‘s critic is against the bbc. we know from his lawyers he is seeking damages at the top end from the broadcaster. in court this morning we have been hearing more evidence from someone called declan wilson. mr wilson used to be the former northern ireland you wrote it —— editor at bbc news and he was the line manager of dan johnson, the reporter who broke the story about sir cliff richard in 201a. declan wilson has been telling the court about when danjohnson went to him with information from south yorkshire police about the investigation into sir cliff richard. declan wilson told the court he did not ask specifically
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for details about dan johnson‘s source but we know that dan johnson is not revealing that source to court. in court, declan wilson was asked, are you saying that the tip—off about the singer being investigated was low credibility? declan wilson replied, it had potential to be of high credibility. then we heard female about declan wilson sent to his boss, gary smith, who used to be the uk news editor at bbc news. declan wilson told gary smith about an —— in an e—mail about the investigation into sir cliff richard. gary smith replied to the e—mail quoting lyrics from a cliff richard song, congratulations and jubilation is, i want the whole world to know i am as happy as can
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be. declan wilson replied to the banister‘s comment that you were both really excited, that it was a massive story. he continues to give evidence. later this week we expect a yearfrom senior evidence. later this week we expect a year from senior bbc news editors in terms of how they covered the story and their justification for that coverage. thank you for that update. the headlines now. the duchess of cambridge has been admitted to hospital — kensington palace say she‘s in the ‘early stages of labour‘. the government insists it will leave the eu‘s custom union after brexit — ahead of a symbolic vote on the issue this week 29—year—old chef matt campbell — who reached the semi—finals of master chef the professionals — collapsed and died during yesterday‘s london marathon. let us catch up with all the spot.
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the liverpool striker mo sala said he had a point to prove after winning the professional footballers‘ association plane of the year award. after previously u nsuccessful stint the year award. after previously unsuccessful stint at chelsea, he returned to the premier league and scored a1 goals for liverpool. 31 have come in the premier league. manchester city manager pep guardiola said his midfielder, kevin de bruyne, should have won the award. mo sala thanked his team—mates. award. mo sala thanked his team-mates. i did not have my chance at chelsea. it was clear in my mind i would return to the premier league andi i would return to the premier league and i would sure everyone in my football. so i am very happy about the awards and i very happy with my team—mates and what we‘re doing in the premier league and the champions league. yes, we still have to carry on because there are some games to
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go. the former vice-chairman of arsenal says arson thing will go down as the greatest football managerfor arsenal. he down as the greatest football manager for arsenal. he steps down after 22 years at the club. fans have turned on arson wenger in recent yea rs have turned on arson wenger in recent years but his team started his farewell tour in the perfect way, winning a—1 against west ham. for one man to stay in a job in modern football is quite exceptional. you just have to hope that the new guy coming in will be able to certainly inherits his values for the club, which have been quite extraordinary. he has to be successful. the only advice i can give him is get a winning team. after the shock of losing the world champion mark selby in the first
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round, snooker world championship begins this afternoon. mark allen is also in action. these are live pictures from the crucible in sheffield. the northern ireland‘s man is closing in. he is nine frames to four frames up. let us see how he gets on here. not great. on the other table, barry hawkins, the 20 13th finalist is ticking on stewart carrington. these are live pictures as well. hawkins is a—1 up. all the latest on the bbc sport website. that‘s all was bought for now, much more after the one o‘clock news. that‘s all was bought for now, much more after the one o'clock news. see you then. thank you. the last surviving suspect in the 2015 paris islamist attacks
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has been sentenced to 20 years in jail after being found guilty of attempted murder in a separate incident. three officers were injured in a shootout as they tried to arrest salah abdeslam in 2016, four months after the paris attacks which left 130 people dead. live to our correspondent gavin lee who is in brussels. take us back to those days in the early 2016 when this was the most wa nted early 2016 when this was the most wanted man in europe. yes, salah abdeslam had been on the run for four months. he was suspected to be amongst the ten attackers in paris in november 2015. they killed 130 people and injured hundreds more at the bataclan concert hall, at the restau ra nts a nd bars the bataclan concert hall, at the restaurants and bars and at their stadium. the other nine either kill themselves or were killed by police. he was on the run. the case
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involving the paris attacks will come to trial in 2020. salah abdeslam has been in solitary confinement outside paris. four months later the belgian officers got a sense that he could be hiding out at a belgian suburb. he is inside with another two men. three belgian officers are injured in the gunfire, a terrorist suspect is killed. salah abdeslam runs away over the roof. he was found guilty today in those heavily secured court building of attempted murder of police officers with a terrorist context police officers with a terrorist co ntext a nd police officers with a terrorist context and possession of a kalashnikov, given 20 years in prison along with another man who fled, a tunisian national, sofien ayari. salah abdeslam was not in court, his lawyer said he did not
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recognise the court process. he still in solitary confinement awaiting the next trial. i spoke to one of the injured police officers and asked about the significance of the case. this is a very well motivated judgment. it clearly underlines the nature of the behaviour of those people. it clearly underlines the context of the paris and brussels attacks and makes a very good motivated judgment to say that we as a country do not accept such behaviour and we punish them severely. that was the lawyer of the police officer who was heavily injured in that attempted ca ptu re. heavily injured in that attempted capture. after heavily injured in that attempted ca ptu re. after sala h heavily injured in that attempted capture. after salah abdeslam was captured, there was the brussels attack not to be carried out by the same terror cell is attacked in paris. they were spurred into action earlier because of the capture of salah abdeslam. this is the first
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important case in a series of cases to come, the main one is i see in paris which is unlikely to happen until 2020. a seventy year old woman has been named as one of the four britons killed in a coach crash in saudi arabia. raj begum hussain, from blackburn, had been on a pilgrimage from the islamic holy sites of mecca to medina when the coach she was travelling on collided with a fuel tanker. twelve other passengers were also injured. prince harry and his fiance meghan markle are to attend a memorial service later to celebrate the life of the murdered teenager stephen lawrence. the service, which marks 25 years since the murder, is being held at the central london church of st martin—in—the—fields. stephen was fatally stabbed in a racially motivated attack in eltham, south—east london, in 1993. police in the us state of tennessee have appealed for help tracking down a naked gunman who shot dead four people at a waffle house outside nashville. authorities are warning the suspect may still have access to weapons.
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lebo diseko reports. a family restaurant now the scene of a crime after a naked gunman opened fire with a semi—automatic rifle. the suspect arrived in a pick—up truck and shot two people outside. he then went inside, opened fire and killed at least two more. he got out with an assault rifle, wearing only a jacket, nothing from the waist down. really just craziness. he shot a customer who was about to go in the door, and then he shot my friend, who was trying to get away on the sidewalk. this is the gun the attacker used to kill at least four people, only stopping when it was wrestled from him by a customer. i don‘t want people to think that i was the terminator or superman, or anybody like that, to just... it was just... i figured, if i was going to die, he was going to have to work for it. a man—hunt is now underway
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after the shooter managed to escape. he took off his jacket as he left the scene and may now be completely nude. authorities are looking for travis reinking. it‘s thought he may also be armed with two more guns. the advice from police as their search continues, keep your doors locked, your eyes open. if you see reinking or a nude guy walking around, call the police department immediately. lebo diseko, bbc news. ministers have allocated £6 million in funding to help children with alcoholic parents get support and advice. the measures include fast access to mental health services, and help for children and families where there is a dependent drinker. simon browning has the details. the number of children needing support because of parental alcohol abuse at home is rising. the nspcc says it has seen a 30%
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increase in the number of calls about the welfare of children living in alcohol dependent homes, and one child calls every hour asking for help. it impacts on their education, their self—esteem, they have eating disorders often, that‘s a frequency, and they also have relationship difficulties as well. so it has long—term emotional as well as physical impacts on children. it‘s an issue that lies close to the heart of labour shadow health secretary, jon ashworth. from the age of eight or so, going to my dad's at the weekend, i was effectively the carer. it would be very typical for my dad to pick me up from school, literally fall over because he was so drunk. it was this powerful statement that led to the start of political opponents joining force on the issue. this morning, the government, with labour‘s support, are announcing a package of new measures worth £6 million.
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it‘s hoped the money will see faster access to mental health services and better support for children and their families where there‘s a dependent drinker. but, with an estimated 200,000 children needing support, the government will only fund eight local authorities in england as the project gets under way. simon browning, bbc news. time now for the weather. here is darren. thank you very much. good afternoon. that is a different feel to the weather, you‘re probably noticed that already. we have fresh air across the whole of the country, the era is coming in from the atla ntic the era is coming in from the atlantic and cloud building towards the west. it is not producing very much rain. some pockets in northern ireland and western scotland. further east, still dry and bright. some sunshine coming through. it
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could be 17 in the south—east of england. 13, neither the mark and average for this time of year. the rain arrives this evening and pushes northwards across scotland and southwards and eastwards across england. showers begin to give away further south cloud continuing. milder than last night. across wales, the midlands, lincolnshire and east anglia, areas of rain. further south, quite dry. and east anglia, areas of rain. furthersouth, quite dry. sunshine gathering, quite heavy showers as well. a little bit cooler than today in the south—east. see this is bbc newsroom live.
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our latest headlines: the duchess of cambridge is admitted to hospital to give birth to her third child. she was taken to st mary‘s hospital around half past eight this morning. the government insists it will leave the eu‘s custom union after brexit ahead of a symbolic vote on the issue this week. the prime minister promises smooth trade with europe. marathon organisers have confirmed that 29—year—old chef matt campbell, who reached the semi—finals of masterchef the professionals, collapsed and died during yesterday‘s london marathon. facebook is taken to court by consumer campaigner martin lewis. he claims they published scam adverts bearing his name. this week across the bbc,
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we‘re bringing stories about how people are connecting in a polarised world. the series is called ‘crossing divides‘. according to a poll for the bbc, a majority of europeans believe their countries are "very or fairly divided", and tensions have grown over the last 10 years. the online survey collected people‘s perceptions in 27 countries around the world. more than three—quarters of people in spain say their country is more divided now than a decade ago followed by sweden, germany, britain and italy. tensions between immigrants and people born in the country are seen as particular issues in many european countries, with italy topping the list. well, sweden took in record numbers of asylum seekers at the height of the refugee crisis in 2015. it has since tightened its immigration rules, but how best to integrate those given the right to stay is a major debate. maddy savage reports from stockholm. it‘s been a long journey
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for this 21—year—old. he left syria in 2013 and was granted residency in sweden just last year. but getting to know locals has proved difficult in his temporary accommodation. even though he‘s learning swedish, he‘s surrounded by other new arrivals. translation: i want to have friends to practise swedish with. here, there are only people from eritrea, syria and iraq, but from sweden, there‘s no one. he is part of a large syrian population in sweden, which took in more refugees per capita in 2015 than any other eu country. the nordic nation has since tightened its immigration rules, but helping those given the right to stay remains a major political issue.
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questions about integration coincide with a rise in deadly violence, that‘s grabbed headlines in the generally safe country. sweden doesn‘t record the ethnicity of criminals, but rising numbers of shootings and hand grenade attacks have happened in suburbs with large immigrant populations. we‘ve spoken to a lot of people here who say they think immigration is the reason sweden‘s become more divided, but many say they are too worried to share those views on camera. take in less people and creating jobs for them, and if they do not have anyjob, they have to do something else. crime? yeah. they shoot each other and it's a lot of drugs, and stuff like that. why didn‘t you want us to see your face for this interview? because i work here. solving sweden‘s integration problems is clearly a huge national challenge. for him, part of the solution is making his own opportunities to meet locals.
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through facebook, he found a group based on the other side of the city. he travels 50 minutes each week to get there. running‘s a popular thing to do with friends after work, instead of going for a beer, for example. that‘s why the group has decided it‘s a good way to get locals and newcomers to speak swedish and get to know each other. i think it's beneficial for sweden that we have this immigration coming here, both socially, economically and culturally, and sweden has been beneficial a lot since the last 34 years with all the immigration and, of course, it takes some time and this is a way to speed up the integration process. his swedish has already improved significantly since hejoined the club, and that‘s helped him to get an internship at a fast food chain. while there is a clear need to tackle integration on a wider national level and strong political divisions about how to do so, it is clear that local projects like this one are helping to put immigrants on the right track.
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maddy savage, bbc news, stockholm. more now on martin lewis, the founder of the money saving expert website, suing facebook over claims the site published fake posts using his name and photo. with me is mark lewis, who is a media lawyer at seddons solicitors and acting as martin lewis‘ solicitor. usually at this point we say no relation of the q ari relation. we are first cousins. getting onto the legal case, what is your case against facebook? it's a reputation case and they are using martin‘s reputation and they are holding advertised for people and saying one of the most trusted people in britain endorses a scheme and people lose money because of it. they say
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the background position is that they maintain they are a platform not a publisher that they have put out a statement saying they deny the allegations and say they do not allow adverts which are misleading and we have explained to martin lewis he should report any adverts that infringes rights and they will be removed. facebook have perfect way to stop what‘s happening. these are sponsored adverts. it‘s not summary on facebook saying to their friends something that facebook can‘t control. facebook are paid a lot of money to take these adverts and they know that people are falling for it. it‘s not for martin anybody else to say to facebook, thatis anybody else to say to facebook, that is my image and you shouldn‘t use it. they have an advertising department and put customers ahead of the revenue if they did that they
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would stop the adverts. so your position is that this is not the kind of content which is post spontaneously by users, they adverts which go through a process. yes. it says sponsored adverts. they are not facebook friends with these companies that take money, it has a sponsored adverts and it has a picture of martin sending his picture of martin sending his picture and saying this is a good investment. facebook says several adverts and accounts which violated our advertising policies have been taken down. and every time they take them down another three appear. they could stop this and it‘s easy to do. television companies don‘t take adverts from scammers, neither do newspapers. there is recognition
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softwa re newspapers. there is recognition software and they could stop this. let‘s get away from the particulars of your case right now and the thing you alluded to a few moments ago was that this gets right to the heart of theissue that this gets right to the heart of the issue of whether they are a publisher or a platform so your case could provide a precedent.” publisher or a platform so your case could provide a precedent. i figured will do. it is undoubted that facebook added publisher. they might have two separate arms and on most might be hosting a platform for ordinary people who speak to their facebook friends online but they pay for that, the revenue is paying for that by the sponsored adverts and when you take take sports and adverts you a publisher. you don‘t make as much money as facebook does without being a business. how you going to deal with another line of defence from the company which is
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they are not based in the uk. they have an irish company and they are still part of the eu and there are lots of assets and money available to satisfyjudgments. so we don't know whether it will go to court because you might settle? once you start a court case you don‘t know whether it‘s going to end up in trial or end up with any hearings at all. if you have to fight it all the way, then we fight. we will watch with interest. thank you. tsb has apologised after customers complained about problems with their online banking over the weekend. the bank was carrying out maintenance work to its online system that was due to end yesterday evening. but customers were still struggling to log on last night, with some even reporting seeing other people‘s account details on their app. tsb say fixing the issue is a priority. the prime minister has been out on the campaign trail for the local elections in may.
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this morning she visited a furniture manufacturer in dudley in the west midlands. while she was there she was asked aboutjob losses in another local factory, the jaguar—land rover plant, which were partly blamed on changes to taxes on diesel cars. we are seeing a difference in relation to the diesel cars because they need to improve the quality of a that we have because of the emissions of cars and there was a time when under the labour government they pushed these cars and a lot of people went in and bought those diesel cars. but now we're seeing that was the wrong thing to have done and we do need to reduce emissions and improve our air quality because it has an impact on sony people's health. south korea has stopped playing propaganda messages through loud—speakers on its border with north korea. officials say they want to ease tension in the run—up to the first meeting between the leaders
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of the two countries for more than a decade. our correspondent laura bicker is in seoul with the latest. there are dozens of loudspeakers stationed right across the demilitarized zone, the border between north and south korea. since 1963 south korea has been broadcasting propaganda. that is everything from news, weather reports, k—pop, any discussions, pro—capitalism or pro—democracy discussions. the idea is to get north korean soldiers to listen and change their minds about the state they live in and also about the regime itself, perhaps even defect. north korea blast its own propaganda back. when you are there it is like a cacophony of sound coming in both directions. it is one of the things you remember about the demilitarised zone. now in the run—up to the summit, the first in a decade between the leaders, south korea has decided it
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will stop those broadcasts for the duration of the summit. this happened before when the two sides have been getting along better, but this is certainly in preparation for the summit. we‘re also getting a few more details about the summit itself. we know the two leaders will meet before noon and the whole thing will be televised live. that has included allowing south korean journalists on the north‘s side of the demilitarised zone to place their cameras to allow a view of kim jong—un as he crosses the border, as the two leaders shake hands and head towards the summit. there will also be an official welcome and banquet between the two leaders. it will be a long day but there is a lot to discuss. of course denuclearisation will be top of the agenda. coming on top of the historic announcement by kim jong—un that he is prepared to stop testing nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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he did not mention denuclearisation. we hope after the summit we will have a clearer idea of what north korea wants and exactly what the allies, like south korea and the us, are prepared to give him in return. the former bosnian serb leader radovan karadzic has launched an appeal against his conviction for genocide and crimes against humanity. a un tribunal sentenced him to forty years injail in 2016. a judgment is expected by the end of this year. the former psychiatrist has listed fifty grounds for appeal. anna holligan is in the hague at what is a very complicated case. he was found guilty of the worst crimes against humanity. the massacre of approximately muslim men
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and boys who are separated from their wives and mothers and taken off and slaughtered. their bodies buried in mass graves. the remains are still being dug up today. also, the three—year siege on the bosnian capital sarajevo, campaign of sniping and shelling which left more than 10,000 civilians dead. this morning we have been in court sitting alongside some of the mothers who every now and then voice their objections to his presence here. he has been sitting and listening as his legal team said that their arguments and they have said this former political leader is the victor mandy did not get a fair trial. there was a presumption of guilt and they claim that actually it was wrong that he was forced to choose between representing himself,
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which he has been doing, or giving testimony in court. that is the basis of their argument. 50 grounds for appeal. the prosecution are also appealing on the grounds that they think thejudges appealing on the grounds that they think the judges didn‘t go far enough the first time round so they wa nt enough the first time round so they want that a0 year sentence increased to life behind bars. this is obvious they going to mean reliving the agony for some of the families of those who died and disappeared. we think of it as history and it was a long time ago but not for the people who are still searching for the bodies of the dead that are still 10,000 people missing in this region. the reason this trial is so significant is because radovan karadzic is the most senior politics to be sentenced by this court. it shows that what happened in bosnia
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wasn‘t by chance. this was a deliberate campaign of ethnic cleansing designed to permanently remove the moslem population from this territory that the bosnian serbs wanted to turn into a republic. it also matters because it shows that this isn‘tjust republic. it also matters because it shows that this isn‘t just about the small fish, the military commanders, these international tribunal ‘s can hold of the most powerful to account. even though in this case it has taken decades. we know he was a fugitive for 13 years and he was in hiding. at times he was working undercover as a spiritual healer. today he is sitting in court and listening and the mothers of srebrenica are listening because they know this is the only vehicle to achieve chu —— truth and eventually justice. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: the duchess of cambridge
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is admitted to hospital to give birth to her third child. she was taken to st mary‘s hospital around half past eight this morning. the prime minister has re—stated her support for leaving the eu customs unions ahead of a series of crunch votes in the commons. 29 year old chef matt campbell, who reached the semi—finals of masterchef the professionals, collapsed and died during yesterday‘s london marathon. the french president emmanuel macron says he hopes to persuade president trump not to pull out of the iran nuclear deal. syria and other international concerns are expected to be at the top of the agenda as president macron begins a three—day visit to washington this week. he‘s the first world leader to be afforded the honour of a full state visit by the trump white house. ahead of the talks, barbara plett—usher takes a look back at this unlikely duo. it was some in paris that cemented
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this unlikely friendship between a poster boy for the global elite and populist listed mobil. emanuel macron treated president trump like deborah. no wonder he got the first invitation for a state visit to washington. the friendship tween our two nations and ourselves i might add is unbreakable. the relationship started out stiffly though. he snapped trump on it as bloomer markets. and then he pulled a counter trump on climate change.” am here with emanuel macron and we will work together to make the planet great again. but by bastille day the two men were flirting not
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fighting. emmanuel macron opted for a charm offensive and president trump liked his cocky self—assurance. in america the french have bigfoot rent. beatrice and stefan have been watching from afar. it struck up because trump is deeply and pobol y cwm france. afar. it struck up because trump is deeply and poboly cwm france. it's a bit like tough love. you are trying to be close friends but you are not able to say you think it pay off for emmanuel macron, can he influenced donald trump? who knows who can influence mr trump. i don't think it will permit him. we should be happy with him but that if they canjust be happy with him but that if they can just manage until the be happy with him but that if they canjust manage until the end of the
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term of mrtrump. canjust manage until the end of the term of mr trump. managing to snag trump‘s first state dinner may or may not give the french president momentum but we will see plenty of performing. both men are good at that. a new special relationship on display. all football fans know that the game can play with emotions. whether it‘s the joy of a last—minute winner, the anger at a diving opposition player or the bitter sting of relegation. but according to researchers at the university of sussex, football is making us miserable with the pain of defeat felt twice as hard as the joy felt when our team wins. we sent sunderland fan graham satchell to see his team take on burton. go to sunderland, they said, ask the fans if they‘re happy. there is a report out about whether football makes fans happy. not at the present time. you can understand sunderland fans being miserable.
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two home wins in the last ia months — it's not great. i'm not going to lie, it's not great. i am so disappointed. oh dear, oh dear. in the supporters‘ association shop, we met george forster. he has just won championship fan of the season. does football in sunderland make you happy? no, not really. not when we're in the position we're in, because people hurt. you know, you smudge your weekends. itjust hurts. before we go on, there is something i should confess. i am not entirely impartial in this report. i was born just a few miles up the road, and i‘ve been a sunderland fan for the whole of my life. this is my uncle colin. so does football make us happy or sad?
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has the football this season made you happy? no, the football has been horrible this season. very disappointing. i'm really upset with it, to tell you the truth. he is not the only one. so does football make us happy or sad? professor peter dalton, who by the way supports newcastle, has been studying football and happiness. using an app called mappiness, he asked fans to rate how they were feeling out of 100 before, during and after a game. he analysed 2 million responses from 32,000 people. this is probably the most comprehensive dataset ever collected on happiness. the dataset shows on average, if a team wins, fans are 3.9% happier. the happiness drops to 1.3% and just 1.1% in the second and third hours. and if a team loses, there is a 7.9% drop in happiness in the first hour, which is still 3.1% and 3.2% in the second and third hours. you‘re twice as unhappy when your team loses as you are happy
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when your team wins. on average, it makes us sad, and on the face of it, it‘s a pretty irrational thing to do, to be a football fan. it doesn‘t make sense. you‘d be better off doing something else. back at the stadium of light, sunderland have lost 2—1, and are relegated for the second year in a row. i'm angry. i've supported this team since1939, hardly missed two games, and i come and watch that idiot. i'm worse than angry. anyhow, all the best. you know he will be back next season, because in the end, this is notjust about being angry, happy or sad. come rain or shine, the true fans will be here next season, because if you love your team, you'll come regardless. a few final words of wisdom from uncle colin. you're always hopeful that your team is going to win, and you go with the people that you know, you've got friends that go there, almost like family they are. and that's what we enjoy.
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we enjoy the day. so, even if on average football makes us sad, there is always identity, family, hope. graham satchell, bbc news, sunderland. living up to their title as man‘s best friend, a cattle dog has been praised by police in australia for saving the life of a three—year—old girl. the youngster had been the subject of a large search after she went missing from her home in queensland. she spent more than 15 hours with 17—year—old max, a family dog, who is partially deaf and blind. for his good work in keeping the girl safe, police have named max an honorary police dog. the girl‘s family say they are relived to have them both back home safe. it wasn't a city we shall we could go home and sleep knowing she was out here. i thought i cant sleep
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until i get so we just walked until we found her. at three years old i would imagine the child would have been very scared and she would have been very scared and she would have been cold. you can only hope the dog was been cold. you can only hope the dog was good company for the child and that they kept each other warm. in a moment, the news at one. first, let‘s get the weather forecast. you can feel it already, the unusual warmth we‘ve had is gone and has been replaced by something cool and fresher. there will be some sunshine at times but in the middle of the week quite heavy and blustery showers. there has been some sunshine today in eastern areas of scotla nd sunshine today in eastern areas of scotland and eastern parts of england. coming infrom scotland and eastern parts of england. coming in from the west, we have got this cloud and it‘s bringing pockets of rain and drizzle. it should move away from northern ireland later this afternoon and pushing rain into
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scotland. to the north we will see clearer skies developing. a few showers in the north—west and temperatures dipping away. further south, we hang on to the cloud and pockets of rain and temperatures in double figures. quite a few showers to come across western scotland and northern ireland and some sunshine elsewhere in the far north of england. elsewhere across the uk tomorrow, pockets of rain and cloud. these are the temperatures. similar to what we have seen today. a little bit cooler in the south—east of england. the weather systems on the scene overnight to bring some rain crossing in and wales for tuesday night. by wednesday that should have cleared. closer to the area of low pressure to the north—west of the uk, this is where we will see the bulk of the pressures —— hours. if
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you get the showers, they will be heavy and they could be some hail and thunder and it will feel chilly. outside of the showers there will be some sunshine as well. we are back in to this westerly airflow that is driving in cooler conditions on thursday. probably the focus of the showers in the north and west of the uk. further south and east, fewer showers. in the sunshine it shouldn‘t feel too bad but is very showers further north. the prime minister restates her support for leaving the eu customs union, ahead of a series of votes on the issue in the commons. theresa may said the uk outside the customs union after brexit could secure "good trade deals". we‘ll bring you all the latest from our correspondents at westminster. also this lunchtime.
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the duchess of cambridge is in hospital and in labour with her third child. the founder of consumer website moneysavingexpert sues facebook, saying it‘s carried fake ads with his name. a runner in yesterday‘s london marathon, matt campbell, who also appeared in masterchef last year, has died. and chaos for customers of tsb, after a massive computer failure following an upgrade. and coming up on bbc news. mo salah gets the vote from his fellow pros. the liverpool striker is the professional footballer associations‘ player of the year.
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