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seaplane stationed down here as well. so i do not know if the bomb was targeted for here or whether it was targeted for here or whether it was portsmouth and it drifted up the coast. it is remarkable to think it has been sitting there somewhere under the sea for 70 years, harmless ina under the sea for 70 years, harmless in a sense but potentially terrible damage it could do. another neighbour who serves and boards, has gone over it several times and commented i wonder what that is? and his pal said oh, it is probably a body, keep going, sort ofjoking with them. but it has been seen and i think because of the movement of the sand and nature of the tide that really exposed it. what a weekend for paul austin speaking there. let's take a look at the weather forecast with matt taylor. another sunny and warm day at across england and wales, but captured on the coast of north yorkshire, there
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is some of that that will come and go this week. across scotland and ireland a good deal of rain and cloud, looking cool and blustery there. this is the cloud responsible for that stretching all the way from a jet stream coming in and dipping down across the atlantic. we will start to see ran across northern ireland and northern and western scotland, turning heavier and more persistent. some sea fog patches across the coast which will develop across the coast which will develop a bit more in land as we go through the morning but for most it will be clear skies and temperatures down to the single figures. we will see rain at times in northern ireland and fall west of scotland. some of it should be heavy and persistent. it will be around the same sort of areas throughout the same sort of areas throughout the day but cloud will bubble up from the southeast during the late morning into the afternoon and
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taking a look at the temperatures in land, one or two isolated showers and thunderstorms in much of northern england will be fine, maybe see patches there and 20 in edinburgh but cooler conditions with outbreaks of rain and highlands and islands and only around 9—i2d. rain will fizzle out as we go through the evening and some showers through wells in the southwest and it is because of an area of low pressure standing in europe, and at the same time into tuesday, high pressure builds into the north and it brings rain on monday and it kills off the rain on monday and it kills off the rain here, patchy rain or drizzle and a lot more cloud but on the colder side of the weather front so temperatures not too high here. a gentle easterly breeze in a few isolated showers and thunderstorms developing to the south but most will be dry with sunny spells and
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warm when that sun is out. that is the general theme through this week. a chance of shower or two across southern areas but most will be dry with sunny spells. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. the royal family has thanked the public after thousands of people lined the streets of windsor to celebrate the marriage of prince harry and meghan markle. the biggest overhaul of rail timetables for decades began today, affecting half a million passengers. some commuters have complained of delays to their services.
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chelsea football club owner roman abramovich faces delays in renewing his uk visa. reports suggest his investor visa expired three weeks ago. china has promised to buy more from america, in a joint statement issued by the two countries in an attempt to avert a trade war. 0n hawaii's big island more people are being urged to leave their homes as fountains of lava from the kilauea volcano continue to break through the ground in residential areas. a second world war german sea mine has been destroyed in a controlled explosion off the coast of bognor regis in west sussex. in meet the author this week myjust as the novelist who is taken may be the most famous love story in the world and turned into a novel. juliet and romeo. now on bbc news — sportsday. hello and welcome to
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sportsday — i'm ben mundy. here's what's on the way tonight. record breaking rafa. nadal survives a fightback to win in rome. solo simon. yates goes it alone to take a tight grip on the giro d'talia. and, mo farah's at it too. sprinting to take his first victory in the great manchester run. hello. thanks forjoining us. news on livingstone reaching the scottish premiership in a moment. but we start with tennis. where, rafa nadal will return to the top of the world
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rankings tomorrow. with the french open just a week away, the spaniard has won the italian open for an eighth time this evening by beating meanwhile, elina svitolina has won her second consecutive italian 0pen by beating the world number one simona halep in straight sets. the fourth seed dominated 6—love, 6—4. this is the winning moment. a little earlier on. britain's simon yates has a taken a firm grip on the overall lead at the giro d'talia after sensational win on stage 15 today. with 18 kilometres to go, yates, here in the leader's pinkjersey made a move and left the rest well behind. he ended up finishing the stage over a0 seconds ahead of anyone else and now leads reigning champion, tom dumoulin, by two mintues and 11 seconds. chris froome was well behind again and looks out of contention, as yates aims to become the first brit to win the giro. championship side livingston
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are back in scottish football's top flight for the first time since 2006. they beat partick thistle 3—1 on aggregate in the premiership play—off, as alex gulrajani reports. the final walk of a long season that could end in celebration or heartache. the prize on offer a place in the top—flight. something livingston could barely even dream about ten months ago. newly promoted into this second—tier survival was their main ambition. as they the arctic thistle goal a second promotion was in the cards. they had to be their best of both ends. thistle had no intention of swapping places. the second half barely 30 seconds old livingston made a breakthrough. now there's chances
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they made coming up short. handball penalty. could connor make for a nervy ending? the spot kick is summed up their day. back—to—back promotions sealed for livingston and celebrations for some, heart ache for others. manchester city's women have secured champions league football for a third consecutive season. they enjoyed a comfortable win over everton ladies on the final day of the wsl one season to finish a place behind champions chelsea. jill scott gave city the lead mid—way through the first half, with that strike. nice celebration. her england team—mate nikita parris doubled city's advantage after the break. and scott struck again three minutes later after this mix up, to make it 3—0. the victory means city finish above arsenal and take the second european qualification spot. we want to do in the league this year, and obvious he we knew it was going to be a difficult one and hats off to chelsea. they deserved it but today was really important that we
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secured that champions league place. plays with the effort of the girls to ensure that we will be playing champions league football. we have had the chance is the last couple of seasons and semi final and saying how much we grew this year and only losing 1—0 in that second leg. do not have been and it would have been devastating. i was pretty tired. it was hard work. the words of mo farah after winning the great manchester run for the first time earlier. and you can see why, he had to outsprint uganda's moses kipsiro to win the ten kilometre race in 28 minutes 27 seconds. the world and 0ympic champion said afterwards that he was still recovering from breaking the british record at last month's london marathon. his first event over that distance since switching to road racing. for me i've got great speed, and i know that's the end of the races can use everything. they have not hurt me enough. today was about hanging in there and using my speed. i was pretty tired. just wanted to say everyone for coming out today.
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the next big thing is another marathon. whisper and i'm going to do and which one will suit me and what i need to do. hopefully, then 2019 is the big one. rugby league's magic weekend has concluded at newcastle's st james' park. in all, seven games have been played there over the past two days. the first of today's matches saw catalans dragons secure victory over salford red devils. jodie broughton‘s second—half hat—trick helping them to a 26 points to 12 win over his former side. in the second game, huddersfield giants sealed a 25—22 win over wakefield trinity. late efforts from wakefield were not enough after darnell mcintosh scored giants' fourth try. and, the final game of the weekend in newcastle has just finished. hull fc edging the derby. they beat hull k.r 3a points to 22. to rugby union, and ulster have taken the seventh and final
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european champions cup place for next season. they beat 0spreys 35—17, with jacob stockdale's interception—try here sealing victory for the home side. all out on his own. defeat means 0spreys are consigned to playing in europe's second tier challenge cup next season. now back to rafa nadal and he will return to the top of the world rankings tomorrow. with the french open just a week away, the spaniard has won the italian open for an eighth time this evening by beating alexander zverev. tim hague reports. the king of clay against his potential successor. nadal may be the great force on the surface, yet zverev is certainly closing the gap. to dethrone a man of raphael wolf nadal‘s abilities is easier said than done. that first game just a blip as he broke three times to
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destroy the world number three. the first set 6—1 you expected him to run away with the match, but his german opponent fought back and fantastic fashion. matching the master is taking the second set 6—1. know the nerves and a decider and nadal would be the one to waver losing his serve immediately, then the rain came twice. they match perfectly poised with those delays and settled young zverev. the spaniard breaking back brilliantly and using the momentum to do it again and serve out the match. an 8th battalion open for this roman emperor and the big one next. paris and perhaps an 11th french open title. and just before we go. thousands of football fans will be descending on kiev this week for the champions league final between liverpool and real madrid. as you can imagine, tickets are highly sought after for saturday's final. as is accomodation in the ukranian capital. 0ur correspondentjonah fisher has more on that. this is where the champions league
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final will take place on saturday night. 63,000 fans will be packed inside the liberty stadium. i'm the mayor of kiev, former heavyweight shipping of the world, for all sports fans welcome to key avenue. this will be amazing. there are certainly amazing sights, but the twist of kiev has also proved a somewhat controversial. the moment real madrid and liverpool were confirmed as the two teams in the final hotel prices really went through the roof. most places are full, others are trying to make huge profits. take this hotel. it's charging £1500 for the night. it's 12 km from here to the stadium. and a standard room at this place cost a
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whopping £2600 for the big night. that's more than 20 times the usual rate. as news of the price hike spread them a revolt stirred. in the tower blocks of key avenue. for me, liverpool is not just tower blocks of key avenue. for me, liverpool is notjust simply tower blocks of key avenue. for me, liverpool is not just simply a football clu b liverpool is not just simply a football club but a way of life. not all the participants are crazy about liverpool and his son, but they're all of said that visitors are being ripped off. if it's the page was set up ripped off. if it's the page was set up offering free beds to visiting fans. i posted such a message. we are all liverpool. it's a liverpool supporters chant. two people can stay here and if they want to go to the bathroom... yuri was very quickly swamped with requests from
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around the world. and he chose to host two brothers. i wanted to help some guys host two brothers. i wanted to help some guysjust from host two brothers. i wanted to help some guys just from liverpool. why? because i know that liverpool is not a very richest city. more than 500 visiting fans arranged for accommodation for next weekend. #we accommodation for next weekend. # we are liverpool... their plan is to watch the game on tv. 0f # we are liverpool... their plan is to watch the game on tv. of course, that won't stop them singing on their team. # where the best football team in the world. i love the singing. that's all from sportsday. now it's time for me to the author. goodbye. it's probably the most famous love story in the world. two youngsters in a fatal embrace, their whirring families unable to let them live out their dreams.
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