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it's been very fast and we haven't actually managed to keep up when it comes to infrastructure around our natural spots of beauty, for example, building up the transport system etc so one of the key projects of this government is really building up that infrastructure. despite the criticisms, tourism has played a big part in helping iceland's economy get back on its feet after the financial crash in 2008. nearly 40% of employment is now related to tourism and it's given the country's young people a reason to return home. while tourists are focused on photos, icelanders know they have to find a balance between the explosion in tourism and preserving this magical country forfuture generations. lucy hockings, bbc news, iceland. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. good afternoon. don't take the
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spring sunshine for granted over the next few days because there will be more scenes like this but also storm clouds gathering at times, the potential for thunderstorms. quite scattered for the time being, there might be more later in the week. today pretty cloudy for our weather watcher in the scottish highlands, the satellite victory shows generally a lot of cloud across northern ireland and scotland but much drier than it was yesterday. further south, long spells of warm sunshine, temperatures up to 22 or 23 degrees, but like yesterday that brings with it the threat of some afternoon thunderstorms. this is our high—resolution weather model, don't ta ke high—resolution weather model, don't take the exact positioning of the storms on this chart to literally, but it shows they are scattered and where they crop up there could be hail mixed in as well. this evening and overnight many of those showers will fade away, we will bring mist
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and murk towards parts of eastern scotland, eastern england and into the midlands as well. not a particularly cold night, 7—10d. tomorrow, a murky start but the mist and murk and low cloud will burn back towards the coast as the day goes on so back towards the coast as the day goes on so foremost we will see a lot of sunshine tomorrow, again perhaps the odd thunderstorm in the south later, and an easterly breeze along the north sea coast. but further west temperatures up to 23, maybe 2a degrees. even in edinburgh, highs of 19. deeper into the week, highs of 19. deeper into the week, high pressure tries to hold firm but it looks like during wednesday night we can see this weather front drifting in from the south which could bring heavy, thundery rain which will move northwards as we go on through thursday. uncertainty about where this will turn up but there could be some lively downpours. further north largely dry
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with sunshine, perhaps cooler by this stage down towards the south. moving towards the weekend, again high pressure tries to hold firm or further clutches of heavy thundery downpours will always drifting. at the same time through the weekend, we will tap into some warm air. temperatures climbing, perhaps up to 28 degrees. there will be some warm sunshine but always the chance of a thunderstorm. that's all from the bbc news at one so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. have a good afternoon. good afternoon. it's 1.30, and here's your latest sports news. less than a month to go until the world cup, england's squad are in their training camp, and we now know who'll captain the side in russia.
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harry kane becomes the youngest ever captain for england at a world cup at the age of 24. he's scored 12 goals in 23 appearances for his country, and manager gareth southgate says kane has "belief and high standards" that will set an example to the rest of the team. kane has been on social media this morning — he says that it's a proud day for him to be named as england captain. he also thanked his friends and family, and signed off with three lion emojis. arsenal are set to appint unai emery as their new manager. the spaniard has spent the last couple of seasons managing paris saint—germain, and was the unanimous choice for the arsenal board. patrick gearey takes a look at his credentials. unai emery‘s big break in management came at valencia. here, he denied challenging financial circumstances to ta ke challenging financial circumstances to take them to third. he was less
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successful at spartak moscow before coming back to spain manager sevilla. he won the europa league three times in a row. that impressed paris st germain. he missed out on the league in his first season, but when they broke the world transfer record to sign neymar. this season, psg won all three domestic trophies in france, but have not impressed in europe. he will now move to his seventh job europe. he will now move to his seventhjob in europe. he will now move to his seventh job in management europe. he will now move to his seventhjob in management in his fourth different country. well, the appointment comes as something of a change in direction from arsenal. they had looked set to appoint their former player mikel arteta, who's now part of pep guardiola's coaching team at manchester city. our sports news correspondent david ornstein explains the change of tack. we don't know the exact process behind michalak not getting the job, but is clear that arsenal were close to think that deal. —— mikel arteta. but they conducted a full and thorough interview process to find
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the best candidate over a number of weeks, and i am told that emery choice of the decision—makers. they put their recommendation to the board of directors and it was decided that emery was the man for thejob. arsenal aren't the only club doing business in the managerial market — west ham have hired the former manchester city boss manuel pellegrini. here's how the club announced it on social media. pellegrini won the title with city in 2014, and takes over from david moyes who left the club last week. he says he's excited, and is aiming to bring in four or five players to have a strong team. the wasps flankerjack willis could be out for up to a year because of a knee injury. the 21—year—old was hurt during saturday's premiership semi—final. it means he'll also miss england's tour of south africa after recieving his first call—up earlier this month. a number of scarlets players haven't trained ahead of their pro 14 final because they suffered burns during the semi—final. scarlets say the burns happened on glasgow warriors‘ artificial pitch. the warriors say they're happy with the pitch, but one scarlets
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player says such surfaces should be illegal. british number three cameron norrie will play in the singles at queen's after being awarded a wildcard. six of the world's top ten are due to play in the tournament this year. and a mammoth task faces great britain's ice hockey players at next year's world championship — the draw has been announced today. they'll face canada, the usa and finland in the group stages, world heavyweights of the sport and teams packed with superstars. gb were only promoted to the world group for the first time last month, and given this draw, they've been given little chance of staying up. however, they say they'll travel to slovakia for the tournament aiming to surprise people once again. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. i'm ben bland.
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in the business news — marks and spencer has announced that it will close 100 stores by 2022, speeding up a reorganisation that it says is "vital" for the firm's future. more on this in a moment. the new york stock exchange has appointed its first female leader, more than two centuries after it was established. stacey cunningham will be promoted to the role from her current position of chief operating officer. her appointment means that both nyse and the technology—focused nasdaq exchange will now be run by women. do you know the difference between your "best before" and "use by" dates? tesco says many don't — and it leads to people throwing away "perfectly edible food". so the supermarket is getting rid of "best before" labels from many fresh produce lines, including apples, potatoes,
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lemons, and onions. as we've been hearing, marks and spencer has announced today it will close more stores as part of its restructuring programme. so what do we know? in all, 100 stores are to close by 2022. of the 100 stores, 21 have already been shut and m&s has now revealed the location 01:14 further sites to close, and they include kettering, bayswater, and stockton. this is all part of a revamp that was started in november 2016. we've been asking customers at the holloway road store — which is closing after 105 years — for their response. i'm really shocked, i'm totally gutted. it is going to change the community completely. when the wood green branch,
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which is my local branch closed down, itjust felt like the whole of wood green i don't see why it is closing. i'm sorry about that. i think it's terrible. i guess it isjust the way that neighbourhoods change, isn't it? people want different things. if people aren't using this shop, i guess it is good if something they want more comes instead. halfords has reported a 5% fall in underlying pre—tax profits to £71.6 million in its full year results. the firm, which specialises in cycling and car equipment, said the results were in line with expectations, but market conditions remained challenging. earlier, we spoke to david madden from cmc markets. it would suggest that the momentum
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is kind of running out of recycling market. a lot of companies have got on the back of cycle to work schemes, but that appears to be coming to the end, much like how the smartphone sector is saturated and companies are relying more on services and upgrades rather than acquiring new bicycles in this case. but halford's said that the business grew at a double—digit rate, and they have to focus on that, so it is about preserving the existing client base rather than trying to expand it. sony has agreed to buy a controlling stake in emi music publishing for £1.7 billion as it looks to boost its music portfolio. the deal would mean sony would indirectly own about 90% of the firm, with access to some two million songs by artists
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from queen and carole king to alicia keys and pharrell williams. let's get more on our top story today — the first anniversary of the manchester arena attack. my colleague annita mcveigh is in manchester and joins us now. thank you very much. just over my right shoulder, the west door of the cathedral, where the prime minister, theresa may, has just cathedral, where the prime minister, theresa may, hasjust arrived, and has just theresa may, hasjust arrived, and hasjust gone in theresa may, hasjust arrived, and has just gone in to the cathedral ahead of this national service of commemoration that is taking place to mark the first anniversary of the manchester arena bombing. ialso to mark the first anniversary of the manchester arena bombing. i also saw the mayor of manchester, andy
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burnham, andi the mayor of manchester, andy burnham, and i can see the dean of the cathedral outside greeting those guests who are arriving. i spoke to him earlier. he talked about the tone of the service, about how he had worked to put it together, working with the families of the victims on this service, and he talks about the faith leaders, the various faith leaders who will be taking part today, expressing the solidarity of the community here in manchester. he said it was so important that the message went out that we will not be divided. joining me now is our news correspondent colin paterson. we have covered many times since that dreadful night, the evolving mood in manchester. a very sombre mood in manchester. a very sombre mood today. two events taking place
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in manchester today, this commemorative service at the cathedral. people gathering to watch it on the screens, quite subdued as the atmosphere at the moment. but tonight, a big event in albert square, outside the town hall in manchester, which will be a lot more rousing, a lot for capturing the feeling of solidarity you had in the days after the manchester bomb, because that will be an horror and they have to consider involving fires and ending with a half—hour singalong, people encouraged to print out the lyric sheets to fitness manchester songs, oasis, elbow, we will be hearing those. thank you. as well as the high—profile guests this afternoon, we focus very much on the families of the victims, who are arriving privately by another entrance to the cathedral. and of course, those first responders and other people who have helped the survivors so
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much since then. welcome to manchester cathedral, where his services due to begin shortly to commemorate the 22 people who died in the terror attack on the manchester arena a year ago today. family and friends of the victims will bejoined by family and friends of the victims will be joined by the family and friends of the victims will bejoined by the prime minister, who hasjust arrived in the last few moments, and prince william. there will be survivors of the blast, embers of the emergency services, who responded to the calls for help, and national politicians of all parties gathering in the two

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