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but this isn't the first time fans have had issues with that site. two years ago claire turnham tried to buy tickets for her kids to see ed. it ended up costing her over £1,000. she has since got her money back and now helps other fans who have been ripped off do the same. we're all standing up, we're all speaking out. you know, it's unacceptable, we don't want to see other people ripped off as we have, and we are really determined to ensure that it is much more saferfor consumers. now the advertising standard authority says it is recommending trading standards take legal action against viagogo for not being transparent enough with customers on the final cost of a ticket. one of the other issues that the asa had with viagogo was the 100% guarantee it had on the website. that's because it said that gave fans the impression they would always gain entry into a venue like this. and that hasn't always been the case. in fact, fans have been rejected from venues with tickets bought on resale sites and singerjames bay
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wants more government action against them. it is plainly wrong and unfair and it needs entirely, like, amending. it really doesn't sit well with anybody who plays gigs for a living because we all started out going to gigs. stubhub, seatwave and getmein were given the same warnings but this expert says none of those platforms complied voluntarily. all four platforms have had to be dragged in to that position by statutory agencies such as trading standards, the competition and markets authority, and now the advertising standards authority. we need more enforcement action. resale sites aren't the only place to get a sold—out ticket. box office, fan clubs and promoters sell them if you find yourself desperate to see your favourite act. chi chi izundu, bbc news. newsnight is coming up on bbc 2. with more on the fake killing of the russian journalist in ukraine. here on bbc1 it's time for the news where you are. goodnight.
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hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm hugh ferris. 0ur headlines tonight. cameron norrie pinches a set in the paris gloom to prolong his stay at the french open. ben stokes is a doubt for friday's second test against pakistan, we hearfrom england's cricketers. and paralympic champion ellie simmonds says she's refreshed and ready to get back in the pool, after falling out of love with swimming...
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ijust i just hated swimming, ijust hated swimming, i hated everything about it, but after my euros, a really gave me perspective of what the sport is for me and it's my life. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm hugh ferris. good evening. thanks forjoining us on sportsday. the cameron norrie story isn't over yet at the french open. the british number three held off the fading light and the french 15th seed lucas pouille to take his second round match into tomorrow at roland garros. i've been speaking to our tennis correspondent russell fuller, who watched norrie live to fight another day. precisely, and he managed to extend the match into a second day and fourth set by winning the third set by seven games to five, at 9a2 in
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the evening here in paris, and in very poor light indeed, any show the character of the emerging british player. he was outplayed by the 15th seed, and the first set. he was better in the second set, but based the defeat, and broken twice in the third set but managed to break the served three times to win it by seven games — five, and a the chance to play again on the main centre court here on thursday. hopefully the cloud will be bigger. many people went home, did not get to sample the atmosphere as it can be here. russell, i suppose norrie effo rts here. russell, i suppose norrie efforts will provide mid —— motivation for the other players in the singles, were playing tomorrow. it'll be nice to have three of them in action roughly around the same time, they're in the early part of the day, edmund is playing martin, a man who is seated to reach the second week to reach the fourth round which is the last 16 stage.
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martin a winner only last week, heather watson a chance to reach the third round of the french open in her career, she has a top draw. belize is back in form, 16 feet, went to court titles this year, and in melbourne and january, went to the semifinals of the australian open. meanwhile when the sun was up in paris, there was plenty more toil and sweat as novak djokovic was left dissatisfied. despite a straight sets win that saw him into the third round, and it was also a day which saw a few matches go the distance, as adam wild reports. in paris, things can often feel a little slow to get started. crowds only gradually a right, it's taken until day for to finally begin her about —— first round, fittingly the number one circle to get going. not that she was ever really allowed to comprehensively losing the first set
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to the american, allison risk, the clue perhaps was in the name. but the slow start soon gathered pace. winning the next two and all the way to round two. the men's draw, more ofa to round two. the men's draw, more of a comeback. novak djokovic is the 20th seed, this was all beginning to look a little more familiar. forced to fight hard, he came through to beat the spanish qualifier, who welcomed —— walked off england. he had the tricky task of taking on number two seed, sasha, with winning the first that suddenly some cents and upset. really frustrated. 0ne set down and then to — one, racket down. there is a reason wild —— why he is regarded as one of the most promising talents. finally finding form for a five set victory. 18, also took for him and tried to
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progress. behind much of his match, with jared donaldson. he needed for a half hours for victory. 10—8 and the final set. the day slow to start, the drama came late. among the buy—backs and comebacks, serena williams continues hers, victory in the doubles tennis rather that her fashion now getting paris talking. you'll be able to follow all of the british progress at the french open tomorrow from 11:00 our time. commentary on radio 5lsx and also on the bbc sport website. uncapped all rounder sam curran has been called up to the england squad for the second test against pakistan which starts at headingley on friday. he's the younger brother of tom, who's played two tests for england, and will provide cover for ben stokes, who has a tight left hamstring. it's understood stokes hasn't yet had a scan on the injury, which will be assessed in the morning. curran,
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who will turn 20 during the test, was due to travel to leeds this evening. meanwhile keaton jennings insists england's preparations for the second test against pakistan will not be affected by allegations of spot—fixing. the lancashire opener has been recalled to the side in place of mark stoneman in a week that tv station aljazeera claimed three england players spot—fixed part of the fifth test against india in 2016. england have "emphatically" denied the allegations. i have walked in as a fresh face, not being part of the last game and ido not being part of the last game and i do not think it made a difference. in any way the guys have prepared, obviously we deny everything that is being said. but for my personal view, i do not think it made a difference, they're going to try their hardest and yet, like i said, it's something we deny. mo salah looks likely to play a significant part for egypt in the world cup after the latest news about his shoulder injury. the egyptian fa say they don't expect the liverpool forward to be
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out for more than 3 weeks, which would mean missing only their opening game in russia. salah had arrived in spain yesterday for treatment on the ligament damage suffered during the champions league final. huddersfield town boss david wagner, has signed a new contract with the club until 2021, having guided the club to safety in their first season in the premier league. and john terry has left aston villa following their play—off final defeat to fulham on saturday. the former england captain joined the club on a one—year deal last summer after leaving chelsea. villa have thanked him for his "effort and professionalism". five—time paralympic champion ellie simmonds has admitted she came close to quitting swimming after competing at rio 2016. but after some time away, she's back, and hoping to return to the british team for the european championships later this year. 0ur reporter kate grey has been to meet her. since the age of 13, ellie simmonds
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has been the golden girl in the pool has been the golden girl in the pool. but ten years at the top took its toll and she fell out of love with the sport. it disappeared in rio, andi with the sport. it disappeared in rio, and i hated swimming, i hated everything about it. five-time paralympic champion, is she became a household name and decided to take time out of the limelight. household name and decided to take time out of the limelightlj household name and decided to take time out of the limelight. i needed that time to get away and refocus and realise what i wanted to do. so i decided to take a year out and travel. my love for swimming, i decided to take a year out and travel. my love forswimming, i found it back, my gear off really gave me perspective of what the sport is for me and it's my life. le is now training here at the aligned aquatic centre where she has fond memories of her racing to gold in front of many people in london 2012. she is back with her old coach, who was with her at the very start over
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ten yea rs was with her at the very start over ten years ago. if le finished in rio, that was a possibility, yeah it would have, not a sour taste i suppose, but i suppose i'm finished business. now we have an opportunity and a chance to finish that hopefully we will finish in tokyo because i'm getting too old for this and the rest will be a swim. with renewed support and motivation, accra one firstjob is to get back on the team and qualified for the championships. it won't be easy with plenty of new talent on her toes. the world is moving forward and that's so good for the sport and swimming, so it's good youngsters are coming through because i will not be around all the time. i know it's going to be really tough to get back on the team, but i want to enjoy it and i'd love to go out on a high and take it. that's my main goal. from teenage superstar to
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paralympic legend, can ellie simmonds and her career at the top in tokyo? that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. but from us it's good night. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sebastian payne, political leader writer at the financial times, and dia chakravarty, brexit editor at the daily telegraph. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the i pictures
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the russian journalist arkady babchenko in ukraine, less than 2a hours after he was reported killed. he sent shockwaves around the world when he arrived at a news conference. the sun carries the staged photograph of his faked murder, ukraine says it carried out the sting in order to foil a russian assassination plot — — with the headline ‘you only live twice'. the financial times leads on comments by the us commerce secretary, that the trump administration would begin imposing tariffs on imports of european steel and aluminium from june 1st. the metro says a man and a woman received more than a hundred thousand pounds of taxpayers' money after falsely claiming they lost their home in the grenfell tower blaze. the telegraph has details of a government—backed review
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which has claims some bosses of ftse companies are deliberately keeping women out of the boardroom. and the express reports on prominent brexiteerjacob rees—mogg's demands that the eu cease its efforts to frustrate negotations and resolve the northern ireland border issue. so most papers tonight leading with images of the journalist arkady babchenko at a press conference that led caused gasps and cheering at what was expected to be a very sombre briefing dia, we'll start with the eye. fascinating picture there. really fascinating, the whole story is fascinating, the whole story is fascinating and it let everybody involved completely gob smacked. we can't seem to get our hats around it at all. on tuesday we had the vetera n war at all. on tuesday we had the veteran war journalist at all. on tuesday we had the veteran warjournalist had been killed, and lots of detail release as well saying that his body was found by his wife at their door in
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—— on the stairwell i think, three shots to his back etc. and on wednesday, there was this, we had condolences from his relations and collea g u es condolences from his relations and colleagues even boris johnson, condolences from his relations and colleagues even borisjohnson, our foreign secretary was tweeting how horrible it was an yet another russian journalist today press conference was called, and he was presented there, and it was all claimed to have been a hoax. he looks, that picture on the front, he looks, that picture on the front, he looks a little bit stunned by it all, but if we turn to the guardian, this is where you start to get a little more information on this staging of his death. the whole thing bamboozled me today, what i saw the clips come through, i'm trying to figure out what happened because on the front page
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