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not as much as your accent, buddy, i love that. i'll come to every one of your press conferences now. good, nice, i'll love that. if you get to the final we'll make sure i can ask a question then. 0k. because i get edged out. i'll definitely make sure if i get to the final you're asking multiple questions. excellent! that was the scene at roland garros yesterday. time for a look at the weather. really variable depending on where you are? absolutely, this is the scene yet again. we are getting used to this in scotland and northern ireland. i've picked the very best of it. i have to say the sunshine is not as widespread as it has been, but you are benefiting because you are quitea but you are benefiting because you are quite a long way from the big area of low pressure, which we've talked about over biscay, which has been feeding in this humid thundery atmosphere and the met office have issued this and the weather warning for thunderstorms across parts of southern england and southern parts
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of wales. that comes in at about lipm. we've seen one or two thunderstorms. this is not all thunder, not yet. but if we take on, thatis thunder, not yet. but if we take on, that is the future, on over the next few hours, on into tonight as you will see, so the storms begin to drift their way a little bit further west, just a little bit further north, but as is the nature of the beast with showers and thunderstorms, some areas will miss them all together. generally speaking the further north you are in the british isles, the more likely you will stay dry. there are one or two pockets of low cloud around eastern shores. these showers tending, we think, to congregate eventually out in the midlands, over towards wales and the south—west, and are pretty close night, temperatures never below 1615 degrees. on friday i will remind you that some of these really heavy downpours could cause some localised flooding and disruption as possible, bbc local radio is all over this, and i'm doing that not so much because of what's going to go on in
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wales and the western side of england, because you're almost used to it. it's scotland and northern ireland, where you had all those days of sunshine, many of you. if you're on the move friday afternoon up you're on the move friday afternoon up and down the m8,getting into the roads of northern ireland, there will be a lot of rain and some thunderstorms around. the weekend, similar pattern, we have the showers in the north, sunny spells in the south. it will feel pretty warm, one 01’ south. it will feel pretty warm, one or two patches of coastal mist and fog. saturday, the concentration of those heavy showers and thunderstorms like we found in part of scotla nd thunderstorms like we found in part of scotland and northern ireland, further south some relief at last. if you have a plan for the weekend i don't think the weather will get in the way very much. one or two showers in the east perhaps, but here we are on sunday and gain a lot of dry, fine weather across england and wales. the showers reduce, we suspect, across scotland and northern ireland but still the odd shot one if you're in the highlands for example. a top temperature of around 25. not a bad weekend. in the
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short term do remember what i say about the showers and the way they will move in the next 2a hours. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. consumer groups welcome proposals by the financial conduct authority to curb high interest charges on rent to own goods, but say they should go further. that's all from the bbc news at one. it's goodbye from me. on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. have a good afternoon. good afternoon, i am john watson live from bbc sport centre but the latest headlines. zinedine zidane has quit as manager of real madrid. he leaves after a three—year spell that saw him win the champions league in every season he was in
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charge in spain, the last of which only came against liverpool last weekend. john bennett is with me. i guess in light of that success, are we surprised to see is down leaving the club? it does come as a surprise. florentino perez said he was shocked. but if you look back at the last 48 years of real madrid's history only one head coach has lasted more than three years. when you put it in that context it does not come as a surprise. i think zinedine zidane was probably getting tired, exhausted, even though he had all that success, it does weigh heavily on your shoulders thatjob as real madrid coach. he said it had to be done this decision for the good of everyone, the players, the club, everyone behind the scenes, because he felt the players needed a new voice to keep on winning. whoever takes over will have a very difficult job, whoever takes over will have a very difficultjob, though whoever takes over will have a very difficult job, though because whoever takes over will have a very difficultjob, though because it is a impressive vented, the success he had in such a short time. three champions league titles in a row, three club cups, one la liga title
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as well. very difficultjob now for florentino perez to find a successor. one manjust starting his managerial career, is frank lampard, who was appointed as the manager of derby county this morning. the club made the announcemnet via this video on social media. after 21 years as a player, it will be his firstjob in football management. derby finished sixth in the championship last season, missing out on promotion after defeat in the play offs. one man who's expecting big things is his uncle — harry redknapp — who was his first manager at west ham. great appointment, i think, from derby's point of view, and a great opportunity for frank, his first step into management, you know, great player, fantastic professional trainer. probably without doubt the best i have ever come across. so, yeah, ithink best i have ever come across. so, yeah, i think it is a good fit. derby, they have gone along the last few years, derby, they have gone along the last few yea rs, never derby, they have gone along the last few years, never been quite good enough to get out of the
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championship, fresh blood coming in, frank having a go at the job, championship, fresh blood coming in, frank having a go at thejob, i couldn't be more pleased for him and i think for derby as well, it is a great appointment. some managers on the news, and several players. riyad mahrez is expected to join manchester city from leicester by the end of the week. city walked away from a deal for mahrez in january because of the asking price — he's going to cost them around £60m. pep guardiola's side are also expected to bring in the napoli midfielderjorginho. he's a 26—year—old italian international, and he's expected to cost city around £42m. chelsea have abandoned plans to redevelop their stamford bridge stadium. and say that have not set a time frame as to when they may revisit the plans. they say it's down to an unfavourable investment climate. britain's heather watson has been knocked out in the second round of the french open, ending british interests in the women's singles. she lost in straight sets to belgium's elise mertens. it continues a bad run for watson, who lost eight straight matches
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in the lead up to roland garros. kyle edmund is two sets to one up against marton fuchovic, cameron norrie resumes his match later. england have not yet named their team to face pakistan in teh second test tomorrow as they continue to assess ben stokes's injury. the all—rounder has been in the nets this morning ahead of a scan on his calf injury this afternoon. surrey bowler sam curran has been put on standby, but it would be a blow to lose stokes with england already one down in the two test series. i'll have more for you in the next hour. david moores about our main story today. consumer groups have given a qualified welcome to new proposals
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from the financial conduct authority designed to curb high interest charges. the regulator is proposing a series of measures including a cap on the amount charged by so—called rent—to—own companies. but the fca said it needed to do more work before deciding whether to impose a cap on bank overdraft charges , which many campaigners had called for. the chief executive of the fca andrew bailey has been discussing the changes with our correspondent emma simpson who began by asking him why he is taking action on rent to own. let me give you one of the examples we've published today. a washing machine that costs £400 if you buy it with cash or buy it immediately, can cost up to £1200 if you buy it using rent to buy. now, that seems to us to be a very hard to justify increase, which affects some of the most vulnerable people in society with low income, who are vulnerable. so you have to tackle the question, why is it the cost of essential
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goods for instance, is so much higher when these forms of credit are involved? so, what are you proposing to do? how big a crackdown are you looking for rent own? are you looking for rent to own? if you look at the proposals we've put forward, there are two parts to it, i would say. one is about the terms and conditions of sales. for instance, in rent to own, we've said we think that bundling up extended warranties and charging for them at the same time as a sale, when customers probably find it pretty hard to understand what they're paying for at that point, it's something that needs tackling immediately. but then we've also put the idea on the table which we'll have to do more work, because we are under a legal obligation to make these ideas stand up, as it were and we will do that as soon as possible, of introducing caps on prices as one obvious way, in a sense,
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to tackle the issue. the actor and campaigner michael sheen has founded an initiative aimed at providing alternatives to high cost lending. he says there needs be greater awareness of how to access more affordable credit. these companies are out there, but we have got to do better at signposting and directing people towards them. and make sure that they have the level and fairer playing field to be able to compete against these other companies, and that's really, really important. so i welcome the fact the fca is looking at bringing a cap in on rent to own. at april 2019, they are looking at, so we have to work now to make sure those alternatives are there so that cat can do its work,
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and as people are moved away from those more exploitative high—cost credit companies, there is something there to be able to provide the service to them, because obviously the demand is there and the supply has to be met. the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy has been making a passionate plea in front of parliament, ahead of a vote that could remove him from office. a motion of no confidence in his government was introduced following an accusation of corruption involving his people's party from the high court. mr rajoy denies any involvement. this morning he hit back at his opponents in parliament. translation: what are you offering that would improve the situation for a country that is enjoying growth, wherejobs are being created, and wherejobs are being created, and where a budget has just been passed? when you planted this motion you only had one clear idea, it was a big idea, butjust one, the idea that sanchez would be prime minister. that much we can agree on.
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beyond that, it still to be seen. so you want to govern, but with whom, on what programme, and for how long? is this really what spain needs? is that what you offering to bring back strength and dignity of democracy? with ten months to go until britain leaves the eu, we're in liverpool all day today , looking at brexit and what it means for the creative industries, the fastest growing industry in the uk. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba is at the city's albert docks. yes, thank you very much, this is liverpool, which almost 15 years to the day was named european capital of culture, a title it took up in 2008, so where better to look at the impact of europe on the arts and culture. i am joined impact of europe on the arts and culture. iamjoined by impact of europe on the arts and culture. i am joined by stand—up comedian will vranken. a lot of people in the creative industries seem people in the creative industries seem to have voted remain. do you think this has created something of a problem? i think that it has done is inadvertently highlighted the fa ct
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is inadvertently highlighted the fact there is a difference of opinion, and for a long time in the arts there has been one political direction only. so by brexit happening, the people spoke up and all of a sudden their artist agreeing saying that they don't agreeing saying that they don't agree with the status quo and we're finally hearing from those artists. has it particularly affected you? finally hearing from those artists. has it particularly affected you ?|j think has it particularly affected you?” think so, i have a pretty big mouth andi think so, i have a pretty big mouth and i don't really have back as far as political correctness and stuff. when 2016 came around, i was very vocalin when 2016 came around, i was very vocal in supporting brexit as well as donald trump. i think there was a bit of a backlash but things are slowly turning around and people are saying i not be bad to britain after all, especially for the arts. britain has a great reputation with satire, perhaps going back to the likes of monty python. do you think thatis likes of monty python. do you think that is something the uk is in danger of losing, what is the solution? i hate to say i think it has lost it but brexit is a reason to find it again. i was nine years old when i got turned on to pace on. to me, this is in a small town in
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missouri, britain represented a place where satire and surrealism emanated from. america wasn't doing anything comparable, sol emanated from. america wasn't doing anything comparable, so i saw brexit as something to make that happen again. i believe in providence, we are in liverpool right now, the story of the beatles is just one are in liverpool right now, the story of the beatles isjust one of those such stories. john lennon in his house through the wireless hearing heartbreak hotel across the atlantic and the second british invasion, and the satirical invasion of the states, so i think it is quite likely it will happen. have you matched noticed a changed in the industry? unfortunately comedians 110w industry? unfortunately comedians now because of the way the business is set up, they have to be half artist, half businessmen, which i always thinks makes you not an artist at all. i think you are either your artist or not. your real artist is a loose cannon, like john
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lennon or a johnny rotten. things get surgery did in the business side of it but as far as the artist themselves picking up, i think that is starting to happen, slowly at first but starting to get louder. do you have a degree of sympathy for the lack of connections with europe? do you think soberly people in the a rts do you think soberly people in the arts in the creative industry, it has been vital in the past years or decades? the nature of a satirist, we make fun of things, power structures. figures like nigel farage, i looked at the man as a comedian because he did what comedians are supposed to do, you said that a power structure, going all the lead back to the marx brothers, sol all the lead back to the marx brothers, so i think that is important. thank you very much were talking to us. we are here all day looking at the issues surrounding a post brexit britain, and for the time being, back to you in the studio. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour, but first, the headlines on bbc news:
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britain's financial watchdog proposes a new crackdown on high interest lending. a man who supports the islamic state group has admitted encouraging a terrorist attack, targeting prince george. nhs trusts in england have reported a combined financial deficit of nearly a billion pounds, nearly twice the amount they had planned for. i'm ben bland — in the business news... overdrafts, doorstep loans and hire purchase or "rent to own" agreements are all covered by those plans that jane just mentioned from the financial conduct authority. it wants to cut how much people have to pay for credit. it says expensive credit is used by three million people in the uk — and young single parents are more likely to have a high cost loan. uk house prices rose more slowly than expected in may according to figures from nationwide.
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they were up 2.4% in the year to may, that's slower than the 2.6% increase for the year to april. prices were down 0.2% from april, the third time this year that they've fallen on a monthly basis. shares in firstgroup have fallen by as much as 14% today after the transport operator reported a £327 million loss for 2018. the firm has been dragged down by a £277 million charge linked to its us greyhound bus service. firstgroup also sacked boss tim o'toole after what its chairman called a disappointing year. let's talk about high cost borrowing — it's something three million people in the uk use and it includes things like rent—to—own deals. that's where you buy household appliances but pay the money back over three years. after interest, you can end up paying more than double the cost price.
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the financial conduct authority has just published a review of high cost borrowing — and is proposing that price caps be introduced on that type of credit similar to the price caps introduced on payday loans. joining us now is tashema jackson, money expert at uswitch. asi as i understand it, these proposals from the fca don't go quite as far as you like. what more do you think they need to propose to do? so certainly within the rent to own, those customers are the most vulnerable, as we said, 400,000 people are using those products and paying extortionate amounts in fees and charges, so the fca need to look to ta ke and charges, so the fca need to look to take the time to look at those customers and make sure they are protected and not falling into further and further debt.” protected and not falling into further and further debt. i wonder if pa rt further and further debt. i wonder if part of the problem is a lack of uniformity? if you are used to having an un—arranged overdraft on
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an account with one of your banks that eubank with, it might be they charge a flat fee and use assume is the same with another, and actually they charge a daily interest rates so you are paying more than you expected? definitely. the lack of consistency with overdraft charges isa consistency with overdraft charges is a real problem. one in seven people don't actually know they have a form of debt themselves. so it is william ford and that not only do they make the charge is clear and consistent so that people can compare and now i am paying too much, they can move accounts, but also to let them know that it is a form of debt, and that is really important. the only thing is, we have heard how 3 million people in the uk rely on the availability of this credit. the danger is if you put too many limits and destructions on it, these companies that offer the credit might just on it, these companies that offer the credit mightjust decide, do you know, it is not worth the bother, we will not make it so readily available, and that causes a massive problem for those people who are
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relying on this to get essentials and make ends meet before payday. we have seen changes similar to the ones being proposed in the credit ca rd ones being proposed in the credit card industry, that puts onus on the banks or credit card providers in that case to help people get out of consistent death. —— consistent. we have seen it in other industries, so we know it is possible without restricting people's access to credit. thank you very much. in other business news... the us is threatening to impose tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminium — as part of a growing global trade war. the eu has had a temporary exemption but a decision is expected later today that would make eu imports into america must more expensive, encouraging us firms to buy us made metal. the eu has already said it will respond by imposing tariffs on us products such as motorcycles and jeans. inflation in the eurozone leaped to the target set
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by the european central bank in may according to the latest officialfigures. it was fuelled by a big rise in oil prices after the fallout from the nuclear deal with iran. eurostat said inflation in the eurozone jumped to 1.9% in may, a massivejump from april's1.2%. the number of cars built in uk factories rose more than 5% last month compared to a year ago, with four out of five vehicles being exported. new figures show almost 128,000 cars rolled off production lines in april, boosted by a number of new and updated models. a railfirm that compared its poor service to chocolate from poundland has been threatened with legal action by the discount chain. thameslink has apologised after making the comment in reply to a passenger who was angry over train cancellations. in response, poundland's retail director said it had "no right to use our name to describe poor service".
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i think the original tweet was deleted after that. the london ftse 100 is on course to end may as the best performing major european index this month. commodities—related stocks have helped boost it today. metal prices have risen thanks to positive manufacturing data out of china, that pushes up demand for metals and pushes up their price. iam i am probably not supposed to laugh about the poundland story, but there is something about it! thank you, ben. the reality television star, kim kardashian west, has met donald trump in the white house to discuss reform of the us criminaljustice system. she used the visit to raise the case of a 63—year—old great grandmother who has spent more than two decades in prison for a first—time drug offence. this report from simonjones contains some flash photography. donald trump declared it "a great meeting".
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one reality star visiting another, who went on to become president. cameras caught kim kardashian west arriving at the white house to raise the case of a 63—year—old great—grandmother who is serving life in prison. alice—mariejohnson was jailed for her involvement in a drugs conspiracy that saw her pass messages between dealers. kim kardashian west is paying for a new legal team for miss johnson. speaking before the meeting, she explained why. to go and spend my money buying material things just doesn't satisfy me the way that it used to and i am just in a different place in my life, so i thought, well, if i could put the money into a shopping spree, which sounds ridiculous, to save someone's life, and do that once a year, then that would make my heart fuller. many on social media have criticised her unlikely role as a prison reform advocate, saying there are thousands of cases that deserve closer examination. her husband, the rapper kanye west, has also been under fire recently for treating his support
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for the president. we have been friends for a long time. after the meeting, she tweeted... ultimately it will be the president who decides if she should be pardoned. simon jones, bbc news. a secluded bay in thailand, made famous by the film ‘the beach', has been closed by the authorities to protect it from environmental damage. the thousands of tourists who flock to maya bay are now a threat to the coral and sea life around it. newsbeat‘s steve holden reports. in the film, leonardo dicaprio's character, richard, stumbles across paradise. in reality, it's now become an extremely busy paradise. thousands of tourists descend here on maya bay on koh phi phi every day and getting that photo to make it look like you're the only one here, well that's tricky.
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we came here, we didn't think it would be this busy. but it's still really good, isn't it? yeah. have you managed to take a photo, where you're the only ones in it? no! so, that's what we're trying to do now, near the long—tail boats, it's so difficult. literally! you can see it's so busy. most tourists only stay for a couple of hours, before leaving on one of the many boats that dock here. but environmentalists say that is damaging what's under the water. a decision was made earlier this year to shut maya bay from the beginning ofjune. when it opens, four months later, the plan is to cap visitor numbers to around half what they are now and ban speedboats
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from docking in the bay. i think we just thought we were entering some serene, empty white beaches by ourselves. you look around, it's not so empty but it's still beautiful. thailand is receiving more tourists, year on year. and some say that means it's not just maya bay that needs protecting. when danny boyle made the beach, he probably didn't think maya bay would become the draw that it is today. tourism brings huge amounts of money into thailand, but authorities have to make sure that doesn't come at a cost to the environment, in the long term, otherwise the very beauty that people come here for could be ruined, forever. steve holden bbc news, koh phi phi. time for a look at the weather. they are quite traumatic for some parts of the country. philip avery has all the latest details. yes, i think i have a better version
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of paradise stuck behind me here, than that seen in thailand, it is alljudgmental of course, but this was earlier on, telford way, but it may not stay that way, because this area is on the borderline of change in weather that the met office have certainly flagged up. we saw it first up down towards the far south—east, that great banner of cloud has been creeping in all the while, and from that the potential for some areas to see some really heavy, thundery downpours again. southern england and south wales, and here it comes. we have seen the cloud, that is what has happened over the past few hours, you can see we are flashing in some thunderstorm activity, not all of that is than the storm, not everyone will see a thunderstorm because that is not a great banner of rain, these are showers, and as is the nature of the
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beast, some will see them, someone. further north, the odd one pops up across the highland, for much of northern england, you are in for another decent afternoon, and a pleasa ntly warm another decent afternoon, and a pleasantly warm one, 21 or 22 degrees, perfect for you. —— perfect for me, i don't know about you. towards the south—western quarter, the heavy showers and thunderstorms, a lot of heavy surface water, a lot of spray, another muggy night especially in the south. if you are on the move on friday, there could well be some localised flooding and some disruption. bbc local radio usually a really good source for this sort of information, because it is not so much about wales and the western side of england, though the showers will be really punchy here, but this is really different to what you have had of late, parts of scotland, northern ireland as well. still pretty humid, pretty close fair, still some low cloud to be had around these particularly eastern shores. as we get on into the
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weekend, a similar sort of mix to friday, heavy showers concentrating on the north, some sunshine in the south, feeling pretty warm but still with one or two patches of coastal mist and fog. so there again, rather like friday, saturday, scotland, northern ireland, the heaviest and the thundery arrest of the showers. one or two odd ones perhaps in the east, still some low cloud to be had but that is a lot of fine, dry weather. if you have a plan for the weekend, for the greater part of england and wales and eventually southern parts of scotland too, you have picked a good one. but there are still some chance of showers around the coast, and top temperature on the day around about 2425, perhaps a little bit fresher by that time. this is the way it is looking, more details on the bbc website, as ever. we will see you later. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy.
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today at 2pm: a new crackdown on high—interest lending but consumer groups say the proposals aren't tough enough. we owe it to the more vulnerable members of society, to frankly ensure that they get credit on better terms because they need it, to buy essential goods and spread the cost. an islamic state supporter who called forjihadis to attack prince george admits a string of terrorism offences. nhs trusts in england report a combined financial deficit of £960 million — nearly twice the expected figure. coming up on afternoon live — all the sport — john watson has that. zinedine zidane? yes, a surprise announcement that zinedine zidane has quit

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