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hello, this is breakfast, withjon kay and mega munchetty. the queen's birthday honours are announced. king kenny becomes sir kenny. liverpool legend kenny dalglish is given a knighthood, while actress emma thomson is made a dame. but there's controversy too. network rail‘s boss gets an honourfor services to the rail industry despite the recent chaos for passengers. and in sport, an honour too forjermaine defoe and the former england striker dedicates his obe to bradley lowery, the young fan who died last year. defoe said it was the proudest moment of his life, but he'd trade everything to have bradley back. good morning, it's saturday, the 9th ofjune. also this morning: tensions over trade as world leaders gather for the g7 summit in canada.
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meanwhile, theresa may tries to quash cabinet infighting over brexit ahead of a crunch meeting with eu leaders. we're live at buckingham palace as 1,000 soldiers prepare for the annual trooping the colour parade. and alina jenkins has the weather. good morning. for many this weekend is going to be mainly dry with warm spells of sunshine, but once again there are some showers in the forecast and there could be heavy and thundery. i'll tell you all about them in the next 15 minutes. alina, thank you. good morning. first, our main story. the queen's birthday honours list has been announced with a knighthood for the former liverpool manager kenny dalglish, while oscar—winning actress emma thompson is made a dame. the list recognises the achievements of more than 1,000 people across the uk, many for work done in their communities. this year's honours have not been without controversy, the boss of network rail is made a cbe in the same week that the firm was criticised for
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railway disruption. lizo mzimba reports. been a bit of a shambles really. it's been a bit of a nightmare. they were just stuck because there were so many northern trains just sat at platforms because they had no drivers. the decision to make network rail‘s chief executive mark carne a cbe for services to the rail industry was made many weeks ago, but is still being seen as controversial following network rail‘s role in the recent and ongoing chaos affecting hundreds of thousands of passengers. the department for transport‘s acknowledged the timing was unfortunate. commentator: kenny dalglish! less controversially, player, manager and a figure who gave huge support to the hillsborough families, kenny dalglish, says he's hugely proud to receive a knighthood. for everybody that made a contribution, maybe even had to tell a few home truths about myself to get it this far, and to come out and get the accolade i've been
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awarded is very humbling. imagine your husband bought a gold necklace, and come christmas, gave it to somebody else. oscar—winning actress and writer emma thompson becomes a dame for services to drama. the troops have been firing indiscriminately. among the cbes, the award below knights and damehoods, bbcjournalist, kate adie. announcer: asking the questions, bamber gascoigne. and author and broadcaster, bamber gascoigne. becoming an 0be, gold—medal winning winter 0lympian, lizzy yarnold. commentator: that is a gold—medal winning run. most honours have gone to people for work in communities, people like akeela ahmed, the founder of online forum she speaks we hear. i really wanted to elevate the everyday voices of muslim women, because i felt that more often than not they're spoken about in negative terms, but we didn't really get to hear their authentic voices. the oldest person recognised,
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becoming an mbe, 103—year—old rosemary powell, britain's longest—serving poppy seller, who retired after 97 years earlier this month. lizo mzimba, bbc news. we will speak to some recipients of those awards throughout the programme. congratulations to them. there's been no breakthrough at the g7 summit in canada between president trump and the other leaders over the trade tariffs recently imposed by the us. there's now concern on the second and final day that the countries won't be able to agree a joint statement. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james robbins, reports from quebec. serious faces as the leaders sat down to confront the collision course on trade which so divides donald trump from america's traditional partners and friends. but once they were alone, the talking was apparently tough and one official described strong emotions around the table. the president apparently fired off his sets of numbers,
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showing america suffering from unfair treatment. other leaders fired back their very different figures. when canada's prime minister met the president separately, justin trudeau tried to sound upbeat. we both got elected on a commitment to grow the middle class and help those working hard tojoin it, and that's the kind of things we're going to stay focused on. it's a pleasure to have you here, donald. donald trump opted for a joke at this host's expense. justin has agreed to cut all tariffs and all trade barriers between canada and the united states. so i'm very happy. and i'd say nafta's in good shape! but we are actually working on it. the big question for the second and final day of the summit is how much can be salvaged from the wreckage of the most divisive first day at a g7 anyone can remember. and if an agreement can be achieved at the end of the day, will it be at the price of diluting fundamental principles simply to bring together president trump and america's traditional allies? it's notjust trade which isolates
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president trump from the other six nations. there are big divides over climate change, iran and the israel palestinian conflict. one thing is certain, weather this is g7 or g6+1, president trump will be long gone before the summit ends. last to arrive, first to leave. seeming to confirm this lack of appetite for this whole forum where he can't make the individual deals he much prefers. james robbins, bbc news, quebec. theresa may says her cabinet will hold another awayday at chequers as it tries to agree a final brexit position. the government hopes to complete its negotiations with the eu by october. mrs may insists that progress hasn't been hampered by rows within the conservative party. let's speak to our political correspondent, matt cole. g good morning, matt. it's what she
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would say, isn't it, everything is fine, we disagree but we do so agreeably and we're going to get there in the end. another way day on there in the end. another way day on the cards now? yes, it's been a tough week for theresa may with brexit. not only has she been under pressure from labour to release that white paper, the proposals document for the next stage of brexit, but she's been battling her own side. we had suggestions earlier this week that the brexit secratary david davis was threatening to resign and that secret recording emerged of borisjohnson that secret recording emerged of boris johnson saying that secret recording emerged of borisjohnson saying the talks needed more guts, even suggesting the negotiations were heading for meltdown. sodje may trying to regain some initiative here. she is summoning together all of her bickering cabinet colleagues for what some are calling the peace summit at her country residence of checkers —— so theresa may. she will thrash out the final details of the white paper. the british people want us to deliver brexit and i'm getting
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on and doing exactly that, and i'm doing it because there a prize for us at the end of this, which is a brighterfuture for britain, in control of our laws, our moeny, our borders. crucially, though, this meeting that will take place at chequers and the release of the white paper with its promised greater detail, ambitious proposals on future things like customs arrangements with the eu, neither of those events will take place before a crucial big eu summit at the end of this month. many people thought the white paper would be out before that meeting to help shape the discussions at eight. clearly that's not going to be the case. for the moment, matt, thank you very much —— at it. a man will appear before magistrates today charged with the manslaughter and robbery of a 100—year—old woman whose neck was broken when she was mugged. zofija kaczan died nine days after she was pushed to the ground and her bag stolen in derby. 39—year—old arthur waszkiewicz was arrested on thursday and charged yesterday. the food standards agency has opened an investigation into allegations that traces of meat were found in some vegan
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and vegetarian products at tesco and sainsburys. it follows an investigation by the daily telegraph newspaper, which says tests found traces of pork in sainsbury‘s meat—free meatballs, and traces of turkey in vegan macaroni from tesco. the supermarkets say they're investigating, and that early analysis had not raised any issues. some people have waited for as long as 18 years for a property to become available according to shelter. the government said it is investing another £2 billion in social housing. a holocaust survivor who became known as the bride of belsen after she married a british soldier who helped to free her from the nazi death camp, has died aged 95. gena turgel, who survived the krakow ghetto, auschwitz and bergen—belsen, spent much of her life teaching british schoolchildren about the horrors of the holocaust.
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gena reflected on her harrowing ordeal, when she spoke to bbc breakfast three years ago. early hours of the morning i woke up andi early hours of the morning i woke up and i stood up, and i looked out and i could not believe my eyes. i've seen a i could not believe my eyes. i've seen a walking skeletons in every sense of the word. heaps of bodies lying outside each baric. mountains. you could not distinguish they were men or women. children bodies. it's impossible for anyone to comprehend. it was the most horrible, horrible time of my life. gena turgel, whose died at the age of 95. —— who has died. the queen will celebrate her official birthday with the trooping the colour parade. 22—year—old coldstream guardsman, chranpreet singh lall,
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will become the first to wear a turban during the annual summer spectacle. crowds will be eager to see the duke and duchess of sussex, who married three weeks ago, joining other members of the royal family. there is the balcony in the centre of buckingham palace. all eyes will be there later this morning. you can watch coverage of trooping the colour from 10:30am this morning on bbc one. one of the big surprises in the queen's birthday honours list was the cbe awarded to network rail‘s outgoing chief executive mark carne. it comes amid major and continuing disruption on the railways. 0ne trade union leader said it was like rewarding the captain of the titanic forjumping ship. network rail has admitted that the timing of the honour is difficult. joining us now is the westmorland and lonsdale mp tim farron, whose constituency has been severly affected by ongoing problems with northern rail. good morning. good morning. do you
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wa nt to good morning. good morning. do you want to outline the issues your constituency has had and how you feel this has reflected on mark khan as head of network rail? everyone would be aware of the challenges facing the country —— mark carne. looking at northern, which runs the trains in the north—east, the north—west and yorkshire, if i tell you one in five of the cancellations they've made in the last few months have been on the small lake district line between windermere and 0xenholme, you get a sense of how awful the situation is in cumbria, likewise problems on the furnace line. this is a rail industry in chaos. —— furness. mark carne is a nice guy, perfectly competent and decent, but he's one of the leaders of the rail industry when it's as bad as anywhere else in the western world. a lot of the disruption you're talking about is of recent times. a lot of the recognition for
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mark carne is for his long service in network rail to be fair. mark carne is for his long service in network railto be fair. it's mark carne is for his long service in network rail to be fair. it's the service to the transport industry. 0ne assumes that there... the railway is part of the transferred industry —— transport industry. the problems we have are part of government policy decisions and individuals in government. if i was chris grayling and at the department of transport today i would be pleased the heat is on mark carne and network rail, these aren't fully justified opinions, there have been decisions by chris grayling as well. if the honours system means anything then you mustn't be rewarding and honouring leaders of an industry carlos —— carlos asleep failing. the head of network rail shouldn't get —— colossus mark of —— you know that the way these things
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are awarded, it takes months for names to be submitted and reviewed by committees, and they can't have foreseen what would have happened as far as foreseen what would have happened as faras rail foreseen what would have happened as far as rail cancellations would have occurred this week. it would be wrong if they started changing who was getting honours according to the headlines of that week or month. therein lies the problem, maybe this has been a national story for the last couple of weeks and as far as my patch is concerned, this has been going on for months. it'sjust my patch is concerned, this has been going on for months. it's just over two years and since the government inexplicably took our local railway lines from trans—pennine and put them in with northern and it's been a year since elektra vocation was cancelled and electrification, delays and cancellations are the main driver behind the chaos affecting the rail networks —— word electrification. i've got nothing personally against mark carne at all —— and electrification. rail leaders need a kick up the backside, not
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awards and honours —— electrification. the public get very angry when they see politicians, dare i say politicians in your own party, who have been given honours in the past who have not always had perfect careers, have had to deal with crises and controversies. it's an easy head to have a go at the head of network rail today. an easy head to have a go at the head of network rail todaym an easy head to have a go at the head of network rail today. it is why i say the one person today who is happiest about all of this is chris grayling because the heat is on mark carne instead of him. mark carne is a civil servant, albeit i understand britain's best paid civil servant, looking after industry that is clearly failing. my thoughts today aren't with chris grayling all mark carne, it's with the millions of people up and down the country who can't rely on their rail services —— chris grayling all mark carne. people in manchester, leeds, around the country —— chris grayling
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all mark carne. around the country —— chris grayling all mark came. to try and rely on the railing system that is failing colossus louis. in my neck of the woods, all services on the lake district line have been cancelled for the next week and the last week, chris grayling has signed off an extension for another two weeks of com plete extension for another two weeks of complete cancellations. to things being merged into one here. obviously your criticism of chris grayling, when it comes to mark carne, you have mentioned his pay packet, we have people on this list who owned millions of. surely the honour shouldn't be related to that. this is a distraction, but the question is, what are they for? if he was in a charity and wouldn't have mentioned his name. however, he has been honoured for his services to the transport industry. he is the chief executive of the most important rail company of all and he is alongside with chris grayling,
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looking over the most unsuccessful, shambolic railway system in the western world. you don't honour people for that kind of failure. department of transport has said that mark carne has presided over the biggest modernisation of our rail infrastructure since victorian times. regardless of what has happened now, he has made an impact and difference getting to this. he himself has also said it has not been good enough, in reference to the timetable messed up that we have seen the timetable messed up that we have seen of the last couple of weeks. the timetable messed up that we have seen of the last couple of weekslj feel sorry for him in one sense, i don't know how long he has known this award was coming. if i were him and had an ounce of common sense, i would say no thanks it is not justified. but he is not a politician. you should be savvy and understand how things are seen. have millions of people who rely on the ra i lwa ys millions of people who rely on the railways to get to work, holloway —— holidays, my neck of the woods is the biggest tourist destination outside of london and our main transport link is fundamentally not
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working at all. if you are presiding over all of that, you don't need to bea pr over all of that, you don't need to be a pr genius to know that if you are givena be a pr genius to know that if you are given a gong second only to a knighthood, people are going to think why are we rewarding failure? asi think why are we rewarding failure? as i say, what we need adamant is a rail industry leadership that is not getting pats on the back but kicks up getting pats on the back but kicks up the backside. out of interest, if you are displayed with an honour, would you take it? i have never been given one. i have no idea. this is why i sympathise with mark carne, he and his family this is a proud moment. you see these people being given awards and a look at the coverage earlier on and you feel for the family at a time like this. i spoke to him a couple of days ago about electrification, so i feel sorry for him as an individual. but you have got to remember if you are ina you have got to remember if you are in a leadership position, what is your role? if you are given an award over and above your pay packet when
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you are essentially the head of an organisation that is fundamentally failing and every commuter in the country knows that then surely the right thing to do is say, with all sad and sorrow i cannot take this at this time. that is white i would do. —— that is what i would do. this time. that is white i would do. -- that is what i would do. picogram much. —— think you very much. it is 20 past seven. here's alina with a look at this morning's weather. given it is a saturday injune, i would be content with dry. a fair amount of cloud in london. dry and pleasa ntly warm amount of cloud in london. dry and pleasantly warm in the sunshine. 30 celsius around lunchtime and perhaps 22 this afternoon. for many it will feel quite warm throughout this weekend. some dry weather around and spells of sunshine, however still heavy showers around and those could be heavy and thundery. these are the pollen levels today, vary higher across pollen levels today, vary higher a cross m ost pollen levels today, vary higher across most of england and wales.
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mostly loafer scotla nd a nd north—east. some showers around across wales, also some heavy and sundry showers across the channel islands of. a if you like a showers running up through parts of yorkshire, what we will find to the day is there could be quite heavy and thundery showers developing mainly across northern ireland and scotland. to be more specific, central and western parts of scotland. it gives you an idea that these are the areas you could see. slow—moving, torrential downpours and those will affect parts of northern ireland. some showers, were thundery through wales, perhaps the odd shower through the afternoon through east anglia through the afternoon into the evening. still the chance of the odd shower through yorkshire. for many, dry spells of sunshine. most of the showers will fade away and we will see clear skies for a time before some clouds darts to fill back in. it might be cloudier times through the day, the north—east coast. to produce
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overnight on par with last night. 9— 14 overnight on par with last night. 9— 1a celsius. high pressure is fairly much in charge through the weekend, but lots of little features which are generating the showers of. one of which is this area of thundery rain throughout france which will continue to bring chance of thunderstorms for the channel islands. that is as good as will come. further spells of sunshine, more in the way of sunshine tomorrow. some showers around, this timea tomorrow. some showers around, this time a transfer east across parts of scotland, northern ireland should stay dry and can't rule out sharp showers for wales and south—west england. many places dry. somewhat cooler along the north—east coast but up to 2a— 25 celsius for the east and south—east. into monday, some spells of sunshine, warm and cloudy across scotland, the chance of sunshine otherwise mainly dry. still some sunshine, 19— 2a top temperatures. take a feud agrees that if you are on the north coast.
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warm and dry for most on tuesday to the latter half of wednesday and into thursday that is only start to pick up an atlantic influence. the end of next week it is a bit more fresh and we could see some rain at times. back to you. i am staying focused on monday, thanks very much. it is 7:22 a.m., time to have a look at this morning ‘s paper is. the daily mail's frontpage was tim farren, off the rails, it says. hundreds of services axed, countless passengers stranded, timetable is in meltdown but guess which network rail boss is getting a gong today in the birthday honours. this was an interesting story, doing the rounds of social media yesterday. loads of rumours about whether david and victoria beckham were going to divorce and they actually put out a statement and their publicist said it was a load of tosh. the guardian,
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the british army targeting stressed teenagers via social media on and around gse results. this was the guardian taking a look at festival as it is, suggesting that the army might be the option. but the topic here is of anthony bourdain, taking his own life at the age of 61. the daily telegraph have that story that the food standards agency has started an investigation after traces of meat were allegedly found in some big in and vegetarian supermarket meals copy tesco's and sainsbury‘s are investigating that at the moment. a quick look at the times. donald trump turning up the heat as g7 splits over russia. talking about that this morning.
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also, kenny dalglish on the front pages, someone we have also, kenny dalglish on the front pages, someone we have always enjoyed interviewing. there we go, not king kenny, but sir kenny. and then arise, sir kenny. you wouldn't guess i was a paperboy, would you? across the uk there are hundreds of thousands of volunteers helping to make sure that children get a good education. school governors don't get paid for their work but are expected to know about law, finance, and classroom standards. the government's announcing three million pounds to help train governors in england, and wants employers to give staff more support to carry out the role. let's talk about this with emma knights, chief executive of the national governance association. good morning to you. i think anyone with kids know is that there are governors at the school and they hold lots of meetings and send out e—mails, but we don't know a huge
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amount about what can one do. what is their role and how much work does it involve? the governing board is the accountable body for state schools in our country. so phenomenally responsible. what they are doing is a green strategy for the school, they are appointing the head teacher, they us supporting and challenging the head teacher and performance managing them and also they are responsible for budgets. so they are responsible for budgets. so they need to make sure that in this time of tightening budgets that schools can keep on operating. why isn't it a paid role if it is so important? in england, we have a huge history of volunteering. for example, there are also charities that have voluntarily trustees. but that have voluntarily trustees. but thatis that have voluntarily trustees. but that is actually quite usual, part of civil society. but one of the reasons i am so pleased to talk to you about it is as you are saying, it isa you about it is as you are saying, it is a really invisible role. there area it is a really invisible role. there are a lot of people out there that don't realise that actually they could volunteer to do that if you
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have got the commitment, the time. these are big ifs. italked have got the commitment, the time. these are big ifs. i talked to a lot of friends who have full—time jobs andl of friends who have full—time jobs and i am amazed that they are not only working and bring up a family but also taking the time out to be involved in the school. that is a big commitment. it is also a commitment you want from people who are willing to apply themselves to that role, not just are willing to apply themselves to that role, notjust almostjust are willing to apply themselves to that role, not just almost just the face and a box. absolutely. we cannot con people into volunteering because they don't know what it is that are letting themselves in for. it isa that are letting themselves in for. it is a significant amount of time. how much per week? for example, if you chair the governing board, people would give at least 20 days per year. that is a substantial commitment in time on top of the responsibility. actually, what governors and trustees tell us that it is really rewarding. that actually being part of that school community, being able to see that what they are doing is having an
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impact for the better on those pupils, on the community, supporting the staff, actually people tell us that they get back as much as they did. —— give. that they get back as much as they did. -- give. is somebody was to be a governor and has a full—time job, does their boss then have to let them going to do the work? is it likejury service them going to do the work? is it like jury service where there them going to do the work? is it likejury service where there is a legal requirement to be released? u nfortu nately not actually legal requirement to be released? unfortunately not actually a legal requirement for all employees are. we would have very much like to have had one. but many employers to allow volunteer days, sometimes up to four per year and more and more employers are actually being flexible about allowing, governors to visit the school during the day, which you do need to do occasionally. today, the secretary of state is talking at our conference and he has written, along with the institute of direct is, to
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30,000 lawyers to say exactly that. please be flexible, please support your employees in volunteering. talking today about getting extra training and help, i imagine that is necessary because the role of a governor, it is so technical, you have to know about the law, safeguarding and it is changing all the time. absolutely. training is absolutely crucial, we think it should be more like magistrates. if you volunteer, you must be trained for you take up the role. the government doesn't quite agree with us on government doesn't quite agree with us on that but we are really pleased that they are putting this money into training governors, as you say, it is not something you can wander into the school without knowing some basic information. 0k, and the knights, you have an ade, don't you? i have. that allows me to say congratulations to the eight governors who were honoured and as volu nteers governors who were honoured and as volunteers we would like more people to nominate. a good way into the honours list! thank you very much indeed. there you go, if you want an
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honour, become a governor. is not quite that easy. are not sure if being a boxer worked. ——i am quite that easy. are not sure if being a boxerworked. ——i am not sure. coming up in the next half hour, after two and a half years out of the ring, we'll look at tyson fury's heavyweight comeback tonight. firestone heavier. david and away! —— goliath. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and naga munchetty. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the queen's birthday honours list has been announced, with more than 1,000 people being recognised. there's a knighthood for the former liverpool manager kenny dalglish, while oscar—winning actress emma thompson is made a dame. but this year's list is not without controversy, the boss of network rail, mark carne, has been made a cbe in the same week that the firm was criticised for railway disruption. the entrepreneurjo malone has been made a cbe for services to the british economy, and says she's thrilled. i just feel on top of the world.
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it's an amazing feeling to be honoured and thanked by your queen, country and government for hard work. i don't set out to be an example but i'm really happy to share my story and the things that i've done in my life to help others and to give them courage. i think when you hear other people's success stories and you hear how other people build, it gives other people hope, and i'm about that. there's been no breakthrough at the g7 summit in canada between president trump and the other leaders over the trade tariffs recently imposed by the us. the us president is attending the summit in quebec alongside other world leaders including theresa may and angela merkel. there's concern at the start of the second and final day that the countries won't be able to agree a joint statement at the end. theresa may says her cabinet will hold another awayday at chequers as it tries to agree a final brexit position. the government hopes to complete its negotiations with the eu by october. mrs may insists that progress hasn't been hampered by rows
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within the conservative party and that a lot of activity is planned for the coming weeks. a man will appear before magistrates today charged with the manslaughter and robbery of a 100—year—old woman whose neck was broken when she was mugged. zofija kaczan died nine days after she was pushed to the ground and her bag stolen in derby. 39—year—old arthur waszkiewicz was arrested on thursday and charged yesterday. the food standards agency has opened an investigation into allegations that traces of meat were found in some vegan and vegetarian products at tesco and sainsburys. it follows an investigation by the daily telegraph newspaper, which says tests found traces of pork in sainsbury‘s meat—free meatballs, and traces of turkey in vegan macaroni from tesco. the supermarkets say they're investigating, and that early analysis had not raised any issues. cute picture time?
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chester zoo has welcomed the birth of a rare greater one—horned rhino. akeno is only the second of his breed to be born at the zoo as part of a programme to increase their population. it's thought only 3,500 remain in the wild in their native india and nepal. you were right, very cute pictures. so sweet. how did you describe him? a wrinkly dinosaur. he has to grow and fillup a wrinkly dinosaur. he has to grow and fill up his skin. i know what you're going to say! you really have no idea what i was going to say there! how are you? very good, celebrating the queen's birthday is, six months away from new year's honours, happens twice a
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year, doesn't it? —— new year's honours, happens twice a year, doesn't it? -- queen's birthday list honours. lizzy yarnold, jermain defoe, also king kenny, now it will be sir kenny. it's not just kenny, now it will be sir kenny. it's notjust what kenny, now it will be sir kenny. it's not just what they do kenny, now it will be sir kenny. it's notjust what they do in their sport, the role models they become, the work they do for charity, especially in dalglish‘s case, all the support he gave to the victims of the families of the hills borough disaster, so understated and below the radar because he's not the kind of guy to sing from the rooftops about it —— hillsborough disaster. so often referred to as king kenny, it may have to be sir kenny from now on. football legend kenny dalglish has been knighted in the queen's birthday honours list in recognition of his services to football, charity and the city of liverpool. james burford reports. commentator: and liverpool football club, under their player—manager, kenny dalglish, have become only the third team this century to win the first division championship and the fa cup. 1986 was a famous year for kenny dalglish. his truly was a trophy—laden career. 29 major titles as a player, 1a as a manager. so how did you find out
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the news of his knighthood? there was a letter come through the door and i went and i opened it... i never opened it, i looked at it and it was brown, and i thought, another tax bill here! perhaps it is anfield where he is most fondly thought of but before he arrived in 1977, celtic was his home, and there were titles aplenty in glasgow too. as a player for the scottish national team, his record of 102 caps still stands today. commentator: dalglish makes it 3—1 and equals the scottish scoring record. it's a great reflection on every part of your life, when you were young growing up with your mum and dad, the way that they set you up and the morals and the ethics and the way to behave that they did. and then you move onto your own family the footballing
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family as well. i've just been fortunate that i've come across an awful lot of great people. dalglish‘s well versed in hearing his name chanted from the stands. he'll have to get used to being known as sir kenny from now on. james burford, bbc news. 0 nto 0ntojermain 0nto jermain defoe, he 0ntojermain defoe, he may have played 57 times for england but it's his charitable work, notably his friendship with terminally ill bradley lowery, that has helped him to become an 0be. while he played for sunderland he became a friend and support for bradley lowery, who died lastjuly, aged just six, but by then thanks to the striker, he had really captured the nation's heart. you can see what it means to jermaine. 0n social media he said: among the other sporting honours,
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0lympic skeleton champion lizzie yarnold and boxer anthonyjoshua have been made 0bes and the visually—impaired skier, menna fitzpatrick, and her guide, jen kehoe, are made mbes, this year they became great britain's most decorated winter paralympians. england's women are back on top of their world cup qualifying group after beating russia 3—1 in moscow. manchester city's jill scott scored twice on her return from injury, taking phil neville's team two points clear of wales with two games to play. only the top placed teams automatically qualify for france 2019. northern ireland can't reach the finals now though after they were thrashed 5—0 by the netherlands. the republic of ireland also lost last night to norway. it was all about the tyres in second practice for the canadian grand prix. lewis hamilton's mercedes appeared to be quickest because although he finished fourth, he was using a slower tyre. red bull's max verstappen
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set the fastest time as the teams tried to work out their best strategy for using the new hyper—soft tyres, which give greater speed but break down quicker. world number one simona halep says she'll stay chilled in today's french open final, even though it's her fourth attempt to win a maiden grand slam. she faces the american sloane stephens. it's a big opportunity, it's a big chance, but you never know. i lost three times until now. no one died! it will be ok. i think i will be more confident because i have a lot of experience. but in tennis you never know so i will stay chilled. and rafael nadal is on track to break his own record of 10 french open titles after sailing through to the final with a straight—sets win over juan martin del potro. nadal has lostjust twice in 87 matches at roland garros. nadal will face dominic thiem, who made it through to his first
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grand slam final with a straight—sets win over marco cecchinato. great britain and ireland are trailing america 4—2. they are looking to repeat their stunning victory of two years ago in ireland and win on american soil for only the second time but they took one full point yesterday thanks to these players in the foursomes. the quality of golf has been stunning. elite amateurs as well. tyson fury's heavyweight victory against vladimir klitschko should have been the start of something special but instead he's attracted controversy for outspoken remarks and fallen into a cycle of drinking and fallen into a cycle of drinking and depression but he starts his
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comeback against sefer seferi tonight from albania. steve bunce joins us. good morning. is this a contest? joins us. good morning. is this a co ntest ? in joins us. good morning. is this a contest? in heavyweight boxing no upper limit of weight and height, but 5st is more than if i fought you. it is lost ten, that's the difference, maybe 11 inches. you used the word contest, is it? i'm not sure. it's an event and a way to get tyson back, he's been out a long time, 2015, movember, was a long time, 2015, movember, was a long time ago. you mention the triple d, drink, drugs, depression, he's been in some dark places. he has fought his way back and he has had to shed £110, which he's done overfour or five months. when they booked sefer seferi, they looked at his record and they looked at his eyes and they looked at his face —— 110 lb. they
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didn't look at his height. he should be five inches taller! when you look at these pictures, someone who doesn't watch boxing as closely as you and mike, if you want to get backin you and mike, if you want to get back in your sport and be respected again, is this going to do that? back in your sport and be respected again, is this going to do that7m won't bring him respect but it gets him on the road back. it's about his timing and seeing if he can still react when he has to. you might say he's fighting a guy so much smaller, he's fighting a guy so much smaller, he's still fighting a guy throwing punches. this is a glorified event, let's get this right, it's not much ofa let's get this right, it's not much of a contest. mismatch is an odd word because it is legally made. it's about seeing what tyson has left and it's not about this fight, it's about the next one. it might not even be about the next one, it could be about the third one, next may, the third fight, we have a clue how much he has left. it's not easy
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to come back after this long. i don't know if you saw the pictures of tyson when he was holding his belly last year, he'd looked like he was going to deliver a football team! how do you think he looks now? there was lots on social media yesterday saying he looked out of shape. he's getting there. the opponent isn't great and his body isn't in great shape yet. comeback in three months and his body will be better, his opponent will be better, nine months and his body will be getting there but he's the kind of heavyweight that's not going to have a sixpack. he's a naturally big boy. i don't know if you've ever met him, he isa i don't know if you've ever met him, he is a big lump of/ i don't know if you've ever met him, he is a big lump of /. why don't what —— big lump of flesh. he is a big lump of /. why don't what -- big lump of flesh. why don't you wait until he is in —— until you are in peak condition? he looked
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potbellied and is fighting a smaller quy: potbellied and is fighting a smaller guy, why potbellied and is fighting a smaller guy, why don't you wait? you're getting there, it is a work in progress, if 15,000 people show up tonight in manchester, and if sefer seferi falls over after having been clumped in the first round, every single one of the 15,000 will go out into manchester, it will be light at 10:30 p.m., it will be glorious, hgppy 10:30 p.m., it will be glorious, happy days, that's the way the fight has been pitched. it's a little gauge to see how we goes. stand up for the little man, he might be quicker, nimble, duck and dive, can he lay a punch that would hurt a less fit fury? he is small, agile and fast. he generally competes in a lower weight division. he can run around and make it awkward and suddenly tyson fury might find that nearly three—year break might start weighing heavily on his legs, he might start missing his punches and literally put his arms on the roads and have to suck up breath. that
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could happen but there's a lot of things that could happen —— on the ropes. but that's not going to happen, let's get that straight! how many rounds? i'm hoping it's not one but i think if it... i think we would be all out in deansgate by the end of round three. fury has to win, if he doesn't, is that it? don't ruin my morning, i'm up early, don't even suggest there's going to be a contest! please don't do that! this time tomorrow in here? only if he wins! and you can hear commentary of the fight this evening live on bbc radio 5 live. the whole fight is live. thanks for coming in, steve, good luck tonight. it could be a long and exciting fight. you said it would be like at 10:30 p.m., will it be warm at 10:30pm? it will be. it feels like summer 10:30pm? it will be. it feels like summer today's. why don't you stick to boxing and that it feels like summer today's. —— it feels like
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summer today's. —— it feels like summer today's. a fight going on today between sunshine and showers and it looks like the sunshine will win, one of our first weather watchers this morning. there will be spells of some shine around. if you're heading to trooping the colour it will be dry. —— sunshine. temps around 20 by the afternoon. 21 or 22. what of the rest of the weekend? for many it is mainly dry. most of us will see some sunshine, however, always a fly in the own men, some heavy showers around and it could be heavy and thundery. if like me you're sneezing at the moment, down to the pollen, high in england and wales and low in scotla nd high in england and wales and low in scotland —— fly in the ointment. this is how the rest of the day pans
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out, some heavy, thundery showers. we are already seeing showers across western scotland. it is here that we had a met office warning because they are likely to become heavy and thundery when we see the showers through the afternoon. some places will stay dry entirely. altering into parts of north—west england and aif into parts of north—west england and a if you fought northern ireland where we have that met office warning. maybe a shower or two into the evening across parts of south—east england and east anglia. temperature wise, around 22 celsius. through this evening, most of the showers should fade away and many of us showers should fade away and many of us will have a drainer. some clear spells and more cloud creeping back in from the east. temperatures on par with last night, 9— 1a celsius. still some showers on the forecast tomorrow, keeping an eye on what is happening over france because they are likely to two come to the channel line. much of southern
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england will have a dry day. further north, chances of showers and once again it will be scotland but this time further east through the day, some dry spells of sunshine, a chance of showers through parts of wales and the south—west. otherwise, a sunshine to be found and it will feel quite. again, that little bit cooler for the north—east coast. heading into the new working week, but for me again it is dry and plenty of sunshine around particularly across england and wales. more cloud again for scotland and still the chance for some showers but to wise, 19— 2a celsius. we say on the wan side as we will on tuesday and wednesday with a lot of dry weather. but later next week, thatis dry weather. but later next week, that is when we start to pick up the atla ntic that is when we start to pick up the atlantic influence and something more fresh and probably fall most of us, some rain. we will stick with the monday forecast, just to now. it is just after the monday forecast, just to now. it
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isjust after 7:45 a.m.. now on breakfast, it's time for newswatch. we are asking bbc monitoring's boss what it is doing to combat fake news. and upstaged by little pigs, carol kirkwood struggles to focus on the weather forecast. first, the week has ended with two prominent racketeers in the cabinet apparently flexing their muscles. on thursday, bbc news was reporting that david davis was threatening to resign. he didn't and on friday this excerpt from a speech by borisjohnson emerged. simonjessop had this response:
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it was the latest in a long—running transport saga. a third runway at london's heathrow airport. the government finally gives the go—ahead, saying it will help the uk fright after brexit. —— thrive. after almost two decades, the transport secretary said the controversial runway would be in the national interest. 0ne viewer rang us that this response to the days coverage. why is heathrow airport receiving rolling news all day long? 35 million of us don't live anywhere near it.
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i don't care if it is there or if it isn't there. this is pure london based news, which is a big problem with the bbc. nearly all of our news is london—based. after last week's comments of the coverage of the irish referendum on abortion, it attracted attention following an item on wednesday's outside source. in brazil, four women die every day while trying to end a pregnancy, according to government statistics. the country has some of the most harshest abortion laws in the world. it is considered a crime and is only allowed in cases like rape. fiona wrote to us with her thoughts. media outlets around the world are proliferating fast, producing a huge quantity of reports and news flashes, not all of them reliable. there is a greater need than ever for a body which gathers, translates and evaluates the information in such
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a body that exists as part of bbc news. bbc monitoring is its name and hasjust moved here into the broadcasting house in london. it has a long and established history at its home of 75 years, caversham park. a listening post at caversham park are a major source of news and information. a close check is kept on what the rest of the world is saying. bbc monitoring was founded at the start of the second world war to inform the war office of broadcasts by nazi controlled media outlets. since then, it has continued to work the governments around the world and commercial organisations including think tanks and security groups, as well as servicing other parts of the bbc. over the years it has played a crucial role in events such as the cuban missile crisis, the breakup of the soviet union and the gulf war. and now it listens to, analyses and summarises news from 150 countries in 100 languages. technology has moved on and social media provides new sources
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of information, with tweets from ukraine proving crucial in verifying that malaysian airlines flight 17 had gone missing four years ago. in an era of social media, multiple news sources, fake news and budget cuts, where next for bbc monitoring? sarah is the director of bbc monitoring. welcome to news watch. in the days of the cold war, the role of monitoring was clear focused on broadcasting. how difficult will it be now in the age of social media? it's already different, that is already, digital media and the explosion that has happened has been a part of our work for sometime. if you look at how we are working into the future, we need to be even more able to follow that huge range of sources, if we, the monitors, cannot keep up with the media that we are following, then we are in trouble. that keeping up with the changes,
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which sources are relevant, which sources you need to listen to, which ones are less influential... how do you do that? 0ur monitors are, if you look at them now, i would like to bust the myth of headphones tuning into a radio station. 0ur monitors are very fluent in the digital media they are following. they may be following four or five broadcast screens at the same time as looking at tweets and threads across a range of sources. so it is a very fluid, fastjob now. at the same time as i am talking about digital, for the ukrainian elections, politicians in iran were using live social media feeds to do their press conferences. 0n the other hand, when the recent ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo, we were trying to access regional vernacular radio stations. there is a huge range, it is not an equal level field right
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now and the real skill for monitoring journalists is that they know what is relevant and what is important and that is an essential insight that our human, the journalist brings, which you cannot get with an algorithm or a search. what are they doing about fake news? you could say we are needed or than ever. we are able to service a much broader range of fake news stories orjust disinformation, misinformation. because we are following our sources all the time. when you have a much broader lens, when you open it up you are able to see that these incidents or this way of messaging is happening in lots of different countries. it is not something that is the sole subjects of the white house or the brexit debates topics we had a recent story about the venezuelan elections. there were a lot of fake news stories around those elections. as you know, they have
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cut staff and budgets, what have you lost and why? we did have to make some very serious cuts over the last two yea rs. we had a savings target to meet and just like the rest of bbc news, monitoring wasn't exempt from that responsibility of having to find cheaper, better ways of doing what we do. we look very hard at what we did and we prioritise the areas we have real strength. there would be a lot of distressing imagery uploaded, for example by a jihadist fighters, how do your staff deal with monitoring that? really good question as it is incredibly important. you cannot control what you are monitoring and we have specific things, we have a jihadist specialist team which is exceptionally strong and unique. a team dedicated to following the output of some of the jihadist
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movements across the world. they support each other but we have recently commissioned a report took look at what else can we do in that area. that — the trauma and vicarious trauma they can be received in other parts of news organisations, notjust monitoring. it is also an area that is developing and finding new approaches as it goes, so we try hard to be plugged in to those specialists. what are the big issues you are focusing on right now? for our future, it is about focusing on technology, we are trialling new tools, new systems that can help us take some of the graft work, if you like, the basic work, the translation and transcription, if you can use machine learnt translations to get the information into our system and then our journalists add that layer of insight and analysis on top. if you look at where the strengths
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lie, we are more or less in the geopolitical hotspots. we have a very strong russian team, thejihadist team, the middle east, iran, north korea. those are our areas of strength. if you think about the news agenda, these are all stories that are not really going away at the moment. thank you so much. before we go, carol kirkwood has presented weather bulletins in the company of a number of animals. on thursday she was at the south of england show in west sussex with some little pigs. we can also see some tomorrow across south wales, an isolated one maybe across the midlands and also east anglia. by the time we get to saturday — i am being eaten alive! by the time we get to saturday, you will find it will
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brighten up and there will be sunshine around and they are more likely to be in northern ireland and western scotland. i am being eaten alive! i told you! their bites really hurt as will. don't put biscuits in your pockets! 0pinion was divided about that encounter, with carol considering it: thank you for all of your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions on current affairs or even appear on the programme, you can call us.
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ore—mail us. you can find us on twitter. have a look at our website. that's all from us, we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello, this is breakfast, withjon kay and naga munchetty. the queen's birthday honours are announced. "king kenny" becomes "sir kenny", liverpool legend kenny dalglish is given a knighthood, while actress emma thompson is made a dame. but there's controversy too, network rail‘s boss gets an honour for "services to the rail industry", despite the recent chaos for passengers.
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