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were replaced by buses. danny savage reports on the emergence of west coast railways and the impact it's had. the branch line to windermere in the lake district has become a symbol of northern rail‘s problems. while other routes are subject to a reduced timetable, all the services on this line have been axed for a month and replaced by buses. that is until today. when a privately owned and trained became the bus—replacement rail service. we were expecting to get a bus that would probably take much longer and make our journey a bit more boring. but now we're on a train, which is much better. a good thing? a really good thing, yeah. quickerjourney, nicer than being stuck on a bus, which we didn't want to do in the first place. and yeah, it's a nice old train. this new train service basically
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only runs during core hours in the day from, say, 10:00 in the morning till 6:00pm at night. so running alongside it is rail replacement bus service. the sign is here for it. you basically now have a choice on this well resourced line. train or bus? the new idea came from a passenger who was put off visiting by the buses. had a look at timetable and realised it was a bus replacement service, and i thought no, i'm not going on a bus. pat marshall is the boss of west coast railways, which owns the train now in service. as a local company, she believed they could help. we just want to do a professional job on the railway. the tracks are there for a purpose, and they're not being used. and it's very important for the economy, for the whole of the lake district. the department for transport has indicated to campaigners that it will pay for this service. it is very popular, with every seat taken. a better day, then, on the trains here, ahead of a strike by some northern rail staff tomorrow.
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danny savage, bbc news, windermere. and that's all the news from us. it is time for the news from bbc one. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00pm: the prime minister warns that tax rises will be needed to pay for more funding for the nhs. so across the nation taxpayers will have to contribute a bit more in a fairand have to contribute a bit more in a fair and balanced way to support the nhs we all use. donald trump says the united states will not be a migrant camp, as he defends his policy on separating families at the border. the government has lost a vote in the house of lords over its brexit plans. peers backed a call to give parliament a bigger say in the event of a no deal departure from the eu. also coming up: victory in volgograd for england. it is even from harry kane again. two goals from captain harry kane
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see the side beat tunisia 2—1 in their first world cup game. and an independent train company has started running services on a line in cumbria where northern rail services have been suspended for a month. the prime minister is under growing pressure to explain how she will fund a £20 billion annual increase for the nhs in england by the year 2023. speaking at a hospital in london, theresa may repeated her claim that part of the increase would come from a so—called brexit dividend, but went on to confirm that taxes would have to rise at the same time. extra money would also be made available to scotland, wales and northern ireland, as our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. as autographs go, it is not
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a bad one to collect. why not? 14—year—old jade's plaster cast bears the prime minister's name. she has also signed up to a truly enormous commitment of more taxpayers' money, year after year after year, for the nhs. the nhs needs to be able to plan for the future with ambition and confidence. we cannot continue to put a sticking plaster on the nhs budget each year, so we will do more than simply give the nhs a one—off injection of cash. an extra £20 billion a year by 2023, after inflation — less than the historical average, but more than recently. a huge sum, but who will pay? are you telling working families to get ready to pay more tax? as a country, we will need to contribute a bit more.
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taxpayers will need to contribute a bit more. but we will do that in a fair and balanced way. she claimed, too, some of the cash would come back from brexit. technically, as boris johnson argued before he was the foreign secretary, going off to meetings like this in geneva today, payments to the eu will stop. but look carefully, as he maybe didn't. official forecasts suggest after brexit and there will be less cash to go around. do you accept it is at best highly uncertain, and at worst misleading, to suggest that money will come back from the european union? that money will be coming back, and we will be spending it on our priorities, and the nhs is our number one priority. let's see. expect, alongside, national insurance to go up perhaps, or tax thresholds to freeze. these new plans for the nhs will be funded by increases in borrowing, the tories putting up borrowing
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and increases in taxation. now, whatjeremy hunt and theresa may have to do is level with the british people and tell us which taxes are going up. will patients and members of the public be willing to stump up? yes and no, depending whether it goes to the nhs. i think the fear is you pay it and then it will go somewhere else instead. if you ask that question to an able—bodied person, and they are working, i don't see their argument as to why they shouldn't pay. you have the lower—class people, the middle—class, they don't really earn much, to be able to supply for the family as well as paying tax for the nhs at the same time. this is a big promise and a big change. until recently, the prime minister said there was no magic money tree somewhere for health. well, she hasn't found it, but the politics have moved and she has changed her mind. but vowing billions more is the comparatively easy part. deciding who will pay is much harder, and it is still to come. health bosses aren't even really sure if this post—dated cheque will be enough, but the government
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has made the promise before deciding who takes the strain. laura kuenssberg, bbc news. the prime minister insisted that the nhs had to play its part to ensure that every penny was well spent. the chief executive of nhs england, simon stevens, has been asked to work with senior doctors to come up with a ten—year plan looking at productivity, staffing and key areas, such as mental health and cancer survival. 0ur health editor hugh pym has been to ipswich to see where reform may be needed. monday morning at ipswich hospital, and it is no quieter than most other days. no longer do winter pressures ease off in the summer months, as patient numbers coming through the doors keep on rising. a senior doctor here is crawford jamieson. he is leaving attempts to improve the way his hospital works. he told me the new money was welcome, but it wouldn't on its own solve the problem of patients ending up in hospital when they could have been
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looked after elsewhere. if we just carry it on as now, we are doomed in terms of meeting a patient‘s' expectations. we got to do much better and things have got to change much faster than they have traditionally in the nhs‘s history. so it is a quiet revolution of putting patients central, working as organisations are really worked together around that. diane freeman isa together around that. diane freeman is a patient who arrived today. she has a chest infection and may be in for a couple of days. diane says she is grateful for the treatment she has had. so what does she think of the new money coming to the nhs? u nfortu nately the new money coming to the nhs? unfortunately it is not easy to people. i think there's ways they could save money, but i think... yes, there is always money needed. mental health is one of the prime minister's priorities. rebecca bulford, who was a senior nurse, ta kes bulford, who was a senior nurse, takes the lead in this area of the hospital. herjob includes liaising with community mental health providers, and she says previous
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underfunding must now be put right. we absolutely need more money into mental healthcare. we have seen investment into physical healthcare, and we have seen some recent investment into the mental health trust, but we need money that can use together to support individuals in their emotional and mental well—being. in their emotional and mental well-being. from the start of the nhs, under different governments, health spending growth has averaged 3.7%a year health spending growth has averaged 3.7% a year after inflation. under the coalition it fell back to i.i%. neither government —— now the government plans to give the government plans to give the government 3.4% a year, still a bit below the uk's long—run average. under the plan, scotland, wales and northern ireland are set to receive £4 billion more a year by 2023. as well is resorting of emergency and hospital care there is a growing recognition that needs to be a greater focus on healthcare across local communities. so patients can, if possible, be looked after at home oi’
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if possible, be looked after at home or close to it. here, there is frustration about resources. this local gp says more money is required to prevent people needing hospital care. we need to actually improve the funding gap between the hospital and the community services, to narrow that gap. at the moment that is huge. there are plenty of demands on the new money. there are no details yet of social care financing. how the funding will be spent is the big unanswered question. the former nhs trust chairman roy lilley says the money promised is not enough to sustain the kind of investment that the health service needs. it isa it is a 3.4%, and that is underneath the historical average ofjust on 496. the historical average ofjust on 4%. and so, with prices going up and demand going up, i mean, i don't wa nt to demand going up, i mean, i don't want to sound churlish, but i mean, it is frankly simply not enough
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money. and the prime minister today was also talking about improved services, cancer, mental health, innovations, we get all that. but the last time we have a sustainability fund and the transformation fund, we pinched all the money from the transformation fund and put it in the sustainability fund to keep the nhs going, to keep the lights on. it ta kes going, to keep the lights on. it takes £2 billion a week to run the nhs. that's a lot of money, and although in context of what the prime minister said today, it sounds like a lot of money, it really isn't. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages, at the later time of 11:30pm, because of the world cup, in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the comment and features editor at cityam, rachel cunliffe, and the political commentator lance price. president trump says he will not allow the united states to become a migrant camp, as he faces increasing criticism
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for the policy of separating migrant children from their parents at the country's border with mexico. nearly 2,000 children have been affected by the policy in the past few weeks. the first lady melania trump has expressed her concern about the situation, and called for changes in immigration rules, as our north america correspondent nick bryant reports. children held in what looked like cages. the trump administration's zero—tolerance immigration policy being put into action at this detention centre in texas. it is notjust the much—vaunted border wall that the administration hopes will act as a deterrent to those who cross the mexican border illegally, but also this wire mesh fencing. la perrera, the detainees are calling it — the dog kennel. and, in these dusty facilities, the trump administration isn't just detaining children, but separating them from their parents. nearly 2,000 sons and daughters have been taken away from their mothers and fathers in just over
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a month—long period. mr garcia was separated from his teenage son. translation: it was hard, the ha rd est translation: it was hard, the hardest day for me, i felt like i was going to lose my son. this photo of a two—year—old honduran girl crying as us border patrol agents searched her mother has crystallised concerns and complaints. they have come from the former first lady laura bush, who said... and remarkably, the present first lady's offers also issued a statement. but her husband's hardline stance on immigration was a key reason why he now occupies the white house. and he defended the crackdown today. the united states will not be a
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migrant camp, and it will not be a refugee holding facility. it won't be. you look at what's happening in europe, you look at what's happening in other places, we can't allow that to happen to the united states, not on my watch. in a series of tweets that will place even further strain on the trans— atlantic alliance, donald trump has taken aim at angela merkel‘s germany, claiming the influx of immigrants has caused political instability and the spike in crime. that last claim is false. the german crime rate is at its lowest in 30 years. critics of the president claim he was trying to distract attention from what is happening in these detention centres, this one a converted walmart store near the mexican border. he has also been accused of using the detained children as bargaining chips, to get congressional funding from democrats for the border wall. the zero tolerance policy means zero
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humanity, and it makes zero cents. these are some of the most searing images of the trump presidency so far. and tonight we have heard some of the most searing sounds. released by aus the most searing sounds. released by a us news organisation and said to be audio of children crying who have been separated from their parents. this policy is intended to protect american borders, it is at demolishing american ideals? nick bryant, bbc news, washington. at the same time, president trump has said the german public are turning against their leader over immigration. on twitter, mr trump said, "crime in germany is way up," and that europe made a mistake "in allowing millions of people in who have so strongly and violently changed their culture." in berlin, the german interior minister has given chancellor merkel until the end of the month to engineer a european deal on immigration, before he begins turning away migrants at the border. 0ur europe editor
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katya adler has more. this is a fiendishly complicated issue and donald trump really stirred controversy today as we heard, suggesting that the german people were turning on their leadership because of spiralling migration and crime rates. —— spiralling. this is unfair because crime rates in germany are down and that 50%, angela merkel‘s popularity rating is one of many world leaders would dream of but it is true that politically she has been very much weakened by her liberal migration policies and that is why she is convinced that her political future in the future of the european union depend on herfinding a common accepted workable pan—european solution on migration and asylum. think back to the height of the migrant crisis year in 2015, what an
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example of european disunity, not to unity, as countries slammed their borders shut, thinking of themselves and not their neighbours, trying to keep the migrants out. the problem has festered ever since then and across europe, the rise of tougher migration, more nationalist minded politicians and parties making a common solution or the much harder so common solution or the much harder so expect now a flurry of diplomatic activity ahead of an eu leaders summit in berlin. angela merkel met the italian prime minister tonight and tomorrow, the turn of the french president. for her, a race against time and the stakes and the odds are high. five people have been injured in a shooting in sweden. it happened in the southern city of malmo. the motive for the shooting is unknown but police say there is no indication it was terror—related, adding that there's no cause for public alarm. the headlines on bbc news: the prime minister warns that tax rises will be needed to pay for more funding for the nhs.
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donald trump says the united states will not be a migrant camp as he defends his policy on separating families at the border. the government has lost a vote in the house of lords over its brexit plans. peers backed a call to give parliament a bigger say in the event of a "no deal" departure from the eu. england have won their opening game at a football world cup for the first time in over a decade. gareth southgate's side won by 2—1 twice, including a late injury—time winner. 0ur sports editor dan roan sent us this. the 2000 or so fans who came here to
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volgograd found themselves in formerly stalingrad, the scene of one of world war two's most brutal battles. england knew theirfocus had to be on the pitch. theirfirst challenge during the warmup to content with a swarm of flies that have descended here. nine of england's starting line up making their first appearance at a world cup but a youthful team had been told to play without fear and they did exactly that. but despite soon pulling off, that tunisian keeper's misfortune, the ball fell to harry came. this sense of unity that has
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defined the tournament is apparent. gareth southgate's team off to a perfect start. although the flies continued to be a nuisance, england we re continued to be a nuisance, england were a menace, squandering a chance to make it to mac. tunisia had offered little but then walk you did this. the defenders blunder punished from the spot. kaine unfortunate and although several more chances, time and again, they lacked composure, the game slowed up. england's the chanceis the game slowed up. england's the chance is restricted to set pieces as the frustrated and mounted. but with time and hope running out, england finally found an answer. the counting coming to his side's rescue
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when they needed him the most. how much the dramatic finale meant to the manager. england able to celebrate winning its first opening match at a world cup for 12 years. their 2— goal hero delighted. match at a world cup for 12 years. their 2- goal hero delighted. i'm so proud of it. i thought we played really well. obviously, from my point of view, credit to the lads. we kept going. you go into the last second and you are absolutely buzzing. we've given ourselves a great platform to build from. there is so much to be pleased about tonight. in particular, the level of performance but there is a lot of work to do still. the new look england came into this tournament as an unknown quantity but having proved they can succeed at that level, it feels like an important first step in their bid to restore belief. well, our correspondent sarah rainsford was mingling with the fans at volgograd. a huge roar of applause which came
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over the roof of the volgograd arena as that second and winning goal went in and huge relief for the england fans. there weren't that many inside the stadiums. but they were making a noise throughout this game. they we re noise throughout this game. they were chanting, they were bouncing and they were singing and no more than at the end as that goal went in in injury time. huge relief for england. the tunisian fans, not so pleased. they hoped they could have helped this and they would be the ones all day you have been singing and setting off flares and celebrating throughout the day in the city itself. cobleigh outnumbering the england supporters. this stadium is a roundabout 45,000 capacity and it was fairly full today. of course, many england fans have been worried about coming here
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to volgograd, it's a long way, but also because of that violence two yea rs also because of that violence two years ago. the atmosphere here has been great and peaceful. people celebrating in the city and here in the stadium tonight. there is a sea of fa ns the stadium tonight. there is a sea of fans leaving this daily. they just couldn't quite pull it off. staying with the world cup, a plane carrying the saudi arabian national team suffered a malfunction following a bird strike. the flight departed from st peterburg heading to rostov, and on the approach to land, a bird was caught in an engine. officials said the plane made a routine landing, and nothing threatened the safety of the passengers. the government has lost a crucial vote in the house of lords over its brexit plans. peers backed a call to give parliament a bigger say in the event that there is so—called no deal departure from the eu. the proposals will go back to the commons on wednesday.
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here is the vote earlier. content, 354. not content, 235. the contents habit. the conservative mp and chair of the pro—brexit there is the possibility of a rebellion by mps who would prefer britain did not leave the union without a deal. the conservative mp and chair of the pro—brexit european research group of mps jacob rees—mogg has this evening warned that the lords could be exceeding its constitutional role in passing the amendment. i think the house of lords of all places is being really cavalier in its approach to the constitution i think. in the early stages, it
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ignored the constitutional conventions in a number of amendments. and tonight, it has decided that it will once again ignore a constitutional convention on the separation of powers and i don't think that is in the long—term interest of the house of lords. the canadian parliament the canadian parliament has passed a bill allowing for legalised marijuana, allowing people to take the drug recreationally. it means canada is set to become the first g7 country to legalise cannabis. medicinal marijuana has already been available in the country for 17 years. a brief look at some of the day's other other news stories: the so—called stay put policy used by the fire brigade at the grenfell tower fire was fatally undermined by the building's refurbishment, according to evidence presented to the inquiry today. the first of four expert witnesses, dr barbara lane, listed a series of problems with the way the cladding and windows were fitted over the original concrete building, for which the stay put policy
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had been designed. the government is establishing a panel of medical experts to advise ministers on the use of medicinal cannabis. it comes after a 12—year—old boy with severe epilepsy was given special dispensation by the home secretary to use the drug. a landlord from northumberland has beenjailed for 8.5 years after forcing vulnerable tenants to work in his take—away in return for alcohol and drugs. 46 year—old harjit bariana had been found guilty of modern day slavery charges at an earlier hearing at newcastle crown court. against a background of turmoil on parts of the rail network, an independent train company has started running services on a line in cumbria where northern rail services have been suspended for a month. there was widespread anger among business and residents in the lake district when trains between 0xenholme and windermere were replaced by buses. danny savage reports on the emergence of west coast railways, and the impact it has had. the branch line to windermere in the lake district has become
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a symbol of northern rail's problems. while other routes are subject to a reduced timetable, all the services on this line have been axed for a month and replaced by buses. that is until today. when a privately owned and trained became the bus—replacement rail service. we were expecting to get a bus that would probably take much longer and make our journey a bit more boring. but now we're on a train, which is much better. a good thing? a really good thing, yeah. quickerjourney, nicer than being stuck on a bus, which we didn't want to do in the first place. and yeah, it's a nice old train. this new train service basically only runs during core hours in the day from, say, 10:00 in the morning till 6:00pm at night. so running alongside it is rail
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replacement bus service. the sign is here for it. you basically now have a choice on this well resourced line. train or bus? the new idea came from a passenger who was put off visiting by the buses. had a look at timetable and realised it was a bus replacement service, and i thought no, i'm not going on a bus. pat marshall is the boss of west coast railways, which owns the train now in service. as a local company, she believed they could help. we just want to do a professional job on the railway. the tracks are there for a purpose, and they're not being used. and it's very important for the economy, for the whole of the lake district. the department for transport has indicated to campaigners that it will pay for this service. it is very popular, with every seat taken. a better day, then, on the trains here, ahead of a strike by some northern rail staff tomorrow. danny savage, bbc news, windermere. there is a warning about the future health of what has become known as the millennial generation. a report by the health foundation think tank suggests that insecure jobs and the housing crisis could be setting them up for an unhealthy middle age.
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i spoke earlier to martina kane, who wrote that report, and 23—year—old nia dokova, a millennial, and asked if the findings of the report chime with them. i certainly have a lot of friends who have spoken to me about the
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