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this is bbc news i'm robert hall. the headlines at 8pm. david duckenfield — the police commander in charge on the day of the hillsborough disaster is to stand trial for manslaughter by gross negligence. the president of the european council, donald tusk, calls on britain to lay its "cards on the table" and resolve the outstanding issues on brexit before an eu summit in october. if he wants to reach a deal in october we need quick progress. this is the last call to the the cards on the table. after marathon talks at today's summit, a deal was struck to set up secure migrant centres in eu states. the firefighter who left his colleagues and tried — and failed — to rescue a girl trapped in the grenfell fire. ijust wanted i just wanted to ijust wanted to go up and get her. a little 12—year—old girl on her own, andl a little 12—year—old girl on her own, and i just a little 12—year—old girl on her own, and ijust wanted to go and get her out. debate over the future of the cash machines acoss the uk. there are fears of a network
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reduction as the fee paid each time an atm is used is being cut. and the carbon dioxide shortage causes a crisis for crumpet lovers as bia agents face—off against mexican drug cartels starring josh brolin and benicia del tauro. fight of the rest of the week's top cinema releases in the film review. nearly 30 years after britain's worst sporting disaster at hillsborough football stadium — a judge has ruled that the police commander in charge on the day can face trial. former chief superintendent of south yorkshire police, david duckenfield, will face charges of manslaughter by gross negligence in relation to the deaths of 95
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liverpool football fans. an order preventing mr duckenfield being tried had been imposed 18 years ago. four other men will also face trial in connection with the disaster and its aftermath. our correspondent, judith moritz, has been following the case. a year since they said they wanted to bring charges against david dokken field. first it had to apply to left that legal border and the court here heard arguments is from the ground about why they should ta ke the ground about why they should take place and from his lawyers about why they did not feel it should go ahead. today the judge ruled the former chief superintendent will grow on trial. nearly 30 years since david duckenfield was in charge at hillsborough, he will now appear in the dock of a criminal court. it is the first time that anyone has been charged with the deaths of 95 liverpool fans, who were killed when the terraces at the sheffield ground became
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overcrowded during an fa cup semifinal in 1989. mr duckenfield is accused of failing to take reasonable care for their safety, and it is alleged that amounts to gross negligence. 96 supporters were crushed. the youngest, a boy of ten. the oldest, a pensioner of 67. the match commander can only be charged in connection with 95 of the fans. for legal reasons, he can't be prosecuted by the death of the final victim, tony bland. we are unable to charge the manslaughter of anthony bland, the 96th casualty, who died almost four years later. this is due to time limitations imposed by the law as it applied at the time. 18 years ago, david duckenfield was prosecuted privately. an order was then imposed to prevent him being put on trial again. now that order has been lifted. four other men will also stand trial. graham mackrell, former
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sheffield wednesday club secretary, is charged with breaching health and safety and safety at sports ground legislation. separately, two senior police officers, donald denton and alan foster and a solicitor, peter metcalfe, are accused of perverting the course ofjustice by amending police statements in the wake of the disaster. former chief constable sir norman bettison has applied to stop the proceedings against him. his case has been adjourned until august. some of those bereaved by hillsborough were in court today to watch the ruling. they will be back again when the first trial gets under way. the man facing these charges will not be split into separate cases. the first trial involving david duckenfield is asked back to two start in september and the second trial involving those who were charged in relation to the alleged
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amended police statements, that should follow on the start of next year. the president of the european council, donald tusk, has issued a last call to the uk to ‘lay its cards on the table‘ if it wants to resolve all outstanding brexit issues in time for a crunch summit in october. the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, says ‘huge and serious‘ differences remain, between both sides. theresa may says she is "ready to intensify and accelerate the pace of negotiations", and the government's promised to publish more detail about its plans, in a forthcoming white paper. our political editor, laura kuenssberg reports from brussels. hovering in the background, brexit has been a footnote, not the main order of business here. but brussels‘ main broker had prepared a very big message to give. huge and serious divergence remain, in particular ireland and northern ireland. now we are waiting for the uk white paper and i hope it will contain workable and realistic proposals. but the very, very, very long night
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of talks that became 5am in the morning was dominated by the stresses and strains of migration around the mediterranean. then, a deal pushed by italy emerged, eventually with support of the others. not clear if it will give enough relief to angela merkel, in deep trouble on the issue at home. but the eu‘s frustrated with what they see as britain‘s lack of decisions on brexit. it sounds, though, like the prime minister is irritated right back. we are ready to intensify and accelerate the pace of negotiations. i want to see that from the european commission and the european union. but by sunrise, it was all quiet on the british front. theresa may had been and gone and it‘s that relative silence, as the eu sees it, that frustrates them so. gathering again, they mulled over the state of play. one government source said this
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is a prolonged finger wagging exercise but insiders suggest there is real despair among the member states. this time next week, the cabinet at home will be locked away in their own talks, trying to resolve once and for all what will the relationship with the eu really be? the best friends orjust respectful neighbours? there‘s a great deal of work ahead. and the most difficult tasks are still unresolved. if you want to reach a deal in october we need to great progress. this is the last call to lay cards on the table. then again... a simple message: we cannot wait any more. european voices can shout ever louder but the coming drama for theresa may is the one that awaits her at home. can she sold, in just seven days, the contradictions that the tories have struggled with for two long years? do you think theresa may
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will be able to resolve the differences in her cabinet? yes. and what happens if she does not? she will. she will, why are you confident when...? because i know her. so you trust that she will be able to get her party together? i was always trusting the british. yet the eu‘s frustrated. hanging around for britain. in a week, we should know what they are waiting for. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, brussels. we‘re joined now via webcam from oxford by arnand menon, who‘s director of the independent research body "uk in a changing europe". thank you very much for giving up some of your time this evening. what about these words? last call, late cards in the table, difficulties. what we read into all of these comments was yellow i suppose we read into this that it‘s a negotiation. actually, we don‘t need to come to a final agreement until
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december, but the member states are trying to put pressure on us today and in particular put pressure on her cabinet to come to an agreement next week and it makes their life easier if the cabinet comes out with a clear green line next friday. if they don‘t wish not assume it‘s game over. we still have time with the cabinet can meet again. they are trying to set the running, basically. there was a sense that they have a lot on their plate in they have a lot on their plate in the european union said it would like to do with brexit as quickly as possible and this waiting game we seem to be playing with them is irritating them. like everything with the eu process is all my god, we‘ve got to get it done now. we get to the 11th hour and generally a deal is done. it‘s not time to panic yet, but obviously for many member states it would be helpful and cabinet could come up with a clear line next week and i‘m sure that they will. just to expand on your
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point, how significant is it that we are not getting what we might call a definitive statements were apparent clear movement on brexit at this stage? it‘s significant, and it‘s significant because what it reveals is the government is not negotiating with itself. that's the primary negotiation at the moment. there‘s three sets. the cabinet is bigger graeme inside itself, and the government negotiating with parliament in the trading customs going back to parliament and in the prospect of the amendments they are in negotiating with european union, but the key out of those three is that cabinet decide what it wants and the problems they have is that the members of the cabinet have different ones from brexit. because we know they have what we might describe as make or break talks. if they all had off in their cars after that meeting with disagreements still running where does that leave us? elise is where we are now
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enemies the cabinet will have to reconvene at a later date. what mrs may knows and this is what makes it very difficult is that by making a choice by right said she‘s going to seriously irritate some members of her cabinet and if she says leaving the single market and the customs union and that is that she would irritate the people that think sure we should remain close and she says we should remain close and she says we will stay in the sea grew market than the brexiters would get annoyed. she‘s faced with real divisions and possible resignations and that‘s why it‘s so sensitive and she has got to make a choice. decide now 01’ she has got to make a choice. decide now or do what she has done for so long and stall. one of the things thatis long and stall. one of the things that is publicly irritating the negotiators across the channel is this issue of the border in northern ireland. how likely is it that he will despite the talk, reach some sort of agreement on that. there's
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no escaping the fact that the northern irish question is a very difficult one because of all of possible solutions or take more than one of the key players and that‘s the problem. if the catacombs are conclusion on what sort of economic relationship they want in the future while the solve the question itself it will be an important step towards knowing what the solutions are because we know how we are going to because we know how we are going to be trading with the european union and so all of these things are interlinked. thank you very much indeed for sharing. and we‘ll be finding out this story and many other are covered into tomorrow morning‘s front pages at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are claire cohen, who‘s the women‘s editor of the daily telegraph, and john rentoul, chief political commentator at the independent. a firefighter who singlehandedly tried — and failed — to rescue a 12—year—old girl trapped alone inside grenfell tower has told the inquiry how he cried every day after it. david badillo recounted in heartbreaking detail how he tried to savejessica urbano ramirez
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from the 20th floor and how it has affected him ever since. from the inquiry, tom symonds reports. there was only one easy way up and down grenfell tower. remarkably it worked. but firefighters quickly found they were unable to control where it stopped. yet for david badillo the grenfell lift became a way to possibly save a life. i saw little 12—year—old girl on her own and, you know, ijust wanted to go and get her out. jessica urbano ramirez‘s flat was on the 20th floor. would it be right to say that you were on a personal rescue mission? yeah. he had been given the keys to the flat. he went up in the lift. he told no—one what he was doing.
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the doors opened and a big rush of black smoke filled the lift. he was five floors short. what did you think of that? that i‘m in trouble here. somehow he managed to get down the stairs, but then, amid the chaos on the ground, david badillo grabbed breathing gear and went back in, with colleagues, up to jessica‘s flat. there was a bigger room with a big window and the whole window was an orange flame on the outside. butjessica wasn‘t there. he never found her and she didn‘t survive. it's all right, mr badillo, it's really difficult for you, i quite understand that. his pain was obvious at today‘s hearing. and his witness statement sets out his anger at the difficulties he and his colleagues faced that night. today‘s evidence highlighted yet another problem, at critical times they couldn‘t send
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crucial messages and tonight the fire brigades union has said that fire services need to improve communications. tom symonds, bbc news at the grenfell tower inquiry. the headlines on bbc news. david duckenfield — the police commander in charge on the day of the hillsborough disaster is to stand trial for manslaughter by gross negligence. the president of the european council, donald tusk, calls on britain to lay its "cards on the table" and resolve the outstanding issues on brexit before an eu summit in october. after marathon talks at today‘s summit, a deal was struck to set up secure migrant centres in eu states. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here‘s tim. hello, a very good evening to you
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and andy murray has given the clearest indication yet that he is ready to play at wimbledon the tournament begins on monday. murray twice a winner will face a frenchman in the first round if he feels fit enough. he had hip surgery in january and made his queens returned earlier this month before playing twice. earlier he spoke to journalists after leaving the practice court. i feel all right. not much different than i‘ve felt a couple of days ago, really. have you made a decision yet?” couple of days ago, really. have you made a decision yet? i think most likely, yeah. iwill chat made a decision yet? i think most likely, yeah. i will chat to my team this afternoon and also see how the next couple of days ago. i‘m playing sets and stuff tomorrow but most likely i will be there. little earlier today caroline beate kerber
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to reach the final for the second yearin to reach the final for the second year ina to reach the final for the second year in a row. she saved a match point and came from a set down to win. having just missed out on last year the world number two has a chance in tomorrow‘s final. she will play the belarussian. should be to publish in three sets. in the men‘s tournament lucas is through to his first final in a six and a half yea rs. first final in a six and a half years. he beat in straight sets and will face thereof in the final. the former italian referee and head of fee for public referee committee has suggested the aar should have helped england out with harry kane was u nfa i rly england out with harry kane was unfairly challenged during their first world cup group match against tunisia. being england captain was
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wrestled to the ground in the penalty area twice, however, the referee decided to waved play on. he believes the use of the aar has improved greatly since that england match. there were some incidents that suddenly disappeared, i mean we had some holdings of the second moment but in the following matches they disappeared and almost disappeared or with they continued they were punished by a proper technical decision. a penalty kick. because of course we noticed and intervened. that's a referee don't argue with. he has a new two—year contract with manchester united. he has been old trafford for five seasons after letting his existing contract expired he has decided to stay with the side. lewis hamilton
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was fastest in second practice at the austrian grand prix. he was a bit quicker than his team—mate. sebastian finished third in his harare. india completed a comprehensive 2—0 win over ireland with a 143 run victory in dublin. rahul smashed his way to 70. but india posted 213 from their 20 overs and so they let the irish after for just 70. and ben stokes has been named in england‘s squad for the three match one—day international series against india which start the 12th ofjuly. he is not played since tearing his left hamstring but he is due to return as a specialist batsman and a firearms t—20 match
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against yorkshire on the 5th ofjuly chris works will miss out. he has been struggling with knee and quad injuries. and that‘s all the support for now, robert. more for you in sports day. the carbon dioxide shortage is causing a crisis in the crumpet market. warbutons — the baker — admits being forced to reduce production to nowhere near it‘s usual one and half million crumpets a week. the simultaneous shutdown of several major carbon dioxide plants is effecting supplies of many everyday products, including soft drinks, beers and meat. here‘s our business correspondent emma simpson. crumpets — they‘re an everyday staple. mmm, yummy! they should be making 25,000 of them an hour at this factory. but the production lines have ground to a halt. two of warburtons‘ big bakeries have run out of co2. this is the point at which we package our crumpets and here we fill every packet with c02. that helps us maintain the freshness
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and quality of our product over the shelf life. i‘ve got two plants here that haven‘t run for the last ten days. it‘s a massive impact on our ability to provide our customers. but supermarkets aren‘t running out of crumpets just yet. it‘s notjust some bakery products that rely on co2. it‘s everything from fresh salads, chicken, meat, ready meals, sliced cheese. because the co2 in the packaging helps keep your shopping fresh for as long as possible. co2 also puts the fizz into lots of soft drinks and beer. this gas really matters to our food and drink supply chain. especially in abattoirs. they need co2 to stun pigs and poultry before slaughter. the gas is in short supply because some of the chemical plants which produce it are closed for maintenance. it‘s having an impact at scotland‘s
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biggest pig processing plant. it‘s been shut since tuesday and we don‘t actually know when it‘s going to open again. added on to that, a number of the packing plants which would take the product and then make it into sausages and mince and things like that use co2 in that and the shortage those plants have had, it‘s hard to see how we‘re going to avoid some disruption to the product on the shelves. at warburtons, they‘re not sure when things will get back to normal either. but co2 producers say they‘re working as hard as they can to resume production. emma simpson, bbc news. earlier i spoke to professor peter styring, director of the uk centre for carbon dixon utilization, and he explained to what was the route cause of the co2 shortage? the problem was caused by the shutdown of several plants in the uk and in europe for scheduled
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maintenance. they just happen and in europe for scheduled maintenance. theyjust happen to all coincided the same time so perfect storm. some of the plants in europe also had technical issues so they had to close down. the just ended up with this short—term shortage. had to close down. the just ended up with this short-term shortage. i'm not a scientist, for a layman like me, how‘d you make carbon dioxide and how complex and specialist is it? it's part of a natural cycle, so you plan to use carbon dioxide to make fuels, we use carbon in the form of coal and gas to produce energy and co2 is produced as a combustion products. it‘s also used and produced in the production of hydrogen which is used to produce ammonia and a 20 shortage is really hitting. the ammonia this is to do with packaging and preservation of foodstuffs in particular, isn‘t it?
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preservation of foodstuffs in particular, isn't it? in the case of foodstuffs, yeah. it‘s a give that fizz like you said. drink like champagne are naturally carbonated and drinks like soft drinks or beer and drinks like soft drinks or beer and lager need to give it that combination. how short-term is this? we keep hearing about plants coming back online but we are and eight how to spell and people are using a lot of what the carbon dioxide goes into. they have said it will be back online early next week, but obviously that‘s why they come back online there‘ll be a time for restarting the plant and that means will be a shortage. it really is a short—term shortage in selling it will resolve itself in a few days if not weeks. one of the nurses who worked at the gosport war memorial hospital where hundreds of patients had their lives cut short after being given high doses of powerful painkillers, has apologised to relatives who lost their loved ones — but says she was only trying to make patients comfortable.
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the nurse, who doesn t want to be identified, says she is struggling to understand how so many people died. she has been talking exclusively to duncan kennedy. the scale of deaths at the gosport hospital has been incomprehensible for relatives. this former nurse, who doesn‘t want her identity revealed, was one of those who worked there and has never spoken publicly before. were you worried about the use of these high levels of painkillers? i suppose i was concerned. but at the same time, i was pleased that these people seemed to be more comfortable than they were before they were given it. that is what nursing is all about. making sure people are comfortable. that word — "comfortable" — was highlighted in the independent report. "please make comfortable" was medical shorthand for putting patients on the powerful painkiller diamorphine. the words were often written on patients‘ notes byjane barton, the doctor who oversaw drugs prescriptions at the hospital.
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i feel that dr barton is being tarred with the same brush as harold shipman. but it‘s completely different. he was a wicked man but dr barton wasn‘t. she was a good woman and still is. i felt so very sad for her. she says she still can‘t believe the numbers of patients whose lives were shortened. what do you think of this whole tragic affair? very sad. very sad indeed. i feel, looking back, didn‘t i do myjob properly? i‘m sure i did. and as nurses, are we classed as murderers? she says some nurses may have been given too much responsibility with the drugs. what would you say to those relatives of those people who died who believe they were given
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the wrong medicines? what would you say? i would say, i‘m sorry if you feel your loved ones have died in this way. i feel sure that they were well looked after and we gave all the care we could to make sure they were comfortable. but i did my best. relatives of those who died say a new police investigation must start as soon as possible. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in gosport. a gunman who killed five people at a newspaper office in maryland in the united states had barricaded the door during the attack in an effort to ‘kill as many people as possible‘, police have said. a judge ordered the suspect to be held without bail. police confirmed the gunman used a legally—purchased pump—action shotgun in the attack, which wounded two others. president trump has offered his condolences to the victims of the families during an event at the white house. this attack shocked the conscience
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of our nation and filled our hearts with grief. journalists like all americans should be free from the fear of being violently attacked while doing theirjob. to the families of the victims there are no words to respect the neck express our sorrow words to respect the neck express our sorrow for your loss. the horrible, horrible event, a werewolf thing happened. when you are suffering we pledge our internal support. the suffering is so great that we have seen some of the people so great. my government will not rest until we have done everything in our power to reduce violent crime and protect innocent life. we will
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not ever leave your side, so our warmest best wishes and regrets, horrific, horrible things. the bbc has apologised for underpaying its former china editor carrie gracie, and has reached an agreement about her back pay. the journalist has said she will donate the money to the gender equality charity the fawcett society. she gave this statement earlier today. i love the bbc. it has been my work family for more than 30 years and i want it to be the best. sometimes families feel the need to shout at each other but it is always a relief when you can stop shouting. i'm grateful to the director—general for helping me resolve this. i do feel that he has led from the front today. in acknowledging the value of my work as china editor, the bbc has awarded me several years of backdated pay. but for me this was always about the principle and not
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about the money so i'm giving all of that money away to help women who needed than i do. after all, today at the bbc i can say i am equal. and i would like women in workplaces up and down this country to be able to say the same. cash machines in the uk are closing at a rate of 300 a month, according to consumer group which? an imminent cut in fees paid by banks to atm operators, is one of the main reasons behind the decline, it‘s being claimed. link, the company which oversees cash machines, has argued that the fee cut is vital for the sustainability of the network. good evening, forfive days in a row now we‘ve seen temperatures getting 30 degrees plus across some parts of
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the uk, we will take that lead into the uk, we will take that lead into the weekend, for most of us dry hot and sunny. could be some thundery showers towards the far south—west. overnight drive, missed and low cloud getting pushed inland across scotland, inland across england. further west it will be warmest overnight which is where we had the highest temperatures today. they missed an low cloud does not last long on saturday morning, nine, ten o‘clock it‘s pretty much gone, lots of sunshine around, light easterly breezes. some sunshine. higher tem pters breezes. some sunshine. higher tempters further west. mid to high 20s. we might find temperatures rising in the south over the next couple days, chance of thundery showers in the south of england, drifting towards south wales perhaps drifting towards south wales for a while. that‘s it, goodbye. hello this is bbc news. the headlines:
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the match commander on the day of the hillsborough disaster david duckenfield will face trial for the manslaughter by gross negligence of 95 football supporters. the president of the european council, donald tusk, calls on britain to lay its "cards on the table" and resolve the outstanding issues on brexit before an eu summit in october. if you want to reach in and deal in october we need quick progress. this is the last call to lay their cards on the table. after marathon talks at today‘s summit, a deal was struck to set up secure migrant centres in eu states. a firefighter has broken down in tears recalling a "personal rescue mission" to save a 12—year—old from the 20th floor of the grenfell tower. it‘s now been six days since a group of teenagers and their football coach disappeared in a cave in northern thailand. the huge search for the group, thought to have been cut off by rising floodwater,
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has gripped the country. a team of specialist british cave divers is now helping with the search, as our correspondent jonathan head reports. we are on our way up the side of the mountain to check out holes in the ground. it‘s hot, steep and very slippery. but there is just a chance, a small one, that it might lead to the missing boys. there have been so few possibilities for getting into the caves that the thai police are making the most of this one. the national police chief has hiked up to direct this operation. their plan is to lower climbers into a narrow crack barely wide enough for an adult. it‘s one of several such holes, but this is the most hopeful, discovered by two british cavers yesterday. we‘re watching police climbers going down this really very small
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opening in the rock. it is very tight. they have tied a rope to a log across it to hold them. there is a lot of people up here but it feels like they are improvising, trying to find a way through to see if this leads to the caves. where‘s rob? are you moving in now? the two british cavers have come back from climbing down another hole that did not lead anywhere. valuable experience now. we can say here, about 26 metres over there, is where the end of the cave underneath us is likely to be. and it is unlikely, very unlikely, but we have to rule out all possibilities that the children could have got to that chamber. as they descend, the climbers send back video of their progress.
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later in the day, they discover a large chamber, a rare piece of positive news. although it‘s not clear yet whether this connects to the main caves. they will now be supplied by helicopter so they can stay up here on the hillside and keep on looking. jonathan head, bbc news, northern thailand. a hosepipe ban has tonight been introduced in northern ireland. it‘s the first time such a move has been made there since 1995. elsewhere in other parts of the uk water firms are warning people to conserve supplies as the hot weather continues. mark simpson reports from belfast. going, going, gone. the hosepipe ban began at six o‘clock. what happens if people break the rules? well a hosepipe ban, it is a legal
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instrument and there are consequences of breaking it, but in essence, we need people to be responsible and volunteer not to use them. if people do it, there will be enough water. the authorities want us to save as much water as we can inside our homes, whether it be not keeping the tap running when we are brushing our teeth, shorter showers and only putting enough water in the kettle as we need. saving water is bad news for the children when it comes to paddling pools and water pistols. i think we will save this water. if a paddling pool is already full, that is ok. just do not refill it. the problem is, there is such a high demand for water at the moment and the system is struggling to cope. so what about commercial car washes? can they stay open? the answer is, yes they can. but does that mean we
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can all watch our own can all wash our own vehicles at home this weekend if we want? no, that is not allowed. so how about watering the flowers? using a watering can rather than a hose? yes, northern ireland what say that is ok. water say that is ok. this weekend, people are being encouraged to be careful in the water and with the water. we will be asking our customers not to wash their vehicles this weekend. the upside is that the grass is not growing so quickly so it only needs cut once a week. on the north coast, there is a breeze. in towns like portadown there is not and some people are feeling the heat. if that was to rain next week, i would not care. it is too warm. i cannot take it. fabulous.
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can hardly stick it. what about the hosepipe ban? i think it is good, we all need water. if we do not try and save it now, we will have none. with that in mind, many people are making the most of what they have got. mark simpson, bbc news, belfast. the surrey village of newdigate has suffered it‘s second earthquake — in a week. the tremor with a magnitude of 2.4 was felt between newdigate and dorking just before 7am this morning. a 2.6 magnitude quake was felt in the village on wednesday, causing houses and furniture to shake. let‘s speak now to the geologist peter styles, who joins us via webcam. peter, thank you very much for giving up some of your friday evening. i know we are only talking about something relatively minor but two ina about something relatively minor but two in a week is unusual. yes in actual fact they are bigger than the
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earthquakes which stop to the fracking in blackpool, they were about the same magnitude, 2.3 that was, so it‘s the same order. they we re was, so it‘s the same order. they were felt relatively strongly, more strongly than i would have expected considering. what is going on underneath the weekly sorry to produce these? earthquakes are movements on faults. every earthquake will be on fault, 2.4 is a minorfault earthquake will be on fault, 2.4 is a minor fault and earthquake will be on fault, 2.4 is a minorfault and the movement is only a few millimetres but it can produce an earthquake of this size. they are difficult to detect because even seismic exploration which is done for oil will not detect faults of this size. two tremors, i know when we have larger quakes elsewhere around the world you often get a number of after—shocks. do you get the same effect with these smaller tremors? yes, it's likely, although
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probably they have not been exhaustively examined that there will be a series of smaller events. there has been won 1.5 i can see on the records but there may be sequences down to magnitude of magnitude zero even. you can go below zero. i would anticipate there might be others the geological survey will be looking for. this is a relatively unusual thing here but it‘s fair to say i think people forget, we‘ve done other stories on this, there is a fair amount of geological activity underneath the uk. yes. geologically the uk is rather complex. we have had many episodes where the uk continental crust has been squashed. the last one was several tens of millions of yea rs one was several tens of millions of years ago when the alps were formed and before that was about 300
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million years ago. these form faults and they persist. they can move depending on what other geological conditions change. we smile about it and i‘m sure it will make the local papers and radio stations, but will lead —— should we take it seriously? these are not going to cause damage but they do cause concern. it has to be said the uk population has become sensitised i think since the blackpool earthquakes associated with fracking and they are much more aware of them. i have worked in areas looking at geophysics for much of my life and they are a bit more used to this and take it as part of the furniture. but in areas where there have not been earthquakes before people can become concerned. thanks very much for shedding some light on all of that. your mac thank you, good night. a father is proving an internet hit after he was filmed
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stepping onto stage to help his young daughter who‘d froze with stage fright during a ballet routine in maidstone. michael hicks had been practising so hard with his 4 year—old—daughter amelia, he knew the routine too. charlie rose reports. after months of practice, little amelia is finally on stage for her first ballet performance. but u nfortu nately first ballet performance. but unfortunately the smiles backstage have been replaced by tears. the four —year—old standing in front of big audiences all too much. four —year—old standing in front of big audiences all too muchlj four —year—old standing in front of big audiences all too much. i was proud to see her, big smiley face and then she froze. we glanced at each other and he just knew he had to go up on stage and help out. without delay the doting dad sweeps his daughter up in his arms and saves the day. what was it like having daddy on stage? it was good. why was it so good? he came to
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rescue me. he came and rescued you? what did that feel like when dad came and rescued you? happy. bridge of the together, bend your knees. good girls. can you tap your toe as well. luckily amelia's dad had been paying close attention at her weekly ballet classes and the audience appeared to appreciate his skills. i had been watching, i been practising with her. mum had said it is my thing to do the dancing and the practising but it has definitely helped. their performance brought the house down. the father daughter bond winning the hearts of the audience. now take a look at this tawny owl, it‘s been having a right hoot in the hot weather. the nonocturnal bird was captured bathing in a pool of water in north yorkshire.
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quite envious. now on bbc news it is time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week‘s cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? we have the sequel to sicario, sicario 2: day of the soldado, sicario 2: soldado, leave no trace, the new film from debra granik. and shailene woodley lost at sea in adrift. sicario 2. where are you a fan of the original? not quite. i am surprise. emily blunt was brilliant. i do like her. she is not back this time.
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in this sequel, the original starred emily blunt. they are all gone. now we have a sequel in the age in which it turns out that trafficking people is more profitable than trafficking drugs,

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