tv Breakfast BBC News July 1, 2018 8:00am-9:01am BST
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good morning, welcome to breakfast with christian fraser and victoria fritz. our headlines today... a major emergency declared as fires merge on moors above bolton — firefighters say they're ‘rapidly developing and agressive‘. firefighters say they‘re ‘rapidly developing and aggressive‘. people who rent their homes could get more security under new government plans for a minimum three year tenancy. new protection for people buying trips from holiday booking websites come into force today. it‘s out with the old and in with the new at the world cup — as two of the greatest players of their generation bow out, and a teenage sensation comes of age. good morning, we are looking at another hot and sunny day. it will feel a bit more humid compared to recent days and there is a risk of some thunderstorms in the south—west. otherwise it should stay dry. the full forecast coming up a little later. as a great white is glimpsed off spain — we‘ll speak to the shark spotter who had a front—row seat. it‘s sunday the 1st ofjuly.
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our top story: firefighters are continuing to tackle a major blaze which has engulfed moorland above bolton. strong winds yesterday fanned the flames on winter hill. around 30 miles away on saddleworth moor, crews are continuing to fight a fire which started a week ago. our reporter dave guest is on winter hill this morning. fire and rescue teams have their work cut out again today? they have, yes, you were talking about those strong winds fanning flames yesterday, sure that you can see the wind is still quite strong today. the sun is out, they will be working in hotand the sun is out, they will be working in hot and windy conditions on a tinder dry landscape, that has caused a problem, we have five square miles of moorland on winter hill ablaze, two fires emerged yesterday. that is why this has been declared a major incident. they have
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drafted in support from fire brigades across the country. i have seen brigades from nottinghamshire, humberside, they have joined with lancashire cruised to bring this under control. more than 150 firefighters on the moors this morning. a lot of it is heavy and hot work, trying to beat out the fla mes hot work, trying to beat out the flames but the difficulty is the same difficulties they have had on saddleworth moor, i was there a few days last week. they try and get it out, they think they have got it out but it smoulders underground in the peat, and it pops up elsewhere. even though at the moment it is mainly smoke that we can see, very soon you see pockets of flame popping up here there. and the only real way all of these fires will be completely out is if we have a heavy downpour, that is if we have a heavy downpour, that is not in prospect. now it is brute force and fire crews bringing as much water to the moor as possible to get this fire under control as quickly as they can. dave, thank
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you. we‘ll speak to lancashire fire and rescue service for the latest on the operation to fight the fires in just a few minutes. people who rent their homes could be given more security under government proposals to introduce a minimum tenancy term of three years. ministers say longer agreements will allow tenants to put down roots in their communities. let‘s find out more from our political correspondent tom barton, who‘s in our london newsroom. what exactly are they suggesting here? at the moment, if you rent a house or a flat, you are probably one of the eight out of ten tenants who are on what is known as an assured short hold tenancy. that means you get a 12 month contract but after that, it rolls from month to month. there is nothing stopping your landlord from either putting up the rent or asking you to leave with just one month‘s noticed another government is consulting on the minimum term from the start of a
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tenancy for three years. james brokenshire, the ministers and for housing, says the average tenancy lasts for about four years and he wa nts lasts for about four years and he wants people to feel secure in their home. and feel like it is a home, and that they are part of a community. labour point out that actually, the idea of a three—year minimum tenancy was something that they included in their manifesto at they included in their manifesto at the last election, last year. they also say their proposals go much further, because they are talking, alongside extending minimum tenancy agreements, of adding rent caps to tenancy agreements, essentially making it much more difficult for landlords to put up the rent, both asa landlords to put up the rent, both as a way of making extra money but getting tenants to move out before the contract is up. tom, a really interesting idea. thank you very much. the rail operator, govia thameslink,
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could lose its franchises unless it rapidly improves services in the south east of england. hundreds of thousands of passengers have faced weeks of cancellations and delays following the introduction of new timetables in may. a government source said the process of removing franchises could start within weeks. thameslink has refused to comment but apologised for the disruption. seven out of io council leaders in england believe income tax needs to be raised to fund adult social care. that‘s according to research by the local government association, which says more money is needed now. the department of health and social care says it will publish its proposals in the autumn. our reporter simonjones has more. with an ageing population and a squeeze on council budgets, the strains on care services can no longer be ignored — that‘s the message from the local government association, which supports local authorities,
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ahead of its annual conference next week. although councils in england have been able to increase council tax in recent years to help meet the cost, many say it‘s not enough. it‘s the overwhelming concern of council leaders across the country that the crisis in the funding for social care is becoming more and more acute. the nhs will fall over unless councils get extra money to help people keep in their own homes. all chant: no nhs cuts! this weekend, thousands of people marched through central london to protest at what they say is the underfunding of the health service. the prime minister has pledged billions more for the nhs in england but councils are asking — what about social care? a survey of council leaders and cabinet members suggests 96% believe there is a major nationalfunding problem in adult social care. 89% think national taxation must be part of the solution. 70% say increases to income tax should be considered. just over half of english councils, which provide adult social care, responded to the local government association survey. here at the department of health and social care, they say they recognise the social care system is under pressure
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and they are committed to introducing reforms to ensure it‘s sustainable for the future. in the autumn, a consultation document will be published with proposals for debate. but the local government association says bold and radical political decisions are needed now. simon jones, bbc news. millions of people who book their holidays online will be protected under new eu rules which come into force today. until now, trips booked via websites like expedia and on the beach did not have the same protection as traditional package holidays from travel agents. our business correspondent joe lynam has more. expedia, lastminute.com, ebookers and on the beach are popular websites for booking holidays, but they are intermediaries. it means if things go wrong, they are not directly responsible. that ends today. more and more people are buying their holidays online
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but they don‘t get the same protection as they would have got from a traditional travel agent, so thanks to these changes today, anybody who buys a holiday and, for instance, there‘s an ash cloud or a hotel isn‘t up to standard or the airline goes bust, they will be protected, thanks to these new directives. 83% booked a holiday online last year. most of that was through booking sites. but only half of those holidays were financially protected if the hotel, airline or car rental company failed. that will change. but if you book each component part of your holiday separately, you won‘t get the new protections, as that‘s not considered a package holiday. when we book our holidays, we usually go online and just look for certain companies, making sure it's, like, atol protected. there‘s a lot of websites where you get really good deals for holidays, i know we‘ve been looking into, but ijust feel a bit cautious going forward with that because the deals are so good that we do not know if we‘re gonna get, like, say, protection. when i'm sort of looking at protection for a holiday, i don't —
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i don't really think that much about it. ijust usually, you know, find a kind of cheap insurance deal. the new protections, which are eu—wide, only apply to holidays bought from today. so if you‘ve purchased already online and haven‘t travelled yet, you won‘t be covered. in that respect, travel insurance is always recommended. joe lynam, bbc news. i was watching that man water—skiing, do you think he would be doing that if he knew what we were about to tell him? humsjaws knew what we were about to tell him? hums jaws theme. a great white shark has been spotted in spanish waters for the first time in more than a0 years. it's it‘s only little, they grow up to six metres long! this footage was captured by scientists and volunteers aboard a research ship operated by the spanish conservative organisation, alnitak. a p pa re ntly apparently they were looking for plastics. great whites are normally associated
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with south africa and australia, but are infact native to the mediterranean. who knew? when you were out there swimming? not any more! apparently it is safe and they are fine. georgina stevens was the only brit on board and we‘ll be speaking to her later in the programme. a quick look now at the time, it is about ten past eight at the moment. let‘s go back to our main story. hillsides ablaze, helicopters dropping water, and firefighters working through the night. scenes we‘re used to seeing from california and australia, but this week wildfires have broken out in the moors of greater manchester and lancashire. yes, it is bad as well. yesterday strong winds helped to fan the flames over two square miles on winter hill, above bolton, prompting lancashire fire and rescue service to declare a major incident. dave russell, the assistant chief fire officer for lancashire, can tell us more — he joins us from winter hill now. it was aggressive yesterday, how
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does it look today? we are dealing with an extensive moorland fire, covering approximately eight square kilometres. the fire extends on both sides of winter hill. it continues to remaina sides of winter hill. it continues to remain a major incident, and we are still actively firefighting across a number of areas. we can see the tape behind you flattering, is the tape behind you flattering, is the winter the biggest problem, moving those embers across the moorland? yes, the wind conditions have changed throughout. this is the third day now, where we have been firefighting on winter hill. it is extremely testing, these conditions, for firefighters. the wind speed has changed but certainly any increase in wind will accelerate the speed and the rate of development of fire. tell us what sort of resources you have? will you need more? or do you
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have? will you need more? or do you have the right kind of manpower at the moment? we scaled down during the moment? we scaled down during the evening. we currently have approximately just the evening. we currently have approximatelyjust in the evening. we currently have approximately just in excess the evening. we currently have approximatelyjust in excess of 100 firefighters, which have been drawn from lancashire, greater manchester and a number of fire and rescue services outside of the north west. all of those resources have been employed to work against the tactical plan, which is really an attack from the ground, and utilising helicopters for an aerial attack. some members of the public, i know, have been up there. probably curious to have a look on someone to help out. what is your advice, what are you telling them to do, does it help you if they are there or not? the public‘s generosity has been quite overwhelming. we have been inundated with food and drink, which has been wonderful and we will continue to coordinate those
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efforts. really, we say to any members of the public thinking of visiting winter hill to stay away. it isa visiting winter hill to stay away. it is a dangerous area at the moment. in terms of public safety, the advice is to simply stay off anywhere around the moorland of winter hill. i know that you have done a terrificjob of protecting one of the homes at the top of winter hill with trenches that you have dog. some viewers have been asking, why isn‘t it possible to dig trenches where the fire is, to stop it more generally? we have to be careful in terms of balancing fire fighter safety, a challenge in this incident is at the top of winter hill there is a significant amount of critical national infrastructure in terms of radio masts. i can assure that those assets are all protected. thankfully, there is only a small number of properties within the local area. what we have done
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with each of those properties is dug a trench and filled them with water, essentially to create a moat, so we have not had any properties involved through fire spread and that is really down to the excellent work of professionals and the firefighters involved. have you ever been in a situation like this where you had to coordinate the army? yes, i have. this is particularly testing. i suspect that we will be here for a number of days still to come. the resolution of an incident of this nature cannot be solely through the fire and rescue service. we acknowledge the support of all blue light services. the military and indeed the authorities. those effo rts indeed the authorities. those efforts will continue. we are very grateful for your time, dave, this morning. we know that you‘re very busy. best of luck with your efforts on winter hill. thank very much.
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thank you. here‘s chris with a look at this morning‘s weather. i know that you have a picture that says an awful lot there, it is the wildfire on winter hill and the smoke disappearing into the sea? it is incredible, this is a satellite picture from nasa. this is from yesterday, they do not come round often, these kinds of satellites, the red spot is where the blazes were yesterday. this plume of smoke extends out of preston and near the lytham area and towards the irish sea. what is interesting is that we have some fire signals there still in the saddleworth moor area but no significant smoke plume, yesterday i showed you it across merseyside. it looks like the army and firefighters are winning the battle to continue that blaze. hopefully that will continue to be the case. temperatures widely into the high
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20s, peaking in to bourne, hampshire. that was the hot spot yesterday. more hot weather to come but he changed toward south—west england. cloud here, rolling in, thatis england. cloud here, rolling in, that is under club. storms arriving at the moment across dorset, through devon, hampshire, devon, cornwall and towards the isles of scilly as well. pushing northwards, they may reach southern parts of wales and if they do they are most likely across pembrokeshire. it is uncertain if they will spread elsewhere in wales. away from the south part of wales, it isa away from the south part of wales, it is a dry, hot and sunny day. that spreads across england and scotland once again. northern ireland has more cloud than yesterday, not as hot here. light orange colours here, temperatures into the low 20s, rather than the mid to high 20s we‘ve seen in recent days. the hottest areas getting into the low
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30s. top temperatures of 31, 30 2 degrees. overnight, this cold front pushes across scotland, producing some slightly fresher air. otherwise it isa some slightly fresher air. otherwise it is a hot one. when you go to sleep, 23 degrees in london and birmingham, an uncomfortable night ahead. we still have low pressure to the south, in france, continuing to bring a threat of one or two isolated thunderstorms across southern parts of england. they will not be widespread, a dry day, and this lower area of cloud pushes eastwards a cross this lower area of cloud pushes eastwards across scotland and it would not temperatures back. it will not be a cold day in scotland, rather than the 27 we have in edinburgh we have highs of 24. still warm for this time of year that the hottest air will be across england and wales. highs of 30 degrees with and wales. highs of 30 degrees with a bit more sunshine, it will be warmer in northern ireland. over the next few days, high pressure dominates the picture. we could have some isolated thunderstorms in the
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week ahead but for many a dry week with a lot of sunshine. it stays hot, temperatures in the high 20s to late 30s in the hottest areas. this dry and hot spell may last until the middle ofjuly, and i cannot really see any big changes on the horizon. that‘s the latest weather, victoria, back to you two. studio: thank you. acute myeloid leukaemia is a blood cancer which affects one in 7,000 young people in the uk. but among children with down‘s syndrome, around one in 50 will develop the disease. now a new test has been developed which could help to catch it at an early stage by identifying those most at risk. let‘s discuss this with dr stefan meyer, a paediatric cancer specialist, and hollie, who was treated for acute myeloid leukaemia aged 16 months. she‘s here with mum, hayley. hello. thank you very much for coming on. now, let‘s start first
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with you guys, hayley and hollie. 16 months, when did you start to think there might be something wrong? kazan arena had a rash from three months old. we took her back to the doctors many times, and they were saying that it could be due to straining because she was constipated. she then started to brew really easily and bleed from her gums. again, we kept taking her back and forth but they did not pick anything up. that is scary, from three months old. and at 16 months they did a blood test and it showed her platelet count was only at nine, when it should be a bit higher than that. we had to stay in overnight just in case. did you feel that you are getting the kind of support that you needed? no. ithink are getting the kind of support that you needed? no. i think they were
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pushing everything, all of the symptoms, and having down‘s syndrome. they did not want say that it could be this, they said it could be from being constipated. you suspected that it might be leukaemia? yes, i had a feeling, but idid not leukaemia? yes, i had a feeling, but i did not want to say because i thought i mightjinx it! and if it comes back, it will be my fault, that kind of thing. but deep down, i knew that it was leukaemia. and what we have now is a test, is that test looking for, if i read this right, it is looking for a market in the blood? i think we've known for a while that children with down syndrome can get leukaemia. it is just finding the changes associated with leukaemia, looking in a standardised way not to overlook. so you knew that the marker was there, so what was being missed, do you
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think? i think there was a bit of insecurity and inconsistency about how people approach the problem. and with having this test now, and being able to study all of these cases in oxford, they have come up with this is what we are going to do, not to overlook for a long time these cases any more. but it was almost a year between those first symptoms in hollie, and getting any kind of diagnosis. what kind of difference couldn‘t have made in her case? diagnosis. what kind of difference couldn't have made in her case?|j think in general, the earlier you get, the easier it is to handle any complications from it. we cannot prevent it but we can make the treatment a lot easier and try to avoid any complications that could be dangerous. hollie was how old when she got it? she was 16 months old and needed four rounds of chemotherapy. major, very poorly. at one point she was in isolation, she is so active, trying to keep her in
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a room between seven and ten days. who is this? chemo duck. and was iyer there throughout? he has a little plastic thing here as well, did you have one as well? you had two, didn‘t you? did you have one as well? you had two, didn't you? and stefan, you say if you catch it earlier, it is easier to treat? it is easier to manage, the complications can happen with white cell counts, and the liver, in getting affected. it can be detected earlier and managed better. so what are the symptoms? and are they any different for children and babies, small children, as for adults? what should parents be looking out for? preventing, initially, any nonspecific. tiredness from not enough blood being produced, blood spots, and platelets not being produced. and infections from not enough white
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cells being produced. there is not a specific way that can present but now with the test, there is a much better way of working this out not to miss it. so, hayley, for those pa rents to miss it. so, hayley, for those parents with down syndrome children, what would be your advice after the experience he went through? always get a second opinion, i think you know your child best. you suspected quite early? yes, one of our good friends, her little boy had leukaemia, and he came into my mind. she phoned me up, she was always on the phone to me, she lived miles away from us but was always phoning. she was a rock for us. it was because i know that her son was diagnosed, and i knew that he had symptoms. is hollie in the clear now? yes, it will be nine years on friday that she was diagnosed and
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she has had the all clear now. and you are doing really well, aren‘t you? she is very sweet. thank you both for coming on and showing up. what is the advice? always have another look. thank you to both of you for coming in. thank you to chemo duck too! the keighley and worth valley railway must be one of the most familiar in the country, acting as a film set for the much loved film the railway children. it is one that i know very well! 50 years ago, the branch line was re—opened by enthusiasts after it had been closed to passengers. phil bodmerjoined the anniversary celebrations. it was a little—known yorkshire branch line made famous by a 1970 british movie.
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the railway children, starring jenny agutter and bernard cribbins, became a global hit. but injune, 1968, a small group of volunteers, determined to save their local line, were not to know that. exactly 50 years on from that original journey from keighley to oxenhope, it‘s been recreated using the original tank engine number 41241. access to platform three can be made by using the subway located in the middle of platform four. fireman phil was on that footplate injune, 1968. this is one of the few railways that is a complete branch line and the thinking behind it originally was, "the british railways are going to close our branch line, we will take it over and run it ourselves." to mark the 50th anniversary,
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a modern—day locomotive was named after it. this day is really to mark the volunteers‘ achievements over the last 50 years because we have done a lot of things on the railways, such as rebuilding stations, restoring a huge fleet of locomotives. the original train fare back in 1968 was four shillings. some of today‘s passengers were on that very first one. i was in this very carriage on this very train 50 years ago and i was there as a journalist, as a newspaper reporter. and i turned up to interview an old chap called ken roberts who looked after this carriage, and indeed is still involved with it, and ken said, "before i talk to you," he said, "here's a brush, sweep it out." today is very special for me, very special. didn't expect to be actually on this train because i'm not involved, obviously, in the keighley worth valley. but very kindly friends invited us tojoin in.
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i blew this whistle 50 years ago to set the train off, this train off, from keighley. for half a century, this heritage line has been at the very heart of the worth valley. its dedicated volunteers will be determined to see it through its next phase. phil bodmer, bbc news, west yorkshire. that is a beautiful railway! it is, and can i please apologise for mispronouncing it earlier to the good people of yorkshire, i pronounced it as keely, that it is keighley. useless! dumbing up in the next half an hour... —— coming up in the next half an hour. coming up in the next half hour... this great white shark is the first to be spotted off the island of majorca for 40 years. we‘ll speak to the only brit on board the boat. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with christian fraser
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and victoria fritz. here‘s a summary of this morning‘s main news. firefighters are continuing to tackle a major blaze which has engulfed moorland above bolton. strong winds yesterday fanned the flames on winter hill and firefighters say it will take days to extinguish. around 30 miles away on saddleworth moor, crews are continuing to fight a fire which started a week ago. seven out of ten council leaders in england believe income tax needs to be raised to fund adult social care, according to research by the local government association. the department of health and social care says it will publish its proposals in the autumn, but care providers are warning that more money is needed now. we have plenty of stories of people being left stuck in hospital when they are medically fit to go home or return to a care home but actually are struggling to get services organised for them and i think that is a result of a really underfunded sector. millions of people who book
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their holidays online will be protected under new eu rules which come into force today. from now on, websites like expedia and on the beach will be held financially responsible when things go wrong. the government estimates that 10 million holiday—makers will benefit from the changes. people who rent their homes could be given more security under government proposals to introduce a minimum tenancy term of three years. figures show that eight out of ten tenants currently have contracts of six or 12 months and ministers say longer agreements would allow them to put down more roots in their communities. the rail operator, govia thameslink, could lose its franchises unless it rapidly improves services in the south east of england. hundreds of thousands of passengers have faced weeks of cancellations and delays following the introduction of new timetables in may. a government source said the process of removing franchises could start within weeks.
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thameslink has refused to comment but apologised for the disruption. privately developed rocket has exploded and crashed to the ground after liftoff in japan. exploded and crashed to the ground after liftoff injapan. hundreds of people were watching the quite magnificent take—off. people were watching the quite magnificent ta ke—off. they people were watching the quite magnificent take—off. they are going to at some point send people up in these rockets, i hope not any time soon. pictures of the crowds? here we go. best reaction. lots of people came out for the day. these two, hilarious. i havejust bought came out for the day. these two, hilarious. i have just bought you a ticket for the next rocket, they say. might want to get a refund. maybe you got it online, maybe you
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can geta maybe you got it online, maybe you can get a refund. no one was hurt, so we can laugh, just a costly exercise. talking about crashing to the ground... cristiano ronaldo and lionel messi. portugal are out, lionel messi. portugal are out, lionel messi, argentina, out, we will not see them again. they accept the world cup, both of them amazing players, without scoring a goal in the knockout stages of the world cup final which is amazing when you consider what they have achieved. france were the first team to make it through to the quarterfinals, with a 4—3 win over lionel messi‘s argentina. france went ahead before an absolute stunner from angel di maria made it 1—1. and argentina then took the lead, but france levelled through benjamin pavard. what a fantastic goal. kylian mbappe then showed the world what he‘s capable of. he scored two goals, becoming the only teenager to do so in a world cup knock—out game since pele in 1958.
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cristiano‘s ronaldo‘s portugal were also sent home, with a 2—1 defeat against uruguay. edinson cavani scored both goals for the south americans who‘ll face france in the quarterfinals on friday. we‘ll take a look at the impact of those results from a south american perspective injust a minute. but first, let‘s check in with our correspondent at the england camp, david ornstein. gareth southgate has a full squad to choose from and no doubt england‘s talisman and captain, harry kane, will be back to lead the team ? absolutely. england returned to full training yesterday and we saw harry kane back front and centre of the session and we can fairly certainly assume he will be leading the line for england against colombia on tuesday night in moscow in what is their final or tuesday night in moscow in what is theirfinal or big tuesday night in moscow in what is their final or big chance tuesday night in moscow in what is theirfinal or big chance now. if
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they do not win, they are going home. we also saw in the training session dele alli, so we think he is recovered from a five problem that kept him out of the second and third group games. —— thigh problem. eight changes have been made in the belgian tie. england will be throwing everything at this. no marginfor throwing everything at this. no margin for error. everyone is getting very excited because england, finishing second in the group, they landed in the potentially easier half of the draw. if they win this match, they will face sweden or switzerland, then potentially spain or croatia in the semifinal. back home, the excitement is building. when we spoke to dele alli in the afternoon, he said england are focused solely on colombia. we have to approach every game like we are playing the best team in the world. there are some topsides, no international game is easy. we are not focusing on the
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next games, got to get through colombia. dangerous side, a lot of great talent. you have to be switched on to that and not look into the future, to the next game. the changes you mentioned that gareth southgate made against belgium, the defeat, a real talking point, is there a sense of any loss of momentum in the england camp?“ we look back to england‘s campaign, they started with a last—gasp victory over tunisia with harry kane scoring right at the desk to get england the best possible start. —— the death. they went to the panama match full of confidence and chalked up match full of confidence and chalked upa match full of confidence and chalked up a record—breaking 6—1victory, jesse lingard with the pick of the goals. it put england on such a high with harry kane suddenly propelled to become the tournament‘s top scorer with five goals so far. but then the belgian match, perhaps it took some of the wind out of their
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sails. there were the eight changes, don‘t forget. england will probably feel they have a point to prove going into the colombia game. no marginfor going into the colombia game. no margin for error, if they lose, they are going home. if they win, they have a great opportunity, won first knockout match since 2006 in a major competition, quarterfinals for the first time since then, they have only won two knockout matches in major additions since 1990. this is going to be the true test of the young england squad. the first test of gareth southgate. they have lost their first of gareth southgate. they have lost theirfirst tough of gareth southgate. they have lost their first tough match, of gareth southgate. they have lost theirfirst tough match, beaten of gareth southgate. they have lost their first tough match, beaten what many would call mediocre opposition. we look forward to the game very much. here‘s what‘s going on today. bbc one is the place to find spain versus russia at 3pm. then at 7pm, it‘s croatia against denmark. commentary on that one on radio 5 live. moving on the formula 1.
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valterri bottas set a new track record to claim pole position for today‘s austrian grand prix. he finished just ahead of his mercedes team—mate, world championship leader lewis hamilton and ferrari‘s sebastian vettel in qualifying. it‘s bottas‘s first pole of the season. in the athletics... dina asher—smith set a new british championship record to win the 100 metres in birmingham. she ran it in 10.97 seconds. she‘s still the only british woman to break the 11—second mark. asher—smith is building up to the defence of her european 200—metres title in berlin in august. hampshire have won cricket‘s one—day cup after posting a record score against kent. they made 330—7 from their 50 overs — the biggest total in a final at lord‘s. kent could never keep pace in their reply, victory going to hampshire by 61 runs. defending champions wasps will face loughborough lightning
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in netball‘s grand final. wasps were clinical against team bath in worcester, winning 54—39, while loughborough beat manchester 59—50. they‘ll play for the title at the london olympics venue, the copper box arena, on saturday. britain‘s cal crutchlow will start on the front row for today‘s dutch motogp at assen. he missed out on pole by the tiniest of margins — just 0.041 seconds — to the reigning champion, marc marquez. let‘s just return to the world cup and that france—argentina game. it even made an impact at wimbledon, where andy murray was trying to give his thoughts on his first—round opponent benoit paire. he‘s, you know, unorthodox, like, with his shot selection and stuff and can be quite up and down too at times, so he is... i can‘t believe i‘m missing this match. what is the score? is it like 4—2 or something? what‘s the score?
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3-2. 3—2 france. there you go. should we just go and...? laughter. he isa he is a big football fan. if he gets to the second week, they will be watching him. they certainly will. thank you very much indeed. you‘re watching breakfast from bbc news. time now for a look at the newspapers. let us have a quick look at the papers and see what we have got coming up. starting with the mirin newspaper, big story, prince william, in the middle east for the last five days —— the mirror. making peace in the middle east, his life mission, he has said. he is not the first person by any means and quite a mission to take on. sunday
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telegraph, a picture of someone we did not see a lot of yesterday, i wonder why? the story to the left, a story aboutjohn bolton, mr trump‘s national security adviser, spent some time with the brexiteers last week on his way through to moscow or on his way back. moving on, the observer, the main picture is of kylian mbappe. i havejust observer, the main picture is of kylian mbappe. i have just seen a picture on twitter of him aged 13 surrounded by pictures of cristiano ronaldo in his bedroom, kylian mbappe‘s bedroom. a big hero for him. their hero worshipper has turned hero. not even born when michael owen scored against argentina. 19 years old. terrifying. anyway, the sunday
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times, finally, yes, the two going home, cristiano ronaldo and lionel messi, both eliminated with their respective teams. on the left, theresa may says if there is a vote of confidence in her, she would stay on even if she won byjust one vote. paul horrocks, the former president of the uk society of editors, is here to tell us what‘s caught his eye. body cameras for paramedics.” body cameras for paramedics. i have been looking through the papers and icame been looking through the papers and i came across this story, always depressing news when we hear about our emergency services being the subject of assault. it is now so bad for the ambulance service, paramedics in particular, they are going to be issued with body cameras, as going to be issued with body cameras, as the fire service already have cameras on fire engines and the police have had them for quite a long time, body cameras, now...m
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is depressing. you cannot think what motivates people to do something so terrible as that. paramedics have to be protected and of course the body cameras can record be protected and of course the body cameras can record vital evidence which can be used in court. we were talking about dash cams earlier, this is the future. but also, of course, sentences for attacking emergency workers are about to be doubled. quite right too. unbelievable, an ambulance called out to help the 13—year—old girl in cardiac arrest, ambushed in hampshire, a false call and the ambulance crew was attacked with bricks, chains and bottles by the attackers. these are people going to save people‘s lies. attackers. these are people going to save people's lies. they are setting up save people's lies. they are setting up ambushes deliberately to attack them. dreadful —— people‘s lives. moving on, brexit, never out of the news of course. the latest twist is the galileo satellite system which
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has been in the news quite a lot. this is a security and defence satellite which britain has put £1 billion into, an eu project. the eu is now saying that once we are out and brexit has happened, we cannot have access to galileo, big political row. but now the ex—boss of mi6, the international security service, sir richard dearlove, saying, do not touch it with a barge pole anyway, compromises our security with the americans who have a much better system, and why shouldn‘t we just build our own? because it costs a lot of money. how do we get the £1 billion back?l weird split when it comes to intelligence between the us, australia, britain, and the europeans, and theresa may in brussels this week was talking about security, this is just brussels this week was talking about security, this isjust one brussels this week was talking about security, this is just one element, she is saying, do not treat us as a
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third country because it will be a danger to both. what sir richard dea rlove is danger to both. what sir richard dearlove is worried about is the intelligence we have already put in that other people will get access to. 0k. foreign office agency that other people will get access to. ok. foreign office agency staff. yes, now... business section, they have used a freedom of information request to find out that employees for the department for international development who should be looking at international security, prosperity and justice, they have been playing candy crush. they accessed it over 6000 times in over 12 months, equivalent to 25 times a day. candy crush, apparently, i do not use it, one of the most popular mobile web apps and it seems they must have enough time in that department to play it... i tell you what, we will
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have the freedom of information request? it is a specific request!‘ little—known place called wilton park, newspapers love foia requests,, but why would you target that? someone has obviously tipped them the wink. they have asked to know more. i'm surprised they are allowed their phones. it is on the computer terminal. i see, there we go. we would not do that, would we? no. plastic plates and cutlery to be banned. the latest in the war against plastic. now defra are offering a contract to do research into the effect of banning plastic plates and cutlery. a lot of people are sympathetic obviously cut the plastic bottle and plastic straws story, but plastic plates and cutlery, it will have a big impact.
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these are not the reusable ones? use once, throwaway? it is not something thatis once, throwaway? it is not something that is definitely going to happen, they want research to see the impact if these things were removed from sale. i am a big fan of getting rid of the things we use once and throw away, plastic straws. use at for 30 seconds, last the 30th years? how many people are going back to not been delivered in glass bottles? me too! and the birds have stopped pecking the top. i don‘t know why. it tastes different as well. you have to shake it up otherwise you get the cream at the top. that is what you want! not for me. thank you for coming in. you are going to read the news for andrew marr?|j for coming in. you are going to read the news for andrew marr? i am. i have got a question for you, chris, it has come in from a viewer,
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e—mailed in, one of these questions you ask your friends standing around the barbecue, is it hotter in the middle of the day around 12pm or towards the end of the day, 3pm, 4pm? depends on the time of the year and what is going on. this time, 3p, 4pm, we get the highest temperatures the the afternoon. in the winter months, it is the middle part of the day, but they can change if you have a weather front, you day, but they can change if you have a weatherfront, you can day, but they can change if you have a weather front, you can get the highest temperatures in the middle of the night if you have a warm front. at this time of the year, often 3pm, 4pm in the afternoon. wildfires are a cause for concern and they are continued to burn across parts of lancashire. it continues to be very dry as well. yesterday‘s lies, high 20s again. similar temperatures today most pa rtacross s of similar temperatures today most partacross s of the country ——
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yesterday‘s temperatures, high 20s. arriving across south—west england, going in across cornwall, you will get a few showers in devon and dorset as well, maybe some of that as well. the storms will push north through the afternoon, might reach southern wales, most likely in temperature. apart from that, lots of sunshine on the cards —— most likely in pembrokeshire. light rain across the western isles. not amounting to too much. a bit more cloud in northern ireland. temperatures here not quite as high as in recent days, but still pleasa ntly as in recent days, but still pleasantly warm. the highest temperatures across england and wales, reaching the low 30s, 30s in london, one of the hottest days in the capital so far this year. overnight tonight, sea levels are up so it will trap the heat meaning at 11pm, temperatures still up at 23,
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24 in london, cardiff and birmingham. quite an uncomfortable night‘s sleep ahead for sure. tomorrow, high pressure still on the charts, dominated by the picture. this alone in front is continuing to flick thunderstorms into southern areas of england, but very isolated. the cold front working its way across scotland, it will drop the temperature is a little bit in scotland, but still a warm day, looking at highs generally in the low to mid 20s in the warmest areas of scotland. it more sunshine from northern ireland. the highest temperatures again widely across england and wales, high 20s, low 30s. this spell of hot weather, the heat wave, set to continue for the week ahead. isolated thunderstorms from time to time. most of the week will be dry, temperatures staying in the high 20s to low 30s in the hottest areas and it might mean we keep this weather for the first half
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ofjuly. millions of travellers are set to benefit from the biggest shake—up of holiday protection in a generation, after new travel regulations came into force at midnight. the rules are designed to give holidaymakers who book through online travel agents the same safeguards as traditional package holidays. but will the new rules work? and could the cost of holidays increase? let‘s chat to simon calder, the independent‘s travel editor, from our london newsroom. who knew that if you booked through online agencies, you did not have the same protection? unfortunately, a lot of people find out the hard way. for example, talking to work up a couple in croatia last week, they turned up at their hotel which they booked through an online travel agent to find it had been close since christmas —— talking to a couple. the travel company said, should have read the terms and conditions, nothing to do with us,
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we are booking platform. have a word with the hotel. do not come running to us for compensation or help. that changes. the rule is, if it looks like a package holiday, online, it says, buy a cheap holiday with us, it has to come with gold plated package holiday protection. that anything like an air traffic control strike, hotel waiting, the company that sold it to you, it has to sort it out. there is always a loophole. there is. this is something called linked travel arrangements. they basically say, pretty much the same as it was up until yesterday, if an online agent says to you, here we are, book your hotel on this website, give us your credit card details, now go and book a flight over here, separate transaction, then you do not have the usual protection. it has to be bought in a
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single transaction. interestingly, i have been looking at how the companies are complying, most of them seem to be doing pretty well. on the beach, very straightforward, package holiday protection. another thing, we do not like it but we will give you package holiday protection. one company completely ignoring the new rules on saying, no, your contract is with other people, we do not have any responsibility for you, thatis not have any responsibility for you, that is completely unsustainable in law. if you book a holiday through them ina law. if you book a holiday through them in a single transaction, they cannot hide behind their terms and conditions. laura says, the language is confusing, does it come down to the terms and conditions of the booking to see whether it explicitly says, this is a package? the rules are terribly confusing, you have got the law itself which i have ploughed through, you have got individual travel companies, their terms and conditions, but it is as simple as this, you book flights and
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accommodation and perhaps a rental car ina accommodation and perhaps a rental car in a single transaction, you can be guaranteed package holiday protection. gary says, i bought a flight protection. gary says, i bought a flight only deal, facing a 24—hour delay, not getting any help from the airline, who do i call? flight only, you are on your own, you have the european air passenger rights rules which say, the airline has to find you a hotel and provide meals until it can get you where you need to be, possibly buying a flight on another airline, and we have seen terrible delays this summer and we have seen lots of airlines failing to comply. all you can do, if you need to find your own hotel, pay for it, keep the receipts, claim it back from the airline. it is a nightmare. bruce has also asked, why is it there is no protection for flight only bookings? bruce is quite right, for most flight only deals, you do not get at all protection and that is because the government seems to take
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the view there is always another way of claiming back the money —— atol protection. very typically a credit ca rd protection. very typically a credit card company, as we found with the colla pse card company, as we found with the collapse of monarch last october, they will pay you back. if you have atol protection, you would be paying an extra £2 50 which on top of £40 ticket from a low—cost airline, quite a significant amount. thank you for your thoughts, always lovely to see you. a great white shark has been spotted in spanish waters for the first time in more than 40 years. it was seen by researchers and volunteers aboard a ship operated by the spanish conservative organisation, alnitak. georgina stevens was the only brit on board and we can chat to herfrom our london newsroom. did you think your eyes had deceived you when you saw the shadow moving through the water? i did. we did not expect to see a great white of course. we have seen so many other wonderful creatures during the week,
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but to see this was just incredible and such a wonderful sign the century of ecosystem recovery in that area. i did think my eyes had deceived me. interesting, you think it is because the ecosystem is recovering. my presumption was that it was lost and maybe because of climate change, something like that, the waters were getting warmer, and it had moved into a different area. that is a really good point and it is just that is a really good point and it isjust one that is a really good point and it is just one sighting so we cannot say it is the ecosystem fully recovering. but what we can say is it isa recovering. but what we can say is it is a really good sign and there have been so many changes in fishing policy in these waters and a lot of them down to this organisation, alnitak, who have worked tirelessly for 30 years to make changes. they used to be longline fishing for sharks in the area but they stopped that ten years ago after pressure. so it might be that this leads to
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ask seeing these incredible creatures. it certainly did not look lost, it looked very comfortable —— this leads to us saying. you were dangling your legs over the side of the boat, i read here?|j dangling your legs over the side of the boat, i read here? i did. when we got into a smaller craft to see if we could still see it, we were not chasing the shark, but we wanted to maintain contact with it because the way alnitak works is very respectful of the wildlife, but i did pop my foot over the side. we actually, more interestingly, went for a swim afterwards, when we had lost sight of him. we have been led to believe that these are man eating terrible creatures, but they are not, they are incredibly beautiful, incredibly important to the ecosystem as an apex predator and they are not interested in us, we do not taste good to them. they want the lovely blubbery seals and whales
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and dolphins, they do not want to eat us. it is not something people should be alarmed about. just excited about. music to the ears of us amateur snorkellers. those going to majorca this year, they might be persuaded by what you are saying, can you reassure us we will not bump into a great white shark off the beach? you will not. they should not beach? you will not. they should not be coming that close in to shore. we we re very be coming that close in to shore. we were very far out to sea, in open water. their territory is not snorkellers‘ territory. theyjust would not be interested. you are more likely to be hit by a meteor, as we all know, than be eaten by a shark. tell us why you work on the trip? important work you were doing? it was. the alnitak is a really effective research organisation, they have been researching the waters for 30 years, and that is probably why they got to make this sighting because they know the waters so well. we were all watching
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out, it was a perfect morning to make sightings. one of the crew spotted something, very far away, she thought it was unusual. we all laughed that it might be a shark. one very brave crew member on the female crew member, at the top of the mast of the old fishing boat, shouted out, it is, it is a shark. it was so exciting. so exciting for the alnitak crew because they have been waiting for this sort of sighting, as well as... they are looking at marine pollution and all of the other animals. we were watching, not looking specifically for these sharks. georgina stevens, thank you very much for your story. fascinating. that‘s all from breakfast for today. charlie and louise will be here tomorrow morning from 6am. have a lovely sunday. good bye. this is bbc news. i‘m ben brown.
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the headlines at nine o‘clock. 100 firefighters tackle a huge moorland blaze near bolton. a major incident is declared after two fires merge into one. it isa it is a dangerous area at the moment. in terms of public safety, the advice would be to simply stay off anywhere around the moorland of winter hill. people who rent their homes could get more security under new government plans for a minimum three year tenancy. coming up — new protection for people buying trips from holiday booking websites come into force today. a new eu wide directive means websites such as expedia, ebookers and on the beach can be held financially responsible for any problems. it‘s thought ten million holidays will benefit.
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