tv Breakfast BBC News July 14, 2018 8:00am-9:01am BST
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good morning, welcome to breakfast with steph mcgovern and mega munchetty. our headlines today: pagentry and demonstrations — after meeting the queen, president trump arrives in scotland. he's met by more protests. police investigate after a paraglider flies within yards of his hotel. can the three lions beat belgium to their highest world cup finish sine 1966? on board the rrs sir david attenborough, as the polar research ship prepares to launch. here at wimbledon, it is very much a marathon. kevin anderson reaches the final by winning the second—longest match in wimbledon history. and later, serena williams becomes the first mother in 38 years to appear in the women's final. good morning. summer continues and this weekend looks likely to be dry, settled and sunny for most of us,
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with some hot sunshine. but not for all, all the details are coming up. it's saturday, 14thjuly. our top story: further protests against president trump's visit to the uk are expected to take place today in scotland. the us president touched down at prestwick airport in ayrshire, shortly after 8pm yesterday evening, after completing his two—day working trip to the uk. he's due to play golf at the turnberry resort, which he owns. here's our scotland correspondent lorna gordon. scotland is a country donald trump knows well and has visited many times before but this, the first time as president, arriving at prestwick airport on air force one. the president, accompanied by his wife melania, are expected to spend the weekend relaxing at his golf resort on the ayrshire coast. after a fast moving working visit, which has included tea with the queen, a formal banquet, and political talks amid controversy over his comments about brexit.
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away from the official agenda, there have been large protest, tens of thousands taking to the streets in cities throughout the uk. this has been described as a private visit to scotland, but there have been some very public anti—trump demonstrations and more are planned for over the weekend. it is about making a stand as a society and saying we don't really approve of trump, we don't approve of the people around him and his agenda. what would you want to say to him? go back home, please. we don't want you here. but sentiment isn't shared by all, in glasgow a small group heavily outnumbered showed their support for president trump. there has been no official confirmation of president trump's plans for the next two days but a round of golf at his turnberry course is likely. more than 5,000 police are on duty for the duration
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of his visit to scotland, patrolling the sea and shore line and they will be hoping there will be no repeat of last night, when a protestorflying a paraglider got within around 100 metres of the president shortly after he arrived at his resort. lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. let's talk to catriona renton, who's at president trump's turnberry resort this morning. good morning. so, this is his private time, but it is unlikely to be very private. all eyes are still going to be on president trump, aren't they? good morning, well the president and the first lady have spent theirfirst president and the first lady have spent their first night here in scotland, in the hotel which isjust behind the trees. the visit got off to an unusual start, of course, when we heard in that report about a protester from bbc got very close to the hotel. they were within about 100 yards of the president at one
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point. police are still trying to trace the pilot of the aircraft, and they are appealing for any information that anyone has to help them find the person involved in the protest. he is coming here to play off. dash—macro golf. he has described this as one of his favourite places. he has his luxury resort here, and these championship courses, that he will no doubt want to play on today. he has been here many times before, but this is the first time as president. we expect protests here today at turnberry, and also at edinburgh, where there will be a national demonstration. we don't expect him to meet nicola sturgeon as she is that the pride eventin sturgeon as she is that the pride event in glass go. we expecting to stay here again tonight, and head to helsinki tomorrow. thank you. perfect day for a game of golf.
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more on the weather a little later. sinn fein says an explosive device has been thrown at the house of its former leader gerry adams in west belfast. the attack comes after six nights of violence in londonderry. police blamed it on dissident republicans who are opposed to the peace process. mr adams tweeted that no—one was hurt. officials in thailand say the 12 boys freed from a flooded cave with their football coach will be discharged from hospital on thursday. they are all said to be recovering both physically and mentally. the final few members of the team were brought out of the caves by divers on tuesday, having been trapped for more than two weeks. england's footballers face belgium in the third place play—off of the world cup this afternoon. can we please get excited about
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this? iam can we please get excited about this? i am worried everyone is a bit flat. this is still a match that, if we win, will mean that is the best we win, will mean that is the best we have done in the world cup since 1966. it would be brilliant. let's cross to st petersburg, and our reporter ashley john baptiste. we are excited. it seems a little bit calmer behind you than before, during the world cup. what is the atmosphere like? going back to moscow ahead of the england croatia semifinal game, a lot of excitement, a good turnout from england fans, anticipation for what that game was going to hold in st petersburg, not many england fans, and certainly, you know, no sense of anticipation. with me, i have kevin from the
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football supporters association. talk to me about the turnout of england fans here in st petersburg. i think there are less than 1000 england fans here. in a way, it is the game that nobody wants to be in. it is the only game of the knockout phase where you are still in the tournament, but you cannot win it. it isa tournament, but you cannot win it. it is a bit anti—climax because both sides have had a crushing defeat in the semifinal over the last few days. for the england fans, they are disappointed about the results, and yet still very proud that their team have got this far. they have exceeded expectations. there you have it. a sense of disappointment for not winning the semifinal match, but also a lot of pride for how the squad has performed. indeed, thank you very much. a six—year—old girl from northern ireland has become the first person to be granted a long—term licence for the use of medicinal cannabis in the uk. the parents of sophia gibson say the medication relieves the symptoms of a severe
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form of epilepsy. the decision was made by a panel of medical experts set up by the home office. it's taken two years to build at a cost of more than £200 million, but britain's new polar research ship is now ready to go in to the water. the rrs sir david attenborough, which was nearly named boaty mcboatface, will be launched into the river mersey this afternoon by the man himself, tide permitting. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill has more. putting the finishing touches to a giant. while britain's newest polar research ship was famed for the public‘s decision to name it boaty mcboatface, the vessel now bears a far more celebrated name. building the 129 metre rrs sir david attenborough has taken a million individual pieces of steel, and a50
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kilometres of wire. and, while she's not the biggest vessel to be built here on the mersey, this ship is unique. as well as onboard laboratories for the 60 scientists who will work aboard, the ship has giant hugely insulated freezers to contain and keep safe frozen samples from the planet's polar regions. the sir david attenborough is the most technologically advanced research vessel ever built in this country and because of her size, they've had to wait for the highest tide to get into the river mersey, but she is destined for much more extreme environments. this is how the ship will look when the real exploration begins, and the captain himself has had a hand in preparing his vessel for some genuinely uncharted territory. one of the things i was very keen on putting on the vessel was a forward—facing sonar, so that gives us an image a kilometre ahead of the vessel, a 3—d representation of the seabed, so it means we'll be able to go into these places knowing absolutely what's there.
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now ready for its first trip into the water, the ship will spend 25 years as a base for polar discoveries that are yet to be made. victoria gill, bbc news. that is brilliant, imagine having a ship named after you. but it is so apt, given all the exploration he has done. aship has done. a ship after his own art thing—macro heart! they say it's the game that no—one wants to play in, the world cup's third place play—off. but one man who has played in it is mark wright, when england faced italy in 1990, and he's with us now. good morning. are you excited, or not excited about this game? anti—climax for me. whenever you play for england, you want to win. after the disappointment of losing
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the semifinal, it is difficult to pick yourself up. they can go one step further than we did because we lost in the play—offs, which would bea lost in the play—offs, which would be a big achievement. these boys have raised the level of belief and expectation. no one gave them a real chance of reaching that stage. do you think, though, that if they win, it will allow them to feel even better? everyone is dead proud of them. if you win a game for england, you are proud anyway. it is one of those games, it becomes a nothing game. you get calls from your manager back home, and they say, do not get injured in that game because the season is upon us. author of that comes into play. does it matter, if you are not in the final, does it matter about third and fourth place? yes, third place is important. it is the equivalent of a bronze medal. i will be the counterargument. england has
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performed brilliantly well. if you are an england fan, you have almost changed your attitude towards this tea m changed your attitude towards this team under the management of arab southgate. everyone wants the opportunity to see this young team go out again and show that it still has fight —— gareth southgate. we don't want to see a team that says you know what, we didn't get to the final, we have had enough. we want to see a team that keeps fighting and has that energy. well, that is me put in my place! i didn't mean to do that, but that is the counterargument. of course there is a counterargument. i never thought of any a counterargument. i never thought ofany game a counterargument. i never thought of any game as a friendly, you go out to win it. when you lose in the semifinal, and you have to go back to camp and prepare for another game thatis to camp and prepare for another game that is pretty meaningless, other than you are playing for the pride of your country, it is hard to pick yourself up. but when they get to
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the game, don't get me wrong, i understand they are building for the future. they are already preparing, they are all achieving big things. the first thing, of reaching the semifinal, but it was so close. i flashback to 1990, and i can see chris waddell hitting the post. there are a lot of similarities. england are on the up with the young players coming through now, and i think we have got a chance. i take your point, that for the future, do they want to finish third # of course they want to. i'm saying it is difficult. you havejust course they want to. i'm saying it is difficult. you have just been com pletely is difficult. you have just been completely deflated. bounce back and show us a fighting spirit. they will do that anyway, but i am just saying that the game is a difficult one to
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play in. can i ask you what gareth southgate's strategy will be question but now these players will be thinking about the next season, the premier league, and it is that sense of who do you put out to play? do you put out your best players? yes. there will be a few niggles and injuries and they must be mindful of that. i heard on the radio coming in here that they are not just checking on their physical well—being, also their mental well—being. each and every one of them will really want this game. this is a difficult game against belgium, they are a good side. we have to play our best side, go out there and show our fighting spirit. i accept your points, but at times it is difficult, and without sounding condescending of the game, for what this game is, does everyone
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really... the fans are deflated, they have been on a massive high. i hope they go out there and i hope we win it. a quick score prediction? cut—off time. i think it will be very tight. iam time. i think it will be very tight. i am english through and through so i'm going for1—0, i am english through and through so i'm going for 1—0, 2—1 england. i am english through and through so i'm going for1—0, 2—1 englandm has been lovely talking to you. i am glad we agree to disagree. we got there in the end. thanks for talking to us. that matches at three o'clock this afternoon. here's louise with a look at this morning's weather. it is going to brighten up, even if you have had some rain lately. it is, and! you have had some rain lately. it is, and i think you could agree or disagree on the weather, some like it hot, some like the rain, some do not. we had a couple of inches of rain yesterday in parts of the country. the first rain in london since the 29th of may. this morning,
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most of us are waking up to seems like this. it is beautiful out there and temperature starting to respond. it will be hot, so if you do not like the heat, look away now. sunny spells and very warm to hot for much of the country. not for all. this weather front is producing rain, in the north—west of scotland, eventually into northern ireland as well, but high influencing the story for many people. early morning mist is lifting, blue sky and sunshine, dry, hot and sunny foremost. the cloud will move into scotland. it will bring sherry outbreaks of rain, and eventually into the west of northern ireland. clouding over into the borders eventually, and notably fresher here. highs of 16—2lid. war in central and southern areas, highs
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of 20 degrees, 82 fahrenheit. if you're lucky enough to have tickets for centre court today, perfect conditions. make sure you have got sunscreen and a hat with you. for the men's final tomorrow, if we get 30 degrees it will be the hottest men's final bid for 20 years, so the weather is quite unusual at the moment. that means that before we get to the weather tomorrow we have to go through a warm, humid night for many. 14—16d. the weather front is still there and it will move east. ad breaks of rain first thing in the morning across northern ireland, perhaps into north—west england and eastern scotland. for the bulk of england and wales, we keep the dry, settled and hot feeling. 30 degrees not out of the question. it looks like the weather front will move east, but gardeners, do not get too excited. we are not expecting significant rainfall as it
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moves south and east. it will introduce something that little bit fresher, so in some ways that is good news if you do not like the extreme heat. it is not going to produce much rain in the south, so the gardens are still going to look parched. back to you. they had some respite. the picture behind look like barbados. costa del uk. when the president of the united states boards air force one, he's accompanied by a handful of reporters. this trip to meet the queen and theresa may is no different. jeff mason, who works for the reuters news agency, landed in ayrshire with donald trump last night, having travelled with him so far this week to brussels and london. he joins us from glasgow. good morning. how do you think this is going? well, it probably depends on whether you are a supporter of narongsak osotta na korn, or an opponent. from the president's point of view, the trip has gone well so
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far. he spent time in brussels when he first got to europe. somewhat contentious meetings with nato allies over his, particularly his main sticking point, pushing other allies to spend more on their own defence. that nato meeting ended, from his point of view, with the success. he gave a press conference at the end, saying that he had succeeded in getting people to agree to pay more and do so more quickly. then he went to london, and had his meeting with prime minister may. that was overshadowed by the interview that he gave to the sun newspaper, in which he was critical of her brexit plan and showered praise on boris johnson. of her brexit plan and showered praise on borisjohnson. he had to do some clean—up work on that yesterday, on friday, but he did that as well so from his point of view, you would call it a success. there was quite a lot of
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backtracking. you mentioned the headlines from that interview, and the prince conference later on, with the prince conference later on, with the prime minister. —— the press conference. why did he do the interview in the first place if it then involves so much clean—up work? ido then involves so much clean—up work? i do not know the answer to that. it is not unusual for us i do not know the answer to that. it is not unusualfor us presidents, when they are travelling abroad, to give some interviews to local media, soi give some interviews to local media, so i expect the set that are partially for that reason. the white house probably like the sun newspaper. perhaps the president did not calculate the impact he would have, showering praise on boris johnson, the same day that he was spending so much time with theresa may. obviously it has created lots of news here. we have seen massive protests in london and scotland. how is this being viewed in america?
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what do people over there think about everything going on over here? i think that americans often pay close attention when the president travels abroad. president narongsak 0sottanakorn travels abroad. president narongsak osotta na korn is the travels abroad. president narongsak 0sottanakorn is the big story in my country almost every day when he is doing things on immigration. —— president trump is the big story in my country. americans are watching closely. he has made headlines in brussels and london. he is getting plenty of price back home. now, the golfing trip in scotland, when that finishes, he will have a meeting with vladimir putin. will that be more important to him, that meeting? it will be very important, i would
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not want to see more or less important. he made a controversial remark on his way, leaving the white house earlier this week, when he said that the summit with president putin might be the easiest of the three this week, between nato and prime minister may, and the summit with vladimir putin. that may be robbed a few people the wrong way, giving the more adversarial relationship that traditionally exist between the united states and russia. but as we know, president trump has made a point of saying he would like to have strong and improve relations with russia. he has been more likely to downplay the intelligence community's decision, ori intelligence community's decision, or i should say, there are findings, that russia meddled in the us election. that, however, was reinforced yesterday when a grand jury reinforced yesterday when a grand jury in the united states indicted 12 russian intelligence officers. it
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will be hard for him not to spend time on that topic, and that will almost certainly get lots of attention in the united states and europe, which also has to deal with russia and other malign activities. thank you very much. the white house correspondent for reuters. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. time now for a look at the newspapers. broadcaster ian collins is here to tell us what's caught his eye. good morning. are your? i have got manfully. i am not good. how have you got that in the middle of the summer? i was on a train and it literally happened in 30 seconds. air conditioning. 0ne literally happened in 30 seconds. air conditioning. one minute i had no illness and the next minute it was filled on influenza. why are you in work? i am dedicated to the cause. you're going to infect others. only men can get this.
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0bviously. it is of the skill, which is why i have looked for stories that have a health connection to them in some way. you're not going to get any sympathy. them in some way. you're not going to get any sympathylj them in some way. you're not going to get any sympathy. i have got none at all this morning. another injured day, not an apple. clearly anything with vitamins c will be good for you, but this is about keeping the optician away, as distinct from the doctor. you did not eat many oranges? clearly not. neither did i. carrots used to be good for eyesight. that was an urban myth that your nan used to tell people. it worked. it did for a bit but this is substantial research over a 15 year period. australian researchers looked at this, trying to address macular regeneration, and the sample group, 2000 people that bielik that, they discovered that those that eight and orange everyday, there was a more than 60%
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of people benefiting within that. that is quite significant. what about orange juice. would that work? you never know what is in an orange drink. if it says pure orangejuice, you think, hang on, if i squeeze an orange, that is a completely different taste from the thing that comes out of the cartoon. the thing that comes out of the an taste the same in every carton. i cannot keep up same in every carton. i cannot keep up with the food we are meant to lead or eat. you know that tomorrow there will be as headline that says, do not eat oranges there are bad for you. lots of people have been talking about not being able to get to sleep in the kit. this leads into my much talked about manfully. i wonder if it is asleep based issue. four hours a night when it is 20 degrees in your bedroom is good going. it is leaving the british
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people suffering from sleep deprivation. it is the longest heat wave since the mid—19 70s, which none of us remember. 32.1; degrees, a record temperature. we have seen the weather and it will be the same. it is great in the day, but at night came when you're trying to sleep, it has a knock—on effect with our ability to function. you think you have been in bed for eight hours and you have only had 3.5 hours sleep. i have had no problems. you never do. iama i have had no problems. you never do. i am a nightmare. i have had fans on. i love the heat. i love the day but i am not sure i wa nt to i love the day but i am not sure i want to be roasted. take the duvet away. you are a modern wonder. that is one way of putting it. pregnancy depression increases due to work and social media. it is interesting, talking about this, there are significant rises in levels of
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prenatal depression. significant rises in levels of prenatal depressionlj significant rises in levels of prenatal depression. i am doing a debate later this week about social media as part of a panel. the negative side and the plus side. there is a whole range of issues surrounding postnatal depression. my partner had some of this on our first little boy was born. it is an issue that affects so many people. what is concerning is the alarming rise of 50% in levels of prenatal depression in a single generation. this goes against everything, the idea that in one generation you would have increased this by 50%. so it is being linked to social media? in part, but also to the fact that more women today have careers than they would have in previous periods. you're trying tojuggle they would have in previous periods. you're trying to juggle things in a way that was not the case before. the facebook culture apparently feels this trend as well. this goes across so many areas of life, you are online, comparing notes. you can
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almost project your own neuroses and difficulties, just the being in that environment. i was talking to a friend about this. we were saying, what people put on social media is all dinda best version. 0ne what people put on social media is all dinda best version. one of my friends rebelled and put all the. 0ne. —— is often the best version. just to say, my child is cute but not always. if you are struggling as a new mother, and you're looking at thousands of images, isn't everyone else's life fantastic, what is going on with mine? it is interesting this has been a new turn in our existence as humans, social media. let's talk about holiday hakka. —— holiday car hire. if you are bright, it is one of those things, when you hired a car, i really tried to get the best
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deal, but if you're hiring, it is a trust issue. there are all sorts of caveats to it. you discover that if you want is stealing real, it is an extra 50 quid. 0rthe stealing real, it is an extra 50 quid. or the petrol cap. the roof. a survey of 16 holiday locations, families travelling abroad, once insurance is included, the prize could in fact doubled in some cases. anything you see online, when it says, from, you know it is never going to be at that, regardless of what it is. this is a classic case. some people do not realise. you just see the big number. we could talk about this for hours, but we cannot. thank you, we will see you later. stay with us. headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with steph mcgovern and naga munchetty. coming up before 9am, we'll get the weather with louise.
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but first, a summary of this morning's main news. further protests against president trump's visit to the uk are expected to take place today in scotland. the us president touched down at prestwick airport in ayrshire, shortly after 8pm yesterday evening, after completing his two—day working trip to the uk. he's due to play golf at the turnberry resort, which he owns, as part of a private visit. protestors filled george square in glasgow ahead of his arrival. 0ur political correspondent, tom barton is in our london newsroom. this is the trip that keeps on giving, isn't it? yes, absolutely. the president might be relaxing this weekend at his resort in scotland, but the reverberations around the political world from this trip keep on going. 0f political world from this trip keep on going. of course, there was that extraordinary interview to the sun
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newspaper where he appeared to criticise the prime minister, and that equally extraordinary reverse ferret at the press conference where he said no, it is fine, we will be striking a trade deal with the united kingdom. he said he had apologised to the prime minister ever that interview, and described the relationship between britain and the relationship between britain and the united states as the highest level of special. that didn't stop him from, in front of the prime minister, saying that borisjohnson would make a great prime minister. all of this, of course, came as tens of thousands of people took to the street in london and around the uk. among them was jeremy street in london and around the uk. among them wasjeremy corbyn, who said yesterday that britain should not be rolling out the red carpet for donald trump. we are expecting more demonstrations in scotland today. we will go to scotland to see what is going on there as well. officials in thailand say the 12 boys freed from a flooded cave with their football coach will be discharged from hospital on thursday.
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they are all said to be recovering both physically and mentally. the final few members of the team were brought out of the caves by divers on tuesday, having been trapped for more than two weeks. sinn fein says an explosive device has been thrown at the house of its former leader gerry adams in west belfast. the attack comes after six nights of violence in londonderry. police blamed it on dissident republicans who are opposed to the peace process. mr adams tweeted that no—one was hurt. police in wiltshire are continuing their search for evidence in the poisoning of a couple with novichok. detectives say the substance which killed dawn sturgess, and left charlie rowley in hospital, had been in a bottle found at his house. scotland yard says it doesn't know where the bottle came from, and says it can't guarantee that there isn't any more of the substance left. a six—year—old girl from northern ireland has become the first person to be granted
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a long—term licence for the use of medicinal cannabis in the uk. the parents of sophia gibson say the medication relieves the symptoms of a severe form of epilepsy. the decision was made by a panel of medical experts set up by the home office. it is horrible for everyone involved, and it has been bittersweet in that yes, she has got a licence. we always said we would do things legally. we never bought anything back from the neverland, —— netherlands. but there are so many other people within the uk that could use this to reduce seizures. more than 120 people have been killed in a suicide bombing at an election rally in pakistan. more than 100 others were hurt by the blast in the south west of the country. the islamic state group said it carried out the attack, the deadliest in the country
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for four years. the broadcaster richard bacon is recovering in hospital in london after spending several days in a medically induced coma. the former blue peter and radio 5live presenter is being treated for suspected pneumonia, after falling ill on a flight from the united states, where he now lives. his mother says he is "slowly making progress". it's taken two years to build at a cost of more than £200 million, but britain's new polar research ship is now ready to go in to the water. the rrs sir david attenborough will be launched into the river mersey later today by the man himself, tide permitting. ministers intervened after a public vote left the vessel with the name boaty mcboatface. it isa it is a very suitable, fitting name.
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yes, to have a research ship named after you. mike, though, what did you call him earlier? let's not go there again! the lovely mike is in wimbledon. what are those eyes doing behind you? it looks like they are hoovering. 0ver your right shoulder. yes, they have got their work cut out this morning, and on the far side they are sweeping up. the fact is, they were here until 11pm playing in the second men's semifinal. that is because of this historic match involving kevin anderson and john isner. it was the second longest match in england history, it lasted just over 6.5 hours. imagine that, the heat of the
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sun, on into the evening. think of the umpire satin his chairfor that long. the dust is now settling on this historic match. isner himself was involved in the longest, eight years ago against nicolas mahut. hundreds started queuing up for "resale" tickets, hoping to take the place of fans who had to leave. rafael nadal and novak djokovic were forced to wait patiently for their turn on centre court, with djokovic finding a novel way to pass the time. and in the end, after a staggering six hours and 35 minutes, it was anderson that triumphed. it's the first time in 97 years that a south african will have been in the men's singles final at the all england club. honestly, i really hope this is a bit of a, you know, sign for grand slams to change, you know, this format, you know, out of five sets. i mean, for us to be out there this length of time, i mean, notjust on us coming back trying to compete at this sort of stage going through this, but i do know that i'm into the finals of wimbledon and, you know, that's really, you know, part of a dream come true.
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and it's remarkable to think that the men's semi—finals are still ongoing. rafael nadal and novak djokovic didn't have enough time to finish their match last night, they'll resume later today on centre court, with djokovic, the three—time champion, leading by two sets to one. and, for the sixth time in seven years, there will be a murray in a wimbledon final. britain's jamie murray is through to the final of the mixed doubles with partner victoria azarenka. they beat british hopefuls harriet dart and jay clarke in straight sets. murray won the mixed doubles title last year with martina hingis. eventually, here on centre court after that match comes to a conclusion, it will be the women's singles final. serena williams is one win away from an eighth wimbledon title that would complete a fairytale return to the sport. she said she nearly died giving birth to her daughter in september of last year and now, fastforward 10 months, the 36—year—old is on the verge
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of a record—equalling 24th grand slam singles title. i am nowjoined by former world number one and us open winner tracey austin. how can you get your head around this fact that serena williams is back here so soon after not being able to walk. yes, and to not have the match prep, no grass court warm up, to ratchet up her game with each match that she plays, and the level that she went from, the quarterfinals to the semifinals, where she was so authoritative, she was incredible. she will have to up that level again in the same way because she is now playing angelique kerber, and elite player. does her reputation go before her, and that is why she has been able to cruise through so convincingly? people are scared, serena is back?”
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through so convincingly? people are scared, serena is back? ithink through so convincingly? people are scared, serena is back? i think that helps, as well as her serve. her third is the biggest weapon in the history of women's tennis. she holds her serve pretty easily. she is an incredible athlete. she is 36, she has hit so many tennis balls, she has hit so many tennis balls, she has so much of it is because she has won more than seven times. it is a big champion and a big or to come onto big champion and a big or to come o nto ce ntre big champion and a big or to come onto centre court with. and now a parent. as anyone with children know, it is hard work, getting up in the middle of the night. yes, she had a tough delivery, and a tough post delivery, as she has left us in on. i think every mother is secretly cheering for her, knowing what she has gone through. it is an incredible feat. if she wins wimbledon after having her child in september, it might be one of her greatest achievements, and sometimes we forget she would be tying the world record, 2a singles grand slams. she will be hungry to pass
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that record. absolutely, but this is her toughest test yet. angelique kerber definitely has the weapons to win today. yes, she has beaten serena williams in the finals of a major, in the australian open and the macro in 2016. angelique kerber has the credentials, and the knowledge that she has beaten serena williams previously. she had the nerve to get his attention and get across the finish line. she has been playing better with each match. they played in the final couple of years ago, and it is interesting, i think for angelique kerber this her favourite surface. briefly, a word on what kevin anderson was saying yesterday, he said the grand slam format has to change. how can he now prepare for a men's final after having been through that 6.5 hour marathon? we need a copper mine. they like the fifth set extended rush back we need a compromise. what
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happened was that novak djokovic and rafa nayar —— nadal are penalised. the women are also penalised a little because they don't have a definite start time today. and kevin anderson is penalised because 6.5 hours, i'm not sure how much he will have left in the as tank. we talk about the physical part of it, but what about the mental part? you take 30 seconds of, those men have tough serves. a lapse of concentration you will lose a serve, and a mac that is a long time to focus. i have been working out that 6.5 hours on court is the equivalent of 11.5 entire football matches, discounting extra time. talking of football, it would be that long for england's players
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today in their third fourth place play—off, once again against belgium in st petersburg. our sports correspodent david 0rnstein is at st petersburg stadium, where the match takes place tonight. alan shearer said earlier in the week that these matches shouldn't happen. what is the mindset in the england camp ahead of this match today? good morning, welcome to the st petersburg stadium. like you at troubled, final preparations going on here, plenty of knowing, painting of lines, head of the final game of england's adventure here in russia. yes, this final match, can they get up yes, this final match, can they get upfor yes, this final match, can they get up for it? i think so, judging from what we saw of them at training yesterday. all 23 players involved, and also how the southgate will make changes to his starting line—up, we also think he will include the likes of harry kane, who is going for the golden boot. he will be playing against romalu lukaku, so a competition in its own right there.
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also dalton pictured in goal in contention to win the golden glove at this competition. —— jordan pickford. england have not finished as high as the bronze medal position ata as high as the bronze medal position at a world cup since 1966. of course there is the pain of the croatia match, they came so close, agony, but it has been a tournament of progress for england, uniting with theirfan base, progress for england, uniting with their fan base, optimism progress for england, uniting with theirfan base, optimism for the future that football may one day finally come home. thank you, i love your optimism. what a weekend of sport it is. all the drama of wimbledon today and tomorrow, the world cup final tomorrow, the world cup final tomorrow as well on the bbc. monday morning is going to feel strange! yes, so much going on. looking ahead to wimbledon, looking ahead to the play—offs today. so much going on. more protests are expected in scotland today,
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as president trump continues his visit to the uk. yesterday, thousands of people took to the streets. one of those protesting against mr trump's stay is the leader of scottish labour, richard leonard. hejoins us on the phone now. thank you very much for your time this morning. can you tell us what you're against when it comes to this trip by president trump? we are protesting against the values which donald trump represents, misogyny, his racism, things like the travel ban. his anti—trade union position, his denial of climate change. the list goes on. it is a demonstration that while theresa may has extended this invitation, the invitation to donald trump does not have the consent of the people. many people are happy that he is here and proud of the fact that the president of
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the united states, the most powerful country in the world, one of the most powerful countries, is visiting this country. why should that not be celebrated? there will be some people who supported. the point of the protests which we are organising is to demonstrate that the vast majority of people do not. most people are repulsed by both donald trump's policies and the way he goes about his politics. protest and demonstration has always been an important part of our democracy and thatis important part of our democracy and that is why, last night in glasgow and yesterday in london, to be in edinburgh, there will be people turning out on the streets to demonstrate their opposition to donald trump's visit. you have mentioned the importance of unity in the past. i spoke to sadiq khan, the mayor of london, yesterday as well, speaking to him about the protests happening in the capital, about offering the hand of friendship,
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using the things you disagree, perhaps working better to solve those. is that not higher ground to take? i think the problem is that donald trump's politics are so alien to all of those things that not only the people of this country value, but people throughout the world value. the fundamentals of the american constitution, the gettysburg address, it talks about eve ryo ne gettysburg address, it talks about everyone being created equal. where is the equality and his treatment of muslims and mexicans, his treatment of women. there is a fundamental problem with the political outlook of donald trump which makes it difficult for there to be a meeting of minds. can you shed light on why nicola sturgeon, the first minister of scotland, is not meeting donald trump? not really. there is not much in the public domain about whether there was any attempt to fix up a meeting. personally i do not think it would have made sense, given that
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the vast majority of people in scotla nd the vast majority of people in scotland are against the visit. donald trump is not welcome here. it would not make sense for the scottish first minister to meet with him. richard leonard, scottish labour leader, thank you for speaking to us this morning. here's louise with a look at this morning's weather. it looks set to continue. look at that gorgeous picture. this is stunning. good morning. sometimes we get more on that. no, i hear you see. we talk about how cool it is on the north sea coast if the breezes coming from the sea. for those residents in norfolk and suffolk, hardly a cloud in the sky, it will be beautiful. high 20s across the norfolk coast. the breezes coming from the land. the weekend looks dry with decent sunny spells, very warm to hot so if you're not comfortable
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with this weather, you will not be happy with the bulk of the forecast. there is some rain in the story but chiefly in the far north—west, not amounting to much in north—west scotla nd amounting to much in north—west scotland and northern ireland. the weather front will bring more clyde, surely outbreaks of rain as we go through the day. —— cloud. maybe some sunny spells across eastern scotland, down to the borders to start with, but in the afternoon it might get cloudy. it will be beautiful for the rest of us. just an outside chance in linkage and east anglia of isolated showers. very slim indeed. it will be warm. i6 very slim indeed. it will be warm. 16 degrees where the weather front sits, but 28 degrees for the site. for those of you lucky enough to be heading over to centre court, or be sitting outside on henman hill, perfect weather conditions. tomorrow, if we get 30 degrees, it
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is likely to be the warmest men's finalfor is likely to be the warmest men's final for 20 is likely to be the warmest men's finalfor 20 years. is likely to be the warmest men's final for 20 years. before we get that we have to get through a warm, sticky night. mid—teens likely across england and wales. the weather front is still making progress, but it will bring more rain in the northern ireland. great news, there is a hosepipe ban in northern ireland, and into western and central scotland on sunday. not making inroads into aberdeenshire and the borders. for everyone else, it is almost a repeat performance. if anything, tomorrow will be warmer. maybe 30 degrees in some spots. the frontal system will sweep south and east, but we're not expecting it to bring significant rain. gardeners, do not get too excited. it will weaken as it pushes into that area of high pressure. if you're looking ahead, mindy into tuesday, it will look somewhat like this. warm in the south—east, by
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getting more bearable, with low to mid 20s. back to you. it still looks lovely. thank you. people who use websites to rent out their home when they go away may find themselves paying thousands of pounds more a year in tax. they'd previously taken advantage of an allowance intended for people who rent out a room to a lodger, but the government's putting a stop to that. let's talk to the presenter of radio 4's moneybox programme, paul lewis. good morning. tell us about how this changes going to work. the larger loa ns changes going to work. the larger loans is intended to have a larger in your house while you're therein is spare room. it was designed in the 19905 to i5 spare room. it was designed in the 19905 to encourage people to let out 5pare rooms. it is now £7,500 a year. if the rent is less than that, you do not have to pay tax or declared it. some people have been taking advantage of that by letting their house out for a couple of
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weeks, the whole house. they go away and they let out the house or maybe the letter code for a sporting event like wimbledon. the tragedy, the government, they say they are not 5uppo5ed government, they say they are not supposed to do that. it has devised a new rule that will see that from april, if you do take advantage of this relief, you have to spend at lea5t this relief, you have to spend at least one night, i will not see with your guest, but in the same house as your guest, but in the same house as your guest, but in the same house as your guest, for at least one night of their stay. that could really change things. there are lots of people who will be affected by this. we have talked about the rise of a b&b. are lots of people going to be affected ? b&b. are lots of people going to be affected? lots of people will be affected? lots of people will be affected but there are no figures are tall. air bmb, since you mentioned that particular website, they campaigned against any changes. i think this will affect lots of people. people who do rent out their
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house, or the house for a couple of weeks, they should be aware of the change. it does not start until april and it has to go through parliament, but it is the clear intention of the government and it has published the clauses for the new law and a draft finance bill this week. often people are not even aware that they will all money when they do something like this. we are talking about it now, but in the wider context, there will be people who do not realise. what could happen to them? they would have to pay the back tax and possibly penalties. the government will be looking to see if people are doing this, and they will be checking there are paying the right tax. you should not hope you will get away with that because the chances are you probably will not. thank you. and you can hear more on that story on moneybox. that's on bbc radio 4 at 12 o'clock. the search and rescue of 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave in thailand gripped the world.
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trapped underground for 17 days, their remarkable survival was largely due to a team of expert british diver5. one of them, john volanthen, has been speaking exclusively to the bbc. i was in aztec west working at about 3pm when i had a call that said i was booked on a 9 o'clock flight to thailand. i was in aztec west working at about 3pm when i had a call that said i was booked on a 9 o'clock flight to thailand. just talk us through the moment, because we've seen a bit of it on video of when you appeared to surface and you appeared to have found them. we were swimming along an underwater passage. wherever there is air space we surface, we shout, and also, we smell. and in this case, we smelt the children before we actually saw or heard them. what sort of chances did you give this operation of success? well, given the volume of water we'd seen come out of that cave in the last — in the preceding couple of days, it was unbelievable
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that we'd found them and that they were all healthy. there was also a lot of debris in the cave from previous attempts — wire, electrical cable, pumps, tubing, all sorts of things. the cold also was an issue — some of the children were quite small so we were concerned about how well the smaller children would hold up. and when you had to leave them to go and make your plans and so on, how confident were you of seeing them alive again? i made them a promise that i'd come back, and we did. in fact, we came back with food runs — so completely confident. but having said that, alive in a cave and alive outside of a cave are two very different things. what did you do — put them underyourarm ordid you swim with them? how did you get them out? we were fortunate enough to have some local thai boys from a swimming club which we took to a swimming pool and we practised beforehand. we essentially strapped a cylinder to the front of the child, they had a full—face mask which is a way of making sure that they can breathe,
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and essentially, we had a handle on the back of the child, so you always need to transport someone facedown so any water runs away from their face, and we were able to manoeuvre them in that way — although they were still clipped to us so that if we lost them in the visibility, we would always be able to find them immediately. so you pushed them through almost like a wheelbarrow? if you want a picture, it was probably more like a shopping bag that sometimes you would hold close to your chest if the passage was narrow and deep. if the passage was low and wide, you would hold them out to the side. you are not a panicker, are you? i'm nota panicker, no. what gave you that idea? you are so calm, it's unbelievable. although of course there has been that awful full moment when the navy seal who went down, his life was lost. i would like to extend my condolences to saman's family and his relatives again. it's a shame because with the rescue giving so successful, that kind of adds a bittersweet flavour. yes, it was a tragedy.
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can you see that what you did was fairly remarkable? i can see it was a first. how's that? it is incredible, heeding that story. so humble as well. —— hearing that. expert diverjohn volanthen speaking exclusively to the bbc‘s david garmston. that is one of those stories that will probably be made into a film. definitely. you'll no doubt remember boaty mcboatface, the name given to a polar research ship by a public vote. in the end, it was decided that naming the ship sir david attenborough would be more appropriate given his work exploring the natural world. the ship will go into the water for the first time this afternoon, and our science correspondent victoria gill is standing by. it certainly looks magnificent.
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doesn't it? especially on a day like this, it is gleaming in the sunshine, it is a glorious day on the side of the river mersey. this will be its first trip into the water, it will go down the slipway at 12:20pm. sir david attenborough will trigger the launch and this is the captain who will be on board, one of two captains of this vessel. what a responsibility. how challenging is it taking a vessel of this size into uncharted, iec territory? it is very challenging. we have been lucky enough to have a really strong team in the yard working with rolls—royce to design lots of features to make it less challenging, but it is a massive responsibility and one that i enjoy lots. what is your favourite thing about this vessel that you're about to captain? my favourite feature is the main pool. it is a four metre by
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four metre holed in the middle of the vessel that we can deploy scientific equipment through. it will be a major advantage as we are used to deploying things over the site with wires that could snag nice. it is a big step forward. this is your first launch that you're going to witness. how excited are you? yes, going to witness. how excited are you ? yes, very going to witness. how excited are you? yes, very excited. when i first arrived in the yard, it was just on computer screens, in our minds in discussions. to go from that date this is very special. thank you, we will be standing by and well back it gets pushed into the river mersey and the hull will hit the water for the first time, 10,000 tonnes of this incredible ship. it will be interesting to see what it comes back with, the research that it could offer. stay with us. headlines coming up. good morning, and welcome to breakfast with steph mcgovern and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today: pagentry and demonstrations.
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after meeting the queen, president trump arrives in scotland. he's met by more protests. police investigate after a paragliderflies within yards of his hotel. can the three lions beat belgium to their highest world cup finish sine 1966? on board the rrs sir david attenborough, as the polar research ship prepares to launch.
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