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tonight at 10pm... sir cliff richard wins his privacy case against the bbc — he says senior executives should admit their mistakes and "carry the can". sir cliff said today the bbc‘s coverage of a raid on his home had been a serious invasion of privacy. the raid was in relation to an allegation of sexual assault. sir cliff was never arrested or charged. i can't really answer too many questions at the moment. it's going to take a little while for me to get over the whole emotional factor, so i hope you'll forgive me. i'll talk to some other time. thank you very much. bbc executives said its journalists had acted in good faith, the judgment was potentially damaging, and it was considering an appeal. it will put decision—making about naming individuals in the hands of the police over the public‘s right to know. we don't believe this is compatible with liberty and press freedoms. we'll have details of the judgment, and we'll be considering the potential implications for the bbc and other media organisations. also tonight... borisjohnson has called on the prime minister to tear up what he called her "miserable" plans
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for britain's departure from the eu. it is not too late to save brexit. we have time in these negotiations. we have changed tack once, and we can change again. the 12 thai boys and their football coach, who were trapped in a flooded cave, make their first public appearance after being released from hospital. the tech giant google is fined a record sum by the european union, almost £4 billion, in relation to its android operating system. and how sport can help in the fight against crime, we report on one man's initiative in london's east end. and coming up in sportsday at 10:30pm on bbc news... former british and irish lions in wales captain sam warburton announces his retirement from rugby union at the age ofjust 29. —— and wales captain. good evening.
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four years after his home was searched by police in a raid broadcast by the bbc, sir cliff richard has won his privacy case against the corporation. thejudge said the bbc had infringed sir cliff's rights to privacy, in a serious and sensationalist way. the raid was conducted in relation to an allegation of historical sexual abuse — an allegation sir cliff always denied, and for which he was neither arrested nor charged. he's called for the bbc‘s senior managers to carry the can, but the bbc says it may appeal against the judgment — as our special correspondent lucy manning reports. it was as good as it could have got for sir cliff richard, and as bad as it could be for the bbc. sir cliff, how are you feeling about the judgment?
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it's going to take a little while for me to get over the whole emotional factor. and so i hope you will forgive me. in tears, he had told the court his life was forever tainted, now he was vindicated. sir cliff is of course very pleased with the court's judgment today. he never expected after 60 years in the public eye that his privacy and reputation would be tarnished in this way and that he would need to fight such a battle. the singer was awarded £210,000 but is likely to get more. the bbc is also facing millions in legal costs. this is a massivejudgment for sir cliff richard and pretty devastating for the bbc. it raises questions for the entire media about how they cover police investigations. his friends saw the physical and mental toll over the last four years. he was determined to fight this case and, in a way, even if he hadn't won the case, i think he's won it as far as the public is concerned.
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because personally, i've never heard so many people saying, "i hope he wins this case" and it was terrible, that invasion of privacy. and he has won it, in privacy law. the decisions made in the bbc newsroom to report the police investigation into sir cliff richard in 2014, and to use a helicopter to film it, significantly invaded his privacy, said thejudge. it was a scathing judgment. the judge said the reporting was breathless sensationalism, and using the helicopter created false drama. he rejected the bbc‘s case. he said the then uk news editor gary smith was not always a reliable witness, and he decided the bbc went in for an invasion of sir cliff's privacy rights in a big way. bbc editors fran unsworth and jonathan munro were grim—faced hearing the heavy criticism, but claim this is a dramatic move against press freedom. thejudge accepting it could have a significant impact on the media. the bbc is very sorry for the distress caused to sir cliff. we understand the very serious
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impact this has had on him. she says the judgment will affect every media organisation. thejudge has made clear that even if there had been no footage of the search and the story had less prominence, the very naming of sircliff would have been unlawful. this creates a significant shift against press freedom. miss unsworth, have you or mr munro offered your resignations over this matter, and should you? it's a very long judgment, we need to go away and absorb all the details, there are 200 pages there. we need to look at it and consider what lessons there are to learn out of it. what do you say to licence fee payers that they are going to face this big damages fee? mrmunro, are you considering your position? the bbc says it is thinking about an appeal and at its headquarters, there was a robust defence of its journalism. do you not think licence fee payers will find it astounding that you have lost this case, that it's going to cost potentially millions of pounds,
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and nobody at the bbc is being held responsible? the question is not whether anyone is responsible, everyone is responsible, it's whether that responsibility results in what you suggested might happen, which is that people should resign, and so on and so forth. that is not necessarily the right response to every mistake that every journalist makes in a news organisation. # she'sjust a devil woman...# sir cliff had told the court everything he'd worked for was torn apart by the bbc‘s reports. i was never even arrested, let alone charged, and i've had to suffer all of this. financially, and... but more importantly, emotionally. for what? for absolutely doing zero. i never, never did what they said, they claimed. and if heads roll, then maybe it's because it's deserved. # congratulations...# 0utside court, there was, of course, only one song sir cliff's fans could sing, but his victory means the most difficult of days for the bbc, and potential challenges now
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for all journalists. well done, cliff! lucy manning, bbc news. today's judgment focused on sir cliff's right to privacy, but it could have significant implications for the way in which all media in the uk report ongoing police investigations. our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman looks at how today's ruling could affect the balance between an individual‘s right to privacy, and the freedom of the press. a national institution taken to court very publicly by a national treasure. four years after the raid on the star's house, today, sir cliff made legal history. at the heart of this case is a battle between the right that we all now have to a private and family life and the right of the media to publish stories about us, if they're the public interest. but it wasn't always like that. in 1990, actor gordon kaye went to court claiming his privacy was invaded byjournalists posing
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as doctors after he had a car crash. he was told there was no privacy law in the uk. but after the human rights act came into force in 2000, establishing the right to privacy, naomi campbell won a case and damages following publication of a photograph of her leaving a drug treatment centre. then, in 2008, max mosley, the formula 1 racing chief, won a privacy case and substantial damages over a story about a sex session with prostitutes. now, for the first time in a trial, a high courtjudge has considered the privacy rights of suspects in serious criminal investigations. this judgment has underlined the rights of individuals and suspects, regardless of how high profile or not they are in terms of any criminal investigation. and it's made clear that there is a reasonable expectation of privacy for individuals. the balance between the private
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lives of individuals and the right to publish information about them has to be seen in an online world where, if a suspect is identified, the damage can be instant, worldwide and catastrophic. and, if they're innocent and not charged, like sir cliff, it can be extremely difficult to repair. broadcaster paul gambaccini, himself arrested over alleged historical sex offences and never charged, wants blanket change. if we are to have a just society, we must have anonymity before charge, because what we had during this recent five years was anybody could make an accusation against anybody, whether they knew them or not, and would get publicised. today's a game—changer for the news media industry. this isn't going to stop social media from talking about all these kind of things, this information will be
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there going around all over the place, and the way to counteract misinformation and fake news, as it's now called, is to actually go to the mainstream media, go to the trusted media and say, what actually is going on here? well, now we can't tell them. the bbc and other media may not like the rise and rise of the law of privacy, but, case by case, privacy protection for individuals is growing. clive coleman, bbc news. 0ur media editor amol rajan is with me. can we go straight to the heart of what people have been debating in the wake of this judgment, that there are significant elements of there are significant elements of the media concerned about the potential implications in terms of freedom of speech and freedom of the media. are they right to be concerned? as you know, the liberty of journalists to report concerned? as you know, the liberty ofjournalists to report without fear or favour is hard won and easily lost. i have spoken to some of them were senior figures in
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british journalism and there was a consensus that today marks an historic shift in power from the free press towards the police. many campaigners have argued for a long time that the present police had too cosy a relationship. but the feeling in the industry is it will make reporters more cautious and discourage victims of crime from coming forward and talking to journalists. the bbc is today casting itself as the defender of ancient freedoms in a rather unlikely alliance with the british tabloid press, but it is undoubtedly damaging for the corporation. it fought and lost a high profile case against somebody commonly regarded asa against somebody commonly regarded as a national treasure and its editorialjudgment has as a national treasure and its editorial judgment has been as a national treasure and its editorialjudgment has been sharply criticised. whereverjournalism goes from today, the bbc is undoubtedly tarnished and seriously out of pocket, particularly if it uses public funds to appeal the decision. amol rajan, our media editor, thank you. let's move onto some of the day's news stories. boris johnson, the former foreign secretary, has accused
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the prime minister of crafting a brexit deal which would inflict a form of economic slavery on britain. mrjohnson, in his resignation statement to the house of commons, praised the vision set out by theresa may at lancaster house last year, but condemned the new deal agreed by the cabinet a few weeks ago at chequers, as a "miserable, permanent limbo". he said there was still time to save brexit, and urged the prime minister to change, as our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. even the lightbulbs at the grandest of houses need changing. the resident here is changing soon, too. reporter: what's your brexit plan, mr johnson? borisjohnson is on his way out. today was the time to explain himself. why one of those who sold brexit so hard to the public thinks the prime minister's plan sells us out. mrjohnson, ever conscious of reputation, used an unusual resignation speech to say why. personal statement, mr borisjohnson. after decades in which uk ministers have gone to brussels
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and expostulated against costly eu regulation, we are now claiming that we must accept every jot and tittle. we continue to make the fatal mistake of underestimating the intelligence of the public. 0uch! he says the government's telling you one thing and doing another. a convinced small band of brexiteers surrounded him today but some former remainers stayed away. it is not too late to save brexit. we have time in these negotiations. we have changed tack once, and we can change again. the problem is not that we failed to make the case for a free—trade agreement. we haven't even tried. not even two weeks ago, though, he signed up to the plan hatched here at chequers. were they arguing already?
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mrjohnson making the case that the government would have to change course and return to the prime minister's proposals she set out in a speech more than a year ago? let us again aim explicitly for that glorious vision of lancaster house. a strong, independent self—governing britain that is genuinely open to the world. not the miserable permanent limbo of chequers. we need to take one decision now before all others. that is to believe in this country and what it can do. cheering not a wholesale hero's reception — look at those crossed arms. but it matters. even though almost too strangely to be true, he was speaking while she was speaking, sticking to her lines. if you looked at the white paper and the agreement we came to in chequers, you'll see
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the proposal we are putting forward is we are no longer a member of the customs union, no longera member of the single market. many mps dismiss borisjohnson now, believing his credibility is shot. but he gives a bellowing voice to widespread concern that theresa may's brexit with caveats isn't really brexit at all. it was a serious warning, to the prime minister — change tack or there could be more trouble. it was a very unusual encounter with boris johnson. one where he didn't make anyjokes. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, in the house of commons. the man who has replaced david davis as brexit secretary will head to brussels tomorrow, it's dominic raab's first meeting with michel barnier, the man in charge of negotiating britain's exit from the european union. 0ur europe editor katya adler is in brussels. what are the prospects tomorrow of these talks?
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i think dominic raab will hardly be able to put a foot through the door before he faces questions. they will wa nt to before he faces questions. they will want to know on what basis they will negotiate brexit, on the basis of the cabinet agreement, events since then, or the uk will change its mind again on its position. the eu wants to send a message to the uk which is please work with us to finish or withdrawal agreement because if not, brussels believes there is an increasing chance of the uk simply crashing out of the eu in march next year without a deal and what does it mean? does it mean a no deal brexit 01’ mean? does it mean a no deal brexit ora mean? does it mean a no deal brexit or a cliff edge brexit, think about planes and permission to take off and land between the uk and european airports and think of long queues for people and goods at borders, uk access to european intelligence
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databases. tomorrow the european commission will issue a warning, not to the uk, but to european businesses and governments to step up businesses and governments to step up preparation for the possibility ofa no up preparation for the possibility of a no deal brexit. the european commission has worked on the paper for months, i have seen a draft copy but it will not be published until tomorrow, just in time to dominic raab's arrival. a coincidence? as one put it to me tonight, when it comes to brexit, there are no innocent timings. the latest economic figures show inflation in june held steady at 2.4%, for the third consecutive month. the office for national statistics says rising fuel, gas and electricity costs were offset by a fall in the price of clothes. today's figures mean wages remain above inflation, even though pay growth has slowed. the 12 boys rescued from a flooded cave in thailand last week have left hospital
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and given their account of what happened. speaking of their ordeal, one of the boys described the moment they were found by a british diver as a miracle. 0ur correspondentjonathan head was with the family of one of the boys as he came home. dom spent his 13th birthday in the cave, at the time unsure if he'd ever get out. but you'd hardly know it as he thanked the doctors and nurses on leaving hospital today, the very picture of health. this was him two weeks ago, smiling for his rescuers when the 12 boys and their coach were discovered after nine days without food. he and his team—mates made their first public appearance since their astonishing rescue. treating journalists to some nifty footwork before taking the stage to recount their experiences in the cave. they had gone to explore, just for an hour, they said, but found themselves cut off by fast—rising water. 14—year—old adul, who speaks
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the best english among them, then described the moment when, after nine days, they heard the two british divers close by. translation: we were digging and we heard somebody talking, but we didn't think that it was real, so we stopped and listened. but, as it turned out, it happened, it was real. i was shocked. i thought they were thai officers, but when they got out of the water, i found that they were english. i did not know what to say to them, so ijust said hello. it was a miracle, it was a miracle. i was shocked. for all of them, the hardest thing in the cave was the hunger. this is the youngest, titan, who is 11 years old. translation: i tried not to think about food. but, because thinking about food... tried not to think about fried rice. they finished with a tribute to saman gunan, the thai diver who died while trying to save them. watching at home was dom's family.
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his stepfather had not been able to see him in hospital. with just a few hours before he came home, it was hard keeping his emotions back. "i am just waiting to welcome him as soon as he gets here," he said. "we'll all be there. ijust want to hug him." well, it's been a very long wait this evening for dom's family, but we thinkjust a few more minutes to go before he comes home and, for this very ordinary family, hopefully, an end to a very extraordinary story. and then he was there. the boy who had missed his 13th birthday, but with his miraculous escape had been given a second chance. it is not often you get an ending as happy as this. jonathan head, bbc news, northern thailand. the tech giant google has been fined
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a record £3.9 billion by the european commission, in relation to its android mobile operating system. the european commission says google unlawfully favoured its own internet search service, denying rivals the chance to compete, and consumers the right to choose. google says it will appeal, as our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones explains. if you believe in innovation from everyone, then welcome to android. it sees itself as a benevolent giant that just wants to help us communicate. the eu has a different view. google has engaged in illegal practices to cement its dominant market position in internet search. google's android operating system runs on three quarters of europe's mobile phones. it is free for phone makers, but the eu says that google applies conditions which promote its own interests at the expense of rivals. there are three complaints —
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that phone makers must preinstall google search in chrome if they want to use the app store. they are paid to promote google search by installing it and not other search engines. and that they are effectively banned from creating alternative versions of android. as a matter of principle we could ourselves look up another search engine, but only 1% of us who has an android phone says, "oh, i do something else." 99%, if the search app is on your phone, this is what you use. the fact that google has so much control over what happens on so many phones not only gives it a lot of power, it gives it a lot gives it a lot of money, because it collects vast amounts of data that enables it to target advertising. the company says that ends up with a great deal for phone users. google must now pay a record fine and change its ways within 90 days if it is not to face bigger penalties. but it is appealing
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against the ruling. a spokesperson said, "android has created more choice for everyone, not less. a vibrant ecosystem, rapid innovation and lower prices are classic hallmarks of robust competition." with the us and europe already locking horns over trade, the google ruling provides another source of conflict. i don't think trade negotiations are going to be helped by this measure. the biggest losers, however, are going to be european users of smartphones and consumers, because google has already hinted at the prospect of changing its practices, maybe charging for some services it didn't charge for before. google and other american tech giants insist they are good for consumers. but the eu is determined to curb what it sees as their abuse of their dominance. rory cellan—jones, bbc news. now a look at some of the day's other stories. detectives investigating the grenfell tower fire that killed 72 people have carried out three interviews under caution, as they look into allegations of manslaughter and potential health and safety breaches. the metropolitan police say their inquiries will involve
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a "planned programme of interviews under caution". there have been no arrests. a new inquest has reaffirmed that private sean benton, who died at the deepcut army barracks in surrey 23 years ago, took his own life. he was the first of four young soldiers who died from gunshot wounds in unexplained circumstances between 1995 and 2002. inquests at the time recorded three open verdicts and one of suicide. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse has been fined £200,000 after sending a mass email that identified possible victims. the information commisioner‘s 0ffice said the message, which was sent to 90 people, placed vulnerable people at risk by allowing recipients to see each other‘s email addresses. —— messages. two leaders of the neo—nazi group national action have been sentenced to a total 01:14 years in prison for continuing to be members after it was banned as a terrorist organisation in 2016.
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the judge also noted that they had done nothing to discourage a plan by a fellow neo—nazi to kill an mp. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. when the time comes, they'll be in the chambers. jack renshaw, the neo—nazi who plotted to kill his mp, speaking in blackpool in 2016. you can call me a nazi, you can call me fascist, that is what i am. well done! so am i! he was a member of national action, which was banned last year as a terrorist organisation after celebrating the killing of the labour mpjo cox. but some of its members went underground, doing fight training at this improvised gym and meeting most weeks at this pub in warrington, where lastjuly, jack renshaw made an announcement. sitting here at this table that night, jack renshaw told his fellow neo—nazis that he planned to kill his local mp, rosie cooper, and a female detective who had been
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investigating him for grooming boys for sex. he said he wanted to kill them in the name of what they called "white jihad". his plot was thwarted because one man inside the group that evening, robbie mullen, was leaking information to the antiracism charity hope not hate. renshaw‘s weapon, a sword, was later found by detectives. rosie cooper. in the commons today, the effect on his planned victim was clear. may i, on a personal note, thank the prime minister, thank the leader of the opposition and every single member of this house for the kindness they have shown me. the jury could not decide if renshaw had remained a member of national action at the time of his plot, but the group's leader, chris lythgoe, and matthew hankinson, who both knew about renshaw‘s plan, were jailed today for belonging
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to a banned organisation. the two men who started national action and set out the violent nazi ideology that renshaw embraced, were alex davies and ben raymond. they were not on trial, but we tracked ben raymond down to a bedsit in swansea. ben raymond. daniel sandford from the bbc. bleep. you set off irresponsibly this neo—nazi organisation. bleep. you irresponsibly set up a neo—nazi organisation. do you deny all responsibility for that? bleep. daniel sandford, bbc news. a man has been convicted of plotting to attack downing street and kill the prime minister. naa'imur rahman was arrested after a major undercover operation involving m15, the police and the fbi. he had planned to blow up the gates to downing street before attacking heavily armed police with pepper spray and a taser. rahman had claimed his plans were a fantasy, but a jury found him guilty of preparing acts of terrorism. the captain of the british
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and irish lions, sam warburton, has announced his retirement from international rugby union, at the age of 29. the former wales captain hasn't played since leading the lions to a notable series draw in new zealand last year. he recently returned to training following knee and neck surgery, but said he could no longer perform to the high standards he'd set throughout his career. the latest official crime figures in england and wales, due tomorrow, are expected to show a rise in violent offences. one man in east london thinks he has a solution, stephen addison works to combine sport and faith. 0ur religion and ethics editor martin bashir has been to meet him. i was an overweight kid. i didn't believe in myself. i didn't have any self—esteem. i started trying to be bad as a defence mechanism. stephen addison has been hitting back since the age of ten. one of six children,
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he grew up on a notorious estate in east london. where did you live? this blockjust right here. he quickly fell out of school and into crime. when you've got stuff like drugs and fraud being so accessible, like, it's only normal to get involved in it. he was just another statistic, until a strange intervention. and one day i had a dream, you know? i had a dream that i was going to go to prison for murder, you know? and it was so vivid. and in the dream, i believe god spoke to me and god told me "stephen, if you carry on living your life this way, you're going to end up injailfor murder." he embraced a form of muscular christianity, took up boxing and established box up crime, working with vulnerable young people from all racial and religious groups. i think knife crime is the biggest right now. there's lots of people getting stabbed these days.
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tell me where you think you'd be without boxing. i probably would be doing something dodgy. here, you can save a kid's life. the portable boxing ring is a regular here in barking, where the council is backing stephen's efforts. and there are plans for the same in manchester and birmingham. people don't go out thinking, "i want to kill somebody, i want to use a knife." they go out because they feel they are an outcast. and one of the things i really believe in, and what stephen's doing, he's saying to people, "look, be a rebel, but be a rebel with a cause, not without a cause." you know that social services teams, that juvenile offending teams, are working day and night to try and stop young people from moving into a life of crime. how does faith in god make any difference? when i first changed my life around at the age of 20, and i got

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