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during his 17 year playing career at elland road. he won every domestic trophy under don revie, who gave him the nickname rolls royce. for 18 years paul madeley was one of the stars of leeds united and made 727 appearances during his career, playing only for leeds and in every position except goalkeeper. what a beautiful goal. he also represented england 2a times. he was a key figure in the heralded and at times controversial league side of the late 19605 and 19705 lying alongside 5ta r5 late 19605 and 19705 lying alongside stars like peter norman and eddie gray. every major game he played in andi gray. every major game he played in and i think he will go down as one of the greatest days in the history of the greatest days in the history of the greatest days in the history of the club. paul madeley was born here just of the club. paul madeley was born herejust a of the club. paul madeley was born here just a stone's throw from his
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much beloved elland road ground ju5t behind me. the thing about this place, it was a club that he loved and adored, he was never tempted to sign for any other side. in a statement leed5 sign for any other side. in a statement leeds united 5aid everyone at the club is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of legend paul madeley. his widow and son ‘5 said that he was christened a5 rolls—royce and to us he was just that, a class act as a husband and father who always had time for eve ryo ne father who always had time for everyone he met with paul played the game in the might of minor but in saying that no one got away from him. if he was marking someone they would never get away from him and he did not have to resort to the dark side of the game that say. as a mark of respect leed5 player5 side of the game that say. as a mark of respect leed5 players will wear black armband5 during the friendly away at oxford united tonight. another legendary will not be forgotten. that's all from sportsday.
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we'll have more throughout the evening. and at the tour de france during thoma5 avoided the pepper spray and kept his cool on most perilous de5cent. he is still in the yellow jersey with just five more stages to pari5. good night. days after tweeting that iran faced consequences "the like of which few throughout history have suffered before", donald trump has said he's ready to make a deal with the nation. in a speech to the veterans of foreign wars he said "we'll see what happens"... a5 as well as talking about the denuclearisation of north korea.
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iran is not the same country any more, that i can say and we will see what happens but we are ready to make a real deal, not the deal that was done by the previous administration which was a disaster. we are also pur5uing administration which was a disaster. we are also pursuing the denuclearisation of north korea. and a new future of prosperity, security and peace on the korean peninsula and peace on the korean peninsula and all of asia for the new images ju5t today 5how north korea has begun the process of dismantling the key missile site and we appreciate that, we had a fantastic meeting with chairman kim and it seems to be going very well. more than seventy people have died in wildfires in greece, which are ravaging coastal areas near athens. many of those who died were trapped by flames in their homes and cars, others ran into the sea
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to escape the heat. in one re5ort 26 victims were discovered huddled together near the top of a cliff. greece has declared three days of mourning, and asked other european countries for help. now let's go to panos tzilavis, general manager of the marathon beach resort, which has been taking in people who have lost their homes in the blaze. what is the latest, how many people have you managed to help and what sort of state are they in? good afternoon. at the moment we have around 50, 60 people who have lost and we are trying to do the best we can. many people from the community are trying to bring in close to help them and this is just the first few days which are very difficult. how are people getting to your place,
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are people getting to your place, are becoming quite do they have to come by road, by road, how do they get to you? last night some of them came by boat, mo5t get to you? last night some of them came by boat, most of them came by car. we spoke with the millions fidelity and all the hotels of the area are giving a5 fidelity and all the hotels of the area are giving as many rooms as they can to dominate —— to accommodate them. what happens to tho5e accommodate them. what happens to those you have not got room for? that is a big question, after di5cu55ing that is a big question, after discussing with the municipality will give priority to families with children under six years old and then there's over 70, 75 years old and the rest of the people are taken ca re of by and the rest of the people are taken care of by the municipality. the people must be very shocked by what they've been through? definitely, they've been through? definitely, they are shocked at it is only one
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day that that has happened and it is very difficult and very sad time for them at the moment. and the fires are still going on at are you aware of those? no, they're not fires any more, everything is fine, we are trying to normal. this is the area where most of the disaster struck and it is not the same area any more. all the rest is fine and things are getting back to normal 5lowly things are getting back to normal slowly but there are no fires any more. well that is fortunate because often the fires burned for days on end. yes, of course. today there was no wind and everything was fine. they put out the fires in the
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morning. thank you for talking to us. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. whilst many of us are having warm to hot sunny spell5 today, there is an area of thicker cloud where some are getting 5ome outbreaks of rain. particularly from parts of northern england through wales and into the far south—west. there is some patchy rain or showers. either side of that though, it is mainly dry, a fresher feel to the weather. for scotland and northern ireland and parts of wales and western england compared to the heat and humidity towards east and south—east england where it will be another humid night to night to come. another warm nights to come, difficult for sleeping. a pleasant night across scotland and northern ireland, northern england, wales, western parts of england as temperatures drop into the low teens. here it will be a dry night where any patchy rain has fizzled out. tomorrow, you could see showers in the far west of northern ireland running into the western isles. the odd one popping up in eastern england possibly into the afternoon. but more widely we are going to feel some warmth in the sunshine
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as we go into wednesday. more spots getting above 30 celsius once again. thursday looks even hotter. some rain in the west and thunderstorms in the east on friday. hello and welcome to the one show with matt baker. and alexjones. hang on, see if you can work out who oui’ hang on, see if you can work out who our guest tonight is. yes. who would be brazen enough to wear this, a unionjack be brazen enough to wear this, a union jack leota hard? yes, to be thrown around and being booed by lots of americans? from westminster, to use trickett, to a kind of wrestler. it could only be ed balls. —— to trickett. good to see you. —— strictly. they called me the british bruiser. that's a good name. a lot
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of people watching that thinking why. including my three kids, who we re why. including my three kids, who were utterly appalled when they saw the pictures. i'd overachieved, that was off the scale in terms of going too far. it was for a serious purpose because the programme is about the way that trump has persuaded people to support him and he's used a lot of this idea of wrestling. i thought you were talking about wearing leotards! he had a fight in the ring ten years ago, and when like a vision of hell, mile upon mile smothered, suffocated by flames. a5 mile smothered, suffocated by flames. as one was put out, another broad. 47 simultaneous fires ripped through the greek hills. they fled for their lives, hundreds ran into the sea, rescued by the coastguard. but for dozens more it was too late, killed by the worst wildfires greece has seen in over a decade. a5 morning fell, the mountain is still burnt. 60 mph you're watching beyond one hundred days. devastating scenes in greece where people jumped into the ocean to escape wild fires. up to 100 are thought to have died. one group of tourists couldn't escape and died huddled together with their children. they are the worst wild fires in the country in over a decade. the greek prime minister
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has appealed for calm. translation: in memory of those who perished, we are declaring three days of national mourning. however, we should not let the mourning overwhelm us the mourning overwhelm us because this is a time to fight, to be unified, courageous and most of all to have solidarity. europe and asia are in the grip of some searing temperatures combined with strong winds. greece, sweden, japan, and the uk, have all faced local emergencies in recent weeks.

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