tv BBC News at Five BBC News July 31, 2018 5:00pm-6:01pm BST
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today at five — a man is sentenced to 17 years in prison for an acid attack which resulted in the death of a woman in high wycombe. joanne rand died 11 days after the acid was thrown over her. xeneral webster today was sentenced for manslaughter. some doctors, just looking at us and they said, "i'm afraid we can't do any more forjoanne, we're going to have to turn all the machines off". we'll have the latest from the sentencing. the other main stories on bbc news at 5:00... aid agencies are acused of being "almost complicit" in sexual abuse across the sector — a damning mps report describes a culture of denial. it's emerged that the manchester bomber, salman abedi, was rescued by the royal navy from libya's civil war — three years before he murdered 22 people. labour is urged to suspend a leading party member, after he was recorded describing some of thejewish community
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as "trump fa natics". the uk is hotter and wetter than it used to be — nine out of ten of the hottest years on record have been in the last 15 years. and in love with love island — the tv show has been a runaway ratings hit, but why? and what are the social issues that it raises? hello, good evening. in the past half hour, a man has beenjailed for 17 years for the manslaughter ofjoanne rand, who died after she was splashed with acid. joanne rand was hit with the liquid by 19 year—old xeneral webster, who had been arguing
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with another man. she died 11 days after suffering the injuries. matt cole is outside reading crown court with the latest. what can you tell us about the background to this. this took place a year ago on the 3rd ofjune last year. joanne rand had been visiting the grave of her eldest daughter. she had then gone and taken a seat ona she had then gone and taken a seat on a bench in the centre of high wycombe and was rolling a cigarette. she had no knowledge and nothing to do with xeneral webster, as then 18—year—old who had been in a row with another man. during that altercation he had pulled out a bottle of sulphuric acid. the man in that altercation knocked the bottle out of his hand and it splashed up
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and hitjoanne rand. she ran to a nearby chicken restaurant and sought help. she was treated but two days later she was taken seriously ill. she developed sepsis and 11 days after the attack she died from multiple organ failure with her family gathered around her. following that, xeneral webster, now 19, had a string of convictions behind him. xeneral webster was arrested and originally put on trial for murder, but ultimately accepted a plea of manslaughterfor which he was sentenced, along with another of other offences. all of those, 17 yea rs, to other offences. all of those, 17 years, to run at the same time, concurrently but considered so dangerous by the judge concurrently but considered so dangerous by thejudge is he, she has extended his licence. whenever he is released, and he will have to
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serve at least two thirds of his sentence, after he is released he will have two serve an extra three yea rs will have two serve an extra three years on licence, a total of 20 yea rs. years on licence, a total of 20 years. what did the judge have to say in terms of comments during sentencing? first of all, she praised the fortitude and the dignity ofjoanne rand's family. two of her sisters made victim impact statements, as did her younger daughter katie. her eldest daughter had died in a car accident some yea rs had died in a car accident some years ago, hence she had been visiting her grave. thejudge, her honour angela morris said to xeneral webster, you and your actions must ta ke webster, you and your actions must take responsibility for what you have done. the cost to the family are incalculable and irreparable and there is no court this —— in a sentence this court can pass that will represent the value ofjoanne
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rand's life. she said you are dangerous. when she read out the 17 yea rs dangerous. when she read out the 17 years he will have to serve for manslaughter, it is a discount from 19 years because he did enter that guilty plea partway through his trial. so he got a 10% discount, not the full discount he might have got. he began striding around the box and began swearing profanity. he was taken away began swearing profanity. he was ta ken away and began swearing profanity. he was taken away and the rest of his sentence for a number of other offences, not related, for instance carrying a samurai sword, threats to kill, they were read out in his absence. 90 for bringing us the latest from redding crown court. aid agencies have been accused of being "almost complict" in sexual abuse across the sector.
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in a damning report, mps on the international development committee say there's been a "culture of denial" since revelations earlier this year that workers for 0xfam paid for sex in haiti. the committee chairman said charities seemed "more concerned to protect their own reputation" than the safety of victims. charities have welcomed the report, and 0xfam admitted it has "further to go." naomi grimley reports. it was in the aftermath of the 2010 haiti earthquake that some of 0xfam's aid workers severely compromised its much cherished values. they used young prostitutes when they were supposed to be helping the local population bounce back from a disaster. the charity did an internal investigation. they dismissed some members of staff and let others quietly resign without properly flagging up what had happened to the authorities or other charities. today, mps said it wasn't an isolated episode. we've reached the conclusion that in the aid sector, there has been complacency verging, frankly, on complicity
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with what has happened. and that is because organisations all too often have appeared more concerned to protect their own reputation in the sector rather than protecting victims and survivors. whistle—blower helen evans was once 0xfam's safeguarding officer, but she lacked the resources to do herjob properly. now she says that must change. what are we about if we say, "we will deliver aid, but there's a risk you may be sexually abused 7 " how are we benefiting the beneficiaries? safeguarding and keeping beneficiaries safe is absolutely integral to trust and our ability to deliver aid and leave a lasting legacy of positive change. so the two are hand—in—hand. 0xfam says it has tripled its safeguarding budget to make sure incidents like haiti can never happen again. 0xfam's learnt the hard way what an abuse scandal can do to a much loved brand. it's lost donations from the public,
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had celebrity backers melt away and it can't even bid for new government contracts until it's been given a clean bill of health. because mps believe this does go way beyond one charity, they want to see a new global register of aid workers set up. but not everyone in the sector thinks it can work. most aid workers are locally recruited, i think 95% are local people, and we're talking about contexts where, you know, many of them are casual labourers, they may be hired for a day or two to distribute food aid. so whether it's logistically feasible is the question one would have there. mps accept there may be challenges, but that's no reason, they say, not to try. they‘ re adamant that, after a string of abuse scandals, this has to be the time for meaningful change. naomi grimley, bbc news. nikki kandeery kireerah is director of programmes at equality now, an international organisation working for human rights
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of women and girls. thank you for being here. the spotlight has been on 0xfam but do you believe it is very widespread in the aid sector? i think the report and knowledge tells us this is endemic across the sector. although there is a huge amount of good work done by charities and the international aid sector and not everybody is implicated, clearly there is a problem that needs to be dealt with. 0rganisations have failed to put in play zero policies and practices to stop sexual harassment, the use of prostitutes and they failed to put safeguarding in place for when that does happen. they haven't put in place vic tim
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centred approaches to dealing with the issue. you would agree with the mps when they say there is complacency verging on complicity which is a damning criticism of not just 0xfam, but many aid agencies in that sector? it would seem that way from reading the report. the fact that people are sacked and then allowed to move on or are unable... 0rcan resign and allowed to move on or are unable... or can resign and move on to other jobs in the sector implies that not enough is put in place to stop them doing it again. the agencies would say they have made changes and they have brought about changes after this whole scandal blew up?” have brought about changes after this whole scandal blew up? i am sure, we have heard 0xfam has tripled its budget for safeguarding andi tripled its budget for safeguarding and i know a lot of organisations are putting in better safeguarding. but there needs to be more
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conviction in ensuring they have a zero tolerance policy to sexual harassment in the workplace and sexual exploitation and the use of prostitutes. those who have position of power and aid has a clear power differential the people helping vulnerable people and that situation is very important that particular safeguarding is put in place. in the report there is a suggestion of a possible external ombudsman to provide a place where people could report outside of the actual organisation if they didn't feel they were getting the right response from the organisation which the abuse has occurred. good to talk to you, thank you very much indeed. it's emerged that the man who bombed the manchester arena last year was rescued from the civil war in libya by a royal navy ship four years ago. salman abedi killed 22 people last
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year in a suicide attack. our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani, told us more about the background to the case. this is a strange story. salman abedi, the manchester bomb was 19 in 2014 and he and his younger brother had gone to libya, we believe to visit their parents who had moved from manchester to their home country. they were there as british citizens. while they were in the country, the security situation was deteriorating and a civil war encroached in all parts of the country. as a result of islands in tripoli, the british government advised british nationals to get out. some couldn't get out so the british navy sends hms enterprise to pick up as many people as possible.
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110 people got on the ship and were taken to malta for their onward journeys. we now understand that salman abedi and his brother were on the passenger list so it is looking clear they were effectively residue from the civil war in tripoli. it is a fascinating detail and merging. what are the implications for this? this has been the question and this happened in august 2014 and in january of that year he had been on mis's january of that year he had been on mis‘s radarfor january of that year he had been on mis‘s radar for the first time. they had been investigating him during the winter. m15 were investigating salman abedi because he had believed to have been seen with unknown extremist and acting in a suspicious manner. they had concerns about who this new character was. they spent a long time investigating him and when we have the independent review into the manchester bombing as to whether there had been intelligence
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failings, what we had learned was a case of mistaken identity, the man the security sources thought was salman abedi and they discounted him. salman abedi knew he wasn't the man they were initially investigating. just before this dramatic rescue in libya commie had been discounted because security forces found nothing to prove he was a genuine threat. thank you very much indeed. there are calls for labour to suspend a member of its ruling body, after he was recorded calling some members of thejewish community "trump fanatics." in the recording, peter willsman — an ally ofjeremy corbyn — claims that accusations of anti—semitism in the party have been invented. tom barton reports. shame on you!
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for months, the labour party has been dogged by accusations and protests over its approach towards anti—semitism. now a recording has emerged of a member of labour's ruling body suggesting jewish trump fanatics were behind accusations of anti—semitism. i am not going to be lectured to by trump fanatics giving out information without any evidence at all. i think we should ask the 70 rabbis, where is your evidence of severe and widespread anti—semitism in this party? peter willsman, a supporter ofjeremy corbyn, has apologised for his remarks and labour says the matter has been resolved without the need for further investigation. over the past fortnight, two labour mps, margaret hodge and ian austin, have found themselves facing possible disciplinary action after criticising the party's approach to anti—semitism. you have to contrast what has
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happened in this case, so far, i seriously hope that decision will be reconsidered, with what has happened to my colleagues, dame margaret hodge and ian austin where immediate action was taken to investigate them speaking out and speaking up against anti—semitism. in a statement, the labour party said it is committed to tackling and eradicating anti—semitism in all its forms in our party and our society. a ballot is currently being held for positions on labour's national executive committee and peter willsman is hoping to be re—elected. he is one of nine candidates being backed by the left—wing momentum group. this recording, though, is leading some to ask questions about whether he should be allowed to take up that position if he was to win. tom barton, bbc news, westminster. let's talk to our political correspondent, jonathan blake, who is in westminster. yet another row on anti—semitism
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within the labour party? since those comments from peter willsman were made public, published online by the jewish chronicle last night, there has been widespread criticism of him and what he had to say. several labourmps, and what he had to say. several labour mps, some of whom are often critical ofjeremy corbyn‘s labour mps, some of whom are often critical of jeremy corbyn‘s approach to anti—semitism within the party, have criticised this and can be read it as have criticised this and can be read itasa have criticised this and can be read it as a double standard compared to others investigated for their comments criticising the leader's approach. we have seen left—wing commentators, calling out peter willsman and saying action should be taken against him and other members of the nec as well, the comedian, eddie is argued is a member of labour's ruling body has tweeted and said he was dialled in on the phone for that meeting and was both shocked at what peter willsman said
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at the time and surprised he was allowed to say it unchallenged. as for peter willsman himself, he hasn't said anything in public since the recording was published online. he hasn't responded to requests for interviews. but a reporterfrom he hasn't responded to requests for interviews. but a reporter from talk radio did track him down in oxford and tried to ask questions. are you going to stand down from your candidacy for the nec question what do you plan to withdraw as a candidate for the nec? will you talk to us about your comments? hang on. peter willsman, do you plan to stand down as a candidate from the nec. tom watson says he is disgusted by you. do you have anything to say to tom watson? why are you walking away? why won't you speak to others? nothing to say and we have also heard nothing from the labour leader
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jeremy corbyn. a spokesperson for the party simply saying, they don't comment on individual cases and making it clear peter willsman did apologise and will face no further action. jonathan, thank you very much indeed. let's discuss this with dame louise louise ellman and one of the jewish mps dame louise louise ellman and one of thejewish mps calling on the labour party to recognise the holocaust remembrance definition of anti—semitism. what do you make of these comments? i am appalled by the situation. the labour party is rapidly becoming engulfed in a problem of its own making, its failure to deal with anti—semitism within the labour party. peter willsman should be suspended immediately and his name should be removed from the ballot that is circulating among labour party members where they are as to vote
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for him to remain in the nec. i would like to see some leadership from jeremy corbyn to recognise the severity of this problem and take some action. tom watson has called him a loudmouth bully, would you go along with that? i have heard the run from peter willsman and so have the public. it is ugly and attacking 68 rabbis who came together in a very unprecedented latecomer 68 rabbis from across the spectrum of the jewish community to protest against anti—semitism in the labour party. peter willsman also attacked jewish people and said something to the effect that they could manipulate social media. this is very ugly and peter willsman should be suspended now after what we have heard, you should be suspended immediately and let the labour party
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deal with anti—semitism properly and get on with challenging the government. he has apologise. first of all he said what all of what he said that was reported was not accurate. also he said he fell short of the requirements to stay civil and respectful and apologises for any offence caused. it is not a proper apology and that phrase," any offence caused" well, great offence was caused and many have heard the ra nts was caused and many have heard the rants and the comments he made and that shouldn't be allowed in a party that shouldn't be allowed in a party thatis that shouldn't be allowed in a party that is against anti—semitism and i call onjeremy corbyn to suspend peter willsman now. thank you, louise ellman. theresa may will hold brexit talks
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with the french president, emmanuel macron on friday at his presidential retreat in the south of france. a spokesman for the elysee palace said the prime minister would meet mr macron at the fort de bregancon on friday afternoon, followed by a private dinner. the fort has been the summer home of the french president since 1969, which sits on a small island off the mediterranean coast. zimbabwe's opposition leader nelson chamisa has said his party is winning the election there and that he's ready to form the next government. mr chamisa says his claim is based on results from the majority of more than 10,000 polling stations. let's speak now to our correspondent shingai nyoka who's in harare. both sides both claiming victory, are we any closer to knowing who has won the selection? we are onlyjust at the beginning of the stages of
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the announcement of the election results but across town the movement for democratic change supporters are already celebrating. it is not what you hear behind me, which is a concert completely unrelated to the elections. but they believe, based on the results they have seen posted outside polling stations, that they have taken the vote. but there is too early to call. the elections management body has said only it can officially announce the results and only it can officially announce a winner. they have began to announce a batch of results for the parliamentary elections. seven results were announced a short while ago and 210 still to go. those early results show the zino pf in the lead by six votes and the mdc alliant alluding by one vote. we are expecting more results today but this could take some days. they say
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that they have until saturday to announce results and we will only know about the presidential elections possibly by saturday so there is still a few days to go before there is clarity as to who will actually take the selection. thank you very much with the latest on those elections in zimbabwe. the met office has published its state of the climate report showing 2017 as the fifth warmest in the uk since records began in 1910. it says nine of the ten hottest years have occurred since 2002, with rainfall also increasing over the last decade. let's take a look at some more of theirfindings. the annual mean temperature for the last decade was 0.8 degrees higher than the 1961—1990 average. but we've been experiencing 20% wetter summers over that same period. looking further back, mean sea level around the uk has
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risen by about 16cm since the start of the twentieth century. let's discuss this with corinne le quere, she's professor of climate change science and policy at the university of east anglia. what do you make of these findings? is this climate change in action we are seeing now, particularly at the moment with this currently wage. people always thought climate change was something for the future but we seem was something for the future but we seem to be witnessing it now? the trend in the last ten years in the uk are consistent with climate change. especially be warmer summers and the more extreme temperature like the heatwave of this summer. rainfall is more complicated. the
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patterns in general are more complicated, more regional changes in rainfall. what we expect with climate change is wetter winters with more heavy rainfall that causes increased risks of flooding. what we are expecting in the summer of more what we have seen this summer, drier conditions and droughts in the uk. the last ten years of rainfall reflect more variability which is still in the uk. we do need to prepare for the background trends in climate. you are not in any doubt are you, this is all a result of carbon emissions and what is being done to the planet by mankind? climate change is caused by human emissions from our activity. this is beyond a reasonable doubt. if we continue to go like we are doing,
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putting emissions in the atmosphere, then it's not going to stop there. it is part of a trend in climate we are seeing and to stabilise the climate we need to address the source of climate change, which is human emissions. in your view, is it too late to act and try and reverse this? reversing is not on the table right now. we are really talking about what kind of future we want to have. we really need to look at the events of this summer and learn our lessons and decide for ourselves what is it we are prepared to do for the future in terms of reducing future climate change and adapting to the current environment and the warming environmental conditions. thank you for being with us, professor of climate change policy. time for a look at the weather. here's alina jenkins with the forecast.
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we have had a wet spell of weather but the sun is returning and temperatures will be rising over the coming days. we have had outbreaks of rain across northern ireland, western isles of scotland. clearing from northern ireland but it will push through western scotland overnight. cloud building in the west later in the night. lows between 11 and 14 celsius. for much of the country tomorrow it is looking mainly dry. that spells of sunshine and sunny spells for northern ireland in the morning before cloud brings outbreaks of rain in the afternoon. some of the rain in the afternoon. some of the rain will push into the far north—west of england. but mainly dry, spells of sunshine and in the best of the sunshine temperatures getting up to 25 or 26 celsius. most places by the end of the weaker
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becomes mainly dry, increasing amounts of sunshine and temperatures by friday and saturday could be exceeding 30 celsius. this is bbc news. the headlines. a man is sentenced to 17 years in prison for an acid attack which resulted in the death of a woman in high wycombe. joanne rand died 11 days after the acid was thrown over her. today xeneral webster was sentenced for manslaughter. her family spoke of their grief. we watched the life drain out of her, the body shutting down, we watched her die and it was the most horrendous day in our lives. aid agencies are acused of being ‘almost complicit‘ in sexual abuse across the sector — a damning mps report describes a culture of denial. their criticism comes after revelations emerged that 0xfam staff paid survivors of an earthquake in haiti for sex. it's emerged that the manchester bomber salman abedi was rescued by the royal navy from libya's civil
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war — three years before he murdered 22 people at an ariana grande concert last year. and in love with love island — the tv show has been a runaway ratings hit, but why? and what are the social issues that it raises? we'll be discussing the hit itv 2 show later in the programme. let's cross to the bbc sport centre and join hugh. good afternoon. adil rashid has been named in the england team to face india in the first test at edgbaston tomorrow. his selection is controversial because he's only contracted to play twenty20 and one day matches for his club yorkshire, and critics say his selection devalues the county championship. captainjoe root is supportive though, saying rashid's development in the shorter form of the game gives england a good attacking option.
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it's a big night for the england hockey team at the world cup in london. they play south korea in the first knockout phase of the tournament. england needed a late goal from giselle ansley at the weekend to ensure their progress. pushback is at 8 o'clock tonight — full commentary on 5 live sports extra. andy murray's back on court and back to winning ways as he continues his comeback following a year out and hip surgery. he's through to the second round at the washington 0pen, but it wasn't a comfortable experience, as paul garrity reports. starting from scratch again is how andy murray described his comeback from injury and shaking those hips is not easy after surgery. the early stages of the contest proved that against mckenzie mcdonald's. he found it hard to get his rhythm, first set to be american. but once
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in his groove the former number one was dancing to his old children, taking control and winning the second set. andy murray is in a hurry to get back to top form. he failed to take five match points and queued the frustration. 0ne failed to take five match points and queued the frustration. one time and it was restored he ended his torment and will face how adamant in round two but for now the world will wait and see how quickly he can climb back up. england's all time most capped player — rochelle clark — is retiring from international rugby union. she made made her debut in 2003, and has played 137 times for her country. affectionately known as ‘rocky‘ — clark says it's been a ‘fairytale' career but she's not stopping completely and will carry on with her club wasps. tour de france champion geraint thomas says he'll consider all his options before deciding whether to commit his future to team sky. thomas' contract with sky is up for renewal,
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but he is expected to sign a deal that could be worth £3.5 million a year. the winner of the yellow jersey insists his relationship with chris froome won't affect that decision though, and this summer's tour has only increased his respect for the four—time champion. scotland head coach gregor townsend has signed a new, two year contract extension. since he took over last summer, scotland have enjoyed wins in australia as well as over england in this year's six nations. townsend will now be in charge until at least 2021. gareth bale can fill the void left by cristiano ronaldo's departure at real madrid, according to the club's new manager. the welshman's future had been in doubt as he was often out of favour with his former boss zinedine zidane, and struggled with injury last season. however, new head coach julen lopetgui called bale a ‘magnificent player‘ and said he was ‘happy to stay‘ at the bernabeu. translation:
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he also asked about gareth bale and the others and we are delighted that they are staying with us and we are convinced it will be a magnificent year. i think gareth bale is an extraordinary player and we expect a lot of this season but were certain he will give us the best of him we‘ll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. back to news that a man has been sentenced to seven years in prison foran sentenced to seven years in prison for an acid attack. joanne rand died 11 days after acid was thrown over her. some reaction now from the police and family. joanne did not know her attacker xeneral webster, she had been sitting on a bench in high wycombe town centre on the 3rd ofjuly 2070 after visiting the grave of her daughter who have previously died in a traffic collision. 0n daughter who have previously died in a traffic collision. on that day
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during an argument, webster retrieved acid from his bag and used it to threaten another man. he knocked it out of the sand and kick it away. the spray covered joanne insta ntly it away. the spray covered joanne instantly bringing her. as a result of her injuries she developed sepsis and her family supported for next 14 days and had moments to say goodbye to her before she tragically died. webster himself had been subjected to an acid attack and had received injuries to his face just months before. he whoever made the decision to carry acid on this occasion leading to this horrific incident. joanne was a much loved sister and mother, partner, friend and colleague. and is deeply missed by all those who know and love her. the attack was painful and caused and will continue to cause untold
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suffering to her family and friends. i would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the relative as for the dignity of the board they‘ve shown throughout this investigation and for so eloquently speaking out against those who carry acid. they do not want anyone else to go through what they have been through and neither do thames valley police. while attacks of this nature are not comment in the thames valley this is of little comfort to joanne‘s family. no sentence will ever go towards easing the pain but i hope they feel it goes some way to enabling them to have a sense of closure on these utterly tragic events. firstly... firstly we like to thank
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the crown prosecution service and thames valley police as well as everyone else involved in the investigation for all the hard work, dedication and long hours. spent bringing this case to the crown court. we cannot bring joanne back and although we do not feel we have complete justice for her today we are glad that xeneral webster has admitted responsibility for what he has done. with gang and drug crime is becoming widespread and more common it is important that awareness is raised the issue and it is proved that people do die. xeneral webster now must face the consequences of xeneral webster now must face the consequences of his actions but this will never bring back my mother, she will never bring back my mother, she will never bring back my mother, she will never be my wedding, this should not have happened to her. it has left a big impact on all our lives but we are satisfied knowing this killer will now not be able to hurt others. thank you. just brief comments then
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from the sister and daughter of joanne rand saying that they were glad that xeneral webster had been admitted, had admitted the crime and pleaded guilty and also that it was important to raise the issue of acid attacks and we also heard from the police, thames valley police saying that no sentence would really ease the pain of the family but he hopes that the sentence of 17 years for manslaughter would go some way to bringing closure for the family after this absolute tragedy. now many of you may well be packing your bags for a holiday in europe — in what is the last summer before the uk leaves the european union. so just what impact is brexit likely to have on our love of european travel? around 18 million britons are heading to spain this summer — they‘ve been joined by our reporter adam fleming who‘s in one of its
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most popular resorts, benidorm. another gruelling assignment! i've given up covering brexit negotiations in brussels, all the negotiators are on holiday and i‘ve come to benidorm for a hotspot for british tourists as millions of us visit here every year, more than a quarter of a million spanish jobs are directly or indirectly linked to british tourism here. people are on holiday and do not think about brexit so much but travel has not been at the top of list of subjects that have been discussed in the brexit negotiations, they‘ve all been about divorce related issues rather than the future relationship between the uk and the eu. so when it comes to travel there are many more questions than answers. it‘s the last summer before brexit,
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which could change how we holiday. it‘s not been decided yet whether british tourists will need a visa or not. even if they don‘t, they could still be affected by the eu‘s new travel authorisation system coming in in 2020, where visitors from outside the eu have to register on a website and pay seven euros. if we need to do it, we need to do it. it‘s a break, isn‘t it, it‘s a holiday. so we need to get away. what if you had to pay extra money to get a visa? everything‘s extra, these days. we‘ve got to pay everything extra. there‘s taxes, and you know what. you shouldn't really have to pay for a visa to come to spain, should you? well if the uk‘s not in the eu any more. i know, itjust feels like you're not that far away, you could drive to spain. however they get here, 18 million people travel to spain from the uk every year. so many it sometimes feels less like benidorm and more like britain. the english breakfasts
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aren‘t going anywhere, but some home comforts will have to be negotiated in the brexit talks. such as... the mobile phone roaming has gone now because of the eu. if it was to come back because of brexit, how would you feel? i‘d have to be careful how i use my phone abroad. so, you know your european health insurance card, which means you get free medical care, what if that disappeared? you‘d just have to be like america and just pay private, wouldn‘t you? i'm just going to show you the newest hotel renovation, the rh canfali. tracy says uncertainty about brexit isn‘t affecting bookings for next summer yet. just as well, because her company has just opened this new hotel. the best thing about the hotel is this, the view. benidorm and the levante beach. i think sometimes there's a lot of scaremongering goes on with the brexit, and people are made to feel very nervous. but i think it's in everybody's
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interests to have an agreement for everything so business can be as normal as possible for everybody. right, back at the airport. the eu and the uk will have to agree new rules when it comes to aviation. and if there‘s no deal in march next year, there is talk about emergency plans being put into place to keep planes flying. but, if all goes to plan, there will be a transition period, where nothing changes until the end of 2020. so, next summer should feeljust like this one. for the costa blanca, brexit is manana, manana. i think that is why the holiday business is pretty relaxed about brexit, they are pretty sure that the transition period will be in place until 2020 is so nothing will change. they are also confident that national interests will come into
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play and it‘s in the interests of spain for there to be a good brexit deal so british people come here in similarly large numbers in the next couple of years. but there is a brexit effect here to do with the currency, after the referendum the value of the pound fell and has not yet fully recovered and that means that people are spending a bit less, looking shorter breaks, less than 14 days, and people are spending less on extra add—ons such as expressions to valencia or the waterfalls. but people are still pretty relaxed about what exit means for benidorm. —— brexit. meanwhile in the uk — the summer tourism season is in full swing, and the number of overseas visitors continues to grow, with the majority coming from the eu. last year was another record—breaker, with more than 39 million tourists visiting the uk. but how will the sector cope in post—brexit britain?
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emma simpson reports. shakespeare‘s country. looking at its best. welcome to anne hathaway‘s cottage... there‘s always a queue of visitors here and for foreign tourists, it is now cheaper thanks to the fall in the pound. well, the cheap pound is certainly nice for us. more choice and to visit more places. spend more? and spend more! tourism has been on a roll since the brexit vote. but what about the road ahead? i‘m going to be showing you some nice thatched properties. warwickshire‘s tourism boss says it‘s vital we continue to welcome eu visitors. people are worried that there could be a hardening of border controls and we need it to be as easy as possible in particular for our european friends. you know, they‘re used to travelling around europe pretty easily, we want them to still know that they can come to the uk really easily.
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but it‘s the free flow of workers which poses a far bigger worry. next stop, one of stratford—upon—avon‘s top hotels. around a third of the workers here are from the eu. some left after the vote. now there are 11 vacancies to fill. housekeepers, spa therapists, receptionists, food and beverage waiting staff. all areas where we are trying to cranky recruit and we have never currently recruit and we have never seen such a broad issue inside our hotels. and that‘s before we leave the eu? absolutely, yes. which is, you know, even more worrying. he‘s not the only one looking for staff. in a town which has next to no unemployment. they need two full—time scoopers here. 0h, lovely, thank you. as unemployment has fallen, tourism has been increasingly reliant on eu workers. they‘ve filled almost half
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of all vacancies over the last three years. this industry reckons it‘s going to need a million new staff by 2024. the big question is, where are all these workers going to come from? so the ambition is to provide training for chefs and caterers... in this region, they are hoping to fill the gaps with home—grown talent. this local landmark is being turned into one of the uk‘s first hotel training schools. what is at stake is the future of the industry. i think if we don‘t start to train the future workforce, if we don‘t get more people involved in this industry, then there‘s a part of the economy that‘s a risk. alas, poor yorrick! we‘ve had plenty of drama since the referendum. tourism now wants a smooth transition to the next act. emma simpson, bbc news, stratford—upon—avon. a report by dover district council
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raises concerns over how prepared the uk is for the long—term impact of a no—deal brexit scenario. the assessment, which was released following a freedom of information request, suggests that one of the proposed temporary solutions — to convert a 13—mile stretch of the m20 into giant lorry park — could actually last "many years". simonjones is in dover with more on this. dover of course could be on the front line if there is no deal. they are talking here about wedlock dover, it is another busy day down at the port especially with holiday—makers heading off on their holidays but this assessment by dover council raises concerns about lorries. to give you an idea of how
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easy it is, it is that if you lined up easy it is, it is that if you lined up all the lorries that passed through dover in a single day it would stretch from dover to calais and back to dover twice. the report says if these queues were introduced, if extra checks when needed lasting just a couple of minutes that could lead to queues of around 70 miles. we may have heard details about that before but what is new in this assessment is their questioning the contingency plan that by the government which would see part of the 20 becoming a giant lorry park. the council here says there has been little planning for that scenario, there appears to be no plan b and they say that with no lorry park in the offing new constructions, it could be that this use of the motorway as a lorry park could be needed for a long period and some are talking about a period of years and that would have a huge impact on the local economy and people simply trying to get around. as for the government they say it is right that they should use these
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contingency plans and plans for all scenarios but they told us today they are confident they will be able to get a good deal both for the uk and for the eu. simon, thank you. last night 3.6 million people tuned in to itv2 to watch dani dyer and jack fincham win the final of love island and take home £50,000. it‘s the reality tv series that‘s broken records and sparked an intense debate about popular culture — here‘s that winning moment. dani and jack. applause. laura and paul. applause. all summer the public have been obsessed by your every move. we‘ve laughed with you, we‘ve cried with you, but most of all, we‘ve fallen in love with you. and now it‘s time to reveal the winning couple. the winners of love island 2018 are... dani and jack!
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congratulations! well done, guys. as well as record breaking tv audiences, the show has spawned an official podcast — that‘s been in the itunes top ten chart for most of the series. arielle free is the host of love island: the morning after, and joins me now. so what is the podcast and how did you get involved ? so what is the podcast and how did you get involved? i have some radio experience and i‘m already on an itv
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show and they were looking for someone show and they were looking for someone who could host the podcast alongside last year‘s winner. so we kicked off at the beginning of the series and eight weeks later with hardly left the top spot and it has been a huge success. why is it so popular because it has been quite a few series now it really took off with the last series? yes and that is when i got involved, i started watching the series last year and i was really vocal on twitter about how much i loved it. i think it is because everyone loves love, we can all relate to these scenarios when you meet someone all relate to these scenarios when you meet someone and you get that flatter and do not quite know how to deal with it and they are all turn a bit weird. so it is totally relatable and also it is pure escapism, it is happy show, it is all about people finding love. escapism, it is happy show, it is all about people finding lovem
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escapism, it is happy show, it is all about people finding love. is it real love ? all about people finding love. is it real love? well we already have two weddings from last year and the year before. we just had an engagement from a couple who were in series two. 0ften from a couple who were in series two. often go their separate ways because the biggest test of coming out of the villa is that suddenly they go out into the big wild wild and do not see each other every day so and do not see each other every day so that is a big test. but it has been such an enjoyable series, and we wa nted been such an enjoyable series, and we wanted that kind of conversation to continue in the podcast. the demographics of the people who watch, it is mainly young people, and an incredible ratings winner. it is on itv two, not so mainstream, but 3.5 million viewers, i think more than any other channel. it is extraordinary. i do not know how we
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manage it because it is eight weeks and we all managed to sit down at nine o‘clock and watched the show! it is time—consuming. nine o‘clock and watched the show! it is time-consuming. it is and i love it and i think people love to watch on demand if they have missed it. people catching up at the weekends. but these things come and 90, weekends. but these things come and go, big brother was a huge success at one stage and then slightly fell away, do you think that this will go the same way? i do not think so, i do not think it has reached its peak yet, we will always love louth and thatis yet, we will always love louth and that is essentially what the show is and people do not get tired of that. maybe other shows there‘s not such a happy or positive angle so i think is that is the key focus is will keep going. and in your view as an
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aficionado, was this the best series? i think so, aficionado, was this the best series? ithink so, given aficionado, was this the best series? i think so, given the couple who were the winners, they were insta ntly who were the winners, they were instantly head over heels with each other. they knew that was the way to win! i think we can see through to people who are just after the same. and the furious as well. i think every podcast has said that they are head over heels in love.|j every podcast has said that they are head over heels in love. i am just an old cynic! thank you so much for coming in. time for a look at the weather, here‘s alina jenkins with the forecast. temperatures are going to be rising in the next couple of days. we‘ve had some thunderstorms and heavy rain this morning across the east of england and the midlands. but that cleared away to leave plenty of sunshine. but for the far north and
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west are really strong winds and heavy outbreaks of rain due to this area of low pressure. the strong wind starting to lose someone that strength but still gusty for a time this evening. and here we keep some rain going through this evening. that will start to ease and become confined to the west and north—west of scotla nd confined to the west and north—west of scotland overnight. elsewhere mainly dry but with more cloud returning to northern ireland later in the night. not such a big temperature contrast overnight tonight between north and south. tomorrow most of us mainly dry with a good deal of sunshine especially across much of england and wales put up some brightness for northern ireland in the morning. then rain moving in the afternoon. so always
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cooler the further north and west you are. and we could see temperatures of up to around 27 celsius. the high pressure continues to build in the next few days. complicated by this weather front on thursday which will increase the crowd and humidity levels will also rise. some outbreaks of rain once again for northern ireland. just noticed how the temperatures begin to rise, this is on thursday and temperatures close to 30 celsius in the south east of england. temperatures starting to rise even to the north and west as we move into the weekend. further south and
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east we have the highest temperatures and some parts of south—east england reaching 30 celsius by saturday. a teenager is sentenced to 17 years for the first acid killing in the uk. his victim joanne rand was sitting on a bench when she was hit by acid thrown in a fight nearby. she had three children. i have to live the rest of my life with the fact that she will never be at my wedding and never be part of my life, this should never have happened. the attacker was 19 years old and pleaded guilty to manslaughter. also tonight — international aid agencies are accused of being almost complicit in sexual abuse, so say mps. the manchester arena bomber — and how he was rescued from libya years earlier by the royal navy. picture postcard britain — will brexit affect whether the tourists keep coming? and the villagers doing it for themselves — installing their own high speed broadband rather than wait
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