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good morning. welcome to breakfast with victoria fritz and tina daheley. our headlines today: adults in england will automatically become organ donors unless they opt out, under plans unveiled today. the government says it could save 700 lives a year. police investigating the disappearance of a midwife from staffordshire find a body and arrest three people. more than 700 firefighters battle a major wildfire in portugal, as southern europe continues to swelter in near record temperatures. mike meets the athletes limbering up for the british timbersports championships. a dry day today with hot spells of sunshine again in the south. further
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north, some rain for western scotland. for most of us, a dry day. the full forecast coming up in the next 15 minutes. it's sunday 05 august. our top story: england could have an opt—out system for organ donation by 2020 under plans being published by the government today. a similar system has been in place in wales since 2015, and scotland also has plans to introduce a scheme. currently, less than 40% of adults are on the nhs donor register. catherine burns reports. she was always bubbly there, weren't she? hayley louisejordan‘s parents say she was always fun but liked to plan ahead, so she was in her 20s when she signed up to the nhs organ donor register. her family thought nothing of it. she's gorgeous there, ain't she? yeah. but when hayley was 32, she had a brain haemorrhage. doctors pronounced her brain dead and asked her parents about donation. i didn't have no hesitation.
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we walked hayley to theatre, said goodbye and ijust kissed and said, "go save some lives, hayley." public support for organ donation is higher. it's thought about 80% support the idea, but only 37% have signed up to become donors. in reality, only a tiny number of deaths are suitable but the government thinks changing the system could generate hundreds of extra transplants a year. last year, just over 1,500 people donated organs after their death, and that is a record high, but still, there are just over 6,000 patients on waiting lists for transplants so, under the new system, all adults would automatically be considered as donors unless they actively opt out. scotland is planning to do this too and wales already has an opt—out system but critics say it's too early to say whether or not that is working yet. some claim a better idea would be to hire more specialist nurses to identify potential donors and work with their families. police searching for a missing
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midwife in staffordshire have launched a murder investigation. detectives investigating the disappearance of 28—year—old samantha eastwood found a body near stoke yesterday. 0ur correspondent simon ward is in stoke. what's the latest update? well, although there has been no formal identification of the body, this is what people feared most. officers searching for samantha eastwood made the discovery yesterday on land further up this lane in this rural part of staffordshire. she was last seen on friday 27 leaving work at the royal stock hospital. she was a midwife. collea g u es stock hospital. she was a midwife. colleagues raised the alarm when she did not turn up for her late shift. on the day she went missing,
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neighbours reported hearing a scream that afternoon. on friday, her sister made an emotional appeal and said samantha was absolutely dedicated and had a great sense of humour, she was warm and generous. —year—old man who was previously arrested and released has been rea rrested, arrested and released has been rearrested, this time on suspicion of murder. two other men have been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. the police have thanked the public further help and are urging anyone else with information to come forward. thank you. three people have been killed in a crash between a car and a lorry in cardiff. south wales police said the incident happened on southern way in the llanedeyrn area of the city ataround 4am. one of the main roads into cardiff is closed in both directions as officers continue to investigate the cause. police have warned it will remain shut for most of the morning. labour's deputy leader, tom watson, has said the party faces eternal
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shame unless it immediately stops the damaging arguments over anti—semitism. he has made the comments in an interview with the observer newspaper. our political correspondent tom bartonjoins us now from westminster. this is quite outspoken from the deputy leader, isn't it? yes. of course, this isjeremy corbyn‘s second—in—command. pretty strong language today, warning these arguments over anti—semitism risk rendering the party unfit for government. he says labour was wrong to change or remove four examples of what constitutes anti—semitic behaviour when it was incorporating the internationally accepted definition of anti—semitism into its disciplinary code. the labour leadership say they have simply expanded and contextualised those
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examples, and point out they have reopened a consultation into that code of conduct. just yesterday, jeremy corbyn published an article in the guardian in which he attempted to reassure thejewish community, promising again to root anti—semitism out of the party. some will see the comments from tom watson today as an attempt to underminejeremy watson today as an attempt to undermine jeremy corbyn. certainly it will put more pressure on him over this issue. liam fox has said britain is on course for a no—deal brexit. that has sent shock waves through westminster, hasn't it? he blames what he calls the intransigence of the european commission and their chief negotiator, michel barnier. to some extent, liam fox is really on message here. we have had the foreign secretary jeremy message here. we have had the
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foreign secretaryjeremy hunt in europe this week talking about the risk of stumbling into no deal by accident. that is really also warning in that european leaders. pa rt warning in that european leaders. part of the strategy really is to persuade the eu that no deal would be just as persuade the eu that no deal would bejust as bad persuade the eu that no deal would be just as bad for them as it would be just as bad for them as it would be for britain. liam fox says today that if that message read a meeting around europe, then britain's negotiating hand is getting stronger by the day. thank you. the nhs has been threatened with legal action if it does not offer transgender patients access to fertility services before they start transitioning treatment. the equality and human rights commission says patients should be given the opportunity to store eggs or sperm before starting their treatment, as it can cause infertility. local commissioning groups currently decide whether to provide fertility services but it is claimed many choose not to for transgender people. an nhs spokesperson said the criticism is misplaced and policy responsibility lies with ministers. the venezuelan president says he has survived
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an assassination attempt involving drones carrying explosives. nicolas maduro was speaking at a military event in caracas. live footage showed the president suddenly startled and hundreds of soldiers running away. he was unharmed but seven soldiers were injured. more than 700 firefighters are battling a major wildfire in southern portugal's algarve region, as the european heatwave continues. aircraft have been used to drop water on forest fires and further heat warnings have been issued across the iberian peninsula. temperatures are expected to reach 46 degrees celsius today, close to the all—time european record. the us first lady, melania trump, has expressed her support for the basketball player lebronjames, hours after her husband made insulting remarks about him on twitter.
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in an interview, the basketball star had said the president was divisive and had emboldened racists. however, a spokeswoman for mrs trump later said james was working to do good things with a new school he opened in his home—town. there were chaotic scenes in brighton last night, after police prevented crowds of people attending the city's pride event from entering the railway station. thousands of people trying to leave the parade and a britney spears concert were held on the street after gates outside the station were padlocked. a spokesman for govia thameslink said they acted under police advice and train services were resumed in the early hours of this morning. more than 50 years after the death of its creator, donald campbell's jet—powered boat bluebird has returned to the water. the boat was launched on loch fad on the isle of bute in front of cheering crowds. a team of enthusiasts has spent 17 years painstakingly
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restoring the craft, which crashed on coniston water in the lake district in 1967. it's 8:10am. plans to make everyone in england a potential organ donor — unless they decide to opt out — will be set out by the government today. at present, donors have to sign up to the nhs register, but less than 40% of people have done so. under the new system, most adults would be considered as potential donors unless they opt out. elizabeth biggins chairs the organ donation taskforce, which was set up to look at ways of improving the donor system, shejoins us from our birmingham newsroom. good morning. you were on the task force back in 2008. gordon brown was prime minister. your critical of the t prime minister. your critical of the opt out system then. what did you
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see as the problems at that time? four things. the conclusion of the reviewers at that time was the evidence was not robust enough to support a change in policy. secondly, york and system was fairly fragile and earlier that year we had proposed a dramatic change to the organ donation system and we thought that should bed in first. thirdly, while there is an apparent correlation between countries which have an opt out system and high donation rates, we found that the success donation rates, we found that the success of the nations in that country was not just success of the nations in that country was notjust depending on the opt out system. fourthly, public understanding of organ donation and how it works was very low. and public trust is really important to support organ donation, so we found that needed to be supported and developed much further first. so
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what has changed in ten years?‘ number of things. firstly, the organ donation system has dramatically improved. the nhs has made it very different. organ donation has increased dramatically over ten yea rs. increased dramatically over ten years. but consent rates from the public, families who were asked, hasn't changed very much. it's only gone up to 66% of families who were asked. we need that number to be 80% in order to be as good as the best in the world and prevent these 1000 people or so dying per year whilst waiting for an organ. wales change their system in december 2015 and what we have seen in wales begin to change is higher consent rates. in some forms of organ donation now in this last year, we'll did achieve 80%. initially, donors decreased in
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wales when the opt out system was brought in. there is a bit of an adjustment to happen and public understanding of organ donation is really important. and must be a lot of communication from the government to every adult in the uk, and i would like to see an extensive programme into schools. as young people reach 18, when we have to make that decision, the need to fully understand the decision they are making. i know you looked at other countries and how donation figures were affected by presumed consent. spain is a good example. what did you find? spain is an excellent example, it's the best in the world. the person who let that organ donation system came to talk to the task force ten years ago. he was very clear. they changed the law first and it made no difference. and then the changed the organ donation system and became the best in the world. what we've done in the uk, because it was very necessary, is
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improve the organ donation system. now i think if we can address consent by a change in the law then hopefully we can be as good as spain. what would you say to those who say that our bodies belong to the state as soon as we die? everybody still has a choice. if used do not support organ donation, you may easily opt out. i would encourage everybody to think about and makea encourage everybody to think about and make a decision one way or the other and most importantly talks to families, because families are asked in whatever system we have whether they are comfortable with the idea of organ donation and it makes it much easierfor the of organ donation and it makes it much easier for the family at a very difficult time if they know what the person's wishes are. and what is the soft opt out if these plans go ahead? soft opt out means that while you may opt in or opt out, your family will still be asked. 0k, thank you very much forjoining us this morning. here's chris with a look at this morning's weather. the highest temperatures reaching nearly breaking the european record.
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it will be another hot ones here this afternoon. temperatures probably around 46 and perhaps 47 on the cards. pretty close to lose all—time records again later on today. weather—wise for us today, dry with some further hot spells of sunshine in the south. we start the day cloudy and more northern areas. a strip of cloud over the midlands and northern wales and also east anglia. the cloud will be thickest over northern ireland and scotland. kind of like it was yesterday. the best of the sunshine across the south of england. temperatures widely pushed onto the high 20s or 30s. warmer day for wales and the midlands. warmer weather getting into a good part of northern england as we see increasing parts of hazy sunshine. northern ireland staying
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dry but quite cloudy. also quite cloudy for scotland with showers pushing in the western isles and the highlands. rain heading towards shetland as we head towards evening. overnight, rain turning much heavier across western parts of scotland. breeze picking up here as well. this band of rain pushes southwards bringing some dampness to northern ireland overnight and perhaps when getting into dumfries and galloway. another quite warm night. mist and fog patches with us first thing in the morning for western parts. the mist and fog will clear through the day in the west. brightening up with some sunshine for southern england and wales. at showers work their way in from scotland into northern england and wales. another hot one for the southeast. highs up to 32 degrees. there will be some changes
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in the week ahead. we lose all that heat and the atlantic start to wake up, bringing cloudy weather, outbreaks of rain and temperatures significantly lower as the winds pick up, particularly from the middle part of the week onwards. so temperatures back to normal, even in the south, from mid week onwards. that is the weather, back to you. thanks, chris. this time an hour ago we were talking about proposed water restrictions in the north west with a spokesman from the angling trust. united utilities have been in touch to clarify that while they ve applied for drought orders they ve not yet been granted and furthermore they say they ve met their leakage targets for the last 12 years. we are very happy to make that clear. sawing wood and chopping logs may not strike you as the most obvious basis for a thrilling sporting contest but the elite athletes competing at this weekend's british timbersports championships would beg to differ. mike has been to blenheim palace in oxfordshire to find out more and, obviously,
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don't try this at home! # i'm a lumberjack and i'm ok. # i sleep all night and i work all day. wait, stop let's get one thing clear straightaway. the monty python image ends here. we need music that sums up how extreme this sport really is. heavy rock plays. it is at the cutting edge of extreme sport, and dangerous and painful if you make the slightest of slips. it is physically exerting on the body. your legs, core, chest, arms, everything. stand to your timber. three, two, one, go! stand to your timber in a sport in which you require the swing stand to your timber is the cry in a sport
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in which you require the swing of a top golfer and the strength of a rugby union prop forward. this couldn't be further removed from the image of a lumberjack in a checked shirt. these are elite athletes. all the power comes from the legs... to find that great sporting athlete is not necessarily from an arbor culture or a forest or farming background. a lot of our roots came from there but now, of course, we are looking further afield. it's notjust getting an axe or cutting saw and swinging it and hitting it as hard as you can, there is a lot of technique in it, it takes years and years to perfect. every event is different. having six events, it's a lot like the decathlon. you can'tjust be good at one, you've got to be good at six at least. and it's those athletes who can excel across all the disciplines with saw and axe who this weekend at blenheim palace will be picked for the british team world champion of timbersport. no wonder so much
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training is needed. so we've got a steel saw in the pit, if you like. this is where the machines are lined up. it's like riding a powerful motorbike, but you must have control. of course it is, strong in the wrist, strong in the legs, good balance. maybe not quite a chip off the old blockjust yet and in contrast, the top competitors in the world heading to the uk the first time this october may have to be separated in the sprint events by the equivalent of var. it can be that close. and going for glory there will be a building contractor from north wales. it's hard to explain, really. you've got to imagine there is a bit of a golfer's swing. it's not how big and strong you are but it's a lot to do with the timing. everything has to connect together and it's got to deliver it all into the block of wood. full straight, 0k? rotate your hips, like you're dancing. once you can dance, you're ok. all the woodcut cut—off is recycled and please, don't try this on your own. you have to learn properly at your nearest axe club. well done, mate.
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about half an hour later! the audience have long gone, and there is the prize. the british championships finish today as part of the bbc countryfile live festival. and, if you like what you've just seen, the uk hosts the world championships for the first time at the liverpool echo arena on 19th and 20th october. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. it's 8:22am. time now for a look at the newspapers. the sunday times' northern correspondent david collins is here to tell us what's caught his eye. we'll speak to him in a minute. first let's look at the front pages. starting with the sunday times. headline is no—deal brexit is odds—on, according to the
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international trade secretary liam fox. who reckons britain is odds—on to crash out of the european union without a deal. that's his warning in the sunday times today. this is what's going on in the observer newspaper today. a few stories. labour's deputy leader tom watson warning the party will disappear into a vortex of eternal embarrassment and shame and gender itself ungovernable unless the party can address the issue of anti—semitism. the sunday express lead with the discovery of body in case of the disappeared midwife samantha eastwood. this is what is going on in the sunday mirror today. a big picture of meghan markle, believed to be preparing for an emotional reunion with her father. it was her birthday the other day, s0 it was her birthday the other day,
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so happy birthday to her, 37 years old. david, the first or you have picked out as from the telegraph newspaper? yes, bombshell news that facebook will launch their own dating service. not another one! that's all we need. it is saying here that the tender economy is now worth 11.7 billion in the uk. facebook are in the advanced stages of setting this up and it is apparently going to work a bit like facebook messenger. the apple allow people to choose weather they are sent profiles from five potential partner groups. it is very inclusive which is great. apparently staff at
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the headquarters in california have been allowed to guinea pigs this dating app and have had a warning from bosses that it is not designed to date your co—workers. but i thought that was fascinating because tinder is huge now. dating apps are a huge now. i know some tinder babies. it is a brave new world, people! let's move on... you have chosen this picture here from the observer newspaper. as smartphones killed the art of intelligent conversation? i thought this was interesting because they see that everybody is addicted to their smartphone now. it says here that we
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check our smartphone every 12 minutes on average.. ofcom did a study in which they found that actually voice calls are down for the first time, because people are messaging each other more. i've got to the stage where i find ringtones are offensive. i don't want to talk to people. i would just rather it vibrated and i could reply by text or on whatsapp. if you have a group on whatsapp, you don't have to ring each person. i don't understand why you would record a voice note. just pick up the phone and have a conversation. and if you check your voice mail, you will find six
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messages from last week. they are useful if you can't find your keys from the night before... let's move on and talk about desert islands in the uk. were talking about a ban on water. some lovely pictures, but a bit of a hidden tale and a slightly more sinister note. i thought this was an interesting twist on the whole water shortage subject. my colleague has done research on water shortages on all the isles of scotland, so the isles of scilly and outer hebrides are really suffering. you know, i suppose on the mainland it is easier. in the north—west was supposed to be a hosepipe ban coming in and there were stories they were going to pump water down from scotland. on these islands, it is
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not so easy. on the island of arran, scottish water had two charter ferries to transport 750,000 litres to provide the population with enough water. let's take a quick look at the final story you've picked out. this is about prisoners getting a driving licence. where are they planning on going? i think the idea is to teach people how to drive in prison so when they come out and getjobs they are in prison so when they come out and get jobs they are integrating back into society. rehabilitation. exactly. you have to do this on a case— by—case exactly. you have to do this on a case—by—case basis. if prisoners have a conviction for a driving offe nce, have a conviction for a driving offence, you have to look at that. generally speaking i'd say it was
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quite a good thing because you don't wa nt quite a good thing because you don't want —— you want prisoners to come out and feel like they have a life, otherwise there is more chance of them offending. if they can get a job as a result of passing their driving test, then great. it's probably a good thing. we shall leave it there. thank you for taking us leave it there. thank you for taking us through the papers. really interesting stuff. thank you. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning. that is why you shouldn't be driving. wouldn't you say so? this footage of morecambe and wise warning of the dangers of drink driving was thought lost for 55 years. in the next half hour, we'll catch up with the media detectives reuniting us with tv gems from the past. stay with us. headlines coming up.
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hello. this is breakfast with victoria fritz and tina daheley. it's 08.30. here's a summary of this morning's main news. plans to make everyone in england a potential organ donor, unless they decide to opt out, will be set out by the government today. it's hoped the system, which is similar to the one that already exists in wales, could save up to 700 lives every year. currently less than 40% of adults in england have signed up to the nhs organ donor register. police searching for a missing midwife in staffordshire have launched a murder investigation. detectives investigating the disappearance of 28—year—old samantha eastwood found a body near stoke yesterday.
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a 32—year—old man, who was detained last sunday, has been re—arrested on suspicion of murder while two other men are being held on suspicion of assisting an offender. the body is yet to be formally identified. three people have been killed in a crash between a car and a lorry in cardiff. south wales police said the incident happened on southern way in the llanedeyrn area of the city ataround 4am. part of the a118 is closed in both directions as officers continue to investigate the cause. police have warned it will remain shut for most of the morning. labour's deputy leader, tom watson has said the party faces what he calls "eternal shame" unless it immediately stops its "damaging" arguments over anti—semitism. he's made the comments in an interview with the observer newspaper, in which he urged the party to accept the definition of anti—semitism set out by the international holocaust remembrance alliance.
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yesterday, jeremy corbyn sought to reassure thejewish community in an article for the guardian, in which he promised again to root out anti—semitism from labour. the international trade secretary, liam fox, has said he now thinks it's more likely than not that britain will leave the eu without a deal next march. in an interview with the sunday times, mr fox accuses the european commission of refusing to budge on its demands, meaning that the odds were now 60—110 in favour of there being a no deal brexit. the nhs has been threatened with legal action if it does not offer transgender patients access to fertility services before they start transitioning treatment. the equality and human rights commission says patients should be given the opportunity to store eggs or sperm before starting their treatment, as it can cause infertility. local commissioning groups currently decide whether to provide fertility services but it's claimed many
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choose not to for transgender people. an nhs spokesperson said the criticism is ‘misplaced' and policy responsibility lies with ministers. the venezuelan president says he has survived an assassination attempt involving drones carrying explosives. nicolas maduro was speaking at a military event in caracas. live footage showed the president suddenly startled and hundreds of soldiers running away. he was unharmed but seven soldiers were injured. very dramatic pictures there. more than 700 firefighters are battling a major wildfire in southern portugal's algarve region, as the european heatwave continues. aircraft have been used to drop water on forest fires and further heat warnings have been issued across the iberian peninsula. temperatures are expected to reach 46 degrees celcius today, 46 degrees celsius today,
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close to the all—time european record. there were chaotic scenes in brighton last night after police prevented crowds of people attending the city's pride event from entering the railway station. thousands of people trying to leave the parade and a britney spears concert were held on the street after gates outside the station were padlocked. a spokesman for govia thameslink said they acted under police advice and train services were resumed in the early hours of this morning. a family in mexico got a bit closer to nature than they expected on a trip to a drive—through safari park. footage shot by another visitor to the park shows a male rhino chasing and then ramming the door of an suv, it then goes on to try to overturn the vehicle. it just looks terrifying.
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a spokesman for the park said the aggression was an "isolated case" caused by the presence of a female rhino nearby. no one in the car was hurt and the family even told a local journalist that the incident was "a good experience that they will never forget". all for the love of a good woman! exactly. that rhinoceros was not giving up. how would you feel in that situation? very exciting, thrilling. i might need a change of underpants. fun, nonetheless. thank you for that insight. moving on. idid thank you for that insight. moving on. i did not see you going there. talking about big people. and dominating his sport. adam peaty. he has been unstoppable. he has dominated his event, the breaststroke. he had one blip at the commonwealth games when he lost in the 50 metres but yesterday he won a
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third european gold in the brushstroke again and set a new world record, as well. he's broken his own record a game. so impressive. let's find out how he is s0 impressive. let's find out how he is so dominant. we can speak to mark foster who is with us now. adam peaty winning one of those two goals gb won yesterday for the european championships, good morning to you, s0 championships, good morning to you, so what is it that sets adam peaty apart from the rest? what makes him s0 apart from the rest? what makes him so special at what he does?m apart from the rest? what makes him so special at what he does? it was a blip, an off day, so to speak, because he's been chasing time, not people, because he has dominated the event now since he came on the scene four years ago in scotland at the commonwealth games. what makes him different, he didn't train any harder than anyone else. he's physiologically got what it takes. when he swims breaststroke, i say to
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people you just swims at slightly different. he can almost dislocate his ankles and can kick more powerful than everybody else. he just happens to be michael phelps, one of those people who is just that much better than everybody else. let's talk about him physically. he is an absolute unit, an incredibly big guy and must generate so much power in the water. how much is down to the physical attributes that he has? it's notjust about size, because then you can take a body—builder and say they are strong and powerful and put them in the water and they will beat adam peaty. it's not just his water and they will beat adam peaty. it's notjust his eyes. when someone is made to do something and you put them in that environment, with the right people around him, the right coach, the right facilities, but you give everyone the right tools and he's someone who can use it. he's got the right feel for the water. that might sound stupid but is using it, but his kick, the most powerful
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legs, yes, he works on them but it's like trying to swim through a small tube and keep yourself streamlined and he does it better than anybody else. the more resistance you cause, the slower you go. yesterday, he was phenomenal and broke the world record but also james wilby, who came the third fastest of all time, he goes in the 200 breaststroke today, another outstanding performance. they train together and james will be looking to adam but we have got two great breaststroke swimmers in the world at the moment. hopefully more success to come. we know adam peaty has been obsessed with project 56, he wants to go below the 57 second world record he set in the 100 metres. breaststroke. how far set in the 100 metres. breaststroke. howfarcan set in the 100 metres. breaststroke. how far can you go and do you think that new world—record, going under
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57 seconds is achievable? yeah, him and his coach have set the target simply because he was that far ahead of everybody else. he swam 1.4 seconds faster than anybody else that history. over 58 seconds, 1.4 seconds ahead of everyone else, you've won the race before you dive m, you've won the race before you dive in, so you focus on a time, 56 seconds, dipping under 57, yesterday 57.00 seconds. i think he would have liked to have seen 56.99. he touched the wall and said, oh my god, no way. that was because he did not expect to do that time at that moment and that's the thing. because he was more relaxed and not obsessed by the time, those times come, so 56 seconds will happen. i'm pretty sure it will. it could be one of those things when using the fastest 100 west local history and it could not be beaten again. no one knows. that
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could have been as perfect swim but i believe 23, he's got another two more olympics. tokyo and one more after. may be another ten years in him. ithink after. may be another ten years in him. i think he will constantly keep getting better, hopefully, as long as he does not get injured and keeps the love of the sport. who knows how far he can go? mark foster, like to speak to you in glasgow on breakfast this morning. we love seeing new world — record this morning. we love seeing new world—record and adam peaty keeps on delivering. the second gold for gb yesterday came in the cycling. ethan hayter claiming his first major title after coming from fifth place to first in the omnium with a superb performance in the last of the four disciplines, the points race. he beat a really strong field, including the the reigning olympic, world and european champions. we wonder how far he can go. and there are more medal chances today in the swimming and cycling with coverage on bbc tv, radio 5 live and sports extra, plus the bbc sport website. you can also catch up via bbc iplayer, red button, connected tvs and mobile app. we have got it all covered.
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what a performance from ireland's women who reached the hockey world cup final. the second lowest ranked side, who've had to raise money in the past to fund their matches, will face the netherlands, in the final later after beating spain in a penalty shootout in the semis. jo currie was watching. ireland's unlikely heroes, their women's hockey team the first irish team male or female to make a world final in any sport. their semifinal against spain was already uncharted territory and they could have been forgiven for letting nerves get the better of them. but anna o'flanagan got them off to a dream start, putting them ahead within three minutes however they were pegged in the second half by alica magaz to send the match into penalties. it takes nerves of steel to score in a shoot out but gillian pinder took it to another level, scoring for the second time in sudden death to take her team into the history books. the journey has been an incredible one, a team of amateurs have turned the hockey world cup on its head and will now face netherlands in this afternoon's final. it is safe to say this
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is going to go down in history and i don't know if i will ever play with a better bunch of girls. they deserve this, they deserve it so much and maybe the fact that we are amateur makes us take it a wee bit deeper and ijust hope that this gets the credit it deserves because we are in the world cup final, like, it doesn't really get much better than that. so it's the world's number one side against the second lowest—ranked team in the whole tournament. ireland will begin as huge underdogs but with this fighting spirit, they will be dreaming of doing the unthinkable once again. jo currie, bbc news. england all—rounder ben stokes put a match—winning performance as england beat india in what was a great advert for test cricket. it was a thrilling climax on the fourth morning, india needing 84 runs to win, england needing five wickets. when stokes removed the india captain virat kohli, an unlikely win looked possible and he then wrapped it up, taking four wickets in all,
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to give england a 31—run win. celtic began the defence of their scottish premiership title with a comfortable win over livingston yesterday. today we see two english premier league sides featuring in the community shield at wembley. chelsea winning the fa cup 11 weeks ago and manchester city the league champions of course. eden hazard was the match—winner back in may. he's still with chelsea, despite plenty of talk about a move away from the club, but they do have a new man in charge, antonio conte replaced by maurizio sarri as manager. leeds rhinos have won the women's challenge cup for the first time, coming from behind to beat castleford. they won by 20 points to 14. a late try from leeds skipper lois forsell settling the match. they're coached by adam cutherbertson, who's expected to line up for the men's side this afternoon in their challenge cup semifinal against warrington. that's live on bbc one, after the first semi between st helens and catalans dragons.
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georgia hall has given herself a great chance of winning a first major title. she's just one shot off the pace going into the final round of the women's british open. she wasn't the only one chasing birdies at royal lytham. a local cat was on the prowl in the rough. let's hope he got something nice after a ll let's hope he got something nice after all of his efforts. and after some erratic long shots, hall's putter helped her to 12 under par, just behind leader pornanong patlum. over on the us men's tour, rory mcilroy put himself into contention at the world golf championship in ohio. he said he was feeling good heading into the final day, after a round of 67 left him tied for second place with ian poulter, three shots behind the leaderjustin thomas. an exciting day ahead with ireland in the final of the hockey. fingers crossed we can add to those two
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gold—medal in the european championship slater. coverage starts from 9am this morning. bbc one. —— later. as long as you are watching us, in the meantime. john, thank you very much. it is hot but how hot is going to be for the rest of today and next let's find out. good morning to you both. we will get into the low 30s in the next couple of days, but spare a thought for those living in spain and portugal, where these were the top temperatures yesterday. 47 celsius in spain, seven tenths of a degree below the all—time spanish temperature record, and not far behind that was portugal. these figures could be revised further. the weather will be hot today, as well here. 47 the top temperature through the afternoon before temperatures ease in the week ahead.
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that's also the weather pattern we're going to see the week ahead, hot across southern part of england, southern wales, over the next couple of days, turning much fresher as the week goes by. the satellite picture shows cloud across scotland, northern ireland and we've had a strip of cloud running in east anglia and the cloud will be thin high, buta bright anglia and the cloud will be thin high, but a bright start to the day. the cloud will slowly break up and move away as we go through the rest of this morning. increasing amount of this morning. increasing amount of sunshine for england and wales. a glorious afternoon but too warm for some of us. temperature is widely getting into the high 20s — low 30s, across southern england. and wales. generally across wales, the midlands and england, more sunshine around than yesterday. scotland and northern ireland have more cloud. the cloud keeping temperatures closer to normal for the time of year and some closer to normal for the time of yearand some rain closer to normal for the time of year and some rain pushing across orkney toward saturn towards the end of the day, with a threat of rain, as well for the western isles and highlands from time to time. this
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evening and overnight, more general rain setting in. the rain turning heavy and breezy. the wet weather gradually sinking into northern ireland. the rain not amounting to too much here, but away from scotla nd too much here, but away from scotland and northern ireland, england and wales, fog patches developing in western areas, and temperatures low to ease back full top 16 in london, quite a lot of time before those temperatures drop to those levels. a warm night for sleeping. monday, plenty of sunshine for england and wales. showers moved from scotland and northern ireland into northern england as the day goes by, some quite heavy. the highest temperatures down towards south—east england. 32 celsius for monday afternoon but that's the last of the hot weather because the week ahead, some significant the atlantic wa kes ahead, some significant the atlantic wakes up, cloudy weather, windy weather and some rain around, as well. heavy at times, particularly across northern and western areas
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but we could get some downpours in eastern england, as well, so more u nsettled, eastern england, as well, so more unsettled, some of us getting some useful falls of rain and the temperatures will go back to normal across southern parts of the uk after monday. that's the last of the hot days. back to you. thank you, chris. enjoy the rest of your weekend. that news will come as a relief to some people, cooling down. any working parent will tell you how hard it is to explain to children why you're often away. british airways pilot robjohnson always faced a barrage of questions from his young sons whenever he returned home, so started to create bedtime stories to tell them about his trips. now he's turned these stories into a series of illustrated children's books featuring his main characters pilot ollie and pilot polly. robjoins us now. hello, thank you for coming in. this is because of your children. is this because they struggle with you being away because you do a lot of long haulflights? away because you do a lot of long haul flights? yes, away because you do a lot of long haulflights? yes, of course, i'm
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away for four days of the time and when i came home i found myself explaining to them where i had been and what i had seen and what the weather had been like, what i had eaten, and those explanations kind of morphed into some bedtime stories, hence we invented pilot ollie and pilot polly. how do you make that jump to ollie and pilot polly. how do you make thatjump to publishing books? it was a big jump, so almost a crazy idea, someone suggested we should publish the story is because it had not been done. we had bob the builder and fire man samba the pilot story had never been told in that form. the stories were written to be educational as well as fun smack fire man samba. we had a go. you're not a writer by training, so is it easy to publish it yourself? writing was easy because i'm just telling the tale is what i do on a
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day—to—day basis. publishing as a whole new world. a very steep learning curve for me. i've published seven books right now and we have sold 55,000 books this year. what an achievement. is pilot ollie you? he was based on me to give the illustrators on how pilot ollie should look and he looks very much like me and my children are in the story. trying to integrate them in the bedtime story, so alfie is the engineer and my younger son is woody the weatherman. varies pilot polly as well and who issue based on? she is fictional so i wanted to give someone is fictional so i wanted to give someone of spanish origin in. that brings the next dimension to the stories. who did you say alfie was? alfie the engineer. he is ten years
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old today for the double figures, so happy birthday. happy birthday if you are watching. he will be watching. it was important for you to make sure that these books had an educational element to them. in such a crowded marketplace, how did you make that point of difference?m was really important and when we set out to publish we had a motto to entertain the children whilst education and inspiring them. it's important as a parent, i would rather my children read books which educated them without understanding they are being taught. they're just having fun looking at the stories. for example if i came back from a trip from italy, i went to rome, and on my trip i wandered around rome, and quite compact as a city, so i went the coliseum, and the trevi fountain, and when i came back that came into the story. a bit of history about the coliseum and that of folklore about the trevi fountain, throwing a coin over your
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shoulder. how are you fitting that in because you still fly?|j shoulder. how are you fitting that in because you still fly? i do fly full—time. it's tricky. i struggle with time sometimes but i enjoyed so much i make sure i find the time. what sort of feedback have you from pa rents ? what sort of feedback have you from parents? brilliant, and feedback from children have been lovely. lots of lovely letters from children asking questions or saying how much they love the box so the feedback is been blamed. thank you so much for coming in to talk to us about the book. thank you very much. some sad news now. we've just heard that the veteran entertainer barry chuckle, one half of famous comedy duo the chuckle brothers, has died at the age of 73. his comedy partner paul said: "i've notjust lost my brother, "i've lost my theatrical partner of many, many years
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"and my very best friend." some sad news there this morning. during an office move you might find some old papers or forgotten stationary, but what about a 55—year—old morecombe and wise sketch? that was exactly what turned up when ulster television were moving recently and it will now take centre stage at a showcase of rediscovered footage. let's take a quick look at the clip. it's part of a drink driving campaign and hasn't been seen in public for more than 50 years. what are you looking for? khakis. what are you looking for? khakis. what you want them for? to dry home from the party. do know what you will be doing at that party? chatting up a nice of the blonde. what else do expect to be doing
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except looking at goals? —— girls. drinking. that's why you should not dry. you can tell the people by yourself. if you want to be wise, don't dry and drink. good advice. chris perry is the chief executive of kaleidoscope, the company responsible for dusting off many forgotton films and clips. hejoins us now. good morning to you. how did you find stuff like this? is it easy to find big important pieces of film like this or do you have to dust through the archives for weeks and weeks before you come up with any gold? part of it is luck. there's no doubt about it, you go through hundreds of film ca ns it, you go through hundreds of film cans sometimes and find nothing at all. and then suddenly have lots of
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wonderful things turning up but also some of it is just a skill of knowing where to look. there's a lwa ys knowing where to look. there's always corners in archives with things end up being put that no one is sure what to do with them and how to catalogue them, and third—party footage, things like this which was made by the central office of information but was not actually itv, and when it comes to a move, itv, and when it comes to a move, itv thing, we don't need this any more and so often we get the call when people say come and have a look at it, identified and if you wanted, ta ke at it, identified and if you wanted, take it away and do something good with it. it was inside this canister. talk us through how it ended up back on our screens. yes, ulster tv have a fantastic archive in havelock house in belfast. they we re in havelock house in belfast. they were downsizing to new premises at titanic key, like most broadcasters now, they don't need their old buildings any more. the last thing they want to do was get rid of everything. they were keen to make
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sure everything was preserved from the archives so when they started finding things like old adverts and other boxes of materials, they said to us do you want them and we said, yes, great, so i had 21 boxes of film and tv turn up and they went over to belfast and spend some time that and it was by booting through those boxes i came across that in amongst the adverts of old cigarette adverts and so i thought to myself 0k, adverts and so i thought to myself ok, as you can see, there's no original on it any more so there's no way of knowing what it is, just a tiny label on the side staying don't drink and dry. great, let's have a look at it and because i've been doing it so long now, as soon as i saw morecambe and wise, i knew no one else had seen that footage for 50 yea rs one else had seen that footage for 50 years —— drink and it sounds like a labour—intensive process and your company is behind lots of the amazing things which come back onto our screens. you
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don't take any credit for it. why not? that was very true in the early yea rs. if not? that was very true in the early years. if you look at the things seen on years. if you look at the things seen on tv over the last 30 is, the avengers, dad's army, a la influence is there, turning things at, pointing to broadcasters where they are, and we never used to tell people about it and in the last couple of years, though, more people have noticed what we do so now we tend to be the ones they come to. we are watching pipkins now. who is that? pipkins was the most wonderful children's series made by itv in 1970. and the early 1980s. the star was hartley hare. if you think puppets being lovable gentle creatures, not him. he was a vicious
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sarcastic entity and a real character. the series went off screen in 1991 and you would've thought that would be the end of it he has quite a cult following amongst people. he even had his own fan club! amongst people. he even had his own fan club i think incredibly enough, so fan club i think incredibly enough, so when things like this turn up, because a lot of those puppeteers went on to muppets and spitting image and lots of other things, it becomes big news game because suddenly you have these wonderful puppeteers and writers still working now and they are delighted to find pipkins. hartley here lives again. we are delighted to have you on here talking about didn't bring it all back to life so thank you by much indeed. that's it. dan will be back tomorrow from 6am, so dan will be back tomorrow from 6am, so make sure you join them. have a lovely day. goodbye. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 9am: the venezuelan president says he has
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survived an assassination attempt involving explosive drones during a live televised speech. dozens of soldiers were seen fleeing. nicolas maduro has blamed columbia for the attack translation: there has been an attempt to assassinate me. i have no doubt that this all points to the extreme right in venezuela, are lined with those in colombia. i have no doubt. adults in england will automatically become organ donors unless they opt out, under plans unveiled today. the government says it could save 700 lives a year. we walked her to
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