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my legs definitely feel a bit wobbly. i'll tell you what, i'm glad i didn't have breakfast this morning. le touquet was once a busy international hub, but now you need a private plane to fly here. stuff like sharing is a great way to visit without blowing the budget. plus, the airport is practically in town, so all you need is a bike. once you clear customs, of course. pilot paul to tour guide paul. ready to go? i think so. i had her member which side of the road to be on. oh, yeah. the town is not a mix of old british charm and french leisure. this 116—year—old chocolate shop is an institution here. 0k, confession time, i maybe got a little carried away in there. but it smelled so good. but all good things come to an end. we have to be back before sunset because the airfield in britain has no runway lights to land. looks like we made itjust in time.
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good morning. welcome to breakfast, with chris mason and sally nugent. our headlines today: stunned and heartbroken — the family of the man suspected of stealing a plane from seattle's main airport, before crashing into an island, describe their loss. he was a faithful husband, a loving son, and a good friend. a childhood friend remarked that beebo was loved by everyone, because he was kind and gentle to each person he met. a clamp—down on dangerous cyclists, but campaigners say government plans are simply skirting round the edge of road safety. it has been 60 years in the making, but will it finally be lift—off for nasa's daring mission to the sun? dina does the double. asher—smith sprints to gold in the 200 metres at the european championships, to add to her 100 metres title. good morning. well, it's not as cold as it was this time yesterday, but there's a good reason for that.
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it's going to be a cloudy day, and we've got some rain on the way too, particularly heavy across wales and south—west england, but most areas will see some wet weather at some point today. i'll have the full forecast coming up a little bit later on. it is sunday 12 august. our top story: the family of the airport worker who stole an empty passenger plane from seattle airport before crashing into an island say they are devastated and in complete shock. richard russell, an employee with the ground staff, performed aerobatic manouevres before crashing on a nearby island. it is thought he was killed instantly. no—one else was on board. jenny kumah reports. this is the man thought to have stolen a passengerjet from seattle airport on friday. a member of the public recorded the plane as it performed erratic manoeuvres across the evening skyline, forcing the airport's closure. soon after, two fighterjets escorted the plane out of harm's
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way, but according to authorities, were not instrumental in bringing it down. a family friend described richard russell, whose nickname was ‘beebo,’ as a family man, and spoke of their shock. on behalf of the family, we are stunned and heartbroken. it may seem difficult for those watching at home to believe, but beebo was a warm, compassionate man. it is impossible to encompass who he was in a press release. he was a faithful husband, a loving son, and a good friend. a childhood friend remarked that beebo was loved by everyone, because he was kind and gentle to each person he met. this is a complete shock to us. we are devastated by these events. the fbi say they are working alongside agents from the national transportation safety board to establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident, but they believe richard russell was
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the only person on board. ten people have been taken to hospital after shots were fired in manchester. police say they are being treated for non—life—threatening injuries after the shooting in moss side around 2:30am this morning. earlier, crowds had been celebrating the annual carribean carnival in the area. thousands of romanians took part in an anti—government rally in the capital, bucharest, yesterday, a day after clashes left more than 400 people injured. many of the demonstrators are romanian expats who have returned from across europe to voice their anger at the government, accusing it of corruption and abuse of power. a new offence of causing death by dangerous or careless cycling is to be considered by the government in an effort to improve road safety. it would see cyclists who kill pedestrians treated in a similar way to dangerous drivers. but campaigners say the consultation launched today is just tinkering around the edges, and a full review of road traffic offences is needed. simonjones reports.
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kim briggs was knocked over by a cyclist in london in 2016. she died a week later. the bike that hit her shouldn't have been on the road. it was designed for the velodrome, with no front brake. charlie allerston was riding it. he was cleared of manslaughter but sentenced to 18 months for dangerous driving, under a law from victorian times. there is no cycling equivalent of the offence of creating death by dangerous driving. the government will now consider whether that should change in england, scotland and wales. the consultation begins today and will last for the next 12 weeks. the government wants to encourage more of us to get out of our cars and onto two wheels to get around, but onto two wheels to get around, but on the very rare occasions when things go wrong, it wants to make sure that the law is fit for
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purpose. in 2016 three pedestrians we re purpose. in 2016 three pedestrians were killed after being involved in collisions with cyclist. 108 pedestrians were seriously injured. for motorists, currently death by dangerous driving can lead to a jail term of up to 1a years, but campaigners say adding an couple of new offences specific to cyclist is on going far enough. the government are missing an opportunity. what they should be doing is having a full review of road offences and penalties. four years ago they said they would do it, what we have is a review of cycling offences on their own. the whole system and relation to traffic offences and penalties isn't working. the government says it is doing more to keep cyclist himself safe, trying to prevent drivers passing too closely the bikes. —— to bikes. a ceremony will be held in 0magh today to mark the 20th anniversary of the dissident republican bombing which killed 29 people, the highest death toll of any attack during the northern ireland troubles.
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the victims, among them nine children, three generations of one family, and a woman pregnant with twins, will be remembered at the town's memorial garden for the final time, as families look to reflect in private in the future. john smyth, a leading barrister who had been accused of physically abusing boys who attended christian summer camps in dorset the 1970s and ‘80s, has died at his home in south africa. it is believed he suffered a heart attack following surgery at the age of 77. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, worked at his summer camps as a young man, but says he knew nothing about the alleged beatings. the deputy mayor of greater manchester has written to northern rail demanding assurances over the future of weekend services. baroness beverley hughes said the current situation was chaotic and unacceptable, following the announcement of a third successive week of sunday cancellations. the operator has apologised and said those affected could apply for compensation. the british retailer homebase says it is reviewing its range
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of weedkillers after a landmark court case against chemical giant monsanto, the makers of roundup. former school groundsman dewaynejohnson was awarded nearly $300 million after a jury in california ruled the spray, which contains the chemical glyphosate, caused him to develop terminal cancer. monsanto insists its product is safe and says it plans to appeal. this morning scientists at the us space agency, nasa, are hoping that their dream to send a probe close to the sun will finally get off the ground. the unmanned parker solar probe was supposed to launch yesterday, but its departure was cancelled with just moments to go. john mcmanus reports. it is one of nasa's most exciting missions. destination — the neighbourhood of our nearest star, the sun. close to the moment
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of liftoff yesterday, though, a helium pressure alarm caused the launch to be delayed. due to weather conditions, the next opportunity is this morning. all being well, the probe will travel through our solar system for three months before arriving at the corona, the atmosphere around the sun, which is hundreds of times hotter than the star itself. 0ver seven years, it will gather valuable data about how activity on the sun affects communications here on earth, and it will pick up speed as it goes, at its closest approach hurtling around the sun at 430,000 mph. that is fast enough to get from washington, dc to tokyo in undera minute. that was john mcmanus reporting. hopefully we will bring you the launch live just after 8:30am — fingers crossed! hopefully, in bold, underlined and italics. when michael gallagher said goodbye
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to his son aiden as he left the family home in 0magh in august 1998, he had no idea it would be for the last time. aiden was amongst the 29 killed when a car bomb tore through a busy shopping centre, leaving the highest death toll of any attack during the northern ireland troubles. today micheal, who has fought a tireless justice campaign, will hold a final public commemoration. hejoins us from 0magh now. good morning to you. you must be asked this question a lot, but i wonder if you can reflect for us on that day? we were just mentioning that day? we were just mentioning that final moment, that final conversation you had with aiden. take us back 20 years, if you can. hello, good morning. yes, absolutely. it was the most difficult day of our lives. aiden was 21. he was young, full of
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energy, very fit. he left home that morning just after lunchtime to go and pick up his friend and go out in town for a pair ofjeans. and we just thought that is going to be a normal day, until we heard the bomb exploding. and then that nightmare began, which really has never ended for us. and yes, we have worked at this for 20 years. sometimes, maybe 20 lost years. but we just felt we couldn't say it was one of those things that somebody so young, so kind, and had a valuable contribution to make to notjust his family at the society, could disappear ina family at the society, could disappear in a second for no reason,
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because some organisation wanted to use him on the other victims as a political protest. and i guess what is particularly difficult, two decades on, is that the perpetrators have never been convicted. absolutely. that is a major concern, because i remember on the sunday, the day after the bomb, sitting on the day after the bomb, sitting on the couch and thinking the people responsible for this crime will be caught and caught quickly, because it was such a wicked and evil act, and it came at a time when we all had hope, after the good friday agreement. and here we are, 20 years on, this was a joint, not a joint, but a parallel investigation, between the public and in northern ireland, and we haven't seen one person convicted of murder at 0magh. what does the government, do you
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think, need to do now to try and edge along the process of giving you some answers, given how many years along we are now? well, we have had numerous field trials, criminal trial is. we held a trailer sells which was successful and we held four people to account, but u nfortu nately four people to account, but unfortunately in a civil action you don't go to jail. the government, for whatever reason, on both sides of the border, they have left so many unanswered questions for the family. wejust many unanswered questions for the family. we just feel that public enquiries the best way, not only to get a nswe rs enquiries the best way, not only to get answers for the family, but also to find out what was done well that day and what was not done well, so that we can be in a better place should this happen in the future. tell me about the public commemoration today, and why the
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decision has been taken that there should be the last such commemoration, with a plan for more private gatherings in future years. we ourselves, the families, have done is now for 15 years, and after 20 years, we feel that maybe we were putting a burden on some families to come here. they felt if they didn't come here. they felt if they didn't come they felt guilty. so we just decided this is a landmark cut off period where we have decided that families can do what they want. but we, asa families can do what they want. but we, as a group of families, will mark it. we are not sure how we will mark it. we are not sure how we will mark this day from here on, but it will not be in the same format, it will not be in the same format, it will not be in the same format, it will not be in the same scale, as we will not be in the same scale, as we will have today and the last years. i wonder, is it ever possible to get over, to move on from something as
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horrendous is this? we were looking at wonderful pictures of your son and a huge contrast from the horrendous pictures of that day. can you horrendous pictures of that day. can you ever horrendous pictures of that day. can you ever get over something like this? you know, like many families, right across britain and ireland, who suffered in many tragic circumstances, what you do is, you learn to manage it. you never get over it. there is always reminders, you've got birthdays and christmas is and in our case, even when we buy a new car, because he was so involved with cars, the first thing we would say is, i wonder what ian would think of this car? 0ver those 20 years, he's always been a part of ourfamily. when 20 years, he's always been a part of our family. when these things happen, sadly, there are some families who don't want to mention their loved ones because so painful but we mention him every single day.
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wishing you the very best for today and thank you so much but talking to was. that commemoration taking place later on today. here is chris with a look at this morning's weather. we were looking at the big temperature contrast and we've seen over the course of this weekend, yesterday morning, it was a chilly but sunny start to the day and compare that with this morning, temperatures much higher, 16 degrees in some cases but the reason that is, were got a of cloud and a lot of rain moving in. sulkies sunday weatherwise. the final of scotland the exception. he is the big satellite picture. a cold fronts stretching into england and wales. the warm front moving its way across scotland. the cold front is one of
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these fronts which has pulses of energy along it. the front is not in a dead straight line but beget these bursts of heavy rain swept the moment, one of those bursts across south—west england and wales and another area particularly heavy rain at the moment. those bursts of brain will work in. eventually, the wet weather picking up across the south—east as well. heading into the afternoon, there is going to be a bit more rain to come and perhaps more than this across south—west england and wales as we see another weather front moving in later this afternoon. when the times best sums up afternoon. when the times best sums up the weather. a few spots of light rain and drizzle. highs in the low 20s with some that cloud hype low. here is the weather picture through this evening and overnight. more rain coming across the midlands. probably turning a bit heavier as we
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work into the north—east. today and tonight, clear. looking at lows around 12— 15 degrees. notice two weather fronts here. around 12— 15 degrees. notice two weatherfronts here. very around 12— 15 degrees. notice two weather fronts here. very slowly moving eastwards across england and wales. the worse of the rain or the most persistent will be across eastern areas. in the west, a bit of morning rain but becoming a bit drier and brighter later in the day. a lot of cloud still around and temperatures, 19— 23 for most. looking at the weather over the next few days, quite unsettled. further rain at times. in the south, a bit drier and warmer. we see the threat of rain moving in. rain to come
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today. the heaviest is going to be across south—west england and wales. that is how the weather shaping up. chris, at that rate, the blue boat might be back in the water. it might be an arc. we can all sail away in it. they weaved their way though streets, passed through people's homes, fell from windows and climbed up stairs as hull was taken over by giant tumbling dominoes yesterday. 12 thousands breezeblocks fell along a three and a half mile route through the city centre in what is part of a series of events following on from its year as city of culture. 0ur reporter leanne brown went to take a look. three, two, one...! as the first domino was pushed, it created a chain reaction across the city. tens of thousands of dominoes weaved
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their way through streets, public squares and in and around key buildings. this is one of the more complicated sections. the dominoes i heading through the city hall, up the stairs and then tumbling off the balcony. it was amazing and i think it must have took them so long to just plan out and just the idea of it is just mind—boggling, but it works. out and just the idea of it is just mind—boggling, but it worksm out and just the idea of it is just mind-boggling, but it works. it was just really good. i was a bit worried to see that would work or not but it really worked and i really liked it. we had fun, very impressed, the first time we've seen like that will stop creating this spectacle has taken months of preparation, how was the construction and practice. the target area is quite small. we are quite where absolute got to test it
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out, find out where it falls and start the. it is also tricky getting over this current bit so we are having to use a little gangplank to get the blocks out far enough so we don't hit the building on our way down. in total, 12,000 breeze blocks had to be assembled and it was all done with the help of a50 volunteers. it is not very good, that. it's better leaning, that way. the training is on a flat thing but we knew it would be tricky if we got onto the cobbles. more than 20 of these ones have taken place through different cities but this one in hull is one of the longest, at approximately two miles. the wonderful thing about the dominoes project is though it's been everywhere, it's built for the place it in so this is absolutely hull specific. but there were a few mishaps on the way. 0h,
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specific. but there were a few mishaps on the way. oh, no, save it! and that the final crescendo, there was still a few pieces standing. the one at the end didn't quite work that that's all right, the whole thing is vulnerable and fragile, and that's part of the joy of it, is that's part of the joy of it, is that it can go wrong. although the calculations didn't always work, maths, science and art came together foran maths, science and art came together for an hour—long moving sculpture. leanne brown, bbc news. ididn't i didn't realise it was not going to work. it's so british. i love the d eftly work. it's so british. i love the deftly delivered that route.|j work. it's so british. i love the deftly delivered that route. i love the way during the interview, someone ran the way during the interview, someone ran behind him and took one and ran off with it. open season. you see them falling ever so gently.
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i would have been tempted to finish it off at the end. it's better if it doesn't quite work, we see the smart ones with 6 billion little dominoes in some hotel in las vegas, it's so much better out in the elements. well done, everybody who took part. quite enough domino analysis. you're watching breakfast from bbc news, time now for a look at the newspapers. political historian mike finn is here to tell us what's caught their eye. let's look at today's front pages. the word breaks it is about to tumble out of my mouth. this is a story about some polls and particularly looking at constituencies that backed leave and the polls suggest they may not be.
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it's the story in the observer playing —— it's the story in the observer playing — — based it's the story in the observer playing —— based on a poll done in july. what they've seen is that a numberof july. what they've seen is that a number of constituencies may have shifted their support. the implications are fairly profound when you pull out some constituencies on the visual. some of these are where john mcdonald, the late shadow chancellor has his seat. liverpool walton has seen one the biggest swings from to remain. it really gets to the heart of this position. in terms of, we are kind of in favour of this aspect. it's all suitably vague. at this point, it seems like they are going to have to take some sort of position. people at the big story. that itself
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may have turned against brexit. it creates a series of uncertainties. used to row mind —— you used to write features for charles kennedy. were you on the remain side? to clear up the interest, i certainly was. when you think back to being a political adviser, in was. when you think back to being a politicaladviser, injune was. when you think back to being a political adviser, in june 2016, was. when you think back to being a politicaladviser, injune 2016, how mutable was that? i think a lot of what we are seeing is the dissatisfaction with the process. with these polls, it'sjust dissatisfaction with the process. with these polls, it's just a dissatisfaction with the process. with these polls, it'sjust a poll. there was a proper vote and a decisive win for one side and that is that. you don't have referenda after referenda in britain. a lot of countries do that but it's not the uk model. in the 19905, referenda
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we re fairly uk model. in the 19905, referenda were fairly unknown in britain. subsequent to tony blair becoming prime minister, we had loads. instability between representative in direct democracy. young people are spending far too much time on their mobile phones. that is not particularly surprising but seven hours a day in 16— 2a —year—olds and across the age groups, over 65 is spend a tiny proportion of their phones, even 55— 6a is not that much of the 16— 2a is really showing some cause for concern. my parents don't even know whether phone is. i have a friend who doesn't. what age is your friend? years for tea. as an educational li5t, it'5 friend? years for tea. as an
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educational li5t, it's the way in which people are sociali5ed differently. it affects their concentration 5pan differently. it affects their concentration span and a p5ychologi5t came up with the idea of digital immigrants. we don't need immigrants in the sense that we grow up immigrants in the sense that we grow up in the world. i'm relieved. we start access to a certain space and privacy at the time, there are incentives and advantage but there will still be foregrounds. let's have a quick look at the sunday times. the week for students, what is years zero? it means it is a completely new start. what it means
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i5, completely new start. what it means is, the university has been admitting people. this story rage i5 the concern, allowing students, and you may 5truggle, but people with univer5itie5 declaring an interest. pa rt of univer5itie5 declaring an interest. part of that is to do with the fact that univer5itie5 part of that is to do with the fact that universities have been transforming. stay with us, headlines on the way next. hello, this is breakfast, with chris mason and sally nugent. good morning. here is a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: the family of the airport worker who stole an empty passenger plane from seattle airport before crashing into an island say they are devastated and in complete shock. richard russell, an employee with the ground staff, performed aerobatic manouevres before crashing on a nearby island. it is thought he was killed instantly. no—one else was on board. his family said he was a warm and compassionate individual who hadn't wanted to harm anyone.
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ten people have been taken to hospital after shots were fired in manchester. police say they are being treated for non—life—threatening injuries after the shooting in moss side around 2:30am this morning. earlier, crowds had been celebrating the annual carribean carnival in the area. thousands of romanians took part in an anti—government rally in the capital, bucharest, yesterday, a day after clashes left more than a00 people injured. many of the demonstrators are romanian expats who have returned from across europe to voice their anger at the government, accusing it of corruption and abuse of power. the british retailer homebase says it is reviewing its range of weedkillers after a landmark court case against chemical giant monsanto, the makers of roundup. former school groundsman dewaynejohnson was awarded nearly $300 million after a jury in california ruled the spray, which contains the chemical glyphosate, caused him to develop terminal cancer.
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monsanto insists its product is safe and says it plans to appeal. a new offence of causing death by dangerous or careless cycling is to be considered by the government in an effort to improve road safety. cyclists who kill pedestrians would be treated in a similar way to dangerous drivers under the new legislation. the laws are being proposed by the government after mother—of—two kim briggs was killed by a cyclist in 2016. cycling uk, a national charity, claimed a full review of road traffic offences is required. a ceremony will be held in 0magh today to mark the 20th anniversary of the dissident republican bombing which killed 29 people, the highest death toll of any attack during the northern ireland troubles. the victims, among them nine children, three generations of one family, and a woman pregnant with twins, will be remembered at the town's memorial garden for the final time,
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as families look to reflect in private in the future. the deputy mayor of greater manchester has written to northern rail demanding assurances over the future of weekend services. baroness beverley hughes said the current situation was chaotic and unacceptable, following the announcement of a third successive week of sunday cancellations. the operator has apologised and said those affected could apply for compensation. this morning scientists at the us space agency, nasa, are hoping that their dream to send a probe close to the sun will finally get off the ground. the unmanned parker solar probe was supposed to be launched yesterday, but its departure was cancelled with just moments to go. once on its way, the probe will venture closer to earth's nearest star than any other spacecraft. it is pretty wall where it is going,
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safe to say. some sunscreen required, factor 50. we hope to bring you the whole thing in an hour, if the weather is right. i've just got funny feeling. what, that it won't happen? have faith. do you have faith? well, if they are going to do it in salford, the weather is not quite right this morning. i think i love dina asher—smith. not in love with her, but i love her. glad you clarified that. she is superwoman, and she has such a huge future ahead of her. she has almost done it already, 22 years old. and 5he done it already, 22 years old. and she was a volunteer at london 2012. carrying the bags. there is a picture of her behind u5ain bolt in london, and to do what she has done,
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winning the 100m earlier in the week, breaking her own briti5h re cord week, breaking her own briti5h record and breaking it again, 5ma5hing the record, 5torming pa5t world champion dafne schipper5 a5 well. she is the first brit, male or female, to do the sprint double at the european championships. here is how she did it. the final of the women's 200m under way once again, and dina asher—smith. dafne schippers leaving herself with a huge amount to do. dina asher—smith is three metres already off samuel. here comes schippers, schippers chasing down dina asher—smith, but making no ground. and dina asher—smith takes the title. 21.89, she has done it again. she goes quicker still. my parents, both of them, are at almost every single race. it doesn't matter where in the world, au5tralia, china, they're there. so whenever i finish a race, i look for them, and they will be there, beaming. it doesn't matter whether i do really well, really badly, they're always there. i saw speaking to your mum, what was she saying to you? she was so proud of me. they've been there from the start, they've been at every single race,
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cheering me if i won or if i came eighth. and just to see them so happy, and almost teary—eyed at my achievement, warm5 my heart as well. hopefully i can send them on holiday now that i've won. lovely gesture from asher—smith. not long after speaking to us, she did catch up with her mum, maybe discussing a list of potential destinations for that holiday. where should she go, you have just been on a holiday. middle west wales, might get a spot of rain. there were three more medals on the track for great britain, as martyn rooney anchored the men's axa00 metre relay to silver. the women took bronze, whilst shara proctor finished third in the women's long jump. and we liked this from the track yesterday. this is the italian high jumper gianmarco tamberi, and his half—beard. he has done it for a while, apparently. he says it is his trademark now, saying he likes to be on stage and to entertain the audience.
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i will get half of minos and give you the other half. —— half of mine off. the other venue for these championships is glasgow, and whilst the track cycling may be done, the medals on two wheels kept coming. kyle evans led home a british one—two in the men's bmx, with 18—year—old kye white taking home the silver. evans was lost for words after what he described as a huge performance. and there was gold and silver in the diving pool, as grace reid edged out alicia blagg to win the 3 metre springboard title. britain are now top of the diving table, with ten medals, four of them gold. to the premier league now, and it was an entertaining first saturday of the season, with 16 goals, a red card and plenty of debuts to pore over, as nick parrott reports. after defeat in last weekend's community shield, chelsea got their league campaign off to a flying start.
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huddersfield are less daunting prospect than champions manchester city, but the blues are very much a work in progress. the new manager gave a debut to the world's most expensive goalkeeper, kepa alisson, while another summer signing, jorginho, scored a penalty, before pedro wrapped up a 3—0 win. you said it might take two or three months to see the best of this chelsea team. do you think you can do it faster than that? i hope so. it depends on me, it depends on the players. it's not so easy for me in this moment. well, maybe two months instead of three. none of the promoted sides could manage a win, as fulham went down 2—0 at home to crystal palace, and cardiff lost by the same score at bournemouth. wolves put up a fantastic fight at molineux. richarlison scored twice on his everton debut. had captain philjagielka not been
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set off, the blues might have won. instead, the home side came from behind twice through raul jimenez. tottenham pulled ahead of newcastle at st james's park. the margin of success a mere 9mm. the video assistant referee used at the world cup is yet to arrive in the premier league. harry kane couldn't break his habit of failing to score in august, but team—mate dele alli scored. and roberto pereyra scored twice as watford beat brighton 2—0. hearts are the early leaders in the scottish premiership, after beating champions celtic 1—0 at tynecastle. this volley from kyle lafferty sealed it for hearts, who have got two wins out of two at the start of the season. it is celtic‘s earliest defeat in the league for 12 years. england's crickters have a big lead over india in the second test at lord's, thanks to a first test century from chris woakes. after two days interrupted by rain,
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england's batsmen struggled in the morning session. they lost four wickets before lunch on day three. but a partnership betwen woakes and jonny bairstow put them into a dominant position. they finished on 357—6, a lead of 250. they will be hoping the rain stays away today. the forecast doesn't look good at all. next to the the pga championship, in missouri, and the american brooks koepka is in the lead going into today's final round. koepka, who won the us open injune, shot 66 to leave him on 12—under overall, two shots clear of adam scott in second. but tiger woods is lurking on eight—under, as he continues his comeback from injury and chases his 15th major title rugby league, and leeds rhinos made an good start to super league's qualifiers.
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they ran in nine tries to beat championship side toulouse a8—22 at headingley. the league has split into the super eights and the qualifiers, to decide who stays in super league next season. championship leader marc marquez will start today's austrian motogp from pole after qualifying at the red bull ring. the spaniard claimed top spot on the grid byjust 0.002 seconds britain's cal crutchlow will start from fifth. love this from rotherham against ipswich in the championship. the chuckle brothers are honory presidents of rotherham. barry chuckle died this week, so have a listen to this. the sound quality is not that great, but that is the fans chanting "to me, to you". there is paul chuckle himself giving the crowd a wave, and they responded by singing "there's only one barry chuckle". very sad to lose his brother, they
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used to go to all the games together. we just love the chuckle brothers. a nice little tribute from the fans. thank you very much indeed. if you are planning to catch a movie this weekend, you might be deciding whether to watch one at home or on the big screen. well, now it could be big screens. new technology means films can now be projected onto the side walls of the cinema, as well as the main screen, to deliver a more immersive experience. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. it is summer blockbuster season. so audiences are looking forward to the next big thing to excite them at the movies. over the years, there have been plenty of new innovations to try and bring bigger audiences into cinemas. there has been imax, where the screen is bigger and more detailed, 3—d, to try and make people feel like they are actually
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they are, and now this, where the image actually surrounds the audience. as well as the pictures being projected onto the main screen, they are also shown on the left and right walls. the idea is to make a film much more immersive, with viewers also experiencing images through their peripheral vision. it is supported by some of hollywood's biggest studios. then providing additional left and right camera footage is what it relies on. as it signs up more cinemas, we are confident that more films are going to come into the mix and give opportunities to come to this. we have heard it before with things like faster frame rates and 3—d. do you think this is the future of cinema, really? we hope so, but we have to stay ahead of the game and keep offering our customers the newest technologies on the markets, keep them coming into cinemas. newest technologies on the markets, keep them coming into cinemasm has been brought here by the uk's
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biggest cinema chain, whose multiplex is the first to showcase the new technology with plans to expand to other sites over the next few months. the real test will be the reaction from audiences. they are the ones who will ultimately decide whether this mightjust end up decide whether this mightjust end up as another unsuccessful gimmick or become a widely enjoyed new cinema format. are you going to get those pantomime moments of it is behind you? that would just make my head spin. it is enough to focus on one screen at a time. lets check in with the weather. we have a global perspective. you know what, we were talking about the solar probe hopefully launching in the next half—hour or so so i thought i would dive the florida. most of the storm activity is across
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south—west florida so the weather won't be of factor forgetting the delta rocket blasted off in the next half—hour or so. that is the weather across florida but we have big contrasts in the weather compared to what we had yesterday when we had a sunny but cold start the day. this morning, is completely different. 16 degrees warmer this morning to some but that's because we have ploughed and rain. it's going to be soggy sunday. outbreaks of rain, apart from shetland. most of us will have cloudy skies. the cold front working and across england and wales. pulses of energy running along. areas of heavy rain. one heading across northern england at the moment. another bolt working on. the rain here as well. it's going to last quite a while. through the morning,
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this heavy area of wayne extends from the midlands. there will be a few patches of rain. even as the main band of rain clears through, there will be another bout of more extensive raid on. more than perhaps the computers know about. shetland will have a completely opposite weather. easily the sunniest place in the country. overnight, we will keep cloudy weather. the rain will be persistent across central and eastern parts of scotland. the temperatures between around 12 and 15 celsius, so we are looking at another mild night. into monday's forecast, bringing this wet weather. notice to weather fronts here.
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slowly pushing eastwards. it means we will have further bursts of rain on monday. that is the most of us in the day. the rain tending to ease up across western areas with occasional biter spells. one of the brighter parts of the uk, shetland sitting pretty in the sunshine. 16— 23 under this area of cloud. the next few days, quite unsettled. rain at times. across the south, temperatures rise for time in the first part of the week but then fall back. the rain pushes its way through. those positive words a few minutes ago, fingers crossed. think positive. stay tuned. we can take a look now at this week's click. the sun is shining,
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the temperature's soaring and the robomows are mowing. the science says we are going to have more and more of this weather in the future and fortunately the uk heatwave is less punishing than in much of the rest of the world. so we've done the typically british thing of dressing inappropriately and letting our robots get on with the work. they do know this is astroturf, don't they? and stephen beckett has been cooling off the only way that he knows how.
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welcome to therme erding. nestled in germany's bavarian countryside, this one of the largest thermal baths in europe, the perfect place to relax, have a drink, maybe even do a little pool yoga. oh, and did i mention, there's also 27 waterslides?! there's a water slide, there's another one, that's a water slide too. yes, this is also europe's biggest waterslide park. but with a,500 people visiting here every day, is 27 slides enough? what if you could change the slides at the flick of a switch? it's time to get my swimming trunks on for some serious journalism. to go on one of the newest rides in the park, it was actually amazing.
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i was a bit sceptical. i think i need a bit of practice, i was going backwards, i was going forward, i didn't feel totally in control. essentially, i went down that slide with my eyes shut. i am no slide connoisseur but that was a pretty good slide. and because it's a vr slide, how about sliding through the snowy mountains, outer space, or this alien planet? that's four virtual slides all packed into the twists and turns of one real slide. sometimes people, especially older ones say, i like it more without glasses, because they are overloaded with the system, but the young people, the kids and the young people and families we have here,
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about 10—29, they like it and they love it and they say it's the best thing they ever did in their life and so now we get about more than 50,000 visitors used the vr. normal landblubbing vr headsets have already got a bit of a rep for being complicated to use so getting the aquatic version to work well every day was a big challenge. yes, it was very difficult, the first thing we have to convince the owner that we want to do it. and we made the first tries, and then the owner of the therme erding tried it and after two tries, he was sick and he said, no, i don't like this, i don't want. because the difficulties, if you go on the slide on the left side, and in virtual reality, you go on the right side, you get this motion sickness. and to see how they solved that problem, first we need to get rid
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of some of this water. all along this slide are these sensors and that is so the virtual reality headset knows exactly where you are, at exactly the right time, because you want what you're seeing to be the same as what you're feeling. get it wrong and you could end up feeling a little bit sick. stephen greenwood and his team spent months building and, crucially, testing the system. we did hundreds of tests going down the slide, each one of us has ridden the slide hundreds of times, because we had to make sure that we got it right. just off for a dip. stephen's next plan is to take the vr off the slides and into the wild. so this is a diving mask version of the same thing i tried earlier. there's a phone in there, so you've got a virtual reality headset. you can also dive. the idea with this is that people who need to practise diving, like equipment repairers or even astronauts, can train in one of these, but i'm just going to go to a shipwreck. when you combine that sensory feeling of being in a different environment, with a completely virtual world over your eyes, it's a powerful combination. i think there is huge potential for military and marine technician training. these prototypes
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still need some work. for me, the image wasn't perfect and, more importantly, the waterproof phone that is hidden inside only knows where you're looking, not where you're moving. solving that problem is the next big challenge and, in terms of the slide, well, they've got plans for that too. we are considering adding more features, like sound and other sensory elements. i think there is a big therapeutic factor. i think that there is a lot that we can do with physical therapy, meditation, rehabilitation, and some of the psychological benefits that you can have from just floating in water and having a relaxing experience in front of your eyes. it sounds like this could just be the start of aquatic vr. until then, though, i think the best i can do is just help out with the testing. wow, steve, that seemed like a really tough assignment. it was hard, i went low, it was difficult, i did it for you guys. well done, yes. so you've done a lot of work with vr over the last two or three years and it seems at the moment we are talking more about vr coming to these theme park areas than to the living room. the thing is, headsets are still quite expensive,
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they are getting cheaper but they are quite expensive and are still difficult to use so in a themepark environment, it can be controlled and managed and this is the thing, not everyone has a rollercoaster or a waterslide in their home. that's true, yeah. it does seem that adds to the experience, doesn't it? it adds to the senses because vr doesn't do that at the moment. the promise of vr that we see in sci—fi films and all that sort of thing is that vr will totally immerse us, it will fool every single sense of our body, but at the moment vr only fools two senses, our eyes and our ears, and it doesn't do that particularly well so maybe this is a way, the first step to fooling our other senses, our sense of motion, and our sense of touch. did you enjoy it, stupid question? i did enjoy it. i had reservations about going down down the slide with my eyes closed but once you get over that, it's fun, it's good. well done, take a long deserved break, it was arduous. it's been hard. we've been in the water — time to go for a bike ride now. gone are the days when you could just slap on a cycling helmet, and pootle around the roads and the cycle paths. these days you have to load up
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with the latest cycling tech. it's the law, and that's what lara lewington has been doing with the help of click‘s own boss, simon. meet simon — a regular cyclist and the editor of click. first off is the coros smart cycle helmet. it connects your mobile phone via bluetooth and, thanks to bone conduction technology, you can hear any sound that you want from your phone — that can be directions or music — without blocking out the sound of the road around you. be safe. thank you. it can be controlled via a remote or its app, which allows you to save routes and share data with friends. it also has a wind—resistant microphone designed for calls, if you consider chatting on the phone while cycling is a good idea, that is. we had a nice chat on the phone
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there, the sound was amazing. it was so clear. definitely the best thing i've tried on a bike like that, just in terms of the quality of the call. with this, you've got the added dimension of making sure that the bone conduction things are in exactly the right place. it's quite a feeling. getting jawbone right is always a difficult one and with this, really after a couple of weeks of trying to perfect it, to get the perfect signal, you kind of have to get it so tight you are almost garrotting yourself. when i'm in the middle of london and there is loads of traffic, it's kind of difficult to hear, i suppose, but i guess some people would say, it's better to hear the traffic than it is the music anyway. this is r—pur, an antipollution mask for cyclists and motorcyclists. the replaceable filters claim to keep pollution, pollen and viruses and bacteria at bay and,
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based on where you've been cycling, the app will access pollution data and figure out when you need to replace the filter. you looks slightly menacing in that. it's also 30 degrees in london today. it's pretty hot, yeah. it's better than some i have tried, i have to say, in that regard. it's a lot more comfortable than some i've tried before. and it's a slightly nicer design, perhaps. that said, it's very expensive compared to other masks. how about the idea that it connects to an app and aims to track the pollution that you're going to be encountering? to me, that sounds like a classic bit of tech overdesign. really, i think you can use commonsense a little bit to know when to change filters. finally, we have blinkers which are claimed to be the next generation of bike lights. they can shine a laser light in the street and they also provide the normalfunctions you'd expect from a light but the question is,
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are they any better? they are all yours to give a go. so the conclusion? you've got the brake light, which lights up as you slow down, presumably because it's got an accelerometer, which is really impressive and, when you're a cyclist, you do worry that people not noticing when you're coming to a halt. left—right indicators — there are so few cyclists who use that as a method of indication. i don't think i've ever seen any, to be honest, and the instructions say, don't rely on this on its own, you've also got to use your arm. i'd worry that i'd have too much stuff to think about, almost. that would concern me. they are very, very bright lights. there is almost an arms race in cycle lights today — they get righter and brighter — and these are very impressive even in daylight. that's it for the short cut of our summer sizzler for this year. i hope you've enjoyed it and don't
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forget the full—length version is up on iplayer for you to watch right now, if you fancy. we live on facebook and on twitter. after such an intense summer of sport, next week we are going to look back at some of the new tech that's been brought into play in the last few months. and we will leave you with one more thing which we hope illustrates the perils of filming someone going down a vr waterslide. enjoy this, our cameraman, nick, certainly did. laughter. good morning, welcome to breakfast with chris mason and sally nugent.
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our headlines today... stunned and heartbroken — the family of the man suspected of stealing a plane from seattle's main airport before crashing into an island describe their loss. he was a faithful husband, a loving son, and a good friend. a childhood friend remarked that beebo was loved by everyone because he was kind and gentle to each person he met. ten people are in hospital after shots were fired in the moss side area of manchester. a clamp down on dangerous cyclists, but campaigners say government plans are simply skirting round the edge of road safety. it's been 60 years in the making, but will it finally be lift—off for nasa's daring mission to the sun? we'll find out in the next hour. what a week for dina asher—smith. she does the double —
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