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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 — asher—smith sprints to gold in the 200m at the european championships, to add to her 100m title. good morning. well, it's not as cold as it was this time yesterday, but there's 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 will have the full forecast coming up a little bit later on. good morning. thank you forjoining us. good morning. thank you forjoining us. it is sunday, the 12th of 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's thought he was killed instantly. no one else was on board. jenny kumah reports. this is the man thought to have stolen a passenger jet 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. we arejust
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we are just trying to find a place the uterus than safety. —— for you to land safely. soon after, two fighterjets escorted the plane out of harm's 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. 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
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transportation safety board to establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident, but they believe richard russell was 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 caribbean 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.
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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. it was the highest death toll of any attack during the northern ireland troubles. john campbell's report contains some distressing scenes. 15th august, 1998, and a car bomb devastates 0magh town centre. the streets had been busy with shoppers and tourists. an unclear warning meant they were directed to the place where the so—called real ira had planted the bomb. among the 29 victims were nine children, three generations of one family, and a woman pregnant with twins. dozens more people suffered serious injuries.
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it shook a northern ireland public who were hoping that the developing peace process meant that violence was at an end. and the grief of the victims‘ family was compounded by the failure to convict the perpetrators. serious mistakes in the police investigation were exposed during the unsuccessful prosecution of a man accused of making the bomb. the families had to take their own legal action. they successfully sued four men — michael mckevitt, liam campbell, colm murphy and seamus daly. they were all found liable for involvement in the bombing. today, their victims will be remembered through music and prayer at the 0magh memorial garden. this will be the last regular public commemoration. the families say, in future, they want to reflect and remember in private. john smyth, a leading barrister who'd been accused of physically abusing boys who attended christian summer camps in dorset
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in the 1970s and ‘80s, has died at his home in south africa. it's 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 manchester has written to northern rail demanding assurances over the future of weak and services. she said the current situation was chaotic and unacceptable, following the announcement of more sunday cancellations. the operator apologised and said those affected could apply for compensation. the author sir vs naipaul, one of the towering figures of 20th century writing, has died at his home in london. he was 85. vs naipaul was one of a select group of authors to have won both the nobel prize for literature and the booker prize. his best—known works include
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a house for mr biswas, a bend in the river, and in a free state. 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 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
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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 430,000mph. that is fast enough to get from washington dc to tokyo in under a minute. bit of a delay there, but actually, we hope there is no delay later. that was john mcmanus reporting. nasa say there was a 45 minute window. it starts at 8:31am and finishes at around 9:15am and brea kfast finishes at around 9:15am and breakfast finishes at 9am. let us think positive! we are hoping to bring you live images from cape canaveral within the next 15 minutes. my just involve canaveral within the next 15 minutes. myjust involve it sitting there, or it might go north, we will see. a new offence of causing death
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by dangerous or careless cycling is to be considered by the government, which would see cyclists treated in a similar way to dangerous drivers. the laws are being proposed after 44—year—old mother—of—two kim briggs was knocked over and killed by a bicycle courier in february, 2016. he was jailed for 18 months after being prosecuted using legislation which dates back to victorian times. so, could these new laws help make our roads safer? let's speak to cycling campaigner laura laker whojoins us here in the studio, as well as matt briggs, widow of kim briggs, who joins us live from lewisham. to you first, you have been campaigning long and hard on this in recent times, do you see this as a positive step forward? good morning to you. good morning, thank you for having me on. yes, i do see it as a positive step, the first was the legal report the government
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commissioned confirming while much of the focus is on death by dangerous cycling, there is also a need for causing injury. they confirmed there was a gap in the law and this is the next step which is a 12 week public consultation. yes, slowly but steadily, we seem to be making progress towards updating the law. laura, when you hear matt talking and the situation him and his family have had to live through, do you agree there should be some change in the legislation or do you think the government looking at the wrong thing? i think if there is a gap in the law, it is important we look to close the gap and i think it is good the government is looking to improve road safety for all road users. but there is an issue with the laws as they stand in terms of how we prosecute dangerous and careless driving in this country and i worry that this issue is going to carry on with the cycling offence,
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should it be introduced. the problem is that it is open to interpretation at the moment and only 57% of people who cause death by driving are sent to prison and there is a great inadequacy in the law as it stands. but matt's wife was killed by a man riding a bike who was not meant to be on the road. that is right. i would not argue with that. ijust think if we are looking to improve road safety, we need to look at how we are dealing with all danger caused by all road users and 1700 people die on the roads every year and the legal system we have is inadequate in prosecuting people and i think it sends out the wrong message and everyone on the road needs to take care of other road users of course. but we are not sending out the right message in terms of how we treat
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each other on the roads and that needs to change. matt, there is the broader argument clearly about other potential changes to the law, but on the specifics of the consultation, the specifics of the consultation, the government is asking for ideas about how to change the law, what in specific terms will you be looking out for to ensure in your view the law changes as it should?” out for to ensure in your view the law changes as it should? i think what i am looking for is parity. currently, there are... the only law that could be used and my wife's case was dating back to 1861, drawn up case was dating back to 1861, drawn up to stop case was dating back to 1861, drawn le case was dating back to 1861, drawn up to stop people riding horses recklessly, it does not mention causing death, it talks about bodily harm. iam causing death, it talks about bodily harm. i am looking for parity. causing death by dangerous cycling and careless and causing serious injury by the same and that brings parity to the situation. matt, this has been something that will have dominated your life for the last two yea rs, dominated your life for the last two years, on the day that kim went to
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work, was it the usual thing for her to use her bike? was it something pa rt to use her bike? was it something part of her life? was she a keen cyclist? well, kim was a pedestrian. sorry, forgive me, of course. not at all. kim was that day in february, a normal day for us, she had started a newjob which she loved and she was simply going out crossing 0ld newjob which she loved and she was simply going out crossing old street at lunchtime when she was hit, very muchjust part of at lunchtime when she was hit, very much just part of her normal day. when the police investigation unfolded, were you shocked to discover that they couldn't prosecute in the way you might have thought was automatic? yes. i remember it very clearly, i was at a
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shopping centre buying school uniforms for my children a week after kim died, you have to do the normal things, i took a call from the investigating officer who told me they thought there may be an element of criminality involved in her death and that is a shock in itself. but then came the abrupt we do not actually have anything to prosecute —— then came the but. people will be shocked to note the act carries a maximum tariff of two yea rs, very act carries a maximum tariff of two years, very poorly worded, archaic wording, maximum tariff of two yea rs, wording, maximum tariff of two years, whereas causing death by dangerous driving carries a maximum tariff of 1a years. yes, it was a real shock. you are ready dealing with grief and then put on a one and a half year roller—coaster to try and get this to court. laura, what is quite striking is the strength of
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feeling people have, either in the negative sense toward cyclist or positive, lots of messages this morning, one saying, i'm sick and tired of the media portraying cyclists as reckless. david making the argument cyclists are not a nswera ble to the argument cyclists are not answerable to anyone in his view. from your perspective, looking in the broader sense that you were a few moments ago, what needs to be on the platter of the government's considerations in terms of what else happens? if you accept this happens, what else needs to happen? the government needs to treat with seriousness the volume of deaths we have in this country on the roads and the treatment of those deaths get in the justice system. so many families do not get the justice they deserve when people are killed, when family members are killed on the roads at the moment. but it is important to remember people are
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people, you are person if you are walking, if you are on a bike, you are not a different person. people make mistakes, some people will careless, dangerous, however they travel, and it is about how we deal with those and proportionality as well. it is about dealing with those cases and the harm they can cause and if you are driving obviously you can cause a lot greater harm than cycling and i think not to discount any case individually, it is important we do treat road danger with seriousness and four years ago the government promised a wider review of road danger. it still has not emerged. chris grayling, when he was not emerged. chris grayling, when he wasjustice secretary, he said he would do that, now he is transport secretary and he has the opportunity to do that, to tackle the deaths on the roads and make them safer for walking and cycling, and to tackle the air pollution problem, obesity problem, all of these issues we have with car dominance in cars and
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cities and rural areas. without tackling that, we are sticking with the same old problems and just fixing a tiny part of what is an enormous problem in this country. laura, thank you. and matt, thank you very much indeed for your time this morning. we do have a statement from the department for transport saying, all of the measures are designed to support the continued growth cycling and walking with all the benefits they bring to communities, economy, and society. here's chris with a look at this morning's weather. very good morning. we have been talking about the potential launch of the solar probe which should go off before long in florida. we are looking at this part of florida, cape canaveral, kennedy space centre, where hopefully the weather should stay dry, we have stalled plans to the south—west florida and the south—east, but hopefully, they will stay far enough away to get the
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probe launched —— we have storm clouds. the big contrast this weekend to the weather. yesterday, cold and sunny. this morning, mild but cloudy and wet. soggy sunday. 0utbreaks but cloudy and wet. soggy sunday. outbreaks of rain for much of the day. the only place guaranteed to stay dry is northern scotland, particularly shetland where it should state finance funny. elsewhere, big area of low pressure to the south—west —— it should state fine and funny. the front is not in a straight line, we have pulses of energy, another in south—west england, and another in northern england. the heaviest rain at the moment in south—west england and wales. the rain will turn heavier through the day in the midlands and southern england and eventually east anglia and south—east england. it will stay wet in the central belt of scotla nd will stay wet in the central belt of scotland and southern scotland as well. even as the main band of rain
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clears through from wales and the south—west, another widespread area of rain most likely to develop, the computer is perhaps underplaying the rain this afternoon, watch out. in northern ireland, patchy rain, most likely across county antrim and cou nty likely across county antrim and county down. some mist and fog over the hills. 0vernight tonight, band of rain in scotland slowly drifting north into the north of the mainland, rain at times across england and wales, some quite heavy, fog patches around the coasts and hills. the forecast monday, we are looking at an area of low pressure, the same low still with us, that will be gradually pushing rain in across england and wales, still some rain in scotland too. rain at times best sums up the day, but when it
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reaches the afternoon, drier and brighter. sunshine in short supply. temperatures as you were, high teens, low 20s. a little on the cool side for parts of low —— for parts of scotland. quite unsettled with further spells of rain on monday. in the south, warming up for a time, but rain moving in later in the week dropping the temperatures once again. change on the weather front. todayis again. change on the weather front. today is particularly wet particularly in wales and south—west england. we do think the weather is slightly better in florida? the latest news from nasa about the rocket they will send to the sun, despite the 45 minute window, between 831 and 9:15am, they now think it will leave on time, i think they are flirting with us, they like to tempt us, it is going to happen.
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yesterday we got the countdown and it did not quite happen. coming up to 8:21am, they have a window of 45 minutes from 8:30am, we are on a to 9am, we are hoping... that it does not happen at ten past! iam not happen at ten past! i am staying positive. we're hoping to hear something on there. nine minutes and 40 seconds to go, not that i am excited! 35. we will keep you posted. ten people have been taken to hospital after shots were fired following a carnival in manchester. police say they are being treated for non—life threatening injuries after the shooting in moss side. 0ur reporter anna jameson is there. anna, what do we know? at the moment, still very unclear. as you can see behind me, the aftermath of manchester carnival celebrations here in moss side. last
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night this was a scene of activity, vibrant, night this was a scene of activity, vibra nt, colourful. night this was a scene of activity, vibrant, colourful. at 2:30am, the party atmosphere turned very sour when shots were heard right here on claremont road in moss side. what can you tell us about the condition of the people who were injured? do you know anymore? we have heard several people have been taken to hospital in the last several hours. do you know what conditions they are m, do you know what conditions they are in, how serious the injuries might be? greater manchester police are currently saying, as you say, ten people are being treated for major and minor injuries. most of them appear not to be life—threatening at the moment, thankfully. however, circumstances could change. everything is very, very unclear, but what is key to note is moss side
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has done so much work in the years to rejuvenate its image, it was once notoriously poor for gun crime. this publicity at manchester carnival yesterday, negative publicity, it will have come as a real shock and horror to the community and the organisers. this was an event meant to bea organisers. this was an event meant to be a celebratory event, particularly on the 70th anniversary of the windrush ship arriving here in england. this is a completely destroying that in terms of positivity and it is not yet clear if manchester's caribbean carnival will continue through the day. thank you, anna jamieson reporting from moss side were ten people have been taken to hospital with gunshot wounds. more on that on the bbc news channel through the morning. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. time now for a look at the newspapers.
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political historian mike finn is here to tell us what's caught his eye. 0ne one thing that caught my eye pretty sharply was the fact the mail on sunday has a huge interview with meghan markle's father, thomas markle. 0ne meghan markle's father, thomas markle. one of the things that comes out in the interview is apparently prince harry gave a phone call after the backwards and forwards of whether he goes to the wedding, wedding was a great pr success for the royals, harry said, you should never have dealt with the press. does not seem to have picked up the message. they have done six, seven pages, some of the stuff in there, obviously, angry phone call with harry when he was in hospital talking about whether he should or should not have interacted with the press in the build up to the wedding. 0ne press in the build up to the wedding. one of the lines they have
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pulled out as a headline, i told her rate it would be better —— i told harry it would be better if i was dead. weird fluctuation between conciliatory, happy dead. weird fluctuation between conciliatory, happy for dead. weird fluctuation between conciliatory, happy for them, dead. weird fluctuation between conciliatory, happy forthem, hope everything is great for them, fade into the background, and the interaction with the media when he throws out phrases that are inflammatory. speaking as a historian, you look at how the royals hitherto have tried to manage their public image, you think back to, is this more future materialfor the crown, the tv series? making a joke like that, but there were two young people trying to start their life together and this kind of stuff keeps happening and as someone who used to have to do media relations, you think, given one of the tips you give people who sometimes are inclined to seek out the media is to say, just stay the news, disappear. someone must be saying this to him? 0ne someone must be saying this to him? one of the allegations he makes his
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kensington palace and the royal courtiers have not been giving him advice, he was not taken under their wing, he did not get that support. but at least by his own admission, harry has given him that advice and he has not taken it. difficult to see where it goes because he has vowed it is his last interview, and you do feel for the couple in terms of... it has been nonstop. the next or you have picked is in the 0bserver —— the next story. covered ina 0bserver —— the next story. covered in a couple of places, double page spread. the end of the commemoration of the first world war, 100th anniversary going on for several yea rs, anniversary going on for several years, the armistice will be commemorated on the 11th of november, and one of the points this makes, it touches on wilfred 0wen, the person most schoolkids become familiar with the war through, the poetry of him, and the fact there
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will be thisjoint poetry of him, and the fact there will be this joint action in terms of bells from britain and across to germany through france and belgium, synchronised ringing of bells on the 11th of november to commemorate 100 yea rs 11th of november to commemorate 100 years since the conflict, what springs out is when i started as a historian, several decades ago, this was living memory, you could still interview soldiers, that was still possible. not possible now. last few yea rs, possible. not possible now. last few yea rs , we possible. not possible now. last few yea rs, we have possible. not possible now. last few years, we have seen that both. what does it mean the future generations who do not have the can buoy connection? the contrast with your neck story, world war ii, —— do not have the connection. the contrast with your next story. lovely line in the write—up saying, these gentlemen have decided they will get together for one last time because we are dying like flies and we want to go out with a final do. world war ii, my generation, we did not witness it, but we almost grew up with it because our grandparents were in it,
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relatives could tell you stories about the blitz, and that is a connection being lost. if you are 18 at the time of the battle of britain, you were born in 1922. and the last reunion, the last one for 249 who fought in the battle of britain, the only victoria cross in the battle of britain. and this is about chinese phones? fears about chinese technology and the use in the military, specialforces have been told, you are not to use phones made by huawei. but then there was a story about special forces using
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running apps that revealed their location. thank you, nice to chat to you, momentarily distracted because we are two minutes away from the big nasa rocket launch. if that is not a reason to stay with us, nothing will be. back in a moment. hello, this is breakfast with chris mason and sally nugent. it is very nearly half—past eight and rather than a conventional summary of the morning's news, we are taking you straight to the kennedy space centre in the united states. it is cape canaveral and the hope for launch in the next few moments of this rocket that is heading very close to the sun. let's listen to what the commentators are saying. 50. we are into countdown territory. go for launch. i'm still
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sceptical. this looks very much like it is going to happen. we are waiting for that first moment of ignition before we see that being this affair. minus 15. here we go. ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, zero. lift off. the mighty rocket with nasa's parker solo pro, a daring effort to show light on our closest star, the son. chris, describe what this is. we
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have seen the launch of the solar probe, a mission to come closer to the sun than we have ever been before. the corona is the origin of the solar wind, the weather in space that hits our atmosphere and causes the airand the that hits our atmosphere and causes the air and the northern lights. the solar wind from the sun comes back to satellite communications, power feeds on the earth, so understanding this is key. we have seen the launch of adult four heavy rocket, one of the largest rockets we have. it is an incredibly challenging mission in
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terms of the technology. it needs to slow down dramatically in space in order to reach the sun, in order to shrink its orbit down, because the earth is travelling so fast. to get close to the sun we need to slow down the motion of it going sideways. what do you know about this mission? how long will it last? it will be going on over the next six or seven years. the massive rocket will give it most of its push in terms of it beating the speed of the earth and slowing down. the earth is travelling in one direction and the rocket is travelling in the other direction. but that is not enough. 0ver other direction. but that is not enough. over the next seven years it will be doing flybys of venous and it will be using the gravity of venous to slow it down and shrink its orbit further. every time it passes venous, it will shrink and
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shrink until it gets closer to the sun. it will be 100 million miles close. which is nothing. imagine the sun and the earth are one metre apart, it will be four centimetres away from us. how far away is the sun? the good way to think of it is in terms of the speed of light. it ta kes in terms of the speed of light. it takes about eight minutes for light to reach us from the sun. it is a long distance. it is relatively close when you compare it to the other planets likejupiter and saturn and pluto. they are much further away, but it is harder to get to the sun because of the speed velocity. in terms of energy it is 55 tonnes of energy to get to the
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solar orbit. i imagine there are some very solar orbit. i imagine there are some very relieved scientists at nasa this morning because this was meant to happen 24 hours ago. any launch is a massive relief. essentially what we are doing the strapping a multi—million dollar piece of technology to a bomb with a hole in the bottle, that is what rocket is. there an inherent risk in any rocket launch. so far, so good. it will be about 45 minutes until the probe finally separates in orbit. it has gone from looking like a football stadium light to looking like a star. what happened there? maybe that is the separation. that will be the boosters coming off. there are various stages. you launch the initial bit and once you drain the initial bit and once you drain the field from the fuel tank, you
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got that off. i think what we saw there were the boosters being lost. the first five minutes is the first stage. this is the first time it has been launched with a third stage. there have been about ten after four launchers. it has to be the earth's velocity. in terms of what a small brain like mine will understand, how do you avoid frying when it gets mighty hot and close to the sun. the heat shield is largely carbon, a very simple material, but very complex in terms of the layers. the heat shield is about 12—15 centimetres thick, so there will a lwa ys centimetres thick, so there will always be that heat shield in between the delicate mechanical bits of the probe. 0n the solar side the
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temperature is about 1500 degrees. this is advanced technology. fibre ten yea rs this is advanced technology. fibre ten years ago you would not have had this. you either knewjohn ten years ago you would not have had this. you either knew john watson of space take—offs. a wonderful commentary. after all that countdown yesterday, it has happened and it has happened on time. i have enjoyed you and watching you watch it because you have been like a six—year—old on christmas eve. it has been great fun. fair cop. how do we follow that? how do we follow that wonderful, faultless launch. with a wonderful, faultless performance yesterday. superwoman, dina asher—smith. she has been absolutely incredible. what
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the european championships she has had. she is 22 years old and came on the scene in rio at the olympics and won a bronze medal in the relay. but this week she broke her own british record in the 100 metres and last night she broke her own british record again in the 200 metres, said doing the sprint double. so much time ahead of her and she was only 22. listening to gabby logan and michaeljohnson, he said she could be one of the greatest athletes going forward. an incredible achievement. she's the first brit, male or female, to do the sprint double at the european championships, here's 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
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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, australia, 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 you 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, cheering me if i won or if i came eighth. and just to see them so happy, and almost teary—eyed at my achievement, warms 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. there were three more medals on the track for great britain as martyn rooney
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anchored the men's 4 by 400 metre relay to silver. the women took bronze, whilst shara proctor finished 3rd in the women's long jump. look at this guy on the track yesterday. this is the italian high jumper gianmarco tamberi and his half beard. he's done it for a while apparently, he says it's his trademark now, saying he likes to be on stage and to entertain the audience. 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 whire 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.
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chelsea were the big winners on the first saturday of the premier league season. they beat huddersfield 3—0 — pedro with the pick of the goals. new boss mauricuo sarri says it could take his side a couple of months to reach their potential. if yesterday's anything to go by that's a frightening prospect. philjagielka was sent off for everton in a 2—2 draw with wolves at molineux. rauljiminez with the second equaliser for the home side after a couple of goals from richarlison on his everton debut. elsewhere there were defeats for the other two promoted sides, fulham and cardiff, whilst watford beat brighton. three games today including arsenal versus manchester city at 4 o'clock. 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've got two wins out of two at the start of the season. it's celtic‘s earliest defeat
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in the league for 12 years. england's crickters have a big lead over india in the second test at lords thanks to a first test century from chris woakes, but the weather continues to disrupt, as patrick gearey reports. 0n on its babies could be one of the finer walks in london. with india's score a short hop away, lord is an oil painting, but one that shows up. looks. under sunny skies england's bassman wandered into forecast storms. england price tag four wickets before lunch. there had been more rain than runs in this u nsettled more rain than runs in this unsettled test, sojonny bairstow‘s 50 was worth a fortune. chris woakes flew past him as india started to fly. with old father time looming over this match england had to get a move on. this brought chris woakes his first test century, scored on
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his first test century, scored on his return to the team to replace ben stokes. england cannot have asked for more. now for best‘s moment. he was denied his century by the athletic magic of dennis carter, is spectacular, but anti—climactic end. england probably had enough ru ns end. england probably had enough runs by the time bad light stopped play. the condition keep curtailing the cricket, but chris woakes will never have enjoyed a more satisfying stroke. never have enjoyed a more satisfying stroke. 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 in 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 fifteenth major title. rugby league and leeds rhinos made a good start to super league's qualifiers. they ran in nine tries to beat championship side toulouse 48—22 at headingley. the league has split
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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 moto gp from pole after qualifying at the red bull ring. the spaniard claimed top spot on the grid byjust two thousandths of a second. britain's cal crutchlow will start from fifth. and how about this at macclesfield town yesterday? the official at the moss rose attendance was 2,589 humans and 1 goose. their league two match with grimsby had to be stopped, because of this guy. let him play football, he just wants to play. flying into the box. flagged offside. somebody eventually grabbed it. a firm hand required. iam not quite sure if it is in the remake of the groundsman. i heard the macclesfield
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tea m groundsman. i heard the macclesfield team enjoyed some foie gras afterwards. i am joking! your goose is cooked! here's chris with a look at this morning's weather. a contrast in our weather fortunes this weekend. yesterday we started with some sunshine, but not this morning. the reason, we have got cloud and rain and we are gearing up for a soggy sunday. most areas in the uk will see some rain today and not a great deal of sunshine. it will just stay pretty cloudy. not a great deal of sunshine. it willjust stay pretty cloudy. 0n the satellite picture there is an area of low pressure to the south west of the uk. a warm front is moving northwards across scotland. these fronts are bringing areas of rain. but we do see pulses of headley
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heavy rain. the rain in scotland is probably getting heavier with time across the central belt and moving northwards. that leave shetland sticking out in the sunshine. 0therwise sticking out in the sunshine. otherwise it will be a cloudy day with rain at times. in wales and the south—west of england, we have got another area of rain that will come in. the rain probably turning much heavier later in the day in south—west england and wales and north—west england in the evening. temperatures generally into the high teens and the low 20s. it will be cooler in aberdeenshire with the onshore winds. 0vernight, further bursts of rain across england and wales and any rain in northern ireland will continue to be patchy and focused on antrim and down.
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turning cooler across sheltered parts of the northern isles. that ta kes parts of the northern isles. that takes us on into monday and the area of low pressure is still there. the most active of these will be swinging across eastern areas of england and that is where the heaviest rain will be on monday. still quite wet in eastern scotland. a bit of rain for wales and western england, but that will ease with time. sunshine in southern wales and south—west england later on in the day. temperatures 17—23. the cloud will be quite low, so we could see some fog patches over the hills in the morning. 0ver some fog patches over the hills in the morning. over the next few days it is quite unsettled, but in the south a little bit brighter and a bit warmer before temperatures drop away later in the week. we begin with wet weather today, the heaviest rain in northern england, wales and the south—west of england.
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we see in the background that beached blue boat. i wonder how long the weather would have to continue on like this before the whole issue of water and shortages running at their normal rate. between january andjune, so their normal rate. between january and june, so the first half of the year, rainfall across the uk was normal. that is because we have pretty wet weather during march and april. the weather then became very dry for may, june and july and now it is raining again in august. excelled, thank you. just what we needed. boccia is the fastest growing paralympic sport and today the world championships will kick off in liverpool. 181 top athletes from 33 countries will take part in the competition which can be played by athletes with some of the most severe disabilities. 0ur disability correspondent nikki fox reports. boccia is a bowls—type game for those with severe disabilities.
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we are the most severe in the paralympic games. i love the sport. no matter what your disability, you have the ability to take part at the highest level. my name is david smith, i am a boccia player for the gb boccia team, i am paralympic champion, european champion, world number one and i received an mbe 18 months ago. not much. pretty good, happy days. i feel inadequate! so the object of the sport is to get closer to the white than your opponent. six red balls, six blue balls, you can propel them in any way that you can. in theory, with six balls, you can end up scoring six, maximum per end, 24 points per game. i've only achieved that once. 0oh! until you've sat on court for a couple of hours with smithy and you see how he goes about things
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and how he communicates, you will never truly experience what it's like to be world—class. you can't put that bit in, that i've been lovely about him. what are we going to do? are we going to have an actual game? yeah, we are going to play boys versus girls. boys versus girls. i think we know who is going to win. yes, we do. so what's this? you've got to get over the white line. this could be disastrous, i have no arm strength. 0h, hello. there you go. who'd have thought there would be a sport fopr a mobility scooter? it's the perfect sport, it encourages participation. i can participate against an able—bodied person and be confident about winning. that's not bad. yeah, we'll do that! sweet! this competition is bigger and better than any i have ever seen. it's on par, if not better, than the paralympics. some of the players are incredible,
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they are all incredible, how they manage to achieve what they do with what they got and that's what's great about boccia, it is like formula 1 but with the body. you've been given a set...this is my design and i've got to make the most of it. can you move forward a little bit? certainly. i'm sorry, david, am i in yourway? shot! do you think that boccia gets the media attention that it should? media coverage has been poor, frankly, and it does my head in. bigger than that, i think it's more about the legacy. the hope is that suddenly boccia becomes not something that people go, what's that, but, it's boccia, we did that in liverpool, we have a club down the road. boccia, i'm coming for you. yeah, the athletes become more like superstars and notjust poor little disabled athletes who play boccia. that was nikki fox reporting.
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and even a new talent. it is all very august on the bbc this morning. match of the day coming on at nine o'clock. match of the day coming on at nine o'clock. let s find out what's happening later on sunday morning live with cherry healey and sean fletcher. what have you two got in store for us today? we have got borisjohnson and we ask is islamaphobia on the rise? health authority is considering recruiting volu nteers authority is considering recruiting volunteers to drive ambulances. is community support the answer to stretch resources or is the nhs too reliant on volunteers? and robert rinder tells us whyjustice on the television works. for many of us, finding the time to rustle up good, home cooked food from scratch in the way our mums or grandma's did can be a real challenge.
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some people worry that traditional culinary customs will soon be lost forever. and that's led to one small army of grannies and grandpas to take to social media in their quest to preserve the recipes and methods of the past and the "pastabilities" are endless. she is 93 years old and mixer pasta dough using your own wheat semolina flour and warm water and she gradually rolled out a long spaghetti strand of pasta. she wraps it twice round three fingers and
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creates a double loop and removes it from herfingers creates a double loop and removes it from her fingers and creates a double loop and removes it from herfingers and rolled it, a bit like winding watch, and makes a twisted hoop. 0nce made, they are placed on a large, flat basket to drive. 0nce cooked, she seasons them with pecorino cheese and layers them with pecorino cheese and layers them with tomato sauce. that looks gorgeous! we are going to speak to the woman behind those videos. vicky bennison, whojoins us now from her home in italy. good morning. good morning from sunny basilicata. what was your idea behind these videos? the skills are dying out and they needed to be recorded and also i felt that everybody attributes their
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grandmother to their cooking skills and inspiration, but we never see them. so i wanted to put older women centre stage and celebrate their skills and experience. two quick questions. firstly, how much of a crime against cooking is dried pasta ? crime against cooking is dried pasta? that crime against cooking is dried pasta ? that is crime against cooking is dried pasta? that is not a christmas tree behind you, is it? apparently it is a modern sculpture. back to the topic, dried pasta? dried pasta is not a crime against cooking, it is absolutely delicious, it has its place and it is as good as fresh made pasta. what is it about the past that these grannies and grandpas make that is so special? i have tried to make pasta, i have bought the jamie oliver brooke and he says it is easy, you should make fresh pasta, but it was like cement.
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maybe you didn't need it enough. the only downside about fresh pasta is it takes slightly longer than opening a packet. some of these skills are quite intricate. equally you don't need any skills at all. a lot of my grannies started cooking and making pasta when they were eight years old and 89 they are still making pasta. it is a thing that families can do, it is a group activity, it is a great thing that families cut and get involved with. is there a special gift that comes with having done this for years and yea rs ? with having done this for years and years? is it about the touch that these women have developed over decades? decades, yes. it is an art if you like. you do get to feel the dough, but no special experience is needed. it just takes dough, but no special experience is needed. itjust takes practice. but
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is there a noticeable difference in place between fresh pasta and dried pasta ? place between fresh pasta and dried pasta? maybe place between fresh pasta and dried pasta ? maybe i place between fresh pasta and dried pasta? maybe i am just a philistine. fresh pasta has a different texture and you use different sources to go with it. so you should be able to, when it is well made, and if you have good quality pasta, you can tell the difference between them. tell us about the women because they are the stars of this. you must have some incredible characters. yes, we are going to meet one today. she is 89 years old and is still working in herfamily 89 years old and is still working in her family bakery and she looks like she will be at our fantastic granny. we have had everybody. we have had a 95—year—old from sardinia and a lovely lady down the road who is still making pasta 50 years later from when she first started. i love them all. describe for us in
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mouthwatering detail if you can your favourite pasta dish. 0h, mouthwatering detail if you can your favourite pasta dish. oh, that is like asking what is your favourite food or your favourite child. like asking what is your favourite food or yourfavourite child. i think yesterday i had a really good pasta that used toasted breadcrumbs and garlic and public ground up and fried and that was scattered over the pasta instead of cheese and that was a revelation, that was really nice. we are running out of time, but is this is much about the watching of it? there is something hypnotic about watching them make it. yes. it is about education and inspiration. i hope people get a little glimpse of these women and into their lives as well as their experience, and feel inspired to go and make some themselves. the perfect place to leave it. it is
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lovely to talk to you. enjoy your day in beautiful, sunny italy. are you inspired? yes, my stomach is rumbling. yes, my stomach is rumbling. that's all from us for today. dan and louise will be back tomorrow morning from 6am. we'll leave you with some spectacular shots of the parker solar probe taking off from cape canaveral on a mission that will take it closer to the sun than any spacecraft in history. goodbye. this is bbc news. the headlines... ten people are in hospital after shootings in the moss side area of manchester. police say some victims suffered major injuries. cyclists who kill pedestrians could face a new charge of death by dangerous cycling, under new government proposals. five, four, three, two, one, zero.
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