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she was with me. we the whole time. she was with me. we went to the hospital together, to the tests together, what have you. so, we came home. we actually went to her mum's and told her mum, but we didn't really tell anybody else at the time, kept it fairly low—key. i had to tell my employers, obviously, because adjustments that had to make. —— they had to make. we are very private as a family. we didn't want it splashing all over facebook. we didn't tell the children for anybody at all. told a couple of close friends, dean west being one of them. and that was pretty much it. a full interview with lenjohnrose broadcast on bbc radio lancashire is available on the bbc iplayer. the story is on the bbc sport website, and if you're affected by these issues, help and support is available via the bbc action line. india saw off england's last wicket,
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that of james anderson, in under three overs of cricket in the third test at trent bridge today. england lead the five—match series 2—1. the next test is in southampton next week. we're definitely in the driving seat as far as the series goes. you know, we have to keep remembering that we have a little bit of time to go away and reflect on what has been a difficult week. but, in england, we are a very good side at bouncing back from a tough couple of days. and one thing you can never question about this group of players is the character and the way they can respond to a difficult period or passage of play. england, beaten by india. that's our top story. we'll have more throughout the evening.
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from me, for now, goodbye. welcome back. rya nair has apologised after nearly 190 customers who were owed compensation for cancelled or delayed flights were sent cheques that bounced. a bbc investigation found that a number of customers were charged extra fees after banks rejected unsigned cheques. the airline said it had sent out 20,000 cheques last month and blamed the problem on an administrative error. since april, more than one million ryanair passengers in europe have had delayed or cancelled flights after the airline was hit by strikes and air traffic control problems. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge reports. there have been a few wobbles for ryanair this summer. strikes by some of its pilots and cabin crew in parts of europe
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caused major disruption. now the bbc has found out that some customers who were sent compensation by the airline were given an unsigned cheque. gordon fong got £440 after a nightmare journey in june. he was supposed to fly from murcia in spain back home to bournemouth. but his flight was first diverted to madrid. then ryanair took him to birmingham. so he had to get a two—and—half—hour taxi to get home. surely a company of that rate has checks, especially a large corporation like ryanair, these things should not happen. so i was quite embarrassed and quite annoyed, really. rya nair has apologised. it said an administrative error meant 190 unsigned cheques were sent out last month. a tiny number, it said, because in the same month it gave out a total of 20,000 compensation cheques. ryanair is now one of the world's biggest airlines. it flew 130 million passengers last year. when you have a giant airline like ryanairfailing in the most basic duty of signing cheques before
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they go out, it adds to the sense that this is an airline in considerable disarray. having said that, of course, 400,000 people will fly safely and mostly on time with ryanair today. but they really need to get their management sorted out. ryanair says it has now sent out new signed cheques to affected customers. people we've spoken to say that the whole affair has cost them time and money. tom burridge, bbc news. more than 400,000 sites have now been listed for protection by historic england. the latest additions to the national heritage list include the head office of the bike manufacturer raleigh in nottingham, and an art art deco terminal building at birmingham airport. lizo mzimba has more. v0|ceover: the duchess goes
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on to birmingham to open the new airport that has cost well over a quarter of a million pounds... the elmdon building, opened almost 80 years ago by the duchess of kent, was the original terminal at what was to later become birmingham airport. it's now been given listed status as an outstanding piece of 1930s art deco architecture. the number of listed sites in england has now reached a00,000, thanks to today's latest additions. the criteria are quite wide ranging, some of the time it will be to do with architecture or merit in quality, sometimes to do with engineering, innovation and design innovation. other times it will be to do with an amazing story to do with the community or an individual, orjust the sheer beauty of a space or a place. other buildings to be newly listed include birches "squatter‘s cottage" in shropshire, a now rare example of the kind of agricultural accommodation that was once common in the late
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18th and early 19th centuries. the former raleigh cycle company head office office in nottingham is also included. it has exterior decorating panels showing children holding bicycle parts and tools, mimicking a production line. it was built in 1931 and for many years, the firm was the world's biggest manufacturer of bicycles. and more recent buildings like plymouth's theatre royal which was opened in 1982 and which is seen as a striking and sophisticated example of 20th—century design. being listed means a site receives special protection, hopefully ensuring that it can continue to be appreciated and enjoyed by future generations. lizo mzimba, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. this band of rain is pushing showers
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self. that is bringing cooler air down ina self. that is bringing cooler air down in a north—westerly breeze as we head into tomorrow. this band of rain is moving away from northern england and wales, moving across the east anglia. we still have fresh air conditioned to the north of that, another band of rain in the far north—west, but single figure temperatures across the north—east of the uk. the south east still gets another warm and muggy night. the last of those. to make weather fronts on the scene, moving slowly southwards on thursday. the first one brings rain for most of the morning across east anglia and the south—east of england. sunshine follows on behind. rain further north tends to peter out as it runs south across northern england and wales. behind that, we get sunshine and some showers. quite a contrast
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across the uk. 23 possibly in the south—east early in the day, but further north, temperatures significantly lower. as we move into the evening, we keep though showers going in the north—west of the uk. elsewhere, clearer skies, temperatures tumbling away. at last, we get more comfortable, fresher air across southern part of england and east anglia. a chilly night across many northern parts of the uk. frequent heavy showers coming into northern ireland, pushing east across scotland. further south, fewer showers. temperatures significantly lower than recent days, 19 celsius at best. showers clear away on saturday. a decent start to the bank holiday, as it is for most of us, but it will be rather cool. high pressure is pushing away though showers, but it means quite a cold night across the north—east of the uk on saturday.
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these weather fronts bring north—east of the uk on saturday. these weatherfronts bring more clout in western areas on sunday. mcleod. you're watching beyond 100 days... a no good, very bad, terrible day for donald trump as his legal problems explode. he tries to shrug it off with a tweet but this is the most tumultuous moment in his presidency so far. after his former lawyer pleads guilty to campaign finance violations, mr trump, for the first time is implicated in a crime. and michael cohen could have more damaging information to spill. and trump's former campaign manager has his own calculation to make — found guilty of financial crimes he can now only hope for a presidential pardon. also... the white house strategy is to cast cohen as a liar. the president says he only knew about the payments after the event.
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