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today at five — clashes between british and french fishermen in the english channel — in a row about shellfish stocks. french fishermen sent a0 boats to confront rivals they accuse of dredging stocks off normandy — but the environment secretary says the uk boats are there legally. my heart goes out to the fishermen who've been caught up in this. they have my full sympathy. they are fishing legally and they have every right to be fishing in those waters. and we are talking to the french authorities at the moment. we'll be talking to the mp for south west cornwall — and to french fishermen. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. more than a fifth of 14—year—old girls say they've self—harmed — a report says worries about physical appearance are contributing to unhappiness. police offer a reward for the capture ofjanbaz tarin — wanted in connection with the murder of his former girlfriend and her mother. theresa may visits nigeria for talks about tackling islamist militants, and modern slavery — and to forge deeper trade ties. and an advert for an app billed
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as a highly accurate contraceptive tool is banned — we hearfrom a user who became pregnant. our main story at 5. fights have broken out between french and british fishermen in the english channel in a row about shellfish. french crews have been accused of throwing stones and flares, after complaining that the british are depleting stocks of valuable scallops. the incident took place in the bay of seine — where, because of french regulations, french boats aren't allowed to dredge for scallops until october. but as long as british ships remain north of the red line — more than 12 nautical miles off
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the french coastline — they are legally entitled to fish in the area. our correspondent sarah ransome is in brixham in devon, which is home to some of the boats involved in the incident which took place last night. they came back late last night backed into harbour here, some of them are lined up alongside and you might be able to to see behind me this blue boat and she was one of the boats that came into port last night with some damage. the crew has been on board this evening and all day in fact checking for repairers and anything else that they might need. now the crew on board tell me the french navy did nothing they say to help when the violence erupted. they are asking for more protection when they go out again and environment secretary michael gove has set his heart goes out to them
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because they were fishing legally. but that temporary deal brokered a couple of years ago broke down last summer couple of years ago broke down last summerand couple of years ago broke down last summer and overtime and in the last 48 hours certainly french frustration has bubbled over again. smoking flares and stones. this video from french television shows boats being rammed in a bad—tempered opening salvo in yet another clash between french fishermen and british boats off the coast of normandy in a row over scallops. insults accompanied the hull ramming while 35 french boats or so chased a handful of british vessels out of the scallop—rich fishing ground, claiming they were looting the lucrative stocks. translation: they have no hours, no quotas, they just fill their boats, they come, scrape and leave. they start working a month before us and they leave us the crumbs. scallop fishing off the normandy coast has long been a sensitive issue. french boats are banned from fishing in those waters by their own government
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from between may and october, but that doesn't apply to british boats. and as some of those caught up in the clash returned to harbour last night, no one was injured, but those who had been on board say they had had to dodge missiles like cans of oil and old bits of anchor thrown onto their decks. they were both angry and upset at what had happened. before we knew it we had around ten, maybe 15, other french boats surrounding us, throwing rocks at us, flares. lighting the sky up with flares so that other boats could see us. it was quite an intense moment. two years ago it happened to us, not as forceful as this time i wouldn't have said. but the same thing. the french navy were there on site and never did a thing. we reported it to the mmo and nothing happened. it just went on deaf ears.
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for a few years a temporary deal on fishing for scallops in those waters has kept a lid on any anger. but talks broke down last summer and french fishermen‘s frustration has boiled over. those negotiating a deal from this side of the channel say it's time for everyone to get back round the table and talk. i need to know precisely what the french now are offering us by way of a settlement in order to get british boats back into those waters or somewhere else, depending on what the deal is. but i need clarification before i actually go to france to talk to them and we come to an arrangement for 2018. in the meantime, the boats are in harbour and repairs are under way. as are discussions on how to calm those suddenly choppy waters in the channel. we can speak now to sheryll murray, the conservative mp for south west cornwall,
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who also sits on the enviroment, food and rural affairs parliamentary committee. good evening to you. have you been able to speak to any of the crew involved, do you have any sense as to what has gone on?” involved, do you have any sense as to what has gone on? i have not spoken to the crew, but what i did do was after one of my constituents told me about what had happened yesterday lunchtime i got in touch with the secretary of state and the fisheries minister. i'm pleased that michael gove took it upon himself to contact the french authorities. these fishermen were fishing to try and earn an honest living and it is absolutely unacceptable that fishermen from another member state can throw missiles such as rocks and
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metal and smoke flare is an endangered the lives of fishermen who were trying just to earn an honest living. my family paid the ultimate price many years ago now because we lost someone at sea, not in an accident, involving another vessel like this. but we know what it is like and fishermen should remember that by doing this and endangering lives, it is totally unacceptable. if they are angry, make their representations to government. do not take about on british fishermen who were doing nothing illegal and were trying to earn an honest living. we hear you point about how dangerous some of the activity has been and the british ambassador to france has
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raised concerns about those actions. you talk about british fishermen trying to earn an honest living. could it be that some french fishermen feel that they are just trying to do the same? do not forget that the french have a very good dealfrom the that the french have a very good deal from the common fisheries policy, in the seas of my constituency the french are able to ta ke constituency the french are able to take 10% sorry, the british are able to ta ke take 10% sorry, the british are able to take 10% of the haddock and 8% of the card of the total eu allowable catch. the french get around 60 or 70% of the same boat. that is in the british sector, so i think british fishermen do not throw missiles and things at the french boats fishing in our sector. and this needs to be addressed in a balanced way. i'm hoping that when we leave the common
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fisheries policy early next year we actually will see british fishermen able to catch a much bigger share of the quota when we operate under united nations rules so that we actually can earn a living from our own exclusive economic area rather than needing to go into other member states waters. so our fishermen then can be protected by the royal navy. it is interesting looking ahead to next year because are you confident that rules and regulations will be laid out and understood by all sides because if this is the kind of antagonism we are seeing at the moment, there is room forfurther confusion come next year? do not forget ourfishermen confusion come next year? do not forget our fishermen where they are legally and illegal fishing forget our fishermen where they are legally and illegalfishing is forget our fishermen where they are legally and illegal fishing is a very serious crime. and our royal navy will be able to protect our
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fishermen and they will be able to enforce the rules in our exclusive economic area. that is the thing we have to remember. the british fishermen in the french area of the english channel, the secretary of state has also confirmed this, they are there legitimately. the french authorities have a responsibility to ensure that they are protected and from what i can gather they have not to date. i welcome the news that they are going to send more vessels they are going to send more vessels they now but they could have done something else, that could have invited our fisheries protection vessels to come into the sector to protect british boats if they did not have the best of available to do it themselves. good to talk to you, thank you very much. and we will be
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speaking more about this storyjust after half past and i will speak to representatives of the french fisheries industry as well. the government is being urged to address what's being called a ‘crisis in children's mental health‘ — after new analysis suggested that more than a fifth of 14 year old girls say they've self—harmed. the children's society says gender stereotypes, and concerns about physical appearance, are contributing to unhappiness. the government says it is investing £300 million to provide more mental health help in schools. ricky boletto reports. all right, bethany, so this is your microphone. bethany started self harming when she was 13. it's something she's happy to talk about today. she wants to open up to other young people. i don't think there was really a reason why, but the bullying made me feel really, really depressed. so i think that was kind of a response for me because it was something that i could control.
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starting secondary school was difficult. bethany said she felt isolated. she kept what she was doing a secret from her mum. i got a phone call from her teacher, actually, when i was on the bus on the way home from work. and he said he needed to have a chat with me and he just told me that he'd found out that day that beth was self harming. so that was a bit of a shock. five years on, she's stopped harming herself with the support of the harmless charity. i think there are a lot of reasons why. i think the pressures of school itself, you know, with having gcses and all of the work that we have, you know, it can be quite stressful. i think definitely social media because we see a lot of things where it's like you should look like this and you should wear that and you should have this make—up. i think there's a lot of stigma associated with how girls should carry themselves as well. in 2015 the children's society surveyed more than 11,000
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children about their lives. they say a closer look at the data suggests one in four girls aged 14 had self harmed. across genders, one in six reported self harming at the same age. and from that, the charity estimates that 110,000 14—year—olds all over the uk may have self harmed in the last 12 months. what we found is that since 2009 children have been becoming more unhappy with their lives as a whole overall. and particularly that has been driven by girls feeling more and more unhappy with their appearance. well, the government say they're spending £1.4 billion on transforming young people's mental health by 2020, with an additional 300 million to provide more help in schools. so how long have you been drawing for? years. i used to do it when i was little. bethany is now focusing on the future. of course, the scars won't disappear, but her recovery is ongoing. i feel really confident now, i'm happy, ifeel like i've got myself back.
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ricky boleto, bbc news. just after half past we'll be asking the children's commissioner for england and wales how to protect children from self—harming. and if you have been affected by any of the issues raised in that report, you can find details of organisations which offer advice and support on the bbc actionline website — at bbc.co.uk/actionline. police are offering a £5,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of janbaz tarin — following the suspected double murder in solihull of 22—year—old raneem oudeh and her mother khaola saleem. west midlands police believe that mr tarin is still in the west midlands area and that people are protecting him. our correspondent sima
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kotecha is outside west midlands police headquarters in birmingham. bring us up with the investigation. i'm at the scene of the murder that took place on monday morning, the early hours of monday morning, the two women, a mother and daughter we re two women, a mother and daughter were killed. you can see that the forensic tents are still up behind me. today police gave more information regarding the suspect, janbaz tarin, they said they believe he's still the country and still in the west midlands. officers went as far as saying they believe that somebody is protecting him or helping him to hide from the authorities and the urged both the suspect and anyone who may be helping him to come forward. we also learned that he has been involved with police before for minor offences and that the nature of his
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relationship with raneem oudeh, the younger woman who was killed here along with her mother on monday morning, was known to the officers. today detective chief inspector mark payne told us more about what the authorities were looking for. i think there are two people i directly want to appeal to. the first is mr tarin himself. and i would say we will find you, we will arrest you, so please come forward and talk to us about the events that unfolded. or to anyone who might be assisting or harbouring mr tarin, you are likely be committing criminal offences. again, we will find mr tarin, we will then find you, so please if you know where he is, either contact us or contact crimestoppers and we can get him into custody and speak about the events of the 27th. well west midlands police are offering £5,000 to anybody who may have any significant leads regarding
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his whereabouts. they've asked relatives and friends, anyone who may be as you heard they are helping him, to come forward. in the meantime a huge manhunt has been described by west midlands release is taking place, to try to track down this man. but as for the families and friends of these women, some of whom were spoken to today, their devastation and distress continues this evening. and just in the last few moments just a line coming through from the independent office for police conduct, it says that having considered the information provided to us by the force, the west midlands force, we have decided to investigate the circumstances of the contract that police had with the two women we have been talking about prior to their death. so that will be
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investigated following on from the death of the young 22—year—old woman and her mother there in solihull. the headlines on bbc news. british and french fisherman clash in the english channel — in the latest battle of the so—called ‘scallop war‘. more than a fifth of 14—year—old girls say they've self—harmed — with gender stereotypes and worries about looks contributing to unhappiness. police offer a reward for the capture ofjanbaz tarin — wanted in connection with the murder of his former partner and her mother. and in sport moeen ali will play in the fourth test against india which sta rts the fourth test against india which starts tomorrow. jos buttler keeps wicket and jonny bairstow will back.
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scottish football say they need more time to decide whether glasgow or edinburgh will host the national games. and the welsh striker of robson kind retired from international football. more robson kind retired from internationalfootball. more on those stories in 15 minutes. —— robson kanu. theresa may is visiting nigeria on the second day of her trade mission to boost ties with africa after brexit. mrs may discussed security, trade and people trafficking with president muhammadu buhari — and is due to meet victims of modern slavery in lagos. the two countries have signed their first security and defence agreement, which they say will help defeat boko haram and islamic state militants in west africa. the prime minister also said that brexit would increase opportunities to extend commercial links between the uk and nigeria, which is our second largest trading partner in africa. we have long—standing links
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with nigeria, long—standing close commercial ties with nigeria. there are british companies that have been here in nigeria for many, many years. we want to enhance those trading links. i think there are real opportunities for us to do so as we are leaving the european union. that is one of the things i've been discussing here in nigeria today. we offer as the united kingdom the important capacity to bring in the access to capital markets through the city of london together with professional services expertise and great private sector companies. i look forward to seeing more british investment in nigeria, creating jobs here for nigerians. and being good for people in the uk as well. we can cross now to lagos and speak to our correspondent there — mayenijones. what sort of reception do you think theresa may is getting at these
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various talks? from speaking to various talks? from speaking to various people here, first of all newspapers this morning are focused very much on the statement she made yesterday in cape town about the amount of poverty in nigeria. people have been saying they're not entirely sure why the prime minister is here, i suspect it's to do with trade and brexit but a lot of people compare it to the visit of the manual of macron who made a lot of fa nfa re manual of macron who made a lot of fanfare about wanting to create business opportunities between france. but with theresa may they are looking to see if it will create more trade and especially employment which is quite high in nigeria. you mention some other european leaders and quitea mention some other european leaders and quite a number of them are visiting nigeria at the moment and thatis visiting nigeria at the moment and that is interesting in itself, pointing to the amount of trade and economic ties that clearly a lot of
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european countries feel will be beneficial. welborn emanuel macron kenya last month he met with young entrepreneurs and went to a nightclub and that was in a part entrepreneurs and went to a night but and that was in a part entrepreneurs and went to a night but was that was in a part entrepreneurs and went to a night but was nott was in a part entrepreneurs and went to a night but was not particularly|rt entrepreneurs and went to a night but was not particularly safe. town but was not particularly safe. it felt very much like a charm offensive to try to win over at the hearts and minds of nigerians as well as the government. angela merkel will be visiting nigeria tomorrow so there is a sense that there is a lot of interest here in there is a lot of interest here in the west in the nigerian economy which is the largest economy in africa. we have elections looming in february next year and people are looking to see whether candidates will be able to bolster the economy and improve the situation of many people here because as i said employment is still high and inequality is also high. the brexit secretary, dominic raab, has said the government is still aiming to secure a final brexit deal at the eu summit in october.
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but answering questions from members of the house of lords eu committee, he added that there was "some measure of leeway" and that the timetable might "creep". mr raab said he was confident a deal was "within our sights". he said there had been questions from the eu about the government's chequers plan, but not a "dismissal". our chief political correspondent vicki young is at westminster for us. she was listening to that session. whilst there are a lot of careful language in that exchange? dominic raabis language in that exchange? dominic raab is relatively new to the job and the government is still in a bit ofa bind and the government is still in a bit of a bind about that chequers plan theresa may thrashed out with her cabinet colleagues at her country residence before the summer break and led to the resignation of chorus of david davies and borisjohnson. she had dozens of mps say they will not accept it, they feel she will keep the uk too closely aligned to the eu by having this common rules
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book on goods for example. the labour party says it would also vote against it and then of course there is the question of what the european commission makes of it. today dominic raab was quite up beat, saying that he felt the chequers plan had had a relatively positive reaction from the eu states and he was positive saying he still felt but the possibility of appeal was within their sites. as we enter the final phase of the negotiations and the lead up to the october council and the possibility that it may creep beyond that, we want to see some renewed energy. we are bringing the ambition and the substance of our white paper on the future relationship. and also i think some pragmatism to try and go the extra mile to get the deal that i think is in both sides' interests. warm words as you might expect from
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dominic raab. still sounding positive about the deal but of course everyone looking at the shrinking timetable, seven months today to the day we leave the eu, there had been talk of chorus of a deal being done at the october summit buti deal being done at the october summit but i think many people now feel bad is going to slip further than that and of course over the summer than that and of course over the summer we had more talk about the possibility of no deal. david liddington, the cabinet office minister who is effectively the deputy to theresa may was speaking in paris today and saying to people either there is this chequers plan or we risk and no deal, there is no other plan to conjure up from anywhere. he said that the house of commons rejected a very close relationship including membership for example of the european economic area so he is saying to eu leaders and those in his own party and the labour party that this is what is on the table, there is no other option otherwise you risk the possibility
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of leaving without any deal at all. thank you for now. police have appealed to the public for help in finding two men who absconded from leyhill prison in gloucestershire last night after forcing a door open. john—paul knowlson seen on the left was convicted of rape in 2011. stuart o neill also convicted of rape is from the lancashire area. police have asked the public not to approach the men but to contact them with any information on their whereabouts. british gas has paid £2.65 million in refunds and compensation after wrongly overcharging more than 94,000 customers who switched to new providers. an ofgem investigation found the energy firm ‘failed' and ‘unfairly penalised‘ customers who were coming to the end of their fixed term contracts. british gas said those affected were ‘refunded and paid an additional goodwill gesture‘. a large cordon remains in place in belfast as firefighters
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continue to deal with the impact of a fire which has caused enormous damage to one of the city‘s most historic buildings. there is hope that the facade of the bank buildings — which dates from 1785, and today houses a primark store — could be saved, but the interior has been destroyed. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. an important part of the city‘s heritage up in flames. firefighters battled for hours yesterday to get the blaze under control. staff and shoppers were evacuated. let‘s go! as the building began to give way. people watched in horror as the victorian landmark was destroyed. firefighters worked through the night. now bank buildings is a blackened shell. you can still smell the smoke in the air here today and firefighters have said that parts of the building are still collapsing.
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so for the safety of pedestrians this 45 metre cordon remains in place. that means many of the shops and businesses in the heart of belfast will have to remain closed. for city centre traders it‘s unclear how long this will last. for us august is the second busiest month in the trading calendar. so for us we need to get open as quickly as we can. an emergency meeting was held in belfast this morning for recovery plans to be put in place. initial inspections of the building by structural engineers have determined the exterior is intact but the site remains unsafe for pedestrians and shops nearby. i totally understand that they cant let us near the building until they know it is secure and that is my main worry at the minute, that it might collapse. and if it does it willjust come straight into my shop, it will just wipe it out. the cause of this fire is still unknown. primark staff have said they are devastated by what has happened to the store which had only just had a £30 million refurbishment.
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there is quite a bit of work in terms of the steelwork of the building, it suffered extreme heat. it has been under pressure. i‘m pleased that the building is still standing and hopeful that the structural engineers will make a call to say that it can be saved. it would be a huge loss for belfast if that wasn‘t the case. bank buildings has been a focal point of the city centre since the late 18th century. until the full damage is known, it is unclear how much of this belfast landmark may ever be restored. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. time for a look at the weather, with darren bett. we have seen the back of the rain across east anglia and the south—east now and we have acquired few days whether. some sunshine to end the date for most, some cloud heading back into the south—east.
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otherwise clear skies, a chilly night, three or 4 degrees in rural areas. for the most part of sunny start, most places will be dry with the odd shower possible across some western areas. temperatures tomorrow is similarto western areas. temperatures tomorrow is similar to today, around 17 through the central belt of scotland, 21 in london in the south—east. on friday again a lot of dry weather and lengthy spells of sunshine. more clout bringing spots of rain in the fire south—west eventually pushing into northern ireland. otherwise a fine day on friday with sunny spells. temperatures may be a bit higher in scotland. otherwise 19 or 20. this is bbc news, the headlines... the british ambassador to france has raised concerns about the actions of french fishermen off the normandy coast as violence broke out yesterday in a row over scallop fishing. more than a fifth of 14—year—old
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girls say they‘ve self—harmed as a report says gender stereotypes and worries about physical appearance are contributing to unhappiness. west midlands police are offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of janbaz tarin who is wanted for questioning after the murder of his ex—partner and her mother. theresa may is in nigeria on the second of her three—day visit to africa. she‘s hoping to boost trade ties ahead of britain leaving the eu. and now the sport with chris mitchell. much more coming up in the next hour. we will be talking to the children‘s commissioner about the report on self harming. good afternoon.
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england have named their team to face india in the fourth test tomorrow. moeen ali is back in the side. the all—rounder will bat at seven — he replaces ollie pope. joe root will havejonny bairstow in the side, that‘s despite breaking his finger in the third test. he‘ll play as a specialist batsman and jos buttler will keep wicket. and sam curran replaces the injured chris woakes. england lead the series 2—1 with two to play we have got a lot of depth in terms of our bowlers batting and have made some brilliant contributions as well. look at the form of moeen ali, 100 and a double hundred in a week and sam has performed brilliantly in the first two games in this series. it is great to see a good amount of debt that there is well, guys in and around the squad. the scottish football association
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have delayed a decision on whether or not to leave hampden park after over 100 years of international football and cup finals there. they have an option to move to the home of scottish rugby, murrayfield in edinburgh. hampden‘s owners are queens park, the amateur club who also play there, and the sfa‘s lease is up in 2020. there is an option to buy hampden but the stadium is in need of renovation. the other contentious option discussed at today‘s board meeting was relocating to murrayfield. the welsh forward hal robson kanu has retired from international football. the west brom player made the announcement after he was left out of the latest wales squad to play the republic of ireland and denmark. the most famous of his five goals for wales came in their 2—1 win over belgium in the quarter—finals of euro 2016. he won 44 caps in all. the wales manager ryan giggs has called him an icon in welsh football because of that goal and wished him all the best. the football association has
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submitted its bid to host the 2021 women‘s european championship. wembley would stage the final with seven other venues, including milton keynes, brighton, and rotherham. austria and hungary are also expected to bid with uefa choosing the hosts in december. i think it is enormous to have a major championships like this on home soil across cities all over england. ijust home soil across cities all over england. i just think home soil across cities all over england. ijust think in terms of both fans and inspiring a generation of young people to play the game, fantastic. by 2021 we will have built a whole infrastructure of opportunity for youngsters to play, said they will be excited and they will be able to go and find somewhere to play. mark cavendish is to take a period of total rest from cycling because of illness. his dimension data team say he‘ll be taking an indefinite break "due to the presence of epstein—barr virus".
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medical tests have shown cavendish has been training with the virus — which causes glandular fever — over recent months. dame jessica—ennis hill says various sports are still learning how to get female athletes back into training after they‘ve had children. at london 2012 she became olympic heptathlon champion, gave birth to a son two years later, and then returned to win silver at the rio games in 2016 before retiring. i think sport is still learning about it, particularly when i came back after having my son it was unknown for my team, my physio and my coach were all kind of like, what is the process now? how do we start back into training? it was very much a learning process. i think in recent yea rs, a learning process. i think in recent years, the lights of serena williams, laura kenny, and the other athletes are deciding they do not have to finish their career and have
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theirfamily have to finish their career and have their family and find another direction. you can step back into sport. the more women that do that and talk about it and share their experiences, the better. it can help other women who hope to achieve it as well. sarah mulkerrins will be here with sportsday for you at half past six. thank you very much, chris. as we‘ve been hearing, the government is being urged to address what‘s being called a "crisis in children‘s mental health" after new analysis suggested that more than a fifth of 14—year—old girls say they‘ve self—harmed. the children‘s society says gender stereotypes and concerns about physical appearance are contributing to unhappiness. the government says it is investing 300 million pounds to provide more mental health help in schools. let‘s discuss this further now with anne longfield, the children‘s commissioner for england. shejoins me from our studios she joins me from our studios at westminster. good evening. is it a
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crisis? is it the correct use of the word do you think? i use the term crisis sparingly if i can, but i do think that the mental health of children and young people is in crisis and certainly for those children who are experiencing it, and those teenagers we have seen today, i do think it is a crisis. it is something that is all consuming. you have heard young people telling their own stories, how they feel the pressure of success in either how they achieved in school and what they achieved in school and what they looked like and even their popularity, is something they cannot live up to. and the desperate loss of confidence in terms of self harming. is this generally from your experience a growing issue? when we hear stories like this we all think back to our own school days and when i was 14 back to our own school days and when iwas14i back to our own school days and when i was 14 i genuinely can‘t remember anyone at school having that level
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of anxiety. of course that does not mean they were not there, but it just seems so much more prevalent. do you think it is the case?” just seems so much more prevalent. do you think it is the case? i think it is. i have been in thisjob for just over three years and from the day i was imposed, children and teenagers, their parents and professionals came through the door to tell me about it. parents watching this and know it is something their own children experience as well. childhood has become very fast moving, life has become very fast moving, life has become very fast moving. we have got 24 hour communications, so the days where you used to go home from school and you could forget about the worries of school and anything that was going on in terms of friends at school, and things would settle. we have 24 hour communicators, celebrities on the screen constantly with completely unattainable role models, and the advent of social media which means it never goes away. it is not social
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media‘s fault, but it amplifies and it deepens that worry and that anxiety. i think there is really a huge movement here of children who are feeling very anxious. it peaks for girls much more than boys and it peaks for girls much more than boys and it pea ks around the for girls much more than boys and it peaks around the mid teens as we are seeing here today. it is something that often does not go away. it is not something you will necessarily grow out of, it deepens over time and it will translate into problems they will have throughout their lives. where is the balance? where is the ability of schools and teachers to be able to do something to look out for the signs versus the pa rents ? to look out for the signs versus the pa re nts ? if to look out for the signs versus the parents? if there is all this pressure, is there more the parents can do? it is both to be honest. we are the adults, we need to understand the scale of this and we need to be vigilant at all times. for parents, yes, absolutely, be
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aware. if your child is withdrawn, if they are wearing long sleeves. this is not making everyone alarmed about it, but it is to make people realise what the potential impact is. be vigilant, talk to children about what is going on, try to keep connected with what is going on in their lives. young people will be their lives. young people will be the first to save there is so much they wish their school would be able to do something for them. being able to do something for them. being able to be noticed, to have health droppings, the school nurse. we have a welcome move to have many more health teams around schools over coming years, but it will not be the vast majority of children who benefit from this. this scale needs to change as well. i believe there isa to change as well. i believe there is a commitment to make progress, but it needs to be early intervention and it needs to reflect the scale we are seeing in children‘s‘ lives. the scale we are seeing in children's' lives. i know you talk about the pressure of social media
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and how it amplifies. is there more to be done from a policy area within schools? is there something we could add as a society to the curriculum that says it does not matter how many people like or do not like you, it is just many people like or do not like you, it isjust a many people like or do not like you, it is just a computer screen? is there anything that can be done in that regard? there is and we need to focus on making children as resilient as possible, to have perspective about this, to understand that it is not about them, it is about the rest of the world around them. some of that can be done in the classroom with activities. but i have seen some good classroom discussions where eve ryo ne good classroom discussions where everyone in the classroom who thinks it is about them understand that eve ryo ne it is about them understand that everyone is worried, everyone is feeling anxious about the way they look, and if they could talk about it together, it makes things a lot better. some of this is very
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practical, relatively low cost, but nonetheless there is a cost there and it needs to be agreed. very good to talk to you. the children‘s commissionerfor to talk to you. the children‘s commissioner for england. it to talk to you. the children‘s commissionerfor england. it is to talk to you. the children‘s commissioner for england. it is a big topic. thank you for your time. let‘s return to the fights that have broken out between french and british fishermen in the english channel in a row about shellfish. french crews have been accused of throwing stones and flares, after complaining that the british are depleting stocks of scallops. british boats are legally entitled to fish in the area. the environment secretary michael gove says more needs to be done to protect british fisherman. my heart goes out to the fishermen who‘ve been caught up in this. they have my full sympathy. they are fishing legally and they have every right to be fishing in those waters. and we are talking to the french authorities at the moment. in order to make sure there can be no repeat of the scenes that we saw earlier this week. what more can you do to protect those fishermen? well, we can insist that the french,
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because they have a legal responsibility to ensure that we don‘t have scenes like those that we saw earlier this week, we can require the french to ensure that those waters, their territorial waters, are appropriately policed so that legal fishing activity can continue. that was the environment secretary with his reaction to everything that went on overnight. we spoke in the last half an hour to the mp for south west cornwall. we can speak to mathieu vimard, deputy director of the normandy producers organisation. hejoins me on webcam in normandy. many thanks for joining hejoins me on webcam in normandy. many thanks forjoining us. what do you think happened overnight? what we re you think happened overnight? what were the french fisher men tried to do? where are methodsjustified? good evening. so obviously we are
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very sorry about the event yesterday. even if we can hear an explanation from the fisher men, both english and french, about the management of the scallop fisheries. then we can judge what is acceptable and it should never happen again. we will do our best and we can get the pictures and the video. luckily we have no fisher men injured. so we
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can say the worst has been avoided now. i think you are saying you do not want that level of violence to happen again. in terms of the anger on the french side, the british boats were in an area where they are legally allowed to be. i know that the french boats are not allowed to be in that area until october. does that mean that your argument should be with the french government? true. we are aware the english fisher men are allowed to fish now. but the problem is we have french rules with a special calendar of fishing and fishing is forbidden from may to october because it is the reparation period for the scallop. if we want
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to have available stock, we have to ta ke to have available stock, we have to take measures. it is not a new problem. maybe it has existed for 20 yea rs, problem. maybe it has existed for 20 years, but it is very important for the last six or seven years because the last six or seven years because the stock is increasing because many fishermen from other countries, not only the english, we have belgian and irish fishermen looking for work in this area, so french fishermen considerfishermen in this area, so french fishermen consider fishermen starting fishing before october as stealing the result of their work. in 2012 we found a solution with the uk industry with an agreement, including exchange of quotas. it was accepted. but some things changed
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and the little ships i knew in the fisheries and they are not in the agreement, so the situation is no different. u nfortu nately we agreement, so the situation is no different. unfortunately we have no agreement for this. we must leave it for now. thank you very much for your time. that is the deputy director of the normandy producers‘ organisation. now the headlines: french and british fishermen have clashed in the english channel in an escalating battle over scallops. about 40 french boats tried to stop five larger british boats from fishing 12 nautical miles off the normandy coast, in the bay of seine. and police offer a reward for the capture ofjanbaz tarin — wanted in connection with the murder of his former partner and her mother
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it‘s now known that nearly 3,000 people died as a result of hurricane maria in puerto rico last year. until now, the official death toll was just 64 but the island‘s governor says he accepts the new figure, which is the result of a long—awaited independent investigation. david willis sent us this report. it left millions of dollars of damage in its wake. comparing the storm to catriona in 2005, president trump initially marvelled at what appeared to be a relatively low loss of life. now it seems the death toll from maria might dwarf that of the hurricane that devastated new o rlea ns. hurricane that devastated new
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orleans. a study undertaken by researchers here puts the number of people who died either directly from the storm‘s wrath, or from its aftermath, at nearly 3000. we are officially changing the official number to the death toll at 2975 as the official number. hurricane maria took what little this impoverished island had and reduced it to rubble. power supplies were knocked out, power lines were cut, roads became impassable. worst affected were the poor and the elderly. the governor conceives puerto rico was not prepared for a storm like maria, but hopes it can learn from the experience. translation: it is a time to show solidarity with all those who have lost family and
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friends. it is also a time to reflect on what we did well and what we did badly so we can have a better response in the future. making such improvements will not be easy. parts of the island are still without power in nearly a year after the hurricane and some 60,000 homes are still said to be lacking proper roof. the trump administration has said it will continue to support the aisle and‘s government, but puerto rico was bankrupt long before maria pitched up on its shores and its best hope may be to pray that such a disaster never happens again. david willis, bbc news, washington. we are just going to head to arizona following the death of the senator john mccain because there is a motorcade making its way through phoenix, arizona, as you can see. the body ofjohn mccain is being
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taken to the arizona state house where it will lie in state. we are hearing already from people who are wanting to pay their respects to a hugely well—respected republican senator in phoenix, arizona. he died at the age of 81 from brain cancer. he served for more than 30 years as a republican senator. of course, he was exceptionally brave during the vietnam war and was held as a prisoner during vietnam. he is in fa ct prisoner during vietnam. he is in fact only going to be the third person to be given the honour of lying in the arizona state house rotunda and then ultimately, after the people of his home state have paid their respects, his body will be flown to washington. an advert for an app that provides a natural alternative
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to contraception has been banned by the advertising standards authority. claims that the app, natural cycles was "highly accurate" and provided "a clinically tested alternative to other birth control methods" were found to be misleading. the swedish company that developed it says it respects the outcome of the investigation. jean mackenzie, from the victoria derbyshire programme, has been to meet one woman who got pregnant while using the app. how many months now? 34 weeks. so you know, about five to go. rebecca wasn‘t planning on having her first child for a few years. i was looking for a sort of alternative to hormonal contraception at the time. i suffer from depression and anxiety and hormone related contraceptions just seemed to really escalate that. she came across the contraceptive app natural cycles which tracks women‘s fertility over the month
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and tells them when they can and can‘t get pregnant. she said she started using it after seeing an advert on instagram claiming it was 99% effective. was it based on that 99% that you decided to use it? yes. i was sort of sucked into this 99% effective. you know, even more effective than the pill. rebecca says she‘d been following the instructions perfectly for three months when she found out she was pregnant. i think this might have to be the going home outfit. hi, world! just talk to me about the impact that this has had on you over the last eight months. it has been quite high stress levels. because we are selling the flat at the moment and then trying to buy somewhere new. and going to have to move back in with mum temporarily. yeah. just, you know, everything all at once.
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what, because you weren‘t ready for it? yes, exactly. you know, i‘m only 26. there‘s been a lot of things that i would have done differently. the advertising watchdog has ruled that the app cannot be marketed as highly or 99% effective. because the evidence from users shows there is in fact a 7% chance of getting pregnant. if you had been sold it as seven out of 100 women over a year will get pregnant using this, would you have used it? no. a year or so ago when i saw it on instagram i was led to believe it was 99% effective. i think that is definitely misleading. the company says it has removed the advert in question and its current adverts provide women with the necessary information. jean mackenzie, bbc news. we will just
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we willjust return to arizona because the body of senatorjohn mccain is being transported to the arizona state house. his body will lie in state following his death at the age of 81 from brain cancer. he served as the senator for arizona for decades. prior to that he was a vietnam war hero. he was exceptionally brave in vietnam and was a prisoner of war there for more than five years. he then went on to have a successful political career. he is in fact only the third person to be afforded the privilege of lying in state in the arizona state house. we know that people have been queueing there in phoenix. they
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began queueing in the morning to have the opportunity to go through to the rotunda and to pay their respects. he will be then flown to washington and he will then lie in state at the us capitol. his funeral will be held on saturday at the washington national cathedral before a private burial. he will be finally laid to a private burial. he will be finally la id to rest a private burial. he will be finally laid to rest at the us naval academy. but for now this is the opportunity for the people of the state he served for more than 30 yea rs state he served for more than 30 years to state he served for more than 30 yea rs to pay state he served for more than 30 years to pay their respects in phoenix, arizona. iwill leave years to pay their respects in phoenix, arizona. i will leave you with a look right now at the weather prospects. a fairly quiet couple of days, a lot
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of dry weather around, some sunshine around as well. this is the weather in lancashire. good spells of sunshine and blue skies. improvement in east anglia and in the south east after the early morning rain. that rain came from that thick cloud there and not far away in north eastern parts of spain and france there were a lot of lightning strikes and big storms. this cloud will eventually arrive across the uk as we head into the weekend. things are moving slowly and we have of the rain in the south—east and another band of cloud is coming down and that will bring showery bursts of rain in east anglia. more broken cloud follows on behind that with more sunshine in wales, northern england and across northern ireland and scotland. there are a few showers in the highlands of scotland and that westerly breeze will keep feeding in overnight. away from here, that cloud and any spots of rain in the south east will move
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through and we will have clear skies overnight with hardly any wind at all, so it gets cold quite quickly. tonight in the towns and cities, temperature 7—10, in rural areas free or four. tomorrow it will start bright and chilli and there will be afair bit bright and chilli and there will be a fair bit of sunshine around. the cloud will bubble up through the day as the temperatures rise and we could have won or two showers, more especially in western parts of the uk. but the showers will be light and you will be quite unlucky if you catch one. temperatures similar to today. 17 in the central belt and in belfast and 21 in london. high—pressure sought in charge. these weather fronts are starting to encroach, bringing cloud in from the atlantic. that will come down across the uk this weekend. some cloud and rain in the far south—west of
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england. clouded over in northern ireland and we could see the similar story in western scotland. but it looks likely to be dry with sunny spells around and temperatures 19-22. a bit spells around and temperatures 19—22. a bit warmer in scotland than recently. over the weekend of it was cloud, not much rain, sunny and warm in the south—east. the british teenagers who self—harm — more than a fifth of 14—year—old girls may have deliebately hurt themselves injust one year. kay ska is one of thousands of young people who repeatedly caused herself pain as a teenager, before seeking help with her mum. not knowing how to deal with my emotions led me to self—harming and, at the time, i thought that was a coping mechanism. we‘ll be asking why so many young people are self—harming ? also on the programme tonight... french and british fishermen clash at sea in a row over scallop fishing off the coast of normandy.
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all or nothing — back the chequers plan or risk there being no deal on brexit, that‘s the warning from a senior cabinet minister to the eu. an ad for the app that claims to be a natural alternative

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