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good morning welcome to breakfast with christian fraser and victoria fritz. our headlines today: standing firm on brexit — theresa may says she won't give in to those who want another referendum. a big rise in the number of staff caught smuggling banned items into prisons. and video games which allow players to spend money on upgrades and special features will soon carry a warning icon. in sport: under pressure — jose mourinho is again in the spotlight as misfiring manchester united face a tricky trip to burnley in the premier league. cracking dreyfus bus yesterday. todayis cracking dreyfus bus yesterday. today is looking fairly warm. there is some rain in the the forecast, too. join us later i will have the details for you. it's sunday september 2 september. our top story:
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theresa may says she will not give in to those who want another referendum on brexit. writing in the sunday telegraph the prime minister also insisted she will not be forced into watering down her brexit plan during negotiations with the eu. our political correspondent chris mason reports. the prime minister argues that in the eu referendum two years ago, millions of people voted, some for the first time in decades, and they trusted their vote would count. and yet one deep—pocketed member of the tory faithful, the donor and businessman sir simon robertson, tells the observer the exact opposite, insisting it is balderdash to say you can't have another vote. and the prime minister is not short of vociferous critics back here in parliament either. desperate to see her blueprint for brexit, which has already cost her two cabinet ministers, shredded. until now, the most ardent sceptics
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have been long—standing brexiteers, but now the conservative backbencher nick boles, who voted remain, joins them in wanting her plan rewritten. he describes the current strategy as a humiliation dictated by brussels. instead, he suggests the uk should remain in the european economic area while negotiating a free trade agreement with the eu. welcome to the new term in politics. it's getting loud already. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell says he is worried and saddened at the prospect of the labour party splitting amid the row about anti—semitism. mr mcdonnell says it's something he wants to avoid at all costs. our political correspondent, susana mendonca, can tell us more. mcdonnell says the rows about anti—semitism need to be sorted out as quickly as possible — is he supporting a change in the guidelines? is that what he years supporting?
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well, he stopped short of explicitly calling for labour to change its position. on the code of conduct. and basically the labour position has been that it has taken on the definition of anti—semitism as outlined by an internationally recognised definition. it has not taken on all the examples. it has been a real sticking point. something that a lot of labour jewish mps have criticised over the summer. jewish mps have criticised over the summer. john mcdonnell has stopped short of going that far, but he does say that the party need to sort out this issue as soon as the. he talked about his concern at the prospect of the parties littering. we saw rank field resigning from the party last week, citing anti—semitism as run of the reasons. —— frank field. back in
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the reasons. —— frank field. back in the 80s, we had four mps when that happens, it means that labour loses votes. the other thing that we have got happening today is the group is meeting. iam got happening today is the group is meeting. i am sure that the leadership will be paying closer attention to whatjewish mps and the jewish labour movement said today at that meeting. thank you very much. we are going to speak to louise ellman, mp, a little bit later in the programme. stay with us for that. there's been a big rise in the number of staff being caught smuggling banned items into prisons. the figures obtained by the observer newspaper show an increase of more than 50% over the past six years. but the prison service says this still represents a tiny proportion of staff. ben ando reports. in july, inspectors found that wandsworth prison in london, the most overcrowded in britain, had stopped scanning visitors for drugs and other banned items due to a lack of staff. the same month a 25—year—old prison
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officer was jailed for smuggling contraband into forest bank prison in salford, greater manchester. now the minister ofjustice had admitted in figures released to the observer newspaper that in the last 16 years the number of prison employees, notjust officers but health workers, trainers or other support staff found smuggling illegal items like drugs, mobile phones, weapons or tobacco into prisons in england and wales has gone up by more than a half. the figures show that in 2012, 45 prison staff were caught smuggling but five years later in 2017, that figure had gone up to 71. and the number of drug finds has trebled, now running at an average of 35 every day. campaigners has said one problem is people. despite a recruitment drive to bring in 2500 new prison officers, the workforce has shrunk by nearly a fifth since 2010 when there were nearly 7000 more than now. prison bosses say these figures
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represent the actions of a tiny minority and that most of their staff are ha rd—working and honest. but the government knows that with record levels of violence and drug seizures and suicides, increasingly the impression is of a prison service in crisis. ben ando, bbc news, at the ministry ofjustice. thousands of people have taken part in more anti—migrant protests in the germany city of chemnitz last night. a week ago a german man was killed ? allegedly by two asylum seekers — triggering a series of violent demonstrations. the far right political party in the country — the afd — has been accused of inflaming tensions. the united states says it is cancelling $300 million in military aid to pakistan. the pentagon has criticised pakistan for failing to deal with militant groups operating in the country. the decision was taken just days before the us secretary of state is due to meet the newly elected
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prime minister imran khan. video games which allow players to make in—game purchases will have a warning icon on their packaging from christmas. a picture of a hand holding a credit card will appear on boxes. the aim is to warn parents and help them regulate how much money their children can spend. our news correspondent angus crawford has more. once out of the shop, the gaming can start, but so too can the spending. many games allow players to buy things like better guns, new characters or extra features using real not digital money. children can run up big bills and some parents don't find out until it's too late. about 40% of parents apparently let their children spend money in—game, it's becoming more of a common thing in games as digital downloads mean you can spend money in the game to get extra content or there's the rise of these kind of loop boxes and micro transactions
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which became popular with mobile games but are 110w in a lot of console games as well, especially ones that are free, like transactions, especially ones that are free originally like fortnight battle royale. the industry is aware of the problem. last year after a public outcry, one game temporarily stopped all in—play purchases. and now the european ratings body, pegi, has decided to act. from christmas, video game boxes will carry a new icon, warning parents that children can play and spend at the same time. but will it make any difference? if you have to buy the game and within the game to actually play the game and make the most fun out of that game you have to spend a lot more money, the customer should be informed about that, so yeah, i agree. all the games these days, everything comes with add—ons, you know, and in—app purchases. it's a good idea to warn people but at the same time people should probably expect it anyway i think.
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regulators fear gaming can sometimes look more like gambling. this new icon perhaps a sign of the industry taking action before it's forced to. angus crawford, bbc news. the anti—semitism row continues to plague the labour party. this week the mp frank field resigned the whip and now the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell has voiced concerns about a split. a conference is being held by the jewish labour movement today — one of those who'll be attending is the fomer chair of the organisation louise ellman and shejoins us now from our london newsroom. good morning to you. good morning. the shadow chancellors saying today that he is worried and saddened at the prospect of the labour party spitting. do you think the risk of a breakaway group is growing? there certainly must be a risk. people are extremely upset and extremely angry, and many are campaigning for change. john mcdonnell is right to say that there is a problem, but the leader
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isjeremy corbyn, there is a problem, but the leader is jeremy corbyn, and there is a problem, but the leader isjeremy corbyn, and it is him who must put things right. spacey worried about people walking away without talking to the leadership. would you have considered that?” without talking to the leadership. would you have considered that? i am not resigning anything, i am campaigning to bring change, but this cannot go on indefinitely. germany must understand that this is a major problem here. the party —— jeremy corbyn must understand. his own comments are not helping, and his recent comment aboutjews, being something not quite english, not quite one of us, has really made matters a great deal worse. it has really got to stop. we have got to get a really got to stop. we have got to geta grip really got to stop. we have got to get a grip of this. lot of people don't quite understand what he is anti—semitic and out. what single thing can you point to that has appalled you ? thing can you point to that has appalled you? vince jeremy corbyn
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has become leader, anti—semitism has become rife in the labour party. for the example, a lot of talk about the rothschilds and thejews controlling the labour party. it suggested that there are jewish the labour party. it suggested that there arejewish conspiracies running the country, that there could have beenjews behind 911. all of these are being put forward by members of the labour party. does that make him anti—semitic or a weak leader? it definitely makes him complicit, when he is not dealing with it. the comment aboutjews or zionists being something other than english. that puts a question mark over the sorts of things that he is saying. he is a leader of the party. it isa saying. he is a leader of the party. it is a role for the leader to identify problems and to do something about them. he is failing
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to do that. so john landsman, from the momentum movement, he is going to speak today at your conference, and reassure you again, that they are not in the business of deselecting mps. will that reassure you? words are not going to reassure me or many other labour mps. we are looking for actions. there are continual suggestions that deselection is of mps are going to ta ke deselection is of mps are going to take place. mps are continually... you have seen that in your constituency? you have seen momentum members coming in, trying to add you as an mp? there has been a massive increase of members in my constituency, mainly in momentum. two years ago there was an inquiry. after that, some things have
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changed. i don't think people have changed. i don't think people have changed their minds, but they are acting ina changed their minds, but they are acting in a different way. there was acting in a different way. there was a horrendous situation, bullying, intimidation and anti—semitism all identified by the labour party. constituency members have a right, do they not, to select an mp that represents their views and values. we know that frank field has voted with the government on things like brexit? it is the members in different constituencies to say why they do or don't want their mp, but what cannot be accepted is bullying, intimidation controls by small group, which is in quite separately to official meetings, and instruct their members how they should be voting. we have seen all this before, particularly in liverpool in the 1980s. people running the local council, so what is really meant in practice. and it meant in effect a
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local authority almost becoming bankrupt, and it is for this generation to build a new hard working labour councillor to run the city in a proper way. i don't want to see militant like organisations... on tuesday, the national executive committee is meeting. they will discuss whether to adopt the international definition of anti—semitism in full. but adopting the full definition help heal it? adopting the full international definition of anti—semitism without any qualification of additional comments would be one step, but the next that has got to be to deal with those hundreds of cases of alleged anti—semitism which have not been dealt with by the labour party. and dealt with by the labour party. and deal with people like jackie walker, who has continuously said thatjews worth main finances of the slave
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trade, and had gone round the country making these allegations, and she's done a member of the labour party. it cannot be allowed to continue. thank you very much. very grateful for your time this morning. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. it's 8.15 theresa may says she won't give in to those who want another eu referendum. there's been a big rise in the number of staff caught smuggling banned items into prisons. here's stav with a look at this morning's weather. good morning to you both. i have got some fairly good news. it was a warm one yesterday, and it will be one today. variable mac amounts of cloud and sunshine to the west across parts of wales into scotland and northern ireland. it should be a
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warm one. rain will arrive across western scotland and northern ireland by the end of the day. courtesy of this weather front. high pressure with is the most of us, finance settled weather, and the one that we are getting is coming from that. coming up from france and biscay. here is the card that you can see across western parts of england, into web and northern ireland. and scotland. the north—east of scotland doing very well with sunshine, and will remain like that in the afternoon. the eastern side of england also seeing the best of the sunshine. unbroken sunshine in places. those temperatures continuing to rise. the low 20s further west, despite more cloud around, that cloud thickening up, the odd spot of rainfall western wales, and western england, cumbria. far west of northern ireland, west of scotla nd far west of northern ireland, west of scotland turning wet, and quite windy here. north—east of scotland, sunshine, and temperatures 23 or 2a degrees. stays breezy across
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northern ireland. that weatherfront brake outbreaks of rain further south and east. certainly clear and cooler, but ahead of it,... tempered as in double figures, and east anglia will see lengthy clear skies. monday, this weather front will be straggling sent —— straggling central part of the uk. something rather to the south—east, and cooler and fresh as you can see, the blues there, across the north—west. this plume of cooler air will continue to migrate southwards behind this weather fronts, which will be lying across the midlands, and down into wales and south west england, with some spots of rain. it will be a weakening feature. that cooler act, should see some sunshine. temperature is in the upper teens. in the south—east, another warm day with substantial, 24—25dc. that
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whether brad south—eastwards, and cooler and fresher for all areas on tuesday. variable cloud, it looks that it will stay in largely fine and settled throughout much of the week, because of that big area of high pressure which will keep things drive. some areas cloudy, some sunshine, a little bit cooler than what we are experiencing this weekend. back to you two. it was one coming into work. here is something a little different. thomas the tank engine — along with his friends percy, gordon, and of course the fat controller — are all well known characters from the children's tv series. and they're soon to be joined by a wealth of new friends, as the show gets a multi—cultural makeover — thanks, in part, to a collaboration with the united nations. caroline rigby has the story. music plays for more than seven decades, thomas the tank engine has been
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a childhood staple for so many people, and now the brand is on track for a major upgrade. we are so lucky nia has joined the steam team on sodor! meet nia from kenya and rebecca from australia, two strong new female characters helping to turn the steam team into a more diverse dream team. two engines are much better than one, you know! i think it is great that there is diversity now on the show. i think it is important that children can watch the show and think, "this train looks just like me." the new series will also see thomas travel across the world to discover new people and cultures. it is a collaboration with the united nations to promote their sustainable development goals. gender equality, quality education, responsible consumption. things that would naturally fit into thomas' world, and of course, with thomas going around the world that allows us to have great stories with animals involved,
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so we can also do one of the sustainable development goals about life on land. i am very impressed with your clever and brave actions to save our tigers! quite how thomas will travel across continents from his home of sodor is yet to be revealed, but with the brand's biggest relaunch in its 73—year history, it appears to be full steam ahead for this lovable locomotive. # the world's just a train ride away!# you're watching breakfast from bbc news. time now for a look at the newspapers. the reverend sally hitchiner, anglican chaplain at london's brunel university, is here to tell us what's caught her eye. we'll speak to her in a minute, the hungarian payments there has
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opposed president macron. we are seeing a rise of right—wing concern about immigration across national borders. this is european countries gathering together, and in particular, italy, the bizarre thing is, the viktor orban has taken a big stand about immigration. this is the interesting thing. the did they have them as often as possible, viktor orban, this is him showing his cards. this is about concern about
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particular types of migrants. and actually about galvanising the concern of the populace. my personal opinion is that there is this real fear mongering rising, as it says, does not break sense that they are joining with italy, allowing italy to ta ke joining with italy, allowing italy to take the lead, even, and spinning it ran from italy being the country that except migrants. there is a very strong feeling that there should be borders which it be enforced, and if europe doesn't get a grip on schering at the migrants that are coming to frontier country, then these things will happen? absolutely. i have members of my own family who are very concerned about this. we have got to address the fa ct this. we have got to address the fact that there is severe concern. it is not as far right if tumours. everyday people who are very concerned about their safety and the resources in europe being shared out equally. keep picked out another story here. this is the prince of
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wales, he is going to be attending a conference this week. some interesting stats here at the bottom. nine in ten state secondary said that they had cut back on lesson time, staff, all facilities in at least one creative subject. yes. and it seems to be across the board. a reduction in the number of people taking art subjects or gcse, from 172,000 to 150 5000. just me last year. i think we are seeing families and maybe young people, really about their futures, and of the art that suffer. i think this is really short—sighted, particularly in something like gcses where you can doa in something like gcses where you can do a real cross section, andy the subject that you want to do later, but throwing in an art gcse or music can create resilience, great way is not for just the individual to cope with... up but the society, to cope with poverty and other challenges future, and
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actually to have ways to express themselves and have better mental health to deal with that.|j themselves and have better mental health to deal with that. i am slightly confused. we often talk about the fact that girls in particular aren't keen on subjects like science and maths, but if they are not doing arts, or they're not doing maths, what are they doing?” think there is an increase in things it business studies. what i see as a university chaplain is that there are more and more subject and individuals and parents who are picking subjects that they think will have a financial future. we are seeing a slow increase in the number of girls doing it and science. but actually, there is an anxiety around, will this lead to a job which will be financial stable? and so, business and others around economic‘s. .. so, business and others around economic's. .. are you impossible at the end of it pay off your huge dude and debt? which of course is important. cannot deny that that is a valid concern. talking of debt,
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this story about wonga. people saying that we need to look at not just any individual firm, but looking at this idea of payday lending, and the possibility for it to be done well. and to enable people, because it is short—term, it is small amounts of money, often under £100, students are often the one that are targeted as much as any young adults. so you are saying that there is a role for a short term loa n there is a role for a short term loan with small interest rates, but no wonder and provides that. thereof people providing it, and the referee called companies looking to provide it, and things like credit unions, where little community campaign certain amounts of money, whether can help people to get small loans for short periods of time, to tide them over. but what about overdraft
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at the bank. you can extend it?” think there are challenges at how easy it is to get that. and when you get to the end of your overdraft when you have no other option. i think what we need our business minded, sensible people to have moral and ethicalfocus minded, sensible people to have moral and ethical focus to actually... may be a good business sense, because obviously this has not worked for wonga. what we have got to do is get sustainable engagement with individuals. lets talk about this here. it is sort of a damning indictment of, you could call it a throwaway society. this is what reading and leeds looked like last week. it makes your stomach turn. it is so upsetting. so what are we looking at? 60,000 tenths, worth about £1 million have just been abandoned in reading festival, alone. in other festival like
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been abandoned in reading festival, alone. in otherfestival like leeds festival, you see similar displays of carnage. young people buying very cheap, throwaway tents for one or two people, 1499, under £20, and then just two people, 1499, under £20, and thenjust using them two people, 1499, under £20, and then just using them for a couple of days and then just leaving them, along with all of their rubbish. the mac of waste and energetic to make those things. i think it is released it. iam those things. i think it is released it. i am all for having a good time. i love the festival is much the next person. but there has got to be a way to do it. we were having a clear out over the weekend. you look at what people are talking away, and a lot of it is... is not that old. just this waste culture that we all have. we are all guilty about it. and it is notjust about money. have. we are all guilty about it. and it is notjust about moneym is about energy and the human resources it take to make those think that they are throwing away. and honouring the fact that someone has put time and energy into that. i
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think what we need to do is encourage our young people to really value that, to notjust be going vegan, and doing all these other things that are good food environment, but think of it in wholesale. absolutely. sally, lovely to see this morning. thank you. the andrew marr show starts at a new time of 10am on bbc one this morning. what do you have lined up this morning, andrew? a busy political programme. brexiteer written is divided. between those who think the chequers plan is brilliant, and those who think that it is terrible. liam fox is, to talk to me, the international trade... bottles david davis who over that deal. on the labour side, it is still, everybody is arguing
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about anti—semitism. i have got an interesting interview with the former chief rabbi, who was the surfer is about what he thinks about jeremy corbyn. defending jeremy corbyn, we also havejohn mcdonnell. very busy at ten o'clock. yes, the new time of ten o'clock.” very busy at ten o'clock. yes, the new time of ten o'clock. i almost said nine! we will look forward to that. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with christian fraser and victoria fits. the prime minister has insisted there will be no second referendum. she said that any such move would be a gross betrayal of our democracy. meanwhile, mr mcdonald says that
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this is an linetty wants to avoid at all this is an linetty wants to avoid at a ll costs. this is an linetty wants to avoid at all costs. tension in the party have intensified, following the resignation of frank field. experiences will be shared at a conference of the jewish labour movement. people are extremely upset, extremely angry, and many are campaigning to bring change. john mcdonnell is right to say that there isa mcdonnell is right to say that there is a problem, but the leader of the labour party is jeremy is a problem, but the leader of the labour party isjeremy corbyn, and it is he who must put things right. there has been a big rise in the number of prison workers caught smuggling banned items into jails over the past six years. figures obtained by the observer showed that more than three and 40 staff in england and wales were sacked or disciplined for things like passing
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on drugs, weapons and mobile phones onto inmates. that is a rise of more than 50%. the ministry ofjustice said that it remains vigilant to the threat posed by the corruption and the wrongdoing of what it says is a very small number of staff. speaking earlier on the first, peter dawson, from the prison reform trust says that he feels that the figures do not show the full picture. it only ta kes not show the full picture. it only takes one corrupt member of staff to supply a medium—sized prison for quite a long time. it is a very good, very efficient route to get drugs into prison. to be honest, the numbers don't really tell us whether the problem is growing, or whether people are getting better at spotting it. they really don't tell us whether that is the whole size of the issue. thousands of people have taken part in more anti—migrant process in the german city of chemnitz. a week ago, a german man was killed, allegedly by two asylum seekers, trading a series of violent
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demonstrations. the far right political party in the country, the alternative for germany, has been accused of inflaming tensions. the united states is that it is cutting $300 million in military aid to pakistan. they have criticised the country for failing to deal with militant groups. the decision was taken days militant groups. the decision was ta ken days before militant groups. the decision was taken days before the us secretary of state is due to meet the newly elected prime minister. video games that have the capacity to spend money in the game will soon have a warning carried. the aim is to help pa rents warning carried. the aim is to help parents regulate how much money that children are spending. those are the main stories this morning. we are going to be saying goodbye to viewers on bbc one in a moment, but we are here on the bbc news channel and tell nine this morning, and coming up in the next hour: can
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small amount of psychedelic drugs, boost creativity, we are going to be hearing about so—called micro dosing using mind altering substances. and the story of the ss princess alice is being told by descendants. all of that coming up. plenty calm on bbc news channel but first, jose mourinho row. manchester united have only conceded once out of ten games to burnley at turf moor. first your optimism? if that
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is true and i apologise to my fellow cla rets, i is true and i apologise to my fellow clarets, i am in for a tough afternoon. i'm presuming that burnley at cream cracker at actor the other night. some people are saying it's only one game to save hisjob. the pressure is mounting on manchester united boss jose mourinho as his side face burnley this afternoon at turf moor. they have lost two games out of the three so far this season. the worst start by united in 26 years. they are already chasing their rivals at the top of the table. yesterday, three of those hoping to be challenging at the end of the season continued their unbeaten starts — ben croucher looks back.... take a look, this is what a happy manager looks like. jurgen klopp has every right to be after liverpool beat leicester 2—1 to stay top. it looked like a routine performance when firmino nodded them two to the good, but the goalkeeper they brought in to replace the one
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that made too many mistakes didn't exactly help matters. fortunately, allison's howler didn't totally haunt his side. commentator: what a horrible moment for allison, what a way to concede your first goal of the season. we know it's a fantastic goalkeeper who made fantastic saves again. helped us a lot and in this situation of course he did not what he should have done, but all good. now, hands up if you've also made it four from four, no guesses why chelsea are smiling right now. commentator: lovely play. hazard, 2—0. edin hazard and pedro's late goals against bournemouth kept chelsea level with liverpool in the lead. just behind lurk manchester city. ten years under middle eastern ownership and all the riches that brings. the man that put them ahead against newcastle cost £49 million... sterling. newcastle only had one shot in the first half, it's all they needed. it left pep plenty to ponder. though not sure giving the ball to kyle walker was part of his halftime team talk. commentator: kyle walker... oh, whata hit! kyle walker, what a hit. what a way to get your first goal for the club. and his first goal for 111 games. "what a feeling." yeah, it's been a long time coming. i'm just thankful to get the three points, that's the most important thing, and luckily i got on the scoresheet.
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oh what west ham wouldn't give for results to swing in their favour. the off—field entertainment was unique, the on—field was all too familiar. adama traore's late strike won it for wolves. so what's it like being a west ham fan right now? yeah. ben croucher, bbc news. looking at them and analysing them, steven's done a very good job since going in. pulled together a lot of players and i think what is key is they've brought in some good players, you know? players of a higher level. take a look, this is what a happy manager looks like. jurgen klopp has every right to be after liverpool beat leicester 2—1 to stay top. it looked like a routine performance when firmino nodded them two to the good, but the goalkeeper they brought in to replace the one that made too many mistakes didn't exactly help matters. fortunately, allison's howler didn't totally haunt his side. commentator: what a horrible moment for allison, what a way to concede your first goal of the season. we know it's a fantastic goalkeeper who made fantastic saves again. helped us a lot and in this situation of course he did not what he should have done, but all good. now, hands up if you've also made it four from four, no guesses why chelsea are smiling right now. commentator: lovely play. hazard, 2—0. edin hazard and pedro's late goals
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against bournemouth kept chelsea level with liverpool in the lead. just behind lurk manchester city. ten years under middle eastern ownership and all the riches that brings. the man that put them ahead against newcastle cost £49 million... sterling. newcastle only had one shot in the first half, it's all they needed. it left pep plenty to ponder. though not sure giving the ball to kyle walker was part of his halftime team talk. commentator: kyle walker... oh, whata hit! kyle walker, what a hit. what a way to get your first goal for the club. and his first goal for 111 games. "what a feeling." yeah, it's been a long time coming. i'm just thankful to get the three points, that's the most important thing, and luckily i got on the scoresheet. oh what west ham wouldn't give for results to swing in their favour. the off—field entertainment was unique, the on—field was all too familiar. adama traore's late strike won it for wolves. so what's it like being a west ham fan right now? yeah. ben croucher, bbc news. take a look, this is what a happy manager looks like. jurgen klopp has every right to be after liverpool beat leicester 2—1 to stay top. it looked like a routine performance when firmino nodded them two to the good, but the goalkeeper they brought in to replace the one that made too many mistakes didn't
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exactly help matters. fortunately, allison's howler didn't totally haunt his side. commentator: what a horrible moment for allison, what a way to concede your first goal of the season. we know it's a fantastic goalkeeper who made fantastic saves again. helped us a lot and in this situation of course he did not what he should have done, but all good. now, hands up if you've also made it four from four, no guesses why chelsea are smiling right now. commentator: lovely play. hazard, 2—0. edin hazard and pedro's late goals against bournemouth kept chelsea level with liverpool in the lead. just behind lurk manchester city. ten years under middle eastern ownership and all the riches that brings. the man that put them ahead against newcastle cost £49 million... sterling. newcastle only had one shot in the first half, it's all they needed. it left pep plenty to ponder. though not sure giving the ball to kyle walker was part of his halftime team talk. commentator: kyle walker... oh, whata hit! kyle walker, what a hit. what a way to get your first goal for the club. and his first goal for 111 games. "what a feeling." yeah, it's been a long time coming. i'm just thankful to get the three points, that's the most important thing, and luckily i got on the scoresheet. oh what west ham wouldn't give
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for results to swing in their favour. the off—field entertainment was unique, the on—field was all too familiar. adama traore's late strike won it for wolves. so what's it like being a west ham fan right now? yeah. ben croucher, bbc news. in the scottish your ship, herts herts without manager craig levein who continues his recovery after being hospitalised during the week — beat st mirren to make it four wins from four. steven naismith scored a first half hat trick, this his third goal. he made the other as hearts won 4—1 to keep their place at the top of the table it will be steven gerrard's first old firm derby as manager of rangers at midday. celtic boss brendan rodgers has prasied his former player who took over at ibrox in the summer. stephen has done a very good job. brought in players of a higher level. england's series with india is dramatically poised heading into the fourth day at southampton. they resume this morning on 260—8, that's a lead of 233. england's top order once again struggled with the bat and they looked in real trouble when captainjoe root was run out. but some brilliant batting from jos buttler helped steer the hosts towards a competitive total. he reached his half century and although england lost late wickets they'll still hope they can pull off a victory that would see them clinch the series with one test still to play.
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i've seen the wear and tear on the wickets. it would have been nice to get some runs on the board. ferrari have their best chance in years of winning their home grand prix later today. that's after kimi raikkonen upset the form book by clocking the fastest lap in the history of formula one during qualifying at monza. it's ferrari's first italian grand prix pole since 2010 when they last won the race. championship rivals sebastian vettel and lewis hamilton start second and third on the grid. we gave it everything we could, eve ryo ne we gave it everything we could, everyone on the team is working hard, it's incredibly close. we are doing what we can for the ferrari fans. novak djokovic is looking in good shape to claim a third us open title. the sixth seed cruised into the last sixteen with a straight sets win over the flamboyant frenchman richard gasquet. djokovic seemed far more comfortable playing under the lights in the evening, after having played his first two matches in searing daytime temperatures djokovic is on course to meet roger federer in the quarterfinals. federer brushed past nick kyrigios. the 5—time champion beat the australian in straight sets as he progressed through to the second week of yet another grand slam. and in the women's draw maria sharapova is into the second week of the tournament. she had a dominant straight sets victory over latvia's jelena ostapenko. sharapova has now won all 23 matches that she's played at night at flushing meadows.
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last year's beaten finalists, exeter chiefs, have made a winning start to the new rugby union premiership season — thrashing leicester tigers by 40 points to 6. such was the chiefs' dominance, leicester only managed to get into their opponents 22 once during the entire match. exeter ran in six tries overall for a bonus point victory. meanwhile — gloucester new boy, danny cipriani, played a pivotal role as he helped them to a 27—16 win over northampton saints. he admitted common assault after an incident at a jersey nightclub two weeks ago, but showed his quality on the pitch to help seal the victory. it's also the first weekend of the pro 14, as glasgow warriors edged connacht, 27— 26. this drop goal from stuart hogg gave the warriors a one point lead. with the clock on red, connacht had a chance to snatch victory but craig ronaldson smacked the outside of the post as glasgow ran out winners. there were also victories for ulster and munster. tottenham hotspur‘s son heung min will now avoid military service for south korea after helping his country beat japan in the asian games football final. south korea scored twice in extra—time to win 2—1. korean captain son burst into tears at the final whistle after sprinting from the bench to embrace his teammates. afterwards he thanked his club side spurs. really really thankful for that. they gave a lot to me. allowed me to
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go to the asian games, i am thankful. nothing to say, amazing feeling. it's fair to say that jose mourinho has had an eventful week. on monday his manchester united team lost at home to tottenham. after the game he called for respect from the media before storming out of a press conference and on friday he labelled himself as one of the greatest managers in the world. today, he takes his team to burnley looking to avoid a third straight league defeat. the daily mail's football editor ian ladyman joins us now to take a closer look at what's going wrong for mourinho at old trafford. not winning games, are they? you are under pressure to win every single game you play, if you lose two out of the first three, with the second was justified or not, of the first three, with the second wasjustified or not, the of the first three, with the second was justified or not, the factors they have lost and they are going straight into a game away. they need to alleviate some of that pressure. the pressure seems to be the respect he shows the press, to me anyway. he doesn't have to be nice to them but at least two conversant have a civil conversation. let's watch last week andi conversation. let's watch last week and i think you were having a conversation with him in this press conference, let's look at how he reacted. do you ask that question to the manager who finished third in the manager who finished third in the premier league, to the manager that finished fourth? fits? yes, the cause he never win anything international, for example. and that's his problem, i tell you what
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i think, i tell you what i feel. european cup tells you what he wants. i european cup tells you what he wants. lam european cup tells you what he wants. i am answering your question. does he have a point, he's one three trophies already with manchester united, juergen clogg enjoys a very good relationship with the media has not won any at all. but he says he is one of the greatest managers and tea rs, is one of the greatest managers and tears, typical of him that he would set there and say that, i am one of the greatest, and he is but the fact is in order to continue to function at the top of the game he needs to keep winning and that was the point i was dry to make, he decided to broaden it into a european club, resume argentino conversation, which was not the point, but he broadened it, he has got a point, they need to win things. but it doesn't matter to manchester united supporters, they need to win it. annejew works in a city for the other football team
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winds every game they play. —— jose mourinho row works in a city. he knows that, he is moving away from the technique used by all other manchester united managers. it's fairgame. manchester united managers. it's fair game. am i going mad or has he got worse, has he become more rugby, is he more difficult to deal with? there is a little bit of a myth about him, when he first came to chelsea he was sweetness and light and he was always fantastic value and he was always fantastic value and always great company, but in fa ct and always great company, but in fact he wasn't, like most managers, he was when he wanted to be and other days, it's something was
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annoying him, he could be quite difficult. no different to any other managerfrom that difficult. no different to any other manager from that point of view, they can all be, the moods are affected out results, essentially. but he likes to be in control of these things. i think he was pretty much in control of that conference on friday, he was after topping, when he came out with the respect line, he lost his head a little. you said you were at a press conference a couple of weeks ago. he has changed down the years and going to burnley, not the ideal game to be playing right now. i think they will win today and win comfortably. you don't say? my predictions are normally dreadful, by the way, there we re normally dreadful, by the way, there were signs in the first half against totte n ha m , were signs in the first half against tottenham, they did not deserve to lose, what happened in that game was typical of what happens to a team with no confidence, one thing goes wrong, then another, then another.
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they bounce the ball in the first half, they would have been in the lead, different game. they improved on monday, if they improve today against a burnley team that hasn't started the season well, got knocked out of the europa league on thursday, i think they will do ok, wouldn't be surprised if they win by 2-3 wouldn't be surprised if they win by 2—3 goals, jose mourinho row will walk into the room afterwards and pretend that he was right and we we re pretend that he was right and we were wrong, that doesn't matter. the press co nfe re nces were wrong, that doesn't matter. the press conferences are a sideshow, what happens on the field matters, united supporters know that, this week, i think what he has managed to do is actually get himself on the front foot, say to his club and his players, it's us against them now, let's go. football is like that. what time is the game? 4pm. thejose mourinho row and the gingerjose mourinho row and the gingerjose mourinho row and the gingerjose mourinho row will be standing next
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to each other, let's see who comes out on top. here's stav with a look at this morning's weather. good morning, some glorious sunshine in aberdeen this morning, the easter inside of england seemed the best of the sunshine, more cloud across the west, some rain arriving in the west of scotla nd west, some rain arriving in the west of scotland and northern ireland. all courtesy of this weather system which will slowly include. a windy day for the north—west of the day, why treasure keeping things fine and settled for eastern scotland and england. more cloud for northwest england. more cloud for northwest england but despite the fact it's going to be quite warm, warm south, south westerly winds. further east, unbroken sunshine in places, 25—26d
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in some locations. lovely sunshine across the north—east of scotland continuing, quite warm, more cloud for northwest england, parts of northern ireland, western scotland, that front making inroads and bringing outbreaks of rain into the afternoon. quite windy, this weather front slipping south and east into the overnight period, clearing, something try and clearer moving in its place, cooler as well. temperatures in stornoway sticking in double figures. into monday, starting the week, next story, that weather front struggling central parts of the country, weakening feature, high—pressure building and squeezing that out, the abiding line, cooler and fresher to the north—west, warm and humid to the south—east. the last day of the warmth, the mid—20s temperatures
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across east anglia and the south—east, cooler and fresher conditions across scotland and northern ireland spreading south—east. brighter day ben foden we had over the weekend for many. temperatures 15—17d, down through central parts of the country, outbreaks of rain, plenty of cloud. temperatures in the 20s. bad weather front having south—east, clearing, pure conditions following, that is how it remains for this week thanks to the area of high pressure, largely dry, often cloudy, cooler for any of us. thank you. enjoy the rest of your weekend. and you. could taking small amounts of psychedelic drugs be beneficial to your health? it sounds like an extraordinary question but tomorrow a trial of what's known as "micro dosing" will attempt to find out. it's been claimed that taking small doses of mind altering substances such as lsd on a daily basis can help boost creativity or even lift some people out of depression. we're joined harry sumnall — professor of substance use at liverpooljohn moores university.
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i wasn't aware until victoria told me why prevalent this is, in some sixth form students taking small wonder these of lsd to get them through exams. we don't know precisely how many people are doing this but it's increasing in popularity and there's been lots of media attention on microdosing over the last few years, many drug trends emerging from the usa in the 1970s but in the last few years there's been discussion especially in silicon valley and internationally around mental health, and creativity about how potentially microdosing can help people with those sorts of issues but the key thing is we don't have any research to suggest further its effective or not. what i'm struggling with, taking these drugs is illegal so how can you legally set up experiments with people to
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get the research that you need, i don't quite understand that? you're right, the general public if they wa nted right, the general public if they wanted to take some of these drugs, lsd is a class a drug, that's considered to have the most serious penalties under law or on possession and supply but under medical and clinical trials, there are special licenses obtained from the home office which allows administration of otherwise controlled substances under controlled laboratory conditions. but this new study is interesting because it's actually not taking place in the laboratory. there have been studies at imperial university for example, london, where they've administered lsd and another drug looking at the symptoms of those on anxiety and depression but with this new research what they intend to do is study people already engaging in this practice. they are already taking it? they know they are taking, the scientists at
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encouraging people to commit an offence. how do you study this? at the scientists questioning whether this is having an effect or whether there is a placebo effect because they have taken it and therefore they have taken it and therefore they think they are more focused and creative? yes, as i mentioned before there's been the lot of interest and discussion around microdosing and a lot of it has been positive so what the scientists are dry to do is set up the scientists are dry to do is set upa the scientists are dry to do is set up a procedure for by people prepared their own microdosing at home, they set up gel capsules and administer them, the individuals don't know what they are taking on a day—to—day basis, in some way it's replicating and simulating some of the conditions which you might find ina the conditions which you might find in a normal trial. there are some issues of course because it is an illegal behaviour, they are not eyeing this product from legitimate pharmacies or it's not supplied through a hospital, there are some concerns about whether people are going to be taking a pure compound,
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there might be some concerns around dosing as well because remember microdosing is so—called sub threshold doses, they are not getting the full on psychedelic effects, i think the last thing someone would want to do is go for a day of work and have a full—blown psychedelic experience. could you imagine that? it might be a problem in the middle of your a—levels, i can see why that might be an issue. very interesting, thank you for coming in to talk to us. 140 years this week one of the worst maritime disasters in british history took place on the river thames. it's thought 600 people lost their lives when the ss princess alice collided with another boat on its way back from a trip to the seaside. the tragedy was the subject of an episode of the bbc‘s coast. let's take a look. it's the 3rd of september 18 78. the pleasure steamer princess alice is on its way back to london crowned
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with passengers. the day—trippers had been enjoying fresh air at the mouth of the estoril but returning to the city near the sewage outlet the pleasure steamer was struck by disaster. it collides with another boat. hundreds are flung into the river, many will be drowned. but it's even worse than that. the pleasure boat sank close to the sewage works and the timing could not have been worse. the sewage outlet pipe carrying all waste from north london had just discharged its stinking load into the river. that clip was taken from an episode of the bbc‘s coast. the horrific aftermath of the disaster, almost a century and a half ago, was witnessed by many children. including, florence gant whose descendant angela young has placed her at the centre of a new novel. angela joins us now. hello, good morning. hello. this is
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very much part of your family history, i understand from many generations yourfamily history, i understand from many generations your family worked in this area so for you this is quite personal. most definitely, my family have always lived and worked on the river thames at precisely the point where this disaster happened and you hear stories passed down through generations and i heard all sorts of horrific tales of this disaster but it isa horrific tales of this disaster but it is a disaster that very few people actually ever got to know about. but still now it's the biggest loss of life of any inland waterway disaster that there has ever been. how many people died and why do we think that might not be an accurate number? the boat was licensed to carry over 900 people and in those days there were no records kept, no check kept on how many people boarded and in fact children were not counted at all and
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obviously, it was a pleasure boat, taking children out for the day. there were certainly at least 800 people on the ship, 650 most definitely died, but there are about 80 people who could never find their lost relatives, plus there were other bodies that were never claimed. it's this awful saiga as you said about the sewage because it wasn't her along because all those bodies were so badly disfigured that making identification was incredibly difficult. and this boat, it happened because it collided with an eye on board which was a lot stronger and it collapsed but my understanding is it collapsed and sunk very quickly, four minutes. there were two lifeboats on board for 800 people? exactly, this is the big issue, it was completely cut in half, it sank inwardly. your grade
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and was standing on the shore and saw the bodies... this is what the story is about. these children would have witnessed... i know we're used to seeing dead bodies in the river thames at that time but not on a scale like this and so i sort of half open history and fiction together to create the story about fop bestowed a must have in watching and the aftermath of all of these bodies floating in the river thames and the children that they watched get on the paddle steamer after a lovely day out, they were then seeing only an hour or so later floating, bloated, in the river thames. florence, your hawaiian, times are very different now, things are different now, she is so different now, tell us about her. my
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and started off living in the terraces on the river thames, probably was never even able to go on these paddle steamers herself and that part of her life was bad enough but unfortunately when she was ten yea rs old but unfortunately when she was ten years old she was taken away and abandoned in a home for destitute children in london. and so i've created a story about her life for it she becomes very much an activist in the women's movement which of course fits in very well with the time now. sorry to wrap this up, we are out of time. angela's book is called field of dust. that's it from us this morning. dan and louise are back with breakfast on bbc one tomorrow from six. have a good day. bye bye. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 9.00am. standing firm on brexit —
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theresa may says she won't give in to those who want another referendum. labour's shadow chancellor says he's worried about the prospect of the labour party splitting amid the row about anti—semitism. they protest in the german city of chemnitz following the death of a german man allegedly killed by two migrants. in the cricket, england fight through the third day to finish on 260—8 earning a lead that means the fourth test against india is wonderfully poised.
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