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this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm. an inquest into the deaths of five people in the westminster bridge attack sees cctv footage — including images of tourist kurt cochran with his wife, seconds before he was killed. it has been a harrowing day which began with the families playing often began with the families playing ofte n tea rful began with the families playing often tearful tribute to their relatives who died. the lawyers for the families described the attack as an act of barbarity and inhumanity and as indiscriminate terrorism. the eu's chief negotiator says a deal could be done on the first stage of brexit within six or eight weeks. as new warnings come from senior tories that the conservative party will split — if the prime minister persists with her chequers plan. middle—aged drinkers are told to have at least two alcohol—free days a week — to lower the risk of cancer and high blood pressure. the tuc calls for a four—day week — saying fewer working days is achievable before the end of this century.
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and batting out in style: alastair cook scores a century in his final test innings for england before his international retirement. i remember cutting at 97 in thinking thatis i remember cutting at 97 in thinking that is three more and as he let go i thought he has lodged that pretty ha rd i thought he has lodged that pretty hard and then as soon as i thought he was not anywhere near that i thought it just kind he was not anywhere near that i thought itjust kind of erupted. good evening. the inquests into the deaths of five people killed in last year's westminster bridge attack have heard how lives were torn apart "by 82 seconds of high and terrible drama".
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four members of the public were killed after being run down by khalid masood on the 22nd of march last year. pc keith palmer was stabbed and died in the forecourt of the palace of westminster. masood was then shot dead by armed officers. the inquests were shown cctv footage of the moment the attack unfolded. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, reports from the old bailey. the westminster bridge attack last march was the first in a year of terror. in a few brief moments, the lives of four members of the public, one police officer and the attacker all ended. this morning, the chief coroner judge lucraft qc opened the inquests of those who died, saying the lives of many were torn apart by 82 seconds of high and terrible drama. among those lives, those of kurt and melissa cochran from utah, tourists in london calmly walking across westminster bridge when tragedy struck.
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kurt cochran was the first to be hit by khalid masood's car. he pushed melissa out of the way, before being knocked over the bridge‘s balustrade — falling five metres to the thames footpath. in court, melissa's sister angela called him the man who saved my sister. she then read a tribute on behalf of melissa that described him as my inspiration, my rock star and my hero. next, the car hit a retired window cleanerfrom clapham, leslie rhodes, dragging him 33 metres along the bridge. his family said he was greatly missed. his niece amanda said she was incredibly angry at his death. then, aysha frade was knocked 70 metres into the path of an oncoming number 53 bus, falling under its wheels. her husband john spoke of their two young daughters and said she was cruelly and brutally ripped away from us. the last victim on the bridge was andreea cristea from romania.
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she was knocked over the balustrade, falling 12 metres into the river thames before being recovered downstream. herfamily said, after two excruciating weeks of hoping for a recovery, andreea died. it was heartbreakingly painful. next, masood ran round to the gates of parliament where he was challenged by pc keith palmer. he knocked the officer to the ground and stabbed him, pc palmer died at the scene. his sister angela said keith died protecting strangers while doing hisjob. khalid masood, carrying two knives, was shot three times by an officer and died soon afterwards. his inquest will follow those of his victims next month. the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier says a deal on brexit
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can be reached by november — if talks are ‘realistic.’ it comes as a former brexit minister warned the prime minister that the conservative party faces a "catastrophic split" if she persists with her current brexit strategy. steve baker says up to 80 mps would vote against her so—called chequers proposal — in which the uk would maintain a common rulebook for all goods with the european union. our political editor laura kuenssberg has the latest. arriving at the office back door, work in the red box — tory woes splashed over the paper the prime minister's clutching too. in 200 days, she is to be the leader who takes us out of the eu. but the actual deal must be done long before. today, europe's negotiator sounded more friend than foe. i think that if we are realistic, we are able to reach an agreement in the first stage of the negotiation, which is the brexit treaty, within six or eight weeks. the rivalries at home
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are bitter, though. boris johnson holed up at his country house — no word on his private life, but objections aplenty to the government's plan for brexit. many tories at westminster hate the so—called chequers plan, where parts of the economy would stay closely tied to the eu but with no hard border in ireland. and one former brexit minister says dozens of his colleagues would vote against it, and it could even break the party. the chequers answer is threatening to split the tory party in two, with even proponents of remaining in the eu opposing chequers. where is your alternative? we will bring forward our ideas, but what we aren't going to do is pre—empt them today. the fundamental issue is we've ended up in a trap of our own design, which we need to help the government out of. but there's no sign
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of the government budging. ministers hope enough mps will choose a deal rather than none at all. can the chequers deal survive? of course it will. could the conservative party split over chequers? no, i don't think we will. we'll reach a good agreement and have the right brexit for the country. i'm sorry, i have a sore throat. this is more than tory squabbling about europe, way past the point of who backed leave or remain, who hates or really supports brexit. this is whether theresa may can find a compromise with the rest of the eu that she can ultimately get through parliament. the belief in government is most mps would support her, rather than choose unknown chaos and no deal. but the truth? with no majority of her own, there can be no guarantee. our europe editor katya
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adler earlier gave us the view from brussels. today michel barnier said it is possible that in six to eight weeks' time there will be a better deal and spoke of her beleaguered at chequers plan and described it as a useful document. he even had warm words for the premise to herself but if you look close at his words there was more of a change of tone rather than content. he still talked about those big hurdles that have to be overcome in order to get a deal such as the irish border question. he said eu leaders still had a key opposition to big parts of the chequers deal. see could say why did he bother with that change of tone today? that is because time is really running out no and eu leaders want up brexit
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deal this autumn. they see theresa may has difficulties at home and they want to throw her as much of a lifeline as they can divide, my finger brexit policy. expect the honeyed words of michel barnier two spread over to the meeting this week. but we are talking about the change of atmospherics rather than a real sea change on the eu negotiating position. our political correspondent, ben wright is at westminster... i think the toner from michel barnier was much warmer. try confidence that a deal can be done in the next couple of months. but that app and something needs a chef, particularly on the intractable issue the adage backstop which has really been the source of so much
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aggro in these talks until now. so far the aggro in these talks until now. so farthe uk aggro in these talks until now. so far the uk has rejected the idea of the eu that northern ireland would remain effectively in the customs union and single murky if no long—term trade deal can garden see that a hard border is avoided on the island of ireland. there needs to be a compromise there and at the moment we do not know what it is. i have got the sense in brussels there waiting for a revised proposalfor the uk for this to be sorted out and they are not showing us what it is. clearly michel barnier thinks it is movement on that front. on the broader question of the chequers plan and how the uk and eu will trade after brexit, he sounded one towards that in a way that would please number ten but i think both sides know that really the outline ofa sides know that really the outline of a future trade deal between the
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eu and the uk will remain very likelyjohn on the tray —— very lightly drawn on the day of brexit in march next year. these negotiations will go on for a long time after the uk has left. the question is will parliament vote for the deal that is on the table even although they will not really know what that future relationship will look like until after the uk has gone? so it is about getting over the finishing line of march 2019 and seeing what happens next? it is, and i think is rather said it is really all about the numbers. it is a government without a working majority and a government that knows dozens majority and a government that knows d oze ns of majority and a government that knows dozens of its brexit ear tory back benches i implacably opposed to the chequers plan and are led by david davis. he says he couldn't vote for it. that presents a government with a massive headache in the house of commons when this withdrawal bill and future framework comeback for a
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vote. i think it is very difficult to prove they might predict with any certainty what will happen. labour is split. it is possible you might have a number of labour mps voting with the theresa may at least get brexit over the line. talking to mps across the house, nobody knows how this will play out. joining us from the houses of parliament is dr sarah wollaston, conservative mp for totnes. .. good evening. do you recognise this deal of —— fear of a catastrophic ' 7 deal of —— fear of a catastrophic split? i think the biggest catastrophe would be if we were left with a chaotic no—deal brexit with no transition whatsoever. the consequences for individuals and businesses and communities would be extraordinary and we cant let that happen. i think it is really u nfortu nate we happen. i think it is really unfortunate we have a group of hardline brexit mps holding the government and the country to ransom. it could be up to 80 members
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of that particular group, as far as steve baker is concerned. so we hear. and many of us are coming out and saying they are implacably opposed any kind of deal in those terms and the trouble is at the clock ticks down and now 200 days until we leave, we have those two tribes speaking entirely different languages. so we have theresa may with the only credible plan on the table and then we have another group saying implacably that they are going to scupper this and bought alongside labour to do so. this increases the rest of us crashing out with no deal whatsoever and no transition. i think these are very dangerous times. you talk of the chequers banners being the only credible plan on the table but you will be well aware the dissenting voices are not simply brexit. we are fed justin greening and nick bowles. they don't like it either. —— justin greening. when it comes to the
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crunch and it is crashing out with no deal i think many will be prepared to compromise but there are many who are not compared to compromise and they don't have any credible alternative that they can agree on amongst themselves despite having two years to do so. i think it is quite extraordinary. i think we just need to coming back to what this means for all the rest of us and we have seen already the first tranche of the technical notices of how people plan for no deal and no transition. we will see another tranche of those later this week and i think we need to look very carefully about to see what the cast and the consequences are if this happens. the problem with backing the chequers plan is only a proposal to proposal to put to the eu which they might say yes to some elements ofan they might say yes to some elements of an old to others. in other words it might have to change further and
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thatis it might have to change further and that is surely an even bigger problem for you and for other members of your party. of course it is and we all know the trouble with european negotiations is they tend to go to the wire. but if you get to a position where already from the starting point we have a very large number of mps saying they will oppose it let alone of it softens further as a result of negotiations, i think the trouble is all of this is wasting time as the clock ticks down and i feel that should we get to that point for every crash out with no deal and no transition the consequences will be so serious that we would need to go back to the public and explain what this involves and explain the risks and benefits and ask for better informed consent as we would do if we were going for any kind of major surgery, expecting what the operation involves and for somebody to tell you the rest and benefits you can we get up and give informed consent. this is across the political parties many are saying this at the point
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where we will be prepared to go and explain to people and seek informed consent before we inflicted upon people. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are the evening standard's political correspondent kate proctor and the author and journalist owen bennett. the headlines on bbc news... an inquest into the deaths of five people in the westminster bridge attack sees cctv footage — including images of tourist kurt cochran with his wife, seconds before he was killed. the eu's chief negotiator says a deal could be done on the first stage of brexit — within six or eight weeks. meanwhile — senior tories are warning the conservative party will split if the prime minister persists with her chequers plan. sport now...and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. well it was a fantastic day
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for alastair cook as england steered their way to a winning position on day 4 of the fifth test at the oval. the former captain signed off with a century in his final test match — joe wilson was there.... last week alistair cooke said he was retiring because he said he had nothing left in the tank. he had one of his most famous performances left and on home soil. he was fluent in the morning session having survived near misses in the first day. we saw a lot of the cook cut short and he did not see to be nervous in the 90s. did not see to be nervous in the 905. a did not see to be nervous in the 90s. a wild throw went for over two hours and that got cook for 100. ——
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ove rth rows. hours and that got cook for 100. —— overthrows. there was great support from his captain jewel roots forgot to 100 as well. —— joe root. alistair cooke got out for 147. there were some traditional and dignified handshakes from the indian players. three cheap wickets for england including two forjames anderton who now just england including two forjames anderton who nowjust needs one more to go past glenn mcgrath. at some point english test cricket will have to start looking to the future and not tomorrow, not just yet. to go out on your own terms when you last ever innings for ingram was a hundred and tomorrow for tim topped
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off with a when and for one win over india will make it even special. justin rose became only the. alex must close as from a strong response from scotland after the final repeat to belgium. it is still goalless with around ten minutes ago. england'sjustin rose has become the world's number one golfer
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after coming secound at the bmw championship in philadelphia. rose had a putt to win the tournament on the 18th but he was so unlucky to see it skirt around the hole.. meaning he went into a play off with keegan bradley. // rose again missed a par putt on the 18th in the first hole rose again missed a par putt on the 18th in the first hole of the playoff to give victory to the american... small consolation then as rose becomes only the fifth brition to reach to the top of worlds golf rankings. scotland are playing their first nations cup game — taking on albania at hampden park... manager alex mcleish asked for a strong response following their 4—nil defeat to belgium... (gfx) ans so far tonight, de (gfx includes scotland v albaina, portugal v italy, sweden v turkey) england lost their opening nation's league match to spain. tomorrow's game at leicester against switzerland is a friendly. everybody else will focus on that. some people well but we have to keep focused on the things we can control and improve in every area of the game. the women's tennis
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association is backing serena williams' claim of sexism for the way she was treated by the umpire during the women's final defeat to naomi osaka. williams got a code violation for coaching, a penalty point for racquet abuse and a game penalty for calling the umpire a "thief". she was later fined £13,000 by the united states tennis association, but the wta chief executive steve simon has said that the umpire showed williams "a different level of tolerance" than if she were a male player. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. the man in charge of policing on the day of the hillsborough disaster — david duckenfield — has pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter by gross negligence of 95 liverpool supporters. the former chief superintendent appeared via videolink at preston crown court. our correspondent danny savage sent this update. next year will be the 30th anniversary of the hillsborough
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disaster. the police match commander on that day in 1989,is now 74 years old. david duckenfield did appear by video link here at preston crown court this morning. in court the judge and the barristers and the public gallery had relatives of the 95 people died in the hillsborough disaster all those years ago. stop at the beginning of proceedings it was put to mr duckenfield that he was charged with manslaughter by gross negligence of 95 supporters and that long list of 95 names was read out in court, one by one. over a period of several minutes with a court falling silent on that list was read out. he was asked whether he pleaded guilty or not guilty to those 95 charges.
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he clearly said not guilty on the video link. appearing alongside him today was graham mackrell, he was the club secretary at sheffield wednesday the time. he denies two safety charges. both men will appear in preston next year. the uk economy grew by 0.3% in july after being helped by the heatwave and the world cup, according to the office for national statistics. in the three months to july, the economy expanded by 0.6% percent. the ons says the figures account for a boost in retail sales, growth in the service and construction sectors. unions are calling for a shorter working week, so that staff can share in the wealth generated by new technology. the tuc‘s general secretary frances o'grady told its annual congress in manchester today that the wider workforce needed to see the benefits of developments in technology such as robotics and artificial intelligence. but how feasible is a four—day working week for businesses? with me to discuss this is jonathan petrides, who runs a start—up food delivery service, allplants. alsojoining us is mark hooper in cardiff, who runs the firm indycube, where they've been trying a four—day week for the past 18 months.
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mark, how has it been going? i think it has been going well. we have got people doing the things they want to do some time so they are notjust focused on work and i think we're getting more out of them than we would have done when they were doing the five—day week so for us it has been a success. the thing i think we learned was that this is that what is not everything to everyone. why did you decide to call for the first place? part of it was to prove a point. we felt the world of work is changing and we were in a position where we could try and do some of these things so this was about getting people working and doing the things really do enjoy doing. we have got people writing poetry and other people organising ale trails around south wales. jonathan, could you do something similar? for us it is all about building better work
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and life relationships through doing better work and we believe that if you love what you do and you are surrounded by people whose supporters stretches your on something you think the world really needs you can get really great joy out of working, bring it on. that is the kind of team we are already very lucky to have around us creating our firm and delivering healthy and delicious food around the uk every day. does that include the possible that of a four—day week? day. does that include the possible that of a four-day week? the way we look at it as we have a very big mission and we very early in our journey. we only launched 18 months ago and today every 15 seconds and this evening somebody will be having one of our meals for dinner. that is enough to give a very small start—up team busy and it means we're quite stretched so we try to be very thoughtful about providing a great working environment and we have free chef cooked lunches by our chefs cooking although for our customers and we take holidays and other types
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of leave very seriously. we have a delete all the apps rules are people really get to have balanced the life style. really get to have balanced the lifestyle. mark, what do you take out of that? jonathan didn't quite say no to the four—day week but i think there's probably at the realistically. we are the start-ups all very stretched. i get his point and it is hard to run a business and ha rd to and it is hard to run a business and hard to run the start—up but i think his point about purpose is absolutely true and we are an organisation with purpose as well. i still think that does not take away from the fact that people at the moment are doing things with the time that is not suitable. we have a country where productivity levels are languishing yet we are working harder and we are less happy in a word can we have ever been. something does not quite add up. what about, jonathan, the advent of further technological developments such as artificial intelligence? it was mentioned by frances o'grady at
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the tuc today. she said it will enable more of it happened. is she right? i would also see mark is right? i would also see mark is right in that the power of technology is certainly allowing us to do technology is certainly allowing us todoa technology is certainly allowing us to do a lot more with a lot less of ourtime. for to do a lot more with a lot less of our time. for example to do a lot more with a lot less of ourtime. for example in customer services allows us to reach a lot more people very quickly. we have not started looking at robotic arms and a kitchen checked and all our food is handmade so we will probably resist that one a bit longer but the way we look at it, at least with the mission for us and we truly believe and we are trying to inspire the next billion plant bird people with flavour and you don't do that without putting an extraordinary effort to get an extraordinary outcome. so that kind of business into a position where everyone in our team into a position where everyone in ourteam is into a position where everyone in our team is really pulling together every day and we do have balance. if you need to take time off work from home of course would like to accommodate that that is the beauty of e—mailand accommodate that that is the beauty of e—mail and skype today. accommodate that that is the beauty
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of e-mail and skype today. mark, is technology part of your story and why you been able to do what you've done? i think the technological changes are already here and we are already benefiting from time—saving devices that enable us have more time. the one thing i have got out of what we've done over the last couple of years is one of our collea g u es couple of years is one of our colleagues when the stepfather died he was able to take time work originally and he characterised as day that he has of from us as being away being treated human which i think is critical and all of this. if we want people to work hard and to be part of something that we're trying to develop being human has to be critical thing. and surejonathan is doing some of it here. yes. mark is doing some of it here. yes. mark is absolutely right. i'm sure you guys think similarly. we recently became a business with purpose and with social impact at our core. for example we forge we haven't had any bereavement and mentor health is a real challenge in the workplace and
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thatis real challenge in the workplace and that is something that we have already had a lot of experience with with many by staff and similarly we approached up with having as much time as possible to redefine that balance and happiness and as much to get out of themselves. we have done a four—day week item in six minutes and time is up. thank you very much indeed. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. tonight is looking pretty unsettled across many central and northern parts of the uk. wet and windy conditions courtesy of this area of low pressure. you can see quite a squeeze in isobars, so when this touching 50, 55 miles an hour in places. it will be very wet with outbreaks of pretty heavy rain. the heaviest rain by the end of the night will be confined to parts of wales and the north midlands into northern england.
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heavy showers for west of scotland. gusts of 50, 55 mph here and 30, 35 further south. it will be a blustery night pretty much whatever you are. but on the plus side, a fairly mild night with temperatures in double figures for all. for tuesday we start off on a rather cloudy and wet and windy note. the rain confined to southern and central parts through the day so the weather front becomes stationary. the north, bright with sunshine and blustery showers, some of them heavy in western scotland and some sunny spells across the south with warmer air, we could make 23 or 24 degrees. turns cooler in the south, though, with outbreaks of rain. thursday, sunshine and showers, feeling cool in the north.
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hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. an inquest into the deaths of five people in the westminster bridge attack sees cctv footage — including images of tourist kurt cochran with his wife, seconds before he was killed the eu's chief brexit negotiator — michel barnier — says a deal on britain's withdrawal could be agreed within six or eight weeks — if negotiatiors are realistic. meanwhile — senior tories are warning the conservative party will split — if the prime minister persists with her chequers plan. middle aged drinkers are told to have at least two alcohol free days a week — to lower the risk of cancer and high blood pressure. the tuc is calling for a shorter four—day working week, without a reduction in pay — so that staff can share the wealth generated by new technologies. and — batting out in style — alastair cook scores a century in his final test innings
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for england — before his retirement from international cricket. let's return to our main news, the inquests into the deaths of five people killed in last year's westminster bridge attack. four members of the public were killed after being run down by khalid masood on the 22nd of march last year. pc keith palmer was stabbed and died in the forecourt of the palace of westminster. tonight, after proceedings closed for the day, i spoke to our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, about how harrowing the days evidence had been. there were some calmer moments in court, when the footage was shown of kurt cochran and his wife before the attack. you see two tourist walking across westminster bridge enjoying the sunshine in a way that any
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normal tourist would in the moments before the attack. apart at the rest of the day been exceptionally harrowing. we have seen the cctv footage of khalid masood's car going across westminster bridge and they have shown everything, victims being thrown into the air and in one insta nce thrown into the air and in one instance you see them being pushed under the wheels of a bus. it has been a difficult day. for the victims relatives, some of them chose to leave court said they did not have too watched the most difficult footage which included the moment when khalid masood stabbed to death pc keith palmer. the day began emotionally because each of the victims relatives was asked to paint a pen portrait of the person who died and some of them chose to read those themselves and that led to a lot of tears in the court room and is in the witness stand and so it has been a difficult day but this has been a difficult day but this
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has set the scene for what is going to be an inquest looking at the issues around what happened that day. studio: what are the key issues to be scrutinised? there are obvious ones. why did khalid masood do it? did the police know much about him? were there warning signs? we have seen other issues come to the forefront. lots of questions from of the family lawyers around the protection of pedestrians on westminster bridge and it is likely to develop over the coming days as to develop over the coming days as to why was it after what happened in berlin, why was the protection of pedestrians on what is essentially a very very busy tourist area in the heart of london, why wasn't there protection for pedestrians for vehicles going out of control? another issue is the positioning of the armed officers in parliament. then keith palmer goes to defend the
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gates of parliament against khalid masood he and two other officers are not armed and they are not near any other armed officers. it is a close protection officer that eventually kills khalid masood and the authorised arms fire officers on duty are not there until khalid masood has been shot and that will be another issue for this inquest. daniel sandford at the old bailey. the french authorities say there's no indication to suggest that an attack in paris by a man armed with a knife and iron bar is linked to terrorism. two british tourists were among seven people injured last night on the banks of a canal in the north—east of the city. a man said to be an afghan national has been arrested. two men have been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a jeweller who was kidnapped and killed in a botched robbery. 74 year old ramniklal
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jogiya was bundled into a van and tortured in a plot to steal almost £200,000 of gold jewellery. a third man was convicted of manslaughter and jailed for 16 years. ben ando reports. disguised in a burqa and pushing a wheeled shopping trolley, robert thomas jervis enters a leicesterjeweller‘s injanuary. he heads to the back of the store, where he believes that up to £200,000 of gold jewellery is waiting in the safe. to get the keys and alarm codes, they tortured the shopkeeper, but the safe also had a time lock, and they left with nothing. the owner of the shop was 74—year—old ramniklal jogiya, who had left the shop as usual, but, as he walked home, was bundled into a white van. inside he was beaten so violently, one of his biceps was torn from its bone. he was then left to die on a quiet country road and his body was found the next day. jervis, who is 24, was jailed for at least 33 years. his accomplice, charles mccauley, aged 20, will spend at least 30 years behind bars.
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a third man, callan reeve, was handed a 16 year sentence for manslaughter. in statements read to the court describing the impact of what had happened, the relatives of ramniklaljogiya said he had beenjust days away from celebrating his 49th wedding anniversary. they said he was a loving, peaceful man who was the foundation of their family. his death, they added, through its pure aggression and hate, had changed for ever how they lived. ben ando, bbc news, birmingham. you should have at least two days a week without drinking any alcohol — that's the latest recommendation from public health england for middle aged drinkers. people aged between 45 and 65 are likely to drink more units of alcohol than they should every week. so a new health campaign is trying to highlight the benefits of alcohol free days to lower blood pressure and to lower the risk of getting seven different types of cancer. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. a cold beer or glass of wine?
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it's the way that many of us choose to unwind at the end of the day. but it's also a habit that middle—aged people in particularfind hard to break. those between 45—65 are most likely to drink more than the recommended guidelines of 14 units a week. and struggle to keep track of what they've drunk. it's difficult for everybody. it's difficult for me, even, and i work in that area all the time. so having alcohol free days is a much easier way of controlling your overall alcohol intake during the week as well as having immediate benefits for your health and well—being. according to a yougov poll, two—thirds of regular drinkers say they find cutting down on alcohol harder than improving diet, exercise or even stop smoking. and one in five people surveyed drank more than the recommended 14 units a week. that's around six glasses of wine or six pints of beer. and the idea of some alcohol—free days is one that's already been taken up by some in this pub, all of them enjoying soft drinks. i feel more focused and more alert.
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my skin feels better. it's usually due to work. i start early in the morning, so it's not really worthwhile a drink during the week. if you have one, it leads to two, three, four or more, some nights. you're better offjust abstaining. of course, nowadays most drinking takes place not in pubs but in the home, and, when you are drinking at home, it's really difficult to keep track ofjust how much alcohol you are getting through. that's why public health england hope that today's message, that you should abstain from alcohol for two or more days a week, will help reduce the harm that is caused by alcohol. for the past decade, sue sullivan, a busy mum of three, has gone alcohol—free for two days a week. now she's trying a sober september, so it's soft drinks all round. you might have a blow out holiday, you're not exercising enough,
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not eating quite the right foods and probably drinking more rose wine than you should. it is quite a nice time in september to start sort of resetting those habits. middle—aged people don't tend to drink to get drunk but more as a social habit. today's message is break that habit and you'll soon feel the benefits. dominic hughes, bbc news, manchester. final proposals will be published later for changes to parliamentary constituencies — which would cut the number of mps by 50. reviews by the boundary commissions of england, scotland, wales and northern ireland will set out which of the 650 seats should be abolished or altered. a previous shake—up was abandoned in 2013 by the coalition government when the liberal democrats withdrew support. a far—right party in sweden has said it wants a say in forming a new government — after making significant gains in the general election.
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the anti—immigration sweden democrats won about 18% of the vote — slightly less than predicted — while the two main parliamentary blocs are almost tied. they have refused to work with the sweden democrats. we asked matthew godwin, professor of politics at kent university, about the significance of this development. sweden is catching up with many democracies in europe and we have seen a democracies in europe and we have seen a party system which is fragmenting in the sense that smaller parties are doing better and the mainstream is getting squeezed. we have seen a strong result those national populists, the sweden democrats, who some would say have had an impact already on the swedish debate and the mainstream has done a u—turn on the liberal position of the refugee crisis and some have seen the refugee crisis and some have seen that as a response to the swedish democrats, but what is interesting, this is a very strong economy with a strong welfare state with one of the highest standards of living in the western world and clearly still you have this populist
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problem. i think it is an interesting development. they finished just short of 18% so some are saying maybe they underperformed but the other side is that this is still a record was not for the sweden democrats, their highest ever share of the lead —— a record resort. the alternative germany also reached a new record and in france where marine le pen reached a new record, so we are seeing these parties impose themselves on our political systems in a bigger way than in the past and if you look ahead in europe it is difficult to conclude anything other than we are infora bit conclude anything other than we are in for a bit of change in the coming yea rs. matthew goodwin from the university of kent. there's been a warning that many parts of the police service in england and wales are "on the verge of crisis". the head of the police superintendants association says routine policing has become "utterly reliant" on fewer officers working longer hours.
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the home office says it is reviewing frontline operations. danny shaw has more — and a warning that his report contains flashing images. a year ago gavin thmas claimed policing was facing a perfect storm due to budget cuts and rising crime. now he believes the service is in even worse shape. the police superintendents association president says routine policing is utterly reliant on officers staying on when their shift ends or working while on leave. that, he says, exploits police officers and defrauds the public. i think there are now developing in the last 12 months areas of policing which are starting to come into crisis. and the model of our policing in england and wales now is reliant upon my colleagues, those they lead, our police staff colleagues all through the service, working harder and longer to try and maintain and deliver a service to the public. the government has encouraged constabularies to pool their resources and personnel, but according to mr thomas, that has led to some officers
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spending four hours in a car driving between forces and others using two different laptops and e—mail addresses for the same job. the home office says it is carrying out a review of front—line policing to bring about improvements. danny shaw, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. an inquest into the deaths of five people in the westminster bridge attack sees cctv footage — including images of tourist kurt cochran with his wife, seconds before he was killed. the eu's chief negotiator says a deal could be done on the first stage of brexit — within six or eight weeks. meanwhile — senior tories are warning the conservative party will split — if the prime minister persists with her chequers plan. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. vanellope wilkins was born
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with her heart outside her body and with no breastbone. after spending the first nine months of her life in hospital, the little girl from nottingham, has been allowed home for the first time. she is the only child with this rare condition to have survived in the uk. this report from our medical correspondent fergus walsh, contains some graphic images. this is the moment vanellope's parents dreamed of, taking her home from hospital. it is just for one night for a trial home visit, but it shows the remarkable progress this baby girl has made. she has fought all the way to be here. nine months down the line. it doesn't seem real. she is finally sat in ourfront room. during pregnancy, ultrasound scans clearly showed vanellope's heart was outside her chest. so, at birth at glenfield hospital in leicester, she was
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immediately sent for surgery. it took three operations to put her heart back inside and close the wound. her parents were told she had less than a 10% chance of survival, but vanellope has defied the odds. she has no breastbone and so nothing protecting her heart, which is why she wears this purple brace, which will be crucial once she starts to crawl. in a few years' time, she will need more surgery to build a breastbone. the bigger she is, the easier it will be for us to do some reconstructive surgery and using her own cartilages and bones or using some artificial materials. vanellope was transferred to queen's medical centre in nottingham in may to be nearer home. she's continued to make excellent progress, but needs help to breathe, and sometimes a mask, to ensure a constant
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supply of oxygen. her parents are being taught how to manage her care. if they are taking over charge of a child who needs breathing support to sustain their life, they need to be adequately trained and competent to manage all the equipment, to know when to escalate care, to check for help and to manage emergency situations at home. despite the challenges ahead, vanellope's parents say that they are looking forward to having her home for good. fergus walsh, bbc news. a prison reformer has said trans people who have committed violent offences against women should not be able to transfer to women's prisons if they haven't legally changed sex, after it emerged that a transgender inmate sexually assaulted fellow inmates after being sent to a women's jail. karen white, who identifies as a woman, requested transfer to a female jail while on remand for sex offences committed as a man, against women. after a full review,
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the authorities agreed — despite the nature of the crimes and a lack of any physical or legal transition. while there, white committed four sexual assaults on women inmates and was then transferred back to a male prison. earlier on the victoria derbyshire programme, a transgender former prisoner said the current rules were unfairly allowing offenders to manipulate a system that is designed to protect the rights of trans people. what i'm seeing at the moment, real transgender people like myself, that transitioned as children, i've lived my entire life as an adult as a female. and now all these people are coming out of the woodwork making it really difficult for me and people like me. they're just letting them change willy—nilly and it is going the wrong way. sorry, it's making me quite emotional. do you think that men who have committed violent offences against women should not be able to transfer to a women's prison
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if they have not legally changed their gender? exactly — no way should they be allowed to do that, no way. they should have to have operations. they should not be able to change their gender behind bars. i do not understand why they let people do that and i am a transgender person. but in prison that is not the kind of place you want to be transitioning. it is dangerous and inappropriate what they're doing. the government is right now consulting on allowing people to self identify or self—declare, to change their gender when they say it has changed. and that means that people will be able to declare themselves as a man or woman without getting the consent of two doctors as you have to do now. what will that mean for inmates? it will mean that any male prisoner would be able to sign a form and become legally female despite having a male body and then would be eligible, as eligible as i would be, to be moved into a women's prison.
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that is wrong and we must oppose that. but if self identification goes through and the government is consulting, could there be more cases like this? of course. there are 13,000 sex offenders in prison and how many of those would like to move into a women's prison. the issue of having a female birth certificate is not enough to stop people moving. companies are selling vehicle number plates without carrying out proper checks, according to a bbc investigation. it means the real owners can face fines or even be arrested when vehicles with their number plates are involved in crime. jonathan gibson reports. adam has a problem with parking tickets. someone else's parking tickets. he's received more than £1,000 in fines meant for a driver who has copied his numberplate. i'm kind of scared that someone will commit a bigger crime
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using a car with my licence plate on it and that i'm going to have police show up on my doorstep to arrest me. tia is another car cloning victim and thought she was about to be arrested when police surrounded her car on the motorway. they started asking me how long i'd had my carfor, where i'd got it from. "am i the registered keeper". at that point, they then said the numberplates had been used to commit burglaries. no—one knows how many cloned cars are on the road. the police and dvla don't record numbers. but it is a significant problem. that's why anyone who sells numberplates has to be dvla registered and follow strict rules which include asking to see id and the logbook. but not all dealers are doing that. fantastic, mate. they look great. brilliant. james sells plates through the post, but i've come to collect them. everyone is asking for documents these days, it's ridiculous. you have to have the log book and stuff like that.
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oh, do you? james knows the law but he's choosing to ignore it, which means when i make two further visits, he also supplies plates without seeing documents. and he's not alone. i also buy plates from two other dealers. car cloning victim adam is not impressed. it is shocking because they know they should have the log book. i mean, they're sort of accessories to the crime. they shouldn't be in thatjob, or they shouldn't be allowed to print license plates. it's that simple, really. but willjames the dealer see it that way? hi,james. john gibson from the bbc, i'd like to talk about a few numberplates. these numberplates that you supplied to me illegally. why are you doing that, james? we are a little bit concerned. keep away from me. i am just asking you a few questions. go away. you don't want to respond to the reason you're supplying numberplates illegally? anyone caught selling numberplates illegally can face a hefty fine
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and lose their licence. jonathan gibson, bbc news. let's hear more from england cricketer alastair cook now. he was given a standing ovation at the oval today after he scored a century in his final test innings before international retirement. he scored 147 on day four of england's fifth test against india, as his team built up a commanding lead against the visitors. cook — whose wife is due to give birth any day — spoke to reporters after the game and was asked how it felt to finish his england career on such a high whilst also expecting a new member of the family. it has just been the most surreal four days of my life. i suppose if she goes into labour tonight that will top it off. incredible. a few of my friends here as well and so for that to happen today and the reception i've had in the last four
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days has been incredible. in the last few overs where everyone was singing the barmy army song, that was pretty special. the best day in cricket for you? a different day. on a purely selfish perspective, i could never have asked for a better week for me, so yes, but there have been bigger things in more important games, which have meant more, but on a purely emotional level with a lot of my friends and family here. alice's grand daddy ‘s here, my pa rents, alice's grand daddy ‘s here, my parents, her parents. school friends. in one way everyone said the pressure will be off but in a different way it has been one of those weeks where the reception i've got, and then to get out early every morning, that has brought a different kind of pressure, so to
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perform and have a day like that, i suppose, out of 160 games, it is a nice way to go. i remember cutting it to 97 and thinking there is three more to go. and then as he let it go i thought, he's launched that pretty ha rd i thought, he's launched that pretty hard and then as soon as i saw them not anywhere near it, i thought, hang ona not anywhere near it, i thought, hang on a minute, and then it corrupted. i thought it was four straightaway. i did not see the field running after it so it could have been embarrassing if he had stopped it and i was on 99. it saved mea stopped it and i was on 99. it saved me a lot of heartache. it has also caused me a lot of heartache in this series. so i will thank him for that moment. the ovation was just incredible and that is probably the only one i've really taking in and thought, wow. and the last ten minutes was also special, root was
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like i got some runs to get here as well. the barmy army would not shot up. it was phenomenal. —— shuts up. i don't know how i've managed it but it is amazing. it is special to go out on your own terms with your last ever innings, and for that to be a century, and if we can top it off tomorrow with a victory, and a 4—1 victory over the normal one side in the world, that would make it even more special. —— the number one. it is alldraining more special. —— the number one. it is all draining out of me now, probably 30 drug pharmacy would like to say hello to me later so i have got to get ready for them —— 30 drug farmers who would like to say hello to me later. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danoas. it did not look too bad across southern areas. it will turn very
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windy across the north. especially in the north and west. some of the rain is likely to be heavy, as well. try a further south. this is the word of —— the weather system moving in. winds through the night gusting to 30-35 in. winds through the night gusting to 30—35 mars bra. 50—50 mars prow in the north and west of scotland. —— miles per hour. driver—macro with some clear spells. temperatures holding it in single figures —— double figures for most. tuesday, weather front holding, and double figures for most. tuesday, weatherfront holding, and it double figures for most. tuesday, weather front holding, and it will grind toa weather front holding, and it will grind to a halt, but to the north it would be quite blustery throughout tuesday. with quite a few showers. also it will be a dividing line between something cool in the north and something warmer in the south.
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reports of the tropical air mass. tuesday will be the warmest day of the week. quite a messy picture, the weather front in central areas bringing cloud and persistent rain, but in the north bright and sunny spells and also blustery showers some of them heavy in northern scotland. in the south there could be some warm sunshine, you can see the orange colours. further north, the orange colours. further north, the greens and yellows. given some sunny spells in the south—east, maybe 24 celsius. the warmth in the southis maybe 24 celsius. the warmth in the south is moved into the near co nsta nt as south is moved into the near constant as we move into wednesday, the weather front continues to affect central areas and that will move south in the course of wednesday. another cloudy and wet story in southern and central areas, but brighter behind it. a cool day
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in the north and the cooler air getting into the south east, as well. thursday and friday, looking cooler. mixture of sunshine and showers, remaining blustery in the north. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. sweden faces political deadlock. none of the main political blocks attracted enough votes to form a government, the anti—immigration sweden democrats has made big gains. support for serena williams from the very top of women's tennis after she accuses an umpire of sexism at the us open final. that is not the only opinion we have heard. could a brexit breakthrough be on the cards? brussels says a deal for the uk to exit the european union could be reached within weeks. and the me too movement claims another big name as the head of cbs television les moonves is forced to step down.
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