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this is bbc news. the headlines. two russian men speak out on state tv and deny being involved in the salisbury chemical attack, they claim they were just tourists. ourfriends of been our friends of been suggesting that we would visit this wonderful town. salisbury? a wonderful town? yes. preparing for a no—deal brexit, the cabinet meets to discuss contingencies, in the event of no agreement between britain and the eu. a romanian tourist describes how he almostjumped in the thames after last year's westminster bridge attack, in his frantic search for his girlfriend also coming up, preparing for the worst on the east coast of america hurricane florence bears down on the us — bringing life—threatening waves and up to a0 inches of rainfall an exclusive report on england's child carers,
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new research says more than 1 in 5 children is involved in some care, for sick or disabled relatives. the two men named as suspects in the salisbury nerve agent attack have appeared on russian state television and denied being involved. the men who identified themselves as alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov, dismissed british claims that they were intelligence officers, insisting instead that they work in the fitness industry. they said they'd taken a short break in the uk to visit salisbury cathedral. from moscow, sarah rainsford reports. speaking out for the first time,
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the two russians accused of the deadly nerve agent attack in salisbury. today, they appeared on pro—kremlin television to declare their innocence. translation: our friends had been suggesting for quite a long time that we visit this wonderful city. they do resemble the two men identified by british police, but they deny they're russian intelligence agents. asked what they were doing in salisbury, they came up with this. translation: it's a tourist city. they have a famous cathedral there, salisbury cathedral. it's famous throughout europe and in fact around
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the world, i think. it's famous for its 123—metre spire. it's famous for its clock. it's the oldest working clock in the world. the men claim they were so keen to see the sights that they made two trips here in two days. the weather was so bad that they came back. british police believe the first visit was actually a recce for the attack. so did they visit the house where sergei skripal and his daughter were poisoned? translation: maybe we passed it or maybe we didn't. i never heard about them before this nightmare started. i never heard this name before. i didn't know anything about them. from the start, the kremlin has dismissed the accusations coming from london as lies. officials here have called the whole affair absurd, a soap opera. now these two men are being presented as definitive proof of that, however implausible their own story actually sounds. the skripals survived the poisoning, but dawn sturgess died after spraying novichok
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from a perfume bottle her boyfriend had found. police believe that is how the nerve agent was brought to britain. translation: when you go through customs, they check all your belongings, so if we had anything suspicious, any police officer would have questions. why would a man have women's perfume in his luggage? accused by britain, the men now claim they are worried for their lives. they even demand an apology. but this appearance was controlled, carefully choreographed. the suspects who have vanished as suddenly as they appeared for the state tv camera. well the russians say they were just tourists — here for a weekend, staying in east london for two nights. they visited salisbury twice — on saturday and sunday — for around two hours each time. our correspondent, duncan kennedy has been to salisbury — and has been trying to piece their movements together, to see
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if the russian‘s story — stands up. the two russians agree they did travel to salisbury station on saturday march 3rd, but they say they only spent one hour and 46 minutes in the city because it was snowing. the men say they then returned to london. the police here say that their first visit here to salisbury was in fact a reconnaissance mission. the next day, sunday fourth march, the two men returned to salisbury, arriving at 11.48. again, there is no dispute with the british version. but this is where timings become crucial. from the station, they say they visited the cathedral in the city centre. so what were they doing on the outskirts of salisbury at wilton road, close to sergei skripal‘s home? they arrive at this petrol station on wilton road at 11.58, even though it's not near any of the monuments they came to see. and crucially, say the police, it's just a short distance
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from this petrol station to sergei skripal‘s house just up there. in fact, it took us just two minutes to walk from that petrol station here to sergei skripal‘s house. the russians say they were never here, that they only came as tourists to see salisbury cathedral. yet here at the cathedral, there doesn't seem to be any cctv footage of them to back up their claims. and not only that. just look again at the photographic evidence and the timings in all of this. remember that we saw them at the petrol station at 11.58. they‘ re next photographed in the city centre at 13.05, heading towards the train station to leave salisbury, a total ofjust one hour and seven minutes. yet in that one hour and seven minutes, apparently going by foot, the men managed to get into the city centre, visit the cathedral and take a series of photographs. just over one hour in a city
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they'd flown all the way from moscow to see. i don't think any of their interview is plausible. i've watched it a couple of times now, and i think if i was their defence lawyer, my advice to them would be, keep quiet and wait till a trial, when your alibi will be tested by our evidence. but with the russian government denials of any involvement in the nerve agent attack, the chances of a trial in britain are minimal. ambassador william courtney has served as the us ambassador to both georgia, kazakhstan and was president clinton's special advisor on russia. he is now a seniorfellow at the independent research organisation rand — and joins me now from washington. good when equity think of these interviews? in some sense as a
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fallback strategy because the british government released such high—quality photos of the two suspects, it became harderfor the russians to the fiction that they we re russians to the fiction that they were not involved in the assassination attempt. sometimes they get caught, the story is not credible and that it falls back, and 2013, wayne he used to used chemical weapons, and work with the united states to eliminate that chemical weapon. in this case, but we are seeing is a mission that went wrong, he story that did not hold up and now they're trying to fallback. the fallback is to try to reduce western unity for sanctions in response to the attack.|j western unity for sanctions in response to the attack. i wanted to explore that with you in a moment,
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but i am assuming that while it is a fallback strategy, and your mind, it is not remotely credible as far as you're concerned. it will not have any impact in the west and will not have any impact on the russians. by the chair to assassinate him is to send that message, primarily to russians that if you divide the authorities, defy the state, the state can reach you no matter where you are. this is something that the russians see as a fallback, they would just laugh. they will see it as incredible as you do, you think? 0h as incredible as you do, you think? oh yes. what he can the impact is going to be of the possibility of trying to divide those who are currently supportive of the uk positioning. is that it likely consequence of this? why we have to look at the attack in the context of
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interfering in elections with great britain, the united states, russia and ukraine, bombing hospitals and it lived in syria, in a broader context, there is no sign that the west is going to reduce pressure, they're overextended in trying to reach too far to attack too many countries, too many western institutions that, from a western standpoint, there is no reason to let up on section. in which case, if the uk's allies are going to remain behind our positions on this and go back to what you said earlier, when they see this, most russians are going to laugh, i wonder what it has achieved. the funny thing about russian television, sunday would think that the intelligence was quite skilful, but as is i would be attack, the two agents left remnants
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in the hotel another places, we see the agent left in multiple places. it isn't that good in many places, and the propaganda that we saw today, even the moderator on russian television had a hard time controlling her own laughter. how might the decisions of these interviews to be conducted can come from the very top and russian? what you think direction for that would have come from? i think he could only have come from the top. they cannot command russian television to conduct such an interview. initial recall, vladimir putin said that it would be good for the two to come forward and come on television, something that you are he ordered them to do. believe that they are,
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thank you very much. 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 former trade minister, lord digbyjones and the broadcaster, henry bonsu british motorists may have to get an international driving permit to drive on the continent, if no deal is reached in the brexit negotiations before next march. the warning comes in papers published by the government to help businesses and consumers plan for life outside the eu. and there's no guarantee that free mobile phone roaming in the eu will remain the same either. the prime minister has been holding a cabinet meeting to discuss the latest preparations as our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. sending a message across the continent, making a call, hiring a car. if there's no deal between the uk and the eu, free and easy becomes costly and hard. the brexit secretary hopes the government has it under control. we would face short—term risks and short—term disruption.
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what we need to have in place and what people would expect us to have in place is a set of plans and proposals and a readiness amongst our institutional capacity for staff and government to manage those risks, avoid them where possible, or mitigate them. that is what we are confident that we've got. no deal would mean a lot of hassle and potentially cost for a lot of people. there's no guarantee you would be able to use your mobile abroad without huge bills, even though the government says they would cap roaming charges. if you're on the road in europe, you might need to get an international driving licence. and if you want to go to go to the continent at all, you might need to make sure you have six months left on your passport, or you might not be able to travel at all. the brexit secretary presented those no deal plans to his colleagues this morning. he didn't emerge for three and a half hours, a flavour of how much there is to worry about. today's meeting was about making sure we're prepared for all eventualities, and it was very successful.
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the cabinet afterwards, striving to find reasons to be cheerful. we're working towards a good deal and we expect to get one. the bank of england governor slipping out of the back after taking part too. he and other governments know that no deal would be much more than holiday hassles. the french foreign minister said planes could be grounded, trains not able to go. if we do nothing and if we reach no agreement, this is what would happen. and even without a deal, we would still have to pay. not a penny more than our strict legal obligations, but what that would not be is the sum or the phased approach to paying the financial settlement set out in the withdrawal agreement, which didn't then get signed. butjust as the government has been clear with the public about the kind of figure they expect to pay if there is a deal, just under 40 billion, can you do the same thing and tell the public roughtly what we might expect if there isn't a deal? i am not going to put a figure on it.
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but for our viewers, why can you tell them how much we would pay if there is a deal when we don't know the substance of the deal, but you can't say how much it would be if there isn't a deal? well, as i say, we would pay our strict legal obligations. translating that into a sum might need to go to arbitration. can you see there being a deal if the eu doesn't somehow modify its position on northern ireland? we can't see any outcome that threatens the territorial and constitutional integrity of the united kingdom. through our proposals, we have shown ambition and pragmatism. if the eu meet us halfway, we do the deal. and do you expect them therefore to shift their language, their attitude on northern ireland? sounds like you do. there will have to be a shift across the board in the eu's approach, and they'll have to meet us halfway. labour says no deal would be a crisis of the tories‘ own making. unlikely, perhaps, but a journey few want to make. 0ur political editor,
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laura kuenssberg reporting there. here are the headlines. (two russian men deny being involved in the salisbury chemical attack, they claim they were just tourists the cabinet meets to discuss contingencies, in the event of no agreement between britain and the eu. and a romanian tourist describes how he almost jumped in the thames after last year's westminster bridge attack, in his frantic search for his girlfriend sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. we start with cricket and after a 16 year wait, surrey are county champions once again. a three wicket win at worcestershire today gave them an unassailable lead of 61 points. the celebrations could begin when they went past a victory target of 271. fittingly it was one of their outstanding
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players of the season, the south african bowler morne morkel, who struck the winning runs with another key player, rikki clarke with him in the middle. surrey were last champions in 2002. we arejust we are just absolutely delighted, it's the one that everyone wants to win them to be up to do it, were absolutely delighted. when you were six down, or seven down. , to watch itand, it six down, or seven down. , to watch it and, it was just, six down, or seven down. , to watch it and, it wasjust, it six down, or seven down. , to watch it and, it was just, it was made slightly easier but i was watching my phone most of the time and trying to drink coffee and distract myself. staying wtih cricket, and the former england one—day captain paul collingwood will retire at the end of the season — more than two decades after making his first—class debut. he played in 68 tests, was part of three ashes winning sides and led england to victory at the world t20 eight years ago. 42 year—old collingwood's final game for durham will be at home to middlesex.
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britain's simon yates has maintained his 25—second overall lead at the vuelta a espana. the flat stage 18 was won by the belgian‘s helle vallays. yates safely marked his nearest challenger alejandro valverde, and now only two stages remain ahead of sunday's processional finish in madrid. the women's british open winner georgia hall has made a strong start to the final major of the summer. at the evian championship in southern france. hall finished on 3 under — 3 shots off the lead. spain's ca rlota ciganda and maria torres of puerto rico, lead the way on 6 under par after their opening rounds. the tottenham goal keeper will carry on as the club's captain despite his recent drink—drive conviction. hugo lloris will play no part in saturday's opening premier league game though.
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the spurs keeper is injured so tottenham — in fifth — face the leaders liverpool in the day's big game without their choice keeper, or deli alli who is also injured. for me he is one of the best teams in europe, and england. , great manager and of course, it'll be very tough opponent and of course, it's going to for us to have a very good performance if we want to be close to win. manchester city's women are in champions league action this evening. they are up gemma bonner. atletico madrid... lovely just a few minutes left in that
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match. the hearts manager craig levein will decide on friday if he will be in the dugout for saturday's trip to motherwell following his recent health scare. levein was admitted to hospital last month and spent two days in the edinburgh royal infirmary's coronary care unit. isaid i said that this was the best career move we ever made. so now it's been overwhelming, people have been in touch and i feel better, stronger. and, i'm sure that will be there, but, we will make that decision. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. a tourist has described how he almostjumped into the thames
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after the westminster terror attack to find his girlfriend who'd been hit by khalid massod's car. the couple from romania had been taking photos on the bridge when the attack happened. andreea cristea was thrown into the air and ended up in the river. she died two weeks later from her injuries. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford reports from the old bailey. andrei burnaz was himself injured during the westminster bridge attack last year but today, grim—faced, he had to give evidence in the inquest into the death of his girlfriend, andreea cristea. 0n holiday from romania, they'd been to visit westminster abbey and were heading over the bridge when khalid masood's 4x4 drove into them at speed. "after the vehicle passed, i looked on the left side of me michael brown was driving past as it happened and saw what andrei hadn't. andreea had been knocked clean over the parapet.
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michael brown told the inquest that he rushed to his van, got his phone and dialled 999, then looked over the edge of the bridge, where he saw andreea lying face down in the water. he immediately shouted to get the attention of the captain of a nearby passenger boat. the millennium diamond reacted quickly, with captain gordon markley using a boat hook to stop andreea floating away. about five minutes after she fell in, a london fire brigade boat, the fire flash, managed to get her out of the water still alive. today ,gordon markley and his colleague danny cooper from the passenger ship, both in dark glasses, were asked by andreea's family's lawyers if they couldn't have pulled her out more quickly, but they said they thought she was dead and that they'd done what they could. andreea cristea died in hospital two weeks later. a doctor said today he didn't know if her long time in the water had worsened her chance of survival. she also had a fractured skull.
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a hurricane is bearing down on the east coast of the united states — amid warnings it could cause catastrophic flooding across a wide area. florence is expected to hit north carolina in the early hours of tomorrow. the national hurricane centre says it could lingerfor days, dropping up to a metre of rain. georgia, north and south carolina, virginia and maryland are now all in a state of emergency. chris buckler is in wilmington in north carolina. home after home lies boarded up and in many cases abandoned. families who live in the path
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of florence have been listening to the warnings that this storm is likely to threaten both properties and lives. the roads that lead to the coastal towns across the carolinas have been closed. 0nly residents can now drive in, and the police are allowing that with an obvious reluctance. what's your purpose here? there's talk about storm surges of maybe nine feet, and if it stalls like they are saying, we could be going through two high tides. the hurricane has been downgraded to a category two storm, but the authorities are doing everything they can to emphasise how dangerous it remains. in terms of size, it's simply huge. don't get complacent. stay on guard. this is a powerful storm that can kill. today, the threat becomes a reality. there has been deep criticism of how the authorities responded to last
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year's hurricane in puerto rico. it caused widespread destruction and according to the island's official estimate, almost 3,000 deaths. but today donald trump denied that, tweeting bluntly and controversially that 3,000 did not die in the two hurricanes that hit the us all that means that there will be a close focus on the response to this storm once the waves rise and florence arrives. 0ur north america correspondent, laura trevelyan joins me now from wilmington in north carolina. it's a little unpredictable, but
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around seven o'clock tomorrow morning, as you can see the rain from hurricane florence is arriving, the first brand of rain, less than 100 miles away from where i am standing speaking to you now, but already tropical storm force winds from the hurricane are lashing the 0uter from the hurricane are lashing the outer banks of north carolina, the barrier island and for now and tilt when the hurricane hits, or when it lingers off the coast, we are expecting strong winds and this rainfall and the governor warned residents to date that this is a powerful storm that can kill, and you know what lingers on the coast, we are expecting strong winds and this rainfall and the governor warned residents to date that this isa warned residents to date that this is a powerful storm that can kill, and even though it is been downgraded, he warned people not to become complacent. it is going to come and the immense flooding that we are expecting, don't rainfall is most likely, it is going to stall and linger, dumping rain from 15 to 40 inches. but of course, that could
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lead to immense flooding. what good would dawn? and they tried to leave the area was ? this is the closest that we can actually get to the coast, the coast of the police will allow us to get, because to get there would be unsafe. a couple of people were staying, but in general, they are leaving and they will return after the hurricane has passed. and those that are staying, they have been warned very clearly by the government of north carolina that there won't be able to rescue them if they need rescuing them during the period of storm. so it is at their own risk if they choose to ride it out. with two major storms expected to make landfall in the coming days days, a little earlier, i spoke to our weather presenter,
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darren bett, he's explaining how over the past few hours hurricane florence has weakened and slowed down. we had a very distinct eye of the hurricane. since then, it has been filled in with cloud and that is an indication that the system is weakening and the winds are dropping. so product category two now, after miles an hour, and this is where it's going, so not long before it's making landfall in north carolina, but it stops, it slows down ina carolina, but it stops, it slows down in a probably treats its win the south carolina and it is the slowing down that's particularly significant. so we get carried away into the category two and category five, but there will be dangerous winds. those combined, storm surge
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could get up to a four metre storm surge so this is a wall of water beings slept in —— swept in. he did get a metre of rain falling along the coastal parts of north carolina and even the parts of south carolina as well. so extensive flooding it'll bea as well. so extensive flooding it'll be a long time before he will be allowed to get back. more rain. there is a super typhoon that's not being labelled approaching the philippines. this is actually larger and more powerful than florence. and this one is not slowing down, it is heading directly towards the philippines, this‘ll be the first typhoon to make landfall in the philippines this year. northern parts the philippines, not a particularly well populated area, it would take less than 12 hours to cross over this part of the
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philippines, you have really strong winds one should play miles an hour -- 120 winds one should play miles an hour —— 120 miles an hour. the forecast is changing a bit, unlikely to run into hong kong now, steering to the south of hong kong, it will eventually work its way into northern parts of vietnam, we'll wait to see on that one. when accidents obtain a hurricane impact on. there isn't much of a difference really, they‘ re called on. there isn't much of a difference really, they're called different things in different parts of the world. a typhoon for southeast asia and the west pacific, hurricane for the east pacific and the atlantic basin. let's check on the weather close at home.
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some cloud and rain at times, the weather is set to be dry in the south and east of that northwest southeast split continues the rest of this evening into the 19. cross parts of northern ireland, northwest england as well elsewhere crossing into wales, it will stay mostly dry. not as cold as it was last night, got into the single figures, but more degrees to deepest temperatures up. during friday, there'll be a band of rain affecting parts of northern ireland, some of scotland, northern england and parts of wales as well. across england and wales, expected state—wide, staying reasonably warm, sunshine and blustery showers returning north across northern and western scotland in two butchers around a bit of the next, most places largely dry on saturday, there will be more showers and rain on sunday. hello, good evening. this is bbc
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news. the latest headlines. two russian men have gone on state tv to deny carrying out a nerve agent attack in salisbury, claiming they we re attack in salisbury, claiming they were happening to be that the time. the government has put forward the latest batch of contingency measures in case there is no brexiteer. the westminster bridge attack inquest hears however many romanian tour is almostjumped hears however many romanian tour is almost jumped into the hears however many romanian tour is almostjumped into the thames to search for his girlfriend after the attack. the eastern seaboard of united raise the cash of united states readies itself for hurricane florence. and in exclusive bbc report reveals how one in five young people consider themselves to be a young ca re were people consider themselves to be a young care were present ways depend on them for everyday living. ——
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whose families depend on them. and why people are being encouraged to play in public ahead of a first he just piano competition. —— oh head ofa just piano competition. —— oh head of a prestigious piano competition. let's get more now on the government's no—deal brexit papers. 0ur correspondentjames government's no—deal brexit papers. 0ur correspondent james runnels went to rome to find out how a new deal scenario would impact on travel around the eu. at the moment to begin into italy with a british passport is quite easy. all you have to do is make sure your password has enough validity to cover your state you're
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in. if britain crashes out without a deal, you have to make sure that your passport has at least six months validity. that's what italy would need in order to let you into the country. if you don't have it, they might say you have to go back. for now, it's pretty civil. —— simple. in off to rome. hiring a car may be the easiest way to get into italy's capital. while you really need is your british drivers licence which shows you remember —— you're a member of the eu. you're in the car so long as you got the money. if britain leaves without a deal, there may be a big argument about the status of these british driving permits. you may try to present on the day that britain leaves only to find somewhere here in ralph fiennes we no longer accept these. —— somewhere here in rome, someone says. obviously with all the transport available, it's very easy to go wherever you want. if someone
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does not accept her drivers licence, get a taxi. i don't see a problem there at all. we still travel. .. but there at all. we still travel. .. but the more cautious about it. think further ahead about things, take more time, that kind of thing. we needed to the centre of town, you might be tempted to take a video to show off a bit, to make everyone at home extremely jealous. show off a bit, to make everyone at home extremelyjealous. and since 2017, british mobilephone users have not had any roaming charges in the eu. making this a very cheap video to send. but if there is no deal, roaming costs or equivalent price rises could come in, making this a much more expensive video to send, a potential consequence of an exit without a deal. james runnels, bbc news, rome.
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according to research... the report shows one in five young people aged between 11 and 16 consider themselves to be a care we re consider themselves to be a care were hoping to look after someone at home within illness or a disability. it means more than 800,000 children are providing some level of care to family members or siblings. 0ur special correspondent ed thomas has been to meet three children whose families depend on them for everyday living. nobody knows how many times... young, dedicated. in all this chaos, a considerate child. the jordan with their families first. —— children with their families first.
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she's at home, caring for me. which is unfair. you're not really that normal kid any more. you're that young carer. katie is love it and looks after her mum. half of it with you like a child... charlotte nearly died from sepsis. she lost her fingers and her feet. died from sepsis. she lost her fingers and herfeet. terrorists died from sepsis. she lost her fingers and her feet. terrorists do help —— mac to do help four times a day but everything else is katie. —— ca re rs day but everything else is katie. —— carers help. sepsis is taking her childhood away. my baby girl! i'm your mum right now! for many young carers, there is
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co nsta nt for many young carers, there is constant worry. loads of... how is this affecting the schooling? it's falling down quite a lot. about two years. she deserves a medal. she really does.|j don't really have a choice. i have to do it. what does your mum you? the world. these young people have stresses and strains beyond their years. they're less likely to be able to get a steady and secure job and a much more likely to have mental health issues. he is six yea rs old mental health issues. he is six years old and he can talk a little bit. he enjoys playing with toys. they are different because they have autism. and it's her who understands their needs. with a dad working
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nights, she helps her mum. she cares for her siblings. and she's only nine. we need her. like many young carers, the emotional support matters. do you know that mummy really need you in her life? what you say to me when i'm sad? it's ok. i will help you. we ignore these children at our peril. they are under the radar and many of them need to be seen, because if we can see them, we can hopefully support them. i look after the brother and sister... i look after the brother and sister. . . a i look after the brother and sister... a day in his life. get on
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my back. going to the shop. when i get back home, i'm going to need to go for my mum —— cook for my mum. and my brother and sister and help my mum a bit. my legs ache! don't fall backwards! chronic back pain, and... 13 him and he feels response will for his family. —— he feels responsible for. he gives me food, he kisses me, he gives me more hugs. there are tens of thousands of young ca re rs there are tens of thousands of young carers just. providing there are tens of thousands of young carersjust. providing the highest levels of care. luckily for me, i've got my granddad, who was always there for me. if i ever need a break, on a weekend, i can always just go to his house and have my own
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time. the home base me. because now i've got so much homework building up, building up, building up, and i cannot do anything about it. carers do help the family but it's jameel thatis do help the family but it's jameel that is always there for his mum. i'm lost without you. you're my best friend. do you know that? yeah. that was jamil and his mother ending that report by ed thomas. angela awuah was a child carer to a family member with paranoid schizophrenia, and is now a young adult carer. she told me about the unique challenges she faced. while her friends were out partying, angela was sorting out the family finances. balancing my college life and being at home and having to manage finances in the home. looking after
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my own well—being whilst doing these things at the same time was definitely challenging. i would not say there was a specific point but probably mostly towards my exams, having the pressure of exams and then going back home and having to face what i have to face at home. and where could you look for more help if you needed it? it was more friends than family at the time, but because we are very close knit family, it was very hard to step out and actually speak to someone about it. a lot of the things that happened to my kept it to myself for a long period of time before actually spoke about it. that was not until i graduated from university. and you mentioned the managing of your finances. university. and you mentioned the managing of yourfinances. how challenging was that at times?m was not so bad, because we all like a bit of money. it was making sure it was being paid at the right time and it was the right amount without forgetting that it is not paid from a certain time, there will be fees
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and fines i might have to pay. making sure... sometimes, you forget asa making sure... sometimes, you forget as a young person, because that's not your responsibility. a lot of times, i would forget and i would have to call up and met make sure there is an extension. most contemporaries of your time would not have been facing that at all stop of my friends are on the time where a college or thinking about university, thinking about partying. they are taking about their close there were into college. but for me, there were into college. but for me, there was the other level of caring after a family member. it is different from anxiety and depression or bipolar disorder. what do you think you had to give up in that time that you might otherwise have done? i think it was more getting close to friends. i thought i had friends at the time. i guess that time, you're still try to
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figure out who your real friends are, and for me, it was how do i open up to people you might not necessarily except what i am about to tell them? and also thinking about the rejection i might receive asa about the rejection i might receive as a result of opening up about a family and home life. despite those challenges, as you indicated a moment ago, you went on to university. what was happening at that point in terms of the caring responsibilities you presumably still had? it was not so much because i lived away from home. in my final year, my first term was at university, at home, sorry, and so thatis university, at home, sorry, and so that is when it became difficult. i could not run away from it —— i could not run away from it —— i could run away with it when i was in university. when i was home, it was in my face. looking after someone else is far more challenging than looking after my own well—being, which is hard for anybody. even
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if... it is your mind. i used to a lwa ys if... it is your mind. i used to always push it in the back of my mind that i am always thinking about it at the same time. in lectures, i would probably be like daydreaming and thinking about what is going on at home and what i am facing my studies. and what about now? some of the things you've done now to try and raise the awareness of this issue. with her things to be done?|j started a social enterprise, which is basically a treat of arts academies to help people, young people, without to its press themselves through the creative arts. my way of expressing myself was to dance and leaving university, and having to care for family members, i wanted to put the two passions together. i became very passionate about mental health, and so, raising awareness, sharing my
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story of being a terror. —— of being a carer. making coping mechanisms for themselves. what interest has there been from the young people you're targeting? there've been a lot of people. because i work full—time, as far as how do i find time to manage both my put myjob —— or do time to manage both my put myjob —— ordoi time to manage both my put myjob —— or do i quit myjob... time to manage both my put myjob —— or do i quit my job... attribute time to manage both my put myjob —— or do i quit my job. .. attribute to the point where that is a serious decision for you to turn this into a full—time exercise? decision for you to turn this into a full-time exercise? yeah. and in terms of the numbers, we've heard this report today, more than one for the children of teenage age are involved in some sort of caring. does that surprise you? it does not at all. a lot of time, young people like myself would hide this part of their life because they don't want people to... they don't want people
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to feel sorry for them. people would definitely hide it. i'm not surprised at all because i know for example in my culture, something like this, you would not dare to speak about. it's just something you have to do and that you are built to do. knowing that there are so many young people and children facing this is not a surprise. i think it's about time we took action and put carer at the front of this issue and get help. that was angela awuah. laura bennett is the acting head of policy at carerstrust, who provide advice and support for young carers. thank you for coming in. i wonder how typical angela's story is. it's a very typical story. it's a very common experience, that experience of not wanting to talk to people about what's going on, not wanting to share things. that's why it's important firstly that professionals are asking some of the right
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questions. teachers and doctors and social workers. if you notice a shout is coming in late or is in achieving their potential, asked if there's going on at home. 0r achieving their potential, asked if there's going on at home. or a pharmacist seeing someone who is regularly picking up her prescription. could that child or young person be a young carer? there isa young person be a young carer? there is a very clear discrepancy between the numbers in the most recent census in 2011%, yes, i'm a young carer, and the numbers that have now emerged in this university of nottingham research. you think the figures coming up today are accurate. yes, we absolutely think these figures below the latest figures out of the water. it is because the census asked adults. crucially, this research asked children to which i think there is a real difference. when we asked children the right questions, we get the right answers, which is that
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they are feeling unidentified and unsupported. that has real consequences for children's education, the mental health and their well—being. if they're not do their well—being. if they're not do the right support and that can be affecting their life choices. what you say that right support is? we think they need a proper assessment of their needs and their families, and it's important to remember these children and young people are very much picking up the burden of underfunded health and social care, which is why it is absolutely crucial the government steps in and thinks about what they can do to support this border will group of children and young people. which not only means support the presumably more money into the system. only means support the presumably more money into the systemm only means support the presumably more money into the system. it does. it is also about supporting the disabled children and parents these young people are supporting. 0f course they are not going to see their young brothers or their mother gone without support. if they are
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unsupported, it's not just gone without support. if they are unsupported, it's notjust about the day to day activities in the home, which are not challenging enough, but there is also the element that angela touched on and certainly in the film we saw a moment ago of those who would otherwise be achieving much more in their typical schooldays because they cannot do the work. that's absolutely right. research shows they will achieve less tha n research shows they will achieve less than their peers. evidence is also really clear that being i didn't care were —— that being a young carer affect your mental health. it's about the not being able to get on in life and be happy and have those other opportunities children and young people just take for granted. laura bennett, thank you very much indeed. two people have died and at least two others have been seriously hurt in a crash involving several vehicles on the m5 near taunton. at least seven cars and a lorry were involved. the motorway was closed in both
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directions but has just been opened in the last hour. profits at the john lewis partnership fell dramatically to almost nothing in the six months tojuly. they were down 99% on the previous year. the group, which includes the department stores and waitrose supermarkets, made a profit ofjust £1.2 million. the company said its price—matching strategy had been severely tested by discounts elsewhere. chopin in shopping centres and haydn on the high street — that s what s being heard in leeds this week during the build—up to what s regarded as the uk s most prestigious piano competition. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson has been in the city to speak to members of the public who've been tempted to tinkle the ivories. pianos have been popping up in precincts and
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places all round leeds. the reason? to celebrate the leeds international piano competition. the steps of the town hall have been turned into a giant keyboard. ifeel like tom hanks in big. the leeds international piano competition has been taking place every three years since the start of the ‘60s. it's a truly global event to find the best young pianist in the world, with finalists this year from as far as china, russia and the usa. and the judges — who are concert pianists themselves — have been giving impromptu performances in the centre of the city, in what's been dubbed the world's smallest concert hall. this is great. yeah, it's noisy but i don't care. it doesn't matter, music wins out. yeah. oh, what a lovely, magical thing. it was such a tedious day. i had nothing but boring things to do and i'm
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absolutely uplifted by it. it's just magnificent. the build—up to the final has included the impressionist alistair mcgowan returning to his alma mater, the university of leeds, to talk about taking up the piano at the age of 49. it's sort of taken over my life, i must admit. i can't wait, i itch, i salivate. if i see a piano in a room, i just want to play it, and i keep wanting to learn new pieces and my big frustration at starting late in life is thinking of the pieces i will never play. the event is trying to make sure that rather younger people are encouraged to take up the instrument. press any notes you want, one at a time if you want. brilliant. the competitors, including yuanfan yang, have been going into leeds schools to give demonstrations. i'll try and turn that into a piece of music. did you know you were that
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good at composing music? no. we have to get out of the concert hall, take it into schools, and the idea is that years later, they will come into the concert hall, they will have had this experience — you just plant a seed. and it appeared to be working. we were not short of volunteers at blenheim primary school willing to make their debut on the instrument and let us film the outcome. is it first time you've ever played the piano? yes. wow! although this lot could probably do with a bit more practise. colin paterson, bbc news, leeds. the car manufacturer volkswagen is to stop producing its famous beetle model next year — ending almost 80 years of production.
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the first vw beetle rolled off the production line in 1938, and the company says it will now focus on the electric market. the final model of the iconic car will be priced between £17-20,000. he's the fastest man on earth, and it seems usain bolt‘s also quite nippy in space, well in zero gravity. also quite nippy in space — well, in zero gravity. the olympic champion got to experience it as part of an advert he's filming in france in an airbus normally used for scientific experiments. he called the experience "mindblowing". looks about right. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas. it is all lies on the atlantic, with a very busy spell of weather terms of hurricanes and tropical storms, and the main troublemaker over the next 24 hours is the zurich and
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florence. it is still a category two hurricane and it is quick to bring flash flooding. the storm surge and very heavy rainfall. winds cussing in excess of 100 km/h on the coast of the carolinas. closer to home, a bit of a mixed story for us. this was this evening in devin... we will continue to seek cloud across the day. drier and warmer weather to be found further south. this is the satellite and the radar. patchy rain across northern ireland. as we look towards the evening hours and overnight, it remains mostly dry across the southern half of the british isles. it will not be quite as cold as it was last night because we've got more of a breeze blowing, which should keep temperatures just about up, but some rural spots getting up into... it's really
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through this central swathe of the country where he will continue to seek cloud and outbreaks of rain. to the south, you're life it is a largely drier in the sunshine. if you get to around 19 degrees or so. cooler for their you get to around 19 degrees or so. coolerfor their north you get to around 19 degrees or so. cooler for their north —— further north. blustery showers ending across parts of scotland. looking ahead towards the first part of the weekend, we got this area of high pressure building in from the southwest, keeping the weather mostly dry on saturday but weather fronts approaching from the atlantic. much of saturday looks at a fine day. the cloud and the wind increasing from the west with synoptics of rain for northern ireland and the west of scotland by the end of the day but i of that, temperatures on the rise. 21 degrees or so. should feel quite pleasant down towards the southeast. this happens at these having been mostly
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dry although fairly breezy on sunday. more showery rain at him from the northwest and damages could reach 20 degrees. bye—bye. saturday, there will be more showers and rain on sunday. hello, welcome to outside source, we will begin in north carolina which is preparing for a huge storm. look at this, light images coming in where hurricane florence is starting to batter the united states. they found that 3000 people died due to the hurricane in puerto rico, he says that the democrats inflated the figures to make him look bad. the uk government has been quick to dismiss the suspects in the poisoning of sergei skripal. it said that they we re sergei skripal. it said that they were for us, that is deeply offensive to the victims. they graduated just as the financial crisis came, we will see
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