tv Breakfast BBC News September 23, 2018 7:00am-7:59am BST
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good morning. welcome to breakfast with chris mason and victoria fritz. our headlines today: backing another brexit vote — the labour leadership say they'll support another referendum, if that's what party members want. falling victim to scams — the number of reports of fraud against older people doubles in three years. the biggest takeover in europe's media industry — us cable giant comcast wins the auction to buy sky. it's another knockout for anthonyjoshua. he's still the world heavyweight champion after stopping his latest challenger. good morning. we have a spell of wet and windy weather moving its way across southern england and wales first thing this morning. but its clears at pace and leaves the day with sunny spells and scattered showers for all. more details on that and the week ahead coming up shortly. it's sunday the 23rd of september. our top story:
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the labour leader jeremy corbyn and his deputy tom watson have said they will back another brexit referendum, if their members call for one. it comes as a poll suggests overwhelming support within the party rank and file for another vote, and for remaining in the european union. our political correspondent iain watson has more. labour's slogan for this year's conference is rebuilding britain. the party wants to be seen as an alternative government. its leadership will be unveiling policies to appeal to those who feel left behind by economic change — people who, perhaps, voted for brexit. but some in the party want another vote on the eu — a new referendum on any final deal. the shadow chancellor has not ruled it out. it's on the table. we are keeping all of the options open. but the people's vote campaign, which wants a new referendum, is pushing labour to go further to make a positive commitment. a poll of more than 1000 labour members suggested: the main issues today
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won't simply be debated here on the conference floor. behind the scenes, there is a big push by some in the party's rank and file to make sure that later in this conference, there's a full debate on brexit, including the option of having a new referendum. away from the glare of publicity, delegates will hammer out the final wording of any brexit motion today, though this wouldn't be debated in public until tuesday. significantly, the party's deputy leader tom watson has said if members decide that they want a new referendum, he'll go out and argue for it. if somebody says they are gonna have a go at it, you would call an election? i'm ready for it. and in the sunday mirror, the labour leaderjeremy corbyn, who's been reluctant to back a referendum, said he too will respect his members‘ wishes but his clear preference is for a general election. if that doesn't happen, calls from some ofjeremy corbyn‘s own members for a new vote are likely to grow louder. iain watson, bbc news, liverpool. an investigation by bbc radio 5 live
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has found that the number of elderly people reporting that they've been the victim of scamming has nearly doubled in the last three years. in some cases, people had lost hundreds of thousands of pounds. fraudsters scammed almost 19,000 older people across the uk in the past year, equivalent to nearly six every hour. caroline davies reports. it's a crime that can happen in your own home, as simple as a convincing phone call or a few clicks on a computer. and for one group in particular, reported cases of fraud are becoming more common. the cost of personal fraud across all ages is estimated to be around £10 billion a year. figures requested in an investigation by 5 live show that nearly 19,000 people aged over 60 reported that they had been scammed and more than 1000 of those victims were over 90. some experts worry the number of over—60s affected is far higher
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and that older people are particularly at risk as they are more likely to live alone and be drawn into conversation with a fraudster. the impact can be devastating, leaving victims without savings, potentially reliant on the state to pay for their care. those who do fall victim to fraud once are often targeted again, sometimes being placed on a scammers‘ list of people likely to be sucked in. the financial 0mbudsman service has said that scams are becoming increasingly sophisticated and told banks that they should take the evolution of fraud into account, rather than assume it is the customers who have been grossly negligent. caroline davies, bbc news. that is really sad and will have more on that story a little after eight o'clock. a murder investigation has been launched after a 19—year—old man died after being shot in east london last night. two other people were also seriously injured in the incident
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in walthamstow, at around 11 o'clock. nobody has been arrested. there have been more than 100 murders in the capital so far this year. directors of the british broadcaster sky have urged shareholders to accept a takeover offer of more than £30 billion from the us media giant, comcast. this was after a long—running two year battle. it was against rupert murdoch's 21st century fox, comcast last night won a blind auction for sky. our business editor simonjack reports. it's been an epic battle between two heavyweights of the media world. in the final round, us cable giant and universal studios owner comcast delivered a knockout blow, offering £30 billion, 10% more than the disney—backed 21st century fox was prepared to pay. the prize — sky's 23 million customers across europe, 10 million of them in the uk. the final bid has come in at £17.28, which is 17% increase
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on the previous offer for sky, so they certainly have. and i think for comcast, sky is a very important strategic asset. it will help them diversify outside of the us where they're seeing pressures of cord—cutting — that is consumers are less and less paying for big, expensive cable packages. so why are all these megadeals happening now? look no further than the new kids on the block, netflix and amazon. both are winning new subscribers around the world. both are pouring billions into making their own original content. in the short—term, sky customers will notice little difference. both bidders had agreed to fund loss—making sky news for at least the next ten years. putting up prices will be hard, given the red—hot competition for eyeballs. comcast may have won, but they had to pay £30 billion. the real winners this weekend are the sky shareholders, which include the family of one rupert murdoch. he may not have succeeded in buying all of sky as he once wanted, but he will not be going home empty—handed. simon jack, bbc news. a woman accusing the us
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supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault has agreed to testify against him next week. lawyers for christine blasey ford say she has accepted a request to appear before the senate judiciary committee to be questioned about the alleged attack at a party in 1982. judge kavanaugh has repeatedly denied the allegations and continues to have the support of president trump and his deputy, mike pence. arriving home accompanied by security, brett kavanaugh, seen here in the red cap, still at the centre of a storm. the conservative judge is donald trump's choice to fill the vacancy on the supreme court. last week, that seemed almost a certainty, until allegations of sexual assault emerged in the media. christine blasey ford said he tried to rape her when they were teenagers in the 1980s, an allegation judge kavanaugh strenuously denies. there have been days of negotiations over whether dr ford would give evidence before the senate
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judiciary committee. now, it seems there may just be a breakthrough. in a statement, her lawyers said: some republicans, including donald trump, say this is a deliberate attempt to delay and ultimately obstruct judge kavanaugh‘s confirmation. the president and i are confident that senate republicans will manage this confirmation properly with the utmost respect for all concerned, and i believe thatjudge brett kavanaugh will soon bejustice brett kavanaugh. dr ford may have accepted the request to appear before the senate committee, but her lawyers are still negotiating the terms. when she gives evidence, who is in the room, and who she is questioned by are all still issues to be agreed. lebo diseko, bbc news. house of fraser stores in edinburgh,
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hull and swindon are to close. sports direct‘s mike ashley, who recently bought the struggling chain, has been in talks with landlords over rents in recent weeks. at least 20 house of fraser stores have been saved from closure. senior members of the royal family have allowed cameras to follow them for a new documentary about the queen as a global figure. queen of the world, which will be shown on itv, was filmed over a year. in one episode, the duchess of sussex, meghan markle, reveals a secret detail of her wedding dress for the first time. somewhere in here, there's a piece of — did you see it? — the piece of blue fabric that's stitched inside? no! it's my something blue. it's my — it's fabric from my... oh, how nice! well, i hope it's still in there! yes, it should be. we'll have to look at that. it's fabric from the dress that
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i wore on our first date. i feel ifeel considerably i feel considerably richer than knowing that, i really do. if you're looking for the perfectjob, it's taken. well, it is if you're a cat lover, anyway. this is what terry laurmen‘s life looks like on most days. the 75—year—old from wisconsin, in the united states, has been volunteering at his local animal shelter since 2016. he's supposed to help with the grooming but he often joins the residents in a quick cat nap. photos of terry and the cats snoozing together were posted on social media a few days ago and have been shared more than 22,000 times. that is a proper sleep. he is properly slumped over the back of the sofa. it looks like my brother. they have adopted a cat and six foot six of my brother, it is turned into
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a cat man. the czar. they like it under here apparently, a bit of a giggle. i have learned something. richard experience this morning. —— and enriching experience. a new tax on holiday homes and a plan to put more workers on the boards of large companies. just two new initiatives from labour which are likely to be overshadowed by brexit at today's party conference. leaderjeremy corbyn and his deputy tom watson have both said they will back calls for another referendum, if party members want one. let's talk to their shadow frontbench colleague, andrew gwynne, who is in liverpool. good morning to you, andrew, thank you forgetting up early for us. we are coming to the inevitable elephant in the liverpool room of brexit in a moment but firstly on the policy that you're announcing this morning on holiday homes, tell me about what the plan is there. of
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course in some parts of the country, the housing market is broken, not because there is a shortage of properties but because many of those properties but because many of those properties have been bought up as second holiday homes. that is creating villages in particular, parts of rural england, that are no longer sustainable communities. so to tackle that issue but also use the funding to make sure that we tackle another serious housing issue, the scourge of homelessness, rough sleeping, and children in temporary accommodation, some will have a national levy on second homes, equivalent to double of council tax, and the funding will be ploughed back into those councils with real problems of homelessness and children in temporary accommodation to make sure that all have decent homes and roofs over their heads. let's talk inevitably about brexit. this one can be a short answer if you can. do you
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agree with your leader and deputy that if your leaders want —— your members want another vote on policy, that should be your policy? we are a democratic party but before we get that we want a general election because the government has made a complete fist of brexit, they have not been able to negotiate a deal and we want to make sure that we go to the country to offer what we think... hang on, hang on. the right approach on brexit and then let's put the twist to the people in a general election. maybe my fuzzy brain at ten past seven isn't computing but i'm not sure that amounted to the question that i asked. yes or no, if your members wa nt asked. yes or no, if your members want another referendum will that be the labour policy? well of course we are hearing in liverpool to debate that —— we are here in liverpool. there has not been a debate yet but generally we want an election, we wa nt generally we want an election, we want to go to the country and be able to put labour's vision for the
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country, we want to rebuild this country, we want to rebuild this country, and we want to make sure that our communities are growing again. yes, but, andrew... every opposition party in history was a general election because they want to become the government and that is a perfectly reasonable aspiration but on the specifics of brexit given that it but on the specifics of brexit given thatitis but on the specifics of brexit given that it is in law to happen in six months time, your leader and deputy leader are indicating if your party membership want another vote it will become labour policy and they are talking about how this is a party driven by their members and yet i point you to page 2a of the ma nifesto point you to page 2a of the manifesto on which you stood a year ago, labour accepts the referendum result. absolutely. and we do accept the referendum result. which is why we have said all along that we want to make sure there is a deal of that meets our red lines. and that means that we are in a customs union so that we are in a customs union so that we are in a customs union so that we avoid the issue of the northern ireland border. it means we
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have close cooperation with the single market. and it means we can then move forward with eight labour vision for britain outside the european union, reflecting that many parts of the country voted to leave the european union in the referendum. we want to put that to the country. if the government comes back with no deal. no deal is a listen a democratic party. we will listen to the views of members and we will reflect on the views of members on theissue
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reflect on the views of members on the issue of brexit. i am struggling here. let me try this another way. i ask you your own personal view. do you want to see a so—called people's bow, and other referendum, do you wa nt to bow, and other referendum, do you want to see that, yes or no? —— vote. i want to see a deal on brexit first. come on! let us mcphee what comes out of that. at the moment we don't have anything like a deal on brexit —— let's see what comes out of that. we can't go to the country with nothing on offer. ultimately, i wa nt with nothing on offer. ultimately, i want a general election. i don't wa nt want a general election. i don't want to be a shadow minister, i want to bea want to be a shadow minister, i want to be a secretary of state regarding this country forwards. right. i get the point about you wanting a general election, because you have mentioned it once or twice in the last couple of minutes... that is a people's vote, isn't it? what would be the proposition in a labour ma nifesto, be the proposition in a labour manifesto, imagine there is an election, it is not impossible
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between now and march, if things go ina between now and march, if things go in a particular direction in the next few months, i cannot work out what it was our page one of your ma nifesto. what it was our page one of your manifesto. would it say we are leaving the european union or would it say maybe we are not because we will let you —— let the people have a say? will let you —— let the people have 7i will let you —— let the people have a say? i work with mr behold time andi a say? i work with mr behold time and i do get it. how on earth are oui’ and i do get it. how on earth are our view was supposed to get it —— i work at westminster. what we have said is that we accept the result of a referendum. if you are not prepared to accept the answer you don't put the question. we did but the question in 2016. we got an answer. it was an answer that was contrary to the one that i campaigned for, but we are a democracy and the people asked the government of the day to negotiate to leave the european union. we want to leave the european union. we want to be that government, we want to negotiate an labour brexit. now ultimately what happens beyond that is we will debate that at conference
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will stop you asking me to answer a question when conference hasn't debated that yet. question when conference hasn't debated by t yet. question when conference hasn't debated by day t. question when conference hasn't debated by day and even better by glorious by day and even better by night —— glorious picture. the aurora. a pretty chilly start. minus two degrees. that is a shock to the system. further south we have some rain in the forecast. some of it quite heavy across the south—west for a time. it is gradually drifting steadily eastwards. ahead of, if not already raining across southern england, it is quite cloudy and drizzly. the rain starting to gather in intensity. it will put its weste rli es. in intensity. it will put its westerlies. northern ireland you get the best of the weather today. sunny spells despite the chilly start. let us spells despite the chilly start. let us look at this rain in more detail. if you have got outdoor plans, playing sunday league football, or playing sunday league football, or playing rugby this morning, it will bea playing rugby this morning, it will be a wet and windy affair. some pretty muddy pictures by the end of the morning. it rattles through quite quickly. you will see an
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improvement already into south—west england and wales by lunchtime and the early afternoon. there will be plenty of showers are starting to phailin. a rather brisk north—westerly wind will dry goes through. at least they will come and go through. at least they will come and 9° -- through. at least they will come and go —— pile in. it will not feel particularly warm out there today. 11- 15 particularly warm out there today. 11— 15 degrees at the best, particularly in the rain first thing this morning, it will be quite a cool feel. as we go through the evening the rain will ease away, skies remain clear. temperatures are set to fall away as well. it will be a chilly night. a little patchy mist and fog, particularly across england and fog, particularly across england and wales where the centre of this height pressure is. the high pressure bills. it will quieten things down for a few days. the exception is the chance of some rain 01’ exception is the chance of some rain or showers pushing into the far north, topping across that high. generally speaking, on monday, after a chilly start, a lovely sunny one. a few isolated showers in the
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north—west. generally not too bad. the temperatures are struggling a little. 12— the temperatures are struggling a little. 12- 16 the temperatures are struggling a little. 12— 16 degrees. a similar story as we go through to tuesday. they chilly start. the potential for patchy mist and fog first thing across england and wales. by the end of tuesday we might see a strengthening wind and more persistent rain pushing into northern ireland and western scotland. while— 16 b high, it will get warmer through the middle part of the week. generally speaking we keep that try and settle story. that is how it is looking. battir. thank you. eight million people are expected to tune in for the finale of the bodyguard tonight. no spoilers coming. i don't know about you, but i am a couple of episodes behind. shame on you. you have some time after this.|j episodes behind. shame on you. you have some time after this. i have to do some catching up. as well as causing a twitter frenzy each week, the series has prompted lots of interest in counter—terrorism policing. thousands of people have accessed the met‘s recruitment site since the show started. but how realistic is richard madden's character david budd? our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, reports. he has talked down a suicide bomber,
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been shot at in a car, and duffed up a government advisor. all in there's work reckless protection officer. you's one man who should know. work reckless protection officer. you's one man who should knowlj have rejected theresa may when she was home secretary. and it is nothing and was nothing like what he did. the way we operate is not quite like he seems to be operating. quite independently. so independently he even has an affair with the home secretary. anybody who crosses that line would not last very long within the department was up and might not last very long within the police service. but the met police wants to capitalise on the popularity of the bodyguard. there has been a surge of interest injoining the bodyguard. there has been a surge of interest in joining the force. in
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its recruit detectives and technology experts. it is about encouraging people to have an ambition, dream big, and is, actually, some day you could be protecting her majesty the queen or protecting her majesty the queen or protecting the home secretary. you will not be getting that instantaneously. one feature of the programme is the large number of seniorfemale officers programme is the large number of senior female officers and detectives from black and minority ethnic groups. it takes some doing. the reality is rather different. they are in a minority at the zeitoun counterterrorism detective. people. she doesn't want to be identified because of the sensitive nature of her role. women and bme officers are in every rank and every specialism of the police services. it is not a rare thing. we do have seniorfemale officers. we it is not a rare thing. we do have senior female officers. we also it is not a rare thing. we do have seniorfemale officers. we also have seniorfemale officers. we also have senior bme officers. but we still need more diversity, without a shadow of a doubt. the character of david budd makes great telly and may inspire some potential recruits, but
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he is no substitute for a real close protection 0fficer. it is not about making waves, they have to stay in the shadows. danny shaw, bbc news. i can't wait. i am so excited. we only have until nine o'clock to wait for that series finale will stop bbc 0ne. for that series finale will stop bbc one. i know where i will be. or the iplayer if you need to catch up like me. and avoid social media. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. time now for a look at the papers. lucy pearson, head of education at the fa, is here to tell us what's caught her eye. we'll speak to her in a minute. we will start with the story. i know you like this one. the student boomed it is racking communities for. have you chosen as one? today is an important day for a lot of
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families across the uk because their children will be heading off to university, either the old guard or those heading into freshers week. this looks at the impact of mass migration we have in the uk on the impacts of these towns and these cities, particularly around the accommodation. i think it is flagging a message that we need to rememberor get flagging a message that we need to remember or get across to these young students. they are moving into residential areas, a lot of them, and their behaviour needs to be, they need to be conscious of their behaviour around others, but it is interesting from an economic point of view that be renting is changing the dynamics of these communities and residents are having to move away. it is an interesting article looking at the impact of encouraging so looking at the impact of encouraging so many people to go to university. shall we flip to the mail on sunday. the conversation about bodyguard. the conversation about bodyguard. the potential for somebody behind the conversation about bodyguard. the potentialfor somebody behind on all things, i may end up learning something they don't want to. permission to close your is for a moment if you are like me and
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behind. the mail on sunday. the big questions about what is going on. unlike you, i am one episode behind ——iam unlike you, i am one episode behind —— lam like unlike you, i am one episode behind —— i am like you. jed mercurio, such fantastic writing. it is fantastic when i think really good drama captures the nation. but who didn't do it would be a quicker answer. i have no idea. an interesting to see what happens denied. what is your working theory at home at the moment? my working theory is that there will be another very big twist in the tail. i think that is a wise gas. i think is too to be true -- wise gas. i think she is not dead. i thinkjulie elliott is. the curious thing where many of the swat catch up thing where many of the swat catch up tv orstreaming thing where many of the swat catch up tv or streaming services, this is managed to capture that talking about that work thing, because it is ona about that work thing, because it is on a particular type at each week,
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it has recreated that moment where i guess many people thought it might have been lost in television, where we are all watching it in different places at different times and this seems to have done that. that is the fantastic thing about great drama. you almost apportion it out. it is like a great chapter in a book. you wa nt like a great chapter in a book. you want to take your time with it —— portion it out. boxes that have their role. there is no doubt. for me it is that sunday night drama, everyone looks forward to it and you know what you'll be talking to tomorrow morning. you almost look forward to september. putting in all of that new drama. excellent. later dinnerand of that new drama. excellent. later dinner and then of that new drama. excellent. later dinnerand then in of that new drama. excellent. later dinner and then in front of the tv. exactly. what we have? cyclists. they will get another dozen male writer to write. tell us about this. a network of writing ways. they have opened upa a network of writing ways. they have opened up a conversation to people by trading. people will be able to
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cycle off— road, by trading. people will be able to cycle off—road, families, from lands end tojohn cycle off—road, families, from lands end to john 0'groats. cycle off—road, families, from lands end tojohn 0'groats. it is some years away, it will open up the countryside and enable people to cycle in some of the most beautiful parts of the uk is safely and that can only be a good thing. getting people more out and about, involved in cycling and activity will be a great thing. i am a great rambler. they do bomb along. i am not a cyclist. commentary on the tour de france is coming for you. there is a good reason i don't do sport. they come up behind you very fast. i have a little one and if i am walking along and he is toddling all over the place, i am sure there will be people who are regular walkers who don't necessarily want to share these rights away with cyclists. absolutely. i think they are looking to design a couple of new bridleways specifically for the horses and be likes rather than scaring young
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children and families and me, with coming past you so fast. if you are a cyclist and you want to enjoy the countryside, getting off some of those horrendous roads is equally important. it is one of the reasons i don't cycle, in fact. you would get stiff legs, john a great to lands end, the whole way on a bike. can we get a quick one in. this is all about the power of the pitch. tell us more. this is an initiative set up by save the children. it is about bringing football to refugee communities. what is interesting is the person fronting it, head of the academy at arsenal says there is a balance to be struck between the academies that give these children is everything and the refugee children who have nothing. and the wonder of the power of football to create resilience and develop real skills and teamwork within these young people. it is about using sport as an opportunity for good, which i think is a great thing. absolutely. thank you very much. we
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will see you later on. the headlines are coming up next. stay with us. hello, this is breakfast with chris mason and victoria fritz. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: the labour leaderjeremy corbyn and his deputy tom watson have said they will back another brexit referendum, if their members call for one. it comes as a poll suggests overwhelming support within the party rank and file for another vote, and for remaining in the european union. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth is in liverpool. alex, is this topic likely to dominate the conference? the brexit elephant has wandered
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from westminster and you stood on the banks of the mersey. the brexit elephant is trampling everything else politically, it is taking over, chris, the brexit elephant is here in full force today because there has been a growing pressure on the labour party leadership to back the idea of another vote on whatever brexit deal theresa may is able to negotiate with brussels. i think it is fairto negotiate with brussels. i think it is fair to say up till this point they have been reluctant to do so because whatjeremy corbyn wants is another general election because he wa nts to another general election because he wants to push theresa may out of number ten and get himself in there but a big focus on this conference is about party democracy, digging the party members more say over how things are run because their risk this real push from the party membership for the leaders to back a second vote i think is becoming increasingly difficult for them to ignore it which is why they have had the deputy party leader tom watson
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perhaps in more forceful terms than jeremy corbyn, butjeremy corbyn too suggesting if the members wanted it, they would support an idea of another vote on terms of the brexit deal. the mechanics of how which may happen in practice, is something else entirely because theresa may has consistently and definitively ruled out another vote on the brexit deal, saying it would be prey people's trust in the process of democracy. so while the labour party may push and give their support to its later this week, whether it happens is still a great uncertainty. thank you, alex. talk to you later. an investigation by bbc radio 5 live has found that the number of elderly people reporting that they have been scammed has nearly doubled in the past three years. in some cases, victims have lost hundreds of thousands of pounds. fraudsters scammed almost 119,000 older people across the uk in the past year — that's equivalent to nearly six reports every hour. a murder investigation has been launched after a 19—year—old man died after being shot
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in east london last night. two other people were also seriously injured in the incident in walthamstow, at around 11 o'clock. nobody has been arrested. there have been more than 100 murders in the capital so far this year. directors of the british broadcaster sky have urged shareholders to accept a takeover offer of more than £30 billion from the us media giant, comcast. after a long—running battle against rupert murdoch's 21st century fox, comcast last night won a blind auction for sky. it's not thought that prices will go up for sky subscribers. a woman accusing the us supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault has agreed to testify against him next week. lawyers for christine blasey ford say she has accepted a request to appear before the senate judiciary committee to be questioned about the alleged attack at a party in 1982. judge kavanaugh has repeatedly denied the allegations and continues to have the support
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of president trump and his deputy, mike pence. house of fraser stores in edinburgh, hull and swindon are to close. sports direct‘s mike ashley, who recently bought the struggling chain, has been in talks with landlords over rents in recent weeks. at least 20 house of fraser stores have been saved from closure. right, shall we talk all things sport? good morning. i hope so! that would be nice. put them up! my puny things have nothing on these. yes, you are a weakling. he looks like he is struggling to hold those arms up also, straining to hold up those belts. just wearing, literally, his success on his arms, brilliant from
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anthonyjoshua, beating success on his arms, brilliant from anthony joshua, beating the success on his arms, brilliant from anthonyjoshua, beating the russian at wembley stadium last night. 0h, anthonyjoshua! the home of english football, for a night the centre of the boxing world. wembley! normally it takes two teams to fill this stadium. here, it was done by one man. anthonyjoshua is fast becoming the biggest draw his sport has ever seen, but with that, there is added pressure. these fans don't merely want to watch him compete, they expect him to win, and do so in style. joshua's task was to follow a spectacular entrance with fireworks of his own. in wet conditions, such hopes were initially doused. alexander povetkin landing some brutal blows, raising the possibility of an almighty upset. the response, though, was that of a true champion. not for the first time in his career, joshua overcoming adversity to devastate the russian and maintain his unblemished record, those supporters were more than satisfied. ultimately, i'll always end up victorious because i think i've got
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a bit deeper depth and i know i had to dig deep. i wasn't looking for a knockout but the instinct told me he was hurt and i knew i had to follow up and i knew it was time to get him out of there. the focus now turns tojoshua's next opponent. the same venue has already been booked for april, but who will it be? david 0rnstein, bbc news, wembley. lots of talk already about who he will fight and almost before the fight was over, people were talking about whether it would be fury or white. april 13, back at wembley. there was a warm welcome back to old trafford for sir alex ferguson after he had emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage in may. manchester united could only mark the occasion with a draw against wolves. liverpool, though, have now gone clear at the top of the table. it's been their best start to a premier league season. here's joe lynskey.
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emcee: please give the warmest of old trafford welcomes to sir alex ferguson! cheering and applause. this is the sound when 70,000 people bring a loved one back home. sir alex ferguson's influence is in old trafford's foundations. these stands are united when he takes up his seat. he says the pre—match nerves are still the same but when his old side went in front, this felt like the old days. the problem is today's man united let leads slip away and wolves are a side building their own brand. half the team and the manager are portugal's new stars. they make life hard for their compatriots. i think the result is fair, i think they deserved the point, and i think we deserved the punishment of getting only one — one point. being the away team at anfield feels like punishment right now, especially if liverpool get a head start. that own goal had southampton up against it and this year, the side in red have
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found an extra edge — seven wins to start the season is their best since 1990. to be honest, i was not interested in history before the game because maybe a few have tried already to go the seven time or whatever. now i like it! to be honest, i like it, that it happened! so, that's cool. klopp's team are now out in front at the top but the side behind them have proven pedigree. commentator: super finish from sergio aguero, who marks this 300th appearance with another goal! by the end, manchester city were being given goals by cardiff. numbers four and five went to their newest star, riyad mahrez, the face of leicester's title, off the mark in pale blue. spurs are hoping for the storm to pass. their optimism has been dampened by three defeats in september, but at brighton they were dealt a subtle hand. that outstretched arm was enough for a penalty, and when harry kane steps up, the summer feels less distant. just like in russia,
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he set his field on the way and though tottenham still have leaks to fix, at least they've stopped the downpour. joe lynskey bbc news. celtic and rangers both play today in the scottish premiership. hearts dropped points for the first time — they were held to a goalless draw at home to livingstone. and kick—off was held up for 10 minutes by a false fire alarm in the match between hamilton and st mirren, but that was as exciting as it got for the visitors, who were beaten 3—0. tiger woods has given himself every chance of winning his first tournament for five years. it is really exciting. he had an outstanding start to the third round at the tour championship in atlanta with birdies at six of his first seven holes. he shot a 65 and goes into the final day on 12—under par, three shots clear of rory mcilroy and justin rose. i've been saying for a while now
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he's playing easily well enough to win and it's a matter of time and you don't want it to be on your watch, and you know? so obviously he will be tough to beat, although he has not won for a long time, i'm sure it'll be hard for him, trying to win to the first time again, it has been a long time, but he has so much, you know, well, experience to draw on that he will be a hard guy to chase down. yes, who fancies that task? in rugby union's premiership, bath beat northampton for their first win at home this season, bristol beat harlequins, and wasps won at sale for the first time in eight years — nathan hughes bundling over to earn them a bonus point. ireland fly—half johnny sexton celebrated his 150th leinster appearance with three conversions and the bonus—point try as they swept aside edinburgh in the pro14. nekoda smythe—davis has won great britain's first silver medal at the world judo championships for nine years. it's the best result of her career. she was was inspired to compete after being a volunteer at london 2012. for the first time in the 214—year
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history of the ayr gold cup, there was a dead heat. the racecourse judge could not split the 5—1 favourite son of rest, ridden by chris hayes, and the 28—1 outsider baron bolt, the mount of apprentice rider cameron noble — not even by a nose! what a photo finish. you may have seen yesterday on breakfast, we heard from billy monger, the young racing driver who lost both his legs in a crash at donnington last year. well, he returned to the same track yesterday and he was absolutely ecstatic when he claimed pole position for the first of the weekend's formula three races. he finished fourth, and there are two more races to come today. he could be back to his winning ways at the circuit where he had the accidents that meant that he lost both of his legs. but uplifting
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story to see him back at the circuit. hollywood stuff! four years ago, lizzie lowe took her own life. the 14—year—old believed she wouldn't be accepted as a christian who was gay. since then, her church in manchester has been on a mission to welcome everyone, regardless of their race, disability or sexuality. it's now become part of the first inclusive deanery in the church of england. but it's not been without controversy, as abbiejones reports. we gave elizabeth the middle name ofjoy, and she was our — ourjoy. liz is always there. she's always on your mind. lizzie lowe was a committed christian. she also believed she was gay. she was worried about telling her parents and feared her church wouldn't accept her sexuality. absolutely not would it have made any difference at all, and that's the sad part, the really sad part. but in september 2014, lizzie took her own life. lizzie's death devastated
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the community in didsbury, herfamily, herfriends, her school and her church, and it completely changed the way that church responds to the issue of sexuality. all sing hymn. over the last four years, st james and its sister church emmanuel have formally adopted the title of inclusive church. it means everyone is welcomed, regardless of race, wealth, gender or sexuality. it's nice to be able to bring up our girls up in the same way that we grew up, which is coming to church on a sunday. coming out was always very difficult for me. it is nice to know that i am accepted for who i am. but before lizzie's death, her vicar admits his church didn't talk about the divisive issue of sexuality. i wish we could turn the clock back. i wish we could have done something ahead of that decision that lizzie took that would have given herjust the slightest chance to have found a safe place to talk. we had to change.
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we had to make sure something like this would never happen again. to cement that change, the church staged its own pride event. it's also joined with 11 neighbouring churches to become the first inclusive deanery in the church of england. but it's proved controversial — 25 parishioners have left. those opposed to the church's new direction were reluctant to appear on camera, but others have admitted the changes have taken time to accept. i did struggle initially, yes, because there do seem to be passages in the bible that seem to blanket call it wrong. i can do it now. i think the people i talk to are just lovely people. you can interpret the biblical passages differently and i think logically now, i'm there at inclusion and yet, i mean, i'm of a generation who grew up when homosexuality was onlyjust legalised. it's a huge cultural shift. but lizzie's parents believe embracing inclusion will save other teenagers. if this can happen to us,
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it could easily happen to anyone else — your daughter, your son, your grandchild. it's about accepting people for who they are, you know? not who we want them to be. abbiejones, bbc news, manchester. viewers in the north—west can see a special report on that story on inside out, at 7:30 on bbc one tomorrow evening. and it'll be available on the iplayer too. an amazing story. let us check unit with louise and the weather. not quite such a pretty picture this time. that may check in with louise. when you think this is at the moment? it looks like outside here. i don't know. there is so much rain. you have not been listening. it is the south. is that the storm? it is
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a devon. not really be picture you wa nt a devon. not really be picture you want when you look at the picture on a sunday morning, but it is what you have across the south—west and parts of wales at the moment. it should improve. sunny spells and scattered showers. in the last few hours the rain has started to arrive. ahead of is, drizzly at the moment. the rain will become more heavy and persistent as it moves in from the west. they scattering of showers from the north—west of scotland, sandwiched between the two is where the best of the weather is this morning. lovely smells of sunshine. it will stay like that as we go through the day. sunny spells and scattered showers for many. some of those will drift further inland. looking at the screen in more detail, some of the heavy for a time. it is moving through at quite a pace. we will gradually see an improving picture. isuspect a pace. we will gradually see an improving picture. i suspect by the middle of the morning it will be across the midlands and into east anglia and into the south—east corner. behind that read as it clears the way we will start to
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season gusty winds for a time. —— rain. it will improve as you see across south—west and into wales. sunny spells and scattered showers. that lovely sunshine we have further north, that will continue, showers driven a little further inland because of that fresh north—westerly wind. it will not feel particularly warm out there today. temperatures disappointing, below the average for this time of year. 11— 50 degrees at the very best. under the rain we are looking at 1250 degrees —— dhif deneen degrees. it will only get colder still with clear skies and a fresh north—westerly breeze. high pressure is set to build. it will quieten the weather down. at this time of year it brings chilly mornings and the potential for myst and fog. we have lighter winds. there will be too much breeze circulating around that high. up into the far north, a scattering of showers to the north—west of the
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great glen monday morning. 11— 16 the hive. we are getting a little warmer. into tuesday we could potentially start off with mist and fog across england and wales. a breeze developing. gales through northern ireland and scotland as we start to see more persistent rain. 12 or 13 at the very best. the highest values at 16. to summarise the week ahead, if you are trying to plan. it looks as though the chilly start will be noticeable first thing in the morning. a good deal of dry and sunny weather with the exception into the far north, particularly from tuesday onwards. through the middle of the week it is not all doom and gloom. it will feel a little warmer. back to you. a happy ending. it is beginning to feel like autumn. we'll have the headlines for you at 8. but first, it's time for the travel show. hello and welcome to the travel show with me, christa larwood, coming to you this week
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from the sunny thames riverside. this is the perfect place to watch the world go by. also a great place to catch up on some of our recent adventures here on the travel show. we will see mike in bulgaria. looking inside one of the most exclusive abandoned buildings in the world. we will head tojohannesburg with lucy to look at a skyscraper that has been reborn and become a symbol of success in south africa. and then my kids to a cafe in manila where the menu is driven by your mood. first up we start in london. tarus have been discovering more and more degan options on their menus. we sent ade out for a taste test. it's no ordinary bus tour. this is a vegan afternoon tea bus
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tour, offering a vegan version of the traditional british afternoon tea, on an iconic red routemaster bus. what a way to see those sights. a fellow passenger onboard today is dominika, from the vegan society. how has veganism managed to attract the next generation, what is it that has changed, because it has been around for awhile, hasn't it? yes, veganism has been around for about 70 years, which not many people are aware of. but i think we live in the digital age of information, where you log into your social media accounts and you are bound to see something about veganism at some point. i think a lot people are starting to understand that animals are not here for us, they are here with us on this planet that we share with them. as you can see we can have all the things that meat eaters have, which is cake and some sandwiches, you can basically veganise anything you want.
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all i heard then was cake. i heard nothing else. it's cake, and that sounds good to me. vegans do cake, i am sold. so normally to make a cake you have milk, eggs, what will you do to replace that for a cake like this in veganism? vegan cake is all the normal ingredients you would expect a cake to contain, but for example instead of dairy milk, you may want to use almond or soy milk, and you might be surprised to hear that replacing eggs is as simple as mashing up a banana, because eggs are used as a binding product rather than for flavour. so the banana has a similar consistency to egg. this is good. this is good! a tour bus around london, eating food that will help us live forever! that's well said. ok, maybe not live forever, but a pla nt—based diet can have some health benefits.
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today, i'm travelling to the centre of bulgaria to a place that's lain forgotten for decades, that could become one of the most popular tourists draws in the entire country. with me is architect dora ivanova. she's an expert on the site. i'm excited. it has been a long time i have wanted to come here. wow, it is massive, isn't it? at 70 metres high and 60 metres wide, buzludzha looks out across the balkan mountains. completed in 1981, it was built as an iconic national monument to glorify the communist party. it's here because this was the birthplace of the bulgarian socialist movement. this is powerful, powerful architecture. following the collapse of the regime, the building
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was abandoned, and later shut off to the public as it fell into disrepair. recently, the only people to have seen inside are a select group of photo—hungry urban explorers who have broken in illegally. this is a really big deal today. the travel show is the first international tv crew to be allowed in the front doors of buzludzha. we are very excited and lucky to be able to do so. are you ready? oh, wow! here it is. me first? welcome. it's seen better days, hasn't it? definitely. it cost the equivalent of $35 million in today's money to build buzludzha. since it was abandoned, the years, they haven't been kind. dora, it's...
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it's incredible. there's some work to do, obviously, but it's still very impressive. look at this. 50 square metres of mosaic inscribed on top. there is the symbol of communism, actually, the hammer and sickle, and you can read in cyrillic around it, "workers from the world unite." towering over the skyline is the continent's largest residential skyscraper, ponte city. at more than 500 feet tall with an iconic circular design, ponte offers stunning views overjo'burg. now tourists can visit a converted apartment on the 52nd floor. all right, good morning, everyone. welcome, welcome, welcome. my name is frank. welcome to dlala nje. for those who don't know, dlala nje is a word that means "just play. " before i get into the history of the building, what do you guys know about the building?
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so what we do is pretty much provide context, and this building that we use, the reason we start here, this building played a huge part in the history ofjo'burg. dlala nje, the social enterprise that operates the tours, is run by a former resident. i spent three and a half years of my life in ponte city. i moved here in 2012 after doing a story on, what is this infamous landmark on the johannesburg skyline? ponte opened its doors in 1975. it was built for the top 1% of society. there were saunas, wine cellars. this actually was the first floor of a 3—storey apartment. berea, the specific suburb where this building finds itself, has always been very cosmopolitan. during apartheid the government didn't want black people to partake in certain sectors of the economy and imported a lot of skills. so what you had was a lot of german engineers mixing with portuguese artisans, anybody like immigrants, expats, coming here and just making a life for themselves.
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very, very diverse. what it resulted in was a lot of racial mixing as well. the foreign residents brought with them more liberal values and less regard for the apartheid laws. according to nickolaus, the government reacted by cutting off services to the building. as many white residents left for the suburbs, ponte's fortunes declined. no running water, no electricity. this is when you hear the really crazy stories that we were brought up on in johannesburg in the 80s and 90s, about this building being the place where angels fear to tread, you know? because quite literally, it was just a horrible place. no—go territory? exactly. now it is home to a diverse range of people, including migrants
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from all over africa. and dlala nje operate a community centre on the ground floor. before you even think of picking up a menu here, you're encouraged to get involved. hi, welcome. hi. i am dining alone tonight, yes. 0k. first, i have to give you a map for you to look around the place. step one, take off your footwear. step two, you are the server. i am the life server. i will be serving you tonight. step three, pick a hat and wear it. it is like a performance in which you play a part. choose a hat, make yourself a tea to match your mood, and write a message on the wall. i am writing my deepest, darkest secrets on the wall for everyone to see. privacy, please. come on, guys. van gogh is bipolar is the brainchild of this man. jetro rafael is himself bipolar.
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it's a condition that used to be known as manic depression and can make your mood swing from one extreme to the other. jetro says this place is his therapy. mike, welcome to my kitchen. i call it the cuckoo kitchen. why? because i am crazy. it is what i have learned and what i am still learning in life. you have to somehow embrace your being, your authentic being. and with no shame. it has to be with grace, and unconditional love. for main course, this will make you calm. and this is the main, the chicken, and fresh lamb from the farm ofjetro. here is your rice, black mountain rice, one of the healthiest rices in the philippines. 0k, young man.
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how are you? good. how was your experience? it was delicious. you've come a long way. this restaurant, for you, has done what, what have you achieved? life is more simple now, that is a big change. now i see me, hear me, ifeel me. the space serves as a safe haven for the community, for people who are lowest, who are abandoned, and also we give them that sacred space that they needed, where they feel accepted, celebrated, and unconditionally loved. good morning, welcome, to breakfast,
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