tv Breakfast BBC News October 14, 2018 7:00am-8:01am BST
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i love this. so gooey that i have to put on some gloves to eat it. as we say in the uk, the proof is in the pudding. that is good. don't give away too many secrets otherwise people will steal the recipe! that's it from us for now. these buildings are open their doors to the public. the view is incredible. they are family —— famous landmarks you can see from here. go to scotland where some options are leaving some with a bitter aftertaste. isn't this sacrilege? you can keep up with us on all our travels in real—time by
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following us on social media. but for now, from me and from all the travel show team, here in a foggy egypt, it's bye—bye. good morning. welcome to breakfast with victoria fritz and rogerjohnson. our headlines today: a man is killed in a landslide as storm callum brings flooding and disruption to large parts of the uk. good morning. there is more rain in the forecast today, but it is moving away eastwards, so things turning dry particularly across wales and we will see spells of sunshine arriving from the west. i will have all the details in about 15 minutes. a crackdown in england on people who wrongly claim free prescriptions. but pharmacists say that the measures could harm patient trust. space industry insiders
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predict satellites could be launched from british soil as early as 2020. and in sport, it's lift—off for wigan — a fifth grand final victory after they beat warrington wolves at old trafford. and the first official photos are released from friday's royal wedding. good morning. it is sunday the 14th of dover. —— october. a man has died in a landslide in south—west wales following torrential rain and heavy winds across large parts of the uk. storm callum left thousands of homes and businesses without power. flooding and fallen trees left roads and rail lines blocked, but the met office says that the weather conditions will improve today. chi chi izundu reports. wales hasn't seen floodwater like this for decades. overnight, more rain, more flood defences breached. in carmarthenshire, police remain at the scene of a landslide. one man was killed here. officers are warning against all but essential travel.
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wales bore the brunt of storm callum. torrential rain and wind has flooded homes and left some without power. i've been here 26, 27 years. i was born here and i've never seen it this bad. it's quite bad. some of the smaller cars are trying to get through, and then, well, they're going through, but at the other end, they're just breaking down because the water's so deep on the road. ijust don't know how long it's going to take for it to all go down, so it'sjust waiting for everything to dry out, i guess, and see what happens from there. but i know a lot of people on the street haven't got insurance or anything, so i don't know what they're going to do or what i'm going to do. the force of the storm has been felt across much of the uk. in brighton, a man died after being swept out to sea in the early hours of saturday morning. last night, train services on the west coast main line between preston and carlisle were stopped by a landslide. forecasters say the worst of the rain has now passed, but warnings of flooding look set to remain in place for much
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of the day. chi chi izundu, bbc news. hurricane—force winds have hit parts of portugal, bringing down trees and leaving more than 15,000 homes without power. people were urged not to go outdoors overnight as storm leslie swept towards the centre and north of the country. it's a rare example of an atlantic hurricane striking continental europe. winds of more than 100 miles per hour were recorded overnight. theresa may could faces a rebellion in her own party and increased pressure from her dup allies over brexit as a key summit with eu leaders looms. writing in the sunday times, former brexit secretary david davis said the prime minister's plan was "completely unacceptable" and urged cabinet ministers to "exert their collective authority." let's get more on this now from our political correspondent helen catt.
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helen, how significant is this intervention? the fact that david davis isn't happy with this proposal won't exactly happy with this proposal won't exa ctly co m e happy with this proposal won't exactly come as a surprise, but what he is doing is piling on pressure in what is a crucial week for the brexit negotiations. in the sunday times article he called on the most senior conservative mps to stand up against the plan. he accuses government aides of panic and set the cabinet must assert its collective authority to stop to read a pressing ahead. the particular concern that he points to is one that we have heard echoed by other senior ministers, and it is the idea of the backup plan for ireland if we don't get a trade deal. he is particularly worried that we could end up staying with the uk alcohol within the customs union for the foreseeable future. the benefit of that being no checks at the border. the downside is that being no independent trade deals for the uk
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either. number ten has insisted that any such arrangement would be entirely limited and temporary. the eu is quite resistant to the idea of having a fixed endpoint. crucial negotiations are continuing this weekend but time is running short by mrs may two find a compromise that will suit all her critics. thank you very much. britain and the us may be about to boycott a major investment conference in saudi arabia following the disappearance ofjournalist, jamal khashoggi. it comes after president trump threatened saudi arabia with severe punishment if it is found to be responsible for mr khashoggi's death at the kingdom's consulate in istanbul last week. eliza philippidis reports. president trump is under international and domestic pressure to help determine what happened to mr khashoggi and punish saudi arabia if investigations show its government had him killed. and though he's promised severe punishment, sanctions on arms don't seem to be on the cards. when we take away $110 billion
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of purchases from our country, that hurts our workers, that hurts our factories, that hurts all of our companies. you're talking about 500,000 jobs. the turkish authorities say they have evidence of the washington postjournalist being murdered by a saudi hit squad at the istanbul consulate, but so far, hard evidence has not been produced. pressure is now growing on the saudis to prove that mr khashoggi left the embassy alive after he went to get papers for his wedding. if they can't, the international community say they will boycott a high—profile investment conference in riyadh later this month. diplomatic sources say both the us treasury secretary and the uk international trade secretary may now not attend. this would amount to a huge snub by two of saudi arabia's key allies. eliza philippidis, bbc news. a crackdown on people who wrongly
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claim free prescriptions is being announced this morning. the nhs in england will also target rogue pharmacists and dentists who defraud the health service. health secretary matt hancock has warned the nhs will no longer be an easy target. richard galpin reports. every year, nhs england loses more than £250 million as a result of prescription fraud. people either deliberately or by mistake claiming they're eligible for free prescriptions. but not for much longer if the government crackdown is successful. the campaign's been launched today by the health secretary matt hancock. he's claiming the nhs will no longer be an easy target. those who steal from it, he says, will face the consequences. and technology is a big part of the solution. a computer database of everyone in england exempt from paying prescriptions will be created, so pharmacists can quickly check
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before the medication is handed over to patients. there'll also be a focus on pharmacists and dentists who claim payments for services they've not carried out. after pilots starting next year, the anti—fraud campaign is due to be rolled out across nhs england. the government's hoping the health service will be saving up to £300 million a year by 2020. richard galpin, bbc news. princess eugenie and her new husband jack brooksbank have released a set of official photographs from their wedding day. one of the pictures shows eugenie in a silk evening gown by the american designer zac posen as she attended the evening reception. a group shot shows the bride and groom's families, with eugenie's mother, sarah, standing between the duke of edinburgh and her former husband, the duke of york. and a black—and—white shot shows the newlyweds sharing a kiss in the scottish state carriage,
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which took them back to windsor castle after the service. around three million people watched the wedding on friday. on that subject... yes! it was all about the dancing as seann walsh and katya jones returned to strictly come dancing for the first time since they were pictured kissing on a night out. there was no direct reference to the controversy on saturday's show, which saw a warm crowd reaction for their charleston, and a score of 28 from the judges. viewers will learn tonight whether they've survived the public vote. i stayed up especially to watch that, just as the what happened. the only reference they made to it during the whole programme was when i think claudia said something it has been a relatively quiet week except for a few headlines, and that
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was it. weird. i saw on twitter lots of people had voted shocked at each of a giant elephant in the room, doing the charleston. shaw was pictured in the back when claudia does interviews and a lot of people were saying, where is wally? there we go. the time is 7:11. britain and the united states may be set to boycott a high—profile investment conference in saudi arabia later this month. it follows the disappearance of the journalist, jamal khashoggi, who turkey claims was killed by saudi agents inside the country's consulate in istanbul. saudi arabia denies the claims. let's talk now to armida van rij who is a researcher in security and defence policy at king's college london. thank you for talking to us this morning. we are very grateful. in the past 12 months in saudi arabia, almost 50 people have been beheaded,
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women have been locked up, women's rights campaigners. why is it this particular case seems to be a tipping point? good morning and think it having me. this particular case is a great interest because of the expression we have seen of journalists in saudi arabia in the last 12 months. but also because for many people it is a personal story and that is why it has grabbed particular attention. the gruesome reports that have come out istanbul in this case are particularly compelling as well and that has made people a bit nervous about what this means with saudi arabia and the direction they may may not be taking. it is interesting because the new leader of saudi arabia, the prince who is now in charge, has made lots of changes. he has allowed women to drive, open cinemas, and yet he seems to be more oppressive than anything that has come before in recent times. exactly, so that
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have been really interesting about this case. he has allowed women to drive, open cinemas, attracted a lot of investment into saudi arabia. we have all heard of his land to get them off or ill. at the same time, receive the levels of the crushing of any sort of dissent or opposition 01’ of any sort of dissent or opposition or criticism —— or ill. the question is are saudi arabia and government is are saudi arabia and government is the question of whether this kind of suppression is going to be part of suppression is going to be part of the behaviour of this new saudi arabia. mohammad bin salman, the leader. there is a davos in the desert coming up, this big investment chorused —— conference. britain are saying they will like what it if it is proved that this man was killed in the consulate in istanbul. will they care? for the
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saudis, this will be a difficult one. it has already been boycotted bya one. it has already been boycotted by a lot of media and a lot of investors have pulled out, which is significant. obviously what will happen in terms of the uk and the us‘s responds in particular who at allies to saudi arabia. the us is their largest trading partner. the uk have 48% of the arms exporter going to saudi arabia. what we see from dc, we have heard some conflicting reports initially. from said he did not want to jeopardise anything over this, but we have heard it once the punishment of saudi arabia. the uk was one of the first countries to respond to this and to demand answers. the foreign secretary spoke to that —— spoke to saudi arabia's foreign minister. mps are rallying for more
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action on behalf or the uk government that we have to see what that plays out. donald trump said severe punishment but my arms embargo because of the impact on americanjobs. a embargo because of the impact on american jobs. a lot of people watching this, although the arms as you rightly say are a huge part of uk's exports to saudi arabia, a lot of people are not comfortable with that, particularly with what has happened in yemen, in recent times. to put some kind of sanctions in place on arms exporter, and embargo might be one thing that would make them sit up and take notice. might be one thing that would make them sit up and take noticem might be one thing that would make them sit up and take notice. it is indeed a controversial relationship, especially if you look at the uk's relationship with saudi arabia. based on research we have recently donein based on research we have recently done in london, research would suggest that they are more limited benefits that uk government might wa nt benefits that uk government might want there to be in the first place,
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particulate economically. the difficulty for the uk is that the arms jobs, those difficulty for the uk is that the armsjobs, thosejobs difficulty for the uk is that the arms jobs, those jobs that are provided for by the arms industry are in regions of the uk that have high unemployment, for example, lancashire. this is a difficult question for the uk government, particularly in regards to brexit and as it tries to define this post—brexit vision of what it would like to be, what role to play in the world under the global britain agenda, where theresa may keeps on saying she would like for the uk to be the defender and upholder of the international rules —based order. yet, if these allegations are proven to be true, there will be really difficult trade—offs and a choice for the uk to make, whether to stand by the norms and values that international order, or whether to keep supporting this ally that we are told is absolutely crucial for the uk. between a rock and a hard
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place, by the sounds of it. thank you very much for talking to us. we will get the weather in just the second. before we do, take a look at this. this is how strong the wind has been in the last couple of days. if you are not sure what you are looking at, this is the isle of skye, a waterfall, but the wind is so skye, a waterfall, but the wind is so strong that the water is actually being blown up backwards, up the cliff face from where it came from. extraordinary pictures from the isle of skye. and credible. i have seen them in the peak district. —— incredible. it gets blown back up, incredibly strong wind. what do you have for us? i have got something much quieter. hello everyone. things are quite mean down over the next few days but was he torrential rain across south wales, just one of the
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pictures from neath from yesterday from one of the weather watchers. in the —— brecon beacons we saw over 200 millimetres in some areas, some torrential rain, still some rain this morning but it is moving eastwards and from the west things will turn dry. another day of contrast yesterday because we had 26 celsius across parts of lincolnshire compare tojust celsius across parts of lincolnshire compare to just eight in scotland. that is about to be replaced with something cooler and the reason for this rain is this slow—moving front. i want to draw your attention to this area of cloud, this is what was came leslie, strong wind to portugal overnight now moving its way eastwards and this is still with us today. it has developed a wave away from us, it will move eastwards and back westwards to receiving and overnight. outbreaks of rent across the far north—west of scotland, further rain piling into central, southern england towards the midlands and wales. all this will be slowly shifting its way north and eastwards through the day. from the
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west we will see something dry, already sunshine across northern ireland, western scotland, that will extend its way eastwards to the days. that rain is likely to win across central and eastern parts of england through the afternoon. noticed that the wind is lighter, but also the temperatures are lower. 13 or 1a celsius, where we saw in excess 13 or 1a celsius, where we saw in excess of 20 celsius yesterday. fine weather for northern ireland and eventually not much of scotland as that rain starts to pull away. here is what i was talking about. notice how it starts to push back westwards through this overnight, rain to south—east england, into parts of england, further north and west, dry, clear skies and showers for the western isles of scotland. actually night for the glens of scotland. through tomorrow, that front is still with us. it eases a way, still outbreaks of rain through the morning, further north and west mainly dry with spells of sunshine and chances of showers for north and western scotland. generally, a cool feeling days. this high—pressure
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dominates across england and wales through tuesday, but this front will be sliding its way across and that would introduce more cloud into northern ireland, northern and western scotland, could cease and showers developing across north—west england and maybe into north wales, but nowhere near the level of rainfall we have been seeing recently. temperature wise, 11, 13 celsius for northern ireland and 15 and 17 fall england. is looking much quieter than next few days. not as warm for the week ahead, dry further south and east you are, rain at times in the north and west. back to you. ‘s thank you very much, speak you a little bit later. we will talk to somebody in west wales later who has had a terrible time. let's talk about space. the first rocket launch into space from british soil could happen as soon as 2020. it's thought it could be sent into orbit from a spaceport in the north of scotland. the uk's space industry is booming,
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thanks to a huge surge in demand for tiny satellites made here. joe miller has more. when the space race began, back in the 19505, britain was very much a part of it. skylark managed almost a50 launches and its successor even managed to put a satellite into orbit. but space exploration was all but abandoned in the uk after politicians decided that taxpayers' money was better spent elsewhere. now, a boom in demand for satellite technology is bringing the sector back to life. you might not immediately associate british business with the space industry, but the fact is the uk is a world leader when it comes to manufacturing these — microsatellites that are usually the size of a washing machine. now, around 40% of these are made here, and very soon, they'll give us the ability to look at detailed video footage of earth, and the only question is — will they be launched
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from british soil? the countdown has already begun. in cornwall, virgin galactic is planning to use a 7117 to launch a rocket from the upper atmosphere. but britain's answer to cape canaveral is likely to be built at the other end of the country, much to the bewilderment of locals. this landscape's been part of my life all my life. i've worked here, gathered sheep off this landscape. the idea of a space port was first thought of when highlands and islands enterprise approached us 2.5 years ago and suggested that this area was ideal for a small satellite launch site. scotland's north coast was not only chosen for its remote and wild landscape. from our perspective, it's a really good location for access into the orbits that we're most interested in.
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so, specifically, that's the polar orbit, where a lot of the telecoms and telecommunications, small satellites we'll be able to operate on, they go over the polar regions, but also some synchronous orbit, which is really good if you're trying to observe the world or observe the earth. armed with government grants, lockheed martin is hoping to grab a slice of the rapidly growing space economy, which is estimated to be worth as much as £2 trillion in the next 20 years. residents of the peninsular are hoping benefit of the third intergalactic ambitions will be felt closer to home. we are hoping it will be a prodigiously young people. we don't have the expertise, we know that in space, in satellite production or satellite launching, but hopefully you can train young people and give them opportunities to see that as the future employment. the first ever rocket launched from uk soil could happen as soon as 2020, but britain's space industry has half a century of catching up to do and it will take more than one success to propel it back into orbit. really brilliant.
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you can see more on this story on the sky at night, tonight at 10pm on bbc 4. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. time now for a look at the newspapers. anne—marie imafidon, who is head of the social enterprise, stemettes, is here to tell us what's caught her eye. bet you're watching that space thing with a great deal of interest. we'll speak to anne—marie in a minute. first, let's take a look at the front pages. the sunday telegraph says theresa may is facing a "growing rebellion" over her brexit proposals. it also has one of the official photos released from princess eugenie's wedding.
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the sunday times says former brexit secretary david davis is calling for ministers to rebel against the prime minister and plan for leaving the eu which he describes as "completely unacceptable." the observer also leads on brexit, it says dup leader arlene foster believes a no—deal brexit is the most likely outcome. it also has a picture of olivia coleman on the front cover, who is playing the role of the queen in the new series of the crown. she is great, isn't she? and the mail on sunday says a "plane mutiny" prevented the deportation of a somali man, who was a convicted sex offender, from britain. it's also got another picture there of princess eugenie, this time at her wedding party. very glamorous. she looks great. she does. this story is from inside the sunday times. this is unbelievable.
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i cannot believe that this even happens, that is even exist. why would anyone come forward and say that something sexually inappropriate has happened in their workplace, if they think that their company could put a gagging in place? exactly. that is why this new legislation was brought forward to say you need to stop with the accurate to orders, especially in terms of sexual harassment and these incidents happening in workplaces. it shouldn't be there in the first place, but even more so it is stopping people from coming forward, feeling comfortable in their workplaces. it is also enabling people carrying out these ats, to continue without any recourse. —— trickery. ought to be publicly, at least within the workplace, acknowledged that this is something they are doing and it makes it easier to go on to another workplace and the same thing again. why are people so worried about it? it's
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this about reputation management? surely they should not be covering these things up, which is the feeling if you have it on disclosure agreements in place, that companies are covering things up. we are supposed to be in an age of transparency. it is their duty to look after their employees and that is why this has been brought in. harbouring and looking after the perpetrators is not the right way to deal with this and that is why this isa deal with this and that is why this is a problem that is rife. we need to change the system as well as hearts and minds and that is why amp happy to see this and it is front—page news. happy to see this and it is front-page news. the onerous system is something that always gets people, promotes debate. —— honour system. 4000 tax dodgers put up to get gongs in the last five years. there is an alarm bell that goes off. yes, but there is the prevalence of tax dodging, even amongst this select group of, it is 4300 people that have been put
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forward that have come up with this whole thing, hate you must be wondering whether this will embarrass the queen, is what the article talks about. —— marquetry. this idea thatjust because you have more money, you shouldn't be above the law. —— hmrc. itook more money, you shouldn't be above the law. —— hmrc. i took it heartening that the public should know that there is a big due diligence process, there is a lot that goes on in the background. i am sure they did it now, i didn't know when they were doing it, but there are a lot of cheques that go on. it is alarming, this number of people are still being considered for honours, respected, despite that they are tax dodging and other things going on in the background. the article only mentions one. there is the to mention them otherwise we will have that start saying. we all know who we are talking about. let's talk about this story. this seems extraordinary. this is a mobile
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phone based sensor that can sense or analysing brilliant in food and so it can tell you if things like your milk is off. presumably you could do this in the shops and it will tell you whether or not this is something you whether or not this is something you want to see, something that might work for your diet or if you have intolerances. a real step forward. exactly. that is why i am excess forward. exactly. that is why i am excess at excite —— excited about this. especially the stories about sesame allergy is and those in the news. this is a sensor that hopefully in the next couple of years will be something that is in your phone. you can scan through packaging for food, doesn'tjust have to be food you have already got, and it can detect the presence of animal products, sesame, all different things. it uses nearer infrared daemon that gets sent out, it measures the light coming back and is able to analyse what is inside. when you mention milk, most people will say you can tell, just smell it. but a sensor inside, it
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might sense what is in something. it has got to be accurate because if you scan so has got to be accurate because if you scan so into the packaging and it doesn't pick it up and you see it and southern terrible happens...m has to be accurate, it needs to be field tested, absolutely. that is why we are still a couple of years off. it is something coming out of germany that is so far, so good, fingers crossed that this will save lives, ultimately, if this technology is as accurate as we are hoping it will be. amazing. get more from you in an hour ‘s time. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning: 3, 2, 1, go! the new series of dr who's being praised for highlighting dyspraxia. one man living with the condition will tell us how it's raising vital awareness of a misunderstood neurological disorder. stay with us. headlines coming up. good morning.
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welcome to breakfast with victoria fritz and rogerjohnson. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. a man has died in a landslide in south—west wales following torrential rain and heavy winds across large parts of the uk. storm callum left thousands of homes and businesses without power. flooding and fallen trees left roads and rail lines blocked, but the met office says weather conditions will improve today. our reporterjames williams is in carmarthen for us this morning. what's the latest? as you can see, the full effects of
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storm callum continue to be felt. it has caused widespread disruption to public transport, roads have been shut, it has caused power disruption for businesses and homes across the country because of strong winds and falling branches. as you can see, rivers have verse their bank. it has been breached here for the very first time. the main news that was broken last night is that a person has died in a landslide, roughly around ten miles north of here. the family has been informed and is receiving specialist support from police officers. that is the only information we have at the moment. the full effect of the storm continue to be felt particular here. the wettest place in the uk
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yesterday was in cumbria, 2000 homes in england have been without power, there are flood warnings in place for england and scotland, but the main flood warnings are in place here in wales. the question people affected by storm callum are at things continue to get worse or better? we are expecting less rain here today, and as the police said ina here today, and as the police said in a statement last night, although they are warning against all but essential travel, they do expect the river levels to drop over the next 18 hours or so and it is only at that point then they will be really able to gauge how much havoc it has caused. thank you very much. members of the cabinet are being urged by the former brexit secretary, david davis, to unite against theresa may's plan for britain's withdrawal from the european union. writing in the sunday times, he says that the prime minister's proposals are "completely unacceptable," and there is an atmosphere
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of "panic" in downing street. it comes days before a crucial summit of eu leaders in brussels. the health secretary is launching a crackdown on people in england who wrongly claim free prescriptions. the nhs will also target rogue pharmacists and dentists who defraud the health service. matt hancock says he'll halve prescription fraud, which is thought to cost the nhs more than 250 million pounds a year. but some pharmacists have criticised the government's approach, saying the measures could prevent patients from getting the medicines they need. britain and the united states are considering boycotting a major investment conference in saudi arabia later this month following the disappearance of the saudi journalist, jamal khashoggi. president trump has threatened to inflict "severe punishment" on saudi arabia amid claims by turkey that mr khashoggi was killed by saudi agents inside the country's consulate in istanbul. saudi arabia denies the allegations. now, here is a question we don't
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often ask, but why we would ask this question, i never know. how do you save a leopard from a well? throw it a ladder of course! that's exactly what this team of wildlife rescuers in india had to do after the 7—year—old big cat fell 9 metres into an open well in a village in the west of the country. as he sat perched on the ladder, they sent a crate down and managed to scoop him up. they did well to spot him! well done. what a clever leopard that new decline into a crate to be winched out. very trusting. then they stood back and opened the great to let him go. goodness gracious. let's move on to the sport. you wouldn't want it to not be in the crate, though. the leopard should be grateful. a big night for wigan. we have seen the football club is
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heading to old trafford. i had a day up heading to old trafford. i had a day up yesterday and so many families. a real lovely atmosphere around the grand final, and obviously the busloads going back towards warrington were less happy perhaps. this is rugby league's grand final. shaun wane, wigan warriors' head coach, says this was the perfect finish after 30 years at the club. his final game in charge before joining the scottish rugby union, saw them win their fifth grand final title after a tough 12—4 victory over warrington wolves. adam wild was at old trafford. this is rugby league's biggest moment. wigan warriors, grand final winners, and for some, the grandest final farewell. the journey to old trafford has taken a season to get here. a route both sets of fans know well. it's ourtime again! it's gonna happen! but for wigan coach shaun wane, one with extra significance — his final match with his hometown club after 30 years.
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a fairytale finish was all that was left. it was warrington, though, with a better start, asjosh charnley once of wigan slid in with the corner. but these sides are so evenly balanced, it wasn't long before the scores were even again too. when tom davies just managed to get his hand on this one, wigan had the lead before half—time. but that only ramped up tensions even higher. the break couldn't quite cool them down. but it took until the season's dying breath for wigan to win it. it came in the form of a warriors' roar. dom manfredi with the decisive score. heartbreak for the wolves of warrington. for this wigan side, the perfect end. and so, a grand finalfairytale finish for the wigan warriors as they say goodbye to some of their biggest names. they finish on the ultimate high — super league champions again. i'm just happy for all the staff that are still with me, and showed me all the respect and worked hard. i'm happy that we got the victory and, you know, it's great for the club, for us to finish like this,
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and i think we owed it to ourfans, they've been great, the fans have turned up every week and i'm so happy to get the victory for them. —— and so, a grand finalfairytale finish for the wigan warriors as they say goodbye to some of their biggest names. they finish on the ultimate high — super league champions again. it's still the international football break. there were a couple of nations league matches yesterday. the republic of ireland, who are in wales's group, toughed out a goalless draw against denmark in dublin. the danes had the best of it, but the republic did manage to create some late chances, this one falling to fulham's cyrus christie, saved well by kasper schmeichel. it's ireland's first point in the nations league. they host the welsh on tuesday after losing to them 4—1 to them in cardiff last month. germany's woes continue after their terrible world cup over the summer. they lost to the netherlands 3—0. liverpool's virgil van dijk and georghino wijnaldum were among the scorers.
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it's their biggest win over the germans and their first in 16 years. it stopped raining for long enough in sri lanka for england's cricketers to win their latest one—day match. the first game was a wash—out, but they are now one up in the 5—match series. captain eoin morgan top scored with 92 runs, joe root also made 71. chris woakes took three wickets to swing the match in england's favour before the heaven's opened and they won the match on the duckworth lewis stern method. morgan was full of praise for woakes and also olly stone. very impressed, woakesy‘s been doing it for quite some time now, a lot of the time goes overlooked, but i thought he really did set the tone. he made quite a relaxing impression early on for olly to come in and do exactly what he does. olly bowled exactly like he has been doing in the nets, in the warm—up game, which i think is a really good sign. he bowled with pace, he managed to get the ball moving
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and he did it all with a very calm head on his shoulders, which is a good sign. in rugby union, freddie burns had two chances to win the match for bath in their champions cup opener against toulouse. he should avoid some of the back pages this morning. freddie's clang are. there he is with his head in his hands. —— freddie's clanger. tea rs of his hands. —— freddie's clanger. tears of a clown. burns distraught after howlett costs him victory. i do think it is very sporting of the frenchman, to be honest. he was almost there. just at the last minute doing this. i will let you score the try and win the match. it is outrageous. it is supposed to bea game
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it is outrageous. it is supposed to be a game of gentlemen. i didn't like it. think it goes against the spirit of the game. trailing 22—20 in the final minutes, burns missed this penalty in front of the posts to give them the lead. look at this! he was then sure that he'd won it. he had started celebrating. he was absolutely distraught. i have won the match. no... i haven't. burns was distraught and was substituted by his coach, who said he was a little bit "mentally shot". he wanted the ground to swallow him up. burns posted this on social media last night: i'm sure they will rally around him. elsewhere, exeter drew 10—10 with munster. they were leading until
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munster‘s cj stander scored in the second half at a windy sandy park. difficult conditions. leicester were 3—0 up at half—time against ulster, a bit of a stinker of a match. it certainly livened up after the break. but they lost 24—10. elsewhere, edinburgh and scarlets both lost. there are four more champions cup matches today. british golfer charley hull is set to miss out on a second win on lpga tour. she's three off the lead at the latest event in south korea with two holes to play. closer to home, england's eddie pepperell will take a 3—shot lead into the final day of the british masters. he's on 9—under par. this was an eagle on the 11th at walton heath. victory would see him break into the world's top 35. now, mick schumacher continues to follow in his fathers footsteps. —— father's footsteps. the 7—time formula 1 champion, michael started out in formula 3, and mick has just won
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the championship with a race to spare afterfinishing second in hockenheim. schumacher sr hasn't been seen in public since suffering serious head injuries in a skiing accident five years ago. mick now qualifies for a ‘super licence', which you need to race in f1. toto wolff, lewis hamilton's boss at mercedes, says the 19—year—old can become a great in the sport. he has a genetic advantage. absolutely. he sounds like his dad, he looks like his dad. he said he will make up his mind in the next few days. there are not many seats left for next season. is that a big job to go straight to formula 1? can he do it? people have done it before. he has the talent. he can become a great of the sport. when he first started out in karting, it was only the last couple of years he started racing under the schumacher name. he wants to stay under the
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radar and he raced under his mother's maiden name. do people not notice? people in the into three new but they kept it under the radar. he is his father's son. he has decided to ta ke his father's son. he has decided to take a different abbreviation, nick. —— mick. we were talking about the isle of skye and the water being blown back up. ithink skye and the water being blown back up. i think as if by magic, we have had some pictures of that sent in. here is another photograph, this is the same phenomenon in action. it was filmed yesterday, and that is what i mentioned being blown back up from where it came, the water. amazing pictures. very, very strong winds. we have had lots of disruption, particularly in parts of wales. we had a landslide that
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killed someone. do we have more of this to come right thing is going to become calmer? the relief effort can continue. good morning. things are looking much quieter over the next few days. there still have 27 flood warnings across wales. torrential rain in the last 48 hours. 200 millimetres. there is more rain to come today. still quite heavy across south wales but it will move eastwards and we will see some dry and bright from the west. it was a day of contrast yesterday. we had this walk across east anglia —— we haveis this walk across east anglia —— we have is warmth. all of the rain has been coming from is really slow moving front. you can see this cloud here and i draw your attention to this area of cloud across portugal. this is storm leslie now bringing wet and windy weather across parts of spain. this front is still with us of spain. this front is still with us today, developing what we cool a
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wave, which means it will waive its way east and then back west later on this evening. he is where the rain fell in the last 12 hours and outbreaks of rain across the far north and west of scotland. another area of rain working north across southern counties of england, south—west england into wales and the midlands and will continue on its journey eastwards through the day. we will seasonally dry and bright in the north. a fine day in northern ireland with some spells of sunshine. that rain is likely to linger across many central and eastern parts of england through the day. at least the winds are later. notice the drop in temperature. although we keep a few showers in the northern western isles through spells of sunshine here. back rain. air is what i was talking about. it pushes back west was through the seating and overnights are more rain across eastern parts of england into the midlands. further north and west it should be mainly dry, it is showers in the western isles of
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scotland. a chilly night in scotland, down around freezing. the rain is still with us through monday morning, slowly starting to pull away north and east, leaving a lot of cloud. a mostly fine day, spells of cloud. a mostly fine day, spells of sunshine. an area of high p i’essu i’e of sunshine. an area of high pi’essui’e as we go of sunshine. an area of high pressure as we go into tuesday, but the front is starting to topple in from the atlantic, so that will increase the cloud and bring outbreaks of rain into northern ireland, northern and western scotla nd ireland, northern and western scotland the far north—west of england and maybe north through the afternoon, but nowhere near the rainfall that we are seeing in the last 48 hours. temperatures on tuesday, around what we expect for this time of year. 11 to 16. some quieter weather to come over the next few days and through the week ahead. not nearly as warm as it has been recently. driest in the south and east, some rain at times in the north and the west. back to you. thanks very much, it looks like we
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have more rain coming in on tuesday. bit of a reprieve. although she pointed out that land is right across wales. —— band. pointed out that land is right across wales. -- band. it is for past eight, back with the headlines at eighta.m.. now on breakfast let's get the latest technology news, it's time for click with spencer kelly. this month is adhd awareness month. this is a condition that is estimated to affect nearly 130 million children and adolescents worldwide and can continue into adulthood. now a new study from king's college london is looking including the disorder with different kinds of technologies, including gaming, which is ironic, because technology
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is often seen as an aggravator. we sent sarah emmett, who has had adhd since childhood, to meet the researchers behind the study. i'm sarah emmett, and i have adhd. adhd stands for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. now, like most people, i have thoughts buzzing round my head all the time. it's very much like trafalgar square. except with adhd it's very difficult to prioritise which thought should come first or which thoughts to focus on. it's usually the one that's most stimulating. so right now, stood here, it's definitelyjumping on the lion. it can become a vicious circle with more and more ideas and thoughts presenting themselves as the most important, until gridlock. studies of the brains of people with adhd show abnormalities in the right prefrontal cortex, the area responsible for self—control and attention. research is now using technology
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to affect neurological changes to this region. by activating this, which is often less engaged in the brains of people with adhd, researchers are hoping to improve concentration. stimulant medication, interestingly enough, also enhances the activity of this right frontal area. but the medication has the problem that has side—effects, people don't like the side—effects, of course. and it has — longer term effects have not been shown. it works fantastically well for a year. then we've shown that the brain adapts to the drug. when the brain adapts to the drug the drug does not work any more. yeah. so that's why we want to find alternative brain therapies for adhd. there are cognitive training apps, known as brain training apps, that you can buy off the shelf, but none of them are proved to help with adhd. but now pioneering new treatments are on the horizon. this is just to dampen the noise.
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so i volunteered myself to act as a guinea pig to test out the exercises the experts are coming up with. the research being done here affects the plasticity of the brain, meaning the ability to change by reorganising itself and form new connections. one possible consequences improved concentration and self—control. for the first experiment, i climbed into a brain imaging scanner that is calibrated to pick up the activity in the brain's right prefrontal cortex. the scanner is an mri machine connected to a game that sends a rocketeer up into space. when my mind is focused on the area of the brain being scanned, the rocketeer goes up. the more i use that area of my brain the higher he goes. so i'm enhancing my own brain activity. ready for the brain stimulation? yes. next up, a different exercise to stimulate my brain. the difference is this is a double whammy.
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at the same time as gaming, my brain will also receive external stimulations through small electrical signals that are delivered by bristles at the side of a helmet i'll have to wear. but like any good scientific experiment, i had to do a before and after test to see how much my concentration had improved as a result of the exercise. so first a baseline test to establish my current level of concentration. ifeel like my brain is trying to find a pattern. mm—hmm. and there isn't one. what was only a six minute test felt like an eternity. so i can only guess that my concentration on the before test is pretty appalling. now for the actual exercise. using small electrical currents to stimulate my prefrontal cortex, i was put through my paces once again. pirate. monkey. i am really bashing the ipad. sorry. it is definitely fun and games, ijust hope it is doing me some good. very good. i have earned a medal. now for the final test
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to establish whether my concentration has improved. before the stimulation you had almost 40% mistakes. yeah. after the stimulations you had only 25%. and on top of that, you were much faster. for me, the way i felt was very important. i didn't really mind how the data showed, but actually looking at it, i feel really proud of myself. it's a huge difference. the neural feedback, like the one you did with the rocketeer, that is a pilot study and we found the effect lasts for one year. you are training the brain. it makes sense. it changes the brain and therefore it has a more lasting effect than an external pill, which you just, which is a positive thing, you get the pill next day the effect is back. last week, we reported of the new full—frame mirrorless cameras being shown off in germany at the world's largest camera expo, photokina. well, this week, dan
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is going to take us through another few other highlights from the show, including these. ok, smile. you don't have to shake it, but it is part of the culture. it's really being driven by the youth market. so we've seen enormous growth in the last couple of years. and this year alone, we expect to sell 10 million instant cameras. it's not shared. it's something that is kind of away from the digital world that they are appreciating more. you can put your phone down and really enjoy the moment, but still capture the moment. this does have a selfie mode. shall we give it a go? do you mind? shall we? a little bit closer... are you ready? there we go. a nice holiday snap from dan, who is with us now. so this is clearly a move away from digital. yeah. do you think it is a fad or do you think it will last? well, it's the only sector of the camera market that is actually growing, apart from those mirrorless cameras
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we saw last week. anyway, what else have you got? this is the insta3601x. 0k. now, not only have they increased the resolution from 4k to 5.7k, so you get a better 360—degree look to the whole thing, but it has stabilisation that i have not seen in any other camera. then the laptop for post—production, it is all done in the camera. but also does something that we have not seen any camera do on this programme. can you guess what that is? can it fly? yes, it can! seriously? well caught! thank you! what it did there was as it went through the air it is taking video, and then they can be slowed down — slow motion — and you get this
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beautiful arc shot of something that you have shot below. you can direct that, because it's 360, and you can say you point downwards, as opposed to something in the air. the only thing is that if it lands on the ground, it is a $400 piece of kit so you probably don't want to damage too much. $400 you say? yeah. they shall not grow old is a new documentary film about the first world war, directed by academy award winner sir peterjackson. using audio recorded in the 19605 and 70s, veterans of the western front recollect their wartime experiences. you knew what was going on within your vision, beyond that you hadn't got a clue. these stories are told over footage of the war which has been painstakingly restored, colourised, and converted into 3—d byjackson's team at wingnut films in new zealand. audio has been added in places, but the film develops entirely from the soldiers' perspective — in their own words. their stories are told in an imaginative and startling way. the film clips from the patriotic
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fervour of vetera ns‘ accou nts of their enlistment for war to the brutal and shocking realities of day to day life and death in the trenches. some of these stories are told in an amazingly matter—of—fact way. you lived like tramps. you didn't polish any buttons. you wore any uniform, bits that you liked and nobody worried. all they were concerned with was that you were fit to fight. peterjackson and his team trawled through over 600 hours of audio and 100 hours of film footage, provided by the imperial war museum's archive, in order to construct the film. vfx wizardry smooths the movements of images, removing any jerky pictures. it's a very unusual method of storytelling. that struck me straightaway. it feels different to almost any war documentary i've seen in the past. the brief that they gave me was, on the surface it was very simple and very wide open, itjust that
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you can do anything you want. but we would like you to use our archive film in a way that is unusual. so the first idea i had was i will get them to send me some 2k scans, material like three orfour minutes, send it to me in new zealand where we have our big visual effects department. i thought how well can we restore this film? that blew me away. we were able to restore it way better than i thought we could. it took us a while to figure out all the techniques, because we were taking it further than anyone had with the restoration before. how did you ensure that the colourisation process, the restoration process, and the 3—d didn't overwhelm the story, the stories that were telling, and enhance the stories you were telling? i wanted it to be in colour. they saw it in colour. we think of the war as a black and white war. but it wasn't a black and white war to them. they didn't see black and white, so why should we show it in black and white? so i thought, well, let's make it colour.
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in doing so, the same as we did the restoration, it had to be the best colourisation we have ever seen. what i found with colourisation is the longer you spend on it the better it gets. that led to the next thing, because once you restore it, the thing that happens is that this film becomes about people, about human beings, the faces of these guys and the nuances, the humanity. it comes out at you like a freight train. they shall not grow old will be shown in full on the bbc. it will also get an outing on the big screen as part of the london film festival. that's it for the short cut of click this week. the full length edition is waiting for you right now on iplayer. and don't forget, we live on facebook and twitter @bbcclick. thank you very much for watching and we will see you soon. good morning, welcome to breakfast with victoria fritz and rogerjohnson. our headlines today. a man is killed in a landslide
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