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a difference organisers of rugby union's champions cup say they will apologise to cardiff blues and glasgow warriors after they told the sides to wear kits that were almost an identical colour. glasgow changed from their usual black strip to one that's sky blue — pretty much the same shade as the home side, cardiff blues! glasgow won the match 29—12, but it was difficult for players, officials and spectators to see which team was which. wales legend martyn williams was commentating on the game. he said it was the most difficult one he'd ever had to call! a local mp for cardiff had this to say. kevin brennan called the whole incident "pathetic amateurism that ruined it for the fans". peterjackson is a writer at the rugby paper. he also points to how the incident undermines the professionalism that the champions cup is meant to represent. finally a picture that sums it up — from nigel, who was watching at the cardiff arms park. he says, "surely someone, anyone, before the game must have thought — those kits look a bit similar". they really did.
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that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. goodbye. let's get more now on theresa may tellings mp a final brexit deal with the eu is 95% complete, but the issue regarding the irish border remains a considerable sticking point. the prime minister suggested a short extension to the transition period may be needed to secure an agreement with brussels. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, attacked the government's negotiating position and its failure to stick to its own brexit timetable. let's listen to some of the heated exchanges in the commons. 95% of the withdrawal agreement and its protocols are now settled. there is one real sticking point left, but a considerable one. which is how we guarantee that
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in the unlikely event ourfuture relationship is not in place by the end of the implementation period, there is no return to a hard border between northern ireland and ireland. the commitment to avoiding a hard border is one this house emphatically endorsed and enshrined in law in the withdrawal act earlier this year. as i set out last week, the original backstop proposal from the eu was one we could not accept. as it would mean creating a customs border on the irish sea and breaking up the integrity of our united kingdom. ido i do not believe any uk prime minister could ever accept this, and i certainly will not. their brexit negotiations have been a litany of missed deadlines, shambolic failure, and now they are begging for extra time. they promised the interim
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agreement would be done by october 2017, then december 2017, and finally agreed in march 2018. the prime minister even missed a deadline for publishing her own government's white paper on brexit, saying that it would be published in june, it arrived in mid—july, lacking any clarity on the key issues, and crucially after the eu summit at which britain's proposals we re summit at which britain's proposals were supposed to have been tabled. just last week, the government missed its october deadline for agreeing to the terms of the exit deal with the eu. the prime minister we nt deal with the eu. the prime minister went to brussels instead to beg for an extension. jeremy corbyn and the prime minister in the commons, and will have more on that later. after a short rest from royal duties, the duchess of sussex has rejoined her husband for a walkabout on fraser island off the coast of queensland. the couple, who are expecting their first child in the spring, are on a 16 day tour taking in australia, new zealand fiji and tonga.
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our royal correspondentjonny dymond is travelling with them. on the edge of eastern australia, a traditional welcome for harry. this is fraser island, also known as paradise. the duke came to declare the rainforest here part of the queen's commonwealth canopy. a conservation project stretching across dozens of countries. put simply, without trees and forests, we don't survive. it is a symbiotic relationship, and one that so many people still fail to realise. and then, some handshakes and some real playing around. he played alone. meghan taking some time out. but harry was more than enough excitement for some. when he shook my hand, he asked our names, and i
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forgot my name for three seconds. and then i was like, oh, destiny! he seems like a nice fellow, down to earth. another location, another welcome. and more playing around from harry. there is no stopping him! but still no meghan. if you wa nt him! but still no meghan. if you wantan him! but still no meghan. if you want an idea as to why meghan isn't taking part in this section of the tour, check out the roads on fraser island. they are winding, they are bumpy and, some would say, they are no place for a pregnant woman. but, at the end of the day, strolling on firmer ground, there she was, one hand pressed against her tummy. and they both made time to talk to those
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who had stood and waited in the sun. hi, guys. there is nothing like a double act, and this one has drawn the crowds across australia. one of life's little triumphs for a lover of royalty. jonny dymond, bbc news. ina of royalty. jonny dymond, bbc news. in a moment, it is beyond 100 days, but now the weather. after a balmy weekend, with temperatures of 20 degrees in the north—east of scotland on saturday and across parts of eastern england on sunday, very difficult at the moment to imagine that weekend ahead may bring us seems more like this, andi may bring us seems more like this, and i think we will all be reaching for warmer clothing. a biting northerly wind and arctic blasts. that's thanks to this area of high
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pressure, which changes the orientation in the days ahead and eventually brings the air in from the arctic. at the moment, the lines are lying west to east, so the area is coming from the atlantic. to the south, one or two areas, with temperatures dropping down to two or three with a risk of ground frost. in the north, more cloud around, more of a breeze and temperatures staying in double figures. heavy rain to the north. on tuesday morning, that will get moving, pushing further south, largely affecting western scotland and heading into southern scotland good morning. in the east, we could see temperatures soaring up on tuesday afternoon, with a high on 17 on the cards in 17. to the south, a bit brighter and milder. much cards in 17. to the south, a bit brighterand milder. much windier than today for northern england, northern ireland and scotland. for the weblog the make, and before the middle of the week, we lose the rain
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in northern scotland foot largely dry with hazy sunshine filled thursday, pretty similar and, dry with hazy sunshine filled thursday, pretty similarand, if anything, the rain in the north—west picks up a bit food the best of clear, blue skies and sunshine in the south and east. temperatures still about where they should be for the time of year, perhaps a degree 01’ the time of year, perhaps a degree or down on wednesday. thursday to friday, a big change comes about we start to lose that atlantic air and we opened the floodgates to the arctic. the yellow subsides to the blue and that cold plunge will make its way across the uk, accomplished accompanied by northerly winds. a lot of fine weather on the whole, but the biggest change will be how much colder it feels and a biting northerly wind. you're watching beyond 100 days. we're in florida — where the sun is shining and the polls are already open for early voting. it's the state that
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can decide elections — and hispanic voters could be the key to democrats taking back control of congress on november 6th. a quarter of florida's population is hispanic — they are being wooed by both republicans and democrats. the final result may well depend on whether this group turns up at the polls. why are you voting this time and you didn't last time? because it matters. cctv footage from turkey suggests saudi arabia sent a body double to stand in forjamal khashoggi after he disappeared — it points to a carefully planned operation.? also on the programme:
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