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you're watching bbc newsroom live. it's 11.003m and these are the main stories this morning: the uk has faced more weather extremes over the last decade due to global warming. a stark warning from the met office. a criminal investigation into claims of anti—semitic hate crimes within the labour party is begun by the met. if somebody passes us material which they say amounts to a crime we have a duty to look at that and not just dismiss it. an inquiry into the events leading up to the resignation of former home secretary amber rudd concludes she was let down by her own officials. the wreckage of the helicopter which crashed at leicester city's stadium is moved to an investigation facility in farnborough. and the bank of england wants to know which british scientist you would like to see featured on its new fifty pound note.
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ican i can tell you growing up in my native canada that british scientists were at the forefront of oui’ scientists were at the forefront of our curriculum and rightly so. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the uk is experiencing more extreme weather, according to a new study by the met office. it says when comparing the last ten years to the previous 30, the hottest days have become hotter, while the coldest days are not as cold as they were. and the report identifies a new feature of our weather, what it calls "tropical nights" where temperatures never fall below 20 degrees. with the details, here's ben ando. who can forget the long, hot summer of 2018? well, get used to it, because the met office says warm spells of warm weather and individual scorching summer days
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are both on the rise. the report compares extreme weather from the 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s, to the period from 2008 to 2017. it found that spells of warm weather have more than doubled, that individual hot days are 0.8 degrees hotter, and cold days are milder — on average 1.7 celsius warmer than in the past. but it's not all about the heat. there has also been a17% increase in days of heavy rain. and while it may not feel like it at the start of november, researchers say that the number of tropical nights where temperatures don't fall below 20 celsius — or 68 fahrenheit — are also on the increase. in the 30 years between 1960 and 1990, there were just eight. whereas last summer alone there have been two. though tropical nights can have a downside. in periods of very high temperatures they can be a hazard for the elderly, who get no respite from the heat.
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and though this study has focused on extreme weather conditions, the met office says it's consistent with worldwide trends in global warming, driven primarily by fossil fuels. ben ando, bbc news. with me is our environment correspondent, matt mcgrath. for most of us we would think we had maybe noticed this kind of shift this always difficult to know whether it's part of a wider trend oi’ whether it's part of a wider trend or not. is this telling us that? it is. the comparison that the last ten yea rs is. the comparison that the last ten years show up some very key differences. particularly the hottest days are getting hotter. the nights are getting milder by quite a substantial amount. there is some substantial amount. there is some substantial change. also rainfall. we're not getting more days of
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rainfall but we are getting more rainfall but we are getting more rain when we do get it. i7% more. some clear indications. does the report explained to give a theory as to why this is happening? they don't go into that. but from speaking to the scientists they are clear that on the temperature trends at least we can say clearly that what's happening in the uk is reflecting what's happening in the rest of the world. global warming is driving up temperatures. it's more, but they did with rainfall. but with temperatures, is the fingerprints of humanity on the rising temperatures. what kind of repercussions could this have? there was talk that we would end up with a mediterranean type climate. it's not the case yet.
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the met office does underline the idea of tropical nights. that might sound exotic but it has a dark side because it means in heat waves all the people don't get any respite and it's one of the things that leads to greater numbers of deaths. that is something to be worried about. when it comes to things like flooding and extreme weather events, flooding is the other side of that as well. is there evidence that is on the increase? the amount of rainfall has increased by i7%. certain areas have had different experiences. if you look at scotland the amount of rain on the wettest days has gone from 100 millilitres 230 millilitres. that's a 30% increase. there is considerable and it's something that
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would lead to flooding and put considerable strain on resources. the met police has begun a criminal investigation into allegations of anti—semitic hate crimes within the labour party. scotland yard said it had received an internal labour party dossier in september, which allegedly contained evidence of hate crimes. let's get more now from our political correspondent, ben wright, who's in westminster. we have been hearing from the head of the met police about all of this and she said she won't investigate the labour party as such but they are looking into these allegations. that's right. this is a dossier that emerged from the labour party in september and it was leaked or obtained by lbc and given to the head of the met police. the dossier came from the labour party with 45 cases of alleged anti—semitism. the
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material was then given to the met police and today they confirmed they are pursuing some of those cases with the cps and they think they could be criminality here that needs to be looked at further. we're not going to investigate the labour party and we would always want institutions and political parties and organisations to red lake themselves. however, if summary passes us themselves. however, if summary passes us material which they say amounts to a crime we have a duty to look at that and not just dismiss it. we have been assessing some material that was passed to me in a radio studio about two months ago and we are now investigating some of that material because it appears
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there may have been a crime committed. so we're talking about online abuse and offensive remarks. she said there was a high bar of that sort of abuse to reach the level of criminality and fritter qualifiers hate crime but clearly the met police think there is the potential here that some of these could amount to a hate crime. she said she hoped to get to the bottom of it pretty quickly. tom watson the deputy leader was asked about it this morning and he said he was disappointed about the whole thing. i have not seen the dossier or the contents of the dossier and the devil will be in the detail. but if the met police are suggesting there are labour party members who are being investigated for heat crime then that is a further course for concern. then that is a further course for concern. we are strongly committed to rooting out anti—semitism at all
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levels. if this announcement helps to do that it will get rid of the small number of voices who say that anti—semitism is a problem on the british left and right. we have improved our measures to deal with it. if they are guilty of hate crimes they will be investigated and convicted. but we need to see the facts. the labour party was embroiled in a long and bitter row over howard was handing anti—semitism within the party during the summer and before that, so during the summer and before that, so this is uncomfortable for the party and once again people are being reminded they have had this problem and there could be the potential the prosecution. some breaking news from the rmt union. they have announced that work on
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arriva real north will stage five strikes on the saturday is running up strikes on the saturday is running up to christmas. that's coming from the rmt union saying workers on arriva real north will stage a five fresh strikes on saturdays in the run—up to christmas. former home secretary amber rudd was let down by her own officials, an inquiry into the events leading up to her resignation has concluded. ms rudd stood down in april, saying she had "inadvertently misled" mps investigating the windrush generation of post—war caribbean migrants. the report says ms rudd lost confidence in her officials and was "not supported as she should have been". the important thing is that changes are made to the home office so that this sort of appalling incident around people doesn't happen again. i put around people doesn't happen again. iput in around people doesn't happen again. i put in changes before i left but
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what it really needs is strong leadership, transparent procedures and are much more compassionate approach. if we get that we will stop this happening. i am not close to it at the moment but i hope this report will act as a wake—up call make sure those changes are put in place. do you have a sense in all this, you will eat about at the time, do you have sensed this was just incompetence or was there something political as well? just incompetence or was there something political as walnfi just incompetence or was there something political as well? it felt like the latter as well which is a lwa ys like the latter as well which is always disappointing because i thought i was trying to do the best job i could for the people i was serving. but there were a series of lea ks serving. but there were a series of leaks during serving. but there were a series of lea ks during the serving. but there were a series of leaks during the past year that were definitely intended to embarrass me. the saudi crown prince has denied reports that he told the us he considered murdered journalist jamal khashoggi to be a dangerous islamist. the washington post and new york times claims mohammed
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bin salman made the comments during a phone call to the white house before saudi arabia admitted mr khashoggi had been killed inside its consulate in istanbul. the journalist was murdered exactly one month ago and his body has not yet been found. the bbc‘s mark lowen is following all the developments and joins us live now from istanbul. how much credibility should we give these reports? it's based on two people who were there during the phone calls they say. it was made on the 9th of october, a week after jamal khashoggi's disappearance in istanbul and just under a week before the saudi government admitted he had been killed and mohammed bin salman is said to have told the us national security adviser and president tom's son—in—law that
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jamal khashoggi was a dangerous islamist. i have spoken to a senior turkish official who told me he thought it was a credible report given the fact the saudi government has listed the brotherhood as a terrorist organisation and are trying to convince donald trump. the allegation would be that could provide a motive to the saudi state for targeting jamal khashoggi even though until now the saudi government have denied the order to assassinate him came from high and they say these were individuals who have now been arrested in connection with the murder but they were not given the orderfrom with the murder but they were not given the order from anybody high up in the saudi state. where are we on the broader investigation? jamal khashoggi's fiance says she was to
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know what's happened to him so she can have a properfuneral. know what's happened to him so she can have a proper funeral. yes and she's written in the washington post today saying the donald trump administration has taken a position to void of moral foundation. administration has taken a position to void of moralfoundation. she says i am the one storyjamal khashoggi did not complete. it aims of the investigation a senior turkish official has said the logical conclusion is now thatjamal khashoggi's adi was dissolved in acid having been dismembered in the saudi consulate. turkish investigators are pressing to find the remains of his body but the saudis are not cooperating. saudi arabia has rejected turkey's extradition request for the 18 saudi nationals. the investigation has stalled somewhat the time being and
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the crown pretty is not going anywhere in riyadh and the white house is sticking with him. the headlines on bbc news: the uk has faced more weather extremes over the last decade due to global warming — a stark warning from the met office. a criminal investigation into claims of anti—semitic hate crimes within the labour party is begun by the metropolitan police. an inquiry into the events leading up to the resignation of former home secretary amber rudd concludes she was let down by her own officials. in sport, after becoming the first gymnast windfall round world titles, further success could come set this afternoon. she could leave with a total of six school medals. british success total of six school medals. british success rests with matt whitlock. he will look to win a third world title from 1pm this afternoon. and usain
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bolt‘s trying with the central coast mariners has been intimidated after the two parties failed to agree terms on a deal. i will be back with more on those stories at one —— 11:30pm. brexit secretary dominic raab will visit northern ireland later for meetings with politicians and business leaders. avoiding a hard border between northern ireland and the republic remains a major sticking point in negotiations with the eu. let's speak to our ireland correspondent, chris page, who is in belfast. that is proving a problem to get through to this deal with the withdrawal agreement. who is dominic raab going to be speaking to today? he's going to come here today to speak to politicians but before that he will meet business people in the border area, the people for who the
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border area, the people for who the border issue is something that will affect jobs and border issue is something that will affectjobs and livelihoods. he will hear first—hand how they see the issue around the border and how a ha rd issue around the border and how a hard border can be prevented. where the talks are studies on this issue of the backstop, the insurance policy that will make sure that under any circumstances they would be any new patrols on the borders. there is an agreement between the uk and the eu there should be a backstop but no agreement on what it should look like. the eu believe northern ireland should remain part of the single market and customs union. the british government says that not acceptable because it would mean that could be checks on goods moving between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. theresa may's preference would be for the whole of
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the uk to remain in the customs union the sometime limited period. what everybody does agree on is the clock is ticking and without a deal on the backstop there is not going to bea on the backstop there is not going to be a brexit deal at all according to be a brexit deal at all according to the eu. time is running out. they have been mutterings from dublin that they might be a breakthrough at some point although everyone is unclear about how that can come given those positions you talk about. the dup are still saying clearly they want accept entreated any different from the rest of the uk. that's right. the dup have repeatedly said they will not accept anything that separates this part of the uk from england, scotland and wales. the irish government say they won't be budging on their insistence that has to be a backstop, an
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all—weather arrangement that will apply to make sure whatever the relationship between the uk and the eu there won't be any new checkpoints on the land frontier. there is also meeting going on across that invisible border in dublin today between british and irishman this is. —— ministers. there has not been devolved government from us two years. that conference will be in dublin this afternoon. irish government sources say brexit will be discussed and they are not expecting any new proposals from the uk side. so no expectations were breakthrough this afternoon. britain's high streets are getting
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unhealthier according to a report looking at 70 major towns and cities. grimsby has been named the unhealthiest as it has more businesses such as takeaways, gambling shops and tanning salons, and far fewer healthier ones, such as gyms, libraries, dentists and coffee shops. edinburgh was named the uk's healthiest, according to the royal society for public health which compiled the study. shirley cramer, from the royal society of public health, told the victoria derbyshire programme that where people grow up and live has an impact on their life chances. where you live and where you work and were up there and where you crawl up and go to school as a massive effect on your life chances and on your health. health and equality are something government has talked about as part of the social injustices they want to see dealt with. environment is a really important part so for example
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fast—food outlets, there are five times more fast food outlets in deprived neighbourhoods than there are in wealthy ones. the same goes for the clustering of bookmakers in the end healthiest areas. sharon allen, who set up a travel agency in grimsby, said the result of the poll wasn't a fairjudgement on the town. it's not the first time we have topped a poll like this. i don't agree with it. grimsby is a good place to be at the minute. do we need help? yes, we do. but as far as a healthy high—street goes, we do have cafes and the library and the museums. we have independent shops. so we have got things which are going on and we do have a lot of empty units but i don't think that typical day grimsby. that is a nationwide issue. to be top of this poll, i don't think it's a fair
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judgment of what grimsby is like. half of all the people who go to a&e with sports—related injuries are children and teenagers, according to research published in the royal society of medicinejournal. boys aged 1a and girls aged 12 were most at risk of sustaining a sports injury. for boys, playing football, rugby union and rubgy league caused the most fractures while for girls, horse—riding, netball and trampolining were mainly to blame. the bank of england is asking members of the public to nominate a prominent british scientist to feature on the new polymer 50 pound note. nominations can be made online during the next six weeks. speaking earlier today, the governor mark carney, said nominations can include anyone who worked in any field of science. a huge regard for science. it shows up a huge regard for science. it shows up consistently in polls and regular
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appearances in the top 100 britons and also has shown up in our banknotes in the past. characters from darwin to newton including james watt wishes the current 50. that is what we are looking to celebrate. the new £50 note will condiment the celebration of literature on the jane austin £10 note. statecraft with churchill on the £5 note. the arts with turner on the £5 note. the arts with turner on the £20 notes. we are celebrating a wide range of uk achievement. what are we looking for? we are looking for someone from great britain and northern ireland who has made an invaluable contribution to uk society but through pioneering innovation, exceptional leadership, helping to shape society. as has
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always been the case the bank will not represent living people of fictional characters on our banknotes so i'm afraid time lords of whatever gender are ineligible! don't forget, you can let us know what you think. tweet us using the hashtag newsroomlive. all the ways to contact us on screen right now. on tuesday, americans take to the polls for what they call the mid—term elections. the result will affect how the rest of donald trump's presidency plays out. our north america correspondent chris buckler has travelled across the states and is now in memphis tennessee. memphis might call itself home to the blues and the birthplace of rock'n'roll but there's not much harmony here thanks to america's mid—term elections. # those who've seen us
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# knows there's not a thing to come between us...# the singing frazier sisters are proud republicans in tennessee, a state which has become an unexpected battle ground and following some of the controversial comments made by donald trump about women, female voters are having to consider whether he is the man for them. i think a lot of the women who don't like him are not hearing what i'm hearing. maybe he is just kind of too aggressive for them or something. the allegations about affairs, the comments about where he might grab some women. those are things that...that aren't really presidential, are they? they're not, but he wasn't the president then and, you know, i feel like he's not being respected for what he has accomplished. but polls that suggest that many
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women aren't impressed by donald trump are clearly playing on his mind. we did very well with women. trump calls women beautiful. you're beautiful, you are beautiful, beautiful. i think women like me more now than they did two years ago. not every woman is prepared to return those compliments. i guess as a businessman he's good for the country but he's very disrespectful and i think he's kind of like a loose cannon. he will call women fat, ugly, use really demeaning words. a woman has never represented tennessee in the us senate but that could change this time around. the republican candidate is female and in a straight fight between a man and a woman, you might expect female voters to fall in behind her, but it's not that simple, and that's because there's a little bad blood. the singer taylor swift
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blasted marsha blackburn over her voting record on minority and women's rights. as a result, she says she's fighting for the democrats and their male candidate, phil bredesen. it's not about the fact that she is a woman, it's really about the policies so we are looking for women's candidates who would advocate for equality and the fact that they happen to be a woman is sort of an added benefit, they are going to bring an extra perspective, their unique perspective. there has been a lot of noise during this election campaign. only next week will it become clear who america's voters have been listening to. now it's time for a look at the weather. we've had a cold start to the day but a sparkling start to many of us. lots of sunshine at there. this is
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one of the photos we've had from the brecon beacons. absolutely stunning. the water like glass. we will keep that sunshine across many parts this afternoon. the cloud increasing for western scotland and northern ireland. eventually there will be rain in the far west as well. maximum temperatures around 12 degrees. tonight, that rain will continue to spread further eastwards and the wind ticking up in north—western areas. not a particularly cold night and with clear skies in eastern areas that's where they could be a touch of frost in the far south—east of england. milder further in the far south—east of england. milderfurther north in the far south—east of england. milder further north and west. that rain will stick around in northern and western parts will stop if you are heading to one fire night on saturday evening sunday evening, rain in north—western areas initially and rain across south—western parts on sunday. hello, this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines:
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the uk has experienced more weather extremes over the last 10 years when compared with previous decades, a met office report has said. the hottest days have become almost one degree hotter. police have begun a criminal investigation into allegations of anti—semitic hate crime within the labour party. scotland yard said it had received an internal party dossier in september, allegedly containing evidence of hate crimes. an inquiry into the events leading up to the resignation of former home secretary amber rudd has concluded that she was let down by her own officials. the wreckage of the helicopter which crashed at leicester city's stadium has been moved to an investigation facility in farnborough. the new £50 note will feature a prominent british scientist, the bank of england has announced. the public can offer suggestions on the bank's website over the next six weeks.
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sport now with john sport now withjohn watson. good morning. the cardiff city manager neil warnock has welcomed the decision for leicester's premier league match with his side to go ahead tomorrow. the leicester players were adamant they wanted to play to honour the memory of club owner vichai srivaddhanaprabha following his death in saturday's crash. warnock said he would too would have felt it right to play. it is just it isjust on it is just on an edge isn't it, life? you sometimes take things for granted. i know it'sjust life? you sometimes take things for granted. i know it's just a football match and i think it puts things in perspective, our problems and worries of promotion and relegation, it is just worries of promotion and relegation, it isjust a game worries of promotion and relegation, it is just a game of football. that has been the biggest thing this week. if i had been the manager of leicester i would have wanted the lads to play to get back on what
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they are. it is such a turmoil in your mind when things like this happen. i've seen the effect it has had on my players, we weren't directly involved. i think it is just the whole football community have felt the shock. american gymnast simone biles will could add to her record breaking achievemnets at the world championships today. after becoming the first gymnast to win four all around world titles, indivicual success could follow in the vault and bars today, with the beam and floor to come tomorrow. this is herfirst international competition since the rio olympics — she could leave doha with a total of six golds. and later this afternoon, britain could win theirfirst medal of the championships when max whitlock goes in the pommel horse final. whitlock has won gold in the last two championships in glasgow and montreal and received the highest marks in qualifying for today's final. raheem sterling is on the verge of signing a new contract with manchester city,
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making him the highest paid english footballer. the five year deal is believed to be around £300,000 a week. he was on the bench last night as city won 2—0 against fulham to book their place in the quarter finals of the league cup. wayne rooney missed a penalty as his dc united side were beaten in a shootout, to drop out of the mls league play—offs — he'd just been voted player of the month in the states having made the move to washington. and usain bolt‘s hopes of making it as a professional footballer appear to be over after the athletics legend had his trial terminated with the australian a league side central coast mariners. he'd hoped to make it as footballer since quitting athletics, but the two parties could not agree a deal. the club said they couldn't agree a deal with former sprinter — his wages seemingly the sticking point. it would have only been possible if a third party had come in to cover some of the package. his perforamces in training and in the trial matches proved a marketing boost for the club, but a number of other players felt he didn't have the ability to make it as pro. there's no doubt that we all wanted
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this to work and frerve usain to the players to the club, everybody together, generally believed if this was the right fit and this could make a big difference, then it would have happened. reality is it didn't get there. but that's ok. there is no regrets for what happened. there is just no regrets for what happened. there isjust a no regrets for what happened. there is just a bit of regret that maybe the maximum potential wasn't achieved. but on the other side, you know this was a great ride. and finally cricket england's warm—up match against a sri lanka presidents eleven in colombo — the last before the first test starts next tuesday — ended in a draw. england declared their innings on 210 for 6, ben stokes top—scored with 53, before retiring out, while sam curan made an unbeaten 48. in reply, the presidents side reached 200 for seven. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. we're getting some breaking news.
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firearms officers are at the scene of an incident in central london amid reports a man with a machete has entered a building belonging to sony music. scotland yard said: "we are aware of an incident on derry street w8, police on scene including firearms officers and london ambulance service. at this time we believe two people are injured. incident is on—going." that is coming from scotland yard, saying that firearms officers are the scene of an incident in central london. there is reports that evacuations are taking place as a precaution. this is in central london near kensington, thoughts to be the sony head quarters, a building owned by them. an incident
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ongoing and scotland yard saying they believe two people are injured and this is an ongoing incident. we will bring you more on that as we get it. let's return to our top story that new met office report which says the uk has experienced more weather extremes over the past ten years than in previous decades. the study concludes that the hottest days have become hotter, while the number of warm spells has risen and heavy rainfall has increased. the met office has also recorded more of what it calls "tropical nights", where there's no respite from the heat. let's get more on this now from dr mark mccarthy, who's head of the met office's national climate information centre. what are the key highlights from the report? lots of people would say they have noticed a difference in the weather, this seems to suggest it is more of an ongooing pattern. —— ongoing. yes, this is a supplement to a wider
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annual report on the state of the uk climate, we are monitoring our weather in the uk and in this particular report we focussed on a set of metrics and measures of extreme weather events. the hottest day of the year has been getting warmer. the coldest day of the year has been getting milder. and we're also seeing increases in the duration of warm spells. so some of these, we are seeing changes consistent with the wider pattern of climate change that we have observed globally. is this being driven by human activity, to what extent can you look at this data and suggest what is causing it? well, this data is very much that, it is part of the underpinning evidence we have of our changing climate. so the scope of this report is providing that
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baseline assessment of what we have observed in our climate in the uk and that feeds into wider studies that are ongoing reporting on greenhouse gases and human influence on ourchanging greenhouse gases and human influence on our changing climate. the features that we are observing in the uk and some of these changes are consistent with that. under warming, we expect to see an increase in certain types of extreme events, heat waves and hot and warm spells. we are looking particularly at warm spells here across any time of year. and these changes that we are observing are consistent with our warming climate. the uk has warmed by just warming climate. the uk has warmed byjust under a degree in the last five years or so. that is quite significant isn't it? people talk about health concerns and these changes do have quite a large knock on impact don't they? yes,
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absolutely. so this is one reason where we also monitor the sort of changes in the average climate, that isa changes in the average climate, that is a good indicator of change and we are looking at some of the factors that may have implications for people. so, the things we have selected are agreed internationally by the world meet logical organisation and they are used widely, but they're to try and identify some of those impactful weather events, so tropical nights is one indicator, where night temperatures don't fall below 20 celsius. this is is can be problematic for human health, where people don't get the respite pr the heat of the tay. —— day. this is rare and quite localised in the uk. now we are monitoring that to see
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how it may change in the future. thank you. now an update on that incident taking place in central london. this was after reports that a man with a machete entered a building in london belonging to sony music. police say officers are in attendance, evacuations have taken place as a precaution and two people have suffered stab injuries. they're awaiting an update on their condition. one person has been arrested. they have added no evidence of any firearms involved in this incident and it is not being treated as terror—related. the incident is ongoing. confirmation that two people have suffered stab injuries in west london in a building thought to be owned by sony
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music. there is no update on the condition of those people. one person has been arrested. and there is no evidence of any firearms involved in the incident and the police are saying it is not being treated as terror—related. the police saying it is an ongoing situation and we will bring you more on that as we get it. experts investigating the helicopter crash at leicester city's stadium on saturday have moved the wreckage to a specialist facility in farnborough. the club's owner, the thai billionaire vichai srivaddhanaprabha died along with two members of his staff, the pilot and a passenger when the aircraft came down just after taking off from the king power stadium. the air accidents investigation branch said initial work on its digital flight recorder — or black box — had also been successful. our leicestershire reporter amy payne joins us now. what is the latest on the
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investigation, going into another stage now, where they are moving the wreckage? well, it is of course almost a week since this crash at the king power stadium. since that happened last saturday, the helicopter came to rest in a car park close to the south—east stand at the stadium. since then we are told investigators from the air accident investigation branch have been busy picking through the wreckage, gathering and documenting evidence. last night, we are told that wreckage was lifted, supervised by their specialist team of engineering staff and it has been arrived at the specialist facility in farnborough, where it will be laid out and more detailed examinations will take place. that flight examinations will take place. that flight recorder that was in there was clearly severely damaged by the fire after this crash, but we are told that they have successfully
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down loaded recordings and that detailed examination work will continue. and behind you we can see that absolute sea of tributes and flowers, the owner was so popular, there has been some emotional scenes around leicester this week and of course the team are back in action tomorrow in the premier league? yes emotional and extraordinary scenes frankly here at the king powder stadium. —— king power stadium. the flowers a nd stadium. —— king power stadium. the flowers and shirts now stretch as you can see around this whole kerb by turn tile 44 and 46. this is a man that won notjust by turn tile 44 and 46. this is a man that won not just the affections of club, but the city and people continue to come and leave messages and pay respects. we are told this match against southampton was cancelled on tuesday. that was due
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to be the first match after the crash, that will be rearranged for 27th november. tomorrow, will be the team's first match back against cardiff in the premier league of course. we are told it will go ahead. the players' decision to do that, we learned that yesterday in the press conference with the manager, claude puel. he said it was important to give their best. there will be tributes, including flying of thai flags. all premier league matches will start with a minute's silence and players will wear black arm bands and we understand the funeral is shortly going to get under way and his body has arrived in thailand. players have been given the opportunity to attend after the cardiff game tomorrow. thank you. more on that incident in london. our
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correspondent is here. what more can you tell us. the police say two people have stab injuries. they don't know what condition they're in. one person has been arrested. at about 11 o'clock a firearms officers and the london ambulance were called to the building. there had been reports of an attack on the third floor of the building in derry street. we have seen footage online of people being evacuated as a precaution. that is what we know at the moment. they don't believe it is terror—related though. and there are no reports, well, there were earlier reports of firearms, but they don't believe a firearm was actually used. they are saying one person arrested
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and two people with stab injuries, but they don't know their condition at the moment. is this still an on going incident. we are seeing pictures filmed from a building opposite that sony building in west london. we can see the officers going into the building, firearms officers called and when the police get these reports, they take it very seriously and you can see they have deployed officers incredibly quickly. clearly this is a serious incident, because two people have been injured with stab injuries and there must have been a great deal of panic and chaos. there are reports on twitter that the attack took place on the third floor and they we re place on the third floor and they were called at about 11 o'clock. numerous people, there is footage online of people being evacuated. so clearly very serious, but it sounds
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as though the police have managed to contain it and they have arrested one person and luckily two people are being now treated, but as we say, we do not know that their condition has seriously injured they are. thank you for that update. an ‘outbreak that urgently needs to be contained'. that's how the authorities in south africa are describing the rate of teenage pregnancies. a staggering 180,000 are recorded every year — leaving girls struggling to complete their education. for this special report, our correspondent nomsa maseko visited one student in limpopo who recently gave birth to triplets. facing the biggest test of her young life, on the eve of the start of the final school examinations, kholofelo mogolola returns to the grave of one of her babies. just 17 years old, she gave birth to triplets three months ago. she wanted to ask her daughter
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to watch over her siblings and kholofelo is confident she will pass as she prepares for her final examinations. i can feel it, i will pass. i have to passed high school, it determines my future and it determines their future. while most students her age spend a lot of time studying, kholofelo has a lot more work to do. she can only settle down with her books once the babies are asleep. why didn't you use a condom with your boyfriend? just... i just don't know. i don't even remember. there is a lot of information about sex education in school but we just don't listen, we just ignore it. we think we know better. even at home, we ignore advice from our parents. at kholofelo's school,
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26 other learners fell pregnant this year, but the problem isn'tjust in this area. out of more than 1.7 million learners in the province, 16,000 fell pregnant in the last year. and 378 of those are younger than 15. students that fall pregnant are encouraged to stay in school for as long as possible. in this district, parents are worried. the education department says teenage pregnancy is a major social and systemic problem in south africa but even parents of learners from the school have come here asking for a meeting to discuss this issue. they refused to talk to us on camera. it is clear there are no easy answers to the cause of teenage pregnancy. everyone here acknowledges intervention is needed. in a moment we'll have
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all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news: the uk has faced more weather extremes over the last decade due to global warming — a stark warning from the met office. a criminal investigation into claims of anti—semitic hate crimes within the labour party is begun by the metropolitan police. an inquiry into the events leading up to the resignation of former home secretary amber rudd concludes she was let down by her own officials. in the business news: a warning from mps about the pressure being put on hm revenue & customs. mps have warned that tax officials are struggling with a huge workload. the public accounts committee report states "serious concerns" about the introduction of a new customs service and the impact of brexit on uk borders. there are reports today that chemicals company ineos is in talks with ford about manufacturing
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vehicles at the carmaker‘s bridgend engine plant. the ft has reported that ineos a ppa re ntly wa nts to brea k into the automotive industry with an off—road vehicle, hoping to mimic the land rover defender, and has shortlisted the south wales location for its production centre. if true, the move offers hope to more than 1,000 workers currently at risk of redundancy at the site, according to several people familiar with the talks. the new £50 note will feature a prominent british scientist, the bank of england has announced, with the public being asked for nominations. in addition to the queen, the note will include the portrait of an eminent late scientist from fields such as biology, astronomy and medical research. the public can offer suggestions on the bank's website over the next six weeks. the north—south divide in house prices will narrow in the next five years as property values in northern england rise by a fifth, according to a report. estate agent savills has predicted that british house prices will rise
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in line with average incomes from 2019 to 202k. the report predicts that th average price of a home will rise tojust over £248,000. property price growth will range from 21.6% in the north west of england to 4.5% in london. scotland and wales will see property values rise by nearly 20% over the same period. lawrence bowles, residential research analyst at property group savills joins me now. thank you forjoining us. first, let me ask you this, a report that stretches out five years into the future, how much can we trust a report like that, given we are not sure what will happen in the next five months? it is the most difficult time we have had forecasting in a long time. the uncertainty we have had as a result of brexit and having the budget
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announcements in the same week have made it difficult to predict the future. but the key drivers are that uncertainty, driving that lower level of sentiment and in the longer term the issues of affordability and increasing interest rates are not issues that will go away. so we have some confidence in the forecasts in that five—year period. some confidence in the forecasts in that five-year period. the headline from the report suggests that the divide between the north and south which has been so marked in the last 20 years is going to be narrowing. that is right. as you said, we have the fastest price growth predicted in the north—west and london we predict low levels of growth. a lot is driven by affordability pressure. the average deposit for a first time buyerin the average deposit for a first time buyer in london is £100,000. that is restricting the market to a wealthy
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group of buyers. it is not so constrained in the north of the country and there is greater capacity for people to bid more and loa n to capacity for people to bid more and loan to income ratios to stretch through the midlands and the north. what is it about the north—west that will boost high price growth? with the north there is the greater scope in terms of affordability and for the loan to income mortgage. the north—west as a particularly strong story with regard to cities such as manchester and liverpool, where there is a real resurgence injobs moving there and strong economic growth and the number ofjobs there increasing, so housing demand will increase and that will support higher levels of price growth. thank you. the hope that the trade war between china and us may
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have a resolution has had a hugely positive impact on the markets. pound enjoyed strongest day of the year yest and is building on that strength that's all the business news. in a moment the weather, but first let's look at some of the most striking images of the day. security footage from a bus which crashed into a river in china shows the driver was fighting with a passenger seconds earlier. police said a woman started hitting the driver after the bus missed her stop in chongqing. he fights back and then loses control of the vehicle. the bus is filmed on this dash—cam swerving onto the other side of the road before crashing through a safety barrier and plunging into the yangtze river. time for the weather. bless you, go
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and get some water. we have had a cold and frosty start. it is quiet, before it turns unsettled at the weekend. but some glorious photographs from our weather watchers, this is is in central london. this stunning photograph from the brecon beacons. the water like glass reflecting the mountains. many of us will continue with that sunshine this afternoon. but in northern ireland and the west of scotla nd northern ireland and the west of scotland more cloud moving in. making the sunshine turn hazy. later on some rain will start to push in. the maximum temperatures up to around nine o' 12 celsius. tonight that area of rain will continue to move eastwards. pushing into much of scotla nd move eastwards. pushing into much of scotland and northern ireland. quite heavy rain for western scotland through tonight. clearer skies down to the south—east and a difference in temperature. so in the south—east
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with the clearer skies, perhaps a touch of frost. milder, look at the yellows in the north—west, where temperatures are up to seven to eight degrees. throughout saturday we will see the change in the weather. we have the remnants of ex—hurricane oscar that is moving close to iceland. but the isobars close to iceland. but the isobars close together. this weather front pushing in throughout saturday. so a windy day for all of us. rain moving through northern ireland and getting drier here later, but heavy rain in western scotland and that rain spreads into north western england and the west of wales, staying dry and the west of wales, staying dry and bright down to the south—east. even in the south—east it will be windy. these are the wind gusts, up to 60mph in the north—west. but it isa mild to 60mph in the north—west. but it is a mild direction from the south—west and temperatures up to 12 to 14 south—west and temperatures up to 12 to 1a degrees. maybe you be heading out a fireworks display on saturday
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night, that rain will continue in northern and western areas. by sunday it is across wales, the midlands and the south—west of england that will see the outbreaks of rain on sunday evening. here is the detail on sunday, that rain will intensify in south—west england across wales and the midlands and parts of northern england seeing patchy rain as well. down to the south—east, it is staying dry with sunshine and sunshine in scotland and northern ireland. lighter winds for all of us and temperatures 12 to 14. you're watching bbc newsroom live. these are today's main stories: the met office is warning that weather extremes such as hot days and tropical nights have become more frequent in the past decade. a criminal inquiry has begun into claims of anti—semitic hate crimes within the labour party. if somebody passes us material which they say amounts to a crime we have
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a duty to look at that and not just dismiss it. two people have been stabbed at sony music's london hq. armed officers were called and one person was arrested. an inquiry into the events leading up to the resignation of former home secretary amber rudd concludes she was let down by her own officials. the wreckage of the helicopter which crashed at leicester city's stadium is moved to an investigation facility in farnborough. and the bank of england wants to know which british scientist you would like to see featured on its new fifty pound note. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the uk is experiencing more extreme weather, according to a new study by the met office. it says when comparing the last ten years to the previous 30, the hottest days have become hotter, while the coldest days are not as cold as they were.
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and the report identifies a new feature of our weather, what it calls "tropical nights" where temperatures never fall below 20 degrees. with the details, here's ben ando. who can forget the long, hot summer of 2018? well, get used to it, because the met office says warm spells of warm weather and individual scorching summer days are both on the rise. the report compares extreme weather from the 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s, to the period from 2008 to 2017. it found that spells of warm weather have more than doubled, that individual hot days are 0.8 degrees hotter, and cold days are milder — on average 1.7 celsius warmer than in the past. but it's not all about the heat. there has also been a 17% increase in days of heavy rain. and while it may not feel like it at the start of november, researchers say that the number of tropical nights where temperatures don't
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fall below 20 celsius — or 68 fahrenheit — are also on the increase. in the 30 years between 1960 and 1990, there were just eight. whereas last summer alone there have been two. though tropical nights can have a downside. in periods of very high temperatures they can be a hazard for the elderly, who get no respite from the heat. and though this study has focused on extreme weather conditions, the met office says it's consistent with worldwide trends in global warming, driven primarily by fossil fuels. ben ando, bbc news. with me isjim dale, a senior meteorological consultant with british weather services. what are the key highlights from today's report? 25 years ago there was a news story
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about climate change and how it would affect us in the next 20 or 30 yea rs would affect us in the next 20 or 30 years and we were going to go towards a mediterranean climate. 20 towards a mediterranean climate. 20 to 30 years later we are here. the background of this we are moving towards that kind of scenario when you take what the met office has said about the weather that's been incorporated were going to say and that we have seen in the last decade, that has got mediterranean written all over it. what are the cancer quotas of this? —— consequences. for every flake of snow and a drop of rain it will have an impact on virtually everything we do. we have to look to the mediterranean countries to see the kind of effects that are there. malaria and mosquitoes making their
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way northwards. on the other hand, if we are going to get extended summers and the kind of heatwave we had last year i suppose many people will clap and cheer. it's not all bad. we will have to take it in context. we are moving rapidly in this climate change environment towards, well we don't quite know yet. it is still a slow process but there are a lot of unknowns around there are a lot of unknowns around the corner. what about the causes of all the best? i think the acceleration when you look at that .30 years ago to the point we are now, and not just .30 years ago to the point we are now, and notjust a temperature but c temperature because the oceans are
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taking the end the heat and all of that has come together. without a shadow of a doubt this is human influence. that isn't to say there aren't normal weather variations within that and didn't also to say that we don't get the old beast from these coming back again. that is weather cycles but biggest one is the climate. is it a matter of us adapting and changing the things we do notjust in causing some of this but then having to live with the change. that's a great question. i don't think we utilise the weather and adapt to the weather even on a daily basis in terms of what we do. we get retail concerns saying miserable summer of good summer. we are quite poor in this country at adapting to the weather and working with it and finding solutions. we
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have got to do that and start doing it better. meteorologists should be worth their weight in gold to companies out there but it is the case. we have to focus more on this climate change and what it's going to mean. within the past hour two people have been stabbed in central london — by a man reported to have been armed with a knife. the attack took place in kensington inside a building owned by sony music. armed police were called and one person has been arrested. police say they don't believe the attack was terror—related. a criminal inquiry has begun into allegations of anti—semitic hate crimes within the labour party. the metropolitan police said it received an internal labour party dossier in september, which allegedly detailed forty five cases involving messages posted by party members on social media. our political correspondent
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ben wright told me more about the origins of the dossier. this is a dossier that emerged from the labour party in september. it was leaked or obtained by lbc and given to the head of the met police. the dossier itself came from the labour party and 45 cases of alleged anti—semitism the labour party examined itself during the summer. the material was given to the met police and today they confirmed they are pursuing some of those cases with the cps and they think they could be criminality here that needs to be looked at further. we're not going to investigate the labour party and we would always want institutions and political parties
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to be able to regulate themselves. however, if somebody passes us material which they say amounts to a crime we have a duty to look at that and notjust crime we have a duty to look at that and not just dismiss crime we have a duty to look at that and notjust dismiss it. we have been assessing some material which was passed to me in a radio studio about two months ago and we are now investigating some of that material because it appears there may have been crimes committed. we are talking about online abuse, online offensive remarks. she said there is a high barfor offensive remarks. she said there is a high bar for that offensive remarks. she said there is a high barfor that sort offensive remarks. she said there is a high bar for that sort of abuse to reach the level of criminality and to qualify at —— as hate crime but clearly she thinks there is the potential here that some of these alleged cases could amount to a hate crime and she said she hoped to get
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to the bottom of all this quite quickly. tom watson the deputy leader was asked about this this morning and said he was very disappointed. i have not seen the contents of the dossier and the devil will be in the detail. if the met police are suggesting there are labour party members who are being investigated for hate crime there is a further cause for concern. we are strongly committed to rooting out anti—semitism from the labour party at all levels and if this announcement today does one thing to help that it will be to silence the small number of voices who continue to deny that anti—semitism is a problem on the british left and british right. we have anti—semitism in the labour party. we have improved our measures to deal with it. we want them out and if they are guilty of hate crimes we want them to be convicted. the labour party
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was embroiled in a long and bitter around over how it was handing anti—semitism within the party during the summer and before that and so this is uncomfortable for the party but once again people have been reminded they have this problem and it is the potential for prosecutions. an update now on that incident in west london at the sony building. reports of a man with a machete. two people have been starved and police have made one arrest. let's speak now to an eyewitness who was in a building nearby. can you tell us what you saw earlier today? we have a lot of newspapers year and everybody was clambering downstairs to find out what was going on. either time i
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reached the bottom of the stairs i saw the building being evacuated op. cit. and loads of people came out. then running down the road was a whole host of armed police officers. following them were paramedics. i didn't see anybody can out of the building was injured and we didn't see the arrest itself but at the time it was a lot of armed police hanging around the outside the building. what that was the reaction, watching this unfold? presumably, people were panicking. the road was closed off so there we re the road was closed off so there were quite a few police cars and the numbers so nobody could come down and a lot of the high street was closed off. there wasn't a lot of people milling around. we have
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security in our building and security in our building and security closed the doors. people we re security closed the doors. people were more confused about what was happening opposite because at that time we weren't sure what was happening and we did know when b had gone into the building. there was quite a lot of confusion. seeing armed police turn up and hearing reports something had gone on, the police have said now it was not terror related it must have gone through your mind. absolutely. when you see armed officers running down the street and people running into a building you are worried about what's going on. our security guards we re what's going on. our security guards were telling us to stay away from the windows. you have that slight panic but as we all watching it u nfold panic but as we all watching it unfold clearly something was going on deep within the building itself. half of all the people who go to a&e with sports—related injuries
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are children and teenagers, according to research published in the royal society of medicinejournal. boys aged 1a and girls aged 12 were most at risk of sustaining a sports injury. for boys, playing football, rugby union and rubgy league caused the most fractures while for girls, horse—riding, netball and trampolining were mainly to blame. more on today's main stories coming up on newsroom live here on the bbc news channel, but now we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. the former home secretary amber rudd was let down by her own officials, according to an inquiry into the events leading up to her resignation in april. ms rudd stood down, saying she had "inadvertently misled" mps investigating the windrush generation of post—war caribbean migrants.
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the report says ms rudd lost confidence in her officials and was "not supported as she should have been". the important thing is that changes are made to the home office so that this sort of appalling incident doesn't happen again. i put in changes before i left but what it really needs is strong leadership, transparent procedures and a much more compassionate approach. if we get that we will stop this happening. i am not close to it at the moment but i hope this report will act as a wake—up call to make sure those changes are put in place. do you have a sense in all this, you were leaked about at the time, do you have sense this was just incompetence or was there something political as well? it felt like the latter as well which is always disappointing because i thought i was trying to do the bestjob i could for the people i was serving. but there were a series of leaks during the past year that
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were definitely intended to embarrass me. the headlines on bbc news: the met office is warning that weather extremes — such as hot days and tropical nights — have become more frequent in the past decade. two people have been stabbed at sony music's london hq - armed officers were called and one person was arrested. a criminal inquiry has begun into claims of anti—semitic hate crimes within the labour party. it's time for the sport now. the cardiff city manager neil warnock has welcomed the decision for leicester's premier league match with his side to go ahead tomorrow. the leicester players were adamant they wanted to play to honour the memory of club owner vichai srivaddhanaprabha
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following his death in saturday's crash. warnock said he would too would have felt it right to play. it is just on an edge isn't it, life? you sometimes take things for granted. i know it's just a football match and i think it puts things in perspective, our problems and worries of promotion and relegation, it is just a game of football. that has been the biggest thing this week. if i had been the manager of leicester i would have wanted the lads to play to get back on what they are. it is such a turmoil in your mind when things like this happen. i've seen the effect it has had on my players, we weren't directly involved. i think it is just the whole football community have felt the shock. there's another blow for england with news that manu tualingi is out of tomorrow's first autumn international with a groin strain. it's the latest in a long line of set backs but he should return to training on sunday ahead of next weekend's match with new zealand. eddiejones has brought in sale wing chris ashton to replace him, it will be his first cap in four
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years if he makes an appearance from the bench. american gymnast simone biles could add to her record breaking achievemnets at the world championships today. after becoming the first gymnast to win four all around world titles, individual success could follow in the vault and bars today, with the beam and floor to come tomorrow. this is herfirst international competition since the rio olympics — and she could leave doha with a total of six golds. and later this afternoon, britain could win theirfirst medal of the championships when max whitlock goes in the pommel horse final. whitlock has won gold in the last two championships in glasgow and montreal and received the highest marks in qualifying for today's final. that's all the sport for now. john will be back with more for you in the next hour. britain's high streets are getting
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unhealthier according to a report looking at 70 major towns and cities. grimsby has been named the unhealthiest as it has more businesses such as takeaways, gambling shops and tanning salons, and far fewer healthier ones, such as gyms, libraries, dentists and coffee shops. edinburgh was named the uk's healthiest, according to the royal society for public health which compiled the study. sharon allen runs a travel agency in grimsby. she told victoria the town is struggling. it's not the first time we have topped a poll like this. i don't agree with it. grimsby is a good place to be at the moment. do we need help? yes, we do. but as far as healthy goes, we do has cafes, the library is close by, we've got museums and independent shops. we have got things that are going on. we do have a lot of empty units but
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i don't think that's too big of a grimsby. that is a nationwide issue. to be topping this poll, don't think it's a to be topping this poll, don't think it'sa fair to be topping this poll, don't think it's a fair judgment to be topping this poll, don't think it's a fairjudgment of what grimsby is like. dr mark green is a lecturer in health geography at liverpool university. how important is what the high—street looks like two people's health and their everyday lives, ——? it's not just about the health and their everyday lives, ——? it's notjust about the high—street, it's about the geographical —— geographical context people live their lives in. if you think about something that is supple, food, we need to eat to survive and of course the food opportunities around you is important to what types of foods you eat. if you live in an area with lots of fast food outlets you are more likely to consume fatty foods. if you live far away from the supermarket you might be cut off from buying fresh fruit and vegetables. high streets can
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constrain and promote different types of diets or behaviours so it's important. is it linked to people's budgets as well because fast—food is generally seen as being cheaper so do you find these kind of outlets in some of the poorer areas of the country? we do find that social inequalities are quite stark when it comes to the geographical context and the opportunities. some of the work we have been doing has shown that you are twice as close to things like fast—food outlets, gambling outlets, pubs and nig htclu bs gambling outlets, pubs and nightclubs in the most deprived areas of great britain. these things correlate very much together. but it also operates in things like convenient stores are quite hot —— popular on the high streets now and their prices tend to be higher and that makes decisions around fresh
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fruit and veg more off—putting when you can get something for less that has greater calories. can anything be done to change the high—street and these other issues you are talking about or is itjust market forces that people just want these kinds of food and retailers open up what people want? market forces play up what people want? market forces play up big part in changing and shaping the high—street but there are things we can do. business rates is one opportunity that we might want to promote give cut that the services that are promoting healthier behaviours and foods. there are opportunities and these are things we can modify. it's hard to modify someone's income but we can change the environment and make it more positive. the bank of england is asking the public to nominate a prominent british scientist to feature on its new — polymer — £50 pound.
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nominations can be made online over the next six weeks. speaking earlier, the bank's governor mark carney, said nominations can include anyone who worked in any field of science. a huge regard for science. it shows up consistently in polls and regular appearances in the top 100 britons and also has shown up on our banknotes in the past. characters from darwin to newton, including james watt who's on the current 50. that is what we are looking to celebrate. the new £50 note will compliment the celebration of literature with the jane austin £10 note. statecraft with churchill on the £5 note. the arts with turner on the £20 notes. we are celebrating a wide range of uk achievement.
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what are we looking for? we are looking for someone from great britain and northern ireland who has made an invaluable contribution to uk society through pioneering innovation, exceptional leadership, helping to shape society. as has always been the case the bank will not represent living people or fictional characters on our banknotes so i'm afraid time lords of whatever gender are ineligible! with me now is sarahjohn. she is the chief cashier and director of notes at the bank of england. i love that title! tell us up bit about how this works. it's the kind of thing we take for granted, we use
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these notes every day. the idea of who gets to go on them, how does the process work? we want to hear from the general public about what they wa nt to the general public about what they want to see on banknotes. we have a character selection committee made up character selection committee made up of character selection committee made upofa character selection committee made up of a range of experts and bank officials who decide that the field this time will be science and we are going the public nominations for the next six weeks. people can tell us which scientists they would like to appear on the banknote. we've already had 10,000 nominations so far this morning so it's really catching people's imagination. we will take all the nominations were received and they will be sifted through by the selection committee and we will come up with a shortlist which will be discussed with the governor will make the final decision. so people said around and think of the theme and this time it's science. how would you even
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decide that? we look at who has been on banknotes before. we are trying to reflect a whole range of disciplines and a diverse range of individuals. we look at who is on the banknote at the moment. we have a statement in the form of churchill on the £5 note. we have jane austen representing literature on the £10 note. we will shortly have turner, great artist, on the £20 note. science is like a great complement to those other characters. how much is diversity are part of this? there was huge interest in the idea there was huge interest in the idea there was not a woman on any of the notes and that was rectified through was not a woman on any of the notes and that was rectified throuthane austen. is it important that the notes represent real—life even though these are historical figures? incredibly important and it's something we take seriously. it will be considerate at every stage of the
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process. science is an incredibly broad field. there are fantastic men and women who have made an important contribution in the field of science and we want to hear from the public about who was —— they want on the banknote. you say you via thousands of people sending in their ideas. some of them must be crazy ideas. inevitably some of them want naked through the criteria. we are looking for someone who is inspirational, someone for someone who is inspirational, someone who has made an impact in the field of science and beyond in wider society as well. it can't be somebody who is still alive. the queen will be on the front of the banknote. it can be anyone whose fictional either. the governor said there that time lords i'm afraid arab. when will we know? far nominations end in december and it'll take nominations end in december and it'll ta ke few nominations end in december and it'll take few months to shortlist
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and we hope to announce next summer. security footage from a bus which crashed into a river in china shows the driver was fighting with a passenger seconds earlier. police said an argument ensued after the bus missed a woman's stop in chongqing. she's seen hitting the driver with her mobile phone when he refused to stop and let her off. he fights back and then loses control of the vehicle. the bus is filmed on this dashcam swerving onto the other side of the road before crashing through a safety barrier and plunging into the yangtze river. at least 13 people died in sunday's crash and rescuers are still trying to find two people who are still missing. now it's time for a look at the weather. a cold and frosty start this morning
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but it's been dry and sunny for the most part. the weather is going to change though. cloud looming in the north—west which will spill into northern ireland and scotland. further east we will hang onto the sunny conditions and temperatures around 11 degrees. this rain holding off until the end of the day in northern ireland. it will move into scotla nd northern ireland. it will move into scotland during the evening. the wind is picking up in western scotla nd wind is picking up in western scotland too. further east across england it's going to be largely clear. we may get a pinch of frost in rural areas that should be milder than last night. a wet start across scotla nd than last night. a wet start across scotland and northern ireland and edging into cumbria. this rain moves towards wales and the south—west across the eastern side of england should be dry and they will be sunshine around as well. a windy day but it should be on the mild side.
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hello this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines: britain has had more weather extremes over the past ten years than in any other decade, a new met office report reveals. it says the hottest days are becoming hotter and there are more tropical nights. police have begun a criminal inquiry into allegations of anti—semitic hate crimes within the labour party. scotland yard said its inquiry is based on evidence contained in an internal party dossier it received in september. two people have been stabbed and one person arrested at sony music's headquarters in kensington, in an incident that police said was not being treated as terror—related. an inquiry into the events leading up to the resignation of former home secretary amber rudd has concluded that she was let down by her own officials. experts investigating
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the helicopter crash at leicester city's stadium on saturday have moved the wreckage to a specialist facility in farnborough. the club's owner, the thai billionaire vichai srivaddhanaprabha died along with two members of his staff, the pilot and a passenger when the aircraft came down just after taking off from the king power stadium. the air accidents investigation branch said initial work on its digital flight recorder — or black box — had also been successful. our reporter amy payne has been following the investigation. well it is of course almost a week since this crash here at the king power stadium, since that happened at around 8.30 last saturday night, the helicopter came to a rest in a car park at the stadium. since then, we are told investigators from the air accident investigation branch
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have been there busy picking through the wreckage, gathering and documenting evidence. last night, we are told that wreckage was lifted, supervised by their specialist team of engineers, and it has now arrived at its specialist facility in farnborough, where it will be laid out we are told and more detailed examinations will take place. now, that flight recorder that was in there was clearly severely damaged by the fire after this crash. but we are told they have successfully down loaded recordings and that detailed examination work will continue. behind you, we can see that absolute sea behind you, we can see that absolute sea of tributes and flowers, the owner was so popular, there has been some really emotional scenes around leicester this week and of course the team are back in action tomorrow in the premier league? yes,
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emotional and extraordinary scenes frankly here at the king power stadium, these flowers and tributes and shirts have been growing and growing. they now stretch as you can probably see around this whole kerb by turn styles 44 and 46 and this man clearly won notjust by turn styles 44 and 46 and this man clearly won not just the affections of club, but the city and people continue to come here and leave their messages, to pay their respects. we are told this match against southampton was cancelled on tuesday, that was due to be their first match after this crash. that will be rearranged for 27th november. but tomorrow will be the team's fist match back against cardiff in the premier league. we are told it will go ahead. the players' decision to do that, we learned that yesterday in the press conference with the manager claude puel. he said the result isn't important, the most port is to give their best to honour the chairman.
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we understand there will be tributes at that game, including flying of thai flags from both sides. all premier league matches this weekend will start with a minute's silence and players just like the will start with a minute's silence and playersjust like the leicester tea m and playersjust like the leicester team will wear black arm bands. we also understand the funeral is shortly going to get under way, we understand the chairman's body has arrived in thailand, players are, have been we are told, given the opportunity to attend after the cardiff game tomorrow. president trump has ramped up the rhetoric on immigration ahead of tuesday's mid term elections. he says his government is finalising a plan that would mean asylum seekers have to make their claim at a legal port of entry. currently immigrants can apply for asylum regardless of how they entered the country. the president has already ordered thousands of troops to the border with mexico to counter what he calls an invasion of migrants from central america. lebo diseko reports. donald trump is calling this an
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invasion. large groups of migrants walking across central america headed for the united states. president trump says caravans like this one are filled with dangerous and violent people, who have swrired and violent people, who have swrired and attacked their way across mexico and attacked their way across mexico and he said they will not be allowed in. these are tough people in many cases. a lot of young men, strong men, a lot of men that maybe we don't want in our country, but we will find that out through the legal process. but they have overrun the mexican police and they have overrun and hurt badly mexican soldiers. so this isn't an innocent group of people. it is a large number of people. it is a large number of people that are tough. these illegal ca rava ns people that are tough. these illegal caravans will not be allowed into the united states. and they should turn back now. because they're wasting their time. the us is deploying some 15,000 troops to
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secure its southern border and the president says a comprehensive executive order on immigration will be released next week. he stepped up his anti—immigrant rhetoric in recent days with talk of criminals and violent men and the possibilities of terrorists among the group and this video shows an undocumented migrant convicted of killing two police officers. the message is clear — let others in and they could do the same. the advert has received widespread criticism, including from many prominent republicans. but the hostile narrative seems to have done little to deter those on their way. translation: i ask him to give people the chance to work. no one wa nts to people the chance to work. no one wants to hurt anyone. our country is poon wants to hurt anyone. our country is poor. our country is poor and there is no security. translation: he is
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wasting his time in saying that we are violent. we haven't hit anyone and we are going to try and cross into the united states. it is up to god regarding what happens. the ca rava ns god regarding what happens. the caravans are still several weeks from reaching the united states. but it is just days until the midterm elections where the balance of power will be decided. it is easy to see why the president has renewed his focus on an issue that resonates with many voters. if the republicans lose their control of congress after the mid—terms the result could have a big impact on the rest of donald trump's presidency. our north america correspondent chris buckler has travelled across the states and is now in memphis tennessee. memphis might call itself home to the blues and the birthplace of rock'n'roll, but there's not much harmony here thanks to america's mid—term elections. # those who've seen us # knows
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there's not a thing to come between us...# the singing frazier sisters are proud republicans in tennessee, a state which has become an unexpected battle ground and following some of the controversial comments made by donald trump about women, female voters are having to consider whether he is the man for them. i think a lot of the women who don't like him are not hearing what i'm hearing. maybe he is just kind of too aggressive for them or something. the allegations about affairs, the comments about where he might grab some women. those are things that...that aren't really presidential, are they? they're not, but he wasn't the president then and, you know, i feel like he's not being respected for what he has accomplished. but polls that suggest that many
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women aren't impressed by donald trump are clearly playing on his mind. we did very well with women. trump calls women beautiful. you're beautiful, you are beautiful, beautiful. i think women like me more now than they did two years ago. not every woman is prepared to return those compliments. i guess as a businessman he's good for the country but he's very disrespectful and i think he's kind of like a loose cannon. he will call women fat, ugly, use really demeaning words. a woman has never represented tennessee in the us senate but that could change this time around. the republican candidate is female and in a straight fight between a man and a woman, you might expect female voters to fall in behind her, but it's not that simple, and that's because there's a little bad blood. the singer taylor swift blasted marsha blackburn
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over her voting record on minority and women's rights. as a result, she says she's fighting for the democrats and their male candidate, phil bredesen. it's not about the fact that she is a woman, it's really about the policies so we are looking for women's candidates who would advocate for equality and the fact that they happen to be a woman is sort of an added benefit, they are going to bring an extra perspective, their unique perspective. there has been a lot of noise during this election campaign. only next week will it become clear who america's voters have been listening to. the saudi crown prince has denied reports that he told the us the washington post and new york times claims mohammed bin salman made the comments during a phone call to the white house before
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saudi arabia admitted mr khashoggi had been killed inside its consulate in istanbul. the journalist was murdered exactly one month ago and his body has not yet been found. earlier our correspondent in istanbul, mark lowen, gave more detail on where the claims came from. it is based on two people who were there during the phone calls, they say, that this was a phone call made on ninth october, a week afterjamal khashoggi's disappearance in turkey. and the saudi crown prince is said to have told john bolton and president trump's sun in law, that jamal khashoggi was a dangerous islamist and a member of the islam brotherhood. a senior turkish official told me he thought it was a
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credible report, given the saudi government listed the brotherhood as a terrorist organisation. but the allegation would be i suppose that could have provided a motive to the saudi state for targeting jamal khashoggi, even though up until now the saudi government denied the assassinate him came from up on high and these were 18 individuals who have been arrested in connection with the murder, but they were not given the orderfrom with the murder, but they were not given the order from anybody high up in the saudi state. where are we on the broader investigation? we heard a plea from jamal khashoggi's fiance, saying she wanted to know what happened to him, so he could be told where the body is and have a properfuneral. told where the body is and have a proper funeral. she has written an opinion piece in the washington post saying the trump has take an
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position devoid of moral responsibility and saying, i'm the one story jamal did not responsibility and saying, i'm the one storyjamal did not complete. in terms of investigation, an initial said the logical conclusion is that jamal khashoggi's body was dissolved in acid, having been dismembered in the saudi consulate or in the consul general‘s residence. investigators are still trying to find the remains. saudi authorities are not co—operating and the turkey authorities are frustrate bed i that lack of co—operation and saudi denied a request for extradition of the individuals involved and the investigation has stalled and the crown investigation has stalled and the crown prince is not going anywhere and the united states is staying with him. let's return to the stabbing incident in central london , a man reported to have been armed with a knife, entered a building
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owned by sony music in kensington, and stabbed two people. armed police were called and one person has been arrested, but police are not treating it as a terrorist incident. well our reporter keith doyle is at the scene, let's get more from him now. this must have been a very frightening experience for the people inside that building, what do we know about what's happened? well absolutely a terrifying experience for the people, they were evacuated from the building behind me, which sony does occupy some of the floors in this shared building. the police we re in this shared building. the police were call around 11 o'clock this morning after reports of a man entering the building with a knife and two people were stabbed. the building was evacuated. many hundreds of people were evacuated to the park just hundreds of people were evacuated to the parkjust behind me. armled police came into the building, witnesses have said that there was quite a number of armed police, they we re quite a number of armed police, they were running up the stairs and telling people to get out of the way and get out of the building. then the building was evacuated,
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certainly the part of building where this incident took place. what we know from the witnesses, they believe it was a fight between kitchen staff and that it involved a stabbing and two people were injured. witnesses say he saw aman coming down street with a large machete knife and entering the building and then the police arrived and the street was cleared. so one person has been arrested and two people injured, we understand their condition is not critical. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news... the met office is warning that weather extremes — such as hot days and tropical nights — have become more frequent in the past decade. two people have been stabbed at sony music's london hq - armed officers were called and one person was arrested. a criminal inquiry has begun into claims of anti—semitic hate crimes within the labour party. brexit secretary dominic raab
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is visiting northern ireland — for meetings with politicians and business leaders. avoiding a hard border between northern ireland and the republic remains a major sticking point in negotiations with the eu. i asked our ireland correspondent chris page who mr raab would be speaking to this afternoon. well, he's going to be coming here to stormont later on in the day to speak to politicians, but before that he's going to be meeting business people in the border area, the people for whom the issue around the border is not some abstract political problem, but it's something that will directly affect potential jobs and livelihoods, so he wants to hear first—hand relief from them how they see the issue around the border, the backstop, and how hard border can be prevented. where the talks are stuck at the moment is on this issue of the backstop, the insurance policy that will ensure that under any circumstances there won't be any new controls on the border.
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so the backstop would only kick in if the issue can't be resolved through trade talks between the uk and the eu, but there is an agreement between the uk and eu that there should be a backstop, there's not an agreement on what it should look like. the eu believes northern ireland should remain part of the customs union and single market. the british government says that's not acceptable because it would mean there could be checks on goods moving between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. theresa may's preference would be for the whole of the uk to remain the customs union for some time limited period and achieve a backstop through those means. what everybody agrees on is things are getting more and more urgent, the clock is ticking, and without a deal on the backstop there will not be a brexit deal at all, according to the eu. i mean, it is, as we keep saying, the time is running out. there have been some mutterings coming from dublin that there might be a breakthrough at some point, although everyone's slightly unclear about how
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that could come given the rather entrenched positions you're talking about. the dup are still saying very clearly they won't accept being treated any differently from the rest of the uk. yes, that's right. theresa may's parliamentary allies, the democratic unionist party, have repeatedly said they will not accept anything that separates this part of the uk from england, scotland and wales. the irish government say they will not be budging on their insistence that there has to be a backstop, what they call an all—weather arrangement that will apply to ensure that no and eu, there won't be new checkpoints on the land frontier. there is also a meeting going on across that presently invisible border in dublin today between british and irish ministers, the cabinet minister david lidington, the northern ireland secretary, she will be there, as will the irish foreign minister, and irishjustice minister. that is taking place under the auspices of a peace process which hadn't met
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four years until this year, but it is up and running again because of the political crisis here at stormont. there has not been devolved government for almost two years, so that conference will be meeting in dublin this afternoon. irish government sources say although brexit will be discussed, certainly, they are not expecting any new proposals from the uk side, so no big expectations of a breakthrough this afternoon. an ‘outbreak that urgently needs to be contained'. that's how the authorities in south africa are describing the rate of teenage pregnancies. a staggering 180,000 are recorded every year — leaving girls struggling to complete their education. (map) for this special report, our correspondent nomsa maseko visited one student in limpopo who recently gave birth to triplets. facing the biggest test of her young life, on the eve of the start of the final school examinations, kholofelo mogolola returns
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to the grave of one of her babies. just 17 years old, she gave birth to triplets three months ago. she wanted to ask her daughter to watch over her siblings and kholofelo is confident she will pass as she prepares for her final examinations. translation: i can feel it, i will pass. i have to passed high school, it determines my future and it determines their future. while most students her age spend a lot of time studying, kholofelo has a lot more work to do. she can only settle down with her books once the babies are asleep. why didn't you use a condom with your boyfriend? just... i just don't know. i don't even remember.
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translation: there is a lot of information about sex education in school but we just don't listen, we just ignore it. we think we know better. even at home, we ignore advice from our parents. at kholofelo's school, 26 other learners fell pregnant this year, but the problem isn'tjust in this area. out of more than 1.7 million learners in the province, 16,000 fell pregnant in the last year. and 378 of those are younger than 15. students that fall pregnant are encouraged to stay in school for as long as possible. in this district, parents are worried. the education department says teenage pregnancy is a major social and systemic problem in south africa but even parents of learners from the school have come here asking for a meeting to discuss this issue. they refused to talk to us on camera.
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it is clear there are no easy answers to the cause of teenage pregnancy. everyone here acknowledges intervention is needed. so, who should be the face of the new fifty pound banknote? well, according to professor brian cox, the late professor stephen hawking should be. in a tweet he says: " he made invaluable contributions over half a century to our understanding of cosmology. " meanwhile, the conservative mp and minister for science, sam gyimah — nominates the mathematician ada lovelace, chemist rosalind franklin and dorothy hodgkin — who won the nobel prize in chemistry in 1964. when folk musician sam sweeney went in seach of a new violin, he had no idea of the incredible story he was about to uncover. his chosen instrument had a label inside saying it had been pa rt—assembled in leeds during the first world war,
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but the maker never returned home to finish it. the bbc‘s john maguire explains how 100 years on, the fiddle is finally making music again. when sam sweeney, a folk musician, picked up and played this violin, it was love at first sound. out of all of them, i singled out this fiddle and fell in love with it. there was something about the tone that ijust adored. sam spotted the fiddle in roger claridge's shop. the pieces had sat in a bag in roger's workshop for years, until he was persuaded by his wife to assemble them, breathing new life into the old. inside, sam was intrigued by a label that read "richard howard, 1915" and the words "made in the great war". sam's father found the violin's creator through war records. more than a century ago, richard howard had headed off to war, but was killed at the battle of messene.
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at home, he left a wife, a daughter and the beginnings of a violin. he'd made five instruments, this is number six. he'd made five instruments and then he's called to war and he never comes back. and so the bits are there and here we are holding this now and you know, you don't make a violin like this, or the bits of it anyway, without putting yourself into it. there's a big chunk of richard howard in there. and it was an extraordinary experience to go from just looking for a new violin to suddenly discovering this absolutely incredible story and now i'm the guardian of this incredible historical artefact. it means so much to me, but it means so much to richard's descendants. your grandfather's violin. how lovely, thank you. and i can see the name inside. further research led to richard howard's granddaughter, mary, and through this instrument, she's been introduced to her
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grandfather for the first time. ooh... if i may use the phrase, it blew my socks off. i knew nothing about my grandfather before that. i didn't even know his full name. it was overwhelmingly emotional. for the first six months, i really couldn't talk about it to anyone outside the family. with mary present, sam played her grandfather's violin at his graveside in belgium. and i just thought the most amazing thing to do would be to take the fiddle that perhaps richard thought he'd never finish, take it to him and play it for him. and it was just lovely. it was as if i'd been at his funeral. mary has now met members of her wider family thanks to the fiddle's discovery and sam plays it on his new album, titled the unfinished violin which, now it's complete, is at long last fulfilling its destiny by bringing people together. john maguire, bbc news, hampshire.
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ina in a moment it is the one o'clock news. but first the weather. after a cold and frosty start, many of us have enjoyed some sunshine. but the weather is changing. we have this deep area of low pressure pushing ahead all this cloud and it has re m na nts of ahead all this cloud and it has remnants of ex—hurricane oscar in there as well. that cloud producing this rain at the end of the day across northern ireland, wet, windy weather in western scotland tonight. rain pushing eastwards across scotland. cloud over the irish sea into england and wales. further east in england, we have clearer skies and there is a hint of a touch of frost here, particularly in rural areas. on whole a milder night.
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particularly mild in the west where it is wet and windy. that is how we start the weekend. some heavy rain in western scotland and cumbria at times. this band of rain moves over the irish sea into western parts of england and wales. the rain easing off in northern ireland and the north—west of scotland. still dry to the south—east. windy every where, but gales are more likely through the irish sea and into the western side of scotland. but a mild day and with some sunshine towards the south—east, the midlands and east anglia, and lincolnshire tooshgs it too it should be a decent day. fireworks on saturday and that cloud and rain affecting scotland and moving across the irish sea and moving across the irish sea and moving from belfast towards cardiff later on. many parts look like being dry on sunday evening if you have plans then. the reason we have the rain of course on saturday evening is that front producing that band of
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rain and it is moving slowly eastwards into england and wales and thenit eastwards into england and wales and then it stops and gets anchored by this low pressure. there may not be much rain to greet the day, but it will turn wetter in the south of england. mixture of sunshine and showers for scotland and northern ireland. most of showers in the north—west. probably a dry day in the south—east and east anglia and mild here. temperatures into double figures. as we have a look ahead to next week, most of the rain will be in the west and the rains more southerly and it should be milder and frost—free. our changing climate: a new report says britain has had more extreme weather over the last ten years than in previous decades. experts say hot days are hotter, and even the coldest days are not as chilly. these changes that we're observing are consistent with our warming climate. so the uk has warmed byjust under a degree in the last sort of 50 years or so.
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also this lunchtime.... police launch a criminal investigation into allegations of anti—semitic hate crimes within the labour party. if somebody passes us material which they say amounts to a crime, we have a duty to look at that and notjust dismiss it. americans will give their verdict on donald trump's presidency, as they prepare to go to the polls in the mid term elections.
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