tv Breakfast BBC News November 3, 2018 6:00am-7:01am GMT
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good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and jon kay. our headlines today: the funeral of the leicester city boss begins in thailand, a week after he was killed in a helicopter crash. his players say they will take to the pitch in his honour this afternoon in their match against cardiff. broadcaster paul gambaccini wins damages from the crown prosecution service over its handling of unfounded sexual assault allegations against him. and could growing trees in a test tube help save endangered plants? in sport, the hibernian manager, says he may quit hisjob because of anti—catholic rascism. after celebrating a disallowed goal on wednesday, neil lennon was struck by a coin thrown by fans. and i get more than i bargained for taking the wheel in the latest racing simulator. the terrifying! in weather, a milder
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day but also windier, particularly gaels in scotland and northern ireland. dry, to england and wales, all the details here on breakfast. it's saturday the 3rd of november. our top story — the funeral of leicester city owner, will take place in thailand later. members of the team are expected to fly out after their game against cardiff this afternoon. the businessman died — along with four other people — when his helicopter crashed outside the king power stadium last saturday. our sports news correspondent natalie pirks reports. it was another day of quiet reflection for leicester city's players. we came in on monday, we didn't train. it was more of being together as a group of staff and players. but this isn'tjust about an owner, it is more personal than that. he wasn'tjust a chairman, he
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a lwa ys that. he wasn'tjust a chairman, he always made sure that he went out of his way to get to know you on a personal level as well, with your families and he took us in as his extended family. so close were the players relationships with vichai srivaddhanaprabha, that he was a guest at jamie vardy‘s waiting to rife —— wife rebekah. now honouring his memory is at the forefront of players minds. didn't believe it at first, just thought no way, no way that this possible. everybody is feeling the same we are all hurting, but we know that he would want us out there as a team and the club wa nts to out there as a team and the club wants to do him proud. they will attempt to do that today against cardiff city, their first game since the accident. senior members of the tea m the accident. senior members of the team will then fly to thailand fought vichai srivaddhanaprabha's funeral, where his body has arrived ata funeral, where his body has arrived at a buddhist temperate bangkok for
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at a buddhist temperate bangkok for a seven—day period of mourning. air accident investigators yesterday confirmed they have been able to download data from the's lightbox, is despite it being subjected to intense heat from the fire. for the players, they have tried to ease their pain by reflecting on their memories together of their friend who always had a smile for everyone. and we'll be speaking to former leicester city player gerry taggart, just after nine. the bbc presenter, paul gambaccini, has accepted undisclosed damages from the crown prosecution service because of the way it handled unfounded historical sex abuse allegations made against him. mr gambaccini, one of several high profile figures to face claims in the wake of thejimmy savile scandal, was arrested in october 2013 but was never charged. he sued the cps, accusing it of issuing a misleading statement when it dropped the case. the presenter told the daily mail that prosecutors should have said there was "no evidence" rather than "insufficient evidence". here's our correspondent, ben ando. paul gambaccini said his life was turned upside down when he was
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arrested on allegations that he sexually assaulted two boys in the 19705 and 805, claims he said were fictitious. he spent a year on police bail, but when it dropped the case the crown prosecution service issued a statement saying that wrongly that the boys allegedly involved were underage. paul gambaccini sued and last night the cps confirmed... though details of the deal have not been made public due to confidentiality clauses, a daily mail newspaper has reported that the pay—out runs to five figures and paul gambaccini is also suing the metropolitan police. the case represents another setback for the former director of public prosecutions, alison saunders, who stepped down this week after five yea rs stepped down this week after five years in the role. paul gambaccini, seen here in 2016 at a memorial service for fellow radio two broadcast of sir terry rogan, has described the operation as a celebrity witch—hunt, aimed at averting attention away from the failure of the authorities to stop jinny sat. —— jimmy savile.
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president erdogan of turkey has said that the order to kill journalist jamal khashoggi last month came from the highest levels of the saudi government. writing in the washington post, mr erdogan calls for the unmasking of what he describes as the "puppet masters" behind the murder at the saudi consulate in istanbul. saudi arabia's version of events has changed several times, but it denies that crown prince mohammed bin salman had any knowledge of the killing. detectives are continuing to investigate the fatal stabbing of a 17—year—old boy outside a south london tube station, a day after a 15—year—old was killed in the city. nineteen teenagers have died
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in violent attacks in london so far this year. the latest happened in broad daylight. no arrests have been made. attacks on firefighters in england have increased by a quarter in the past year, according to their trade union. the fire brigades union says there were more than 930 incidents where crews were abused or threatened. the home office says new laws coming into place this month should give the police and courts more power to deal with those who are violent towards emergency service workers. us actor alec baldwin has been charged with assault in new york city after allegedly punching a man in a fight over a parking space. the incident allegedly occurred in the west village area of manhattan on friday and the 60—year—old has been ordered to appear in court on the 26th of november. the actor's been in the spotlight most recently for his impressions of president trump on nbc‘s "saturday night live. " somebody out there, maybe one of you watching right now, could have a reason to celebrate. 0ne lucky ticket holder in the uk has won the entire jackpot in last night's euromillions draw, a total of more than £76 million. the national lottery is urging people to check their tickets to see if they've won. a spokesperson said they've got plenty of champagne on ice ready to celebrate.
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it's the biggest win sincejuly, when a couple from aberdeen scooped almost £58 million. if somebody has won that much money, they did note —— they don't need anybody else to buy the champagne. 87 minutes past six. —— it is seven minutes past six. let's take a look at the front pages. the top story for the times is on university tuition fees, which could be cut to £6,500 under plans suggested in a government review on how to shake up post—18 education. cutting fees could cost the treasury £3 billion a year, the times reports. the picture you are seeing there is a labourmp, who the picture you are seeing there is a labour mp, who had had a threat made against her, and anti—semitic
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threat, made against her. it said it was known to party officials for at least six months and they failed to alert police and this is now a part of criminal investigation. according to the front page of the express, people have cashed in nearly £6 billion from their pension pots so far this year. the figures, from hm revenue and customs, suggest people are "starting to treat their retirement nest egg as a bank account", the paper says. the telegraph leads with a health story, reporting that greater success in ivf procedures is leading to fewer adoptions. it's based on comments by the organisation representing children in care in england. since 1978, success rates have risen from 7% to 29% for under—355. saturday's mirror front page focuses on a home office investigation into a secondary school pupil in ipswich, after classmates claimed he was as old as 30. donald trump has been criticised for this tweet. the producers of game of
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thrones said we do not like the unsolicited use of our trademark. they are not too happy. —— saturday's mirror front page focuses on a home office investigation into a secondary school pupil in ipswich, after classmates claimed he was as old as 30. the pupil is thought to be an asylum seeker who joined at the start of term. that investigation goes on. let's have a look at the inside pages. there is some fun. some nice stories. a new £50 note is on its way and the head of the bank of england said he wants a woman scientist to be depicted. they're asked many choices, who have we got here. has he said that white? he just said it was time for a woman scientist and they want a british woman to be recognised. have got some suggestions. roslyn franklin,
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known for her role in discovering dna. mary adding in the 1950 —— —— mary penning, who covers fossils on the beach of dorset. interesting to see what you think, who you think should be on there. lovely pictures of animals. this is one of mike's favourites because he has seen one of these. it is a zonkey, a zebra crossed with a donkey. beautiful, isn't it? where is that? a zoo of some sort? it is on a farm in south barrow in sunset. its mother ‘s some sort? it is on a farm in south barrow in sunset. its mother '5 name is -- barrow in sunset. its mother '5 name is —— ‘s barrow in sunset. its mother '5 name is —— '5 name is zippy. 0f
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barrow in sunset. its mother '5 name is —— '5 name is zippy. of the mother was in the field with nine other donkeys. i do know is that is casting aspersions on the mother ‘s character by saying it doesn't know what the dad is. have you got something else? how do you make good cheese? according to the sun today, you play it edam good choon, let it brie. —— tune. this is a farmer which chooses to play what he calls sonic cheese gastronomy, apparently it makes the cheese taste better. led zepplin, the beatles and a tribe called quest apparently have the best results. what about those people who have loads of raclette. the reason you may be getting your recipes out for that is because a p pa re ntly recipes out for that is because apparently there has been loads of
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snow in much of europe in the hour is -- snow in much of europe in the hour is —— alps. it has come early, three giant snowstorms and the ski resorts are opening ahead of schedule. 0pen to some skiers who must have thought their luck was in. there you go, if you like to ski and fancy snow. we won't get too much snow. we will be staying here and we need not know what the weather is like. no heavy set the default —— snowfall, how is it looking? no heavy snowfall to come, pretty stormy across other parts of europe to go with that. for us, either wind will be picking up across the uk, bringing in mild conditions for many. a little bit of frost in the south—east but for some, much milder than yesterday morning, rain at times as i said we will see the wind increased. white? we have the remnants of a horrid cane, track and oscar, passing
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between us and iceland in the next four hours. in doing so, it is to the west of us, drawing air from the mid atlantic and it will be a milder days. closer you are to that area, the stronger the wind will be. you will see gales of severe gales in the far north—west, scotland, northern ireland, outbreaks of rain, most heaviest and persistent around the highlands and hebrides. dry start for much of england and wales, the rest of the sunshine south—east and that will continue out that it will cloud in the west later on. is look at the details into the afternoon. this is at four o'clock, wins gusting at 50, 60 mph but ripening up with rain. outbreaks of rain elsewhere could turn persistent, northern ireland with a bit of sunshine between showers after this morning '5 wet weather is. other areas of seeing window, 40, 50 mph with outbreaks of rain is. the south—east, saying fine throughout the day with some sunny
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spells. the breeze will pick —— pickup you can bridge uk wide into the teens. a mild evening, rain for some and if you are off to any advancing glasgow, belfast, cardiff, seen advancing glasgow, belfast, cardiff, seen outbreaks of rain. london stays dry tomorrow as well edinburgh, but in between will seal a bit of rain. into this evening it is really from south—west england, wales, north—west england, south—east of scotla nd north—west england, south—east of scotland most likely to seek outbreaks of rain. alleging further eastwards as we go through the night, the breeze eases down just a touch of of the breeze to stop frost, temperatures around 6— 10 degrees. into sunday morning we go, there is the remnants of hurricane oscar, between us and iceland. still bringing strong wind, but elsewhere the wind is not a strong, pushing across parts of south—west england, southwest wales and the midlands towards lincolnshire. is this area we like as he outbreaks of rain through sunday, pushing further northwards and westwards and turning heavier across the south—west. it
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does mean east anglia and the south—east, another dry day, dry and bright for scotland and the far north of england. temperatures for many down a little bit but still around 11— 14 degrees, higher than yesterday. into the evening, the rain will be there across the south—west of wales and it will nudge backwards was northern ireland and northern england. as for into next week, we stay on the mild side, with temperatures in the teens, a little bit of rain at times. can't really complain with temperatures like that in november, can we? just a little bit above where it should be, no complaints at all. see later, thanks. the world is losing plants at an unprecedented rate, with around one in five thought to be at risk of extinction — so the race is now on to store back—up copies in seed banks. but not all species can be preserved in this way, including many trees. our science correspondent helen briggs has been to speak to scientists who say trees grown in test tubes could be the way forward.
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coming down into the vault itself. very day the sussex countryside, of bombproof, flood proof, radiation proof of all the convenience store rooms kept at —20 degrees. and everywhere you look, there are seeds. large seed collections in these jars. you can see all of these, draw after draw after draw, 90,000 collections of 30 9000— plus species. seeds from nearly every country can be found in these walls, an insurance policy against the extinction of plants in the wild. but not all seeds can be preserved in conventional seed banks. but not all seeds can be preserved in conventional seed banksm doesn't give full cover for some very important groups of plans, threatened species, rainforest trees
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and live in the uk, some iconic species, oak trees, there seeds cannot stand drying and cannot be frozen, we need to work on alternative methods. one alternative being tested is cryopreservation, separating the plant embryo from the rest of the seed. in this state, it can survive very cold temperatures. when ford out, it will grow into a new tree. this baby oak tree has come out of the deep freeze and is starting to grow. trees in a test tube could be the answer to protecting our forests in the long—term. trees face many threats in the wild, from climate change to diseases like ashton died back, which can wipe out whole populations. scientists say it is crucial we have a backup. this shipment of seeds from tanzania is being added to the collections. they could have anything in them. i mean,
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it could be a cure for lung cancer, we don't know, we don't know what's in them but the really important thing is, without changing climate, that we collect and conserve these things before they've gone. and scientists say there is a need for more investment for ball for we stop many of our clients from being lost for ever. it is like backing up your photos, backing up your trees for the future. now it's time for the film review with mark kermode and ben brown. hello there and welcome to the film review here on bbc news on taking us through this week's cinema releases is who else but mark kermode? what have you got? a packed week. we have peterloo, the new epic drama from
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michael e. widows, and updating of the linda laplante miniseries from the linda laplante miniseries from the 19805. and mirai, a charming animation. peterloo, for those who haven't studied their history books properly, a massacre back in 1819. interesting enough, mike leigh said he wanted to make it because not many knew about it. he said he wasn't taught at school. it was a peaceful demonstration, people demanding suffrage and better conditions which was attacked by a cavalry. deaths and terrible injuries. what we get in this film is the lead up to those events in which we meet all the sort of players, the people who are going to be at the march, at the protest, and the forces ranging against them. it sta rts the forces ranging against them. it starts on the battlefield and we saw a traumatised soldier returned home to his northern homeland where he
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discovers poverty and famine and unemployment. activists say we had to demand change, we have a speaker coming up. but his mother is rather sceptical that doing this is actually going to have any practical effect. there is going to be a big march. outside. not indoors. in broad daylight. yes. on a monday. monday? i know it's daft. second monday? i know it's daft. second monday in august. not go to work. they will have to make do without us. they will have to make do without us. we will get the sack. no, mother, this one will be different. how? there are hundreds going, women and children. to turn out in our sunday best. i'd best get my darning needles hours —— out. the rest of the street will. i know they will but so will that swine. people have
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been practising marching peacefully. up been practising marching peacefully. up on curs or been practising marching peacefully. up on cui’s 01’ more, been practising marching peacefully. up on curs or more, they say. children and families. we can't go on being afraid. i know, love, but we've all got to be careful. what happens is, mike leigh has assembled this large ensemble cast. tons of speaking parts. there are lots of conversations and characters you are introduced to. anybody gets to have their say. some people might feel this is moving quite slowly towards something winner is coming but what happens is, because you get to know all the characters and the issues and everything he had so clearly, by the time you get to the third act, it is absolutely terrifying. it has the impact of paul green grass movie. it has real epic sweep. some
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people say mike leigh is famous to doing dramas which centre on single characters, you are forgetting things like mr turner which had this wonderful painterly canvas or to psy—tu rvy, wonderful painterly canvas or topsy—turvy, this incredible evocation of the gilbert and sullivan musicals. a huge theatrical palette. this was powerful and the screening i was out, people came out, they were stunned by it. it's interesting mike leigh says he wa nted interesting mike leigh says he wanted to tell the story because he thinks it's an important story people should know about and what it manages to do is make the past seem very contemporary. he pulls you right there in the middle of the situation. it's too it's a movie that takes its time and it is quite talky and quite wordy, when you get to the final act, you understand why. one of my friends is in it. one of several speaking parts. he is a cavalry officer. widows. i remember the tv series which was absolutely
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riveting. is this good? it is better. everyone was surprised when steve mckeon —— steve mcqueen said he would do this. it updates the story to chicago. the same story. the group of women whose husbands are ina the group of women whose husbands are in a criminal endeavour. they need money for various reasons and they have the plans for a heist which didn't happen and they will see they can put it together. i love so see they can put it together. i love so much about this. an ensemble cast we re so much about this. an ensemble cast were brilliant, viola davis, the standout. the entire cast is brilliant. if they have awards for best ensemble cast, this should walk off with that. the sense of location is extraordinary. the way in which the cinematography captures the location of chicago in which you have extreme poverty and wealth, cheek by jowl, you have extreme poverty and wealth, cheek byjowl, you get that. that's a really sharp screenwriting going
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on from the writer of gone girl and it's not overly explanatory, they don't explain the plot you but it is really riveting. i like a good heist movie. what this does is, it takes heist movies and turns it on its head. it gives you a group of characters who you wouldn't expect to be front and centre of a heist movie. you get to know their situations. these are real women with real lives. i think it's terrific and i think you will love it. somebody you are friends with saw it and wasn't knocked out by it, stop being friends with them. it's great. right. mirai, which is a japanese animation fantasy. great. right. mirai, which is a japanese animation fantasylj great. right. mirai, which is a japanese animation fantasy. i like this. a young boy discovers he is going to get a baby sister and he is thrilled, at first, thrilled, and inevitably as it goes on, he
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discovers jealousy. he discovers a fa ntasy world discovers jealousy. he discovers a fantasy world out in his back garden which becomes a portal to different views of time that the beginning, is really excited. all he wants to do is show his new sibling the world. i'm a big brother, iwill teach is show his new sibling the world. i'm a big brother, i will teach a lot different stuff, 0k. i'm a big brother, i will teach a lot different stuff, ok. i will teach you the name of all the bugs. dragonfly. then i will show you take and see things in the clouds. there isa and see things in the clouds. there is a scorpion. it is too little to go outside. you can take when she is a bit bigger. fine. the which was woken up by mr moustache. and mr
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moustache, he got away byjumping onto a train and into which tried to follow him by jumping onto a train and into which tried to follow him byjumping onto a different train but the trains went in different directions. its offer. that's the english language one. in the original language version, i have to say, is a film critic, i generally prefer to —— generally prefer the original version. it opens up to a younger one. the start of the animation is kind of light and effervescent. many of the themes is dealing with are quite dark. there is a beautiful betrayal of the mother and father and the slight tension is between them. the father is trying to be a good bar that is not really doing as much as you should do and the mother is kind of an with him that all her friends
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think he is so fabulous because he is joining think he is so fabulous because he isjoining in with him that all her friends think he is so fabulous because he isjoining in the childcare but is not doing anything. if you have kids you will recognise the rivalries between the two siblings and treads a fine line between fantasia and imagination and flights of fancy but it is absolutely grounded in things that you recognise and being down—to—earth, instantly recognisable. i really liked it. jolly good. they are reissuing, a whole season of southbank. some like it hot, there is a new digital transfer. some like it hot, it is considered to be the best comedy ever made by many. it's just terrific. have you seen it recently? it's so funny, it's incredible how it holds up. absolutely brilliant. so sharp. its racy and on the edge
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of what you think that kind of movie can get away with. a biggest terrific. best dvd? leave no trace, a masterpiece about a father and daughter living off grid and being found by the authorities and how they then react to being found, brought back into society. ijust thought this was wonderful, the same filmmaker who made winter's bone and a perfect example of what other about cinema, show, don't tell, when about cinema, show, don't tell, when a film explains itself without somebody standing there and going, this combat on the other happens. it's really wonderful. i then dig is being seen by quite a people in the cinema. it's my favourite film i've seen cinema. it's my favourite film i've seen this year announced out on dvd, you have no no excuse to watch it. you are so positive. i am, i'm an upbeat guide. a quick reminder before we go, you will find more film news and reviews from across the bbc and online at
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bbc.co.uk/markkermode the bbc and online at bbc. co. uk/markkermode and also the bbc and online at bbc.co.uk/markkermode and also on the eye player. that is all from us this week. goodbye. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and naga munchetty. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the week—long funeral of leicester city owner, vichai srivaddhanaprabha, will begin in thailand later. members of the team are expected to fly out after their game against cardiff this afternoon. the businessman died along with four other people, when his helicopter crashed outside the king power stadium last saturday. we came in on monday, we didn't train. it was more of being together as a group of staff and players. he definitely would have wanted us
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to play on saturday. we came to an agreement on saturday with a club and staff and players that we would play on saturday and are in proud. —— to him proud. —— do him proud. the bbc presenter, paul gambaccini, has accepted undisclosed damages from the crown prosecution service because of the way it handled unfounded historical sex abuse allegations made against him. mr gambaccini, one of several high profile figures to face claims in the wake of the jimmy savile scandal, was arrested in october 2013 but was never charged. he sued the cps, accusing it of issuing a misleading statement when it dropped the case. the presenter told the daily mail that prosecutors should have said there was "no evidence" rather than "insufficient evidence". the cps said it has reached an agreement without admission of liability. detectives continue to investigate the fatal stabbing of a 17—year—old boy outside a south london tube station, a day after a 15—year—old was killed in the city. 19 teenagers have died in violent attacks in london so far this year. the latest happened in broad daylight. no arrests have been made. attacks on firefighters
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in england have increased by a quarter in the past year, according to their trade union. the fire brigades union says there were more than 930 incidents where crews were abused or threatened. the home office says new laws coming into place this month should give the police and courts more power to deal with those who are violent towards emergency service workers. a diver involved in the search operations for the ill—fated lion air flight which crashed on monday, has died. syahrul anto is believed to have died due to decompression issues. all 189 people on board died when the plane crashed into the java sea shortly after taking off from jakarta airport. us actor alec baldwin has been charged with assault in new york city after allegedly punching a man in a fight over a parking space. the incident allegedly occurred in the west village area of manhattan on friday. the 60—year—old has been ordered to appear in court on the 26th of november. the actor's been in the spotlight most recently for his impressions of president trump on nbc‘s long—running satirical show
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"saturday night live. " scientists in the us have recruited an unlikely ally in their efforts to develop a new flu treatment. llamas, who produce antibodies much smaller than our own, have been used to create a new therapy that has the potential to work against all types of influenza, including new pandemics. scientists say the research is in its very early stages and more tests are needed before they can begin human trials. that looks pretty laid back about the whole thing. because he doesn't worry about the flu. go on mike, what have you got? i used to camp at dorset and on the campsite there was a very angry llama my toddler children to stay away because it used to spit at us. abi should have told them... no, it no, you don't
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need that! they are used more and more to a llama foxes and other things, would die to creatures.|j more to a llama foxes and other things, would die to creatures. i am sure they are lovely and they will help us with the flu. anyway, a huge story on the back pages of a lot of the papers this morning. we must say it is speculation at the moment. what the paper is claiming, a german one, that the five clubs from the industry merely part joining one, that the five clubs from the industry merely partjoining a breakaway super league in europe. talking about arsenal, liverpool, manchester city, manchester united and chelsea. the paper saying it is the biggest shocking betrayal the game has seen. why would they do this? money. money. they get to play with bigger teams week in, week out, rather than the champions league. there is not enough money in the premier league at? there is plenty
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of money but it is about creating a bigger brand, a bigger product, europe's top teams playing each other ina europe's top teams playing each other in a leak every week. europe's top teams playing each other in a leak every weeklj europe's top teams playing each other in a leak every week. i will ask a stupid question. —— league. they might get drawn against each other, but not every season. you would wonder what that means for the champions league. it makes the traditional champions league irrelevant. and the premier league but if you could get at the moment, if this were to happen, you would have tottenham, bournemouth and watford top. let us know what you think. fans of all clubs this morning on twitter and social media. one more question. often when you see international matches and the coaches and the managers from both of those teams moan because they said that players are overworked. this will add another tournament? this will add another tournament? this will add another tournament? this will be in stead of? it would,
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but then would the top teams put a reserve team or a youth team in the premier league? 70 questions it raises and we are a long way off anything concrete. imagine a premier league without the likes of manchester clubs, arsenal, chelsea. arsene wenger did say it was inevitable. the papers claim it could happen in three years. the new competition, it is claimed, would involve 11 of europe's biggest clubs, like champions manchester city, those clubs would be known as the "founders", and be joined by five "initial guest clubs. the papers are reporting on alleged leaked documents seen by a german newspaper, so far we have yet to hear from most of the clubs, although a bayern munich statement said they were "unaware of recent plans for a so—called super league" and had not "taken part in negotiations relating to such plans". hibernian manager neil lennon says he may walk away from his job after suffering what he calls anti—catholic racism. lennon was struck by a coin after celebrating a disallowed hearts goal at the end of the edinburgh derby on wednesday. he says there was an effigy of him,
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being hanged outside the ground and believes he's singled out for sectarian insults. you call it sectarianism in scotland, i call it abuse. you are not just abusing the scotland, i call it abuse. you are notjust abusing the colour of his skin, you abuse his heritage, his ground. is the exact same thing. if you've just drafted, kevin de bruyne back into your fantasy football league, best take him out again. he'd onlyjust come back from one injury, and now another will keep him out for five to six weeks. de bruyne, who was one of manchester city's stars last season, has only played three times since august because of an injury to the ligament in his right knee. now he's got a problem with the ligament in his left knee. i think he will recover well because we have an excellent department and he is going well and hopefully, i think it is unlikely. i am all concerned about it again, but i
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think at the end it is unlucky. in the championship, aston villa eased some of their recent worries with victory over strugglers bolton. goals from jack grealish and james chester gave them a 2—0 win, lifting them up the table to 13th. former arsenal striker nicklas bendtner, has been sentenced to 50 days in prison for assaulting a taxi driver. bendtner broke the driver's jaw, following a night out in copenhagen in september. the court was shown a video, from inside the cab of the incident. the 30—year—old, who now plays for norwegian side rosenborg, has appealed the sentence. the french side paris saint germain have broken spurs 58 year old record for the most consecutive wins at the start of a season, in any of europe's top five leagues. world cup winner kylian mbappe, scored this curling effort on the way, to a 2—1, victory over lille. it's their 12th win in a row, which surpasses the previous record of 11, set by tottenham in 1960. the preparations for next year's rugby union world cup step up today, as the autumn internationals begin. yesterday was a year to the day, to the final. england face south africa
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at twickenham, having only won one match in seven, and suffering from a string of injury troubles. manu tuilangi is the latest in the physio room, after getting injured in training. we have got a good squad. i don't think any england team would play in anything on missing any player. we have got so much talent in this team. as! have got so much talent in this team. as i said, we are excited to get out there on the field and play together. in cardiff, wales take on scotland, for the doddie weir cup, in honour of the former scotland international who's battling motor neurone disease. money raised from the game, will go towards research into the condition. and ireland face italy in chicago this evening. irish fly halfjonny sexton, has been nominated for the world rugby men's player of the year. he's the only man from the northern hemisphere to make the shortlist. a stunning second half from wales,
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saw them thrash scotland by 50—12 in rugby league's, european cup. they had trailed at half—time, but record scorer rhys williams collected a hat trick of tries to seal the comeback. olympic champion max whitlock, narrowly missed out on gold at the world gymnastics championships in doha, finishing second in the pommel horse event. he was hoping, to become the first british gymnast to win three consecutive world titles, but missed out, by the smallest of margins, to take silver. he got the same score as china's, zao routeng, but was given a lower, execution mark. which saw him finish with a medal, but not the colour he wanted. i can't sit here and be annoyed, i can't see here and be that gutted with a silver medal at the world championships. obviously i was hoping for a bit more, but it is just the way it goes sometimes. i am happy with the job i have done just the way it goes sometimes. i am happy with thejob i have done here at the world championships and it is about moving forward. the remarkable run of simone biles at these championships continues. in her first international event,
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since taking a year off after rio, she became the first gymnast to win 13 world titles. she took gold in the vault and followed that up with silver in the uneven bars. it takes her tally, to three golds at these championships and she could add to that, with two more individual events to come tomorrow. iam very i am very excited, especially about the bar, because i have worked especially hard on the bar in my time in gymnastics. i am very excited. roger federer remains on course for a 100th career title at the paris masters, but he'll have to beat, one of his greatest rivals to do it. federer beat kei nishikori in straight sets in the quarter finals, the 20 time grand clam champion was rarely troubled by his japanese opponent. he'll now face novak djokovic in the semis. djokovic came back from a set down to beat marin cilic. the new world number one went 2—1 down, in the third before immediately breaking back, and then moving ahead, at 5—3 before sealing victory. by winning a fifth formula one world
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title, lewis hamilton will no doubt inspire more youngsters to dream about following him into the sport. but the vast majority will not have the financial backing to get that far, so now an increasing number are turning to race simulators. the uk's first electronic sports hub has opened in london, so i went along to see how fast, this side of racing is growing. on the fast track to the top, james bald and 15 national karting championships. before taking the first steps on to formula 1 in the following perhaps in the tyre tracks of lewis hamilton, until... he ran out of money. which is why his career rounded the bend and took off ina new career rounded the bend and took off in a new direction. it is usually quys in a new direction. it is usually guys with the talent to get the
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money but not every body gets noticed. e—sports is its own sport and has its own market and fans. it gives the opportunity to compete at the highest level even if they are not born spoonfed into a rich family. this is the last place you would expect to take on a motor racing star of the future. that this is where they now train, at the uk's first e—sports racing hub. james is in hoping to become a full—time professional, realising his racing dream with the veloce team, unlike other e—sports sports, it is one of them that you need same skills to real drivers and fitness. it is something people to associate with gaming and it is important to note that myself and other drivers, i am in the gym three times a week, a diet plan and eating the right foods to be mentally ready for any race. especially when it came to handling the wheel and the pedals in the big
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simulator that many rogue racing drivers also use in training. avoid the curves, really bumpy. be prepared to put a lot of force behind that we'll. you can give it some, you are being a bit of a wimp. as it feels so realistic! you need the skills and the technique. i have gone off into the gravel, i do want to go into the wall. it is only a simulator, you need to keep reminding yourself at that point. throwing me around, throwing me about, it does feel incredibly realistic. luckily the future of e—sports is inset hands than mine, including jack who switched to managing a team. you just saw the audience grow in this area and the level of competition you are able to compete globally with 100 —— hundreds of thousands across the world sort of living away. e-sports is primarily online, people watching on their phone, tablets, but the
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actual viewership numbers are rivalling real sports. it is a more engaging them for them for teenagers and young adults these games themselves. going forward, e-sports is hoping to recruit more female drivers and more beginners who can sharpen their skills without the danger. but no matter how say this may be, try telling your brain that there isn't a wall coming at you at 120 mph. that was absolutely terrifying! sorry, it might seem like i am overreacting. you have totalled the car, my friend. i was only in a simulator, but it felt real, you could see this wall with the noise and dust flying up outside the car. you committed to it though, you committed to driving well and negotiating the corners and thinking about breaking. well and negotiating the corners and thinking about breakingm well and negotiating the corners and thinking about breaking. it is so much cheaper than getting to formula 1for much cheaper than getting to formula 1 for those drivers, to get set up
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with the chair and the console for 3500, compared to millions. a lot of money though. that is if you want to ta ke money though. that is if you want to take it seriously. they give very much indeed. —— thank you very much. nobody needs our place less than that. shall be talking about driving using l plates, will and we say you would never need them because you are so would never need them because you are so brilliant at the weather. thank you very much, i've been practising long enough. a very good morning to you. the weekend will be much milder than we saw over the last few days. 11 of rain at times, mainly in the west. and also pretty windy as well. these are the re m na nts of windy as well. these are the remnants of what was hurricane oscar, not affecting us directly but dragging airat the oscar, not affecting us directly but dragging air at the mid—atlantic.
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that's why it's much, much milder there that it was yesterday morning. the mildest of all, scotland and northern ireland. eventually, the rain will move into northern and western parts of england and wales. things will improve the trust ——a touch. looking at the closest detail. winds gusting 50, 60 mph. clad in southern and eastern scotland. the skies are brightening in northern ireland. north—west england, western wales, the vilest of cornwall, it turns cloudy, windier and wetter. it should be dried through the midlands. even though the breeze will pick up. the rain nudges a little bit further eastwards. if you're off to any fireworks events, the strength of
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the win this evening, maybe some showers tomorrow, but a lot more, the wind is not as light. even in overnight, there is the rain. just nudges and with further eastwards, allowing clear skies. because it's got the south—westerly wind, still a noticeable breeze. it won't be anywhere near as cold as it has been. today is the big picture into sunday. it's way to the west, the re m na nts of sunday. it's way to the west, the remnants of the hurricane. bringing some windy conditions for the hebrides. the wind is not as strong tomorrow. only one of two showers. across the midlands, the south—west, this is where we see the cloud, occasional rain. the yacht had very first, persistent rain to the south—west. a knife edge in the likes of the channel islands. the
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south—east corner should be dry and bright. as a going to tomorrow evening, mcleod and the will rain will nudges wait northwards and westwards once again. matt, you did very, very well. we'll be back with the headlines at 7, but first it's time for click. ai. that's what the future is about, if you believe the hype. computer programmes that learn from past experience, that improve and that sometimes, learn to solve problems in ways that even we hadn't thought of. well, here at microsoft, future decoded events, ai is at the top of the agenda. these days, there are very real examples that a! are starting to be
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able to do things that were once only the reserve of humans. it is learning to drive, to play games. it has learned to paint. it has learned to understand what we say. each ten year or so we seem to have a breakthrough moment where we take a piece of human ability and defeat it with machine. ‘96 it was chess, go, last year — and we all worry. what that is demonstrating is that our ai's are extraordinarily good and superhuman in tasks that we can specify and understand. they can improve and self improve. the challenge is this whole idea of general intelligence or transfer across tasks and that proves much more challenging, much more difficult.
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we think it will take many decades to unfathom that, and the old adage was, you cannot teach a machine to do something without programming, but if you have a learning capacity in the system that allows it to go beyond the performance that was originally given to the system. and it is certainly true that al is already replacing us in particularjobs. we will talk more about that later. but we thought we would start with an interesting phenomenon which is happening in certain parts of the developing world, where a! is actually creating jobs. see, in orderfor artificial intelligence to learn, it needs to have access to loads and loads of data. for example, self driving cars need access to images where all the objects in them are correctly tagged. that work is being done by humans. david lee sent this report, not from california, but from where the artificial
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intelligence journey really starts. this is the kibera slum in nairobi, kenya. more than a million people live here. i am 10,000 miles in what feels like an entire universe away from the lush campuses of silicon valley. how are you? hello! the people i am here to meet are every bit as vital to the next this is a wave of cutting edge tech as anyone you could meet in california. you have your brother living here? yes, my brother, my daughter and my mum. are they all supported by you? yes. they are supported by me. this is brenda, she's a 26 year old single mother, who has lived in kibera her entire life. how does it feel to be creating the technology that is going to change the future? it feels so good. at least you get to do something unique from others. at least with my work that i am doing, i believe i work for something that is go to help me.
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not even me in the future, but it will help someone in the future. every workday, brenda travels for around two hours to a building on the other side of nairobi. she is among a team of around 2,000 people who work in this building for samasource, an organisation that recruits people from the very poorest parts of the world. in some cases, that means those who are earning less than $2 a day. here, they earn around $9 a day and there are importantjob is to give artificial intelligence its intelligence. when artificial intelligence works, it sometimes feels like magic. but really, what it is is data, lots and lots of data. if you want a self driving car to know what a person is, you have to feed it loads of pictures of people. if you want it to know what tree is, it takes millions and millions of pictures of trees.
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that is what is called "training data", and it is here where that data is created. so, depending on the instructions, we are going to basically tag, or annotate, items of interest. right. from the street to the vehicles, the buildings, even to the sky. right. how is that? that's good. is that good? not quite right? not quite right. laughter. the item needs to be squarely inside that box. if we zoom in... turns out no pixel can be out of place, or unaccounted for. the sky and the street signs, the pedestrians and the lanes, everything needs tagging. once the work is done, a supervisor will check it is up to scratch. the quickest, sharpest annotators in the team will win prizes, such as shopping vouchers. samasource's clients include google, salesforce, ebay, yahoo and many others, working on everything from self driving cars to online shopping. one recent project from
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microsoft's bing search engine helped it become better at identifying certain types of clothing. while most of their employees are of course in the developing world, the compa ny‘s headquarters can be found in san francisco's mission district. when i first started this business ten years ago, very smart people in the tech world and in the world of big philanthropy for it was a wonderful idea, but it would never work. lila touts her companies record on quality and security, reasons why tech firms come to them. but of course, there is a very obvious reason why these tasks are outsourced to places where wages are rock bottom and people are desperate for work. some of your clients are the biggest, richest companies in the world. can they not afford to pay more than $9 a day for this work? we make a guarantee to every single worker at samasource that they are paid a living wage. if we were to pay people substantially more than that in some of the markets we are in,
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we would throw everything off and it would have a potentially negative impact on the cost of housing, the cost of food, et cetera and the communities in which our workers live and thrive. so, for us, we are on average, increasing our workers household income by over 500%. it is too small for my big head. you know the way you remember you are good at something and it turns out you weren't? this is me discovering that with batting. luckily, indian cricket legend anil kumble was on hand to realise how it was done. the most important factor for any bastman is bat speed and how much twist at the time of impact and the quality of the shot itself, how close to this sweet spot here. bat speed, twist and how close you are to hitting the sweet
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spot are now measurable thanks to new artificial intelligence technology, power bat. it is being developed by kumble's company, spektakom. at the heart of a system is a clever sticker hidden under the bat. this is a cluster of sensors, you have a bluetooth area, but also gyro sensor which measures the twist of the bat, the velocity as well. there is also a sensor for vibration so you can detect where the ball is hitting in approximation to that all—importa nt sweet spot. the sticker sends those measurements for the speed, the twist, the quality of the shot and they are being combined the twist, the quality of the shot and they are then combined to calculate the power. it is essentially the energy you get into the shot. the system aims to take fans watching the game up close to what's happening on the pitch. the first use is to enhance fan engagement. everybody talks about timing of the shot.
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this was powerfully hit. this was sweetly banged. what does that all mean in real—time numbers, in real time data? the amateur version of power bat communicates directly to a mobile phone via bluetooth, but because you can't carry a mobile in professional games, with the pro set—up, all data runs to a device hidden behind the stumps. this is how the professional system works. the data comes from a tag on the back of a bat and then comes to stumpy, the stump bot buried underground. you can see the antenna, this bit will be poking out from the top of the pitch. the data is sent down the cable to the cloud where an algorithm does its work. the pro power bat might end up being used by umpires, especially for broadcasters now
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using it in the indian professional league, calling out bad on—field umpiring decisions. the mobile app is more about cricket fans and amateur players getting closer to emulating their heroes. the pro power bat might end up being used by umpires, especially if the broadcasters now using it in the indian professional league, call out bad on—field umpiring decisions. the mobile app is more about cricket fans and amateur players getting closer to emulating their heroes. for the fan out there who wants to look up to his hero, what is the benchmark for him to achieve? can you emulate him? can you be as close to power that he can deliver, can you do that?
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that is something you can do. at the end of the day, in a polite arrangement, anil let me bowl him out. yes, it was fake by the got first ball. it felt great. watch this for a second. see, all you needed was just one ball. thatisit that is it to the shortcut of click. the full version is up on either player. watch it right now and don't forget we are all over social media. we live on facebook and instagram and we have a you tube channel. anyway, thanks for watching and we will see you soon.
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