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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. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and jon kay.
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our headlines today: the funeral of the owner of leicester city begins in thailand, one week after he was killed in a helicopter crash. his players say they will take to the pitch in his honour this afternoon in a match against cardiff. broadcaster paul gambaccini wins damages from the crown prosecution service over its handling of unfounded sexual assault allegations against him. 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 a fans. and i get more than i bargained for taking the wheel in the latest racing simulator. that was terrifying! good morning. a mild day but also a
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windy day. particularly with scotla nd windy day. particularly with scotland and northern ireland. dry for much of england and wales, all of the details here on breakfast. it's saturday the 3rd of november. our top story — 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. our sports news correspondent natalie pirks reports. it was another day of quiet reflection for leicester city's players. we came in monday, we didn't train. it was more of being together as a group with staff and players. but this isn't just about an owner, it's more personal than that. he wasn'tjust a chairman, he always made sure that he went out of his way to get to know you on personal levels as well,
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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 wedding to wife rebekah. as the schock subsides, now honouring his memory is at the forefront of players minds. obviously at first you just thought no way, no way, that is not possible. everybody is feeling the same, we are all hurting, but we know that he would want us out there and we as a team and a club want to do him proud. they will attempt to do that today against cardiff city, their first game since the accident. senior members of the team will then fly to thailand for srivaddhanaprabha's funeral, where his body has arrived at a buddhist temple in bangkok for a seven—day period of mourning. air accident investigators yesterday confirmed they had been able to download data from helicopter‘s
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black box, despite it being subjected to intense heat in 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. natalie pirks, bbc news. 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 was arrested in october 2013, but was never charged. he sued the cps for a statement it issued the following year. here's more from our correspondent, ben ando. paul gambaccini said his life was turned upside down when he was 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,
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wrongly, the boys allegedly involved were underage. paul mr gambaccini sued and last night the cps confirmed it had reached an agreement without the detail of liability. 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 mr 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 years in the role. mr gambaccini, seen here in 2016 at the memorial service for fellow radio two broadcast of sir terry wogan, has described 0peration yewtree as a celebrity witch—hunt, aimed at averting attention away from the failure of the authorities to stoinmmy savile. ben ando, bbc news. president erdogan of turkey has said that the order to killjournalist jamal khashoggi last month came from the highest levels of the saudi government. writing in the washington
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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. the brexit campaigner arron banks is expected to return to the uk today, as he faces allegations that his multi—million pound donations to the leave cause may have broken electoral law. the leave.eu co—founder was referred to the national crime agency by the elections watchdog, which suspects that cash given to the campaign had come from what it called "impermissible sources". 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is in our london newsroom. he will fly back in and reiterate that he has done nothing wrong at all. to deny any wrongdoing, describing the accusations against him as ludicrous and said that he was confident that full and frank investigation would put an end to
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it. to remind you, it electoral commission, the watchdog, had been looking into the leave.eu campaign, not the official one, but the one represented by nigel farage and bankrolled by mr banks, specifically an amount made by him and companies to the organisation. the electoral commission says it has evidence that those donations in fact may have come from impermissible sources, in other words, perhaps foreign sources, rather than uk companies and individuals, which under uk law are only allowed to donate to a little campaigns. arron banks tweeted a picture of himself earlier this week in bermuda where he was fishing, as you said he is due to arrive back from their uk this morning. interesting to see what he says, thanks for the update. 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
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was killed in the city. 19 teenagers have been killed in violent attacks in london so far this year. the latest happened in broad daylight. no arrests have been made. the success of ivf has caused a drop in the number of children being adopted, the boss of the organisation that represents children in care has said. in the last a0 years, adoptions in england and wales have fallen by 62%. meanwhile, ivf success rates for women under 35 have nearly tripled. twitter has removed around 10,000 automated accounts that discouraged people from voting in next week's us mid term election. most of the accounts were posing as democrats, the social media company said. meanwhile, the white house has warned iran to prepare for the return of all sanctions that were lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. ina meme
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in a meme inspired by a of thrones and its motto, winter is coming, resident trump made his intentions clear. 0n resident trump made his intentions clear. on monday, the day before congressional elections, sanctions described by the white house as the toughest ever imposed on iran, will be back on. mr trump withdrew from the iran deal in may, describing it as effective at its core. the announcement may well prove a vote winnerfor announcement may well prove a vote winner for the republicans. donald trump is focusing on what he sees as his achievements and issues that set him apart from his previous processor. we don't want to go back to the 0bama days of low wages, high unemployment, high crime, far left judges, oppressive regulations, horrible, horrible, horrible trade deals. disastrous foreign policy. look at the mess i inherited in north korea and look how well we are doing now. barack 0bama is leading the charge for the democrat. without
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mentioning mr trump by name, questioning his honesty. what we have not seen, at least in my lifetime, is an approach in which folks in the highest levels, folks who we thought our children should be looking up to, we'lljust blata ntly, be looking up to, we'lljust blatantly, repeatedly, boldly, shamelessly lie! the president agenda depends on the republicans maintaining their hold on both houses of congress. but even the usually bullish donald trump has admitted that it the democrats could ta ke admitted that it the democrats could take the house of representatives. with congressional races in many states on a nice edge, the next few days will see furious campaigning
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around the country. peter bowes, bbc news. 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 "saturday night live. " 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. it's the biggest win sincejuly, when a couple from aberdeen scooped almost £58 million. just imagine. 0k?
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just imagine. ok? i am. back in the room, back to reality. it is 12 minutes past seven. the weather in a few minutes. in a few days' time, millions of voters across america will have their biggest say yet on donald trump's presidency. in the run up to the midterm elections, mr trump has continued to talk tough on iran, immigration and social media. within days the us will re—impose sanctions on iran that were lifted under the nuclear deal three years ago. brian klaas, a political scientist from university college london and a critic of the trump administration, joins us now from our london newsroom. thank you very much forjoining us this morning. what do you make of this morning. what do you make of this latest move, just days ahead of the mid—term elections? this latest move, just days ahead of the mid-term elections? it is a political move. this meme of trump
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as though he is a game of thrones figure, sanctions are coming in the game of thrones text, it reflects this mentality that this is all a game. is really not. this imposition of sanctions is going to alienate america's allies already, there have been denounced ins of this move and beyond that, sanctions are really a life and death matter, they affect the lives of people in huge way. to do this with a meme and announced it to be slapped on iran the day before the elections, i think his fans will like it, they will find light—hearted and amusing, but it really is a serious issue and it is one that should be joked about and i think also is potentially going to cause some kind of trademark lawsuit because hbo is not pleased that they are using theirfont because hbo is not pleased that they are using their font and because hbo is not pleased that they are using theirfont and meme. because hbo is not pleased that they are using their font and meme. they have made a comment on that already. separately, way from that i suppose we have to look at the impact of
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sanctions on iran and what that does to the international relationship. the trump administration, since it scrapped the iran nuclear deal, has been rapidly ramping up sanctions. this is the full raft coming back, a p pa re ntly this is the full raft coming back, apparently on november five, this is the full raft coming back, apparently on novemberfive, as i said the day before the pivotal elections on tuesday. the sanctions will have real bite, they are going after court economic activities, affecting the regime and that is their position, that they want to really push back on what they see as a rogue regime. the worry in the eu is that this will cause or accelerate the demise of the iran nuclear deal, which eu partners are still working with, and that could restart the iran nuclear programme. so there are two different western approaches to dealing with iran, one thatis approaches to dealing with iran, one that is a bit harsh in the trump administration and one from the eu and the question is will it work or will it simply alienate you run
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further and cause them to act in ways that the west is not co mforta ble ways that the west is not comfortable with. all of this coming ahead of mid—term elections, for those who are close followers of us politics and all the mac in nations that, why are the mid—term is so important, why should we care? —— mac in nations. —— machinations. important, why should we care? —— mac in nations. —— machinationsm is the third of the us senate. in this situation right now there is a question of who will control the house of representatives of. the democrats are poised to take it out but anything can happen. republicans are likely to retain control of the senate. if they win in the house, it will be a very different chapter of the trump administration because most of his legislative priorities will be dead on arrival, i don't think the wall will be built any time soon and it will actually cause a very serious political headache for trump. if they control the house of them they also control the committees and the committees have the legal power to subpoena documents. that means that his tax returns, visited records and
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conflicts of interest could be public records and the scandals simmering below the surface could see the light of day. this is a very important election, it will determine the trajectory of american politics for the next two years and right now it looks like the democrats will win the house but not the senate. if these things to happen, the investigations with the committees or his plans get stalled, blocked. what about the republican party itself? what happens in terms of them speaking out, or members of that party speaking out against trump? at the moment they have no choice but to be almost quietly supported at worst. this is a great question and it's a hidden aspect of the midterms. the republican party has had to wait—and—see approach to donald trump. they backed him no matter what those who privately don't like him are worried that going against and will have electoral consequences. but the republicans
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lose the midterms, a lot of those hesitant people, the people who privately reviled donald trump, they might have second thoughts. they might have second thoughts. they might speak out against him more. they will say donald trump didn't win in 2018, therefore i should speak out against him. they will have a strategic political change within the republican party of the midterms go in favour of the democrats. thank you so much taking us democrats. thank you so much taking us all through that, dr brian klaas. it's going to be a fascinating week. we've had a tweet from wendy, about that massive £76 million lottery win. is it wendy? she has an e—mail in her inbox that says, news about your tickets from the national lottery. she says i'm listening to your programme and i'm too scared to open your e—mail. your programme and i'm too scared to open your e-mail. open the e-mail and send it to us. congratulations.
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it is £3, i will still be your friend. 50p is fine by me. matt would need more than £3 to be your friend. 0h, would need more than £3 to be your friend. oh, that's harsh. not at all. probably a lucky dip at best. we see frost quite rightly. fast forward 2a hours and is very present time, it is 20 degrees warmer. it comes at a price, it's going to be wet and windy this morning and it's all been driven by this world cloud. this is ex— hurricane 0scar, not to directly affecting us but scooping
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of august milder rare. there is a little frost around but that will soon go. a lot more clout in the west. there is scotland and northern ireland and much of today, it does brighten up. in the afternoon, things look more cheery across the highlands and the hebrides. still some heavy rain showers, winds gusting 50, 60 mph. 0utbreaks some heavy rain showers, winds gusting 50, 60 mph. outbreaks of rain, and the persistent around the southern hopkins, pushing into north—west england and across the cumbrians bells. turning wetter to the west of wales. strengthening winds. much of england and wales, the best of the sunshine, the midlands, east anglia and towards the south—east. into the evening, it will be mild but that will be crucial for those planning any fireworks parties. edinburgh, belfast and cardiff, all susceptible to rain. no one is windy. the best
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conditions in the south and east. something either side of it. still a bit breezy across the uk. it stops the temperatures from dropping as we head into sunday morning. remnants of hurricane mass —— hurricane 0scar there, bringing strong winds to the hebrides. lighterwinds. there, bringing strong winds to the hebrides. lighter winds. south—west england, lincolnshire, east yorkshire. 0utbreaks england, lincolnshire, east yorkshire. outbreaks of rain. heavy and persistent to the south—west later. east anglia and the south—east, likely to have a dry day. a better day to scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england. not quite as windy and temperatures not as high as today but still into the teens for the most pa rt
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but still into the teens for the most part and if you are out tomorrow evening, rain most likely, south—west england, wales, northern england and later into northern ireland as well. that's how it's looking. thank you very much. we are talking. good morning. maggie moore's husband was posted to turkey, the british ambassador and she moved there with her guide dog, star, and she was shocked to find a lack of awareness about guide dogs. star is here having a good old lie down. taking it very well this morning. maggie was determined with star to change all that, to change the way that guide the programmes exist in turkey. she's been recognised for her contributions. in fact, turkey. she's been recognised for her contributions. infact, it turkey. she's been recognised for her contributions. in fact, it was given an award last night at a special ceremony by naga and mike.
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inspirational to hear such great stories. becoming a puppy walker, to train the dogs. that was us yesterday at the ceremony. as really wonderful. it's an incredible privilege to be a guide dog owner. to actually have the privilege then to be able to go and use the tool of the guide dog, not only to have changed my life in the way she has but to be able to go. what is the condition of site. i have the rarer form of macular degeneration. everybody's granny form of macular degeneration. eve rybody's granny has form of macular degeneration. everybody's granny has got it. i got it when i was ten. i lost my central vision. i lost about 90%. it stayed
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pretty much the same. i'm now down to about 3%. i can make that go a long way. when you arrived in turkey, you are shocked to realise that what had become normal for you, having a guide dog, having that kind of support, wasn't really a thing in that country. guide dogs have been so that country. guide dogs have been so much a part of british life that we do take it for granted. because people haven't had experience of guide dogs, every time i wanted to go to guide dogs, every time i wanted to gotoa guide dogs, every time i wanted to go to a shop or a restaurant or cafe, there was a conversation to be had. people were baffled as to why this strange woman wanted to take a dog the concert. because there was a lot of media attention on us in on
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staff. very quickly the word spread about the wonderfuljob guide dogs do. actually people became more and more interested in the story. i think people, we had just picked the right to be there. turkey was ready to this. it was just such a privilege to have the opportunity to start to instigate that. you are able to show them all the things that star number guide dogs can do. 32 different commands they are taught in what has it helped you?” think to me, because i do have residual vision, with a following wind, my mobility isn't terrible. we work in central london, so we commute in. we have to cross waterloo station in the rush—hour. she is a ninja. all those people
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wandering around. we've seen a picture of star. she looks anything but uninjured. she is actually sleeping. the contrast to the situation we have in the uk to turkey in that sense, to guide dogs there, i think. turkey in that sense, to guide dogs there, ithink. how turkey in that sense, to guide dogs there, i think. how many do we have in the uk. we have over 5000. we are a leading country when it comes to guide dogs, and the training of guide dogs, and the training of guide dogs. there is such a contrast. most people have seen a guide dog, someone with a guide dog on the street. there it's just com pletely on the street. there it's just completely new. what were people doing before? did everyone had to have an assistant, a site assistant? people use long canes, because a guide dog isn't everybody. there are
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360,000 people registered as partially sighted so clearly not everyone needs one. there are many visually impaired people in turkey and so far, we have three hopefully. hopefully another three in the next few weeks. people were probably not getting out much and having to be accompanied everywhere. as you say, sometimes by sighted assistance and sometimes by sighted assistance and sometimes by sighted assistance and sometimes by family members. there is no doubt that people 's lives are restricted by not having the independents a guide dog gives you. and what is star give you? absolute confidence that i can go anywhere, any time. many guide dog owners will be working pretty routine routes with guide dogs and that is the core of her work, the commute to and from the office. but partly because do
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have a bit of residual vision. when igoto have a bit of residual vision. when i go to completely new situation, where the traffic conditions aren't predictable, you don't necessarily go straight line to cross a road. you might have a funny little island in the middle. if i start going across this busy road, am i going to find i'mjusta across this busy road, am i going to find i'm just a stranded? ijust know she will do the thinking. fantastic. thank you so much becoming in, both of you. houses start with fireworks? in my interview when i was asked about it, isaid i'm interview when i was asked about it, i said i'm going to need a dog that is bombproof. she pretty much is. lot of animals get freaked out at this time of year with bonfire night over the next few days. nagar to talk about another aspect. the healthcare charity kissing it
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better says that sounds bring back formatting memories of the war. when you are sitting on your own and you suddenly hear a bang, it is really quite frightening. margaret is 81. she dreads bonfire night. it's definitely worse now i'm a widow, on my own. what memories to is that bring back? well, they can trigger memories of the war, particularly people more my age and older. i had a bomb on my back garden. they all think about the pets and the poor dogs, poor cats which it is, it is horrible for them but i think people who are on their own to get forgotten. margaret's reaction to
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the sound of fireworks might sound extreme but some believe it is far more common than people realise. bonfire nights and the children... jill fraser runs kissing it better, a charity that business people in hospitals and care homes. today they are in stratford—upon—avon. hospitals and care homes. today they are in stratford-upon-avon. many older people, particularly with dimension, are concerned about loud noises they don't understand. many of them during the war are told to keep their feelings in, of them during the war are told to keep theirfeelings in, they of them during the war are told to keep their feelings in, they don't talk about two relatives but it's those triggers that suddenly spin them in time. the horror of the war, any incident they have been in. it's any incident they have been in. it's a tiny gesture but by talking about bonfire night and reminding people that the noises aren't connected to the time of year can allay some of their fears. dorothy lived through their fears. dorothy lived through the blitz on coventry in 1940, and our rates that almost destroyed the city and seriously injured her father. she finds fireworks traumatic. during the war, we were
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bombed out twice and i have never, ever got over that bang so i don't like fireworks. i think they should be more controlled than they are. like fireworks. i think they should be more controlled than they arem the wartime, you remember, you think about that. kissing it that doesn't wa nt about that. kissing it that doesn't want fireworks banned, just used more thoughtfully. we often overlook those people who are lonely, those people who are in their home and it's not because they are frightened by the noise, we also feel sad that nobody bothered to remind them. are you 0k, due tojoin us, we are having sparklers in the garden, let's talk about memories of what fireworks night was, it can make them feel more valued and they are giving enormous value to the young people they are talking to and families, reminding them what life is like in a different time. when it comes to fireworks, a little reassurance can go long way. it's not something you think about.
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it's not something you think about. it isa it's not something you think about. it is a good board. headline soon. 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.
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it was more of being together as a group with staff and players. vichai definitely would have wanted us to play on saturday. we came to an agreement with everyone, and staff and players that we would go ahead and play on saturday and 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. aaron banks will be returning back
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to the uk is surely regarding his contributions to the leave campaign. 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 been killed 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.
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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 suffered decompression issues. all 189 people on board died when the plane crashed into the java sea shortly after taking off from jakarta airport. a new flu treatment is being developed from llamas, apparently they develop antibodies smaller than our own and they develop antibodies smaller than ourown and are they develop antibodies smaller than our own and are being used for a new therapy which has the potential to work against all types of flu, including pandemics. scientists say
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the research is in early stages. more tests are needed but it is leading to human trials. the llamas taking it all in their stride, maybe not, pretty laid back about it. it is 7:35a.m.. not, pretty laid back about it. it is 7:35 a.m.. i am a big fan of llamas, they guard sheep, increasingly being used as a sheepdog. against what? fox's. you often see them now, llamas and alpacas. also, walking llamas, a great exercise to do, you walked around the countryside in dorset 's top of the —— dorset. anyway, the big story on the back pages this morning that has got our viewers talking as well. possibility, the suggestion that the top five english clubs willjoin a breakaway european league and leave the premier league as it were. for more money, more
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prestige and more chances to play bigger clubs every week. the end of our game as we know it? inside, they say the filthy rich clubs will ignore history and parity. breakaway, another headline. 0ne parity. breakaway, another headline. one point that viewers are making so far, thank you for the tweets coming in. stephen hunt said ifa breakaway, let them go, fans will not be able to afford the travelling rather than going to a burn or weaken or whatever premier league club, but burnley may be. cheaper than going to madrid or munich week m, than going to madrid or munich week in, week out. rod taylor says they are not thinking about other fans. we have talked about this in the past and it has fizzled out. this is all to do with a leaked report from all to do with a leaked report from a german newspaper. imagine a premier league without the likes of the manchester
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clubs, liverpool, arsenal and chelsea. arsene wenger once said a breakway european super league was inevitable, and the papers claim it could happen within 3 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 joind by five initial guest clubs. the papers are reporting on alleged leaked documents seen by a german newspaper, der spiegel, which claims the clubs have had secret meetings to explore the idea of a breakaway european super league. 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, being hanged outside the ground and believes he's singled out for sectarian insults.
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you call it sectarianism in scotland, i call it racism. if a black man is abused, you are notjust abusing the colour of his skin, you abuse his culture, his heritage, his background. it's 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, ithink it is unlikely. i am more concerned about it being musclar and musclar again, but it's just a trauma, i think in the end it is just unlucky. in the championship,
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aston villa eased some of their recent worries with victory over strugglers bolton. goals from jack grealisih and james chester gave them a 2—0 win, lifting them up the table to 13th. 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 at twickenham, having only won one match in seven, and suffering from a string of injury troubles. manu tuilangi is the latestn in the physio room, after getting injured in training. we have got a good squad. i don't think any england team would blame anything on missing any player. we 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
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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. 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.
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i am happy with myjob i have done here at the world championships and it is about moving forwards now. the remarkable run of simone biles at these championships continues. in her first international event 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. i am very excited, especially about the bar medal because i have worked especially hard on bars during in my time in gymnastics. i am really excited. what an inspiration she has been. 0n the eve of those championships she had a problem with a kidney stone. we are big fans of her. someone else inspiring a lot of people, maybe, lewis hamilton encouraging youngsters to be the next great
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racing driver. that is all it is, a dream. how did you get all the way to formula 1 without the funding? but the vast majority will not have the financial backing to get that far, so now an increasing number are turning to race simulators. one of the uk's first electronic sports training hubs, has opened in london, so i went along to see how fast this side of racing is growing. 0n the fast track to the top, james baldwin won 5 national karting championships before taking the first steps on to formula 1, 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 in a new direction. it is usually guys with the talent that get the money but not everyone gets noticed. e—sports is its own sport and has got its own market and fans. it gives alot of people the opportunity to compete at the highest level, even if they are not born and spoonfed into a very rich family.
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the sleepy mews in central london is the last place you would expect to take on a motor racing star of the future, but this is where they now train, at the uk's first e—sports racing hub. let's do it. james is soon hoping to become a full—time professional, realising his racing dream with the veloce team. unlike other e—sports sports, in sim racing you do need to have similar skill and techniques to real drivers, and also surprisingly, fitness. it is something people to associate with gaming and it is important to know that me, myself and other drivers, i am in the gym three times a week, i've got a diet plan and eating the right foods to be mentally ready for any race or event. especially when it came to handling the wheel and the pedals in the big simulator that many road racing drivers also now use in training. avoid the curves, really bumpy, they will spin you off.
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be prepared to put a lot of force behind that wheel. you can give it some, you are being a bit of a wimpish right now. it feels so realistic! you need the skills and the technique. i have gone off into the gravel, i don't want to go into the wall. it is only a simulator, you need to keep reminding yourself at that point. the chair is shaking, rattling around, throwing me about, it does feel incredibly realistic. luckily the future of e—sports is in safer 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 hundreds of thousands across the world, sort of blew me away. the audience is primarily online, people watching on their phone, tablets, chilling out, but the actual viewership numbers are rivalling real sports. it isjust a more engaging them for them, for teenagers and young adults playing these games themselves. going forward, e—sports is hoping to recruit more female drivers
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and more beginners who can sharpen their skills without the danger. but no matter how safe 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. that was absolutely terrifying. it might have seemed like i was overreacting. a great way to get involved. it was very thrilling, more places are opening up. time to find out what is happening with the weather. why did you have to start with such a negative number? this was yesterday, i wanted to show you the difference 24 hours has made. it is actually 20 degrees warmer than the smaller but it does come at a
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bit of a price. the radar ran across northern and western scotland. the rain erratically spread and across eastern parts of northern ireland. much of england and wales, that of frost across. temperatures above where they were. that's because we have a few windy days. touching gale force a ransom northern and western areas. we could see winds get over 50 mph. with some of you heading out to set fireworks, please take out. drier and brighter at times. the raina bit drier and brighter at times. the rain a bit more persistent. after a fine start in north—west england, western parts of wales, we will see the rain set in. many also to the west of cornwall. it stays dry through today. temperatures widely
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into the teens. they will stay on the teens to many. that zone of rain through south—eastern parts of scotland, that does means some of you, you will get wet. also is susceptible to rain at times. lighter winds, the way of rain. rain at times in northern and western parts, becoming confined to the midlands, lincolnshire, down towards south wales later on. staying dry, east anglia and the south—east. even with clear skies in scotland and northern ireland. driving the windy weather is this area of low pressure. those are the remnants of hurricane 0scar. the wind is not a strong away from the hebrides. scotla nd strong away from the hebrides. scotland and northern ireland, drier and buy today. but the midlands,
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lincolnshire, yorkshire, down towards wales, always the chance of some rain at times, it should turn heavy and more persistent in the far south—west later. i like your numbers. see you later. hello and welcome to news watch. is bbc news objective in its coverage of economics or does it often put a negative spin on the data? we speak to the corporations outgoing economics editor and ask him about his new role. up with of hazards broadcasting live from outside the studio is the danger of members of public distracting the audience by appearing in the background. interviews on college green by the houses of parliament have fallen
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prey to this risk. as vicki young found on monday. watch the demonstrator change his position according to the camera. iain duncan smith suggested restoring the working allowances and you get even if you're in work. that is another way of ensuring that money does go to the right people at the right time. i expect we will hear something from the chancellor about universal credit. do you think he should go further or pause the roll out? or do you think that in principle it is the right thing to do? anti—brexit campaigners have been active around camera crews for the past few months and some feel more should be done to prevent them from getting their message on screen and one asked: when it came to that afternoon's budget the bbc‘s live coverage and analysis was extensive, with economics editor kamal ahmed
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crunching the numbers for the news. philip hammond tried to change the economic story of this government. away from cuts and controlling the nation's debts, and towards spending and tax cuts. the ending of austerity, he said. next year he said the government would spend £2.3 billion on public services. that figure would rise to 30.6 billion by 2024. but some viewers have taken exception to the bbc‘s reporting of economics. 0ne wrote: this week's budget was the last for kamal ahmed as the bbc‘s economics
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editor. on thursday he started a newjob as editorial director for bbc news and he is with me now. let's start with the criticism, are you offering opinion rather than facts when you're covering economics and being too negative. no, we don't offer opinion. my opinion doesn't matter. we look at what the data say and try and explain to our audience what is the figures are showing, what the government is attempting to do. i said in the news at ten that the public finances were in a lot better shape than expected that borrowing was lower. so we were showing what the good parts of the government's economic story was. but i think it is important for us to set out the risks, set out some of the criticisms. as economics editor, my opinion doesn't matter, but i do make judgments on what the data is telling us about how the economy
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is performing. what is interesting is unlike most science, where there is a consensus, economists often disagree or as in the 2008 crash, didn't seem to know what was going on, is it fair to say viewers are right to feel wary of the experts the bbc wheem on. it is important to understand what economics is and what a forecast is. it is a spread of possibilities and there is a central possibility, but there are outlying possibilities. it is not like a pure science, not like gravity, if you drop a ball it goes down. it doesn't mean the viewer should think i shouldn't listen to experts. these people look at how economies work and respond to interest rate rises. there are ideologies too in how they approach economics?
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there could be political effects on how some people approach it. that is now how we approach the facts and figures. we look at the models put together by the bank of england and the international monetary fund and try and explain what the models are saying to our viewers and our audiences. and tell them that this is a possible path. it is not a definite and that is the issue around forecasts. politicians did try and use some forecasts to say this will definitely happen. that is not what forecasts are for. 0ften you're dealing with macro economics and the big numbers and viewers feel the coverage doesn't focus enough on the human impact? when we did the tenth anniversary of the financial crisis, we started it off with a young single father from manchester and what happened to his income over the last ten years.
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and so we do very deliberately try and tell a lot of those big macro stories about how our incomes have been affected through individual stories. you're right we need to get out there and talk to real people about their experiences. we have pushed ourselves to do that. more generally, you spoke about areas of bbc news coverage that might benefit from a fresh approach and you said of confrontational debate, studio ding—dongs don't explain the news. that wasn't a direct criticism of the bbc, i said some coverage general can be driven by the controversy, by a versus b and the idea there are two sides in battle. sometimes it will be the role ofjournalist and the bbc to explain there are nuances to the arguments and not everything is a controversy and part of my newjob will be about promoting the idea of explaining journalism, so the bbc reports the news and also explains the news and gives context and background and depth and that is an important part of the news reporting. because we get a lot of evidence from our
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audience research that the news makes people feel anxious and that is all it make them feel. everything is a row. we want to change some of that. you have started a new managerial job. given there are other editorial manager, viewers may wonder what you will be doing. they might! my newjob is going to be about two or three things. first, the big challenge for the bbc — the bbc is an organisation built around the big, great news programmes such as news at ten, the today programme, all those things. but they are appointment to view moments. you have to tune in at ten o'clock. how does the bbc change in three to five years when our audiences want the news on their phone, on their tablet, want it when they want it on the go.
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that is a big change for this organisation. i'm going to be looking at the challenges of that. there is the day—to—day role of helping us choose the type of stories that engage our audiences and avoid the complaints you get on this programme, that will be part of myjob. also there is an internal bit of it about the culture of the bbc, are we the best place to work and promoting the best talent through the organisation, the next generation who will run the bbc when i'm long gone. it does feel like the bbc news decision—making is constantly under attack, such as how the bbc reports brexit. how should the bbc deal with that. we are more than ever before, i think a function of that is there are more platforms to attack the bbc. the fact is we have a huge amount of output and we have thousands ofjournalists and loads of great products and of course people don't like everything we to.
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that is absolutely reasonable and we will listen and react when its of substance, but we won't be overwhelmed by it. we produce news and current affairs a and myjob is to help us think about the future, new audiences, younger audiences in particular. but also to help us make the right decisions day—by—day. thank you. as anyone with small children will know, wednesday night was hallowe'en. an event marked by some item on bbc news. not to everyone's liking. that morning carol kirkwood presented the weather from an unusual location — a cemetery in london. good morning, it is the first time in 20 years in breakfast i have been in a cemetery on hallowe'en. but it has undergone a four—year restoration.
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julia said this: finally evan davis has been presenting newsnight for four years. but now he is going off to present the pm programme and he signed off like this. if your one of people who have written to me to say you would prefer me to wear a tie. you can watch me on the pm programme on radio four, where of course i shall be wearing a tux! as he dusts after his tux, he can enjoy these words: thank you for all your comments.
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if you want to share your opinions with us, you can call us: that is all from us. we will be back to hear your thoughts about the bbc next week. goodbye. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and jon kay. 0ur headlines today: the funeral of the owner of leicester city
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