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this is bbc news. i'm julian worricker. the headlines at 5pm: businessman arron banks is accused of contradictions and deliberate confusion after defending donations to a pro—brexit campaign. he insists the money came from his uk businesses, not russia. i'm telling you it came from a uk company... which company? which had cash generated in the uk. which uk company? rock services. an investigation‘s begun into how eight children fell from an inflatable slide at a fireworks display in woking last night. none suffered serious injuries. we don't still know yet exactly what happened, but eight children appear to have come off near the top of the slide, or at the top of the slide — we are not quite sure yet — and landed on the floor alongside it. tributes to former head of the civil service, sirjeremy heywood, who has died aged 56 from cancer. leicester city players join funeral ceremonies in bangkok for their chairman who died in a helicopter crash.
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back on land — the man who's become the first person to swim around the entire coastline of britain. i always said it would only feel real when i'm standing on land. it still doesn't feel that real. maybe it will later when i'm in a hot bath and in a warm bed. manchester city beat southampton 6—1, returning them to the top of the premier league. and this is the scene at the tower of london, where 10,000 flames will be lit, to mark the centenary of the end of the first world war. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news.
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the pro—brexit businessman aaron banks has again insisted that all the money he provided for a campaign to leave the eu was generated from his businesses in the uk and therefore within the rules on political donations. the multi—million pound donation is being investigated by the national crime agency. in a bbc interview this morning, mr banks said the money came from a uk company called rock services, which he said had "all sorts of revenues". 0ne mp has accused him of bluster and contradictory and confusing statements. manveen rana reports. arron banks, brexiteer, businessmen and now the subject of a criminal investigation into the source of the funds he provided into the brexit campaign. as he arrived at the bbc this morning to speak to the andrew marr programme, he faced serious questions about where the £8 million had come from. i would just like to say, absolutely for the record, there was no russian money and
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no interference of any type. all right. let's follow the money, as it were. i just want to be absolutely clear about that. the electoral commission say they suspect arron banks was not the true source of the £8 million he loaned to brexit campaign groups. mr banks claimed the money came from his uk—based company rock services. however, the electoral commission suspects the money came from the parent company, rock holdings, registered in the isle of man, which would make it an illegal source of funds under uk electoral law. the money trail was at the heart of the interview with andrew marr. i am telling you it came from a uk company which had cash generated in the uk. rock services. we have evidenced that to the electoral commission. rock services is a shell company. it doesn't generate money. you have just said it is a shell company. we don't see how rock services can generate 8 million quid. are we not in a situation where the electoral commission have referred it? we will explain ourselves, and the accounting that went behind it, and i'm very happy with it.
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you told parliament that rock services was just a service company. you've told me something very different today. i haven't seen the actual transcript of that. i will go back and look at that, but i am telling you the source of the funding was rock services. the electoral commission, who have seen the accounts of rock services, claim there were insufficient funds to justify such a large donation. you've not given me an answer. you're avoiding it... an mp from the select committee that quizzed mr banks says his explanations so far have been inconsistent and full of bluster. it is clear from what mr banks said today that some of the lines that he is now presenting contradict what he told us on the select committee. it's a very confused picture that he is presenting. i think that's quite deliberate. i am delighted we are now going to have a forensic analysis and investigation of mr banks‘ affairs.
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as the criminal investigation gets under way, arron banks can now expect months of financial scrutiny by the authorities. seven of the eight children injured after falling from an inflatable slide in surrey yesterday have been released from hospital. the slide had been erected at a fireworks funfair in woking, with police declaring a major incident when the children fell. frankie mccamley reports from woking. the aftermath of what should have been a fun evening of fireworks and fairground rides that turned into chaos. we were coming to watch the fireworks... caught up in it all were lucas and henry, both 11 years old. before it happened, i said to my mum i did not feel safe. because, obviously, the air and it was really busy. the pair were on the inflatable slide in woking park when eight children were injured. it's probably one of the biggest bouncy castle sides i have ever seen, with two stairways up each side. we were shouting,
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"please, can you calm down? i don't want any tragedies happen." we were shocked at first. just stood there. i could not move for a few seconds. i was just so shocked at seeing all the children just fall from three quarters of the way up to hitting the floor. i was really shocked, because these incidents are quite astonishing. i saw lots of children there on the ground. it was awful. yeah. i have never seen something quite that bad in my whole life. it was around 7:30pm yesterday when this evening of family fun was suddenly cut short. the park was evacuated as ambulance crews tried to help the injured children. this afternoon, investigators temporarily reinflated the slide to gather evidence and build a better picture of what happened yesterday. as the slide is deflated and other attractions nearby are checked, officials from the health and safety executive, alongside the police, remain on the scene and the cordon
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is still in place. 0rganisers of the event say they still don't know how the children fell. we're pretty shocked and distressed by the whole thing. we have a full safety plan for this event, which we agree with woking borough council. we've used this funfair operator for a number of years. some are now calling for a government review into the regulation of inflatables. what needs to happen is a temporary ban — and i stress temporary ban — on bouncy castles and inflatables in big public areas, until we have updated the regulations, until we have changed the inspection regime and parents can be 100% confident that when their children go on these things, there's nothing to worry about. a reassurance many parents may well be looking for this evening. frankie mccamley, bbc news. senior figures from across the political spectrum have paid tribute tojeremy heywood — lord heywood — the former head
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of the civil service who has died at the age of 56. he retired from his role less than two weeks ago after serving four prime ministers, and was regarded as a key influence in shaping modern britain. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake reports. when i launched my leadership campaign... he was the prime minister's right—hand man, putting the government's policies into practice, and giving advice on how best to get things done. as cabinet secretary and head of the civil service, and in other senior roles, lord heywood has worked at the heart of government for more than 20 years, serving four prime ministers. jeremy heywood was the most outstanding civil servant. indeed, the most dynamic civil servant of his generation. exceptional ability, unimpeachable integrity. as we saw in facing his illness, exceptional courage, also. politicians on all sides have paid tribute. theresa may said... the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, described sirjeremy as...
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and the former deputy prime minister, nick clegg, said... lord heywood's wife, suzanne, said he was a wonderful husband and father, who could light up any room. i think we started with the 1975 guidance... despite huge influence, he kept a low public profile. described by one former colleague as the most important person nobody‘s ever heard of. but his death, at 56, is a shock to those who knew him well. jeremy, ithink, was a wonderful public servant. and he, ithink, did a huge amount to hold governments together, at very difficult times. i obviously knew him very well, personally. and... ithink, you know, all thoughts with his family. despite his illness, lord heywood worked until recently. some nicknamed him sir cover up, for resisting transparency, which he said frustrated him. but he'll be missed. as a man who has had a hand in how
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the uk has been governed through some turbulent times. lord heywood, who died today. well, joining us now is the former director of communications under tony blair, alastair campbell. what comes to mind when you recall working alongside him? not lord haywood. i thinkjeremy was not somebody who was terribly status conscious. i think he was unflappable, actually. i don't did i ever saw unflappable, actually. i don't did i ever saneremy this is cool or feel that any situation was not one where he could make a difference. i think that some people find this strange that some people find this strange that you can move effortlessly from government in one folder to another, but he think if you look at his... tony blair, gordon brown, david cameron, theresa may, very different personalities. jeremy kennett and indispensable to all of them because
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of who he was. it's striking, as you say, that there have been tributes paid right across the political spectrum. what was it about his character that enabled him to a p pa re ntly character that enabled him to apparently work so comfortably with all of these different politicians? the best of the civil servants, that's what they do. you do have something very special. i heard him earlier described as a modern—day sir humphrey. i think anybody less like sir humphrey thenjeremy heywood. he was absolutely straight, prepared to speak truth to power. he was not offer himself in any shape oi’ was not offer himself in any shape orform. 0f was not offer himself in any shape orform. of course, he was ambitious, the same as anybody who likes to make most of their potential but he was never someone climbing the ladder for his own sake. i would say he was a good friend of mine but to this day, i don't know how he voted. i always felt that when he was —— we were in power, he was absolutely committed
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to helping a labour prime minister, labour ministers commit to do with a needed to do them at the exact same as what he try to do with david cameron and theresa may. but when talking truth to power, there will be occasions when needed he had to say something that the powerful might not want to hear. absolutely. he was never scared to do that. it's interesting that... it's no secret times, tony blair and gordon brown, number ten, number 11 times, tony blair and gordon brown, numberten, number” in times, tony blair and gordon brown, number ten, number 11 in the difficult relations. jeremy works for both. he was a very important pa rt for both. he was a very important part of that dynamic and when, if you like, things were not so good, keeping the shawnee road as well. and he had a real humanity by the way he works. what some might see as a relatively minor personnel issue that had to be sorted out in the civil service and in the next minute, he is in the room saying what he thinks that need by seasonal to give in relation to something like whether wejoin to give in relation to something like whether we join the euro or some of the big crises that we face.
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ido some of the big crises that we face. i do remember, two of the worst crises for us, the foot in mouth outbreak and the fuel protests, around the same time, i was looking in my diaries... through this period, jeremy was brilliant in the jeremy was outstanding in a jeremy was excellent. he does always was someone was excellent. he does always was someone who stood out because he was prepared to think things through, really sharp intellect. and happier away from the spotlight, by and large? i think your reports at it. —— euro report said it. i think jeremy said somebody —— was somebody... he saw himself as being serving the ministers to the prime minister. and his own wife said that jeremy always felt the role of the civil servant was to see things through the eyes of the ministers, nothing wrong in that. i think some
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civil servants... and the public as well, they confuse independence and impartiality. jeremy was utterly independent... there was a remark made there about the level of influence he holds in the context of the actual smooth running of the country. put that into some sort of context. i think about when you mention that is, actually, the and of our time. mention that is, actually, the and of ourtime. i mention that is, actually, the and of our time. i can remember the day that gordon brown left office. jeremy was there because by then, he was chief of staff in downing street. the queen's private secretary was hanging around in downing street feedback to the palace. and jeremy at that point and that was his role. we talk about the smooth running, at ain we talk about the smooth running, at a in government, that biden than with the position that he held but but i also mentioned in relation, things like putting a budget
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together. relatively small numbers of people who trusted with the whole kind of picture that is being put together anjeremy kind of picture that is being put together an jeremy was very kind of picture that is being put together anjeremy was very much one of those. alastair campbell, thank you very much indeed. police are investigating a fatal stabbing in southeast london after the body of a man was found this afternoon. it's the third such fatality in the capital in the past 72 hours. meanwhile, a teenager who died after being stabbed outside a clapham tube station has been named by police as malcolm mide—madariola — a 17—year—old student from peckham. 0ur correspondentjon donnison is in south east london. bring us up—to—date on the events of the last 2a hours. bring us up—to—date on the events of the last 24 hours. as you say, three fatal stabbings within a few miles of each other in less than 72 hours. the latest happened in broad daylight around about half past 12 yearin daylight around about half past 12 year in bromley, and the body of a man who believe it's just 22 years
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old. he's still lying in the row behind me with forensic officers at the scene. we spoke to a couple who said they were driving up the road when they saw the body laying in the road, a man in distress. they try to save him, stop the bleeding but were unable to do so. the influence of us a ride —— the ambulance service arrived in he died just about half an hour later. this isjust three days after another favour stabbing —— another fatal stabbing. a 15—year—old was stabbed outside of a chicken restaurant and then on friday night to just outside clapham south tube station, a 17—year—old, malcolm mide—madariola, also stabbed to death. it brings the total number of homicides being investigated in the capital this year to just under 120. the metropolitan police say that violent crime in the capital has leveled off. for people living in south london, it probably does not feel that way this weekend. malcolm
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jon, thank you very much for the very latest in southeast london. the headlines on bbc news: businessman arron banks insists his donations to a pro—brexit campaign complied with electoral law and came from his uk businesses. an investigation‘s begun into how eight children fell from an inflatable slide at a fireworks display in woking last night. none suffered serious injuries. tributes from theresa may and ex prime ministers, to former head of the civil service, sirjeremy heywood who has died aged 56. republicans and democrats have begun a final burst of campaigning — ahead of tuesday's mid—term elections in the united states. president trump told supporters at rallies in montana and florida that democrats wanted to flood the country with illegal immigrants, and described the barbed wire being erected along the border with mexico as a "beautiful sight". let us cross live to our correspondent jane 0'brien,
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who is near fedex field stadium in maryland, where the home side are taking on the atlanta falcons in the nfl shortly. maryland, traditionally a strong state for the democrats. how is looking there? is very interesting because the partisan divide is alive and strong here. just as much as it is anywhere across the country. this is very polarised election. we know that both sides are galvanised. democrats are turning out in this blue wave we're talking about. the polls indicate that they could well hit a wall on the other side. there is a lot at stake. the democrats desperately tried to take control of at least the house and they are odds—on favourite not to do that. the senate could well state republican. we could end up with a divided congress, and a realjamming up divided congress, and a realjamming up of the works of donald trump
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0sman presidency because he would not be able to get any partisan legislation through. to play for for both sides but this really is becoming a referendum about donald trump himself. and coming back your use of the were divided. as you speak to people through this campaign, are you getting that sense ofa campaign, are you getting that sense of a divided country which people are making so much of in recent times? divided country, divided families, divided friendships across the board. it's really telling that a lot of people i've been speaking to here have not wanted to discuss politics at all. not with me and not in front of their friends. they say it's just becoming too contentious. people are very worried about expressing any views, particularly republicans, because they are insta ntly la belled republicans, because they are instantly labelled something and that's what i'm hearing over and over again. they don't want their political beliefs to become a world indictments. that's a lot of what the selection has become. —— a moral indictment. it's a tricky situation, and it's a very sad one for america, because it's very little evidence
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that there is a middle left to bring people together. jane, thank you very much for that. jane 0'brien there in america. leicester city's football players are in bangkok to attend funeral ceremonies for their former chairman. mr vichai died in a helicopter crash outside the king power stadium last saturday. four other people were also killed. the team flew out to thailand after their match against cardiff yesterday. 0ur south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, spoke to us earlier from the temple where the funeral ceremony has been taking place. we are on the second day of the funeral. we saw the players arrive here, as you say, directly from that match in cardiff. they got here as soon as they could. just about an hour ago, off a bus, taken straight from the airport. they are not all here, but we sanamie vardy, captain wes morgan, goalkeeper kasper schmeichel, of course, who was particularly close to mr vichai. coming off wearing black suits with other players, and officials. and they were taken straight
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into the temple complex. you can see behind me where the funeral will go on for many, many more days. there are four more rituals over the next five or six days, but then the cremation itself will not be for at least another, well, close to 100 days. they are there today with the daughter of thailand's current king, king maha vajiralongkorn. this is a royally sponsored event. it makes it a very elite and illustrious occasion indeed. a reflection of vichai's extraordinary business success, and the status he achieved in a relatively short time. he made his money relatively quickly here in thailand, and of the very good network he had. we've seen the cream of the great and good coming to show their respect for him. but it does not have the same kind of feel as the tributes we have seen back in britain. his sporting success, while many thais have taken pride in it, can't have the same impact as it has for a team like leicester and the people of that city. this is much more of a formal buddhist occasion where there isn't much engagement with the thai public. jonathan had in bangkok.
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it's been four years since the tower of london captured the public‘s imagination by filling their moat with ceramic poppies to mark the centenary of world war one. to commemorate the end of the centenary, each evening from 5pm tonight, around 10,000 torches will be lit by beefeaters, representatives from the armed forces and volunteers. the sea of fire will light up the moat and walls of the tower until 9pm, at which point the tower will be plunged into darkness, ahead of the floodlights being turned back on. the display, designed by tom piper, is to remember the sacrifice made by those who lost their lives during the great war. 0ur correspondent sophie long is at the tower of london for us now. thank you very much. you can see now that the flames are being led by volu nteers that the flames are being led by volunteers at the moment. at exactly 5pm this evening, they lit the first
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plane. they were accompanied by three representatives of each of the armed services. 0ver three representatives of each of the armed services. over the next four hours, we will see the moat transforms as thousands of lights, flames, light up the moat. i am very pleased as i am joined just outside the tower of london to of the tower of london. —— jeff outside the tower of london. —— jeff outside the tower of london. —— jeff outside the tower of london by the constable of the tower of london. this is a public act of remembrance. this year a beautifully poignant here. just how important our public acts like this, would you say? i think they're very important. i know that remembers having a very personal level. we have a friendly have lots of friends injured in the but when you are celebrating or commemorating the
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100th anniversary of the end of the first world war, which is such a dependent poor in clearly —— such a titanic war... it's important that institutions like the stork of palaces and the tower of london and make their own contribution to help the public member, public or members such as this. and this looks very beautiful already. it's for anyone who works here at the tower of london and any members of the public who want to commend into it. how important is it that we have these public acts? i think it is important. it's important as much as anything to heighten people's awareness of the sacrifices that over time have been made. to turn out over time have been made. to turn our country into the sort of country it is today, one that has liberty, has consistent hope about the future, and i think in many
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respects, this is a good way to remember that sacrifice and the hope walked hand in hand, and although some of the sacrifices is huge and tragic and out of it did them some hope for the future. that's a repetitive thing over time. good things don't come easily. they are not natural. in many respects, peaceful coexistence is not the normal state. it takes good people to do the right thing at the right time. ithink to do the right thing at the right time. i think if we can heighten our sense of national awareness of that, we are better for it. of course, we all think about the first world war, the great war as it is known, total, global. very few people left u naffected global. very few people left unaffected by that. as a run—up to armistice day, it's also about serving officers today, the berliner armed services now. yes, and i think there is a danger that many of the people who serve today in the armed
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forces, they are not tainted, but people have a sense of feeling sorry for them as if they are victims of the operations there are today. most members of the armed forces i know are stimulated by operations but they need to know they are conducted by operations suggestion themselves to risk at the right beneficial reasons “— to risk at the right beneficial reasons —— operations, suggesting that he themselves to risk. it's not just the light to see but the sound. hopefully people at home we can here. just your thoughts on the installation so far. it's a pleasure it is not raining, because it is november. dissemination of sometimes haunting sounds and wonderful light... torchlight is a symbol of hope, and in many ways, it's the employment of the huge assembly of
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hope,is employment of the huge assembly of hope, is what we'll be politically from the. thank you very much indeed for taking the time to speak to us. you can see the installation, it sta rts you can see the installation, it starts to involve. this takes place forfour starts to involve. this takes place for four hours every evening for up to eight days, up to and including are —— armistice day on sunday. light and darkness. we will hopefully be talking the designer later this evening. sophie, thank you very much indeed. sophie long at the tower of london. an adventurerfrom lincolnshire has become the first person to swim almost 1,800 miles around great britain. ross edgley left margate onjune 1, swimming forup to 12 hours a day and eating more than 500 bananas. he's been up against strong tides and currents as well as storms and jellyfish. john maguire went to meet him as he returned to dry land. this is the moment ross edgley set a new world record, became the first person to swim around britain, and set foot on dry land for the first time
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in more than five months. great britain is big, isn't it? you tell me — you swam round it. yeah, it's much bigger than i thought. scotland is big. people don't realise how big that is. the highs are so high but the lows are so low. scotland is just amazing, the scenery is stunning. but it is also very humbling, just getting slapped in the face byjellyfish every single day. it feels weird now to be sort of looking back and reflecting because, for 157 days, i almost didn't allow myself to do that, so now it feels quite nice. swimming twice a day every day for up to 12 hours both day and night, he has battled storms, exhaustion, and waters seething with jellyfish. at margate beach this morning, where he first set off injune, well—wishers who'd followed his progress joined friends and family to welcome him back home. absolutely immense. he is a man who has always had character and has shown that over
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the last five months. this is the epitome of survival — the epitome of resilience. this is like caveman, feral instincts — dating back to historic, absolutely historic. what this man has done for these people to support him is absolutely amazing. he is either mad or he knows what he is doing. he lived on board throughout the 2000—mile swim, consuming more than 1 million calories to fuel his endeavour. as for what is next, ross says he is keen to take on yet another swimming challenge, but that's after he gets his land legs back. thank you. stop it. i'm going to cry. now, time for the weather forecast.
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hello. we have seen a reversal of fortune. quite a bit of pot in towards the midlands as well. as we had on towards this evening, many places will be dry away from this south corner. if you're having into any fireworks events and it is going to be dry for most mild again. this feature will be running northwards across the irish sea. eventually reaching northern ireland and western scotland towards the end of the night. some of the rain bound to be quite heavy. elsewhere, it's going to be a dry night. temperatures no lower than six. ten 01’ temperatures no lower than six. ten or 11 temperatures no lower than six. ten or11 in the temperatures no lower than six. ten or 11 in the southwest. this is the pressure chart for monday. we'll start off an eight to operator rain —— we'll start off with outbreaks of rain. that rain should become more
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compliant to the far north of scotla nd compliant to the far north of scotland amavi sky brightening up for many. the best of the sunshine be in the south. 5016 degrees. there's a chance late afternoon, evening showers across east anglia and the southeast. the pressure trust as we head on into tuesday shows this area of low pressure out west. it's going to bring more of a breeze to western areas. also thicker cloud with outbreaks of rain. the further east you are, the drier it will be. 17 celsius somewhere in the east. question to 14, 15 in the west. 0ur weather front continues east wednesday. it looks like it could be a waiter and wind your day pretty much across the board. —— a wetter and windier day. temperatures not quite as high by the time we reached wednesday. still
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very much of the time of year. as we head through the week, it's set to state mild, as you can see, but there'll be increasing amount of wind and pushing in. —— wind and rain pushing in. hello, this is bbc news with julian worricker. the headlines... arron banks has insisted that all the money he provided for pro—brexit campaigns before the referendum was generated from his businesses in the uk. the national crime agency has launched a criminal investigation into claims that millions of pounds came from sources not permitted under electoral law. an investigation is under way after eight children fell from an inflatable slide at a fireworks display. woking park in surrey was evacuated and a major incident declared after the slide collapsed last night. none of the children have suffered serious injuries. theresa may, david cameron, gordon brown and tony blair have paid tribute to the former head of the civil service, sirjeremy heywood, following his death from cancer
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at the age of 56. he had retired less than two weeks ago players and officials from leicester city football club have joined the family of their chairman wichai sriwatta naprapha, at a buddhist temple in bangkok to pay their respects following his death last weekend. he was one of five people killed in a helicopter crash outside the club's stadium. and 10,000 flames are being lit at the tower of london this evening, to mark the centenary of the end of the first world war. sport, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. premier league champions manchester city are back at the top of the position after an anoher impressive performance this afternoon. they beat southampton 6—1. it's the fourth time manchester city have scored six goals under pep guardiola.
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raheem sterling scored twice and could have had had a hat trick but selflessly passed to leroy sane to hit city's sixth goal. city are two points clear at the top of the premier league. everybody knows about. unfortunately in the opening. we were lightweight and did not win second balls, did not really deal with one versus one situation. i expected them to be better in that regard. very quickly we found ourselves down in the game and the game was gone. chelsea are playing crystal palace at stamford bridge, knowing they would move into second place on goal difference with a win. alvaro morata gave chelse the lead after 31 minutes but andros towsend equalised for palace in the second half. morata though has just added his second of the day to make it 2—1 to chealsea.
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and pedro has scored a third. leeds have gone back to the top of the championship after a 2—1 win at wigan athletic. it was an emotional day at the dw stadium, as the club played their final game under the ownership of dave whelan. his family has sold the club to a far east consortium and it looked like it was going to be a fairy tale send—off for the whelan family when reece james put them ahead inside the opening six minutes. but leeds were back on level terms barely three minutes later. pablo hernandez finshing a fine move from the visitors. the comeback was complete with the second halfjust a minute old. kemar roofe capitalising on a defensive mix—up to walk the ball into an empty net. leeds go above norwich at the top due to their greater goal difference. just four points separate the top six. and in the scottish premiership, aberdeen beat kilmarnock 2—1. kilmarnock were looking
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for theirfirst home win against aberdeen since 2011 and they did take the lead through a kris boyd penalty. that spot kick was awarded after a foul by shay logan on chris burke. in the second half, bruce anderson flicked in niall mcginn‘s shot to level the scores and lewis ferguson curled in this free—kick to give aberdeen all three points. women's super league leaders, arsenal beat birmingham 3—1 to extend their 100% start to the season. after a goalless first half, jordan nobbs opened the scoring in the 58th minute. but bimingham pulled back level within a minute with this goal from emma follis. arsenal were awarded a penalty and danielle van donk put them back ahead. and it was nobbs again late in to injury time who doubled her tally to help seal an seventh league win of the season for arsenal.
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we had to challenge ourselves. we are in great form at the moment and it shows that we are still challenging for that league and we are showing where we want to be. second placed manchester city beat liverpool 3—nil, with nikita parris becoming the women's super league's all—time top goalscorer by taking her tally to 37. that surpasses former chelsea forward eni aluko's record of 36. reading also won 3—nil against britsol city. and there were wins for chelsea and yeovil town. wayne rooney is going to come out of international retirement to make a final farewell appearance for his country next month. england's all—time record goal—scorer, who now plays his club football in america for dc united, will face the united states at wembley to earn his 120th international cap. the match will be called the wayne rooney foundation international in support
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of his charitable interests. the wembley arch will also be lit up in the gold colours of his charity. in a statement, rooney said... "i am truly humbled and hugely excited to play for england at wembley again. i would like to thank gareth southgate and the fa for inviting me back and helping to support my foundation in the process. playing for england was the greatest honour of my career — so winning my 120th, and final, cap will be a particularly special moment for me. it's fitting that the match will be against the usa and i hope that both sets of fans enjoy the game." justin rose has reclaimed golf‘s world number one spot after victory at the turkish 0pen. he came from three shots behind going into the final round to win via a play—off after he and china's li haotong both finished on 17 under. it's his 19th career win and lifts him back to the top of the rankings for the first time since september. that is just something to be proud
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of. it does not mean much, it doesn't give you, doesn't make you one under par the next time you play, but it is something to be proud of, for sure. an impressive performance from russia's karen khachanov saw him win his first masters 1000 title by beating novak djokovic in paris. khachanov, currently ranked number 18 in the world, had already defeated three top ten players on his way to the final. he beat djokovic in striaght sets — 7—5 6—4. despite the defeat, djokovic will return to being the world number one tomorrow. rugby legaue and england have beaten new zealand in today's second test at anfield which gives england a series win in the three test series. tommy makinson scored a hat trick of tries as england won by 20 points to 14. david 0rnstein repotrs. and field is among the most iconic
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sporting venues, normally a home to one of the biggest teams in club football, today, hosting two giants of international rugby league. a change in the type of action, though not the intensity of competition, as shown by new zealand's physical approach. england into an early lead, but it would not last long, with the opponents quickly crossing to ta ke with the opponents quickly crossing to take control, wounded by defeat in the first test last weekend, now returning the table. england stood firm and turn defence into attack, resulting in a spectacular reply, as tommy makinson took to the air to level the scores on the verge of half—time. level the scores on the verge of half-time. the quality of him as a finisher! after the break, a near carbon copy. anything you can do, we can dojust carbon copy. anything you can do, we can do just as impressively. the carbon copy. anything you can do, we can dojust as impressively. the man in black immediately hitting back and regaining theirgrip in black immediately hitting back and regaining their grip on the contest. there was far less of a
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grip on the tempers of both teams, and while the disharmony seems to distract you —— new zealand, england we re distract you —— new zealand, england were energised. a moment of a finesse, they said again on hand. backin finesse, they said again on hand. back in the chess match. it was all square, all to play for. the final say was going to be from makinson. tommy makinson to finish! england we re tommy makinson to finish! england were ecstatic, and other sporting occasion for and failed to save her. a bit emotional. it means a lot to me, it really does. to perform as a tea m me, it really does. to perform as a team as we did, it was all made by purdue special people around me. playing against him, george, and thenjake, playing against him, george, and then jake, we were
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playing against him, george, and thenjake, we were top—quality and it shows what good team chemistry we have got. jonny bairstow has been ruled out of the first of england's three test matches against sri lanka, which begin on tuesday. the wicketkeeper twisted his ankle playing football in training during the one—day series, and missed the final two 50—over matches. england have not won a test series in sri lanka since 2001. it's not yet been announced who will take bairstow‘s place behind the stumps for the match in galle. johnny for the match in galle. is unavailable for the storm probably johnny is unavailable for the storm, probably a decision based more on the long—term, giving him a little bit of extra time to hopefully get right for that second test and not put him into much doubt for the rest of the winter, looking forward to next summer at home. meanwhile, in theirfirst home match since the ball—tampering scandal earlier in the year, australia were heavily beaten by south africa in the first one—day international. australia were all out forjust 152, before the visitors cruised to victory by 6 wickets. it's the first time australia have lost seven consecutive 0dis. mark allen has claimed the fourth ranking title of his career
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and picked up a cheque for £175,000 by winning the international championship in china. he beat australia's neil robertson by ten frames to five in daching. it was third time lucky for allen who was runner up last year and in 2014. he also had the highest break of the tournament. britain'sjonny brownlee has finished second overall in the super league triathlon in mallorca. the olympic silver medallist finished behind france's vincent luis in the enduro — the final event of the weekend. luis, who sprinted past brownlee in the final 400m, also took the overall win. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport next up, it is the film review. hello and welcome to
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the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? it is a packed week with peterloo, the epic drama from mike leigh. widows, which is an update of the miniseries from the ‘80s and mirai, a charming animation. peterloo, a massacre back in 1819. interestingly, mike leigh said one reason he wanted to make the film is not enough people knew about it. he said he wasn't taught about it at school. it was a peaceful demonstration, people demanding suffrage and better conditions, which was attacked by cavalry and there were deaths
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and terrible injuries. and we get in this film is the leadup of the events, all the players of people who will be at the march and the protest. and the forces ranging against him. it starts on the battlefield. we see a traumatised soldier return to his home land and finding famine and he said we want a speaker to address the meeting. but his mother is sceptical that doing this is going to have any practical effect. here is a clip. there's going to be a big march. aye, mother, at petersfield. 0utside, not indoors. no. in broad daylight. yes. on a monday. on a monday? i know, it's daft. second monday in august. not go to work?
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aye, they'll have to make do without us. we'll get the staff. we'll get the sack. not if all the mills turn out. playing with fire. no, mother this one will be different. different how? well, there's hundreds going, women and children an' all. we're to turn out in our sunday best. oh, well i'd best get me darning needles out then. aye, you should, same of rest of the street will be. i know they will. but so will that naidan and his bullies, the swine. they'll have to get past them. aye, but people have been practicing marching peacefully. aren't they, father? aye, up on kersal moor they say. do they? aye, whole families. it's a day out for everybody. we've to stand up for ourselves, esther. we can't go on being afraid. i know, love, but we've all got to be careful though. he has this large cast. lots of speaking parts. in the first hour there are a lot
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of conversations and characters. everyone gets to have their see. some people might feel it is moving slowly to something we know is coming. but because you get to know the characters and the issues and everything aired so clearly, by the time you get to the third act when the massacre happens, it is terrifying. it has the impact of a paul greengrass movie and it has real epic sweep. some people have said mike leigh is famous for dramas which centre on single characters. you forget mr turner or topsy turvy of the gilbert and sullivan operas. you forget mr turner or topsy turvy, this turning of the gilbert and sullivan operas. i thought it was powerful. certainly the screening i was at, people came out at the end and were stunned by it. i think it is interesting
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that mike leigh said he wanted to tell this story, because it is an important story people should know about and what it manages to do is make the past seem very contemporary and he puts you right there in the middle of the situation. although it is true it is a movie that takes its time and is quite wordy, when you get to the final act, you understand why. i'm definitely going to see it. one of my friends is it in. he is a cavalry officer. widows, i remember the tv series. it was riveting. is this as good? i think that this is better. everyone was surprised when steve mcqueen said he would update this story. he updates it to present—day chicago with a group of women whose husbands are involved in crime and they have died and the women have the plans for a heist that didn't happen. now they will see if they can put this heist together. i love so much about this. firstly, it has a cast who are brilliant. viola davis is stand out.
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but the entire cast is brilliant. some some award ceremonies they have an award for ensemble companies. this should walk off for that. the way they capture the location of chicago with extreme poverty and extreme wealth cheek byjowl. and it is co—written by gillian flynn who wrote gone girl. the screen writing is sharp. the screenwriting is sharp. it is not overly explanatory. but it is really riveting. i like a good heist movie. i did a tv programme about heist movies. but this turns it on its head. like that film set it off, it gives you a group of characters who you would not expect to be front and centre in a heist movie and you get to know their lives and situation and these are real women with real lives
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and real problems. i think it is terrific and you will love it. i know you are friends with someone didn't love it. with someone who didn't love it. stop being friends with them. mirai, a japanese anime fantasy. yes, by mamoru hosoda, the story starts with a young boy who discovers he is going to get a baby sister and he is thrilled. but as the drama goes on he discovers jealousies and a fantasy world in his garden, which is a portal to different views of time on his life. at the start all he wants to do his show his sibling the world. here is a clip. i'm your big brother, so i'm going to teach you a lot of different stuff, 0k? first i'll take you outside and i'm going to teach you the names of all the bugs. dragonfly! and then i'll show you how you can see things in the clouds. there's a scorpion! see?
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and that one... she's too little to take her outside just yet. you can take her when she's a bit bigger, all right? fine! the witch and mr moustache. the witch was woken up by mr moustache so she got mad and chased him. and mr moustache ran. he got away byjumping on a train on the line. then the witch tried to follow him byjumping on a different line on the km line but the two trains went in different directions at the station and they got stuck for ages. knock it off! that is the english language dub. like so many anime now this has been simultaneously released in english and the original version. as a critic, i tend to prefer the original language version, but there are many good versions for seeing
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the dubbed version. some people can not or do not want to read subtitles and it opens up to a younger audience as well. i thought it was moving and enchanting. the style of the animation at the start is light and yet many of the themes it is dealing with are quite dark. there is a beautiful portrayal of the mother and father and this slight tetchiness between them. the father is trying to to be a good father, but he is not doing as much as he should and the mother is annoyed with him, that all her friends think he is fabulous. because he isjoining in with the childcare but he is not doing anything as much as she is. i also think if you have kids you will recognise the rivalries between the siblings and it is the fine line between imagination and fantasia and it is grounded in things you recognise as being real. so i really liked it. jolly good. best out? the bfi have a season called comedy genius and reissuing 9 to 5 and some like it hot, that is considered by some to be not just the best comedy ever made, but the best movie ever made.
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it is terrific. have you seen it recently? not recently. in the dim and dispant past. it is so funny and incredible how well it holds up. it is so sharp and very racy and very on the edge of what you think that kind of movie can get away with. i think it is terrific. worth another look. best dvd? leave no trace about a father and daughter living off—grid and being found by the authorities and how they then react to being found and brought back into society. i thought this was wonderful. it is made be the same film—maker who made winter's bone. i love when a film explains itself without somebody saying,
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"this is happening here." that never happens in leave no trace. i don't think it was seen by enough people in the cinema. at the moment it is my favourite film of the year. you're so positive. you love everything! i'm an upbeat kind of guy. thank you. and you will find more film news from across the bbc online at the website. and you can find all of our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer of course. that is it for this week. thanks for watching. goodbye. now it's time for a look at the weather. further south, more cloud and rain,
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thatis further south, more cloud and rain, that is because of this feature which has been a shake—up solely from the southwest introducing some wet weather to parts of wales. as we head towards the evening, many places will be dry, away from the southwest corner. if you are heading out to any fireworks event tonight, it and out to any fireworks event tonight, itand on out to any fireworks event tonight, it and on the 5th of november, it is going to be dry for most, mild again, and a bit of rain this evening across the cardiff area. eventually, the feature will reach western scotland toward the end of the night. some of the rain could turn out to be quite heavy. elsewhere, a dry night with some cloud and clear spells, temperatures no lower than perhaps ten or 11 and the southwest. starting the working weekend off with the weather front across northern and western areas, starting out with outbreaks of rain across the irish sea up into northern ireland and western scotland, and that should become
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more combined, with skies brightening up for many, and the best of the sunshine across the east and southeast where we could see 16 degrees. the chance of a late afternoon shower across east anglia and the saudis. tuesday shares this area of low pressure out west slowly encroaching across our shores. —— east anglia and the southeast. further east, closer to the area of high pressure and it will be dry or with lengthy spells of sunshine. 16 or maybe 17 celsius somewhere in the east. closer to 14 and the west. journeying eastwards on wednesday, looking like a wetter and windier day pretty much across the board. the heaviest of the rain will once again bea the heaviest of the rain will once again be a crossbar western parts, with some sunshine developing in eastern scotland. temperatures up quite as high, by the time you get to and say, but still, up to 11—14d.
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staying miles for the rest of the week, wind and rain pushing in from the west. this is bbc news. i'm julian worricker. the headlines at 6pm: businessman arron banks is accused of contradictions and deliberate confusion after defending donations to a pro—brexit campaign. he insists the money came from his uk businesses, not russian sources. i'm telling you it came from a uk company which had cash generated in the uk. which uk company? rock services. an investigation's begun into how eight children fell from an inflatable slide at a fireworks display in woking last night. none suffered serious injuries. tributes to former head of the civil service, sirjeremy heywood, who has died from cancer at the age of 56. leicester city players join funeral ceremonies in bangkok for their chairman who died in a helicopter crash. back on land — the man who's become
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