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a re are here to be racing school, you are here to be assessed to write any charity race. the criteria we are working with is that we are looking at you been 12 stone or under. 13.2... we're stone or under. 13.2. .. we're going stone or under. 13.2... we're going to do the bleep test and then we will come here and finish it inside, 0k? my finish it inside, 0k? my knees are already going. i got 70% on the bleep test, 10% more than i need. and it best to make upfor more than i need. and it best to make up for my deficiencies in the other stuff. —— and i needed this to make upfor other stuff. —— and i needed this to make up for the deficiencies. three, two, one. it doesn't matter if it is a charity race of the grand national, you've got to be superfit, racing is dangerous, a really dangerous sport and you cannot afford to be flopping around on top
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of the horse and if you are not fit thatis of the horse and if you are not fit that is what this happens. we've got lots of studies and look at what professional athletes do and the jockey‘s body works as hard as an olympic 400 metres sprinter. iamso olympic 400 metres sprinter. i am so pleased that over. i don't know if i've done enough. this could not be more different to the way i used to riding. the stirrups are much shorter, i am holding the reins differently, the horse is double the size and it is going to go twice the speed. this is terrifying. watching lizzie going around, she is making a fairly good shape so far, so good. i had one very heavy moment where i nearly fell off but i was not coming off this time. i'm still wearing my riding boots
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because i have one more thing to do, the simulator test. i want you to press that button and that will give you your score. 60%! richard! that is tight but i am in, iam in richard! that is tight but i am in, i am in the charity race. roll on november the 8th! and all that training paid off. lizzie was on board rippling waters on the outside here, as you can see not much in this race, and it's a photo finish. it went to a judges‘ decision who simply couldn't split them so she shared the victory. it is half—time for both the british teams in the europa league tonight,
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still goalless between chelsea and bate borisov and rangers leading spartak moscow 3—2. arsenal and sporting lisbon kicks off at 8pm. that is all from sportsday but we will have much more for you throughout the evening. you are watching bbc news. let's return to the musique marine corps vetera n return to the musique marine corps veteran has killed 12 people in a bar in california. —— us marines. earlier on our correspondent said us this update. first of all the government shot the woman at the front desk checking people's ids and then went into the bar apparently firing with a handgun at random.
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witnesses say he was tall, dressed in black and was wearing either a black hoods or hacked. there was panic inside and the place began to fill with smoke, some people use bar stools to smash windows to escape. we spoke to some survivors.” remember seeing, i don't know when exactly, it had to be before the shots but i saw the gunman with his gun at the front where you pay and i was really, really close to him. that is the wall and then some ta bles that is the wall and then some tables and the dance floor i was right by the tables and the dance floor and as soon as we heard shots we dropped to the floor. my friend said, get down, and we were hiding. i was pushed against him and eve ryo ne i was pushed against him and everyone was trying to go under the tables. and i turned my back and there is a smoke bomb, i did not know what it was, i saw sparks and i
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saw smoke and heard someone say it isa saw smoke and heard someone say it is a smoke bomb and that's when i was like, i ran, i don't even... i'm lucky he was not... in my path. but i got out. i was so lucky that i got out. i ran down the parking lot, it was awful. there was a lot of gunshots. a lot of gunshots. when i finally got away from the scene, i was at a gas station across the street and i heard the second round. i was praying to god but hopefully they had him already what he did another round. does something need to change? yes.
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ido does something need to change? yes. i do not know how to go about that, you know, i don't know much about that, but with how much this is going on, it needs to stop. you are doing, kids are doing active shooter drills, like, california we are supposed to be doing earthquake drills, that's what i grew up with in grade school and the fact that 110w in grade school and the fact that now kids, that is what they are drawing up with, that is what i'm going up with, i am becoming an aduu going up with, i am becoming an adult in this terrible time and it is like you can only pray that it will not be you or someone you love. police say they have recovered a handgun from the scene, the told us
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the gunman apparently died from a self—inflicted wound. the entered the bar, they say, three minutes after receiving the first emergency call at the one of the two officers who made his way and was shot and killed. his partner managed to pull him out and then they pulled back until specialist teams arrived. he is survived by his wife and his son. the police say he had been due to retire in one year's time. let's get a look at the weather with helen. it has been wet enough for some today although eastern areas have enjoyed some lovely sunshine but for many more cloud and further east tomorrow. stronger winds and more heavy rain in areas where it has already been works today. the rain should clear overnight from northern ireland and become more widespread across scotland, more limited as it moves eastwards
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overnight. the east will seek the lowest temperatures again. enough breeze and cloud to stop temperatures falling to law. this peters out as it moves eastwards. this next area of rain takes centre stage. that is a rather large area of low pressure driving yet more wet and windy weather, more windy than today, gusts of up to 60 mph quite widely even in eastern areas. still lots of dry weather here. the weekend holds many showers for many others. —— for many of us. you're watching beyond one hundred days. parkland, pittsburgh, and now add thousand oaks to the list of places in america that will forever be remembered for a mass shooting.
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and those are just this year and just the names that made it to the headlines. in fact, there have been many, many more. the 12 victims were in a nightclub, many were students in the prime of life. the killer was a 28—year—old marine corps veteran armed with handgun. we thought it was a joke. we didn't take it seriously at first. it was kind of like you freeze because it sounded like firecrackers and you kind ofjust... like, everyone just drops down to the floor. only two days since the mid—terms and democrats are already warning of a constitutional crisis after president trump got rid of his attorney general. also on the programme... donald trump says he is happy to work cross party, but not if the house bury him under subpoenas.
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