tv Breakfast BBC News November 24, 2018 8:00am-9:00am GMT
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good morning. welcome to breakfast with tina daheley and charlie stayt. our headlines today: theresa may heads to brussels for last minute talks with the eu, as spain and the dup threaten to derail her brexit deal. a us government report gives a sharp warning about climate change — just days after donald trump questioned the effects of global warning. # polly, put the kettle on... could you have rare footage of sir david attenborough hiding in your attic? scientists call for the public‘s help to track down a missing tv lecture. in sport, a welsh warning to the world... if they beat south africa this afternoon, they'll have won all four autumn internationals for the first time. and with the world cup less than a year away, england host australia. it's looking pretty chilly this weekend for most of us. at least on the plus side, most places will be dry. but there is some rain in the
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forecast, particularly across southern areas. join me later for a full weather round—up. it's saturday 24th november. our top story: theresa may is heading to brussels to attempt to finalise her brexit deal with eu leaders. the prime minister is hoping the plans will be approved at a summit on sunday. but spain's prime minister has threatened to derail the timetable if he doesn't get further reassurances over the status of gibraltar. in a moment we'll speak to our reporter gavin lee, who's in brussels. first, our political correspondent leila nathoo is in our london newrsoom. theresa may has been trying to win the support of members of the public. it hurt tactic paying off? that's right, theresa may has been on the hard sell with her brexit strategy, acutely aware that there was a lot of opposition to it within the house of commons. so she's trying to bypass mps for the moment and say to the public, this is the
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best deal we are going to get. it's not about going back to renegotiate, selling the merits of the deal as the one that delivers on the referendum result. she is tinkering on the eu side this weekend, but she will be looking ahead to next week, when the parliamentary battle looms. she has already had her allies in westminster, the democratic unionists, angry about the provisions for the northern irish border in that withdrawal agreement. she has plenty of mps from her own side say they cannot back the deal. so she is concentrating on trying to win the support of the public in order that the constituents may put pressure on their own mps to back the deal and not risk the chaos that voting against it would unleash. thank you very much. our europe reporter, gavin lee, is in brussels for us. so the prime minister is en route to where you are later. take us through what will happen across the weekend. there is an air of mystery as to why theresa may is coming here today
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because on the one hand, you withdrawal agreement and the political declaration, the divorce deal and the future relationship prospect blueprints will be agreed and endorsed tomorrow and they have been signed and sealed and closed, in the words of eu officials. other eu diplomats meeting last night were saying, what are the british during? are they going to try to tinker with it? the belgians, the french and portuguese wanted changes to fishing, to have access to british waters. jean—claude juncker, the head of the european commission as donald tusk, the head of the european council, will be meeting tomorrow. spain is also still saying, their primers to make clear last night that he thinks they could call the thing off if they are not satisfied on gibraltar. they want in writing legal text from britain saying any future relationship which involves gibraltan needs to be
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signed off by spain. theresa may says she is speaking to the spanish prime minister. so far, the spanish are not letting up. thank you, gavin. the leader of the democratic unionist party, arlene foster, is expected to reiterate her opposition to the proposed brexit deal when she addresses its annual conference today. the dup is concerned that plans to prevent checks on the irish border would leave northern ireland too closely tied to the eu. last night, mrs foster said her party would reconsider its agreement to prop up mrs may's government if the brexit deal was passed by parliament. that agreement was about giving national stability. it was acting in the national interest and delivering on brexit. if this is not going to deliver on brexit, then that brings us deliver on brexit, then that brings us back to the situation of looking at the confidence and supply agreement, but we are not there yet and we will notjump ahead until we see what happens in parliament. climate change will cost the us hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the centrury, according to a major
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government report. it says human health and agriculture are seriously at risk, and the poor will suffer most. the white house has dismissed the findings as inaccurate. here's our north america correspondent, james cook. this, say many scientists, is what climate change looks like. in recent years, california has seen bigger, deadlier and more destructive wildfires than ever before. during a cold snap in washington this week, president trump tweeted, "whatever happened to global warming?" now, his own government experts have answered the question. it is here, they say. its effects are serious, and without dramatic change, they will be catastrophic. already, says the report, more frequent and intense storms like hurricane harvey, which ravaged houston and texas, are destroying property and may damage critical infrastructure such as bridges, power plants and oil refineries. crop yields and labour productivity will decline. there will be a rise in the spread of tropical disease. the poorest americans will be hardest hit.
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one of the things that's quite striking about the report, for example, is that we could see a future where the south—eastern parts of the united states experience forest fire seasons that look like what happens in the west right now. the scientists say substantial and sustained reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions are essential, and they do report some progress. without major, urgent action, says the report, the impacts of climate change will soon cascade into every corner of american life. a police officer has been stabbed in east london. british transport police said the male officer was attacked with a knife outside ilford train station. his injuries are not thought to be life—threatening. the home office is investigating how an adult asylum seeker was allowed to take up a place at a school in ipswich. the man, who was posing as a 15—year—old, enrolled at stoke high school. it's believed he may be as old as 30
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and could now face deportation. early reports show black friday spending has fallen compared to last year, even though there were more transactions overall. barclaycard — which is responsible for processing nearly half of all uk debit and credit card transactions — said it had seen a 12% drop in the total spent compared to the same period 12 months ago. a new nasal swab test for flu — which can give a diagnosis injust 20 minutes — has helped to significantly reduce bed—blocking and unnecessary admissions in hospitals. it was used in trials at two hospital trusts in norwich and south london, and avoids the need to put patients in isolation. other flu tests can take several days to return results. the search is on for missing footage of sir david attenborough, first aired on the bbc almost 50 years ago. staff at the royal institution are asking the public to look in their attics for any recordings of their christmas science lectures — including those by sir david — after realising 31 broadcasts are missing from their collection.
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our correspondent david sillito reports. we will have a little protein dance. carl sagan, ini977, doing the protein dance. very good. can you get a different note on it? christopher zeeman and the science of music. heart rate 126 — you must be calming down, robert. how do you feel now, compared to before? great. these lectures have been a christmas tradition since 1825, and were first broadcast on the bbc in 1936. but not all of them have survived in the archive. some of david attenborough's lectures from 1973 have gone missing. there are also gaps in ‘66, ‘67, ‘69, ‘70 and ‘71. the royal institution wants to put all of these
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televised lectures online, and is asking the public if they have copies of the missing programmes hidden in a loft or stored in a garage. they were television's first ever science programme, and they're hoping that some of their technologically inclined viewers might be able to help them complete the full collection. we have been an air for two we have been an airfor two hours and we have yet to get a call from anyone saying they have found anything. also, we are looking for footage of david attenborough, not footage of david attenborough, not footage of david attenborough, not footage of david attenborough hiding in your attic! the footage is in your attic, not sir david attenborough. that would be a surprise. mind you, if sir david attenborough is in your attic, that would also be a big story. the national crime agency has issued a warning to organised gangs, which it says are behind a recent spike in illegal attempts to cross the english channel. on friday, eight iranian people were brought ashore after their dinghy was spotted off the coast of kent.
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it brings the total number of suspected migrants to have reached the uk this month to 101. our reporter keith doyle has more. these men were found in a dinghy by a border force patrol boat in the channel yesterday. the eight men, who say they are iranian, were taken into custody and interviewed by immigration officers. the day before, 1a people were found in two dinghies in the channel. french authorities found another 11 suspected migrants on the same day. there has been a huge rise in the number of people trying to cross the channel in small boats. in the past month, 101 suspected migrants have been found, including nine people found on rocks at folkestone. three boats with 2a suspected migrants, including a toddler, were picked up off ramsgate. and seven men were rescued from a dinghy after making a distress call. we need to see the home office and french authorities
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work together to put a stop to this trafficking network. nearly 100 refugees have been coming across the channel in recent weeks. it's only a matter of time before there's a tragedy, and that's why the home office in particular needs to get a grip and have a plan. the national crime agency says organised crime groups are using these small craft to traffic people, but they're working with the french authorities to stop them. this week, two men were jailed for eight years for smuggling people across the channel. this is one of the inflatable boats they used. most people smuggling takes place at ports, but increased security there, and the calm weather, may be making more people risk their lives by trying to cross the channel in small craft. lots of people have plans for the weekend. what is it going to be like? for most of us, it should be dry. it
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is going to stay cold, though. and southern areas will see most of the ring. it has been very wet across the south—west in the last 2a hours. we have seen some thunder and lightning across cornwall and devon. it is still raining in devon, thanks to this area of low pressure and the weather front, which will linger across southern weather front, which will linger across southern areas. weather front, which will linger across southern areas. further north, it is a dry story, closer to the area of high pressure to the north of the uk. a bit of mist and murk, but most of the rain will be across the southern counties. the heaviest rain is south of the m4 corridor. temperatures will feel a bit cooler than yesterday. eastern parts of the pennines will see thicker cloud with showers, but it is west of the pennines and into northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland where we see the best of
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the sunshine. this evening, it stays damp across the south. but through the night, it should turn dry here. there may be wet weather in the channel islands as we reach the early hours. elsewhere, variable cloud. temperatures should stay above freezing, although there could be pockets of frost. we are still in the cold air mass for sunday. it will feel quite cold, maybe even a touch colder tomorrow than what we will see this afternoon. a better day across the south, certainly across the south—west. some of that rain over the channel will push northwards into the south—east of england. the best of the sunshine will again be england. the best of the sunshine willagain be in england. the best of the sunshine will again be in central and western areas. monday is a similar story, the last of this quiet, cold weather, with variable cloud and mist and murk. but it is all change
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as we head through next week. from tuesday, we pick up a mild south—westerly. the atlantic comes back to life, but it will throw in our direction some deep areas of low pressure, so we are looking at wet and windy weather, particularly on wednesday, so we could see severe gales across western areas. but there will be sunshine as well and temperatures touching double figures for many of us on wednesday. this week two energy firms went into administration, affecting more than 400,000 customers. it brings the number of failed energy companies this year to seven. so what does the future hold for the 60 or so smaller suppliers that often offer the cheapest prices? let's get more from paul lewis of radio 4's money box programme. why have these companies gone bust? well, the market is very difficult
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for small companies. the wholesale price to buy the energy is fluctuating a lot. it is much higher thanit fluctuating a lot. it is much higher than it has been for a year or so, andi than it has been for a year or so, and i think they are finding trading conditions difficult. spark energy went out of business yesterday. it said, we are unable to continue supply customers due to increasingly tough trading conditions. its chief executive had said earlier, these are difficult times, impacting suppliers big and small across the country. so they are having a difficult time keeping up are having a difficult time keeping up with the big six, who have millions of customers, where as theirs are measured in the low hundreds of thousands. is itjust that they can't compete with the bigger companies and their margins area bigger companies and their margins are a lot smaller and that is why they are going out of business when those wholesale prices fluctuating? well, that is one reason. there are less a ble well, that is one reason. there are less able to buy energy in advance. it is called forward buying and the big companies buy it in advance. so
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what they are selling you today, they probably bought a while ago when prices were different. that gives them or even spread of pricing over the years. that is harder for gives them or even spread of pricing over the years. that is harderfor a small company to do. they are also being forced to cut their prices to the bone because there are than 60 of them, and switching is easy. people switch from one to another quickly. that means they have to be offering the lowest price to get the customers. so it is difficult for small suppliers to bear these market changes. what does this mean for customers, but also for people's jobs? well, jobs will be lost. at spark energy, there are 400 people in scotland who will probably lose theirjobs. what in scotland who will probably lose their jobs. what happens in scotland who will probably lose theirjobs. what happens to customers is much less bad. they will be taken over by another supplier and that supply will be appointed by ofgem, the regulator. so there will be no loss of supply. you will still get your electricity and gas, but the company you pay for
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the bill will change. another indication of how difficult trading is for these smaller companies is that another one, called outfoxed the market, there is no suggestion that it the market, there is no suggestion thatitis the market, there is no suggestion that it is in difficulties, but they decided last week that all their customers would pay more in the winter and less in the summer. so instead of spreading the cost evenly and making more in the summer and less in the winter, they suddenly wrote to people, putting up that direct debits, initially by 70%, but now more like 40% after a mistake was discovered. one person we spoke to had been paying £116 a month and she was told that one rise to £202 a month, quite a shock in december, just before christmas. that is a huge shock. thank you very much. you can hear more from paul on radio 4 today at midday. time now for a look at the newspapers. the former chief executive of the football association, david davies, is here to tell us what's caught his eye.
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we'll speak to david in a minute. but first, let's look at the front pages. footage of the met police knocking suspected criminals from their mopeds makes the front page of the times. the tactic has been labelled controversial, but the article says it's helped cut this type of offence bya third. the guardian leads with its own investigation into companies which own the uk's worst—rated care homes. firms which own homes assessed as "inadequate" made a total profit of £113 million last year, the paper says. the front of the mail features a leaked email from the company which runs kent's out—of—hours gp care. according to the paper, the manager said there were two gps on duty over one weekend in september — covering more than 1.4 million patients. and finally, the sun leads
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with a story on chelsea fc footballer n'golo ka nte, who has signed a deal which will see him pay more tax than amazon and starbucks combined. the 27—year—old chose not to use a scheme to be paid via offshore firms, meaning he will pay £6.7 million in tax. david, do you ever have those moments where you go, really, that much? nice work if you can get it, i suppose, but that is extraordinary. an extraordinary story, but he feels strongly about it, as i understand it. i'm not going to get into the issues around amazon and others, but it is an extraordinary story. the real world , it is an extraordinary story. the real world, we are talking about something... i used to say that at the fa a lot. we have been talking
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about cuts to police forces. do you think police chiefs are getting outspoken about the reality of what is happening? atjust about any other time in our history other than wartime, a succession of chief co nsta bles wartime, a succession of chief constables saying, we can't do our job because we haven't got the resources , job because we haven't got the resources, would have been front—page news indefinitely. these are not inner—city forces, these are chief constables, most recently someone i know personally has spoken out this morning. and at cleveland as well. in the era of brexit, the worry is that government's priority is that, and that alone. and these are the things have been allowed to go on. it's true that the new home secretary sajid javid, who happens to be my mp, is saying there is £1
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billion more public money going into policing than three years ago. and he is clear that he will prioritise police funding. but you do have to ask what has been going on before over the years. and dare i say it, there was a former home secretary called theresa may when a lot of these cuts came in. they were days of austerity. its austerity over? i remember them at a speech at the conservative party conference recently where we were told it was. that is not coming tojudy ‘s chief police constables. well, some people would argue that many politicians' focus is on a different thing right now, and that is part of the problem. exactly. talk us through some of these thought pieces about theresa may particularly. some people do talk about personalities when it should be about the issues, mark butler has been a of focus on her. and it would be hard for her to complain about the way she is now campaigning very personally for the
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deal she has got, to complain about what you are saying. she has now moved on from home secretary to other things. this article in the times about grassroots tories admiring the courage of a woman underfire, shows admiring the courage of a woman under fire, shows that part of her campaign is being boosted by a level of sympathy for her. the question is, will sympathy when the day? that remains to be seen. and do you think she is capitalising on that with this charm offensive, meeting members of the public, speaking to real people, which she doesn't normally like doing? there is sympathy, i am sure. jeremy corbyn said he had sympathy for her on a personal level. does anybody really wa nt personal level. does anybody really want herjob at the moment? would
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anybody like to be getting us out of the situation in which we have found ourselves? i am not sure. you are asking some big questions. let's move on to black lie day. in the interest of research, i went shopping yesterday in a shopping area. and! shopping yesterday in a shopping area. and i was surprised how quiet it was. but here the sun has come up with the explanation that shoppers have turned black friday into black lie—day by splashing the cash from under their duvets. whatever the rights and wrongs of this story, that people are doing thingss online with smartphones and tablets, it is not good news for the high street. so the story is that everyone is just chopping from their bed. —— shopping. unlike the united states
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and brazil, where everybody was battling for bargains in the traditional way that we have come to see those pictures over the years, in our country, we have decided to stay in bed and buy everything online. i want to know more about your shopping trip. what did you buy? i hadn't incident with a thermostat. i am obviously a world expert on thermostats at this stage of my life. my thermostat have a problem earlier this week and i went and bought a thermostat. and you get and bought a thermostat. and you get a good deal? i think i did. was reduced because of black friday? that was what they told me. did you check? i did not. not that i am not interested in your thermostat! but tell us about this story in the express. ah, yes. nativity plays. i
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ama express. ah, yes. nativity plays. i am a great fan of school plays and nativity plays and i spent eight yea rs nativity plays and i spent eight years at school trying to get a male pa rt years at school trying to get a male part ina years at school trying to get a male part in a school play, which i finally did. and i also had a part as an alarm bell. so i understand what it is like. and we are told in this survey that research has revealed that when it comes to mothers and fathers being competitive, 66% admit that the christmas play trumps sport days and pa re nts' christmas play trumps sport days and parents' evening. when your child is cast as a donkey, a tree, a cat or a cloud, there is a sense of disappointment. and sympathy for the teachers, please. teachers are being abused in playgrounds when their child has not got a better part. you mentioned the alarm bell.|j
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child has not got a better part. you mentioned the alarm bell. i was very good at it. it must be important, because it is an alarm bell. if it doesn't go off, it would make a massive difference. absolutely. the show must go on if you are the alarm bell. i am sure people will share their nativity play stories. let us know what role you play. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with tina daheley and charlie stayt.
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the time is 8:28am. here's a summary of this morning's main news. theresa may is heading to brussels to attempt to finalise her brexit deal with eu leaders. the prime minister is hoping the plans, which include details on our future relationship with the european union, will be approved at a summit on sunday. but spain's prime minister has threatened to derail the timetable, if he doesn't get further reassurances over the status of gibraltar. meanwhile, the leader of the democratic unionist party, arlene foster, is expected to reiterate her opposition to the proposed brexit deal when she addresses its annual conference today. the dup is concerned that plans to prevent checks on the irish border would leave northern ireland too closely tied to the eu. last night, mrs foster said her party would reconsider its agreement to prop up mrs may's government if the brexit deal was passed by parliament. the home office is investigating how an adult asylum seeker was allowed to take up a place at a school in ipswich. the man, who was posing
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as a 15 year old, enrolled at stoke high school. it's believed he may be as old as 30 and could now face deportation. a police officer has been stabbed in east london. british transport police said the male officer was attacked with a knife outside ilford train station. his injuries are not thought to be life—threatening. climate change will cost the us hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the centrury, according to a major government report. the white house has dismissed the findings as inaccurate, but scientists are calling for drastic action to be taken to cut carbon emissions. early reports show black friday spending has fallen compared to last year, even though there were more transactions overall. barclaycard — which is responsible for processing nearly half of all uk debit and credit card transactions — said it had seen a 12 per cent drop in the total spent compared to the same period 12 months ago. a new nasal swab test for flu — which can give a diagnosis injust 20 minutes — has helped to significantly reduce
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bed—blocking and unnecessary admissions in hospitals. it was used in trials at two hospital trusts in norwich and south london, and avoids the need to put patients in isolation. other flu tests can take several days to return results. recognise this sound ? yes, that is undeniably ‘the lion king', but not as we know it. the trailer for the live action re—telling of the classic disney film has been released and it's already had 21 million views in 24 hours. the remake is due to hit cinemas next summer and its cast includes the likes of beyonce, seth rogan and donald glover. looks beautiful, you can't really go wrong. that would wake you up in the morning. the sort of thing you might
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hear before a rugby international. the last of which takes place today. on the bbc scotland argentina, wales against south africa, england versus australia, the argument being the way it's looking, the gap has narrowed between the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere teams, especially after last week was mark ireland win over at new zealand. but those who don't follow by zealand. but those who don't follow rugby union, all eyes on next year and the world cup. less than a year away. that's why the autumn internationals at articulately significant. it's a whole afternoon and evening of northern hemisphere taking on teams from the southern hemisphere and with the world cup less than a year away, even more reason, to lay down a marker as wales could do, looking for a first ever clean sweep of autumn victories as patrick gearey reports. while the temperatures drop, wales keep rising. past scotland, smashing through the historical mental barrier of australia.
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oh, look what it means. look what it means. way beyond tonga. now for south africa. the springboks play wildebeest rugby — always boisterous, occasionally brutal. and wales will be without their pressure valve. leigh halfpenny scored 713 points for his country, but is still out with concussion. the welsh have other outlets. they can always go wide, and go north. george north scored twice on his debut against south africa eight years ago. he knows what a first autumnal clean sweep would mean, a year from the world cup. i think it'd be huge. i think it will certainly show where we are as a nation now. i think it will certainly demonstrate where we are progressing from last world cup, into this next cycle, leading to what is a big year next year. as the english autumn ends, manu tuilagi will hope this isn't another false start. various setbacks have left him with only one england run—out
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in four years. he makes the bench against an australian side lacking direction. they have lost their last five matches. eddiejones was in charge all of those, and yet wants no mention of them. all of that's past history. saturday's the game that counts. we know we have to be at our best, because australia will put in their best performance of the year. this is the game they have been waiting for. it's their last game. so we're prepared for that game, and that's all we're worried about. history's for you blokes. the present is for these blokes — or some of them, anyway. after a year in which they have lost more than they won, a chance to finish how they mean to go on. the mammoth day begins at 230 on bbc one. england's cricketers are currently in action on the 2nd day of their final test against sri lanka. they didn't have the best start to the day — losing the final three wickets
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of their first innings quickly — moeen ali the first to go. england only adding 24 runs to the overnight score ending on 336. they did take an early wicket, thanks to this excellent reaction catch from keaton jennings off the bowling of spinnerjack leach but sri lanka have looked comfortable at the crease and are currently 155—1. both batsmen have reached their half centuries. england have already won three test series. england's women meanwhile will face australia in the world t20 final in antigua at midnight. they'll be looking to add to the 50 over world cup title they won last year and become double world champions. i think it's something that we thought about, going into the competition. it's not something that comes around very often, and it's been a real carrot to keep us pushing forward, to keep us improving. but, like i say, we're going to have to play very well. it's broadly a once—in—a—career opportunity that comes along, and if we do manage to do it, it will be a real, real achievement. so yes, we've put ourselves in the best possible place to go out and do that.
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now it's all about how we perform tomorrow. dan is here ahead of football focus and the return of claudio ranieri at fulham. but before we start, something is poking out at me. let's have a look at that shirt. well! could you just explain the granieri thing. it is claudio ranieri's mother, she is in her 90s, she loves football, she often gives him advice. we have massive names in the programme today, didier drogba talking us through his career, he retires, winning all sorts of beans in
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domestic football, european food all as well, playing with chelsea largely we remember him from. he talks about jose largely we remember him from. he talks aboutjose mourinho, i know you talked about what he said this week that he says jose you talked about what he said this week that he saysjose mourinho is that best manager he ever played for. this is what he had to say. that best manager he ever played for. this is what he had to saylj for. this is what he had to say.|j know that this team will be remembered forever from the chelsea fans and i'm really happy to be proud of this special team winning the first trophy after 50 years, i know people talk about it. jose mourinho is someone really special to me and we share a special relationship because when he decided to sign me he changed my life because it put me in a situation i could have an impact on my career and he told me if you want to be the best you have to come and play with the best team and work with the best manager stop there you go. we also
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have pablo sa balenka manager stop there you go. we also have pablo sabalenka playing for west ham now, lewis dunk knocking on the england door at ryton are slatter ibrahim pitch as well. talking about jose slatter ibrahim pitch as well. talking aboutjose mourinho. and we have fa cup replays to look at, loads of topics, the new boss of the republic of ireland probably announced this afternoon, mick mccarthy the favoured, and mumford and sons are on the sofa this week doing premier league predictions. what a line—up. doing premier league predictions. what a line-up. bbc one at midday. the power hour. stay with us for this next story, you are quite vocal about this. because of the money involved. that's why it has divided sports fans. did you watch it?|j did. that is why i look like this, i stayed up quite late. it was a
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one—off money takes all —— winner ta kes all £7 one—off money takes all —— winner takes all £7 million prize pot, phil mickelson and tiger woods, no fans allowed on the course, pay—per—view tv only. samuel ljackson giving it a movie starfield. it tv only. samuel ljackson giving it a movie star field. it went on and on, graeme mcdowell said he would need fine to get through it. hope he sipped his drink slowly, as it went on and on to a 22nd hole before mickelson, finally settled it to take the money and said his heart couldnt take anymore and he'd have to calm down. i think that is a good way to analyse it come off at graham mick port said. it should be about the sport, not the money. and who needs samuel ljackson thing you could have ian robertson, his last ever commentary in the after 50 years. such a legend. immortal phrase.
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england's win at the world cup. let's return to one of our main stories and to belfast now, where the dup is holding its annual conference. party leader arlene foster is expected to reiterate her opposition to theresa may's brexit deal in a speech later. political commentator, alex kane and aidan connolly, who's the director of the northern ireland retail consortium, are there and join us now. gentlemen, very good morning, ifi could address a question to you, alex, arlene foster has been unequivocal in what she said so far, do you think she might go further today in terms of her criticism of what's happening in westminster?” think it will be, still everything to play for and one thing you need to play for and one thing you need to know about the dup, they go down to know about the dup, they go down to the wire, they've done the past 20 years in peace process negotiations, as long as they think there's anything to play for they will stay in the i don't think
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she'll say anything today which will damage negotiations, there is wriggle room, the prime minister needs space, the dup can see that as well, i think you will hear fairly calm words today, she won't threaten the prime minister at this point. the suggestion is there is almost like a the suggestion is there is almost likea game the suggestion is there is almost like a game of bluff going on tween arlene foster and theresa may. do you see that, is that how you see it? you always get bluff in negotiations particularly with northern ireland. the problem for arlene foster today, its annual conference, a lot of people are worried about what they say as the diminishing of the union, they feel threatened, they feel the bonds between northern ireland and the united kingdom have been diminished in the last few days, they will want reassurance. i think arlene foster wa nts to reassurance. i think arlene foster wants to be able to say it is not over, it there is a lot to play for, the prime minister can be relied upon, this conference is about steadying nerds, they don't want
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panic. still a few weeks to play. alex, you were a leave vote. aidan was a remain voter, we can turn to you, a lot of the issues...” was a remain voter, we can turn to you, a lot of the issues... i don't wa nt you, a lot of the issues... i don't want to clarify how i voted. apologies, i was told that how you voted. my apologies. so much emphasis on how this could would affect the economy, what is the business community saying? for the first time you have the business community united, if you'd told me a couple of years ago i would be standing shoulder to shoulder with farmers, food processors and manufacturers, we wouldn't be at the server's sorts, i wouldn't have the leave due but what's really brought the business community together is we are looking at economic is not ideology, people not politics. we can see how a hard border, especially a no—deal brexit would be
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a disaster for northern ireland, the international monetary fund saying la st international monetary fund saying last week, sorry, that there would be £6,000 of costs per year per household in a no deal scenario. quite simply in northern ireland we already have have the discretionary income, lower wages, higher costs for things like fuel and car insurance, we cannot afford to absorb any costs because of rex said. i wonder if i could absorb any costs because of rex said. i wonder if! could put this to both of you, how reassured do you think people are high theresa may andindeed think people are high theresa may and indeed many mps across both parties, saying no deal simply won't be allowed to happen.” parties, saying no deal simply won't be allowed to happen. i think as far as no deal not being allowed to happen we would take greater comfort and people saying that if we want less than five months away from it, less than five months away from it, less than five months away from crashing out from tariffs, customs and real increases in costs like i
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said before, households in northern ireland simply cannot absorb. what we really need to do is for people like the dup, the rg and the labour party, if they have something better lets see the colour of your metal, let's see what your plans are because we need to move on this.” was going to say the nature of negotiations in northern ireland, to — three weeks out, you always get it will crash, that's not going to happen, thejoint will crash, that's not going to happen, the joint interests of london, belfast, dublin are geared toward some sort of deed and my instinct has been all the way through from this in the referendum, somehow there would be a soft landing, it not looked like it today but i would be genuinely shocked if in the next few weeks, we don't get that. thank you both earning much. we appreciate it. the dup, annual conference carrying on in belfast across the weekend. the time is coming up to 8:45am. the national crime agency has issued a strongly—worded
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warning to organised gangs, which it says are behind a recent spike in illegal attempts to cross the english channel. so far this month, around a hundred would—be migrants have been stopped whilst trying to enter the uk along the south coast, according to the home office. yesterday, eight iranian nationals were brought ashore in kent. tony smith, former head of uk borderforce, joins us now from our london newsroom. good morning. what's behind this sudden spike in crossings? well i think what we are seeing is displacement, we've done quite a lot of good work in calais in the last couple of years stopping penetration through by lorries, there was a report by the independent chief inspector of immigration which shows more work is being done on french feeder ports to off—load people, but the people traffickers would give up, they will continue to try and find a way at what we haven't seen before it is this unprecedented number of small olds carrying honourable people across the english channel, derry orient. —— small boats. what's being done to stop it?
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orderforce will boats. what's being done to stop it? order force will have border control vessels and cutters alongside other agencies working hopefully with the french, certainly with the national crime agency to stop the smuggling gangs at source. what we need to do is stop the boats at source because this is highly dangerous, these waters are busy shipping lanes, this is not a good time of year, people will die of hypothermia or drowning, that's a real array, there will be deployment under way to try and make sure we stop the flow but more importantly, to disrupt this gang, it's clearly an organised criminal gang at work is the national crime agency has said and truly important try to stop his close now. can you give us a sense of the numbers and how they compare to 2017 because it's november, bitterly cold, dangerous to be making those crossings at this time of year. this is unprecedented in terms of
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numbers, 100 or so people in 12 different instances of three weeks is unprecedented, we don't see that kind of thing on maritime. compare that to the policy exchange earlier in the year reckoning 15,000 or so illegal stock entering the uk, 100 is not a huge number but it is a growing number and it's a growing worry acres were not geared up to defend the coastline against this type of illegal migration, the tactics have been to deploy to french feeder ports and stop there, the border forces responsible french feeder ports and stop there, the borderforces responsible for ports of entry as well as areas in between the border by concern is we don't have the bandwidth to be able to control those if this concerns. and we don't also have the capability of dealing with these organised gangs? no, that requires an international effort and it will require work on the french side to disrupt those gangs. there are joint activities going on between the uk border force, the national crime agency and french police but we are
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very much reliant on them, there have been reports of more and more thefts and acquisitions of small boats and dinghies on the french side, clearly a network working in this way and once they have people out onto the high seas, then we are ina very out onto the high seas, then we are in a very dangerous position so it requires an international effort, not just a uk requires an international effort, notjust a uk average of two disrupt the gang. is it true, some people reporting traffickers are telling migrants crossing the border will become harder after brexit?” migrants crossing the border will become harder after brexit? i don't think that's the case, i think what we are seeing is disruption and smugglers looking for people with money, predominantly iranian migrants, they need to get money from those who want to make it across and they are using different routes. there are some concerns about brexit obviously, but i don't think that's the primary cause, i think that's the primary cause, i think we are simply seeing a diversion, if you like, of tactics by smugglers to use increasingly dangerous routes to smuggle people into the uk. tony smith, thank you very much. let's take a look at the
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weather. thank you, good morning. this weekend looking pretty chilly, still in this run of quiet weather with cold easterly winds. mostly dry across the country, rain today across the country, rain today across southern areas, some of them by tebbit. western parts of the uk seemed the best of any breaks in the cloud like this weather watcher picture in wigan. this area of low pressure bringing rain to devon and yesterday, this weather front of plaguing southern counties today. further north, trite story, closer to the high—pressure. quite a bit of low cloud, mist and work, some showers across eastern areas. the rain continuing to the south of the mfor courage, some rain pushing north into the midlands at times this afternoon, feeling quite cold,
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cold and yesterday, 7—8d at best, yesterday temperatures in the low teens. east of the pennines thick cloud, some showers, the same for eastern scotland, north—west england, northern ireland, should see the best of the sunshine, but feeling cold. the rain easing in the south of the country overnight, staying quite wet for the channel islands. elsewhere, looking largely dry, temperatures no lower than 3-7d, dry, temperatures no lower than 3—7d,in dry, temperatures no lower than 3—7d, in clear spells could be patches of frost. this cold air mass prominent on sunday, easterly wind, bit of a repeat performance, quite a bit of a repeat performance, quite a bit of a repeat performance, quite a bit of cloud across eastern parts of the country, some showers here, the odd heavy one priest in scotland and england. better day across the south, more sunshine around, a chance of some rain across the near continent pushing into south east england but it could affect the far south—east. the best of the sunshine
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further west, temperatures around 7-9d. further west, temperatures around 7—9d. quite chilly. monday again, the last of the cold, cloudy days, most of that cloud in the east, slowly cutting off, another chilly day. this is the picture as we head deeper into next week, picking up the south westerly wind, deep area of low pressure, couple of areas of low pressure. turning milder into the week, turning wet and windy with heavy rain at times, maybe the risk of severe gales. back to you, tina and charlie. thank you. good to see in double digits in some places. the number of boys being admitted to british hospitals with eating disorders has doubled since 2010, a bbc newsround investigation has found. this year — for the first time — the number of boys being treated in england has risen at a faster rate than girls.
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the increase has been attributed to social media, as our reporter hayley hassell has been finding out. when you see pictures online of people looking good, and then you then feel sad about it because you can't be like that. i think the ideal boy's look on social media is, like, a sixpack, short hair, combed back, really muscly, tanned, and you can see the veins. i feel that there's pressure on me to, like, look good on social media, because, like, peoplejudge you from what you look like on social media. now, although there are still more girls going into hospital than boys, across britain, the number of boys going into hospital with things like bulimia and anorexia has doubled since 2010. jack was just 13 when he first started controlling what he ate, and doing excessive exercise. i started losing weight in year 9. i started to categorise food into good and bad. that's when everything started falling down. so i couldn't walk to school, i would be having panic attacks throughout the day, my heart would be palpitating,
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my eyes were yellow and black. i was in a very bad state, and it impacted everything. i couldn't study, i couldn't exercise, i didn't want to eat with my family, i didn't want to do anything interactive with people. ijust wanted to be alone. so from going from a young boy who loved exercise and loved food, loved spending time with his friends and his family, all of a sudden you lost all of that. at what point did you think this has gone too far, i need help now? so the turning point was when i admitted that i had a problem. i then went to my gp, who referred me to a mental health unit for children. i was put on a meal plan for about six to seven months, and within a couple of months i was running again, i was doing all the things that i wanted to do. and how are you now? i'm great, i'm doing good. i'm running a marathon next year. wow. and i'm going to plan to do an iron man. goodness me, wow. many doctors say more boys
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going through the nhs means that more are getting the help they need. but some health experts say that the growing popularity of social media, with its emphasis on physical appearance, could be making things worse. a lot of the social media platforms like instagram are all about posting images, and the impact it can have is that you're led to believe that's how you should look. and seeing that constantly can make you feel bad, can make you feel that you're not good enough. and then that can actually have an affect on your mood, on your emotional health. we have asked instagram what they do to protect children from seeing over—edited images that might affect their mental health, and they say they don't allow content on instagram that might encourage eating disorders, and they ask users to report anything that upsets them. they also have tools to help users limit their time online. although there is no medical evidence to say that social media causes eating disorders, jack says it makes things worse for him. social media for me going through anorexia was —
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ijust didn't need to see or use my energy scrolling and looking through things like that. everyone has a right to now comment, and to — to say something about your — your image, or whatever you're doing in life. i think that's where social media can be harmful. reassuring to see one success story there, a young man who has come out there, a young man who has come out the other side of things. 320—thousand people across britain are homeless, according to the charity ‘shelter‘, but despite a steady rise in the number of people sleeping on the streets, the term ‘fake homelessness' has also been increasing in popularity. it refers to people who beg on the streets, but don't sleep there. the issue is explored byjournalist ellie flynn in a new bbc three documentary, we'll speak to ellie in a moment, but first let's take a look.
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i wanted to speak to people genuinely sleeping rocklike damien to see if they think there is a rising professional beggars. what's it like inside? there is only about eight people, roughly that are genuinely entrenched rough sleepers, every night. is that how many people you think our rough sleeping? i've just seen 20 today. you will have seen, there is a difference between people who are begging and people who are homeless, a big difference. this is what you look like when you been sleeping in a doorway for three years. you know what i mean? why did you want to investigate so—called fa ke you want to investigate so—called fake homelessness? it's a term we see increasing loads this year and i wa nted see increasing loads this year and i wanted to get to the bottom of whether this is a problem, as the
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media reports suggested as a huge report a problem and we wanted to find out the truth. how do you define it? this is the issue, some people consider anyone who has got any form of accommodation and who is still begging but i think that a spirit complicated because of someone is in a shelter or squat they are still homeless at the can still be branded fake on this by lots of people. one of the sensitivities around this, you must be aware of this making a film about it, there is a danger people will look at people who are begging on the streets and if you like, start to question as to whether they are authentic or not, you might say it's legitimate but it's tricky territory, isn't it? it absolutely is and that's already happening, that conversation with damien i think shows how much animosity there is around the subject, people feel so strongly about fake on business and in the film what the end of exploring is a lot more, have
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brought homelessness can be and that people in temporary accommodation are still homeless and we are all to pay cheques away from being homeless and if you end up in that situation you have no money, you are in the shelter, do you think it still valid debate? in essence what i understand, you see a pattern of people in genuine need, regardless of whether they are actually sleeping on the street for they are going to do the begging, is that right? yes, i think we need to make a distinction, there is a distinction between rough sleeping and homelessness but people get that very confused and so the documentary is cold a fake homeless, we are not saying everyone is but we are exploring the complexity of the issue. i note you were focusing on people who work begging, what did you find in different parts of the country, who did you meet and how much money either making on the streets ? much money either making on the streets? i spoke to over 50 people during the course of this programme
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andi during the course of this programme and i didn't meet anyone who was in begging out of desperation. yes there were some people who had some form of accommodation, often in shelters or in a b&b for example but they were begging because they had no money and because they didn't really have any other option. educate a sense as well, i do not harm in it people you spoke to in terms of looking into what, then people's aptitudes to those they see is changing or maybe hardening.” think that other chewed his hardening, i think people are a lot more suspicious, for example i speak toa bar more suspicious, for example i speak to a bar owner in liverpool who says eve ryo ne to a bar owner in liverpool who says everyone working outside of his bar isa everyone working outside of his bar is a fake homeless. and i think there wasn't really any definitive proof of that, he says he sees people going home at the end of the night but he doesn't know for they are going and i think that's the issue, people assume someone is fake on this but they don't know the truth. it's a case of people campaigning, they don't want someone begging in theirarea.”
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campaigning, they don't want someone begging in their area. i think so. people don't want to see homelessness and they don't want to see begging, people provide these terms and they make it easy to perhaps demonise people and to say you don't deserve my help, i think, you don't deserve my help, i think, you are not really homeless. thank you are not really homeless. thank you for coming in. " fa ke homeless: who's begging on the streets?" will be available to watch on bbc three via the iplayer from tomorrow. it's a complicated issue. we'll be back with the headlines in a few moments. stay with us. good morning. welcome to breakfast with tina daheley and charlie stayt. our headlines today... theresa may heads to brussels for last minute talks with the eu, as spain and the dup threaten to derail her brexit deal. a us government report gives a sharp warning about climate change — just days after donald trump questioned the effects of global warning. # polly, put the kettle on! could a copy of rare footage of sir david attenborough be
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