tv Breakfast BBC News December 2, 2018 8:00am-9:01am GMT
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good morning. welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent. our headlines today: in the past hour, the french government has said it is considering a state of emergency as it tries to prevent a repeat of violent riots by fuel tax protestors. this is the clean—up taking place as we speak at the arc de triomphe. we'll get the latest. time for mums and dads to step up. the chief inspector of schools says teachers shouldn't be expected to act as substitute parents. theresa may comes under fresh pressure to publish the legal advice given to the government the over her brexit deal. and in sport, tyson fury is denied by the judges in los angeles. his heavyweight world title fight ends in a draw as deontay wilder keeps the wbc belt. plus, the rise of the bionic builder. we hear how hi—tech suits are helping to ease the strain in uk construction. good morning. a sherry sunday awaits
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gci’oss good morning. a sherry sunday awaits across the country but with lighter winds, it is cooler in the north and further south, it is windy but milder. i will have all the details coming up. —— showery sunday. in the last hour, it's been announced that the french government is looking at all options to prevent further rioting, including imposing a state of emergency following the violent protests in paris. at least 110 people were injured, and more than 270 were arrested when anti—government protestors burned cars, vandalised buildings and clashed with riot police. bill hayton reports. parisiens are used to demonstrations, but this violence was of an intensity rarely seen in the french capital. smoke from torched cars mixed with water cannon and tear gas deployed by riot police. one protester was left in a critical condition as these metal gates were ripped down.
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demonstrators also scrawled anti—macron graffiti on structures, including the arc de triomphe. at the 620 in argentina, the french president condemned the violence, much of which, the authorities believe, was caused by extremists from both the left and right. translation: what happened today in paris has nothing to do with the peaceful expression of a legitimate anger. no cause justifies that authorities attacked, that businesses are plundered, that passers—by orjournalists are threatened or that the arc de triomphe is defiled. what began two weeks ago was a peaceful protest by the so—called yellow vest movement against rising fuel taxes but has now evolved into a far broader show of anti—government anger. later, on his return to france,
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emmanuel macron will convene an urgent meeting with his prime minister and other senior officials to address the situation. but on the ground in paris, the clean—up has already begun. time for many to survey the damage and try to understand how a peaceful march could turn into such a dark day of destruction for the city of light. bill hayton, bbc news. let's ta ke let's take you live to paris. this is the scene at the arc de triomphe. the clean—up operation well under way. lots of graffiti scrawled on the base of the arc de triomphe. a lot of criticism that this started asa lot of criticism that this started as a protest, there were protests about rising costs and fuel prices. collectively, the group known as the yellow vests, the emergency vest you need to have in the back of your car if you're driving around france. it
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has taken on a life of its own. you can see those protests written on the base of the arc de triomphe. they will triumph. the authorities are hoping certainly seeking to impose a state of emergency which would prevent those people returning to the area. less tha n to the area. less than complimentary words about president macron. they are just starting to work on that one. when they spoke about imposing a state of emergency, the president, the prime minister and the interior minister are due to speak about it this afternoon. we will bring you any updates as we get them. certain areas of paris cubicles, illegal weapons would have to be rolling quiz, and some people could be placed under house arrest, individuals involved in the riots would be unable to head out to certain areas. we will keep an eye on that scene in paris can piggyback if there are any developments. parents are being told
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they need to stop relying on teachers to toilet train their children and to prevent them from becoming obese. in her annual report, the chief inspector of schools for england, amanda spielman, says that parents cannot abdicate their responsibility for preparing their children for adult life. our reporter simon clemisonjoins us now. this is about the influence that home life has a child when perhaps sometimes teachers are feeling that they are giving too much responsibility? that is exactly right. this is all about who is responsible for what you learn and when. you might argue and pilot training it is obvious but in other things there are lots of people involved in the life of a child, teachers, the nhs, parents, maybe the police later on. childhood is quite complicated and the chief inspector is clear what skills are not responsible for. and knife crying, for example, she believes the lines of responsibility are
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getting blurred. she says that schools cannot be a panacea for this particular ill of society. it is up to everyone to find a solution. on youngsters being overweight, she believes that well schools can teach children about the importance of healthy eating and exercise, they cannot take over the role of health professionals. the answer lies in the home. she says policymakers are well—intentioned, but children start school not being able to be toilet trained. schools say they are responsible for lots of things and the department for education says they are getting extra funding and powers to do some of that work. thank you very much indeed. do tell us thank you very much indeed. do tell us what you think about the comments of the chief inspector. email us at bbcbrea kfast@bbc. co. uk.
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or tweet us using the hashtag bbcbreakfast — or follow us for the latest from the programme. opposition parties, including the dup, will write to the speaker of the house of commons in an attempt to force the government to publish its full legal advice on the brexit withdrawal agreement. writing in the sunday telegraph, labour's brexit spokesman, sir keir starmer, said if the advice was not published in full he and other parties would start proceedings for contempt of parliament. let's get more detail from our political correspondent, jonathan blake. explain what this legal advice actually is? it is advice given to the government, the prime minister, theresa may, and her senior ministers about the implications under international law of the brexit agreement. and various other areas of policy, but in this case specifically, about the withdrawal agreement that sets out the divorce terms of britain's exit from the eu andy davies implications of that and
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what they could be. specifically, lots of brexiteer mps are worried about the backstop. that is the clause inserted in the withdrawal agreement to ensure that if a trade deal cannot be done in time, britain will stay in a temporary customs union with the eu to avoid a hard border in northern ireland. the government has said it will publish a summary government has said it will publish a summary of the legal advice, but thatis a summary of the legal advice, but that is not enough for lots of mps. labour's shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer has said the government must publish the advice and feel because these are exceptional circumstances. good to talk to you, jonathan blake, our political correspondent. the united states has announced that it's reached an agreement on trade with china after talks at the 620 summit in argentina. president trump met with chinese leader xi jinping and confirmed he will not carry out threats to raise tariffs on chinese goods from 10 to 25%. china's foreign minister said it opened up what he called "win—win co—operation". she's travelled across all of time and space and now doctor who star
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jodie whittaker is set for a new adventure, reading the cbeebies bedtime story. the actor follows in the footsteps of the likes of sir eltonjohn, dolly parton, david hasselhoff and tom hardy. it isa it is a pretty eclectic mix. she'll read the tale of ada twist, a girl on a mission to use science to better understand her world. the doctor might fancy having someone on the doctor might fancy having someone on board the tardis with that sort of qualification. good luck to her. they get some great people to do those bedtime stories, really famous. a big responsibility for all the pa rents, a big responsibility for all the parents, who have just outsourced that. it is an very early, the bedtime stories. it is on before seven o'clock. is that apply to get them to bed? totally. anyone who gets their children to bed at seven o'clock,
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congratulations. the british heavyweight boxer tyson fury was in action overnight and even before a punch was thrown, he was hailing his clash with deontay wilder as "one of the best comebacks of all time" after he overcame mental illness and a doping ban to get back in the ring. he came close to a fairy tale victory after outboxing wilder for much of the fight, but he was knocked down twice and the night ended in a draw. ade adedoyin was watching and he joins us now from los angeles. we have all had more time to digest what happened during the fight. this will go down potentially as a great comeback, despite the fact he did not win. yes, it was a remarkable performance by tyson fury. the noise in the background is because they are cleaning up the arena after the fight. the christmas lights are on and the trucks are making their way out, but it was an amazing
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performance. he went down, and got up performance. he went down, and got up at the second knock down in particular was unbelievable. lots of people are questioning how he did manage to get up. he has been interviewed on the bbc, and he said he had no option but to drag himself up, it was so important to him. it was a top flight, really hyped up, and lots of the build—up was acrimonious between the men. they talked in the aftermath about a rematch. split opinions, lennox lewis, the heavyweight champion of the world, the former champion, is here in los angeles. he felt that the anti—welder was gifted the decision and he said that a similarthing gifted the decision and he said that a similar thing happened to him when he faced a vander holyfield. others are saying tyson fury did enough to get the decision. he will feel like
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the moral victor because that was a tremendous performance. stay with us because we have been hearing from tyson fury in the last hour. let's hear how he and his trainer reacted when ascot if they actually seemed happy with the draw. we all know, sitting in this room, who won that fight, but he also could have caused a riot if he kicked off about that scorecard. do you know that it was? i was telling my brothers and family to keep quiet. there were about 8,000 travellers and brits who had come from around the world, 10,000. they probably would have smashed this arena up if i had instigated it, imean to the floor. really, i want to thank you for keeping that... being professional and doing it under that conduct. i just want to be an ambassador for my country and my people. let's talk about how he got up from the canvas. it happened more than once, and standing before he was counted out, was almost miraculous? it was. deontay wilder, in the press conference, said he did not know how tyson fury got up. he said, once he put him down he thought the fight was over and started celebrating. not only did tyson fury getup he actually heard wilder towards the
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end of the fight. it could have ended it. it was an amazing night for tyson fury and in terms of what you heard there, there were lots of supporters for tyson fury, going around the arena. he said he felt he was the bigger draw in the build—up to the fight, he was the guy that beat wladimir klitschko three years ago, he was the one they came to see. that was the narrative as far as tyson fury was concerned and he made a as tyson fury was concerned and he madeafair as tyson fury was concerned and he made a fair point, there was brewing from his supporters around the arena. split opinions from other members of the public, with some of them saying that tyson fury perhaps one. these are some of the americans. definitely fury on the fight. it was a good fight. tyson fury on this hands down. i do not know how that was a draw. i think wilder was the winner. it was a good fight all around. you get to knockouts, do not think you can come back from that. how can company back to be rocked when he was knocked out
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for 12 seconds like this. —— how can fury be robbed. they stole it from wilder. they stole it from him. the one thing people are agreed on is we would like to see this again. both men have been asked if they would do it again, a rematch, and the promoter of fury says he's hoping to do it in the uk, maybe in a stadium. where does this leave anthony joshua? years where does this leave anthony joshua ? years wembley where does this leave anthony joshua? years wembley stadium bid for april next year and he was hoping that deontay wilder would be his dance partner. he might have to wait because the white people want to see is a rematch of what was a good contest, good advert for the heavyweight division. lovely to talk to you. thanks for telling us about defeat. it was quite a dance between those two overnight. they were dancing at the end. i have never seen they were dancing at the end. i have never seen the others so animated that have puzzled in the morning. the british fans travelled all that way and paid all that money, they
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let down. ollie was telling us earlier, you wa nt ollie was telling us earlier, you want a decisive victory either way but even if we had got that there would be so much debate and discussion, argument about whether it was the right results are maybe this set it up for a proper rematch. my this set it up for a proper rematch. my goodness. can we do it all again? probably not. here's louise with a look at the morning's weather. good morning. most of us are waking up good morning. most of us are waking up to seems like this in cheshire, but we have got some breaks in the cloud and some sunshine, not a bad start to the day in luton as you can see quite clearly. certainly better than yesterday where we had some fairly persistent rain. but generally speaking it is cloudy today. it is a tale of two halves, because northern parts of the country, scotland in particular, starting off chilly but bright and dry. further south, windy and cloudy with a scattering of showers, but
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incredibly mild because the wind direction is coming from the south—west. we could see gust of wind at around 45 mph, but frequent showers, temperatures could reach 14, 16 showers, temperatures could reach 1a, 16 degrees. through the night tonight, a band of organised rain moving out of northern ireland, northern england a time. again we keep a northern england a time. again we keepafairamount northern england a time. again we keep a fair amount of cloud before more rain pushes into the south—west, and it is the far north still in the cooler air with some clearer skies here, low single not out the question. so we could seize showers in the far north which could turn wintry with elevation, and in the far south—west we are still under the influence of the mild south—westerly flow, and here it will be wet again, so more rain to come across cornwall, stretching up through wales, moving through the midlands towards the north as we go through the day, driving in a few scattered showers, not particularly warm again into scotland by contrast, keeping those double
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digits across england and wales. it is worth bearing in mind that the northerly flow digs its way a little bit further south overnight monday into tuesday morning. you see this brief ridge of high pressure building. not for long, but it does mean the cooler air pushes its way south, and under those clearer skies we will see a cold start to tuesday, probably the coldest of the week, and certainly there will be a frost across scotland, northern ireland and much of england, perhaps not across central and southern areas. early tuesday chilly, lots of sunshine, a beautiful start, but the cloud will thicken and we have yet more wet weather pushing into the south—west of this again will drive in milderair, so south—west of this again will drive in milder air, so the cool feeling is not going to last long, 10—14d across england and wales, we should perhaps see a maximum of 10 degrees at this time of year, but we keep the cold sores on the sunny weather into the far north and scotland. louise, thank you. who would think
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we'd be talking about dry and sunny weather on the 2nd of december. maybe not if you are working on a building site! speak to anyone working on a building site and a common complaint will be the strain the physical work has on their backs and joints. the solution? a piece of hi—tech kit developed in america to help patients with mobility issues. our correspondent, joe miller has been getting to grips with an exoskeleton vests. a simple screw driven by a mixture of man and machine. this isn't the set of a superhero film, it'sjust a construction site in bristol, staffed by bionic builders. repetitive movement on anyjoints, eventually you feel something. i have tennis elbow at the minute and to be honest, lifting it today, it hasn't been too bad at all. this cyborg—like vest was originally built to rehabilitate stroke victims.
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for the first time in the uk it is being used to reduce the strain of routine overhead work. under my own steam, this can get tiring. quite quickly. but transformed into ironman, i can keep doing this all day long with the help of my second skeleton which is able to support the weight of up to two large bowling balls. they may look like elaborate toys, but exos keleto ns are notjust a gimmick. there is something like 135,000 work—related injuries in construction which is a staggering figure. if the vest can take it away, the vest can do some of the work for them, that's the positive. is this a step towards the robots taking over? i think we are a bit away off that yet. there are new technologies and we know the construction industry needs to modernise. exoskeletons are already hard at work in america, reducing fatigue on ford's
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busy production lines. not everyone is a fan. some are worried this tech will give bosses an excuse to demand longer hours and push for a later retirement age. and when tested in a battlefield simulation, researchers found exoskeleton wearers were slower to react. there is no lack of focus back in the westcountry, where even young workers are keen to embrace their robotic assistants. but exoskeleton tech is still in its infancy, and the next generation of mechanised sidekicks mightjust decide to do away with their masters. it's very iron man, that, isn't it? i want it's very iron man, that, isn't it? iwant one! it's very iron man, that, isn't it? i want one! i would like one for the gym. shall ijust carry on doing this? go on, then! let's talk about
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the newspapers. lots of things to talk about. political historian mike finn is here to tell us what's caught his eye. no exoskeletons in the news this morning? i'm not really an ironman type of thing! i love them all. how could you not? let's start with this in the mirror. 30 years since lockerbie. some really emotive stories, the eyewitness testimony. we heard a lot at the time, but it never gets any easier, does it? and there's always new stories to hear. it has been 30 yea rs. new stories to hear. it has been 30 years. i was a child when it happens, but it made a real impression on all of us at the time. but there is a generation of adults know who weren't alive when it happened, so it is something that
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has been revived today, talking about the anniversary, they have a story about two farmers who found one of the bodies on their land, and they made contact with the family of they made contact with the family of the victim that they found, and they have built this relationship over the 30 years, and now on the 30th anniversary, the family of this banker who died, they have brought his grandchildren for the first time to the site, and itjust goes to show that those of us who have not experienced something like this, fortu nately, experienced something like this, fortunately, we think of closure as a set moment, but closure is an ongoing thing. it is stories like this, such a tragedy for them but it's also a story that has developed over many, many years, now three decades on we are still here new things. and there is still the controversy ongoing in scotland in particular with the legal system around what are the ins and outs of abdelbaset al—megrahi who was convicted of it, and how that will end up. i think this is the sunday
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times here, the story we have been talking about a lot on the programme this morning. chief inspector of schools saying parents need to do more, basically, and not send their children to school unable to go to the loo on their own or look after themselves or perform the most basic tasks. this is something we have heard for a few years now coming out of the education lobby in different forms, this idea that teachers have become front—line social workers to some extent. amanda spielman as the chief inspector of schools, head of ofsted, and she has given an interview to the sunday times where she has been very forthright on a couple of things. she has mentioned this fact where she says she hasn't been to school this year where she hasn't encountered a child who has come into reception needing to be weaned from the potty, if you like, still not toilet trained, and she has talked about that. she says teachers should be put in this position. she's a controversial figure, not everything she says teachers agree with by a long chalk. this quote i find fascinating. she says the problem might be partly
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fuelled by middle—class parents you can easily afford expensive pollock disposable nappies that children can wear until they are five. to be honest, i didn't know they existed, as somebody who didn't have kids of my own, i wasn't aware of that, but it is this issue of how lifestyles are changing and what is available to people, but also the pace of modern life and how people are just into that and it is impacting on their parenting. there is another point later on in the story where she says it would be remiss of me to give an injunction on how people should parent properly, but she is kind of doing that, that is where she's kind of stepping into, so this is going to be loaded conversation about what is the remit of the chief of schools. she is saying a basic, old—fashioned thing, though. my mum was a nursery teacher, and all the kids in her class had to be able to go to the loo on their own, tie their own laces, blow their own nose, it is basic stuff. and it is something where she will provide more support in the teaching
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community. we will talk about this a little later, we're going to speak toa little later, we're going to speak to a teacher and a parent about what is reasonable to expect your child to be able to do before they go to school. let's turn our attention to this. nigel farage neverfarfrom the headlines. explain this. this is a story about nigel farage who has condemned ukip, the party he led for so condemned ukip, the party he led for so many years, with great success, he has condemned the leadership saying they are in danger of becoming the new bnp if they continue to work with people like tommy robinson of the english defence league and take part in the street marches and so on that they are apparently going to be involved with. it is interesting for a number of reasons. it is interesting in and of reasons. it is interesting in and of itself about what it says about the kind of theatre of politics and rather than party politics, but it is also interesting for his position. steve bannon has been very vocally in support of tommy
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robertson calling him a hero, and nigel farage is now distancing himself from the man, steve bannon, who until a few months ago, he was on very friendly terms with, so it's an interesting shift position. scary story to end on the daily express, there was according to them a cold war plot to test a nuclear bomb in yorkshire. you see that image, and you're immediately pulled into the story. some very burmese cows with a mushroom cloud in the back! —— some very bemused towers. they found some memoranda about the british bomb project, and the americans were not allowing britons to use testing sites, is plan was drawn up to detonate 12 atomic bombs in east yorkshire. absolutely incredible. the interesting thing about this story that the story put out really well, a really interesting piece, there were all sorts of estimates
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about whether for light would go. britain was so committed to having a bomb, parliament was never told about this. so this was all done behind closed doors, because ultimately if britain had found someone ultimately if britain had found someone to have a test, and eventually obviously they did it in australasia, they would have done it in east yorkshire. it is the way it says that it was hoped that the prevailing wind would allow the fallout to disperse harmlessly over the north sea, and yet it was about the north sea, and yet it was about the —— a bomb that would have been as bad as hiroshima. absolutely, and they even got as far as building bunkers, there was a silo built, pipes and tubes above ground, seismic counters, the works. so they got a seismic counters, the works. so they gotafair seismic counters, the works. so they got a fair bit down the road to doing this. terrifying. thank you very much. all that cheery note, let's talk to andrew marr. it is the beginning of advent, and i will be joined by the archbishop of canterbury, and i will be sung out
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by the interval, the great tenor, doing if i was a rich man and we will be doing a lot of brexit, all sides represented, barry gardnerfor the labour party, delia smith who was an enthusiastic supporter of the so—called people's vote or second referendum campaign, she is on as well, and i'm talking the michael gove, probably the pivotal minister in terms of getting the vote through. i'm sure he won't be quiet after the programme starts at nine o'clock. we will see you then, andrew, thank you very much. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson sally nugent. he is a summary of today's main stories: the french government is looking at all options to prevent further rioting, including imposing a state of emergency following the violent protests in paris. at least 110 people were injured and more than
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270 arrested when anti—government protesters burned cars, vandalised buildings and clashed with riot police. french authorities blame left and right—wing extremists for hijacking a peaceful demonstration. this is the scene live in paris, the base of the arc de triomphe, daubed in graffiti. pretty obvious what that says. they have been pretty vocalin that says. they have been pretty vocal in terms of calling for a change and the end of macron's leadership. it is interesting who was involved with this, the so—called yellowjackets, was involved with this, the so—called yellow jackets, and was involved with this, the so—called yellowjackets, and it is said that the protest was hijacked by both right and left wing protesters, and it turned violent. let's go live to the seems now, they are working on getting rid of the graffiti, and some amazing scenes from last night, protesters managed
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to get to the top of the arc de triomphe at one point, incredible pictures overnight of the violent protests, potentially a state of emergency which could be imposed for up emergency which could be imposed for up to 12 days, and the conditions of the state of emergency are pretty extreme, i can tell you. they will include putting people under house arrest, cu rfews, include putting people under house arrest, curfews, forbidding individual people from certain areas of the city. so that as you can see is paris waking up to the aftermath of those riots which went on through the night. let's bring you up—to—date with some of the other stories. parents should not expect schools to police children's eating not expect schools to police child ren's eating and not expect schools to police children's eating and exercise or to toilet train pupils. that is according to amanda spielman, the head of ofsted. she says the answer to the obesity crisis lies in the home. she also says schools cannot bea home. she also says schools cannot be a panacea for problems like knife crime or child neglect. opposition parties including the dup will write to the speaker of the house of commons in an attempt to
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force the government to publish its full legal advice on the brexit withdrawal agreement. writing in the sunday telegraph, labour's brexit spokesman keir starmer said that the advice was not published in full. he and other parties would start proceedings for contempt of parliament. theresa may has backed the metropolitan police over their controversial new tactics. in mopeds riding criminals. scotland yard last week released these dramatic images showing police vehicles knocking suspects off their scooters. the prime minister said that a robust response was needed to what she described as a growing problem of people using the vehicles to commit crime, including bag and phone snatching. those are our main stories this morning. we're going to be here on the bbc news channel until nine o'clock. still to come: 80 years on from the first kid at sport, that broughtjewish child refugees to the uk, we're going to speak to the son of sir nicholas winton, he organised a rescue of hundreds of children,
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and he will talk to us about the legacy left by his father's amazing work. an american trouble who travelled with their autistic sons to a theme park designed especially for children with learning difficulties. and we are going to talk about that story with schools under pressure asking whether expectations to tackle knife crime and obesity are distracting them from their main purpose, which of course is education. all of that to come on the bbc news channel, but this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one. bye— bye goodbye to viewers on bbc one. bye — bye for goodbye to viewers on bbc one. bye—bye for now. if you're still with us, thank you. here's olly with the sport. it was a rather dramatic fight. it was a rather dramatic fight. it was a rather dramatic fight. it was big.
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what we know after a draw, no one was calling that. no one knew which way this fight was going to go. the cynic in me, at the end of that, when there was a little bit of a delay with the points, thought, they are going to fudge this. we do know there will be some big fights in 2019. will these two go head—to—head again, we'll one of them take on anthonyjoshua at wembley? it will be a sell—out in april. lots of deals will be done over christmas. what is the advantage for anthony joshua off either on? which one wiki on? he would one deontay wilder because he has the belt. anthony joshua would become the first four belt and disputed champion in the history of boxing. tyson fury? tyson fury would like to have another go at deontay wilder, thatis have another go at deontay wilder, that is easier fight. tyson fury‘s heavyweight title fight against deontay wilder ended in a contentious draw in los angeles. it all came to a climax.
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that means the american keeps his wbc belt. fury, the former world champion, only returned to the ring this year after two years out with various addictions and depression. fury looked to be in control of the fight, out—boxing the unbeaten american and causing a lot of problems with his jab. but he started to get caught in the later rounds, he went down in the ninth and then was hit with a ferocious combination in the final round, he looked to be knocked spark out but got off the canvas and made it to the final bell. many commentators thought fury was still ahead on points, but the judges were split, one giving it to wilder, one to fury and the judge from england calling it a draw. a lot of reaction to that decison coming up but let's hear from the boxers not many people thought i could come here and fight like that after two
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and a half years out of the ring. i have been living like a rock star, and that is not a great thing, by the way, because i have had a very low time doing it. ifought the way, because i have had a very low time doing it. i fought back from suicide and mental health and depression and anxiety. and i wanted more than anything today to show the world that it can be done. anything is possible with the right mindset. if you believe in yourself, would sacrifice and dedication and the right help, you can come back.|j sacrifice and dedication and the right help, you can come back. i do not know how he got up, you know. i do not know why they did not start to count earlier, but we did not make any excuses. i started overthrowing my right hand because i really wanted to get him out of there. it felt like he had baby oil on him. he was slippery. all in all, i had on him. he was slippery. all in all, ihada on him. he was slippery. all in all, i had a lot of fun, i had a great time, and! i had a lot of fun, i had a great time, and i hope you guys did as
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well. you will see me soon. it has created lots of interest on the dash in the heavyweight division. there is plenty of reaction on social media. former champ frank bruno, who says "daylight robbery" of the split decision. former undisputed champ lennox lewis: "i just saw tyson fury come back from drugs, depression, two years of inactivity and massive weight loss to outbox the wbc heavyweight champion, who was gifted a draw! he lost ten stone to come into this fight. in a rematch, i can only imagine that he will be even better prepared." and fury‘s promoter, frank warren. has put up a photo of fury with wilder's wbc belt taken earlier this year: "this is how the night should have ended." will he have a rematch? he is the man to make that happen, frank warren. it's derby day in the premier league this afternoon, chelsea—fulham, arsenal—spurs and then liverpool against everton, so expect some movement in the top four, but no—one's catching manchester city today. they are five points clear at the top after a 3—1win over
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bournemouth at the etihad stadium. it was 1—1 at half—time before second half goals from raheem sterling and ilkay gundogan made sure the champions remain unbeaten in the league. in the first half, we were flat, we were not on the pace that we are normally able to play. in the second half, after ten minutes, one action from raheem and when fabian delph came in, we changed our duels and our resilience to get into it. in the second half, we were like normal, we tried to be. jose mourinho say his manchester united team lack "mad—dogs" in midfield. they found themselves 2—0 down at southampton. the saints are in the relegation zone, but were in dreamland after 20 minutes with goals from stuart armstrong and cedric. united equalsied by half—time through romelu lukaku and ander herrera. no goals after the break. it finished 2—2. united are seventh, 16 points off the top. we don't start well many,
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many times and today you had a reason for that little bit of fragility because mctominay and matic were completely out of position. to have more continuity in your attacking waves, you cannot lose the ball so easily and we lost the ball many, many times. ten—man huddersfield were beaten 2—1 at home by brighton despite scoring in the first minute of the game. level at the break, summer signing florin andone scored his first goal for brighton to seal their first league win since october. two goals from javier hernandez helped west ham beat newcastle 3—0 at stjames's park, and bring their three—match winning run to an end. the win takes the hammers up to 13th. elsewhere, leicester beat watford, and burnley lost at crystal palace the floodlights went off twice
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in the scottish premiership game between kilmarnock and hibernian but that didn't stop killie moving up to second in the table. they won 3—0. eamon brophy scored two of the goals. elsewhere, there were wins for livingston and hamilton. it's the scottish league cup final at hampden park this afternoon, celtic facing aberdeen. there are eight more ties in the fa cup second round this afternoon. no major uspets yesterday. non—league maidstone united missed out on a first appearance in the third round since the ‘80s. they were beaten 2—0 by oldham athletic, the league one side easing to victory in the end through goals from peter clarke and chris o'grady. you can watch all yesterday's cup goals on the bbc sport website. they are all on there. a ninth straight rugby union premiership win sent saracens back to the top of the table. the unbeaten champions beat wasps 29—6 at allianz park, the match was close for an hour before late tries from jamie george and then this interception from nick isekwa made the scoreline more comfortable.
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bristol, gloucester and newcastle were also winners yesterday. glasgow warriors withstood a scarlets fight—back to go seven points clear at the top of their pro14 conference. warriors scored tries in each half through brandon thomson and nick grigg. thomson also made the difference with his boot and scored 2a points in total as glasgow won 29—20. cardiff blues were leading ulster at half—time in belfast before two second half penalties from scrum—halfjohn cooney gave ulster a 16—12 victory. the four—time world champion john higgins has hinted that he might retire from snooker after losing to fellow scot alan mcmanus in the second round of the uk championship in york. mcmanus came from 5—3 down to win the match 6—5. higgins failed to make a break over 50. he said it was the worst he had ever felt in his career. will that be coming towards the end
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of his career? let's just return to football and the match at at leicester city yesterday, where the visiting watford fans displayed banners before kick—off in tribute to the late foxes owner who, along with four others, died in that terrible helicopter crash at the ground in october. one banner read, "thank you, vichai, for allowing us all to dream." he was putting all that money into the leicester city team that won that miraculous title a couple of seasons ago. his son, leicester's vice—chairman, was so moved by the gesture that he gave free food and drink to all 3,000 travelling fans. leicester went on to win 2—0. leicester results seem a bit irreleva nt leicester results seem a bit irrelevant at the moment but a wonderful gesture from the vice—chairman, but an even greater gesture from the watford fans. i
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love that, allowing us all to dream, that incredible leicester city title, clubs like watford, you know, they are inspired by what happened, and what the owner made possible. it was theirfairy and what the owner made possible. it was their fairy tale. it was their fairy tale. it certainly was. thank you very much indeed. it is 80 years since the first kinder transport broughtjewish child refugees to the uk after the nazis burnt down their orphanages on krystallnacht. around 10,000 children were evacuated to great britain and sir nicholas winton was responsible for organising the rescue of hundreds of children. his son, nickjoins us now to talk about his father's legacy. good morning, thank you forjoining us. good morning, thank you forjoining us. just explain the background to this. many people will know this story, but for those who don't, explain what your father did. he was in prague, and he saw the children in refugee camps with their parents, and the parents were desperate to get some of their family out at any price, and he asked if it would be
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possible to get the children out, unaccompanied. and it was only a week ago, 80 years ago, that the government made a bill to allow unaccompanied children into the country, and he organised the whole system to raise money to bring them over, to find families for them, organise the paperwork to allow them to leave germany and czechoslovakia and come into the uk. so he was like and come into the uk. so he was like a one—man business, which was his project. and in doing so, potentially save the lives of hundreds of children? that's right. by hundreds of children? that's right. by the nt have organised eight trains with 669 children, some very, very tiny, who otherwise almost certainly would have perished. you didn't quite know what he'd done or what he'd been responsible for until you were in your 30s. just explain how as a family you learned about that. he was very understated, shall we say, about the contribution of
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the role that he played. we say, about the contribution of the role that he playedlj we say, about the contribution of the role that he played. i don't know about you, but my father told me lots of stuff, and a lot of it just didn't land much until i saw the esther ra ntzen just didn't land much until i saw the esther rantzen programme, it may have been mentioned, and certainly when he was trying to find a home for all the papers he had from that period, we knew he was looking for them, but it didn't mean anything until i saw all those children who we re until i saw all those children who were now adults stand up when esther ra ntzen were now adults stand up when esther rantzen raise that question about who had been saved. and then i realise, each one of those probably wouldn't have been there. it is a very moving story. nick, you mentioned that esther rantzen programme, it was that life. let's have a look at a clip, because that was the moment that many people got a sense of quite how significant that moment was. is there anyone in our audience tonight who owes their life to nicholas winter? if so,
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could you stand up, please? mrwinton, could you stand up, please? mr winton, would you like to turn around? what is so incredible about that clip, and you will have seen that clip, and you will have seen that many a time, it really shows the importance of what he did, something that he maybe took for granted at the time, and therefore the legacy, that these were grown people who potentially would not have been there without the work that he did. you say he took it for granted at the time, back then it wasn't expected that there would be a war in europe, and he was faced with the prospect that maybe all the children he had arranged homes forward have to go back again, so there was a lot of uncertainty in what he did. and this was a part—time project for him, which carried on from early in 1939 right through till the beginning of the war on the 1st of september. there area war on the 1st of september. there are a lot of events to commemorate this anniversary, and i know you
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have been involved in a good number of them, so we very much see the public profile of your father. what was he like as a father? use said he told you lots of stories. what was he like? he was incredibly interested in what was going on with people and in the world, and i'm blessed that we had long conversations. i have to say he didn't entirely trust the media, for instance, no disrespect to the bbc. but his view was you listen to the fa cts but his view was you listen to the facts and make up your mind yourself. don't take other people's opinions at face value. and we would have long conversations about the world of what was going on and what he thought of it, which on the whole wasn't a lot. what would he make of the world today? i think he would be very sad. he had a motto, which is, if something isn't fundamentally impossible, then there must be a way of doing it. and if you look at all the trouble is that we have, you
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think that none of them are fundamentally impossible to solve. why is it that it so difficult for us why is it that it so difficult for us to find solutions? what would he make of what is going on right now and what potentially he would come up and what potentially he would come up with as a solution? i'm afraid i can't answer that. it is an interesting when if you look at his legacy. how would you like to be remembered? what will his legacy be? his story is a great inspiration. it is one of the very few good news stories from that terrible period in our history, and it is a great reminder that one person can make a huge difference. but theyjust reminder that one person can make a huge difference. but they just start out on the first step doing whatever it is that we'll make a small difference. and you never know what that will be. nick, it is good to talk to you. thanks for sharing your stories with us. i know there are a lot of events to commemorate that an advisory, but thank you for sharing us advisory, but thank you for sharing us the time this morning. nick winton, son of sir nicholas winton with all that incredible work rescuing so
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with all that incredible work rescuing so many with all that incredible work rescuing so many children during the war. that tv moment never gets old, doesn't it? they all stand up and he doesn't it? they all stand up and he doesn't know that is what they are going to do. you realise how significant that is, yes. you're watching bbc breakfast. it is just coming up to ten to nine. the headlines: france is looking at options to prevent further rioting in paris including imposing a state of emergency. tear gas, and a water cannon were fired after protests over fuel price hikes turned violent. the chief inspector of schools will tell parents later that they must not abdicate responsibility and expect schools to toilet train their children or police their eating and exercise. much more on that coming up in the next 15 minutes, we will be talking toa next 15 minutes, we will be talking to a parent who is also a teacher. let's go to louise now who has a look at this morning's weather for us. look at this morning's weather for us. i'm going to quote you, it was messy weather earlier on! yes, it is quite a complicated and tricky story
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to explain, but i thought i would start off with my glass half full. look at this beautiful weather watcher picture from norfolk. it was bucketing down yesterday morning, but it is brighter today. a lot of cloud around generally across the country, thick enough for a spot of drizzle and some showers, but a real contrast between the north and the south over the next few days. it is milder the a south—westerly winds driving in some showers across west facing coasts. but in scotland, lighter winds, but after a chilly start it is still going to be a cold story, with the winds coming from a more northerly direction. a few scattered showers in the far north—west of scotland, a mild but bright and breezy affair down towards england and wales, and overnight tonight we will see the showers pushing their way further inland from west to east. some of the merge into longer spells of rain across northern england for a time. we keep that milder theme, so double figures down to the south, which is really quite incredible for this
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time of year, quite chilly still up into the north. and we keep that flow going over the next couple of days. all the time that northerly component into scotland, but at the same time that milder source bringing in more wet weather of the atla ntic bringing in more wet weather of the atlantic across parts of wales, into the midlands for monday, but again it will be mild, temperatures above average for the time of year. clearer skies, dry and sunnier but colder into scotland, five or 6 degrees perhaps as a maximum, 1a further south. we should see a maxim demin the south this time of year ten or 11 if we are lucky. but that colder air mightjust ten or 11 if we are lucky. but that colder air might just nibble ten or 11 if we are lucky. but that colder air mightjust nibble away across the country overnight monday night into tuesday, so that is certainly worth bearing in mind, tuesday morning could be the coldest morning of the week. so if you are up morning of the week. so if you are up and off early, could be chilly. widespread frost is likely, certainly to scotland and northern england, northern ireland, maybe as far south as the midlands. bright,
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with some lovely spells of sunshine first thing on tuesday morning before yet more wet weather pushes into the south west, milder air again, so it is not going to stay cold for a long, 1a degrees into the south, still under the colder, dry, sunny conditions further north. enjoy your sunday. louise, thank you. we will. look at that, double figures. and look at all that rain! push it over there, that is fine. good morning to you. parents should not expect schools alone to provide solutions to problems like knife crime and obesity, the ofsted chief inspector will argue this week. but where does that responsibility lie — and when should parents accept responsibility for their own children? with us now is parenting blogger colette burgess, and from our london newsroom, head teacher victoria bingham. good morning to you both. victoria,
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i'm going to come to you first of all and ask you, what is the situation in your school? when a child comes to school, what you expect they should be able to do? when they first come to school, i would expect them to be able to get themselves dressed, in the morning, they might be a little bit slow when they might be a little bit slow when they start getting ready for pe. i would expect them to be able to eat with other children at lunchtime. we wouldn't expect them to be able to read, that's really for us to teach them, but we would expect them certainly to be able to do some basic skills. i know that some heads, not in my school, but some heads, not in my school, but some heads of expressed concern that children haven't been properly toilet trained, and that really is something for parents to be responsible for. collector, you are listening to that. what you make of it, who should be responsible for
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these basic skills? i completely ee, these basic skills? i completely agree, they are basic skills, i am a pa rent agree, they are basic skills, i am a parent and a primary school teacher, andi parent and a primary school teacher, and i have had children who came to school where we had to say, you can't come yet, because we didn't have the facilities to toilet train them. i was conscious as a parent that my children would be toilet trained before i sent them to nursery, and they could get themselves ready to school in the morning, so that when it came to getting ready for bae, they were sorted. what is delaying parents from potty training their children? asa from potty training their children? as a parent, i know it is the best thing ever when you can suddenly throw away the nappy bag in thing, that part of my life is over. it is satisfying. i know i was nervous about it, it is easy to stick a pull up about it, it is easy to stick a pull up on, you don't have to worry about having an accident in public, carry dirty clothes, it is easier not to toilet train them until they are toilet train them until they are toilet trained, it is that bit in between. i was anxious, but it
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wasn't as bad as i thought it would be, and you have to get on with it. victoria, how common is this? are we talking about isolated cases, or is this a growing problem? in my school, i have to say, this is not an issue. but it is something i know that other heads have expressed some concern about. but i think it is not just about this one issue. the point that amanda spielman was making is that amanda spielman was making is that schools shouldn't be seen as the panacea for all of society's issues. and i think it is really about families, schools, wider society working together, and one of the things that we've been looking at recently, and which we talk to our students about, our families about, quite a lot, is the issue of screen about, quite a lot, is the issue of screen time. this is something which has really ta ken screen time. this is something which has really taken the world by storm in the last ten years. parents are i think looking to schools for some guidance. that doesn't mean that they want to absolve themselves of
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all responsibility, of course not. but when some of our students wrote this family phone pledge, which is a purely voluntary contract, and our families to use at home with their daughters, we are a girls school, we weren't saying daughters, we are a girls school, we we ren't saying you daughters, we are a girls school, we weren't saying you must use this contract, we were just saying, if you are struggling with your own screen you are struggling with your own screen time and your daughter's screen screen time and your daughter's screen time, this is something that you can use. on the parents that i have spoken to about it have been really grateful. but we are certainly not seeing ourselves as the solution to the problem of screen the solution to the problem of screen time. what we were saying to parents is, we would like it takes a response ability for this as well, this is what we're doing as a school. we are little tight time, so brief if you can tell us about that pledge. it breaks down to the four ss. socialising, sleep, study and school. a couple of things on it, i won't use my phone at mealtimes, and
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thatis won't use my phone at mealtimes, and that is for mum, dad and the children. i will not charge my phone in my bedroom at night, i will charge at outside so that i'm not woken up in the middle of the night by my friends and their notifications. and i will use my commute time productively. i have to say, my morning commute, i'mjust amazed at the number of grown adults who are just playing candy crush saga megaphones. such an opportunity cost. how realistic is this? we know that we are busy. i charge my phone in my bedroom, and i do check it first thing in the morning last thing at night, but that is what i wa nt thing at night, but that is what i want my children, and my husband and i have been really conscious that when they have got tablets, they don't have phones yet, because they are too small, we have strict rules, they don't use them after tea—time so they don't use them after tea—time so they have plenty of time before bed to do their school reading, relax, make sure that they can sleep 0k. relax, make sure that they can sleep ok. they don't have them on before school or unless their homework is done, and we were quite strict to start with around, you must only
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have the two hours on a saturday, but they have learned to manage themselves and theyjust turn it off. so they don't have it all the time, and! off. so they don't have it all the time, and i think we are setting them up to be more successful with their phones perhaps than we are when they are older, i hope. let's hope so. colette, thank you very much indeed, and victoria, thank you. that is what the chief inspector of schools is wanted, for pa rents to inspector of schools is wanted, for parents to take on more responsibility. quite a challenge. thank you your company this morning. breakfast is back tomorrow from 6. until then, enjoy the rest of your weekend. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 9: more pressure on theresa may's brexit deal, as labourjoins forces with other parties to try to force the government to publish its legal advice. at the g20 summit, the united states and china agree to stop additional tariffs and prevent a further escalation of their trade war. teachers must not be expected to act as substitute parents, according to the chief inspector of schools.
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