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tv   Sportsday  BBC News  December 9, 2018 7:30pm-7:45pm GMT

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so, we're in our brachiopod collection. tucked into thousands of drawers, the entire history of life on earth. there's dozens of things in every box in every draw. yes, yes. wow! there are a0 million fossils stored here at the smithsonian museum and a team is carrying out the mammoth task of digitally recording every single one. we have drawers here in the collection that haven't been opened in decades. the data held within the museum drawers is trapped and we are bringing that trapped data out into the light. we are mobilising it for research. photographing and logging the details of each specimen in this collection alone will take an estimated 50 years. but it's part of an effort by institutions around the world to create a global digital museum where every piece of the fossil record can be studied online. the devastating fire at brazil's national museum this year destroyed knowledge that was amassed over two centuries and was a stark reminder of the need to protect and log such scientifically valuable collections. this goes way beyond insuring
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this huge collection. it means that this triceratops skull for example could be in dozens of places at once, anywhere in the world for any scientist to study. and with a very detailed digital scan and a sd printer, researchers here at bristol university have been able to bring these dinosaurs into their lab. this model is great because it allows us to look in detail at the anatomy and pick it up and hold it and turn it around. amazing. now we can actually test ideas about how these animals actually functioned. the digital skulls can be given a virtual stress tests to work out what the animals ate, how they moved and so what their environment was like 150 million years ago. museums have gathered vast amounts of evidence of hundreds of millions of years of evolution. now the challenge is to make sure it's shared and studied, not hidden away in the dark. victoria gill, bbc news in washington, dc. now it's time for a look at the weather
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with thomas. hello. the weather is behaving itself at the moment, it is fairly quiet on the weather front, pretty chilly. we have ended the weekend on a fine note with clear skies and northwesterly winds, and that will take us into monday morning. this is what it looks like over the coming hours. chilly northwesterly wind blowing out of the norwegian sea, clear skies and maybe a few showers in northwestern areas. the frost tonight, scotland and northern england down to —1, south of that temperature is typically around four or 5 degrees in cities and tomorrow we wake up to a lot of sunshine, particularly gci’oss a lot of sunshine, particularly across eastern areas and later on it looks like clouds going to filter into the west of the country, so here it'll end up a cloudy afternoon. the temperatures tomorrow typically between six and 10 degrees, and as we go through the week you can see these temperatures are dipping down to single figures across the country. by that time we
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get to a roundabout wednesday. that is it for me. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. downing street has insisted tuesday's crucial commons vote will go ahead. and as the prime minister warns of ‘uncharted waters' if her deal is rejected — the brexit secretary has urged mps to back the plan. the vote is going ahead. it is a good deal. it's the only deal. and it's important we don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. thousands have ta ken to the streets in a ukip backed march for brexit — meanwhile thousands of others have rallied in favour of another referendum. police in new zealand investigating the murder of british backpacker grace millane say they have found a body on the outskirts of auckland. the us, russia and saudi arabia have angered other countries at the un climate change conference in poland by blocking the adoption of a report calling for radical action. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday.
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hello and welcome to sportsday — media coverage fuels racism — that's according to raheem sterling, who's been having his say on alleged racial abuse directed at him at chelsea yesterday. wolves pounce in the dying moments to snatch a win against newcastle at st james' park. and in the champions cup, saracens make it to the top of their group with a with a bonus—point comeback victory over cardiff blues. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm katherine downes
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an ugly scene at stamford bridge last night — as a group of chelsea supporters appear to hurl racist abuse at manchester city's raheem stirling. "another great day of football has been damaged by prejudice" — say anti—discrimination group kick it out. chelsea and the metropolitan police are investigating and now stirling himself has had his say on instagram — blaming newspaper coverage forfueling racism, because of the way they portray young, black footballers. andy swiss reports: he is one of english football's leading star, but while retrieving the ball, a spectator abused him racially. reviewing the footage, they say they're also investigating and now stirling has had his say. before claiming that some newspaper articles... he referred to a headline
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about his manchester city team—mate buying a house for his mother, which he said painted the player in a bad light. but he said a similar story about a white team—mate was depicted more positively. he said this was unacceptable and players should be given an equal chance. here at manchester city, it has become a here at manchester city, raheem has become a rare talent for club and country, but he himself is no stranger to headlines criticising his lifestyle, rather than focusing on his football. there was scrutiny of a gun tattoo on his leg, he said was in memory of his late father, while other articles focused on how much money he spends. the antiracism group kick it out said that sterling's abuse shows what is still going on in football, adding already
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commentated him being treated differently by the media. there is a feeling and i certainly see the comments about minority footballers and his comments i think certainly showed that there is support. and institutional racism within sectors of the game. last week, a banana skin was thrown onto the pitch after he air scored onto the pitch after he scored for arsenal, raheem's comments, have only intensified the focus. one of the most talented and scrutinised stars hoping forafairand level playing field. wolves got an injury time winner at newcastle to climb into the top half of the premier league. it was 2—1 at st james's park, as rafael benitez‘s side struggled again in front of their fans — their seventh defeat in nine league games at home this season. adam wild watched the action. we have proposed protest, but this was newcastle for the time being
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united. left to simmer, frustrations on the field temporarily taking over. offering too much space. the response was both swift and delayed, the free kick had the home fans out of their seats, while they were sitting down again, new castle's stayed up. getting above the rest. the side steadied but they were once more unbalanced, bringing down and the referee standing firm in his decision. much to the frustration of benitez, but still it could be worse for newcastle manager and his efforts being just a bit lower. now the wolves pressure was building. new castle clinging on to me when their keeper could not get there, they found the
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match‘s defining moment. rangers missed the chance to go level on points with celtic at the top of the scottish premiership. they were held to a one all draw by dundee. nick parrott has the story. taking on bottom of the table, dundee looks taking on bottom of the table, dundee looked like the perfect opportunity for them to bounce back from defeat to aberdeen. after a poor start to the season, things are looking better. dundee's charitable mood ended the ninth minute. they have three spells, he scored for them against them back in april now the role is reversed, he remained calm but the other couldn't. a rush of blood and he saw red for this. he's already for this and rangers feasted their opportunity. with this first goal for more than two years.
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they did not win after he was wronglyjudged offside, but in a poor second half they can only muster one shot on target and dundee came close to an even bigger upset, leaving steven gerard plenty to think about before the crucial europa league tie on thursday. in the women's super league, manchester city beat birmingam city 1—0 to move level on points with arsenal at the top of the table with arsenal at the top of the table. the only goal of the game came in unfortunate circumstances for the birmingham goalkeeper hannah hampton. she missed her kick allowing georgia stanway to finish from a tight angle. manchester city are still unbeaten in the league chelsea are in third after beating brighton 4—0 with substitute beth england scoring two goals. it's the defending champions fifth win in a row but they are five points off leaders arsenal and city three other games today — bristol city beat everton 2—nil, reading and liverpool shared the points and west ham won 5—0 against yeovil town saracens made it three wins from three in europe's champions cup. they were down at half time but came back to beat cardiff blues 51—25. 0ur rugby correspondent
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chrisjones was there. and half here, it looked like a upset was coming, but they played at half time here, it looked like a upset was coming, but they played some brilliant rugby and matthew for example, one of the scores of weekend. but saracens was a different beast after the interval, they upped their intensity and their accuracy and scored six second—half tries, seven in total with them both grabbing a couple and he was a man of the match playing nearly 60 minutes on his return after a calf problem. a big boost for england and for saracens. saracens remains unbeaten in europe, but ominously for the competition, both captain brent barrett and they were dissatisfied with today's performance. barrett said a warning, he said there was nowhere near the finished article. munster are top of their champions cup group — a comfortable 30 points to 5 win
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for them over castres. their three tries came in the second half — jj hanrahan with the pick of them. and in the pool 4 game, leicester tigers take away a point. racing 92 took the match 36—26. the french side were runners—up last season and are undefeated in this year's competition. louis 0osthuizen doubled his overnight led to win the south african 0pen by 6 strokes that equalled the record for the biggest winning margin. he dropped three shots in a closing round of 67 — but he more than made up for it with this eagle at the 14th hole. that's his first tournament victory for almost three years and the first time he has won his home open. ronnie 0'sullivan looks on course to win a record seventh uk championship title at the barbican in york. he's up against mark allen in the final. coverage of the evening session is on bbc two. you can watch it live on bbc two and the bbc sport website.
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the european cross country championships have been taking place in tilburg in the netherlands, there are various age groups, we hadn't planned on showing you the men's under 23's. but this is the frenchman, jimmy gressier, he already had the flags, he knew he was going to defend his title, the first man to do that, so how to cross the line, to mark such an achievement, steve cram takes up the commentary. jimmy,jimmy,jimmy.
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what are you doing? his big moment and he fluffed it. anyway, he ran brilliantly well... that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. now on bbc news, a special report on biohackers, the people who want to make their bodies and brains function better by changing their biology. that means trying to edit their dna, putting chips under their skin, and trying to create entirely new human senses. the victoria derbyshire programme's catrin nye has been meeting the people pushing the limits of what it means to be human. ?and a warning —?this film starts with a graphic image of a needle implanting a microchip. all righty, are you ready? i'm ready.
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take a nice big breath for me. well done. my chip's in? your chip's in. you're a cyborg. woohoo! yay, i'm a cyborg. meet a group of people from different corners of the world, all linked by a desire to make their bodies and brains function better. they're inserting technology under their skin. adopting extreme diets, trying to change the biology they were born with. some trying to live to 150. i would be willing to take pretty much anything in order to improve my biology. meet the bio—hackers.

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