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today at 5pm, a man has been stabbed to death on a train in surrey, a murder investigation has been launched. police say the stabbing on the guildford to london train was a shocking and violent attack, eye witnesses have described a vicious fight, a manhunt is under way for the suspect. we will have the latest from the scene in surrey. experts say that parents are the bestjudge of how long their children should spend on smartphones and other devices, but recommend no screen for one hour before bed. devices, but recommend no screen for one hour before bedli devices, but recommend no screen for one hour before bed. i only allow them to use the ipad in the school holidays, during term time, they are locked away. we limit it for a certain time, he has got to get off and read books and do stuff and play. this foreign secretary jeremy hunt warns russia not to use uk citizens as diplomatic pawns, after a british national is held on suspicion of spying. police say there is evidence that members of
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organised criminal gangs are seeking prisonjobs in order to organised criminal gangs are seeking prison jobs in order to smuggle organised criminal gangs are seeking prisonjobs in order to smuggle in drugs. a couple who hit the jackpot, they plan to share their a good fortune after winning £115 million prize. all the conversations about what would you do if... they went out the window, we sat staring at each other for ten minutes. we literally said nothing. you cannot have hot chocolate, your stomach, sugar inflames it! olivia coleman, emma stone and rachel vice join forces in the period drama the favourite, we can see what jason solomons thinks of that and the other new releases, in the film reviews, coming up at 5:45pm. —— rachel weisz. the main story, a man has been
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stabbed to death on board a train in surrey this afternoon, eyewitnesses have spoken of a vicious fight taking place, police called to the scene at wolseley station, at the past one this afternoon, following a report that a man had been stabbed on board the 1258 service from guildford to london waterloo. —— horsley station. a huge manhunt is under way for the suspect, believed to have got off the train at clandon station. adrian, tell us what you can about the police investigation. a small, rural station, three stops
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outside of guildford, and i can see just beyond the police called in, the train in question is at the platform, 50 yards from where i am standing. i write half an hour ago, scene of crime officers were making their way across the footbridge onto their way across the footbridge onto the train, they have not returned from their investigation work. above me, the sound of helicopters, could be police helicopters, could be media helicopters, british transport police and surrey police are here. no further word yet in terms of who the victim was, or indeed further news on the manhunt. the station is sealed off with no trains going in 01’ sealed off with no trains going in or out. adrian, they think the suspect got off the train at clandon and clearly a manhunt is under way. yes, clandon station is about five minutes on the train from here, the
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train started from guildford, stopped at london road station, a small provincial station just outside of the town, then on to london, where we understand the suspect got off, and onto horsley station where the train has stopped for the forensic examination which is taking place. —— clandon. heavy police presence and clandon, five minutes on the train from where we are standing, police presence there as well. all right, thank you very much indeed, adrian harms, with the very latest bbc surrey, at the same for us tonight. some comments on social media, one social media in particular saying they were on the train and praising what they described as the incredible response of the guards and the driver, this was a tweet to south—western railways: "i was on
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the train..." this is a tweet on the south—western railways, talking about the disruption that there has been... you can see this... "i was on the train, how those guards and especially the train driver went into action was nothing short of incredible. what we heard from other eyewitnesses was that there was a vicious fight, and a man was fatally stabbed, the suspect got off the train at clandon and there is a big investigation and a big manhunt under way, police have described the stabbing on the train there, at lunchtime today, around 1pm, they have described it as a shocking and violent attack taking place on board a train in broad daylight, this was an incredibly frightening incident
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for passengers on the train, and they are appealing for anyone on the train, with any information about that attack, to come forward. looking at some of the days other news, the royal college of paediatrics and child health has issued guidelines to parents over the amount of screen time their children are exposed to. they say they have not found enough evidence to show that screen time is harmful to show that screen time is harmful to children's health but they recommend no screens for one hour before bedtime. medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. young people today grow up surrounded by digital entertainment and information on multiple screens, whether through computer, smartphone 01’ whether through computer, smartphone or television, in its guidance to pa rents, or television, in its guidance to parents, the royal college says the popular view that time in front of a screen is toxic to health has essentially no evidence to support it. many things are harmful to us, crossing the road is harmful, even
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reading, which we think of as a really important thing, is a bit of a sedentary occupation that can keep you up at night. so we think there's a balance to be struck. there are harms from screens but actually screens bring us great opportunities and we have to balance those. it says there are some associations between higher screen use and obesity and depression but notes that the reported rise in mental health problems among young people was apparent before the advent of social media and digital technologies. it recommends families ask themselves four questions. is screen time in your household controlled? does it interfere with what your family wants to do? sleep and are you able to control snacking during screen time? but there has been some criticism that the guidance does not go far enough. i'm really disappointed with the report today. i feel like these are guidelines with no actual guidance in them. what it does is just say, "there's not enough research, therefore its not harmful." what i would argue is, "yes, there isn't enough research but you need to live in the real world, speak to gps, have a couple of teenagers
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in your house to know that tech addiction is a real problem." the royal college says parents are best placed to decide what limits to place on their child's screen use. they do have ipads but i only allow them to use them in the school holidays. during term time, they're locked away. we limit it for a certain time, otherwise he's got to get off and read books and do stuff and play. they should be playing on electronic devices, it's part of the world and it's very important to keep pace with the world, but they also need to work out, figure out, how things work for themselves as well. we're quite mindful because obviously we are both wearing specs, so we're quite mindful that we don't want them to get strained eyes. they're tools of the future as well, so we've got to allow them to learn at the same time. they're are a bit faster
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than us, aren't they? the guidance says parents with healthy, active children should not worry greatly about computer and smartphone use, although it recommends no screens for an hour before bed in part because the light can slow the release of the sleep—inducing hormone, melatonin. the royal college says family should negotiate screen time limits with their children based on individual needs and how much they impact on sleep, physical and social activities. fergus walsh, bbc news. just after 430 —— 5:30pm, we will be speaking with two experts about social media use and screen time among young people. a separate study has found teenage girls are twice as likely as boys to show depressive symptoms used to —— associated with social media use, almost 11,000 young people in the united kingdom provided data and they found girls we re provided data and they found girls were more affected by online harassment and concerns about body image, self and appearance. police say there is evidence that
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gangs are infiltrating prison service by taking jobs injails gangs are infiltrating prison service by taking jobs in jails so they can smuggle drugs to inmates, they can smuggle drugs to inmates, the government has promised to reduce drug fuelled the in prisons, and in an effort to stop drugs getting in, the first x—ray scanner has been installed in a prison in england, it can detect packages hidden inside a prisoner ‘s body. stand up on to the two black marks. that's it. spin around and face me. just place one hand on to that. using x—ray technology to make prisons safer. this is a demonstration of the first body scanner to be installed as part of a government programme to reduce drugs and violence in ten of the worst affected prisons in england. nearly finished. it is used on prisoners if there is intelligence they've hidden a package inside them. this is an image of an inmate found with concealed drugs on the first day the device was deployed. you can see the straight
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edges, which shouldn't be in the human body. the scanner operates ina similarway to a standard hospital x—ray machine, but the level of radiation is 400 times lower. drugs in prisons lead to debt, bullying, and violence. the trade is controlled by organised crime groups who sometimes bribe staff to bring drugs in. now there is evidence criminals deliberately getjobs in prisons — so they can smuggle contra band in themselves. i strongly suspect that is the case, yes. that organised crime groups will seek to identify and have associates recruited. there are some examples of staff, very soon after they work in that prison estate, whether it is for a prison officer or a maintenance worker, they move towards supplying contra band. the union that represents prison staff says only a minority, less than 1%, are involved in corruption and says they need to be prevented from getting jobs in the first place. we have got to have a screening process in place that is very robust,
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so that nobody enters a jail until they have been fully screened and vetted. and we need an education programme in our prisons in corruption prevention. leeds is one of ten prisons that re being given investment to reduce drugtaking and violence by next summer. —— leeds is one of ten prisons that are being given investment to reduce drugtaking and violence by next summer. but it's a difficult task and there is no guarantee it will happen. last year the government minister responsible for prisons staked his political career on getting violence down in the ten jails but now he's concerned they could reduce assaults simply by moving out dangerous offenders. it is definitely a risk. i am very, very clear that we need to play this fair. the idea is that i can look other governors in the the face and say, "we turned around these ten prisons without cheating." at leeds, they've blocked off windows to stop drugs getting in. packages were dropped by drones or thrown over walls. the new scanner will help, too, but there's a long way to go. the prime minister has been speaking
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to the president of the european commission jean—claude juncker as she tries to win support for her " b rex it" she tries to win support for her "brexit" deal, she is seeking written assurances on the controversial backstop arrangement, the insurance policy that would seek to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the republic in the case of the eu leaving —— the uk leaving the eu without a deal. the house of commons is set to vote in a fortnight on proposals. leo varadkar, speaking in germany, said the republic of ireland is increasing preparations in case of a no deal scenario but does expect agreement in the coming weeks. i still expect we will have a deal in the next few weeks, but it is only prudent, of course, that as every day passes, we intensify
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preparation for a no deal, and that is very much what ireland is doing, i intend to continue those preparations. we should not forget that no one is threatening no deal, except the uk, it is always in the power of the united kingdom to ensure there is a deal, either by ratifying the agreements we have reached at government level or alternatively by seeking an extension of article 50. the option there, to avoid no deal, is always there for the uk. leo varadkar, speaking in germany. let's go to our brussels reporter, adam fleming. he has the very latest. theresa may has been speaking to jean—claude junker, any progress, she needs reassurances, she needs something to sell her brexit deal to those mps who do not look like they will back it. the merest hint of how the phone call when, not particularly long, we have
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been told by a european commission spokesperson that it was a friendly chat and the two have agreed to keep in touch next week, this follows a big round of diplomatic activity on the phone for the prime minister, she has spoken to the european council president donald tusk a couple of days ago and spoke to a couple of days ago and spoke to a couple of days ago and spoke to a couple of other leaders. leo varadkar, who we heard from, speaking in munich, he had a 40 minute phone call yesterday with angela merkel, chancellor of germany, the leader speaking to each other as well, but it is not clear where this diplomatic activity is heading because as far as the eu is concerned, they have given the reassurance they are prepared to give and that came in the form of the european council summit communique issued just before christmas, after the leaders had their meeting here in brussels where they reiterated that as far as they are concerned, the backstop is the least good option, they would work speedily to get a future trade deal in place so that the backstop was not needed and if it was needed it would only be temporary. that is as
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far as the eu is prepared to go at the moment. when you talk to diplomats behind the scenes, they say a range of things. for example, is there anything more we can do to get this deal through the commons? what is the point of saying anything more? what is the point of saying anything more when there is time for theresa may's opponents to take apart anything the eu offers, and some people, very much in private and not a lot, they say that the eu should only act if theresa may puts the deal to the commons and it is defeated. a range of opinions, not a lot of evidence of any further reassurance come in the way of theresa may. many thanks indeed. latest headlines: murder investigation under way following a fatal stabbing on the guildford to london railway line. i trained there, police described a shocking and violent attack, as they search for the suspect. experts are saying
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that parents are the bestjudge of how long their children should spend on smartphones and other devices, they do not recommend no screens, but they do recommend no screens for an hour before bedtime. foreign secretary general amy hunt —— foreign secretary jeremy secretary general amy hunt —— foreign secretaryjeremy hunt asks russia not to use citizens as pawns. fa cup shock at prenton park tonight? league 2's tranmere rovers host premier league contenders totte n ha m , host premier league contenders tottenham, 74 places above them. bournemouth sign dominic solanki from liverpool, with nathaniel clyne also joining from liverpool, with nathaniel clyne alsojoining on from liverpool, with nathaniel clyne also joining on loan. from liverpool, with nathaniel clyne alsojoining on loan. london 2012 gold medal winner katherine copeland retires from rowing after an 11 year career. —— bouremouth sign england striker dominic solanke from liverpool the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt
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has warned russia not to use uk citizens as pawns in "diplomatic chess games," after a dual british and american national was charged with espionage. paul whelan — who's a former us marine — was detained by russian security services a week ago. officials said he was caught "carrying out spying activities". we are not ruling anything out at this stage, we are extremely worried about paul whelan, we have offered consulate assistance, the us are leading on this because he is a british and american citizen. 0ur position is very clear, very straightforward, individuals should not be used as pawns of diplomatic lethbridge, we need to see what these charges are against him. understand whether there is a case
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or not. we are giving every support we can. we don't agree with individuals being used in diplomatic chess games. not just individuals being used in diplomatic chess games. notjust the individual but theirfamilies, chess games. notjust the individual but their families, and chess games. notjust the individual but theirfamilies, and we chess games. notjust the individual but their families, and we are extremely worried about paul and his family as we hear this new. has britain had access? we have offered but it has not been taken. should british people in russia be concerned that they could be picked 7 concerned that they could be picked up? this is something that is under active consideration, we are co nsta ntly active consideration, we are constantly renewing travel advice. if we see the need to make a change, we will make it. diplomatic correspond on james robbins is here, strongly worded statement, telling russia not to use british citizens as pawns in a blue diplomatic chess game. interesting on two levels, if you thought relations between britain and russia could not go lower, this is evidence
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they can; and, so farfrom this new year, offering the possibility of some kind of recovery, a very bad yearin some kind of recovery, a very bad year in relations in 2018, a member of course, the poisonings in and around salisbury, this suggests britain will remain as robust and tough as it did last year. the other thing that is interesting, jeremy hunt is seeming to lend some sort of credence to the speculation in the united states, and it is only that, that paul whelan, who has been arrested, could have been deliberately targeted by the russians so they could try to exchange him eventually for a russian woman who has already pleaded guilty in the united states to acting as the agent of a foreign power. she is a pro—gun activist, and she pleaded guilty to trying to influence us conservative groups on behalf of the russian government. is that a play on like that? we do not know. the lady called maria butina.
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what is known about paul whelan? multi nationality, it appears, 48 yea rs multi nationality, it appears, 48 years old, born to british parents in canada, but has spent most of his life in the united states, served in the marine corps, served for the united states in iraq, based in michigan, he has some connections with the security industry as a whole but also built up a lot of contacts whole but also built up a lot of co nta cts in whole but also built up a lot of contacts in russia, visits fairly frequently and his family incest he was there only to attend the wedding ofa was there only to attend the wedding of a former marine veteran, who was getting married in russia. the russians by contrast insist he received a highly classified information while he was there, the allegation is that he may have been given a memory stick with the names of members of the russian security service on it, something the family deny. the family has put out a statement within the last few minutes, applauding the fact that the us ambassador in moscow has been to see paul whelan, in detention, and the united states seems to be
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taking the lead in making representations. not really surprising, looks as if paul whelan was in moscow on his united states passport, not on his british passport, not on his british passport, if he has one. back to the main story, the murder investigation that has been launched in sorry following a fatal stabbing on the guildford to london railway line, ona on the guildford to london railway line, on a train heading to london, police have described what they call a shocking and violent attack as they search for the subject and we can get the latest from john tyndall, he owns a business near horsley station where this happen. thank you forjoining us, what can you tell us? starting from the beginning, it was about lunchtime, when the first police car arrived, the policeman got out with a paramedic, went over the bridge and i thought nothing of it, just someone who has taken unwell. followed up by about six police
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cars, and another two ambulances, and shortly after that, a helicopter circled, trying to land, but could not because it could not find the space. i thought it was an ambulance, it took off, and then a lot of kerfuffle, a lot of activity, but nothing much else to report after that. when you discovered what had happened, that a man was stabbed to death, on that train, that police are now hunting for the suspect, what was your, what were your thoughts? police describing this as a shocking and violent attack, on board a train in broad daylight, and an incredibly frightening incident for the passengers travelling on the train. i wondered why the helicopters were continuing to circle and, listening to your report, i realise that is the reason why, he is still on the loose, i did not know that, i thought he had been
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apprehended. that is a worry. tell us apprehended. that is a worry. tell us about the railway line, then, clearly a commuter line, isn't it, in surrey. that's right, it goes to waterloo from guildford. it would have been, well, i don't know which way it was travelling, travelling towards waterloo, there would not necessarily have been commuters on there, just day—trippers. necessarily have been commuters on there, just day-trippers. yes, lunchtime train, probably not that busy. that is what it would have been. all passengers had to get off, find alternative means of travel. and, that was, quietly going about. the police quite quiet, they do not really reveal much. we are just seeing in the screen, number for you
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to get in touch with the police if you have any information about the stabbing. thousands of people in southern thailand are fleeing the path of the worst tropical storm to hit the area in 30 years, the storm made landfall in the early hours of the morning local time, sending trees crashing into houses in the province of... the storm is simply huge, it hit the northerly islands early on, by noon, it was starting to close down the island as well. the roads were empty
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of traffic, and winds of 50 mph or more were blowing down trees, close to the scene. the emergency services we re to the scene. the emergency services were out in force though the number of injuries were still quite small in daylight. 0nly of injuries were still quite small in daylight. only two deaths had been reported. when i drove around the island, most people had obeyed the island, most people had obeyed the official advice to stay indoors. to be honest, no one really knows what will be happening in the next few hours, the weather seems to be changing all the time, rain that was drenching just a few hours ago has stopped but the wind has come a fearsome. —— just a few minutes ago. 0ne fearsome. —— just a few minutes ago. one thing we have to be careful about is falling trees, storm surges, perhaps, and also the danger of mudslides. yesterday, thousands of mudslides. yesterday, thousands of visitors, thai as well as foreign, try to get off the islands while they still could. some stayed,
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either because they could not leave or perhaps because they wanted to see what was going to happen. sam and miranda, from chester, came here to celebrate his 30th birthday. people knew about the storm but there was not enough infrastructure to get enough people off the island quickly enough. by the time we were trying to book flights, those that we re trying to book flights, those that were remaining were gone and the information around the ferry service was pretty lax. we were not sure whether to try it, whether or not to, what was the best thing to do. we thought we would hunker down, prepare as best we can and hope for the best. tonight, the storm proper is just about to hit koh samui and what is certain is that this superstorm is highly unusualfor this time of year, more evidence that people here believe that climate change is starting in earnest. superstorm there are, let's hope the
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weather here is rather quieter than that for this weekend, darren has the latest forecast. what is interesting is it is the same system that brought all the rains and flooding in the philippines, about one week ago, it has moved across the south china sea. weather is very quiet, chilly day to day, temperatures falling underneath the clear skies, round the marches into the west country, if you breaks across eastern scotland and eastern england as well. fair bit of cloud around overnight. temperatures will not be far off reason, lower temperatures where we have a clear skies, early sunshine here, tomorrow, before the cloud filled in. rest of the sunshine across the north—east, into the wash, on the whole, cloudy day, and at times, glimpse of sunshine, dry day, temperatures struggling, some rain coming into the north—west,
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during the evening, that will push through, a lot of dry weather on sunday, rest of the sunshine —— best of the sunshine will be in scotland, wind will pick up on monday, some severe gales in northern scotland. this is bbc news. the headlines. a murder investigation is under way following a fatal stabbing on a train in surrey. police describe a "shocking and violent attack" as they search for the suspect. experts say parents are the best judge of how long their children should spend on smartphones and other devices but do recommend no screens for one hour before bed. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt warns russia not to use uk citizens as "diplomatic pawns" after a british national is held on suspicion of spying. police say there's evidence members of organised criminal gangs are seeking prisonjobs in order to smuggle in drugs. now, let's cross to the bbc sport centre and join lizzie.
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good evening. after all the excitement of last night's premier league title race clash, now all eyes turn to the fa cup. it's the 3rd round weekend — when the big clubsjoin—in and the lower league teams dream of a bg cup shock. here's a pick of some of the ties this weekend. it might be a bit of a ghosttown at bloomfield road for blackpool against arsenal because of an ongoing boycott from the home fans. chelsea have had a bit of blip in the premeir league recently. they'll look to get back to winning ways at home to nottingham forest. frank lampard's derby will be hopeful of an upset with his championship side at home to southampton who have premier league survival thoughts. can 0le gunnar solskjaer make it five wins from five at the begining of his manchester united reign? his side are at home to reading tomorrow. before all that, kicking off the third round ties tonight — tranmere rovers. they could set the giant killing
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thing tonight. spares are away at league 2 side later. spurs have lifted the trophy eight times in their history, the last coming back in 1991 but tranmere are going well in the league having been promoted from the national league in the summer. 74 places between the two sides but maurico pochettino is feeling cautious. we need to be sure that we show our best face. the right attitude, that is going to be key to winning this type of competition. the fa cup is a massive competition. the different level that we are in different leagues, but the competition, always, if you're not right and taking the right way the competition, you can struggle. now how much of an impact last night's result at the ethihad will have on the premier league title race remains to be seen. manchester city's 2—1 win over
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liverpool was the first defeat jurgen klopp's side have suffered in the league this season and it cuts liverpool's lead tojust four points. it would have been ten if they'd won. a huge margin as they try to lift a league title for the first time in 29 years. tottenham are still in the hunt though — only six points off the leaders and it is still only january — but the former england striker ian wright still thinks it's liverpool's to lose. i'll go with liverpool. i'll continue to go with liverpool. i think manchester city are magnificent and they will push liverpool all the waif, which you would expect because they are trying to retain the premier league which hasn't been done for many years. you have to give them the credit for winning the game last night because they had to. but i'm going to go with liverpool because there is a weight of expectation on them under pressure, but i think liverpool can
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do itand pressure, but i think liverpool can do it and i'll go with them because i tipped them at the start. i hope they can do it. well liverpool have been busy in the transfer marker today — selling striker dominic solanke to bournemouth for £19 million and also loaning out defender nathaniel clyne to bournemouth until the end of the season. the england right—back has struggled with injury and played only five games last season. the football association is asking people to come forward with information after an unnamed england player was reported to have been "kicked out of a nightclub for taking cocaine". the allegations were made in the sun newspaper. the fa can ban players found to have breached its social drugs policy, with a first—time offence carrying a suspension of up to three months. they say it remains a priority for them to find and sanction anyone found taking performance—enhancing or recreational drugs. the newspaper alleges the incident occurred during a pre—christmas team get—together after an away game. london 2012 gold medallist katherine copeland is retiring from rowing after an 11—year career. the 28—year—old — seen here on the left — competed at two olympics and secured
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gold alongside lightweight double sculls partner sophie hoskings at london 2012. copeland also claimed a european title and a world silver medal in 2015. that's all the sport for now. you can follow all the fa cup action this weekend as well as all our other stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport leading paediatricians say there is little evidence that screen use for children is harmful in itself, and have advised parents to worry less as long as they have gone through a check list on possible effects using technology could have. meanwhile in a separate study, researchers at university college london have found that teenage girls are twice as likely as boys to show depressive symptoms linked to social media use. let's discuss this a little further —
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with me is amy 0rben, a psychological researcher at the university of oxford, investigating the effects of social media and other technologies on our well—being. also i'm joined by sophie elkan, author of the girls' guide to growing up great, who's in oxford. thank you for being with us. first of all, this thing about screen time, should parents be worried? whatever we had today, should they be worried about the amount of screen time their children are spending on iphones or whatever device they have? it's natural to be worried. it's a huge change and a change that has been incredibly rapid and widespread. it is natural to be worried, humans are always worried when there is change going on. but i think the report that
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society has released today is really valuable in that it tries to empower pa rents to valuable in that it tries to empower parents to make their own decisions. at the moment we don't have the causal evidence necessary to support more harsh or more concise rules that every child should be subject to. we should instead look at something more nuanced, something thatis something more nuanced, something that is really child specific and situation specific. what is your view? i'm a parent and when your kids are glued to their iphones or screens for hours and hours, you do worry and you worry about the harm it might be doing. you do worry but asa parent, it might be doing. you do worry but as a parent, it's ourjob to have some control of that. obviously it depends on the edge of the child. i'm assuming we have bought the tablet or phone, we are paying the bills or letting them use the data. i think we are able to say when enoughis i think we are able to say when enough is enough. what is enough? if
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you are bringing in limits how many hours a day do you allow? that's a good question, there is no easy answer because as in all these things it depends on the child. it depends on what they are doing and what affirmation they may be getting from being on their phone. if you know your child, that's going to be the bottom line. the relationship you have with your child. so you know where you can trust them, watch out for them and where you may need to intervene and help them through it. with a child who is 11 and got an iphone, but if it's a child he's 17 or18, an iphone, but if it's a child he's 17 or 18, trying to tell them how many hours they can use the screen isa many hours they can use the screen is a different matter. of course but i hope you would have had a conversation with them but started when they got their fame, which these days is pretty standard to get one on the change up to secondary school. i think at that stage they
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are young enough to have the conversation. maybe you are more involved with their usage in their earlier years, hoping to guide them so that in their later years they have an awareness of the world that's out there and the part their phone can play, or their tablet, and the part reality has to play as well. screen time is one thing but also its the content, content kids are looking at. we had this research suggesting girls are particularly vulnerable in a way and can get depression, mental health problems because of social media. is that what you've found ? because of social media. is that what you've found? it's important to note the research isn't a correlation, we are looking at a time point. we consistently find girls show more negative associations between technology use and mental well—being. what's important is that even those effects
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we find consistently are extremely small. if you would tell me how much a certain goal uses social media i could only predict less than 1% of how good she might be feeling, which in the realm of psychology is very small. so, this causes us as researchers to question whether that causal link exists because we also know that children or girls who are more disadvantaged, they use more technology. in the us it's 2—3 hours a day. i also feel worse about themselves. if we look at it without keeping in mind the background factors and socioeconomic factors we would always find a negative association between digital technology and well—being, but there is no causal link. at the moment this is what we are trying to figure out. your view on the harm or otherwise that social media is doing to girls in particular?”
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otherwise that social media is doing to girls in particular? i would suggest i think girls face more struggle because of the weight of expectations on them. i think girls are more encouraged, arguably, to be concerned with for example their appearance. a lot of the social media sites depend on sharing photos. i think it's ourjob as parents to point out to them that these are selected images. no one is posting things online without having thought about what they are uploading and why, and even the so—called natural shots, they have been selected if not manipulated. to say that... i agree with amy, there are so many other factors at play. we want to encourage our girls to have robust self esteem. that can be found by searching out other sorts of images online. if you don't conform to the idea of open quite
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pretty close quote, which is something we talk about in the book, think about the real people in your life. are they necessarily conforming to that ideal —— if you don't conform to the idea of "pretty". it's about providing a balanced, social media shows a particular view of what femininity is but if you search it up there are other equally empowering images that can do great things for self esteem. thank you. it's the extraordinary news that we'd all like to receive — a couple from northern ireland say they are overwhelmed at winning almost £115 million in a euromillions draw. frances and patrick connolly from county down matched the winning numbers in the new year's day draw. it is the fourth biggest uk euromillions win, and the couple say they want it to have a huge impact not only on their own lives, but those
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of other people they know and love as well. chris page's report does contain flashing images. it is the time of year when lifestyle changes do happen, but they are rarely as dramatic or unexpected as this. on new year's day, frances connelly was knitting at home. her husband, patrick, checked the euromillions numbers on the computer. there was a little box came up and each of the numbers was ticked. i thought, oh... so, i just turned the computer round... and said... i think i've got some good news for you! and i could see the lottery ticket up and i thought, it must be more than £2.60! welcome to tonight's special euromillions draw... in fact, the prize was just shy of £115 million. this machine had bestowed sudden
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and sumptuous wealth on the couple from the village of moira but patrick and frances say they are not making plans for a life of sheer extravagance. it's going to change our life, but i want a bungalow because i can't walk up stairs! it might be a bigger bungalow than we were planning to have, but there's no way i'm joining the jet set. incredibly, frances and patrick's win is only the fourth biggest ever in the uk. the largest was the £161 million won by colin and chris weir in 2011. in the summer of 2012, adrian and gillian bayford won £148 million. and in april 2018, an anonymous winner claimed a price of £121 million. frances was asked if personal security was now a worry. she said far from it. i've never met anybody i wouldn't take down myself to be fair! laughter. she is planning to start a phd. patrick is going to retire, for now.
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it is the happiest of new years for frances and patrick connelly. as well as enjoying a few holidays, a new car and trips abroad to watch formula 1, they say they are looking forward most to making some more millionaires with whom they are going to share their new—found fortune. chris page, bbc news, belfast. now on bbc news a look ahead to sportsday at 6:30 tonight. plenty to bring you on bbc news ahead of fa cup third—round weekend when the premier league
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