tv Breakfast BBC News January 20, 2019 7:00am-8:00am GMT
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i'm afraid that's where we have to stop the shortcut of click for this week. the full length version is waiting for you right now on iplayer. and don't forget, we live on social media too — youtube, facebook, twitter and instagram at @bbcclick. thanks for watching and we'll see you soon. good morning. welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and ben thompson. our headlines today: police speak to prince philip after he's seen driving without a seatbelt 48 hours after he was involved in a crash which injured two women. president trump offers a deal to end the longest government shut down in us history, but his democrat opponents reject the plan.
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the number of retailers warning of financial difficulties reaches its highest level since the economic crisis of 2008. in sport, wild celebrations on merseyside as liverpool beat crystal palace to go seven points clear at the top of premier league. good morning. another cold day awaits for most of us but it should be bright and there should be more sunshine around. however, snow is in the forecast, more so for monday to tuesday but there could a smattering over the hills in the north as well today. join me in around 15 minutes for more detail. hello, a very good morning. it's sunday the 20th of january. our top story: police have spoken to the duke of edinburgh after he was photographed driving without a seatbelt on a public road just two days after his crash with a car carrying two women and a baby. one of the women has claimed no—one from the royal family has contacted her to offer an apology since the accident on thursday.
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emma fairweather was left with a broken wrist and told the sunday mirror that she's lucky to be alive. andy moore reports. prince philip was fortunate to escape with only slight injuries from thursday's crash nearsandringham. two women and a baby were in the other car, a kia. emma fairweather was one of them. she was treated in hospital for a broken wrist. now she has spoken to the sunday mirror, saying that prince philip should be prosecuted if found to be at fault. buckingham palace said it had been in touch with her to offer good wishes, but ms fairweather said she had only heard from a police liaison officer. she told the paper "i am lucky to be alive and he hasn't even said sorry. it's been such a traumatic and painful time and i would have expected more of the royal family." yesterday, prince philip was spotted driving a new land rover. he was photographed driving without a seatbelt. norfolk police said "suitable words of advice had been given
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to the driver". buckingham palace did not comment. yesterday morning, the prince passed a police eyesight test. it's standard procedure after an accident like this. police say the cause of the crash is still under investigation. andy moore, bbc news. president trump has offered democrats a compromise package on immigration in an attempt to end a partial government shutdown. but some prominent democrats dismissed his olive branch as unacceptable, as david willis reports from washington. from the diplomatic reception room of the white house came a distinctly undiplomatic message — america's immigration system is badly broken. i am here today to break the logjam and provide congress with a path forward to end the government shutdown and solve the crisis on the southern border. amongst a package of measures that he knew would prove irresistible to many democrats was an offer of temporary relief for around a million immigrants threatened with deportation.
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but then came the quid pro quo. in return for all of this, the president is demanding close to $6 billion to build a wall along america's southern border — a project the democrats hate. if we build a powerful and fully designed see—through steel barrier on our southern border, the crime rate and drug problem in our country would be quickly and greatly reduced. senior democrats were quick to brand the president's plan a non—starter, and the house speaker nancy pelosi put it thus: adding later: those workers are now taking to charity food banks
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in growing numbers. and in order to get them back to work, one side or the other in this seemingly intractable dispute has to blink first. david willis, bbc news, washington. an 18—year—old man has been charged with the murder of a boy in east london. 14—year—old jaden moodie was stabbed to death after being forced off his moped in leyton, earlier this month. the metropolitan police is continuing to look for four other suspects who fled the scene. police are investigating an explosion inside a car outside the courthouse in londonderry. the blast happened shortly after 8 o'clock last night. political leaders on all sides have condemned the bombing. no—one is thought to have been injured. the number of major retailers warning of financial difficulties has reached its highest level since the economic crash of ten years ago. 38% of retailers listed on the stock market issued profit warnings in 2018 — a year in which a number of big—name brands disappeared from the high street. here's our business
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correspondent rob young. it has been a truly dreadful year for retailers. new look closed dozens of branches. house of fraser collapsed into administration and had to be rescued. maplin has gone out of business. toys "r" us shut down. even for those stores that managed to survive intact, it has been a year of pain. according to new analysis, 36 retailers issued warnings about their profits in 2018. that's one in three of all of the general retailers listed on the london stock market. and it is the largest proportion to the financial crisis a decade ago. retailers probably had one of the toughest years in living memory. there's a number of things that would be going on — we've had weak consumer demand, combined with uncertainty around brexit which has really weighed on business confidence and, to some extent, consumer confidence as well. and as a result, we have seen a high number of businesses go
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into administration or undertake radical restructuring. data suggests we have become more cautious about spending on non—essentials. shops know this and so, many are offering biggerjanuary discounts than normal in an attempt to get us through their doors. retailers are braced for a poor 2019. the first few months of the year can be deadly for companies in financial difficulty. it's feared the coming weeks may bring more grim news for the high street. rob young, bbc news. two people have died after contracting a fungal infection caused by pigeon droppings at a hospital in glasgow. nhs bosses have launched an investigation with a room at queen elizabeth university hospital, thought to contain machinery, being identified as the possible source, as catriona renton reports. the two patients were being treated at scotland's largest hospital when they contracted the rare infection. it's thought the likely source
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is from pigeons that had got into a room not open to the public, thought to contain machinery. their droppings contained a microscopic airborne organism called cryptococcus. it is very unusual for people exposed to the fungi to get ill, but those with compromised immune systems can be vulnerable. the big problem with this is that it can cause meningitis, and as we know, meningitis is a very serious infection, it doesn't matter what causes it, but if it's caused by this cryptococcus, it can come on quite slowly before you know what the problem is. nhs greater glasgow and clyde said one of the patients who was elderly died of an unrelated cause. another person has also died, but the factors contributing to this are still being investigated. the health board says the droppings have been removed and airfilter units brought in. an investigation is under way. pest control experts say it's difficult to stop pigeons entering buildings. pigeons can exploit holes literally as big as this, if not smaller — itjust depends on the structure of the building.
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most buildings are designed to be weatherproof, they're not designed to be bird—proof. as soon as they begin to nest, they will begin to leave droppings everywhere. the droppings will build up over time. obviously, the droppings are extremely hazardous. a spokesperson for the scottish government says control measures are in place and no further cases have been reported. catriona renton, bbc news, glasgow. theresa may is expected to hold a conference call with her cabinet ministers this afternoon as she prepares to outline her next steps to break the brexit deadlock. she'll make a statement in the house of commons tomorrow. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley is in our london newsroom. good morning. there has been so much discussion, lots in the newspapers, about who said what to do and the conversations 110w about who said what to do and the conversations now continue? they do because theresa may is struggling to find some sort of consensus in those cross— party find some sort of consensus in those cross—party talks she has been
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holding over the past few days. they will continue next week. theresa may will continue next week. theresa may will be in the commons tomorrow to say what she is going to do next. but the big fear now in downing street is other mps may try and take control of the process. two particular plans we hear about this morning, one would rule out the uk leaving the european union without any deal in place, a so—called no deal scenario, the idea is if we we re deal scenario, the idea is if we were getting to the stage where it was close to exit date and nothing had been sorted, the uk would go to europe and say we need a bit more time to sort this. the other reported plan is one to provoke article 50, completely for now, and say we have not got enough of an idea about what happens next so let's not do it at the moment. there isa let's not do it at the moment. there is a lot of speculation about what is going to happen next. it is all farfrom certain but what is going to happen next. it is all far from certain but what we can be sure about is the debate and
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discussions and attempts to try to find some sort of a way forward going to go on for days yet. nick, thank you very much. we will be speaking about this today and, of course, again tomorrow. in other news for you today: tsunami warnings have been lifted after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit the coast of northern chile last night. hundreds of thousands of homes have been left without power and tremors were felt 250 miles away in the capital of santiago. the country is located on the so—called pacific ring of fire, where earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are common. rescue teams searching for a 2—year—old boy who fell down a well in southern spain have begun drilling in an effort to reach him. julen rosello's parents say he fell down the 300—feet drop in malaga last sunday, and hasn't been heard from since. miners are now drilling a tunnel next to the well, wide enough to allow rescuers to be lowered down. astronomers are eagerly awaiting a total lunar eclipse, or blood moon, in the early hours of tomorrow morning. it will be the last time the event
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will be visible from the uk for ten years. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh has the details. this is what people all across the uk will see, weather permitting. it's called a blood moon. this is one from last summer. it's a strange colour because the earth passes directly between it and the sun. this blocks out most of the sunlight, but a small amount falls on the lunar surface as it passes through the outer edges of our atmosphere. and tomorrow morning, the moon will appear slightly larger than usual as it's at its closest point to earth. astronomers call this a ‘supermoon‘. the sight will be visible over the americas and northern and western europe, the very edge of western africa, as well as the northernmost portion of russia. in all, it will have a potential audience of some 2.8 billion people. pallab ghosh, bbc news. remote looking forward to that, if
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we can see it! —— very much looking forward. more than 70 years after the liberation of the nazi concentration camps, the remains of six unidentified victims of the holocaust will be laid to rest today. the ashes have been kept at the imperial war museum and will be interred at a jewish cemetery in hertfordshire. let's speak now to the rabbi nicky liss, who'll be conducting this morning's historic service. the very good morning to you and think you forjoining us. as we touched on bare, the first service of its kind undoubtedly an emotional day so could you talk us through how significant today will be? good morning and thank you for having me on this morning. i think today is of tremendous significance and as you mentioned, we are now over 70 years since the holocaust in which over 6
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millionjewish people were killed, mainly in extermination camps, and less 1 million of whom were gassed and burned at auschwitz, where these remains from. sorry to interrupt, can you explain a little bit about how the remains came to be discovered? yes, from what we understand a survivor brought back these remains, together with other a rtefa cts these remains, together with other artefacts from auschwitz, to england. and the survivor gave them to be into war the safekeeping. recently the museum has been conducting a comprehensive review of the archived, given that they are about to embark on upgrading their excellent second world war and holocaust galleries. and we are immensely grateful they contacted the jewish community, allowing immensely grateful they contacted thejewish community, allowing us thejewish community, allowing us the opportunity to arrange today's general and burial. could you explain a bit about what will happen today and how the service will be
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carried out? what will happen over the course of the morning? the funeral is scheduled for 11 o'clock. about half—an—hour before, ina o'clock. about half—an—hour before, in a private ceremony, as is normal for ajewish in a private ceremony, as is normal for a jewish funeral comedy corbyn will be closed, and there is a long—standing tradition are from the land of israel will be putting —— be coffin will be closed. 0ne land of israel will be putting —— be coffin will be closed. one of my collea g u es coffin will be closed. one of my colleagues has compiled a special prayerfor colleagues has compiled a special prayer for today, reflecting on colleagues has compiled a special prayerfor today, reflecting on the fa ct prayerfor today, reflecting on the fact that we have the opportunity to bury six of the 6 million. and then the chief rabbi will give a special address, following which we will follow the coffin to a grave where we will bury the remains. how significant will be ceremony be in keeping the story alive and keeping
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it fresh in the minds of people. it is now seven decades since these murders took place. how important is it to keep those memories alive and remind people of what happened?” was reflecting on this in synagogue yesterday when i was reading from the torah. in yesterday's portion we read of moses who in the exodus out of egypt he went to collect our a ncestor of egypt he went to collect our ancestorjota's bones of egypt he went to collect our ancestor jota's bones and of egypt he went to collect our ancestorjota's bones and he and the jewish people carry those bones with them for a0 years until they were able to give them a burial —— jozsef‘s bones. so too we carry the fragments of our past with us to our future. what they day four we are able to before. as you have touched on there, an emotional day. what is it mean for the widerjewish
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community? -- what they died for. i've heard stories, since this was made public, of survivors, people of the second generation, who know, tragically, they lost family, friends during the holocaust, but don't have a place, a date where they were murdered, and even if they know where they were murdered do not know where they were murdered do not know where they were murdered do not know where they were buried. it gives a place to come to, a place to mourn and grieve. and so, following on from today's ceremony, we will be billeted in a holocaust memorial day in and this grave we are filling today will form a centre part of that —— we will be building. it gives a place to give to come to for commemoration. it is good to talk to this morning. it is a significant day for you. rabbi nicky liss, thank you for explaining that. that is a significant moment. a very good morning to you. we can
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catch up with the weather. helen has been telling us about cold temperatures. it cold out there this morning. quite a bit of cloud in the skies. it is not frosty for all. where it is frosty temperatures are quite a bit below freezing. it is hoped will have more sunshine for the day had. it is always the case with the british weather, there is a fly in the ointment. —— they had. this weather system is bumping into the high pressure system which is weakening all the time. i will say the radar picture in a moment. snow falling over the scottish mountains that mackay will show. showers for other wales and england as well —— i will show. this note will be fizzling out as we go through the course of the day. a little bit cold first thing this morning. those two
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areas having the sunshine this morning. it fades for scotland as the weather front thinks southwards and across northern ireland. the afternoon brings a brighter skies. sunshine for many parts of scotland and northern ireland as the hikers away. we keep the showers for the western side of wales and south—west england. nowhere near as many as yesterday. the remnants of that weather front across england and wales keeping that cloudy in places but not for all. it is cold and it remains cold. more breeze today, which accentuates that chill. 0vernight we keep that cloud across england and why all is. perhaps the best chance of clear skies is the south—east of england, possibly in the north for a time. another weather front approaching the north—west of the uk which will throw high cloud in. we'll see ahead of at throw high cloud in. we'll see ahead ofata throw high cloud in. we'll see ahead of at a lot of high cloud around which could skewer the skies. it is touch and go. this system, however, looks much more active than the one we had yesterday, the one that we
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have got today. it comes late in the day. the most part we start off cold. quite a bit of cloud around, sunshine and early—morning fog to clear away. mostly dry and bright skies, until the afternoon when the sets an, it turns readily to snow for the hills of scotland and northern ireland. as it averages following tomorrow evening and the weather front makes inroads across the bulk of the mainland, it is to snow readily across the scottish mountains, the pennines, the welsh mountains, the pennines, the welsh mountains, the pennines, the welsh mountains, the hills of the midlands and for the south and east. it is not likely to settle in the south but we could see several sentiment that make centimetres across the peaks that make centimetres across the pea ks and the that make centimetres across the peaks and the pennines and the scottish mountains. really cold air with us. 0nly scottish mountains. really cold air with us. only three and four. a bracing north—westerly wind coming in. sleet and snow in the heavier outbreaks. it is a grey picture midweek, as you can see. but it is still coles that make picture.
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your forecast genuinely made me shiver. thank you. more a little later. the black rhino is the smaller of the african rhinos and is a critically endangered species. so it's important for theirfuture that they get help with breeding programmes, from places like the yorkshire wildlife park. but how do you get a rhino to travel to doncaster? by tempting it with lots of bananas, as keeley donovan has been finding out. this is najuma the black rhino at two years old. two years on she has most outgrown current wodak refills in germany and her mother needs the space, as she is expecting a new baby rhino. the mother will drive away, so she will start to hunter, to attack, because the next calf is
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on the way. and that means she will have to move from here in germany to a new home here at the yorkshire wildlife park near doncaster. the space najuma will have in a new home is many times greater than she has in germany. the middle section will be her enclosure, all three acres of it. the hope is that one day she will be sharing it with a cup of her own. we want to make sure that she is comfortable and happy living next door to two males and then, in the future, when it comes to breeding in a year or two, then we will introduce her and hopefully we will have a successful mating and some ca rs. have a successful mating and some cars. “ have a successful mating and some cars. -- calf. meanwhile, back at the zoo, najuma is being trained to view the creature will be transported in as part of her enclosure. you don't have to be scared. there is a fence inside. enclosure. you don't have to be scared. there is a fence insidem this? that's right. specialtreats
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are used to coax her in. often the black rhinos are a little bit nervous and can be aggressive, but the mother is very calm and the children are as well. she looks very calm indeed. you can touch her, you just have to come from here. you can give her a just have to come from here. you can give hera banana. just have to come from here. you can give her a banana. the biggest threat to rhinos in the wild is humans, but it is hoped an international breeding programme, which najuma and the yorkshire wildlife park are part of, will help save this critically endangered species. keeley donovan, bbc news, cray felt in germany. extraordinary animals. you can watch najuma the rhino's journey across europe on inside out in yorkshire and lincolnshire tomorrow at 7:30pm on bbc one, or on the bbc iplayer after that. more cute pictures of baby rhinos. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. time now for a look at the newspapers. politics lecturer victoria honeyman
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is here to tell us what's caught her eye. a mixed bag on the front page. brexit and the duke of edinburgh as well. so much about last week, next week, brexit, where are we going. i won't make you answer that question. take us through what in particular you are looking at. i thought we would start off with the times, which offers a nice run through. most papers have done this in the la st most papers have done this in the last few weeks, what's happening today, what's happening now, what we can expect. some of the options you can expect. some of the options you can have. they have provided a diagram. leave without a deal... leave without a deal, the norway option, seven referendum, a customs union. and they have given them a probability. they are suggesting the
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most likely option is that there will be a fine tuned to the pm's deal. the most likely options are live without a deal or the norway option. it is interesting, because fine—tuning that deal suggest there is movement in this debate. that is not the message coming out of ten downing street or out of the discussions held with people like caroline lucas, the snp, yvette cooper, hilary benn. it does not seem cooper, hilary benn. it does not seem that there is a lot of flexibility. fine shinnie suggest to me it is faffing around a little bit at the edges and trying to make it look more palatable —— fine tuning. they have to persuade 230 mp5. you think that there would have been more than fine tuning. absolutely. it is the biggest defeat of a sitting government in living memory, quite frankly. it is interesting that they give there is only a ao% probability. this is the most likely, ao% is as good as they think it will get. i think it recognises the fact that there is gridlock from
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this. a lot of papers go with the idea that it has been caused by intransigence. there is a link in that. but lots of people hold the views on this. they not been difficult, they are doing what they think is in the best interest of their country and constituents. that causes many options on the table. maybe they could stop paying mps until they sorted out. this is a poll in the sunday paper. they have looked at a proposal of not paying mps until they sorted out. another of what voting intentions could be and who could replace theresa may as prime minister. the idea of not paying mps, that is one of those populist things that comes up. realistically, i am populist things that comes up. realistically, lam not populist things that comes up. realistically, i am not sure that mps are not working for their money. they are working harder than i have ever seen they are working harder than i have everseen and they are working harder than i have ever seen and work. they not coming with solutions. crosstalk. loads of them would like that. that is the underlying idea that they are
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not doing what they are supposed to do. people on both sides of the debate, in all different elements, saying they not doing what they are supposed to do. what are they supposed to do. what are they supposed to do. what are they supposed to do? this is what people will be focusing on. this is 0nepoll, there are many others. how would you vote if the referendum was to be held today? —— one poll. would you vote if the referendum was to be held today? -- one poll. there has been this d—day. that there was a date this week where enough leaders will have died and enough remainers will have come onto the electoral register to change things will stop by not sure that is how you would want to win a vote, frankly. there is an argument that the demographics are changing. the issues are changing. the things that said during the campaign have not fleshed out the way people thought they maybe would. that is what those supporting a second referendum are looking at, the idea that the movement has changed and maybe the movement has changed and maybe the movement has changed along with the. i have lost what you are going to talk about. jacob rees-mogg. it is the daily mail. there is a section
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on him. enterthe peace maker. it seems to me a rather misleading headline. whether —— whether you are a bordill detractorjacob headline. whether —— whether you are a bordill detractor jacob rees—mogg of him as a peacemaker a peacemaker seems a slightly unusual —— whether you are a supporter. it seems to be saying jacob rees—mogg doesn't like jeremy corbyn far more than he doesn't like the european union. so if there was a vote of no confidence, really, the odds would have to be stacked forjacob rees—mogg to vote against a conservative. let us talk about the speaker. he made headlines, a week tempo —— ten days ago. speaker. he made headlines, a week tempo -- ten days ago. john bercow has been a very commercial speaker, pretty much since he got the job. he isa pretty much since he got the job. he is a conservative mp. therefore a conservative speaker. he was considered close to new labour when
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he was elected. they have been various controversies. the argument is thatjohn bercow various controversies. the argument is that john bercow is upset various controversies. the argument is thatjohn bercow is upset by reports that because of his activities over the brexit divisions and debates that he may be refused a peerage. which is standard for speakers. they usually get a peerage. therefore, there is some suggestion in the observer thatjohn be rcow suggestion in the observer thatjohn bercow is sticking his heels in and he will stay on until 2022 which is when the next general election is due to be held. and therefore he will stay on until then, which is not what we have been led to believe. the expectation was that he would resign before that. essentially he seems to be saying that if you are going to be difficult with me i will be difficult with me i will be difficult with me i will be difficult with you. there is a story about an alpaca that walked into an optician, not quite sure why. it was in france. i did not want to leave you with the relentlessness of brexit. thank you very much. you are
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backin brexit. thank you very much. you are back in about one hour. brexit, i'm afraid. maybe you will be back. thank you very much. coming up later on breakfast: we'll get details about the rare event in our skies early tomorrow morning — a "super blood moon". stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and louise minchin. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: police have spoken to the duke of edinburgh after he was photographed driving without a seatbelt on a public road, just two days after his crash with a car carrying two women and a baby. one of the women has claimed no—one from the royal family has contacted her to offer an apology since the accident on thursday. emma fairweather was left with a broken wrist and told the sunday mirror that she's lucky to be alive. senior democrats have described president trump's attempt to end the long—running government shutdown as a "non—starter".
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the us president had offered to temporarily protect1 million immigrants from deportation if congress agreed to fund a wall along the mexican border. the shutdown is now in its fifth week and is the longest in american history. an 18—year—old man has been charged with the murder of a boy in east london. 1a—year—old jaden moodie was stabbed to death after being forced off his moped in leyton, earlier this month. the metropolitan police is continuing to look for four other suspects who fled the scene. police are investigating an explosion inside a car outside the courthouse in londonderry. the blast happened shortly after 8 o'clock last night. political leaders on all sides have condemned the bombing. no—one is thought to have been injured. the number of major retailers warning of financial difficulties has reached its highest level since the economic crisis ten years ago. 38% issued profit warnings in 2018, with toys r us, maplin and new look just some of the big high street
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names to have closed stores or collapsed entirely. business analysts say less demand from consumers and uncertainty over brexit are likely to be contributing factors. two patients have died after contracting a fungal infection caused by pigeon droppings at the queen elizabeth university hospital in glasgow. nhs greater glasgow and clyde has launched an investigation, with a room at queen elizabeth university hospital, thought to contain machinery, being identified as the possible source. theresa may is expected to hold a conference call with her cabinet ministers this afternoon as she prepares to outline her next steps to break the brexit deadlock. it comes ahead of a statement by the prime minister in the house of commons tomorrow. it's understood that mrs may will continue discussions with mp5, as well as business and union leaders, in the next few days. rescue teams searching for a 2—year—old boy who fell down
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a well in southern spain have begun drilling in an effort to reach him. julen rosello's parents say he fell down the 300—feet drop in malaga last sunday and hasn't been heard from since. miners are now drilling a tunnel next to the well, wide enough to allow rescuers to be lowered down. now, let's have a look at a fiery story. it was a tweet that prompted a fiery response. hannah summers revealed her a—year—old daughter esme had told her she wished she was a boy so she could be a firefighter, as the books she reads only include firemen. hello, i'm harry, i'm a firefighter and i'm a girl. hi, esme. hi, esme! my name's samantha, i'm a girl and we're all firefighters! all: hi, esme! we're firefighters and we're girls! women crews from all over the world then posted a string of pictures and videos to prove they exist.
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later, esme's mum put up another post saying esme "firmly believes she can be a firefighter". great story. i love it. it is amazing how some small thinking at the huge response and change a four —year—old's mind. the huge response and change a four -year-old's mind. this is when social media is good, the ability to let that spread around the world, change someone's day. loads of goals yesterday, wasn't there? jurgen klopp, as you can see. celebrating as always. you can understand why, they won a— three against crystal palace, they are seven points clear at the top, but we re seven points clear at the top, but were made to sweat by roy hodgkin's side. it means that liverpool have that 7—point cushion at the top of the premier league after what was a really testing encounter against palace. the londoners, you might remember, beat champions manchester city, who play later today and came very close to upsetting liverpool.
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here's nick parrott with that and the best of yesterday's other action. relief forjurgen klopp could so easily have been disappointment at anfield. this was liverpool back to how they used to be. slack at the back as andros townsend put crystal palace ahead and roberto firmino put the reds ahead. ending their 29—year title drought is not going to be easy, though. defenders went missing as james tomkins drew palace level. and salah had to come to the rescue again with his 50th premier league goal — although onlyjust. that wasn't the end of the chaos. james milner was sent off, making five minutes of injury time feel like an eternity. sadio mane secured the victory. but there was still time to palace to dent liverpool's goal difference, if not their pride. a massive relief, obviously, because we knew, for different reasons again, it will be diffiaatt} from 60 points sounds crazy.
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is also hotting up. arsenal roared back into contention by beating fourth—placed chelsea 2—0. the gunners are nowjust three points behind their london rivals, as are manchester united. their win over brighton saw ole gunnar solskjaer to become the first united manager to win its opening six league games, surpassing sir matt busby‘s record. ”as wavl—hh side moved out of the relegation zone, at the expense of fellow strugglers cardiff. andy carroll has yet to score in the league this season but the west ham striker was shown how it should be done by callum wilson.
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that helped bournemouth end a run of four games without a win. nick parrott, bbc news. well, second—placed manchester city can close the gap at the top to four points today if they win at bottom club huddersfield town. mark hudson is in caretaker charge of the yorkshire side after the club parted company with david wagner and city boss pep guardiola says his side cannot under—estimate huddersfield or focus too much on liverpool. forget the table. forget the schedules. focus is huddersfield now in what conditions are freezing. and every time we play against them, especially there in the cup, first season, last season, in the later minutes, always have been and will be complicated. so focus on what you have to do. it's the scottish cup fourth round weekend and there was an extraordinary upset, where the semi—professional team auchinleck talbot knocked out championship club ayr united.
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a first win over senior opposition. the holders celtic are safely through to the fifth round after a 3—0 victory over airdrie. two goals from scott sinclair either side of the break put brendan rodgers' side in control before timothy weah — the son of former ac milan legend george — added a third in the final ten minutes, giving them a convincing win. munster claimed a narrow win to eliminate exeter and confirm their place in the european champions cup quarter—finals. exeter had a point lead at half—time but the visitors couldn't open up the 7—point winning margin they needed to progress. instead, joey carbery‘s kicking ensured a 12th straight european home win for munster. ulster produced a second—half comeback, coming from 13—0 down, to defeat leicester 1a—13 to book their place in the quarter—finals for the first time since 201a. robert baloucoune with the decisive try.
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leicester finish a disappointing european campaign with just one win. and saracens eased to a 38—19 win over glasgow and secured a home champions cup quarter—final in the process. maro itoje scoring one of their second half tries to wrap up victory. not going to stop the big man from there! england captain owen farrell didn't play in the saracens game due to a thumb injury, but his club insist it's not serious. saracens say farrell had a minor procedure yesterday and will need a little over a week to recover, and he'll be fit for england's opening six nations match in dublin on february 2nd. wimbledon champion angelique kerber is out of the australian open after suffering a stunning defeat in the fourth round. she was beaten in straight sets, 6—0, 6—2 by the world number 35 danielle collins. the american, who's making her debut in melbourne this year, tookjust 56 minutes to defeat kerber. rafael nadal is through to the quarter—final after beating
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tomas berdych in three sets. the number two seed won a third set tiebreak and has not dropped a set in the tournament so far. he'll face frances tiafoe next, who celebrated his 21st birthday with a win over former semi—finalist grigor dimitrov. in netball‘s quad series, england lost a8—a5 to south africa in their second match at london's copper box arena. the roses started well and led early on, but south africa dominated the second and third quarters. england edged ahead again in the fourth period but south africa clung on for victory. tracey neville's side take on australia in the final match this evening. ronnie o'sullivan will play judd trump in the final of the masters snooker at alexandra palace today. o'sullivan was a—0 up in his semi—final against ding junhui before ding won the next three frames. but the 7—time masters champion recovered to win the match. now, horse racing is rarely predictable — that is, except when there's a horse
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called altior in the race. he is one of racing's most exciting horses and yesterday won for the 17th time in a row. hisjockey, nico de boinville, only had to beat two others in the clarence house chase at ascot after altior had scared off most of his rivals with his incredible unbeaten record over jumps. the other horses just thought, the trainers thought, why bother? 17 in a row. just one short of the all—time record. phenomenal. a row. just one short of the all-time record. phenomenal. thank you. the unix to ally. ——cu next hour. it's estimated that around 300,000 adults and children in the uk live with tourette syndrome — a condition that causes a person to make involuntary sounds and movements, known as tics. but for some people, their symptoms are so intense, they require hospital treatment. this is alice franklin's story. today i have not been able to stop
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slapping myself across the face. today i have been clenching my teeth which is really hurting myjaw. i have been getting myself in the head as well. go for keating. i have loads of tics. i punch walls, windows, mirrors, ijust punched myself in the league or the arm, i am always covered in bruises. i have just come back from a job interview, idid just come back from a job interview, i did happen to tic quite a bit and at one point, i threw a glass of water. i was like, i at one point, i threw a glass of water. iwas like, i have at one point, i threw a glass of water. i was like, i have thrown a glass of water on the floor, but equally they couldn't have cared less, so, they knew i had to rats and it was fine. i am less, so, they knew i had to rats and it was fine. iam bringing a different perspective on things because i open my mouth and sometimes the most random stuff comes out —— tourette's. it is kind of creative, in a way, it is kind of like odd and surprising and funny.
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i'm alice franklin and i have tourette's. that is alice's story. bbc 5 live investigates is taking a closer look at this story. presenter adrian goldberg joins us now. morning. it is so misunderstood, isn't it, tourette's. alex is fantastic and what a brave woman and an incredible personal testament as you said, 300,000 people with this condition in the uk and many people, andi condition in the uk and many people, and i did not realise associated tou rette's and i did not realise associated tourette's within voluntary swearing, and in fact it only affects one in ten people. the more common for people with tourette's are the other physical movements or other sounds such as coughing and whistling at very misunderstood condition. what the survey has found is some people really are hurting themselves and ending up with injuries because of it could force —— because of it. injuries because of it could force -- because of it. this was a crew to
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action, an online survey the people came to it and filled in the details themselves but it found eight out of ten people with tourette's had come to some kind of physical pain or physical injury as a result of their condition and one in five had been hospitalised as a result. some people might think in voluntary swearing is quite funny, clearly is one to rest sufferer told me this week, it is not a punchline. it is a neurological condition, a condition of the brain. nobody knows what causes it. it is not a mental health disorder but it can feed into mental health disorders. as you saw from alice's story it can be difficult to socialise and get work and according to the research as many as one in three people with tourette's have either self harmed or considered suicide. these in voluntary actions.
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what kind of treatments are available? there are treatments available. research found that initially getting a diagnosis can be a slow process. it can take people for—6 use to get a diagnosis of tourette's. if you do have a diagnosis, there are treatments and therapies —— a— six years. they can reduce the worst impacts that they can remove it altogether. there is a cure at the moment. it is the two things, the lack of understanding of the difficulty in getting the diagnosis and the treatment. it means that problems like this are set to continue. it is tough for people. unless you have a very understanding employer or partner it can be difficult to hold down a job orform a relationship. the department of health say that they are committed to treating people with long—term neurological conditions like tourette's. adrian goldberg, thank you very much. you can hear 5 live investigates on bbc radio 5 live at 11am this morning.
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thank you. here's helen with a look at this morning's weather. it really has turned cold in most parts of the country. it could even get colder. —6 parts of east anglia this morning. —8 —9 across parts of scotland, southern and eastern scotland. it is bitter there. not for all. the track bitter out there. even with the cloud it is close to freezing. with more frost around this morning the hope is we will see brighter skies, more sunshine. we should do when the sun comes up. there is a fly in the oven today. this weather front is working in from the north—west. it is coming into this cold air. when i show you the radar you will see for yourself quite readily it is turning to snow. there will be some snow across some of the mountains and across ireland as well. it is a weakening feature. it is coming into high pressure. it just leaves a legacy of cloud. you
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can see for yourself this morning it will be fairly patchy. initially heavy bursts in there. it will wea ken heavy bursts in there. it will weaken as it has towards southern scotland. for northern ireland it should clear by lunchtime. ahead of at sunshine across some parts of northern england, across the eastern side. showers coming down across pembrokeshire and cornwall. rather relentless through the day. quite localised. for many it is much drier than yesterday. even once this weather front gets into northern england and north wales. it is very patchy and light for the most part. behind it we have the sunshine coming out. it is dry but not necessarily for all. a good chance of seeing the lunar moon. for the north, although it initially starts clear and it will get quite cold, we have a lot of high cloud coming on top of that cold ground. that might skew the view of the lunar moon. an eclipse tonight. tomorrow it gets
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interesting late in the day. fairly benign conditions for most of us until the afternoon where for northern ireland and scotland it turns increasingly windy and wet and as it comes into that cold air it turns to snow. mostly over the hills. not because the system is more active than the weather systems we have at the moment, more dynamic, heavier if you like, more intense, there could be snow at lower levels. it looks set to bring quite a few centimetres to the hills of scotland, northern ireland, and through the evening and night northern england, wales, possibly the midlands, the peak district, the lincolnshire wiles, there could be some across the brecon beacons as it clears away. we will see several centimetres to wake up on tuesday morning. showers follow. again it is cold air. we are not getting milder atla ntic cold air. we are not getting milder atlantic air coming cold air. we are not getting milder atlantic aircoming in cold air. we are not getting milder atlantic air coming in on top of that. we are getting more cold air. there will be further wintry showers. so it stays cold. it is
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cold today. it will stay cool for much of the week. it could get colder by the end of next week. but sunshine. we get it. it is colder. at some sunshine as well! you are very excited. —— buttons undone. time now for the travel show. coming up on this week's travel show: i'm in taiwan discovering priceless treasures from china's ancient past and trying my hand at a traditional dragon dance. lucy hits the slopes in france to test out the latest ski gadgets. we start this week here in taiwan, where taipei's national palace
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museum recently announced that in the summer of 2020 it will send a temporary exhibition, including some of its finest pieces, to tokyo to coincide with the summer olympic games. the museum holds many of the finest treasures from 8000 years of chinese history. but how they got to taiwan is a story that's as interesting and contentious as the museum itself. the original palace museum was founded in 1925 in beijing's forbidden city. in 1933, china's nationalist government evacuated most of the collection to nanjing to stop it falling into the hands of the invading japanese army, who had already occupied manchuria. japan's long war in china lasted until their unconditional surrender in 19a5. but from the ashes of one war another started. as the ruling chinese nationalist kuomintang government became locked
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in a bitter civil war with armed chinese communists. by 19a8 it was clear that the chinese nationalists had lost the war. so they retreated to nanjing and set sail for taiwan, taking much of the national palace collection with them. there are 700,000 pieces in this museum and, of course, they're not all on display at the one time, so if you'd like to see the entire collection you'd have to come four times a year for 12 years. in this purpose—built museum, the collection is divided into eight main sections. ceramics, jades, and paintings are the most popular. researcher emma lai kindly agrees to show me several of the collection's star attractions. i'm going to show you a dragon vase.
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it's very impressive. ceramic in this size is very difficult to make. because if the firing temperature is wrong then it will collapse. the vase itself is a beautiful white colour, it needs a pure white clay to achieve this and then you can see the dragon is painted with cobalt blue. the dragon itself is painted just magnificently. a ceramic of this size, we know, this should be exclusively be used by the chinese emperor. but a chinese emperor is symbolised by a dragon with five toes. but this one only has three. so what is that mean if it has three toes? this could be a diplomatic gift to the foreign kings. and foreign kings, of course, they should be inferior to the chinese emperor. so, emma, i've really been looking forward to seeing the jade cabbage. tell me more about it.
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why is it so popular? sure. this is a beautiful piece ofjadeite. this was actually a dowry piece of ladyjin. she was one of the concubines of emperor guangxu during the 19th century. and the green colour and the white colour indicating a girl's virginity and purity. and you can see there are two insects on there, the katydid and the locust. they are quite prolific reproduces. so it's a great, good wish of the newlyweds, actually, to have lots of offspring. a big part of the work going on here at the museum involves conservation. and mr hong is one of the many experts working behind—the—scenes carrying out this highly skilled work. so, emma, where are we going now?
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i'm going to show you one of our most important works of art in this museum — it is the cauldron of duke of mao. the date is 3000 years ago. and the outside decoration is modest, but quite important, in fact, is the inscription inside. you can find 500 chinese characters being cast and this is the longest inscription ever found in any ancient chinese bronze. ever since the end of the civil
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war in the late 19a0s, there's been a strange relationship between the chinese mainland and taiwan. and while beijing would like to see a lot of the exhibits returned, many chinese in taiwan say that some of these priceless objects may not have survived the purges of china's cultural revolution if they stayed on the mainland. with so much to display, some of the collection often travels abroad. later this year part of it will go on show in australia. and in the run—up to the 2020 olympic games it will then be heading to japan. but so far there are no plans for any of the collection to go on show in mainland china any time soon. hello.
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for today, i'm here in tignes — a beautiful ski resort here in the french alps — to test out, as you've probably guessed, a bunch of the latest ski gadgets. the first up is carv, an artificially intelligent ski instructor that lives inside your boots. it comes with a pair of insoles and two trackers that sit on the back of your boots. with a8 pressure sensors in each insert, plus an accelerometer, a gyroscope, and a magnetometer, the carv unit tracks your motion, pressure distribution and orientation of your skis. it certainly sounds impressive but how well does it work? to help me test is ski instructor darren. how you feeling? a bit nervous but ready for the challenge. let's do it. let's keep your hands in front of you, good. it rates your performance as you're going down the slope to help you reach a better ski iq in real time which is how the platform ranks how you're doing. it also offers encouragement as you're going down the slope. automated voiceover: bend the inside leg and maintain
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inside ski pressure. carv‘s video analysis feature also lets you review your technique alongside real data in order to get a better understanding of where you're going wrong and handily synchronises within seconds of coming off the slopes. darren, do you agree with the feedback that carv‘s been giving me this afternoon? what is useful is when i filmed you, you can see in real time where you're placed on which ski. you have a dominant side, we worked it out. i do. that right leg. and the data from the carv was saying exactly the same thing. it would be a good way to reinforce it. if you were skiing by yourself, you can check at the end of the day or the end of the run where your problems may lie and if it starts to look a more even, you know you're on the right track. a pair of inserts and trackers will cost you £279. fully charged it will last for 30 hours and at two millimetres thick, it will slip under the liners of your ski boots without causing any tightness. this is no ordinaryjacket, it is an incredibly cool and intelligent heated jacket from a techwear
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company called ministry of supply. it will keep you warm and protect you from the elements. for a heated jacket it's surprisingly stylish, containing three carbon fibre heating elements concealed behind the pockets and back to keep you warm. it's pretty simple to use. you put in the usb battery to manually select your desired heat level using the companion app. use a button inside the lapel the turn the elements on and off. the battery also supports qi wireless charging so you can charge your phone while it is in your pocket. if you're on the slopes or enjoying a bit of apres—ski, a jacket like this is such a brilliant idea to keep you company. the manual mode's fantastic, gives you that control. smart mode means you can enjoy your day and go about your business and being able to wirelessly charge phone is just a brilliant a bonus. with a 10,000ma battery, you can get up to a.5 hours of continuous heat at maximum power. though it is expensive, currently selling online for £390. where are you, darren? i'm at the top, where are you?
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i'm at the bottom! laughs. i'll come up. on the gondola i go. these ski gloves come with a billion tech twist. as well is keeping your hands warm, they are loaded with bluetooth to make and receive calls. in the thumb, you'll find the waterproof loud speaker and the microphone with noise—cancelling technology. it also vibrates for incoming calls. the kjus bluetooth 2.0 gloves are retailing at £299. i'm not going to lie, talking into a glove is a little bit strange and people will walk past you with bewildered looks on their faces, but call volume is clear, the gloves are nice and warm and comfy and if your hands are wet and the sodden and you are the sort of person that takes a a lot of calls on,.th,e,sloo,e,s-, mam ontheslg we ., them pithefii.“ we ,7 they 2; time q pithefii.“ we ,7 they 2; time for
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