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you will find us on facebook, youtube, instagram and twitter where we live at @bbcclick. good morning — welcome to breakfast, with charlie stayt and mega munchetty. our headlines today: more travel chaos, as heavy snow leads to a second night of delays — motorists were left stranded as major routes in the south east of england became impassable. very picturesque, i'm sure, but being here in the traffic, stationery for nearly five hours now, is not a huge amount of fun. good morning. following the recent
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disruptive snow, there are still warnings enforce this morning, mainly for rice but a few further snow showers but from many of us today, it's improving. much drier and brighter and more detailfor you 15 minutes. the moment millions of tonnes of mud engulfed buildings, after a dam burst in brazil leaving hundreds dead or missing. good morning. following the recent disruptive snow, there are still warnings enforce this morning, mainly for rice but a few further snow showers but for many of us today, it is improving. much drier and brighter and more detailfor you in15 and brighter and more detailfor you in 15 minutes. good morning. following the recent disruptive snow, there are still warnings enforce this morning, mainly for rice but a few further snow showers but for many of us today, it is improving. much drier and but for many of us today, it is improving. much drierand brighter the an incredible start to this year's six nations. french fumbles in the rain, help wales produce one of the biggest comebacks, of all time, to win 2a—19 in paris, it's saturday the 2nd of february. our top story. snow and ice has caused a second night of disruption across parts of the uk.
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in the south of england, dozens of motorists were left stranded for hours, as the wintry weather brought traffic to a standstill. highways england says its gritters covered 80,000 miles of roads overnight. some weather warnings are set to remain in place for much of the morning. kathryn stanczyszyn has the details. a nightmare journey home. as the extreme weather continued last night in southern england, some parts of hampshire saw 7.5 inches of snow. it led to chaos on the m3 when motorists were trapped for hours. emergency services struggling to reach them. swirling blizzards made driving dangerous on many other routes as well, including the a339, where ian crowder got stuck travelling home after celebrating his last day in work before retirement. it's very picturesque, i'm sure, but being here in the traffic stationary for nearly five hours now is not a huge amount of fun. sometimes even the people sent to help struggled. here in basingstoke, willing volunteers pushed this
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ambulance uphill when the specialist vehicle sent to rescue it also got stuck. at raf 0diham, a serious covering, but fortunately also the equipment to deal with it. 0vernight, the worst of the snowfall centred on the south—east. in kent, police were exceptionally busy dealing with accidents. highways england says gritters covered 80,000 miles of major routes throughout the night, but travel and many smaller roads will still be tricky. for some, that won't matter... whoo! ..as the weekend means they might actually be time to enjoy it. kathryn stanczyszyn, bbc news. 0ur reporter caroline davies is by the m3 motorway in the west of london. is disruption expected to continue this morning? good morning. review of the journey
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planned on the m3, traffic is going relatively well behind me and there isa relatively well behind me and there is a small dusting of snow on the side of the road. further down towards basingstoke betweenjunction 6and towards basingstoke betweenjunction 6 and seven, where those cars were stuck, we heard from highways england, they were cleared overnight with help from the hampshire police. we have heard that city airport was briefly closed overnight. bristol airport also had major disruption yesterday. both of those had said they are expecting a normal service today. in terms of the trains, that is not necessary. we have heard from south—western that they are experiencing some disruption, in particular tree blocking the line between basingstoke and winchester on the southampton line. that is expected to cause disruption until about 7am this morning. the advice is to check before you travel. there is to check before you travel. there is still a yellow weather warning out for ricin many of these parts. there is a focus on the major roads
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so there is a focus on the major roads so if you are on untreated roads, please take care. footage has been uncovered showing the moment a dam burst in brazil, releasing millions of tons of mining waste. 115 people are now known to have died in the disaster — hundreds more are still missing. 0ur science editor, david shukman reports from the site of the dam, in the south east of brazil. first, a long cloud of dust then a nightmare vision of an unrelenting torrent of sludge. the waste from decades of mining racing towards hundreds of unsuspecting people down below. the catastrophe unfolded a week ago but only now has this video come to light, adding to the sense of loss and of outrage. and difficult for you? this red cross volunteer, hernando silveira, leads me to the edge of the disaster zone. seis corpos. six bodies? he alone has found six bodies. any hope of reaching survivors in this endless sea of mud was quickly dashed. emergency workers are now scouting for any
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signs of bodies from the air. by the time the wall of mud reached this point, it had already overwhelmed the cafeteria where the miners were having lunch and destroyed the offices of the mine itself before arriving here, tearing througha hotel and holiday chalets before surging on over that ridge in the distance and down to the valley beyond where it caused yet more destruction. and the question that everyone here isjust stunned by is how in a big, growing, modern economy, this could ever be allowed to happen. investigators are now on the scene. the dam holding back the waste was owned by one of the world's largest mining companies. it was inspected only last year. a special mass seven days since the disaster. there's grief and anger and the demand for answers will only grow. david shukman, bbc news, in brazil. children should be banned from bringing smartphones into school.
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that's according to the minister for school standards in england nick gibb. the government is preparing to publish new guidance on internet safety, social media and online gaming. here's our political correspondent chris mason. schools in england already have the power to ban phones from being brought onto the premises but government policy is that it's the responsibility of head teachers to determine whether this is appropriate. nick gibb said that it was his own view that schools should ban their pupils from bringing smartphones into school. the government is due to publish new guidance for schools shortly and it's expected to say children should be taught to limit the amount of time they spend on the internet. mr gibb said while there was nothing intrinsically damaging about spending time online, it reduced time the conversation, exercise, homework or play. the trade union the naht, which represents school
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leaders, and particularly those in primaries, has expressed scepticism about the outright banning of phones in schools, saying it can drive use underground. chris mason, bbc news. the united states will today pull out of a nuclear disarmament treaty with russia. the deal was signed during the cold war and outlaws the use of intermediate range nuclear missiles stationed on land. moscow has angrily denied american claims that it had violated the terms. two men have been shot and injured in separate attacks in londonderry. police have said they were paramilitary style shootings. both men have been taken to hospital and are said to be in a stable condition. it comes two weeks after a car bomb exploded in the city centre. plans to prevent censorship during debates at universities have been drawn up following a number of incidents where speakers were banned from campuses.
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the guidelines, which are designed to encourage open debate unless there's been a breach of the law, have been drawn up by the equality and human rights commission, together with students and universities. can you see this mark? ce. that is what i'm pointing out. really, really familiar. this mark is basically deemed by the eu and it says that this is safe, it a safety mark. there are lots of debates at the moment now about whether or not we are going to see these letters on things like toys. on a technical level, the eu owns that safety mark. absolutely. after brexit comedy uk will not be all to use this. it will be replaced by a new logo. they say it will lead to higher cost, some businesses. we will talk about that later. the duchess of sussex thought of a surprising way to send messages of love and empowerment to sex
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workers during an unannounced trip to a charity yesterday. as she watched food parcels being prepared for vulnerable women, she decided to write on the bananas. megan's messages included: "you are strong", "you are special", "you are brave" and "you are loved", followed by a heart. helen is going to have the all—important helen is going to have the all—importa nt weather for us. helen is going to have the all—important weather for us. more disruption overnight snow and ice. helen will have the latest for us in a few minutes. if you're a woman under the age of 30, chances are you'll have come across posts on social media telling you the best way to lose weight. now, england's top doctor professor stephen powis has called on social—media companies to ban what he says are irresponsible celebrity endorsements, in order to protect vulnerable users. some weight—loss promoting celebrity posts have been viewed hundreds of thousands of times, such as a lollipop endorsed by reality star kim kardashian—west as an appetite suppressant, which hadn't been evaluated by the us food and drug
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administration. and here in the uk, the advertising standards agency forced instagram to take down a post from geordie shore's sophie kasei which advertised a tea product. joining us now to discuss the possible affects of posts like these is the national mental health director of nhs england, claire murdoch. thank you forjoining us today. we mentioned a couple there, a couple of solidity endorsement is, giving an idea of some of the products being promoted. which are the ones you are most concerned that —— concerned about? you gave an example about lollipops, appetite suppressant lollipops clearly targeted at our young. we know that 50% of girls and young women have
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concerns about body image and be awake and at nhs england, our long—term plan recently published has said that the 0—25 —year—olds will be the absolute centre of our health transformation plans and is pa rt health transformation plans and is part of that we hope to see something like 350,000 more children and young people for disorders such as anxiety, anorexia nervosa, may be suicide, depression, and we think some of that illness which we are happy to treat is caused by others irresponsibly promoting, bombarding oui’ irresponsibly promoting, bombarding our young through social media, with idealised body images, idealised lifestyles that are completely unattainable, but fuelled deep anxiety, deep dissatisfaction. at worse, illness, physical and
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anxiety, deep dissatisfaction. at worse, illness, physicaland mental health illnesses. we are calling on celebrities, many of whom often have millions of followers, to be more responsible. do not promote products that are stoking an unnecessary need and fuelling illness. simon stephens, who is the chief executive of the nhs, has been calling on advertisers and other sectors of society to step up and played our pa rt society to step up and played our part as we play our part in the nhs. how would you police this? this comes down to freedom of expression and speech, to some extent. how do you say to well—known people, i don't want you putting this message out? i want you putting this message out? i want you putting this message out instead. i want to control the message you are showing to young people. what gives you the right to control that? some people are famous 01’ control that? some people are famous or well—known for the way they look.
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that is where they are making their money from. it is this. it may not be pleasant or pretty, it's just business. as a mental health nurse, 35 years, and other of youngsters, i absolutely call upon these other industries to exercise some self—control and some social responsibility. we are not here to try and suppress business and comment on what good is this looks like, we are calling, as nhs england, calling upon celebrities, many who have millions of followers and have great sway over impressionable young people, vulnerable or complex —— complex times of their lives were now working out who they are and how they are, how to be contributing members of society. the celebrities themselves and these social media companies themselves, they should be
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more responsible. these are powerful media which can really act for the good. but you'd need to speak to the regulators about how they get a greater grip on what is fair. i completely understand the damage that can be caused by saying unattainable pictures, goals, social media, however, is it not the responsibility of parents or mental health carers, people in positions of influence in everyday life of young people to take responsibility and educate them about what is real and educate them about what is real and attainable, the onus on them and not celebrities? we all have the responsibility to promote good health and a happy healthy society, particularly as we bring our young
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up. parents do need to be educated themselves, maybe limit axis to screen time, educate children about what is good for them and not. pa rents what is good for them and not. parents need to know what children are looking at and being bombarded. some things sound innocuous but the punitive impact is very damaging. industry and celebrity also have a responsibility. of course, educators, schools, employers and, yes, the nhs has a responsibility. pa rt yes, the nhs has a responsibility. part of us speak into the industry and doing it publicly is to educate others about the damage that can be caused. we do not want to help fires lit by other people. we are happy to treat mental health problems, mental illness, we have been seeing more young children than ever before. we have the money and tacking to do
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that. £2.3 billion in addition over the next three years on mental health. the nhs are stepping up to play our part but really, are we honestly going to say that these celebrities who influenced millions, offered at an impressionable stage offered at an impressionable stage of their lives, and the industry that profit from it, do not have a responsibility as well? thank you for talking to us. a lot of attention on the weather. dramatic snowfalls. here's helen with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. this picture was taken yesterday evening in crystal palace, evenin yesterday evening in crystal palace, even in london there was a fair covering of snow. i am the bringer
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of good news for most today. although we still have the lying snow and a warning for ice, and there will be a few snow showers, it is an improving picture in terms of the wintry nurse of our weather. but that wintry nature. this is the latest radar picture. east of scotland, quite a lot of snow through adam broke, the central lowlands, one of two showers through east anglia. —— edinburgh. picking up east anglia. —— edinburgh. picking up of the moisture from the irish sea forming showers. coble possibly mostly rain at lower levels. —— cornwall. we saw them in northern and eastern scotland, they will ease back. the wind direction is changing so it might push them further inland
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across parts of yorkshire and possibly the midlands and east anglia. for many of us, it is dry and quite sunny. it is cold but the winds are liked. more sunshine. —— might. the very cold might indeed. because of all that lying snow and clear skies. temperatures will plummet. minus double figures across the snowfields of scotland and towns and cities really very cold across england and wales. that ridge of high—pressure responsible for the fine weather and the frost overnight gives way for these atlantic systems. a lovely start, rather cold. we will see some snow initially. turning to rain. clearing by the afternoon. moving into the eastern side of england by evening
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time. mostly as rain. by monday, less cold, basically. the milder atla ntic less cold, basically. the milder atlantic weather and with some strong winds coming through into monday and with that much milder air. back to the abs. showery rather u nsettled air. back to the abs. showery rather unsettled but much milder weather. for the weekend still pretty cold and this morning, in particular, very icy indeed. take care on the roads. seven years after the death of sunday times war correspondent marie colvin in syria, there's been justice, of sorts, for her family and friends. on thursday, a us court ruled that she was delibeately killed by president assad's regime. a new documentary and a feature film about the events of 2012 will be released soon. in a moment we'll speak
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to paul conroy, a photojournalist who was with marie at the time of the attack. but first, a look at the documentary, under the wire, which has been adapted from paul's book. you cannot help it with macro one. —— marie colvin. she was a complete and utter one off. i want to tell the story of each person. she had an extreme range of connections, arafat, muammar gaddafi, these people were impressed with her and they gave her stories that would not give to anybody else. she had a real sense of mission that drove her to do things that a lot of other famous and brilliant foreign correspondence would never do. quite a lot of
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weapons fired, yelled journalists at which point they fired a grenade at me. it hit me and three times i collapsed and then they would shoot again. it has been said that two words had been synonymous with, bearing witness. and paul conroy, who we saw at that end of that clip, joins us now. you were a friend and a college and worked with her. it is worth reminding people what happened when she lost her life. we had been in a civilian neighbourhood and it was besieged, crushed by a division of the attila read, commended by assad ‘s brother. unable good of nearly
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30,000 civilians. we were in a makeshift media shelter and we were planning to go to a field hospital and we woke up at about 6am and almost immediately i heard two huge explosions a hundred metres either side. and then another two explosions a lot closer. that was in the army. they were targeting, coming closer and closer. you are experienced in the military, you knew straightaway that these bombs we re knew straightaway that these bombs were not going around you. yes, most of the time they were shelling anywhere. this morning, i detected that which is, in that situation, it saved my life. it was a definite pattern, closer and closer. within
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about 30 seconds in terms of the last impact. people started running out of the building. i was shouting to stay in because when the rockets land, the shrapnel will rip you to pieces. you stand more of a chance inside the building. unfortunately, when the last shell and that, marie was just by the door and a rocket landed and killed her, and other people. i was slightly shielded in the building. reme, the photographer died with her. you talk about foreign respondents and we have a great respect for them going into warzones. marie colvin was no
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stranger, she had done that for yea rs. stranger, she had done that for years. people would recognise and from the eyepatch, which she sustained in sri lanka. regardless, she was fired upon even though she saidi she was fired upon even though she said i am a journalist. what was happening in that moment when you knew they were coming and when you heard the words bear witness, what goes through your mind? 0nly heard the words bear witness, what goes through your mind? only to be here still smack what was marie saint? many people, politicians, in the military, great reporters, we think that if we are going to show more, is to show people with the least opportunity. in every wall you go to, the people who suffer the most other kids and women in some basement. —— war. the fighting was
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going on, dropping shells, and in the middle of all this they were kids. can we talk about the court case, this was a civilian trial in america but thejudge has deemed that assad is responsible for a targeted attack on you as well as those who died. it is for everything... i have gone back to the attack, i knew it was deliberate, when i got out i spoke to marie ‘s sister,, and it was she that was mad and got this lawyer, scott gilmour, who for years and yea rs scott gilmour, who for years and years chased the evidence trail.
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documents. but to what end? we were never under the illusion... that has been some money $2 million but that is not going to be... i do not think anyone is waiting for the check. at this point in time, syria is calming down only because they have been crushed. the russians and the syrians have had a system, they crush aleppo, other cities, and people think it is going to be over, they crush the people. it allows us he was interested to say to our politicians and name them. there is meant to be some accountability. even though we cannot get them in the dock, we can say these are not
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people we should be doing business with and isn't right after what syria and its people have suffered, that these people are allowed to keep going. on a personal note, listening to marie and how she wrote, the important bit was a story and the people you represented. people are curious, worried for people like you in these circumstances. she was known to have suffered from ptsd even before going back out to syria. can i ask a straight question, how are you?” think i am 0k. straight question, how are you?” think i am ok. this has been part of my rehabilitation. i wrote the book which from that came the documentary and from that this film so i have been busy and it is a great opportunity to keep telling the story. no—one really wants to listen when they come out of eight war.
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does that help because of things you have seen are almost impossible to deal with. if i never spoke about it and it went round and round in my mind, ithink and it went round and round in my mind, i think it would not help by keeping busy and focused, this assignment is never really ending for me. i came out of hospital and are needed to tell what happened to remy marie colvin. i have to be careful i am notjust left sitting going, what next? 0nly careful i am notjust left sitting going, what next? only to think ahead a bit. for the last seven yea rs, ahead a bit. for the last seven years, and we have been pushing this case. that is a lesbian something to keep things moving around. he reminds me of a moment in the film when marie is asked what you do when the music stops? it has been a
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delight talking to you. we wish you well. the documentary and the film as well. it will draw a lot more people into the story.” as well. it will draw a lot more people into the story. i think so. the documentary is called under the wire. a private war is the film. that is out on the 15th of february. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. snow and ice has caused a second night of disruption across parts of the uk. in the south of england, dozens of motorists were left stranded for hours, as the wintry weather brought traffic to a standstill.
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highways england says its gritters covered 80—thousand miles of roads overnight, with some weather warnings set to remain in place for much of the morning. footage showing the moment a dam burst in southern brazil, has been uncovered. these images, obtained by a local tv channel, show the moment a muddy sludge engulfed the area around the iron ore mine. an investigation into how this happened is underway. 115 people are now known to have died in the disaster. hundreds more are still missing. the minister for school standards in england has told the bbc he believes pupils should be banned from bringing smartphones into school. the government is about to publish new guidance on internet safety, social media and online gaming. the minister, nick gibb, said that while there was "nothing intrinsically damaging about spending time online" it reduces time for conversation, exercise, homework or play. the united states will today pull out of a nuclear disarmament treaty with russia. the deal was signed during the cold war and outlaws the use of intermediate range nuclear missiles stationed on land. moscow has angrily denied american claims that it had violated the terms. two men have been shot
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and injured in separate attacks in londonderry. police have said they were paramilitary style shootings. both men have been taken to hospital and are said to be in a stable condition. it comes two weeks after a car bomb exploded in the city centre. celebrity—endorsed ads that promote weight loss products should be banned on social media, according to england's top doctor. some celebrities with lots of young followers are promoting products like diet pills and detox teas. nhs medical director, professor stephen powis, says these products can have a damaging effect on young people. the government's planning to replace the european safety mark on products sold in the uk after we leave the eu. since 1993 the letters c and e on an item has shown that it meets eu standards. after brexit the uk will no longer be able to use the symbol. it'll be replaced by a new logo,
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which businesses say will lead to higher costs. in any sport, no matter what it is, we love the story of a complete turnaround. it did seem a lost cause. the biggest part—time turnaround. in the second half, whether it was the heavier pack, france tiring, the wets the preconditions but george north was so alert. completely. did you say it was the biggest deficit? absolutely huge. wondering how long france is going to be shellshocked. you would wa ke going to be shellshocked. you would wake up this morning, wouldn't you?
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some of the times they've dropped the ball. itell you some of the times they've dropped the ball. i tell you what, some of the times they've dropped the ball. itell you what, if some of the times they've dropped the ball. i tell you what, if the re st of the ball. i tell you what, if the rest of the six nations can match the drama in paris, we are into something special in the next month or so. something special in the next month or so. wales trailed france by 16 points. as a sports correspondent says. they emerged to a cloud of smoke and a wave of anticipation. france against a wales team going for a 10th win in a row, fingers crossed. but those hopes it seemed was soon being swatted aside. louis picamoles rampaging through to put france ahead. and wales's frustration had only just begun. liam williams's effort ruled out after the video referee decided he lost control. it summed up their first half, as careless as france were ruthless. some sleight of hand sending yohann huget them clear as the hosts extended their lead in style. and when camille lopez fired over a drop goal just before the break, it was 16—0, wales with a first half to forget. they needed something remarkable and out of nowhere, they found it.
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josh adams was the spark as he sent thomas williams skidding over. and the sublime was followed by the ridiculous, a new addition to rugby's blooper reel. huget with a spot of french farce, much to george north's delight. france grabbed it back, the penalty making it 19—17 but the greatest drama was yet to come as the hosts simply threw it away. george north with a stunning interception and a 60—yeard dash for glory. astonishingly, wales had turned it around. their winning run goes on and it's fair to say the rest of the six nations has some act to follow. andy swiss, bbc news.
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ijust i just love that reaction ijust love that reaction now. incredible com or is it? the faces of the french players at the end and the one moment when george north is on the turf. it's all in one image, isn't it? coverage starts. england kickoff their campaign against the defending champions, ireland, in dublin. as expected, a lot of hype. rory best says his side is concentrating solely on what the site can do. what england bring at us, we can control. we aim to go out tomorrow and play the best game of rugby that this group is overplayed. they are a very methodical team, they the possession—based team, and they try to grind it out
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and they are good at doing that so we don't have to necessarily play the same way to beat them but what we've got to be good at is disrupting their rhythm, disrupting how they play and when we get opportunities to score points, take those points. in the women's competition, england ran in eight tries to demolish ireland in the opening match of their tournament. england are fully professional and the class showed throughout with a 51—7 win in dublin. zoe harrison and emily scott, amongst the scorers in the visitor's, 8 try victory. and italy ran in four tries, this the pick of them, to earn a bonus point as they beat scotland by 28 points to 7 in glasgow. so to another difficult day for england's cricketers, in the caribbean as west indies, built a lead of 85 runs, heading into the third day of the second test in antigua. remember england had been skittled for 187, welcome to the and for a time, it looked like their bowlers were some revenge, in the afternoon. but the windies patient approach, mixed with the occasional flamboyant shot, paid off and 3 batsmen
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scored more than a0. stuart broad was the pick of the bowlers with three wickets, but the west indies will resume in control on 271 for six. england are behind in this game. the only way of getting anything out of this game is they are going to have to bat very, very well in the third innings. i call it the first innings game versus the fourth innings. england need to set west indies 180 to try and have any chance of winning this game, so that means they've got to match west indies' score in this second innings. to do that, they're going to have to bat very well. kilmarnock missed the chance to narrow, the gap on scottish premiership leaders celtic, to 3 points as they lost 2—1 to hearts. goals from sean clare and steven naismith, in a five minute spell, did the damage. . .and
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althouthordanjones pulled a goal back, kilmarnock couldn't avoid theirfirst home defeat in 3 months. (wipe 00v) qatar, have won the asian cup, for the first time qatar, have won the asian cup, for the first time in their history. they beat previous champions, japan 3—1, in the final. not a bad goal, to win in it too. qatar will host the next world cup in 2022. hull kingston rovers, claimed the glory in rugby league's hull derby, but onlyjust. they won their opening superleague match of the season 18—16 with the last play of the game. jimmy keinhorst the hero as he snatched victory from defeat. elsewhere there were wins for castleford, and salford. it's the new sport played with a giant ball and 3 teams on court at once. it's called kinball and if you've ever had fun keeping a balloon off the ground with your family or mates this could be for you. great britain is looking for players to send to the world cup later this year. i went to liverpool'sjohn moore university to join some of the hopefuls. it's the sport that is breaking
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all boundaries, a game like no game that has gone before, starting with the size of the ball. the biggest ball in any sport, which floats in the air for long enough for your team to try and stop it hitting the ground. giant keepy—ups. it was invented by canadian about 15 years ago. he was in a rock concert and he saw a giant ball floating around the arena and he saw how much people were enthused and having fun. when it's your team to serve, you shout the colour of the opponents you're nominating to catch it next. next, yellow, yellow, yellow! and in this 3—team game, whoever fails to do so hands the point to the other teams.
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as soon as i heard pink called, chase was on, a desperate attempt. oh, but my heavy touch just knocked it out. it also meant the other two teams scored a point. one of kin—ball‘s main aims is to get everyone of all abilities playing together on the same team. even i can get involved and that's good for me to get involved in exercise and stuff. it was quite easy. just touching the ball. and it's been particularly successful in engaging those people left on the sidelines by other team sports. if you've ever played a game where no—one passes to you, you are completely involved, no matter if you are the best player or the weakest player, doesn't matter. at the moment of impact, when you serve, everyone has got to be touching the ball. everyone has got to take turns as the server. if you are not included, you can't score points. another unique part of kin—ball is that three teams compete for points at the same time, so the scores tend to stay close right to the end. it helps to avoid one team getting a thrashing and so losing interest it. it makes it a bit more fair because two teams are always getting as the point rather
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than having a bad day and you are getting absolutely battered. it works all your muscles as well. my legs are killing me, my arms and everything are aching. it's only been two games, so... kin—ball is now played in a0 countries around the world and at this year's world cup in france, great britain will lead a team to the first time. some of the more experienced british players are hoping to go to the world cup in france later this year, you really see the skills island of and the speed and the teamwork involved. and you might think that playing with a huge ball would give you better ball control. it gives everybody a rest, at least. the other part of the court was
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locked. you seem to be quite good at that. but i loved about it was you can use any part of your body to try to keep the ball often the reason it's proving so inclusive is say, charlie, you are the worst player on team sports. maybe they wouldn't pass to us, we didn't get the ball stuck on the wing. you can't do that. you have to have all your team touching the ball with both hands before he can serve it. it's going around the country, sessions across the uk to spread the word, trying to get people playing. also to try to find a team to send the world cup. the world cup is already established. if you are interested, do you think you have the spark? look out for the sessions. it's nice
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than we are dressed similarly. we co—ordinated, you know what i mean. i'm feeling i am intruding on something. let's talk to helidon. you and i can have a chat. how is the weather? that looked like good fun, team sports are very important. i play tea m sports are very important. i play team sports. badminton. it looks like indalfun team sports. badminton. it looks like indal fun for many. team sports. badminton. it looks like indalfun for many. perhaps getting out the snow boots and crunching around will be good fun. beautiful shots being sent in. this in cambridge. snowfall there yesterday evening. i am the bearer
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of good news because for most of us the snow is over. there are still warnings out because the snow has not melted so it is very icy. some snow showers still, east of scotland, central lowlands of scotla nd scotland, central lowlands of scotland and eastern parts of england and one or two further west. but for most of us drying and fine weather. it will be cold. not as cold as it has done recently. showers on the eastern side of the united kingdom. with a northerly, you get the showers coming in. you get them in summer, rain, but today snow. as we go through the day, su btle snow. as we go through the day, subtle changes in the wind direction will change the distribution of our
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showers so you will see more getting further inland, possibly into east england. these rl temperatures today. it will not feel that great but with the sunshine, the lighter winds, is it enough but overnight we will pay for it. the sky is clear, and we are in for a cold night. it could be the coldest night of the winter. we could see it minus double figures in the snowfields. really very coldly bid across england and wales but it is probably the last night of it for a while because the atla ntic night of it for a while because the atlantic influence starts. across northern ireland, scotland and northern england. gradually through the day, i don't want to use the term warm but slightly less cold off
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the atlantic. there snow levels will lift and tomorrow evening, more rain coming in. rain and saw when as we approach the morning on monday. another chilly day tomorrow but as we go into next week it is looking different, very different indeed. much milder, at times very windy, with rain will most of us, rather than snow. thank you very much. now on breakfast, it's time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samir ahmed. brexit is getting closer — how well is bbc news managing to explain the process of leaving the eu ? and chops away, just how did the bbc managed to suggest theresa may could be flying off to brussels in the bbc‘s spitfire. it has been another week of brexit
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drama and with fewer than 60 days until the uk's scheduled departure from the eu, the arguments have been rating ever more passionately. here is the conservative mp, mark francois, vice—chairman of the pro—brexit european research group, responding to the german chief executive of airbus who suggested the company might have to leave the uk in the event of a no—go brexit. if he thinks because he runs a big company he can bully british mps out to vote, he will be sorely mistaken. my father was a d—day veteran and he never submitted to bullying by any german and neither with his son. by any german and neither will his son. if mr enders is watching, that is what he can do with his letter. mark francois had clearly planned that stand, but should the bbc have done more to challenge him? bbc politics clipped the moment and it was shared online, leading to criticism of the bbc
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for allowing to use its airwaves in that way. jayne secker more tweeted... with so much focus on brexit, the bbc news has tried to take the story around the country. on tuesday the bbc news at ten featured a report hearing the perspectives of leave voters in mansfield, but did this approach do justice to the town? dear newswatch, i watched the ten o'clock news on tuesday night with trepidation. they said at the top of the programme there would be a report from mansfield.
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as expected, the short report featured an evening silhouette of a disused pit stock and an elderly local resident with a rich local accent in a labour club and to top it all off a rendition from a local brass band rehearsal. how much more cliched and stereotypical can the bbc get? this is so totally opposite to the mansfield area we know. come on, bbc, it is many years since the coal mines and mills closed and mansfield is recovering and regenerating. please think carefully before you portray this area in such an extreme light. there has also been a drive across bbc news to explain the brexit story. chris mason led a day ofjargon busting coverage while the news channeljoined forces with five live and reality check to take audiences questions and unpack complex terms as the backstop.
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think in terms of a safety net and you get the general idea. there was an analysis of those important brexit brogues —— votes in the house of the commons. viewers were treated to expert commentary as mps trooped through the division lobbies. division, clear the lobby. good evening to viewers on bbc parliament as mps begin the first of what promises to be a considerable series of big brexit votes tonight on what to do next in the whole process of leaving the eu. i am mark darcy and with me is doctor ruth fox of the hansard society and we will be talknig you through the intricate series of procedural events that will follow. let's reflect on a busy period of brexit coverage with sam taylor,
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editor of the bbc news channel. we have seen this noticeable effort of late to explain the brexit story across the whole of bbc news, particularly on the news channel. what is the thinking behind that? we have got an increase in interest on this story and an increase in audiences and a clear desire from people to understand more about what is going on. we have contributors using quite technical language and we ourselves need to make sure we do not rush on through when people use terms that are quite complex. we are conscious of that. we know we have got a lot of good resources online, but we want to draw attention to more in our broadcast output and be more visible to help understand some of the key terms used. give me some examples. last week on thursday we did
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a brexitjargon explained it —— day across the bbc were fundamentally we were trying to draw people's attention to ourjargon busting guide online. it has been there a long time, but we need people to understand it can be used. chris mason ended up with the job of doing more than 20 live interviews into radio and tv programmes, national and local. more than a million people used the jargon buster on that day. should you have done more of this much sooner? we are very conscious this is an area we have to work on. there is always a challenge because we talk a lot to politicians and they are using terms and language that is difficult, but we have been thinking about it for a while. the reality cheque team has done a lot of work on this and quite often we repeat things they have already done. there is a great animated explainer about the backstop and we ran it
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again yesterday because it still stands. we have got to make sure that as journalists you do not assume that the audience sees our output as much as we do. you can go over something again. hand on heart can you say the bbc was explaining basic terms like the single market or the customs union back in 2017 with this degree of rigour? we are reaching the end of a process and decisions are still being made and this is a good time to make sure that the final position we are in is under standard understandable. a term at the backstop is quite a challenging term because it is in itself an attempt by politicians and negotiators to simplify something that is very complicated. do you feel confident explaining the irish backstop? it is a genuinely complex thing. chris's explainer is quite long. we have done a lot of work on ourjargon buster.
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i can explain it in the sense that it is a fallback plan in the event of the uk not reaching a deal with the eu. northern ireland would have to remain in part of the single market. i have done it, but it is interesting, that is a bit longer than you would put into a headline and we have to think through a range of ways of doing this job and some of them are quite immersive and some will have to be quite sure hand. can i ask you about the interview with the conservative mp mark francois on the news channel. some people felt the bbc was party to a stunt by letting him rip up that letter from the airbus chief executive on bbc airwaves. what do you think? that implies we choreographed this and it was a televisual event, but it was just another interview
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with a politician we have interviewed on many occasions and he chose to do that in the context of that interview. he came on clearly intending to and dodged a question in order to do it. sure, but we get feedback from people on both sides of the argument, particularly when they do not like something and it does not marry up with what they think. but we need to facilitate people hearing the widest range of opinions about big and important stories and in that sense it is different because we are here to challenge what people are saying and also to hear what they are saying. thank you very much. we know lots of newswatchers hate doorsteps, throwing questions to politicians while they are out and about in the street. but there was speculation on monday about how the labour party might approach the big vote in parliament,
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the bbc decided it was important to put this question tojeremy corbyn as he left home. good morning and no comment. thank you, goodbye. will you be backing the amendment? doorsteps are often how viewers get to hear directly from politicians, but people questioned whether this one was really necessary. in a week when some politicians have been invoking the blitz spirit and their attitude to eu negotiations, wednesday news at six seemed to bejoining in. our main story this evening, theresa may says she intends to go back to brussels to renegotiate her brexit deal but eu leaders say the deal is done and they will not reopen talks.
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that raised a few eyebrows. some even wondered if the use of those archived pictures was more than an innocent mistake. was it an intentional decision? what really happened? paul royal, the editor of the six o'clock news explained. that is all from us. thank you for all your comments this week. have you got an opinion about something you have seen or heard on bbc news? you can share it by calling us or sending us an e—mail. you might even appear
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on the programme. you can find us on twitter. have a look at our website at previous interviews. that is all from us, we will be back next week with more of your views. until then, goodbye. good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today: more travel chaos, as heavy snow leads to a second night of delays — motorists were left stranded as major routes in the south east of england became impassable. very picturesque, i'm sure, but being here in the traffic, stationary, for nearly five hours now is not a huge amount of fun. there are still warnings in force this morning, mainly for ice,
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