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my kids and my wife. i couldn't do it without their support, and it's just been a great year. i'm so happy for my team—mates. you know, this is a dream come true for all of us. this was the patriots‘ sixth title injust 18 years, confirming their super bowl supremacy. but this team triumph was as much a personal one. for tom brady, another moment for the family album. andy swiss, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. we are seeing a big change in the weather for this week. we we are seeing a big change in the weatherfor this week. we have had an improvement in the temperatures today and on the whole this week will be milder. but the winds coming in from the west or south west, but it will be changeable. but we are talking about rain instead of snow. this area of cloud will bring some rain from the atlantic on tuesday into wednesday. that cloud has pushed the rain away from the south east. we have seen sunny skies
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following across many parts of the country. this is in west yorkshire for example. it has been more dull here in surrey but there has been some snow and it has been raining. pretty much all of the rain has cleared away but the cloud remains towards the south east. sunny spells elsewhere, still a few showers gci’oss elsewhere, still a few showers across scotland. a little wintry over the hills, showers and easing away from northern ireland. overnight we will find things clearing up. clearing skies, cloud braking for much of southern england, showers feeding in northern scotland, it is going to get quite chilly, then there will be some fog around, especially through the vale of york and across parts of southern angen of york and across parts of southern anger. then we can see a fairly wide frost. not as cold as it has been recently. one is 1—2, perhaps —5 in eastern parts of scotland. the fog will lift fairly quick in the morning as the wind picks up, the wind will blow in more clip from the atlantic. some outbreaks of rain and drizzle, wet across western areas.
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for most of the day, it may stay dry across eastern england and eastern scotland. still quite chilly with some sunshine for eastern scotland and north—east england, milder elsewhere, 12 degrees across south wales and the south west of england. the milder air comes with a good deal of cloud, stronger when and weather fronts that were pushed eastwards overnight. this one looks like it will stall. behind that, a few showers coming in on wednesday across northern ireland, especially developing across western parts of scotland. sunshine elsewhere, you can see the rain returning to parts of southern england, especially the south east and later into east anglia. but it is here we will find the highest temperatures. always across the southern half of the uk, still a bit chilly at times further north. it will be a bit cooler on friday but still we have westerly winds on thursday and into friday, more of a south—westerly wind pushing in the milder air. bringing with it some rain. as we look to
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thursday, temperatures are near normal. some sunshine and some showers, then we get stronger winds, milderairand showers, then we get stronger winds, milder air and some showers, then we get stronger winds, milderairand some rain showers, then we get stronger winds, milder air and some rain from the west on friday. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. a body has been seen in the wreckage of the plane carrying footballer emiliano sala and his pilot, air accident investigators say. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm, and here's your latest sports news. liverpool can move five points clear of second—placed manchester city at the top of the premiere league when they face west ham this evening. the club has confirmed this morning that defenderjoe gomez will have surgery on the leg fracture he sustained at burnley late last year. liverpool haven't given any timescale for his recovery. well, city are just two points behind liverpool at the moment, and the west ham manager knows only
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too well what a tight title race can be like — he led city to the title in 2014. i remember that the last race that we had was liverpool poly title, manchester city, six points behind liverpool. three games less, so we had a lot of pressure, and we wanted the title, so i think that will depend on the performance more than the nerves. the draw for the fifth round of the women's fa cup will take place later this evening, right here in our salford studios during our sportsday programme at 6:30. our football reporter jo currie is here. the complicated draw will feature more teams than usual beacuse a lot of fourth—round ties were affected by the weather on yestreday, weren't they? a mixture of the cold weather and teams not having heating meant that
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only eight of the 16 fourth—round ties actually took place over the weekend. more teams than usual in their part, of the size that are through, 2017 champions manchester city, manchester united, west ham, bristol, tottenham, the 1a time winners arsenal and the defending champions chelsea. they were 2—0 winners away to everton, an old wsl contest, 0—0 at the break before drew spence put chelsea ahead and then hannah blondel doubled their lead to make sure they are through to defect around. it means chelsea are fighting for four trophies at the moment, the continental cup semifinals this week, through to the fifth round of the fa cup, fighting for the title and they are also still in the champion league. ones that went ahead, city, united, chselea — more to come this weekend. the two you might want to keep an
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eye on arguable town, birmingham, and also key ntcham ladies. they are the lowest ranked team left in the competition, on their fourth tier and up against reading, but all the teams go into the draw tonight, uk what out 6:30pm right here on the news channel and on the bbc sport website. it is the biggest event in the us sporting calendar and amongst the biggest in the world — it is the superbowl, and last night's game was a record—equalling one, because the new england patriots won a sixth superbowl title — that puts them level with pittsburgh steelers who had held the record. the patriots beat the los angeles rams 13—3. this title, and in fact all six of them have been masterminded by coach bill bellicheck and quarterback tom brady, who are being referred to as goats — in case you haven't heard that before, that's the greatest of all time, and the bbc‘s nfl pundit, osi menura certainly thinks they are.
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i salute them, that was an incredible performance, coming up with the place when it was necessary. the goat bloom, goats. they have outclassed the rams, they are better than the rams. this is just an incredible, what they have done, six super bowls, six, i mean, it is hard to even fathom. you keep on thinking, at some point they will fall, they will stumble, they keep on coming up with ways to win. this just an incredible performance. and finally, sophie bray,who won an olympic hockey gold medal in rio in 2016, has announced her international retierment. bray scored 44 goals in 134 appearances for england and great britain. the 28—year—old is also a former european gold medallist, as well as having commonwealth games silver and bronze medals. that is all the sport for now. more
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in the next hour. breaking news, police say they are investigating non—recent allegations of child sexual exploitation in calderdale and they have arrested 33 men asked part of an ongoing operation. the men were aged between 30 and a0 years, arrested at a number of addresses in calderdale, bradford and kirklees. the investigation centres on allegations made by one women of sexual abuse committed against her as a child,
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predominately in the halifax area between 2002 and 2005. the police also say that all of those arrested have been released under investigation, pending further enquiry. that news coming to us from west yorkshire police. breathing exercises, relaxation techniques and mindfulness sessions will be added to the timetables of nearly a00 primary and secondary schools across england, the government has announced. the pilot scheme is intended to boost children's mental health. tim muffett went to meet pupils at a school which already offers a similar programme. it's going to be about keeping our focus. go! cedar mount academy. maybe this cone is that big goal we've set for ourselves. go! one of 31 schools across greater manchester trialling a new way of improving mental health. we're seeing a decline in young people's emotional well—being and we need to address that. it's a really, really urgent problem. tell me how you feel as you stood there waiting. excitement. tension. just pressure. we are using some different activities that help us to bring to life how you might feel when you're under pressure, but also what strategies and tools you might use to cope with the pressure in that moment. the more and more things that we add to our day the more pressure we feel. i feel like the physical activities almost help in a different kind
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of way because you don't realise when you're stressed that your body is tense and the problems it can cause, other things. i think in today's society there's a lot of pressures on what you need to do, how you need to act. so coming to a quiet session like this, you canjust calm yourself down and be yourself in a safe environment. just try and keep that focus on that finger moving around your hand. as well as classes run by the youth sport trust, relaxation and counselling sessions are also available. student mental health ambassadors have been appointed who are there to help fellow pupils. many have experienced problems themselves. last year i had a really difficult time in my life. i struggled from depression. it got to a point where i didn't want to be there anymore, i didn't want to be alive, so this pilot project has given me the ability to know how to control the situation and how
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to help other people. this pilot project has been independently assessed by the university of manchester and the feedback seems positive. almost 90% of pupils said they'd enjoyed taking part. 96% of teachers said it had been beneficial to their school. we've seen a change where there isn't really a stigma. it isn't classed as being different. it's ok to talk about it and we're all probably going to have moments in our life where that happens. today the government announced that more schools in england will take part in projects like this. 370 in total. no magic cure for what can be very complex problems. but for many, a big step forward. tim muffet, bbc news. of all the things fighter pilots must face, the negative effect from g—force acceleration is among the most challenging.
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but training to deal with it has always been difficult. until today. a brand—new, state—of—the—art flight simulator has just been unveiled at raf cranwell in lincolnshire. our reporter susannah streeter spent the morning at the base. this is the new 32 time centrifuge. you may experience a spike on ga so if you have been unable like, but fast jet pilot strapped if you have been unable like, but fastjet pilot strapped into a cockpit have to deal with g forced exhilaration for much longer and very intense periods of time. this centrifuge can go from one to nine g just one second. you can imagine just one second. you can imagine just how intense the pressure really is for the pilots who have to operate these fast jets. is for the pilots who have to operate these fastjets. one of them isjim pietersen. operate these fastjets. one of them is jim pietersen. you operate these fastjets. one of them isjim pietersen. you were the first typhoon pilot to test this
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centrifuge. what does it compare to the old technology in 1950? centrifuge. what does it compare to the old technology in 1950 ?l centrifuge. what does it compare to the old technology in 1950? a step change, in the old one you sat and enjoyed the ride, whereas this one you actually have control and you can you actually have control and you ca n fly you actually have control and you can fly the jet. i am wearing sg suit, which inflates. how does it work? because when i tested this out, you have to blog less then and then what happens? the biggest risk is loss of consciousness, so you have to keep the blood in your brain, and this plug into the system itself and then anytime you go above two 6 the system those that are dead fires air into your trousers are dead you press against it with the straining manoeuvre. those training manoeuvres are very intense. they can be quite a work—out.
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manoeuvres are very intense. they can be quite a work-out. eidetic spears that when i went up in the centrifuge. this has been a huge project for the mod and the global aerospace giant which brought this, £aa million. when, then nick green, you have been with those project every step of the way. just how vital is it for pilot safety? aircraft like typhoon how phenomenal g performers, greater than previous aircraft, so safety is paramount, and asjim explains, loss of conscience is a real risk, so we need to get the training right. we also improve the performance when flying, so we can make them better pilots. thank you very much. the first pilots have gone through this centrifuge, and as i experience, it is such intense pressure. as one of the instructor said, it is like an elephant sitting on top of you and thatis elephant sitting on top of you and that is a good way to describe it. this piece of kit will help fastjet crews cope with that. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news:
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officials investigating the wreckage of the plane carrying the footballer emiliano sala and pilot david ibbotson say that a body is visible inside. the delivery firm hermes gives its workers paid holiday and guaranteed wage rates — the union calls it ground—breaking. as venezuela's president ignores eu calls for a snap election, the uk moves to recognise his rival as head of state. i'm rebecca marston — in this afternoon's business news: ryanair has reported a net loss of £17m for the last three months of last year — that's its first quarterly loss since earlyh 201a. it made the loss even though revenues and passenger numbers were up. the airline blamed too many airlines chasing too few passengers for the fall in profit. hermes, the delivery firm, has struck what it calls a landmark deal with the gmb union to offer couriers paid holiday and guaranteed wage rates. under its new "self—employed plus" status, hermes workers can opt to receive up to 28 days of paid
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leave and pay of at least £8.50 an hour — above the minimum wage — but in return they must follow delivery routes set by hermes rather than choose their own. debenhams could close around 20 of its department stores this year, after bringing forward its plans for what's known as a company voluntary arrangement. the cva would allow debenhams to renegotiate its rent with landlords and speed up shop closure plans. it is understood that the company is running out of money, even after increasing its borrowing from banks. the uk has the ingredients in place for strong economic growth in 2019 — that's according to a forecast from accountancy firm ey. but the growth forecast is dependent on there being a brexit deal done. if there is a deal, its estimate is for growth of 1.5% — a touch above last year's — but if there isn't a deal, that could half.
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mark gregory is the chief economist at ey. what is your current assessment of the chances of there being ideal? we think it is finely balanced at this point between a deal, that could be several types of deal, or a no deal, so really very hard to call. your focus is predicated on their being any particular type of a deal. first and foremost the withdrawal agreement which would give ours until december 2020 to make further adjustments, i did would be something close to the deal that the primers to put to parliament. 1.5% growth at best is not particularly stellar. where would it put as set against leading competitors?m stellar. where would it put as set against leading competitors? it is not stellar, it is probably a
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percent below our trend rate growth, it would put is probably in the pack with germany and france, germany maybe even doing slightly worse this year, office lay better than italy. some way behind the united states which is still continuing to perform strongly. if there is no deal and we see the growth rate of 0.7%, which parts of the economy do you see suffering the most? based on what we can tale, one of the big issues would be around customs and supply chains. that is likely to hit manufacturing hardest, and where we look at manufacturing as, early north and midlands. first up it would probably be geographically they are, very quickly would spread to the rest of the country. how would usa's the mood of the people that you are surveying or modelling to get this type of forecast?m that you are surveying or modelling to get this type of forecast? it is fairto to get this type of forecast? it is fair to say businesses are frustrated and very nervous about the outcome, and notjust the short—term, but also trying to
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understand what the long—term picture is, that is very difficult. thank you very much. in other business news we're following today: shares injapanese electronics giant sony fell more than 8% after the company cut its sales forecasts for the year. that's despite sony reporting record profits for the three months to december — they came in at $3.5 billion. but the company recently bought emi so it was adding in its profits for the first time. budget airline flybe, which is being bought by a consortium of virgin atlantic, stobart group and cyrus capital, says it's been approached by stobart‘s former chief executive andrew tinkler about a possible alternative way of financing the firm. but the airline says it's committed to the consortium's offer which remains ‘the best option'. reports suggest a canadian music entrepreneur could be a leading contender to buy uk music chain hmv. the latest rescue bid is said to come from businessman doug putman, owner of canada's sunrise records. the move pits him against sports direct founder mike ashley, who has also placed a bid.
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that's all the business news. pantomime season is now "behind you", and the uk's longest—serving dame has just taken his final bow. berwick kaler has been donning outrageous wigs, make—up and frocks for the last a0 years, but he's finally decided to call it a day. olivia richwald reports on the end of an era for one of panto's greatest showmen. applause. sit down! you paid for the seats. a standing ovation before he's even uttered a word. me babbies, me bairns! but berwick kaler is no pop star. he's a pantomime dame who, after a0 years, has developed a cult following in the city of york. he writes the show too, and it's
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been a hard decision to retire. i'm in my 73rd year. when do you stop? i don't want to crawl on that stage with age—old complaints and everything else. and ijust thought, oh, let's go out with them laughing. and they've been doing just that for generations. in march every year, fans queue overnight for the best seats. he makes christmas for me. because of all the years i've been coming, he is now part of my family. it's just one way of getting rid of all the winter blues. overfour decades here at the york theatre royal, berwick kaler is proud to say he's never missed a performance. that's almost 3,000 shows, and it's despite a heart bypass operation. i don't know what he's going to come outwith. the box office here takes
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£2.5 million a year, half of which comes from the pantomime. so, what are they going to do without him? i've been talking to my colleagues in different theatres around the country, and they've all said, "i've got no idea." because there is no one like berwick. he isjust an utter phenomenon. but the show will go on next year. before that, there is an emotional sendoff from the audience and berwick‘s theatre family. i love you, god bless you. you can be laughing and crying in the same moment almost. i'm forever grateful for him choosing me and for him teaching me all through these years. he's the greatest showman. before the curtain fell, berwick was presented with a lifetime achievement award from a fellow panto dame. he's a great dame because of his enthusiasm, and his love of the audience. and what he gives to the audience is something extraordinary.
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i didn't know what i was starting when i first arrived here. but i do know that ifound a home here. and ifound the most wonderful extended family. berwick likes to boast he was once an answer on the game show pointless. he also describes his pantos as rubbish. any one of his loyal fans will tell you, he's been anything but. olivia richwald, bbc news, york. you can see the full programme on inside out at 7.30pm tonight on bbc one yorkshire and lincolnshire, or catch up on the bbc iplayer. now, take a look at these extraordinary pictures. they're taken by brian bayliss from wiltshire, who thought somebody had been hard at work rolling snow into huge wheels on his field. but so—called ‘snow rollers' are actually natural and, because they only form in the most
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perfect of conditions, are incredibly rare. earlier, louise minchin on bbc breakfast spoke to forecasterjohn keyes, from the national weather service in idaho, who explained the natural phenomenon. we see a lot of these show up in idaho. i guess the way to put this is they are not rare but they are also not uncommon, if that makes sense. they are out there. i think they happen more than people think and itjust happens that the viral videos and pictures for some reason have come from here, the state of idaho. you talk about perfect conditions and you do need perfect conditions. wet snow on the ground and what you need underneath that is almost an icy surface. whether it is rain that has frozen or ice that has fallen on the ground, and what happens is you get a little push from the wind or gravity itself, and they start to roll up. sometimes they are very small. we had some in our parking lot at my office a couple of weeks ago the size of golf balls, and that is a small
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version of a snow roller. but the ones you are seeing in pictures all over including the ones that occurred in your area, that can come from a whole lot of wind blowing that wet snow. it is wet and loose and it starts rolling and the momentum goes until the wind is not strong enough or gravity loses out. you can get different sizes of snow rollers. small ones and ones the size of large tyres. you are right, you do have to have some pretty unique circumstances for those to happen. now it's time for a look at the weather. i was hoping you would, you weather expert, retail. the weather is
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changing, not so much snow over the week ahead, more likely for rain, turning much more unsettled. it will be milder, the wind coming from the west or south—west. this area of cloud bringing us rain on tuesday and wednesday, that area of cloud bringing rain earlier, it is pretty much gone from the south—east. we have seen sunshine behind
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developing widely across the uk, one spot here in west yorkshire. earlier today we had that covering of cloud and sorry, quite dull, rain, a thaw of the lying snow as well. an improvement in the temperature today. that is the way it is looking this afternoon, cloud in the south—east and east anglia, some wintry showers coming into scotland, showers in northern ireland tending to fade away. things clearing up overnight, even the cloud attending to thin and the south—east, loitering in the english channel, losing the showers and northern parts of scotland, clear skies, light when, some fog forming, particularly across southern england and through the vale of york. blue on the map, away from the far south of england, a touch of frost, doctor scholes as recently, —1, —5 in eastern parts of scotland. that is where we'll have the best of the sunshine on tuesday, because it were left fairly quickly as the wind picks up, introducing more cloud on a south—westerly wind and that by bringing some outbreaks of rain and drizzle. eventually maybe some of that reaching eastern parts of england, most of the day dry as it will be for eastern scotland. chilly in the north—east but heading to aussie south—west, tempted could be as high as 12 celsius. milder, cloudier, weightier and windy weather arriving through the day, continuing overnight, whether france moving their way eastwards. this one here could hang around into wednesday, there is the rain. behind it we have sunshine, increasing domicile showers coming into northern ireland and western
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scotland, but that rain comes back in againa scotland, but that rain comes back in again a grotty south—east of england, after was east anglia, could turn wet in the afternoon. decent temperatures, ten or 11 sizes, milderfurther south, to the north and scotland and northern ireland, tempted back around 27 or eight celsius. a cooler westerly on thursday. the doctors told us that has been, friday south—westerly wind dragging and mild eye, so thursday sunshine and showers, average temperature milder by the wet and windy on friday. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm ben brown. today at 2pm. officials investigating the wreckage of the plane carrying the footballer emiliano sala and pilot david ibbotson say that a body is visible inside. if the plane was never located,
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i don't think the family would ever rest and that is why we wanted to go out there and find it. the delivery firm hermes gives its workers paid holiday and guaranteed wage rates. the gmb union calls it "groundbreaking". birmingham's bin workers are to stage fresh walkouts later this month in an escalating row over pay. coming up on afternoon live all the sport. hello, we are going to be talking about the goats and the rams — i haven't switched to presenting countryfile, this is still sports related and it's to do with the super bowl. i will explain all later in this hour.
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