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as well. so, south of the country as well. so, all in all, through friday and saturday, the risk of localised transport disruption. strong winds to come across different parts of the uk and also heavy rain as well. through saturday night you might see low pressure working through the english channel, bringing the threat of rain. on sunday it is likely we will see north—westerly winds bringing coolair will see north—westerly winds bringing cool air across the country and a trough embedded with the winds could bring a line of organised rain, only to over high ground in the pennines, and also wintry showers getting into northern areas of scotland, as temperatures come down a few degrees with highs of around seven or eight degrees. the weather will become calm through monday. still the risk of passing showers for northern scotland. for many of us, monday promises to be at dry and bright day with more in the way of sunshine. noticeably colder. temperatures struggling to get high, for quite a few of us three or four
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degrees. fine and dry weather into tuesday. early—morning degrees. fine and dry weather into tuesday. ea rly—morning mist degrees. fine and dry weather into tuesday. early—morning mist and fog patches and frost and then we will see some sunshine by day. temperature—wise, six or seven for many of us. we will start to see a bit of rain working in off the atlantic. so the change in the weather pattern into netsuite is really driven by the jetstream, weather pattern into netsuite is really driven by thejetstream, this ridge in thejet really driven by thejetstream, this ridge in the jet stream encourages a to sink over the uk or around the uk and we build an area of high pressure somewhere and we build an area of high pressure somewhere to the south. southern england, northern france, or the high pressure is going to be sat, which means next week we seek dry weather and sunshine. the return of some frost, spells of wet and with windy weather at times brushing into the north of scotland in particular. that is your latest weather. the next few days, though, looking pretty windy. hello. this is bbc news with martine croxall. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment — first the headlines.
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the head of instagram pledges to "remove all graphic images of self harm" from the social media platform. i think we have an immense amount of responsibility. i think that it's clear that we are not yet where we need to be on the issues of self—harm and suicide. the body recovered from the wreckage of the plane that crashed in the channel over a fortnight ago has been formally identified as cardiff city footballer, emiliano sala. deadlock in brussels — theresa may holds talks with eu leaders and says she'll deliver brexit on time, but they say there's been no breakthrough. slowest economic growth for a decade — the bank of england downgrades its forecast and blames brexit uncertainty. police investigating the disappearance of university student libby squire arrest a 24—year—old man. once more with feeling...
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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kevin schofield, the editor of politicshome and kate proctor, political correspondent for the evening standard. thank you very much for being here. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. strained relations in brussels — the guardian leads with a tense—looking photograph of theresa may and jean claudejuncker following talks to try to break the brexit deadlock. back in westminster, the ft reports that, in a plan dubbed ‘project after‘, a group of seniorfigures in government is drawing up plans to kickstart the economy if the uk leaves the eu without a deal. the i claims thatjeremy corbyn is facing a party revolt and threats of resignations from pro—remain mps — after setting out what labour would support in a brexit deal. in other news, the daily telegraph says the head of instagram has become the first technology boss to back a statutory duty of care to protect children from online
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harms, after he announced a ban on all graphic self—harm images on the social media platform. divorce laws could be reformed within months — according to the times. the paper claims a new bill prepared by the justice secretary will allow couples to divorce without making accusations of bad behaviour. the daily mail alleges that by categorising probate as a fee — rather than a tax — ministers have been able to increase the charge for securing legal control over a deceased person's estate, without mps' approval. the metro leads with the news that all horse racing in britain has been cancelled for at least six days after an outbreak of equine flu — costing the sport millions of pounds in lost revenue. and on the front page of the daily mirror, the former strictly come dancing judge, len goodman criticises plans to scrap free tv licences for over—75s, saying it would punish lonely and poorer pensioners. we are going to start with brexit.
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as is our want of the last to a half yea rs. as is our want of the last to a half years. the daily express is where we will begin. theresa may gives donald tusk l. why is that the headline, kate, cala squirts blue donald tusk offended the country yesterday when he said that there would be a special place in held ball brexiteers who have no plan for how to carry this out —— special place in held ball. theresa may went over to brussels today. she met with him. as the express reports, she gave him hell. i think by this they mean that she gave him a bit of a frosty reception. you can see from the photograph... the body language! theresa may has had so many dark days. applicable with a about her, she always manages to smile. kevin said it earlier, she is trying to
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look as miserable as possible. —— i have to say this about her. theresa may has said things that have offended people who are pro—eu and wa nt to offended people who are pro—eu and want to come and live here, citizens of nowhere and that sort of thing. again, we have a foreign leaders, foreign politicians interfering, as some people will see it, by making comments like that. it often backfires. i think the message he was trying to convey, i think, was a pretty that one. that the people who campaigned for leave and the referendum didn't have a plan of how to implement it, were they to win. and now the chickens have come home to roost. but the language he used, i think, was a bit ill—advised. i think it was designed to get a reaction and it worked. i think it is giving, it has given people who are very pro—brexit something to
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point to and say, this is why we are leaving. we have made the right decision. any hope of brexit being overturned or there being an upsurge in remain sentiment, may have gone. it will certainly be tempered by comments like that for a lot of people. ba, jeremy corbyn faces labour revolt over the offer to be pm. —— labour revolt over the offer to be pm. -- the i. labour revolt over the offer to be pm. —— the i. saying he would support her deal with certain twea ks, support her deal with certain tweaks, considerable ones, it has to be said. he surprised everyone by sending this letter to theresa may last night saying we will help you get your deal through if you signup to essentially labour's plan for a much softer brexit. rings like a permanent customs union, fairly close alignment with the single market, things that brexiteers consider a no—no —— things like.
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because a revolt in the labour party, because a loss of labour mps are in favour of a second referenda may notice that there was no mention in this letter of a second referendum. they thought that mr corbyn, who has long held eurosceptic of views had pulled a fast one and had basically dropped that element of labour's policy. that caused a row today. a lot of labour mps that caused a row today. a lot of labourmps are that caused a row today. a lot of labour mps are talking about quitting the party. it forced labour to rush out a clarification, really, jeremy corbyn set out an e—mail saying no, the policy has not changed, we are still living is that didn't referendum option on the table. it shows how lukewarm he is about this. kier starmer, the shadow brexit secretary, he is supposed to have had involvement in this letter that was sent to theresa may coming into the same time it seems like a massive oversight not to mention the fa ct massive oversight not to mention the fact that labour's policy set out their conference is to consider a second referendum. jeremy corbyn is
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never explicit about it. and that is why it riles up members and mps. you can see both parties ending up splitting over this. huge fractures. that is definitely a possibility. the ft, plans hatched in secret about project after. this is being drawn up by the cabinet office. project after, this is if we leave with no deal, it is a set of ideals of how to turbocharge the economy. obviously no deal has had some dire warnings onjust how bad things could be for the british economy. this is a doomsday list of economic levers that could be pulled is if the economy is about to tank. it
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could not be more serious or startling. some of the policy ideas they have got involved cutting taxes, boosting investment to slash tariffs, it is quite wide ranging and a little bit scattergun. i'm not sure all of these policies work hand in hand. no. slashing taxes and increasing spending. you can see that the policies are appealing, certainly to brexiteers like jacob rees—mogg, that is what they want, a low tax economy. but the flipside of thatisif low tax economy. but the flipside of that is if you cut tariffs on imports as well you are busily putting pressure on british manufacturing and farming, because obviously british products suddenly become much more expensive compared to imported goods. you could even -- easily have the market flooded. if you are on a wto rules you are slightly hampered with what you can do with attack —— if you are on wto rules. it shows that there is panic
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building at the heart of government over the fact that here we are, seven weeks tomorrow we are supposed to be leaving the european union, and we are no closer to getting a deal ratified by parliament is. theresa may was pretty much rebuffed in many ways. she got some concession but essentially the eu has not shifted their position. yet. do you think she is banking on that? you run down the clock as has been described as a mahazi blink. keep no deal on the table is an absolute last resort. we will walk away if we need to and hoping that the eu will link. it is high-stakes stuff. she would like people to think that she was able to go over and set it up for further concessions down the line. it is hard to see that that was achieved today. there are times where i have. i know what she is doing and the neiko no, then maybe,
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though, no. -- and then no. i don't think she got out of it what she wanted. the times, weakest growth in a decade. interest rates have been kept at 0.75%. still very, very low. we were told interest rates would start rising last autumn. that's right. mark carney‘s time as the governor has been marked i him having to change his mind with the political forecasts come to fruition, healy is talking about... the economic forecast. it is a political, of course. of course it is. sorry. because that was the point, wasn't it? it was taken out of the hands of government and given to the bank of england to take the politics out of it, supposedly. strangely, the forecasts are still no more accurate than they were
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before. he is blaming brexit. which is quite a handy excuse. it is because of the bank of england's policies, it is because of brexit. there is a love of truth in that. businesses are tearing their hair out now. —— there is a lot of truth. you can understand why. they have no idea where b will be in a couple of month split was time. —— where we will be. the weakest point in a decade since the financial crash. i was reading the ft story about project after. one of the things is cutting vat is one of the possible solutions. alistair darling did that when the economy was in trouble ten yea rs when the economy was in trouble ten years ago. so there are actual similarities there, if the worst comes to the worst. and they all complained when they put it back up again. but there is a global elements to this. we are seeing a slowdown in china. there were
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demonstrations we reading about in the new york times. our growth rate, it has been revised from 1.7% to 1.296. it has been revised from 1.7% to 1.2%. china still at the 6% mark. the growth in china is a 28 year low. it is causing so many difficulties. they're demonstrating there and away they have not done in a very long time. it is impossible to believe. yes, across so many it is impossible to believe. yes, across so many different sectors, taxi drivers, factory workers, all unhappy with how the economy is working for ordinary working people in china. that was the whole point of xijinping's in china. that was the whole point of xi jinping's sort of regime, to promise this chinese dream of prosperity. it looks prosperous from our point of view. starting from a very low base obviously as well. it isa very low base obviously as well. it is a perfect storm. a slowdown in china, a potentially no—deal brexit,
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you can understand why. global pockets of growth slowdown. absolutely. the daily telegraph, instagram boss — duty of care can save lives, speaking at the actions that the platform is going to take, kate, in removing the most graphic images of self harm, this following the death of molly russell, whose dad says that images like that contributed to her taking a life. yeah, ididn't contributed to her taking a life. yeah, i didn't know that on instagram there are images of self harm that's —— there. it is really shocking to think that as a young person you could go on instagram and you could see something that... well, so shocking, but also might inspire you in some way. it is a really murky situation. it is really good to see the boss of instagram has come out and said, yes, he backs
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a statutory duty of care to protect children. and that means from instagram's point of view it is banning these graphic images on the site. they are going to invest quite a lot in getting them all taken down. and they accept that while social media has lots of positive perks, they have been neglectful and there have been risks and it hasn't been, you know, a perfect example of social media. it has been quite a lot of harm. i believe it is the samaritans who said if you can write algorithms that make a particular advert pop up next to your name when you search for something, why can't they be written that would offer support, offer help and guidance to people who are clearly looking for something that could do them some harm? you wouldn't have thought it would be beyond the wit of clearly very intelligent people who were for these social media companies to come up these social media companies to come up with an algorithm that did that, that actually did some good, rather
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than feeding any anxieties or depression, particularly vulnerable young users may have, but there is a sense that instagram are kind of getting ahead of the game here because... arrivals. there is a move certainly from the government, they have spoken a lot about social media companies, tech giants taking on greater responsibility for what they publish, not just in greater responsibility for what they publish, notjust in terms of harmful images, things like fake news as well, obviously that is something else that can disrupt democracy. you would think mark zuckerberg, facebook boss, we couldn't get him to the uk to answer various questions, then it's good to see someone like this doing an interview and getting their views out there. and allowing themselves to be accountable very directly. out there. and allowing themselves to be accountable very directlylj wonder to be accountable very directly.” wonder if a lot of the pressure, though, will come from advertisers who don't want their products, their brand name next to those images as we've seen, there have been complaints of that. absolutely, that
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is the thing, they rely on advertising for their whole model, and if advertisers were to start fleeing, that would be more of an influence than the threat of regulation. when the bottom line is affected. metro, they are off. racing. see what they did? andrew laughlan, master of the pun on twitter, this is all about horses coming down with an illness, and he suggested it might be mane flu. it isa suggested it might be mane flu. it is a serious subject because racing is a serious subject because racing is off for six days at least. yes, outbreak of equine flu, highly contagious, so they can't take the risk of forces coming into contact with one another and spreading it even further around the country. —— risk of horses. they have decided to cancel all horseracing for at least six days. but the big fear is the
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cheltenham festival, the biggest national festival in the racing calendar next month, that could be cancelled unless it's brought under control. there are millions of pounds at stake. yes, it is a massive industry. bookies will be losing out on money, trackside bookmakers. even the six-day shutdown could cost the industry millions, so it's really significant. it is a huge blow. suffering from a nagging cold from robjones. suffering from a nagging cold from rob jones. that is a good one as well. yeah! a serious subject, everybody. finally, the times, wine or beer, mixing drinks cost you dear. if you drink wine or beer in one order tommy fine, but it might not be true. yes, break or brain, but never the twain. scientists have done an extensive study involving 90
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people who were gladly agreeing to drink three pints and a bottle of wine, the equivalent of, over two days, and some of them... wine, the equivalent of, over two days, and some of them. .. over two days? yeah! that sounded like a lot in one go. quiet weekend, really! laughter. sorry, i just in one go. quiet weekend, really! laughter. sorry, ijust gave so much away with that comment. laughter. clearly, you should have been part of this. yeah, i should have been pa rt of this. yeah, i should have been part of it! if you drink beer and wine, if you flitted around, will your hangover the worse? they have realised it makes no difference whatsoever. it is just realised it makes no difference whatsoever. it isjust booze. the strongest predictor or perceived drunkenness, fancy that, and vomiting. really? giveaway, isn't it, that you're going to get a hangover. i can't believe people we re hangover. i can't believe people were paid money to do that. all in the name of scientific research. we we re the name of scientific research. we were not asked to take part.
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that's it for the papers tonight. that is only water, by the way! don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers — and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you kevin schofield and kate proctor. by bya by a newspaper in the morning. we don't mind which one. —— buy. goodbye. good evening, i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes with your latest sports news. we're starting with the latest on horse racing's lockdown due to an outbreak of equine flu. all racing has been suspended until next wednesday at the earliest, while the british horse racing authority tries to contain the disease. our corresspondent andy swiss is in yorkshire's racing heartland of malton with the latest. yes, welcome to highfield stables
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here in north yorkshire. they have about a0 horses here. like so many sta bles about a0 horses here. like so many stables around the country, some of these horses were supposed to be racing this weekend, but not any more, because the entire sport is on hold as it tries to tackle this new and very difficult challenge, equine flu. no racing now on till at least wednesday next week. that is because three horses at donald mccain's yard in cheshire tested positive for equine flu, despite being vaccinated. that is what is really concerning the authority. and also donald mccain had runners yesterday at meetings. so there is some concern that other horses might have been exposed to this very contagious disease. so the authorities are taking no chances. no racing until at least the middle of next week. the big question that everyone is
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asking is what about cheltenham? it is only next month until racing's showpiece festival. will that be able to go ahead? certainly everyone in racing will be keeping their fingers crossed that they can come to terms and contain this outbreak of equine flu. the bha are due to make another announcement on monday as to whether racing can continue beyond wednesday. here's their chief executive. the danger would be to take a chance and allow forces to move, so we have effectively lock it down and we will be in effectively lock it down and we will beina effectively lock it down and we will be in a very clear position next week and if you were to ask me again about cheltenham i hope to be com pletely about cheltenham i hope to be completely definitive them, but i don't want to tempt fate frankly by saying that they could not be some risk but i am very confident that the action we are taking incorporation with the whole industry will ensure that cheltenham champion. —— can be on. it's been revealed tonight that the potential uk and irish world cup bid for 2030 is still in the pipeline with a meeting in rome between the five national associations scheduled to take place tomorrow. the talks are expected to include
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potential venues to put forward in the bid proceeds, with an emphasis on maximising the geographical spread of the tournament. the meeting is also expected to discuss efforts to gain backing from the british and irish governments in the women's league cup arsenal remain on course to defend their title, after they beat manchester united 2—1, in their semi—final at meadow park. vivienne miedema scored both of their goals against the championship side. they'll now face manchester city at bramhall lane, in a repeat of last year's final. britain's fed cup tennis team is doing well as they try to qualify for the world group. playing in a round robin tournament in bath, they followed up yesterday's 3—0 win over slovenia with a 2—0 lead over greece today. jo konta fought back to beat maria sakkari. after losing the first set, konta pulled it back to win it a—6, 6—2 6—3 and give gb and unassailable 2—0 lead in the tie. earlier katie boulter had put gb ahead winning her singles rubber
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in three sets. there are eight teams taking place in two groups with the group winners facing each other in a playoff on saturday. the winner of that will then get a chance to play off for a place in the world group ii. and castleford tigers have gone top of the super league after a 26—18 win at hull fc. tigers scored five tries in the match including two from michael shenton to maintain their 100% start to the season. and that's all your sport for now. hello. we are seeing quite a stormy speu hello. we are seeing quite a stormy spell of weather across the uk. say goodbye to one area of low pressure that brought gwyn guscott to 79 mph over the last 2a hours —— brought wind gusts. our eyes are drawn to the next lump of cloud which is the next storm system, storm eric, named
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by irish forecasters, and it is a bigger system, so the stronger winds associated with the low will be affecting a larger portion of the uk, there will also be heavy rain around as well. now the first signs of the wet weather really getting into western areas at the moment and will continue to push eastwards overnight with the rain always heaviest across the north and west, a little lighter at times across eastern counties of england. it is going to be a marvel nights, temperatures no better than ten in plymouth, miles, yes, and increasingly windy. it will be a windy start to the day on friday —— mild nights. some of the strongest weather into northern ireland and western scotland, up to 50—70 mph, strong enough to bring down tree branches, localised transport disruption possibility and we might see speed restrictions on the scottish ridges. squally rain moves east across england and wales followed by a bit of sunshine but wherever you are it will be a blustery afternoon. temperature—wise with the wind coming from the south—westerly direction is not very
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cold —— bridges. temperatures between 8— ii cold —— bridges. temperatures between 8— 11 degrees, mild for the time of year, not quite as warm as the numbers would suggest. talking about the wind, it faced stay strong into the weekend as the area of low pressure is going to be slow—moving. so the winds will get even stronger across scotland and northern england where we will see justs getting to 55-70 where we will see justs getting to 55—70 mph, strong enough to bring transport disruption, and another concern is the amount of rain that will begin to mount up and we could see 20—30 millimetres for northern scotland, 60 over the mountains, bringing concerns of localised surface water flooding. a slice of sunshine in the middle, could see rain returning to southern counties of england later on saturday. so friday and saturday, very strong winds, heavy rain, all amounts to the risk of localised transport disruption. and on sunday we will have north—westerly winds, it will be cooler with plenty of showers around. into next week it looks like the weather will become much more
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settled and dry. hello, everyone. this is newsday. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: journalist jamal khashoggi was the victim of a brutal and premeditated killing by saudi arabian officials, according to the un investigator looking into the case. instagram says it is removing all graphic images of self—harm, after an outcry over the suicide of a british teenager. hello, i'm nuala mcgovern in london. also on the programme: the body recovered from the wreckage of the plane that went down in the sea between france and britain is identified as footballer emiliano sala. and a new island is born in the south pacific, but scientists say it could soon sink beneath the waves.
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