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of the blade and it has high friction forces in the direction that is orthogonal to it. after this, the robot figures out entirely on its own how to move on ice. using this machine learning approach, different robots can learn to autonomously navigate any terrain. researchers hope this will lead to affordable, easy—to—design robots that can be used for search and rescue operations, to inspect dangerous sites, and even for deliveries to difficult to reach areas. i envisioned a moment in the not too distant future where it will be as easy to create robots as it is to currently make structures out of lego blocks, for example. i think this is a really exciting motor skill that we would like robots to learn, not necessarily because it's useful, but rather because it combines so many different challenges into one beautiful performance. and that's it for the short cut of click for this week. the full—length version is waiting for you right now on iplayer.
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don't forget, we live all over social media. wherever you go, you'll find us there waiting for you — instagram, youtube, facebook, twitter, you name it, we're there. thanks for watching and we'll see you soon. good morning welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and sally nugent. our headlines today: the duke of edinburgh gives up his driving licence, weeks after he crashed his car near the queen's sandringham estate. work and pensions secretary amber rudd warns company bosses they could be jailed for up to seven years if they "wilfully or recklessly" mismanage their employees‘ pension scheme.
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theresa may will ask mps for more time to change her brexit plan — but labour accuses the prime minister of trying to run down the clock. in the six nations, wales have made it two wins out of two, and the champions, ireland, have their first win, they're too strong for scotland at murrayfield it won't be as windy today but a bit cooler than yesterday. some rain around, some sunshine that next week, we could be left high and dry. join me laterfor all the details. it's sunday the 10th of february. our top story: buckingham palace says the duke of edinburgh has voluntarily surrendered his driving licence. prince philip, who's 97, was recently involved in a crash with a car carrying two women and a baby. the crown prosecution service said it would take the development into account when deciding if any further action should be taken. the duke also came in for criticism when he was pictured behind the wheel without a seatbelt. here's andy moore.
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it was an accident everyone was lucky to walk away from. the duke of edinburgh's land rover freelander was turned over by the force of the impact and landed on its side. a baby was unhurt in the other car, a kia, two women were taken to hospital. one of them, emma fairweather, has told the sunday mirror that the duke was right to take the decision to surrender his licence but he could have done it sooner. she said... just days after the accident, the duke was seen driving on public roads near sandringham without a seatbelt. norfolk police said they had spoken to him about that. he also sent a letter to mrs fairweather saying sorry for his part in the accident and said he had been dazzled by the low winter sun and was very contrite about the consequences. the police say they have now finished their investigation
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into the accident and the file has been passed to the crown prosecution service. the duke could be charged for driving without due care and attention. the cps said the file will be reviewed carefully before a decision was made. but they also said the duke's decision to surrender his licence would be taken into account. andy moore a bbc news. company executives who mismanage their employees‘ pension scheme, could be jailed for up to seven years, under a new law being planned by the government. the proposals are intended to avoid a repeat of what happened when the retailer bhs collapsed. monika plaha has this report. bhs collapsed in 2016 with a huge hole in its pension fund. its boss, sir philip green, had sold the company for £1 a year earlier. the pensions regulator said he had done that to avoid liability for the company's pension scheme.
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after much criticism from the public and those in parliament, he agreed to hand over 363 million to the fund. the government says it wants to avoid similar cases happening in the future. writing in today's sunday telegraph, the work and pensions secretary amber rudd says... plans for an offence to carry a maximum two—year prison sentence which were outlined last year are being extended after a consultation. the department for work and pensions said company executives who wilfully or recklessly mismanage pension funds could be sentenced up to seven years in prison and face an unlimited fine. theresa may will attempt to head—off further turmoil over brexit this week, by urging parliament to give her more time to achieve changes to the plan to avoid a hard irish border. let's get the details from our political correspondent, tom barton.
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good morning to you, tom. hang on, what's another delay? would you believe there are fewer than 50 days to go till brexit and there still is no certainty over what it will look like. this week, the ministers will head off a series of meetings to try to find a solution to ongoing disagreements over the prime minister's brexit deal at on thursday, mps will hold a series of votes in which they will get their say over the next step in the process that with no imminent prospect of a deal, several ministers have said that they are gearing resigning in order to back backbench moves to delay brexit. the message today is clear. don't do anything hasty. the prime minister
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is telling them that if, by the 27th of february, she hasn't got a deal at reid with the eu —— agreed with the eu, she will come back to mps to discuss alternative options and that could turn into extending articles 50 to allow the prime minister more time to reach an agreement. meanwhile, labour's shadow brexit secretary keir starmer wants them to hold the prime minister to her word. they are holding a vote that will force the prime minister to hold a vote on her deal by the end of the month and if she doesn't eat will give mps more control over what happens next. all of that, let's not do anything hasty. with only been talking about it for three years. exactly talking about it for three years. exa ctly a nd talking about it for three years. exactly and we will continue to do so. hull university student libby squire, have been given more time to question a man. 21—year—old libby hasn't been seen for over a week. the 24—year—old man, who was arrested on suspicion of abduction, will remain in custody until 9:00 this evening.
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work has begun to enable the m20 motorway in kent to be turned into a car park, in the event of possible disruption caused by a no—deal brexit. steel barriers are being installed that would allow traffic to keep moving in a contraflow system on one side of the motorway, while lorries would be parked up on the other. the road between ashford and maidstone will be closed overnight, until the work's completed in mid—march. the scientist who discovered the link between eating too much processed meat and bowel cancer has accused the government of not doing enough to encourage people to cut their consumption. the department of health says it's committed to ensuring that all food products are as safe as possible, as ben ando reports. the cancer risks in eating too much processed meat, like bacon and ham, were first exposed four years ago,
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but since then, says the man who discovered the link, nothing has been done to warn people or reduce consumption. professor denis corpet, who led the research, has described the lack of action as a dereliction of duty by politicians in the uk and the eu. the danger is down to nitrites, chemicals that are used to help preserve the meat, which can be responsible for causing bowel cancer. nitrite to put into processed food to protect against bacteria and microbes that can cause food poisoning, which itself, of course, can be very dangerous. the food standards agency says it tries to get the balance right, between putting in nothing to be effective and not so much as to cause undue risk. so what and how much is safe? processed meats include sausages, bacon, ham, corned beef, and deli meats. nhs guidance says to eat no more than 70g a day — that's the equivalent of about two sausages or three thin slices of ham. cancer campaigners say there are other much more risky factors. we know the link between processed meat and cancer is not well—known, especially compared to link
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with smoking, but it is putting it into context — that smoking is inherently much more risky when it comes to cancer. but with ham a staple of many school lunch boxes, professor corpet says parents in particular need to think about how much processed meat their children are eating. ben ando, bbc news. kurdish—led forces, backed by the united states, have launched a final push to defeat the islamic state group in syria. more than 20,000 civilians have been evacuated from land still held by is near to the iraqi border. there's been reports of heavy fighting throughout the night. two people arrested in connection with a house fire in stafford which killed four children have been released on bail. the 24—year—old woman and 28 year old man were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence. the children, aged between three and eight, died in the fire on tuesday. plans for a chelsea flower show garden co—designed by the duchess of cambridge have been unveiled. the garden aims to highlight the benefits that nature brings
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to mental and physical well—being. kensington palace said it will "inspire families to get outside and explore nature together". lots of child friendly places to play. i love the sound of it. made from logs and bits of tree. gorgeous. the metropolitan police chief, cressida dick, has revealed that she can't smell cannabis. speaking on radio 4's desert island discs, the force's first female commissioner said her colleagues think it's ‘hilarious' that she is unable to pick up the scent of the drug. quite an admission. i love that desert island discs for all of it. it's a little over three weeks since prince philip apologised for his part in a car crash near to
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the queen's sandringham estate. yesterday, we learnt that he's decided to give up his driving licence. let's discuss how this decision came about with the royal commentator kate williams, who's outside buckingham palace. what do you know about this process? well, we believe there has been a lot of discussions. in the aftermath of the bass accident on the 17th. a severe accident that was very distressing for all concerned, the two ladies, one who is continuing to be in pain and there are a lot of discussions are that this accident andi discussions are that this accident and i believe prince philip was initially hoping to keep his licence but then really realised that simply wasn't possible, it wasn't possible to keep it. the accident could have been so much worse so he made the decision to get —— give up the licence. they would have been discussions with the queen, the courtiers and princess anne who has
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a lot of influence over her father. at the end, it was inevitable that really, it had to be done. we have to remember with prince philip, like you and i, when we give up our licence, he won't be able ——we went the other to drive again. he can still drive around the estate and trundle around all of sandringham that simply can't go out on the public roads and the difference. how do you think he will cope? 0bviously, he is fond of driving to popular making love striving, he loves driving without his security detail. he goes out, it independence. he has always been an incredibly independent person. he was a keen driver right from the beginning, much like the queen. that is something they had in common. the accident showed him it simply wasn't possible to be out on the public roads any more and he had to revise that opinion. he can drive independently without the states but simply can't go out. it will be a
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blow to his independence. it is quite a moment for him to give up his driving licence but you also have to remember that simply the file, northern police have investigated it and passed the file to the crown prosecution service and iam nota to the crown prosecution service and i am not a lawyer but i understand from legal experts that it is very unlikely they will prosecute him if he has given he upped his licence so we don't know whether he will be prosecuted or not it it won't be probably seen in the public interest to prosecute him is he is no longer on the public roads. what you think about the way the palace handled the whole situation? i think it could have been handled better. wityk know there was a baby in the car or quite some time and that the injuries have been more severe for the two ladies initially. ——we know there was. that
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they haven't received an apology, no—one had spoken to them and we got an rush they got a message from the queen's lady in waiting and there was a contrite letter from prince philip saying that he was sorry that the letter could have come a lot earlier. i think people were really surprised that this is what happened at the palace had stayed very quiet about it and also the duke. handling could have been better. thank you very much indeed. i will let you getting from what seems a rainy day outside buckingham palace. shall we find out what is happening everywhere this morning? we have darren with us. good morning, so you don't fancy going training this morning? it never stops me, to be honest, rain, shine... it stops me quite a lot. the storm we had over the last couple of days, erik, which
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brought the damage and disruption is in scandinavia. it will be less windy, you will notice, and you will also notice it will feel cooler. there are some rain around as well, this is what has been happening over the past few hours. most of the rain is across england and wales, drier for northern england but rain further south. and a bit of snow over the higher ground in wales. that is moving away and rain is moving across the midlands toward east anglia and the south. it will fade away eventually behind it, a few showers, by brightening up with some sunshine. you can see this curl of rain coming in to northern ireland, a spell of rain quite likely and rain in the north of scotland. temperatures will be low, despite the wind is not being as strong. some sunshine in many areas. this rain accompanied by strong winds will push its way quickly into wales in southern england. it will be gone by the morning, the cloud and rain moving southwards across scotla nd and rain moving southwards across
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scotland in the north—east england, it may have some wintriness over the hills. we get some northerly wind and pushing down colder air, temperatures lower by the morning, a touch of frost and the icy patches as well. that northerly wind will get pushed away by this ridge of high—pressure and for the time being those weather fronts will be kept at bay. so monday will start cold. there will be a touch of frost around, one or two icy patches, but around, one or two icy patches, but a dry day, i think. some spells of sunshine and the wind should be quite light as well. after the cold start, temperatures are not going to rise an awful lot across eastern scotla nd rise an awful lot across eastern scotland and north east england, maybe five or six degrees here, milder across south wales in southern england, temperatures hitting 10 degrees. in the tuesday and we start with some sunshine per england and wales, a band of cloud, patchy rain and drizzle coming down across scotland, northern ireland and eventually the north—west of england. brightening up a kind that to the north, the wind coming in off the atlantic and drawing in some milder air, temperatures tend to 12 degrees on tuesday. that weather
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front, weak as it is, tends to fade away. and this is the dominant feature of our weather over the next few days. that area of high pressure is sitting across the south—east the uk. that is significant because it allows us to draw up southerly winds coming in from the atlantic, and thatis coming in from the atlantic, and that is of course a mild direction. it is going to be mild, i think. this is a flavour of what is to come into next week, temperatures 11 or 12 degrees. mild iodate, not too cold at night, a little sunshine but on the breezy side. i know you spotted it, buti on the breezy side. i know you spotted it, but i love you said the weather was a little bit coo—er. spotted it, but i love you said the weather was a little bit coo—enm was meant to be cooler, of course. at least you know what the forecast is, now. yes, coo-er! ithink it might be trending quite soon. the boss of topshop, sir philip green, continues to deny allegations that he has behaved inappropriately after the telegraph
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newspaper claimed that he abused and sexually harassed employees. the paper also says some of his staff had accepted money in return for signing non—disclosure agreements which prevent them from talking about their experiences. but what are these agreements, and how common are they? joining us now from our london newsroom isjuliet carp, an employment lawyer. good morning to you, thank you very much indeed for talking to us about this this morning. we hear a lot about nondisclosure agreements, ndas, but we tend to hear, in the case of sir philip green, the more salacious details. but actually, they can be very, very common when anybody leaves any company, can't they? well, not every time someone leaves a com pa ny they? well, not every time someone leaves a company but what people are usually talking about settle settle m e nt usually talking about settle settlement agreements used to settle
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statutory employment claims, a typical example might be somebody who loses a job due to redundancy and is offered a redundancy payment on condition they sign one of these agreements. there are calls to scrap ndas. what do you think about that? well, scrapping settlement agreements would be a practical disaster, i think, agreements would be a practical disaster, ithink, not agreements would be a practical disaster, i think, not only to the individuals concerned, because employers would be less inclined to settle, but also for the tribunal system, which i don't think could cope with the volume of claims that would probably reach them. i don't think there is any suggestion that we will scrap settlement agreements. in fact, settlement agreements largely concern other matters such as unpaid wages, failure to give people holidays, compensation for redundancy and unfair dismissal. very few settlement agreements actually relate to sexual harassment oi’ actually relate to sexual harassment or even discrimination. so i don't think there is any suggestion we should scrap settlement agreements. there is certainly some suggestion that the law should be changed, and
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the law relating to settlement agreements should be changed, and there are certainly things the government could do to make things easier on individuals. and what would those changes be? well, an example might be the complaint that a lot of people have made that they don't realise they can make a complaint to the police. as all lawyers know, anybody can make a complaint to the police, it doesn't matter what document they have signed, they are entitled to report a crime. but that is not always clear to individuals and all individuals signing settlement agreement are advised by qualified people who have to explain what the agreement does, but of course, if you have received that advice in a meeting a couple of hours long, when you are very stressed, you may not ta ke you are very stressed, you may not take it all in. it would be very helpful, for example, to have a compulsory requirement that certain wording be included in the agreement that people can report to the police. we might be making this a little bit oversimplistic, but a person who reads the newspapers and
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reads about ndas, and dick, very wealthy bosses and companies —— big, very wealthy bosses and companies getting people to sign nondisclosure agreements, it seems that currently n das agreements, it seems that currently ndas protect some people when they have behaved in a way they shouldn't have behaved in a way they shouldn't have done. i don't think there is an equal playing field, employers generally have more resources and they have access to good advice, but it is really important to understand that it it is really important to understand thatitis it is really important to understand that it is often the employee who wa nts that it is often the employee who wants confidentiality, as much of the employer, and that these agreements aren'tjust the employer, and that these agreements aren't just about confidentiality. they are also about what will be said. so for example, both an employer and an employee might want the agreement to confirm the reason why employment has ended, for example redundancy. thank you very much indeed for explaining that too at this morning. —— explaining that to us this morning. you are watching breakfast from bbc news. time now for a look
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at the newspapers. mathematician and broadcaster bobby seagull is here to tell us what has caught his eye. we will speak to bobby in a minute. lovely to see you, thank you very much for coming in. first, let's look at the front pages. the sunday mirror leads with the story that prince philip has handed in his driving licence. they add that the woman who was involved in a crash with the duke of edinburgh last month has said she now feels safer. the observer reports that mps are calling for the sacking of transport secretary chris grayling over the collapsed brexit ferry deal. the mail on sunday features an expose on labour leader jeremy corbyn, labelling him totally unfit for office. and the express shows a picture of commons speakerjohn bercow and leading tory remainer kenneth clarke claiming a brexit curry house plot. no doubt we will hear more if that is the case. the newspapers love the fa ct of is the case. the newspapers love the fact of where they have eaten, don't
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they? and also this story about head teachers supporting pupils‘ strike. tell us a bit about this, the head teachers‘ union applauding a planned strike over climate change. yes, this story starts back in august when there was a 16—year—old from sweden, and she had a lone strike outside parliament in sweden. since then, there has been this movement of young people voicing their concerns about the environment, it has grown, they had 15,000 children in australia, a couple of,000 in brussels, and now students think it is time to make their voices heard about environmental concerns. so the idea is that some of them are choosing to go on strike on friday. so again, it is individual school decisions, and some saying that actually a school is a school, but these young people are expressing concerns which could impact them for generations. that is what i wanted to ask you, should they be doing
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this? as a schoolteacher... they should be in lessons, shouldn‘t they? i would rather my children in my lessons, but at the same time they have a conscience. they are thinking about their future, the environment, and if they want to express that in a particular way and the head teacher has accepted it, then who am i to stop them voicing their... i think that was delicately done. there is a great story here, the next story, a picture of the prince of wales. it is a little unfair. it is a little harsh, and this is the formula for year growth over the years. can you explain this? -- ear growth. so essentially, in terms of recognition of us as individuals, we have things like fingerprints, facial recognition, but now some scientists and mathematicians have said actually oui’ mathematicians have said actually our ears are a very reliable source of who we are. so they have come up
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with a formula to predict the circumference of the year, 88 plus half your age —— circumference of the ear. so they basically grow in proportion to your life. exactly, and now they have expanded to thousands of people, and they think it isa thousands of people, and they think it is a more predictable formula. do you like formulas? i am a maths teacher! it is a bit simplistic, but ultimately humans do grow in certain proportions. in uniform ways. yes. i am not sure white paper this is from, times business, it is talking about premier league matches, and netflix style live football matches. iama netflix style live football matches. i am a huge football fan, and still recovering from a west ham 1—1 draw against pallas, and they have dropped 10% of their income between 2016 and the 2019-20
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dropped 10% of their income between 2016 and the 2019—20 auction. still a lot of money, but they are really capturing this growth and interest in the ball worldwide, and they think streaming like netflix is a way to capture this interest, and individual matches, i can go and say west ham versus crystal palace, i will go on stream this match. west ham versus crystal palace, i will go on stream this matchm west ham versus crystal palace, i will go on stream this match. it has to be the way to go, hasn‘t it? will go on stream this match. it has to be the way to go, hasn't it? on demand broadcasting is where the consumers are, especially around the globe. what about people going to the matches, though? will people still turn up? i think going to the match is still and a completely different experience to watching it on telly. you have your pie, singing with the crowds... would you watch a lot more games? i admit, there are matches, we can match i would be glued to my screen, so perhaps this is something that would increase the amount of eyeballs on the screen. and maybe increase the amount of
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money even more for the premier league. and this is a tiny article we have from the telegraph, but this is brilliant. a quest to find the casket linked to romulus of rome.|j love the story, because in school history, most of our senior seven or you eight learn about the history of rome, romulus and remus, two twins abandoned, raised by a she wolf, and romulus kills remus, and they think they have found the sarcophagus for romulus. what is interesting, rome is called rome because of romulans, and remus killed his rather romulus, and remus killed his rather romulus, and it could have been called reme. we may be running out of time, but this is a rather lovely story. 0nly because i really love the chelsea flower show, and we know the duchess of cambridge is creating a garden for the chelsea flower show. this is it, and it is rather wonderful, because it looks like it is a garden very much designed for children to
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be playing in. absolutely, the intention behind it is people should be exploring outdoor spaces, which help us connect with ourselves, and it helps to boost mental well—being. it is such a thing these days, focusing on our mental health. it is such a thing these days, focusing on our mental healthlj love that idea. beautiful. little places for kids to go bug hunting, as well. and adults, as well. and as we know, the weather is coo—er today. it is not cooler, it is coo—er. today. it is not cooler, it is coo-er. stay with us, the headlines are coming up. hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and louise minchin. good morning, here‘s a summary of today‘s main stories from bbc news. buckingham palace says the duke of edinburgh has voluntarily surrendered his driving licence. prince philip, who‘s 97, was recently involved in a crash with a car carrying two women and a baby. the crown prosecution service said it would take the development into account when deciding if any further action should be taken. company executives who mismanage their employees‘ pension scheme, could be jailed for up to seven years, under a new law planned by the government. the proposals are intended to avoid a repeat of what happened when the retailer bhs collapsed.
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sir philip green was accused of selling the company forjust £1, to avoid responsibility for the huge hole in its pensions fund. plans for the offence to carry a maximum two—year prison term, which were outlined last year, have been beefed up after a public consultation. theresa may will attempt to head—off further turmoil over brexit this week, by asking parliament to give her more time to achieve changes to the plan to avoid a hard irish border. she‘s expected to promise mps that they‘ll be given another vote on brexit, if she‘s unable to recommend a fresh deal by the end of the month. work has begun to enable the m20 motorway in kent to be turned into a car park, in the event of possible disruption caused by a no—deal brexit. steel barriers are being installed that would allow traffic to keep moving in a contraflow system on one side of the motorway, while lorries would be parked up on the other.
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the road between ashford and maidstone will be closed overnight, until the work‘s completed in mid—march. the scientist who discovered the link between eating too much processed meat and bowel cancer has accused the government of not doing enough to encourage people to cut their consumption. professor denis corpet says unnecessary deaths are not being prevented. the department of health says it‘s committed to ensuring that all food products are as safe as possible. two people arrested in connection with a house fire in stafford which killed four children have been released on bail. the 24—year—old woman and 28 year old man were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence. the children, aged between three and eight, died in the fire on tuesday. plans for a chelsea flower show garden co—designed by the duchess of cambridge have been unveiled. the garden aims to highlight the benefits that nature brings to mental and physical well—being.
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kensington palace said it will "inspire families to get outside and explore nature together". hello again. the six nations takes a breather this weekend after a couple of weeks. time for the tired bodies to recover. a bit of a shame. you think oh. but it‘s been an intense couple of weekends. wales beating italy in rome. most who beat italy. gatlin is not happy with the way they have been playing. he said they might get embarrassed by england. they just about got away with it against france and would bury good
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against france and would bury good against italy. they are top of the table. wales are top of the six nations table after beating italy 26—15 in rome, that‘s a record equalling 11th test win a win a row. the champions ireland are up and running, three tries at murrayfield saw them beat scotland 22—13 james burford reports the unmistakable sound of six nations. ireland set on igniting the defence of their crown. rugby at this level is about punishing your opponents‘ mistakes and that is what ireland did so well on their way to the title last year, that‘s what they had to do here with conor murray racing over. it wasn‘t long before jacob stockdale added one on. last year‘s top scorer clearly very keen to match his previous achievements. but in this game, how often do we see the pendulum swing? scotland‘s finn russell sensed this was a turning point. commentator: the pop up, the try! sam johnson for scotland! determined not to let this one slip, the defending champions threw caution to the wind and flung themselves forward. ireland up and running but by no means perfect. they were in our 22 for 34%
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of the time and in our half for about 72% of the time. so that was a massive defensive effort. we kind of went to to sleep little bit there and we have got to be better than that. wales, meanwhile, were in for scare in rome. italy had every intention of spoiling the party and were well on the way to doing so when braam steyn went over. but eventually the away side‘s quality told. warren gatlin could breathe a sigh of relief as his players ground out an 11th successive win. pat yourselves on the back, you‘ve just equalled a welsh record. you have got to enjoy that moment. in international rugby, everything is not about being perfect. if they beat england in two weeks‘ time, wales will break a record that has stood for 109 years. until then, this is a moment to savour. two wins out of two for wales who know they must improve
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for their match against england in a fortnight. eddiejones‘ team play this afternoon at twickenham, france the visitors. england should be hight on confidence after that impressive start against the irish in dublin last weekend. captain 0wen farrell says they‘re prepared for anything france throw at them. they have a massive pack that can suck you in and make your defence tight so they can take advantage and score tries in the corner. we know that they come alive with offloads and turnovers and a scrappy ball and things like that. all the teams seem to come to life and punish you. but the main thing for us is that we are at it for 80 minutes on the weekend, that we‘re focused, that we‘re engaged and really ready for anything. lecce is way down south in the heel of italy,
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that‘s a long way to go if you are following wales in the women‘s six nations, especially when the match finished 3—3, 2 measly penalties, robyn wilkins gave wales a halftime lead. italy equalised in the second half and had this kick to win it in added time but it drifted wide. a draw does at least lift wales off the bottom of the table. it was an emotional afternoon at southampton where tributes were paid to striker emiliano sala. the argentinian who never got the chance to play for cardiff. it was their first match since his death was confirmed following a plane crash in the english channel. as for the game itself, a last minute kenneth zohore goal earned cardiff a 2—1win and that takes them out of the relegation zone. a fitting result then for the bluebirds manager who said they did it for sala. he was a fabulous lad, emiliano. you know, when i met him and you know, i think it‘s appropriate that we come down today
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with out black arm bands on and put in ta performance like that. you know, it could quite easily have folded, but we were determined today. liverpool are back on top of the premier league, manchester city will return there if they beat chelsea this afternoon, butjurgen klopp‘s side have their noses in front, that‘s after after a much needed 3—0 win over bournemouth at anfield, it could have been more. sadio mane gave them the lead before that delicious lob from georghino wijnaldum. mo salah scored their third early in the second half. after two staright draws they had slipped behind city on goal difference, but they are now three points clear, and will have a game in hand after city‘s match. we wa nted we wanted to show a reaction and not on the noise around but only the we had. it‘s ourjob to not only come through somehow. we want to convince. we want to really perform and we did that, we had outstanding
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football moments on the pitch. we we re football moments on the pitch. we were focused, were concentrated and yeah, deserved the three points. manchester united are into the champions league places for the first time since the opening day of the season. their remarkable unbeaten run under 0le gunnar solskjaer continues, two paul pogba goals and a solo effort from anthony martial gave them a 3—0 win at fulham. elsewhere palace drew against west ham, arsenal stay sixth but move to within three points of chelsea after a 2—1win at huddersfield. and it was an unhappy return to watford for former manager marco silva as his everton side lost 1—0 at vicarage road. a third straight league defeat for everton who had kurt zouma sent off afterfull time. burnley won 3—1 at brighton. in the scottish cup, kilmarnock can thank their keeper for taking rangers to a fifth round replay. daniel bachmann saved james tavernier‘s penalty early in the first half at rugby park. it was goaless at fulltime and they‘ll face each other again at ibrox in 10 days time for a place in the quarterfinals.
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it wasthe perfect week for great britains fed cup team down in bath in their europe africa zone event and they‘ve won the final against serbia. katie boulter and johanna konta again won both theire singles rubbers. konta battled through fatigue to beat serbia‘s aleksandra krunic in three sets. it means that great britain are just one win away from reaching world group ii, for the first time since 1993. the emotion and the exhaustion got to konta who was happy to have won but said she felt terrible. england‘s batsmen finally showed some mettle in the final test against west indies in st lucia. the series is already lost and it looked like this could be heading the way of the others as keatonjennings on his return to the side, once again failed to impress on the first day. but an unbeaten century partnership from ben stokes and joss buttler helped england to 231—4. play resumes at 2:00. the british indoor athletics
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championships continue this afternoon, laura muir is the new 3000 metre champion. it‘s longer than her normal distance, she smashed through the last 400 metres to take the title in 8 minutes 48 seconds. melissa courtney took the silver and amy eloise—neal ran a lifetime best to take the bronze. one of the greatest skiiers of all time, lindsey vonn, will race for one final time today as she competes in the downhill event at the world championships in sweden. with 82 world cup wins, the former olympic champion will falljust short of breaking the all time record, held by sweden‘s ingemar stenmark, who achieved 86. vonn, who crashed in the super—g at the start of the championships — knows that it‘s time to hang up her skis.
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i honestly didn‘t expect to announce it. it just felt like i honestly didn‘t expect to announce it. itjust felt like the right time. i thought honestly that i would be able to get this record this season and things just really haven‘t gone the way i had hoped. what an athlete. a fantastic ski she has been over the last 15 years or so. and you can see the full interview with lindsay vonn on ski sunday on bbc2 at 5:00 tonight. back to the rugby, and in the women‘s six nations, england take on the grand slam champions france in doncaster and the former england captain catherine spencerjoins us now. it‘s been descibed as a title decider and it certainly was last good morning to you, catherine. what a match it was. the french went on to become glan —— grandslam
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champions. abba it was heartbreaking. re— watching it. the last little bit of the game. england tea m last little bit of the game. england team were heartbroken. absolutely devastated looks on the faces. fantastic crowds of french get. the english girls, the red roses. it‘s going to be top. france are hugely well supported. the crowd they get into their games. notjust the crowd they get into their games. not just the the crowd they get into their games. notjust the internationals. there was about 17,000 500. ——17 500. notjust the internationals. there was about 17,000 500. --17 500. how did they get it and what can this
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country learn from them ? did they get it and what can this country learn from them? there is passionate here that there is so much over in french. they are a good team. they play really, really good by. team. they play really, really good rugby. they beat new zealand in the autumn. the first time since 91, i think. they are really giving the crowd something to watch.|j think. they are really giving the crowd something to watch. i hardly dare say this but when that has happened, so going into today‘s game, it is a play on your mind? everyone would say of course not. yeah, it does. that is one of your big significant moments in your by big significant moments in your rugby career. you can use it to feel yourself really positively. you know, you need a motion in sport. not too much but you need something to really drive you. those players would be aware of it and they have come into this championship, they wa nt come into this championship, they want this grand slam and they have to beat french —— the french today. england really impressive at donnybrook against the irish, 51—7, eight tries. absolutely. they did really well. it
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was a really great start from england. the attacks all across the pitch from 13 to 15. they play a really high tempo game. —— one through to 15. i would like to say that the frenchman would like to be doing as well is the french women. they showed glimpses so if they can bring it out today it will be out of challenge for the women but absolutely, the french women‘s consistency has been fantastic. that‘s what i was going to ask, about the big game at twickenham, and another great day of rugby coming up. and you can follow both the women‘s and men‘s games today on 5 live sports extra with highlights later on bbc 2. here is darren with a look at this morning‘s weather. what is the weather going to be like for watching the eta they? could be some rain around that twickenham, but i have breaking news for you,
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the forecast in the last half—hour has changed, it was i can‘t spell the word cooler, the forecast is now for it to be not as warm, but it will be less windy. the storm we have had over the past couple of daysis have had over the past couple of days is heading into scandinavia, what‘s left of it, so it won‘t be as windy but we do have some wet weather, there has been some snow over the very tops of the welsh hills. mostly rain across england and wales, drive further north with and wales, drive further north with a few showers and a band of rain heading into the far north of scotland. rain across the midlands, heading into east anglia and the south—east, it will take a long time for that to fade away. people tend to brighten up elsewhere, a few showers coming in and a curl of rain arriving in northern ireland during the afternoon together with the potential for some strong and gusty winds and the rain in the far north of scotla nd winds and the rain in the far north of scotland not moving just yet. some sunshine around that temperatures will be only seven or eight degrees and it won‘t be as windy as it has been recently. could get some strong winds with that speu get some strong winds with that spell of rain as it pushes into
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wales in southern england early on in the night. at the same time we have that band of wet weather in northern scotland sinking southwards, tending to peter out. could be some wintry and is over the hills, but turning drier later in the night. pushing down colder air and chilly in scotland with a widespread frost on the way here. the weather is calming down as we head into monday. we have this ridge of high pressure in charge, keeping these weather fronts at bay for the time being. stronger northerly winds pushing out into the north sea, so we have light winds on monday. after a frosty start we will find plenty of sunshine around, a bit of patchy cloud bubbling up here and there. not about looking day, but it will bea not about looking day, but it will be a bit chilly after that frost in scotland, eastern scotland, north—east england seeing temperatures five or six degrees. double figures across england and wales. a dry start in england and wales, a band of thick cloud, a bit of light rain and drizzle moving into scotland and northern ireland, toppling down into the north—west. the wind coming in from the
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atlantic, those temperatures of ten or 11 degrees. a mild day to come on tuesday. and it will stay that way, that weather front bringing in the rain and drizzle peters out and we keep those weather fronts in the atlantic, pushed away by the area of high pressure. the position of the higher is quite crucial. it is sitting to the south—east of the uk. that means we draw around it more of a southerly breeze heading our way, and that will be quite significant. it means daytime temperatures, here isa it means daytime temperatures, here is a snapshot of the week ahead, are going to be 11 or 12 degrees. generally dry thanks to that high pressure and there will be some sunshine around as well. not much rain at all over the coming week in contrast to what we have seen at the moment. hopefully i have spelt it out for you. your spelling seems to be much better. referring to coo—er. we will see you later, thank you very much. we will be back with the headlines at 8:00am. but first, here is the travel show. this week on the show: i‘m in france
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to explore new ways of saving notre dame for generations to come. the risk here is a structural risk of the building itself. within ten years, we could have the cathedral completely down, if we were to do nothing. and mike‘s in mexico on the trail of the truly remarkable monarch butterflies, as they prepare to start their epic 3,000—mile migration north. we are about 3,000 metres above sea level. the air is thin, it‘s quite cold, but we are beginning to see butterflies. we‘re starting off this week in the french capital, at a masterpiece of gothic architecture lying in the heart of paris. notre dame cathedral is the city‘s most visited monument. 13 million people walk through its gigantic doors every
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year. that‘s twice as many as head to the eiffel tower. the cathedral was damaged during the french revolution, and many of its figures were defaced. but there are sections that still remain from before the revolution, and have been reconstructed since, like the lastjudgement here, right on the facade of the cathedral. although successive waves of restoration have maintained the cathedral‘s main features, some of which date back to the 12th century, maintaining the building is an ongoing challenge. pollution, acid rain and age are now eating up not only its fine details, but also this building‘s actual structure. and it‘s particularly striking when you go behind the scenes here, up high at the back of the cathedral, a place that tourists don‘t usually get to see. notre dame looks so imposing from the street, towering down, this huge structure. but when you get up close, it‘s amazing to see how much the old girl needs a helping hand. help is what michele
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is trying to provide. his charity, friends of notre dame, has launched an appeal that asks private donors to help pay for some of the most needed and urgent repairs. so you see here, we have already some parts of pinnacles which were at risk of falling, so we removed them and stored them here. if we don‘t want the cathedral to collapse, we need absolutely to repair all these flying buttresses, and all these pinnacles need to be replaced as well. but repairing and preserving mediaeval architecture does not come cheap. the french state actually owns the building, and spends up to 4 million euros each year on the cathedral. but that is not enough, and a lot more money is needed. it‘s estimated that it will cost at least 150 million euros to carry out all of the essential structural work here,
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and it‘s a race against time. so how urgent are these repairs? so they are very urgent, because actually, the risk here is a structural risk on the walls of the cathedral and the building itself. within ten years, we could have the cathedral completely down if we were to do nothing. that‘s incredible. although it‘s hoped that private funds might help to save notre dame, the country is full of other beautiful historic buildings that also need help. so the french government is trying out a new way to help save at risk churches, castles and chateaux. bonjour. and it starts with a trip to the local newsagent. 0ui. merci. 12 million of these special heritage scratch cards are on sale across france. you could win big money and save monuments in one go. at 15 euro, this isn‘t cheap, but 10% of the money from this will go to conservation projects.
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in total, almost 270 historical sites, from ancient monuments to churches and castles, will hopefully benefit from the 16 million euros raised so far. ah! it‘s nothing. rien. at least it‘s for a good cause. but the internet has also opened up new opportunities for saving france‘s vanishing heritage. i‘m heading out to the loire valley, about three hours from paris, to check out an experimental conservation project powered by people. welcome to la mothe—chandeniers, a romantic castle from the 13th century, surrounded by water. it‘s lain in ruins for decades, and has been reconquered by nature. but a crowdfunding start—up might just change its fate for good.
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you can see how nature has just taken over, with huge trees coming out the window. it‘s like a cross between the classic french chateaux and one of the temples of angkor. so when we came — first came here, it was, like, alljungle and everything. it was crazy. and this has all been cleared? yeah. it was the first thing we did, you know, to — to allow people to enter the castle and — and to see, like, all the magnificence of it. last year, in a bid to save this crumbling castle, romain‘s start—up imagined a new concept. for 50 euros each, people from around the world could join forces online and just buy it, collectively. et voila. you see here, it‘s like — you feel like time has stopped a long time ago. so just watch the roots, because is very fragile, just like the rest of the castle. i will be very gentle with the trees, i promise. the dream of owning part of french history appealed to many... is this safe?
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yeah, it‘s safe. no problem. ..and the crowdfunding operation was a huge success. we managed to — to have the mothe—chandeniers being the biggest co—operative in the world, with 28,000 people coming from 125 countries who are the new owners of the castle. so now that we are many owners, the next step is to secure the castle and have it not damaged more than it is now, and to develop also a sustainable, economic modern site, meaning having maybe a restaurant, maybe a hotel, and the aim here is to have people to come here and to help us with the restoration project being a choice, you know? so will this stay a ruin, or will you restore it back to its former glory? basically, it‘s going to stay a ruin, but a more beautiful ruin than it is now. we don‘t want to take out this nature, you know? we need to keep this magic with the trees, with the birds, with everything that you can see all around us, that has made people so amazed by the castle. thanks to a dedicated community
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of co—owners and volunteers, la mothe—chandeniers will be open to the public next summer. and since we met, romain‘s start—up has launched another crowdfunding campaign and bought a second castle in the region. could this new model of collective ownership be part of the solution and help to save thousands of historic buildings across france? it would be nice to think so. now we‘re off to mexico, where a truly remarkable migration is getting ready to take place. next month, millions of new monarch butterflies will start their long flight north as they prepare to spend the spring and summer months over the border in the us and canada. but climate change is having a real effect on butterfly numbers, and some scientists fear that within 20 years, they could be extinct. well, a while back, mike headed to mexico to see these amazing monarchs close up. you wouldn‘t know it to look at,
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but these hills are just a couple of hours‘ drive from mexico city, one of the world‘s biggest urban conurbations. this is the transatlantic volcanic belt, but it‘s not the volcanoes we‘ve come to see. i‘m almost to the summit of bald peak, and you can tell i‘m quite out of breath. we are about 3,000 metres above sea level. the air is thin, it‘s quite cold, but we are beginning to see monarch butterflies. every winter, millions of butterflies fly for around two months from canada and the us to a few patches of high altitude forest here in mexico. most are located in the state of michoacan, but this place
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is slightly east of there in mexico state. cerro pelon is the least touristy site, and somewhere you can truly be alone with these creatures. wow! normally we‘re not allowed to get this close, but from this distance, i hope you can see. there are millions of monarchs clustered in black lumps on this fir trees. what i find absolutely amazing about this insect is they travel 4,000 km from canada, united states, down to this particular forest. it‘s the longest migration undertaken by any insect. scientists only recently discovered that they use the sun to navigate to these same few reserves every year, where they rest, feed and then find a mate. in recent years, the populations have dwindled, thanks to the destruction of habitats
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in the us and canada, and deforestation here in mexico. one study says the numbers have gone down by 84% in the last 20 years. the fear is this — one more bad winter, and the entire colony could be gone. coming up: well, that‘s it for this week, but coming up next week: ade‘s in morocco, exploring marrakesh and finding out why it‘s making a big name for itself on the international art scene. and let‘s just say things get
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a little out of hand. see, i‘m gonna get accustomed to this and this is how you‘re gonna good morning, welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and sally nugent. 0ur headlines today. work and pensions secretary amber rudd warns company bosses they could be jailed for up to seven years if they "wilfully or recklessly" mismanage their employees‘ pension scheme. the duke of edinburgh gives up his driving licence, weeks after he crashed his car near the queen‘s sandringham estate. theresa may will ask mps for more time to change her brexit plan — but labour accuses the prime minister of trying to run down the clock. in the six nations, wales have made it two wins out of two, and the champions ireland, have their first win, they‘re too strong for scotland at murrayfield.
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