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' less the anyone else. with more or less the same time as sebastian vettel himself set but it looks like mercedes, ferrari and red bull are the teams at the front of the field again as you would expect. bilal khan is a young man born and raised in dewsbury. he did really well academically and became a hot shot investment banker working in london's canary wharf and also in the us. but he soon felt the industry wasn't for him, so he quit to pursue his childhood dream... of wrestling. he was signed by the wwe last year and is now one of their regular superstars. sabiyah pervez went to meet him at home in dewsbury. on the streets of dewsbury he is a 28—year—old former investment banker. weighing 185 pounds, amir jordan. banker. weighing 185 pounds, amir jordan. but he enters the ring transformed, a wwe superstar known as amirjordan. he left his lucrative career in banking to
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pursue his childhood dream of wrestling and he has never looked back. it was difficult but something that after the first training session i knew i wanted to do again and again. it was worth doing it at the time, i was enjoying myself even though i was not making much money. last year he was signed to wwe but his journey last year he was signed to wwe but hisjourney and last year he was signed to wwe but his journey and banker to last year he was signed to wwe but hisjourney and banker to resurrect came with challenges. there was quite a lot of disappointment from his parents especially because he had a very lucrative investment banking career and to walk away from that was hard for them to accept. but when you're signed by wwe, that is when the switch happen and they are proud of him now and it is quite inspiring to see a south asian boy from a small town, he had a dream and he just went for it. within our culture we have things that are set for to do and that is ok if that is what you want but in my opinion if there's something else you want to do do not scared to go out and take
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the risk. and work hard for it. i'm a prime example of taking that risk, not knowing what is going to happen but still having bad faith that something would happen and i would get a break. so from his home in dewsbury to fans around the world, his story is one of guts, glory and courage. the young man who gave up everything to fulfil his dream. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. a breaking story relating to shamima begum, the 19—year—old who hasjust
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given birth and who previously read the uk tojoin given birth and who previously read the uk to join the islamic state at the uk to join the islamic state at the age of 15. latest hearing from her lawyer, a lawyer to herfamily who confirmed that they have been told she's been deprived of british citizenship. this has been a controversy for the past few days over whether she would be deprived of citizenship and whether that was indeed possible. there is now talk ofa indeed possible. there is now talk of a letter to the mother of shamima begum from the home office saying please find enclosed paper is that relate to a decision taken by the home secretary to deprive your daughter shamima begum of her british citizenship. in the light of the circumstances of your daughter the circumstances of your daughter the notice of the home secretary ‘s decision has been served on file to her and the order removing her citizenship has subsequently been made. she of course is in a refugee
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camp having fled an area of north—east syria but was under the control of islamic state and she lost two of her children and has just given birth to a third. she gave an interview to the bbc yesterday taking to be allowed to come back to the uk. but that of course it now seems is not going to happen and the home secretary is depriving her of british citizenship. we will get more on that from home affairs correspondent as soon as we can. the fashion world is paying tribute to the legendary designer karl lagerfeld, who's died at the age of 85. he was the creative director for chanel, and had been unwell for several weeks, missing a number of recent fashion shows. fashion designer, jayne pierson joins us via webcam from south wales. i understand karl lagerfeld was something of an inspiration to you. 100%, he was such an innovator, he
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made, he relaunched chanel, 30 years of ha rd graft made, he relaunched chanel, 30 years of hard graft and now it is an amazing brand. he will be so much missed. and what is it about him that was so special, how did he manage to reignite that brand? that was so special, how did he manage to reignite that brand7m was during the time of the 1980s and if you remember, the era of the supermodel and he made these wonderful supermodels wearing chanel, dancing down the catwalk, they wore scuba diving suits, sunglasses, handbags, he just relocated and redesigned the chanel label and he also started to use that logo and make it to print and that logo and make it to print and that was something that had not been done before. so he was incredible, and leaves an incredible legacy
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behind him. we'rejust looking at images of him without trademark white hair in a ponytail, the shades, that starched collar and black suit and those strange fingerless gloves. what was it was all about, was at turning himself into that kind of icon?|j all about, was at turning himself into that kind of icon? i think you have an idea in your mind about how your signature ascetic develops and as you get older you redefine that. and i think that he became almost an icon in the way that he used to wear his hairand icon in the way that he used to wear his hair and those wonderful high collared shirts that he used to wear. everyone knew about that and i just think he was such a character. ido just think he was such a character. i do not think that he took himself seriously but he did take design seriously. he managed to offend some people over the years, there was the use of fur, comments about some
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people and their shape. adele, pippa middleton. he did not mince his words about things. he did not, i think that he was of that world, a similar age to my own dad to be honest and they have that character where they tend to say with a think maybe without considering he was feeling is a little bit. they be not so sensitive. but i do not think he meant any harm and i think he spoke before he thought sometimes. but my dad is the same kind of person and he is the same age. i think when you get to that age you can say what you think you've earned that right. and i think is such a wonderful character and he is going to be having such a legacy left behind. thank you so much forjoining as i'm talking about the legend that was ka rl talking about the legend that was karl lagerfeld. and just a quick word, an update on the case of
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shamima begum, we understand the home office intends to deprive her of her british citizenship according to the family lawyer who has posted on twitter saying the family are disappointed with the home office and their intention to have an order made depriving shamima begum offer citizenship. we are considering all legal avenues to challenge this decision. so that from the family of shamima begum who of course is just given birth to her third child at 19 and who again said yesterday that she would like to come back to the uk. now look at the weather forecast. some very mild temperatures on the way towards the end of the week. today we have this weather front coming in from the west bringing some cloud and outbreaks of rain for the win picking up as well. best of the win picking up as well. best of the bright missed this afternoon in the bright missed this afternoon in the south and east. temperatures
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between nine and ii the south and east. temperatures between nine and 11 degrees. as we go through this evening and overnight, the cloud and outbreaks of rain continued to move north and east. quite heavy for a time across north—west scotland and cumbria overnight. further south and west of any dry weather and temperatures falling not quite as far as they did last night. tomorrow are generally more cloudy day with outbreaks of rainfor more cloudy day with outbreaks of rain for scotland, northern ireland, gradually moving east. becoming increasingly light as it does so. temperatures at a maximum of 13 degrees celsius. goodbye. you're watching beyond 100 days. bernie sanders is back in the race. the darling of america's left announced he's running to unseat president trump in 2020. he lost the democratic nomination to hillary clinton in 2016, and this time, there are more liberal candidates in the field. but, in a sign he still has a loyal following, sanders raises $1 million injust four hours after announcing his campaign.
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