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at southend airport. this is bbc news. i'm lukewsa burak. emma appleby paid a pharmacy in the hague, 4000 pounds, the headlines at 6pm. for a 3 month supply of the medicine, for her daughter the chancellor insists the government has no red lines teagan, who has a rare form in talks over brexit. this is bbc news i'm lukewsa burak. of epilepsy that leads to hundreds of seizures every day. the headlines at 5pm. jon hunt reports but labour says it's disappointed from southend airport. the chancellor insists mrs appleby purchased a three—month the government has no red lines supply of medicinal cannabis that no compromise has been offered. at a pharmacy in the hague yesterday in talks over brexit. but labour says it's disappointed for her daughter teagan. —— waiting to see some movement from the prime minister. it cost her the equivalent of £4,000 the key priority is to avoid that no compromise has been offered. crashing out with the eu with no — money raised through crowdfunding. deal, because of the disruption that would mean to industry as she prepared to board her plane and to the supply chains, the key priority is to avoid back to the uk, she knew and we are determined to make sure crashing out with the eu with no the home office had threatened there's no crashing to confiscate it. out without a deal. deal because of the disruption that the defence secretary expresses would mean to industry and to the nervous, obviously. horror at an alleged sexual assault but ready. of a 17—year—old female recruit supply chains, and we are determined to make sure there's no crashing out by six male soldiers and orders an investigation. without a deal. see what happens. if they take it i will the defence secretary expresses fight to get it back. horror at an alleged sexual assault mrs appleby says she was forced of a 17—year—old female recruit by six male soldiers to make this trip because doctors in the uk, while legally able and orders an investigation. building developer persimmon has to prescribe medicinal cannabis, announced an independent review into its housing quality, the developer persimmon has after increasing concerns about announced an independent review into its housing quality are generally refusing to do the standard of its new builds. so because of a lack of evidence. after increasing concerns about the standard of its new builds. our general position is we practise evidence—based medicine, what we want? human so we are interested in other cannabis—based medicines as to whether they may be helpful. a woman who —— but we really have to acquire the evidence that they are effective and safe.
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a woman who -- tried to bring in cannabis into the low country is so our advice would be, until we get that evidence, stopped by border patrol. that we would not prescribe them. and can ‘tiger roll‘ emulate red rum with repeat success in the grand national at aintree? on arrival at southend, we'll find out in mrs appleby and her family were met by border force officers the next few minutes. who interviewed them and confiscated the drugs. they asked me at border control how long i was away for and i thought they are asking questions because someone has notified them. they asked if i had anything to declare. there were loads of them waiting so i knew if i said no, i would get myself in deeper, and ijust said yes. good afternoon. the government said new guidance the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, for doctors will be available says he's waiting to see in the autumn, and it is encouraging the governement‘s brexit "red lines" move after talks this week with the conservatives aimed at trying to end the political further clinical research. brexit deadlock. it comes as the eu considers john hunt, bbc news, south end a request from the uk to delay airport. it's a quarter past five, brexit until the end ofjune. time for the headlines on bbc news. the chancellor insists the government has "no red lines" in talks over brexit. our political correspondent jonathan but labour says it's "disappointed" blakejoins me that no compromise had been offered. our political correspondent jonathan blake joins me now, the defence secretary expresses our political correspondent jonathan blakejoins me now, are the redlines, or in their redlines, horror at an alleged sexual assault
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where are we with this? of a 17 —year—old female recruit by six male soldiers, to depends which side you ask, what and orders an investigation. we've seen over the last day or so isa we've seen over the last day or so is a standoff between the government building developer, persimmon, announces an independent review and labour after two days of talks, into its housing quality which have produced frankly very after growing numbers little, they broke up yesterday with the statements from both sides, of complaints about new builds. labour saying they waited disappointed at the governments apparent unwillingness to compromise and change the detail of the political deck relation, which sets out our future relationship with the eu, and the government saying they hundreds of people are protesting in had put forward serious proposals, and infact london against brunei's a strict new had put forward serious proposals, and in fact they were open to pursuing changes to the political laws on homosexuality. declaration. so it was a bit of a what we want? human rights! when do shrug of the shoulders all around we wa nt what we want? human rights! when do we want to? now! what we want to? frankly. today though, this morning, human rights! when we want to? now! the chancellor who we will hear from ina the chancellor who we will hear from in a second, struck an upbeat tone about these talks. this afternoon led by the activist they gathered the labour leaderjeremy corbyn outside human rights compaigners are outside front sounding far more circumspect the brunei owned dorchester hotel speaking out in plymouth campaigning in london calling for a boycott for the local elections there, and of the 5 star establishment. has yet to see any movement from the brunei has increased the punishment for sex between gay men government. to stoning to death, waiting to see the redlines move, while lesbian sex will be punished brunei has increased the punishment
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and we have had two meetings this for sex between gay men to stoning to death, while lesbian sex will be punished week, one with the prime minister, by a0 lashes or ten years in jail. and a further meeting held with our reporter, jon ironmonger, asked mr tatchell to explain why david linden said in the team, and the campaigners chose to protest that was more of a technical outside the dorchester hotel. oui’ our beef is not with the dorchester discussion about the nature of the and its staff, our beef is with the future relations agreements, as well sultan. and we urge the british government to suspend double medic as with the withdrawal agreements, which has many problems, and many flaws in it, as we pointed out in economic and military ties with that parliament. the key priority is to regime, and we also appealed to the avoid crashing out of the eu with no queen to stop her close contact with deal, because of disruption that the sultan. she on the sultan have would mean to industry, and to the been very, very close allied for supply chains, and we are determined to make sure that there is no many years, even though he was a crashing out without a deal. so next dictator since way back. i think week to week, something i have to thatis dictator since way back. i think that is quite wrong. the queen as head of state, she should protect happen. labour playing our parts.” human rights values of our country, think in summary that isjeremy corbyn saying theresa may, it is and not collude with those like the your move, and that is what labour sultan. i'm just and not collude with those like the sultan. i'mjust going and not collude with those like the sultan. i'm just going to hold you sources are making clear, they feel there peter, and take another look that it sources are making clear, they feel back at the crowd actually, because thatitis sources are making clear, they feel that it is now down to the government to come forward with a i think back at the crowd actually, because ithink in back at the crowd actually, because i think in the past few moments, i think you can perhaps have a look proposal, or a suggestion that they are willing to make changes to the yourself as well, it looks like the protesters have managed to jump over deal that is already being agreed, the railings, and actually crowd
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around the front of the hotel, i'm but on the government side, they not sure if this is an attempt to seem to see things very different like, the chancellor philip hammond actually get inside. peter i will speaking ina like, the chancellor philip hammond speaking in a meeting of eu finance bring you back in at this point. just tell me, were you aware that ministers in bucharest, this morning, saying we don't have any they were going to try to get inside redlines, and we're willing to they were going to try to get inside the hotel? no, the plan was for a listen, and consider ideas, so a peaceful protest. i think it's still very different tone, let's have a listen to what he had to say. peaceful, but they are actually the conversations with going inside the barriers. which are the labour party are continuing. they were continuing last night. we are expecting to exchange more not normally there. our message is that the whole world, including the text with the labour party today, so this is an ongoing process and i'm optimistic that we commonwealth, which brunei has a will reach some form part, must take a stand, and it's of agreement with labour. regrettable that brunei has not yet been suspended from the now no talks have happened today, commonwealth. even though it signed and as things stand, there is the commonwealth charter, which nothing scheduled, but after two pledges to uphold universal human days, very little sign of progress, rights. the foreign office has said time is short for the government to come to an agreement, if they are it's had assurances from brunei that going to do that, because that these laws, these new laws will work summit of eu leaders is in the diary in conjunction with common law, and actually the risk of them being for theresa may on wednesday. she's asked for an extension shall have to enforced is low. is that not good demonstrate either some sort of enough for you? white instructs clear progress in these discussions, if not the final agreement, i think. or the fact that parliament is going terror in the hearts of lgbt people
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to vote on a series of outcomes, if in brunei. they will now live in these talks come to nothing, but fear of the policeman snack on their there is a majority in parliament door in the middle of the night, to be dragged off, to a police style, for some kind of alternative to taken to court, convicted, and be at brexit much of the deal that she's already agreed with the eu. brexit much of the deal that she's already agreed with the eui brexit much of the deal that she's already agreed with the eu. i mean the eu, speaking of the eu, we are risk of stoning to death. so these assurances are not worth the starting to see over this weekend, even more signs of frustration payment. that was peter speaking there to our reporterjohn i'm coming from the 27. yes, i think it's fair to say that unger. gkn aerospace has announced it on the whole, there is a willingness will close it's kings norton factory in 2021, which means around 170 to offer the uk some kind of an people will lose theirjobs. extension, but it's really down to gkn was bought by the melrose group the eu leaders to every agree how in a hostile takeover last year. a statement from gkn says it long that will be, and on what basis it's given. we've seen just in the has"regrettably" concluded its site last day or so is frank saying if in kings norton did not have a sustainable future — the uk doesn't put forward a but unite union said the closure political solution to this crisis, they have to assume that the uk will decision flew in the face leave without a deal. now what do of assurances given at the time of the takeover. they mean by that? to the mean and our business correspondent rob young agreement signed and sealed with labour back, did any mean prime and has been following the story. tapping back something, or did they just mean an indication that something would get there in the the history is that, next few weeks? but then you have a year ago, melrose industry, which specialises in buying poor performing companies and turning the irish taoiseach saying that it's them around bought gkn, an old british engineering company,
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not the eu's intention, and it would for £8 billion against be bad for the eu to leave for the huge opposition. uk to leave without a deal. so there's going to be i think to try to make this deal go ahead, different opinions among the 27 melrose entered into a series of undertakings with the government countries when they meet next week, but as for the length in terms of to reassure mps and unions and one of those promises made was it any extension, theresa may will have would not sell the aerospace part to ta ke any extension, theresa may will have to take what she can get. 0k, of gkn for five years. jonathan blake, thank you very much. you are watching bbc news. at six minutes past five. the defence secretary has ordered an investigation in the military , after it emerged that six soldiers were arrested following rob young there. now there has been an allegation of sexual assault. it's claimed a teenage female widespread condemnation of a recruit was assaulted military offensive launched in libya by male colleagues. in the capital of tripoli. the head of the army, general sir mark carleton—smith, both the un security council said the allegations and the g—seven group of countries were being taken very seriously. have criticised the attempt by the self—described simonjones reports. libyan national army to take control of the country's capital from the internationally a damaging week for the army. recognised unity government. un troops in tripoli have been in the words of its leader, general sir mark carleton—smith. responding to allegations placed on high alert. of a sexual assault by troops. the sun newspaper says a female soldier woke to find a group of men standing over her. more evacuations are planned in southwestern iran where further rain they had reportedly been drinking. is expected to worsen floods, which she screamed. six men from an army sports have already killed thousands of
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club have been arrested. people. women and children are being moved the chair of the general staff from the affected areas. in a message to his troops said, men are being asked to stay behind to help with rescue efforts. where serious allegations are proven seventy people have died so far against members of the army, across fifteen provinces, including allegations and hundreds of towns and cities of a violent or sexual nature, it demonstrates indiscipline that is wildly at odds more evacuations are planned in with the values and standards that represent the british army. the aircraft manufacturer boeing has the defence secretary gavan williamson wrote on twitter, horrified to hear as its temporarily determining of these allegations. there is no place for these kind of actions in the military production. production will be cut from 52 and if true, those involved must be dealt with. planes a month to 42, i have commissioned a review while the firm works on changes to its max variant. into inappropriate behaviour in the military with a view it was involved in both crashes. the max 737 is currently grounded, after preliminary findings suggested to stamping it out. it's anti—stall system may have that review will also look at this footage. been at fault. in an unrelated incident, soldiers in afghanistan filmed apparently using an image of the labour leaderjeremy corbyn millions of workers will see for target practice. a bigger chunk of their wages condemned by the mod automatically diverted into a pension, starting with their next pay packet. as totally u na cce pta ble. the head of the army says each and every soldier needs to do from today, the minumum contribution rate goes up from three per cent better to take pride in what the military represents. of earnings to five per cent. simon jones, bbc news. employers and the government
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the developer persimmon has will also pay more. announced an independent review simon gompertz has the details. into the quality of its housing, after increasing concerns about the standard of its new builds. this is a tale of two hairdressers. one, chloe — full—time and ready but the property advice group the homeowners alliance, to have 5% clipped off her wage has told the bbc that issues for her work pension with new homes aren't limited after today's increase. to just one developer. i just think that a little bit of money that i don't see, you know, here's our consumer affairs it goes straight out of my wages correspondent colletta smith. before i even see it, this was supposed to be and ijust think, well, for the future you may need it. justin's dream home. door bell rings. because you won't be working. and you'll need to top up he'd saved up for a new build... for your old age and enjoy doing good morning. things as you get older. we've got zero insulation. and this is taneika, ..thinking he wouldn't need who's been blown out of the pension to do any work to it. scheme after having a baby we've moved out twice. and coming back part—time. every ceiling in the entire pensions are tricky property has been removed. for new parents to afford. justin bought his house from one i think once you've had a baby, of the biggest developers, you are kind of put to the side taylor wimpey, under the help to buy scheme. and that's how it is. you don't really have much say. it's well below standard, it's like you've had a baby, and trying to negotiate you don't want to do this, with the builders has been you are on a lower wage, and that's it. an endless trauma from day one. and then there's a danger insulation issues, damp issues, you get a lower pension. yes. cold—bridging issues. it's notjust the cost.
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employers aren't obliged to sign up a couple of doors up, people like taneika, lynn lives in an identical who earn less than £10,000 a year. home with her partner and three daughters. to be fair, it's a challenge for the boss as well. this is not isolated to this the business has to contribute a top—up, which has particular property or this estate. gone up to 3% of pay. it's got to be national. the developer taylor wimpey say for the majority of small they sincerely apologise to justin and lynn and have taken action businesses, it is an onerous burden that's just going to get worse to put things right. and worse and worse. more generally, they say... and i think something like 70% at this solicitors', of people work for a small business in this country, timothy takes new calls nearly every so it'll have an impact on the employment of whether people will actually take people on. right now, the challenge for savers like chloe is how to afford today's higher pension payments. day from people battling the government says it's letting us earn more before against a host of different income tax kicks in, developers right across the country. and raising minimum wages, he thinks the problems and that should help. simon gompertz, bbc news. with new builds are down to lack of skills in the workforce. algeria's president people are making mistakes, potentially because they don't abdelaziz bouteflika has stepped realise the significance down after 20 years in charge, but the protesters who forced his of what they're doing due to a lack of training, resignation say it's not enough. a lack of experience and a lack of supervision overall. they continue to fill the streets of algiers, demanding an end to the regime that developers are under pressure stood behind him. to build lots of homes, and quickly. the mood among demonstrators
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is positive but the country's path on top of that, every building ahead is still unclear. company i've spoken to in recent years have told me that it's sally nabil reports. a nightmare trying to get hold of enough staff with the right level of skill. what new—build homeowners their long—time leader has resigned, are now living with is the consequences of that. but algerians continue to protest. taylor wimpey say, last year, they increased the number of workers they hire directly by nearly 30%. it's the seventh week in they take to the streets. the government say they're trying they say abdelaziz bouteflika has to tackle the issue by creating gone, but the regime is still in place. a new homes ombudsman and spending more on new construction they accuse the ruling elite training hubs. of corruption and repression, but there are now calls and they want to dismantle for a new law to let owners hang the entire system. onto some of their final payment the mood on the street is hopeful, for a couple of years. and expectations are high. coletta smith, bbc news, in norwich. but underneath, there is a lot of anticipation for how i've been speaking to the housing minister, to bring about a transition kit malthouse, and asked him for his reaction towards democracy. to persimmon‘s announcement. translation: we are all united here. first of all, i obviously welcome this news from persimmon, as a constituency mp, what we need is change, absolute change. i've dealt with a significant number of problems with persimmon translation: we want the entire regime to leave. developments in my patch. not just the president.
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and this comes off the back of them also being the first large household for us, they are all the same. to introduce the idea of a retention, an amount of money they're all corrupt. that homeowners retain at the end, you know, a few thousand pounds the youth have been the driving to deal with any snags. force behind this protest. gives them an incentive, they have been emboldened if you like, to come by the success in unseating back and do the work. so it's critical that we a president who ruled this country get the quality rate, for 20 years. and we are spending significant amounts of money on infrastructure they're sending across the board. a clear message here. whether it's roads, schools, they want a new phase hospitals, whatever it might be, and we are writing significant checks to local authorities with new faces. across the country, who are showing housing ambition, and need infrastructure first. senate chief abdelkader bensalah, we've written carlisle, exeter, a long—time bouteflika ally, we've announced intramural come is now acting president. across the country to make sure we get it right. and the constitution has set a path but that's not necessarily going to solve this quality problem, for the conditional period. and fundamentally what we want the current political system should to try and do is give new homeowners remain in place for 90 days, significant legal redress until new elections are held. against developers who produce stability products, but some of the protest leaders here disagree with this plan. opposition figures like and so we are legislating to bring mr mustafa bouchachi believe the country needs a political
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in a statutory new homes ombudsmen shortly which will be somewhere solution, not a constitutional one. for homeowners to go if they are unable to get the result translation: the transitional period they need from the person must see a caretaker president who built their home. of those who haven't been part and what power would that home person have? like other people across the piece, of the system in the past 20 years. they would have the power to compel developers effectively to put in an agreed set of the other thing we need rectification in a home. is a national unity government of technocrats, who don't belong now what i generally found, to any party. in my own experience, and i have been seeing a significant amount of house building but there are fears algeria might my own constituency, fall into chaos if these masses fail is that most developers do eventually come and rectify to agree on who to lead the country problems, but it's a helluva job during the transition. to get them to come and do it in time, it can be pulling tooth for now, the streets are full to the back teeth for a lot of enthusiasm and positive energy. of people, very stressful. but there's also a state of often, a lot of people give up and just pay and have the work done themselves. and that's simply not acceptable. uncertainty looming on the horizon. particularly given, as you well know, we have a very significant a huge exhibition of rarely seen guitars from the biggest stars and ambitious housing target in this country. of rock and roll is opening i've got to get to something in new york next week. like 300,000 homes a year instruments from the likes by the mid—20 20s, and if we are going to see that huge of bob dylan, elvis presley volume of new homes achieved, these buildings have to be of the highest quality and the beatles, will be
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we can manage. on show at the city's alongside that of course, the building regulation system metropolitan museum of art. also has a part to play, and we are starting now on a major from our north america reporer revision of the system of building regulation, 00:13:08,646 --> 2147483051:43:19,038 both the regulations themselves, 2147483051:43:19,038 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 but also how inspectors operate, nada tawfik has had a sneak peak. the quiet galleries of the met are filled with precious masterpieces from the world's greatest sculptors and painters. but the volume has been turned up to showcase a very different artistic movement — rock and roll. the exhibition play it loud let's people get up close to the instruments of legends, from bob dylan to chuck berry. this exhibition is dedicated to the stars of rock ‘n‘ roll, more than 100 pieces and some of them on loand and some of them on loan from the greats themselves. jimmy page from british rock band led zeppelin lent
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several of his prized possessions, like this double—necked guitar and stage outfit, used in a performance of the hit stairway to heaven. he said when the met approached him with the idea, he loved it. it was said that you come to the gallery and the first thing you see is chuck berry's guitar. i said, the blond guitar? they said yes. and i said what exactly would you like? ijust really wanted to help the thing along as best i could. the electric guitar is synonymous with rock and roll. this one was used by chuck berry to record johnny b goode, and each so—called guitar god had their own style. this piece is called frankenstein, and it was built and decorated by eddie van halen, one of the great ‘70s and ‘80s guitarists. you can see these
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are cigarette burns. and this decoration, spray paint and tape and cutting it away, creating a visual motif that was highly copied, certainly in the ‘80s when i was growing up. some of the items you have are from the beatles, right? yes, i think one of the most iconic things in the show is this beautiful black oyster pearl drum set that was used by ringo starr. in fact, this was the first american ludwig drum set that he owned. after people saw him play, everybody wanted a set that looked exactly the same with that exact decoration. each one of these rock relics tells a story, as does the exhibition itself. a movement built on rebellion is now being revered at the heart of the artistic establishment. now
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then grin setjust grin set just completed grin setjust completed at entry, it's estimated more than 600 million people around the world were watching. hundred and £50 million batch, we will go straight to bbc sport centre, and we will speak to james pierce, there are two women jockeys, all eyes today on a certain tiger roll. yum! i guess, this is going to be one of the grand national stories, because the news is that tiger roll has done it. he's become the first horse since red rum 45 years ago to successfully manage to win the grand national two yea rs manage to win the grand national two years ina manage to win the grand national two years in a row. a terrible day for the bookmakers, a fantastic day for the bookmakers, a fantastic day for the punters, because there's been so much talk about the source. roughly about £150 million it was expected was going on this race, a lot of it on the hot favourites tiger roll, only 4—1, and he has done it. a good ride from hisjockey, he didn't hit the front until a couple of fences from home. it was actually a very
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good race, notorious, perhaps notable, because many of the horses we re notable, because many of the horses were still on their feet in the closing stages. the halfway stage of the race. 37 of the a0 horses were still taking part. tiger roll, brilliant ride from davy russell, winning by two or three lengths in the end. jumping the last fence clear, so his trainer gordon elliott now, the celebrations can begin, because this will be, as i said, one of the grand national stories. tiger roll has defended to the title, a grand national whenever a second yearin grand national whenever a second year ina grand national whenever a second year in a row. to know what's? david russell described him as something ofa russell described him as something of a rock star. why is that, tell us a little bit more about them. imean, a little bit more about them. i mean, just, he was the smallest horse in the race last year. he's not a horse he would look at, and think this is going to be a grand national champion. but he loves the aintree fences, he rises to the crowd, but the noise is that horace crossed the line, of course that's because a lot of people there had put money on him. person after
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person was lining up before the race to save their money was on tiger roll. so there were a lot of people who are very happy with the horses performance this afternoon. he is indeed a rock star, and he will get a rock star celebration as he returns back to the winners enclosure. fantastic, thank you for that james pierce. and just enclosure. fantastic, thank you for thatjames pierce. and just to let you know that we are going to have more on the race in our bulletin with bulletinlizzie greenwood hughes, that's coming up. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. it's been a much warmer day today across northern ireland, wales, and western parts of england in the sunshine. further east though, quite chilly underneath all that cloud, and across scotland we had cloud and open exit rain. —— oh breaks of rain. that's pushing its way east to west. it should become a little bit drier across scotland overnight, still some pockets of rain and drizzle. maybe a few spots of rain from this card pushing its way in from the north sea, and a few showers just clipping the far southwest.
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it shouldn't be as cold as last night in scotland, too much cloud around, and temperatures typically will be 6—7d, we start the second half of the weekend fairly cloudy. still some drizzle around in scotland, particularly in the morning, and we should see some brightening and some sunshine developing elsewhere. we're also going to introduce a few heavy showers, pushing into eastern parts of the uk, heading the midlands. a small risk of a thunderstorm as well. these are the temperatures, but warmer across much of england and wales, 15—17d, still chilly for much of scotland, and northeast england.
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hello. this is bbc news with me, lukwesa burak. the headlines: the chancellor insists the government has "no red lines" in talks over brexit. but labour says it's "disappointed" that no compromise had been offered. the key priority is to avoid crashing out with the eu with no deal, because of the disruption that would mean to industry and to supply chains, and we are determined to make sure there's no crashing out without a deal. the defence secretary expresses horror at an alleged sexual assault of a 17—year—old female recruit by six male soldiers and orders an investigation. the developer persimmon has announced an independent review into its housing quality, after increasing concerns about the standard of its new builds. a woman who tried to bring medicinal cannabis into the uk without a licence for her daughter who has severe epilepsy is stopped by border officials at south end airport.
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human rights protests at london's dorchester hotel owned and as we said committee sport is coming up now. lizzie. we were all watching a certain little tiger roll. he has big heart. he became the first course in a0 yea rs he became the first course in a0 years to when back to impact background nationals. last year's winner was the a—1 favourite. this will not go down with the bookies, that is for sure. he absolutely romped home for his trainer gordon elliot and owner michael o'leary. he was one of 11 runners
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for gordon elliot. second place went to magic of light at 66—1, rathvinden was third and fourth place went to walk in the mill. davy russell winning again, the jockey there, winning his second—grade national a row. we are going to have more on sportsday at 6:30pm but we are going move football now. the first of this weekend's fa cup semi—final‘s is under way at wembley — manchester city v brighton. it kicked off at 5.30pm, so we're only a few minutes in. we already have a goal there. these are live pictures from the game over on bbc one. it is already 1— 02 manchester city. gabrieljesus with the goal after three minutes there. —— 1—0 tum manchester city. teams at the... one of those is burnley who managed
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a huge win over bournemouth, coming from behind to win 3—1 at the vitality stadium and move eight points clear of the relegation zone. i thought a lot of the performance was strong there. we know there is strong and is not an easy place to come down to, and i thought we worked in all areas today, especially the mentality of going one down. staying clear minded. we came back quickly and affected the game from then on in. good shape, good energy and a good desire. real good energy and a good desire. real good moments of quality, actually. huddersfield are already down and leicester safe thanks to their resurgence under brendan rodgers. so it took a while for this one to get going, but leicester more than made up for it — winning a—1 — jamie vardy scoring twice. those goals take him above gary lineker in the club's all—time goal—scoring charts. crystal palace should now be safe after beating newcastle in a real six—pointer at st james park. but it was a hard fought game, goalless for most of the match after both sides had had goals disallowed. they won a penalty on the 81st minute, which captain luka milivojevic scored. newcastle are 15th, seven points
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above cardiff in thew drop zone. hibs won the edinburgh derby in the scottish premiership, beating hearts 2—1, but as patrick gearey reports, the game was overshadowed by the behaviour of some fans. it is the issue that is clouding scottish football. for the second time in a week, a flare is thrown onto the pitch in a scottish premiership match, delaying kick—off in the edinburgh derby. the scottish police federation says supporter behaviour is driving the game to a crisis. and when peter haring headed hearts in front, the red mist descended once more. a similar incident happened after celtic scored against st mirren on wednesday. more followed three minutes later. hibernian equalised. during daryl horgan's celebrations, another aberration. this time, a coconut was thrown onto the pitch, accompanied by yet more smoke. in the second half, those problems were extinguished. the most notable flare came in the build—up to hibs' second, scored again by horgan. this match may yet decide which of these sides can qualify for european football next season, but despite some late scrambling, hearts could not regain a foothold.
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this game was memorable enough for what happened on the pitch, but what landed on it may have further repercussions. patrick gearey, bbc news. meanwhile, celtic were held to a goalless draw by livingston, which means they can't be crowned league champions for at least another week. bottom side dundee lost at home to aberdeen. hamilton v st mirren was a draw and third placed kilmarnock closed in on rangers above them with a win over stjohnstone. no rich —— norwich moved a big step closer to automatic promotion, after they beat managerless queens park rangers a—0 at carrow road. norwich went two goals up within 12 minutes before top scorer teemu pukki added a third before half—time. then one of their scorers, emiliano buendia, was sent—off but pukki scored again — his 26th league goal of the season and norwich's eighth straight win. elsewhere, second—placed sheffield united kept the pressure on norwich with an important
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win at preston. but third placed leeds were beaten at birmingham and west brom also lost to strugglers millwall. aston villa are still firmly in the playoff places after a comfortable win at sheffield wednesday, and bristol city in sixth drew. at the bottom end, ipswich won their first game in a very long time against bolton, who are just above them and in the midst of a finacial crisis, and rotherham also won. onto rugby union now. onto rugby union now. bristol aren't yet safe from the drop, and this loose pass let rhys priestland in to score what proved to be the game's decisive try. bath are nowjust five points behind harlequins in fourth, the final play—off place. (cg in at 003" out at 0'09":credit date? pictures from bt sport meanwhile, the leaders, exeter chiefs are battling it out against leicester tigers right now. as the clock struck 32 minutes, the chiefs had already scored four tries — earning a bonus point. the second half has just begun, and the score is 36—20 to exeter. saracens kept up the pressure on leaders exeter with a bonus point comeback win against bottom side newcastle falcons.
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two counterattacking tries from sean maitland and max malins in either half punished the falcons. sarries get closer to securing their top—four play—off place. meanwhile, number eight nathan hughes went over twice as wasps beat worcester 28—16. st. helens are hoping to stretch their winning streak with a win over cata la ns their winning streak with a win over catalans dragons. they're in action in the south of france. another win will take saints to the top of the table above warrington. they got off to a great start thanks to dominic peyroux. and it is currently 10—10. the third season of the women's rugby league super league starts on sunday. this year, wakefield have been added to the league — taking it from 7 to 8 teams. the wigan warriors start their title defence this sunday, as they host local rivals st helen's. miriam walker—khan reports. it could not have been a better start to life for wigan, the team that did not even exist until 2017.
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fast forward 11 months and they were super league grand final champions. from where we started, girls were paying for their own kids, girls training on the backs of fields at the end of a session, girls not getting a full team out of a weekend stop —— paying for their own kit. they come and give it everything they've got, and it'll think when they've got, and it'll think when they formed the super league they really thought it would be as good a quality as it was. we can keep building on what we did last year and going from strength to strength. coaches say they want to maintain the standards of the league so they can recruit players. but there is more to it than just winning and losing. it's the biggest girls to the smallest girls, and it doesn't matter. it's body confidence when you're growing up in the real self—esteem it gives you. it's a
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really welcoming environment for any girls wanting to be involved. the sport has grown massively in the last few years and this year's challenge cup final will be played as part of a triple header with the men's semifinals injuly. as part of a triple header with the men's semifinals in july.|j as part of a triple header with the men's semifinals in july. i never thought the women's game would be in the position it is in now. it is really a testament to the isl who have helped grow the game, and the clu bs have helped grow the game, and the clubs backing it as well. to play underground like bolton, after the men play, the fact we got a new team, itjust men play, the fact we got a new team, it just makes men play, the fact we got a new team, itjust makes the game a lot better. clubs say the super league brenda lund is bringing new people into the sports. —— brand alone. amateur clubs are bringing more pack away into the game, so the hope will be that the 2020 world cup in england is coming at exactly the right time. miriam walker—khan, bbc
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news. england jordi... she's tied for fifth behind the leader — kim in—kyung who is looking for redemption at mission hills. the south korean missed out on her first major title there seven years ago. she has a three—shot lead going into the third round. england's meghan maclaren has just missed out on winning the jordan mixed open. the tournament was the first to see women compete against men for the same trophy and prize money. maclaren started the final round in the lead, but a bogey and a double bogey on the back nine meant the dutchman daan huizing won by two shots. life after playing elite sport can take athletes in many directions. often they stay in sport either as coaches or pundits. former france rugby union forward sebastian cha bal was such an imposing player in his prime, he was nicknamed the caveman. he retired from the international game eight years ago with 62 caps.
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his popularity sawjournalists write about cha bal mania. but we're not quite sure what they, or his fans, will make of this performance before the hong kong sevens. music not much i can say about that. that's all the sport for now. we'll more on all of these stories at 6.30pm in sportsday. now, it's the film review.
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hello there. welcome to the film review. here on bbc news taking us through this week's cinema releases we have, yes, you have guessed it, mark kermode. three very different releases. we have pet sematary, which is a new reworking of the stephen king classic novel. we have shazam!, an upbeat, colourful anti—superhero movie. and happy as lazarro, a cannes prizewinner. now, pet sematary. what could possibly be scary about a pet cemetery? are you...? where do you stand on stephen king stories? have you read stephen king? yeah, yeah. and you have because you have done a phd in horrorfiction. i have, thank you for bringing that up. dr kermode. dr kermode, exactly. so pet sematary is... when stephen king first wrote it, he thought it was too dark to publish and the novel itself is pretty dark. there was a version of the film made in 1989, now we have a remake of it. so, the story is that a family have
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been living in a town, move to rural maine where the forest is now in their new back door. it looks wonderful, it's going to be a new opportunity, the father will be able to spend more time with his kids, except that in the forest, there are some strange things, like processions of children dressed up like extras from the wicker man, with a wheelbarrow and a dead pet in it going out to the pet sematary, misspelt on the title. and beyond the cemetery itself, beyond the dreadful is something even more suspicious. here's a clip. saw these in the trees up there. yeah, they're warnings. the local tribes carved them before they fled. fled? yeah, they knew the power of that place. they felt its pull. they came to believe it belonged to something else. the ground was bad, so they moved on. but there is something up there.
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something that brings things back. so what happened to your dog, judd? he came back. just like that man said he would, but he was changed. it was when he went after my mother that my daddy put him down. for the second time. sometimes dead is better. so that is the tag line for the film, "sometimes dead is better." and there is no surprise in the fact that this is a burial ground. if you bury your pets, they come back and the stakes are going to be raised. what's interesting about this is this comes on the back of it, which obviously was made as a tv miniseries in 1990 and it became the biggest grossing horror movie of all time, unadjusted for inflation. the exorcist is still officially the champion. but it was a huge hit and we have it chapter two coming out in some months' time, so this is kinda
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in the middle of it. once again going back to a classic old stephen king text that has been brought to the screen before. and i think it is efficiently done, if rather generically done. at the centre of it is a story about grief and about loss and about... if you're offered the chance to overcome grief and loss, would you do it? the novel itself is very dark, the film has a more blackly comic tone to it. i neverfound it scary. no. i did think it had a kind of twilight zone appeal, or like, an eerily comic sort of thing and it's solidly done, it's very stylishly shot by laurie rose and the performances are pretty good. john lithgow is always somebody you can always rely on. i did believe in the family, but what i didn't get was the sense that this had moved us on any further. it felt like a solid, meat and potatoes, crowd pleasing mainstream stephen king horror. i have only seen the trailer, but that looked pretty scary to me. 0k. well, i think you might enjoy it. i was never scared. i did enjoy it, but i thought...
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it felt like solid burger and fries affair. you are a hard guy to scare. i am, i know. 0k. now, shazam!, which is about a 1a—year—old boy who gets the power to transform into a superhero every time he said the word shazam!. yes, and suddenly he is in the red suit with the flash and everyjoke is that at the moment he discovers he can become shazam!, he is still a 1a—year—old kid. and anything we are always told with comic book superheroes is that with great power comes great responsibility. of course, they haven't got the great responsibility, so what he does as he goes into the local store because he looked old enough now and he tries to buy some beer. he makes youtube videos of all his exciting superpowers, like stopping bullets — until his nemesis, in the shape of mark strong, turns up and suddenly he realises that, actually, there is something he has to do. i like this. it was kinda fun, like a superhero riff on big. remember when tom hanks becomes a kid who becomes a man? there is also... it's like a sort of comic version of chronicle,
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played more for laughs, or imagine deadpool with none of the r—rated nastiness in it. if it has a flaw, it's that it is too long. it is two hours and ten minutes long and i could happily have cut half an hour out of it. but it's breezy and bright and it is entertaining and it is very affectionate. it feels very... it is kind of cute. cute? cute. 0k. happy as lazarro? directed by alice rohrwacher, who made the wonders, nominated and won the best screenplay award at cannes. so, set any rural village called inviolata, unviolated, virginal. it has been cut off from the rest of the world. we meet a series of sharecroppers who are working the land, and they are forced to work for no money because they are constantly in debt to the marchesa. lazzaro is a young man who always
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you can see from that it has an almost dreamy, fairy tale quality, and then the police turn up and nothing is quite like it seems. what is interesting about this is you can read it in a number of ways. you can read it as a dogville parable about workers' rights and exploitation, you can read it as a story about the past and present because there is a time travelling element about it. which is never explained. it plays very naturally, but these are strange and supernatural things happen. you can see it as a cousin of a film like the village. i was reminded of pacino in dog day afternoon.
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actually, what i think is that in the end, it is a story of someone who sees the good and things to such an extent that it protects him from the corruption of the world in which he lives. the best thing about it is i think everyone who sees it will interpret it any different way. you can read it in many, many different ways. you can see as a parable, a fairy tale or a political story. it is kind of weirdly magical and you sort of go with it. i loved out of blue, the carol morley film, and similarly with this, you have to just go with it. if you do, it is a really melancholy and charming and strange, and i don't really know what it is about, but i know what it might be about and i will happily see it again. best out is a film that came out when we were at school? yes, a clockwork orange, the adaptation of anthony burgess's novel. a young thug played brilliantlu
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by malcolm mcdowell. it is ultraviolence and terrorising and that is a part of the film that became notorious. the design is extraordinary, but the violence at the beginning of the film is very, very full on. what people forget is that most of the film actually happens after that, and it is to do with this thing called the ludovico technique. what if you take someone with violent urges and try and remove those violent urges? so a type of aversion therapy? exactly. the idea is that if you take away so much of a person, do theyjust become nothing more than a clockwork orange? that section of the film, which gets far less attention than the beginning which is the thing that made the film notorious, is actually the body of the film. there are lots of stories about it being banned, it was not banned in the uk. stanley kubrick asked warner bros to remove it from circulation in the uk after it had its first run. the reason you could never see it was because stanley kubrick did not want it to be shown.
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it was not shown again until 1999 or 2000, when it was finally reissued. and you know because you made a documentary about it. a doctorate and a documentary. no end to your talents. best dvd at the moment? old man and the gun. it has a lovely feel to it. it is an old—timer bank robber, redford's performance is just great, sissy spacek is wonderful. it is very, very gentle, very nostalgic. i just loved that. i thought it was really touching. it's a character study of them. it looks like the kind of film they made in the ‘70s and they don't make any more. from my point of view, that's perfect. all right, mark. thank you so much. that's it for this week. thank you for watching. goodbye from both of us.
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hello there. we have an easterly breeze for the rest of this weekend. it means generally speaking, the best of the weather is further west. and this weather watcher picture shows the sunshine that we had earlier on in lancashire. it's been a beautiful day here. very different story as you head further east, mind you. in surrey, it's been quite chilly underneath that grey cloud. may even be a few spots of drizzle as well. most of the wet weather has been across scotland. that will ease off a bit overnight, and all this cloud will push east to west, and we may pick up a few showers in the south—west of england for a while. it won't be as cold as it was last night in scotland, and generally, those temperatures are sitting at six or 7 degrees. and for many of us, we start the second half of the weekend on a cloudy note. still some drizzle in scotland, although it won't be quite as wet as today. should brighten up a bit elsewhere. some sunshine, but we've got to watch out for these showers that are coming in from the east, heading towards the midlands. some of those could be heavy, potentially even thundery, too. and it should be a little bit
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warmer across england and wales, 15 to 17 degrees. still chilly, though, for northeastern parts of england and a good part of scotland as well. a bit warmerfor the boat races tomorrow, but that brings the threat not just of some heavy showers but also a small risk of a thunderstorm as well. and as we head into the beginning of next week, we still have that threat of some rain affecting southern parts of england, drifting its way northwards up into wales, the midlands and across east anglia, maybe turning wetter later on in the day. potential for some heavy downpours here. further north, much quieter, drier weather. still that easterly breeze, mind you, so the sunnier skies will be for western scotland and for northern ireland. 13 or 1a degrees here. we still have high—pressure to the north of the uk, low—pressure to the south and a weather front pushing its way northwards and taking that rain northwards during tuesday. how far north it gets? still some uncertainty, but there is a trend to push that rain up towards northern ireland, up towards northern england. and as it brightens up to the south, watch out for some heavy
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and thundery showers developing. the driest weather for scotland. still a little bit misty and grey around some eastern coasts of scotland, brighter further west. those temperatures beginning to ebb away for many parts of the country, 1a or 15 perhaps still in the south in between those showers. well, this is colder air, and an east or north—easterly wind. that colder air is pushing our way, so the temperatures will be dropping as we head further into next week.
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