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this is business live from bbc news with ben bland and victoria fritz. disneyjoins the on—demand revolution — taking on the likes of netflix and amazon as it unveils plans for a new video streaming service. live from london, that's our top story on friday the 12th of april. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: tougher penalities for uk citizens who travel to conflict zones like syria, under new terror laws. the devastating cost of using a phone while driving. we'll hear how technology could help police clamp down on those breaking the law. streaming the magic kingdom — disney says it will launch in north america later this year. he was driving a lethal weapon but will families be willing effectively blind because he was to shell out money on yet another monthly subscription? also in the programme... jet airways appears using his mobile phone and many to have suspended all other drivers are doing that. it is international flights — as fears rise about not a soft climb. —— crime. and it wasn't to be — the first private mission to the moon got there,
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but failed to land. good morning, as another brexit deadline comes and goes, i am in manchester this morning. in sport, the masters is underway, and ian poulter leads the british charge. he's two shots off the lead after an enthralling first day at augusta. and after chile started this morning, it is not going to be warming up in a hurry today but most places should dry with a bit of sunshine too. i will bring you the details for today and for the weekend in about 15 minutes. good morning. it's friday 12th april. our top story: tougher laws to combat terrorism come into effect in britain from today. under the new legislation, anyone found travelling to a "designated area of conflict" without good reason could face up to 10 years in prison. the home office estimates more than 900 people "of national security concern" from the uk have travelled to the conflict in syria. caroline rigby reports. shamima begum left her home in east london in 2015 to join the islamic state group. she isjust one
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london in 2015 to join the islamic state group. she is just one of hundreds of british citizens and residents who in recent years have travelled abroad to live in terror hot spot. but under new laws, which come into force today, people who do so come into force today, people who do so could face after ten years in prison. authorities in the uk hope the legislation will boost their ability to tackle the third from so—called foreign fighters returning home and enable them to disrupt terrorist plots earlier. the home office estimates more than 900 people of national security concern travelled from the uk to engage with the conflict in syria. of these, about 20% were killed while overseas but approximately 40% have since returned home. the home office says the measures will also include longer sentences for several terrorism offences, and it now becomes illegal to publish terrorist material or obtain it online. home secretary sajid javid says the new
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legislation would... exemptions will apply to individuals who have legitimate reasons for being in so—called designated areas, such as aid workers. the new laws will also not allow retrospective prosecutions. caroline rigby, bbc news. yes. we'll bejoined by the former head of the national counter terrorism security office, chris phillips, at around 07:40am. he will talk us through some of those changes. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has called on the government to oppose any attempt by the united states to seek the extradition ofjulian assange, for allegedly exposing american military secrets. the wikilea ks co—founder was arrested yesterday at the ecuadorian embassy, where he's spent almost seven years. at the white house, president trump was asked by reporters if he stood by remarks during his election campaign that he loved wikileaks. i know nothing about wikileaks, it
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is not my thing, and i know there is something having to do withjulian assange. i have been seeing what has happened with julian assange. i have been seeing what has happened withjulian assange and that will be a determination, i would imagine, mostly by the attorney general, he was doing an excellent job. so he'll attorney general, he was doing an excellentjob. so he'll be making a determination, i know really about him. it is not ideal in life. —— my deal. overall levels of violence in england and wales appear to be declining, despite an increase in knife crime, according to a new study. cardiff university's violence research group looked at data from a&e departments, minor injury units and walk—in centres to determine the number of people who'd been wounded during a violent incident. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. every day, there are more victims of knife crime. last year, more people were fatally stabbed in england and wales than at any time since records began after the second world war, but does this mean we've become a more violent society? a new study from cardiff university suggests not.
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researchers used data from accident and emergency departments to calculate the number of victims of violence. it was estimated that 187,500 people sought treatment last year for injuries after being attacked. that's down 1.7% in 2017, continuing a substantial long—term reduction. the study also found that fewer children and teenagers were treated in hospital after being assaulted. this really means that we don't, all of us, need to be more scared than we used to be. violence involving knives is localised, it affects relatively small numbers of people, so overall, the risk to us all is decreased. according to the survey, there was a small increase in the number of women who were attacked and injured, and a rise of more than 5% among men and women aged 51 and over. the reasons for that are unclear.
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overall, though, it seems hospitals are seeing fewer victims of violence, but many more people who've been attacked with knives. danny shaw, bbc news. after months of back and forth, mps will take a break from the brexit negotiations, as they return to their constituencies for the easter recess. now, talks will continue between the cabinet and the labour frontbench, in an attempt to find a brexit plan that would have the backing of parliament. we're joined now from westminster by our political correspondent, iain watson. good morning, iain. so any progress expected now? let's talk about these talks between the cabinet and the labour frontbench. well, i think it is significant that theresa may and jeremy corbyn both met yesterday when the talks were supposed to be being held only at official level, andi being held only at official level, and i think as far as the two leaders are concerned, they are quite keen to try to get a deal, to try to get some kind of compromise. for various reasons, of course, theresa may is very keen indeed not to ta ke theresa may is very keen indeed not to take part in the european
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elections next month. another reason for not fighting them reared its head today, one of them nigel farage, ex— ukip, now head of the brexit party, their fears that some of these people would sweep up conservative votes these elections go ahead. equally from the labour side, there would be a bit of difficulty from jeremy corbyn in these elections, because he would have to justify why labour would be prepared to have a second referendum. there are also be difficulties for them too, from theresa may's point of view, if she compromises too much with labour, she could lose some of her brexiteer ministers and from labour‘s point of view, they do not attach any commitment to having a second referendum, some ofjeremy corbyn‘s cabinet and rank—and—file would be none too chuffed, to put it mildly. no deal has been taken off the table completely, according to some of the
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papers, it seems that that might have been a little overwritten. yeah, apparently that is right. there's been a leaked memo saying that the immediate plans for no deal, will be leaving the european union at 11 o'clock tonight, plans to try to mitigate that, which included cancelling the leave for members of the border force teams, for example, these plans have been stood down because obviously, there is no more of a breathing space but remember, it is likely that we could be facing an ideal scenario in tober planning that is continuing. 0k, iain, thank you very much for taking us iain, thank you very much for taking us through that. councils in england have paid tens of thousands of pounds to place excluded children in centres that are not legally registered as schools. new figures from ofsted reveal inspectors have found up to 6000 children attending places suspected of operating outside the law. as well as centres for excluded children, they include somejewish, muslim and christian centres. the government has promised to give inspectors stronger powers to investigate places operating
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illegally as schools. our education correspondent sean coughlan has more. inspectors investigated more than 500 schools who were unregistered or suspected of operating illegally, in some they found poor conditions, rat traps, holes in the wall and exposed electrics. almost 150 of the investigations of so—called alternative provision centres, used for children who might have been excluded taken for children who might have been excluded ta ken out for children who might have been excluded taken out of mainstream school. ofsted says it has found councils paying up to £27 per year per place, even that centres are not registered in some left children playing computer games all day. —— £27,000. the education watchdog says that the biggest concentrations of unregistered schools are in london and the west midlands, with one in five having a religious link. last year saw the first ever convictions are running an illegal school. the inspectors say the rules for registration are too vague and want
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more powers to shut down those that break the law. the department of education says that it is putting £3 million to help stop illegal schools in such places a danger to the quality of education and the welfare of children. sean coughlan, bbc news. protestors have remained on the streets overnight in the sudanese capital, khartoum, in defiance of a curfew. it was imposed by the military council — which, after weeks of demonstrations, has deposed president omar al—bashir. protestors say they'll continue their demonstrations until power is handed to a civilian government. from today, us military personnel who identify as transgender must serve under their biological sex, rather than that with which they identify. troops must wear the uniform in line with the gender listed on their birth certificate. president trump announced the policy two years ago, saying it would cut costs and disruption. lgbt groups described the policy as cruel and irrational. the first privately funded mission to the moon crashed onto the lunar surface
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during its attempt to land. after a seven weekjourney, the israeli spacecraft, called beresheet, suffered an apparent engine failure on its descent. the aim of the mission was to take pictures and conduct experiments. israel wanted to become the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the moon. we unfortunately have not managed to land successfully. we are the seventh country to orbit the moon and the fourth to reach the moon's surface and... it's a tremendous achievement up till now. rolling stones front man, sir mick jagger, has posted a photograph of himself on social media, after having life—saving heart surgery last week. "a walk in the park!" is the caption. he had heart valve replacement surgery in new york, just days after postponing the latest leg of his no filter world tour. he's expected to make a full recovery. he looks well. he looks well, yeah. that is nice. well, good recovery,
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wishing you well. it is 6:11am and holly has all the latest sports. good morning to you. look at you, she is so excited. honestly, i am so excited. i feel i should have looked certain days off just excited. i feel i should have looked certain days offjust so i could watch. he has got football focus, hasn't he? we're talking about the masters, which tends to run on very late at night for us in europe, u nfortu nately, late at night for us in europe, unfortunately, which it did last night of course. it is the americans who are storming ahead. tell us where we are, give us some of the basics. so the basics, what would you like to know? where is it? it is in augusta, in georgia, in the united states, of course. for the likes of roy mcilroy, is the one piece missing, this will complete the grand slam for him. there was a whole note of excitement building up to him, he had a bit ofa
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rollercoaster in the last round of course. there's another man creeping certain tiger woods. he is still four shots off the lead, the americans, the likes of bryson dechambeau who is leading the way and looks koepka. —— brooks. the leaders held as i say by the americans, brooks koepka and bryson dechambeau. it was a good night for english sides in the europa league. arsenal beat napoli 2—0 in the first leg of their quarter—final. aaron ramsey opened the scoring early on and an own goal followed shortly after. chelsea also won. they weren't at their best but beat slavia prague 1—0. marcus alonso scoring a precious away goal late on. and rugby australia says it's going to sack star player, israel folau. it's after his social media post which said "hell awaits" gay people. folau's club side also say
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they will cancel his contract. we'll be talking more about the masters later on, i'm happy to say. we will get a little bit more of the action from augusta and some of the beautiful scenes there as well, to chisel up on a friday morning. pretty pretty flowers on that course. “— pretty pretty flowers on that course. —— very pretty. i'm not sure what is happening over here, it is bad, isn't it? sarah is going to fix all that for us, good morning. a quieter story on this side of the atlantic, largely dry and settled sue another mostly dry day around. we have decent spells of sunshine this morning, you will notice it is not a particularly warm start of the day, chilly morning, frost out there for many of us, my precious across scandinavia and that's what's going to driving a weather, keeping with the fronts of a suddenly for the next few days so after that chilly
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start, subzero temperatures, it's looking largely dry with quite a lot of sunshine. more cloud drifting in from the east super parts of eastern scotla nd from the east super parts of eastern scotland towards east anglia in the south—east, slightly cloudy with the chance of a few light passing showers. further west, wherever you are, you will notice that fairly cold, easterly breeze. many of us, in fact cold, easterly breeze. many of us, infact in cold, easterly breeze. many of us, in fact in the east, will be stuck in single figures. further west, double figures could see 1311 1a degrees across the north—west of scotland. as we in the day, we have those clear we've got clear skies moving in from the east. temperatures close to freezing in the countryside, a bit below that. not quite as cold the parts of northern ireland. a bit more breeze and cloud. through the weekend, low pressure of the atlantic, across scandinavia and the combination will
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be drawing on this cold air mass through the course of the weekend so after another cold start of the day tomorrow, pretty similarto after another cold start of the day tomorrow, pretty similar to what we got today. lots of dry weather and sunshine around, just the chance of a few light showers across parts of east anglia towards the south—east. also a bit more than trees developing in the west. again, it's going to be pretty chilly. temperatures stuck in single figures. around about ten or 11 degrees further west. heading into sunday, this waterfront tries to move in from the west. a breezy appeal to the weather. again, looking largely dry. a bit more cloud building through the day. still some sunshine breaking through and again, temperatures are really going to struggle to get into double figures so not particularly warm but a lot of dry weather through the course of both days of the weekend. that high pressure around, this weekend is looking dry, a bit of sunshine but it will turn windier in
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the west, calder was well. expect some frosty nights but you will be pleased to hear that it should be warming up as we head through to next week. let's take a look at today's papers. several papers lead with the arrest of wikilea ks founder julian assange, who has been living in ecuador‘s london embassy since 2012. the times suggests he could be jailed for "decades" in the us, under federal conspiracy charges related to one of the largest ever leaks of government secrets. the telegraph also featuresjulian assange on its front page, but it leads with brexit, reporting that the government's plans for a no—deal scenario have been shelved now that a delay has been agreed. the express also leads with brexit. the paper criticises mps for beginning their easter break, saying: "we want brexit". the front page also features a photo of rolling stones front man sir mickjagger, who had life—saving heart surgery last week. posting on his social media pages, he captioned the photo, "a walk in the park!".
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and finally — the daily mirror says the duchess of sussex will not be doing a traditional photocall outside the hospital when she gives birth to the royal baby, due later this month. instead, prince harry and meghan are expected to share the first picture of their newborn on their instagram page. this is the problem. when you have a golf story, everybody focus on tiger woods. loads of brilliant players. tiger woods is such a big name. it might be something quite quiet this year. after the opening day, you are right. they got very excited about this man, tiger woods, right. they got very excited about this man, tigerwoods, looking right. they got very excited about this man, tiger woods, looking for his fifth green jacket. that would
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be incredible. the fact is still in the running, it's something in itself but they are really having a bit of one with this. tigers honour roll, the guardian have gone with this, leading with the grand national winner. it all works quite well. the times of gone with tiger woods as well. they've mentioned a story about hurricane, a bit of a race against time to be ready in time for england's next game on the sixth ofjune. time for england's next game on the sixth of june. that time for england's next game on the sixth ofjune. that is the league match against holland. the thing with tiger woods is, if someone has an extraordinary prodigious talent early on, and overwhelms the sport, there is always, after that, eve ryo ne there is always, after that, everyone always thinking, can he come back and do it again? can the magic return? he has had an incredible career. he's been so consistent and were never attended, what was weird, fans never went
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away. despite all the personal controversies. the headlines he was getting for all the wrong reasons but when you see him on a course, the fans are still obsessed. they flocked to him. standing by through you can then our friends, flocked to him. standing by through you can then ourfriends, like flocked to him. standing by through you can then our friends, like these two dogs. this lady is a runner, she had an accident on a remote moorland. one of the collies stays with her but the other one just charges off. like all those animals. skippy was a kangaroo? skippy would go off and get help. the other one that did that was the littlest hobo. did we name the dogs? buddy and
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marlin. well done. it is the national uk skip rope championships, the first one begins in manchester. skateboarding will be introduced to the olympics in tokyo she is amazing. it's really interesting because theyjust talk about the fa ct because theyjust talk about the fact that there is an image around skateboarders. he has to worry about people sort of thinking he is a young, youth, just... not taken seriously as an athletic pursuit? even police moving them on. it's because they web baggy trousers. should athletes not wear baggy trousers? because they don't look trim and everything. when you see
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them do what they can do, it's remarkable. the uk championships begin today. no doubt we will see some of the images from that. drivers using mobile phones behind the wheel, could be identified by new technology being tested by two police forces. thames valley and hampshire police have installed a roadside detector, which activates a warning when a motorist is not using their mobile phone hands free. our home affairs correspondent peter cooke has been to meet a family whose daughter was killed in a crash by a lorry driver using his phone. it's a lovely feeling to know that your child has made a difference in other people's lives. i'm just incredibly sad that she didn't get to do that for the rest of her life.
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kate goldsmith knows more than most the devastating consequences of someone the devastating consequences of someone using a mobile phone while driving. her daughter amy, amy's step brothers ethan and josh and the boys mother, tracy, were all killed by this man on the 834 in berkshire in 2016. thomas croker had been scrolling through music on his phone when he hit a line of stationary traffic. he was jailed for ten yea rs. traffic. he was jailed for ten years. thomas croker didn't go out intentionally to kill my daughter but is not the only one. he was driving a lethal weapon, effectively blind because he was using his mobile phone, and many other drivers are doing that. it's not a soft crime. kate is now supporting a new initiative by thames valley and hampshire police. their road policing unit has become the first
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in the country to buy these devices to reduce mobile phone use. at the moment, the detector can identify when a passing motorist is using their mobile phone but not on hands—free. the police for the use that information to target particularly the hotspots. those behind the technology hope that in the future they will be able to record registration plates and issue people with fines. tougher penalties for using the phone illegally were introduced in 2017. drivers now face six penalty points on a £200 fine if fought. figures from the rac show 40% of drivers have been checking social media in traffic. statistics show its males between 26 and 45 are our targeted audience. this is a joint partnership working. i can't do it on my own. the mobilephone warning system is not a stand—alone. this is just warning system is not a stand—alone. this isjust one warning system is not a stand—alone. this is just one tool that we, the police, use. for people in that
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corsair and it had been reduced the size of lorry tire. drivers called using their phone were given a chance to hear kate goldsmith‘s story. the family's life forever scarred by a moment ‘s destruction. a fate she says we can all fall victim to if our mobile behaviours don't change. it really makes you think. still to come on breakfast, almost 3.5 million goods vehicles travelled from great britain to europe in 2018 — so what does another brexit delay mean for the haulage industry? ben is down the road in manchester to find out, ben. good morning to you. you might be able to make me out among some of these trucks. these are some of those that are travelling to and from the continent every single day. as you say, really busy time for them right now, transporting all the things we use but it's also tough for them right now because they're
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having to prepare for a deadline that just keeps moving. having to prepare for a deadline thatjust keeps moving. they're trying to sort out all the paperwork and permits to import some of this stuff. this truck arrived about five minutes ago. they can get dispatch right around the north—west of the stuff on here from all over the world but clearly the need to make sure they have the right permits and paperwork to make sure they can get the stuff to where it needs to go. there is a lot on there for them to consider but i was talking to the boss a bit earlier he was telling me the boss just doesn't know what's happening, the paperwork they could needin happening, the paperwork they could need in the event of our exit from the european union. they are going to sort out all the paperwork so we will talk to them a little later and the staff as well could find it very difficult to know what they will need to do when they get to the ports, when they are exporting the stuff elsewhere so we will talk about what it means for a deadline that just keeps on about what it means for a deadline thatjust keeps on moving and what it means a business. let's get the
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news, travel and whether where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm geeta pendse. some phone kiosks in link were found to used for crime. they were brought in to replace phone boxes but police found they were used to make 20,000 calls to drug dealers over a 4— month period. last year, the function was switched off by in link. now tower hamlets council has asked for the phone lines to be switched off. imperial college london is opening its biggest new academic building in a generation.the molecular sciences research hub will bring together nearly 800 scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs at the college's campus in white city. it's the largest investment in a university building in the capital this century.
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it'll be opened later by the mayor. sta nsted stansted airport sta nsted airport has stansted airport has seen an increase in passenger numbers. 28 million passengers passed through the airport and in march 2019 alone, the airport and in march 2019 alone, the airport and in march 2019 alone, the airport saw more than 2 million passengers with increased demand on routes to places like the united arab emirates and portugal. families from lambeth and southwark have been sharing their favourite recipes for a new cookbook.launched with the help of guy's and st thomas's nhs trust, it aims to celebrate the diverse cultures within the boroughs and encourage healthy eating. latest figures show more than 10 per cent of 4— and 5—year—olds there are obese — compared to the national average of 9.5 per cent. let's take a look at the travel situation now.
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now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. we didn't do too badly under the sunshine yesterday, particularly not for central and western spots today there will be a lot more cloud around, its going to feel cooler and that cool there could possibly produce one or two showers in the east but other than that, it's mostly dry. it's certainly a cold start of the day again. we have temperatures hovering around the freezing mark. always more cloud around eastern areas. towards the west, the best of any bright spells, perhaps some sunshine but even clouding over. quite a bit of windchill from that cool north—westerly wind and temperatures struggling today, hires between seven and nine celsius. the chapel wa nted seven and nine celsius. the chapel wanted to showers as we head through the day but also this evening and overnight, some of those showers could work their way towards central
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and western spots. the skies are gradually going to clear overnight and temperatures will widely dip below freezing so a fairly widespread frost, a cold start to the weekend, saturday is feeling even chillier. temperatures between seven and nine celsius. some writers spells, slightly warmer on sunday and certainly warming up next week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. good morning. it's 6:30am. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also coming up on breakfast this morning... after 60 years of space exploration, israel hoped to become the fourth nation to safely land on the moon, but the mission ended with a crash landing. we're going to hear from sceintists about what this all means for the future of space travel. medical conspiracy thriller trust me is back for a second season.
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actorjohn hannah joins us a little later on. # thank you very, very, much. we'll hear from the sixties group the scaffold, after a long lost recording of their music show has been found in a storage unit in nigeria. do you know, i never knew that was a song. i always thought it was an advertisement or something like that. there will be people this morning for whom it will all be new. what was the other song he was saying that they did? really the pink. there will come back to you. it will not come back to me, i was not born then. tougher laws to combat terrorism come into effect in britain from today. under the new legislation, anyone found travelling to a "designated area of conflict" without good reason could face up to 10 years in prison. the home office estimates more than 900 people "of national security concern" from the uk have
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travelled to the conflict in syria. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has said the uk government should not extradite julian assange to the us, where he faces a computer hacking charge. the wikileaks co—founder was arrested for a separate charge at ecuador‘s london embassy on thursday, where he had sought asylum since 2012. mr corbyn said assange should not be extradited "for exposing evidence of atrocities in iraq and afg hanistan". a new criminal offence of upskirting comes into force in england and wales from today. anyone caught taking a photo underneath someone's clothing without their knowledge could face a potential two year prison sentence and be placed on the sex offenders register. it follows an 18 month campaign by gina martin, who was targeted at a music festival in 2017. protestors have remained on the streets overnight in the sudanese capital, khartoum, in defiance of a curfew. it was imposed by the military council, which, after weeks of demonstrations, has deposed president omar al—bashir. protestors say they'll continue their demonstrations until power is handed to a civilian government.
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from today, us military personnel who identify as transgender must serve under their biological sex, rather than that with which they identify. troops must wear the uniform in line with the gender listed on their birth certificate. president trump announced the policy two years ago, saying it would cut costs and disruption. lgbt groups described the policy as cruel and irrational. abortion services in england must provide a more consistent service to women, the nhs says. the draft proposal from the nhs advisory body, nice, says women should be offered an appointment within a week and a termination a week after that. all services should also accept self—referrals, rather than expecting women to see a gp first. thousands of people, including stevie wonder and snoop dogg, gathered in los angeles last night to pay tribute to the american rapper, nipsey hussle.
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the former gang member, who became a community activist, was shot dead in la last month. a letter from barack obama was read out at the memorial service, praising the musician's work to help the deprived neighbourhood where he grew up. stevie wonder also addressed the issue of gun violence in america. it is so painful to know that we don't have enough people taking a position that says listen, we must have stronger gun laws. it's almost like the world is becoming blind. spacex's falcon heavy, the most powerful operational rocket in the world, has launched its first—ever mission for a paying customer. the rocket took off from kennedy space centre in florida last night and delivered a communications satellite into orbit for saudi arabia—based firm, ara bsat. for the first time ever, all three falcon heavy rocket boosters returned to earth after launch and will be reused.
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those are the main stories this morning. holly has got the sport for us morning. holly has got the sport for us this morning. good morning and we're talking about golf this morning, what else would we be talking about except for the us masters? i know you are excited about this. really excited. i think the people who are not really into golf, and i think you would agree, is something that is so exciting to get behind and to watch. well, it is one of the big events, there are four big majors of the year and it is the one that gets everyone talking, apart from the ryder cup, i think if you're not into golf, this is the one to watch. there is all the fanfare ahead of it, which are cove red, the fanfare ahead of it, which are covered, with the kids and everything. even the golfers love it. yeah, so it is the golfers and nongolfers, everyone recognises the green blazer, that is what they are all going for. tiger woods going for all going for. tiger woods going for a fifth one. and it looks beautiful there, doesn't it? stunning. ithink thatis there, doesn't it? stunning. ithink that is what we all associate with
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the masters, the beautiful flowers. i was looking out, another journalist had planted azaleas in her own garden, inspired by the masters. had not quite got to that pointjust yet, masters. had not quite got to that point just yet, but masters. had not quite got to that pointjust yet, but it is really exciting. it is still only the open round but —— first round of the americans are storming ahead. tiger woods got 70 yesterday, that is exactly the school he got back in 2000, 1997 and exactly the school he got back in 2000,1997 and 2001. exactly the school he got back in 2000, 1997 and 2001. when he won. so i will leave that one with you. it was a fascinating first day at the masters, some big names in the mix at augusta. our sports correspondent andy swiss was watching. it was a day when the famous augusta school board was working overtime. so many fluctuating fortunes, not least rory mcilroy. after a poor start, he rallied in style. the favourite finally living up to his
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billing. but having clawed his way up, his back down. an error strewn finish to his round and a frustrating first day. he was far better for frustrating first day. he was far betterfor tiger frustrating first day. he was far better for tiger woods. more than a decade after his last major title, some familiarflashes decade after his last major title, some familiar flashes of brilliance leaving him four off the pace. the british challenge was led by ian poulter, you are's ryder cup talisman has never won a major, but it just two talisman has never won a major, but itjust two behind, will believe anything is possible. it was an american duo that set the pace, brooks koepka and bryson dechambeau, usually won the prize for shot of the day. —— europe's. agonisingly close at the last whole but the top of the —— a place at the top of the leaderboard should be some consolation. well, with four americans in the top five, it was certainly a good day for the home fans. others, including roy mcilroy, will need a second round search to stop their masters hopes slipping away. anti— swiss, bbc news,
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augusta. —— andy swiss, bbc news, augusta. it just looks itjust looks stunning. it was a good night for the english teams in the quarterfinals of the of the europa league. arsenal beat the italian side napoli 2—0 at the emirates, aaron ramsey opened the scoring early on — how arsenal will miss him when hejoinsjuventus in the summer. their second was slightly fortunate, lucas torreira's shot deflecting in for an own goal. a good lead then for arsenal to take into the second leg in naples next week. a good result too for chelsea. they weren't at their best against slavia prague, but they did nick a precious late away goal through marcos alsonso. a group of chelsea fans were turned away from that game, after a video emerged on social media which appeared to show them singing an abusive song about liverpool striker, mo salah. the group were apparently chanting "salah is a bomber" repeatedly. in a statement, chelsea said...
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rugby australia says it is going to sack star player israel folau, after he posted homophobic comments on social media. the 30—year—old is a committed christian, and posted an image in instagram which said that gay people were amongst a group of people that would go to hell unless they repent. he was expected to be a key player for australia at the world cup later this year, but now may never play rugby again. there was a cracking game in the super league last night, as the huddersfield giants held on to beat castleford tigers. alex mellor was the star for the home side, he ran in a hat—trick of tries as huddersfield won by 20—18. they move four points ahead of bottom side, leeds. there was a great return to competition for great britain's claudia fragapane at the european gymnastics championships. she has had a tough
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year after snapping her achilles just before the commonwealth games. but she looked somewhere near her best in poland as she posted the leading score on her way to the floor final. 0h oh my gosh, i am so excited to be here and i was so nervous going up there but i feel a bit emotional seeing everything that has happened last year and then coming in and doing a big floor routine and mailing it, i am doing a big floor routine and mailing it, iam really, really happy. have you played rugby at all? no. nor was i a kicker, actually. what did you do? it is a good question. that is why he is here. take a look at this, this is really, really impressive. this is bath's freddie burns with a double kick. it might take you a few looks to see exactly what he's done. one ball on top of the other, the bottom one goes over the posts first, then the second one as a drop kick. he says, i do not know if i believe
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him, he says this was his first attempt. do you think you could do that? definitely not, here's a very, very talented player. imagine the practice it took him to do that. he says he did it the first time. practice it took him to do that. he says he did it the first timelj practice it took him to do that. he says he did it the first time. i do not believe him, it is a good trick anyway. we had the weather coming up a little later on. —— we have the weather coming up a little later on. fatal stabbings are at the highest levels since records began, but overall, the number of people injured as a result of violent crime in england and wales is declining. research by cardiff university found that last year, more than 187,000 people attended accident and emergency departments after being injured during an assault — that's down 1.7% on 2017. now, this follows a longer term trend, which has seen the number of people needing emergency treatment fall by 41% since 2010. let's get more on this now from professorjon shepherd, who led the study. he joins us now from our cardiff newsroom. thank you very much forjoining us
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this morning, professor. sometimes, statistics can be a little bit baffling. just take us to the overview of what it is you have discovered. well, we received information from 126 accident and emergency departments across england and and this is the same method we have used annually now for about, almost 20 years, and found that the numbers of people who were injured in violence who go to a&e, as he said, has fallen by almost 2%. that is across england and wales, the overall findings, and then the decreases, the biggest decreases we found actually, perhaps surprisingly, amongst young people, so aged 11 to 17, who have been most involved in knife violence. that was a fall of 7% and the younger children still, it was an even slightly larger for. to help us with a bit of context here because it
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also means a fact that there were more people who have been victims of stabbings, that is also a fact, isn't it? yes, that is exactly right and of course, every one of those is tragic and the amount of suffering and worried that that generates in us and worried that that generates in us all is very considerable, but the numbers of those are very small compared to the overall number of people who need emergency hospital treatment after violence. yes, sorry, what i was trying to work out is some people might be slightly is, you are saying violence is down overall and yet, is it to do with geography, is that certain places and certain communities where there has been advised? does it much depend on where you are? 0h has been advised? does it much depend on where you are? oh yes, and the numbers of very serious assaults, very serious assaults are low and they are concentrated in particular areas. we have heard about knife islands in london and
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some of the other metropolitan areas, but it is very limited. it is not to say that there cannot be occasional serious knife islands elsewhere, but the numbers are small and the risk to all of us is very low, of those very serious assaults, and overall, the risk is much lower. and so, since 2010, well, in 2010, we had over 300,000 people going to andy injured after violence, and last year it was under 200,000, so the reduction in the human pain and suffering represented by those numbers is huge. —— going 23. and thatis numbers is huge. —— going 23. and that is a continuation of an overall trend since about 2000. —— going to a&e.
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ijust wonder, how i just wonder, how could ijust wonder, how could the authorities usefully use the current data you have collected? because on the one hand, guess what saying is people are possibly unnecessarily fea rful people are possibly unnecessarily fearful and yet, if you are in one of those places, those areas where there have been upset as the knife crime, for example, your right worry about those things. yes, i think you may know i am a professor of surgery in cardiff, although i stop clinical practice last year. -- you are right. and we think a lot about the worried well, people who worry a lot and with good reason. -- stopped. a lot of us are fearful that safe, so it is the same kind of situation with people who are worrying about their health but actually, they quite well. so we need to very much bear that in quite well. so we need to very much bearthat in mind, quite well. so we need to very much bear that in mind, but certainly, as
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far as to prevention is concerned, this information from accident and emergency departments needs to be used more and more by police and health and local authorities, working together to identify where the violence is happening, when it is happening, what the weapons are, whether it is a gang—related violence or not, and then act with the new violence reduction unit, although in cardiff, ours was a very early one, our violence prevention court celebrated its 20th anniversary last year. so we think that one of the mechanisms for this reduction in violence, slow but sure, if you like, is greaterjoined up sure, if you like, is greaterjoined up working and prevention. 0k, professor, thank you very much for your time this morning, good talking to you. that is professorjohn sheppard from cardiff university. let's talk to sarah and find out what is happening with the weather.
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in half an hour. you might that's right, a little dry weather but the temperature is pretty low out there this morning. this picture from northamptonshire, we got some grass frost around, a bit of mist here as well but largely clear skies. through the day with high pressure, largely dry and settled but it is a cold start to the day. we got weather fronts out in the atlantic but it's this big area of high pressure across scandinavia that is really keeping up scandinavia that is really keeping up with a dry and settled over the next few days but also drawing in quite a cold easterly breeze. lots of sunshine up there will be more cloud moving in, particularly from aberdeenshire down towards norfolk and kent. wanted to showers here in the east but the vast majority of places, it's a dry day with some sunshine. temperatures struggling with the strength of that easterly wind, especially in the east. around about 7—9d. further west,
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wind, especially in the east. around about 7—9d. furtherwest, not wind, especially in the east. around about 7—9d. further west, not quite as cold. 13 or 14 across the north—west of scotland which will be the warmest spot again today. this evening and overnight, some of the power drifting further west, perhaps wa nted power drifting further west, perhaps wanted to isolated showers. another really cold night out there. temperatures could be just below freezing, colder than that in the countryside first thing. a frosty start to saturday once again. through the course of the weekend, a bit of a battleground. it is going to be the high pressure that wins out, bring us this fairly cold air mass. a chilly easterly wind. a frosty start, looking largely dry. lots of sunshine on offer, particularly down towards east anglia and the south—east we have a bit more cloud and the threat of wa nted bit more cloud and the threat of wanted to passing showers. in the sunshine, not doing much to lift those temperatures. at least it's
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looking dry. by the time we get to sunday, this front trying to move in from the west is brazier and claudia in the west, still some sunny spells elsewhere but again, feeling chilly, only around about 8— 11 degrees. things will turn a little bit warmer into next week. today was the second date the uk could have left the eu without a deal but instead a six month extension has been agreed. so where does this leave businesses and what should they be planning for now? ben isjust down the road in salford at a haulage company to find out. good morning, welcome. wejust nipped outside in this place is pretty busy this morning. they go to europe, this place deals with a lot of that freight that comes from there. we've been asking this morning, how the heck do you continue planning for something when
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the deed keeps on moving? that's been a big rob them for them. trying to work out what paperwork they need and what permits to be able to sell stuff and purely just and what permits to be able to sell stuff and purelyjust deliver. look at this truck, it came in at about six o'clock this morning and they are already unloading. clearly they been trying to put plans in place to make sure all of this can get grid needs to go. but big questions, when the brexit deadline keeps moving. no indication about whether there will be custom checks and charges and all those things that will affect the price and availability of stuff here. let me introduce you to the guests. how difficult is all of this for you, to get exactly what you needin for you, to get exactly what you need in the right place at the right time, given the uncertainty? it's very difficult, the challenges and frustrations. it's difficult. the unknown and the uncertainty regarding it. it makes things
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extremely difficult. everything on this trailer is tax sensitive. any kind of delay, any additional paperwork restricts us. it's been so difficult for you preparing for things that you don't know are going to happen on time. talk me through some of those problems in terms of, if you are exporting elsewhere, you've had to fill in customs checks and charges. why is it different for europe? we've been in the single market for 20, 25 years. more than i can remember. that knowledge and experience is no longer there. that's not the majority of our business. it is with the eu. people got used to the single market, no formalities or paperwork and in the last few years, we've been trying to
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move away from paperwork. we had all these extra layers of paperwork, it isa these extra layers of paperwork, it is a challenge. 98% of these extra layers of paperwork, it is a challenge. 9896 of all the things we consume in this country will have been on a truck at some point. that is a monumental challenge. we are an industry that is misunderstood. 98% of everything this —— which is consumed in the uk, whether fixed —— fifth—largest injury -- whether fixed —— fifth—largest injury —— industry. we are punishing our supply chains but if there is any failure within that system, it impacts the consumers and it isn't available. we need clarity. we need some certainty. there is such division within both government and parliament. we need mps to kind of come together and get behind a deal
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and that lack of certainty and clarity is certainly something that is really challenging for our industry. we can't put reverse in order to make sure we protect the uk economy. we will talk more than later about some of that. there is a sense of what it means. while all the stuff might look like it's just something else, while all the stuff might look like it'sjust something else, these other things that we use in consumed by every day so if these things can't get to where they need to on time and at the right price, it does cause some huge problems. we will talk more about that a little later. thank you ben. it was supposed to be a giant leap for space exploration, but it ended up being more of a small step — as the first privately funded mission to the moon crashed on the surface last night. after a seven week journey, the israeli spacecraft called "beresheet" suffered an apparent engine failure on its descent. tim muffett is at the national
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space centre museum in leicester this morning. what's the reaction been like there, tim? a slight sense of disappointment. this is the national space centre in leicester and this is dedicated to the moon and it promised so much, this mission, the first privately funded mission to the moon. israel would have been the fourth country only to have landed successfully a module on the moon. it clearly didn't go to plan. here is a science correspondent with a round—up of what happened. a selfie from space. the final images from the beresheet spacecraft. this one was taken moments before it crashed on the lunar surface, the end of the mission that was set to make space history. built in israel, the probe
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was the first privately funded attempt at a moon landing. missions like this usually cost billions but with a price tag of £70 million, this was space exploration on a shoestring. for the landing, the team gathered at mission control but minutes into the descent, things started to go wrong. we currently have a problem in one of our initial measurement units. we lost telemetry for a few moments. it was soon clear there was a serious problem. we seem to have a problem with our main engine. we are resetting the spacecraft, trying to enable the engine. the spacecraft had crashed. we had a failure in the spacecraft. we, unfortunately, have not managed to land successfully. we are the seventh country to orbit the moon and the fourth to reach the moon's surface and it's a tremendous achievement up to now. for a team who got so close, they will be trying to find out
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exactly what went wrong but with other commercial missions already lining up to get to the moon, it won't be the end of low—cost lunar exploration. rebecca morelle, bbc news. let's chat to professor alan wales, you are one of the founders of this place. what do you think went wrong? we know they had communications problems during the descent phase and at some point, the dissent engine flamed out. during that time, they were trying to recover that. the spacecraft continued to be falling towards the moon's surface without any deceleration from the rocket engine so at some point, they went out and crash landed. is that the end for these low—budget moon missions? no, it's the start. there we re missions? no, it's the start. there were 26 countries which put applications in. we got down to a
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shortlist of six. all of them made very substantial progress space iel, the israeli team, i think always we re the israeli team, i think always were in the lead. they had the public benefactors that supported that mission. they were the first to give it a try. but there are others coming along behind were quite well funded and made a lot of progress already. what impact will these missions have? you are absolutely right. that is the key motivation for doing it is a great inspiration. they were talking about it being the israeli apollo. there is enormous growth and interest in space in israel as a result of this. it's going to happen wherever these
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missions take place again. we would be talking more to some other people. it is fair to say it's disappointing but i will leave you with a nice lifting image of the moon itself as we get the news, travel, and weather where you are this morning. good morning from bbc london news, i'm geeta pendse. thames valley police has become one of the first forces in the country to use software to detect people using their mobile phones while driving. the technology can detect when bluetooth and hands free devices aren't being used. a sign will then flash at motorists telling them to stop using their mobile police say it's aimed at educating drivers and identifying offending hotspots. the technology can detect when bluetooth and hands free devices are being used. if motorists aren't hands free a sign is activated to warn them to stop using their device. statistics show that its males aged between 26 and 45 are our targeted
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audience. this is a joint partnership working. i can't do it on my own. the mobile fawn warning system is not a stand—alone, this is just one tool that we, the police, use. imperial college london is opening its biggest new academic building in a generation. the molecular sciences research hub will bring together nearly 800 scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs at the college's campus in white city. it's the largest investment in a university building in the capital this century. it'll be opened later by the mayor. families from lambeth and southwark have been sharing their favourite recipes for a new cookbook. launched with the help of guy's and st thomas's nhs trust, it aims to celebrate the diverse cultures within the boroughs and encourage healthy eating. latest figures show more than 10% of 4— and 5—year—olds there are obese — compared to the national average of 9.5 per cent. let's take a look at the travel situation now.
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there's good service on the tubes so far this morning and n the roads, traffic is building on the a13 into town from the goresbrook interchange in dagenham. in tower hamlets, there is water mains work on the highway. expect delays towards tower hill. there's also a lane closed on sydenham hill near thejunction with london road. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. we didn't do too badly under the sunshine yesterday, particularly not for central and western spots but today there will be a lot more cloud around, and it's also going to feel cooler and that cooler air could possibly produce one or two showers in the east but other than that, it's mostly dry. it's certainly a cold start to the day again. we have temperatures hovering around the freezing mark. always more cloud out toward eastern areas. towards the west, this iswhere we will see the best of any bright spells, perhaps some sunshine but even clouding over in the afternoon. quite a bit of windchill
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from that cool north—westerly wind and temperatures really struggling today, highs between seven and nine degrees celsius. watch out for one or two showers as we head through the day but also this evening and overnight, some of those showers could work their way towards central and western spots. but the skies are gradually going to clear overnight and temperatures will widely dip below freezing so a fairly widespread frost into tomorrow morning, a cold start to the weekend, saturday is feeling even chillier. temperatures between seven and nine celsius. some brighter spells, slightly warmer on sunday and certainly warming up next week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: tougher penalities for uk citizens who travel to conflict zones, like syria, under new terror laws. the devastating cost of using a phone while driving. we'll hear how technology could help police clamp down on those
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breaking the law. he was driving a lethal weapon, effectively blind, because he was using his mobile phone, and many other drivers are doing that. it's not a soft crime. and it wasn't to be — the first private mission to the moon got there, but failed to land. good morning. as another brexit deadline comes and goes, i am looking at how businesses are preparing for a date thatjust keeps on moving. i am preparing for a date thatjust keeps on moving. iam in preparing for a date thatjust keeps on moving. i am in salford this morning to find out what it all means the business. —— for business. in sport, the masters is underway. and ian poulter leads the british charge. he's two shots off the lead, after an enthralling first day at augusta. and it is a cold and frosty start the day but most places should stay dry and there will be some sunshine on offer. i'll be back with the full forecast in about 15 minutes.
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good morning. it's friday 12th april. our top story: tougher laws to combat terrorism come into effect in britain from today. under the new legislation, anyone found travelling to a "designated area of conflict" without good reason could face up to 10 years in prison. the home office estimates more than 900 people "of national security concern" from the uk have travelled to the conflict in syria. caroline rigby reports. shamima begum left her home in east london in 2015 tojoin the islamic state group. she is just one of hundreds of british citizens and residents who, in recent years, have travelled abroad to live in terror hot spots. but under new laws, which come into force today, people who do so could face up to ten years in prison. authorities in the uk hope the legislation will boost their ability to tackle the threat from so—called foreign fighters returning home, and enable them to disrupt terrorist plots earlier. the home office estimates more
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than 900 people of national security concern travelled from the uk to engage with the conflict in syria. of these, around 20% were killed whilst overseas, but approximately 40% have since returned home. the home office says the measures will also include longer sentences for several terrorism offences, and it now becomes illegal to publish terrorist material or obtain it online. the home secretary sajid javid says the new legislation would... exemptions will apply to individuals who have legitimate reasons for being in so—called designated areas, such as aid workers. the new laws will also not allow retrospective prosecutions. caroline rigby, bbc news. we'll bejoined by the former head of the national counter
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terrorism security office, chris phillips, at around 07:40am. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has said the uk government should not extradite julian assange to the united states, where he faces a computer hacking charge. the wikilea ks co—founder was arrested for a separate charge at ecuador‘s london embassy yesterday, where he had sought asylum since 2012. mr corbyn said assange should not be extradited "for exposing evidence of atrocities in iraq and afg hanistan". at the white house, president trump was asked by reporters if he stood by remarks he'd made during his election campaign that he loved wikileaks. i know nothing about wikileaks, it's not my thing, and i know there is something having to do with julian assange. i've been seeing what's happened with assange and that will be a determination, i would imagine, mostly by the attorney general, who is doing an excellentjob, so he'll be making a determination. i know nothing really about him. it's not my deal in life.
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there will be more talks today between seniorfigures from the government and labour about brexit, and there are whispers that they might actually be making some progress. let's talk to our political correspondent, iain watson. so, progress, iain. what do you make of that? well, i think there is certainly an incentive to her progress. whether it comes to anything, effectively remains to be seen. both theresa may and jeremy corbyn are looking at the prospect of having their parties fighting in european parliamentary elections at the end of this month and one reason for them not to do so would be nigel farage, former ukip party member, now head of his own party, i think there are fears that the largely labour lead breakaway group would ta ke votes labour lead breakaway group would take votes away from labour, but can jeremy corbyn's point of view, i think he is very keen not to be in a campaign where he would perhaps be asked some very uncomfortable questions about whether he would support a second referendum on eu
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membership. i think the two leaders have got incentive to try to get the deal over the line relatively quickly, but they also have problems of their own parties and trying to do so. from theresa may's point of view, if she compromises too much with labour, she could lose some of the cabinet brexiteers. from jeremy corbyn's point of view, if he does not explicitly signed a deal with theresa may, some of his own shadow cabinet, his own top team, will be very critical of him. thinking about how optimistic cabinet members are, and a lot in labour talking about exit plans, operation yellowhammer being shelved. i'm just wondering whether that is really the case yet. it is certainly the case that operation yellowhammer, as it has been called, and a few other related operations, operation block, which is seen a motorway in kent cordoned off and becoming very much alloy park. these measures have been called off because effectively, the
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eu decided we had some breathing space. —— operation brock. some of the no—deal brexit preparations are being eased off, but they're still making it clear we could be facing a no deal in september, so i will leave you with that comforting thought. thank you very much for that, iain. iwill dwell on it, thank you. the schools watchdog, ofsted, says councils in england have spent tens of thousands of pounds putting excluded children in centres that are not legally registered as schools. up to 6,000 pupils were found attending places suspected of operating outside the law. the government's promised to give ofsted stronger powers to tackle the problem. our education correspondent sean coughlan has more. inspectors investigated more than 500 schools that were unregistered or suspected of operating illegally. in some, they found poor conditions,
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rat traps, holes in the wall, and exposed electrics. almost 150 of the investigations were of so—called alternative provision centres, used for children who might have been excluded or taken out of mainstream school. ofsted says it has found councils paying up to £27,00 per year for a place, even though the centres are not registered and some left children playing computer games all day. the education watchdog says that the biggest concentrations of unregistered schools are in london and the west midlands, with one in five having a religious link. last year saw the first ever convictions for running an illegal school. but inspectors say the rules on registration are too vague and they want more powers to shut down those that break the law. the department of education says that it's put in £3 million to help stop illegal schools, and that such places are a danger to the quality of education and the welfare of children. sean coughlan, bbc news. overall levels of violence in england and wales appear to be declining, in spite of an increase
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in knife crime, according to a new study by the university of cardiff. cardiff university's violence research group looked at data from a&e departments, minor injury units and walk—in centres, and found a 1.7% decrease in the number of people who'd been wounded during a violent incident in 2018. protestors have remained on the streets overnight in the sudanese capital, khartoum, in defiance of a curfew. it was imposed by the military council — which, after weeks of demonstrations, has deposed president omar al—bashir. protestors say they'll continue their demonstrations until power is handed to a civilian government. from today, us military personnel who identify as transgender must serve under their biological sex, rather than that with which they identify. troops must wear the uniform in line with the gender listed on their birth certificate. president trump announced the policy two years ago, saying it would cut costs and disruption.
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lgbt groups described the policy as cruel and irrational. the musician stevie wonder has made an emotional plea for tougher gun laws in america, after the death of nipsey hussle. he was speaking at a memorial service for the american rapper, who was shot dead in los angeles last month. thousands of people gathered to pay tribute to the former gang member, turned community activist. it is so painful to know that we don't have enough people taking a position that says listen, we must have stronger gun laws. it's almost like the world is becoming blind. sir mick jagger has posted a photograph of himself on social media, after having life—saving heart surgery last week. good caption, "a walk in the park!". he had heart valve replacement surgery in new york, just days after postponing the latest leg of his no filter world tour.
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and he's expected to make a full recovery. he certainly looks well, doesn't he? good news. i wish him well. the weather forecast coming up a little later, of course all the sports as well. the prime minister told mps the whole country is "frustrated" with the additional delay to brexit, and says she plans to press on and try to agree a deal that parliament will support. so as mps return to their constituencies for the easter break, we've been onto the streets to hear what the people of manchester have to say. it is time they sorted themselves out. and started representing the people. they are letting things get neglected. —— a lot of things. and i think it isjust ridiculous, to be honest. they have to respect the decision of the majority of the country, because the majority wins. iama country, because the majority wins. i am a remainer, so i'm quite happy. i want them, ideally, to put it back to the people and have another vote. deliver what we ask for, not what they want. they are making their own minds up about what we want. we did
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not ask for them to make their minds up not ask for them to make their minds up for us, we ask for them to deliver what we ask for. up for us, we ask for them to deliver what we ask forlj up for us, we ask for them to deliver what we ask for. i can't decide —— they can't decide now, what makes them think they could decide in six months from now? we're joined now by the conservative mp david morris and labour mp, yasmin qureshi. a very good morning to both of you. good morning. we like to be very clear that where people are with things, so david, you are conservative mp, did you vote for theresa may's deal? yes, constantly. all the way through his all the way through. and you would again, nothing has changed? yes. yasmin? i voted against the deal and i will continue to vote against the deal. 0k, continue to vote against the deal. ok, she is still saying that she is committed to the idea of getting into parliament. you have obviously voted for her before, do you see any change in mood or tone amongst your collea g u es change in mood or tone amongst your colleagues and across the house as about accepting this deal now, especially as she is talking to the labour leader and senior members of the labour party? no, i don't. it
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was funny, last night as i was leaving parliament, someone said to me it does not feel like anything is changed, does it? i was like it doesn't, no. it is bizarre. jeremy corbyn is saying that they are encouraging talks, they're saying there is no shift on the redlines yet. but that is the whole point, we do not know what they're talking about and we have not seen any sort fruition from these talks as yet, so a lot of my colleague on, obviously on my side of the bench, do not want to see a customs union. on yasmin's side, they do. though still that sort of divide there, so how can they past that? in the era of compromise, if that is what we are m, compromise, if that is what we are in, what is the compromise that you would be happy with theresa may to ta ke would be happy with theresa may to take into the talks and jeremy corbyn? give us a specific, because something has to give, doesn't it? without sort of, you know, digressing from the issue, i think
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it was a mistake in the first insta nce it was a mistake in the first instance extend the period. i'm going to stop you because we are where we are, the question is quite straightforward. something has to give, i will ask yasmin the same question injust a moment, but where is the give? what are you prepared to accept? i'm not prepared to accept a customs union. as a red line? we would have to work around that around that because around that because that is predominantly what the british public voted for. what about a second referendum or another vote, what do you think about that one? no, i would vote, what do you think about that one? no, iwould never vote, what do you think about that one? no, i would never see a second referendum because that is what it would be. do you want to offer anything? i feel like we're would be. do you want to offer anything? ifeel like we're playing something out here, do you want to offer anything? i feel that the deal thatis offer anything? i feel that the deal that is already on the table is a good deal, we have a customs agreement in the deal because we can do free trade. you are offering nothing, that is basically it. so yasmin, forget what david said that in terms of the negotiations, where
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you prepared to compromise? well, we are prepared to compromise on a customs union, access to customs union and access to the single market, we have also said we should have worker's rights. what is the compromise then? yeah, we want to customs union. that is not a compromise, is it? at the moment, the deal does not give us anything of what we want in terms of the does not ensure our economic security, and there are number of things could wa nt and there are number of things could want but effectively it leaves access to the customs union, some kind of customs union arrangement, does not have to be formal. you have gotan does not have to be formal. you have got an agreement in theresa may's agreement now, a trade agreement within that. well, it is not good enough because customs union or access to the custom union type of situation is important for our country. no, i understand that, but there is that in the agreement. we have compromised on many things, i mean in terms of... as far as i'm
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concerned, you have got the issue of the backstop. a lot of people do not talk about northern ireland and the island issue. do they not? well, they do, but i do not think people talk about the long—term implications of it. —— republic of ireland. so if the theresa may deal comes to fruition, if the withdrawal agreement is agreed, and say for example that customs union is not agreed, there will be hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, that would lead to troubles occurring again and the collapse of... what we would quite like to do for both of you really, you will know and you will be back in your constituencies, hearing a lot of frustration. that will be compounded by listening to two of you here this morning because as far as i'm concerned, hearing what you both said, all that happens now is the rumble onto the deadline and we
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are the rumble onto the deadline and we a re exactly the rumble onto the deadline and we are exactly the same. can you give us a different scenario? we are in trouble in any case if we don't renegotiate. we shouldn't be extending the agreement period, we should be leaving, we are not we are extending the initial period, the agreement period. if we do agree on this, this is what the deal is. we can extend the backstop. please tell me i'm wrong. i think many people watching will see this, exactly what charlie said, we will get to the 31st on two sides are not going to agree. what's going to happen? it's been made very clear by donald tusk that whatever happens between now and over 31st is to be
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constructive. if you don't come to an agreement, we are going to leave the eu with no deal. we have asked, why doesn't theresa may put the hard withdrawal agreement to a conservatory vote. -- conservative vote. she has made clear she doesn't wa nt vote. she has made clear she doesn't want to. and jeremy corbyn hasn't backed it. when we had indicative votes a few weeks ago, we were effectively what we call wit, to say you can observe the confirm a tree deal. we believe, at least a customs union or some kind of customs union, to ensure these things. at the end of the day, what we would like to say is, i don't believe we're being obstructive. there are genuinely
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held views and concerns. on a slightly different note, theresa may obviously, she is the prime minister. who would like to play the most glowing tribute to their leader as we sit here today, given what's happened? i actually thinkjeremy corbyn in the labor party have said, what we want, access to the european union. how great is your confidence injeremy union. how great is your confidence in jeremy corbyn? he has, when theresa may has approached him, he has gone forward. the shadow cabinet are having discussions. has gone forward. the shadow cabinet are having discussionslj has gone forward. the shadow cabinet are having discussions. i think he's done everything right. david, your leader? how great is your confidence? i wasn't very happy about her going to the leader of the opposition for advice, let's put it that way. what is going to happen in
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reality is we will end up fighting the european elections, it will be a plague on both houses and we will come back after the summer very focused indeed after the results of those elections. i was waiting for you to mention theresa may. let's see what happens after those elections. i think we will be fighting them. that sounds like you have no confidence in your leader, i will be truthful, i don't have confidence in the process.|j will be truthful, i don't have confidence in the process. i don't have confidence in the process. why are you not happy to say? i'm thinking you're thinking something entirely different from what you're saying. i just entirely different from what you're saying. ijust think entirely different from what you're saying. i just think we've come to the point where the public have decided that they want out, with had a referendum and we are in a position where we are talking about the parliament in effect, translating what the public want. the public is that they want to leave the european union. theresa may has but a good deal on the table
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but we can't seem to get it across the line. various political factions. someone else should? it's time to look at it with a fresh sort of approach. can i say one thing. you've said that you agree with the withdrawal agreement and it's a good thing, so why do you not have confidence in her? you've not got this past the line. if you're saying it's not her fault, i can tell you one thing. i supportjeremy because lots of suggestions have been made, the common market proposal, different types of suggestions by different types of suggestions by different groups of mps. jeremy has gone and listened and listened very carefully and we have had guidance from the party about these things. it is easier to be on that side of the debate because you are not the one who has to make those decisions. we really appreciate you. come back
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again ina we really appreciate you. come back again in a few weeks. it's time to check the weather. good morning. if you haven't packed away your warm winter coatjust morning. if you haven't packed away your warm winter coat just yet, don't do it. we've got some cold weather. a frosty start to the morning. this is the view in hampshire. as we head through the day after that cold start, it is looking largely dry and settled. some sun tried to compensate although temperatures are not going to be rising in a hurry. we've got low pressure in the atlantic trying to move weather funds in low pressure in the atlantic trying to move weatherfunds in but low pressure in the atlantic trying to move weather funds in but they are not reaching the uk because we have high pressure reaching across scandinavia, keeping the weather dry and settled cold, easterly wind. cloud eastern parts of england. wa nted cloud eastern parts of england. wanted of two showers for aberdeenshire. further west, wanted of two showers for aberdeenshire. furtherwest, it's staying dry. long spells of sunshine. probably the warmest of the weather will be up across north—west scotland but wherever you
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are, we will notice the strength of the easterly winds. we're looking highs around seven or nine degrees in the east. further west, 13 celsius for the north—west of scotland. sunny spells as we head on into the evening. clear skies overnight for most of us. cloud drifting across western parts of the uk. it will be a particularly cold night out there. our towns and cities close to freezing, sub zero for many of us. through the weekend, we got this battle between low pressure trying to move in from the west, high—pressure building from the east. it looks like the high—pressure wins out, certainly through saturday and sunday but again, we got those cold easterly winds with us. after that frosty start to saturday, plenty of sunshine on offer. as the weather front gets closer, the breeze picks the threat of just wanted to
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ofjust wanted to isolated showers across east anglia and the south—east as well. many of us stuck in single figures. the warmest lots about 11 degrees or so. it's more of the same. another largely dry day. the weather front moves into western parts. turning quite windy here as well. further east, less windy but fairly chilly. temperatures somewhere in the region of 8— temperatures somewhere in the region of 8- 11 temperatures somewhere in the region of 8— 11 degrees. there will be more cloud bubbling up during sunday afternoon. it is a dry, settled weekend. sunshine around. this will turn windy. expect some frost over the next few nights but there with the next few nights but there with the weather, it should warm next week. sarah was telling us what it was like. it was a beautiful, hazy morning. lovely colours looking over houses of parliament. this is where
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we check whether what would been told about the weather has been happening. northwest here in sa lfo rd , happening. northwest here in salford, looking out over. a salford mps are heading for 12 people find that a bit odd. that's what they are doing. they're reflecting, aren't they. good morning from bbc london news. i'm....... the mayor of tower hamlets is asking to permanently switch off the free calls function in some phone kiosks after they were found to be used for crime. the inlink units — which offer free wifi and calls — were brought in to replace phone boxes. but police found they were used to make 20,000 calls to drug dealers over a four—month period. last year inlink switched off free calls on all of the units
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for a trial period. now tower hamlets council have asked for the phone lines to be permanently turned off. imperial college london is opening its biggest new academic the molecular sciences research hub building in a generation. the molecular sciences research hub will bring together nearly 800 scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs at the college's campus in white city. it's the largest investment in a university building in the capital this century. it'll be opened later by the mayor. stansted airport has seen a big jump in passenger numbers in the last 12 months. 28 million travellers passed through the airport, an increase of 8.6% on the previous year. it was helped by record numbers in march there's said to be an increased demand to places like the united arab emirates and portugal. families from lambeth and southwark have been sharing their favourite recipes for a new cookbook. launched with the help of guy's and st thomas's nhs trust,
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it aims to celebrate the diverse cultures within the boroughs and encourage healthy eating. latest figures show more than 10% of 4— and 5—year—olds there are obese. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. we didn't do too badly out of the sunshine yesterday, particularly not for central and western spots but today there will be a lot more cloud around, and it's also going to feel cooler and that cool air could possibly produce one or two showers in the east but other than that, it's mostly dry. it's certainly a cold start to the day again.
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we've got temperatures hovering around the freezing mark. always more cloud out toward eastern areas. towards the west, this is where we will see the best of any bright spells, perhaps some sunshine but even here, clouding over through the afternoon. quite a bit of windchill from that cool north—westerly wind afternoon and temperatures really struggling today, highs between 7 and 9 degrees celsius. watch out for one or two showers as we head through the day but also this evening and overnight, some of those showers could work their way towards central and western spots. but the skies are gradually going to clear overnight and temperatures will widely dip below freezing so a fairly widespread frost into tomorrow morning, a cold start to the weekend, saturday it's feeling even chillier. temperatures between 7 and 9 degrees celsius. some brighter spells, slightly warmer on sunday and certainly warming up next week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. good morning. welcome to breakfast
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with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. good morning. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. tougher laws to combat terrorism come into effect in britain from today. under the new legislation, anyone found travelling to a "designated area of conflict" without good reason could face up to 10 years in prison. the home office estimates more than 900 people "of national security concern" from the uk have travelled to the conflict in syria. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has said the uk government should not extradite julian assange to the united states, where he faces a computer hacking charge. the wikilea ks co—founder was arrested for a separate charge at ecuador‘s london embassy yesterday, where he'd sought asylum since 2012. mr corbyn said assange should not be extradited for what he calls "exposing evidence of atrocities in iraq and afghanistan". at the white house, president trump was asked if he stood by his remarks during his election campaign that he loved wikileaks. i know nothing about wikileaks, it's not my thing, and i know there is something having to do
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with julian assange. i've been seeing what's happened with assange and that will be a determination, i would imagine, mostly by the attorney general, who is doing an excellentjob, so he'll be making a determination. i know nothing really about him. it's not my deal in life. a new criminal offence of upskirting comes into force in england and wales from today. anyone caught taking a photo underneath someone's clothing without their knowledge could face a potential two year prison sentence and be placed on the sex offenders register. it follows an 18 month campaign by gina martin, who was targeted at a music festival in 2017. protestors have remained on the streets overnight in the sudanese capital, khartoum, in defiance of a curfew. it was imposed by the military council, which, after weeks of demonstrations, has deposed president omar al—bashir. protestors say they'll continue their demonstrations until power is handed to a civilian government.
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abortion services in england must provide a more consistent service to women, according to new advice for the nhs. a draft proposal from the advisory body, nice, says women should be offered an appointment within a week and a termination a week after that. all services should also accept self—referrals, rather than expecting women to see a gp first. spacex's falcon heavy, the most powerful operational rocket in the world, has launched its first—ever mission for a paying customer. the rocket took off from kennedy space centre in florida last night and delivered a communications satellite into orbit for saudi arabia—based firm, ara bsat. for the first time ever, all three falcon heavy rocket boosters returned to earth after launch and will be reused. there is a lot of information to ta ke there is a lot of information to take in there on the screen because you are seeing the rockets come
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down. one of story for you, robbie williams and his wife will not be returning to the x factor for the next series, posting on social media, they said they are gutted, they can't do anything and continue to be huge fans of the show. so, now you know. coming up on the programme, sarah will have all the weekend weather. it is getting cold but it will get better later on. first, where it really is lovely at the moment is augusta. holly, with the masters. really is lovely at the moment is augusta. holly, with the mastersm is under way, the first men's major of the year. it is lovely, as he said. however, there are storms forecast, some people saying that this could mean its first monday finish in years. because it is a four day competition. it always ends on the sunday, traditionally. which a lwa ys on the sunday, traditionally. which always gives people sore heads. on
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the sunday before the monday? yeah, got under way yesterday, there was a lot of talk about the europeans coming into this on the back of their ryder cup success, at the moment though it is the americans who are at the top of the leaderboard. tiger woods isjust two shots off the lead, so some are getting excited by that. some big names in the mix at augusta and ian poulter leads the british charge. our sports correspondent andy swiss was watching. it was a day when the famous augusta scoreboard was working overtime. so many fluctuating fortunes, not least for rory mcilroy. after a poor start, he rallied in style. the favourite finally living up to his billing. but having clawed his way up, he slipped back down. an error strewn finish to his round and a frustrating first day. it was far better for tiger woods. more than a decade after his last major title, some familiar flashes of brilliance leaving him four off the pace. the british challenge was led by ian poulter. europe's ryder cup talisman
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has never won a major, butjust two behind, he'll believe anything is possible. it was an american duo that set the pace, brooks koepka and bryson dechambeau, who surely won the prize for shot of the day. agonisingly close at the last hole, but a place at the top of the leaderboard should be some consolation. well, with four americans in the top five, it was certainly a good day for the home fans. others, including roy mcilroy, will need a second round surge to stop their masters hopes slipping away. andy swiss, bbc news, augusta. and it was a good night for the english teams in the quarterfinals of the europa league. arsenal beat the italian side napoli 2—0 at the emirates. aaron ramsey opened the scoring early on. how arsenal will miss him when hejoinsjuventus in the summer. the second though was slightly fortunate, lucas torreira's shot
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deflecting in for an own goal. so a good lead for arsenal to take into the second leg in naples next week. and a good result as well for chelsea. they weren't at their best against slavia prague, but they nicked a precious late away goal through marcos alsonso. —— marcus alonso. there was a group of chelsea fans who were turned away from that game, after a video emerged on social media which appeared to show them singing an abusive song about liverpool striker, mo salah. the group were apparently chanting "salah is a bomber" repeatedly. in a statement, chelsea said... rugby australia says it's going to sack star player israel folau, after he posted homophobic comments on social media. he's a committed christian and posted an image on instagram
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which said that gay people were amongst a group of people that would go to hell, unless they repent. he was expected to be a key player for australia at the world cup later this year, but now may never play rugby again. there was a cracking game in the super league last night, as the huddersfield giants held on to beat castleford tigers. alex mellor was the star for the home side, he ran in a hat—trick of tries as huddersfield won by 20—18. they move four points ahead of bottom side leeds. there was a great return to competition for great britain's claudia fragapane at the european gymnastics championships. she has had a really tough year, after snapping her achilles just before the commonwealth games. but she looked somewhere near her best in poland as she posted the leading score on her way to the floor final. oh my gosh, i'm so excited to be here and i was so nervous going up there, but i feel a bit emotional seeing everything that's happened
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last year and then coming in and doing a big floor routine and nailing it, i'm really, really happy. now, this is something really impressive. we do love a trick shot, don't we? never really one in rugby, not something we see very often, so check this out. this is bath's freddie burns with a double kick. it might take you a few looks to see exactly what he's done. it's actually one ball on top of the other, the bottom one goes over the post first, then the second one follows as a drop kick. is it the one at the bottom or the top that he it's first? one the bottom. so the bottom one goes over first and then the second one... over it goes. i was so impressed by that. the best thing is he says it was something he did on the first go. i'm not sure. naga munchetty
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does not believe him. i don't either. you never know. people who travel to conflict zones around the world without good reason could now face 10 years injail under new anti—terrorism legislation, which comes into effect from today. the home office hopes to stop those who travel abroad to terrorist hotspots, however, there are concerns the measures could be used incorrectly. the former head of the national counter terrorism security office chris phillipsjoins us now. very good morning to you, thank you for your time this morning. just give us an overview. what would this change in any practical sense? well, actually the legislation is quite far—reaching. it goes from people supporting prescribed organisations, downloading things of the internet, or certainly looking at things on the internet, write to two people travelling to conflict zones. so it is quite a wide bit of legislation. —— right through two people. i think the biggest issue here is that it is five years too late. it was five yea rs five years too late. it was five years ago that we had people
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travelling off to join years ago that we had people travelling off tojoin isis, that is the time that the legislation should have been in place and disappointing really that legislators are taken so long to catch up. —— right through to. just give us a sense than in a practical sense, if, as i understand that these places have to be prescribed and that is a legal process , prescribed and that is a legal process, so safe example a place like syria is described as one of these areas of conflict that you cannot travel to, it becomes a designated area and someone travels there, is it your understanding that there, is it your understanding that the very decision to go, as in the journey itself, becomes an illegal act? not what you do there but literally, the journey to the placethat is certainly my my understanding of this and quite frankly, we were having these discussions five years ago. we were having young people getting onto aeroplanes and leaving the country then, see do have to have something in place to prevent them doing that. the interesting point, of course, is how something becomes prescribed and
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what decision—making needs to be put in place before you decide an area is prescribed. necessarily, in the nature of these things is that over a period of time, place becomes a particular risk and so it is very ha rd to particular risk and so it is very hard to make those calls. you said wouldn't have been good if this had beenin wouldn't have been good if this had been in place five years ago? it is very ha rd to been in place five years ago? it is very hard to make those decisions early because then you are accused of being overzealous, if you like, stopping people from going to places where there is no need to stop at. exactly, everything back to five yea rs exactly, everything back to five years ago, actually people going to turkey and then crossing borders. so it is still very difficult to actually legislate for this kind of behaviour, but actually something needed to be done and if we do have another situation such as syria and the iraqi area issues again with isis, than the legislators, the police, need to do this. this act actually does give these lots of different houses well, that were necessary , different houses well, that were necessary, but again, necessary
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quite a few years ago and that is the disappointment about this. and of course, the police will be pleased that the gaps have now been filled. 's announcement in itself is one thing. we know from previous experience there are a lot of grey areas, aren't there? —— this announcement. certain people will be able to go, in terms ofjournalists and known aid workers, if you're travelling with a known charity organisation. there will be grey areas within that, people could be going in saying that they are going for one reason, when they are actually going for something else. with all of the terrible things that happened in syria, the actual evidence, any evidence of what they have been up to in that country has disappeared with the people they have, so it is very difficult for police to prosecute. so they needed to be legislation to do that, likewise they needed to be legislation to stop people being released from prison early, from terrorism offences. and this is one
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of the big issues here, that this act tries to stop, is terrorists, people who have committed terrorist a cts people who have committed terrorist acts are being released early from their sentences. this act tries to deal with that problem as well. chris phillips, thank you very much for your time this morning. ms phillips, former head of the national counter terrorism security office. —— chris phillips. i think it is hopefully going to but not commissaries going to tell us more about this because it is hopefully going to but not this morning. good morning. we have had a frosty start out there this morning, this is the picture as we start the day in hampshire this morning. some frost, a little bit of mist around too. most places should stay dry and bright, so there will be plenty of sunshine on offer. the sunshine is not going to lift those temperatures ina hurry, not going to lift those temperatures in a hurry, certainly feel quite chilly. high pressure is driving our
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weather, that is sitting across the area today, we have easterly winds sitting around that area of high pressure. that is what is bringing us pressure. that is what is bringing us the cold air must today, those easterly winds. cloudy through scotla nd easterly winds. cloudy through scotland as well, one or two showers to aberdeenshire, kent too. in the north—west, you should stay dry throughout most of the day. temperatures are going to struggle today, particular knees, reaching only about seven or nine degrees here. further west, we'll get into double figures. i think the warmest spot could be in parts of scotland, where the could see between 13 and 15 degrees. one or two isolated showers drifting towards the south—west but then clear skies once again moving in the east. we have a cold air mass, clear skies, the recipe for another cold and frosty night, even in the more urban spots, i think temperatures close to freezing a little bit below. could see —3 or —4 in the countryside, so a cold start of the week. the
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weekend, this is what we have got. high pressure across scandinavia, it looks like it is going to be high pressure that wins out over the next two days, so lots of dry weather again on saturday after that: frosty start the morning. there will be some cloud here and there through the afternoon, just the odd bit of showers to east anglia and the south—east as well. elsewhere, you should stay dry but again, this temperature is not great for the rest of you. the sunday, we have a weather front moving closer to western parts of the uk, that will bring a breeze to north—west england, scotland, northern ireland, cutting over here as well. a bit more cloud routeing during the afternoon could bring in the odd spot of drizzle. again, we will struggle, many of us, to get out of single figures. another chilly day on sunday, so to summarise your weekend weather, it is not looking too bad. try the most common spells of sunshine, it will be turning
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windier and colder, frosty nights. there should be an upward trend in those temperatures as we head towards easter. thank you very much, sarah. i let's look at some of ben is you need to random pictures we're this, they are trying to find out what they can do next. they are planning they have to think about
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the look, it is an industry that we probably take for granted. we know that a lot of stuff gets through the shops and stuff like this. good morning. we're talking now about this as an industry that we publish ta ke this as an industry that we publish take for granted because it is inefficient as it stands, but you potentially will have a lot to do if you have to start filling in customs forms and paperwork that could add time and cost. —— efficient. yeah, we do car park deliveries, so we are collecting goods it maybe seven o'clock in the evening, and we have to deliver them the next day before ten a.m.. if we had extra paperwork in customs, there is potential that they will be delivered on time due to the delay at ports and the paperwork. it is that time and cost, isn't it? thank you for now. let's
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—— let me introduce you to rachel on the road haulage association and someone who has just got their license. good morning to you both. it is so efficient, isn't it? it is a bit ofa it is so efficient, isn't it? it is a bit of a victim of its own success because we take it for granted, therefore many people do not imagine therefore many people do not imagine there would be a big job and if you talk about problems, you're going to be accused of project fear, don't you? are we accused of scaremongering every day. any impact in terms of processing will have a detrimental effect. with seen some start—ups where they have fallen over very quickly. we've seen failure to supply goods to retailers because of it. we maintain its supply chain throughout any kind of brexit deal which is really critical. one of the things industries contending with is
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a recruitment of them. we simply don't have enough drivers. we have a driver shortage of 55,000. we have an ageing population, most drivers are coming to retirement age. the average age is 56,57. are coming to retirement age. the average age is 56, 57. we are not attracting enough. one of those younger people we have attracted. you are able to start driving some of these trucks. it's a pretty male—dominated industry. of these trucks. it's a pretty male-dominated industry. basically, i've been doing it farfrom a male-dominated industry. basically, i've been doing it far from a young age. i was with my dad from age one, helping him, doing nights on the wagons and i sat on his knee for machine driving. i'vejust wagons and i sat on his knee for machine driving. i've just loved wagons and i sat on his knee for machine driving. i'vejust loved it since day one. it's pretty male—dominated. you are finding it quite often it can be lonely.
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sometimes, but you have your music. i love it. it can be male—dominated but i love it. i'm not bothered. we will talk more about some of that later but all that stuff has been coming, it comes from the big base they have done in leicester. it's shipped around the north—west. all of this stuff that comes in, it's an industry we take for granted. 90% of goods are shipped by laurie in this country at some point in their lives. something worth thinking about. it was supposed to be a giant leap for space exploration, but it ended up being more of a small step — as the first privately funded mission to the moon crashed on the surface last night. after a seven week journey, the israeli spacecraft called "beresheet" suffered an apparent engine failure on its descent. tim muffett is at the national space centre museum in leicester this morning. what's the reaction
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been like there, tim? good morning to you from the national space centre in leicester. when we talk about lunar missions, this is the image that springs to mind. puzzled when on the lunar surface. this part of the museum, there are all sorts of mementos and trinkets and exhibits looking at moon exploration. this project promised so much. it would have been such a low cost mission to the moon. israel would have in the fourth country to successfully israel would have in the fourth cou ntry to successfully la nd israel would have in the fourth country to successfully land a module on the lunar surface. here is our science correspondent rebecca morelle with a round—up of what happened. a selfie from space. the final images from the beresheet spacecraft. this one was taken moments before it crashed on the lunar surface, the end of the mission that was set to make space history. built in israel, the probe
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was the first privately funded attempt at a moon landing. missions like this usually cost billions but with a price tag of £70 million, this was space exploration on a shoestring. for the landing, the team gathered at mission control but minutes into the descent, things started to go wrong. we currently have a problem in one of our initial measurement units. we lost telemetry for a few moments. it was soon clear there was a serious problem. we seem to have a problem with our main engine. we are resetting the spacecraft, trying to enable the engine. the spacecraft had crashed. it's like we had a failure in the spacecraft. we, unfortunately, have not managed to land successfully. we are the seventh country to orbit the moon and the fourth to reach the moon's surface and it's a tremendous achievement up to now. for a team who got so close, they will be trying to find out
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exactly what went wrong but with other commercial missions already lining up to get to the moon, it won't be the end of low—cost lunar exploration. rebecca morelle, bbc news. what was your reaction? initial excitement, it wasn't quite successful but a private company doing something truly innovative. such cheap cost for the service of the moon. it's a pretty big achievement. how important are these missions in inspiring people. this isa missions in inspiring people. this is a fantastic mission to israel. they can do these amazing things. just like america and china and other countries. a really good procedure of doing a lot of educational outreach and supporting people and inspiring people with a passion for science and technology to get involved. this shows where
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previous lunar missions landed. this is where the module crashed. beresheet was targeted to land to the north end of the sea over here. it was such a comparatively low—budget mission. do you think this is the end of those low—budget missions. i think it's the beginning. it got most of the way there. it didn't quite go to plan. they still achieved amazing things. they still achieved amazing things. the low—cost, you can get very close to landing on it. it doesn't take enormous amounts of resources. do these amazing things. these are the
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sort of things that capture the imagination. it's fascinating, whether it's the moon, space, showing there is an opportunity to get there and this increased opportunity isjust get there and this increased opportunity is just fantastic. thanks so much indeed. images earlier of puzzled when on the lunar surface taken in 1969 in the apollo 11 module which got them there as well. so many things to think about in sucha well. so many things to think about in such a shame in a way that it wasn't to be with this particularly low—budget mission because we've heard, earlier, this is not the end of those particular types of missions. there are hopes that there would be plenty more and israel, it did become the fourth country to land on the moon, itjust wasn't donein land on the moon, itjust wasn't done ina land on the moon, itjust wasn't done in a controlled fashion. lots to think about, lots to discuss and diejust as well from to think about, lots to discuss and die just as well from the team here at the national space centre. it hoped it will to offer inspiration, especially for young people who come and visit this place. lots to think
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about. let's leave you with a nice inspiring image. as we hear and catch up on the news, travel and whether you are this morning. good morning from bbc london news, i'm geeta pendse. thames valley police has become one of the first forces in the country to use software to detect people using their mobile phones while driving. the technology can tell when bluetooth and hands free devices aren't being used. a sign will then flash at motorists telling them to stop using their mobile police say it's aimed at educating drivers and identifying offending hotspots. the technology can detect when bluetooth and hands free devices are being used. statistics show that its males aged between 26 and 45
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who are our targeted audience. this is a joint partnership working. i can't do it on my own. the mobile phone warning system is not a stand—alone — this is just one tool that we, the police, use. imperial college london is opening its biggest new academic building in a generation. the molecular sciences research hub will bring together nearly 800 scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs at the college's campus in white city. it's the largest investment in a university building in the capital this century. it'll be opened later by the mayor. families from lambeth and southwark have been sharing their favourite recipes for a new cookbook. launched with the help of guy's and st thomas's nhs trust, it aims to celebrate the diverse cultures within the boroughs and encourage healthy eating. latest figures show more than 10 per cent of four and five year—olds there are obese. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's good service on the tubes so far this morning. on to the roads, traffic is building up on the north circular westbound through bounds green.
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in tower hamlets, there is water mains work on the highway. expect delays towards tower hill. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. we didn't do too badly out of the sunshine yesterday, particularly not for central and western spots but today there will be a lot more cloud around, and it's also going to feel cooler and that cool air could possibly produce one or two showers in the east but other than that, it's mostly dry. it's certainly a cold start to the day again. we've got temperatures hovering around the freezing mark. always more cloud out toward eastern areas. towards the west, this is where we will see the best of any bright spells, perhaps some sunshine but even here, clouding over through the afternoon. quite a bit of windchill from that cool north—eesterly wind this afternoon and temperatures really struggling today, highs between 7 and 9 degrees celsius. watch out for one or two showers as we head through the day but also this evening and overnight, some of those showers could work their way
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towards central and western spots. but the skies are gradually going to clear overnight and temperatures will widely dip below freezing so a fairly widespread frost into tomorrow morning, a cold start to the weekend, saturday it's feeling even chillier. temperatures between 7 and 9 degrees celsius. some brighter spells, slightly warmer on sunday and certainly warming up next week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty
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and charlie stayt. our headlines today: tougher penalities for uk citizens who travel to conflict zones like syria under new terror laws. the devastating cost of using a phone while driving. we'll hear how technology could help police clamp down on those breaking the law. he was driving a lethal weapon, effectively blind because he was using his mobile phone, and many other drivers are doing that. it is not a soft crime. a last selfie from space — the first private mission to the moon crashes on landing. good morning, as another brexit day comes and goes, how does business prepare for a deadline that keeps on moving? i am in that there is haulage firm, finding out what it could mean for business. in sport, the masters is under way, and ian poulter leads the british charge. he's two shots off the lead after an enthralling
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first day at augusta. actorjohn hannah returns to our screens in medical thriller trust me — he'lljoin us on the sofa. and it is a dry and bright start to the day to day, dry weather lasting through the weekend too, but temperatures are not going to be particularly warm. i'll bring you a full forecast in about 15 minutes. it's friday 12th april, our top story. tougher laws to combat terrorism come into effect in britain from today. under the new legislation, anyone found travelling to a designated area of conflict without good reason could face up to ten years in prison. the home office estimates more than 900 people of national security concern from the uk have travelled to the conflict in syria. caroline rigby reports. shamima begum left her home in east london in 2015 to join the islamic state group. she is just one of hundreds of british citizens and residents who, in recent years, have travelled abroad to live in terror hot spots.
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but under new laws which come into force today, people who do so could face up to ten years in prison. authorities in the uk hope the legislation will boost their ability to tackle the threat from so—called foreign fighters returning home and enable them to disrupt terrorist plots earlier. the home office estimates more than 900 people of national security concern travelled from the uk to engage with the conflict in syria. of these, around 20% were killed whilst overseas, but approximately 40% have since returned home. the home office says the measures will also include longer sentences for several terrorism offences, and it now becomes illegal to publish terrorist material or obtain it online. the home secretary, sajid javid, says the new legislation would...
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exemptions will apply to individuals who have legitimate reasons for being in so—called designated areas, such as aid workers. the new laws will also not allow retrospective prosecutions. caroline rigby, bbc news. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has said the uk government should not extradite julian assange to the us, where he faces a computer hacking charge. the wikilea ks co—founder was arrested for a separate charge at ecuador‘s london embassy yesterday, where he had sought asylum since 2012. mr corbyn said assange should not be extradited for what he calls "exposing evidence of atrocities in iraq and afghanistan." at the white house, president trump was asked if he stood by his remarks during his election campaign that he loved wikileaks. i know nothing about wikileaks, it is not my thing, and i know there is something having to do withjulian assange, i have been seeing what has happened with assange, and that will
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bea happened with assange, and that will be a determination mostly by the attorney general, he was doing an excellent job, so he attorney general, he was doing an excellentjob, so he will be making a determination. i know nothing really about him, it is not my deal in life. there will be more talks today between senior figures from the government and labour about brexit. we're joined now from westminster by our political correspondent iain watson. any progress on the horizon? a lot of mps going back to their constituencies for a nice little break, but we are told these talks are ongoing, what are the signs? that is right, charlie, mps clearly reflecting on the tumultuous events of the past few weeks, but that does not mean that the brexit discussions are not going on behind—the—scenes, so there will be a delegation of government ministers and their shadow labour ministers as well discussing today, i am told, some of the details of potential changes to the details of potential changes to the political declaration, the thing which governs the future relationship between the uk and the eu. butl relationship between the uk and the eu. but i should say, at this stage,
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it is not expected that these talks will reach any kind of conclusion today, there will be no deal between labour and the government today, and there are still serious obstacles in a way of that. partly, they would have to agree some of the detail around any customs arrangement. if to make moves too close to labour, she may see resignations from her own cabinet, just when we get some breathing space over easter. on the other side, some people pushing very ha rd other side, some people pushing very hard with jeremy other side, some people pushing very hard withjeremy corbyn other side, some people pushing very hard with jeremy corbyn from other side, some people pushing very hard withjeremy corbyn from his own shadow cabinet, from his own rank and file, that he should attach any deal to a commitment to another referendum — they are not keen to do that. there will still be big obstacles that. there will still be big o bsta cles in that. there will still be big obstacles in the way, but the incentive for both sides is to avoid fighting the european elections next month, which might give a platform to nigel farage of the brexit party. we are going to hearfrom him in a minute. one other thought, a leaked
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e—mail suggesting that no—deal planning has now been set aside, on hold — explain that. planning has now been set aside, on hold - explain that. that is right, it is not entirely the case, charlie. i have seen the entirety of this memo, and what happened is that the government ratcheted up no—deal preparations, and that is because the eu had not at that stage decided to give us an extension to brexit, a further delay, so extra resources we re further delay, so extra resources were put in, leave was cancelled for some of these civil servants, people in border force, and that has now been stood down because there is an extension at least until october. but the memo makes clear that we could still be facing a no—deal then, and are planning for that continues. iain, thank you for that. nigel farage will be officially launching his party today for elections to the european parliament in may. mr farage set up the brexit
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party after falling out with his former colleagues in ukip. this is about who we are as a country, are we a proper democratic nation? something has gone wrong, the two party system doesn't work anymore, parliament is completely out of touch with the people, and the 23rd of may, the european elections, are just the the 23rd of may, the european elections, arejust the beginning. what we are trying to do is launch a revolution in british politics. the schools watchdog, ofsted, says councils in england have spent tens of thousands of pounds putting excluded children in centres that are not legally registered as schools. up to 6,000 pupils were found attending places suspected of operating outside the law. the government has promised to give ofsted stronger powers to tackle the problem. our education correspondent sean coughlan has more. inspectors investigated more than 500 schools that were unregistered or suspected of operating illegally. in some, they found poor conditions — rat traps, holes in the wall and exposed electrics.
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almost 150 of the investigations were of so—called alternative provision centres, used for children who might have been excluded or taken out of mainstream school. ofsted says it has found councils paying up to £27,00 per yearfor a place, even though the centres are not registered and some left children playing computer games all day. the education watchdog says that the biggest concentrations of unregistered schools are in london and the west midlands, with one in five having a religious link. last year saw the first ever convictions for running an illegal school. but inspectors say the rules on registration are too vague, and they want more powers to shut down those that break the law. the department for education says that it's put in £3 million to help stop illegal schools and that such places are a danger to the quality of education and the welfare of children. sean coughlan, bbc news. overall levels of violence in england and wales
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appear to be declining, despite an increase in knife crime, according to a new study. cardiff university's violence research group looked at data from a&e departments, minor injury units and walk—in centres to determine the number of people who'd been wounded during a violent incident. a our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. every day, there are more victims of knife crime. last year, more people were fatally stabbed in england and wales than at any time since records began after the second world war, but does this mean we've become a more violent society? a new study from cardiff university suggests not. researchers used data from accident and emergency departments to calculate the number of victims of violence. it was estimated that 187,500 people sought treatment last year for injuries after being attacked. that's down 1.7% in 2017, continuing a substantial long—term reduction. the study also found that fewer children and teenagers were treated in hospital after being assaulted.
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this really means that we don't, all of us, need to be more scared than we used to be. violence involving knives is localised, it affects relatively small numbers of people, so, overall, the risk to us all has decreased. according to the survey, there was a small increase in the number of women who were attacked and injured, and a rise of more than 5% among men and women aged 51 and over. the reasons for that are unclear. overall, though, it seems hospitals are seeing fewer victims of violence but many more people who've been attacked with knives. danny shaw, bbc news. from today, us military personnel who identify as transgender must serve under their biological sex, rather than that with which they identify. troops must wear the uniform in line with the gender listed on their birth certificate. president trump announced the policy two years ago, saying it would cut costs and disruption.
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lgbt groups described the policy as cruel and irrational. the musician stevie wonder has made an emotional plea for tougher gun laws in america after the death of nipsey hussle. he was speaking at a memorial service to the american rapper, who was shot dead in los angeles last month. thousands of people gathered to pay tribute to the former gang member turned community activist. it is so painful to know that we don't have enough people taking a position that says, "listen, we must have stronger gun laws." it's almost like the world is becoming blind. those are the main stories this morning. gina martin was at a music festival in 2017 when a man took a photo up her skirt without her knowledge or consent. she reported it to police
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but discovered he had not broken the law. she has spent the last 18 months campaigning against what's known as upskirting, and from today new legislation makes it a criminal offence in england and wales. gina martinjoins us now from central london. iam i am pleased to say we can talk to gina now, morning, you must be ever so pleased with today and what is happening. i feel on top of the world, iam happening. i feel on top of the world, i am on top of the world here! it is fantastic, it has been the most tiring work for two years, i was ready for this day to come. tell me some of the impact you think this change in the law will make. tell me some of the impact you think this change in the law will makem is going to be huge. the first thing i realised at the beginning of the campaign, the petition i started, the first reading, there were 350 comments from young girls and women, some as young as seven who were to scared to go to school because of upskirting, and that was almost two yea rs upskirting, and that was almost two years ago, so you can imagine the amount of messages i have had since, so there is legislation covers every insta nce so there is legislation covers every
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instance and will have a really good effect. so let's talk about what actually happens when an issue of upskirting is reported, the crime of upskirting is reported, the crime of upskirting is reported, the crime of upskirting is reported. who has to prove what? so with upskirting, it is kind of like... it is a fit for purpose law under the sexual offences act, so the important thing when you have been upskirted is to reported. obviously, you want to get as much evidence as you can, whether that be a look at the guy, the picture, the phone, but the important thing is that we remember that sexual violence is not down to the victim, and we should all be better bystanders, you should call it out if you see it happening. better bystanders, you should call it out if you see it happeninglj it out if you see it happening.” suppose what i was trying to get to, this offence now, the purpose of it, just quoting, is to... it is an offence if the purpose of the photograph was to obtain sexual
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gratification or cause humiliation, distress or alarm, and that is what has to be proved now, isn't it? that is correct, i didn't see them taking photos of me, but i saw them on the phone. if you saw a photo online that you thought was taken without consent, you could also report that. it is very alarming in terms of the reports of younger children being victims of this as well, what are the next steps in terms of education and letting particularly younger people now that this is not acceptable? i think that is a really important part of it, that was part of my objective from the beginning. the law change was critical, but also raising awareness of the behaviour that happens, so i am doing workshops with kids, doing talks, lots of my work will be educating kids in schools, i think we have to get the happening with young people at the very beginning so they do not grow up to take part in this behaviour. the worrying thing is that there is a rise these
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incidents, and to think that is because more people are aware of reporting incidents like this, or the most negative way of looking at it, that it is becoming worse?” think it is mostly the first one, but it is definitely also the latter, because there is a slow rise in eight. digital technology is developing at a really fast right, and that is why i wanted to make sure the law change happens soon. but i think it is most likely the former because the amount of stories i have heard, obviously hundreds, the campaign we have done has touched millions of people, reached millions of people, i am really proud of that, so more people are aware of their rights and the practice in general. why do you think it is thought that this is ok to do? i think it is the continuation of violence against women that we deal with, objectifying women's bodies, we see it in the media constantly, so there is an entitlement of people over women's bodies, that is a problem
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societally, so that is why this campaign isa societally, so that is why this campaign is a clear message that it is not ok. we have all clocked your t—shirt, today is a good day — what is your message? you were talking about is not just is your message? you were talking about is notjust being people who feel they are the victim, if you see someone inappropriately behaving towards someone else in this manner, you should now have the confidence to report these. totally, i am such a believer in coming together as a community, i think complex issues need complex solutions, and sexual violence and sexual harassment is a complex issue, so my work going forward , complex issue, so my work going forward, iam complex issue, so my work going forward, i am writing a book at the moment, be the change, because i think we all have a responsibility to do that. what is next for you? this battle has been won.” to do that. what is next for you? this battle has been won. i think i have set the bar quite high by changing the law first! the book comes out in june, changing the law first! the book comes out injune, i havejust finished that, i want to lay my cards on the table and help people do some of the work i have done in
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schools and communities or whatever, andi schools and communities or whatever, and i have started a second campaign that i cannot talk about, but i will soon! come and talk to us about it first, won't you? enjoy your day. thanks. you get a sense of the weather looking over a balcony, i think we can say outside our studios here across the water in salford, there you go. peaceful! very peaceful, enjoying that. i do not know with the weather is peaceful, though, sarah, morning! fairly serene weather up and down the country today, some blue sky around, but it is a cold start, a frost for many this morning, this is the picture in northamptonshire, but pretty similar conditions up and down the country. through the day, things staying largely dry, some sunshine on offer, not everywhere, just one or two showers through the day, but generally a big area of high pressure keeping us dry today and through the weekend. high
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pressure a cross and through the weekend. high pressure across scandinavia, cold easterly winds right across the uk. it isa easterly winds right across the uk. it is a cold, frosty start for many, but plenty of blue sky and sunshine. clouds drifting from the east through today, clouding overfor the likes of aberdeenshire right down towards norfolk and kent, where we could see one or two isolated showers. further west, could see one or two isolated showers. furtherwest, long spells of sunshine, but wherever you are, cold easterly wind will take the edge off the temperatures, which are already pretty chilly. in the east, many will struggle to get out of single figures, 7—9. further west, 13 for the north—west of scotland. into the evening hours, largely dry, more cloud, the odd isolated shower drifting westwards across england and wales, then clearer, colder air moving in from the east. under clear skies, temperatures will plummet once again, tomorrow morning starts: frosty once again, but they should be decent spells of sunshine. a
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battle of low pressure trying to move in from the atlantic, bumping into this big area of high pressure, thatis into this big area of high pressure, that is what winds out, drawing in the cold easterly winds during saturday and into sunday. a lot of dry weather through the day on saturday, light winds for most, breezy around the east coast, expecting just a chance of a shower for east anglia and the south—east. elsewhere, you should stay dry, not particularly warm, only around a 7-12 particularly warm, only around a 7—12 degrees, below par for this time in april. it will turn cloudy and breezy for northern ireland, sunny spells through the morning, but cloud building during sunday afternoon. perhaps not quite as chilly as saturday, but still temperatures not right for the time of year, around about 8—11 degrees on sunday. thing is warming up through next week, so bear with the weather but through the weekend mostly dry and sunny, breezy,
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colder, and watch out for overnight frosts. back to you both. not a single mention of rain, is that right?! in it is staying really dry, you will be unlucky to get an isolated shower, probably towards the south—east. for most of us, no rain in the forecast. there you go that was observant of you! drivers using mobile phones behind the wheel could be identified by new technology being tested by two police forces. thames valley and hampshire police have installed a roadside detector, which activates a warning when a motorist is not using their mobile phone hands free. our home affairs correspondent peter cooke has been to meet a family whose daughter was killed in a crash by a lorry driver using his phone. it's a lovely feeling to know that your child has made a difference in other people's lives. i'm just incredibly sad that she didn't get to do that for the rest of her life.
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kate goldsmith knows more than most the devastating consequences of someone using a mobile phone while driving. her daughter amy, amy's stepbrothers ethan and josh, and the boys' mother, tracy, were all killed by this man on the a34 in berkshire in 2016. thomas croker had been scrolling through music on his phone when he hit a line of stationary traffic. he was jailed for ten years. thomas croker didn't go out intentionally to kill my daughter, but he's not the only one. he was driving a lethal weapon, effectively blind, because he was using his mobile phone, and many other drivers are doing that. it's not a soft crime. kate is now supporting a new initiative by thames valley and hampshire police.
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their road policing unit has become the first in the country to buy these devices to reduce mobile phone use. at the moment, the detector can identify when a passing motorist is using their mobile phone but not on hands—free. the police will then use that information to target particularly the hotspots. those behind the technology hope that in the future they will be able to record registration plates and issue people with fines. tougher penalties for using the phone illegally were introduced in 2017. drivers now face six penalty points or a £200 fine if caught. figures from the rac show 40% of drivers have been checking social media in traffic. statistics show it's males between 26 and 45 who are our targeted audience. this is a joint partnership working. i can't do it on my own. the mobile phone warning system is not a stand—alone. this is just one tool that we, the police, use. four people in that corsa,
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and it had been reduced to the size of lorry tire. drivers caught using their phone were given a chance to hear kate goldsmith's story. her family's life forever scarred by a moment's destruction. a fate she says we can all fall victim to if our mobile behaviours don't change. peter cooke, bbc news. that was 11—year—old aimee goldsmith, who died in a road traffic collision in 2016. you to try it is one of those stories that prompt immediate conversation. next monday sees the start of a week of action by the national police chief council against drivers who use their mobile phone behind the wheel. we are going to talk about brexit for a moment, not least because businesses have been so confused about what has been going on, trying to make plans, and i'm not sure that
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it isa to make plans, and i'm not sure that it is a whole lot clearer today, but there is a delay least. did you know at least 3.5 million goods vehicles travelled from great britain to mainland europe in 2018, so with all of that happening, imagine what the brexit to lay my for the haulage industry. ben is in sa lfo rd , for the haulage industry. ben is in salford, just down the road, at a business that might have to reassess its plans, short and long term. you are right, the biggest problem for them is working out what happens next, because all of this stuff, 98% of all the things we consume in this country, is at some point in its life, delivered via a truck, and they are trying to make sure they have got all the paperwork in place, all the plans to make sure they have got exa ctly all the plans to make sure they have got exactly what they need, so should there be customs checks or delays. what is so interesting about this industry is that it was one that really does rely on things arriving exactly on time, and if you
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think about when we order things online now, we expect delivery in the next couple of days. the industry says that it is because it is so efficient, stuff can get in and out of here so quickly and easily because they do itjust in time. but if there is an associated cost or time with extra paperwork, that could cause real problems, so tricks like this, they have a lot of work to do to make sure they have got everything. what we have been discussing this morning is what the delays could mean, and the uncertainty. this firm had lots of plans in place for the end of march, when we were due to leave the european union. they have now had plans for today, the 12th of april, when we could have left the european union. once again, they could have scrapped those plans. now they are trying to work out what to do for the rest of the year. for all of these firms, it is really difficult — the goalposts moving and they get no answers from business or the
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government. so all of this stuff, look around the track, this comes from europe, it is sent into leicester, their main distribution centre, and all of this stuff will be sent out around the north—west, things supermarkets, shops, and all that sort of thing, they need to make sure it gets to the place it needs to get to go to. later we will meet the boss of this place, find out how he is trying to cope with the uncertainty and make sure stuff gets to where it needs to be. first the news, travel and weather where you are watching breakfast this morning. good morning. it is once again a fairly bright start to the day. lots of sunshine across the uk at the moment. throughout the day to day, a
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bit more cloud developing. it might be quite cloudy throughout this afternoon. most places will stay dry. there are a few showers in the far north—east of scotland. if you have been watching the weather forecast through this week, you will know that high pressure is still dominating conditions towards scandinavia and across the uk, blocking these weather systems from coming in from the west. so, for most of us, it is dry. i mentioned a few showers around the north—east of scotla nd few showers around the north—east of scotland throughout this morning. they could continue into the afternoon. elsewhere, you will see the cloud building into the afternoon. certainly claudia for many of us than we have seen over the last few days. temperature is very similar to the last few days, seven or 9 degrees in the east, 13 or 14 degrees further west. tonight, there will be some cloud floating around, but lengthy clear spells, the chance of a few showers working their way into east anglia and the south—east of england. temperatures generally close to freezing, but
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perhaps above freezing in northern ireland. temperatures here about 5 degrees. this is saturday, the start of the weekend. lots of sunshine, if you showers affecting the far south—east of england still. there was coming on the north—easterly wind. otherwise, plenty of drier weather, plenty of sunshine through the day on saturday. still pretty chilly, temperatures below the average for the time of year. seven or 11 degrees. by sunday, we will see the cloud increasing slightly from northern ireland, and a chance of some rain moving into the far west, perhaps the far west of cornwall, the isles of scilly later on. more cloud on sunday compared to saturday. for most of us it is a dry one, a pretty chilly one, temperatures nine or 11 celsius. as we go through next week, temperatures will eventually start to decline. —— start to climb.
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