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that is 'fl".->< that is taking a he has tried that. that is taking a bit of practice. incredible. don't forget there is much more on the website, the build—up to the champions league as manchester city host tottenham in the quarterfinal of the champions league, and liverpool have that 2—0 advantage at the quarterfinal in porto. all the action on the website, and in radio 5 live. we will have more for you throughout the evening. it might. —— good night. holly hamilton at the bbc sports centre. more on the news that french government is announce table be an international competition to find the best ideas for rebuilding iconic notre—dame. prime minister edouard philippe says they want to replace the spire which crumbled in flames
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as the fire reached its height with something adapted to the techniques and challenges of aria. the news has caused some controversy. earlier our paris correspondent hugh schofield discussed this proposal with somebody from the paris school of architecture and another architect. i have a problem with the spire, i think the competition is too limited to just think the competition is too limited tojust an think the competition is too limited to just an object. a spire is quite vain and there is the confusion with a spire and a tall building, it is quite vague to do 100 metres high in the centre of paris. it could be interesting to open the roof and perspire and have a general proposition. we can see now, it is a fantastic terrace and all the timber inside, and the forest of oak, to put a forest on the top, to have a
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roof... put a forest on the top, to have a roof. . . a put a forest on the top, to have a roof... a real, green forest? yes, first it could be the memory of what burns secondly could be something good for the environment, for biodiversity. it is hard to know what to do that i think it will be quite interesting and challenging to do something. could they decide to do something as dramatic as that, to say the 21st—ce ntu ry dramatic as that, to say the 21st—century is a new era, the environment is extraordinarily important to people, why do we need a conventional roof, why not something different? historical monuments, one theory says, should bend to the time we are as human beings living right now. it could be very interesting to add some things from the 21st—century. i think what architect should do is dreaming. dreaming forthe
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think what architect should do is dreaming. dreaming for the future of notre—dame. two architects with hugh schofield outside notre—dame earlier. pa rents of outside notre—dame earlier. parents of premature baby should be allowed extra pa rental leave, according to campaigners. at the moment it is at the discretion of employers and many face going back to work whilejuggling employers and many face going back to work while juggling ongoing medical appointments. we have been looking at the issues to market neonatal mental health week. every year, tens of thousands of premature babies are born in the uk. for some others, this can mean weeks in hospital alongside their baby. things like changing her nappy, may be getting her out and feeding her. i will stay until about apm, for 30 pm,i i will stay until about apm, for 30 pm, i will go home with my husband, eta and then we come back for the evening. meanwhile, maternity leave it slowly slipping away. i am not at home with my baby, there are mothers
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at home with a doing more more —— normal things but i'm coming to hospital everyday. i will only be able to spend proper time with her when she is back home, she will not be sitting down properly and i will be sitting down properly and i will be back to work, it is unfair. the sights and scents of the royal 0ldham remind me of my time on a unit like this with my little boy born nine weeks early and weighing just three lbs. even as you are totally focused on the care of your little one, in the back of your mind you are weighing up the potential financial impact. but some organisations are beginning to change parental leave policy. rachelle had triplets at 25 weeks, all weighing less than two brakes each. when my employer said your maternity leave has started now, you start calculating, by the time i go back to work they will be really
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young, you start thinking about, i have lost out on this, all of your finances, how am i going to cope? will i had to leave my employment? how will i support myself and then? heron players, waltham forest council, where one of the first to extend maternity pay. they paid her for the 1a weeks her babies were in hospital. having that reassurance and stability is a huge help and difference. 0ther stability is a huge help and difference. other organisations are beginning to follow their lead, including the bbc. 0ne mother of premature babies has been driving this change. campaigning for government to make this change for families whose babies are born premature, a couple of years ago they introduced acas
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guidelines, they do not go far enough, we need to make sure all parents finding themselves in neonatal intensive care have the additional time they need. the government says it is reviewing pa rental government says it is reviewing parental rights for parents of premature babies. meanwhile, for these babies it is taking each day one tiny step at a time. rachel, bbc news. now foran astonishing film of elephants in the world to uncovering the rate of deforestation, a new bbc documentary series hopes to tell the story of the planet is never seen before. earth from space uses cameras hundreds of miles in the atmosphere to explore some of the world's most remote habitats. from space... the view of our planet is breathtaking. satellites orbiting the earth can 110w satellites orbiting the earth can now look down on it and absolutely
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extraordinary detail. using cameras on the ground, in the airand in space, using cameras on the ground, in the air and in space, we can tell the story of life on earth from a brand—new perspective. ata time brand—new perspective. at a time when the earth's surface is changing faster than at any point in human history, we can seejust what impact we are having. you can see earth from space tonight at 9pm on bbc one. now let's look at him and who also has access to cameras up above us, ben rich with the weather forecast.
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things had started feeling considerably warmer across much of the uk, a trend that will continue. we started today with areas of fog and cloud, but much of that has been breaking up to reveal sunny skies. we keep sunshine into the first part of the evening, and overnight many places keep clear skies. it looks like we will develop extra cloud close to the east coast which will roll in land and make for misty, murky conditions in places, temperatures between five and 9 degrees, possibly grass frost across the far north—east of scotland. early cloud, list and fog will break up early cloud, list and fog will break up tomorrow and we expect large amounts of sunshine. quite a keen south—easterly breeze if you're exposed to that along some north sea coasts, might feel chilly but coming on land we are looking at heights of between 17 and 21. those temperatures continue to climb on good friday, by saturday some others will get up to the middle 20s
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celsius. —— some of us will get up to.
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you're watching beyond 100 days. just two days after notre—dame was engulfed in flames, thoughts turn to restoration. the donations have been pouring in and president macron met with his cabinet to plan the steps ahead. bells rang across france a short time ago to mark the moment the fire started, as new pictures are released of the damage inside the cathedral. the mueller report is released tomorrow — at least the bits we're being allowed to see. buckle up for a fight to get the rest. also on the programme: peru's former president has died after shooting himself in the head — alan garcia was being investigated as part of a massive bribery probe.
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