tv Breakfast BBC News April 18, 2019 6:00am-8:31am BST
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good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: at least 29 people are dead after a tourist bus crash on the island of madeira — most of the victims are thought to be german holidaymakers. a fourth day of disruption for commuters in london as environmental campaigners vow to continue their demonstrations in the capital. good morning. could you be in line for a £300 pay—out? lawyers say mastercard overcharged businesses for handling credit cards — and it means 46 million of us could get compensation. good morning. the most breathtaking night in the champions league. tottenham beat manchester city, to end their dreams of a quadruple,
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in one of the most thrilling games in the competition's history. pause for a tail — the dogs that are helping out in reading classes. good morning from brighton beach, where it is a chilly start, but the temperature will rise as we go through the day. most of the uk this easter weekend will be warm. warmer for some that around the mediterranean. but this morning watch out for some dense fog. i'll have more in 15 minutes. good morning. it is thursday the 18th of april. al main story: at least 29 people are now known to have died after a tourist bus plunged off a road and overturned on the portuguese island of madeira. another 27 were injured in the accident near the town of canico just outside the capital city, funchal. portugal's president has confirmed all the tourists on the bus were german, but some local people could also be among the casualties.
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our reporter in lisbon, alison roberts, has more. madeira is known for its rugged terrain, and it was on a relatively narrow, winding road in the hills surrounding the capital funchal that a tour bus went out of control on wednesday, plunging down a slope and killing most of its passengers. it and another coach had been transporting a group of german tourists. translation: the information we have is that the bus was relatively new, about five years old. what i can say is that every tourist vehicle and all vehicles on madeira's roads are properly inspected. because of the crash, it is premature to talk about that. in the wake of the accident, portugal's president and prime minister expressed their condolences to the families of the victims and to the german authorities. madeira's regional government has declared three days of mourning.
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more than two dozen injured, including a tour guide and the coach's driver, were taken to a hospital in funchal. the accident happened around 6:30pm wednesday. emergency services were on the scene within minutes, but with many of the victims apparently having been thrown from their seats when the coach came off the road, the death toll was high. according to local officials, the passengers were mainly in their 405. madeira is a popular tourist destination, attracting around 1 million holidaymakers each year, above all from germany and the uk. alison roberts, bbc news, lisbon. the environment secretary, michael gove, says the government has "got the message" on climate change as activists continue to block roads and cause disruption in london and other parts of the uk. mr gove said some of the actions by the pressure group, extinction rebellion, had been "over the top", but that he understood their wish to see more action on climate change. our reporter kathryn stanczyszyn is in central london. kathryn, what sort of disruption can we expect to see today? good morning. protesters are still
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out. what should we expect today. good morning. they are heading into their fourth day at the oxford circus camp this morning. it is a camp. you can see the tense over there and the tents over here and there and the tents over here and the portaloos. that isjust there and the tents over here and the portaloos. that is just for the night shift. they are doing this in shifts. there are people coming to stay overnight, heading home to shower and get food and coming back in the day. extinction rebellion say they want the government to promise to cut carbon emissions by 2025, thatis to cut carbon emissions by 2025, that is their main reason for being here. they have been protesting in four different locations in central london this week, parliament square, waterloo bridge, here at oxford circus, and down at marble arch. that is the only legitimate place they can be. that is why there have just under 400 arrests made in central london in the course of the last four days. have been arrests in edinburgh. public opinion, some
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people spoke to yesterday saying that they are broadly sympathetic to this, but many people are seeing their journeys this, but many people are seeing theirjourneys disrupted. this, but many people are seeing their journeys disrupted. they this, but many people are seeing theirjourneys disrupted. they have spoken to a few cabbies who are not very happy about this. we know extinction rebellion say they are going to try to remain here for up to two weeks. kathryn, thanks very much. sir david attenborough, who has been warning of the impact of climate change for two decades, has given his gravest assessment yet of the threat. in a documentary, which will be broadcast on bbc one tonight, he says that without drastic and urgent action, we face a "man—made disaster on a global scale". it may sound frightening, but the scientific evidence is that if we have not taken dramatic action within the next decade, we could face irreversible damage to the natural world and the collapse of oui’ natural world and the collapse of our societies. we are running out of time, but there is still hope. a project to build a new rail line under london might not be finished
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until 2021, bbc news has been told. crossrail was supposed to open last year but none of the new stations have been finished, and there are concerns about the signalling system. our transport correspondent tom burridge has the story. it's one of the most impressive engineering projects in modern times stop a new high—tech high—capacity rail line underneath central london. but a senior source associated with ci’oss but a senior source associated with cross rail as told bbc news that this railway might not be complete until the spring of 2021. with none of the new stations finished, a best case scenario, i'm told, is the spring of next year. the budget was £14.8 billion. after initial delays we re £14.8 billion. after initial delays were announced, that rose to £17.6 billion. with another delay likely, that figure could rise again. there's so much uncertainty because softwa re there's so much uncertainty because software on the new trains, most —— most of which sit idle, still not fully compatible with signalling in the tunnel. we are told marrying
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them up is proving much harder than was originally envisaged. this is the first train that will run on the eastern overground the first train that will run on the eastern overg round branch the first train that will run on the eastern overground branch of the new route. featured in a bbc document, the loan will carry vast numbers of passengers from east to west across london. the initial delay was only made public last summer, just weeks before the line was supposed to open. cross rail says testing of the trains and signalling is now progressing well. it plans to announce a new target for opening by the end of this month. two other senior rail sources say they have been told that a 2021 finish is now likely. tom burridge, bbc news. the bbc children's television star mya—lecia naylor has died suddenly at the age of 16.
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mya—lecia appeared in the shows "millie inbetween" and "almost never". the cbbc website announced the news of her death, which happened 11 days ago, saying she was a "much—loved" part of the family. there are warnings that some unexplained moves by pupils between schools in england, could include schools wanting to remove difficult children. a report from the education policy institute found 55,000 unexplained moves over a 5—year period, raising concerns about the practice called "off—rolling". a department for education spokesman said it's against the law to remove pupils on the basis of academic results. it's affecting the most vulnerable pupils in our schools today. and it's happening in a relatively small number of schools, where this kind of behaviour is taking place. and we need to really understand what's driving that behaviour. is it accountability from government? is it funding pressures? or are schools genuinely struggling to meet the needs of our most vulnerable pupils? north korea has test—fired a new "tactical guided weapon" with a "powerful warhead" according to the country's state media. it's the first test of this kind since denuclearisation talks
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between leader kim jong—un and us president donald trump ended without agreement in february. last week, mr kim said mr trump needed to have the "right attitude" for talks to continue. rabbits have been hopping around britain for much longer than previously thought — that's according to scientists who have discovered a bone dating from the roman period. it was found at fishbourne roman palace in west sussex, and shows the rabbit was alive the first century ad. it was previously thought rabbits were introduced to the isles in medieval times. do you want to know some rabbit fa cts ? do you want to know some rabbit facts? do you know what a pinky is? good morning, mike. a small rabbit? it isa good morning, mike. a small rabbit? it is a rabbit hop. it is when they jump it is a rabbit hop. it is when they jump and twist and kick their feet. is this in rabbit as showjumping or
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in the normal world? is this in rabbit as showjumping or in the normalworld? achan picture what you mean. they have rabbit showjumping in scandinavia. they once made a programme about the history of rabbatts and i did not know that. and i've told people that they were introduced by the normans in 1066. that is wrong other bones have been discovered. do you know what else is a myth about rabbits, you should not be feeding them too many carrots. i am ashamed now, by my programme. luckily it was a long time ago. carrots are high in sugar so they should only be fed in small amounts. yeah. what should you feed rabbatts? something else. you are going to take us through a remarkable night of football. some say it was the best football game ever. it was madness. i will go through the papers later and what they are saying about it. first of all, five games in 21
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minutes. in the end, the spurs got a late goal. raheem sterling to think he got it for manchester city, pep guardiola is there. the ar had a say in both incidents. it all comes down doorway goals. 4-3 onenote. two manchester city ——on the night. doorway goals. 4-3 onenote. two manchester city --on the night. even though it is 4—3 on the night two manchester city... three of them are way more. so tottenham go through on the away goals rule. tottenham are celebrating reaching the semifinals of the champions league. after bonkers game, raheem stering looked to have snatched the win right at the end, for city with a goal in the 92nd minute, only for it to be ruled out for offside by var. their dreams of a quadruple ended, spurs move on to play ajax.
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look at the reactions there. much easier for liverpool. they're through to the semifinals thanks to a 4—1win over porto — mo salah amongst the scorers. they'll face barcelona in the last four. manchester united's women have been promoted to the women's super league, in their first season back as a professional team. they sealed promotion in style, with a 5—0 win over aston villa last night. and the man who was due to fight anthonyjoshua on june 1st, jarrell miller, has been denied his boxing license, after providing an adverse sample to anti—doping authorities. the american has asked for a b sample, but that bout in new york, is now in real doubt. eye brought all the papers in because they are so much reaction. good. we will look through in just a moment. what would you like to do this weekend, it will be sunny, i think 25 degrees is on the cards. you need to go to the beach. let us go now. let us. carol gets all the
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plum jobs. look at that view. good morning. good morning to you. isn't it stunning on brighton beach? a very tranquil scene this morning. they can't tell you a lie, it is chilly first thing. the temperature, as naga said, is going to ramp up. additionally as we go through the course of the weekend. in fact, if we look at the temperatures we are expecting in the uk on saturday, which looks like the peak of the heat, if you compare del moral and sheffield, reading, to some of the costis sheffield, reading, to some of the cost is an the algarve, look at the difference. we are in the low to mid 20s and they are not. they are around 19—21. if you know anyone going away for the easter weekend that they are probably cursing right now. watch out for dense fog this morning. we have that across parts of eastern scotland and eastern england, particularly lincolnshire, the east midlands, and east anglia. that will lift and break. for most of us we are looking at a sunny day,
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hazy at times. quite breezy once again. noticeably so. especially on the north sea coastline which will bring back the temperatures they touch. inland looking at highs of 20-21. touch. inland looking at highs of 20—21. through the evening and overnight there will be clear skies. one or two showers across northern scotland. also some low cloud and some mist and fog coming in once again from the north sea. not a particularly cold night. tomorrow we start with all of that. one or two showers in the north. low cloud, mist, and fog will tend to lift. for good friday we are looking at a lot of sunshine. almost wall—to—wall blue skies. it will be a beautiful day. we will see sea breezes develop. it will be cold on the coast if you do come to the coast. temperature is 21 — 22, possibly 23. on saturday we see the peak of the head. once again we will have the sunshine with mist and fog patches when they left. we could see some of
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that getting into northern ireland, with some light rain or some drizzle. away from that, temperatures of pretty hope wherever you are for the time of year. does make pretty high. the front is bringing patchy cloud in across western scotland and northern ireland. it sinks further south. then it retreats and goes back to the north—west of scotland. so you might start off on a cloudy night on easter sunday, it should brighten up. and, again, temperatures way above where they should be at this time of year. if you go to the coast, bear in mind we are looking at sea breezes, so temperatures widely into the high teens or indeed towards the mid—20s. by easter monday, that has been giving us a headache, blocking the high pressure we have over scandinavia will keep it away to the north—west of scotland. if you are in the north—west of scotland, you will see more cloud and spots of rain, but for the rest of the uk we are
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looking at a fair bit of sunshine. temperatures are still pretty good for the time of year. one last thing, we have been talking about the north sea coast all week, naga and charlie, saying how cool it is because of the onshore breeze. as we go through the next few days the temperatures on the north sea coast won't be as high as they will be in line. they will not be as low as they have been either. so a good start of the day in brighton. back to you in the studio. carol, we were debating, can we set our lives for when you are going in the sea. we think it looks lovely and warm,
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