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) good morning welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and jon kay. our headlines today: brexit backlash — the conservatives suffer their worst local election performance for nearly 25 years, senior cabinet ministers plead for unity. cyclone fani bea rs
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down on north—east india — more than one million people are evacuated from their homes. ceremonies are taking place in thailand as part of three days of events marking the coronation of the new king. iam i am live at euston station where passengers are facing destruction this weekend. i will have the latest. a record breaking day ahead at wembley. west ham are looking to cause an upset and beat the might of manchester city, in the women's fa cup final, with over 50 thousand tickets sold. good morning. the weather is looking a bit mixed through the bank holiday weekend, although feeling colder with some sunshine and a few showers around. a full forecast in about 15 minutes. it's saturday, may the 4th. our top story: after its worst local election performance in nearly 25 years, conservative cabinet ministers are calling for the party to unite.
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after losing 1,300 council seats, calls are growing for theresa may to set a date for her departure. there were also heavy losses for labour, but big gains for smaller parties and independents. let's speak now to our political correspondent, nick eardley, whojoins us from our london newsroom. we spoke to david gauke earlier he was quite resolute that theresa may should remain in thejob, she is the person to take us through bags. you are hearing that message from a numberof cabinet are hearing that message from a number of cabinet ministers over the la st number of cabinet ministers over the last 24—hour is or so, that despite that absolute hammering for the party, their worst local election result in a quarter of a century, that theresa may needs to be the person that steers them over the next few months and tries to deliver breaks its. the prime minister and the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, have been pretty clear that they think briggs was the cause of their pure results. they are going to
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spend time next week trying to come to some sort of compromise that could get brexit over the line and deliver the withdrawal parts, anyway, of the process. the problem is there is still huge division in both of the parties, so the conservatives still have many who think the prime minister is not going farenough, think the prime minister is not going far enough, they are going to continue to make that argument. and on the labour side there are some saying, if you look at the results of the lib dems and the greens, who made massive gains in those local elections, they are both pro and other referendum, staying in the eu. maybe we could learn a thing or two from them. —— both in support of another referendum. later, we'll be speaking to the liberal democrat leader, sir vince cable. that's at 9:10am. cyclone fani has hit india's eastern coastline, bringing torrential rain and winds of up to 125 miles per hour. eight people have reportedly
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been killed, and more than one million have been evacuated from their homes. richard forrest reports. as cyclone fani bowed up india's east coast, towns and cities further north were preparing for it to hit. in west bengal, trains were chained to the tracks as the state's rail network was closed down, causing travel misery for thousands. and at kolkata's airport, everyone hoping to travel was out of luck with every flight cancelled. i'm going to ranchi. so now our flight has been cancelled so we have to stay here with two children. i need to go to delhi and start my preparations for my exams but i'm not able to catch flight today and even i'm not able to book flight for tomorrow, day after tomorrow and 3—4 days ahead. fani, one of the biggest storms to come out of the bay of bengal in the past decade, made landfall in puri before heading north—east towards kolkata and moving on to bangladesh.
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more than a million people were evacuated from the low—lying coastal areas. and this is why. winds of 200km/h have ripped down trees and torn roofs of buildings. electricity poles have been toppled and windows blown out. weather forecasters say fani is weakening but still poses a major threat as it heads to bangladesh. officials in india say their mass evacuation efforts appear to have been successful and now their attention will turn to assessing the true scale of the damage in rural areas. richard forrest, bbc news. north korea has test fired several short—range missiles overnight. it's the first major weapons test since the failed summit between donald trump and kimjong—un in february. the united states says it's monitoring the situation. a passenger plane with more than 100 people on board,
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has slipped off the runway into a river, next to jacksonville airport in florida. the local mayor says that everyone on board the boeing 737 is "alive and accounted for", and that the plane was not submerged. boeing say they're "aware of the incident" and are gathering information. rail passengers are being warned to expect disruption to theirjourneys this weekend, as bank holiday engineering work gets underway. one of the uk's busiest stations, london euston, will be closed completely. 0ur reporter, leigh milner, is there for us this morning. how much disruption is expected? you are on your you are on your own you are on your own there!” you are on your own there! i know! no one is around. maybe they got the message that this one is closed. i think the gates are a bit of a giveaway. 0ver think the gates are a bit of a giveaway. over the weekends, think the gates are a bit of a giveaway. 0verthe weekends, some stations including euston will be
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closed because hundreds of engineering works are taking place. they are happening because fewer passengers apparently travel during the bank holiday weekend. let me just remind you of some of the lines which will be affected. starting with the west coast mainline, some stations including houston will be closed. some stations between london and glasgow. engineering works will affect south—western railway trains from london waterloo to clapham junction and barnes. and there is also disruption on the thames link services to and from london st pancras international. if you are travelling from essex today, which i am, buses will be replacing some of the trains between shenfield and southend victoria. network rail say other operators including virgin trains and london north—western railway will also be affected in preparation for the hs two. lots going on. the obvious advice is, you
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guessed it, check before you travel. we well and we will check in with you later and get some more detail. a three—day ceremony is getting underway in thailand, to mark the coronation of its new king. the event comes two years after the previous king died. he had been on the throne for seventy yea rs. 0ur south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, joins us from bangkok. it's going to be a remarkable day and days of ceremony. good morning. yes, the very colourful and ornate ceremony, the last coronation we saw. it digs deep into traditions established over many hundreds of years, leading both hindu traditions and buddhist traditions. this is a predominantly buddhist country. most people won't have seen it before. there has been a huge amount of information in the media over the la st information in the media over the last few days, explaining what all these various stages of the
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coronation mean. we have seen the most important stages this morning when the king was ritually based on sacred water that was gathered from five rivers, that are supposed to represent the five original sacred rivers in hindu mythology. he was then anointed by eight significant figures, three of them former army commanders, reminding us of the important partnership between the military in thailand, which is in government right now, and the monarchy. then he placed a pointed crown on his own head, weighing 7.83 kilos. it had to be strapped under his chin. his new queen, his partner for the last several years, who he married only this week, was formally recognised anti—gave his first royal command, promising to rein with righteousness and for the benefit of the thai people. —— and he gave his first royal command. there will be a ceremonial walk around tomorrow.
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fascinating deal tell. thanks very much. 7.3 kilos is the weight of the crown. imagine seven bags of sugar on your head. no wonder it has to be strapped in. i wonder how long you have to wear it for. hopefully not too long. hopefully not too long. could this be the uk's oldest duck? this is ernie, who turned 21 this week. that is a good birthday, a special birthday. that is a good birthday, a special birthday. his owner, chloe timberlake, believes he may now be a record holder. the guinness book of world records lists the oldest duck as a 20—year—old mallard from berkshire. chloe says ernie has slowed down in his older age, but is still enjoying life.
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he has company there as well. we we re he has company there as well. we were asking this morning, how do you work out how old a duck is?|j were asking this morning, how do you work out how old a duck is? i had a very mean tweets. if i can get it up on the screen, how do you age a duck? put it in the microwave until its bill withers. that's terrible. clive has a slightly nicer one. just look at the original bill to age a duck. i like these. thank you for engaging with this, we are enjoying it. it is 11 minutes past eight. the nice to ducks! the weather for us shortly. more than 20—percent of four and five—year—olds in england are obese, according to figures from public health england. so, what's the solution? well, the answer could lie in leeds — where parents are getting classes in how to encourage their children to be healthy — and obesity levels are falling.
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0ur correspondent, danny savage, reports. when it comes to stopping children being overweight, leeds is getting it right. special classes across the city, paid for with public funds, are being partially credited with helping. the parents of these children recently completed the course, and are now confident about child versus food. they are allowed crisps but there's a price, you have to be good all weekend, be good all week. at the weekend, when you're watching a movie, you can have a packet of popcorn or you can have chocolate. not lecturing but giving parents strategies appears to be the key. it would be things like, you know, "do you want broccoli or carrots with your tea?", rather than, you know, just "what do you want for tea?" that already sort of gets rid of the oven chips. "do you want to go out and do some activity? "do you want to go to the park? "do you want to go on the swings?" again, that already restricts them from thinking about, "well,
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do i want to use the computer or watch tv? " and the effect is measurable. if you put it in real terms, that means that about 625 fewer children are starting school already obese, just in the city of leeds. i think that gives us some hope that, actually, this problem can be turned around. that was danny savage reporting. joining us now arejo medd and nicola charnock, from the charity ‘henry‘, which runs a project to encourage families to eat better. and laura raistrick, a mother of two, who's been to one of the courses. good morning. what did you get out of this course? it was a class that i was of this course? it was a class that iwasa of this course? it was a class that i was a bit sceptical about at first. i thought maybe itjust means healthy eating and we do eat healthy. i thought we were living a healthy. i thought we were living a healthy lifestyle. i have two kids, one who is five and one he was
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three. i had parents telling me and other parents how good the course was. ijoined the one thatjoe was running. i learned that it wasn't just about food, it was about attitude towards an all—round healthy lifestyle. doing things as a family, reward systems. doing stuff together outside of the house. have you seen a massive change? definitely, especially with my youngest. i have noticed tips on things i have learnt on the course, ican things i have learnt on the course, i can put them into my parenting with my younger child. that has made a big difference for her behaviour. she is happier to eat healthy and join in activities instead of when my son was younger, he always wanted to sit in front of the tv. he would go to school, come home and want to
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sit on his ipad. did you have concerns about their weight or anything? i never had concerns until idid the anything? i never had concerns until i did the course and thought i could be doing more of this. laura has come to this with quite a positive attitude. he spoke to other parents who said the course was great. there are going to be parents who will say, how dare you tell me my child is obese or i'm not bringing up my child well? how dare you criticise me? how do you break through those barriers? yes, i think really we wouldn't ever say that to someone! we would never approach it in that way. we make the offer of the programme to parents because we can all learn together, every facilitator that runs a programme is learning with the parents as well. working in partnership. do you offer it to working in partnership. do you offer ittoa working in partnership. do you offer it to a group or target specific pa rents ? it to a group or target specific parents? it is a universal offer in
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various places. it is offered to groups of parents. and then individual parents may be targeted as well if it is a health visitor or family outreach worker. but not necessarily always food, it can be around a child's behaviour or family boundaries, so it covers the whole lot. how do you make sure it is working? how do you monitor success? we have been running for about ten years and with every programme we deliver we ask the parents, when they firstjoin, to do deliver we ask the parents, when they first join, to do a deliver we ask the parents, when they firstjoin, to do a bit of a self reflection and complete a questionnaire. at the end we ask them to complete the same questionnaire. we take the feedback the parents give us very seriously. what sort of things they have found work 12 for their family, what things were interesting to them and how that helps them make changes. —— worked well for their family. things they have found not so helpful, we
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have adapted the programme to make sure it works for families. we are working on our accessibility at the moment. in bradford we are looking into different —— delivering a programme in polish. we have volunteers who support some of our programmes to increase accessibility. we are constantly trying to make this programme as releva nt trying to make this programme as relevant as it can be for families. what is the target? well! you can say to eliminate obesity but that's not going to happen. what is an achievable target? our main target is around supporting families to feel more confident to be able to give their children a healthy start in life. tackling childhood obesity isa in life. tackling childhood obesity is a target for us but, actually, if we can make parents feel a little bit more confidence that they are doing the right thing with their children,. how many can you reach? as many as we are asked to. in leeds
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they have commissioned more than 90 programmes per year. that would be reaching around 1000 families. that isa reaching around 1000 families. that is a target for that city. it really depends. we are a charity so it all depends. we are a charity so it all depends on where people once our services. we are happy to go anywhere that will have us! but obviously the services have to be commissioned. nicola was saying there about the importance of feedback from parents. what did you learn, how did you think it could be even better? the feedback is a good one. some people want to know about it more. because i can like some pa rents, it more. because i can like some parents, but i don't need a parent course. i'm doing everything i think is fine, but actually you can never ta ke is fine, but actually you can never take too much information or have help or support. even when these groups are on, they are not overly big when they do it. it's notjust
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the support of who is running it but the support of who is running it but the other families as well. you can share tips and ideas. maybe just getting then that first barrier. did some of your mates ask you why you are doing it? i had a few people say ididn't are doing it? i had a few people say i didn't need to go to a parenting class and i work with children so what else did i need to know? but sharing ideas and tips is really useful. there were things that weren't so simple but i didn't think to try. give us a tip! with my daughter i thought she wasn't bothered about stickers just for whatever, and we started a little jarand whatever, and we started a little jar and the children can give us, as pa rents, jar and the children can give us, as parents, give us rewards and we can give them. we have been doing that every day for the past year. what was the last reward we got? probably for eating my own breakfast! i give my daughter awards for eating her
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brea kfast my daughter awards for eating her breakfast and not messing around. they like to give me and their dad milestones. i might get one for you! sigh unlike myjar milestones. i might get one for you! sigh unlike my jar would milestones. i might get one for you! sigh unlike myjar would be empty by the end. it has been lovely talking to you. 8:20am. it is not bank holiday weekend now, is it? yes! i just got really confused. perhaps you want to get out and about. use the example we have been talking about here, with the family. is the weather going to be kind to you? good morning. the weather is looking a bit mixed through the bank holiday weekend, but if you have outdoor plans it is not looking too bad. some blue sky and sunshine around. this is the scene this morning in devon. the cloud is cleared away, the sun is out. what you will notice
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this weekend as those temperatures, taking a bit of a nosedive, feeling cold air over the next few days. don't let that stop you getting out. sunny spells, a few scattered showers but the winds today easing through sunday and into bank holiday monday. there are some showers this morning, particularly around the east coast of england, and some entry showers. you will notice the strength of the winds. let's take a look at the wind this afternoon, the black numbers are the gusts. gusts around 45 or even 50 mph, particularly around the east coast of scotla nd particularly around the east coast of scotland and eastern england. further west, still breezy. scattered showers for central and eastern parts bringing hail with the old rubble of thunder. for the south—west of england, wales and northern ireland, you should stay dry. temperatures between nine to 14 degrees. 0ut dry. temperatures between nine to 14 degrees. out of the breeze that won't feel too bad. the showers will
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tend to ease away, one or two continuing overnight in the east. i bit more cloud rolling in across parts of scotland and northern ireland tonight. under clear skies it will be a cold night for many of us. a touch of grass frost first thing tomorrow morning. an area of high pressure building through the day tomorrow, which will mean fewer showers than today and also the winds not quite as strong. still quite breezy in the east tomorrow. you could catch a few isolated showers towards east anglia. more cloud will bring some rain and hill snow across parts of scotland. elsewhere a lot of dry weather, quite a good deal of sunshine. temperatures only around 9014 degrees. feeling cooler around the east coast. at least we will have lost the wind—chill of today. bank holiday monday, a few spots of rain particularly through northern ireland, northern england, the midlands. either side of that a band of rain, a good deal of dry weather.
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some sunshine on offer. top ten routers around nine to 12 degrees. much colder than it was this time last year when we had a record—breaking warm early may bank holiday. things turning more u nsettled holiday. things turning more unsettled as low—pressure works in from the atlantic. through next week it is going to turn quite wet and windy at times. staying cool but we have had a very dry april so some of this rain next week will be quite welcome. back to you. thank you. you're watching breakfast from bbc news, it's time now for a look at the newspapers. historian tessa dunlop is here to tell us what's caught her eye. good morning. hello, there is a lot of cove rage of good morning. hello, there is a lot of coverage of the local elections and their fallout. i think you have the mirror there which says we need
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the mirror there which says we need the duchess of sussex's baby to relieve the pressure. some people would argue they don't deserve that kind of break. it is a drubbing for both, a plague on both your houses is what ruth davis said was the message. in the mirrorthey is what ruth davis said was the message. in the mirror they say it isa message. in the mirror they say it is a big national raspberry blown at the two main parties. the only clear winner was vince cable who will be talking to in about 40 minutes. he is possibly regretting announcing his resignation as leader of the lib dems. indeed, the only leader who is definitely going and his party gains more than 700 seats. there's quite a nice picture of him looking rather statesman—like the guardian. 0ne nice picture of him looking rather statesman—like the guardian. one of the reasons he said he was going to retire was it seems like despite the mess of brexit, the lib dems weren't making great ground. but this is real vindication of their stance which is one message, we want a vote and we want to remain, and stick with it. which is the exact opposite
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of what the labour party have done where they haven't declared either way. there's quite a lot of interesting analysis. that is one way of looking at it because we spoke to all the parties yesterday. 0ne spoke to all the parties yesterday. one of the questions i put to a lib dems mp was, actually, is it that the lib dems have done enough for just that people are rejecting the two main parties through frustration? and the lib dems are the alternative? what they say? they said they were over the moon because they had done so well. that is the other way of looking at it. in the 2017 election, where the result was indecisive but still the two main parties got most of the votes, and consta ntly parties got most of the votes, and constantly we were told by pundits across—the—board, especially conservatives and labour mps, 80% of the population voted for parties who wa nt the population voted for parties who want to leave, who have revoked article 50. a lot of voters think thatis article 50. a lot of voters think that is a mess representation of why
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we voted. this time may be they don't want their vote to be misrepresented. either way, 75, don't want their vote to be misrepresented. eitherway, 75, not bad. three years older than tran. i think there is life in, i was going to say the old dog, don't want to talk about him like that.” to say the old dog, don't want to talk about him like that. i was wondering how long that is in dock yea rs. wondering how long that is in dock years. i saw that feature, i nearly rang my mum who is really into birdlife! now we are seeing what might happen in the european elections. it could be a totally different set of results with the bra kes different set of results with the brakes party. given the extent of the conservative losses, and they only really had the protest vote in the remain camp, green and the liberals ina the remain camp, green and the liberals in a couple of weeks. we also have them being tethered on the other side with the tentlike vote. people will go in for the kill on
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that front as well. this story as well, caster semenya. it's very sensitively written. she really nails it in this article. caster semenya is one of the world's finest athletes. fastest female runners. 0ne possibly for the last time last night in doha in the 800 metres, the reason being she was born with intersex traits which means she has a very high testosterone levels. years ago we wouldn't have known this, she would have won her races is on one but science means we can now measure different levels. partly because people are looking for drugs. there has been no allegation of that, this is all about the way she was born. her biological advantage. this article explains the road this girl has been on from young childhood where she used to have to go into the toilet sometimes and prove to rival athletics teams that she was a girl. and expose
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herself in that way so that she could run as the woman she was born. what's fascinating, and the article elucidates brilliantly, that sports still requires that binary man woman. because men outstrip women so comprehensively, physically, in athletics. society no longer recognises that. it is a fluid, grey area, unisex and way beyond. we can choose what we want to be, who we wa nt choose what we want to be, who we want to be. that's why this ruling, which seems to be fair for sportswomen, actually leaves a really nasty taste in the mouth. she has dealt with this with great dignity. very successful yesterday, and she says no human can stop me running. ican and she says no human can stop me running. i can only sympathise. what she is going through. she's going to race in the 1,500 metres now because there isn't the same ruling. 5,000.
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thank you. 5,000. unless the rules chaser. it's very difficult and all about modernity and where science chases us. time has flown. we haven't got to line of duty, the most important story. thanks very much. stay with us. news coming up ina much. stay with us. news coming up in a second.
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hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and naga munchetty. coming up before nine, we'll be live at the badminton horse trials. city will have all the weather and mike will have the sport. let's have a summary of the main news stories. senior conservatives are calling for unity, after the party's worst local election performance in nearly 25 years. after losing 1,300 council seats, calls are growing for theresa may to set a date for her departure. there were also heavy losses for labour, but big gains for smaller parties and independents. votes are still being counted
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in northern ireland, where 462 seats are being contested in 11 council areas. the full results may not be confirmed until late tonight. so far, much like in the rest of the uk, smaller parties have been making some gains. 0ur correspondent, john campbell joins us now from belfast. what is the picture the? on the one hand, you could say that nothing much is changing her. the dup will still be the largest unionist party, sinn fein will still be the largest nationalist party and no councils will change hands. but beneath that surface there are some interesting things going on. there has been a surge of support for the middle grand alliance party which does not define itself as international star unionist. it is very well in belfast and more importantly for that party, it's picking up seats where it has not been elected for years. —— does
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not been elected for years. —— does not define itself as nationalist or unionist. we will have a more plural belfast city council and, speaking of pluralism, the dup have had their first ever openly gay candidate returned. a woman called alice pennington. she has been elected and greater belfast. —— alison bennington. her candidacy was not without controversy. the dup has conservative roots. something members were saying that people had been unhappy that she was even a candidate. many will be very content that she has been elected. is not in terms of their views in terms of same sex marriages as well? one of the senior members concerns last
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night was that the election of alison bennington will result in the dup changing its party policy and coming round to support gay marriage. the party senate that is not going to happen, but that discussion was out in the open last night. —— the party say that is not going to happen. thank you for taking us do that. taking us through that. the time is eight 30 3am. —— 830 tm. ceremonies are getting under way in thailand, to mark the coronation of its new king. the rituals, taking place at the royal palace in bangkok, are intended to symbolise the transformation of the king into a divine being. it comes after two years of mourning for the previous king, who ruled for 70 years. north korea has test fired several short—range missiles overnight. it's the first major weapons test since the failed summit between donald trump
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and kimjong—un in february. the united states says it's monitoring the situation. cyclone fani has hit india's eastern coastline, bringing torrential rain and winds of up to 125 mph. eight people have reportedly been killed, and more than one million than one million have been evacuated from their homes. it's the most powerful storm to hit the region in years. rail passengers are being warned to expect disruption to theirjourneys this weekend, as bank holiday engineering work gets under way. one of the uk's busiest routes, the west coast mainline, will be closed between london euston and milton keynes. there's also a reduced service for east midlands trains services into london st pancras. passengers are being asked to check theirjourneys before setting off and use alternative routes. police are stepping up security at mosques across the uk, in response to fears that they could be targetted during ramadan, which begins this weekend. there has been concern over safety among some in the muslim community, following the new zealand and sri lanka attacks. police say there have been no specific threats, and people should continue
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to worship as normal. a passenger plane with more than 100 people on board, has slipped off the runway into a river, next to jacksonville airport in florida. the local mayor says that everyone on board the boeing 737 is "alive and accounted for", and that the plane was not submerged. boeing say they're "aware of the incident" and is gathering information. now for the sport. can the underdogs beat manchester city. . more than 50,000 tickets, have been sold for the fixture between west ham and manchester city as the defending champions look to do the double over a team who are chasing a fairy tale, ending to their remarkable season. 0ur reporterjo currie has more. just 12 months ago, west ham were playing in the third tier
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of women's football but after heavy investment from the club, they recruited a new squad of professional players and were awarded a spot in the super league super league in the super league and now they are just 90 minutes away from their first major trophy. the main aim when we first came into it was to just survive in the league and stay in it and we did that by christmas and obviously then, i remember talking to the girls and saying, girls, we can have a good cup run. regardless of what happens if we win, we lose, i am so proud to be a west ham player. standing in their way are the formidable champions the 2017 champions manchester city who have already claimed the league cup this year and are yet to lose a domestic game all season so surely they will start as heavy favourites. i respect west ham for the journey they've been on this season
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and the players they have as part of their squad and we have sure we are on it and do the best performance we can. over 52,000 tickets have been sold, which will be a record. the many of these west ham players, it will be the biggest crowd they will play in front of. we have to play the game, not the occasion. we will go to wembley on friday, visit the dress room, visit the stadium so we can get it out of the way and they can concentrate on theirjobs. today's occasion comes just a month after the women's world dan is here for a football focus look ahead, and everton have boosted their chance of playing in europe, next season. good morning. everton boosting their chances. everton have moved up to eight. we can surely the goals last night. we will show you the goals from last
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night. that was a deflected goal which was eventually an own goal. everton up to eight, but they are hoping to fill the europeans but if wolves beat fulham this weekend as well. we'll show you the best of the action and what else happened and speak to managers on football focus today. if results go their way, manchester city could win the title this weekend. liverpool take on newcastle and manchester city then play leicester on monday night. i think it's going to go to the right to the last game of the season. they have just been to the last game of the season. they havejust been winning to the last game of the season. they have just been winning right left and centre. we will also be talking about spurs, 1—0 down on ajax. if they beat bournemouth they are guaranteed a top four spot for next season. which gets into the champions league next season. you have to really pay attention what
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eve ryo ne have to really pay attention what everyone is doing. may you explain to me the difference between the champions league... quite like it one of the english clubs when the champions, that has an effect on the poster below. you can condemn. the europa league play... the different permutations. you can say her spanish. also the programme today, we will be speaking to liverpool fa ns we will be speaking to liverpool fans and a spanish journalist about obviously chasing the title. 3—0 down against barcelona, messi to come to anfield next week. this was buried. could end with no silverware at all for liverpool. sheffield united coming up —— this was brilliant.
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at what has happened in the last two years, we really do feel we have a team here on the pitch, of the pitch, everywhere. and the supporters on site as well. well, they would be at the moment, with. what is the biggest challenge for you guys exist. kevin 0'byrne. and a few others. i don't want to wa ke and a few others. i don't want to wake up and think i have to face up against those two. majority shareholder at norwich. that they do any cooking? i'm sure she does cook. they don't get enough credit,
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norwich. talk about the women's fa cup final. we have a nice piece on mental fitness and sport as well, we have mark lawrenson and, talking everton, but being in the term next week... we have tommy fleetwood. how did we miss that, that he was here? we have a lot to cram in. something else to tell you, but i can't quite remember it. you can't read your writing. the football league... there's various happening. it is so incredibly tight. we have mark clement in the studio with those who can hopefully explain everything about the significant games and what to watch. and you can see it all sort of unfold on final score and
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u nfold sort of unfold on final score and unfold on five live this afternoon. tomorrow night for a line of duty... away for all that,... the double olympic champion caster semenya says "no human can stop her from running", after victory in the 800 metres at the diamond league meeting, in doha. it comes just two days after the south african lost a landmark case against athletics' governing body over plans to limit testosterone levels in female runners. the doha meet was semenya's final race before the iaaf‘s new rules come into force. meanwhile britain's dina asher—smith, began her season with an impressive win in the women's 200 metres. the european sprint—double champion, stormed to victory, in a world—leading time of 22.26 seconds.
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britain's lizzie danan, finished in the pack, on the opening stage of the women's tour de yorkshire. the former world champion, was racing in britain, for the first time since the birth of her daughter. the stage was won by dutch rider lorena veeb. britain's lizzy banks claimed the queen of the mountains jersey. rick zabel, won the second stage of the mens race the german taking the sprint finish in bee—dale. chris law—less was the top briton claiming third for team ineos. the race finishes in leeds tomorrow. tens of thousands of people are expected to turn out for the badminton horse trials in gloucestershire today. it is one of the majors of ‘eventing' — a kind of horse triathlon, where riders, do dressage, cross country and showjumping over three days. 0ur sports reporter, lizzie greenwood—hughes is there for us now. a beautiful setting for this, ? a beautiful setting for this,? yes, i'm not in the lake this year, i'm around the lake. it is the one that they all want to when to stop it is one of eventing's majors. it is the boldest, they most prestigious. it is the one that they all want to
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enforce a dream sports a dream sport in one event. we have a happy dressage, tomorrow is the show jumping, but the cross country is what everyone comes to see. there will be more than 100,000 people in this little part of gloucestershire today. they want to watch the 80 odd writers are taking on this famous course and it really is tough. —— 80 odd riders. none of them are flimsy, they're all solid fences. they don't move, you do. 0nly they're all solid fences. they don't move, you do. only the brave will win here. and i had two of the bravest ladies with me now. we have made a king and emily king. —— mary king and emily king. it is the biggest and the best. with the tradition that has been going for so many years and it has the largest
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spectator attendance of the most sporting equestrian sporting events. it is the biggest course you can jump it is the biggest course you can jump and because of that you bring competitive writers, you want to do the biggest and the best. —— competitive writers. emily had done pretty well a ny competitive writers. emily had done pretty well any dressage so far? my dealer coming to badminton?” pretty well any dressage so far? my dealer coming to badminton? i am lucky enough to have come with mum ever since i was born and have dreamt of writing here. they hear myself and not just dreamt of writing here. they hear myself and notjust helping is fantastic. i remember telling emily when she was 12, you were the youngest child competing and you are competing against a month was up is something always wanted to go? and why did you went the sport? i think it as why did you went the sport? i think itasa why did you went the sport? i think it as a phenomenal sport. your partnership with your horse is so
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vital. you have to be fully working with you. —— the horse has to be fully working with you. they have no idea what they could be jumping and had to be fully trusting you. male, female, all ages on such a level playing field going out to try and be the best. i hit the kind of bring any sort of negatives, but this is dangerous,? any sort of negatives, but this is dangerous, ? people think jump any sort of negatives, but this is dangerous,? people thinkjump racing stages, but eventing is a very dangerous but? mary, you have broken your neck and you both have had various injuries? help you to watch your daughter a? you do not think of the danger. —— how will it feel to what your daughter compete. because of that... when i'm competing, you just want to do well, you do not think about falling off and on the same with emily. i don't think... it
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says i cannot add mother saying that i don't worry her but her hurting us ijust want i don't worry her but her hurting us i just want her to i don't worry her but her hurting us ijust want her to —— it sounds like i'm a bad mother by saying that i don't worry about hurting yourself but i just want them both to don't worry about hurting yourself but ijust want them both to come back fit and healthy. we are hoping to see you come back here next year. possibly going for a third title. the british riders are doing very well here. eight of the top ten are britons also including the first and second place which are occupied by the world number one and putting's ona the world number one and putting's on a per tablet. he was on one of the... you can follow have everyone is getting on 1120 am this morning. it looks beautiful in there. it is a big week for equestrian events. you
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have the royal windsor horse show which will include the mended games are starting on wednesday. it is challenging itself. —— which will include the mounted games. the challenge of vaulting, which you have to get on and off a horse without stopping on setups... that's it. the idea is that you get on in one movement. you know, people have led the study on social media. they had loved it. —— people have loved this on social media.” they had loved it. —— people have loved this on social media. i got it in the end. more that a bit later. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather.
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we have got some lunch and an offer from many parts of the country, but you will be noticed —— we have got some sunshine on offer. this is not from january, it is actually taking from january, it is actually taking from today in perth. we have got some snow fell in parts of scotland. although it is going to kill coders to the bank of the weekend, they will be plenty of sunshine to stop some “— will be plenty of sunshine to stop some —— although it is going to feel colder through the bank holiday weekend stop some wintry flood for central scotland, they will be pushing by the inland as we go through the day. through the west you should feel dry for much of the day stop there will be some sunshine returning to the northern half of scotla nd returning to the northern half of scotland as we head on through the afternoon. let's look at some of these gust of wind. 40 or even 50 mph along the eastern coast. combined with some heavy showers, there could be some hill and the odd
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rumble of thunder. makes them with those blustery showers. not quite as windy to the further west and the south west of england, wales and northern ireland. not quite as chilly as it will be further east. temperatures around about 90 to 40 degrees today. a little bit below parfor degrees today. a little bit below par for the degrees today. a little bit below parfor the time of degrees today. a little bit below par for the time of year. the showers will be the way through this evening and night. we are expecting critical night under those clear skies. temperatures testing only about two or three degrees for our cities. could be subzero in the country to stop. not looking likely that the tomorrow, that area of high pressure acting on from the north—west. fewer shares than they will be today. quite busy in the eastern coast. showers for the likes of east anglia. a bit of showers and showery rain across northern scotland. the bulk of england and wales should see some decent sunshine tomorrow. it will feel, if you're out of the bees, up to 13
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degrees or so. into bank holiday monday, there will be a few showers around. particular purpose of northern ireland, northern england as well. he decided that it is looking drier with some spells of sunshine breaking through. top amateurs piping hot and the only roundabout eight. —— top temperatures around bank holiday monday only around eight. heading into the new week, we had a low pressure writing from the west. late next week, wet, windy and dry. —— later next week. it will be feeling pretty chilly. back to you both. 0ne cash machine in every eight, could be charging us to take out our own money, by the end of this year. you know you need cash and you don't wa nt to you know you need cash and you don't want to pay for it and you're travelling around ?
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two of the biggest private providers of cash machines, have said that they are converting thousands of their currently free outlets, to make a charge. let's get more on this with paul lewis from bbc radio 4's ‘money box' programme. what's going on then? the private ca rd what's going on then? the private card machine operators and a lot of them are privately operated had told us between them that they will be making 7000 more machines this year charges for taking out our own money. the reason they say they had to do this, is that network is cutting the amount they get from the bank. every time we take cash out our bank pays the card machine operator 80. that has now gone up to 23p, that is twopence less, but they're using that as a reason to impose a 95p charge every time we visit the machine. ss could have a
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significant effect —— this could have a significant effect on lots of people. yes. i looked at the figures this morning and one week in april, we made 8 million fewer visits to cash machines, 8 million fewer. that is done by one in seven. so that it's very hitting the income. it does affect people. there was uproar over the weekend because the only 24 hour cash machine had a started charging people in one local area because the only other machine is in area because the only other machine isina area because the only other machine is in a shop and is not open 24 hours and there are a lot of twitter is going to that time. and it also affects people who manage on cash. there are more than 29 people who only really use cash for the day—to—day spending. —— there are a lot of tourists going through that town. and pay 95p is a big chunk of
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some people's money going. card machine operators do not promise that they will reverse it, even if they get the extra twopence in time, because i think it is this lack of footfall that is calling the problem. —— causing the problem. the government is concerned but not sure what to do about it. cut link is paying a lot more money for if few ca rd paying a lot more money for if few card machines in places where there are no alternatives to stop the less we use cash, the more expensive it is going to be to run the network and the bigger the problem is going to get in the future. link is finding the cash machine network, has it made a comment? it said that there are still over 30,000 free machines which people can use, and it even has an app which you can put in your phone and it will find your nearest free cash machine. so, it says, you know, we need fewer machines in the cities, but what we
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seem to be getting on our expenses if your machines where they are desperately needed in the country areas. are you talking about this on money box today? no yes we are and we are interviewing one of the big operators who will be explaining about the rise. money box at midday. it's one of the most famous stories in greek mythology, but how do the events of the trojan war play out from the perspective of women? there were women involved but that is often overlooked. author natalie haynes thought it was about time that the female contribution to the ten year battle was highlighted and has written a novel. shejoins us now. there are quite a few books now taking a look at the female perspective of traditional stories, but not this one? yes, this is my
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second. i did the 0edipus story from the perspective of jocasta, second. i did the 0edipus story from the perspective ofjocasta, the wife and mother... spoiler. iwanted to do an epic story, i wanted to look from all the women's perspectives. we have the perspectives of homer in the iliad and the odyssey, that i don't wantjust the iliad and the odyssey, that i don't want just one the iliad and the odyssey, that i don't wantjust one women's story i wa nt don't wantjust one women's story i want all of their stories. not all of them are victims? no no, some of them are actual monsters. behaving with appalling monstrosity goddesses hit very badly on my watch, i'm afraid. i still their
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awfulness from euripides. sometimes the waves are waiting for their husbands come home, penelope waiting for a gaseous comeback. and sometimes those women are waiting for in their heart... waiting for addresses to come back. if you're the victim of something terrible, you can become a monster. absolutely. i never studied classics and skill... this is a whole... i struggle to kind of come to terms with. it just seems struggle to kind of come to terms with. itjust seems so big and such a whole world that i don't know. that it can kiss me off. so sell it to me, why should i? -- classical civilisation, which
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tells the stories and translation has been taught and more and more states because, but classics as the... i used to teach a very long time ago for a lovely manhood asked what the point of classics was, —— for a lovely man who asked what the point of classics was... unsubtle tells us about greek tragic, game of thrones is an epic, it is following the gods and monsters principles, horus tells us that... these stories are huge, there are a bit vengeance, love, cruelty and desire. 0n of these human emotions are lacking in greek myths. and still relevant today? it has been waiting for all the time. it is never going to give up the time. it is never going to give up on you. it permeates our psyche to stop the oedipus complex and people say it without even knowing why. achilles' heel. when you start reading and you hear all these
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names,... line you will be surprise how much you know. the most important person in terms of us to literature mirth the most important person who began the surname of troy too is helen. the iliad, for example, the character of briseis, his removalfrom example, the character of briseis, his removal from achilles example, the character of briseis, his removalfrom achilles by agamemnon, a greek tribal leader causes 19 books of sulking, which i think might be a record any history of literature. in the whole book she gets a few lines. a talking horse gets a few lines. a talking horse gets more lines. it is not a great piece of representation, but euripides brought eight plays, which we still had today about the trojan war, seven have women as the title. only one has a mannerly title. war, seven have women as the title. only one has a mannerly titlem war, seven have women as the title. only one has a mannerly title. it is a very interesting look at it. i am
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half way through, so i will be finishing it. thank you. thank you very much. natalie's book is called "a thousand ships". you should read it. stay with us, the headlines are coming up. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and jon kay. our headlines today. brexit backlash — the conservatives suffer their worst local election performance for nearly 25 years, senior cabinet ministers

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